Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

AARON, J. W. (stories)

• The Snatchers (nv) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1957

AARONS, EDWARD S(idney) (1916-1975); see pseudonym Edward Ronns (stories)

ABBOT, MEGAN (stories)

• Policy (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006

ABBOTT, JEFF (1963- ) (stories)

• Do Unto Others (ex) 1994 [Jordan Poteet]
• Salt on the Rim (nv) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001 [Whit Mosley]
• Bet on Red (nv) High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003
• Karma Hits Dogma (ss) Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005
• Tender Mercies (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• A Few Small Repairs (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• Seize Your Future (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006

ABBOTT, JILLIAN (stories)

• Jihad Sucks: or, The Conversion of the Jews (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Richmond Hill).

ABBOTT, JOHN (stories)

• The Ringer (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980
• The Man with Ideas (ss) EQMM Sep 9 1981

ABBOTT, JOHN H. (stories)

• Bird Brained? (pm) EQMM Nov 1997

ABBOTT, MABEL ERNESTINE (stories)

• Murderers Confessed (ss) Double Detective Apr 1940

ABBOTT, MEGAN (books) (stories)

• Our Eyes Couldn’t Stop Opening (ss) Detroit Noir, ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books 2007; (Alter Road).
• A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir [ed.] (oa) Busted Flush Press 2007
• Today We Hit (ss) WlSNoir 2007; (110 W. 139th Street).
• Hollywood Lanes (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Forest HIlls).

ABBOTT, PATRICIA (stories)

• A Saving Grace (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Spr 2007
• Scarecrow (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

ABBOTT, STANLEY (1906-1976) (stories)

• The Chinless Wonder (ss) AHMM Jan 1965

ABELL, RON (stories)

• Leo (ss) AHMM Jun 1992

ABELLA, ALEX (1950- ) (stories)

• The Killing of the Saints (ex) Serpent’s Tail 1991
• Shanghai (ss) Havana Noir, ed. Achy Obejas, Akashic Books 2007

ABERNATHY, B. (stories)

• Time to Kill! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Oct 1957

ABRAHAM, PEARL (stories)

• Hasidic Noir (nv) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004

ABRAHAMS, DORIS CAROLINE (1901-1982); see pseudonym Caryl Brahms (stories)

ABRESCH, PETER E. (1931- ) (books) (stories)

• Deadly Morsels [ed. with Takis Iakovou & Judy Iakovou] (oa) Worldwide Library 2003
• Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing (na) Deadly Morsels, ed. Anon., Worldwide 2003 [James P. Dandy]

ACCARDO, PASQUALE, M.D. (stories)

• The Great Detectives: John Dickson Carr’s Dr. Gideon Fell (ar) The Strand Magazine #9 2002

ACHEBE, CHINUA (1930- ) (stories)

• from Things Fall Apart (ex)

ACKER, KATHY (1944-1997) (books) (stories)

• The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula by the Black Tarantula (n.) TVRT Press 1975
• The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec by Henri Toulouse Lautrec (n.) TVRT Press 1978
• I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac: Imagining (n.) Traveler’s Digest Editions 1980
• Lust: A Sailor’s Slight Identity (ss) The Seven Deadly Sins, ed. Alison Fell, Serpent’s Tail 1988
• Portrait of an Eye (om) Pantheon 1992

ACKLAND, JOSS (stories)

• “Interview: Joss Ackland” by Andrew F. Gulli (iv) The Strand Magazine #11 2003

ACTON, RICHARD (stories)

• Roses Are Red, You’re Dead (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994

ADAMS ROUND TABLE (books)

• A Body Is Found (oa) Wynwood Press 1990
• Missing in Manhattan (oa) Longmeadow 1992
• Justice in Manhattan (oa) Longmeadow 1994
• Murder on the Run (oc) Berkley 1998
• Murder Among Friends (oa) Berkley 2000
• Murder in the Family (oa) Berkley Prime Crime 2002

ADAMS, ALICE (1926-1999) (stories)

• After You’ve Gone (ss) Crosscurrents v7 #1 1987

ADAMS, ALINA (stories)

• Peek-a-Boo (ss) EQMM Aug 2006

ADAMS, DEBORAH (1956- ) (stories)

• Cast Your Fate to the Wind (ss) Malice Domestic 3, Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1994
• They Only Kill Their Asters (ss) Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997
• The Cadaver Waltzed at Noon (ss) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998
• Building Herbert (ss) Canine Crimes, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1998
• Psycho Santa’s Got a Brand-New Bag (ss) Canine Christmas, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1999

ADAMS, HAROLD (1923- ) (stories)

• Retribution (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• Small Town Murder (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994

ADAMS, HERBERT (1874-1958) (stories)

• “Spotlight on Herbert Adams” by Charles Shibuk (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1991

ADAMS, JANE (Ellen) (1960- ) (stories)

• Stealing the Dark (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001

ADAMS, JESSICA (stories)

• I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002

ADAMS, MONET GREEN (stories)

• Who’s There? (ss) 1963

ADAMS, (Franklin) ROBERT (1932-1990) (stories)

• The Hull Executive (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998

ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS (1871-1958) (stories)

• The Man Who Spoke Latin (nv) Success Jan 1911 [Average Jones]
• The Million Dollar Dog (ss) The Red Book Magazine Mar 1911 [Average Jones]
• Flash Light (nv) Success Apr 1911; also as “The One Best Bet”. [Average Jones]
• The One Best Bet (nv) Success Apr 1911 [Average Jones]

ADAMS, T. M. (stories)

• Alfred Karns, Accessory (ss) EQMM Jul 1977
• The Iceman Cooleth (ss) EQMM Mar 1978
• How I Became a Criminal (ss) EQMM Jun 30 1980
• Feedback (ss) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• Message in a Bottle (ss) AHMM Oct 1 1980
• Three Quick Tricks (ss) EQMM Nov 3 1980
• Blue Note (vi) EQMM Dec 1 1980

ADAMSON, BARRY (stories)

• Maida Hell (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Maida Hill).

ADAMSON, LYDIA; pseudonym of Frank King, (1936- ) (stories)

• A Case of Feline Psychopathology (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001 [Alice Nestleton]

ADAMSON, MARY JO (1935- ) (stories)

• Arts and Crafts (ss) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990

ADAMSON, WILLIAM (stories)

• Trumpets for Max Jericho, by Robert Brack (ss) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994; from Nautilus Literarischer Taschenkalender 1991, Hamburg: Edition Nautilus 1990.

ADCOCK, THOMAS (Larry) (1947- ) (books) (stories)

• The Mister’s Funeral (ss) EQMM Nov 1985
• Christmas Cop (ss) EQMM Mar 1986
• New York, New York (ss) EQMM Jul 1986
• Thrown-Away Child (ss) EQMM Oct 1986
• Zero Man (ss) EQMM Dec 1986
• No Jury Will Ever Hang You (ss) EQMM Feb 1987
• Cracker Jack (ss) EQMM Jun 1987
• Smart Sammy Slapman (ss) EQMM Sep 1987
• The Sixty-Six-Cent Divorce (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1987
• The Dark Maze (ss) EQMM Feb 1988
• The Life of a Big Whale (nv) EQMM May 1988
• The School of Ten Bells (ss) EQMM Aug 1988
• The Trespass (ss) EQMM Nov 1988
• Shoot Me, I’m Already Dead (ss) EQMM Jan 1989
• Who Gives This Bride? (ss) EQMM Jul 1989
• Straight Down the Middle (ss) AHMM Jul 1990
• A Cool, Clean Shot (ss) AHMM Mar 1992
• My Dear Dead Dope (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• You Want I Should Whack Monkey Boy? (ss) Bronx Noir, ed. S. J. Rozan, Akashic Books 2007; (Courthouse).
• Lawyers’ Tongues (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (Gentilly).
• Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth [ed. with Tim McLoughlin] (oa) Akashic Books 2008
• Introduction [with Tim McLoughlin] (in) Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth, ed. Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock, Akashic Books 2008
• The Morgue Boys (ss) Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth, ed. Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock, Akashic Books 2008; (Brownsville).

ADEY, ROBERT (C. S.) (1941- ) (books) (stories)

• Murder Impossible [ed. with Jack Adrian] (an) Carroll & Graf 1990
• Murder Most Scottish [ed. with Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Stefan Dziemianowicz] (an) Barnes & Noble 1999
• The Impossible Mr. Queen (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• The Writing Career of Joseph Commings (in) Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• The Night of the Wolf, by Paul Halter (ss) EQMM May 2006; ©2000, translated from the French.; tr. by John Pugmire
• The Robber’s Grave, by Paul Halter (ss) EQMM Jun 2007; Editions du Masque, 2002.; tr. by John Pugmire
• Nausicaa’s Ball, by Paul Halter (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008; translated from the French.; tr. by John Pugmire [Dr. Alan Twist]
• Introduction [with Jack Adrian] (in)

ADKINS, ELIZABETH (stories)

• A Familiar Stranger (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1998

ADKINS, JAN (1944- ) (stories)

• Barratry (nv) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996

ADLER, DICK (1937- ) (stories)

• The Case of the Fat FBI Agent (ar) Espionage Magazine Jul 1987

ADLER, HARRY (stories)

• Doomed to Die (ss) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr/May 1927
• The Pullman Car Murder (n.) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Oct 1930

ADOLFO, RICARDO (stories)

• Disguised as a Normal Person (ss) EQMM Feb 2007; 2003, translated from the Portugese.; tr. by Cara Goodman

ADRIAN, CHRIS (stories)

• Stab (ss) Zoetrope All-Story Sum 2006

ADRIAN, JACK; pseudonym of Christopher Lowder, (1945- ) (books) (stories)

• The Phantom Pistol (ss) Felonious Assaults, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy 1989
• Murder Impossible [ed. with Robert Adey] (an) Carroll & Graf 1990
• Detective Stories from The Strand [ed.] (an) Oxford University Press 1991
• The Absolute and Utter Impossibility of the Facts in the Case of the Vanishing of Henning Vok (a.k.a. The Amazing Blitzen) (r.n. Jack Ralph Cole) (ss) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991
• Hard-Boiled [ed. with Bill Pronzini] (an) Oxford University Press 1995
• 12 Mystery Stories [ed.] (an) Oxford University Press 1998
• 12 Tales of Murder [ed.] (an) Oxford University Press 1998
• I. The Great Detectives (si)
• II. Legal Niceties (si)
• III. The Twist (si)
• Introduction [with Bill Pronzini] (in)
• Introduction [with Robert Adey] (in)
• IV. Rogues, Knaves, and Fortune-Hunters (si)
• Sources (bi)
• V. Mostly Murder (si)
• VI. The Master (si)

AGATE, JAMES (Evershed) (1877-1947) (stories)

• Introduction (in)

AGEE, MARK (stories)

• Roadside Attraction (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2002
• Watching You (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2004
• Material Witness (ss) Shred of Evidence Feb 2005

AGENT NO. 5; pseudonym of Keith Miles, (1940- ) (stories)

• The Corbett Correspondence [with Agent No. 6] (ss) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997

AGENT NO. 6; pseudonym of Peter Lovesey, (1936- ) (stories)

• The Corbett Correspondence [with Agent No. 5] (ss) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997

AGGELER, GEO (stories)

• The Fire (ss) The South Dakota Review Spr 1997

AGNEW, PRENTICE (stories)

• A Dick’s Duty (ss) Double Detective May 1940

AGNIHOTRI, SHAILLY (stories)

• Avoid Agony (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Jackson Heights).

AGRABEE, LIX (stories)

• Last Laugh (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1948

AGUERREBERRE, RUBEN LOZA (stories)

• The Man Who Stole from Borges (ss) EQMM Nov 1988

AGUSTÍ, MIGUEL (stories)

• Rebirth (Cain and Abel) (ss) Mysterypages.com 2000

AHMM STAFF (stories)

• Editor’s Notes (ed) AHMM Jun 2002

AHNEN, P. S. (stories)

• The Children (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1985

AHRENKIEL, MARSHA (stories)

• The Story That Won: Keep It Under Your Hat (vi) AHMM Jan/Feb 2008

AIKEN, JOAN (Delano) (1924-2004) (stories)

• Marmalade Wine (ss) Suspense (UK) Sep 1958
• Something Very Obsessional (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• The Black Cliffs (ss) 1982
• The Admiral’s Lady (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
• The Green Arches (ss) 1996

AIRD, CATHERINE; pseudonym of Kinn Hamilton McIntosh, (1930- ) (books) (stories)

• Home Is the Hunter (ss) John Creasey’s Crime Collection, ed. Herbert Harris 1988 [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan]
• Cause and Effects (ss) A Classic English Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1990 [Henry Tyler]
• Lord Peter’s Touch (ss) Encounters with Lord Peter, ed. Christopher Dean, The Dorothy L. Sayers Society 1991 [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan]
• The Man Who Rowed for the Shore (ss) The Man Who..., ed. H. R. F. Keating, Macmillan 1992
• Steady As She Goes (ss) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992 [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan]
• Slight of Hand (ss) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993 [Henry Tyler]
• Injury Time (co) Macmillan 1994
• Bare Essentials (ss) Injury Time, Macmillan 1994 [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan]
• Blue Upright (ss) Injury Time, Macmillan 1994 [Henry Tyler]
• Devilled Dip (ss) Injury Time, Macmillan 1994
• Double Jeopardy (ss) Injury Time, Macmillan 1994 [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan]
• A Fair Cop (ss) Injury Time, Macmillan 1994 [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan]
• The Hard Sell (ss) Injury Time, Macmillan 1994 [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan]
• Her Indoors (ss) Injury Time, Macmillan 1994 [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan]
• Memory Corner (ss) Injury Time, Macmillan 1994 [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan]
• The Misjudgement of Paris (ss) Injury Time, Macmillan 1994
• One Under the Eight (ss) Injury Time, Macmillan 1994 [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan]
• Gold, Frankincense and Murder (ss) A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1995 [Henry Tyler]
• Grave Import (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
• Like to Die (ss) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997 [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan]
• Handsel Monday (ss) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998 [Sheriff Rhuaraidh Macmillan]
• Chapter and Hearse (ss) Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998 [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan]
• Twayblade (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• Due Diligence (ss) The Strand Magazine #4 2000
• Cold Comfort (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000 [Sheriff Rhuaraidh Macmillan]
• The Holly and the Poison Ivy (ss) The Strand Magazine Christmas 2001
• The Trouble and Strife (ss) The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002 [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan]