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Fangs and Broken Bones (Feed Your Monster, March 30, 2018, 978-1-980695-96-7, $4.93, 80pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. 5 · Crawlers · Steven Deighan · ss 12 · Pancake Spiders · Jensen Reed · ss 19 · The Cage · Max Sparber · ss 23 · Audition with the Vampire · Lyndon Perry · ss 28 · Knife Work · Ed Ahern · ss 32 · Best Friend Salad · Edward Turner, III · ss 36 · Take Out · Arnaldo Lopez, Jr. · ss 49 · The Spice of Life · Katriona E. MacMillan · ss 58 · Maybelline and the Sisters of the Broken Sky · Jim Corwell · ss 67 · Trapped · Rinoa Cameron · ss

Fantastically Good Reads (W.H. Smith, October 1993, no ISBN, free, 124pp, pb, an)     Anthology of extracts from eight fantasy novels currently on sale in the W.H. Smith bookshop chain. 7 · A Song for Arbonne · Guy Gavriel Kay · ex Viking Books Canada, 1992 27 · Crystal Line [Crystal Singers] · Anne McCaffrey · ex Del Rey, 1992 41 · The Mists of Avalon [Avalon] · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ex Knopf, 1983 59 · Yarrow · Charles de Lint · ex Ace, 1986 77 · Black Trillium [Trillium] · Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May & Andre Norton · ex Doubleday Foundation, 1990 91 · Daughter of the Empire [Riftwar] · Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts · ex Doubleday, 1987 103 · Daggerspell · Katharine Kerr · ex Doubleday, 1986 115 · Body of Glass · Marge Piercy · ex from He, She and It, Knopf, 1991

Fantastic Crimes (MysteriousPress.com, February 13, 2018, 978-1-5040-5178-1, $6.99, ebook, oa)     Original anthology of four book-centered mystery novellas. Details taken from online listing. · The Scroll · Anne Perry · na · Reconciliation Day · Christopher Fowler · na · The Compendium of Srem · F. Paul Wilson · na · The Mysterious Disappearance of the Reluctant Book Fairy · Elizabeth George · na

Fantastic Fiction: Ten of the Best (Puffin, 2002, no ISBN, £49.99, tp, bx)     Boxed set of 10 volumes produced for The Book People Ltd, Hall Wood Avenue. Haydock, St Helens WA11 9UL. · Watership Down · Richard Adams · n. Rex Collings, 1974 · The Peppermint Pig · Nina Bawden · n. J.B. Lippincott, 1975 · The Prime Minister’s Brain · Gillian Cross · n. The Oxford University Press, 1985 · The Finders · Nigel Hinton · n. Viking, 1993 · The Finn Family Moomintroll · Tove Jansson · n. Ernest Benn, 1950 · A Wizard of Earthsea [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · n. Parnassus Press, November 1968 · The Haunting · Margaret Mahy · n. J.M. Dent, 1982 · Thunder and Lightnings · Jan Mark · n. Kestrel Books, 1976 · Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH · Robert C. O’Brien · n. Atheneum, 1971 · A Dog So Small · Philippa Pearce · n. Constable, 1962

Fantasy (Jove, March 2002, 0515132764, $6.99, 384pp, pb, oa) 1 · The Widow’s Auction · Sabrina Jeffries · na 91 · Luisa’s Desire · Emma Holly · na 187 · Mr. Speedy · Elda Minger · na 267 · The Awakening [Leopard People] · Christine Feehan · na

Fantasy Twin (Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc., 1953, $3.50, 248+256pp, hc, an, cover by Laura Ruth Crozetti)     Details taken from online listing. · The Undesired Princess · L. Sprague de Camp · n. Unknown Worlds February 1942 · Mr. Arson · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Unknown Worlds December 1941 · The Dark Other · Stanley G. Weinbaum · n. Fantasy Press, 1950

Favorite Fairy Tales to Read Aloud (Wonder, 1965, 2009, 79¢, 127pp, tp, an) 5 · The Golden Goose · [uncredited] · ss (r) 14 · Rapunzel · [uncredited] · ss (r) 22 · The Wild Swans · Hans Christian Andersen · ss (r); adapted and abridged. translated from the Danish (“De vilde svaner”, Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn. Ny Samling. Første Hefte, C.A. Reitzel, 1838). 44 · The Magic Fishbone · Charles Dickens · ex from “Holiday Romance”, Our Young Folks January 1868 (+3); adapted and abridged. 61 · The Nightingale · Hans Christian Andersen · ss 1846; adapted and abridged. translated from the Danish (“Nattergalen”, Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Første Samling, C.A. Reitzel, 1843). 79 · The Queen Bee · [uncredited] · ss (r) 84 · Long, Broad, and Quick Eye · [uncredited] · ss (r) 103 · Beauty and the Beast · [uncredited] · ss (r) 122 · Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Favourite Book for Boys (Dean & Son, 1935, 124pp, hc, oa, cover: [three boys in red school uniforms furtively reading book, school buildings in background])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle. fps. · [frontispiece] · Noel Syers · fp 7 · Deep Hazard! · S. T. James · ss Topping Book for Boys 1935 19 · The Scourge of the Skies · John Bostock · ss Champion Book for Boys 1933 33 · A Night Adventure · W. Cuthbert · ss Champion Book for Boys 1933 40 · Nicholas Ratsey’s Last Ride · Samuel Jeans · ss Ideal Book for Boys 1934; illustrated by Laurence East 53 · The Missing Punt · Lieut.-Col. A. Lloyd Owen · nv Monster Book for Boys 1932; illustrated by Roland Davies 72 · On Granton Curve · S. T. James · ss Topping Book for Boys 1935; illustrated by James Clark 81 · Barber Business · “A. Brodribb-Irving” · ss Monster Book for Boys 1934; illustrated by Field 97 · The Secret Process · S. Beresford Lucas · ss Monster Book for Boys 1932; illustrated by Victor Clarke 108 · Champion’s Republic · John Bostock · ss Topping Book for Boys 1935; illustrated by Victor Clarke

Favourite Spy Stories (Octopus, 1981, 0-7064-1277-X, 249pp, hc, an) 11 · Taylor’s Run · John le Carré · ex from The Looking-Glass War, Coward-McCann, 1965 25 · Shadow of Fu Manchu [Fu Manchu; (Sir Denis) Nayland Smith] · Sax Rohmer · ex Doubleday Crime Club, 1948; chapters 1 & 2. 47 · The Human Factor · Graham Greene · ex The Bodley Head, 1978 65 · The Fate of the Traitor [Anton Prehznev (aka Vladimir Mikhalovitch)] · William Le Queux · ss Strange Tales of a Nihilist by William Le Queux, Ward, Lock & Company, 1892, as “The Mystery of Lady Gladys” 79 · The Champagne Spy · Wolfgang Lotz · ex (r) 103 · The Boy Spy · Alphonse Daudet · ss The Strand Magazine January 1891 translated from the French. 111 · The Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908, as “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans” 139 · Strange Conflict [Duke de Richleau] · Dennis Wheatley · ex Hutchinson, 1941 167 · The Secret Agent · Joseph Conrad · ex Methuen, 1907 183 · Funeral in Berlin · Len Deighton · ex (r) 199 · A Curious Experience · Mark Twain · nv The Century Magazine November 1881 225 · The Traitor of Arnhem · Lt.-Col. Oreste Pinto · ts Suspense (UK) September 1960 243 · The Spy · James Fenimore Cooper · ss (r)

Favourite Story Book (Dean & Son, 193?, 92pp, hc, oa, cover: [boy and girl playing leapfrog])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · Barbara Ann in Mischief Again · May Sullivan · ss 17 · The Colonel’s Caddie · Samuel Jeans · ss British Legion Children’s Annual 1937 26 · The Giant Worm · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 28 · Mrs. Mason’s Rent · John R. Ensor · ss 34 · The Sub-Sub-Gardener · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 39 · The Purple Emperor · B. C. Freeman · ss 49 · Trouble in Monkey Republic · Roma Lobel · ss 61 · A Lucky Mistake · Pauline Fletcher · ss 72 · The Duke’s Prize · Dorothy R. Speakman · ss British Legion Children’s Annual 1937 79 · The Arab Chief’s Queer Experience · Roma Lobel · ss 86 · What the King Liked Best · E. M. Mason · ss

Favourite Story Book (Dean & Son, 1939, 125pp, hc, oa, cover: [three children with tricycle, skipping rope and monkey])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · A Dog’s Chance · Samuel Jeans · ss 16 · Bold Mariners · Mabel M. Stevenson · pm 17 · Four Young Castaways · Bertha Leonard · ss British Legion Children’s Annual 1937 21 · Riding · K. E. Sherriff · pm 22 · The Jester Who Could Not Jest · D. R. Speakman · ss 32 · A Channel Swimmer · Mabel M. Stevenson · pm 33 · The Rescue of Belinda · Hilda E. Pemberton · ss 40 · A Curious Adventure · Roma Lobel · ss 46 · The Kidnapped Princess · O. I. C. · ss 53 · The Haunted Village · H. A. Mullins · ss 59 · The Aerodrome Twins · A. Adamson · ss 64 · Fishing · Christine E. Bradley · pm 65 · Noodle’s Traffic Lights · P. M. Frost · ss 74 · Generous Jerry · Maud E. Sargent · ss 82 · The Little Box · Cora Freemantle · ss 88 · His Majesty’s Magic · Norman Hunter · ss 96 · Four Silly Fishermen · [uncredited] · pm 98 · Our Holiday Adventure · P. M. Frost · ss 110 · Pets · R. Wareing · pm British Legion Children’s Annual 1935 111 · Maud · Marjorie Wilson · pm 112 · Cross Here! · Christine E. Bradley · ss 115 · Odd Man Out! · Samuel Jeans · ss British Legion Children’s Annual 1937 123 · Queen Tatertraps Tonsils · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 135 · A Caravan Trail · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss

Favourite Tales (Dean & Son, 1969, 110pp, hc, oa, cover: [boy and girl playing school with toys and blackboard])     In the “Little Ones’ Reader” series. Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 6 · The Garden Party · Charles Griffiths · ss 12 · The Ragged Robin · Kate Hope · ss 22 · Elsie’s Pigtails · Dolen Hirst · ss 27 · Why? · A. Ruby Forde · pm 28 · Mario’s Picture · Leslie C. Hulley · ss 33 · The Little Tree That Lost Its Leaves · A. I. Mungeam · ss 38 · Too Much of a Good Thing · Agness E. Cash · ss 40 · Peter’s Birthday · Eileen Bell · ss 47 · Popsy’s Clever Trick · Susan Jolly · ss 51 · The Dandelion Man · A. Ruby Forde · pm 52 · The New Doll · Susan Jolly · ss 59 · Tim at the Farm · Christine E. Bradley · ss 65 · Tippetty-Tap’s Toy Train · G. A. Johnson · ss 71 · Miss Newpin Looks Again · Violet M. Williams · ss 77 · Jack and His Hovercraft · Penelope Douglas · ss 82 · Mr. Pincushion Comes Home · Aileen E. Passmore · ss 85 · Bird Song · A. Ruby Forde · pm 86 · The Talking Budgie · Leslie C. Hulley · ss 92 · The Schoolroom Elf · Violet M. Williams · ss 97 · Mr. Tiggle and the Elves · M. Lloyd · ss Playtime Stories, Dean & Son, 1937 103 · My Birthday House · A. Ruby Forde · pm 104 · Plain Jane Wins First Prize · Aileen E. Passmore · ss

Fear: A Modern Anthology of Horror and Terror, Volume Two (Crooked Cat Publishing, October 3, 2012, 978-1-908910-38-7, $9.99, 352pp, tp, oa, cover by Billy Alexander & Dave Dyet)     Details taken from online listing. · Foreword · Sherri Browning Erwin · fw · The Sad Story of the Death of a King · Jane Wright · ss · Behind Closed Doors · Sam Wyld · ss · Itch · James McLaren · ss · The Cottage · Helen A. Howell · ss · It Sticks with You · Kim Krodel · ss · The Lost Souls · Laura Huntley · ss · To Be Heard · Die Booth · ss · A Picture of Evil · David Robinson · ss · Salad Days · Christopher Bleakley · ss · Witch · Christina Crowney-Pyper · ss · Hunger · Anthony Price · ss · Last Stop · Amanda James · ss · Banshee Moon · J. D. Blacque · ss · The Sculptor · Tom Gillespie · ss · The Nightmare Queen · Skander Lafif · ss · Straws · Rick Allden · ss · Scarecrow · Liam Hogan · ss · The Living Eucharist · A. Taylor Douglas · ss · On the Other Side · Lisamarie Lamb · ss · Candlelight · Laura E. Brown · ss · The Pond · Donna Cuttress · ss · The Bug · Nick Jay · ss · Life and Death in a Cemetery · Denise Moncrief · ss · Black Ash · A. E. Doylle · ss · The Honeymoon’s Over · E. E. King · ss · Lethargy · Karla Mouncey-Jaggers · ss · Charmpeak House · Angeline Trevena · ss · The Surrogate · Rita Dinis · ss · Real Proof · Brian Behr · ss · Daisy and the Bear · Mel Melis · ss

A Feast of Crime (Worldwide, May 2005, 0-373-26527-1, $6.99, 379pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of four crime novellas involving food, with recipes. 9 · Dark Fête · Jeanne M. Dams · na 103 · Everybody Didn’t Like Sara Lee · Denise Dietz · na 203 · Death to Donuts! · Cynthia P. Lawrence · na 303 · Tori Miracle and the Turkey of Doom · Valerie S. Malmont · na

Fendi, Ferragamo, & Fangs (Berkley Jam, July 2007, 978-0-425-21539-5, $9.99, 278pp, tp, oa)     Young-adult original anthology of three linked chick-lit vampire stories about teens who enter a modeling contest and end up vampires. Authors are Julie Kenner, Johanna Edwards, and Serena Robar. 1 · Olivia’s Odyssey · Julie Kenner · na 89 · Veronika’s Venture · Johanna Edwards · na 179 · Sydney’s Story · Serena Robar · na 269 · Interviews with the Vamps · [uncredited] · iv

Fictions: Health & Care Re-Imagined ed. Peter Bloomfield, uncredited (Future Care Capital, July 2021, 120pp, ebook, an) · Our Year-Long “Thought Experiment” · Peter Bloomfield · in Future Care Capital July 21 2020 · Goodbye · Stephen Palmer · ss Future Care Capital July 21 2020 · All I Asked For · Anne Charnock · ss Future Care Capital August 18 2020 · Life’s Lottery · Keith Brooke · ss Future Care Capital September 15 2020 · Infectious · Liz Williams · ss Future Care Capital October 20 2020 · Vigorish · Keith Brooke · ss Future Care Capital November 17 2020 · Genomancer · Stephen Palmer · ss Future Care Capital December 15 2020 · When I Visit the Palace · Liz Williams · ss Future Care Capital January 19 2021 · George · Stephen Palmer · ss Future Care Capital February 16 2021 · Don’t Push the Blame on Me · Anne Charnock · ss Future Care Capital March 16 2021 · Carefree · Keith Brooke · ss Future Care Capital April 20 2021 · Stealthcare · Liz Williams · ss Future Care Capital May 18 2021 · It’s Her Turn · Anne Charnock · ss Future Care Capital June 15 2021

The Fiend ed. Ray Russell, uncredited (Playboy, 1971, 16122, 75¢, 192pp, pb, an, cover by Roger Hane) 4 · Preface · The Editors of Playboy · pr 6 · The Fiend · Frederik Pohl · ss Playboy April 1964 14 · The Ultimate Brunette · Algis Budrys · ss Playboy September 1965 32 · You Can’t Have Them All · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy August 1956 55 · Double Standard · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy April 1963 61 · The Crooked Man · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy August 1955 72 · The Mission · Hugh Nissenson · ss Playboy December 1964 90 · The Master Copy · Frank Dobinson · ss Playboy May 1966 95 · The Better Man · Ray Russell · ss Playboy July 1966 99 · Welcome to the Monkey House · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Playboy January 1968 121 · Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy August 1969 133 · Adam Frost · Vance Aandahl · ss Playboy April 1962 149 · I Like Blondes · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy January 1956 162 · I Remember Babylon · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy May 1960 175 · Love, Incorporated · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1956 189 · Lovemaking · Frederik Pohl · ss Playboy December 1966

15 Short Surprise Stories (Royce, 1945, 124, 127pp, pb, an) 3 · Man to Man · Hugh Pentecost · ss Liberty September 4 1943 13 · The Haunted Wall · Georges Surdez · vi Collier’s November 1 1941 21 · Once Is Too Often · Eddy Orcutt · ss Liberty November 13 1943 28 · Killer · R. H. Newman · ss The American Magazine January 1940 36 · Hooray for the Yanks · Joe Alex Morris · ss Liberty August 21 1943 46 · Proof of Murder · Margaret Mochrie · ss Liberty September 25 1943 55 · Pillars of Gaza · Lyon Mearson · ss Liberty October 9 1943, as “Hate Is Stronger than Love” 65 · Ending, with Honor · Will F. Jenkins · vi Collier’s August 16 1941 74 · A Fellow Could Tell · Alwyn W. Knight · ss The American Magazine September 1942 79 · The Drum of Justice · Walter C. Brown · ss Liberty January 22 1944 89 · Sale to a Friend · Charles Molyneux Brown · ss Collier’s 1941 96 · Messenger from Berlin · Maurice Beam · ss Liberty March 6 1943 103 · And Call It Luck · L. L. Foreman · vi Collier’s March 11 1944 111 · No More Women · Lyon Mearson · ss Liberty December 4 1943 119 · A Matter of Hospitality · Paul Thielen · ss Liberty October 2 1943

Fifteen Tales of Murder, Mayhem, and Malice from the Land of Minnesota Nice (Nodin Press, September 10, 2012, 978-1-935666-43-1, $16.00, 172pp, tp, oa)     Fifteen stories by Minnesota crime writers. Some will scare you. Some will make you cringe. All will put to rest the myth of Minnesota Nice! If you read these before bed, don’t expect sweet dreams. · Introduction · Pete Hautman · in · This Old House · Marilyn Victor · ss · The Dark Under the Bed · Richard A. Thompson · ss · Desperados · Michael Allan Mallory · ss · Death by Potato Salad · Jess Lourey · ss · Murder & Crossing · Mary Logue · ss · An Age-Old Solution · Lori L. Lake · ss · Woman in Ice · William Kent Krueger · ss · A Turn of the Card · David Housewright · ss · Overstuffed · Ellen Hart · ss · The Butler Didn’t · Elizabeth Gunn · ss · Iced · Lois Greiman · ss · Minnesota Iced · Pat Dennis · ss · The Horse He Rode in On · Carl Brookins · ss · Stone Arch Bridge · Judith Yates Borger · ss · Blue-Eyed Mary · Joel Arnold · ss

The Fifth Mystery Book (Farrar & Rinehart, January 1944, $2.50, 304pp, hc, an) 1 · Stab in the Back · Philip Wylie · na The American Magazine October 1943 81 · Tape-Measure Murder [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week November 16 1941 99 · The Dead Man’s Tale · Hugh Pentecost · na The American Magazine September 1943 171 · Murder Buys a Rug · Ethel Gayle · n.

Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (Odhams, 1938, 696pp, hc, an) 17 · The Adventure of the Three Students [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine June 1904 32 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 18 1931 41 · The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch March 14 1923, as “The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls” 55 · The Snowball Burglary [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss People’s January 15 1923 71 · The Inoffensive Captain [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine March 1914 86 · East Wind [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Cornhill Magazine February 1934 100 · The Seal of Nebuchadnezzar [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine February 1925 117 · The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The New Magazine (UK) May 1926 139 · The Queer Feet [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1910, as “Why the True Fishermen Always Wear Green Evening Coats” 155 · The Three Keys · Henry Wade · ss Policeman’s Lot by Henry Wade, Constable, 1933 169 · Solved by Inspection [Miles Bredon] · Ronald A. Knox · ss 1925 179 · The Adventure of the African Traveler [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv The Adventures of Ellery Queen by Ellery Queen, Frederick A. Stokes, 1934 196 · One Too Many [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Passing Show March 18 1933 205 · The Coming of Mr. Quin [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine March 1924, as “The Passing of Mr. Quin” 219 · I Meet Mr. Pepper [Mr. Pepper] · Sir Basil Thomson · ss Mr. Pepper, Investigator by Basil Thomson, John Castle, 1925 227 · The Poetical Policeman [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Grand Magazine November 1924, as “The Strange Case of the Night Watchman” 240 · The Disappearance of Philip Mansfield [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · nv Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1928 256 · The Siamese Cat · George Goodchild · ss (r) 266 · “Silver-Mask” [Dr. Louis Raphael] · Augustus Muir · ss Raphael, M.D. by Augustus Muir, Methuen, 1935 277 · White Butterfly [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Evening Standard August 28 1936 288 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 304 · A Drop Too Much [Ludovic Travers] · Christopher Bush · ss The Evening Standard August 18 1936 315 · Study of the Obvious · E. R. Punshon · ss The Evening Standard August 26 1936 322 · The Policeman’s Cape [Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · ss The Evening Standard August 20 1936 333 · A Twilight Adventure [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Metropolitan April 1914 342 · The Idol House of Astarte [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Royal Magazine January 1928 354 · The Stone of the Edmundsbury Monks [Prince Zaleski] · M. P. Shiel · ss Prince Zaleski by M. P. Shiel, John Lane, 1895 371 · The Elusive Bullet [Dr. Lancelot Priestley] · John Rhode · ss Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 2 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1931 385 · The Mysterious Railway-Passenger [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · nv The Story-teller July 1907, as “The Mysterious Traveller” translated from the French (“Le Mystérieux voyageur”, Je sais tout, February 15, 1906). 397 · The Almost Perfect Crime [(Chief) Insp. Jim Silver] · Henry Holt · ss (r) 408 · The Case of Jacob Heylyn [Anthony Slade] · Leonard R. Gribble · nv Many Mysteries ed. E. Phillips Oppenheim, Rich & Cowan, 1933 422 · The Thirteenth Card [Sir Jasper Slane] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Collier’s October 5 1929 439 · The Aztec Skull [Professor Luther Bastion] · Gavin Holt · ss A Century of Detective Stories, Hutchinson, 1935 rewritten from “The Aztec Skull” published as by Charles Rodda (Flynn’s, June 13, 1925). 456 · Popeau Intervenes [Hercules Popeau] · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv 1926 474 · Locked In · E. Charles Vivian · ss The Evening Standard August 31 1936 485 · The Millionth Chance [F.T. Carrington] · J. Storer Clouston · ss The Sphere October 9 1920 492 · Lion Face [Ebbie Entwhistle] · F. A. M. Webster · ss The Blue Magazine #33, March 1922 510 · The Case of Mr. and Mrs. Stetson [John T. Laxworthy] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Story-teller February 1913 525 · The Mind Readers [Oliver Rater] · Edgar Wallace · ss Pall Mall Magazine October 1927 535 · The Wrong Problem [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Evening Standard August 13 1936 548 · The Case of the Hundred Cats [Mrs. Bradley] · Gladys Mitchell · ss The Evening Standard August 17 1936 556 · The Riddle of the Jack of Diamonds [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 570 · The Border-Line Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard August 25 1936 578 · Spider [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator May 1934 599 · The Gold of Tso-Fu [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s February 13 1926 614 · The Mystery at Merrill’s Mill [Archer Dawe] · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Adventures of Archer Dawe, Sleuth-Hound by J. S. Fletcher, Digby, Long, 1909 622 · The Tragedies in the Greek Room [Moris Klaw] · Sax Rohmer · nv The New Magazine (UK) April 1913, as “Case of the Tragedies in the Greek Room” 639 · The Poker Dog [Bill Parmelee] · Percival Wilde · ss The Popular Magazine February 7 1924 654 · The Fourth Degree [Quentin Quayne] · F. Britten Austin · nv The Strand Magazine October 1924 676 · The Episode of Torment IV [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · nv The Curious Mr. Tarrant by C. Daly King, Collins, 1935, as “Torment IV”

Fifty Masterpieces of Mystery ed. Violet T. Murray, uncredited (Odhams, July 1937, 768pp, hc, an)     A bumper collection divided between “Crime Stories”, “Strange and Horrible Stories” and “Ghost Stories”. 15 · The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Pearson’s Magazine June 1926, as “The Dragon’s Head” 35 · The Magic Casket [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1926 57 · The President of San Jacinto [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss People’s February 1 1923, as “The President of San Isidro” 79 · Outside the Law · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Strand Magazine July 1934, as by Francis Iles 90 · The Regent’s Park Murder [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine September 1901 103 · They Never Get Caught · Margery Allingham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1934 125 · Before Insulin [Clinton Driffield] · J. J. Connington · ss The Evening Standard September 1 1936, as “Beyond Insulin” 134 · The Perfect Murder · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine October 1926 150 · The Shadow of the Shark [Gabriel Gale] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1921 171 · The Marionettes · O. Henry · ss The Black Cat April 1902 183 · Diamond Cut Diamond [Quentin Quayne] · F. Britten Austin · nv The Red Book Magazine February 1925 207 · Murder at the Microphone [Dr. Louis Raphael] · Augustus Muir · ss Raphael, M.D. by Augustus Muir, Methuen, 1935 221 · Death in the Kitchen · Milward Kennedy · ss The Manchester Guardian 1930 225 · The Vertical Line [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Illustrated London News November 20 1935 239 · The Clue of Monday’s Settling · Edgar Wallace · ss Forty-Eight Short Stories by Edgar Wallace, George Newnes, 1929 252 · The Ghost of a Smile · Gerard Fairlie · ss That Man Returns by Gerard Fairlie, Hodder, 1934 269 · Sons of the Chief Warder · Bertram Atkey · nv The Story-teller July 1931 291 · Query · Seamark · ss Out of the Dark by Seamark, Hodder, 1931 302 · The Room on the Fourth Floor · Ralph Straus · ss The American Magazine December 1912 312 · The Wounded God · A. E. W. Mason · ss Cosmopolitan July 1927, as “Little Sweetheart” 333 · The Electric King [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1930 352 · Charles · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine February 1928 broadcast by the BBC Aug 27, 1927. 360 · The Funeral March of a Marionette · John Metcalfe · ss The Independent January 1 1927 370 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925 382 · Nobody at Home · C. D. Heriot · ss 386 · The Blood-Stained Pavement [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Royal Magazine March 1928 396 · St. Catherine’s Eve · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv The English Review April 1910 423 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 451 · The Idiots · Joseph Conrad · ss The Savoy #6, October 1896 474 · The Vampire · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930 480 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander January 17 1912 486 · The Travelling Grave · L. P. Hartley · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 508 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 513 · The Bird Woman · Henry Spicer · ss Strange Things Among Us by Henry Spicer, Chapman & Hall, 1863 516 · The Dabblers · William F. Harvey · ss Moods and Tenses by William Fryer Harvey, Basil Blackwell, 1933 526 · Marsyas in Flanders · Vernon Lee · ss For Maurice by Vernon Lee, John Lane, 1927; written 1900. 538 · The Room · Eleanor Scott · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1923, as by H. M. Leys 555 · Florence Flannery · Marjorie Bowen · ss The Regent Magazine #13, December 1924 574 · The Ghost at Massingham Mansions [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Eyes of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1923 598 · The House on Big Faraway · Norman Matson · ss The Evening Standard June 12 1934 608 · Madam Julia’s Tale · Naomi Royde-Smith · nv Madam Julia’s Tale and Other Queer Stories by Naomi Royde-Smith, Gollancz, 1932 631 · Sea Air · L. A. G. Strong · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) July 1933 647 · The Buick Saloon · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine June 1930, as by Mary O’Malley 662 · The Token · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1922 675 · The Cigarette Case · Oliver Onions · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #67, August 13 1910 687 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q 699 · Blind Man’s Buff · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Sketch April 25 1928 706 · The Man Who Was Milligan · Algernon Blackwood · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1923 715 · The Ghost · Richard Hughes · vi A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926 720 · The Room Over the Kitchen · A. M. Burrage · ss The Tatler October 17 1923 725 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster” 756 · The Dead Man of Varley Grange · Elizabeth Anna Hart, uncredited · ss 1878

Fifty Strangest Stories Ever Told (Odhams, 1937, 704pp, hc, an)     One of Odhams’s bumper volumes. This one contains mostly non-fiction. The only fiction of note is “Moonlight Sonata” Alexander Woollcott, “Si Urag of the Tail” and “When Glister Walked” by Oscar Cook and “The Night of Witchcraft” Rafael Sabatini, plus some interesting non-fiction by Achmed Abdullah, Margery Lawrence, Andrew Lang and S. Baring-Gould. 25 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931 28 · The Terrible Story of the “Mary Russell” · J. G. Lockhart · ar (r) 45 · The Death Trap · Carla Jenssen · nv (r) 73 · The Corpse Conductor · Axel Munthe · ss (r) 85 · The Mountain of God · Roger Courtney · ar (r) 93 · The Story of Kaspar Hauser · Andrew Lang · ar (r) 101 · The Siren and the Sorceress · William Roughead · ar (r) 129 · Consolation · Mabel Smyth · ss (r) 142 · La Salpetriere · Axel Munthe · ss (r) 149 · Eight Days in an English Snowdrift · [uncredited] · ar (r) 156 · Mysteries of the Elephants · Charles Low · ar (r) 165 · The Moving Coffins · Sir Algernon E. Aspinall · ar (r) 171 · The Haunted Submarine · Hector C. Bywater · ar (r) 179 · The Thugs · Herron Lepper · ar (r) 186 · Marooned · J. G. Lockhart · ar (r) 191 · The Disappearance of Bathurst · S. Baring-Gould · ar The Cornhill Magazine March 1887, uncredited. 207 · Smuggling Hashish · Henry de Monfried · ar (r) 219 · The Celestial Fire · John V. Trevor · ss (r) 229 · The Snail-Telegraph · S. Baring-Gould · ar (r) 238 · A Caucasian Riding Lesson · Sergei Kournakoff · ar (r) 257 · Queer Happenings · Margery Lawrence · ar (r) 261 · The Tragedy of the Seven Hunters · J. G. Lockhart · ar (r) 268 · The Murder of the Countess Goerlitz · S. Baring-Gould · ar (r) 290 · Many Waters · Noel Martin · ss (r) 306 · On “Thirsty” Island · Jack McLaren · ar (r) 319 · Three Crusoes in Epping Forest · Daniel Defoe · ar (r) 344 · The Case of the Poisoned Bun · Morris Markey · ss (r) 348 · The Man in White · Andrew Lang · ts The Red True Story Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, and CO., 1895 351 · Gripped by an Iceberg · Francis K. Pease · ar (r) 357 · The Ordeal of Philip Stanfield · William Roughead · ar (r) 374 · Across the Australian Desert · Andrew Lang · ar (r) 392 · In the Shadow of Death · de Valda · ss (r) 399 · Queer Disappearances · Margery Lawrence · ar (r) 405 · The Phantom Schooner · Richard Huson · ss (r) 414 · Some English Eccentrics · John Timbs · ar (r) 456 · The Dark Age Killer · Edwin T. Woodhall · ar (r) 473 · Si Urag of the Tail · Oscar Cook · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine January 1923 488 · The Night of Witchcraft · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #33, January 1917 505 · The Hell-Fire Monks of Medmenham · Eric Bennett · ar (r) 518 · When Glister Walked · Oscar Cook · ss The Regent Magazine #11, October 1924, as “The Sacred Jars” 533 · Waltz Before Twilight · Nigel Straight · ss (r) 541 · Eastern Sorcery · Achmed Abdullah · ar (r) 563 · Man or Woman · Harold Dearden · ar (r) 574 · The Original Bluebeard · Harold Dearden · ar (r) 583 · A Murderer in the Force · Harold Dearden · ar (r) 592 · The Bogus Princess · [uncredited] · ss (r) 595 · The Musselburgh Miracle · John May · ar (r) 606 · The Mystery of the Floating Bodies · H. Ashton-Wolfe · ss (r) 627 · The Mystery of the Orly Highway · H. Ashton-Wolfe · ss (r) 644 · The Devil’s Hoofmarks · R. T. Gould · ar (r) 656 · Vampires in the Philippines · R. T. Gould · ar (r) 663 · Crime and the Supernatural · Edwin T. Woodhall · ar (r)

Fifty Thrilling Wild West Stories (Odhams Press, 1948, no ISBN, 704pp, hc, an)     Reissue (Odhams Press 1937) western anthology. 9 · Why the Wild West Was Wild · F. E. Sutton · ss (r) 19 · The Borrowed Brand · Paul Evan Lehman · ss Western Trails January 1932 32 · The Long Arm of the Mounted · Harry Sinclair Drago · ss Complete Northwest Novel Magazine September 1935 not the same as the story of a similar name in the January 16, 1943 issue of Street & Smith’s Western Story. 57 · Bully of the Town · Tom Roan · ss Ace-High Magazine August 1932 75 · Blue Eyes and Blue Steel · Charles H. Snow · nv Thrilling Ranch Stories March 1934 94 · Bill Latimer’s Tree · W. D. Hoffman · ss (r) 112 · In the Mexican Quarter · Tom Gill · ss Cosmopolitan June 1930 124 · Without Fear or Favour · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories November 25 1922 141 · Battle’s End · Max Brand · na Western Story Magazine May 10 1930 209 · Grub Delayed · Archie Joscelyn · ss Cowboy Stories April 1937 220 · Horseshoe Law in Misty Sink · William A. Todd (by Norman W. Hay) · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly February 27 1937 234 · Thief! · Will Jenkins · ss People’s Story Magazine August 10 1922, as by Murray Leinster 247 · The Treasure of Iron Dome · Charles H. Snow · ss (r) 264 · The Sheriff Was a Runt · Will Jenkins · ss West April 27 1932, as by Murray Leinster 275 · Broken Courage · Charles Wesley Sanders · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly January 15 1927 292 · Reward for an Outlaw · Herbert Sullivan · ss (r) 306 · The Reverend “Chawles” · George Goodchild · nv The Great Alone by George Goodchild, Simpkin Marshall, 1919 332 · The Sheriff of Crevasse County · George Brydges Rodney · ss (r) 346 · Ghost of the Cimarron · Harry Sinclair Drago · nv Western Novelets August 1936 383 · The Killers · George Brydges Rodney · nv The Golden West Magazine November 1927 397 · He Belonged West · Christopher Culley · ss (r) 407 · The Schoolma’am of Selwood Flats · Paul Evan Lehman · ss (r) 423 · Fighting Fool · Tom Roan · ss Ace-High Magazine 1st November 1930 440 · A Reason for Wrath · Johnston McCulley · ss Cowboy Stories July 1926 455 · Three Little Calves · Frank C. Robertson · nv West May 29 1929 473 · Change of Name · George S. Surrey · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #170, August 3 1912 482 · Death Badge · Lee Bond · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly March 6 1937 495 · The Cave of Death · James Denson Sayers · nv The Underworld Magazine December 1933 528 · Singing Lead · Eugene Cunningham · ss Black Mask August 1930 544 · Texas Ranger · Lester Gregory · ss (r) 550 · Rustled Herd · Lester Gregory · ss (r) 556 · The Whip Hand · George Brydges Rodney · ss (r) 569 · The Marquis and Miss Sally · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine June 1903 578 · Kid Cyclone · Leo Grex · ss (r) 584 · This Worm Has Fangs · James Denson Sayers · ss The Underworld Magazine October 1933, as “The Worm Has Fangs” 599 · Six-Gun Justice · Louis Grey · ss (r) 606 · Million-Dollar Burros · H. C. Wire · ar Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine March 13 1937 611 · A Mountie’s Code · Conor Risdon · ss (r) 617 · Man of Ice · Claude Rister · ss Cowboy Stories April 1937 629 · When the Coach Was Held Up · George Thorne · ss (r) 635 · El Rodeo · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r) 644 · Warrior Woman · Frank Roland Conklin · ss (r) 650 · A Vengeance by Proxy · G. S. Wallington · ss (r) 656 · A Doubtful Experiment · Gerald Sussex · ss (r) 662 · Vigilante Vengeance · Joseph F. Hook · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine January 23 1937 668 · Two Snakes and a Man · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine January 2 1937 672 · Maverick Water · David Lavender · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine January 2 1937 681 · Riding with the Mail · Clarence E. Mulford · ar The Frontier October 1925 687 · The Phantom of the Rio Grande [Bud Jones] · J. Allan Dunn · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly February 27 1937 695 · Gunsmoke in Raimondo · Denver Bardwell · nv Danger Trail November 1934, as by James Denson Sayers

52 Suspects (The Mitre Press, 1944, pb, an)     Contains two filler stories in addition to title novelet. · 52 Suspects · Maurice Grove · nv The 20-Story Magazine #203, May 1939 · Enemies in Harness · Francis H. Sibson · ss The (London) Evening News February 7 1940 · Predicament · Michael Hervey · ss

50 Years of Ghost Stories (Hutchinson, January 1935, 2/6d, 702pp, hc, an)     Later expanded as A Century of Ghost Stories. 13 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv In a Glass Darkly by J. S. Le Fanu, Richard Bentley, 1872 revised from “The Watcher”, Dublin University Magazine, November 1847. 53 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited. 89 · The Saint and the Vicar · Cecil Binney · ss 101 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 117 · Gibbet Lane · Anthony Gittins · ss 127 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 151 · The Residence at Whitminster · M. R. James · nv A Thin Ghost by M. R. James, Longmans, Green, 1919 175 · A Warning to the Curious · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury August 1925 195 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited. 235 · The Green Room · Walter de la Mare · nv The Bookman September 1925 275 · Eveline’s Visitant · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1867 287 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 319 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 331 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s Weekly April 4 1903 (+2) 369 · As in a Glass Dimly · Shane Leslie · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 381 · The Lord-in-Waiting · Shane Leslie · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 401 · 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. 415 · Expiation · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1923 433 · Pirates · E. F. Benson · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1928 453 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 465 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908 483 · The Rosewood Door · Oliver Onions · na The Painted Face by Oliver Onions, Heinemann, 1929 537 · The Virgin of the Seven Daggers · Vernon Lee · nv The English Review January 1909 (+1) first published in French (“La Madone aux sept glaives”, Feuilleton du journal des débats du Samedi, 1896). 565 · The Library Window · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1896 609 · The Song in the House · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine September 1933 629 · The Operation · Violet Hunt · nv Tales of the Uneasy by Violet Hunt, Heinemann, 1911 657 · The Sweeper · Ex-Private X · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931 673 · The Running Tide · Ex-Private X · ss The London Magazine September 1928, as by A. M. Burrage 689 · Perez · W. L. George · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1919, as “The Phantom Truth”

Finish This…End of Story (End of Story, 2004, 0-563-52196-1, 125pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of stories commissioned by the BBC Scotland program “End of Story”. The stories lacked endings; the program held a contest for viewers to finish them. The book was distributed free. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 7 · Billy Bone · Ian Rankin · ss 21 · Dryad · Joanne Harris · ss 33 · Imitating Katherine Walker · Alexei Sayle · ss 47 · The Angel · Sue Townsend · ss 59 · One Size Fits All · Fay Weldon · ss 73 · The Tunnel · Shaun Hutson · ss 87 · A Woman’s Right to Shoes · Marian Keys · ss 103 · Love or Money [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · ss

Fires of Forever--- see under American Science Fiction #12, 1953.

First Blood (Berkley, August 2008, 978-0-425-22400-7, $7.99, 330pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of four vampire romance stories by Susan Sizemore, Erin McCarthy, Chris Marie Green, and Meljean Brook. 1 · Cave Canem · Susan Sizemore · na 67 · Russian Roulette · Erin McCarthy · na 143 · Double the Bite · Chris Marie Green · na 221 · Thicker Than Blood · Meljean Brook · na

First Fictions: Introduction 10 (Faber and Faber, 1989, 0-571-15201-5, x+179pp, tp, oa, cover by Brian Grimwood)     Original anthology providing a “showcase for new writing”. Tenth volume in the “Introduction” series. vii · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms ix · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg 3 · Thin White Girls · Carole Morin · ss 16 · The Hotel Summer · Carole Morin · ss 27 · Practically Park Lane · Carole Morin · ss 35 · Green Winter · Matthew Francis · ss 44 · Demonland · Matthew Francis · ss 52 · American Fugue · Matthew Francis · ss 65 · On the Threshold · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · ss 73 · The Story · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · ss 78 · A Problematic Tale · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · ss 89 · A Rainy Day · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · vi 95 · The Last of Butch · Tom Harpole · ss 110 · Making a Moose Die · Tom Harpole · ss 121 · Smile · Anne Enright · vi 124 · Felix · Anne Enright · ss 136 · Thirst · Anne Enright · ss 141 · Seascape · Anne Enright · ss 151 · The Supremacy of Grief · Hugo Hamilton · ss 158 · The Compound Assembly of E. Richter · Hugo Hamilton · ss 174 · Above and Beyond · Hugo Hamilton · ss

First Love Forever Romance Collection (Barbour, 2018, 978-1-68322-548-5, $14.99, 447pp, tp, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · First Things First · Susanne Dietze · na 57 · A Most Reluctant Bride · Cynthia Hickey · nv 103 · Weeping Willow · Marcia Gruver · na 159 · His Anchor · Carrie Fancett Pagels · nv 207 · After the Ball · Martha Rogers · nv 251 · Lighter Than Air · Lorna Seilstad · na 301 · In Due Season · Connie Stevens · nv 345 · Heartfelt Echoes · Jennifer Uhlarik · nv 395 · Prescription for Love · Erica Vetsch · na

First-Prize Stories: 1919-1966 from the O. Henry Memorial Awards (Doubleday & Company, Inc., November 4, 1966, LC:21-9372, $5.95, xii+736pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Harry Hansen · in 19 · England to America · Margaret Prescott Montague · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1919 20 · Each in His Generation · Struthers Burt · nv Scribner’s Magazine July 1920 29 · The Heart of Little Shikara · Edison Marshall · ss Everybody’s Magazine January 1921 51 · Snake Doctor [Judge William Pitman Priest (Old Judge Priest)] · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan November 1922 68 · Prelude · Edgar Valentine Smith · nv Harper’s Magazine May 1923 82 · The Spring Flight · Inez Haynes Irwin · nv McCall’s Magazine June 1924 101 · Mr. Bisbee’s Princess · Julian Street · nv The Red Book Magazine May 1925 132 · Bubbles · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine August 1926 149 · Child of God · Roark Bradford · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1927 160 · The Parrot · Walter Duranty · nv The Red Book Magazine March 1928 177 · Big Blonde · Dorothy Parker · nv The Bookman February 1929 196 · Dressing-Up · W. R. Burnett · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1929 205 · “Can’t Cross Jordan by Myself” · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss Pictorial Review August 1930 222 · An End to Dreams · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Pictorial Review February 1932 233 · Gal Young Un · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1932 (+1) 262 · No More Trouble for Jedwick · Louis Paul · ss Esquire March 1934 271 · The White Horses of Vienna · Kay Boyle · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1935 284 · Total Stranger · James Gould Cozzens · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1936 297 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936 309 · The Happiest Man on Earth · Albert Maltz · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1938 318 · Barn Burning · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1939 333 · Freedom’s a Hard-Bought Thing · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 18 1940 344 · Defeat · Kay Boyle · ss The New Yorker May 17 1941 351 · The Wide Net · Eudora Welty · nv Harper’s Magazine May 1942 370 · Livvie Is Back · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1942 381 · Walking Wounded · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker May 13 1944 395 · The Wind and the Snow of Winter · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss The Yale Review Winter 1945 406 · Bird Song · John Mayo Goss · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1946 420 · The White Circle · John Bell Clayton · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1947 427 · Shut a Final Door · Truman Capote · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1947 439 · A Courtship · William Faulkner · ss The Sewanee Review Autumn 1948 452 · The Blue-Winged Teal · Wallace Stegner · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1950 466 · The Hunters · Harris Downey · ss Epoch Summer 1950 479 · The Indian Feather · Thomas Mabry · nv The Sewanee Review Autumn 1952 496 · In the Zoo · Jean Stafford · ss The New Yorker September 19 1953 513 · The Country Husband · John Cheever · nv The New Yorker November 20 1954 533 · Greenleaf · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Kenyon Review Summer 1956 552 · In Sickness as in Health · Martha Gellhorn · nv The Atlantic Monthly August 1956, as “The Smell of Lilies” 578 · Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time · Peter Taylor · nv The Kenyon Review Spring 1958 602 · The Ledge · Lawrence Sargent Hall · ss The Hudson Review Winter 1958/1959 616 · Tell Me a Riddle · Tillie Olsen · nv New World Writing #16 ed. Stewart Richardson & Corlies M. Smith, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960 646 · Holiday · Katherine Anne Porter · nv The Atlantic Monthly December 1960 669 · Everything That Rises Must Converge · Flannery O’Connor · ss New World Writing #19 ed. Stewart Richardson & Corlies M. Smith, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1961 682 · The Embarkment for Cythera · John Cheever · nv The New Yorker November 3 1962 705 · Revelation · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Sewanee Review Spring 1964 723 · The Bulgarian Poetess · John Updike · ss The New Yorker March 13 1965

Five Classic Stories (Davis, 1986, free, 60pp, digest, an)     Booklet given free to subscribers of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, five stories dramatized on the Hitchcock tv show. 7 · Introduction · Cathleen Jordan · in 11 · Suburban Tigress · Lawrence Treat · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1957 23 · The Day of the Execution · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1957 31 · Man with a Problem · Donald Honig · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1958, as by Donald Martin 37 · Anyone for Murder? · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1964 49 · Winter Run · Edward D. Hoch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1965

Five Complete Western Stories (Fitchett Brothers Pty. Ltd., 194?, 6d, 96pp, pb, an) 3 · The Gun Wizard · Oscar Schisgall · nv Thrilling Adventures April 1936 33 · The Man Who Rode Purgatory · Charles Alden Seltzer · ss The Outing Magazine November 1909 46 · Gunpowder Heritage · Oliver King · na Dime Western Magazine April 1 1935 79 · Justice While You Wait · Owen Oliver · ss The Royal Magazine June 1910 87 · The Rattler on the Ridge · Charles Alden Seltzer · ss (r)

Five Fates ed. Keith Laumer, uncredited (Doubleday, 1970, LC:76-111173, $4.95, 256pp, hc, an, cover by Anita Siegel) [Bailey (afterlife of)] 13 · The Fatal Fulfillment [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Poul Anderson · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1970 59 · Murder Will In [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Frank Herbert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1970 91 · Maverick [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Gordon R. Dickson · na Worlds of Fantasy v1 #2, 1970, as “Walker Between the Planes” 161 · The Region Between [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Harlan Ellison · na Galaxy Science Fiction March 1970 205 · Of Death What Dreams [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Keith Laumer · na Worlds of Tomorrow #24, 1970

Five Golden Rings (Zebra Books, October 2000, 0-8217-7062-4, $6.99, 461pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. reprints from previous Christmas anthologies 7 · A Bright Red Ribbon · Fern Michaels · na A Gift of Joy, Zebra Books, 1995 79 · Christmas Angel · Kat Martin · na ’Tis the Season, Zebra Books, 1997 173 · Twelfth Night · Jo Beverley · na (r) 237 · Home for Christmas · Katherine Sutcliffe · n. ’Tis the Season, Zebra Books, 1997 349 · The Miracle [The Delanzas] · Brenda Joyce · n. A Gift of Joy, Zebra Books, 1995; sequel to “After Innocence”.

Five Good Things from Everybody’s Magazine (The Ridgway-Thayer Company, 1904, 64pp, quarto, an)     Promotional selection of recent items from Everybody’s Magazine. ifc. · Foreword · The Publishers · fw 2 · A Letter from the West · [uncredited] · lt (r) 3 · Everybody’s Babies · Juliet Wilbor Tompkins · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1903, as “A Spoiled Child” 6 · The Reasons Why · [uncredited] · ms (r) 11 · The Call of the Mountains · Albert Bigelow Paine · ss Everybody’s Magazine October 1903 20 · Inside Facts About Authors · Carolyn Wells · ms (r) 21 · More Reasons Why · [uncredited] · ms (r) 27 · Cæsar of Tobacco: The Great, Quiet, Confident Mr. Duke · Alfred Henry Lewis · ar Everybody’s Magazine July 1903 34 · Hitting the Bullseye · [uncredited] · ms (r) 39 · The Lotus and the Cockleburrs · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine October 1903 46 · The Automobile · Simeon Ford · ms (r) 47 · With Everybody’s Publishers · The Publishers · ms Everybody’s Magazine June 1903 52 · Successful Men Who Are Not Rich · Francis Bellamy · ar Everybody’s Magazine November 1903 59 · Proverbs up to Date · L. de V. Matthewman · ms (r) 60 · Why Advertising Pays · The Publishers · ms (r) 61 · Heroes of Every-Day Life: Mike Martin—Fire-Truck Driver · Theodore Waters · cl Everybody’s Magazine February 1904 64 · What Some Newsdealers Have Done · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Five Western Stories (Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., 1942, 320pp, pb, an)     A “made” anthology for the WWII Armed Services editions. Details supplied by Richard Bleiler from Table of Contents. 5 · Gun Ghosts from Tres Marias · Walt Coburn · na Street & Smith’s Western Story September 21 1940 66 · Tumbleweeds Are Tough! · Bennett Foster · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story May 16 1942 128 · Eskimo Buckaroos · Seth Ranger · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story December 14 1940 190 · Stranger from Sonora · Johnston McCulley · na Street & Smith’s Western Story March 14 1942 251 · Ridin’ for Glory · Cherry Wilson · na Street & Smith’s Western Story June 13 1942

The Flame of Iridar/Peril of the Starmen (Belmont, May 1967, 50¢, 172pp, pb, an) 5 · The Flame of Iridar · Lin Carter · na Belmont, 1967 101 · Peril of the Starmen · Kris Neville · na Imagination January 1954

The Fleet of the Springers ed. Forrest J Ackerman, uncredited--- see under Perry Rhodan #22, 1973.

Flesh-Ripping Ghouls of London (Creation Oneiros, 2012, 9781902197517, $14.95, 214pp, tp, an)     Murder, Madness & Mayhem from the Penny Bloods. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the UK for £9.95. 5 · Introduction · [uncredited] · in · I. The Criminal Annals; “gruesome true crime stories from The Tell-Tale, The Terrific Register, and The Calendar of Horrors”. 17 · Horrible Murders and Human Pie-Makers · [uncredited] · ar The Tell Tale 1825 21 · The Horrible Murder of a Child by Starvation · [uncredited] · ar (r) 25 · The Monster of Scotland · [uncredited] · ar The Terrific Register, Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825 [Ref. Sawney Bean] 29 · A Most Extraordinary and Diabolical Murder · [uncredited] · ar (r) 31 · Mutual Murder · [uncredited] · ar (r) 33 · The Unnatural Husband · [uncredited] · ar (r) 35 · Singular Discovery of a Murder · [uncredited] · ar (r) 37 · The Lunatics · [uncredited] · ar (r) 39 · The Dead Devoured by the Living · [uncredited] · ar (r) 43 · The Dead Alive · [uncredited] · ar (r) · II. The Serials 47 · The Vampire Bride · [uncredited] · ex from The Skeleton Count (r) 65 · The Avenger of Blood · Elizabeth Caroline Grey, uncredited · ex from Vileroy (r) 71 · An Apparition · Elizabeth Caroline Grey, uncredited · ex from Vileroy (r) 79 · Midnight · James Malcolm Rymer, uncredited · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, E. Lloyd, 1847 probably with others, possibly including Thomas Peckett Prest. 85 · The Stake and the Body · James Malcolm Rymer, uncredited · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, E. Lloyd, 1847 probably with others, possibly including Thomas Peckett Prest. 92 · Resuscitation of a Vampire · James Malcolm Rymer, uncredited · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, E. Lloyd, 1847 probably with others, possibly including Thomas Peckett Prest. 101 · The Murder of the Hangman · James Malcolm Rymer, uncredited · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, E. Lloyd, 1847 probably with others, possibly including Thomas Peckett Prest. 111 · A Den of Horror · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from The Mysteries of London, 1845 119 · The Execution · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from The Mysteries of London, 1845 128 · The Body-Snatchers · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from The Mysteries of London, 1845 136 · The Exhumation · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from The Mysteries of London, 1845 143 · The Madhouse Cell · Thomas Peckett Prest · ex from The String of Pearls (r) possibly with others, possibly Rymer. 149 · The Last Batch of Delicious Meat Pies · Thomas Peckett Prest · ex from The String of Pearls (r) possibly with others, possibly Rymer. 155 · The Offal Cellar · [uncredited] · ex (r) 164 · The Arch Door · [uncredited] · ex from Newgate, a Romance (r) possibly by Prest and/or Rymer. 171 · Prologue · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from Wagner the Wehr-Wolf (r) 179 · The Wehr-Wolf · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from Wagner the Wehr-Wolf (r) 183 · The Descent · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from Wagner the Wehr-Wolf (r) · III. Short Tales 193 · The Demon of the Hartz · Thomas Peckett Prest, uncredited · ss Legends of Terror, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1826 203 · The Roscicrucian · Edwin F. Reynolds · ss (r) from Reynolds’ Miscellany, circa 1848.