Sunday, May 1, 2016

Separated at...the knuckle?



(Popular Library, 1962)
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from the Contento index:
    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

    Shock! ed. M. C. Allen (New York: Popular Library SP375, 1965, 50¢, 144pp, pb)
    • 7 · The Destructors · Graham Greene · ss Picture Post Jul 24 1954 (+1)
    • 23 · Evening Primrose · John Collier · ss 1940
    • 35 · Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle Jun 1945
    • 48 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch Feb 1955; ; as “The Steinpilz Method”, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1956
    • 54 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · ss Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 1946
    • 73 · The Hunger · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy Apr 1955
    • 88 · Thompson · George A. Zorn · ss Story v35 #8 1962
    • 112 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League Oct 1933; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1950
    • 129 · You Can’t Run Fast Enough · Arthur Kaplan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1958
    • 138 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jun 29 1890
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3 comments:

  1. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)May 2, 2016 at 12:09 PM

    Never run across this collection - ever! Cool! Just been re-reading some Bloch in fact

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  2. Todd MasonMay 2, 2016 at 2:11 PM

    I hadn't till last night...I suspect the art department at Popular Library were kinda sorta hoping no one would note they had color filters and weren't afraid to re-use them. Wonder who the model was.

    There are much worse things to do than re-read Bloch. The Allen looks like a solid antho, if not one that will set the world on fire. I gather he did other literary work, but I haven't tracked that down yet.

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  3. Todd MasonJuly 31, 2016 at 6:35 AM

    Sorry, Sergio, misread you at first...I read my copy of this edition of the Bloch years and dog's years ago.

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