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Mystery Writers’ Choice ed. Joe Gores & Bill Pronzini (Gollancz, 1977, £4.25, 243pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Doubleday 1976 as Tricks and Treats) crime anthology.

Tricks and Treats ed. Joe Gores & Bill Pronzini (Doubleday, 1976, 0-385-11416-8, $5.95, 243pp, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. xi · Introduction · Joseph N. Gores & Bill Pronzini · in 1 · The Donor · Dan J. Marlowe · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1970, as by Jaime Sandaval 7 · The Pill Problem · Pauline C. Smith · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1972 19 · I Always Get the Cuties · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1954 26 · The Crooked Picture · John Lutz · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine November 1967 32 · Night Piece for Julia · Jessamyn West · ss Crimson Ramblers of the World, Farewell by Jessamyn West, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970 36 · No More Questions · Stephen R. Novak · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1975 48 · Violation · William F. Nolan · ss Future City ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1973 54 · Hollywood Footprints · Betty Buchanan · ss 60 · The Time of the Eye · Harlan Ellison · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine May 1959 68 · Face Value · Edward Wellen · ss 1962 74 · The Leopold Locked Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1971 89 · If I Quench Thee… · William E. Chambers · ss 94 · The Spoils System · Donald E. Westlake · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1965 99 · Rope Enough · Joseph N. Gores · ss 106 · Robert · Stanley Ellin · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958 120 · My Mother the Ghost · Henry Slesar · ss The Diners Club Magazine 1965 126 · Murder by Scalping [Captain Jeremy Cork] · S. S. Rafferty · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1973 133 · We All Have to Go · Elizabeth A. Lynn · ss 142 · The Little Old Lady from Cricket Creek · Len Gray · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1969 147 · You Can Get Used to Anything · Anthony Boucher · ss Shadow Mystery February/March 1947, as “The Retired Hangman” 161 · Miser’s Gold [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week June 18 1950, as “Love Hunts a Hidden Treasure” 167 · The Girl Who Jumped in the River · Arthur Moore · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1973 174 · Hand in Glove · James Holding · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1973 178 · The Silver Curtain [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine August 1939, as by Carter Dickson 192 · Shut the Final Door · Joe L. Hensley · ss revised from “Shut the Last Door”, Alchemy & Academe, 1970. 199 · The Counterfeit Conman · Albert F. Nussbaum · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1975, as “A Left-Handed Profession” 206 · My Sister and I · Jean L. Backus · ss 213 · Goodbye, Cora · Richard Ellington · ss Viva 1966 224 · Multiples · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss 229 · The Deveraux Monster · Jack Ritchie · ss Manhunt February 1962

The Haunted Looking Glass ed. Edward Gorey (Looking Glass Library, 1959, 314pp, hc, an) 9 · The Empty House [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 35 · August Heat · W. F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910 45 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 67 · A Visitor from Down Under · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 95 · The Thirteenth Tree · R. H. Malden · ss Nine Ghosts by R. H. Malden, E. Arnold, 1943 117 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 147 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887; dated 1886. 169 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 199 · The Shadow of a Shade · Tom Hood · ss Bow Bells Christmas 1869 223 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 241 · 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). 279 · Casting the Runes · Montague R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition ed. Liz Gorinsky & Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, February 14, 2012, 978-1-4668-0973-4, ebook, an, cover by John Harris)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Liz Gorinsky & Patrick Nielsen Hayden · in · Six Months, Three Days · Charlie Jane Anders · nv Tor.com June 8 2011; illustrated by Sam Weber · The Dala Horse · Michael Swanwick · nv Tor.com July 13 2011; illustrated by Julie Dillon · A Clean Sweep with All the Trimmings · James Alan Gardner · nv Tor.com December 14 2011; illustrated by Lars Leetaru · Beauty Belongs to the Flowers · Matthew Sanborn Smith · nv Tor.com January 26 2011; illustrated by Yuko Shimizu · A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Tor.com August 10 2011; illustrated by John Harris · Ragnarok · Paul Park · pm Tor.com April 17 2011; illustrated by Richard Anderson · Hello, Moto · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Tor.com November 2 2011; illustrated by Jillian Tamaki · Shtetl Days · Harry Turtledove · na Tor.com April 14 2011; illustrated by Gary Kelley

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition ed. Liz Gorinsky, David G. Hartwell & Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, January 1, 2013, 978-1-4668-3595-5, ebook, an)     Details taken from online listing. · Dormanna · Gene Wolfe · ss The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 2012 · Portrait of Lisane de Patagnia · Rachel Swirsky · nv Tor.com August 22 2012 · The Mongolian Wizard [Mongolian Wizard] · Michael Swanwick · ss Tor.com July 4 2012 · A Tall Tail · Charles Stross · ss Tor.com July 20 2012 · The Ghosts of Christmas · Paul Cornell · nv Tor.com December 19 2012 · The Finite Canvas · Brit Mandelo · nv Tor.com December 5 2012 · Am I Free to Go? · Kathryn Cramer · nv Tor.com December 12 2012 · About Fairies · Pat Murphy · ss Tor.com May 9 2012 · Our Human · Adam-Troy Castro · nv Tor.com May 30 2012 · Faster Gun · Elizabeth Bear · nv Tor.com August 8 2012

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2013 Edition ed. Liz Gorinsky, Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Melissa Frain, George R. R. Martin, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ann VanderMeer & Noa Wheeler--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2014 Edition ed. Liz Gorinsky, Ellen Datlow, Carl Engle-Laird, David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Peter Joseph, Marco Palmieri, Paul Stevens & Ann VanderMeer--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition ed. Liz Gorinsky, Ellen Datlow, Carl Engle-Laird, Justin Landon, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Diana Pho, Ann VanderMeer & Miriam Weinberg--- see under Ellen Datlow.

The Autumn Dead and A Cry of Shadows by Ed Gorman (CD Publications, 1996, $35.00, 476pp, hc, co, cover by Gail Cross) [Jack Dwyer]     Reprints 2 earlier novels, q.v., and adds a new novelette: “Eye of the Beholder”. Limited to 500 numbered, signed, copies. · So Long, Jack · Ed Gorman · in · The Autumn Dead [Jack Dwyer] · Ed Gorman · n. St. Martin's, December 1987 · A Cry of Shadows [Jack Dwyer] · Ed Gorman · n. St. Martin's, 1990 · Eye of the Beholder [Jack Dwyer] · Ed Gorman · nv

The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman by Ed Gorman (Swallow Press, October 1992, 0-8040-0959-7, xxi+130pp, hc, co) [edited by Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg] xi · A Renaissance Writer: Ed Gorman · Bill Pronzini · in 1 · The Face · Ed Gorman · ss 16 · Gunslinger · Ed Gorman · ss The Californians ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1989 23 · Guild and the Indian Woman [Leo Guild] · Ed Gorman · ss Westeryear ed. Ed Gorman, M. Evans, 1988 42 · Mainwaring’s Gift · Ed Gorman · ss Christmas Out West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, 1990 55 · Blood Truth · Ed Gorman · ss The Montanans ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1991 68 · Dance Girl · Ed Gorman · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990 74 · Deathman · Ed Gorman · ss Dark Crimes ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf, 1991 87 · Love and Trooper Monroe · Ed Gorman · ss 95 · Pards · Ed Gorman · nv 122 · On Roy Rogers · Ed Gorman · ar Mystery Scene 1986 125 · Writing the Modern Western · Ed Gorman · ar The Writer 1989 129 · A Bibliography of Books by Ed Gorman · [uncredited] · bi

Dark Whispers & Other Stories by Ed Gorman (Mystery Scene Press, 1993, 1-56146-017-6, $5.95, 122pp, pb, co)     Author’s Choice #5. 1 · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in 5 · Friends [Jack Walsh] · Ed Gorman · nv New Crimes 2 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1990 33 · Dark Muse · Ed Gorman · nv Phantoms ed. Martin H. & Rosalind M. Greenberg, DAW, 1989, as by Daniel Ransom 53 · False Idols · Ed Gorman · ss The Record Spinner, 1983 61 · Dance Girl · Ed Gorman · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990 67 · Masque · Ed Gorman · ss Mummy Stories ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ballantine, 1990 73 · Gunslinger · Ed Gorman · ss The Californians ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1989 79 · Nightmare Child · Ed Gorman · ex St. Martin's, 1990, as by Daniel Ransom 87 · Dreams of Darkness · Ed Gorman · ss 97 · The Man in the Long Black Sedan · Ed Gorman · ss Borderlands ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990 105 · Killing Kate · Ed Gorman · ss Obsessions ed. Gary Raisor, Dark Harvest, 1991 113 · Dark Whispers · Ed Gorman · ss Cold Blood ed. Richard T. Chizmar, Ziesing, 1991

Out There in the Darkness by Ed Gorman (Subterranean Press, November 1995, no ISBN, $8.00, 31pp, ph, nv, cover by Martin McKenna)     Horror story in chapbook form. This is a signed, limited edition of 500.

The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories! ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, 2005, 0-7867-1643-6, $16.95, 568pp, tp, an) 1 · The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 2004 · Jon L. Breen · ar 31 · A 2004 Yearbook of Crime and Mystery · Edward D. Hoch · ar 63 · The Mystery in Great Britain · Maxim Jakubowski · ar 73 · The Newest Four-Letter Word in Mystery · Sarah Weinman · ar 83 · The Adventure of the Missing Detective [Sherlock Holmes] · Gary Lovisi · nv Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin's Minotaur, 2004 133 · The Westphalian Ring [Sherlock Holmes] · Jeffery Deaver · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2004 167 · The Hit · Robert S. Levinson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2004 187 · The Last Case of Hilly Palmer · Duane Swierczynski · nv Plots with Guns September/October 2004 209 · Everybody’s Girl [Charlie Peace] · Robert Barnard · nv Mysterious Pleasures ed. Martin Edwards, Little, Brown, 2003 231 · Imitate the Sun · Luke Sholer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2004 267 · Father Diodorus · Charlie Stella · nv Mississippi Review 2004 291 · A Nightcap of Hemlock [Gene Holt] · Francis M. Nevins · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2004 323 · The Best in Online Mystery Fiction in 2004 · Sarah Weinman · ar (r) 327 · Just Pretend · Martyn Waites · nv Plots with Guns Summer 2004 353 · Geoffrey Says · Aliya Whiteley · ss Shred of Evidence November 2004 363 · God’s Dice [Jackson Donne] · David White · nv Thrilling Detective (online) Spring 2004 389 · The Consolation Blonde · Val McDermid · ss Mysterious Pleasures ed. Martin Edwards, Little, Brown, 2003 405 · The Shoeshine Man’s Regrets [Tess Monaghan] · Laura Lippman · ss Murder… and All That Jazz ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2004 423 · For the Benefit of Mr. Means · Christine Matthews · nv The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2004 455 · East Side, West Side · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · nv Murder… and All That Jazz ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2004 481 · The Promotion · Larry D. Sweazy · ss Texas Rangers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley, 2004 501 · Me and Mitch · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Problems Solved by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg, Crippen & Landru, 2003 513 · The Necromancer’s Apprentice · Lillian Stewart Carl · nv Murder by Magic ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect, 2004 537 · The Banshee · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2004 551 · Sounds of Silence · Dennis Richard Murphy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2004 567 · Permissions · [uncredited] · ms

American Pulp ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, August 1997, 0-7867-0461-6, $12.95, 550pp, tp, an) ix · Introduction · Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · Easy Money · Evan Hunter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1960 13 · The Pickpocket · Mickey Spillane · ss Manhunt December 25 1954 17 · In a Small Motel · John D. MacDonald · nv Justice July 1955 39 · Sudden, Sudden Death · Talmage Powell · na Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1957 90 · An Empty Threat · Donald E. Westlake · ss Manhunt February 1960 96 · Package Deal · Lawrence Block · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3, 1961 103 · All the Lonely People [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989 118 · Doing Colfax · Ed Bryant · ss Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987 122 · That Stranger, My Son · C. B. Gilford · ss Manhunt October 1954 133 · Terrorists [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Accused Detective Story Magazine January 1956 150 · Hot Snow · Vin Packer · ss Justice January 1956 157 · I’m a Dirty Girl · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss 171 · The Plunge · David Goodis · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1958 189 · The Black and White Blues · Dorothy B. Hughes · ss New Copy ed. Donald Lemen Clark, Columbia University Press, 1931, as “Nigger Blues” by Dorothy Belle Flanagan 200 · High Stakes · John Lutz · ss The Saint Magazine June 1984 212 · Cop Without a Shield · Robert J. Randisi · ss Mystery Monthly August 1976 227 · Lynching in Mixville [Lucas Hallam] · L. J. Washburn · ss Lethal Ladies ed. Barbara Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley, 1996 242 · Murder in Two Parts · Norbert Davis · nv Black Mask December 1937 277 · Down in the Valley · James Reasoner · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1979 284 · The Badger Game · Jay Flynn · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine November 1956 292 · Don’t Twist My Arm · Jack Ritchie · ss Manhunt April 1958 301 · The Guilty Party [Shell Scott] · Richard S. Prather · ss Come Seven/Come Death ed. Henry Morrison, Pocket, 1965 314 · We Were Picked as the Odd Ones · Wade Miller · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine July 1960 320 · Nothing to Worry About · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales August 1945 331 · Cry Silence · Fredric Brown · ss Black Mask November 1948 337 · Tick, Tock · Donald Wandrei · ss Black Mask November 1938 350 · Conspiracy · William Campbell Gault · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1957 382 · Say It with Flowers [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Manhunt September 1957 404 · Guilt · John Jakes · ss Hunted Detective Story Magazine #6, October 1955 409 · Bothered · Gil Brewer · ss Manhunt July 1957 416 · Game · Herbert D. Kastle · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3, 1961 425 · I Feel Bad Killing You · Leigh Brackett · nv New Detective Magazine November 1944 453 · Decision · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt June 1957 466 · Horn Man · Clark Howard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2 1980 479 · The Frigid Flame · Richard Matheson · na Justice October 1955 abridged from Someone Is Bleeding, Lion 1953.

The Best of the American West ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Berkley, September 1998, 0-425-16508-6, $5.99, 371pp, pb, an) vii · Author Notes · Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg · bg xi · Introduction · Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · Trains Not Taken · Joe R. Lansdale · ss RE:AL Spring 1987 13 · The Alchemist · Loren D. Estleman · ss How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1996 27 · Sisters · Marcia Muller · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990 41 · McIntosh’s Chute · Bill Pronzini · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990, as by Jack Foxx 55 · Between the Mountains and the Sky · L. J. Washburn · ss How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1996 69 · The Wish Book · James Reasoner · ss How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1996 81 · Red Feather’s Daughter · W. W. Lee · ss How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1996 95 · The Death(s) of Billy the Kid · Arthur Winfield Knight · ss New Trails ed. John Jakes & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, 1994 107 · Mrs. Crawford’s Odyssey · Deborah Morgan · ss How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1996 121 · ’Til Death · Mike Stotter · ss (r) 137 · Sweet Revenge · Judy Alter · ss New Trails ed. John Jakes & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, 1994 145 · Peace Officer · Brian Garfield · ss Iron Men and Silver Stars ed. Donald Hamilton, Fawcett, 1967 161 · A Tall Man Hangs from a Short Rope · Robert J. Randisi · ss How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1996 173 · Pull Your Freight! · Luke Short · nv Riders West, Dell First Edition, 1956 197 · Boy in the Rocks · Richard Matheson · nv Western Magazine December 1955, as “Son of a Gunman” 227 · Little Phil and the Daughter of Joy · John Lee Gray · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990 241 · Get Out of Town · Louis L’Amour · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 16 1959 253 · Wolf Moon · Ed Gorman · n. Fawcett Gold Medal, April 1993 369 · Credits · [uncredited] · bg