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The Tale of Gold and Silence by Gustave Kahn; translated by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, December 2011, 978-1-61227-063-0, $20.95, 262pp, tp, n., cover by Mike Hoffman)     SF novel, translated/adapted from the French Le Conte de l’or et du silence (Societé du Mercure de France 1898) by Brian Stableford, who also provides an introduction.

Chilling and Killing ed. Joan Kahn (Houghton Mifflin, 1978, 0-395-26287-9, $10.95, 332pp, hc, an) vii · Preface · Jacques Barzun · pr xi · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in 1 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited. 15 · The Raspberry Patch · Berton Rouéché · ss Evergreen Review #58, September 1968 22 · The Man Hunt · Milton MacKaye · ar 1928 38 · Another Solution · Gilbert Highet · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1951 43 · Miss Hinch · Henry Sydnor Harrison · nv McClure’s Magazine September 1911 63 · The Withered Arm · Thomas Hardy · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1888 93 · The Old Shell Collector · H. R. F. Keating · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1970 116 · The Man Who Murdered Papa Desire · Lassiter Wren · ar Masterstrokes of Crime Detection by Lassiter Wren, Doubleday, 1929 130 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week March 5 1917 based on material from the play “Trifles”. 153 · Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922 169 · A Record of Escape · Alfred Morain · ar The Underworld of Paris—Secrets of the Surete by Alfred Morain, Dutton, 1931 184 · The Invaders · Robbie Macauley · ss 1957 194 · Bird of Prey · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, January 1941 203 · The Confession of Charles Linkworth · E. F. Benson · ss The Cavalier and the Scrap Book January 13 1912 219 · The Broadway Central Tragedy · Alfred Henry Lewis · ar Nation-Famous New York Murders by Alfred Henry Lewis, G. W. Dillingham, 1914 243 · The Woman at the Store · Katherine Mansfield · ss Rhythm Spring 1911 254 · The Escape · E. H. Lacon Watson · ss The London Mercury November 1928 267 · The Doll · Francis King · ss The Brighton Belle and Other Stories by Francis King, Longmans, 1968 283 · Undertaker Song · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s November 24 1934 296 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, November 1907 306 · The Trial of Jane’s Aunt · Albert Borowitz · ar 1978 332 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

The Edge of the Chair ed. Joan Kahn (Harper & Row, 1967, LC:67-22500, 555pp, hc, an)     Derivative anthologies: Skeleton Keys and Graveyard Shift. 1 · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in 3 · The Sixth Capsule; or, Proof by Circumstantial Evidence · Edmund Pearson · ar Vanity Fair (US) 1926 14 · Fool’s Mate · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #96, November 1951 29 · The Axeman Wore Wings · Robert Tallant · ts Ready to Hang by Robert Tallant, Harper & Brothers, 1952 50 · Stone from the Stars · Valentina Zhuravleva; translated by R. Prokofieva · ss The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961 63 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin; translated by Rosemary Edmonds · nv The Classics of Mystery Volume IX: An Omnibus of Continental Mysteries, Part II ed. Arno Eckberg, Juniper, 1961 translated from the Russian (“Pikovaya dama”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834). 88 · Billy: The Seal Mission · Stewart Alsop & Thomas Braden · ex from Sub Rosa: The OSS and American Espionage, Reynal, 1946 109 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889 120 · Tea Party · Harold Pinter · ss Playboy January 1965 124 · Death Draws a Triangle · Edward Hale Bierstadt · ar 1934 156 · The Net · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker January 27 1940 165 · Prisoner of the Sand · Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; translated by Lewis Galantiere · ex from Wind, Sand and Stars, Reynal and Hitchcock, 1939 translated from the French (Terre des hommes, Gallimard, 1939). 202 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury January 1932 211 · The Last Inhabitant of the Tuileries · André Castelot; translated by Denise Folliot · ex from The Turbulent City: Paris 1783-1871, Harper’s Magazine 1962 218 · Jesting Pilot · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1947 231 · Shattering the Myth of John Wilkes Booth’s Escape · William G. Shepherd · ar Harper’s Magazine November 1924 255 · A Piece of Steak · Jack London · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 20 1909 272 · The Game of Murder · Gerd Gaiser; translated by H. M. Waldson · ss Great German Short Stories ed. Stephen Spender, Dell, May 1960 translated from the German (“Das Mörderspiel”. Akzente, August 1955). 278 · On the Killing of Eratosthenes the Seducer · Kathleen Freeman · ar The Murder of Herodes and Other Trials from the Athenian Law-Courts by Kathleen Freeman, Farquharsen, 1963 289 · The Adventure of the Clapham Cook [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 14 1923 302 · The Last Night of the World · Ray Bradbury · ss Esquire February 1951 306 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904 326 · The Chair · John Bartlow Martin · ar Butcher’s Dozen and Other Murders by John Bartlow Martin, Harper, 1950 360 · Old Fags · Stacy Aumonier · nv The Grim 13 ed. Frederick Stuart Greene, Dodd, Mead, 1917 380 · “…Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields” · William B. Seabrook · ar from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929 390 · How the Brigadier Lost His Ear [Brigadier Gerard] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1902, as “How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear” 409 · Dry September · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1931 421 · Rattenbury and Stoner · F. Tennyson Jesse · ar Famous Trials, Fifth Series ed. James H. Hodge, Penguin, 1955 454 · Sing a Song of Sixpence [Edward Leithen; The Runagates Club] · John Buchan · nv Pall Mall Magazine February 1928 467 · The Murder in Le Mans · Janet Flanner · ar Vanity Fair (US) June 1934 474 · Sleeping Beauty · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1938 490 · The Shadow of the Shark [Gabriel Gale] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1921 509 · A Small Buried Treasure · John Fischer · ar Harper’s Magazine July 1960 515 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887). 539 · Scrawns · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Story-teller December 1932, as “Interlude at Scrawns” 553 · Biographical Notes · Onica Friend · bg

The Graveyard Shift ed. Joan Kahn (Dell, January 1970, 3038, 75¢, 319pp, pb, an)     More Tales from The Edge of the Chair. 9 · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in The Edge of the Chair ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1967 11 · On the Killing of Eratosthenes the Seducer · Kathleen Freeman · ar The Murder of Herodes and Other Trials from the Athenian Law-Courts by Kathleen Freeman, Farquharsen, 1963 23 · The Adventure of the Clapham Cook [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 14 1923 37 · The Last Night of the World · Ray Bradbury · ss Esquire February 1951 42 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904 64 · The Chair · John Bartlow Martin · ar Butcher’s Dozen and Other Murders by John Bartlow Martin, Harper, 1950 102 · Old Fags · Stacy Aumonier · nv The Grim 13 ed. Frederick Stuart Greene, Dodd, Mead, 1917 125 · “…Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields” · William B. Seabrook · ar from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929 136 · How the Brigadier Lost His Ear [Brigadier Gerard] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1902, as “How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear” 157 · Dry September · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1931 170 · Rattenbury and Stoner · F. Tennyson Jesse · ar Famous Trials, Fifth Series ed. James H. Hodge, Penguin, 1955 207 · Sing a Song of Sixpence [Edward Leithen; The Runagates Club] · John Buchan · nv Pall Mall Magazine February 1928 221 · The Murder in Le Mans · Janet Flanner · ar Vanity Fair (US) June 1934 229 · Sleeping Beauty · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1938 246 · The Shadow of the Shark [Gabriel Gale] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1921 267 · A Small Buried Treasure · John Fischer · ar Harper’s Magazine July 1960 274 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887). 300 · Scrawns · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Story-teller December 1932, as “Interlude at Scrawns” 315 · Biographical Notes · Onica Friend · bg The Edge of the Chair ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1967

Handle with Care ed. Joan Kahn (Greenwillow Books, 1985, 0-688-04663-0, $10.25, xii+209pp, hc, an)     14 mystery and horror stories. xi · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in 1 · The Toy Killer · Barbara Williamson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979 10 · The Witch’s Vengeance · William B. Seabrook · ss Cosmopolitan August 1930 22 · Object Lesson [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week September 11 1955, as “The Blackboard Gangsters” 35 · The Yellow Pill · Rog Phillips · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1958 51 · My Dear Uncle Sherlock [Uncle George Crowder] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1960 61 · The Sailor-Boy’s Tale · Isak Dinesen · ss Winter’s Tales by Isak Dinesen, Putnam UK, 1942 74 · The Happy Brotherhood [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1977 87 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 99 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 108 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 134 · Mr. Strang Picks Up the Pieces [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1975 153 · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 176 · The Day of the Bookmobile · Patricia McGerr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1979 188 · The Dressmaker’s Doll · Agatha Christie · ss Woman’s Journal December 1958

Hanging by a Thread ed. Joan Kahn (Houghton Mifflin, 1969, $7.95, 595pp, hc, an) ix · Foreword · Ogden Nash · pm (r) xv · Introduction · Eudora Welty · in 1 · The Scorched Face [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask May 1925 37 · The Murder of Arnold Rothstein · Russel Crouse · ar 1932 51 · The Splintered Monday · Charlotte Armstrong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1966 69 · The Mysterious Occurrence in Lambeth · G. P. R. James · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1855 93 · The Guest · Albert Camus; translated by Justin O’Brien · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1957 107 · The Sandyford Mystery · William Roughead · ar (r) 142 · The Grandstand Complex · Horace McCoy · ss Esquire December 1935 153 · The Other Place · Robert Borger · ss 1952 158 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898 187 · “Other Than a Good One” · Joseph Henry Jackson · ar 1947 217 · The Hashish Man · Lord Dunsany · ss A Dreamer’s Tales by Lord Dunsany, George Allen & Sons, September 1910 222 · The True Story · Dylan Thomas · ss Yellowjacket May 1939 226 · The Manhattan Well Murder · E. S. Gould · ar (r) 238 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 251 · The Haunted and the Haunters · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited. 287 · Escape from the Bastille · Jean Henry Latude · ar (r) 295 · Miss Holland’s Elopement · Edmund Pearson · ar (r) 306 · The Peasant Girl · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1956, as by Paul Janvier 327 · A Strange Murderer · Maxim Gorky · ss The Dial October 1924 translated from the Russian. 335 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 345 · A Marriage Tragedy · Wilkie Collins · na Harper’s New Monthly Magazine February 1858 402 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896 413 · The Waste Land · Alan Paton · vi Tales from a Troubled Land by Alan Paton, Simon and Schuster, 1961 417 · The Death of Agrippina, the Mother of Nero · Tacitus · ar from Annales (r) 423 · Beheaded in Error · translated by Gene Z. Hanrahan · ss 50 Great Oriental Stories ed. Gene Z. Hanrahan, Bantam Books, March 1965 translated from the Chinese (“Ching-pen t’ung-hsu hsiao-shuo”, 1915). 437 · A Manner of Legacy · Donn Byrne · ss (r) 450 · A Sort of Genius · James Thurber · ar The New Yorker January 23 1937 464 · Funny the Way Things Work Out · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1963 476 · Captain John Porteous · [uncredited] · ar The Newgate Calendar 484 · The End · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Anthony Kerrigan · vi Ficciones by Jorge Luís Borges, Grove Press, 1962 translated from the Spanish (“El fin”, La Nación, October 11, 1953). 488 · Operation Enticement · Henry Cecil · nv Ways and Means by Henry Cecil, Chapman & Hall, 1952 518 · To the South Sea Islands · Thor Heyerdahl · ar from Kon-Tiki, 1950 532 · Cambric Tea · Marjorie Bowen · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1925 552 · The Ghost of a Head · [uncredited] · ss Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal September 25 1852 563 · A Winter’s Tale · Helen Eustis · nv Captains and the Kings Depart by Helen Eustis, Harper, 1949 588 · The Murder at the Towers · E. V. Knox · ss This Other Eden by E. V. Knox, Methuen, 1929

Open at Your Own Risk ed. Joan Kahn (Houghton Mifflin, 1975, 0-395-20718-5, $12.95, 506pp, hc, an) xi · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in 1 · The Yellow Wall-Paper · Charlotte Curtis Stetson Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 18 · A Man from Glasgow · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham, Heinemann, June 1947 revised from “Told in the Inn at Algeciras” (The Woman at Home, February 1905). 29 · The Daemon Lover · Shirley Jackson · nv Woman’s Home Companion February 1949, as “The Phantom Lover” 44 · Pen, Pencil and Poison · Oscar Wilde · ar The Fortnightly Review January 1889 64 · A Place of One’s Own · Osbert Sitwell · na Macmillan, 1941 102 · The Fortunes of Martin Waldeck · translated by Sir Walter Scott · ss (r), as “Waldeck: a Tale from the German” 113 · Murder in Solitude · Alister Kershaw · ar 1955 137 · The Mole · Gerald Bullett · ss The London Mercury May 1923 145 · The Man Who Missed the ’Bus · Stella Benson · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1929 160 · Elvira Barney · Edgar Lustgarten · ar 1958 197 · The Toll-House · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine April 1907 207 · A Theme for Hyacinth · Julian Symons · ss Argosy (UK) August 1967 229 · Miss Parsons · Henry Wilson · ar (r) 245 · Stay of Execution [Hargest Macrea] · Michael Gilbert · na Home June 1963 (+1) 298 · The Squire’s Story · Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas 1853, uncredited. 314 · The Beast with Five Fingers · William F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928 revised from The New Decameron, Volume the First, B.H. Blackwell, 1919. 340 · Steinie Morrison · Maurice Moiseiwitsch · ar 1962 364 · Death and the Compass · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni · ss The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luís Borges, Dutton, November 1970 translated from the Spanish (“La Muerte y la Brújula”, Sur, May 1942). 376 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 391 · Last Visit · Christopher Lazare · ss Cross Section 1944 ed. Edward Seaver, L.B. Fischer, 1944 409 · Murder Among the Lovebirds · Janet Flanner · ar Vanity Fair (US) 1935 416 · The Coach · Violet Hunt · ss The English Review March 1909 434 · The Spider · Jan Gerhard Toonder · ss The Paris Review #25, Winter/Spring 1961 446 · “Eleven Days’ Wonder” · Lenore Glen Offord · ar 1947 474 · Sensational Occurrence at a Poetry Reading [Psmith] · P. G. Wodehouse · ex from Leave It to Psmith, Herbert Jenkins, 1923 500 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories! ed. Joan Kahn (Greenwillow, August 1987, 0-688-07167-8, $11.75, 159pp, hc, an)     Young adult anthology of 14 horror stories. Most, but not all, are supernatural. xi · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in 1 · Please, No Strawberries · Hayes Wilson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 10 1980 6 · Peter Two · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker April 19 1952 18 · The Vinegar Mother · Ruth Rendell · nv The Fallen Curtain by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1976 40 · Robert · Stanley Ellin · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958 60 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1896 76 · Paul’s Tale · Mary Norton · ss Story #114, July/August 1945 85 · If Big Brother Says So · Alice Rudoski · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1977 90 · A Private Ghost · Joyce Cary · ss The New Yorker November 10 1956 102 · The Playground · Ray Bradbury · ss The Illustrated Man (var. 1) by Ray Bradbury, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952 120 · The Girl in the Mirror · Margot Arnold · ss The Eighth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1976 130 · The Thing Waiting Outside · Barbara Williamson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1977 138 · Fair’s Fair · Jane Speed · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1967 149 · A Hell of a Story · H. R. F. Keating · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1982 155 · The Wish · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, October 1953

Skeleton Keys ed. Joan Kahn (Dell, August 1969, 8028, 75¢, 317pp, pb, an)     Tales from The Edge of the Chair. 9 · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in The Edge of the Chair ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1967 11 · The Sixth Capsule; or, Proof by Circumstantial Evidence · Edmund Pearson · ar Vanity Fair (US) 1926 23 · Fool’s Mate · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #96, November 1951 40 · The Axeman Wore Wings · Robert Tallant · ts Ready to Hang by Robert Tallant, Harper & Brothers, 1952 63 · Stone from the Stars · Valentina Zhuravleva; translated by R. Prokofieva · ss The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961 77 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin; translated by Rosemary Edmonds · nv The Classics of Mystery Volume IX: An Omnibus of Continental Mysteries, Part II ed. Arno Eckberg, Juniper, 1961 translated from the Russian (“Pikovaya dama”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834). 103 · Billy: The Seal Mission · Stewart Alsop & Thomas Braden · ex from Sub Rosa: The OSS and American Espionage, Reynal, 1946 126 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889 138 · Tea Party · Harold Pinter · ss Playboy January 1965 143 · Death Draws a Triangle · Edward Hale Bierstadt · ar 1934 178 · The Net · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker January 27 1940 188 · Prisoner of the Sand · Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; translated by Lewis Galantiere · ex from Wind, Sand and Stars, Reynal and Hitchcock, 1939 translated from the French (Terre des hommes, Gallimard, 1939). 228 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury January 1932 238 · The Last Inhabitant of the Tuileries · André Castelot; translated by Denise Folliot · ex from The Turbulent City: Paris 1783-1871, Harper’s Magazine 1962 246 · Jesting Pilot · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1947 260 · Shattering the Myth of John Wilkes Booth’s Escape · William G. Shepherd · ar Harper’s Magazine November 1924 287 · A Piece of Steak · Jack London · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 20 1909 306 · The Game of Murder · Gerd Gaiser; translated by H. M. Waldson · ss Great German Short Stories ed. Stephen Spender, Dell, May 1960 translated from the German (“Das Mörderspiel”. Akzente, August 1955). 314 · Biographical Notes · Onica Friend · bg The Edge of the Chair ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1967

Some Things Dark and Dangerous ed. Joan Kahn (Harper & Row, 1970, 0-06-023082-7, $6.95, 221pp, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in 9 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing” 17 · The White Cat of Drumgunniol · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, uncredited. 29 · The Murder of Dr. Burdell · Edmund Pearson · ar 1935 38 · The Destruction of Smith · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Eye-Witness February 29 1912 45 · Wet Saturday · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 16 1938 53 · Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The 20-Story Magazine #47, May 1926, as “The Adventure of the Cat in the Bag” 66 · Fatal Visit of the Inca to Pizarro and His Followers in the City of Caxamalca · William H. Prescott · ar (r) 71 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s Weekly April 4 1903 (+2) 107 · Portrait of a Murderer · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1942 126 · The Dead Finger · Howard Pyle · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1911 144 · Boy Hunt · John Bartlow Martin · ar Harper’s Magazine December 1944 162 · Calling All Stars · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961 167 · “These Terrible Men, the Harpes!” · Robert M. Coates · ar 1930 181 · When the Bough Breaks · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore) · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1944 207 · A Musical Enigma · Rev. C. P. Cranch · ss Putnam’s Magazine May 1870, as “A Musical Mystery” 218 · The Sinking Ship · Robert Louis Stevenson · vi Longman’s Magazine August 1895 221 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Some Things Dark and Dangerous (var. 1) ed. Joan Kahn (Coronet Books, 1976, 0-340-20146-0, 237pp, pb, an)     Abridged from the original edition (Harper & Row, 1970). 9 · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in Some Things Dark and Dangerous ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1970 11 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing” 21 · The White Cat of Drumgunniol · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, uncredited. 37 · The Destruction of Smith · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Eye-Witness February 29 1912 47 · Wet Saturday · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 16 1938 57 · Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The 20-Story Magazine #47, May 1926, as “The Adventure of the Cat in the Bag” 74 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s Weekly April 4 1903 (+2) 123 · Portrait of a Murderer · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1942 148 · Boy Hunt · John Bartlow Martin · ar Harper’s Magazine December 1944 173 · Calling All Stars · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961 180 · When the Bough Breaks · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore) · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1944 215 · A Musical Enigma · Rev. C. P. Cranch · ss Putnam’s Magazine May 1870, as “A Musical Mystery” 230 · The Sinking Ship · Robert Louis Stevenson · vi Longman’s Magazine August 1895 233 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg Some Things Dark and Dangerous ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1970

Some Things Fierce and Fatal ed. Joan Kahn (Harper & Row, 1971, 0-06-023084-3, $6.95, 246pp, hc, an)     14 horror and macabre stories. UK edition published by Bodley Head (1972). ix · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in 1 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936 15 · The Vermont Raffles Who Transcended the Tomb · Edward H. Smith · ar from You Can Escape, Macmillan US, 1929 29 · Invisible Boy · Ray Bradbury · ss Mademoiselle November 1945 40 · Something Evil in the House · Celia Fremlin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1968 61 · The “Coney” Men · Lloyd Lewis · ar from Myths After Lincoln, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1929 82 · High-Water Mark · Bret Harte · ss The Golden Era January 6 1861 94 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903 110 · The Nine-to-Five Man · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1961 134 · Sarah Jane Robinson · Edmund Pearson · ar from More Studies in Murder, 1936 151 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916 184 · The Leaping Trout · David Hogan · ss (r) 195 · A Tale of Terror · Paul Louis Courier · ar (r) 199 · Eight Minutes to Kill · Julian Symons · nv The Evening Standard May 30 1957 (+5) 230 · Traveller’s Joy · Dwynwen Richards · ss 243 · Biographical Notes · Ann O’Hara · bg

Some Things Strange and Sinister ed. Joan Kahn (Harper & Row, 1973, x+245pp, hc, an)     Published in Britain by The Bodley Head, 1973, and Coronet Books, 1976. ix · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in 1 · The Lamp · Agatha Christie · ss 1924 12 · Nerves · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Spasm” translated from the French (“Le tic”, Le Gaulois, July 14, 1884). 19 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940 26 · Keeping His Promise · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, November 1906 46 · The House · André Maurois; translated by Jacques Chambrun · vi Harper’s Magazine June 1931 50 · The Call of the Hand · Louis Golding · nv The English Review November 1919 69 · The Dream Woman · W. Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 102 · The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler May 1896 125 · The Strange Occurrences Connected with Captain John Russell · Neil Bell · ss Modern Reading 15 ed. Reginald Moore, Phoenix House, 1947 146 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury September 1930 168 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 185 · The Cocoon · John B. L. Goodwin · ss Story #121, September/October 1946 208 · The Empty Schoolroom · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss The Uncertain Element ed. Kay Dick, Jarrolds, 1950 229 · The Ghost of Washington · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Some Things Weird and Wicked: 12 Stories to Chill Your Bones ed. Joan Kahn (Pantheon, April 1976, 0-394-83244-2, $5.95, x+243pp, hc, an)     Paperback edition: Bantam 1977. ix · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in 3 · The White Circle · John Bell Clayton · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1947 14 · The Wind in the Rosebush · Mary E. Wilkins · nv Everybody’s Magazine February 1902 37 · “Blow Up with the Brig!” · Wilkie Collins · ss Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline by Wilkie Collins, Richard Bentley and Son, 1873 revised from “The Ghost in the Cupboard Room” (All the Year Round, Christmas 1859). 55 · The Web · D’Arcy Niland · ss World Prize Stories, Odhams, 1952 64 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902 87 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 113 · Only the Guilty Run · Vin Packer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1955 127 · My Friend Paton · Julian Hawthorne · ss Belgravia 1883 151 · Playmates · A. M. Burrage · nv Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927 184 · My Dear Uncle Sherlock [Uncle George Crowder] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1960 196 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, December 1953 221 · The Transferred Ghost · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine May 1882 239 · Biographical Notes · Sherry Knox · bg

Trial and Terror ed. Joan Kahn (Houghton Mifflin, 1973, 0-395-17208-X, $8.95, 560pp, hc, an) xiii · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in 1 · In an Early Winter · Roger Angell · ss The New Yorker January 22 1955 19 · The Black Veil [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv The London Magazine September 1929 43 · The Farewell Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na Black Mask February 1930 80 · The Gentleman from San Francisco · Ivan Bunin · nv The Dial January 1922 103 · The Murder of Julia Wallace · Dorothy L. Sayers · ar The Evening Standard November 6 1934, as “The Mysterious Telephone Call: The Murder of Julia Wallace” 154 · Cat People · Francis King · ss The Brighton Belle and Other Stories by Francis King, Longmans, 1968 164 · In a Foreign City · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker May 14 1955 177 · The Escape · Joseph Kessel · nv (r) 206 · The Brothers · Kenneth Deale · ar 1960 236 · The Wall · Jean-Paul Sartre; translated by Lloyd Alexander · ss (r) translated from the French (“Le Mur”, Le Mur, Gallimard, 1939). 255 · The Treasure Hunt [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s November 22 1924 272 · An Episode of the Terror · Honoré de Balzac; translated by Ellen Marriage · ss The Lock and Key Library: Classic French ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1909 translated from the French (as introduction to Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de la Révolution française, par Sanson, Librairie Centrale, 1829). 289 · Murder at the Brown Palace · Brett Halliday · ar 1946 323 · The Knock at the Manor Gate · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933 translated from the German (“Der Schlag ans Hoftor”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931). 325 · The Comforts of Home · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Kenyon Review Fall 1960 347 · The Sand-Man · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv (r) translated from the German (“Der Sandmann”, Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816). 383 · The Trial of Robert Wood · Edward Majoribanks · ar (r) 422 · A Spool of Thread · Rose Wilder Lane · ss revised from “Vengeance” (Liberty 1933). 440 · The March Assize · Samuel Warren · ss Experiences of a Barrister by Samuel Warren, Wentworth, 1859 455 · Red 71 · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask December 1932 482 · The Victim · Edgar Lustgarten · ar 1955 510 · The Lug Wrench · Berton Rouéché · ss The New Yorker June 7 1969 517 · The Tallow Candle · Joseph Shearing · ss The Uncertain Element ed. Kay Dick, Jarrolds, 1950 535 · Lottery Ticket, No. 1710 · Officer George S. McWatters · ts Knots Untied by Officer George S. McWatters, J.B. Burr and Hyde, 1871 552 · Why Herbert Killed His Mother · Winifred Holtby · ss Truth Is Not Sober by Winifred Holtby, Macmillan, 1934 561 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Imagine Africa 500 ed. Billy Kahora (Pan African Publishers, September 5, 2016, $9.99, ebook, oa, cover by Rodgers Chilemba)     Details taken from online listing. · Manging Editor’s Note · Shadreck Chikoti · ed · Foreword · Bertan Selim · fw · One wit’ This Place · Muthi Nhlema · ss · Snake Blood · Dilman Dila · ss · The Wish Box · Chinelo Onwualu · ss · Those Without Sin · Hagai Magai · ss · After Market Life · Frances Naiga Muwonge · ss · When We Had Faith · Lauri Kubuitsile · ss · Closer to the Sun · Aubrey Chinguwo · ss · Necessary and Sufficient Conditions · Wole Talabi · ss · Tiny Dots · Tuntufye Simwimba · ss · Unexpected Dawn · Musinguzi Ray Robert · ss · Transit · Derek Lubangakene · ss · Xaua-Khoe · Catherine Shepherd · ss · A Is a Four-Letter Word · Hannah Onoguwe · ss · Land of Light · Stephen Embleton · ss · Women Are from Venus · Tiseke Chilima · ss

The Curse of the Golden Skull by Josephine Kains (Zebra, November 1978, 0-89083-410-5, $1.95, 190pp, pb, n.) [Terry Spring]     A “Zebra Mystery Puzzler” where the final chapter is sealed to allow the reader to try to solve the mystery themselves.

The Devil Mask Mystery by Josephine Kains (Zebra, October 1978, 0-89083-397-4, $1.95, 175pp, pb, n.) [Terry Spring]     A “Zebra Mystery Puzzler” where the final chapter is sealed to allow the reader to try to solve the mystery themselves.

The Green Lama Mystery by Josephine Kains (Zebra, February 1979, 0-89083-455-5, $1.95, 159pp, pb, n.) [Terry Spring]     A “Zebra Mystery Puzzler” where the final chapter is sealed to allow the reader to try to solve the mystery themselves.

The Laughing Dragon Mystery by Josephine Kains (Zebra, March 1980, 0-89083-617-5, $1.95, 191pp, pb, n.) [Terry Spring]     A “Zebra Mystery Puzzler” where the final chapter is sealed to allow the reader to try to solve the mystery themselves.

The Whispering Cat Mystery by Josephine Kains (Zebra, April 1979, 0-89083-496-2, $1.95, 191pp, pb, n.) [Terry Spring]     A “Zebra Mystery Puzzler” where the final chapter is sealed to allow the reader to try to solve the mystery themselves.

The Witch’s Tower Mystery by Josephine Kains (Zebra, January 1979, 0-89083-555-1, $1.95, 159pp, pb, n.) [Terry Spring]     A “Zebra Mystery Puzzler” where the final chapter is sealed to allow the reader to try to solve the mystery themselves.

The Masked Rider Archives, Volume 2 by Jay J. Kalez, George A. Starbird & Lincoln Hoffman--- see under George A. Starbird.

Bubble Off-Plumb ed. Dan M. Kalin, K. G. Finfrock & Sarah Kalin--- see under K. G. Finfrock.

Bubble Off-Plumb ed. Sarah Kalin, K. G. Finfrock & Dan M. Kalin--- see under K. G. Finfrock.

The Broken Bridge: Fiction from Expatriates in Literary Japan ed. Suzanne Kamata (Stone Bridge Press, November 1997, 1-880-65631-0, $18.95, tp, an)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Introduction · Donald Richie · in · The Broken Bridge · Frank Tuohy · ss Winter’s Tales 17 ed. Caroline Hobhouse, Macmillan UK, October 1971 · The Business at Hand · Edward Seidensticker · ss (r) · from Imaginary Speeches for a Brazen Head · Philip Whalen · ss (r) · Indirect Method · Francis King · ss (r) · The Granny Room · John Haylock · ss Blackwood’s Magazine 1980 · The Bonsai Master · James Kirkup · ss (r) · Mr. Butterfry · Hal Porter · ss (r) · Summer Insects · David Burleigh · ss (r) · The Altar · Catherine Browder · ss (r) · The Reunion · William Wetherall · ss (r) · Blue Notes on the Samisen in Early Summer · Michelle Leigh · ss (r) · Japanese Jew · Sanford Goldstein · ss (r) · Flatlands II · Al Alonzo · ss (r) · Dreaming of Glory · John Bryson · ss (r) · Michiko’s House · Meira Chand · ss (r) · Enlightenment with Tea · Kate the Slops · ss (r) · The Trouble with Angels · Cheryl Chow · ss (r) · Hair Nudes · David Lazarus · ss (r) · The Circuit · Michael Fessler · ss (r) · Shades · Alex Shishin · ss (r) · Angels of the Unknown · Laurel Ostrow · ss (r) · from One Hundred Views of Raoul · Ralph McCarthy · ss (r) · Mr. Robert · Viki Radden · ss (r) · Ghost Stories · Leza Lowitz · ss (r) · Casualties · Alex Kerr · ss (r) · Is There a God in Your Heart? · Morgan Gibson · ss (r) · Summertime · Karen Hill Anton · ss (r) · The Podiatrist · Daniel Rosenblum · ss (r) · Wakanomiya · Christopher Blasdel · ss (r) · Bloodlines · Holly Thompson · ss (r) · Tokyo Tremors · Alan Brown · ss (r) · The Screen Man · Elizabeth Balestrieri · ss (r) · A Roasted Potato at Dusk · Phyllis Birnbaum · ss (r) · Season’s Greetings · Joseph LaPenta · ss (r) · Standing There Naked · Eric Madeen · ss (r) · Six Encounters · Donald Richie · ss (r) · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Earthrim by Nick Kamin (Ace Double, December 1969, 66160, 75¢, 147pp, pb, n., cover by Panos Koutrouboussis)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Phoenix Ship by Walt & Leigh Richmond.

The HEROD Men by Nick Kamin (Ace Double, June 1971, 13805, 75¢, 149pp, pb, n., cover by John Schoenherr)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Dark Planet by John Rackham.

Hidden and Other Stories by Stuart M. Kaminsky (Five Star US, October 1999, 0786220341, $22.95, 272pp, hc, co) 11 · Hidden · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Dark Love ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, November 1995 32 · In Thunder, Lightning or in Rain · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The Ultimate Witch ed. Byron Preiss & John Betancourt, Dell, October 1993 52 · The Final Toast [Sherlock Holmes] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987 69 · Bitter Lemons [Philip Marlowe] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf, 1988 94 · Punishment · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The Armchair Detective Summer 1991 107 · The Buck Stops Here · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Mr. President, Private Eye ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Francis M. Nevins, Jr., Ballantine, January 1989 129 · Amnesia · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Opening Shots by Stuart M. Kaminsky, Mystery Scene Press, December 1991 134 · DRUP Number One · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The New Mexico Quarterly Spring 1965 151 · The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance [Toby Peters] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · nv The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 175 · Busted Blossoms [Toby Peters] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986 190 · It Comes with the Badge · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The Wooster Review March 1984 200 · Blowout in Little Man Flats · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The Mysterious West ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, December 1994 217 · The Voice of a Child [Peter & Bollo Breedlove] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine April 1967 229 · Listen, My Children [Peter & Bollo Breedlove] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine September 1967 241 · It’s a Wise Child Who Knows [Peter & Bollo Breedlove] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine November 1966 253 · Here Comes the Interesting Part · Stuart M. Kaminsky · pl Opening Shots by Stuart M. Kaminsky, Mystery Scene Press, December 1991

Opening Shots by Stuart M. Kaminsky (Mystery Scene Press, December 1991, 1-56146-015-X, $4.95, 157pp, pb, co)     Author’s Choice Monthly #3. 1 · Introduction · Stuart M. Kaminsky · in 3 · The Voice of a Child [Peter & Bollo Breedlove] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine April 1967 13 · Listen, My Children [Peter & Bollo Breedlove] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine September 1967 23 · It’s a Wise Child Who Knows [Peter & Bollo Breedlove] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine November 1966 33 · Drup Number One · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The New Mexico Quarterly Spring 1965 47 · The Final Toast [Sherlock Holmes] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987 61 · The Buck Stops Here · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Mr. President, Private Eye ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Francis M. Nevins, Jr., Ballantine, January 1989 79 · The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance [Toby Peters] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · nv The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 99 · Busted Blossoms [Toby Peters] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986 111 · It Comes with the Badge · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The Wooster Review March 1984 119 · Amnesia · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss 123 · Bitter Lemons [Philip Marlowe] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf, 1988 139 · Here Comes the Interesting Part · Stuart M. Kaminsky · pl

Mystery in the Sunshine State: Florida Short Stories by Florida’s Mystery Writers ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky (Pineapple Press, October 10, 1999, 1-56164-185-5, xi+362pp, tp, an) ix · Introduction · Stuart M. Kaminsky · in 1 · The Blue Highway · David Ash · ss 14 · The Handyman · E. C. Ayres · nv 41 · Good Night, Mrs. Chisholm · Wayne Barcomb · ss 52 · Sierra Reveals All · Nancy Bartholomew · ss 65 · Ghosts · David Beaty · ss 89 · The English Tourist · Edna Buchanan · ss 96 · The Great Persuader · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 114 · Flora Africana · DeLoris Stanton Forbes · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1962 125 · Death by Pliers · Carolina Garcia-Aguilera · nv 155 · The Full Marty [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · nv 189 · Reliable Witness · Stuart Kaminsky · ss 195 · The Case of Johnny Walker Black · David A. Kaufelt · ss 206 · Docment of the Keys · Peter King · ss 220 · Machete · John Lutz · ss 236 · The Works · T. J. MacGregor · ss Sisters in Crime 2 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, February 1990 245 · Framed for Murder [Scott Jordan] · Harold Q. Masur · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1977 264 · Instant Replay · Stuart McIver · ss 277 · Heartbreak Avenue · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 289 · Midnight Pass [Truxton Lewis] · Robert J. Randisi · ss; subtitled “A House-Sitting Detective Story”. 307 · Tahiti Junk Shop · Les Standiford · ss 329 · Heart Throb · Robert W. Walker · ss 345 · Hole in the Boat · Eric Wiklund · ss 355 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

On a Raven’s Wing: New Tales in Honor of Edgar Allan Poe ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky (Harper, January 2009, 978-0-06-169042-6, $14.99, 393pp, tp, oa)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Associational original anthology of 20 stories by thriller and mystery authors including Mary Higgins Clark, Peter Lovesey, and Edward D. Hoch. ix · About Edgar Allan Poe · [uncredited] · bg xiii · About the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award · [uncredited] · ms xv · Introduction · Stuart M. Kaminsky · in 1 · Israfel · Doug Allyn · ss 17 · The Golden Bug · Michael A. Black · nv 47 · William Allan Wilson · Jon L. Breen · nv 69 · The Tell-Tale Purr · Mary Higgins Clark · ss 81 · Nevermore · Thomas H. Cook · nv 105 · Emily’s Time · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss 121 · The Cask of Castle Island · Brendan DuBois · nv 143 · Bells · James W. Hall · nv 165 · In My Ancestor’s Image · Jeremiah Healy · ss 183 · The Poe Collector · Edward D. Hoch · ss 201 · A Nomad of the Night · Rupert Holmes · nv 227 · Rattle, Rattle, Rattle · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss 245 · Development Hell · Paul Levine · ss 255 · The Deadliest Tale of All · Peter Lovesey · ss 271 · Poe, Poe, Poe · John Lutz · ss 289 · The Tell-Tale Pacemaker · P. J. Parrish · ss 303 · Seeing the Moon · S. J. Rozan · nv 329 · Challenger · Daniel Stashower · ss 343 · Poe, Jo, and I · Don Winslow · ss 353 · Rue Morgue Noir · Angela Zeman · nv 393 · Copyrights · [uncredited] · ms

Show Business Is Murder ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky (Berkley Prime Crime, August 3, 2004, 978-0-425-19652-6, $23.95, 384pp, hc, oa)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. ix · Introduction · Stuart M. Kaminsky · in 1 · Small Time in His Heart · Carolyn Wheat · nv 30 · Money on the Red · Edward D. Hoch · ss 45 · Razzle Dazzle · Annette Meyers · ss 56 · Artful · John Lutz · ss 75 · Blonde Moment · Elaine Viets · ss 92 · Lah Tee Dah · Angela Zeman · nv 114 · Just Another Hollywood Ending · David Bart · ss 128 · Search for Robert Rich · Bob Shayne · nv 153 · Murder at the Heartbreak Hotel · Mark Terry · ss 165 · Bring Me the Head of Osama bin Laden · Gary Phillips · nv 195 · Line Reading · Parnell Hall · nv 217 · Arrangements · Susanne Shaphren · ss 226 · Berlin Story · Libby Fischer Hellmann · ss 238 · Goin’ West · Charles Ardai · nv 267 · All Said and Done · Gregg Hurwitz · nv 289 · Fred Menace, Commie for Hire · Steve Hockensmith · nv 315 · Dying Artist · Shelley Freydont · ss 326 · On the Bubble · Robert Lopresti · ss 336 · Slap · Mat Coward · ss 352 · Break a Leg · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss

The Cyberiad by Michael Kandel--- see under Stanislaw Lem.

Mortal Engines by Michael Kandel--- see under Stanislaw Lem.

A Perfect Vacuum by Michael Kandel--- see under Stanislaw Lem.

The Star Diaries by Michael Kandel--- see under Stanisław Lem.

The Cosmic Carnival of Stanislaw Lem by Stanislaw Lem ed. Michael Kandel--- see under Stanislaw Lem.

A Polish Book of Monsters ed. Michael Kandel (PIASA Books, January 2011, 978-0-940962-70-5, $15.00, xxi + 272pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of five contemporary stories about monsters, selected and translated from the Polish by Kandel; one story and a portion of another were previously published. Kandel discusses Polish literature and monsters in his introduction. vii · Introduction · Michael Kandel · in 1 · Yoo Retoont, Sneogg. Ay Noo · Marek S. Huberath; translated by Michael Kandel · na Words Without Borders 2004 translated from the Polish (“Wróciees Sneogg, wiedziaam…”, 1987). 51 · Spellmaker · Andrzej Sapkowski; translated by Michael Kandel · na translated from the Polish (“Wiedzmin”, 1986). 95 · Key of Passage · Tomasz Kolodziejczak; translated by Michael Kandel · na translated from the Polish (“Klucz przejscia”, 2004). 151 · A Cage Full of Angels · Andrzej Zimniak; translated by Michael Kandel · ss translated from the Polish (“Klatka pelna aniolow”, 1994). 171 · The Iron General · Jacek Dukaj; translated by Michael Kandel · n. translated from the Polish (“Ruch generala”, 1997). 273 · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms

Murder New York Style ed. Randy Kandel (L & L Dreamspell, October 2007, 1-60318-032-X, $18.95, 339pp, tp, oa) · Pick Up Dry Cleaning, Commit the Perfect Murder · Cynthia Baxter · ss · Name Tagging · Randy Kandel · ss · Mister Right · Ronnie Klaskin · ss · Death Will Clean Your Closet [Bruce Kohler] · Elizabeth Zelvin · ss · La Bruha del Barrio · R. M. Peluso · ss · I Love Alana · Marianna Heusler · ss · The Knock-off · Chelle Martin · ss · Strike Zone · Terrie Farley Moran · ss · A Voice to Remember · Margaret Mendel · ss · Out in the Cold · Meredith Cole · ss · NYPDaughter · Triss Stein · ss · The House on Lake Place · Dorothy Mortman · ss · Murder in the Aladdin’s Cave · Lina Zeldovich · ss · The Lie · Anita Page · ss · A Day at a Time · Fran Brannigan Cox · ss · Family Matters · Peggy Ehrhart · ss · None of the Above · Deirdre Verne · ss · What About Henry? · Pearl Wolf · ss · Friendly Witness · Erica Harth · ss · Casino Gamble · Nan Higginson · ss · Murder in the Mill · M. E. Kemp · ss

About Face by Frank Kane (Mystery House, 1947, LC:47-24298, $3.00, 271pp, hc, n.) [Johnny Liddell]

About Face by Frank Kane (Ace Double, November 1953, D-33, 35¢, 172pp, pb, n.) [Johnny Liddell]     Reprint (Mystery House 1947) mystery novel. Bound in the tête-bêche style with Murder by the Pack by Carl G. Hodges.

Alone (in the Dark) by Paul Kane (BJM Press, July 2000, no ISBN, £4.00, 98pp, tp, co)     Collection of 12 horror stories reprinted from small press magazines. 2 · Under Cover of Darkness · John B. Ford · in 3 · Dangerous World · Paul Kane · pm (r) 7 · Alone · Paul Kane · ss (r) 14 · Biorhythms · Paul Kane · ss (r) 23 · In the House of Magritte (1898-1967) · Paul Kane · ss 32 · Net Curtains · Paul Kane · ss (r) 37 · The Last Temptation of Alice Crump · Paul Kane · ss Dead Things Magazine #1, July/September 1999 46 · The Weeping Woman · Paul Kane · ss (r) 50 · Pay the Piper · Paul Kane · ss 59 · The Cyclops · Paul Kane · ss (r) 67 · Sabbat · Paul Kane · ss Penny Dreadful #13, 2000 72 · Master of the White Worms [Dalton Quayle] · Paul Kane · ss 85 · Remembrance · Paul Kane · ss (r) 90 · Eye of the Beholder · Paul Kane · ss

FunnyBones by Paul Kane (Creative Guy Publishing, 2003, 1-894953-14-2, £6.99, 169pp, tp, co, cover by Steve Lines)     Horror collection. 1 · Introduction · Pete Allen · in 4 · Oliver’s Twist · Paul Kane · vi 100 Drabbles ed. Sue Phillips, Small Press Books, 2001 5 · Master of the White Worms [Dalton Quayle] · Paul Kane · ss Alone (in the Dark) by Paul Kane, BJM Press, July 2000 23 · A Suspicious Mind · Paul Kane · pm Cemetery Poets: Grave Offerings ed. Peggy Jo Shumate, Double Dragon Publishing, 2003 24 · The Bones Brothers · Paul Kane · ss Dead Things Magazine #2, October/December 1999 36 · Yibble · Paul Kane · vi 100 Drabbles ed. Sue Phillips, Small Press Books, 2001 37 · Dracula in Love · Paul Kane · ss Dead Things Magazine #5, October/December 2000, as “Dracula” 51 · Dalton Quayle and the Sheepshank Revelation [Dalton Quayle] · Paul Kane · nv Amityville House of Pancakes (online) May 2002 (+2) 83 · The Ugly · Paul Kane · pm Cemetery Poets: Grave Offerings ed. Peggy Jo Shumate, Double Dragon Publishing, 2003 85 · The Last Temptation of Alice Crump · Paul Kane · ss Dead Things Magazine #1, July/September 1999 97 · All the Rage · Paul Kane · ss Terror Tales (online) September 2000 106 · Dalton Quayle and the Temple of Deadly Danger [Dalton Quayle] · Paul Kane · na 169 · Spells Trouble · Paul Kane · pm Cemetery Poets: Grave Offerings ed. Peggy Jo Shumate, Double Dragon Publishing, 2003

The Lazarus Condition by Paul Kane (Tasmaniac Publications, July 2007, 978-0-9803868-0-6, A$22.95, 120pp, tp, oc, cover by Dion Hamill)     This is a limited edition of 185 copies. Also available in a hardback edition (-1-3, A$150.00) limited to 15 copies signed by Kane, Hamill, and Garris. Details taken from online listing. · Believe It or Not · Mick Garris · in · The Lazarus Condition · Paul Kane · na; illustrated by Dion Hamill · Dead Time · Paul Kane · ss

Touching the Flame by Paul Kane (Rainfall Books, July 2002, 0-9540877-4-7, £8.99, 197pp, tp, co)     Collection of 18 horror stories, two original. 1 · Burnt Fingers · Simon Clark · in 3 · The Torturer · Paul Kane · ss 17 · Astral · Paul Kane · ss The Dream Zone #2, April 1999 25 · The Face of Death · Paul Kane · ss Beyond the Boundaries (online) May/June 2001 37 · Shadow Writer · Paul Kane · ss Enigmatic Tales #7, Winter 1999 50 · Prey · Paul Kane · ss Hidden Corners June 2001 59 · Star-Pool · Paul Kane · ss Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque January 1999 69 · Visiting Hour · Paul Kane · ss In Sheep’s Clothing, 2000 75 · Facades · Paul Kane · ss Planet Prozak October/November 1998 84 · At the Heart of the Maze · Paul Kane · ss The Dream Zone January 2000 94 · The Bones Brothers · Paul Kane · ss Dead Things Magazine #2, October/December 1999 105 · Nightlife · Paul Kane · ss 112 · The Hypnotist’s Gaze · Paul Kane · ss Wicked Hollow #2, April 2002 122 · Grandpa’s Chair · Paul Kane · ss Terror Tales (online) October 2000 135 · The Disease · Paul Kane · ss listed as originally in Sci-Fright #6, but not present in that issue. 147 · Blackout · Paul Kane · ss Graveyard Rendezvous Summer 1999 153 · St. August’s Flame · Paul Kane · ss Strix February 1999 163 · The Persistence of Dalí · Paul Kane · ss The Dream People Summer 2002 174 · Eye of the Beholder · Paul Kane · ss Alone (in the Dark) by Paul Kane, BJM Press, July 2000 186 · Melted Wax · Paul Kane · ms (r)

Beyond Rue Morgue: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1st Detective ed. Paul Kane & Charles Prepolec (Titan Books, July 2013, 978-1781161753, $14.95, 332pp, tp, oa, cover by John Jude Palencar)     Associational original anthology of ten stories (two reprints) featuring Poe’s detective Dupin from “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (included); at least one story has fantasy elements. Authors include Joe R. Lansdale, Lisa Tuttle, and Mike Carey. This is an international edition. Details taken from online listing. 7 · The First Detective · Paul Kane & Charles Prepolec · in 11 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 54 · The Sons of Tammany [C. Auguste Dupin] · Mike Carey · nv 85 · The Unfathomed Darkness [C. Auguste Dupin] · Simon Clark · ss 104 · The Weight of a Dead Man [C. Auguste Dupin] · Weston Ochse & Yvonne Navarro · nv 133 · The Vanishing Assassin [C. Auguste Dupin] · Jonathan Maberry · nv 159 · The Gruesome Affair of the Electric Blue Lightning [C. Auguste Dupin] · Joe R. Lansdale · nv 193 · From Darkness, Emerged, Returned [C. Auguste Dupin] · Elizabeth Massie · nv 214 · After the End [C. Auguste Dupin] · Lisa Tuttle · ss 231 · The Purloined Face [C. Auguste Dupin] · Stephen Volk · nv 286 · New Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. II by Clive Barker, Sphere, November 1984

British Fantasy Society 2005 ed. Paul Kane & Marie O’Regan (British Fantasy Society, November 2004, no ISBN, £7.99, 13pp, spiral-bound, oa, cover by Les Edwards)     Calendar containing a round-robin by twelve fantasy authors retelling the story of Sir Gawain & the Green Knight. · Sir Gawain & The Green Knight · Clive Barker · in · January · James Barclay · vi; illustrated by Alfred Klosterman · February · Kim Newman · vi; illustrated by Chris Leaper · March · Graham Joyce · vi; illustrated by Lara Bandilla · April · Steve Lockley · vi; illustrated by Michelle Blessemaille · May · Neil Gaiman · vi; illustrated by Russell Dickerson · June · Cherith Baldry · vi; illustrated by David Bezzina · July · Chaz Brenchley · vi; illustrated by Steve Lines · August · Katherine Roberts · vi; illustrated by Tina Roberts · September · China Miéville · vi; illustrated by Bob Covington · October · Juliet E. McKenna · vi; illustrated by Kathy Hardy · November · Jon Courtenay Grimwood · vi; illustrated by Ian Simmons · December · Mark Chadbourn · vi; illustrated by Sarah Zama

British Fantasy Society 2006 ed. Paul Kane & Marie O’Regan (British Fantasy Society, October 2005, no ISBN, £8.99, 12pp, spiral-bound, oa)     Calendar containing a one hundred word “short short” each month by twelve fantasy/horror authors. · January · John Connolly · vi; illustrated by James Ryman; on the subject of “Evil Clowns”. · February · Stephen Laws · vi; illustrated by Lewis Barrett Lehrman; on the subject of “Old Dark House”. · March · Muriel Gray · vi; illustrated by David Anthony Magitis; on the subject of “Demons”. · April · Christopher Fowler · ms; illustrated by Mike Bohatch; on the subject of “Vampires”. · May · Simon Clark · vi; illustrated by Bob Covington; on the subject of “Zombies”. · June · Clive Barker · vi; illustrated by Paul Campion; on the subject of “Magic”. · July · Stephen Gallagher · vi; illustrated by Russell Dickerson; on the subject of “Medical Horror”. · August · Neil Gaiman · pm; illustrated by Ian Simmons; on the subject of “Death”. · September · Ramsey Campbell · vi; illustrated by Michelle Blessemaille; on the subject of “Haunted Woods”. · October · Poppy Z. Brite · vi; illustrated by Michael Ian Bateson; on the subject of “The Corpse”. · November: A Portrait of Jennie · Graham Masterton · vi; illustrated by Lara Bandilla; on the subject of “Supernatural Painting”. · December · Kelley Armstrong · vi; illustrated by Lizzy Shumate; on the subject of “Werewolves”.

The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration ed. Paul Kane & Marie O’Regan (The British Fantasy Society, October 2006, 0-953-86816-8, £11.99, 301pp, tp, an, cover by Dominic Harman)     Anthology of stories, some original, by BFS members, with reminiscences by several about the BFS and/or Fantasycons. xv · By Way of an Introduction · Stephen Jones · in 21 · The Luxury of Harm · Christopher Fowler · ss 28 · Lost Souls [Harry D’Amour] · Clive Barker · ss Time Out December 19 1985 - January 1 1986 41 · Whisper Lane · Mark Chadbourn · nv 65 · The Man Who Drew Cats · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Voices 2 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, October 1990 86 · The Cycle · John Connolly · ss Moments ed. Ciara Considine, CLÉ, 2005 96 · Days of the Wheel · Peter Crowther · nv Strange Attraction ed. Edward E. Kramer, ShadowLands Press, August 2000 106 · Now You See Him, Now You Don’t · Juliet E. McKenna · ss 115 · Progeny · Mark Morris · ss Invasion of the Sad Maneating Mushrooms #3, 1992 128 · The Sustenance of Hoak [Ryre] · Ramsey Campbell · nv Swords Against Darkness ed. Andrew J. Offutt, Zebra, February 1977 157 · Every Day a Little Death (or The Clockmaker’s Apprentice) · Chaz Brenchley · ss 174 · This Is Illyria, Lady · Kim Newman · ss Shakespearean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, September 1997 180 · Ashputtle · Peter Straub · nv Black Thorn, White Rose ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, September 1994 199 · Webs · Neil Gaiman · ss More Tales from the Forbidden Planet ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, August 1990 207 · The Raffle · Simon Clark · ss 215 · Scarrowfell · Robert Holdstock · nv Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, July 1987 236 · Building Sixteen · Brian Aldiss · ss 244 · Dust · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Scars by Richard Christian Matheson, Scream/Press, 1987 248 · Sundance · Robert Silverberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1969 265 · My Repeater · Stephen Gallagher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2001 282 · Partial Eclipse · Graham Joyce · ss Sci Fiction August 9 2000 299 · Afterword · Paul Kane & Marie O’Regan · aw