A Writer's Tale

1. “Desert Pickup” a “Department of First Stories” piece published in ELLERY QUEEN’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, November, 1970. Translated into Swedish and published in Stockholm periodical, 1970. Broadcast by radio in Berlin, Germany, 1981. Reprinted in my collection by Deadline Press, A GOOD, SECRET PLACE, 1993. Reprinted, CEMETERY DANCE, Spring, 1994. Reprinted in my collection by Headline, FIENDS, January, 1997. To be published in THE BEST OF CEMETERY DANCE, 1998. To be reprinted in 100 MENACING LITTLE MURDER STORIES, ed. by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, and Martin H. Greenberg, published by Barnes & Noble, 1998.

2. “Roadside Pickup” EQMM, December, 1974. Translated into Dutch (Belgium?) for periodical, 1976. Reprinted in GSP(A GOOD, SECRET PLACE, 1993). Bought for reprint in 100 TINY LITTLE TERROR TALES, Ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz, and Martin Greenberg, 1996.

3. “Oscar’s Audition” pseudonym Dick Kelly. Published in THE EXECUTIONER MYSTERY MAGAZINE, June, 1975. Reprinted in GSP, 1993.

4. “Paying Joe Back” EQMM, September, 1975. Reprinted in MASTERS OF SUSPENSE, ed. by Ellery

Queen and Eleanor Sullivan, 1992. Reprinted in GSP, 1993.

5. “Out of the Woods” EQMM, December, 1975. Reprinted in GSP, 1993. Reprinted in FIENDS, 1997. Bought for reprint in 100 TWISTED TALES OF TORMENT, ed. Weinberg, Dziemianowicz & Greenberg, 1997.

6. “A Good Cigar is a Smoke” EQMM, February, 1976. Reprinted in GSP, 1993.

7. “The Direct Approach” ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, January, 1977. Reprinted in GSP, 1993.

8. “The Champion” CAVALIER, October, 1978. Reprinted in anthology, MODERN MASTERS OF HORROR, ed. by Frank Coffey, published by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1981. Paperback reprints by Ace, 1982 and Berkeley, 1988. Reprinted in GSP, 1993. To be reprinted in 100 FIENDISH LITTLE FRIGHTMARES, ed. by Dziemianowicz, Weinberg and Greenberg, published by Barnes & Noble.

9. “Stiff Intruders” MIKE SHAYNE’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, March, 1980. Reprinted in GSP, 1993. Reprinted in FIENDS, 1997.

10. “Barney’s Bigfoot Museum” CREATURE, ed. by Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1981. Reprinted in GSP, 1993.

11. “Blarney” MSMM, September, 1981. Reprinted in GSP, 1993.

12. “Spooked” MSMM, October, 1981, Reprinted in GSP, 1993.

13. “The Grab” GALLERY, January, 1982. Reprinted in the anthology, THE YEAR’S BEST HORROR STORIES: SERIES XI, ed. by Karl Edward Wagner, published by DAW, 1983. Reprinted in 100 HAIR-RAISING LITTLE HORROR STORIES, ed. by Al Sarrantonio and Martin H. Greenberg, Marboro Books, 1993. Reprinted in GSP, 1993. Performed by the New Hampshire Radio Theater group on Halloween, 1997. To be reprinted in 8th grade Australian textbook, ENGLISH MAGIC 2_f published by Addison Wesley Longman. FASTBACK MYSTERIES Pitman Learning, 1984.

14. “Shootout at Joe’s” Reprinted in anthology, DESCENDANTS OF EVE, Lake Books, 1989.

15. “The Intruder” Reprinted in anthology, AFTER MIDNIGHT, Lake Books, 1989.

16. “Cardiac Arrest”

17. “Dawson’s City” FASTBACK SPORTS Pitman Learning, 1985.

18. “Marathon” FASTBACK SPY Pitman Learning, 1985.

19. “The Last Hand”

20. “The Trap” Reprinted in anthology, DESCENDANTS OF EVE, Lake Books, 1989.

21. “The Cobra” Reprinted in anthology, CLAWS AND FEATHERS, Lake Books, 1989. FASTBACK HORROR Pitman Learning, 1985.

22. “Live Bait”

23. “The Lonely One” Reprinted in anthology, DESCENDANTS OF EVE, Lake Books, 1989.

24. “The Caller”

25. “Guts”

26. “Night Games” Reprinted in anthology, AFTER MIDNIGHT, Lake Books, 1989.

27. “Night Ride” BESTELLERMAGAZINE Pitman Learning, 1985.

28. “Cut” Issue #23

29. “Finders Keepers” Issue #26

30. “Eats” MSMM, July, 1985. Reprinted in anthology, THE SECOND BLACK LIZARD ANTHOLOGY OF CRIME, ed. by Ed Gorman and Martin Greenberg, 1988. Reprinted as cartoon in THE BANK STREET BOOK OF MYSTERY, a Byron Preiss Book published by Pocket Books in 1989. Reprinted in GSP, 1993. Reprinted in FIENDS, 1997. FASTBACK CRIME AND DETECTION David S. Lake, 1986.

31. “Beginner’s Luck” DOUBLE FASTBACK David S. Lake, 1986. SOS SERIES (STRANGE OCCURRENCE SQUAD)

32. “The Night Creature”

33. “The Beast”

34. “The Return”

35. “Thin Air” DOUBLE FASTBACK HORROR David S. Lake, 1987.

36. “Halloween Hunt” Reprinted in CHAMBER OF HORRORS, Fearon Education, 1991.