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Skeleton in the Closet and Other Stories by Robert Bloch (Subterranean Press, October 2008, 978-1-59606-122-4, $40.00, 306pp, hc, cover by Gahan Wilson) [edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz]     Collection of 16 previously uncollected stories, volume two in The Reader’s Bloch series. This is a limited edition of 750 signed by the editor; issued without a dustjacket. Volume two in “The Reader’s Bloch”. 7 · Tooth or Consequences · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Stories May 1950 21 · The Curse of the House · Robert Bloch · ss Strange Stories February 1939 39 · Never Trust a Demon · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Stories April 1943 55 · Pink Elephants · Robert Bloch · ss Strange Stories August 1939 69 · The Last Plea · Robert Bloch · nv Fantastic July 1959 107 · Iron Mask · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1944 149 · Skeleton in the Closet · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures May 1943, as by Tarleton Fiske 169 · The Tchen-Lam’s Vengeance · Robert Bloch · ss Other Worlds Science Stories December 1951 187 · Fairy Tale · Robert Bloch · nv Fantastic Adventures August 1943, as by Tarleton Fiske 215 · The Red Swimmer · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales April 1939 235 · Unheavenly Twin · Robert Bloch · ss Strange Stories June 1939 243 · The Strange Island of Doctor Nork · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales March 1949 265 · Lilies · Robert Bloch · vi Marvel Tales Winter 1934 269 · The Hound of Pedro · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1938 283 · The Bat Is My Brother · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1944 301 · The Black Lotus · Robert Bloch · ss Unusual Stories Winter 1935

Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper by Robert Bloch (Subterranean Press, November 2011, 978-1-59606-424-9, $40.00, 332pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter)     Collection of three Jack the Ripper stories, novel The Night of the Ripper (1984), Star Trek script “Wolf in the Fold”, and an essay. Introduction by Norman Partridge. This also includes Bloch’s 1988 foreword to the anthology Ripper!. 7 · The Writer and the Ripper · Norman Partridge · in 13 · Foreword · Robert Bloch · fw Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988 · Stories 21 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943 39 · A Most Unusual Murder · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1976 51 · A Toy for Juliette · Robert Bloch · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 57 · The Night of the Ripper · Robert Bloch · n. Doubleday, September 1984 · Script 233 · Wolf in the Fold [Star Trek] · Robert Bloch · pl · Essay 327 · Two Victorian Gentlemen · Robert Bloch · ar

The Best of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown ed. Robert Bloch--- see under Fredric Brown.

Monsters in Our Midst ed. Robert Bloch (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Tor, November 1993, 0-312-85049-2, $20.95, 303pp, hc, cover by Joe DeVito)     Original anthology of 17 horror stories, with an introduction by Bloch. Copyrighted by Bloch and Martin H. Greenberg. 13 · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in 22 · Snow Man · John Coyne · nv 47 · A Gentle Breeze Blowing · Robert E. Vardeman · ss 64 · For You to Judge · Ramsey Campbell · nv 87 · The Child Killer · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 103 · The Lick of Time · Jonathan Carroll · ss 115 · The Edge · Richard Christian Matheson · ss 122 · How Would You Like It? · Lawrence Block · ss 128 · The Moment the Face Falls · Chet Williamson · ss 139 · Judgment · Ed Gorman · ss 147 · Reality Function · J. N. Williamson · nv 183 · Sacrifice · Kathleen Buckley · ss 203 · Name That Tune · Charles L. Grant · ss 213 · Taking Care of Georgie · Lisa W. Cantrell · ss 218 · Fish Are Jumpin’, and the Cotton Is High · S. P. Somtow · nv 244 · It Takes One to Know One · Robert Bloch · nv 278 · The Lesson · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 288 · Fee Fie Foe Fum · Ray Bradbury · ss 300 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Psycho-Paths ed. Robert Bloch (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Tor, March 1991, 0-312-85048-4, $18.95, 295pp, hc, cover by Bill Sienkiewicz)     Original horror anthology of 17 stories featuring psychokillers, with an introduction by Bloch. The copyright is by Bloch and unlisted co-editor Martin H. Greenberg. ix · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in 1 · Them Bleaks · Gahan Wilson · ss 17 · Remains to Be Seen · David Morrell · ss 35 · No Love Lost · J. N. Williamson · nv 63 · Confession of a Madman · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss 79 · Jesse · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 95 · Enduring Art · Robert E. Vardeman · ss 111 · A Determined Woman · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 127 · Kessel’s Party · Michael Berry · ss 141 · Him, Her, Them · William F. Nolan · ss 159 · Clutter · Brad Linaweaver · ss 179 · Dreaming in Black and White · Susan M. Shwartz · nv 201 · The Secret Blade · Edward D. Hoch · ss 219 · Kin · Charles L. Grant · ss 229 · Call Home · Dennis Etchison · ss 239 · Waste · Kathleen Buckley · ss 257 · Red Devils · Hugh B. Cave · nv 281 · Pick Me Up · David J. Schow · ss

The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons by Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, April 2015, 978-1-59606-701-1, $30.00, 312pp, hc, cover by Jeff Wong) [Bernie Rhodenbarr]     Reprint (Lawrence Block 2013) mystery novel. Also available in a limited edition of 1000 signed numbered copies ($79.95). Volume 11 in the series.

The Burglar in Short Order by Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, March 2020, 978-1-59606-957-2, $30.00, 140pp, hc, cover by Jeff Wong)     Also available in a leatherbound edition ($45.00), limited to 250 numbered, signed, copies. Details taken from publisher website. · A Burglar’s Origins · Lawrence Block · fw 2020 · A Bad Night for Burglars [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1977, as “Gentlemen’s Agreement” · Mr. Rhodenbarr, Bookseller, Advises a Young Customer on Seeking a Vocation [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ex from The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling, Random House, September 1979 · The Burglar Who Strove to Go Straight [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ex from The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling, Random House, September 1979 · Like a Thief in the Night [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ss Cosmopolitan May 1983 · The Burglar Who Dropped in on Elvis [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ss Playboy April 1990 · The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lynne Wood & Lawrence Block · nv Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Summer/Fall 1997 · The Burglar Who Collected Copernicus [Bernie Rhodenbarr; Evan Tanner] · Lawrence Block · vi The Chicago Tribune 2000 · A Burglar’s-Eye View of Greed [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · vi New York Newsday 2002 · The Burglar on Location [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · vi New York Daily News 2020 · Five Books Bernie Has Read More Than Once [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · vi 2013 · A Burglar’s Complaint [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · vi 38 Hours in NYC ed. Uwe Hasenfuss, 36hrs GmbH, 2015 · The Burglar Takes a Cat [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ex from The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams, Dutton, 1994 · The Burglar on the Screen [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ar Hollywood vs. The Author ed. Stephen Jay Schwartz, Rare Bird Books, 2018 · A Burglar’s Future · Lawrence Block · aw 2020

Catch and Release by Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, September 2013, 978-1-59606-571-0, $30.00, 289pp, hc, cover by Ken Laager)     Associational collection of 17 mystery/crime stories, with notes on each by the author. A Hard Case Crime Book. · A Burglar’s-Eye View of Greed [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · vi New York Newsday 2002 · A Chance to Get Even · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2007 · A Vision in White · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2007 · Catch and Release · Lawrence Block · ss Stories ed. Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio, William Morrow, 2010 · Clean Slate · Lawrence Block · nv Warriors ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Tor, 2010 · Dolly’s Trash and Treasures · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2011 · How Far · Lawrence Block · pl Lawrence Block, 2011 one-act play based on the story “How Far It Could Go” (The Plot Thickens, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, 1997). · Mick Ballou Looks at the Blank Screen [Mick Ballou; Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · vi Mark Lavendier, 2007 · One Last Night at Grogan’s [Mick Ballou; Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · ss Night and the Music by Lawrence Block, Telemachus Press, 2011 · Part of the Job · Lawrence Block · ss Dapper December 1967 · Scenarios · Lawrence Block · ss The Dark End of the Street ed. Jonathan Santlofer & S. J. Rozan, Bloomsbury USA, 2010 · See the Woman · Lawrence Block · ss L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories by , Mulholland Books, 2011 · Speaking of Greed · Lawrence Block · ss Speaking of Greed ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House, 2001 · Speaking of Lust · Lawrence Block · ss Speaking of Lust ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House, 2001 · Welcome to the Real World · Lawrence Block · ss Murder in the Rough ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press, 2006 · Who Knows Where It Goes · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2010 · Without a Body · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2010

Cinderella Sims by Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, June 2002, $30.00, 170pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks)     Reprint (Nightstand 1961 as $20 Lust by Andrew Shaw.) mystery novel. Also available in a limited edition of 175 signed numbered copies housed in a handcrafted slipcase ($75.00).

Defender of the Innocent: The Casebook of Martin Ehrengraf by Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, September 2014, 978-1-59606-667-0, $30.00, 216pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) · The Ehrengraf Defense [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1978, as “The Ehrengraf Method” · The Ehrengraf Presumption [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1978 · The Ehrengraf Experience [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1978 · The Ehrengraf Appointment [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1978 · The Ehrengraf Riposte [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1978 · The Ehrengraf Obligation [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1979 · The Ehrengraf Alternative [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1982 · The Ehrengraf Nostrum [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1984 · The Ehrengraf Affirmation [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1997 · The Ehrengraf Reverse [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss The Mighty Johns ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press, 2002 · The Ehrengraf Settlement [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss · The Ehrengraf Fandango [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss · Afterword · Lawrence Block · aw

A Diet of Treacle by Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, June 2022, 978-1-64524-066-2, $50.00, 152pp, hc, cover by Chuck Pyle)     Reprint (Beacon 1964 as Pads Are for Passion by Sheldon Lord) beat novel. Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Hellcats and Honeygirls by Lawrence Block & Donald E. Westlake (Subterranean Press, December 2010, 978-1-59606-303-7, $30.00, 395pp, hc, cover by Glen Orbik)     Associational omnibus of three collaborative soft-core porn novels: A Girl Called Honey (1960 as by Sheldon Lord & Alan Marshall), So Willing (1960 as by Sheldon Lord & Alan Marshall), and Sin Hellcat (1961 as by Andrew Shaw). Block discusses their collaboration in his introduction. A leatherbound, limited edition of 200 signed by authors and editor is also available. 9 · Introduction · Lawrence Block · in 2010 15 · A Girl Called Honey · Lawrence Block & Donald E. Westlake · n. 1960, as by Sheldon Lord & Alan Marshall 147 · So Willing · Lawrence Block & Donald E. Westlake · n. 1960, as by Sheldon Lord & Alan Marshall 269 · Sin Hellcat · Lawrence Block & Donald E. Westlake · n. 1961, as by Andrew Shaw

Hunting Buffalo with Bent Nails by Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, March 2021, $50.00, hc, cover by Ken Laager)     Reprint (Lawrence Block 2019) collection of non-fiction. Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website. · Hunting Buffalo with Bent Nails? Really? · Lawrence Block · fw 2019 · Abridge This! · Lawrence Block · ar The Village Voice December 2004 · All My Best Eyes Are Private · Lawrence Block · ar Mystery Readers Journal Fall 2019 · Alone Too Long · Lawrence Block · in Great Tales of Madness and the Macabre ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad, 1990, as “Introduction” · Apocalypse in a Small Town · Lawrence Block · ar Metropolis Found, New York Is Book Country, 2003 · Back in the Day with DVR · Lawrence Block · in from The Mayor of MacDougal Street, Hachette Books, 2013 · The Ballad of the Pound · Lawrence Block · pm Whitman Numismatic Journal November 1964 · The Bumpy Road to Inspiration · Lawrence Block · ar The New York Times March 9 1997 · Cheers for the Much-Maligned Motel · Lawrence Block · ar The New York Times June 3 1990 · Collecting Old Subway Cars · Lawrence Block · ar The Subway Chronicles: Scenes from Life in New York ed. Jacquelin Cangro, Plume, 2006 · Donald E. Westlake · Lawrence Block · ar Mystery and Suspense Writers ed. Maureen Corrigan & Robin W. Winks, Scribner's, 1998 [Ref. Donald E. Westlake] · East Side, West Side · Lawrence Block · in Andrews McNeel, 1998 [Ref. Lawrence S. Ritter] · Follow the Serendipity Road · Lawrence Block · ar The New York Times March 4 1990 · Gangsters, Swindlers, Killers and Thieves · Lawrence Block · in The Oxford University Press, 2004 · Getting Busted · Lawrence Block · ar I, Witness ed. Brian Garfield, Times Books, 1978 · Greenwich Village Through the Years · Lawrence Block · ar The New York Times November 20 1988 · Ham for Breakfast · Lawrence Block · in 2019 written for Jewish Noir II ed. Ken Wishnia & Chantelle Aimée Osman (PM Press, 2021). · How to Be a Writer Without Writing Anything · Lawrence Block · gp (r) _ · Part One: Getting Ghosted · Lawrence Block · ar Unitas _ · Part Two: The Anthology Game · Lawrence Block · ar Unitas _ · Part Three: Hanging It Up · Lawrence Block · ar Unitas · How We’ve Changed · Lawrence Block · ar American Heritage December 1994 · Hunting Buffalo · Lawrence Block · ar American Heritage · Introducing Manhattan: A Dark Duet · Lawrence Block · gp (r) _ · Manhattan Noir · Lawrence Block · in Manhattan Noir ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books, 2006, as “Introduction” _ · Manhattan Noir 2: It’s Been Noir Around Here for Ages · Lawrence Block · in Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books, 2008, as “Introduction” · Listowel, a Special Place · Lawrence Block · ar The Walker · The Magic of Minneapolis · Lawrence Block · ar Bouchercon 27 Souvenir Programme Book by , , 1997 · The Mean Streets of Gotham · Lawrence Block · ar Gotham Central, Book One: In the Line of Duty by Ed Brubaker & Greg Rucka, DC Comics, 2008 · No Slings, No Arrows · Lawrence Block · vi Bred Any Good Rooks Lately? ed. James Charlton, Doubleday, 1986 · A Pen Name? Really? After All These Years??? · Lawrence Block · ar Mystery Fanfare July 2 2011 · A Rare and Radiant Mother · Lawrence Block · ar Mothers & Sons ed. Jill M. Morgan, NAL, 2000 · Raymond Chandler and the Brasher Doubloon · Lawrence Block · ar Whitman Numismatic Journal 1964 [Ref. Raymond Chandler] · Travel by Number · Lawrence Block · ar The New York Times May 2003 · The Whole World Is Listening · Lawrence Block · in from Overheard in New York, Roadside Amusements, 2006 · Writing My Name · Lawrence Block · ar The Village Voice April 1994, as “Signature Collection”