Vol.107 No.1 Whole 653, January 1996, Cover: Richard Parisi          FICTION     4 · THE SILENT NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by Gene DeWeese   24 · A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME by Martin Edwards   40 · HOOPS by S.J. Rozan   69 · THE CARER by Ruth Rendell   74 · THE PROBLEM OF THE ENORMOUS OWL by Edward D. Hoch   90 · THE MIGHTY HUNTER by Peter Lovesey 104 · THE PROSECUTOR OF DuPREY by David Vaughn 114 · DEATH TAKES THE FUNICULAR by Gunnar Staalesen 120 · LORD PETER’S LAST CASE by Stephen Murray 134 · INTENT TO KILL by Monica Quill 144 · WHERE THE SNOW LAY DINTED by Reginald Hill          POETRY 103 · TICKED OFF by Deborah Lee 133 · YULE TIED by Katherine H. Brooks          CARTOON 119 · "True, it is a new approach."          OTHER 111 · THE JURY BOX by Jon L. Breen 142 · THE MYSTERY CROSSWORD by Leigh Woznick 157 · SOLUTION TO THE MYSTERY CROSSWORD