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Book Contents Lists: Page 1462

My Best Western Story (Faber and Faber, 1935, hc, an)     Collection of Stories Chosen by Their Own Authors. Details unknown.

My Dashing Groom (Zebra Books, June 2002, 0-8217-7301-1, $4.99, 254pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Border Bride · Shannon Donnelly · na 89 · Love Lessons · Donna Simpson · na 179 · The Quizzing-Glass Bride · Hayley Ann Solomon · na (r); given as “Steal My Heart” on the back cover.

My Favorite Rogue (Zebra Books, March 2004, 0-8217-7638-X, $4.99, 253pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Reforming a Rogue · Lynn Collum · na 89 · The Tables Turned · Victoria Hinshaw · na 173 · Marlowe’s Nemesis · Debbie Raleigh · na

My Favourite Story: Selected Stories for Girls (The Thames Publishing Co., 1948, 128pp, hc, oa)     Issued in d/j. Cover shows an auburn and blue-eyed girl holding two spaniel puppies. Frontispiece by ?; also includes 8 colour plates. Note: later reprinted in identical form but with only 4 plates. 7 · Father Time and His Pattern Book · Enid Blyton · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 12 · The Surprising Day · Angela Brazil · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 17 · Rescue in the Snows · Elinor Mary Brent-Dyer · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 26 · Dog of My Dreams · Phyllis Briggs · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 32 · Rosalind to the Rescue · Douglas V. Duff · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 49 · Perilous Pass · Mary Gervaise · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 56 · Cruise of the “Carewalk” · Olive L. Groom · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 64 · Caravan to the Cape · Bertha Leonard · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 80 · Danger Tide · F. W. Ludlam · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 89 · Flood in the Fens · Winifred Norling · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 97 · The Lion That Liked Peppermints · Evadne Price · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 109 · The Elephant’s Right of Way · V. F. Wells · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 115 · The Rose Patrol · May Wynne · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

My Funny Valentine (Zebra Books, January 2002, 0-8217-7261-9, $5.99, 314pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Can I Call You Sweetheart? · Peggy Daniels · na 91 · Winter Roses · Allison Knight · n. 201 · Be Mine · Deborah Matthews · n.

My Grimmest Nightmare ed. Cecil Madden, uncredited (Allen & Unwin, 1935, 5/-, 210pp, hc, an)     A volume of stories based on the BBC Empire Service radio series Nightmare produced by Cecil Madden, which ran in 1934. Retitled Not Long for This World (New York: Telegraph Press, 1936) hc. Sometimes mistakenly attributed to Cynthia Asquith. 13 · The Follower · Cynthia Asquith · ss 20 · To Be Let Unfurnished · Gabrielle Vallings · ss 28 · Thunderbolt · Miranda Stuart · ss 39 · By Water · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette April 18 1914 48 · Not Long for This World · Inez Holden · ss 57 · Jungle Night · R. A. Monson · ss 62 · The Anonymous Gift · L. Vorley · ss 68 · There Is One S.O.S. · S. E. Reynolds · ss 80 · In the Jotunheim Mountains · J. B. Morton · ss 86 · Dead Man’s Room · Ernest Betts · ss 95 · Incubus · Marjorie Bowen · ss 105 · Into the Enemy’s Camp · Herbert Jay · ss 128 · The Mask · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss 134 · Behind the Wall · Noel Streatfeild · ss The Star November 14 1935 143 · The Mad Hatter · Edgar Middleton · ss 147 · Six Months Ago · James Laver · ss 154 · Rendezvous with Fate · Cecil Madden · ss 165 · Serenade for Baboons · Noel Langley · ss 178 · The Surprise Item · Charles Spencer · ss 184 · Split Second · Ann Knox · ss 190 · The Blackmailers · Algernon Blackwood · ss originally broadcast on the BBC, 11 July 1934. 204 · Room 200 Calling · Theodora Benson · ss

My Guardian Angel (Bantam, March 1995, 0-553-56916-3, $5.50, 390pp, pb, oa, cover by Gabriel Molano)     Details supplied by BG. 1 · Almost an Angel · Kay Hooper · na 75 · Guardian of the Heart · Sandra Chastain · na 143 · Angel on My Shoulder · Susan Krincaid · na 239 · Saving Celeste · Karyn Monk · na 325 · The Trouble with Angels · Elizabeth Thornton · na

My Only Valentine (Zebra Books, January 2003, 0-8217-7436-0, $4.99, 251pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology 7 · The Valentine Poem · Victoria Hinshaw · na 87 · The Ugly Duckling’s Valentine · Julia Parks · na 163 · Valentine Dreams · Donna Simpson · na

My Scandalous Bride (St. Martin’s, May 2004, 0-312-99522-9, $6.99, 343pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · The Lady and the Tiger · Christina Dodd · na 73 · Melting Ice · Stephanie Laurens · na Rough Around the Edges ed. Susan Johnson, St. Martin's, 1998 153 · Wedding Knight · Celeste Bradley · na 243 · The Proposition · Leslie LaFoy · na

My Spellbound Heart (Zebra, October 1994, 0-8217-4731-2, $4.99, 381pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of four fantasy romance novellas. 7 · Love’s Darkness · Cheryl Biggs · na 81 · Rescued by Time · Amy J. Fetzer · na 225 · Faery Magic · Amber Kaye · na 303 · Nightspell · Sara Orwig · na

My Story That I Liked Best (International Magazine Company, 1925, hc, an)     Each story has a 2 or 3 page intro by the author with a full page photo of each. · Introduction · Ray Long · in · The Gay Old Dog · Edna Ferber · nv Metropolitan Magazine October 1917 · The Escape of Mr. Trimm · Irvin S. Cobb · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 27 1909 · Point · Peter B. Kyne · ss Cosmopolitan July 1922 · Kazan [Kazan] · James Oliver Curwood · ss The Red Book Magazine August 1912 · The Third Man [Webster Burgess] · Meredith Nicholson · ss Collier’s May 13 1916 · Money to Burns · H. C. Witwer · ss Cosmopolitan August 1923

My Sweet Valentine (Zebra Books, January 2002, 0-8217-7184-1, $4.99, 222pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology 7 · Silver Links · Shannon Donnelly · na 77 · The Valentine Husband · Alice Holden · na 151 · At First Sight · Joy Reed · na

Mysteria (Berkley, July 2006, 0-425-21106-1, $7.99, 340pp, pb, oa) [Mysteria]     Original anthology of four paranormal romances set in a small demon-founded town in the mountains of Colorado. Authors are MaryJanice Davidson, Susan Grant, P.C. Cast, and Gena Showalter. vii · Introduction · [uncredited] · in 1 · Mortal in Mysteria [Mysteria] · MaryJanice Davidson · na 107 · Alone Wolf · Susan Grant · na 171 · The Witches of Mysteria and the Dead Who Love Them [Mysteria] · Gena Showalter · na 253 · Candy Cox and the Big Bad (Were)Wolf [Brokenoggin Falls] · P. C. Cast · na Bewitched, Bothered & BeVampyred ed. Gail Northman & Terey Daly Ramin, Triskelion Publishing, 2005

Mysteria Lane (Berkley Sensation, October 2008, 978-0-425-22294-2, $7.99, 291pp, pb, oa) [Mysteria]     Original anthology of four paranormal romances, the second in a series set in a small demon-founded town in the mountains of Colorado. Authors are MaryJanice Davidson, Susan Grant, P.C. Cast, and Gena Showalter. vii · The Town of Mysteria [Mysteria] · [uncredited] · ms 1 · Disdaining Trouble [Mysteria] · MaryJanice Davidson · na 61 · Nanny from Hell [Mysteria] · Susan Grant · na 135 · A Tawdry Affair [Mysteria] · Gena Showalter · na 215 · It’s in His Kiss… [Mysteria] · P. C. Cast · na

Mysteria Nights (Berkley Sensation, July 5, 2011, 978-0-425-24173-8, $16.00, viii+552pp, tp, an)     Omnibus of two paranormal romance anthologies: Mysteria (2006) and Mysteria Lane (2008). Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · [uncredited] · in Mysteria, Berkley, 2006 1 · Mortal in Mysteria [Mysteria] · MaryJanice Davidson · na Mysteria, Berkley, 2006 89 · Alone Wolf · Susan Grant · na Mysteria, Berkley, 2006 139 · The Witches of Mysteria and the Dead Who Love Them [Mysteria] · Gena Showalter · na Mysteria, Berkley, 2006 209 · Candy Cox and the Big Bad (Were)Wolf [Brokenoggin Falls] · P. C. Cast · na Bewitched, Bothered & BeVampyred ed. Gail Northman & Terey Daly Ramin, Triskelion Publishing, 2005 287 · Disdaining Trouble [Mysteria] · MaryJanice Davidson · na Mysteria Lane, Berkley Sensation, 2008 339 · Nanny from Hell [Mysteria] · Susan Grant · na Mysteria Lane, Berkley Sensation, 2008 405 · A Tawdry Affair [Mysteria] · Gena Showalter · na Mysteria Lane, Berkley Sensation, 2008 479 · It’s in His Kiss… [Mysteria] · P. C. Cast · na Mysteria Lane, Berkley Sensation, 2008

Mysteries ed. J. M. Parish & John R. Crossland, uncredited (Bracken Books, 1994, 1-85891-154-0, £5.99, 606pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Odhams 1936 as The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries by J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland) anthology of 44 stories (omitting seven stories from the original) with an Introduction (provenance uncertain) by Giles Gordon. · Introduction · Giles Gordon · in 1 · The Diver · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine May 1927 broadcast by the BBC Dec 25, 1925. 8 · The Ghoul of Golders Green [Capel (Beau) Maturin] · Michael Arlen · nv The Sketch Christmas 1923 42 · The Murder of the Mandarin · Arnold Bennett · ss Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett, Chatto, 1907 53 · Powers of the Air · John D. Beresford · ss Seven Arts October 1917 59 · Keeping His Promise · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 74 · Dearth’s Farm · Gerald Bullett · ss The Street of the Eye by Gerald Bullett, John Lane, 1923 86 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue” 102 · The Secret Sharer · Joseph Conrad · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1910 (+1) 140 · The Tiger · A. E. Coppard · ss Metropolitan Magazine April 1921 151 · The Hostelry · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French. 164 · A Large Diamond [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Britannia and Eve March 1931 174 · The Cupboard · Jeffery Farnol · ss The London Magazine December 1921 190 · The Other Sense · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Sketch October 13 1909 201 · Ghost of Honour · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams Press, 1936 209 · Roads of Destiny · O. Henry · nv Ainslee’s Magazine April 1903 231 · The Trapdoor · C. D. Heriot · ss Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams Press, 1936 242 · Ben Blower’s Story · C. F. Hoffman · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine August 1842 250 · The Shadow of a Shade · Tom Hood · ss Bow Bells Christmas 1869 264 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss The Knickerbocker October 1839 275 · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 287 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 294 · The Woman Who Rode Away · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Dial July 1925 (+1) 330 · Rooum · Oliver Onions · ss The Fortnightly Review December 1910 345 · The Green Light · Barry Pain · ss Phil May’s Annual #7, Winter 1897 351 · The Iron Pineapple · Eden Phillpotts · ss The Red Magazine March 15 1910 367 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin · nv (r) translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834). 392 · The Seventh Man · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by A. T. Quiller-Couch, Cassell & Company, 1900 404 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro 409 · Goat-Cry, Girl-Cry · William B. Seabrook · ss (r) 422 · The Mahatma’s Story · May Sinclair · ss English Life October 1924 433 · Deep in the Forest · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Pearson’s Magazine January 1927 448 · The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The National Observer February 4 1893 466 · The Man of the Night · Edgar Wallace · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #75, October 8 1910, as “The Stranger of the Night” 476 · Major Wilbraham · Hugh Walpole · ss The Chicago Tribune November 13 1921 491 · A Tale of a Gas-Light Ghost · [uncredited] · ss New Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 505 · The Confession of Charles Linkworth · E. F. Benson · ss The Cavalier and the Scrap Book January 13 1912 520 · The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1907 529 · A Visitor from Down Under · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 545 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 557 · His Brother’s Keeper · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1922 568 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 576 · The Coat · A. E. D. Smith · ss Powers of Darkness, Philip Allan, 1934 583 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 595 · Presentiments [Foreign Legion: The Geste Brothers] · P. C. Wren · ss Good Gestes by P. C. Wren, Murray, 1929

The Mysterious Bruce (The Brucedale Press, 1997, 1-896922-02-3, C$9.95, 89pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of six stories, the winners of a contest to support literacy programs in Bruce County, Ontario. Winners chosen by Ken Weber. 5 · Let Your Light Shine · Jamie Smith · ss 19 · The Broken Bolt Mystery · Ian Walker · ss 34 · Charlie’s House · Katharine Ferguson · ss 51 · Dream Rider · James R. Winegarden · ss 62 · Found Money · Patricia Bowes · ss 81 · The Skinflinter Mystery · Marion Fields Wyllie · ss

Mysterious Christmas Tales: Horror Stories for the Festive Season (Scholastic UK, October 1993, 0-590-54127-7, £9.99, 272pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of nine young-adult horror stories, including pieces by Robert Swindells and Garry Kilworth. 5 · Cloud Cover · Robert Swindells · nv 29 · Stocking Filler · Gillian Cross · nv 55 · Christmas Game · Susan Price · nv 79 · Squatters · Jill Bennett · nv 115 · Hunter’s Hall · Garry Kilworth · ss 135 · The Crossing · Joe Boyle · nv 165 · The Dark Shaft · Malcolm Rose · nv 215 · Home for Christmas · David Belbin · nv 245 · Burning Memories · Adèle Geras · nv