Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Books, Listed by Author

CLARK, MARY HIGGINS (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *The Lottery Winner (Simon & Schuster 0-671-86716-4, 1994, 216pp, hc) [Alvirah Meehan; Willy Meehan] Collection of six Alvirah & Willy stories, two new. (Contents)
• * *Malice Domestic 2: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories [ed Martin H. Greenberg] (Pocket 0-671-73827-5, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.99, 255pp, pb) Anthology of 16 “cozy” mystery stories, with an introduction by Clark. Clark “presents” this volume, which was actually edited by Martin H. Greenberg, whose name appears only in the copyright. (Contents)
• * *My Gal Sunday (Simon & Schuster 0-684-83229-1, 1996, 244pp, hc) [Henry Parker Britland IV; Sunday Britland] Original collection of four stories about ex-president sleuth Henry Parker Britland IV and his wife Sunday. (Contents)

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• * *Bad Behavior (Gulliver 0-15-200178-6, 1995, $10.00, 306pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *The Night Awakens (Pocket 0-671-51918-2, Feb 2000, $6.99, 307pp, pb) Original anthology of 10 stories by members of the Mystery Writers of America. (Contents)
• * *The Plot Thickens (Pocket/Mystery Guild 18784, Nov ’97, $9.98, 257pp, hc) Original anthology of 11 crime stories “presented” by Clark for the orginization Literacy Partners, Inc. (Contents)

CLEMENS, MATTHEW V. (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _My Lolita Complex and Other Tales of Sex and Violence (with Max Allan Collins) See entry under Max Allan Collins.

CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE (1835-1910); see pseudonym Mark Twain (stories) (chron.)

COBEN, HARLEN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Death Do Us Part (Back Bay Books 0316012637, Aug 2006, $13.99, 352pp, tp) New stories about love, lust, and murder by the Mystery Writers of America. (Contents)

CODY, LIZA; pseudonym of Liza Nassim, (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Lucky Dip and other stories (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-09-4, Oct 2003, $17.00, 182pp, tp, cover by Juha Lindroos) Collection of 17 stories, three new. Also in limited hc edition (-08-6). (Buy) (Contents)

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• * +1st Culprit (with Michael Z. Lewin) (St. Martin’s 0-312-09238-5, Jul ’93, $18.95, 249pp, hc) Crime Writers’ Association Annual. First American edition (Chatto & Windus 1992). (Contents)
• * +2nd Culprit (with Michael Z. Lewin) (St. Martin’s 0-312-10925-3, Jun ’94, $$21.95, 310pp, hc) Crime Writers’ Association Annual. First American edition (Chatto & Windus 1993). (Contents)
• * _3rd Culprit (with Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey) (Worldwide 0-373-26212-4, Sep ’96, $5.99, 316pp, pb) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) anthology.
• * *3rd Culprit: An Annual of Crime Stories (with Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey) (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6237-6, 1994 [Mar ’98], £12.99, 263pp, tp) Original crime anthology. (Contents)

COHEN, STANLEY (Irving) (1928- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories (Five Star 0-7862-3935-2, Mar 2002, $24.95, 300pp, hc) Collection of 15 stories. (Buy) (Contents)

COLBY, ROBERT (c1920-2006) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Last Witness and Other Stories (Five Star 0-7862-3558-6, Jun 2002, $24.95, 300pp, hc) Collection of a novel and four stories. (Buy) (Contents)

COLEMAN, REED FARREL, ed. (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Hardboiled Brooklyn (Bleak House Books 1932557172, May 2006, $15.95, 219pp, tp) (Contents)

COLLINS, BARBARA (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories (with Max Allan Collins) (Five Star 0-7862-3145-9, Apr 2001, $24.95, 174pp, hc) Collection of nine stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense (Five Star 0786228997, Nov 2000, $20.95, 218pp, hc) (Contents)

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• * *Lethal Ladies (with Robert J. Randisi) (Berkley 0-425-15141-7, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 292pp, pb) Anthology of 16 female PI stories, 10 new, from the Private Eye Writers of America. (Contents)

COLLINS, MAX ALLAN (Jr.) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides (Five Star 0-7862-3551-9, Oct 2001, $24.95, 203pp, hc) Collection of six stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Dying in the Post-War World: A Nathan Heller Casebook (Foul Play Press 0-88150-210-3, Oct ’91 [Dec ’91], $19.95, 251pp, hc) [Nate Heller] Collection of six period PI stories featuring investigator Nathan Heller, one original, with a foreword by Ed Gorman. (Contents)
• * *Kisses of Death (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-56-0, Jun 2001, $17.00, 206pp, tp, cover by Gail Cross) [Nate Heller] Collection of seven Nathan Heller stories. Also available in a limited hardcover edition (1-885941-55-2). (Buy) (Contents)
• * _Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories (with Barbara Collins) See entry under Barbara Collins.
• * *My Lolita Complex and Other Tales of Sex and Violence (with Matthew V. Clemens) (Twilight Tales, Inc. 097798561X, Nov 2006, $12.95, 211pp, tp)
• * *Quarry’s Greatest Hits (Five Star 1-59414-061-8, Sep 2003, $25.95, 263pp, hc) [Quary] Collection of three stories and a novel. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Tough Tender (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-774-7, Nov ’91 [Jan ’92], $4.95, 357pp, pb) [Frank Nolan] Omnibus of two Nolan PI novels, Hard Cash (Pinnacle 1981) and Scratch Fever (Pinnacle 1982), with an introduction by the author. (Contents)

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• * _Byline: Mickey Spillane See entry under Mickey Spillane.
• * _A Century of Noir (with Mickey Spillane) See entry under Mickey Spillane.
• * *Dick Tracy: The Secret Files (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Tor 0-812-51010-0, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 310pp, pb) [Dick Tracy] Original mystery anthology of 16 Dick Tracy stories. (Contents)
• * *Flesh & Blood (with Jeffrey B. Gelb) (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-67777-9, Apr 2001, $12.95, 351pp, tp) Original anthology of 18 erotic crime stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires (with Jeffrey B. Gelb) (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-67858-9, May 2002, $12.95, 365pp, tp) Original anthology of 18 erotic crime stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin (with Jeffrey B. Gelb) (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-69039-2, Apr 2003, $13.95, 366pp, tp) Original anthology of 23 erotic crime stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * _Murder Is My Business (with Mickey Spillane) See entry under Mickey Spillane.
• * _Private Eyes (with Mickey Spillane) See entry under Mickey Spillane.
• * _Vengeance Is Hers (with Martin H. Greenberg & Mickey Spillane) See entry under Mickey Spillane.

COLLINS, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Dennis Lynds, (1924-2005) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Crime, Punishment and Resurrection (Fine, 1992, hc) [Dan Fortune] (Contents)
• * *Fortune’s World (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-46-3, 2000, $16.00, 250pp, tp) [Dan Fortune] Collection of 14 stories featuring one-armed PI Dan Fortune. (Contents)
• * *Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc. (Five Star 0-7862-3932-8, Mar 2002, $25.95, 250pp, hc) Collection of 17 stories. (Buy) (Contents)

COMMINGS, JOSEPH (1913-1992) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Banner Deadlines: The Impossible Crimes of Senator Brooks U. Banner (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-97-8, May 2004, $19.00, 226pp, tp, cover by Deborah Miller) [Sen. Brooks U. Banner] Collection of 14 stories. Also in limited hc edition (-96-X). (Contents) [ed: Robert Adey]

CONNELLY, MICHAEL, ed. (1956- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (Houghton Mifflin 0618329668, Oct 2003, $27.50, 352pp, hc) Anthology of 20 mystery stories from 2002. Series editor Otto Penzler. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation (Tor 0765307391, Mar 2005, $24.95, 352pp, hc) 22 new stories by members of the International Association of Crime Writers. (Contents)

CONNOLLY, JOHN (1968- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Nocturnes (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-83458-7, Oct 2004, £14.99, 401pp, hc) Collection of 15 stories, only one of which seems to be a reprint. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-83459-5) was announced but not seen. (Contents)

COOK, GLEN (Charles) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Garrett Investigates (SFBC #1170607, Oct 2004, $14.99, 982pp, hc, cover by Allan Pollack) [Garrett] Omnibus of three fantasy mysteries featuring Garrett, P.I.: Deadly Quicksilver Lies (1994), Petty Pewter Gods (1995), and Faded Steel Heat (1999). This has ISBN 0-7394-4752-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Garrett, P.I. (SFBC #58514, Aug 2003, $14.99, 673pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) [Garrett] Omnibus of three fantasy mysteries featuring Garrett: Old Tin Sorrows (1989), Dread Brass Shadows (1990), and Red Iron Nights (1991). This has ISBN 0-7394-3608-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)

COOPER, JOHN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Detections of Francis Quarles See entry under Julian Symons.

CORRIS, PETER (Robert), ed. (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Menace in the Mulga (Holland Park, Queensland: Crime Writers Queensland 0958541329, 2000, 230pp, pb) (Contents)

COUPE, STUART, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Case Reopened (with Julie Ogden) (Allen & Unwin Australia 1-86373-531-5, 1993, no price, xiii+256pp, tp, cover by Michael Killalea) Anthology of 11 original stories based on true crime cases. [PSP] (Contents)
• * *Crosstown Traffic (with Julie Ogden & Robert Hood) (Five Islands Press 1-875604-15-4, 1993, $12.95, 229pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *Hardboiled (with Julie Ogden) (Australia: Allen & Unwin 1-86373-221-7, 1992, 212pp, tp) Anthology of 14 crime stories. (Contents)

COWARD, MAT (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Do the World a Favour and Other Stories (Five Star 0-7862-4313-9, Jan 2003, $25.95, 213pp, hc) Collection of 14 stories. (Buy) (Contents)

COX, A(nthony) B(erkeley) (1893-1971); see pseudonym Anthony Berkeley (stories) (chron.)

COX, MICHAEL (Andrew), ed. (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Oxford Book of Spy Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-214242-9, Sep ’96, $25.00, 356pp, hc) (Contents)
• * *Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection (New York: Oxford University Press 0-19-212308-4, Nov ’92, $25.00, 578pp, hc) (Contents)

COZENS, W. H., ed. (chron.)

• * *The Pan Book of Revenge Stories (London: Pan Books 0-330-02771-9, 1971, 176pp, pb) (Contents)

CRAIG, GEORGIANA ANN RANDOLPH (1908-1957); see pseudonym Craig Rice (stories) (chron.)

CRAIG, PATRICIA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute (Helsinki: Eurographica 951-9371-70-2, 1992, 146pp, hc) (Contents)
• * *The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-288067-5, 2000, £12.99/$18.95, 587pp, tp) Anthology of 37 stories, three new. (Contents)
• * *The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-214187-2, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $19.95, 554pp, hc) Anthology of 33 classic British detective stories. (Contents)

CRESSWELL, HELEN, ed.; [i.e., Helen Cresswell Rowe] (1934-2005) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Mystery Stories (Kingfisher 0-7534-5025-9, Nov ’96, $6.95, 224pp, tp) Young-adult anthology of 19 mystery stories. (Contents)

CRIDER, ALLEN BILLY; see under Crider, Bill (stories) (chron.)

CRIDER, (Allen) BILL(y) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Nighttime Is the Right Time: A Collection of Stories (Five Star 0-7862-3045-2, Jan 2001, $23.95, 230pp, hc) Collection of 11 stories. (Buy) (Contents)

CROSS, AMANDA; pseudonym of Carolyn G. Heilbrun, (1926-2003) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Collected Stories (Ballantine 0-345-40817-9, 1997, $20.00, 184pp, hc) (Contents)

CUMMINGS, RAY(mond King) (1887-1957) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Thrilling Mystery Stories (Pulpville Press, 2005, $14.95, 236pp, tp) (Contents)

DAIN, CATHERINE; pseudonym of Judith Garwood, (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories (Five Star 0-7862-5440-8, Jul 2003, $25.95, 218pp, hc) Collection of 11 stories, one new, and an article. (Buy) (Contents)

DALBY, RICHARD, ed. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Crime for Christmas (O’Mara 1-85479-034-X, Oct ’91, £13.99, 279pp, hc, cover by William Geldart) Anthology of 16 crime and ghost stories, three original. Fourth in the series. (Contents)
• * +Mystery for Christmas (Gallery Books 0-8317-6294-2, 1990, 292pp, hc) Anthology of 23 mystery and ghost stories, 12 original. First American edition (O’Mara 1990).
• * *Mystery for Christmas (O’Mara 1-85479-086-2, Nov ’90, £12.95, 291pp, hc, cover by William Geldart) Anthology of 23 mystery and ghost stories, 12 original. (Contents)

D’AMATO, BARBARA (S.) (1938- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories (Unity, ME: Five Star 0-7862-2539-4, 2000, $20.95, 179pp, hc) Collection of 12 stories. (Contents)
• * *On My Honor (Five Star 1-59414-183-5, Mar 2004, $26.95, hc) Collection of the title novel and a short story. (Contents)

DANN, JACK (Mayo), ed. (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Future Crimes (with Gardner R. Dozois) (Ace 0-441-01118-7, Dec 2003, $6.50, 276 + x, pb) SF anthology of eight crime stories. (Contents)

DANNAY, FREDERIC (1905-1982); see pseudonym Ellery Queen (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

DAVIDSON, AVRAM (James) (1923-1993) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy (Owlswick 0-913896-28-4, Jan ’91, $24.50, 366pp, hc) [Dr. Eszterhazy] Collection of the 13 Eszterhazy fantasy/detective stories, including the seven from The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy (Warner 1978), with an introduction by Gene Wolfe, an afterword by the author, and illustrations by Todd Cameron Hamilton. A signed slipcased limited edition (-30-6, $50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * *The Investigations of Avram Davidson (St. Martin’s 0-312-19931-7, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $23.95, 243pp, hc) Collection of 13 mystery stories. Edited by Richard A. Lupoff & Grania Davis, who provide story introductions, with additional comments by Michael Kurland. Foreword by Lupoff. (Contents)

DAVIES, DAVID STUART, ed. (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories (Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 1840220651, Mar 2006, $11.26, 1280pp, tp) (Contents)

DAVIES, KIRSTEN EHRLICH (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dusting Out Demons and Other Stories (Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 1740273338, 2005, 69pp, hc) (Contents)

DAVIS, DOROTHY SALISBURY (1916- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *In the Still of the Night: Tales to Lock Your Doors By (Five Star 0-7862-3007-X, Jan 2001, $24.95, 214pp, hc, cover by Carol Pringle) Collection of eight stories. (Buy) (Contents)

DAVIS, GRANIA (Eve), ed. (1943- )

• * _The Investigations of Avram Davidson See entry under Avram Davidson.

DAWSON, JANET (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Scam and Eggs (Five Star 0-7862-4838-6, Dec 2002, $25.95, 211pp, hc) Collection of ten stories. (Buy) (Contents)

DEAN, CHRISTOPHER, ed. (chron.)

• * *Encounters with Lord Peter (The Dorothy L. Sayers Society 0-9518000-0-0, 1991 [May ’98], no price, 48pp, ph, cover by Rod Munro) Anthology of fiction and non-fiction pieces to commemorate the centenary of Lord Peter Wimsey’s birth. The book price is stated only on a sticker so that it can change from year to year and was £7.85 in 1998. (Contents) [Sayers]