Mystery for Christmas and Other Stories

Acknowledgments

Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for their permission to reprint their copyrighted material:

“Christmas Cop” by Thomas Adcock, copyright © 1986 by Davis Publications, Inc., reprinted by permission of the author

“On Christmas Day in the Morning” by Margery Allingham, copyright 1952 by P. and M. Youngman Carter Ltd., reprinted by permission of the Estate

“I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus” by George Baxt, copyright © 1990 by Davis Publications, Inc., reprinted by permission of the author

“Mystery for Christmas” by Anthony Boucher, copyright © 1942 by Anthony Boucher, reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd.

“The Marley Case” by Linda Haldeman, copyright © 1982 by Davis Publications, Inc., reprinted by permission of Cherry Weiner Literary Agency

“Dead on Christmas Street” by John D. MacDonald, copyright © Dorothy P. MacDonald Trust reprinted by permission of Diskant Associates

“Kelso’s Christmas” by Malcolm McClintick, copyright © 1984 by Davis Publications, Inc., reprinted by permission of the author

“Who Killed Father Christmas?” by Patricia Moyes, copyright © 1980 by Laura W. Haywood & Isaac Asimov, first appeared in WHO DONE IT?, reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd.

“The Plot Against Santa Claus” by James Powell, copyright © 1970 by James Powell, reprinted by permission of Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc.

“The Christmas Bear” by Herbert Resnicow, copyright © 1989 by Davis Publications, Inc., reprinted by permission of the author

“Santa Claus Beat” by Rex Stout, copyright © 1953 by Rex Stout, reprinted by permission of the Estate

“Whatever Became of Ebenezer Scrooge?” by Tom Tolnay, copyright © 1988 by Davis Publications, Inc., reprinted by permission of the author.

All stories previously appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine or Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, published by Davis Publications, Inc.