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A Christmas Miracle ed. Anon. (Island/Dell 0-440-22290-7, Dec ’96, $6.50, 453pp, pb); [BG]

1 • Love and Joy • Virginia Henley • na *
133 • Upon a Midnight Clear • Katherine Kingsley • na *
249 • In a Twinkling • Rebecca Paisley • na *
357 • Angels in the Snow • Stephanie Mittman • na *
Christmas Spirits ed. Anon. (Jove 0-515-12174-6, Nov ’97, $5.99, 346pp, pb); [BG]

1 • The Three Wise Ghosts • Lynn Kurland • na *
99 • Keeping Faith • Casey Claybourne • na *
171 • Only Fifteen Shopping Days Left... • Elizabeth Bevarly • na *
267 • The Ghost of Christmas Present • Jenny Lykins • na *
Classic Erotic Tales ed. Anon. (Michael O’Mara 1-85479-738-7, Sep ’95 [Jul ’95], £4.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Guillaume Signac); Reprint (Michael O’Mara 1994) collection of 16 stories and excerpts from novels, including Dracula and Candide. Further copyrighted 1995.

1 • The Decameron • Boccaccio • ex, 1353
21 • The Memoirs of Casanova • Casanova • ex
35 • The Journals of James Boswell • James Boswell • ex
51 • Candide • Voltaire • ex, 1759
55 • Venus in India • Charles Devereaux • ex, 1889
79 • My Secret Life • Walter • ex, 18??
95 • Eveline • Anon. • ex, 1843
105 • The Adventures of a School-Boy • Anon. • ex
143 • Dracula [Dracula] • Bram Stoker • ex London: Constable, 1897
147 • Lustful Memoirs of a Young and Passionate Girl • Anon. • ex, 1904
167 • Emmanuelle • Emmanuelle Arsan • ex, 1975
185 • Rabbit Is Rich • John Updike • ex New York: Knopf, 1981; Playboy Sep ’81
203 • The Women’s Room • Marilyn French • ex New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978
209 • The Ages of Lulu • Almudena Grandes • ex, 1989
221 • The Butcher • Alina Reyes • ex, 1988
231 • Vox • Nicholson Baker • ss Playboy Mar ’92
The Complete Adventures of Robin of Sherwood ed. Anon. (Puffin 0-14-034450-0, 1990, £5.99, 631pp, pb) [Not seen]

7 • Robin of Sherwood • Richard Carpenter • n. London: Puffin, 1984
163 • Richard Carpenter’s Robin of Sherwood And The Hounds of Lucifer • Robin May • n. London: Puffin, 1985
333 • Richard Carpenter’s Robin of Sherwood: The Hooded Man • Anthony Horowitz • n. London: Puffin, 1986
481 • Robin of Sherwood: The Time of the Wolf • Richard Carpenter • n. London: Puffin, 1988
The Corner Seat Omnibus ed. Anon. (Grafton Publications, Feb ’44, 2/-, 128pp)

ifc • Criminal Cases No. 1 • Misc. Material • ms *
• Murder Most Perfect • Gilbert Thomas • ss *
• The Chinese Lady • Helena Caperton • ss *
• Dark Horses • A. M. Burrage • ss Weekly Illustrated May 8 ’37
• Dead Man’s Shoes • Charles Wilson • ss *
• The Brother • Seamus de Faoite • ss *
• The Three Candles • Ann Furlong • ss *
• Service Flat • C. Settles • ss *
• Love on Spice Island • Arthur Lamsley • ss *
• The Man with the Wallop • H. B. MacDermot • ss *
• Death Came to the Church • Morgan O’Connell • ss *
• Inspiration • Margaret H. Watson • ss *
• The Mosquito • Robert H. Christie • ss *
• Rat Trap • Dana Burnet • ss *
• Try Anything Once • Coutts Brisbane • ss *
• Stranger on the Train • John Dundon • ss *
• Portrait of a Murderer • John Marsh • ss *
128 • Solutions to Criminal Cases • Misc. Material • ms *
ibc • Criminal Cases No. 2 • Misc. Material • ms *
Another Corner Seat Omnibus ed. Anon. (Grafton Publications, Mar ’45, 2/-, 128pp)

• One Hour to Live • Burl R. Tuttle • ss *
• George’s Shirt • W. S. Meadmore • ss *
• The Three Lost Men • Alexander Norrington • ss *
• The Changeling • Robert H. Christie • ss *
• The Fatal Flower • Leslie Beresford • ss *
• Beauty and the Beast • Audrey Cooke • ss *
• How I Found Molly • Henry Chas. Suter • ss *
• The Fellow Who Comes After Me • Anon. • pm *
• Special Agent ‘Rock’ Granite • James Vincent Nolan • ss *
• Walnuts • A. F. Simmonds • ss *
• The Last Governess • Helena Caperton • ss *
• I Leave It to You • Vivian Meik • ss *
The Third Corner Seat Omnibus ed. Anon. (Grafton Publications, Apr ’46, 1/6d, 128pp)

• The Hand of Oris • Robert H. Christie • ss *
• Sleeping Partner • R. G. Buller • ss *
• A Day in the Country • E. P. Murphy • ss *
• Big Business • Lesley Merrill • ss *
• Some Day My Prince Will Come • M. O’Sheen • ss *
• The Tank of Death • Elliott O’Donnell • nv Shivers, ed. Anon., Allan, 1932
• End of Fear • C. M. Woods • ss *
• No Telling About Time • K. M. Duncon • ss *
Corner Seat Omnibus No. 4 ed. Anon. (Grafton Publications, Sep ’46, 1/6d, 128pp)

• Copra • Allan Vaughan Elston • nv Argosy Jul 24 ’37
• Smart Guys Shoot First • Rex Ransley • ss *
• Dames Ain’t Got Ethics • Mary Tyrell • ss *
• The Whip • Burl R. Tuttle • ss *
• It’s An Ill Wind • Red Butler • ss *
• Would You Believe It • Roy Day • ss *
• Radio Station Death • Cyril H. Wilson • ss *
• The Damning Message • Thomas Mack • ss *
• Three Blind Mice • Hazel Cullen • ss *
• Murder Before Breakfast • J. Erwin • ss *
• Pity the Patients • Chas. C. O’Connell • ss *
• Train Journey • Albert N. Cole • ss *
• The Third Way Out • Edwin Baird • ss *
The Cupid Connection ed. Anon. (Harlequin 0-373-20144-3, Oct ’90, $5.99, 632pp, pb); [BG]

7 • One More Valentine • Anne Stuart • n. *
219 • Be Mine, Valentine • Vicki Lewis Thompson • n. *
429 • Baby on the Doorstep • Cathy Gillen Thacker • n. *
Cupid’s Kiss ed. Anon. (Love Spell 0-505-52076-1, Feb ’96, $5.99, 443pp, pb); [BG]

7 • A Marriage Made in Heaven • Patricia Hagan • na *
111 • Heaven on Earth • Bobby Hutchinson • na *
223 • Heaven in His Touch • Linda Madl • na *
345 • A Gift from Heaven • Bobbi Smith • na *
A Dance with the Devil ed. Anon. (St. Martin’s Paperbacks 0-312-96318-1, Oct ’97, $5.99, 313pp, pb); [BG]

1 • The Wager • Rexanne Becnel • na *
91 • The Haunting of Sarah • Anne Logan • na *
157 • Out of the Night • Deborah Martin • na *
239 • The Monk • Meagan McKinney • na *
308 • Dangerous to Love • Rexanne Becnel • ex *
The Delaney Christmas Carol ed. Anon. (Bantam Fanfare 0-553-29654-X, Dec ’92, $4.99, 432pp, pb, cover by Wendi Schneider); [BG]

ix • Foreword • Anon. • fw
1 • Christmas past • Iris Johansen • na *
143 • Christmas Present • Fayrene Preston • na *
283 • Christmas future • Kay Hooper • na *
Destined for Love ed. Anon. (Silhouette 0-373-20152-4, Oct ’98, $5.99, 632pp, pb); [BG]

7 • Hatfield and McCoy • Heather Graham Pozzessere • na *
223 • Lightning Strikes • Kathleen Korbel • na *
477 • Mystery Lover • Annette Broadrick • na *
Detective — 24 Complete Yarns ed. Anon. (London: Swan, 1947, 1/6, 127pp, pb)

3 • The Hanging Judge • G. M. Byrne • ss *; [listed as by G.M. Bryne in Table of Contents]
11 • Clue of the Stained Carpet • Leslie Bussey • ss *
19 • Twenty-Two Magnolia • Frank C. Brooke • ss *
27 • The Tenement Murders • Mervyn Martin • ss *
33 • Venomous Death • Van G. Kennedy • ss *
41 • Music for the Morgue • John Weston • ss *
46 • Even Chance • Ronald Horton • vi *
49 • The Alibi of Joe Barkis • Gordon Hedley • ss *
56 • Death Spoils the Motive • John W. Lee • ss *
61 • Best Policy • D. A. Stewart • vi *
63 • Stolen—a Hearse • W. B. MacMillan • ss *
68 • Fettered Physic • W. T. M. Hughes • ss *
75 • The Man Born Dead • Stuart Friedman • ss Crack Detective Stories Jan ’44
81 • Melody from the Past • F. G. Rayer • vi *
83 • Diamond Cut Diamond • Hugh M. Stephens • vi *
85 • When Artists Meet • Alex O. Pearson • vi *
87 • Seconds Out • Fred Scott • ss *
96 • Murder by Suggestion • G. H. Lister • ss *
101 • Going-Away Present • Richard Brister • ss Crack Detective Stories Jan ’44
108 • Corpses Don’t Walk • Lee Floren • vi Crack Detective Stories Jan ’44
111 • I Choose Death! • Robert C. Blackmon • ss Crack Detective Stories Jan ’44
115 • Straight from the Shoulder • Ronald Horton • ss *
121 • Death on the Train • G. M. Byrne • ss *; [listed as by G.M. Bryne in Table of Contents]
125 • Blood Freezes • Charles Fisher • ss *
A Dreamspun Christmas ed. Anon. (Topaz 0-451-40527-7, Nov ’94, $4.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Richard Newton); [BG]

9 • Ghosts of Christmas Past • Marilyn Campbell • na *
89 • Christmas Magic • Carole Nelson Douglas • na *
173 • Star Light, Star Bright • Emma Merritt • na *
247 • It’s a Wonderful Christmas • Edith Layton • na *
317 • The Crystal Dove • Justine Davis • na *
Emerald Enchantment ed. Anon. (St. Martin’s Paperbacks 0-312-95448-4, Mar ’95, $4.99, 342pp, pb); [BG]

1 • The Fairy’s Tale • Marylyle Rogers • na *
73 • Green Willow • Emma Merritt • na *
185 • The Bride’s Gift • Raine Cantrell • na *
259 • The Lady in Green • Bonnie Pega • na *
Enchanted Crossings ed. Anon. (Love Spell 0-505-51974-7, Sep ’94, $4.99, 439pp, pb); [BG]

5 • Heart of the Hunter • Madeline Baker • na *
237 • Dream Seeker • Anne Avery • na *
335 • The Last Gatekeeper • Kathleen Morgan • na *
Enchanting Kittens ed. Anon. (Zebra/Kensington 0-8217-6359-8, Oct ’99, $4.99, 254pp, pb); [BG]

7 • A Fairy Tail • Cindy Holbrook • na *
111 • A Bewitching Minx • Nancy Lawrence • na *
173 • The Black Cat • Hayley Ann Solomon • na *
The Evening Standard Book of Best Short Stories ed. Anon. (London: Search Publications, 1933, 5/-, 312pp, hc); Reprinted stories from the Evening Standard’s short story feature. Included a number of weird and horror stories.

1 • The Portrait • Aldous Huxley • ss Harper’s Dec ’22
15 • The Pioneers of Pike’s Peak • Basil Tozer • ss The Strand Sep, 1897
26 • Used Car • H. R. Wakefield • ss Ghost Stories, London: Cape, 1932
43 • The Dream of Ah Lum • Thomas Burke • ss Cosmopolitan Oct ’25
56 • Bare-Knuckle Lover • Louis Golding • ss
69 • Was He a Liar? • Michael Arlen • ss
81 • Bachelors • Hugh Walpole • ss, 1928
95 • Beyond the Wall • Eric Ambrose • ss
102 • The Jar • Luigi Pirandello • ss
115 • Another Shot in the Locker • Michael Kent • ss Pearson’s Magazine
125 • The Brother • Henri Barbusse • ss
130 • The Brutality of Briggs • S. J. Simon • ss
137 • A Toy Tragedy • Neil Lyons • ss
144 • Hop-Frog • Edgar Allan Poe • ss The Flag of Our Union Mar 17, 1849
155 • Ghosts and Jossers • W. F. Harvey • ss
159 • Storm • L. A. G. Strong • ss The Golden Hind Jul ’24
175 • Abu Widn • E. R. Morrough • ss
183 • Lost Treasures • Caradoc Evans • ss
190 • The Perfect Crime • Seamark • ss The Strand Sep ’23
204 • Rough et Noir • Michael Joseph • ss
209 • The Patient • Miles Mander • ss
221 • Buridan’s Ass • Anthony Gittins • ss
230 • The Disappearance of an Actor • Karel Capek • ss
244 • The Man in Grey • Brandon Fleming • ss
258 • The Man Who Stole the Pelican • Iolo A. Williams • ss
270 • The Smile of La Gioconda • Morley Roberts • ss
279 • Kerrigan and the Blackmailer • Neil Gordon • ss
286 • The Boccherini Minuet • Cyril Landon • ss
295 • The Triangle • S. Andrew Wood • ss
304 • The Case of Susan Wragge • Barnard Stacey • ss Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine Jul ’28
Everlasting Love ed. Anon. (Pocket 0-671-52150-0, May ’95, $5.99, 374pp, pb); [BG]

1 • Connecting Rooms • Jayne Ann Krentz • na *
77 • Resurrection • Linda Lael Miller • na *
157 • Lake of Dreams • Linda Howard • na *
231 • Role of a Lifetime • Kasey Michaels • na *
317 • Tricks of Fate • Carla Neggers • na *
• Trust Me • Jayne Ann Krentz • ex *
Faery Magic ed. Anon. (Zebra/Kensington 0-8217-5817-9, Jan ’98, $6.50, 351pp, pb); [BG]

9 • Introduction • Anon. • in
11 • The Lord of Elphindale • Jo Beverley • na *
99 • The Faery Braid • Karen Harbaugh • na *
193 • The Love Talker • Barbara Samuel • na *
261 • Dangerous Gifts • Mary Jo Putney • na *
Fifty Thrilling Wild West Stories ed. Anon. (Odhams Press, 1948, no price, 704pp, hc)

9 • Why the Wild West was Wild • F. E. Sutton • ss
19 • The Borrowed Brand • Paul Evan Lehman • ss Western Trails Jan ’32
32 • The Long Arm of the Mounted • Harry Sinclair Drago • nv Western Story Magazine Jan 16 ’43
57 • Bully of the Town • Tom Roan • ss Ace-High Magazine Aug ’32
75 • Blue Eyes and Blue Steel • Charles H. Snow • nv Thrilling Ranch Stories Mar ’34
94 • Bill Latimer’s Tree • W. D. Hoffman • ss
112 • In the Mexican Quarter • Tom Gill • ss Cosmopolitan Jun ’30
124 • Without Fear or Favour • William MacLeod Raine • ss Frontier Stories May ’28
141 • Battle’s End • Max Brand • na
209 • Grub Delayed • Archie Joscelyn • ss
220 • Horseshoe Law in Misty Sink • William A. Todd • ss Wild West Weekly Feb 27 ’37
234 • Thief! • Will Jenkins • ss
247 • The Treasure of Iron Dome • Charles H. Snow • ss
264 • The Sheriff Was a Runt • Will Jenkins • ss
275 • Broken Courage • Charles Wesley Sanders • ss Argosy All-Story Weekly Jan 15 ’27
292 • Reward for an Outlaw • Herbert Sullivan • ss
306 • The Reverend “Chawles” • George Goodchild • nv
332 • The Sheriff of Crevasse County • George Brydges Rodney • ss
346 • Ghosts of the Cimarron • Harry Sinclair Drago • nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine Mar ’48
383 • The Killers • George Brydges Rodney • ss
397 • He Belonged West • Christopher Culley • ss
407 • The Schoolma’am of Selwood Flats • Paul Evan Lehman • ss
423 • Fighting Fool • Tom Roan • ss Ace-High Magazine Nov #1 ’30
440 • A Reason for Wrath • Johnston McCulley • ss Cowboy Stories Jul ’26
455 • Three Little Calves • Frank C. Robertson • nv West May 29 ’29
473 • Change of Name • George S. Surrey • ss
482 • Death Badge • Lee Bond • ss Wild West Weekly Mar 6 ’37
495 • The Cave of Death • James Denson Sayers • nv The Underworld Magazine Dec ’33
528 • Singing Lead • Eugene Cunningham • ss Black Mask Aug ’30
544 • Texas Ranger • Lester Gregory • ss
550 • Rustled Herd • Lester Gregory • ss
556 • The Whip Hand • George Brydges Rodney • ss
569 • The Marquis and Miss Sally • O. Henry • ss Everybody’s Magazine Jun ’03
578 • Kid Cyclone • Leo Grex • ss
584 • This Worm Has Fangs • James Denson Sayers • ss The Underworld Magazine Oct ’33
599 • Six-Gun Justice • Louis Grey • ss
606 • Million-Dollar Burros • H. C. Wire • ar Western Story Magazine Mar 13 ’37
611 • A Mountie’s Code • Conor Risdon • ss
617 • Man of Ice • Claude Rister • ss
629 • When the Coach was Held Up • George Thorne • ss
635 • El Rodeo • R. B. Cunninghame Graham • ss
644 • Warrior Woman • Frank Roland Conklin • ss
650 • A Vengeance by Proxy • G. S. Wallington • ss
656 • A Doubtful Experiment • Gerald Sussex • ss
662 • Vigilante Vengeance • Joseph F. Hook • ss
668 • Two Snakes and a Man • Lloyd Eric Reeve • ss
672 • Maverick Water • David Lavender • ss
681 • Riding with the Mail • Clarence E. Mulford • ar The Frontier Oct ’25
687 • The Phantom of the Rio Grande [Bud Jones] • J. Allan Dunn • ss Wild West Weekly Feb 27 ’37
695 • Gunsmoke in Raimondo • Denver Bardwell • ss
First Fictions: Introduction 10 ed. Anon. (Faber and Faber 0-571-15201-5, 1989, x+179pp, tp, cover by Brian Grimwood); Original anthology providing a “showcase for new writing”. Tenth volume in the “Introduction” series. [PSP]

vii • Publisher’s Note • Anon. • fw *
ix • Biographical Notes • Anon. • bg *
3 • Thin White Girls • Carole Morin • ss *
16 • The Hotel Summer • Carole Morin • ss *
27 • Practically Park Lane • Carole Morin • ss *
35 • Green Winter • Matthew Francis • ss *
44 • Demonland • Matthew Francis • ss *
52 • American Fugue • Matthew Francis • ss *
65 • On the Threshold • Kathy O’Shaughnessy • ss *
73 • The Story • Kathy O’Shaughnessy • ss *
78 • A Problematic Tale • Kathy O’Shaughnessy • ss *
89 • A Rainy Day • Kathy O’Shaughnessy • vi *
95 • The Last of Butch • Tom Harpole • ss *
110 • Making a Moose Die • Tom Harpole • ss *
121 • Smile • Anne Enright • vi *
124 • Felix • Anne Enright • ss *
136 • Thirst • Anne Enright • ss *
141 • Seascape • Anne Enright • ss *
151 • The Supremacy of Grief • Hugo Hamilton • ss *
158 • The Compound Assembly of E. Richter • Hugo Hamilton • ss *
174 • Above and Beyond • Hugo Hamilton • ss *
Four in One Westerns ed. Anon. (Garden City, 1924, hc); [CP]

• Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande • Stephen Chalmers • n.
• The Law of the Range • W. C. Tuttle • n.
• With Rope and Brand • William MacLeod Raine • n.
• Thunderhorse • Edison Marshall • n.
The Gates of Paradise: The anthology of erotic short fiction ed. Anon. (Potter 0517880504, Oct ’93, 689pp, hc); Contents list from Yahoo Books.

1 • Wicked Girl • Isabel Allende • ss
17 • Just Above My Head • James Baldwin • ss
33 • A Passion in the Desert • Honoré de Balzac • ss The Strand Feb, 1891
51 • The Dead Man • Georges Bataille • ss
71 • How Ishmael and Isaac Came to Be Born • Anne Billat • ss
83 • Innocence • Harold Brodkey • ss
131 • You Must Remember This • Robert Coover • ss Playboy Jan ’85
173 • Milk Is Very Good for You • Stephen Dixon • ss
191 • What Do You Do While I’m Gone? • Doris Dorrie • ss
197 • Jocasta • Liliana Heker • ss
205 • Dreams Involving Water • Gary Indiana • ss Conjunctions #14 ’89
227 • The Student and the Woman • Lazlo Kamondy • ss
251 • Kassandra and the Wolf • Margarita Karapanou • ss
255 • One Arm • Yasunari Kawabata • ss
279 • The Hitchhiking Game • Milan Kundera • ss
305 • Once-! • D. H. Lawrence • ss
319 • Drought • Wendy Law-Yone • ss
337 • Each Other • Doris Lessing • ss
351 • Curvaceous Dolls • Li Ang • ss
375 • The Last Trace of Spinoza • Yuri Mamleyev • ss
389 • The Tide • André Pieyre de Mandiargues • ss
403 • Sea Lovers • Valerie Martin • ss The Consolation of Nature & Other Stories, Houghton Mifflen, 1988
415 • Arousal • Richard Matheson • ss
423 • Birthday Present • Eric McCormack • ss
431 • Homemade • Ian McEwan • ss
455 • Lust • Susan Minot • ss The Paris Review, 1984
469 • Raisin Bread • Yukio Mishima • ss
491 • Love in the Chinese Restaurant • Alberto Moravia • ss
515 • Grnndfather’s Little Pleasure • Adolf Muschg • ss
535 • Mandra • Anaïs Nin • ss
545 • Eros and Cupid • Stan Persky • ss
579 • Park Cinema • Elena Poniatowska • ss
589 • The Day I Sat with Jesus on the Sun Deck and a Wind Came Up and Blew My Kimono Open and He Saw My Breasts • Gloria Sawai • ss
609 • Eugenia • Sarah Sheard • ss
617 • Four Bare Legs in a Bed • Helen Simpson • ss
635 • The Fall • Armonia Somers • ss
653 • Candaules, King of Lydia • Mario Vargas Llosa • ss
663 • Darlinghurst Portrait • Vicki Viidikas • ss
669 • The X-Rated Blanket • Eimi Yamada • ss
677 • Notes on the Contributors • Misc. Material • ss

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