Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

BARRETT, LYNNE (stories)

• Elvis Lives (ss) EQMM Sep 1990
• Hush Money (nv) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
• The Noir Boudoir (ss) Miami Noir, ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books 2006
• Blue Vandas (ss) A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir, ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press 2007

BARRETT, NEAL (Patrick), JR. (1929- ) (stories)

• Tony Red Dog (nv) Razored Saddles, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Pat LoBrutto, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1989
• Hit (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
• Interstate Dreams (ex) 1999

BARRETT, TONDA (stories)

• St. Anne Mystery (nv) AHMM Jul 1984

BARRETT, WILLIAM E(dmund) (1900-1986) (stories)

• The Ghost Buster (nv) All Detective Magazine Sep 1934
• A Man’s Last Hours (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1936

BARRIE, [Sir] JAMES M(atthew), BART. (1860-1937) (stories)

• The Adventure of the Two Collaborators (ss) Memories and Adventures, Arthur Conan Doyle, London: Hodder & Stoughton 1924 [Sherlock Holmes]

BARRON, STEPHANIE; pseudonym of Francine Mathews, (c1963- ) (stories)

• Jane and the Spoils of Stoneleigh (nv) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998

BARRY, DAVE (1947- ) (stories)

• Booger (rr) The Miami Herald Tropic Nov 1995

BARRY, DESMOND (stories)

• Backgammon (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Soho).

BARRY, LYTTLETON (stories)

• The Red Death (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb, Mar, Apr 1999

BARSOTTI, KATE (stories)

• Dirt (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2008

BARSOTTI, MARK (stories)

• Camera Guy (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2007

BARSSE, EDILLSON; pseudonym of K. A. Gannon (stories)

• Welcome, Beloved (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1998
• The Killing Sun (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 1999

BARSTEAD, MARK (stories)

• The Story That Won: Nerves (vi) AHMM Jan 2000

BART, D(avid) J. (stories)

• The Story That Won: The Perfect Pickup (vi) AHMM Dec 1991
• The Story That Won: Smart Bomb? (vi) AHMM Feb 1992
• Who Is Jim Vogelbaugh? (ss) AHMM Jun 1992
• Starved Rock (ss) AHMM Mar 1993
• Under the Playground (ss) AHMM May 1993
• The City Different (ss) AHMM Jan 1994
• Red Rock Crossing (nv) AHMM Oct 1994
• Fever (ss) AHMM Sep 1996
• Montezuma’s Castle (ss) AHMM Oct 1997
• Prom Night (ss) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
• Just Kidding (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004

BARTELS, ELISHA EFUA (stories)

• Woman Is Boss (ss) Trinidad Noir, ed. Lisa Allen-Agostini & Jeanne Mason, Akashic Books 2008

BARTELS, SCOTT (stories)

• Swear Not by the Moon (nv) Tamaqua Fll 1997

BARTH, JOHN (Simmons) (1930- ) (stories)

• from The Floating Opera (ex) 1956

BARTHELME, DONALD (1931-1989) (stories)

• Captain Blood (ss) Overnight to Many Distant Cities, Putnam 1987

BARTHOLOMEW, NANCY; [i.e., Nancy Bartholomew Long] (1955- ) (stories)

• Dead in the Water (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1994
• Sierra Reveals All (ss)

BARTON, A. K. (books)

• Mystery [ed.] (an) Dent 1937

BARTON, ANNE; pseudonym of Florence Barton, (1931- ) (stories)

• Trip to Toronto (ss) Bloody Words: the anthology, ed. Caro Soles & Cheryl Freedman, Baskerville Books 2003

BARTON, ANTIGONE (stories)

• More People Like Me (ss) AHMM Jan 1998

BARTON, BARRY; pseudonym of Robert Sidney Bowen, (1900-1977) (stories)

• The Sky Beast of Berlin (na) Captain Combat Apr 1940 [Captain Combat]
• Low Ceiling for Nazi Hell-Hawks (na) Captain Combat Aug 1940 [Captain Combat]
• Red Wings for the Blood Battalion (na) Captain Combat Aug 1940 [Captain Combat]

BARTON, BILLY (1927- ) (stories)

• The Final Verdict (pm) EQMM Mar 10 1980

BARTON, CLINT (stories)

• Fables by Firelight (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1995

BARTON, EUSTACE ROBERT (1868-1943); see pseudonym Robert Eustace (stories)

BARTON, DR. FLORENCE (1931- ); see pseudonym Anne Barton (stories)

BARTON, GEORGE (1866-1940) (stories)

• Adventure of the Baritone Singer (ss) [Bromley Barnes]

BARTON, WILLIAM (Renald, III) (1950- ) (stories)

• The Adventure of the Russian Grave [with Michael Capobianco] (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995 [Sherlock Holmes]

BARWOOD, LEE; pseudonym of Marlene Y. Satter (stories)

• By the Book (ss) EQMM Jun 1984

BARZUN, JACQUES (1907- ) (books) (stories)

• How Holmes Came to Play the Violin (ar) The Baker Street Journal Jul 1951
• Five Clerihews (pm) EQMM Jan 14 1980
• Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection [ed. with Wendell Hertig Taylor] (an) Garland 1983
• Catalogue of Crime (br) The Armchair Detective Win, Spr 1990
• Editors’ Introduction [with Wendell Hertig Taylor] (in)

BASHOVER, ALBERT (stories)

• The Cache (ss) AHMM Jul 1990
• The Story That Won: Modus Operandi (vi) AHMM Nov 1990
• A Souvenir of Rumania (ss) AHMM Mar 1991
• Criminal Justice (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• Key for Two (ss) AHMM Jun 1994
• The Case of the Perfidious Pupil (ss) AHMM Nov 1994
• The Case of the Copped Cockatoo (ss) AHMM Jun 1995
• The Case of the Juggled Jewels (ss) AHMM Feb 1996

BASKET, HELENA (stories)

• Catacombs (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996

BASSMAN, HIRSCH (stories)

• What Does Your Face Tell? (cl) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr 1930

BASTABLE, BERNARD; pseudonym of Robert Barnard, (1936- ) (stories)

• Reader, I Strangled Him (ss) EQMM May 1995

BATAILLE, GEORGES (stories)

• from Story of the Eye (ex)

BATEMAN, COLIN (1962- ) (stories)

• NIPD Blue (ss) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998
• “The PWG Interviews with: Colin Bateman” by Jennifer Jordan (iv) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2003
• The Case of Mrs. Geary’s Leather Trousers (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2004

BATES, REBECCA S. W.; see under Bates, Rebecca Williamson (stories)

BATES, REBECCA WILLIAMSON (1949- ) (stories)

• Burning Down on a Thousand (ss) Future Syndicate, ed. J. Alan Erwine, Nomadic Delirium Press 2007

BATORY, DANA MARTIN (stories)

• Armed, and Saintly (ar) The Armchair Detective Fll 1991

BATTEN, JACK (Hubert, Jr.) (1932- ) (stories)

• The Adventure of the Annexationist Conspiracy [with Michael Bliss] (ss) Weekend Magazine May 28 1977; also as “Sherlock Holmes’ Great Canadian Adventure”. [Sherlock Holmes]
• Sherlock Holmes’ Great Canadian Adventure [with Michael Bliss] (ss) Weekend Magazine May 28 1977 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Snapshot (ss) Criminal Shorts, ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada 1992

BATTIATA, MARY (stories)

• Blood Feud (tc)

BATTIN, B(rinton) W(arner) (1941- ) (stories)

• Ailurophobia (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992

BATTISON, BRIAN (1939-1998) (stories)

• The Perfect Way to Murder Your Spouse (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 4, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1994
• Before the Cock Crows (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 5, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1995 [Insp. Jim Ashworth]

BATTLE, FRANCIS C. (stories)

• With Intent to Kill! (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Oct 1957

BATTLES, BRETT (stories)

• Perfect Gentleman (ss) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008

BAUM, L(yman) FRANK (1856-1919) (stories)

• The Suicide of Kiaros (ss) The White Elephant Sep 1897

BAUMGART, MARK (stories)

• The Personal Touch (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2002

BAUSCH, RICHARD (Carl) (1945- ) (stories)

• The Man Who Knew Belle Starr (nv) Atlantic Monthly Apr 1987
• Something Is Out There (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

BAXT, GEORGE (1923-2003) (stories)

• Cut from the Same Cloth (ss) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• What You Been Up to Lately? (ss) EQMM Jan 28 1981
• What’sisname (ss) EQMM Apr 22 1981
• Show Me a Hero (ss) EQMM Jul 15 1981
• Show Business (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1982
• Play Lover for Me (ss) EQMM Feb 24 1982
• Writer’s Block (ss) EQMM May 1982
• The Woman I Envied (ss) EQMM Jun 1982
• Clap Hands, There Goes Charlie (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• I Wish He Hadn’t Said That (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary (ss) EQMM Mar 1983
• The Vulture Within (ss) EQMM Jun 1983
• Call Him Ishmael (ss) EQMM Jun 1984
• Gertrude and Alice and Spite and Malice (ss) EQMM Aug 1984
• Handig (ss) EQMM Jun 1985
• The Woman Who Cried Wolf (ss) EQMM Sep 1985
• In the Time of Nick (ss) EQMM Mar 1986
• Question Mark (ss) EQMM Dec 1986
• Stroke of Genius (ss) EQMM Jun 1987
• Adamant Eve (ss) EQMM Jul 1987
• Neatness Counts (ss) EQMM Sep 1987
• The William Shakespeare Murder Case (ss) EQMM Oct 1987
• A Fool and His Money (ss) EQMM May 1988
• Going to Pieces (ss) EQMM Jul 1988
• The Man Who Slew Too Much (ss) EQMM Jan 1989
• Go to the Devil (ss) EQMM Mar 1989
• The Burying of Treasure (ss) EQMM Jun 1989
• Widow’s Pique (ss) EQMM Jan 1990
• Drink to Me Only (ss) EQMM Mar 1990
• Guess Who (ss) EQMM May 1990
• I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus (ss) EQMM Sep 1990
• Play It by Fear (ss) EQMM Nov 1990
• Unreasonable Facsimile (ss) EQMM Feb 1991
• Hearing Voices (ss) EQMM Aug 1991
• Any Resemblance Living or Dead (ss) EQMM Oct 1991
• I Hate Lucy (ss) EQMM Dec 1991
• Exotic Cuisine (ss) EQMM Dec 1992
• Secrets Can Be Dangerous to Your Health (ss) EQMM Jan 1993
• Splitting Heirs (ss) EQMM Mar 1993
• Uneasy Lies the Dead (ss) EQMM Jun 1993
• Full Moon (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1994 [Pharoah Love]
• Recipe for Veal Meat Again (ms) Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• Premonitions (ss) EQMM Feb 1995
• All Keyed Up (ss) EQMM Nov 1995
• The Humphrey Bogart Murder Case (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1995

BAXT, JOHN (stories)

• Cauldron Boil, Cauldron Bubble (ss) EQMM Nov 1983
• Dream Lover (ss) EQMM Feb 1986

BAXTER, ALIDA (stories)

• Afterwards (ss) Woman’s Day

BAXTER, CYNTHIA (stories)

• Pick Up Dry Cleaning, Commit the Perfect Murder (ss) Murder New York Style, ed. Randy Kandel, L & L Dreamspell 2007

BAXTER, FRANK C. (stories)

• The Hound of the Baskervilles (ss) West by One and by One, ed. Anon. (Poul Anderson), The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County 1965 [Sherlock Holmes]

BAXTER, JEAN RAE (stories)

• Loss (ss) Hard Boiled Love, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2003

BAXTER, JOHN (Martin) (1939- ) (stories)

• Back (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993

BAXTER, STEPHEN M(ichael) (1957- ) (stories)

• The Strongest Armour (ss) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992
• Columbiad (ss) Science Fiction Age May 1996
• The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor (nv) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997 [Sherlock Holmes]
• A Midsummer Eclipse (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• Glass Earth, Inc. (ss) Future Histories, ed. Stephen McClelland, Horizon House (UK) 1997
• All is True (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
• The Modern Cyrano (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999
• Fate and the Fire-lance (nv) Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders, Solaris 2008

BAY, AUSTIN (1951- ) (stories)

• The Last Time I Saw Buddy Swing (ss) Hardboiled Detective #12 1991

BAYER, ANN (stories)

• Blood Relations (ss) EQMM Feb 1987
• A Pleasure to Deal With (ss) EQMM Nov 1987
• Two Heads Are Better Than One (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1987
• Account Settled (pm) EQMM Aug 1992
• Gertrude (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997

BAYER, WILLIAM (1939- ) (stories)

• Mirror Girl (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993

BAYLESS, MARTHA (stories)

• A.k.a. Pookums (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

BEAGLE, PETER S(oyer) (1939- ) (stories)

• Mr. Sigerson (nv) Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004 [Sherlock Holmes]

BEALS, STEPHEN (books) (stories)

• Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 1 [ed.] (an) Six Lakes Arts 1989
• Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 2 [ed.] (an) Chapel Street 1992
• Introduction (in)

BEAMS, DAVID (stories)

• Tales of Chinatown (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1990

BEAN, SPAULDING (stories)

• What Have You Done Now? (ss) EQMM Oct 1986

BEANE, JIM (stories)

• Jeanette (ss) DC Noir, ed. George Pelecanos, Akashic Books 2006; (Deanwood, N.E).

BEAR, ELIZABETH; [i.e., Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky] (1971- ) (stories)

• Tiger! Tiger! (nv) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003 [Sherlock Holmes]

BEAR, GREG(ory Dale) (1951- ) (stories)

• Blood Music (nv) Analog Jun 1983

BEARD, HENRY (stories)

• The Last Recall (nv) The National Lampoon Feb 1972

BEARE, GERALDINE (books) (stories)

• Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’ [ed.] (an) Folio Society 1991
• Editor’s Preface (pr)

BEATON, M. C.; pseudonym of Marion C. Gibbons, (1936- ) (stories)

• A Highland Christmas (n.) New York: The Mysterious Press 1999 [Hamish Macbeth]
• Handle with Care (ss) The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001

BEATTY, TERRY (stories)

• “Terry Beatty” by C. J. Henderson (ar) Hardboiled #5 1986
• Auld Acquaintance [with Wendi Lee] (ss) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990 [Dick Tracy]
• Full-Body Santa [with Wendi Lee] (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993