MINIATURE MYSTERIES - 100 Malicious Little Mystery Stories by Asimov, Isaac (editor) (Lew Gillis; Bill Pronzini; Barry N. Malzberg; Carroll Mayers; Henry Slesar; Judith Garner; Lawrence Treat; Al Nussbaum; Charles M. Plotz; Harold Q. Masur; Elsin Ann Graffam; Ed Dumonte; Francis M. Nevins Jr.; Edward Wellen) - 1981

New York: Taplinger Publishing, 1981. 432 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with faint creasing on the spine; some ink marks on the contents pages. Edited with the assistance of Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander. This anthology contains: Six Words by Lew Gillis; The Little Things by Isaac Asimov; A Matter of Life and Death by Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg; Perfect Pigeon by Carroll Mayers; The Cop Who Hated Flowers by Henry Slesar; Trick or Treat by Judith Garner; Twice Around the Block by Lawrence Treat; An Easy Score by Al Nussbaum; The Good Lord Will Provide by Lawrence Treat and Charles M. Plotz; Boomerang by Harold Q. Masur; The Way It's Supposed to Be by Elsin Ann Graffam; Thank You Mr Thurston by Ed Dumonte; Funeral Music by Francis M. Nevins Jr.; Murder Will Out by Edward Wellen; An Insignificant Crime by Maxine O'Callaghan; The Stray Bullet by Gary Brandner; A Night Out with the Boys by Elsin Ann Graffam; Office Party by Mary Bradford; Come the Dawn by Michael Kurland; Acting Job by Richard Deming; The Last Smile by Henry Slesar; Grief Counselor by Julie Smith; The Best Place by A. F. Oreshnik; Dead End by Alvin S. Flick; Pure Rotten by John Lutz; Grounds for Divorce by James Holding; Inside Out by Barry N. Malzberg; The Bell; and The Box by Isak Romun; The Physician and the Opium Fiend by R. L. Stevens; Over the Borderline by Jeff Sweet; It Could Happen to You by John Lutz; Class Reunion by Charles Boeckman; The Way It Is Now by Elaine Slater; The Hot Rock by James McKimmey; A Puff of Orange Smoke by Lael J. Littke; The Chicken Player by Joe L. Hensley; Nothing but Bad News by Henry Slesar; The Quick and the Dead by Helen McCloy; An Exercise in Insurance by James Holding; The Old Heap by Alvin S. Fick; As the Wheel Turns by Jane Speed; Knit One Purl Two by Thomasina Weber; The Paternal Instinct by Al Nussbaum; What Kind Person Are You by Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg; Shatter Proof by Jack Ritchie; Out of Order by Carl Henry Rathjen; The Handy Man by Marion M. Markham; Nightmare by Elaine Slater; Recipe for Revenge by Jane Speed; Sweet Fever by Bill Pronzini; Two Postludes by Isak Romun; A Deal in Diamonds by Edward D. Hoch; The Last Day of Shooting by Dion Henderson; Blisters in May by Jack Ritchie; The Collector by Patricia M. Mathews; House Call by Elsin Ann Graffam; The Adventure of the Blind Alley by Edward Wellen; The Unfriendly Neighbor by Al Nussbaum; A Feline Felony by Lael J. Littke; Don't I Know You by Henry Slesar; Meet Mr Murder by Morris Hershman; Co-Incidence by Edward D. Hoch; Alma by Al Nussbaum; Grand Exit by Leo R. Ellis; Hunting Ground by A. F. Oreshnik; The Big Trip by Elsin Ann Graffam; Dutch by William F. Nolan; Loaded Quest by Thomasina Weber; Hand in Glove by James Holding; The Slantwise Scales of Justice by Phyllis Ann Karr; Child on a Journey by Fred S. Tobey; The Witches in the Closet by Anne Chamberlain; Setup by Jack Ritchie; A Very Rare Disease by Henry Slesar; Two Small Vials by Elsin Ann Graffam; Sweet Remembrance by Betty Ren Wright; A Dip in the Poole by Bill Pronzini; Doctor's Orders by John F. Suter; Mrs Twiller Takes a Trip by Lael J. Littke; Such a Lovely Day by Penelope Wallace; Matinee by Ruth Wissmann; Big Mouth by Robert Edmond Alter; The Weathered Board by Alvin S. Fick; Lot 721/XY258 by R. L. Stevens; Thirteen by Edward D. Hoch; Operative 375 by Gary Brandner; He'll Kill You by Richard Deming; Caveat Emptor by Kay Nolte Smith; The Facsimile Shop by Bill Pronzini and Jeffrey Wallman; A Corner of the Cellar by Michael Gilbert; Every Fifth Man by Edward D. Hoch; The Pro by Robert H. Curtis; Nobody That's Who; and Pigeon by William F. Nolan; The Prisoner by Edward Wellen; The Sooey Pill by Elaine Slater; Back Up by Barry N. Malzberg; and Wide O-- by Elsin Ann Graffam.. First Printing - First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Book.