Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Books, Listed by Author

BLOCK, LAWRENCE (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Opening Shots (Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 1-58182-125-5, Oct 2000, $24.95, 397pp, hc) Great mystery and crime writers share their first published stories. (Contents)
• * *Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories (Cumberland House 1581822189, Oct 2001, $24.95, 400pp, hc) (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Speaking of Greed: Stories of Envious Desire (Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 1-58182-221-9, Sep 2001, $24.95, 368pp, hc) Anthology of 20 mystery stories, including an original novella by Lawrence Block. Second in “The Seven Deadly Sins” series. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Speaking of Lust: Stories of Forbidden Desire (Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 1-58182-153-0, Aug 2001, $24.95, 365pp, hc) Anthology of 18 mystery stories, including an original novella by Lawrence Block. First in “The Seven Deadly Sins” series. (Buy) (Contents)

BOSWELL, JOAN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Bone Dance: A Collection of Musical Mysteries by the Ladies’ Killing Circle (with Sue Pike) See entry under Sue Pike.
• * _Fit to Die: A Crime and Mystery Collection (with Sue Pike) See entry under Sue Pike.

BOVA, BEN(jamin William) (1932- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Future Crime (Tor 0-812-53241-4, Aug ’90 [ ’90], $4.95, 374pp, pb) Collection of eight sf/detective pieces, seven stories plus the novel City of Darkness (Scribner’s 1976). (Contents)
• * *Sam Gunn Forever (Avon Eos 0-380-79726-7, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [Sam Gunn] Collection of five stories featuring the space-going con man, with new framing material. (Contents)

BOWDEN, MARK, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Best American Crime Writing 2006 (Harper Perennial 0060815523, Sep 2006, $14.95, 352pp, tp) Note: These all seem to be true crime accounts, somewhat dramatized. (Contents)

BRACKEN, MICHAEL (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bad Girls: One Dozen Dangerous Dames Who Lie, Cheat, Steal, and Kill (Wildside Press 1-58715-253-3, 2000, $14.95, 135pp, tp) Collection of 12 stories, two new, five others modified for this publication. (Contents)
• * *Tequila Sunrise: Hardboiled P.I. Nathaniel Rose: Bullets, Booze, and Broads (Wildside Press 1-58715-252-5, 2000, $13.95, 103pp, tp) [Nathaniel Rose] Collection of seven stories, two new, featuring P.I. Nathaniel Rose. (Contents)

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• * *Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys (Wildside Press 1587155540, Jul 2001, $37.95, 256pp, hc) Anthology of 14 hardboiled stories. (Buy) (Contents)

BRACKETT, LEIGH (Douglas) [Mrs. Edmond Hamilton] (1915-1978) (stories) (chron.)

• * *No Good from a Corpse (Dennis McMillan 0-939767-32-5, Jan ’99 [Sep ’99], $35.00, xi+564pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Thriller collection. (Contents)

BRAND, CHRISTIANNA; pseudonym of Mary Christianna Milne Lewis, (1907-1988) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-01-9, Nov 2002, $19.00, 220pp, tp, cover by Gail Cross) [Insp. Cockrill] Collection of 10 Inspector Cockrill stories, edited, with an introdiction and checklist by Tony Medawar. Also available in hc (-00-0). (Buy) (Contents)

BREEN, JON L(inn) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories (Five Star 0-7862-2250-6, Dec ’99, $20.95, 247pp, hc) (Contents)
• * *J.B. Must Die (Crippen & Landru, Dec 2003, ph) Short story pamphlet included with the hc edition of Kill the Umpire (Crippen & Landru 2003).
• * *Kill the Umpire: The Calls of Ed Gorgon (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-19-1, Dec 2003, $17.00, 181pp, tp, cover by Gail Cross) Collection of 16 stories, one new. Also in limited hc edition (-18-3), which includes story “J.B. Must Die” as a separate pamphlet. (Buy) (Contents)

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• * *Mystery: The Best of 2001 (ibooks 0-7434-4501-5, Jul 2002, $7.99, 329pp, pb) Anthology of 15 stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Mystery: The Best of 2002 (ibooks 0743458451, Apr 2003, $7.99, 320pp, pb) Anthology of 14 stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Sleuths of the Century (with Ed Gorman) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0709-7, Apr 2000, $26.00, 579pp, hc) Anthology of 25 detective stories. (Contents)

BREMSETH, MARLENA E., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Who Was Guilty? (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-27-2, Apr 2005, $19.00, 185pp, tp, cover by Deborah Miller) Anthology of two dime novels. Also published in a limited hc edition (-26-4). (Contents)

BRENNAN, JOHN NEEDHAM HUGGARD (1914- ); see pseudonym John Welcome (stories) (chron.)

BRENNAN, JOSEPH PAYNE (1918-1990) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Adventures of Lucius Leffing (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-95-X, Apr ’90, $30.00, 224pp, hc) [Lucius Leffing] Collection of 13 stories featuring occult detective Leffing, illustrated by Luis Ferreira, with an introduction by Jack L. Chalker. Nine stories are original. This is a limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the author and the artist. (Contents)

BRITTAIN, BILL; [i.e., William E. Brittain] (1930- ); see under Brittain, William E. (stories) (chron.)

BRITTAIN, WILLIAM (E.), ed. (1930- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Return of the Black Widowers See entry under Isaac Asimov.

BROUSSARD, JOHN A. (stories) (chron.)

• * *C.A. Tourney, Attorney-at-Law (PublishAmerica 1413705782, Dec 2003, $19.95, 172pp, tp) Collection of seven stories given as “chapters”. (Buy) (Contents)

BROWN, FREDRIC (William) (1906-1972) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Happy Ending (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, May ’90 [Jul ’90], $40.00, 231pp, hc) Collection of Brown material. (Contents)
• * *The Water Walker (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Oct ’90, $35.00, 188pp, hc) Collection of 23 stories, including the novella versions of “The Wench Is Dead” and “Martians, Go Home!” This edition is limited to 425 numbered copies. (Contents)

BROWNING, ABIGAIL, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Feline Felonies (Galahad Books 1-57866-114-5, Jun 2001, $9.99, 424pp, hc) Anthology of 43 mysterious tales of crime and cats. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Murder Is No Mitzvah: Short Mysteries about Jewish Occasions (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0312325061, Apr 2004, $23.95, 285pp, hc) Anthology of 12 stories. (Contents)
• * *Murder Most Merry (Gramercy 0-517-22119-5, Jul 2002, $10.99, 374pp, hc) Anthology of 32 Christmas crime stories. (Buy) (Contents)

BROWNWORTH, VICTORIA A., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Out for Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women (Chicago: Third Side Press 1-879427-20-6, May ’95, $10.95, 223pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *Out for More Blood: Tales of Malice & Retaliation by Women (with Judith M. Redding) (Chicago: Third Side Press 1-879427-27-3, Oct ’96, $12.95, 240pp, tp) (Contents)

BRUCE, MAGGIE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Murder Most Crafty: 15 All-New Stories of Criminal Handiwork and the Art of Deduction (Penguin US 0425202062, Apr 2005, $21.95, 352pp, hc) (Contents)

BRUEN, KEN (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Fifth of Bruen (Busted Flush Press 0976715724, May 2006, $18.00, 360pp, tp) (Contents)

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• * *Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger vs. the Ugly American (Akashic Books 1888451920, Mar 2006, $14.95, 250pp, tp) (Contents)

BRYANT, MARK, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Sins of the Fathers: An Anthology of Clerical Crime (Gollancz 0-575-06384-X, 1997 [Apr ’98], £15.99, xii+236pp, hc) Crime/mystery anthology. (Contents)

BUCHAN, JOHN, Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Four Adventures of Richard Hannay (David R. Godine 0-87923-871-2, Sep ’90 [Dec ’90], $16.95, 672pp, tp) [Richard Hannay] Omnibus of the four Hannay novels: The Thirty-Nine Steps (Blackwood 1915), Greenmantle (Hodder & Stoughton 1916), Mr. Standfast (Hodder & Stoughton 1919), and The Three Hostages (Hodder & Stoughton 1924), with an introduction by Robin W. Winks. (Contents)

BURNETT, HALLIE (Southgate), ed. (1908-1991) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Tough Ones (with Whit Burnett) See entry under Whit Burnett.

BURNETT, WHIT(ney Ewing), ed. (1899-1973) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Tough Ones (with Hallie Burnett) (Popular Library Eagle EB 28, Nov ’54, 35¢, 160pp, pb) Anthology of 10 stories from Story magazine. (Contents)

BURNS, REX (Raoul Stephen Sehler), ed. (1935- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Crime Classics: The Mystery Story from Poe to the Present (with Mary Rose Sullivan) (Viking 0-670-83207-3, Nov ’90 [Dec ’90], $18.95, 390pp, hc) Anthology of 17 classic mystery stories with a long introduction by the editors. (Contents)

BURTON, PETER, ed. (chron.)

• * *Death Comes Easy: The Gay Times Book of Murder Stories (Millivres Books 190285246X, Dec 2003, $15.95, 400pp, tp) (Buy)

CAMERON, VICKI, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Cottage Country Killers (with Linda Wiken) (Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1-896182-53-4, 1997, C$18.95, 191pp, tp) (Contents)

CANNELL, DOROTHY (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Family Jewels and Other Stories (Five Star 0-7862-3144-0, Jul 2001, $24.95, 236pp, hc) Collection of 11 stories. (Buy) (Contents)

CARLSON, P(atricia) M(cEvoy) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Renowned Be Thy Grave; or, The Murderous Miss Mooney (Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1-885941-23-4, May ’98, $16.00, 229pp, tp, cover by Deborah Miller) [Bridget Mooney] Also in a limited hc edition (1-885941-22-6) which includes pamphlet “Farewell the Plumed Troop”. (Contents)

CAROLAN, KEVIN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-74573-8, 1999, £7.99, xii+355pp, tp, cover by John Constable) Anthology of nineteen crime/mystery stories, one original. (Contents)

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

• * *The Defective Detective: Mystery Parodies by the Great Humorists (Citadel Press 0-8065-1367-5, Nov ’92, $9.95, 222pp, tp) (Contents)

CARR, JOHN DICKSON (1906-1977) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Fell and Foul Play (International Polygonics 1-55882-071-X, Jan ’91 [May ’92], $19.95, 383pp, hc) Collection of 15 stories, nine featuring Dr. Gideon Fell, including two previously unpublished wartime radio plays and the first complete reprinting of “The Third Bullet”. Edited with an introduction by Douglas G. Greene. (Contents)
• * *Merrivale, March and Murder (International Polygonics 1-55882-101-5, Sep ’91 [Dec ’91], $22.95, 408pp, hc) Collection of 18 mystery stories, two featuring Sir Henry Merrivale, nine featuring Colonel March and the Department of Queer Complaints, and seven others. Three of the non-series stories have never previously appeared in a Carr collection. There is an introductory note plus an introduction to each section by Douglas G. Greene. (Contents)

CASMIER, SUSAN B., ed. (chron.)

• * *A Deadly Dozen (with Aljean Harmetz & Cynthia P. Lawrence) (Los Angeles, CA: Uglytown 0-9663473-2-3, Aug 2000, $13.00, 219pp, tp) Original anthology by members of Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles. (Contents)

CASTRO, ADAM-TROY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tangled Strings (Five Star 0-7862-5342-8, Aug 2003, $25.95, 363pp, hc) Collection of five stories. (Buy) (Contents)

CAVE, HUGH B(arnett) (1910-2004) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Bottled in Blonde (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-48-8, 2000, $29.00, 241pp, hc) [Peter Kane] Collection of nine pulp detective stories featuring hard-drinking PI Peter Kane. (Contents)
• * *Come Into My Parlor (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-81-1, Feb 2003, $17.00, 215pp, tp, cover by Tom Roberts) Collection of 11 stories from Detective Fiction Weekly. Also in limited hc edition (-81-1). (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Long Live the Dead: Tales from Black Mask (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-50-1, 2000, $16.00, 239pp, tp) Collection of 10 stories from Black Mask magazine. (Contents)

CHABON, MICHAEL, ed. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales (Vintage Books 1-4000-3339-X, Feb 2003, $13.95, 479pp, tp) (Buy) (Contents)

CHARTERIS, LESLIE; [born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin] (1907-1993) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The First Saint Omnibus (International Polygonics 1-55882-060-4, Jun ’90, $10.95, 642pp, tp) [Simon Templar] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1939) collection of 13 stories featuring The Saint. (Contents)

CHARYN, JEROME, ed. (1937- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Crime Lover’s Casebook (Signet 0-451-18679-6, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.99, 400pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1993 as The New Mystery) anthology.
• * *The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers’ Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century (Dutton 0-525-93516-9, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $24.00, 387pp, hc) Anthology of 42 stories, 16 original, with an introduction by the editor and illustrations by Vidal Centero. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)

CHASE, ELAINE RACO, ed. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Partners in Crime (Signet 0-451-40504-8, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 269pp, pb) Anthology of 11 original stories featuring pairs of detectives. (Contents)

CHESBRO, GEORGE (Clark) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *In the House of Secret Enemies (The Mysterious Press 0-89296-395-6, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $18.95, 234pp, hc) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Collection of ten early stories featuring Mongo, Chesbro’s dwarf detective, with an introduction by the author. These are superb stories, presented in chronological order and giving an excellent demonstration of the development of a series character. (Contents)

CHESTERTON, G(ilbert) K(eith) (1874-1936) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Father Brown Crime Stories (Avenel 0-517-00182-9, 1990, $9.98, 652pp, hc) [Father Brown] Omnibus of the collections The Innocence of Father Brown (Cassell 1911) and The Wisdom of Father Brown (Cassell 1914). (Contents)
• * +Seven Suspects (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-578-7, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], $17.95, 194pp, hc) Collection of seven mystery stories, one previously uncollected, with an introduction by H.R.F. Keating. First American edition (Xanadu 1990). Selected by Marie Smith. (Contents)

CHILD, CHARLES B.; pseudonym of C. Vernon Frost, (1903- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Sleuth of Baghdad (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-75-7, Aug 2002, $17.00, 194pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) [Chafik J. Chafik] Collection of 15 Inspector Chafik stories. Also in hc (-74-9). (Buy) (Contents)

CHIZMAR, RICHARD T(homas), ed. (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Subterranean Gallery (with William K. Schafer) (Subterranean Press 1-892284-14-6, Sep ’99 [Dec ’99], $50.00, 358pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Original anthology of 20 horror and crime stories, four reprints. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition is also available (-15-4, $150.00). (Contents)

CHRISTIAN, M., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Mammoth Book of Future Cops (with Maxim Jakubowski) See entry under Maxim Jakubowski.

CHRISTIE, AGATHA (Mary Clarissa, née Miller) (1890-1976) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Volume II (Fontana, 1990, pb) [Hercule Poirot] (Contents)
• * *Five Complete Novels of Murder and Detection (Avenel 0-517-03750-5, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $11.99, 734pp, hc) Omnibus of five mystery novels: Ten Little Indians (Collins 1939 as Ten Little Niggers), Peril at End House (Collins 1932), The Murder at Hazelmoor (Collins 1931 as The Sittaford Mystery), Easy to Kill (Collins 1939 as Murder Is Easy), and Evil Under the Sun (Collins 1941). This is an instant remainder edition. (Contents)

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

• * *Anglian Blood (with Martin Edwards) (Rampant Horse Limited 1-898839-09-3, 1995, £5.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Stephen Read) The East Anglian Chapter of the Crime Writers’ Association present an anthology of crime writing. (Contents)

CLARK, MARY HIGGINS (1929- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories (Pocket 0-671-70123-1, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $5.95, 308pp, pb) Reprint (Somon & Schuster 1989) collection of four stories plus the short novel “The Anastasia Syndrome”. (Contents)