Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Books, Listed by Author

SCHULMAN, PETER, tr. (stories) (chron.)

• * _13 Culprits See entry under Georges Simenon.

SCHULZ, CHARLAINE HARRIS; see under Harris, Charlaine (stories) (chron.)

SCHUTZ, BENJAMIN M(errill) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Mary, Mary, Shut the Door (Five Star 1-59414-371-4, Nov 2005, $25.95, 327pp, hc) Collection of 12 stories, one new. (Contents)

SCOGNAMIGLIO, JOHN; see under Anon.

• * _Murder Most Merry [as by Anonymous] See entry under Anonymous.

SEARLES, MARGARET, ed. (chron.)

• * *...And Some of Them Are Dead (with Victoria Heckman) (Deadly Alibi Press Ltd. 1886199175, Jul 2002, $14.99, 148pp, tp) by Central Coast Mystery Writers. (Buy)

SEGRIFF, LARRY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Cat Crimes for the Holidays (with Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Cat Crimes Through Time (with Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Ed Gorman.
• * _Murder Most Feline: Cunning Tales of Cats and Crime (with Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Ed Gorman.
• * _Murder Most Irish (with Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman) See entry under Ed Gorman.

SEIDMAN, LISA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Murder by 13 (with Mae Woods & Priscilla English) See entry under Priscilla English.
• * _Murder on Sunset Boulevard (with Rochelle Majer Krich & Michael Mallory) See entry under Rochelle Majer Krich.

SELLERS, PETER (A.) (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Whistling Past the Graveyard (Mosaic Press 0-88962-675-8, 1999, $15.00, 228pp, tp) Collection of 13 stories of bizarre crime and dark fantasy, five new. (Contents)

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• * *Arthur Ellis Awards (Canada: Quarry Press 1-55082-265-9, 1999, 237pp, tp) Anthology of 13 prize-winning crime and mystery stories. (Contents)
• * *The Best of Cold Blood (with John North) (Mosaic Press 0-88962-628-6, Sep ’98, $12.95, 171pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *Cold Blood III (Oakville, Ont: Mosaic Press 0-88962-455-0, 1990, $14.95, 208pp, tp) Also announced in hc (-456-9). (Contents)
• * *Cold Blood IV (Oakvill, Ont. Canada: Mosaic Press 0-88962-513-1, 1992, 242pp, hc) (Contents)
• * *Cold Blood V (with John North) (Mosaic Press 0-88962-570-7, 1994, $12.95, 196pp, tp) Original anthology of 16 stories. (Contents)
• * _Fear Is a Killer See entry under William Bankier.
• * _Hard Boiled Love: An Anthology of Noir Love (with Kerry J. Schooley) See entry under Kerry J. Schooley
• * _Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction (with Kerry J. Schooley) See entry under Kerry J. Schooley
• * *Over the Edge (with Robert J. Sawyer) (Pottersfield Press 1-895900-29-8, Apr 2000, 224pp, tp, cover by Alex Colville) Anthology of 14 stories by members of the Crime Writers of Canada. (Contents)

SERDIUK, RON, ed. (chron.)

• * *Ticket to Trouble (CrimeWriters Queensland 0958541396, 2006, 266pp, pb) (Contents)

SHAHAR, ELUKI bes; see under bes Shahar, Eluki (stories) (chron.)

SHANKMAN, SARAH, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Confederacy of Crime (Signet 0-451-20219-8, Jan 2001, $6.99, 288pp, pb) Original anthology, 12 stories of “southern-style mystery.” Also available in hc (Mystery Guild, 0-7394-1577-8, $10.98). (Buy) (Contents)

SHAPIRO, FRED R., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories (with Jane Garry) (Oxford University Press 0-19-509547-2, Mar ’98, $30.00, 479pp, hc) Anthology of 32 stories, novel excerpts, and essays about the human dimensions of the law. (Contents)

SHIELDS, DANIEL (stories) (chron.)

• * *Raising the Seams: Nine Tales of Murder and the Macabre (iUniverse.com 0595149278, Dec 2000, $9.95, 116pp, tp) (Contents)

SHINER, LEWIS (Gordon) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Private Eye Action As You Like It (with Joe R. Lansdale) See entry under Joe R. Lansdale

SHIRLEY, JOHN (Patrick) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *New Noir (Black Ice Books 0-932511-55-4, Mar ’93, $7.00, 115pp, tp) Collection of six stories in the noir tradition, with illustrations by Tim Ferret. Order from Fiction Collective Two, c/o English Department, Publications Center, College Box 494, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder CO 80309-0494. (Contents)

SILUK, D. L. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Death on Demand (iUniverse 0595272207, Apr 2003, $12.95, 180pp, tp) (Buy) (Contents)

SIMENON, GEORGES (1903-1989) (stories) (chron.)

• * *13 Culprits (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-79-X, Aug 2002, $16.00, 173pp, tp, cover by Deborah Miller) Reprint (Paris: Arthème Fayard & Cie, Èditeurs, 1932 as Les 13 Coupables) collection of 13 stories, first English translation by Peter Schulman. Also available in hc (-78-1). (Buy) (Contents)

SINGER, KURT (Deutsch), ed. (1911- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Secret Agent’s Badge of Courage (Belmont L506, 1961, 50¢, 158pp, pb) Adds one article to World’s Greatest Spy Stories. (Contents)
• * *World’s Greatest Spy Stories (W.H. Allen, 1954, hc) See also The Secret Agent’s Badge of Courage. (Contents)

SKENE-MELVIN, DAVID, ed. (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bloody York (Simon & Pierre 0-88924-273-9, 1996, 216pp, tp) Tales of mayhem, murder and mystery in a celebration of the romance and excitement of a great city. (Contents)
• * *Crime in a Cold-Climate: An Anthology of Classic Canadian Crime (Toronto: Simon & Pierre 0-88924-260-7, 1994, 286pp, tp) Anthology of 14 stories and four poems by Canadian writers. (Contents)
• * *Crime Where the Nights Are Long (Toronto: Simon & Pierre 0-88924-281-X, 1999, tp) Canadian Stories of Crime, Adventure, and Terror from the Golden Age of Storytelling. (Contents)
• * _Crossing the Line: Canadian Mysteries with a Fantastic Twist (with Robert J. Sawyer) See entry under Robert J. Sawyer
• * *Investigating Women (Simon & Pierre 0-88924-269-0, 1995, 289pp, tp) Anthology of female detectives by Canadian writers. (Contents)
• * *Secret Tales of the Arctic Trails (Simon & Pierre 0-88924-277-1, 1997, hc) Stories of crime and adventure in Canada’s far north. (Contents)

SKVORECKÝ, JOSEF (Vaclav) (1924- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Mournful Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka (Norton 0-393-30786-7, 1991, $8.95, 288pp, tp) [Lieutenant Boruvka] Reprint (Gollancz 1973) collection of 12 detective stories featuring Czechoslovak policeman Lieutenant Boruvka. Translated from the Czech (1966 as Smutek porucíka Boruvka) by Rosemary Kavan, Kaca Polackova & George Theiner. (Contents)
• * _Sins for Father Knox (Norton 0-393-30787-5, 1991, $8.95, 268pp, tp) Reprint (Toronto: Lester 1988) collection of ten detective stories, each one breaking one of the ten commandments for writing detective fiction as set down by Father Ronald Arbuthnott Knox in 1929. Translated from the Czech (1973 as Hríchy pro pátera Knoxe) by Kaca Polackova Henley. (Contents)

SLUNG, MICHELE B(eth), ed. (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Murder & Other Acts of Literature (St. Martin’s 0-312-16937-X, Sep ’97, $24.95, 345pp, hc) Reprint (Book-of-the-Month Club 1997) anthology. (Contents)
• * *Murder for Halloween (with Roland Hartman) (New York: The Mysterious Press 0-89296-581-9, Oct ’94, $19.95, 362pp, hc) (Contents)

SMITH, ANTHONY NEIL, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology (Dennis McMillan 0939767511, Sep 2005, $30.00, hc) (Contents)

SMITH, JULIE; [i.e., Julienne Drew Smith] (1944- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Mean Rooms: A Short Story Collection (Five Star 0-7862-2364-2, Mar 2000, $21.95, 175pp, hc) (Contents)

SMITH, MARIE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * +Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0088-2, Aug ’94, $9.95, 517pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *More Ms. Murder (London: Xanadu, 1991, 258pp, hc) Available in the US from Citadel Press. (Contents)
• * +Nobel Crimes (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-914-6, 1992 [Dec ’92], $11.95, 263pp, tp) Anthology of 17 crime stories by winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature. First American edition (Xanadu 1992). “The Miraculous Revenge” by George Bernard Shaw is listed on the back cover and in the acknowledgements but is not in the book. (Contents)

SMITH, MARTIN CRUZ, ed.; [born Martin William Smith] (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Death by Espionage (Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 1-58182-040-2, Oct ’99, $24.95, 415pp, hc) Anthology of 20 espionage stories, 10 new, presented by The International Association of Crime Writers. (Contents)

SMITH, TIM, ed. (chron.)

• * _San Francisco Thrillers (with John Miller) See entry under John Miller.

SOLES, CARO, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bloody Words: the anthology (with Cheryl Freedman) (Baskerville Books 0968677665, Jan 2003, C$14.95, tp) Anthology of the short story winners from the first five years of the Bloody Words Conference. (Contents)

SPARROW, THOMAS; pseudonym of Thomas K. O’Neill, (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Northwoods Pulp (Bluestone Press 0-9672-0060-1, Jul ’99, $12.95, 320pp, tp) (Contents)

SPILLANE, FRANK MORRISON; see under Spillane, Mickey (stories) (chron.)

SPILLANE, MICKEY; [i.e., Frank Morrison Spillane] (1918-2006) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Byline: Mickey Spillane (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-99-4, Dec 2004, $20.00, 216pp, tp, cover by Gail Cross) (Contents) [ed: Max Allan Collins] [ed: Lynn F. Myers, Jr.]
• * *Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane (Five Star 0-7862-3560-3, 2001, 210pp, hc, cover by Terry Beatty) Collection of eight stories. (Contents)

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• * *A Century of Noir (with Max Allan Collins) (New American Library 0-451-20596-0, Apr 2002, $15.00, 521pp, tp) (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Murder Is My Business (with Max Allan Collins) (Dutton 0-525-93901-6, Dec ’94, $19.95, 292pp, hc) (Contents)
• * *Private Eyes (with Max Allan Collins) (Signet 0-451-19464-0, Feb ’98, $6.50, 366pp, pb) Original anthology of 16 PI stories, two of them reprints. Copyrighted by Max Allan Collins and Martin H. Greenberg. (Contents)
• * *Vengeance Is Hers (with Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg) (Signet 0-451-19198-6, May ’97, $5.99, 316pp, pb) Original anthology of 17 hard-boiled stories, all but one by women writers. (Contents)

STABENOW, DANA (Helen), ed. (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Mysterious North (Signet 0-451-20742-4, Oct 2002, $6.99, 238pp, pb) Original anthology of 12 mysteries, one reprint, set in Alaska. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Powers of Detection: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy (Ace 0-441-01197-7, Oct 2004, $12.00, 227 + x, tp, cover by Jonathan Barkat) Original anthology of 12 stories. (Contents)
• * *Wild Crimes: Stories of Mystery in the Wild (Signet 045121286X, Sep 2004, $6.99, 289pp, pb) Original anthology of 11 stories, two reprint. (Contents)

STANDIFORD, LES(ter Alan), ed. (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Miami Noir (Akashic Books 1933354135, Nov 2006, $15.95, 355pp, tp) (Contents)

STANTON, MARY (1947- ); see pseudonym Claudia Bishop (stories) (chron.)

STAPLETON, MICHAEL; see under Anon. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Best Crime Stories [as by Anonymous] See entry under Anonymous.

STASHOWER, DANIEL (Meyer), ed. (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Ghosts in Baker Street (with Martin H. Greenberg & Jon L. Lellenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Murder in Baker Street (with Martin H. Greenberg & Jon L. Lellenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Murder, My Dear Watson (with Martin H. Greenberg & Jon L. Lellenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg

STERN, ADAM, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Silver Screams: Murder Goes Hollywood (with Cynthia Manson) See entry under Cynthia Manson.

STEVENS, SERITA DEBORAH, ed. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Unholy Orders: Mystery Stories with a Religious Twist (Columbine Publishing Group, Inc. 1890768286, Nov 2000, $24.95, 416pp, hc) Original anthology of 18 stories. (Contents)

STOUT, REX (Todhunter) (1886-1975) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *By His Own Hand (Crippen & Landru, May 2001, 16pp, ph) [Alphabet Hicks] Short story published to recognize Rex Stout as Ghost of Honor, Malice Domestic XIII, May 2001.
• * *An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0764-X, Aug 2000, $5.95, 184pp, pb) Collection of 16 stories. (Contents)

STRAUB, PETER (Francis) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Magic Terror: Seven Tales (Random House 0-375-50393-5, Jul 2000, $24.95, 335pp, hc) Collection of seven stories. (Contents)

STRIBLING, T(homas) S(igismund) (1881-1965) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-25-6, Oct 2004, $19.00, 196pp, tp, cover by Barbara Mitchell) Collection of nine stories. Also in limited hc edition (-24-8). (Contents) [ed: Arthur Vidro]

SULLIVAN, ELEANOR (Regis), ed. (1928-1991) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins (Walker 0-8027-5779-0, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $21.95, 315pp, hc) Reprint (Davis 1989 as Ellery Queen’s 11 Deadly Sins) anthology of 20 crime and mystery stories that originally appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, with an introduction by the editor. This edition omits the Charlotte Armstrong novella “The Second Commandment”. (Contents)
• * _Fifty Best Mysteries (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-819-0, 1992, $13.95, 642pp, tp) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1991 as Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine) mystery anthology.
• * *Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-632-5, 1991, $22.95, 642pp, hc) Anthology of 50 stories reprinted from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. (Contents)
• * _Masters of Suspense (with Ellery Queen) See entry under Ellery Queen.
• * _More Murder on Cue: Stage, Screen & Radio Favorites: Stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Volume III (Walker 0-8027-5752-9, Mar ’90 [Jan ’91], $19.95, 273pp, hc) Anthology of 16 stories that originally appeared in EQMM that were adapted for tv, stage, screen, or radio. Abridged from Ellery Queen’s More Media Favorites (Davis 1988). (Contents)
• * *Scarlet Letters: Tales of Adultery from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-684-8, 1991, $18.95, 256pp, hc) Anthology of 16 crime and mystery stories from EQMM about adultery. (Contents)

SULLIVAN, MARY ROSE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Crime Classics: The Mystery Story from Poe to the Present (with Rex Burns) See entry under Rex Burns.

SWIERCZYNSKI, DUANE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir (Busted Flush Press 0976715759, Jul 2006, $18.00, 385pp, tp) (Contents)

SYKES, JERRY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Mean Time (The Do-Not Press 1-899-344-40-3, 1998, £6.50, 269pp, tp) Original anthology of 16 crime stories. (Contents)

SYMONS, JULIAN (Gustave) (1912-1994) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Detections of Francis Quarles (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-45-0, Mar 2006, $19.00, 204pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) [Francis Quarles] Collection of 42 stories featuring private detective Francis Quarles. Also available in a limited hc edition (-44-2). (Contents) [ed: John Cooper]

TAN, CECILIA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Sexcrime (Circlet Press 1-885865-26-0, May 2000, $14.95, 207pp, tp, cover by Lorie Josephson) Anthology of 12 ‘subversive’ erotic stories, six original, set in repressive futures (a la 1984). Authors include Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Jean Marie Stine, and Simon Sheppard. Order from Circlet Press, 1770 Massachusetts Ave, #278, Cambridge MA 02140. (Contents)