Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

BELLERANTI, GUY (stories) (continued)

• Uninvited Guest (pm) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• Words of a Witness (vi) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• Explosive Situation (pm) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• Meeting His Match (pm) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• Overeager Edgar (pm) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• The Professional (pm) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• Unplanned Ride (pm) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• Snatch Snafu (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• Tracked Down (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• Who Done It? (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• The Thanksgiving Theft (vi) Murderous Intent Fll 1999; Serving a warrant on Thanksgiving is no fun — for the cops or the thieves — but sometimes the smell of roasting turkey can inspire the solution to the mystery of The Thanksgiving Theft.
• Death on the Rocks (vi) About Mysteries Dec 1999; Can you help Sheriff Dark solve the mystery of “Death on the Rocks”? —.
• The Deadly Friend (vi) About Mysteries Jan 2000; A conflict between friends turns deadly — 2 murders solved in under 250 words.
• A Painful Day in Pinedale (vi) About Mysteries Jan 2000; Sunday morning stick-ups aren’t supposed to happen in Pinedale... neither is murder —.
• A Witness’s Words (vi) About Mysteries Jan 2000; A victim’s murmurs are the only clues to the identity of her attacker —.
• The Case of the Broken Window (vi) About Mysteries Feb 2000; Some kids don’t miss any clues — Can you figure out who broke the window? — A Jason Johnson mystery.
• The Case of the Murdered Manager (vi) About Mysteries Feb 2000; Unraveling the clues left by the victim, Lieutenant Molly Mulroy makes sure his killer strikes out —.
• Reprisal (vi) About Mysteries Feb 2000; There are some people you just should never mess with...
• The Case of the Stolen Apples (vi) About Mysteries Mar 2000; When Mrs. Allison’s apples are stolen—and on her birthday, too—Jason follows the clues to solve the mystery — A Jason Johnson mystery.
• Meeting at Midnight (vi) About Mysteries Mar 2000; Be careful who you trust when you’re planning a murder —.
• The Case of the Missing Money (vi) About Mysteries Apr 2000; Jason Johnson is back on the case when his cousin’s club house is robbed — A Jason Johnson mystery.
• Dodging Shadows (vi) About Mysteries Apr 2000; metimes when you are dodging shadows, you end up running right into danger —.
• Accident (vi) About Mysteries May 2000; When you’re planning a murder, sometimes accidents happen —.
• The Case of the Ripped-off Ribbons (vi) About Mysteries Jul 2000; Jason Johnson puts his detective skills to use when his friend’s blue ribbons are missing — A Jason Johnson mystery.
• The Expert (vi) About Mysteries Aug 2000; When you are doing a job for the crime boss, you want to make sure you’ve hired an expert — .
• The Case of the Stolen Jewelry (vi) About Mysteries Sep 2000; When Jason Johnson is accused of the crime, he has no choice but to find the true culprit...
• In a Writer’s Mind (vi) About Mysteries Sep 2000; In mystery fiction, the time to be afraid is when the story becomes all too real in the writer’s mind.
• Kitchen Killing (vi) About Mysteries Nov 2000; You just never know how a kitchen killing will serve justice...
• The Case of the Christmas Wagon (vi) About Mysteries Dec 2000; There’s nothing worse than having a Christmas gift stolen — but not to worry, Jason Johnson is on the case...
• No More Excuses (vi) About Mysteries Jan 2001; There comes a time in every man’s life when he has no more excuses.
• Dead End on Easy Street (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jun 2002
• Over the Edge (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #31 2002
• The Witness (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2003
• Witness to Murder (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #36 2003
• The Fourth Victim (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #44 2004

BELLURY, REG (stories)

• Leave It to McNabb (ss) EQMM May 20 1981

BELMONT, JOYCE (stories)

• Voices of Booboo Hill (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

BELSKY, DICK; [i.e., Richard G. Belsky] (1945- ) (stories)

• Catch a Falling Star (ss) AHMM Jul 1982

BENABOURA, AMEL (1966- ) (stories)

• Only a Woman (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996; tr. by Jeremy L. Paretsky

BENADY, SAM(uel George) (1937- ) (stories)

• The Gibraltar Letter (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Gibraltar, Gibraltar Books 1990 [Sherlock Holmes]

BENCHLEY, ROBERT (1889-1945) (stories)

• The Mystery of the Poisoned Kipper (ss) 1932

BENDEL, JOHN (stories)

• Garden Apartment (ss) EQMM Sep 1987

BENDEL, STEPHANIE KAY (1943- ) (stories)

• No One Ever Listens (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1984
• Deathdream (ss) AHMM May 1985
• Case #5423: The Second Fire (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1985
• The Bones in the Well (nv) AHMM Nov 1986
• A Murder in Perspective (ss) AHMM Jan 1987
• A Strange View of Murder (ss) AHMM Sep 1991
• Déjà Vu (ss) AHMM Jun 1993
• Arthur’s Story (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
• The Whole Story (nv) EQMM Jul 1998

BENDER, AIMEE (stories)

• The Case of the Salt and Pepper Shakers (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

BENDER, JOHN (stories)

• Untimely Visitor (ss) Detective Fiction Mar 1951

BENDER, KAREN E. (stories)

• Theft (ss)

BENDERS, HAPSTON K.; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell (stories)

• Killer Jungle Devil Goddess of the Forbidden Land (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1998
• Two Headed Goblins (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1998 [Doc Sausage]

BENDERSON, BRUCE (stories)

• The Worst Place in New York (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

BENEDETTO, PHILOMENA (stories)

• Arthur’s Indiscretion (ss) The Strand Magazine #1 1998

BENEDICT, LAURA PHILPOT (stories)

• The Hollow Woman (ss) EQMM May 2001

BENEDICT, PINCKNEY (Arthur) (1964- ) (stories)

• Washman (ss) The Wrecking Yard, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1991

BENÉT, STEPHEN VINCENT (1898-1943) (stories)

• The Devil and Daniel Webster (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 24 1936

BENEVIC, JOAN (stories)

• Haunted House (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

BENFORD, GREGORY (Albert) (1941- ) (stories)

• Dark Heaven (na) Alien Crimes, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2007

BEN-GALIL, DOV (stories)

• A Real Phony (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1981

BENIGHT, CHRISTINA McPHEE (stories)

• And Nobody Cares for Me (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994

BENJAMIN, CAROL LEA (1937- ) (stories)

• The Last Supper (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Greenwich Village).

BENJAMIN, DOROTHY (stories)

• The Real Story (ss) AHMM Jul 16 1980

BENJAMIN, PAUL; pseudonym of Paul Auster, (1947- ) (stories)

• Squeeze Play (ex) London: Faber and Faber 1991

BENNETT, ALAN (1934- ) (books) (stories)

• A Lady of Letters (ss) 1987
• Single Spies & Talking Heads (co) Summit 1990
• Single Spies (pl)
• Talking Heads (pl)

BENNETT, (Enoch) ARNOLD (1867-1931) (stories)

• The Fire of London (ss) The Windsor Magazine Jun 1905 [Cecil Thorold]
• from “The Murder of the Mandarin” (ex) Grim Smile of the Five Towns, Chatto 1907
• The Murder of the Mandarin (ss) Grim Smile of the Five Towns, Chatto 1907
• Murder! (nv) Liberty Magazine Oct 1 1927

BENNETT, DAN (stories)

• Park Rites (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Clissold Park).

BENNETT, E. A.; see under Bennett, Arnold (stories)

BENNETT, GORDON; see pseudonym Isak Romun (stories)

BENNETT, LERONE, JR. (stories)

• Preface (pr)

BENNETT, ROLF (1882-?) (stories)

• Bill Grimes His Soul (ss) The English Review Sep 1923

BENSEN, D(onald) R(eynold) (1927-1997) (stories)

• Irene, Good-Night (ss) New York: Targ Editions 1982
• Career Move (ss) EQMM May 1987
• Preface (pr)

BENSON, CHRIS (1953- ) (stories)

• Double Dealing (nv) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

BENSON, E(dward) F(rederic) (1867-1940) (stories)

• How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery (ss) The Windsor Magazine Dec 1911
• The Confession of Charles Linkworth (ss) The Cavalier Jan 13 1912
• The Thing in the Hall (ss) The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, London: Mills Boon 1912
• The Gardener (ss) Hutchinson’s Magazine Aug 1922
• The Hanging of Alfred Wadham (ss) Britannia Dec 21 1928

BENSON, GERARD (stories)

• R.I.P. (pm) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995

BENSON, PHYLLIS (stories)

• On the Upgrade Curve (ss) EQMM Jul 15 1981

BENSON, RAYMOND (Morris) (1955- ) (stories)

• Another Rock ’n Roll Hit (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006

BENTLEY, E(dmund) C(lerihew) (1875-1956) (stories)

• Trent’s Last Case (ex) London: Nelson 1913 [Trent]
• The Clever Cockatoo (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jul 1914 [Philip Trent]
• The Ordinary Hairpins (ss) The Strand Oct 1916 [Philip Trent]
• Behind the Screen, Chapter V (rr) The Listener Jul 16 1930
• Greedy Night (ss) Parody Party 1936
• The Sweet Shot (ss) The Strand Mar 1937 [Philip Trent]
• The Genuine Tabard (ss) The Strand Jan 1938 [Philip Trent]
• Trant and the Mystery of the Genuine Tabard (ss) The Strand Jan 1938; also as “The Genuine Tabard”. [Philip Trent]
• Trent and the Mystery of the Unknown Peer (ss) The Strand Mar 1938; also as “The Unknown Peer”. [Philip Trent]
• The Unknown Peer (ss) The Strand Mar 1938 [Philip Trent]
• The Ministering Angel (ss) The Strand Nov 1938 [Philip Trent]
• Trent and the Mystery of the Ministering Angel (ss) The Strand Nov 1938; also as “The Ministering Angel”. [Philip Trent]
• “E.C. Bentley & the Contemporary Crime Novel” by Charles L. P. Silet (ar) The Strand Magazine #2 1999
• The Little Mystery (ss) [Philip Trent]
• Trent and the Fool-Proof Lift (ss) [Philip Trent]

BENTLEY, PHYLLIS (Eleanor) (1894-1977) (stories)

• Miss Phipps and the Invisible Murderer (nv) EQMM Nov 1966 [Miss Phipps]
• Miss Phipps and the Nest of Illusion (ss) EQMM Aug 1969 [Miss Phipps]
• Miss Phipps and the Siamese Cat (ss) EQMM Nov 1973 [Miss Phipps]

BENTON, CAROLINE (1947- ) (stories)

• Guardian Angel (ss) 1993

BENTON, JOHN L.; house pseudonym (stories)

• The Silver Mask Murders (nv) Detective Novels Magazine Oct 1939 [Candid Camera Kid]
• Murder Makes News (nv) Detective Novels Magazine Apr 1941 [Candid Camera Kid]
• Murder Montage (nv) Detective Novels Magazine Feb 1943 [Candid Camera Kid]
• Rat Bait (ss) Thrilling Mystery Mar 1943

BERCUSON, RICHARD K. (stories)

• Dead Run (ss) The Storyteller 1996
• The Geezer (ss) The Storyteller Spr 1998

BERDINE, THOMAS (stories)

• The Bystander (ss) AHMM Oct 1984
• Good Dog, Jack (ss) AHMM Jan 1999
• Spring Rite (ss) AHMM Dec 1999
• The Horse Principle (nv) AHMM Jun 2002

BERENDT, JOHN (Lawrence) (1939- ) (stories)

• Introduction (in)

BERENSON, LAURIEN (1952- ) (stories)

• Sleeping Dogs Lie (ss) Canine Crimes, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1998

BERES, MICHAEL (stories)

• Spider-Spider (ss) AHMM Feb 1985
• Children of the Silo (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1987
• The Plant Lady (ss) EQMM Jan 1988
• Roughing It (ss) AHMM Feb 1988
• The Sky Has Fallen (ss) AHMM Aug 1988
• The Cyclist (ss) AHMM May 1989
• The Laundry Room (ss) AHMM Oct 1989

BERESFORD, J(ohn) D(avys) (1873-1947) (stories)

• Powers of the Air (ss) Seven Arts Oct 1917

BERGER, BOB; [i.e., Robert R. Berger] (1955- ) (stories)

• Risk of Statistics (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1996

BERGER, DANIELLE (stories)

• My Last Mistress (pm) EQMM Aug 1998

BERGLUND, E(dward) P(aul) (1942- ) (stories)

• A Dangerous High (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

BERGMAN, ANDREW (1945- ) (stories)

• In the Tank (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001 [Jack LeVine]

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

• The Avenging Chance (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Sep 1929 [Roger Sheringham]
• The Poisoned Chocolates Case (n.) London: Collins 1929 [Roger Sheringham; Ambrose Chitterwick]
• The Wrong Jar (nv) 1929 [Roger Sheringham]
• Behind the Screen, Chapter IV, In the Aspidistra (rr) The Listener Jul 9 1930
• The Mystery of Horne’s Copse (nv) 1931
• Unsound Mind (ss) Time and Tide Oct 14 1933 (+1)
• Concerning Roger Sheringham (ar) Dead Mrs. Stratton, Anthony Berkeley, Doubleday 1933 [Roger Sheringham]
• White Butterfly (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Aug 28 1936 [Roger Sheringham]
• Was Crippen a Murderer? (ar) 1937
• Mr. Bearstowe Says... (ss) The Saturday Book #3 1943 [Roger Sheringham]
• Perfect Alibi (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Mar 11 1953; revised from “The Story of the Perfect Alibi,” Radio Times, August 1, 1930. [Roger Sheringham]
• Double Bluff (ss) The Roger Sheringham Stories, Carnacki 1994 [Roger Sheringham]
• The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook (co) Crippen & Landru 2004 [Roger Sheringham]
• Why Do I Write Detective Stories? (ar)

BERLE, MILTON (stories)

• Truck Stop (vi) EQMM Oct 1992

BERLINER, JANET (stories)

• Something’s Got to Give [with George Guthridge] (ss) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
• Pia and the King of Siam (ss) Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999
• Blossoms and Blood (ss) Murder Most Confederate, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000
• Other.........1 (ss) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001

BERMAN, A. S. (stories)

• Silence (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

BERMAN, RUTH (Amelia) (1942- ) (stories)

• Skipping Stones at Reichenbach (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]
• Sherlock Holmes in Oz (ss) Oziana #1 1971 [Sherlock Holmes]

BERMAN, RUTH (stories)

• Ladies of the F.B.I. (nf) Scientific Detective Annual 1944

BERNHARDT, WILLIAM (1960- ) (books) (stories)

• The Partner Track (nv) Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet 1994
• Yuletide Justice (nv) EQMM Jan 1997
• Legal Briefs [ed.] (oa) Doubleday 1998
• Introduction: If Everyone Hates Lawyers So Much, Why Are They Buying Our Books? (in) Legal Briefs, ed. William Bernhardt, New York: Doubleday 1998
• What We’re Here For (nv) Legal Briefs, ed. William Bernhardt, New York: Doubleday 1998

BERNTSSON, REX M. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Zapped (vi) AHMM Feb 2001

BERRY, JAMES R(ussell) (1933- ) (stories)

• You Can’t Kill a Dead Man (ss) EQMM Nov 3 1980

BERRY, MICHAEL (stories)

• Kessel’s Party (ss) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991