Afterword
We at Mystery Writers of America hope you enjoyed this collection of stories from our great writers. The Comfortable Coffin, edited by Richard S. Prather, is the latest in a series of classic crime collections in our new program, Mystery Writers of America Classics.
Since 1945, MWA has been America’s premiere organization for professional mystery writers, a group dedicated to learning from each other, helping new members, and sharing our successes and good times. One way we celebrate our talent is through the production of original, themed anthologies, published more or less yearly since 1946, in which one remarkable writer invites others to his or her collection.
Read more about our anthology program, both the new ones and classic re-issues, on our web page: https://mysterywriters.org.
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The Mystery Writers of America Classic Anthology Series
A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, edited by Jeffery Deaver
Woman’s Wiles, edited by Michele Slung
Blood on Their Hands, edited by Lawrence Block
The Lethal Sex, edited by John D. MacDonald
Merchants of Menace, edited by Hilary Waugh
Tricks and Treats, edited by Joe Gores and Bill Pronzini
A Choice of Murders, edited by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
The Crime of My Life, edited by Brian Garfield
Murder Most Foul, edited by Harold Q. Masur
Show Business Is Murder, edited by Stuart Kaminsky
The Comfortable Coffin, edited by Richard S. Prather
For Love Or Money, edited by Dorothy Gardiner
Story Copyrights
“The Bottled Wife” by Michael Fessier, copyright © 1952 by Esquire, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author and author’s agent, Harold Matson Co.
“A Coffin for Mr. Cash” by Robert Arthur, copyright © 1958 by H. S. D. Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Robert Arthur and Alfred Hitchcock s Mystery Magazine.
“The Faith of Aaron Menefee” by Stanley Ellin, copyright © 1957 by Davis Publications, Inc. (Formerly Mercury Publications, Inc.) Reprinted by permission of the author and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
“My Queer Dean!” by Ellery Queen, copyright © 1953 by United Newspapers Magazine Corporation. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“—Your Cake and Eat It” by Berkely Mather, copyright © 1960 by Berkely Mather. Reprinted by permission of Berkely Mather.
“Squeakie’s Second Case” by Margaret Manners, copyright © 1954 by Davis Publications, Inc. (Formerly Mercury Publications, Inc.) Reprinted by permission of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the author. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
“First Man at the Funeral” by Dion Henderson, copyright © 1957 by Davis Publications, Inc. (Formerly Mercury Publications, Inc.) Reprinted by permission of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the author. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
“The Stranger Tale of Mr. Elsie Smith” by Dana Lyon, copyright © 1953 by Mercury Press, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
“The Live Ones” by Richard S. Prather, copyright © 1956 by Dee Publishing Company. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Scott Meredith literary Agency, Inc.
“The Gentleman Caller” by Veronica Parker Johns, copyright © 1955 by Davis Publications, Inc. (Formerly Mercury Publications, Inc.) Reprinted by permission of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the author. First published in Ellery Queers Mystery Magazine.
“Mr. Portway’s Practice” by Michael Gilbert, originally published under the title “The Income Tax Mystery,” copyright © 1958 by Davis Publications, Inc. (Formerly Mercury Publications, Inc.) Reprinted by permission of Ellery Queen?s Mystery Magazine and the author. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
“Fin de Siècle” by William O’Farrell, originally published under the title “Lady of the Old School,” copyright © 1960 by Davis Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the author. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
“Kiss Me, Dudley” by Evan Hunter, copyright © 1954 by Flying Eagle Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc.
“To Strike A Match” by Erie Stanley Gardner, originally published under the title “The House of Three Candles,” copyright © 1938 by Erie Stanley Gardner. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Willis Kingsley Wing Literary Agency, Inc.
“It Wouldn’t Be Fair” by Jack Finney, copyright © 1948 by Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. Reprinted by permission of the author.
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