Stories (cont.)

Illustration for "Pumpkin" from the Dec 1984 Twilight Zone magazine. By George Chastain. 

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Mannikin, The 1937

• Weird Tales, Apr 1937
• ​The Early Fears
• The Essential Robert Bloch Vol. 1
• Mysteries of the Worm
• The Opener of the Way
• Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (1962)

Mannikins of Horror 1939

• Weird Tales, Dec 1939
• Bloch and Bradbury
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Master of the Silver Giants 1940

• Thrilling Mystery, May 1940
• (Not yet anthologized)

Masterpiece, The 1960

• Rogue, Jun 1960
• Blood Runs Cold
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Such Stuff as Screams are Made Of

Maternal Instinct 2006

• Mondo Zombie (anthology, John Skipp, ed.), 2006
• (Not yet anthologized)

Matter of Life, A 1960

• Keyhole Mystery Magazine, Jun 1960
• Bogey Men
• Out of the Mouths of Graves
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Meet Mr. Murder 1943

• Mammoth Detective, Nov 1943
• (Not yet anthologized)

Memo to a Movie-Maker 1961

• Dude, Dec 1940
• Bogey Men

Method for Murder 1962

• Fury, Jul 1962
• Chamber of Horrors
• The King of Terrors
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Miracle of Ronald Weems, The 1955 (aka How Crime Flies)

• Imaginative Tales, #5, May 1955
• The Lost Bloch

Mister Margate's Mermaid 1955 (combines "Nursemaid to Nightmares" and "Black Barter")

• Imaginative Tales, #4, Mar 1955
• (Not yet anthologized)

Model Wife, The 1961

• Swank, Nov 1961
• Bogey Men
• Out of the Mouths of Graves

Model, The 1975

• Gallery, Nov 1975
• Cold Chills
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Most Unusual Murder, A 1976

• Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mar 1976
• Fear and Trembling
• Out of the Mouths of Graves
• Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (2011)

Mother of Serpents 1936

• Weird Tales, Dec 1936
• ​The Early Fears
• The Essential Robert Bloch Vol. 2
• House of the Hatchet
• More Nightmares
• The Opener of the Way

Movie People, The 1969

• Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Oct 1969
• Best of Robert Bloch
• Cold Chills
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Mr. Steinway 1954

• Fantastic, Apr 1954
• Best of Robert Bloch
• The Early Fears
• Nightmares
• Pleasant Dreams (1960 only)

Murder from the Moon 1942

• Amazing Stories, Nov 1942
• ​The Readers Bloch

My Struggle 1951 (as "Floyd Scrilch, as told to Robert Bloch")

• Other Worlds Science Stories, Sep 1951
• ​The Essential Robert Bloch Vol. 1

Mystery of the Creeping Underwear 1943 (as Tarleton Fiske)

• Fantastic Adventures, Oct 1943
• ​The Readers Bloch

Never Trust a Demon 1943

• Amazing Stories, Apr 1943
• The Readers Bloch

New Season, The 1987

• Masques II (anthology, J.N. Williamson, ed.), 1987
• Fear and Trembling

Night Before Christmas, The 1980

• Dark Forces (anthology, Kirby McCauley, ed.), 1980
• ​Midnight Pleasures

Night School 1959

• Rogue, Aug 1959
• Out of the Mouths of Graves
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Tales in a Jugular Vein

Night They Crashed the Party, The 1951

• Weird Tales, Nov 1951
• ​Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies

Nina 1977

• Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Jun 1977
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Such Stuff as Screams are Made Of

No Witness 1958

• The Saint, Oct 1958
• (Not yet anthologized)

Nocturne 1985

• The First Chronicles of Greystone Bay (anthology, C. Grant, ed.), 1985
• Midnight Pleasures

None Are So Blind 1995

• More Phobias: Stories of Unparalleled Paranoia (anthology; Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg, Edward E. Kramer, eds.), 1995
• ​(Not yet anthologized)

Noose Hangs High, The 1946

• Dime Mystery, Feb 1946
• ​The Lost Bloch

Notebook Found in a Deserted House 1951

• Weird Tales, May 1951
• Appreciations of the Master
• Mysteries of the Worm

Nothing Happens to Lefty Feep 1943

• Fantastic Adventures, Feb 1943
• (Not yet anthologized)

Nursemaid to Nightmares 1942

• Weird Tales, Nov 1942
• Dragons and Nightmares

Oh Say Can You See 1978

• Analog Yearbook, 1978
• Midnight Pleasures

Old College Try, The 1963

• Gamma #2, Nov 1963
• The Essential Robert Bloch Vol. 1
• Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Old Switcheroo, The 1972

• Worlds of If, Mar/Apr 1972
• The Readers Bloch

Once a Sucker 1952 (later expanded into the RB novel Spiderweb)

• Blue Book Magazine, Aug 1952
• The Lost Bloch

One Way to Mars 1945

• ​Weird Tales, Jul 1945
• The Early Fears
• House of the Hatchet
• More Nightmares
• The Opener of the Way
• Pleasant Dreams (1979 only)

Opener of the Way, The 1936

• Weird Tales, Oct 1936
• The Early Fears
• The Essential Robert Bloch Vol. 2
• Horror 7
• ​Mysteries of the Worm (2009 only)
• The Opener of the Way

Oracle, The 1971

• Penthouse, May 1971
• Best of Robert Bloch
• Cold Chills
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Past Master, The 1955

• Blue Book Magazine, Jan 1955
• ​Best of Robert Bloch
• The Essential Robert Bloch Vol. 1
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Tales in a Jugular Vein

Perfect Crime, The 1961

• Ed McBain Magazine, 1961
• (Not yet anthologized)

Phantom from the Film, The 1943 (as Tarleton Fisk)

• Amazing Stories, Feb 1943
• The Readers Bloch

Philtre Tip 1961

• Rogue, Mar 1961
• The Essential Robert Bloch Vol. 2
• Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies
• The Living Demons
• Mysteries of the Worm (2009 only)

Picture 1978

• Shadows (anthology; Charles L. Grant, ed.), 1978
• Midnight Pleasures

Pied Piper Fights the Gestapo, The 1942

• Fantastic Adventures, Jun 1942
• Appreciations of the Master
• Lost in Time and Space with Lefty Feep

Pin, The 1953

• Amazing Stories, Dec 1953/Jan 1954
• Appreciations of the Master
• Blood Runs Cold
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Such Stuff as Screams are Made Of

Pink Elephants 1939 (as Tarleton Fiske in a later reprint)

• Strange Stories Aug 1939
• The Readers Bloch

Pin-Up Girl 1960 (as Will Folke)

• Shock, Jul 1960
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Tales in a Jugular Vein

Play's the Thing, The 1971

• Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 1971
• Cold Chills
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Plot is the Thing, The 1966

• Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Jul 1966
• Appreciations of the Master
• Best of Robert Bloch
• The Living Demons
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Power of the Druid 1940

• Strange Stories, Jun 1940
• Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies

Pranks 1986

• Halloween Horrors (anthology; Alan Ryan, ed.), 1986
• Midnight Pleasures

Pride Goes— 1966

• The Saint, Aug 1966
• Chamber of Horrors

Proper Spirit, The 1957

• Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mar 1957
• The Early Fears
• Nightmares
• Pleasant Dreams (1960, 1979)

Proxy Head, The 1953

• Science-Fiction Plus, May 1953
• (Not yet anthologized)

Pumpkin 1984

• Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, Nov/Dec 1984
• Midnight Pleasures

Queen of the Metal Men 1940

• Fantastic Adventures, Apr 1940
• The Readers Bloch

Question of Etiquette, A 1942

• Weird Tales, Sep 1942
• Bloch and Bradbury

Question of Identity, A 1939 (as Tarleton Fiske)

• Strange Stories, Apr 1939
• Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies

Quiet Funeral, A 1965

• The Skull of the Marquis de Sade (RB collection; new), 1965
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

​Real Bad Friend, The 1957

• Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, Feb 1957
• The King of Terrors
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Terror in the Night

Reaper 1986

• The Cutting Edge (anthology; Etchison, ed.), 1986
• Fear and Trembling

Red Moon Rising 1958

• Amazing Science Fiction Stories, Jun 1958
• The Readers Bloch

Red Swimmer, The 1939

• Weird Tales, Apr 1939
• The Readers Bloch

Report on Sol III 1958

• Amazing Stories, Jul 1958
• Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow

Return to the Sabbath 1938

• ​Weird Tales, Jul 1938
• The Early Fears
• The Essential Robert Bloch Vol. 2
• Horror 7
• House of the Hatchet
• The Opener of the Way
• Pleasant Dreams (1979 only)

Rubber Room, The 1980

• New Terrors 2 (anthology; Ramsey Campbell, ed.), 1980
• Midnight Pleasures

Sabbatical 1959

• Galaxy, Dec 1959
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Tales in a Jugular Vein

Sales of a Death-Man 1968

• Galaxy, Feb 1968
• Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow

Same Channels, The 1964

• The Saint, Sep 1964
• (Not yet anthologized)

Satan's Phonograph 1946

• Weird Tales, Jan 1946
• Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies

Satan's Servants 1949

• Something About Cats and Other Pieces (anthology of H.P. Lovecraft stories; included as Lovecraft was said to have contributed to this story, but in fact only provided Bloch notes), 1949
• (Not yet anthologized)

Scent of Vinegar, The 1994

• Dark Destiny (anthology; Edward E. Kramer, ed.), 1994
• (Not yet anthologized)

Screaming People, The 1959

• Fantastic, Jan 1959
• Chamber of Horrors
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Such Stuff as Screams are Made Of

Seal of Satyr, The 1939​ (as Tarleton Fiske)

• Strange Stories, Jun 1939
• The Early Fears
• More Nightmares
• The Opener of the Way

Second Coming 1949

• New Purposes #9, May 1949
• (Not yet anthologized)

Secret in the Tomb, The 1935

• Weird Tales, May 1935
• The Essential Robert Bloch, Vol. 2
• Mysteries of the Worm

Secret of Sebek, The 1937

• Weird Tales, Nov 1937
• The Early Fears
• The Essential Robert Bloch Vol. 2
• Horror 7
• House of the Hatchet
• Mysteries of the Worm
• The Opener of the Way

Secret of the Observatory 1938

• Amazing Stories, Aug 1938
• The Readers Bloch

See How They Run 1973

• Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Apr 1973
• Cold Chills
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Sex-Education of Homer Purdy 1960

• Pleasure, Jul 1960
• (Not yet anthologized)

Shadow from the Steeple, The 1950

• Weird Tales, Sep 1950
• Bloch and Bradbury
• Mysteries of the Worm
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch​

Shaggy Dog-Bite, The 1986

• Bred Any Good Rooks Lately? (anthology; J. Charlton, ed.), 1986
• (Not yet anthologized)

Shambler from the Stars, The 1935

• Weird Tales, Sep 1935
• The Early Fears
• Horror 7
• House of the Hatchet
• Mysteries of the Worm
• The Opener of the Way

Shoes, The 1942

• Unknown Worlds, Feb 1942
• Bogey Men

Show Biz 1959

• Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1959
• Blood Runs Cold
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Show Must Go On, The 1960

• Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, Jan 1960
• Blood Runs Cold
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Shrink and the Mink, The 1983

• Hustler, Dec 1983
• Fear and Trembling

Skeleton in the Closet, The 1943 (as Tarleton Fiske)

• Fantastic Adventures, May 1943
• The Readers Bloch

Skin-Deep 1960 (aka The Beautiful People)

• Bestseller Mystery Magazine, Jul 1960
• Out of the Mouths of Graves

Skull of the Marquis de Sade, The 1945

• Weird Tales, Sep 1945
• Bogey Men
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• The Skull of the Marquis de Sade

Slave of the Flames 1938

• Weird Tales, Jun 1938
• The Early Fears
• House of the Hatchet
• More Nightmares
• The Opener of the Way

Sleeping Redheads, The 1958 (aka Sleeping Beauty)

• Swank, Mar 1958
• Best of Robert Bloch
• The Early Fears
• Nightmares
• Pleasant Dreams (1960, 1979)

Sneak Preview 1959 (Later expanded to the RB novel)

• Amazing Science Fiction Stories, Nov 1959
• (Not yet anthologized)

Snitch in Time, A 1987

• Lost in Time and Space with Lefty Feep (original for the book), 1987

Sock Finish 1957

• Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov 1957
• Blood Runs Cold
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Son of a Witch 1942

• Fantastic Adventures, Sep 1942
• Lost in Time and Space with Lefty Feep

Son of Rasputin 1944

• Mammoth Mystery, Sep 1944
• (Not yet anthologized)

Sorcerer Runs for Sheriff, A 1941

• Weird Tales, Sep 1941
• Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies

Sorcerer's Apprentice, The 1949

• Weird Tales, Jan 1949
• The Early Fears
• The Essential Robert Bloch, Vol. 1
• Nightmares
• Pleasant Dreams (1960, 1979)

Sorcerer's Jewel, The 1939 (as Tarleton Fiske)

• Strange Stories, Feb 1939
• The Essential Robert Bloch, Vol. 2
• Mysteries of the Worm (1993, 2009)

Soul Proprietor 1945

• Weird Tales, Nov 1945
• Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies

Space-Born 1973

• Children of Infinity (anthology; R. Elwood, ed.), 1973
• Cold Chills
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Spawn of the Dark One 1958 (aka Sweet Sixteen)

• Fantastic, May 1958
• The Early Fears
• Nightmares
• Pleasant Dreams (1960, 1979)

Spoiled Wife, The 1978

• Chrysalis 3 (anthology; Roy Torgeson, ed.), 1978
• Midnight Pleasures

Strange Flight of Richard Clayton, The 1939

• Amazing Stories, Mar 1939
• The Early Fears
• Horror 7
• The Opener of the Way

Strange Island of Dr. Nork, The 1949

• Weird Tales, Mar 1949
• The Essential Robert Bloch, Vol. 1
• The Readers Bloch

Strictly from Mars 1948

• Amazing Stories, Feb 1948
• The Lost Bloch

String of Pearls 1956

• The Saint Detective Magazine, Aug 1956
• The King of Terrors
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Terror in the Night

Stuporman 1943

• Fantastic Adventures, Jul 1943
• (Not yet anthologized)

Suicide in the Study, The 1935

• Weird Tales, Jun 1935
• The Essential Robert Bloch, Vol. 2
• Mysteries of the Worm (all editions)

Sweets to the Sweet 1947

• Weird Tales, Mar 1947
• Appreciations of the Master
• The Early Fears
• Pleasant Dreams (1960, 1979)
• Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (1962)

Talent 1960

• Worlds of If, Jul 1960
• Atoms and Evil
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Such Stuff as Screams are Made Of

Tchen-Lam's Vengeance, The 1951

• Other Worlds Science Stories, Dec 1951
• The Essential Robert Bloch, Vol. 1
• The Readers Bloch

Tell Your Fortune 1950

• ​Weird Tales, May 1950
• The Living Demons
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Tempter, The 1957

• Satellite Science Fiction, Oct 1957
• (Not yet anthologized)

Terror in Cut-Throat Cove 1958

• Fantastic, Jun 1958
• Mysteries of the Worm (all editions)
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Terror in the Night 1956 (aka The Scent of Terror)

• Manhunt, Feb 1956
• The King of Terrors
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Terror in the Night

Terror Over Hollywood 1957

• Fantastic Universe, Jun 1957
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Tales in a Jugular Vein

That Hell-Bound Train 1958

• Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sep 1958
• Appreciations of the Master
• Best of Robert Bloch
• The Early Fears
• More Nightmares
• Pleasant Dreams (1960 only)

That Old Black Magic 1958

• Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, Sep 1958
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Thinking Cap, The 1953

• Other Worlds Science Stories, Jun 1953
• Bogey Men
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

This Crowded Earth 1958 (Later expanded to the RB novel)

• Amazing Stories, Oct 1958
• The Essential Robert Bloch, Vol. 1

Til Death Do Us Part 1960

• Bestseller Mystery Magazine, Jan 1960
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Time Wounds All Heels 1942

• Fantastic Adventures, Apr 1942
• Lost in Time and Space with Lefty Feep

Tin You Love to Touch, The 1951

• Other Worlds Science Stories, Jun/Jul 1951
• The Essential Robert Bloch, Vol. 1
• The Readers Bloch

Tooth or Consequences 1950

• Amazing Stories, May 1950
• The Essential Robert Bloch, Vol. 1
• The Readers Bloch

Totem-Pole, The 1939

• Weird Tales, Aug 1939
• Midnight Pleasures
• Sea Kissed

Toy for Juliette, A 1967

• Dangerous Visions (anthology, Harlan Ellison, ed.) 1967
• Appreciations of the Master
• Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (2011)

Traveling Salesman, The 1957 (originally published as "Have You Heard the One About...?" in Venus fanzine #2, Sept 1944)

• Playboy, Feb 1957
• (Not yet anthologized)

Tree's a Crowd 1946

• Fantastic Adventures, Jul 1946
• (Not yet anthologized)

Try This for Psis 1956

• Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Oct 1956
• Atoms and Evil

Two by Two 1958 (aka Two of a Kind; as E. K. Jarvis)

• Fantastic, May 1958
• Chamber of Horrors

Undead, The 1984

• ​The Book Sail, 16th Anniversary Catalogue, 1984
• Midnight Pleasures

Under the Horns 1962

• Dark Mind, Dark Heart (anthology, August Derleth, ed.), 1962
• The King of Terrors

Unheavenly Twin 1939

• Strange Stories, Jun 1939
• The Readers Bloch

Unpardonable Crime, The 1961

• Swank, Sep 1961
• Chamber of Horrors
• The King of Terrors
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Unspeakable Betrothal, The 1949

• Avon Fantasy Reader No. 9, 1949
• The Essential Robert Bloch, Vol. 1
• The Living Demons
• Mysteries of the Worm (all editions)
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Such Stuff as Screams are Made Of

Untouchable 1962

• The Saint Mystery Magazine, Nov 1961 (UK)
• Chamber of Horrors
• The King of Terrors
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Warm Farewell, The 1976

• Frights (anthology, Kirby McCauley, ed.), 1976
• Out of the Mouths of Graves
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Water's Edge 1956 (aka Bankroll for a Blonde Widow)

• Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, Sep 1956
• The King of Terrors
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
• Terror in the Night

Waxworks 1939 (aka Lady in Wax)

• Weird Tales, Jan 1939
• The Early Fears
• The Essential Robert Bloch, Vol. 2
• House of the Hatchet
• More Nightmares
• The Opener of the Way
• Sea Kissed

Way of Life, A 1956

• Fantastic Universe, Oct 1956
• (Not yet anthologized)

Weird Doom of Floyd Scrilch, The 1942

• Fantastic Adventures, Jul 1942
• Lost in Time and Space with Lefty Feep

Weird Tailor, The 1950

• Weird Tales, Jul 1950
• The Skull of the Marquis de Sade
• Such Stuff as Screams are Made Of

Welcome, Stranger 1957

• Satellite Science Fiction, Apr 1957
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

What are the Wild Waves Saying 1986

• Myrddin #6, Summer 1986
• (Not yet anthologized)

What You See is What You Get 1977

• Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Oct 1977
• Such Stuff as Screams are Made Of

Wheel and Deal 1962

• Atoms and Evil (original to the collection)

Where the Buffalo Roam 1955

• Other Worlds Science Stories, Jul 1955
• Blood Runs Cold
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Wine of the Sabbat 1940

• Weird Tales, Nov 1940
• Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies

Word of Honor 1958

• ​Playboy, Aug 1958
• Best of Robert Bloch
• Blood Runs Cold
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

World-Timer, The 1960

• Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, Aug 1960
• Best of Robert Bloch
• Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

You Can't Kid Lefty Feep 1943

• Fantastic Adventures, Aug 1943
• (Not yet anthologized)

You Could Be Wrong 1955

• Amazing Stories, Mar 1955
• Atoms and Evil
• The Essential Robert Bloch, Vol. 1

You Got to Have Brains 1956

• Fantastic Universe, Jan 1956
• Atoms and Evil
• Selected Stories of Robert Bloch

Yougoslaves, The 1986

• ​Night Cry, Spring 1986
• Appreciations of the Master
• Fear and Trembling

Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper 1943

• Weird Tales, Jul 1943
• Appreciations of the Master
• Best of Robert Bloch
• The Early Fears
• The Essential Robert Bloch, Vol. 1
• The Opener of the Way
• Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (1962, 2011)

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