Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE PHANTOM DEATH

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE PHANTOM DEATH:  "The Phantom Death" by W. Clark Russell (first published in The Idler , October 1893; republished as the title story in Russell...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: ARREST

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: ARREST: "Arrest" by Donald E. Westlake (from Manhunt , January 1958; reprinted in Giant Manhunt , 1958; in Opening Shots , edited by Lawre...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: SANDY THE TINKER

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: SANDY THE TINKER:  "Sandy the Tinker" by Charlotte Riddell  (first published anonymously in London Society , Christmas 1880; reprinted in her collec...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: MUCKLE-MOUTHED MEG

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: MUCKLE-MOUTHED MEG: "Muckle-Mouthed Meg" by Howard Pease  (from Border Ghost Stories , 1919)     'Hang him, Provost!' cried the Town Clerk; ...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: KUDZU

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: KUDZU: "Kudzu" by Ace Atkins (from Birds of Prey , edited by Harlan Coben & C. J. Box, 2026; also available in Kindle) Mook and Juani...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE COFFIN BEARER

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE COFFIN BEARER: "The Coffin Bearer" by Tess Gerritsen  (from Birds of Prey , edited by Harlan Coben and C. J. Box, 2026) Maggie Bird is a fifty-ei...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE MAGIC WHITE SUIT

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE MAGIC WHITE SUIT:  "The Magic White Suit" by Ray Bradbury  (first published in the Saturday Evening Post , October 4, 1958; republished as "The...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY; THE FORGOTTEN LAND

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY; THE FORGOTTEN LAND: "The Forgotten Land" by Henry Herbert Knibbs  (from The Popular Magazine , February 7, 1917; never reprinted to my knowledge) We c...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: DOWN SONORA WAY

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: DOWN SONORA WAY:  "Down Sonora Way" by Louis L'Amour  (first published in Five Western Novels Magazine , December 1951; reprinted in L'Amou...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE MOST HATED MAN IN LONDON

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE MOST HATED MAN IN LONDON: "The Most Hated Man in London" by Patricia Moyes  (first published in The Evening Standard , March 16, 1963, as "Murder! -- W...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE LOCKED TOMB MYSTERY

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE LOCKED TOMB MYSTERY: "The Locked Tomb Mystery" by "Elizabeth Peters" (Barbara Mertz, a.k.a. "Barbara Michaels")  (first published i...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: ICU

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: ICU:  "ICU" by Edward Lee  (first published in 999:  New Tales of Horror and Suspense , edited by Al Sarrantonio, 1999; reprinted in Th...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: TAPPAN'S BURRO

Jerry's House of Everything: SGORT STORY WEDNESDAY: TAPPAN'S BURRO: "Tappan's Burro" by Zane Grey  (first published in Ladies' Home Journal , June 1923; reprinted in Pearson's Magazine ,...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: BLACK STUFF

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: BLACK STUFF:  "Black Stuff" by Ken Bruen  (from Dublin Noir , edited  by Ken Bruen, 2006) The world lost one of its greatest hardboiled and noi...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE LADY FROM YESTERDAY

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE LADY FROM YESTERDAY: "The Lady from Yesterday" by Jeremiah Healy  (published in the MWA anthology Blood on their Hands , edited by Lawrence Block, 2003...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THREE BY MICHAEL FESSIER

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THREE BY MICHAEL FESSIER:  "Sex Murder in Cameron" by Michael Fessier (from Manhunt , February 1953) "Nice Bunch of Guys" by Michael Fessier (from...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: SLAY RIDE TO ETERNITY

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: SLAY RIDE TO ETERNITY:  "Slay Ride to Eternity" by Tedd Thomey  (first published in the Australian edition of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine , May 1957; th...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: OLD FAGS

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: OLD FAGS:  "Old Fags" by Stacy Aumonier  (first published in The Grim 13 , edited by Frederick Stuart Green, 1917; reprinted in Hutchinson...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: DRY SEPTEMBER

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: DRY SEPTEMBER: "Dry September" by William Faulkner (first published in Scribner's Magazine , January 1931; reprinted in Faulkner's collec...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE RETURN OF THE SPECKLED BAND

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE RETURN OF THE SPECKLED...: "The Return of the Speckled Band" by Edward D. Hoch  (from the New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , edited  by Martin H. Greenberg ...