Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Books, Listed by Author

ANONYMOUS, ed. (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-903-0, 1992 [Dec ’92], $21.00, 343pp, hc) Anthology of stories from 1989 & 1990, with an introduction by Jon L. Breen. Edited by the staff of Mystery Scene. (Contents)
• * *Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-999-5, 1993, $20.00, 367pp, hc) Anthology of stories, with an introduction by Jon L. Breen. Edited by the staff of Mystery Scene. (Contents)
• * *Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0141-2, Dec ’94, $20.00, 441pp, hc) Anthology of 25 stories, with an introduction by Jon L. Breen. Edited by the staff of Mystery Scene. (Contents)
• * *Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0251-6, Oct ’95, $24.00, 397pp, hc) Anthology of 25 stories, with an introduction by Jon L. Breen. Edited by the staff of Mystery Scene. (Contents)
• * *Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0361-X, Sep ’96, $24.00, 394pp, hc) Anthology of 25 stories, with an introduction by Jon L. Breen. Edited by the staff of Mystery Scene. (Contents)

ARDAI, CHARLES, ed. (1969- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Futurecrime: An Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come (with Cynthia Manson) See entry under Cynthia Manson.
• * *Great Tales of Crime & Detection (Galahad 0-88365-771-6, Jun ’91, $9.98, 512pp, hc) Anthology of 25 crime and detection stories from EQMM and AHMM, with an introduction by Robert Bloch and a foreword by John Lutz. An “instant remainder” book. (Contents)
• * _High Adventure (with Cynthia Manson) See entry under Cynthia Manson.
• * _Kingpins: Tales from Inside the Mob (with Cynthia Manson) See entry under Cynthia Manson.
• * _New England Crime Chowder (with Cynthia Manson) See entry under Cynthia Manson.
• * _The Return of the Black Widowers See entry under Isaac Asimov.

ARMSTRONG, T(erence) I(an) FYTTON (1912-1970); see pseudonym John Gawsworth (stories) (chron.)

ARNOTT, MARION (stories) (chron.)

• * *Sleepwalkers (Elastic Press 0-9543747-3-8, Aug 2003, £6.00, 202pp, tp) Crime/horror collection. (Contents)

ARTHUR, ROBERT (Jr.) (1909-1969); see under Anon. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Alfred Hitchcock’s Sinister Spies [as by Anonymous] See entry under Anonymous.

ASHLEY, MIKE, ed.; [i.e., Michael Raymond Donald Ashley] (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Classical Whodunnits: Murder and Mystery from Ancient Greece and Rome (Past Times 1-85487-463-2, Jul ’96 [Aug ’96], no price, x+374pp, tp) Anthology of 21 mystery stories, 16 original, set in Ancient Greece and Rome. Only available as part of a boxed set The Collected Classical Stories & Classical Whodunnits (-812-3, £11.95). (Contents)
• * _Classical Whodunnits: Murder and Mystery from Ancient Greece and Rome (Robinson 1-85487-463-2, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £5.99, x+374pp, tp) Reissue (Past Times 1996) anthology of original/reprint stories about murder and detection in the ancient world. This is actually exactly the same edition as the Past Times version except for the publisher name and price.
• * +The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1065-9, Oct 2002, $11.95, 496pp, tp) Anthology of 19 mysteries set in historial Egypt. First US edition (Robinson 2002). (Buy) (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives (Robinson 1-85487-406-3, 1995 [Nov ’95], £5.99, xii+532pp, tp) Mystery anthology. (Contents)
• * +The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0024-6, Nov ’93, $9.95, 522pp, tp) Anthology of 23 historical mysteries, with a foreword by Ellis Peters and an afterword by Arthur Griffiths. First US edition (Robinson 1993). (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (Robinson, 2000, 532pp, tp) Anthology of 27 stories, 15 new. (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1571-5, 2005, $13.95, 564pp, tp) Anthology of 26 stories set from 950 BC to the fateful voyage of the Titanic. First UK edition as The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, vol. 3 (Robinson, 2005). (Contents)
• * +The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0916-2, 2001, $11.95, 500pp, tp) Anthology of 22 stories from Ancient Rome to the days of James I of England. First US edition (Robinson, 2001 as The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection). (Buy) (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures (Robinson 1-85487-528-0, Sep ’97, £6.99, xvi+524pp, tp, cover by John Atkinson Grimshaw) Associational anthology of 21 original stories, and several reprints. Authors include Baxter, MacIntyre, Betancourt, Guy N. Smith, Brown, Clark, and Moorcock - whose entry originally appeared as a private edition hardback in London in 1996. (Reprinted in Tales from the Texas Woods as ‘The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: 1: The Adventure of the Texan’s Honour’). (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries (Robinson 1-84529-337-1, Nov 2006, £7.99, 530pp, tp, cover by Pete Rozycki) Thriller anthology. (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits (Robinson 1-84119-751-3, Jul 2004, £7.99, 534pp, tp) Anthology of 23 detective stories set during the 1920s, all but seven original, with a foreword and story introductions by Mike Ashley. (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits (Carroll & Graf 0786712414, Nov 2003, $11.95, 544pp, tp) Original anthology, first US edition (Constable Robinson (September 2003). (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Royal Whodunnits (Robinson 1-85487-893-X, Feb ’99, £6.99, xiv+434pp, tp, cover by The Senate) Anthology of 25 original whodunnits themed on and around royal families. (Contents)
• * *Shakespearean Detectives (Robinson 1-85487-559-0, Aug ’98, £6.99, 440pp, tp, cover by The Senate) Anthology of 29 original detective stories set in the world of Shakespearean plays. (Contents)
• * *Shakespearean Whodunnits (Robinson 1-85487-945-6, Sep ’97, £5.99, x+422pp, tp, cover by The Senate) Anthology of 24 original mystery stories, and one reprint: whodunnits based on Shakespeare’s plays amd characters. Authors include McKillip, Baxter, Holt, Newman, and MacIntyre. (Contents)
• * +Shakespearean Whodunnits (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0482-9, Nov ’97, $10.95, x+422pp, tp, cover by The Senate) First US edition (Robinson 1997).

ASIMOV, ISAAC; [anglicized from Isaak Iudich Azimov] (1920-1992) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Doubleday 0-385-26264-7, Jan ’90, $19.95, 253pp, hc) [Black Widowers] Collection of 12 mystery stories featuring the Black Widowers club. Three are originals. (Contents)
• * *The Return of the Black Widowers (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1248-1, Dec 2003, $24.00, 335 + xv, hc) [Black Widowers] Collection of 17 mystery stories by Asimov, five previously uncollected. This includes two homage stories by William Brittain and Charles Ardai, who edited the collection. Introduction by Harlan Ellison, and an afterword by Asimov extracted from I. Asimov on “The Birth of the Black Widowers”. An Otto Penzler book. (Buy) (Contents) [ed: William E. Brittain]
• * _Robots and Murder (SFBC #06516, Nov ’99, $14.98, 745pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Del Rey 1988 as The Robot Novels) omnibus of three robot mystery novels: The Caves of Steel (1954), The Naked Sun (1957), The Robots of Dawn (1983). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0701-5; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)

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• * *Isaac Asimov’s Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction # 5: Tin Stars (with Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh) (NAL/Signet 0-451-14395-7, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.95, 351pp, pb) Anthology of 15 stories of crime, mystery, and robots. (Contents)

ATHANS, PHILIP, ed. (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Realms of Mystery (TSR 0-7869-1171-9, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $5.99, 336pp, tp, cover by Alan Pollack) Original anthology of 14 fantasy/mystery stories set in the world of the role-playing game. Authors include Mary H. Herbert, Brian M. Thomsen, and Ed Greenwood. Copyrighted by TSR. (Contents)

AUSTER, PAUL (Benjamin) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The New York Trilogy (Penguin 0-14-013155-8, Apr ’90, $9.95, 371pp, tp) Omnibus of three literary mystery novels, City of Glass (Sun & Moon 1985), Ghosts (Sun & Moon 1986), and The Locked Room (Sun & Moon 1986). (Contents)

BACON, DAISY (S.), ed. (1899?-1986) (chron.)

• * *Detective Story Annual 1948 (Street & Smith, 1948, 25¢, digest) (Contents)
• * *Detective Story Annual 1949 (Street & Smith, 1949, 25¢, digest) (Contents)

BAILEY, DON, ed. (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories (with Daile Unruh) (Kingston, Ontario, Canada: Quarry Press 1-55082-019-2, 1991, $18.95, 240pp, tp) Anthology of 16 new and 8 reprint mystery stories by Canadian writers. (Contents)

BANKIER, WILLIAM (1929- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Fear Is a Killer (Mosaic Press 0-88962-553-0, Jun ’95, 329pp, tp) (Contents) [ed: Peter Sellers]

BARKER, TREY R., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Crime Spree (with Sandra DeLuca) See entry under Sandra DeLuca.

BARNARD, ROBERT (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * +Death of a Salesperson and Other Untimely Exits (Scribner’s 0-684-19088-5, Jan ’90 [Dec ’90], $16.95, 200pp, hc) Collection of 16 mystery stories. First U.S. edition (Collins 1989). (Contents)
• * *The Habit of Widowhood (Scribner’s 0-684-82648-8, 1996, $21.00, 223pp, hc) Collection of 17 mystery stories, one original. (Contents)

BARR, NEVADA (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Malice Domestic 10 (Avon 0-380-80484-0, Mar 2001, $5.99, 212pp, pb) Original anthology of 14 “cosy” mystery stories presented by Nevada Barr. (Buy) (Contents)

BARTON, A. K., ed. (chron.)

• * *Mystery (London: Dent, 1937, 252pp, hc) Anthology of ghost and mystery stories designed for use at schools, complete with a set of exercises. (Contents)

BARZUN, JACQUES, ed. (1907- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection (with Wendell Hertig Taylor) (Garland 0-8240-4975-6, 1983, hc) (Contents)

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

• * *Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 1 (Six Lakes Arts 0-685-29418-8, 1989, $8.95, 128pp, tp) Stories from In-Between Magazine. (Contents)
• * *Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 2 (Chapel Street, 1992, $8.95, tp) (Contents)

BEARE, GERALDINE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’ (Folio Society, 1991, 350pp, hc) (Contents)

BEATTY, WENDI LEE; see under Lee, Wendi (stories) (chron.)

BECK, K. K.; pseudonym of Kathrine Kristine Beck Marris, (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Tell-Tale Tattoo and Other Stories (Five Star 0786245700, Sep 2002, $25.95, 283pp, hc) (Buy) (Contents)

BELBIN, DAVID, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *City of Crime (Five Leaves Publications 0-907123-12-0, 1997, £7.99, 248pp, hc) Original anthology, all authors “have a strong connection with the city of Nottingham, which is the city of crime refered to in this books title." (Contents)

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

• * *Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b) (Davis, 1962, 50¢, 256pp, digest) A rebinding of the February 1962 and August 1961 issues of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. (Contents)

BELLEM, ROBERT LESLIE (1902-1968) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (Pulpville Press, 2005, $24.95, 208pp, hc) [Dan Turner] (Contents)
• * *Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective: Book 2 (Pulpville Press, 2005, $27.95, 380pp, hc) [Dan Turner] (Contents)
• * *Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective: Book 3 (Pulpville Press, 2006, $26.95, 294pp, hc) [Dan Turner] (Contents)

BENNETT, ALAN (1934- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Single Spies & Talking Heads (Summit 0-671-69249-6, Jun ’90 [Jun ’92], $7.95, 157pp, tp) Collection of two plays; the first, Single Spies is about Guy Brugess and Anthony Blunt. A hardcover edition (-72877-6, $17.95) was announced but not seen. (Contents)

BERKELEY, ANTHONY; pseudonym of A. B. Cox, (1893-1971) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-17-5, Feb 2004, $19.00, 188pp, tp, cover by Gail Cross) [Roger Sheringham] Collection of eight stories. Also in limited hc edition (-16-7). (Buy) (Contents) [ed: Tony Medawar] [ed: Arthur Robinson]

BERNHARDT, WILLIAM, ed. (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Legal Briefs (New York: Doubleday 0-385-49138-7, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $22.95, 292pp, hc) (Contents)

bes SHAHAR, ELUKI (1956- ); see pseudonym Rosemary Edghill (stories) (chron.)

BIGGLE, KENNETH, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries See entry under Lloyd Biggle, Jr.

BIGGLE, LLOYD, Jr. (1923-2002) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries (Crippen & Landru 978-932009-57-6, Apr 2007, $19.00, 229pp, tp, cover by Barbara Mitchell) [Grandfather Rastin] Collection of 14 Grandfather Rastin stories, two new. (Contents) [ed: Kenneth Biggle] [ed: Donna Biggle Emerson]

BISHOP, CLAUDIA, ed.; pseudonym of Mary Stanton, (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Death Dines at 8:30 (with Nicholas A. DiChario) (Berkley 0-425-17470-0, May 2001, $21.95, 286pp, hc) Original anthology of 16 stories (two reprints) of crime and cusine—with all-new recipes included. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Death Dines In (with Dean James) (Berkley 0425192628, May 2004, $23.95, 317pp, hc) Original anthology of 16 cozy culinary capers—each with a recipe! (Contents)

BISHOP, PAUL (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Pattern of Behavior (Unity, ME: Five Star 0786226706, 2000, $21.95, 253pp, hc) Collection of 14 stories, one new. (Contents)

BISHOP, STEVE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Birmingham Noir (with Joel Lane) See entry under Joel Lane.

BLANCHARD, ALFRED A. (1945?-2004) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder (Koenisha 0974168599, Sep 2004, $19.95, 283pp, tp) (Contents)

BLAND, ELEANOR TAYLOR, ed. (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Shades of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors (Prime Crime 0425194027, Feb 2004, $23.95, 368pp, hc) Original anthology of 22 stories. (Contents)

BLOCH, ROBERT (Albert), ed. (1917-1994) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Psycho-Paths (Tor 0-312-85048-4, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $18.95, 295pp, hc) Original anthology of 17 stories featuring psychokillers, with an introduction by Bloch. The copyright is by Bloch and Martin H. Greenberg. (Contents)

BLOCK, LAWRENCE (1938- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Collected Mystery Stories (Orion 0-75282-545-3, 1999, £12.99, 754pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *Enough Rope (Morrow 0060188901, Aug 2002, $29.95, 883pp, hc) Collection of 83 stories, 12 new. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Hit Man (Morrow 0-68814-179-X, Jan ’98, 256pp, hc) [John Keller] Collection, 10 stories of fatalistic hired assassin J.P. Keller. (Contents)
• * *The Lost Cases of Ed London (Crippen & Landru 1885941676, Dec 2001, $42.00, 182pp, hc) [Ed London] Collection of three novelettes first published in Man’s Magazine. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *One Night Stands (Crippen & Landru, 1999, $40.00, hc) Collection of 24 crime stories. Available only in a signed limited edition. Includes a separately printed pamphlet, “Make a Prison”. (Contents)
• * *Some Days You Get the Bear (Morrow 0-688-10820-2, 1993, $20.00, 302pp, hc) (Contents)

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• * *The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-12492-6, Oct 2001, $27.50, 349pp, hc) Anthology of 20 mystery stories from 2000. Series editor Otto Penzler. Also available in tp (-12491-8, $13.00). (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Blood on Their Hands (Berkley 0425190358, Jul 2003, $23.95, 340pp, hc) Original anthology of 19 stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Death Cruise (Cumberland House 1-58182-007-0, 1999, $24.95, 408pp, hc) Original anthology of 16 new and four reprint crime stories set on the open seas. (Contents)
• * *Manhattan Noir (Akashic Books 1888451955, Apr 2006, $14.95, 263pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *Master’s Choice (Berkley 0-425-17031-4, Nov ’99, $21.95, 244pp, hc) “Mystery stories by today’s top writers and the masters who inspired them." (Contents)
• * *Master’s Choice Volume II (Berkley 0-425-17676-2, Nov 2000, $23.95, 369pp, hc) (Contents)