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Selected Ghost Stories ed. Giles Gordon (Bloomsbury, November 14, 1996, 0-7475-2914-0, £10.95, 232pp, hc, an, cover by Jeff Fisher)
Anthology of 13 classic ghost stories. A mini-hardback.

1 · A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705 · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, uncredited.

13 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828

33 · The Lady with the Velvet Collar · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon, John Murray, 1824, as “The Adventure of the German Student”

40 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy”

50 · No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866

67 · The Dream Woman · 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).

93 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 14 1889

101 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review December 1908

146 · The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral · Montague Rhodes James · nv The Contemporary Review April 1910

166 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885

195 · The Quincunx · Walter de la Mare · ss The Lady’s Realm January 1907

209 · The Apple Tree · Elizabeth Bowen · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931

225 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956

A Pride of Felons ed. Gordon Gordon, Thomas B. Dewey, Mildred Gordon & Jean Leslie--- see under The Gordons.

The Innkeeper Chronicles: Volume One by Ilona & Andrew Gordon--- see under Ilona Andrews.

The Kinsmen Universe by Ilona & Andrew Gordon--- see under Ilona Andrews.

Small Magics by Ilona & Andrew Gordon--- see under Ilona Andrews.

The Armchair Science Reader ed. Isabel S. Gordon & Sophie Sorkin (Simon & Schuster, 1959, $7.95, 832pp, hc, an)
Only Science Fiction listed.

· Invasion from Mars · Howard Koch · pl Invasion from Mars by Hazel Gaudet, Princeton University Press, 1940
first broadcast on the CBS radio network on October 30, 1938.

· Flight to Malacandra · C. S. Lewis · ex from Out of the Silent Planet, John Lane, 1938

· Our Distant Cousins [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 23 1929

· The Nautilus Reaches the Pole [Captain Nemo] · Jules Verne · ex from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, G.M. Smith, 1873

· A Descent Into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841

· John Thomas’s Cube · John Leimert · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1945

· In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1948

· Creative Evolution · George Bernard Shaw · ex from Back to Methuselah (r); from the preface.

· Split Cherry Tree · Jesse Stuart · ss Esquire January 1939

· Cabinet Decision · Nigel Balchin · ex from Who Is My Neighbour (r)

· Dr. Southport Vulpes’s Nightmare · Bertrand Russell · ss Nightmares of Eminent Persons by Bertrand Russell, Allen & Unwin, 1954

· The Portable Phonograph · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss The Yale Review Spring 1941

· By the Waters of Babylon · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 31 1937, as “The Place of the Gods”

· Laputan Projects [Gulliver] · Jonathan Swift · ex from Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World, Benjamin Motte, 1726

· Machines Do Our Work · Edward Bellamy · ex from Looking Backward: 2000-1887, Ticknor, 1888

· In Bondage to a Central Authority · Aldous Huxley · ex from Brave New World, Chatto & Windus, 1932

· The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909

· The Morning of the Day They Did It · E. B. White · ss The New Yorker February 25 1950

Dark Faith: Invocations ed. Jerry Gordon & Maurice Broaddus--- see under Maurice Broaddus.

Dark Faith: Last Rites ed. Jerry Gordon & Maurice Broaddus--- see under Maurice Broaddus.

Streets of Shadows ed. Jerry Gordon & Maurice Broaddus--- see under Maurice Broaddus.

Left in the Dark: The Supernatural Tales of John Gordon by John Gordon (Medusa Press, October 2006, 978-0-9725324-1-9, $40.00, xvi+318pp, hc, co, cover by Frank Chigas)
Collection of 30 stories, one original; many of the stories were previously collected in The Spitfire Grave and Other Stories (Kestrel), Catch Your Death and Other Stories (1984), and The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts (1992). Foreword by Frank Chigas; introduction by Gordon. This is a limited edition of 450; a deluxe signed edition of 50 ($60.00) is also available.
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Frank Chigas · fw

· Introduction · John Gordon · in

· Left in the Dark · John Gordon · nv Shades of Dark ed. Aidan Chambers, Patrick Hardy, 1984

· Death Wish · John Gordon · nv The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992

· Uncle Walter · John Gordon · ss The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings ed. Dennis Pepper, Oxford University Press, 1997

· The Burning Baby · John Gordon · nv The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992

· The Kissing Gate · John Gordon · ss The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Stories ed. Dennis Pepper, Oxford University Press, 2001

· Better the Devil You Know · John Gordon · ss

· Bone Meal · John Gordon · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994

· Under the Ice · John Gordon · nv The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992

· Oh, My Bairn · John Gordon · ss

· Kroger’s Choice · John Gordon · ss Ghost Stories ed. Deborah Shine, Octopus Books, 1980

· The Pot of Basil · John Gordon · ss

· Catch Your Death · John Gordon · ss Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories by John Gordon, Patrick Hardy Books, 1984

· Black Beads · John Gordon · ss The Mammoth Book of Dracula ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1997

· If She Bends, She Breaks · John Gordon · ss Ghost After Ghost ed. Aidan Chambers, Kestrel, 1982

· The Smile of Eugene Ritter · John Gordon · ss Beware! Beware! ed. Jean Richardson, Hamish Hamilton, 1987

· The Key · John Gordon · ss The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992

· The Broken O · John Gordon · ss

· Half a Crown · John Gordon · ss

· Eels · John Gordon · ss The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992

· Without a Mark · John Gordon · ss

· Never Grow Up · John Gordon · ss Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories by John Gordon, Patrick Hardy Books, 1984

· Vampire in Venice · John Gordon · ss 13 Again ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1995

· Joby’s Pint · John Gordon · ss

· All the Children · John Gordon · ss

· Grandmother’s Footsteps · John Gordon · ss The Walker Book of Ghost Stories ed. Susan Hill, Walker, 1990

· The Girl Outside · John Gordon · ss

· The Black Prince · John Gordon · ss A Quiver of Ghosts ed. Aidan Chambers, The Bodley Head, 1987

· Little Black Pies · John Gordon · ss Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories by John Gordon, Patrick Hardy Books, 1984

· The Place · John Gordon · ss

· The Night Watch · John Gordon · ss

A Pride of Felons ed. Mildred Gordon, Thomas B. Dewey, Gordon Gordon & Jean Leslie--- see under The Gordons.

Ahead of Time ed. Theodore J. Gordon & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

A Pride of Felons ed. The Gordons (with Jean Leslie & Thomas B. Dewey) (Macmillan, 1963, LC:63-15682, 244pp, hc, an)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology.

· Foreword · Jean Leslie & Thomas B. Dewey · fw

2 · The Twelve-Hour Caper · Mike Marmer · ss Cosmopolitan May 1961

14 · The Converted Spouse · Ann May & W. Ryerson Johnson · ss

28 · The Dumb-Belle · Richard M. Gordon · ss The (London) Evening News October 11 1961

34 · Homicide House · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales July 1947

50 · An Instrument of Justice · Margaret Manners · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1958

68 · Mr. Manning’s Money Tree · Joan Vatsek & Robert Arthur · ss Cosmopolitan May 1958; given as by Arthur alone.

78 · The Numbers Man · Anthony Boucher · ss Black Mask July 1945, as “The Catalyst”

94 · You’ll Be Sorry When I’m Dead · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1959, as by O. H. Leslie

104 · The Adventure of the Spectacled Band [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1960

118 · The Death of Eric Heilkram · Miriam Allen deFord · ar Mercury Mystery Magazine February 1959

138 · Stickler for Details · Ed Lacy · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine April 1959

146 · The Seeds of Murder · John F. Suter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1955

158 · The Banquo Trap [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1959

182 · Money Isn’t Everything · Charles L. Sweeney, Jr. · ss Mystery Digest November 1957, as “The Root of All Evil”

192 · The Scarf · Hugh Munro · ss

198 · Piropos at Midnight [Máximo Roldán] · Antonio Helú; translated by Donald A. Yates · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine December 1959
translated from the Spanish (La Obligacion de Asesinar, Albatross, 1946).

208 · The Big Switch · Fred S. Tobey · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) June 1961

218 · His Wonders to Perform · Gladys Cluff · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1959

224 · Absolute Pitch · Jerome Barry · ss Liberty September 16 1944

230 · Run Into Trouble · Lawrence Treat · ss Bestseller Mystery Magazine July 1958

Light and Fantastic ed. Jack Gordun (Bookem, April 1967, 126pp, pb, an)
Anthology of nine humorous and tall stories, mostly fantastic, published by a greetings-card company as a mailing present.

5 · Preface · Jack Gordun · pr

7 · The Gentleman Stayed Till Dawn · Gordon Douglas · ss Star Weekly July 1965

21 · It’s All Done with Mirrors · Wilfred Harriott · ss (r)

36 · The Cop and the Anthem · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 4 1904

43 · Housing Problem · Henry Kuttner · ss Charm October 1944

58 · Leap Year Day · Tom McMorrow · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1953

69 · File and Forget · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker January 8 1949

80 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Webster, 1882

99 · Sisters Under the Skin · Winifred Wolfe · ss Redbook August 1953, as “So Long, Sister”

112 · Truant Angel · Winifred Wolfe · ss Redbook November 1952, as “An Angel Went AWOL”

Santa Fe Noir ed. Ariel Gore (Akashic Books, March 3, 2020, 978-1-61775-722-8, $15.95, 288pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Details taken from ebook.

· Sub Rosa · Ariel Gore · in

· Part I: A Land of Entrapment

· The Sandbox Story · Candace Walsh · ss; set in Eldorado.

· All Eyes · Katie Johnson · ss; set in Aspen Vista.

· The Cask of Los Alamos · Cornelia Read · ss; set in Los Alamos.

· The Homeless Detective · Darryl Lorenzo Wellington · ss; set in Cerrillos Road.

· SOS Sex · Hida Viloria · ss; set in Casa Alegre.

· Part II: The Children of Water

· Táchii’nii: Red Running Into the Water · Byron F. Aspaas · ss; set in Pacheco Street.

· Waterfall · Elizabeth Lee · ss; set in Ten Thousand Waves.

· The Night of the Flood · Ana June · ss; set in Casa Solana.

· La Llorona · Israel Francisco Haros Lopez · ss; set in Santa Fe River.

· Part III: What It Feels Like to Be Haunted

· Close Quarters · Jimmy Santiago Baca · ss; set in Drury Plaza Hotel.

· Divina: In Which Is Related a Goddess Made Flesh · Ana Castillo · ss; set in La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel.

· Hunger · Miriam Sagan · ss; set in St. Catherine Indian School.

· I Boycott Santa Fe · Tomas Moniz · ss; set in Rancho Viejo.

· Part IV: What We Do with the Bodies

· Buried Treasure · Kevin Atkinson · ss; set in Santa Fe National Forest.

· Nightshade · Ariel Gore · ss; set in Santa Fe Railyard.

· Behind the Tortilla Curtain · Barbara Robidoux · ss; set in Southside.

· Me and Say Dog · James Reich · ss; set in Santa Fe Plaza.

Mostly Murder by Joe Gores (Mystery Scene Press, 1992, 1-56146-016-8, $5.95, 96pp, pb, co)
Author’s Choice #4.

1 · Introduction · Joe Gores · in

7 · File #1: The Mayfield Case [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967

23 · The Second Coming · Joe Gores · ss Adam October 1966

33 · Plot It Yourself · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1988, as “Detectivitis, Anyone?”

47 · Raptor · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1983

61 · Watch for It · Joe Gores · ss Mirror, Mirror, Fatal Mirror ed. Hans Stefan Santesson, Doubleday Crime Club, 1973

71 · The Andrech Samples · Joe Gores · ss Swank September 1970

79 · Killer Man · Joe Gores · ss Manhunt June 1958, as “Pro”

89 · Goodbye, Pops · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1969

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