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    Atoms and Evil Robert Bloch (Gold Medal s1231, Aug ’62, 35¢, 160pp, pb)
    • 7 · Try This for Psis · ss F&SF Oct 1956
    • 26 · Comfort Me, My Robot · ss Imagination Jan 1955
    • 39 · Talent · ss If Jul 1960
    • 52 · The Professor Plays It Square · ss Argosy Sep 1957, as “The Egghead Plays It Straight”
    • 60 · Block That Metaphor · ss Galaxy Oct 1958
    • 69 · Wheel and Deal · ss *
    • 76 · You Got to Have Brains · ss Fantastic Universe Jan 1956
    • 87 · You Could Be Wrong · ss Amazing Mar 1955
    • 101 · Egghead · ss Fantastic Universe Jul 1958
    • 115 · Dead-End Doctor · ss Galaxy Feb 1956
    • 129 · Change of Heart · ss Arkham Sampler Fll 1948
    • 135 · Edifice Complex · ss Escapade Feb 1958
    • 146 · Constant Reader · ss Universe Jun 1953

    The Best of Robert Bloch Robert Bloch (Ballantine 0-345-25757-X, Nov ’77, $1.95, 397pp, pb)
    • xi · Robert Bloch: The Man Who Wrote Psycho · Lester del Rey · in
    • 1 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · ss Weird Tales Jul 1943
    • 21 · Enoch · ss Weird Tales Sep 1946
    • 39 · Catnip · ss Weird Tales Mar 1948
    • 55 · The Hungry House · ss Imagination Apr 1951
    • 79 · The Man Who Collected Poe · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct 1951
    • 97 · Mr. Steinway · ss Fantastic Apr 1954
    • 113 · The Past Master · nv Bluebook Jan 1955
    • 141 · I Like Blondes · ss Playboy Jan 1956
    • 153 · All on a Golden Afternoon · nv F&SF Jun 1956
    • 185 · Broomstick Ride · ss Super Science Fiction Dec 1957
    • 197 · Daybroke · ss Star Science Fiction Magazine Jan 1958
    • 209 · Sleeping Beauty · ss Swank Mar 1958, as “The Sleeping Redheads”
    • 225 · Word of Honor · ss Playboy Aug 1958
    • 237 · The World-Timer · nv Fantastic Aug 1960
    • 271 · That Hell-Bound Train · ss F&SF Sep 1958
    • 289 · The Funnel of God · nv Fantastic Jan 1960
    • 319 · Beelzebub · ss Playboy Dec 1963
    • 329 · The Plot Is the Thing · ss F&SF Jul 1966
    • 337 · How Like a God · ss Galaxy Apr 1969
    • 355 · The Movie People · ss F&SF Oct 1969
    • 269 · The Oracle · ss Penthouse May 1971
    • 377 · The Learning Maze · ss The Learning Maze, ed. Roger Elwood, Messner 1974
    • 393 · Author’s Afterword: “Will the Real Robert Bloch Please Stand Up?” · aw

    Blood Runs Cold Robert Bloch (Simon & Schuster, 1961, $3.50, 246pp, hc, cover by Tony Palladino)
    Also in pb (Popular Oct ’62).
    • The Show Must Go On · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1960
    • The Cure · ss Playboy Oct 1957
    • Daybroke · ss Star Science Fiction Magazine Jan 1958
    • Show Biz · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1959
    • The Masterpiece · ss Rogue Jun 1960
    • I Like Blondes · ss Playboy Jan 1956
    • Dig That Crazy Grave! · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1957
    • Where the Buffalo Roam · ss Other Worlds Science Stories Jul 1955
    • Is Betsy Blake Still Alive? · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1958
    • Word of Honor · ss Playboy Aug 1958
    • Final Performance · ss Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales Sep 1960
    • All on a Golden Afternoon · nv F&SF Jun 1956
    • The Gloating Place · ss Rogue Jun 1959
    • The Pin · ss Amazing Dec 1953/Jan ’54
    • I Do Not Love Thee, Doctor Fell · ss F&SF Mar 1955
    • The Big Kick · ss Rogue Jul 1959
    • Sock Finish · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1957

    Blood Runs Cold Robert Bloch (Corgi SC7021, 1964, 3/6, 127pp, pb)
    • The Show Must Go On · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1960
    • Daybroke · ss Star Science Fiction Magazine Jan 1958
    • The Masterpiece · ss Rogue Jun 1960
    • I Like Blondes · ss Playboy Jan 1956
    • Where the Buffalo Roam · ss Other Worlds Science Stories Jul 1955
    • Is Betsy Blake Still Alive? · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1958
    • Word of Honor · ss Playboy Aug 1958
    • Final Performance · ss Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales Sep 1960
    • The Gloating Place · ss Rogue Jun 1959
    • The Pin · ss Amazing Dec 1953/Jan ’54
    • I Do Not Love Thee, Doctor Fell · ss F&SF Mar 1955
    • The Big Kick · ss Rogue Jul 1959
    • Sock Finish · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1957

    Bogey Men Robert Bloch (Pyramid F-839, Mar ’63, 40¢, 159pp, pb)
    • 9 · A Matter of Life · ss Keyhole Mystery Magazine Jun 1960
    • 16 · The Model Wife · vi Swank Nov 1961
    • 18 · Broomstick Ride · ss Super Science Fiction Dec 1957
    • 28 · The Skull of the Marquis de Sade · ss Weird Tales Sep 1945
    • 50 · Memo to a Movie-Maker · ss Dude Jan 1961
    • 56 · The Thinking Cap · nv Other Worlds Science Stories Jun 1953
    • 88 · The Shoes · ss Unknown Worlds Feb 1942
    • 100 · The Man Who Collected Poe · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct 1951
    • 117 · The Ghost Writer · ss Weird Tales May 1940
    • 136 · The Man Who Murdered Tomorrow · ss Amazing Mar 1960
    • 146 · “Psycho"-logical Bloch · Sam Moskowitz · bg Amazing Dec 1962 [Robert Bloch]

    Chamber of Horrors Robert Bloch (Award A187X, 1966, 60¢, 139pp, pb)
    • The Living End · ss The Saint Detective Magazine May 1963
    • The Head Hunter · ss 15 Mystery Stories Jun 1950, as “Head Man”
    • Impractical Joker · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Aug 1963, as “Deadly Joker”
    • Pride Goes— · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Aug 1966
    • The Screaming People · nv Fantastic Jan 1959
    • Fat Chance · ss Keyhole Mystery Magazine Aug 1960
    • The Unpardonable Crime · ss Swank Sep 1961
    • Method for Murder · ss Fury Jul 1962
    • Two of a Kind · ss Fantastic May 1958, as “Two by Two” as by E. K. Jarvis
    • Untouchable · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Nov 1961
    • Beelzebub · ss Playboy Dec 1963
    • Frozen Fear · ss Weird Tales May 1946

    Dragons and Nightmares Robert Bloch (Belmont B75-1060, Nov ’69, 75¢, 176pp, pb)
    • 11 · A Good Knight’s Work · nv Unknown Worlds Oct 1941
    • 42 · The Eager Dragon · nv Weird Tales Jan 1943
    • 74 · Nursemaid to Nightmares [Margate (unnamed narrator)] · na Weird Tales Nov 1942
    • 172 · Back Word · aw

    Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow Robert Bloch (Award A811S, Sep ’71, 75¢, 159pp, pb)
    • 5 · The Hungry Eye · nv Fantastic May 1959
    • 25 · The Old College Try · ss Gamma #2 1963
    • 42 · The World-Timer · nv Fantastic Aug 1960
    • 67 · F.O.B. Venus · ss Fantastic Nov 1958
    • 79 · The Gods Are Not Mocked · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1968
    • 84 · The Goddess of Wisdom · ss Fantastic Universe May 1954
    • 98 · Sales of a Deathman · ss Galaxy Feb 1968
    • 106 · Crime Machine · ss Galaxy Oct 1961
    • 111 · The Funnel of God · nv Fantastic Jan 1960
    • 133 · A Toy for Juliette · ss Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1967
    • 139 · Report on Sol III · ss Amazing Jul 1958
    • 146 · The Bald-Headed Mirage · ss Amazing Jun 1960

    Horror-7 Robert Bloch (Belmont 90-275, Feb ’63, 40¢, 125pp, pb)
    • 7 · Enoch · ss Weird Tales Sep 1946
    • 25 · The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton · ss Amazing Mar 1939
    • 38 · The Opener of the Way · ss Weird Tales Oct 1936
    • 57 · Return to the Sabbath · ss Weird Tales Jul 1938
    • 75 · The Mandarin’s Canaries · ss Weird Tales Sep 1938
    • 91 · The Shambler from the Stars · ss Weird Tales Sep 1935
    • 104 · The Secret of Sebek [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · ss Weird Tales Nov 1937

    The House of the Hatchet Robert Bloch (Panther, 1976, pb)
    11 Stories from The Opener of the Way.
    • Introduction · in
    • The House of the Hatchet · ss Weird Tales Jan 1941
    • Return to the Sabbath · ss Weird Tales Jul 1938
    • The Mandarin’s Canaries · ss Weird Tales Sep 1938
    • Waxworks · nv Weird Tales Jan 1939
    • The Feast in the Abbey · ss Weird Tales Jan 1935
    • Slave of the Flames · ss Weird Tales Jun 1938
    • The Shambler from the Stars · ss Weird Tales Sep 1935
    • Mother of Serpents · ss Weird Tales Dec 1936
    • The Secret of Sebek [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · ss Weird Tales Nov 1937
    • The Eyes of the Mummy [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · ss Weird Tales Apr 1938
    • One Way to Mars · ss Weird Tales Jul 1945

    The King of Terrors: Tales of Madness and Death Robert Bloch (Mysterious Press 0-89296-029-9, 1977, $10.00, 202pp, hc)
    Also available in a limited edition (-030-2, $20.00).
    • 7 · Introduction · in
    • 15 · Water’s Edge · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1956
    • 34 · The Deadliest Art · ss Bestseller Mystery Magazine Nov 1958, as “The Ungallant Hunter”; ; as “The Living Bracelet”, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1959
    • 41 · Fat Chance · ss Keyhole Mystery Magazine Aug 1960
    • 54 · A Good Imagination · ss Suspect Detective Stories Jan 1956
    • 72 · A Home Away from Home · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1961
    • 81 · The Living Dead · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1967
    • 89 · The Man Who Knew Women · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine Jul 1959
    • 117 · Method for Murder · ss Fury Jul 1962
    • 125 · The Real Bad Friend · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1957
    • 153 · String of Pearls · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Aug 1956
    • 168 · Under the Horns · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart, ed. August Derleth, Arkham 1962
    • 180 · The Unpardonable Crime · ss Swank Sep 1961
    • 186 · Untouchable · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Nov 1961
    • 193 · Terror in the Night · ss Manhunt Feb 1956

    Ladies’ Day / This Crowded Earth Robert Bloch (Belmont B60-080, Aug ’68, 60¢, 172pp, pb)

    The Living Demons Robert Bloch (Belmont B50-787, Sep ’67, 50¢, 156pp, pb)
    • Introduction · in
    • Life in Our Time · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1966
    • The Indian Spirit Guide · ss Weird Tales Nov 1948
    • Lucy Comes to Stay · ss Weird Tales Jan 1952
    • The Plot Is the Thing · ss F&SF Jul 1966
    • Underground · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1967, as “The Living Dead”
    • The Beasts of Barsac · ss Weird Tales Jul 1944
    • Philtre Tip · ss Rogue Mar 1961
    • The Unspeakable Betrothal · ss Avon Fantasy Reader 9, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon Publishing Co. 1949
    • Black Bargain · ss Weird Tales May 1942
    • The Girl from Mars · ss Fantastic Adventures Mar 1950
    • Beauty’s Beast · ss Weird Tales May 1941
    • Tell Your Fortune · nv Weird Tales May 1950

    More Nightmares Robert Bloch (Belmont L92-530, Feb ’62, 50¢, 173pp, pb)
    • That Hell-Bound Train · ss F&SF Sep 1958
    • The Feast in the Abbey · ss Weird Tales Jan 1935
    • Slave of the Flames · ss Weird Tales Jun 1938
    • One Way to Mars · ss Weird Tales Jul 1945
    • The Cheaters · nv Weird Tales Nov 1947
    • The Fiddler’s Fee · ss Weird Tales Jul 1940
    • Mother of Serpents · ss Weird Tales Dec 1936
    • Waxworks · nv Weird Tales Jan 1939
    • The Seal of the Satyr · ss Strange Stories Jun 1939, as by Tarleton Fiske
    • The Dark Demon · ss Weird Tales Nov 1936

    Mysteries of the Worm Robert Bloch (Zebra 0-89083-815-1, 1981, $2.95, 334pp, pb)
    Cthulhu Mythos stories, edited by Lin Carter.
    • 7 · Demon-Dreaded Lore · Lin Carter · in
    • 17 · The Secret in the Tomb · ss Weird Tales May 1935
    • 27 · The Suicide in the Study · ss Weird Tales Jun 1935
    • 35 · The Shambler from the Stars · ss Weird Tales Sep 1935
    • 50 · The Faceless God · ss Weird Tales May 1936
    • 75 · The Grinning Ghoul · ss Weird Tales Jun 1936
    • 92 · The Dark Demon · ss Weird Tales Nov 1936
    • 108 · The Mannikin · ss Weird Tales Apr 1937
    • 132 · The Secret of Sebek [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · ss Weird Tales Nov 1937
    • 158 · Fane of the Black Pharaoh · ss Weird Tales Dec 1937
    • 185 · The Unspeakable Betrothal · ss Avon Fantasy Reader 9, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon Publishing Co. 1949
    • 206 · The Shadow from the Steeple · nv Weird Tales Sep 1950
    • 239 · Notebook Found in a Deserted House · nv Weird Tales May 1951
    • 270 · Terror in Cut-Throat Cove · nv Fantastic Jun 1958
    • 329 · Afterword · aw

    Nightmares Robert Bloch (Belmont 233, 1961, 35¢, 140pp, pb)
    Ten Weird Tales from Pleasant Dreams
    • vii · An Introduction to Nightmares · in
    • 9 · The Sorcerer’s Apprentice · ss Weird Tales Jan 1949
    • 20 · I Kiss Your Shadow · ss F&SF Apr 1956
    • 37 · Mr. Steinway · ss Fantastic Apr 1954
    • 50 · The Proper Spirit · ss F&SF Mar 1957
    • 57 · Catnip · ss Weird Tales Mar 1948
    • 70 · Hungarian Rhapsody · ss Fantastic Jun 1958, as by Wilson Kane
    • 79 · The Lighthouse · ss Fantastic Jan/Feb 1953; Bloch, Robert/Poe, Edgar Allan; completed by Bloch from a Poe fragment.
    • 93 · The Hungry House · ss Imagination Apr 1951
    • 111 · Sleeping Beauty · ss Swank Mar 1958, as “The Sleeping Redheads”
    • 123 · Sweet Sixteen · ss Fantastic May 1958, as “Spawn of the Dark One”

    The Opener of the Way Robert Bloch (Arkham House, 1945, $3.00, xi+309pp, hc)
    English Derivative Anthology The House of the Hatchet.
    • By Way of Introduction · in
    • The Cloak · ss Unknown May 1939
    • Beetles · ss Weird Tales Dec 1938
    • The Fiddler’s Fee · ss Weird Tales Jul 1940
    • The Mannikin · ss Weird Tales Apr 1937
    • The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton · ss Amazing Mar 1939
    • Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · ss Weird Tales Jul 1943
    • The Seal of the Satyr · ss Strange Stories Jun 1939, as by Tarleton Fiske
    • The Dark Demon · ss Weird Tales Nov 1936
    • The Faceless God · ss Weird Tales May 1936
    • The House of the Hatchet · ss Weird Tales Jan 1941
    • The Opener of the Way · ss Weird Tales Oct 1936
    • Return to the Sabbath · ss Weird Tales Jul 1938
    • The Mandarin’s Canaries · ss Weird Tales Sep 1938
    • Waxworks · nv Weird Tales Jan 1939
    • The Feast in the Abbey · ss Weird Tales Jan 1935
    • Slave of the Flames · ss Weird Tales Jun 1938
    • The Shambler from the Stars · ss Weird Tales Sep 1935
    • Mother of Serpents · ss Weird Tales Dec 1936
    • The Secret of Sebek [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · ss Weird Tales Nov 1937
    • The Eyes of the Mummy [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · ss Weird Tales Apr 1938
    • One Way to Mars · ss Weird Tales Jul 1945

    The Opener of the Way Robert Bloch (Panther 586-04221-0, 1976, 60p, 172pp, pb)
    • 7 · By Way of Introduction · in
    • 11 · The Opener of the Way · ss Weird Tales Oct 1936
    • 27 · The Cloak · ss Unknown May 1939
    • 44 · Beetles · ss Weird Tales Dec 1938
    • 57 · The Fiddler’s Fee · ss Weird Tales Jul 1940
    • 80 · The Mannikin · ss Weird Tales Apr 1937
    • 97 · The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton · ss Amazing Mar 1939
    • 108 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · ss Weird Tales Jul 1943
    • 128 · The Seal of the Satyr · ss Strange Stories Jun 1939, as by Tarleton Fiske
    • 143 · The Dark Demon · ss Weird Tales Nov 1936
    • 155 · The Faceless God · ss Weird Tales May 1936

    Out of the Mouths of Graves Robert Bloch (Mysterious Press, 1979, xiii+193pp, hc)
    information from Short Story Index.
    • All in the Family · ss The Saint Detective Magazine May 1966
    • The Beautiful People · ss Bestseller Mystery Magazine Jul 1960, as “Skin Deep”
    • The Closer of the Way · ss Whispers, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1977
    • Crime in Rhyme · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1957
    • Double-Cross · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1959, as “Double Tragedy”
    • His and Hearse · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1972, as “I Never Had a Christmas Tree”
    • Hobo · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2 1960
    • The Living Bracelet · ss Bestseller Mystery Magazine Nov 1958, as “The Ungallant Hunter”; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1959
    • Lucy Comes to Stay · ss Weird Tales Jan 1952
    • The Man Who Looked Like Napoleon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1961
    • Man with a Hobby · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1957
    • A Matter of Life · ss Keyhole Mystery Magazine Jun 1960
    • The Model Wife · vi Swank Nov 1961
    • A Most Unusual Murder · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1976
    • Night School · ss Rogue Aug 1959
    • The Warm Farewell · ss Frights, ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martins 1976

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