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The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures ed. Mike Ashley (Running Press, May 2009, 0762436263, $13.95, 512pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Robinson 1997) anthology of 21 original “Sherlock Holmes” stories, and several reprints.

The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, November 9, 2006, 1-84529-337-1, £7.99, 530pp, tp, an, cover by Pete Rozycki)     Anthology of thirty detective and mystery stories from such authors as Robert Randisi, Bernard Knight, Gillian Linscott, Bill Pronzini, and Peter Tremayne. 1 · Perfectly Impossible · Mike Ashley · ed 3 · An Almost Perfect Crime · William F. Smith · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1987 25 · The X Street Murders [Sen. Brooks U. Banner] · Joseph Commings · ss Mystery Digest March/April 1962 43 · Locked in Death [Inspector Dorj] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · ss 63 · Wingless Pegasus [Thomas Ludlow] · Gillian Linscott · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1996 79 · Duel of Shadows [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1934 96 · The 45 Steps [Luddersedge] · Peter Crowther · nv 128 · Contrary to the Evidence [Paul Toft (Ifill)] · Douglas Newton · ss Pearson’s Magazine January 1936 142 · The Impossible Footprint · William Brittain · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1974 155 · Three Blind Rats · Laird Long · ss 172 · Death and the Rope Trick · John Basye Price · ss The London Mystery Magazine #21, 1954 188 · The Problem of the Black Cloister [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2004 204 · A Shower of Daggers [Susan Holt] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1997 223 · The Hook [Bat Masterson] · Robert Randisi · ss 240 · The Mystery of the Sevenoaks Tunnel [Magnum, Scientific Detective] · Max Rittenberg · ss The London Magazine October 1913 254 · The Red Ring · William Le Queux · ss The Grand Magazine January 1910 267 · Observable Justice · Will Murray · nv 298 · On the Rocks [Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels] · J. A. Konrath · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2004 310 · Eternally Yours · H. Edward Hunsburger · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1985 327 · Murder in Monkeyland · Lois Gresh & Robert Weinberg · ss 342 · No Killer Has Wings [Dr. Joel Hoffman] · Arthur Porges · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1961 355 · Benning’s School for Boys [Nick Train] · Richard A. Lupoff · nv 378 · The Episode of the Nail and the Requiem [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · nv Mystery March 1935, as “The Affair on the Roof” 398 · The Impossible Murder of Dr Satanus · William Krohn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1965 413 · The Stuart Sapphire · Peter Tremayne · nv 434 · The Flung-Back Lid [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1979 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1979 452 · The Poisoned Bowl · Forrest Rosaire · nv Clues Detective Stories April 1939, as by J. J. des Ormeaux 486 · Proof of Guilt · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1973 496 · Slaughterhouse · Barry B. Longyear · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1979 511 · The Birdman of Tonypandy · Bernard Knight · nv

The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, July 2004, 1-84119-751-3, £7.99, 534pp, tp, an, cover by Ken Leeder)     Anthology of 23 detective stories set during the 1920s, all but seven original, with a foreword and story introductions by Mike Ashley. 1 · The Crazy Age · Mike Ashley · fw 3 · Timor Mortis [Olivia Brown] · Annette Meyers · nv 33 · Brave New Murder · H. R. F. Keating · ss 48 · So Beautiful, So Dead [Val O’Farrell] · Robert J. Randisi · nv 73 · “There would have been murder” · Ian Morson · nv 108 · Someone [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · ss 124 · Kiss the Razor’s Edge · Mike Stotter · ss 140 · Thoroughly Modern Millinery · Marilyn Todd · nv 164 · The Day of Two Cars · Gillian Linscott · nv 185 · The Hope of the World · Mat Coward · nv 217 · Bullets · Peter Lovesey · ss 229 · He Couldn’t Fly [Alexander Brass] · Michael Kurland · nv 258 · Putting Crime Over [Madame Rosika Storey] · Hulbert Footner · na Argosy Allstory Weekly November 20 1926 330 · Valentino’s Valediction · Amy Myers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2004 344 · Skip · Edward Marston · ss 357 · The Broadcast Murder · Grenville Robbins · ss Pearson’s Magazine July 1928 373 · For the Benefit of Mr. Means · Christine Matthews · nv 397 · Without Fire · Tom Holt · ss 417 · The Austin Murder Case [Philo Vance] · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967 431 · The Man Who Scared the Bank [Daphne Wrayne] · Archibald Pechey · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1928, as by Arthur Valentine 448 · A Pebble for Papa · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · nv 471 · Beyond the Call of Beauty · Will Murray · ss 491 · The Problem of the Tin Goose [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1982 510 · I’ll Never Play Detective Again · Cornell Woolrich · ss Black Mask May 1937

The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, September 2003, 1-84119-685-1, £6.99, xiv+526pp, tp, oa, cover by Pete Rozycki)     Anthology of 20 tales of murder and mystery (3 reprint) set in the Roman era. vi · The Long Reach of Rome · Steven Saylor · in 1 · Never Forget · Tom Holt · nv 27 · A Gladiator Dies Only Once [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv 74 · The Hostage to Fortune · Michael Jecks · nv 100 · De Crimine · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #107, October 1952 120 · The Will [SPQR] · John Maddox Roberts · nv 142 · Honey Moon [Claudia Seferius] · Marilyn Todd · nv 169 · Damnum Fatale · Philip Boast · nv 198 · Heads You Lose · Simon Scarrow · nv 222 · Great Caesar’s Ghost [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus] · Michael Kurland · nv 260 · The Cleopatra Game · Jane Finnis · nv 282 · Bread and Circuses · Caroline Lawrence · nv 321 · The Missing Centurion · Colin Mackenzie, uncredited · ss Once a Week May 23 1863, as “The Centurion’s Escape” 341 · Some Unpublished Correspondence of the Younger Pliny · Darrell Schweitzer · nv 363 · A Golden Opportunity · Jean Davidson · nv 387 · Caveat Emptor [Libertus] · Rosemary Rowe · ss 407 · Sunshine and Shadow · R. H. Stewart · nv 431 · The Case of His Own Abduction [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · nv London Mystery Selection #72, February 1967 447 · The Malice of the Anicii · Gillian Bradshaw · nv 473 · The Finger of Aphrodite [John the Eunuch] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · nv 501 · The Lost Eagle [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv

The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, November 2003, 0786712414, $11.95, 544pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Robinson 2003) anthology of 20 tales of murder and mystery (3 reprint) set in the Roman era. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, March 14, 2002, 1-84119-375-5, £6.99, xiii+498pp, tp, an, cover by Pete Rozycki)     Anthology of 22 SF stories, with two originals by Stephen Baxter and Eric Brown. Other authors include Connie Willis, Brian W. Aldiss, and Philip K. Dick. xi · The Next Step · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Ulla, Ulla [War of the Worlds] · Eric Brown · nv 27 · Deathday [Confederation] · Peter F. Hamilton · nv Fear #26, February 1991 44 · The Infinite Assassin · Greg Egan · ss Interzone #48, June 1991 61 · Anachron · Damon Knight · ss If January 1954 81 · Firewatch · Connie Willis · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 15 1982 124 · At the “Me” Shop · Robert Reed · nv Tomorrow April 1995 147 · Vinland the Dream · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991 160 · A Ticket to Tranai · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1955 202 · The Exit Door Leads In · Philip K. Dick · nv Rolling Stone College Papers Fall 1979 223 · What Have I Done? · Mark Clifton · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1952 · Two Apocalyptic Classics 243 · Finis · Frank L. Pollock · ss The Argosy June 1906 256 · The Last Days of Earth · George C. Wallis · ss The Harmsworth Magazine July 1901 269 · Approaching Perimelasma · Geoffrey A. Landis · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1998 298 · The Pen and the Dark [Unorthodox Engineers] · Colin Kapp · nv New Writings in S-F 8 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1966 329 · Inanimate Objection · H. Chandler Elliott · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1954 347 · The Very Pulse of the Machine · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1998 368 · High Eight · Keith Roberts · nv New Writings in S-F 4 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1965, as by David Stringer 404 · Shards · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1962 415 · Except My Life… · John Morressy · nv Amazing Stories July 1991, as “Except My Life, Except My Life, Except My Life” 444 · Into Your Tent I’ll Creep · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1957 455 · A Death in the House · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Magazine October 1959 477 · Refugium [Manifold] · Stephen Baxter · ss

The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, June 2002, 0-7867-1004-7, $11.95, 498pp, tp, an, cover by Pete Rozycki)     Reprint (Robinson 2002) anthology of 22 SF stories, two original by Stephen Baxter and Eric Brown. Other authors include Brian W. Aldiss, Philip K. Dick, and Connie Willis. First American edition.

The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, October 28, 1999, 1-84119-089-6, £6.99, xiv+494pp, tp, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Anthology of 34 humorous stories, nine original or significantly revised for this book. Authors include Gene Wolfe, Esther Friesner, and Tom Holt. xiii · The Second Most Serious Page in This Book · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Neander-Tale · James P. Hogan · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1980 8 · Uncle Henry Passes · Esther Friesner · ss 23 · A Dealing with Demons [Ebenezum & Wuntvor] · Craig Shaw Gardner · nv Flashing Swords! #5 ed. Lin Carter, Dell, 1981 52 · The Case of Jack the Clipper or A Fimbulwinter’s Tale · David Langford · ss Interzone #126, December 1997 60 · A Shiver of Elves 60 · The Shoemaker and the Elvis · Lawrence Schimel · ss Elf Magic ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1997 71 · Dances with Elves · Cynthia Ward · vi Galaxy March/April 1995 76 · A Hedge Against Alchemy [Kedrigern] · John Morressy · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1981 92 · A Slow Day in Hell · Julia S. Mandala · ss Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine Summer 1997 100 · Two Tall Tales 100 · How I Got Three Zip Codes · Gene Wolfe · ss 106 · The Failure of Hope and Wandel · Ambrose Bierce · ss Fun September 5 1874, as “Cool Correspondence” 110 · The Birhday Gift · Elisabeth Waters · ss Sword and Sorceress IX ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1992 119 · An Intrusion of Aliens 119 · Captain Honario Harpplayer, R.N. · Harry Harrison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1963 131 · The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything · George Alec Effinger · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1984 149 · History Book: A Thog the Mighty Text · John Grant · nv extensively revised from the short original (Sou’Wester, 1994). 173 · A Doubling of Dragons 173 · Elijah P. Jopp and the Dragon · Archibald Marshall · ss The Royal Magazine November 1898 184 · The Dragon Doctor’s Apprentice · Charles Partington · nv 224 · Rules of Engagement [Queen Ruella] · Molly Brown · ss Substance Autumn 1995; revised. 230 · The Triumph of Vice · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Savage Club Papers ed. Andrew Halliday, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 244 · Some Wise Advice 244 · The Top 50 Things I’d Do if I Ever Became an Evil Overlord · Peter Anspach · fa first published on Internet at www.eviloverlord.com. Edited. 250 · How to Be Fantastic · Elizabeth Counihan · ar Scheherazade #12, 1995 256 · Hershey’s Kisses · Ron Goulart · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1992 277 · Escape from the Planet of the Bears · Tom Holt · ss 295 · Quest · Sue Anderson · ss 305 · The Hills Behind Hollywood High · Avram Davidson & Grania Davis · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1983 328 · The Affliction of Baron Humpfelhimmel · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Over the Plum Pudding by John Kendrick Bangs, Harper, 1901 337 · A Gaggle of Gangsters 337 · The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds · Neil Gaiman · ss Knave (UK) 1984 349 · The Man Who Hated Cadillacs · E. K. Grant · nv 372 · The Ultimate · Seamus Cullen · nv much revised from an episode in The Sultan’s Turret (Orbit, 1996). 401 · A Fancy of Fairy Tales 401 · The Star of the Farmyard · Terry Jones · ss Fantastic Stories by Terry Jones, Pavilion Books, 1992 408 · Diamonds—Black and White · Anthony Armstrong · ss The Prince Who Hiccuped and Other Tales by Anthony Armstrong, Ernest Benn, 1932 424 · An Inkling of Imps 424 · Malocchio · Eliot Fintushel · ss 439 · The Metrognome · Alan Dean Foster · nv The Metrognome and Other Stories by Alan Dean Foster, Del Rey, 1990 461 · The Eye of Tandyla [Pusadian] · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Fantastic Adventures May 1951 489 · The Outpost Undiscovered by Tourists · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1982; subtitled “A Tale of Three Kings and a Star for This Sacred Season”.

The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, September 1, 1988, 0-948164-82-4, £4.95, 518pp, tp, an, cover by Bob Marchant)     Anthology of 10 horror novellas. ix · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 1 · The Monkey · Stephen King · nv Gallery November 1980 35 · The Parasite · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s Weekly November 10 1884 (+3) 73 · There’s a Long, Long Trail A-Winding · Russell Kirk · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 103 · The Damned · Algernon Blackwood · na Incredible Adventures by Algernon Blackwood, Macmillan, 1914 171 · Fengriffen · David Case · na Fengriffen and Other Stories by David Case, Macdonald, 1971 259 · The Uttermost Farthing · A. C. Benson · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1926 (+1) 307 · The Rope in the Rafters · Oliver Onions · nv The Collected Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions by Oliver Onions, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1935 339 · Nadelman’s God · T. E. D. Klein · na Dark Gods by T. E. D. Klein, Viking, 1985 407 · The Feasting Dead · John Metcalfe · na The Feasting Dead by John Metcalfe, Arkham House, 1954 463 · How the Wind Spoke at Madaket · Lucius Shepard · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1985

The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, October 1988, 0-88184-429-2, $8.95, 518pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Robinson 1988) anthology of 10 horror novellas. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of Sorcerers’ Tales ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, October 14, 2004, 1-84119-935-4, £7.99, xii+500pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 23 stories about wizards, six original to this volume. xi · Spellbound · Mike Ashley · fw 1 · Ten Things I Know About the Wizard · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Fantasy Book May 1983 11 · Villaggio Sogno · Richard A. Lupoff · nv 38 · The Game of Magical Death · Doug Hornig · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1987 50 · The Infestation · Tom Holt · ss 69 · The Witch’s Bicycle · Tim Pratt · nv Realms of Fantasy August 2002 102 · The Sage of Theare [Chrestomanci] · Diana Wynne Jones · nv Hecate’s Cauldron ed. Susan M. Shwartz, DAW, 1982 128 · Timekeeper · John Morressy · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1990 150 · The Double Shadow [Poseidonis] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies by Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn CA, 1933 163 · The Rite Stuff · Michael Kurland · nv 195 · Master of Chaos [Earl Aubec] · Michael Moorcock · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination May 1964 210 · Seven Drops of Blood [Sidney Taine] · Robert Weinberg · ss Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurrences ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Unnameable Press, 1992 228 · To Become a Sorcerer [Sekenre] · Darrell Schweitzer · nv Weird Tales Winter 1991/1992 284 · No. 252 Rue M. le Prince · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 299 · The Bones of the Earth [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harcourt, 2001 316 · The Closed Window · A. C. Benson · ss The Hill of Trouble by A. C. Benson, Isbister, 1903 327 · Disillusioned · Lawrence Schimel & Mike Resnick · ss The Day the Magic Stopped ed. Christopher Stasheff & Bill Fawcett, Baen, 1995, as “disIllusions” 336 · In the Realm of Dragons · Esther M. Friesner · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1998 359 · Forever · Tim Lebbon · nv 384 · The Wizard of Ashes and Rain · David Sandner · ss Weird Tales Fall 2001 408 · The Walker Behind [Lythande] · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1987 425 · The Last Witch · James Bibby · ss 442 · Last Rites [from Star Ascendant] · Louise Cooper · ex HarperCollins UK, 1994 465 · The Eternal Altercation · Peter Crowther · nv