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“…a landmark anthology, which establishes that the crafting of brilliant short impossible crime fiction is not an exclusively Anglo-American endeavor.” Publishers Weekly (Starred review) Here is a groundbreaking collection of 26 impossible crime stories from over 20 countries, demonstrating the global reach of this most fiendishly ingenious tale. Several stories appear here for the first time, many have never been anthologized, and a few classics are included. Also included are 12 short anecdotes of real-life impossibilities: How can a man locked in his room without alcohol get drunk every night? How can heavy stone coffins in a sealed crypt be moved? How can hundreds of rare French books be stolen from an ancient library? These are just a few of the actual impossibilities that are explained in The Realm of the Impossible. In his Foreword, Otto Penzler writes: “The range of authors collected in this surprising and welcome volume, and the diversity of their backgrounds, is a tribute to the detective skills of the editors, who have somehow unearthed a cornucopia of virtually unknown stories that deserve the attention they will now receive. It is… well… impossible to applaud loudly enough...” John Pugmire is the publisher of Locked Room International, whose books have appeared in Washington Post and Publishers Weekly “Best of” lists for 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. Brian Skupin is the co-publisher of Mystery Scene Magazine, for which he has won the Mystery Writers of America Ellery Queen Award, the Poirot Award from Malice Domestic, and the Anthony award from Bouchercon.

Foreword Otto Penzler 7
Introduction John Pugmire and Brian Skupin 9
France: Jacob’s Ladder Paul Halter 12
United Kingdom: Cyanide in the Sun Christianna Brand 29
Real Life Impossibility: United States Louis Calhern’s Weakness 48
Sweden: Windfall Ulf Durling 49
Czech Republic: The Case of the Horizontal Trajectory Joseph Škvorecký 68
Real Life Impossibility: Barbados Moving Coffins 86
Ireland: The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express Freeman Wills Crofts 87
Australia: Dead Man in the Scrub Mary Fortune 109
Real Life Impossibility: Austria Bridge to Nowhere 120
United States: The Hidden Law Melville Davisson Post 122
France: House Call Alexandre Dumas 133
Real Life Impossibility: Switzerland Death of the Empress Elisabeth 150
Argentina: The Twelve Figures of the World Jorge Luis Borges & Adolfo Bioy Casares 151
Greece: Rhampsinitos and the Thief Herodotus 165
Real Life Impossibility: Germany Mass Murder in the Basement 170
Outer Space: Martian Crown Jewels Poul Anderson 171
Lebanon: Leaving No Evidence Dudley Hoys 188
Real Life Impossibility: Scotland Houdini Defeated 195
India: The Venom of the Tarantula Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay 196
United Kingdom: Sir Gilbert Murrell’s Picture Victor L. Whitechurch 213
Real Life Impossibility: France The Impossible Theft of 1,000 Rare Books 226
China/Taiwan: The Miracle on Christmas Eve Szu-Yen Lin 227
Finland: Seven Brothers (extract) Aleksis Kivi 251
Real Life Impossibility: France Murder on the Metro 254
Portugal: Lying Dead and Turning Cold Afonso Carreiro 256
Canada: The “Impossible” Impossible Crime Edward D. Hoch 276
Real Life Impossibility: France Hanged Too High 284
Egypt: The Locked Tomb Mystery Elizabeth Peters 286
United States: Deadfall Samuel W. Taylor 301
Real Life Impossibility: United States The Murder of Isidor Fink 312
Japan: The Lure of the Green Door Rintarō Norizuki 313
Italy: The Barese Mystery Pietro de Palma 340
Real Life Impossibility: United Kingdom The Murder of King Edward II 349
Germany: The Witch Doctor’s Revenge Jochen Fueseler 350
Iraq: All the Birds of the Air Charles B. Child 364
Real Life Impossibility: United States Miracle on 42nd Street 379
Ireland: The Warder of the Door L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace 380
Japan: The Locked House of Pythagoras Soji Shimada 397
Permissions and Acknowledgments 428
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