Title: My Favorite Murder
Title Record # 777401
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1888-09-16
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1888-09-16
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in the San Francisco Examiner, September 16, 1888.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Ten Tales | 1925-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | The First Edition Club |
xiv+ 136 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| My Favorite Murder and Other Stories | 1927-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Haldeman-Julius (Little Blue Book #1086) | 64 | ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications. |
coll | ||||
| And the Darkness Falls | 1946-04-00 | ed. Boris Karloff | World Publishing Co. | $2.75?$: US dollar |
ix+ 631 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter and Other Stories | 1955-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Avon | 628 | $0.25?$: US dollar |
127 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
| Mein Lieblingsmord | 1963-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Insel | DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
221 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Der Gnadenstoß: Geschichten des Grauens?Der Gnadenstoss: Geschichten des Grauens |
1965-09-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Rowohlt (Rowohlts Klassiker der Literatur und der Wissenschaft #184) | RKLW184 | DM 2.20?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
124+ [4] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll |  |
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Les chefs-d'œuvre de la méchanceté?Les chefs-doeuvre de la mechancete |
1969-00-00 | ed. Jacques Sternberg | Planète (Anthologie Planète) | 464 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jean Gourmelin | |||
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | 1970-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | 496 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Alex Gotfryd | |||
| The Complete Short Stories 2, The World of War and the World of Tall Tales | 1971-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Ballantine Books | 0-345-02449-4 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
xix+ 298 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | John Holmes | |
| Bizarre Fantasy Tales, March 1971 No. 2 | 1971-03-00 | ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes | Health Knowledge, Inc. | $0.75?$: US dollar |
132 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | |
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| Das Ungeheuer von Green-Castle | 1972-00-00 | Dominique Arly | Luther (Horror-expert #12) | DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
190 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Herbert Papala | ||
| Victorian Tales of Terror | 1974-11-11 | ed. Hugh Lamb | W. H. Allen | 0-491-01781-2 | £3.50?£: UK pound |
287 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Bob Marchant | |
| Living in Fear: A History of Horror in the Mass Media | 1975-00-00 | Les Daniels | Charles Scribner's Sons | 0-684-14342-9 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
[8]+ 248 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
non-fic | David Lunn | |
| Victorian Tales of Terror | 1975-03-00 | ed. Hugh Lamb | Taplinger | 0-8008-7986-4 | $8.50?$: US dollar |
287 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Gahan Wilson's Favorite Tales of Horror | 1976-00-00 | ed. Gahan Wilson | Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap | 0-448-12627-3 | $1.75?$: US dollar |
186 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Gahan Wilson | |
| Gahan Wilson's Favorite Tales of Horror | 1976-00-00 | ed. Gahan Wilson | Grosset & Dunlap | 0-448-13523-X | 186 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Gahan Wilson | ||
| Victorian Tales of Terror | 1976-11-00 | ed. Hugh Lamb | Coronet | 0-340-20817-1 | £0.80?£: UK pound |
287 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Alan Lee | |
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | 1984-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | 0-8032-6071-7 | 496 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Marvin Cone | ||
| The Best of Ambrose Bierce | 1984-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Castle / Book Sales | 0-89009-798-4 |
vi+ 484 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |||
| The Devil's Advocate: An Ambrose Bierce Reader | 1987-12-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Chronicle Books | 0-87701-401-9 | $22.50?$: US dollar |
327 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce | 1988-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Picador / Pan Books (Picador Classics) | 0-330-29802-X | £6.95?£: UK pound |
xix+ 810 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Robin Harris | |
| Great Weird Tales | 1998-12-00 | ed. S. T. Joshi | Dover Publications | 0-486-40436-6 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 239 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | ||
| Horror Masters Vol. 12 | 2010-01-28 | ed. Sons of Horror | River Styx Publishing | 978-1-61704-048-1 | $10.29?$: US dollar |
132 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | ||
| Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale | 2012-07-17 | Ambrose Bierce | Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) | 978-1-61347-015-2 | $350.00?$: US dollar |
600 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Victorian Tales of Terror | 2019-10-31 | ed. Hugh Lamb | Kingsbrook Publishing | 978-1-69903-307-4 | $11.99?$: US dollar |
353 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Richard Lamb | |
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | date unknown | Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | 978-0-8032-6071-9 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
496 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Marvin Cone | |
| Bizarre Fantasy Tales #2, March 1971 | date unknown | ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes | Pulp Tales Press | $8.95?$: US dollar |
130 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
anth | |