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My Best Mystery Story (Faber and Faber, September 1939, hc, an)

9 · Portrait of a “G” Man [Lemmy Caution] · Peter Cheyney · ss

26 · Dead Man’s Mirror [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Murder in the Mews and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, 1937
expanded from “The Second Gong” (Ladies Home Journal, June 1932).

137 · The Thinking Machine · J. J. Connington · ss Weird Tales May 1939

158 · Mr. Pemberton’s Commission [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Windsor Magazine March 1933

181 · The Room in the Tower · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss

200 · The Destroyer · Arthur Gask · nv (r)

225 · The Empty House · Bruce Graeme · ss

249 · Second Sight · Cecil Freeman Gregg · nv (r)

277 · The Case of Jacob Heylyn [Anthony Slade] · Leonard R. Gribble · nv Many Mysteries ed. E. Phillips Oppenheim, Rich & Cowan, 1933

304 · Ten O’Clock · Philip MacDonald · nv Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931

328 · The Cleverest Clue · Laurence W. Meynell · nv The Windsor Magazine September 1937

350 · It Happened in China · Arthur Mills · ss Britannia and Eve November 1938

369 · Double Lover · Nigel Morland · nv (r)

396 · The Adventure of the One-Penny Black [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Great Detective April 1933, as “The One-Penny Black”

427 · The Vanishing Diamond · John Rhode · nv The Great Book of Thrillers ed. H. Douglas Thomson, Odhams Press, 1935

454 · The Head of Taui-Passu · Edmund Snell · nv The Sovereign Magazine April 1924

488 · The Parrot’s Beak [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine June 1936
slightly revised from the story of the same name (The Daily Mail, October 23, 1929) which did not feature the Department of Dead Ends.

503 · Locked In · E. Charles Vivian · ss The Evening Standard August 31 1936

525 · An Unlocked Window · Ethel Lina White · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1926

My Best Spy Story (Faber and Faber, April 1938, 384pp, hc, an)

9 · The Lonk · Michael Annesley · ss (r)

27 · Flood on the Goodwins · Arthur D. Divine · ss 1933

38 · Trouble on the Border · John Ferguson · ss (r)

57 · Gun Cotton S.S. [Gun Cotton] · Rupert Grayson · ss (r)

68 · In Enemy Territory · George A. Hill · ss (r)

92 · The Traitress · Sydney Horler · nv The 20-Story Magazine #80, February 1929

116 · Music Hath Charms · Vernon Loder · nv (r)

140 · The Uncounted Factor · Stephen Maddock · ss (r)

158 · Gas Attack! · Marthé McKenna · nv (r)

181 · “38” · Laurence W. Meynell · ss (r)

196 · Cunningham · W. F. Morris · ss (r)

217 · The Piping Days of Peace · Talbot Mundy · nv Maclean’s June 1 1937

239 · Escape · Bernard Newman · nv (r)

260 · Under Enemy Colours · Captain A. O. Pollard · nv (r)

285 · Georgette—A Spy · Graham Seaton · ss (r)

301 · Live Bait · J. M. Walsh · ss (r)

319 · Espionage · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine August 1933

336 · The Popinjay Knight · Valentine Williams · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1918, as by Douglas Valentine

355 · Brien Averts a War [Sir Leonard Wallace] · Alexander Wilson · nv (r)

My Best Story—Second Series (Faber & Faber, 1933, 502pp, hc, an)

· How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery · E. F. Benson · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1911

· The Desert Islander · Stella Benson · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1930

· “Sonny” · G. A. Birmingham · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 20 1914

· The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907

· The Story of Ching-Kwei and the Destinies [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Story-teller September 1927, as “Ching-Kwei and the Destinies”

· The Field of Mustard · A. E. Coppard · ss The Criterion April 1925

· Spinster’s Rest · Clemence Dane · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine September 1925

· It All Came Right in the End · E. M. Delafield · ss (r)

· The Wharf · Walter de la Mare · ss The Queen

· Mrs. Jorkens [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Cosmopolitan October 1930, as “The Mermaid’s Husband”

· Philanthropy · John Galsworthy · ss Saturday Review (UK) March 31 1923

· Colonel Beech’s Bear · David Garnett · ss (r)

· The Non-combatant · Ian Hay · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 24 1917

· The Middle-man · Robert Hichens · ss (r)

· The Substitute · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1917

· Pussycat Pennefather · Margaret Kennedy · ss The Legion Book ed. Captain H. Cotton Minchin, Cassell and Company, 1929

· God Likes Them Plain · Eric Linklater · ss (r)

· The Chateau · W. B. Maxwell · ss (r)

· Mademoiselle Ma Mère · Leonard Merrick · ss To Tell You the Truth by Leonard Merrick, Hodder & Stoughton, 1922

· Mein Schatz · Geoffrey Moss · ss Britannia and Eve March 1930

· Mr. Strenberry’s Tale · J. B. Priestley · ss The London Magazine March 1930, as “Doomsday”

· The Fountain Plays · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar December 1932

· The Slower Judas · G. B. Stern · ss Woman’s Journal October 1928

· A Weed’s Tale · Henry Williamson · ss (r)

My Best Thriller (Faber and Faber, September 1933, hc, an)

9 · Under the Lens · F. Britten Austin · nv Pears’ Annual 1923

30 · Death by Judicial Hanging · Francis Beeding · ss Pall Mall Magazine September 1928

51 · Ways of Escape · John D. Beresford · ss The Elks Magazine February 1929

69 · White Violets · Victor Bridges · nv The Red Magazine June 15 1915

92 · Desirable Villa [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Pleasantries of Old Quong by Thomas Burke, Constable, 1931

103 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path”

114 · Romance Passes By · J. Jefferson Farjeon · nv (r)

148 · The Hand of Steele · Bruce Graeme · ss (r)

168 · Black Magic [Sebastian Quin] · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930

185 · Treasure Trove · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss McCall’s Magazine April 1928

193 · The Orange Handkerchief · G. R. Malloch · ss (r)

209 · North of the Tropic of Capricorn · A. E. W. Mason · ss Metropolitan January 1914

228 · Mrs. Scarr · Elinor Mordaunt · ss

245 · The Table Under the Tree [Commodore Jasen] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv Crooks in the Sunshine by E. Phillips Oppenheim, Hodder & Stoughton, 1932

270 · A Battle of Wits [Sir Percy Blakeney (Scarlet Pimpernel)] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv The Story-teller March 1919

299 · Spirit of Black Hawk · Max Pemberton · ss The Story-teller November 1921

315 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1931

331 · Fires of Baal · Sax Rohmer · ss Collier’s November 9 1929

349 · The House by the Headland · “Sapper” · ss The Sovereign Magazine March 1920

366 · The Cyprian Cat · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1933

381 · The Pursuing Shadow · Andrew Soutar · ss

390 · The Alibi · J. C. Squire · nv The Windsor Magazine 1930

412 · Dead Girl Finotte [Mynheer Amayat] · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Britannia and Eve July 1929

423 · Trodd’s Corner · H. A. Vachell · nv The Cornhill Magazine April 1904

460 · The Vault · David Whitelaw · nv (r)

481 · At the Shrine of Sekhmet · Valentine Williams · ss The London Magazine June 1924

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 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

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