Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Martin H Greenberg, Isaac Asimov, Rex Stout, Robert Somerlott, Dorothy L. Sayers, Alice Scanlan Reach, S. S. Rafferty, Ellery Queen, Nick O’Donohoe, Edward D. Hoch, Stanley Ellin, August Derleth, John Dickson Carr
The Twelve Crimes of Christmas
An anthology of stories
© 1981 by Nightfall, Inc., Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, and Martin Harry Greenberg
To Charles Gordon Waugh
C-L. R. W.,
M. H. G. and
I. A.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
“The Thirteenth Day of Christmas,” by Isaac Asimov. Copyright © 1977 by Isaac Asimov. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Blind Man’s Hood,” by John Dickson Carr. From The Department of Queer Complaints, by Carter Dickson. Copyright © 1940 by William Morrow and Company; renewed 1968 by John Dickson Carr. Reprinted by permission of the publishers.
“The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians,” by August Derleth. Copyright © 1968 by Arkham House Publishers, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Arkham House Publishers, Inc., Sauk City, Wisconsin.
“Death on Christmas Eve,” by Stanley Ellin. Copyright © 1950, 1978 by Stanley Ellin. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
“The Problem of the Christmas Steeple,” by Edward D. Hoch. Copyright © 1976 by Edward D. Hoch. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Reprinted by permission of Larry Sternig Literary Agency.
“By the Chimney with Care,” by Nick O’Donohoe. Copyright © 1978 by Renown Publications, Inc. First published in Mike Shayne’s Mystery Magazine. Reprinted by permission of Hintz Literary Agency.