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on the home stretch (about a dozen stories or 200 pages left) and then I added “Black Water 2” to the to-read pile

One of the fun things about the older stories is that when you like them you can just find and share them:

THE GREY ONES

(1953)

J. B. PRIESTLEY

[https://ia904606.us.archive.org/31/items/michael-collins-piper-on-the-grey-ones-by-j.-b.-priestley/The%20Grey%20Ones%20-%20JB%20Priestley.pdf](https://ia904606.us.archive.org/31/items/michael-collins-piper-on-the-grey-ones-by-j.-b.-priestley/The%20Grey%20Ones%20-%20JB%20Priestley.pdf)



I've only ever read one other collection of stories that was so well assembled I chased the editor before the various authors therein and that was Otto Penzler.

So, if Black Water looks fun to you (it was for me!), I also recommend Penzler's collections: "The Best American Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century", "The Best American Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century", and "The Best American Noir of the Century" ( [https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/12471.Otto_Penzler?utf8=✓&sort=popularity](https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/12471.Otto_Penzler?utf8=✓&sort=popularity))