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Tomorrow Bites ed. T. K. F. Weisskopf & Greg Cox--- see under Greg Cox.

Tomorrow Sucks ed. T. K. F. Weisskopf & Greg Cox--- see under Greg Cox.

Best Crime Stories ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1964, 18/-, 221pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 15 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927 25 · The Amateur [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull November 19 1949, as “Amateur in Violence” 35 · Finger Man [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · na Black Mask October 1934 84 · The Dupe · Julian Symons · ss Butcher’s Dozen by Crime Writers Association, Heinemann, 1956 98 · Old Willie · William P. McGivern · ss Manhunt May 1953 104 · An Error in Chemistry [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #31, June 1946 122 · A Conversion · Arthur Morrison · ss Tales of Mean Streets by Arthur Morrison, Methuen, 1894 129 · Robert · Stanley Ellin · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958 144 · Forbidden Fruit · Edgar Lustgarten · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 162 · The Watercress Girl · A. E. Coppard · ss The Adelphi February 1925 175 · Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review May 11 1887 206 · The Lost Sanjak · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette April 24 1909 212 · Marroca · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Marroca”, Gil Blas, March 2, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse).

Best Crime Stories 2 ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1966, 207pp, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 13 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 42 · Rope Enough · John Collier · ss The New Yorker November 18 1939 48 · Vendetta · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine April 1933 64 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933 80 · “Thou Art the Man” · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1844 95 · Sister Bessie or Your Old Leech · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1949 104 · Striking the Balance · Henry Cecil · ss (r) 114 · The Old Lady with the Two Umbrellas · Stacy Aumonier · ss (r) 131 · The Gentleman from America · Michael Arlen · ss The Tatler Christmas 1924 149 · Evidence in Camera · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine June 1949 164 · The Hammerpond Park Burglary · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget July 5 1894 172 · Crooks’ Harvest [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss Gideon’s March by J. J. Marric, Hodder, 1962, as by John Creasey 194 · Cheating the Gallows · Israel Zangwill · ss The Idler February 1893

Best Crime Stories 3 ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1968, 224pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 13 · Max Hensig · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 62 · A Bit of a Smash in Madras · J. Maclaren-Ross · nv Better Than a Kick in the Pants by J. MacLaren-Ross, Lawson, 1945 83 · Late—299 · John Galsworthy · ss The Story-teller August 1923 103 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898 132 · Decadence · Romain Gary; translated by Richard Howard · ss Saga 1964 translated from the French (“Décadence”, Gloire à nos illustres pionniers, Gallimard, 1962). 148 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling, Heinemann and Balestier, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray” 160 · Operation Pasqualino · Alberto Moravia · ss (r) 168 · The Record of M. Duval · William P. McGivern · ss Rogue April 1956 179 · The Diptych · A. J. Alan · ss The New London Magazine #2, December 1930 188 · Kiss Me Again, Stranger · Daphne du Maurier · nv The Apple Tree by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1952 212 · The Burglary · Arnold Bennett · ss The Novel Magazine December 1907

Best Legal Stories ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1962, 253pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 15 · Mr. Portway’s Practice · Michael Gilbert · ss Lilliput October 1957 27 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s January 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands” 48 · The Happy Couple · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cassell’s Magazine May 1908 62 · Legal Aid · Frank O’Connor · ss Traveller’s Tales by Frank O'Connor, 1951 73 · Painswick v. Gloster · Henry Cecil · na (r) 121 · Murderer’s Luck · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard July 17 1951 127 · A Fair Exchange · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Divorce”, Gil Blas, February 21, 1888). 135 · The Great World of Timothy Colt · Louis Auchincloss · nv (r) 172 · The Juryman · John Galsworthy · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine September 1917 191 · Bardell v. Pickwick · Charles Dickens · nv (r) 217 · No Arms No Armour · Robert D. Q. Henriques · ss (r) 237 · An Irish Problem · E. O. Somerville & Martin Ross · ss (r)

Best Legal Stories 2 ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1970, 0-571-09058-3, 221pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 13 · The Majesty of the Law · Frank O’Connor · ss The Bones of Contention and Other Stories by Frank O'Connor, Macmillan, 1936 22 · Tom Geraghty’s Imagination · Donagh MacDonagh · ss Lilliput March 1951 31 · A Point of Law · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The Strand Magazine October 1903 44 · Your Witness · Helen Nielsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1958 58 · Name of Smith [Francis Pettigrew] · Cyril Hare · nv The Evening Standard July 5 1952 63 · How the Pretty Maid of Portillon Convinced Her Judge · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) 70 · Slander · Henry Cecil · ss (r) 78 · The Missing Will · Michael Gilbert · ss (r) 84 · In Evidence · Dornford Yates · nv The Windsor Magazine February 1929 111 · First Brief · Alec Waugh · ss (r) 126 · A Brief for O’Leary · Bruce Graeme · na (r) 170 · The Senior Partner’s Ghosts · Louis Auchincloss · ss (r) 188 · The Hypotheses of Failure · O. Henry · ss Ainslee’s Magazine January 1904 200 · Case Proceeding · Julian Prescot · ss (r)

Best Secret Service Stories ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1960, 16/-, 255pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 19 · Miss King [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan February 1928, as “The British Agent” 52 · Mister Big · Ian Fleming · ex from Live and Let Die, Jonathan Cape, April 1954 65 · High Tide [Scott Mattaye] · John Phillips Marquand · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 8 1932 87 · The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908 116 · Dr. Lartius [The Runagates Club] · John Buchan · nv The Runagates Club by John Buchan, Hodder & Stoughton, 1928 130 · The Hut · Geoffrey Household · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1951 146 · News Out of Spain · A. E. W. Mason · nv (r) 167 · Espionage · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine August 1933 183 · A Double Double-Cross · Peter Cheyney · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine May 1924 197 · Water on the Brain · Compton Mackenzie · ss (r) 209 · The Trial of Marius Derocq · Bernard Newman · ss Spy Catchers by Bernard Newman, Gollancz, 1945 219 · The Flaw in the Crystal · Godfrey Smith · nv (r) 249 · Parker Adderson, Philosopher · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner February 22 1891

Best Secret Service Stories 2 ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1965, 18/-, 223pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 19 · The Hairless Mexican [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan December 1927 56 · The Meaning of the Act [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine September 1939 73 · Quantum of Solace [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv Cosmopolitan May 1959 94 · The Crippled Lady [Vivienne Pawlett Browne (The Man with the Girlish Face)] · Dennis Wheatley · ss Mediterranean Nights by Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, 1942 97 · The Affair of Mister Haynes [Heine] · Edgar Wallace · ss Thomson’s Weekly News February 9 1918 109 · His Last Bow [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1917 125 · Spud Trevor of the Red Hussars · Sapper · ss The Strand Magazine September 1916 138 · Night Train to Milan · William Haggard · ss (r) 153 · Barbouze · Alan Williams · ss (r) 170 · The Headmaster [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) June 1962 183 · Reveals the Cotton Glove · William Le Queux · nv Revelations of the Secret Service by William Le Queux, White, 1911

Best Secret Service Stories 3 ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1967, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 13 · The Spymaster · Philip Freund · na The Spymaster by Philip Freund, Allen, 1965 64 · Dangerous Games · Gavin Lyall · ss (r) 80 · Red All Right · Hans Habe · nv (r) 106 · Circle of Deception · Alec Waugh · ss (r) 124 · Peiffer [Major Slingsby] · A. E. W. Mason · ss The Story-teller June 1916 137 · Your Turn, Mr. Moto · John Phillips Marquand · ss (r) 149 · Secret Information · Geoffrey Household · ss This Week 1952, as “Woman in Love” 158 · The Thirty-Nine Steps [Richard Hannay] · John Buchan · ex Blackwood, October 1915 177 · She Said It with Flowers · Gilbert Frankau · ss (r) 192 · International Complications · Gilbert Hackforth-Jones · ss Britannia and Eve September 1939 207 · The Lady from Cleveland O · Lord Frederic Hamilton · ss (r)

Classic Lines: More Great Racing Stories ed. John Welcome & Dick Francis--- see under Dick Francis.

Some Curious People by John Joseph Weldon--- see under Brinsley MacNamara.

Don Lawrence—The Legacy: Book 1—Storm ed. Meerten Welleman & Steve Holland--- see under Steve Holland.

Don Lawrence—The Legacy: Book 2—Women ed. Meerten Welleman & Steve Holland--- see under Steve Holland.

Don Lawrence—The Legacy: Book 3—Boundaries ed. Meerten Welleman & Steve Holland--- see under Steve Holland.

Karl the Viking Volume 1: The Sword of Eingar ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Karl the Viking Volume 2: The Powers of Helvud ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Karl the Viking Volume 3: Island of the Monsters ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Karl the Viking Volume 4: The Quest of the Long Ships ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire: The Three Princes ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire: The Rallu Invasion ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire: The Prisoner of Zerss ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire: The Curse of King Yutta ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire: The House of the Five Moons ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire: The Sun-Worshippers ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

A Desolation Called Peace by AnnaLinden Weller--- see under Arkady Martine.

A Memory Called Empire by AnnaLinden Weller--- see under Arkady Martine.

Rose/House by AnnaLinden Weller--- see under Arkady Martine.

Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury ed. Sam Weller & Mort Castle (HarperCollins/Morrow, July 2012, 978-0-06-212268-1, $15.99, 445pp, tp, oa, cover by Tom Gauld)     Original anthology of 26 stories written in honor of Bradbury, who provides a foreword. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Joe Hill, and Harlan Ellison; each author provides a note on their story and Bradbury’s influence. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Sam Weller & Mort Castle · in 8 · A Second Homecoming · Ray Bradbury · ar 11 · The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury · Neil Gaiman · ss 19 · Headlife · Margaret Atwood · ss 27 · Heavy · Jay Bonansinga · ss 40 · The Girl in the Funeral Parlor · Sam Weller · ss 54 · The Companions · David Morrell · nv 75 · The Exchange · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss 86 · Cat on a Bad Couch · Lee Martin · nv 114 · By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain · Joe Hill · nv 143 · Little America · Dan Chaon · nv 165 · The Phone Call · John McNally · nv 186 · Young Pilgrims · Joe Meno · nv 210 · Children of the Bedtime Machine · Robert McCammon · ss 226 · The Page · Ramsey Campbell · ss 242 · Light · Mort Castle · ss 262 · Conjure · Alice Hoffman · ss 276 · Max · John Maclay · ss 283 · Two of a Kind · Jacquelyn Mitchard · nv 318 · Fat Man and Little Boy · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss 326 · The Tattoo · Bonnie Jo Campbell · nv 353 · Backward in Seville · Audrey Niffenegger · ss 359 · Earth (A Gift Shop) · Charles Yu · ss 366 · Hayleigh’s Dad · Julia Keller · ss 384 · Who Knocks? · Dave Eggers · ss 388 · Reservation 2020 · Bayo Ojikutu · ss 404 · Two Houses · Kelly Link · nv 426 · Weariness · Harlan Ellison · ss