Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Books, Listed by Author

KANTNER, (Timothy) ROB(in) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Trouble Is What I Do (Point Blank 0809511576, Jun 2005, $34.00, 360pp, hc) [Ben Perkins] Collection of Ben Perkins stories. Note: Each story, except the last, is following by a brief “Afterword,” sometimes appearing on the last page of a story, sometimes on its own page. (Contents)

KANTNER, T. ROBIN; see under Kantner, Rob (stories) (chron.)

KAVENEY, ROZ, ed.; [legalized from Andrew J. Kaveney] (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Villains! (with Mary R. Gentle) See entry under Mary R. Gentle

KAYE, MARVIN (Nathan), ed. (1938- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (St. Martin’s 0-312-18071-3, Feb ’98, $23.95, 356pp, hc) [Sherlock Holmes] (Contents)
• * *The Game Is Afoot (St. Martin’s, 1994, 513pp, hc) (Contents)
• * *Resurrected Holmes (St. Martin’s 0-312-14037-1, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $24.95, 337pp, hc, cover by Jill Bauman) [Sherlock Holmes] Original anthology of 15 stories about Sherlock Holmes, supposedly taken from Dr. Watson’s long-lost case notes — and ghost-written by such well-known authors as Ernest Hemingway (Morgan Llywelyn), H.P. Lovecraft (Paula Volsky), Edgar Rice Burroughs (Craig Shaw Gardner), and Jack Kerouac (Richard Lupoff). (Contents)
• * *Sweet Revenge: 10 Plays of Bloody Murder (Fireside Theater 1-56865-007-8, 1992, 818pp, hc) Anthology of 10 plays. (Contents)

KEATING, H(enry) R(eymond) F(itzwalter) (1926- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *In Kensington Gardens Once (Crippen & Landru, 1997, $12.00, 109pp, tp) Also available in a signed and limited (175 copies) clothbound edition ($35.00), which includes a separate pamphlet essay, “Walking in Kensington Gardens” by Keating. (Contents)
• * *Majumdar Uncle (Crippen & Landru, Dec 2003, free, 14pp, ph) [Insp. Ganesh Ghote] Original short story in pamphlet form given as a gift to friends of Crippen & Landru. Limited edition of 353 copies.

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• * *Crime Waves (Gollancz 057505171X, 1991, hc)
• * *The Man Who... (Macmillan 0-333-57437-0, 1992, 230pp, hc) Original anthology published in honor of Julian Symons’ 80th birthday by the Detection Club. (Contents)
• * _The Man Who... (Pan 0-330-32955-3, 1993, £4.99, 230pp, pb) Reprint original anthology published in honor of Julian Symons’ 80th birthday by the Detection Club.

KEENE, CAROLYN; house pseudonym (stories) (chron.)

• * _Nancy Drew Ghost Stories (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-69132-5, Oct ’95, $3.50, 151pp, tp) [Nancy Drew] Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1983) original collection of six Nancy Drew mystery stories. (Contents)

KEENE, JARRET, ed. (1972- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Las Vegas Noir (with Todd James Pierce) (Akashic Books 1933354496, May 2008, $15.95, 300pp, tp) (Contents)

KELLERMAN, FAYE (Marder) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights (Warner 978-0-446-53039-2, 2006, 327pp, hc) Collection of 17 stories. (Contents)

KELLERMAN, JONATHAN (Seth), ed. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Diagnosis Dead (Pocket 0-671-51920-4, Dec ’99, $6.99, 293pp, pb) Original anthology of 14 crime stories. A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. (Contents)

KENAN, RANDALL (stories) (chron.)

• * *Let the Dead Bury Their Dead (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-149886-5, Apr ’92 [Aug ’92], $19.95, 286pp, hc) [Tims Creek] Collection of 12 stories set in rural Tims Creek, North Carolina. There are both crime stories and horror/dark fantasy tales here. (Contents)

KERSH, GERALD (1911-1968) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Karmesin: The World’s Greatest Criminal--or Most Outrageous Liar (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-03-5, Jul 2003, $17.00, 169pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) Collection of 17 Karmesin stories. Also in limited hc edition (-02-7). (Buy) (Contents) [ed: Paul Duncan]

KING, C(harles) DALY [Ph.D.] (1895-1963) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-05-1, Aug 2003, $19.00, 214pp, tp, cover by Deborah Miller) Collection of 12 Travis Tarrant stories. Also in limited hc edition (-04-3). (Buy) (Contents)

KNERR, LEO B., ed. (chron.)

• * *The Craft of Detection (Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1973, 300pp, hc) Textbook, only fiction listed. (Contents)

KNIGHT, JESSE F., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Evidence of the Sword and Other Mysteries See entry under Rafael Sabatini.

KNIGHT, STEPHEN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Corpse at the Opera House (North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1-86373-321-3, 1992, 234pp, tp) Original anthology of 14 Australian crime stories. Crimes for a Summer Christmas no.3. (Contents)
• * *Crimes for a Summer Christmas (North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 0-04-442280-6, 1990, 229pp, tp) Original anthology of 16 Australian crime stories. (Contents)
• * *More Crimes for a Summer Christmas (North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1-86373-106-7, 1991, 236pp, tp) Original anthology of 16 Australian crime stories. Second annual volume. (Contents)
• * *Murder at Home (North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1-86373-521-6, 1993, 203pp, tp) Original anthology of 16 Australian crime stories. Crimes for a Summer Christmas no.4. (Contents)

KNIGHTLY, ROBERT, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Queens Noir (Akashic Books 1933354402, Jan 2008, $15.95, 342pp, tp) (Contents)

KONRATH, J. A., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *These Guns for Hire: 31 Short Stories about Hitmen (Bleak House Books 1932557202, Oct 2006, $27.95, 492pp, hc) Original anthology (three reprints), (Contents)

KOREN, BRITTIANY A., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Places to Be, People to Kill (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg

KOSTER, ELAINE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Best of the Best (with Joseph Pittman) (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19390-3, Jan ’98, $22.95, 335pp, hc) Original anthology of 18 stories by big name authors, including many mystery writers. A commemorative anthology for Signet’s 50th anniversary. Paperback edition as Crimes and Misdemeanors (Signet 1998). (Contents)
• * _Crimes and Misdemeanors (with Joseph Pittman) (Signet 0-451-19567-1, Dec ’98, $6.99, 395pp, pb) Original anthology, first published in hardcover as The Best of the Best (Penguin/Signet 1998).

KRATZ, HENRY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Early German and Austrian Detective Fiction (with Mary W. Tannert) See entry under Mary W. Tannert

KRICH, ROCHELLE MAJER, ed. (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Murder on Sunset Boulevard (with Michael Mallory & Lisa Seidman) (Top Publications 1-929976-19-4, Nov 2002, $12.95, 221pp, tp) Original anthology of 12 stories by members of the Los Angeles Chapter of Sisters in Crime. (Buy) (Contents)

KRUPOWICZ, THOMAS E(dward) (1938- ) (chron.)

• * *Dead Men Don’t Drink Vodka and Other Stories (Terk Books & Publishers 1881690032, Jan 2001, $14.95, 127pp, tp) (Buy)

KURLAND, MICHAEL J(oseph), ed. (1938- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0312280939, Feb 2003, $24.95, 368pp, hc) [Sherlock Holmes] Original anthology of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0312315139, Nov 2004, $24.95, 400pp, hc) [Sherlock Holmes] Original anthology of stories. (Contents)

LANDRIGAN, LINDA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense (Pegasus Books 1-933648-03-1, Jun 2006, $16.95, 542pp, tp) (Contents)

LANE, JOEL (Richard), ed. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Birmingham Noir (with Steve Bishop) (Tindal Street 0953589595, Apr 2003, $14.95, 320pp, tp) Collection of 23 stories set in and around Birmingham. (Buy) (Contents)

LANSDALE, JOE R(ichard Harold) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Private Eye Action As You Like It (with Lewis Shiner) (Crossroads Press 1-892300-02-8, Oct ’98, $20.00, 273pp, tp) Collection of eight stories, three by Lansdale, three by Shiner (two original), and two by both (one significantly revised). Lansdale provides an introduction and afterword; Shiner two introductions. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,000; a leatherbound, lettered edition ($125.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Crossroads Press, PO Box 10433, Holyoke MA 01041; add $5.00 postage. (Contents)

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• * *Dark at Heart (with Karen Lansdale) (Dark Harvest 0-913165-64-6, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $21.95, 307pp, hc, cover by Peter Scanlan) Original anthology of 20 crime and suspense stories, many by fantasy/horror writers. Order from Dark Harvest, Box 941, Arlington Heights IL 60006. (Contents)
• * *Retro Pulp Tales (Subterranean Press 1-59606-008-5, Jun 2006, $40.00, 235pp, hc, cover by Timothy Truman) Original anthology of 12 stories written in old pulp style. (Contents)

LANSDALE, KAREN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dark at Heart (with Joe R. Lansdale) See entry under Joe R. Lansdale

LAUGHLIN, CATHERINE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Market for Murder and Other Stories (Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 1740273028, 2005, 102pp, hc) (Contents)

LAWRENCE, CYNTHIA P., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _A Deadly Dozen (with Susan B. Casmier & Aljean Harmetz) See entry under Susan B. Casmier

LEE, MANFRED B(ennington) (1905-1971); see pseudonym Ellery Queen (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

LEE, WENDI; [i.e., Wendi Lee Weberg Beatty] (1956- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Check Up and Other Stories (Five Star 0-7862-3552-7, Dec 2001, $23.95, 240pp, hc) Collection of 14 stories. (Buy) (Contents)

LEHANE, DENNIS (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Coronado: Stories (William Morrow 006113967X, Aug 2006, $24.95, 240pp, hc) (Contents)

LELLENBERG, JON L., ed. (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Ghosts in Baker Street (with Daniel Stashower & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Holmes for the Holidays (with Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _The More Holmes for the Holidays (with Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Murder in Baker Street (with Daniel Stashower & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Murder, My Dear Watson (with Daniel Stashower & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (with Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg

LEONARD, ELMORE (John, Jr.) (1925- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *When the Women Come Out to Dance (Morrow 0060083972, Nov 2002, $24.95, 240pp, hc) Collection of nine stories, two new. (Buy) (Contents)

LEWIN, MICHAEL Z(inn) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-62-5, Oct 2001, $17.00, 246pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) Collection of 21 crime stories. Also available in a limited hardcover edition (1-885941-61-7, $42.00). (Buy) (Contents)

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• * _1st Culprit (with Liza Cody) See entry under Liza Cody.
• * _2nd Culprit (with Liza Cody) See entry under Liza Cody.
• * _3rd Culprit (with Peter Lovesey & Liza Cody) See entry under Liza Cody.
• * _3rd Culprit: An Annual of Crime Stories (with Peter Lovesey & Liza Cody) See entry under Liza Cody.

LEWIS, MARY CHRISTIANNA MILNE (1907-1988); see pseudonym Christianna Brand (stories) (chron.)

LIMA, MARIA Y., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Chesapeake Crimes II (with Donna Andrews) See entry under Donna Andrews.

LIPPMAN, LAURA, ed. (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Baltimore Noir (Akashic Books 1888451963, May 2006, $14.95, 294pp, tp) (Contents)

LISTER, MICHAEL, ed. (1968- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *North Florida Noir (Pottersville Press 1888146125, Jun 2006, $15.95, 208pp, tp) (Contents)

LITTLE, DENISE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Murder Most Romantic: Passionate Tales of Life and Death (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg

LOCHTE, DICK; [i.e., Richard Samuel Lochte] (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder (Unity, ME: Five Star 0-7862-2688-9, 2000, $16.76, 207pp, hc) Collection of 9 stories. (Contents)

LOVESEY, PETER (Harmer) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Butler Didn’t Do It (Crippen & Landru, Sep 2001, free, ph) Pamphlet issued with the limited edition of The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime (Crippen & Landru 2001).
• * _The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories (London: Warner Futura 0-7515-1571-X, 1995, £4.99, 274pp, pb) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1994) collection of 18 mystery stories. (Contents)
• * *Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose (Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1-885941-21-8, 1998, $16.00, 207pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) Also available in the UK (Little, Brown 1998), and in a limited hc edition (1-885941-20-X) which includes pamphlet “Murder by Christmas Tree”. (Contents)
• * *The Homicidal Hat (Crippen & Landru, Apr 2008, free, 10pp, ph) Original short story published for the Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient, Malace Domestic XX, April 25-27, 2008. Limited to 1000 copies.
• * *The Kiss of Death (Crippen & Landru, Dec 2000, 11pp, ph) [Peter Diamond] Short story pamphlet given to friends of Crippen & Landru. Limited edition id 321 copies.
• * *Murder on the Short List (Crippen & Landru 978-1-932009-73-6, Apr 2008, $17.00, 235pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) (Contents)
• * *The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-64-1, Sep 2001, $17.00, 190pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) Collection of 16 crime stories. Also available in a limited hardcover edition (1-885941-63-3, $42.00), which includes a separate short story in pamphlet form. (Buy) (Contents)

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• * _3rd Culprit (with Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin) See entry under Liza Cody.
• * _3rd Culprit: An Annual of Crime Stories (with Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin) See entry under Liza Cody.
• * *The Verdict of Us All (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-55-8, Dec 2006, $20.00, 222pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) Original anthology, stories by the Detection Club for H.R.F. Keating. Also available in a limited hc edition (-54-X). (Contents)

LOVISI, GARY (Anthony) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Ramble House no ISBN, Mar 2007, $18.00, 154pp, tp, cover by Gavin L. O’Keefe) [Holmes, Sherlock] Collection of three Sherlockian pastiches, all with SF or fantasy elements. Afterword by Richard Lupoff. (Contents)

LOWDER, CHRISTOPHER (A. J.) (1945- ); see pseudonym Jack Adrian (stories) (chron.)

LOWE, WILLIAM T. (1920- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *After the Summer People Leave: Twelve Baffling Adirondack Mystery Stories (Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 0-9632476-4-6, Sep ’96, $11.95, 235pp, tp) (Contents)

LUPOFF, RICHARD A(llen) (1935- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *One Murder at a Time: The Casebook of Lindsey & Plum (Wildside Press 1587154528, Sep 2001, $15.00, 192pp, tp) (Buy)
• * *Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix (Crippen & Landru 978-1-932009-69-9, Apr 2008, $17.00, 214pp, tp, cover by Deborah L. Miller) [Chase and Delacroix] (Contents)