Bibliography

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BOOKS

• Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead, edited by Josh Pachter (Down and Out Books, 2024)

• First Week Free at the Roomy Toilet, by Josh Pachter (Level Best Books, 2024)

• Invasive Species: Stories by Northern California Crime Writers, edited by Josh Pachter (Down and Out Books, 2024)

• Crime in the Old Dominion: Stories by Central Virginia Crime Writers, co-edited by Josh Pachter and K.L. Murphy (forthcoming in 2024 from Level Best Books)

• The Man Who Wrote Mysteries: The Rest of Brittain, edited by Josh Pachter (forthcoming in 2025 from Crippen & Landru Publishers)

• Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim, edited by Josh Pachter (forthcoming March 22, 2025, from Level Best Books)

• Cryin' Shame: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Lyle Lovett, edited by Josh Pachter (forthcoming in October 2025 from Down and Out Books)

• Hot Shots: Celebrating Thirty Years of the Short Mystery Fiction Society, edited by Josh Pachter (forthcoming in 2026 from Level Best Books)

• Happiness Is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Beatles, edited by Josh Pachter (Down and Out Books, 2023)

• Dutch Threat, by Josh Pachter (Genius Book Publishing, 2023)

• Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon, edited by Josh Pachter (Down and Out Books, 2022)

• The Adventures of the Puzzle Club, by Ellery Queen and Josh Pachter (Crippen & Landru, 2022)

• The Man Who Solved Mysteries: More Short Fiction by William Brittain, edited by Josh Pachter (Crippen & Landru, 2022)

• Monkey Business: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Films of the Marx Brothers, edited by Josh Pachter (Untreed Reads, 2021)

• Only the Good Die Young: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Billy Joel, edited by Josh Pachter (Untreed Reads, 2021)

• The Great Filling Station Holdup: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Jimmy Buffett, edited by Josh Pachter (Down & Out Books, 2021)

• The Further Misadventures of Ellery Queen, edited by Josh Pachter and Dale C. Andrews (Wildside Press, 2020)

• The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe, edited by Josh Pachter (Mysterious Press, 2020)

• The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell, edited by Josh Pachter (Untreed Reads, 2020; Open Road Integrated Media, 2025)

• Amsterdam Noir, edited by Rene Appel and Josh Pachter (Ambo|Anthos, 2018; Akashic Books, 2019)

• The Man Who Read Mysteries: The Short Fiction of William Brittain, edited by Josh Pachter (Crippen & Landru, 2018)

• The Misadventures of Ellery Queen, edited by Josh Pachter and Dale C. Andrews (Wildside Press, 2018)

• Wildside Press Presents: Discover a New Author! (Wildside Press, 2016)

• The Tree of Life (Wildside Press, 2015)

• The Mahboob Chaudri Mystery Megapack (Wildside Press, 2015)

STORIES

PUBLISHED IN 2024

• "The Land of Entrapment"

• first published in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy (Down and Out Books, 2024)

• "Heavenly Bamboo"

• first published in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy (Down and Out Books, 2024)

• "Friend of the Devil"

• first published in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead (Down and Out Books, 2024)

• "The Wind Phone"

• first published in EQMM (September/October 2024)

• "Een Korte Razernij"

• finished in third place in the annual Goeken Prijs competition for best Dutch-language short crime story; first published in the ebook Noodweer en Andere Winnende Verhalen (Hebban, 2024)

• "Woulda Coulda Shoulda"

• first published in Mystery Most Devious (Wildside Press, 2024)

• "The Last Dance"

• first published in Mystery Most International (Level Best Books, 2024)

• "Texas Kinda Attitude"

• first published in EQMM (May/June 2024)

• "Peace on Tenth Street"

• first published in Invasive Species: Stories by Northern California Crime Writers (Down and Out Books, 2024)

• "If It Bleeds...."

• first published on the Storiaverse app (April 2024)

• "The Rapper"

• first published in (I Just) Died in Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders (Misti Media, 2024)

FORTHCOMING

• "The Perfect Job"

• forthcoming in Crime in the Old Domininion (Level Best Books, 2024)

• "The Frog Prince"

• forthcoming in Wish Upon a Crime (Level Best Books, 2025)

• "A Short Madness"

• forthcoming in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

• "I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself"

• forthcoming in Better Off Dead: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin (Down and Out Books, December 2025)

• "The Stone Stairs of Death"

• forthcoming in Black Cat Mystery Magazine

• "X Marks the Spot"

• forthcoming in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine

• "Mad Man Moon"

• forthcoming in untitled Genesis anthology (Down and Out Books, 2025)

• "Free Fallin'"

• forthcoming in Gag Me With a Spoon: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Eighties (Misti Media, 2025)

PUBLISHED PRIOR TO 2024

• "Lucifer Falls"

• first published in Mickey Finn, Volume 4 (Down and Out Books, 2023)

• "Red Roses for a Blue Lady"

• first published in Black Cat Mystery Magazine (October 2023)

• "I Call Your Name"

• first published in Happiness Is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Beatles (Down and Out Books, 2023)

• "I Don't Like Mondays"

• first published in Mystery Magazine (July 2023)

• "The First Law of Plumbing"

• first published in Mystery Magazine (June 2023)

• "Murder on the North Pole Express"

• first published as a standalone pamphlet for subscribers (Crippen and Landru, 2022)

• "Paranoia Blues"

• first published in Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon (Down and Out Books, 2022)

• "My Shit's Fucked Up"

• first published in Lawyers, Guns and Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Warren Zevon (Down and Out Books, 2022)

• "The Vampire Shift"

• first published in AHMM (July/August 2022)

• "The Brimley/Cocoon Line"

• first published in Mystery Magazine (February 2022)

• "Their Last Bow"

• first published in EQMM (January/February 2022)

• reprinted in The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (Crippen & Landru 2022)

• "KLDI"

• first published in Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir: Vol. 2 (Down and Out Books, 2021)

• "Under Water"

• first published in Mystery Magazine (November 2021)

• "Monkey Business"

• first published in Monkey Business: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Films of the Marx Brothers (Untreed Reads, 2021)

• "Zero Hour"

• first published in Murder by the Glass (Untreed Reads, 2021)

• "The Illusion of Control"

• first published in Mystery Weekly (June 2021)

• "Only the Good Die Young"

• first published in Only the Good Die Young: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Billy Joel (Untreed Reads, 2021)

• "The City of Light"

• first published in EQMM (March/April 2021)

• "The Great Filling Station Holdup"

• first published in The Great Filling Station Holdup: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Jimmy Buffett (Down & Out Books, 2021)

• "The Night Movers"

• first published in Mystery Weekly (January 2021)

• "The Five Orange Pipes"

• first published in EQMM (January/February 2021)

• reprinted in The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (Crippen & Landru 2022)

• "The Stonewall Jackson Death Site"

• first published in Down & Out: The Magazine (Volume 2 Issue 2, December 2020)

• "Better Not Look Down"

• first published in Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir, Volume 1 (Down and Out Books, 2020)

• reprinted in A Hint of Hitchcock (Black Beacon Books, 2022)

• "The Adventure of the Black-and-Blue Carbuncle"

• first published in EQMM (November/December 2020)

• reprinted in The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (Crippen & Landru 2022)

• "The Stopwatch of Death"

• first published in Black Cat Mystery Magazine (Issue #7, October 2020)

• "Muggins"

• first published in Invitation to Murder (Wildside Press, 2020)

• "Paramus Is Burning"

• first published in Mystery Tribune (June/July 2020)

• reprinted in Indelible 6 (2022)

• "The Odds Are Good"

• first published in Mystery Weekly (August 2020)

• "Cell Division" (written with Rene Appel)

• first published in Strange Days (Midnight Street Press, 2020)

• reprinted in Indelible 7 (June 2023)

• reprinted and animated in a new version on the Storiaverse app (April 2024)

• "The Beat of Black Wings"

• first published in The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell (Untreed Reads, 2020)

• reprinted in The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell (Open Road Integrated Media, 2025)

• "The Pig is Committed"

• first published in Mystery Weekly (April 2020)

• "The Adventure of the Red Circles"

• first published in EQMM (January/February 2020)

• reprinted in The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (Crippen & Landru 2022)

• "When You Sue, You Begin With Do, Ray, Me"

• first published in Denim, Diamonds and Death (Down & Out Books, 2019)

• "The Yellow Rose of Texas"

• first published in The Eyes of Texas (Down & Out Books, 2019)

• "The Two-Body Problem"

• first published in Mystery Weekly (October 2019)

• won the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Derringer Award in the Best Flash Story category

• "The Secret Lagoon"

• first published in EQMM (September/October 2019)

• read by the author as the September 2020 entry in EQMM's monthly podcast

• reprinted in Black Cat Weekly, Issue #20 (January 16, 2022)

• "A Study in Scarlett!"

• first published in EQMM (May/June 2019)

• reprinted in The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (Crippen & Landru 2022)

• "The Cremains of the Day"

• first published in Mystery Most Edible (Wildside Press, 2019)

• "Last Call at the Bar of Invariable Length"

• first published in Mystery Weekly (February 2019)

• "Starry Starry Night" (written with Rene Appel)

• first published in English in Amsterdam Noir (Akashic Books, 2019)

• first published in Dutch in Amsterdam Noir (Ambo|Anthos, 2018)

• reprinted on the Crime Reads website (December 21, 2018)

• "50"

• first published in EQMM (November/December 2018)

• won second place in the 2018 EQMM Readers Award

• read by the author as the July 2019 entry in EQMM's monthly podcast

• reprinted in The Black Beacon Book of Mystery (Black Beacon Books, 2020)

• reprinted in The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (Crippen & Landru 2022)

• "'n Vrou se Spel"

• first published in Afrikaans, translated by Francois Bloemhof, in Vrouekeur (September 28, 2018)

• "Not My Circus...."

• first published in AHMM (July/August 2018)

• "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Murder"

• first published in Mystery Most Geographical (Wildside Press, 2018)

• voted a finalist for the 2018 Derringer Award in the Best Short Story category

• "The Supreme Art of War"

• first published in Fur, Feathers, and Felonies (Wildside Press, 2018)

• "A Young Man's Game"

• first published in EQMM (March/April 2018)

• "Bill Posters Will Be Prosecuted"

• first published in Mystery Weekly (March 2018)

• "Father Knows Bets"

• first published online in Shotgun Honey (October 9, 2017)

• "A Woman's Place" (written with Rene Appel)

• first published in EQMM (September/October 2017)

• "Eb and Flo"

• first published in Black Cat Mystery Magazine (September 2017)

• "Pisan Zapra"

• first published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (November 2016)

• reprinted in Terror at the Crossroads (Dell, 2018)

• reprinted in Indelible (June 2021)

• read as an episode of the monthly Mystery Rat's Maze podcast (February 2022)

• reprinted in Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity 2023 Anthology (Intrigue Publishing, 2023)

• "The Lords' Prayer"

• first published online in Kings River Life (June 11, 2016)

• "Selfie"

• first published in EQMM (February 2016)

• reprinted in Discover a New Author! (Wildside Press, 2016)

• "Coffee Date" (written with Laurie Pachter)

• first published online in The Saturday Evening Post (October 9, 2015)

• reprinted online in Kings River Life (February 6, 2016)

• "Police Navidad"

• first published in EQMM (January 2015)

• reprinted in Discover a New Author! (Wildside Press, 2016)

• "Ga Je Mee?"

• first published in Litro (October 2011)

• "iMurder"

• first published in EQMM (July 2011)

• reprinted in Crime & Mystery Short Stories (Flametree Publishing, 2016)

• "The Sword of God" (a Mahboob Chaudri story)

• first published in The Mammoth Book of Best International Crime (Robinson, 2009)

• reprinted in The Mammoth Book of the World's Best Crime Stories (Running Press, 2009)

• reprinted in The Tree of Life (Wildside Press, 2015)

• reprinted in The Mahboob Chaudri Mystery Megapack (Wildside Press, 2015)

• "History on the Bedroom Wall" (written with Rebecca K. Jones)

• first published in EQMM (September/October 2009)

• reprinted in The Lady Sleuths Megapack (Wildside Press, 2014)

• reprinted in Discover a New Author! (Wildside Press, 2016)

• "The German Cologne Mystery" (written with Jon L. Breen)

• first published in EQMM (September/October 2005)

• "Won't You Come Out Tonight?"

• first published in EQMM (March 2004)

• read by the author as the August 2013 entry in EQMM's monthly podcast

• reprinted in Peace, Love, and Crime: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the '60s (Untreed Reads, 2020)

• "The Ivory Beast" (a Mahboob Chaudri story)

• first published in Gathering (Summer 1991)

• reprinted in New Mystery (Vol. II #1, 1993)

• reprinted in The Tree of Life (Wildside Press, 2015)

• reprinted in The Mahboob Chaudri Mystery Megapack (Wildside Press, 2015)

• "Annika Andersson" (written with Stanley Cohen)

• first published in EQMM (February 1993)

• "The Leo's Den Affair" (written with Francis M. Nevins, Jr.)

• first published in Dick Tracy: The Secret Files (Tor, 1990)

• "The Seven-Year Bitch" (written with Dan J. Marlowe)

• first published in Hardboiled (Special Double Final Issue, 1990)

• "Sheikh's Beach" (a Mahboob Chaudri story)

• first published in Detective Story Magazine (#2, 1988)

• reprinted in The Tree of Life (Wildside Press, 2015)

• reprinted in The Mahboob Chaudri Mystery Megapack (Wildside Press, 2015)

• "The Milky Way"

• first published in A Matter of Crime 3 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988)

• reprinted in Dutch Threat (Genius Books, 2023)

• "DDS 10752 Libra" (written with John Lutz)

• first published in An Eye For Justice (Mysterious Press, 1988)

• reprinted in Match Me Sidney! (No Exit Press, 1989)

• reprinted in Detectives (Amsco School Publications, 2000)

• reprinted in Shhh...Murder! (Darkhouse Books, 2018)

• "All That Mattered" (written with Joe L. Hensley)

• first published in Robak's Firm (Doubleday Crime Club, 1987)

• "Better Safe Than Sorry" (written with Michael Avallone)

• first published in Hardboiled (Summer/Fall 1987)

• "On the Beach" (published as by Chas. J. Thorpe)

• first published in Espionage (May 1987)

• recorded for The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 1988 (Dercum Audio, 1988)

• "Chain Reaction"

• first published in Espionage (May 1987)

• "Eighty Million Noses"

• first published in Hardboiled (Spring 1987)

• "Busman's Holiday"

• first published in The New Black Mask (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986)

• "The Boy Who Cried Alien"

• first published in Top SF1 (Bruna Uitgevers, 1986)

• "The Night of Power" (a Mahboob Chaudri story)

• first published in EQMM (September 1986)

• reprinted in The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories (Walker & Co., 1987)

• reprinted in Murder Intercontinental (Carroll & Graf, 1996)

• reprinted in The Tree of Life (Wildside Press, 2015)

• reprinted in The Mahboob Chaudri Mystery Megapack (Wildside Press, 2015)

• read by the author as the August 2015 entry in EQMM's monthly podcast

• reprinted in Discover a New Author! (Wildside Press, 2016)

• "The Defenestration of Prague"

• Part 1 first published in Espionage (June 1986)

• reprinted in Agents & Spies (Flame Tree Publishing, 2017)

• reprinted in The Digest Enthusiast (forthcoming in 2018)

• Part 2 first published in Espionage (August 1986)

• reprinted in The Digest Enthusiast (forthcoming in 2018)

• "Jemaa el Fna" (a Mahboob Chaudri story)

• first published in EQMM as "The Exchange" (June 1986)

• reprinted in The Tree of Life (Wildside Press, 2015)

• reprinted in The Mahboob Chaudri Mystery Megapack (Wildside Press, 2015)

• reprinted online in Kings River Life (February 20, 2016)

• "The Groucho Marx Murders"

• first published in Hardboiled (Spring 1986)

• "ASU" (a Mahboob Chaudri story)

• first published in EQMM (April 1986)

• reprinted in The Tree of Life (Wildside Press, 2015)

• reprinted in The Mahboob Chaudri Mystery Megapack (Wildside Press, 2015)

• "The Tortoise and Hare"

• first published in Espionage (April 1986)

• "The Qatar Causeway" (a Mahboob Chaudri story)

• first published in AHMM (January 1986)

• reprinted in Murder Takes a Holiday (Barnes & Noble Books, 1992)

• reprinted in The Tree of Life (Wildside Press, 2015)

• reprinted in The Mahboob Chaudri Mystery Megapack (Wildside Press, 2015)

• "The Tree of Life" (a Mahboob Chaudri story)

• first published in EQMM (Mid-December 1985)

• reprinted in The Tree of Life (Wildside Press, 2015)

• reprinted in The Mahboob Chaudri Mystery Megapack (Wildside Press, 2015)

• "Assignment: Vienna"

• Part 1 first published in Espionage (November 1985)

• Part 2 first published in Espionage (February 1986)

• "Message From Lowanda"

• first published in Espionage (August 1985)

• "Caves in Cliffs"

• first published in Top Fantasy: The Author's Choice (J.M. Dent & Sons, 1985)

• reprinted in The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories (OUP, 1994)

• reprinted in Ghost Stories 2 (Oxford University Press, 2000)

• "Stork Trek" (written with Edward Wellen)

• first published in AHMM (July 1985)

• reprinted in Alfred Hitchcock's Most Wanted (Summer 1988)

• reprinted in Beastly Tales (Wynwood Press, 1989)

• "The Spy and the Suicide Club" (written with Edward D. Hoch)

• first published in EQMM (January 1985)

• "The Beer Drinkers" (a Mahboob Chaudri story)

• first published in EQMM (December 1984)

• reprinted in The Ethnic Detectives (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1985)

• reprinted in The Tree of Life (Wildside Press, 2015)

• reprinted in The Mahboob Chaudri Mystery Megapack (Wildside Press, 2015)

• "The Dilmun Exchange" (a Mahboob Chaudri story)

• first published in EQMM (July 1984)

• reprinted in The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories (Walker & Co., 1985)

• reprinted in The Tree of Life (Wildside Press, 2015)

• reprinted in The Mahboob Chaudri Mystery Megapack (Wildside Press, 2015)

• "Tonight's the Night"

• first published in AHMM (April 1974)

• "Take One"

• first published in AHMM (November 1973)

• "Skyjack"

• first published in EQMM (October 1973)

• "Gemini"

• first published in AHMM (September 1973)

• "A Clear Case of Death"

• first published in AHMM (February 1973)

• "S.O.S."

• first published in EQMM as "The Tipoff" (December 1972)

• reprinted as a standalone pamphlet given to purchasers of the limited hardcover edition of The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (Crippen & Landru, 2022)

• "The Theft of the Spy Who"

• first published in EQMM (September 1972)

• "Crank Call"

• first published in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (September 1972)

• "Invitation to a Murder"

• first published in EQMM (August 1972)

• reprinted in Ellery Queen's Anthology (Spring/Summer 1977)

• reprinted in Women's Wiles (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979)

• reprinted in Top Crime: The Author's Choice (J.M. Dent & Sons, 1983)

• reprinted in Top Crime: The Author's Choice (St. Martin's Press, 1984)

• reprinted in Mysterious Circumstances (Perfection Learning, 2000)

• "Sam Buried Caesar"

• first published in EQMM (August 1971)

• reprinted in The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe (Mysterious Press, 2020)

• reprinted in The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (Crippen & Landru 2022)

• "E.Q. Griffen's Second Case"

• first published in EQMM (May 1970)

• reprinted in The Misadventures of Ellery Queen (Rononsha, 2012)

• reprinted in The Further Misadventures of Ellery Queen (Wildside, 2020)

• reprinted in The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (Crippen & Landru 2022)

• "E.Q. Griffen Earns His Name"

• first published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (December 1968)

• reprinted in The Misadventures of Ellery Queen (Wildside, 2018)

• reprinted on the EQMM website (posted on October 12, 2018)

• read by the author as the November 2018 entry in EQMM's monthly podcast

• reprinted in The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (Crippen & Landru 2022)

EARLY BOOK-LENGTH PROJECTS

• Uitnodiging tot Moord

• first published in Holland as a trade paperback (Loeb Uitgevers, 1982)

• reissued in Holland as a mass-market paperback (Bruna Zwarte Beertjes, 1983)

• contents (the italicized titles have to date been published only in Dutch): "De Hijger" ("Crank Call"), "Maskerade" ("Masquerade"), "Kettingreactie" ("Chain Reaction"), "De Tip" ("S.O.S."), "Een Koude Douche" ("A Clear Case of Death"), "Mijn Broeders Hoeder" ("My Brother's Keeper"), "De Moord op Marja" ("Murdering Mary"), "Het Doet Maar Eventjes Pijn" ("This Will Only Hurt for a Moment"), "De Hele Waarheid Over Hoe Ik 't 'm Gelapt Hep" ("The Whole Truth About How I Done It"), "Busman's Holiday," "Andermans Gras" ("The Other Man's Grass"), "De Kwartjesautomaat" ("The Dime Machine"), "Uitnodiging tot een Moord" ("Invitation to a Murder"), "Oostenrijks Intermezzo" ("Assignment: Vienna"), "De Laatste Rekenliniaalfabriek" ("The Last Slide-Rule Company"), "Tijd voor een Verandering" ("Time for a Change"), "De Ontsnapping" ("The Escape"), "Een Besloten Moord" ("A Locked-Room Murder")

• Top Crime: The Author's Choice

• first published in England (J.M. Dent & Sons, 1983)

• published in Holland as Meesters der Misdaad (Loeb Uitgevers, 1983)

• published in two volumes in Argentina as La Crema del Crimen (Emece, 1983)

• published in the US as Top Crime: The Author's Choice (St. Martin's Press, 1984)

• published in Germany as Top Crime (Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1984)

• published in Finland as Top Crime: Jännityksen Valiot (Kirjayhtymä Oy, 1984)

• Misdaad op Bezoek

• published in Holland (Loeb Uitgevers BV, 1984)

• Top Science Fiction: The Author's Choice

• first published in England (J.M. Dent & Sons, 1984)

• published in two volumes in Holland as Top SF1 and Top SF2 (Bruna, 1986)

• published in Argentina as La Crema de la Ciencia Ficcion (Emece, 1986)

• published in three volumes in Germany as Top Science Fiction (Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1987, 1988, 1990)

• published in two volumes in Finland as Top Science Fiction 1 and Top Science Fiction 2 (Kustannus Oy, 1990, 1993)

• Top Horror: The Author's Choice

• first published in Germany as Top Horror (Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1984)

• published in Holland as Top Horror (Loeb Uitgevers, 1985)

• Top Fantasy: The Author's Choice

• first published in England (J.M. Dent & Sons, 1985)

• published in two volumes in Germany as Top Fantasy (Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1987, 1988)

TRANSLATIONS

• Mister Snoid en wat Andere Verhalen, by Robert Crumb

• translated from English to Dutch with Lydia Pachter (Drukwerk, 1981)

• De Negen Levens van Fat Freddy's Kat, by Gilbert Shelton

• translated from English to Dutch with Lydia Pachter (Loeb Uitgevers BV, 1981)

• Door de Bocht Scheuren met de Vermaarde Behaarde Freak Brothers, by Gilbert Shelton

• translated from English to Dutch with Lydia Pachter (Drukwerk, 1981)

• Paperbacks, USA: A Graphic History, 1939-1959, by Piet Schreuders

• translated from Dutch to English (Blue Dolphin, 1981)

• published simultaneously in England as The Book of Paperbacks (Virgin, 1981)

• The Beatles: An Illustrated Diary, by Har van Fulpen

• translated from Dutch to English (Plexus Publishing Limited, 1982)

• Sexbomb: The Life and Death of Jayne Mansfield, by Guus Luijters and Gerard Timmer

• translated from Dutch to English (Citadel Press, 1985)

• "There Goes Ravelaar!," by Janwillem van de Wetering

• translated from Dutch to English, first published in EQMM (January 1985)

• nominated for Best Short Story of 1986 by the Mystery Writers of America

• "Houseful of Mussels," by Janwillem van de Wetering

• translated from Dutch to English, first published in EQMM (April 1985)

• "The Red Mercedes," by Theo Capel

• translated from Dutch to English, first published in EQMM (June 2004)

• reprinted in Passport to Crime (Carroll & Graf, 2007)

• "Bloody Hot," by Rene Appel

• translated from Dutch to English, first published in EQMM (August 2006)

• reprinted in Passport to Crime (Carroll & Graf, 2007)

• "A Long Cherished Dream," by Carla Vermaat

• translated from Dutch to English, first published in EQMM (June 2009)

• "Out of the Blue," by Carla Vermaat

• translated from Dutch to English, published in The Mammoth Book of Best International Crime (Robinson, 2009)

• reprinted in The Mammoth Book of the World's Best Crime Stories (Running Press, 2009)

• "The Temp," by Rene Appel

• translated from Dutch to English, published in The Mammoth Book of Best International Crime (Robinson, 2009)

• reprinted in The Mammoth Book of the World's Best Crime Stories (Running Press, 2009)

• "The Candy-Factory Girls," by Tessa de Loo

• translated from Dutch to English, first published in EQMM (November 2009)

• reprinted online (as "The Sweet Factory Girls") in Litro (January 2011)

• "Stinking Plaster," by Bavo Dhooge

• translated from Flemish to English, first published in EQMM (September/October 2011)

• read by the translator as the November 2015 entry in EQMM's monthly podcast

• "Checkmate in Chimbote," by Bob Van Laerhoven

• translated from Flemish to English, first published in EQMM (June 2014)

• reprinted in Dangerous Obsessions (Anaphora Literary Press, 2015)

• read by the translator as the June 2015 entry in EQMM's monthly podcast

• "Red-Handed," by Rene Appel

• translated from Dutch to English, first published in EQMM (December 2014)

• read by the translator as the November 2019 entry in EQMM's monthly podcast

• "After the Fall," by Bram Dehouck

• translated from Flemish to English, first published in EQMM (February 2015)

• Styx, by Bavo Dhooge

• translated from Flemish to English (Simon & Schuster, 2015)