| (
) |
a
possible alternate title |
| * |
possible dates |
| / |
a, an,
for the, from the, of the, the, to the, etc |
| // or
\ |
a
separation |
| [
] |
abbreviation for that book |
| <
> |
1st
appearance is in book of abbreviation listed |
| aaj |
Author
and Journalist (newsletter) |
| ada |
Adam
(magazine) |
| adv |
Adventure (magazine) |
| ahm |
Alfred
Hitchcock Mystery Magazine |
| amz |
Amazing
Stories (magazine) |
| and |
And the
Gods Laughed |
| ang |
Angels
and Spaceships |
| apm |
American Poetry Magazine |
| apr |
The
American Printer (newsletter) |
| art |
article |
| asf |
Astounding Science Fiction (magazine) |
| avo |
Avon
Detective Mysteries (magazine) |
| bae |
Baen
(publisher) (1992) |
| bal |
Ballantine Books (1977) |
| ban |
Bantam
Books |
| bbd |
Black
Book Detective Magazine |
| bef |
Before
She Kills |
| ber |
Berkley
(publisher) (1973) |
| bes |
The
Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown |
| bey |
Beyond
Fantasy Fiction (magazine) |
| bfb |
The
Best of Fredric Brown |
| blo |
The
Bloody Moonlight |
| bma |
Black
Mask (magazine) |
| brd |
Boardman (publisher) |
| bro |
Brother
Monster |
| cag |
Carroll
and Graf Publishers (1988, !989) |
| car |
Carnival of Crime (1985) |
| cas |
The
Case of the Dancing Sandwiches |
| cfu |
Captain
Future (magazine) |
| cgi |
Corgi
(publisher) (1962) |
| clu |
Clues
(magazine) |
| cmr |
The
Coin Machine Review (newsletter) |
| cno |
collection of novels |
| cnt |
Coronet
(magazine) |
| col |
column |
| com |
Compliments of a Fiend |
| con |
condensation of the novel |
| cop |
collection of poems |
| day |
Daymares |
| dbo |
Detective Book (magazine) |
| dea |
The
Dead Ringer |
| dee |
The
Deep End |
| dfe |
Dell
First Edition |
| dfw |
Detective Fiction Weekly (magazine) |
| dim |
Dime
Mystery (magazine) |
| dmg |
Dollar
Mystery Guild Book Club (1954) |
| dmp |
Dennis
McMillan Publications |
| doo |
Death
Has Many Doors |
| drg |
D.R.
Godine (publisher) (1986) |
| dss |
Detective Short Story (magazine) |
| dta |
Detective Tales (magazine) |
| dud |
The
Dude (magazine) |
| dut |
Dutton
(publisher) |
| dya |
Detective Yarns (magazine) |
| eas |
Easton
Press (1987) |
| ede |
Exciting Detective (magazine) |
| een |
Excavating Engineer (newsletter) |
| emm |
Ed
McBain's Mystery Book (magazine) |
| emy |
Exciting Mystery (magazine) |
| eqm |
Ellery
Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| ext |
extract |
| fab |
The
Fabulous Clipjoint |
| fal |
Fall |
| fan |
Fantastic (magazine) |
| far |
The Far
Cry |
| fau |
Fantastic Universe (magazine) |
| fee |
Feedstuffs (newsletter) |
| fer |
Fermented Ink |
| fiv |
The
Five-Day Nightmare |
| fno |
4
Novels (1983) |
| for |
Ford
Dealer (newsletter) |
| fre |
The
Freak Show Murders |
| fsf |
The
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
| gar |
Garland
(publisher) (1983) |
| gde |
Giant
Detective (magazine) |
| gen |
Gent
(magazine) |
| gib |
The
Gibbering Night |
| glz |
Gollancz (publisher) (1955) |
| gmb |
Gold
Medal Books (1962) |
| gmd |
G-Men
Detective (magazine) |
| gol |
Goliard
(publisher) |
| gpr |
Gregg
Press (1979, 1983) |
| gra |
Grafton
(publishers) (1987) |
| gsf |
Galaxy
Science Fiction (magazine) |
| had |
High
Adventure (magazine) |
| ham |
Hamlyn
(publishers) (1979) |
| hap |
Happy
Ending |
| haq |
Harlan
Quist (publisher) (1971) |
| hcb |
hard
cover book |
| her |
Here
Comes a Candle |
| his |
His
Name Was Death |
| hol |
Hollywood (newsletter) |
| hom |
Homicide Sanitarium |
| hon |
Honeymoon in Hell |
| hug |
Hughes
High School Yearbook |
| ind |
Independent Salesman (newsletter) |
| inv |
Inventor, The (newsletter) |
| kno |
Knock
Three-One-Two |
| lan |
Lancer
Books |
| lat |
The
Late Lamented |
| lay |
The
Layman's Magazine |
| len |
The
Lenient Beast |
| let |
letter
to or from someone |
| lss |
The
Lights in the Sky Are Stars |
| mad |
Madball |
| man |
Manhunt
(magazine) |
| mbm |
Mystery
Book Magazine |
| mcb |
Murder
Can Be Fun |
| mco |
miscellaneous collection |
| mde |
Masked
Detective (magazine) |
| mer |
Merlin
Press (1959) |
| mgh |
Martians, Go Home! |
| mho |
Madman's Holiday |
| mos |
Mostly
Murder |
| mrs |
Mrs.
Murphy's Underpants |
| mth |
The
Mind Thing |
| mur |
The
Murderers |
| mwd |
The
Michigan Well Driller (newsletter) |
| mwh |
The
Mystery Writer's Handbook (1956) |
| mwr |
miscellaneous writings |
| nag |
Nightmares and Geezenstacks |
| nde |
New
Detective (magazine) |
| ndo |
Nelson
Doubleday (publisher) (1976) |
| nel |
New
English Library (1982) |
| nid |
Nightmare in Darkness |
| nja |
Night
of the Jabberwock |
| nvl |
novel |
| nvt |
novelette |
| off |
The
Office, The |
| one |
One for
the Road |
| oth |
Other
Worlds Science Fiction (magazine) |
| par |
Pardon
My Ghoulish Laughter |
| pbo |
Pennant
Books (1954) |
| pde |
Phantom
Detective (magazine) |
| pic |
The
Pickled Punks |
| pla |
play |
| plo |
Paradox
Lost |
| ply |
Playboy
(magazine) |
| poe |
poem |
| pop |
Popular
Detective (magazine) |
| ppr |
Phantasia Press (1987) |
| pre |
a
previously unpublished fantasy ending |
| pst |
Planet
Stories (magazine) |
| qui |
A Quill
Classic (1987, 1990) |
| quz |
quiz |
| red |
Red Is
the Hue of Hell |
| rha |
Robert
Hale (publisher) (1976) |
| rho |
Random
House (publisher) |
| rog |
Rogue
(magazine) |
| rsp |
Rogue
in Space |
| rtw |
Report
to Writers (newsletter) |
| scr |
The
Screaming Mimi |
| sde |
The
Saint Detective/Mystery Magazine |
| sdm |
Strange
Detective Mysteries (magazine) |
| sel |
Selling
Death Short |
| ser |
serial |
| sex |
Sex
Life on the Planet Mars |
| sfb |
Science
Fiction Book Club |
| sfc |
Science
Fiction Carnival |
| sha |
The
Shaggy Dog and Other Murders |
| siu |
The
Southern Illinois University Press (1985) |
| smh |
Space
on My Hands |
| smm |
Shadow
Mystery Magaizne |
| spr |
Spring |
| spu |
Shasta
Publishers |
| ssd |
Street
and Smith Detective Story (magazine) |
| ssf |
Shadow
Suite, Fifteen Poems |
| ssm |
Street
and Smith Mystery Magazine |
| sss |
Super
Science Stories (magazine) |
| sst |
short
story |
| sta |
Startling Stories (magazine) |
| stc |
story
collection |
| swa |
Swank
(magazine) |
| tda |
Ten
Detective Aces (magazine) |
| tde |
Thrilling Detective (magazine) |
| tdm |
Two
Detective Mystery Novels Magazine |
| thi |
Thirty
Corpses Every Thursday |
| thm |
Thrilling Mystery (magazine) |
| thr |
Three-Corpse Parlay |
| tlr |
Talisman Literary Research (1981) |
| top |
Tops In
Science Fiction (magazine) |
| tow |
Tower
(publisher) (1965) |
| tsd |
Ten
Story Detective (magazine) |
| tws |
Thrilling Wonder Stories (magazine) |
| unf |
unfinished work |
| unk |
Unknown
(magazine) |
| vbo |
Viking
Books (Black Lizard) (1991) |
| vde |
Variety
Detective (magazine) |
| vin |
vignette |
| wat |
Water
Walker |
| wea |
We All
Killed Grandma |
| wen |
The
Wench Is Dead |
| wha |
What
Mad Universe |
| whi |
Whispering Death |
| who |
Who Was
That Blonde I Saw You Kill Last Night? |
| wor |
Worlds
Beyond (magazine) |
| wss |
Western
Short Story (magazine) |
| wta |
Weird
Tales (magazine) |
| zbo |
Zamba
Books |
