Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

POST, MELVILLE DAVISSON (stories) (continued)

• The Great Cipher (ss) The Red Book Magazine Nov 1921 [Monsieur Jonquelle]
• The Forgotten Witness (ss) The American Magazine Sep 1926 [Colonel Braxton]
• The God of the Hills (ss) The Country Gentleman Sep 1927 [Uncle Abner]

POSTGATE, RAYMOND (William) (1896-1971) (stories)

• Verdict of Twelve (ex) London: Collins 1940

POTTS, JEAN (1910-1999) (stories)

• The Withered Heart (ss) EQMM Feb 1957
• In the Absence of Proof (ss) EQMM Jul 1985
• Two on the Isle (ss) EQMM Jan 1987
• The Lady Macbeth Case (ss) EQMM Nov 1990

POULIN, GEORGE H. (stories)

• The Gates of Hell (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1957

POULSON, CHRISTINE (stories)

• The Lammergeier Vulture (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• Don’t You Hate Having Two Heads? (ss) EQMM May 2007

POUND, EZRA (1885-1972) (stories)

• from The Cantos (ex)

POUVOIR, J. L. (stories)

• The Death Triple (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1984
• The Poisoned Polonais (ss) EQMM May 1985
• The Great Befriendment (ss) EQMM Oct 1985

POWELL, CLARENCE ALVA (stories)

• My Old Pal (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972

POWELL, FRANCES A. (stories)

• She Shouldn’t Have Married Harry (pm) EQMM Jan 1990

POWELL, GRAHAM (stories)

• Still Water (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2001 [Thomas Ross]
• Getting Out (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2002
• Goodnight Gracie (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2003
• Bystanders (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug-Nov 2005

POWELL, JAMES (1932- ) (stories)

• The Friends of Hector Jouvet (ss) EQMM Apr 1966
• The Altdorf Syndrome (nv) EQMM May 1969
• The Plot Against Santa Claus (nv) EQMM Jan 1971
• A Murder Coming (ss) EQMM Sep 1973
• Bianca and the Seven Sleuths (ss) EQMM Jun 1975
• Blind Man’s Cuff (ss) EQMM Jul 15 1981
• The Notorious Snowman (ss) EQMM Oct 7 1981
• The Priest Without a Shadow (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1982
• Pocketful of Noses (ss) EQMM Mar 24 1982
• The Vigil of Death (nv) EQMM Jul 1982
• The Haunted Bookcase (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• A Bagdad Reckoning (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• Death in the Christmas Hour (ss) EQMM Jan 1983
• The Scarlet Totem (ss) EQMM Apr 1983
• The Bird-of-Paradise Man (ss) EQMM Jul 1983
• The Phantom Haircut (ss) EQMM Oct 1983
• The Meandering Pearl (ss) EQMM Nov 1983
• The Dark Elf Master of Crack of Doom (nv) EQMM Dec 1983 [Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock]
• The Labyrinth of Life (ss) EQMM Feb 1984
• The Stranger at the Crossroads (ss) EQMM May 1984
• The Polygon from Alpha Centauri (nv) EQMM Jul 1984
• Under the Spangled Roger (nv) EQMM Nov 1984
• The Verbatim Reply (ss) EQMM Mar 1985
• The Dawn of Captain Sunset (ss) EQMM Apr 1985
• The Brass Man (ss) EQMM Jun 1985
• The Dunderhead Bus (ss) EQMM Aug 1985
• The Hiccup Flask (ss) EQMM Oct 1985
• The Bridge of Traded Dreams (ss) EQMM Dec 1985
• The Coffee-Table Book (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1985
• The Singular Bird (ss) EQMM Apr 1986
• The Origami Moose (nv) EQMM Jun 1986
• Death’s Sandwich Man (ss) EQMM Aug 1986
• The Cannibal Gourmet (nv) EQMM Dec 1986
• The Brim Whistle (ss) EQMM Feb 1987
• The Mad Scientist, J.G. (ss) EQMM Apr 1987
• Wingtips (ss) EQMM Jun 1987
• The Tulip Juggernaut (ss) EQMM Sep 1987
• The Talking Donkey (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1987
• The Quick and the Dead (ss) EQMM Feb 1988
• The Kidnap of Bounding Mane (nv) EQMM Jun 1988
• Midnight Pumpkins (ss) EQMM Sep 1988
• The Cerebus Emerald (ss) EQMM Oct 1988
• Still Life with Orioles (ss) EQMM Dec 1988
• A New Leaf (ss) EQMM Jan 1989
• Burning Bridges (ss) EQMM Feb 1989
• The Snood of Night (ss) EQMM Mar 1989
• The Greenhouse Dogs (ss) EQMM Jun 1989
• The Sting of the Hoop Snake (ss) EQMM Jul 1989
• The Doors of Spring (ss) EQMM Sep 1989
• A Dirge for Clowntown (ss) EQMM Nov 1989
• The Hot-Stove League (ss) EQMM Jan 1990
• Mrs. Brodie’s Cow (ss) EQMM Apr 1990
• The Code of the Poodles (ss) EQMM Oct 1990
• The Valley of Dead Millionaires (ss) EQMM Nov 1990
• The Tamerlane Crutch (ss) Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1990
• The Van Winkle Loaf (nv) EQMM Mar 1991
• The Baltman Bird’s-Eye View (ss) EQMM Apr 1991
• Yesterday’s Dark Tomorrow (ss) EQMM Aug 1991
• Winter Hiatus (ss) EQMM Oct 1991
• Funeral Pie (ss) EQMM Dec 1991
• Santa’s Way (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1991
• Dark Possessions (ss) EQMM Feb 1992
• Unquiet Graves (ss) EQMM Jun 1992
• The King of the Orangutans (ss) EQMM Sep 1992
• Ruby Laughter, Tears of Pearl (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1992
• The Tale of the Blind Man’s Lantern (ss) EQMM Jan 1993
• The Blue Bread of Happiness (ss) EQMM Mar 1993
• The Fixer-Upper (ss) EQMM May 1993
• A Keyhole in Time (ss) EQMM Sep 1993
• Harps of Gold (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• Household Hints (ss) EQMM Dec 1993
• A Bequest for Mr. Nugent (ss) EQMM Feb 1994
• The Black Daffodil (ss) EQMM Aug 1994 [Harry Grundig]
• Grist for the Mills of Christmas (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1994
• Midnight at Manger’s Bird and Beast (ss) EQMM Dec 1994
• The Rasputin Fabergé (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
• Breakout from Mistletoe Five (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1995
• The Dibble and Noah Webster (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• Strangers on a Sleigh (nv) EQMM Jan 1998
• The Colossus of Lilliput (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1998
• A Gallows Song (ss) EQMM Jan 1999
• Jerrold’s Meat (ss) EQMM Apr 1999
• A Quilt of Crazies (ss) EQMM May 1999
• The Flower Diet (nv) EQMM Apr 2000
• The Gooseberry Fool (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2000
• Honeydew Wine (ss) EQMM Apr 2001
• The Zoroaster Grin (nv) EQMM Jan 2002
• Bottom Walker (ss) EQMM May 2002
• The Jewels of Atlantis (nv) EQMM Nov 2002 [Ambrose Ganelon]
• The Firebird’s Feather (ss) EQMM Apr 2003
• The Amontillado Club (ss) EQMM May 2003
• MacNaughton or MacNeice (ss) EQMM Jan 2004
• The Blunderbuss Trick (ss) EQMM May 2004 [Ambrose Ganelon]
• A Bigfoot Christmas (ss) EQMM Jan 2005 [Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock]
• The Caravan of Wonders Lady (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005
• The Headless Horseman and the Horseless Carriage (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005
• A Tale of Too Much Dickens (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006
• The Ripper Prince (ss) EQMM May 2006 [Ambrose Ganelon]
• Aardvark by Gaslight (ss) EQMM Jul 2006 [Harry Grundig]
• At Willow-Walk-Behind (ss) EQMM Dec 2006
• Candy Cane Wars (ss) EQMM Jan 2007
• Ivory Crossroads (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007

POWELL, LARRY (stories)

• Square Peg, Round Hole (ss) AHMM Apr 23 1980

POWELL, MASON; pseudonym of Don Studebaker, (1941- ) (stories)

• A Trick of the Light (nv) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

POWELL, MEGAN (stories)

• Editorial (ed) Shred of Evidence Feb, May, Aug, Nov 2003, Feb 2004

POWELL, TALMAGE (1920-2000) (stories)

• Her Dagger Before Me (nv) Black Mask Jul 1949 [Lloyd Carter; Ed Rivers]
• A Beautiful Dame With Money (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1957
• Too Handsome to Work (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1957
• Hot-rod Hoodlum (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1957
• Sudden, Sudden Death (na) AHMM Nov 1957
• The Deadly Doll (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Jun 1958
• The Delinquent and the Doll (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1959
• Peeping Tom (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959
• I Had a Hunch, and... (ss) AHMM May 1959
• You Are Sick, Sick, Sick! (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine May 1959
• H-Man (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Jan 1961
• Murder Method (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1961
• Beauty Be Damned! (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1962
• Old Man Emmons (ss) AHMM Feb 1962
• Somebody Cares (ss) EQMM Dec 1962
• The Confident Killer (ss) AHMM Oct 1967
• The Vital Element (ss) AHMM Nov 1967
• New Neighbor (ss) AHMM Oct 1975
• A Way with a Will (ss) AHMM Apr 1 1981
• The Beacon (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1981
• Night of the Goblin (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981
• A Mother’s Heart (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1981
• The Deaths of Lorna Garth (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1982

POWELL, WILLIAM DYLAN (stories)

• Evening Gold (ss) EQMM Nov 2006

POWER, JO-ANN (1944- ); see pseudonym Ann Crowleigh (stories)

POWER, MARGARET RAE (1943- ); see pseudonym Margo Power (stories)

POWER, MARGO; pseudonym of Margaret Rae Power, (1943- ) (stories)

• Editorial Note (ed) Murderous Intent Sum 1996, Sum, Fll 1997
• All There Is and More (vi) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• Editorial Notes (ed) Murderous Intent Spr, Sum/Fll 1998, Spr, Sum, Fll, Win 1999

POWERS, BILLIE LEE (stories)

• The Factrix (ss) EQMM Aug 1984
• Saint Daddy (ss) EQMM Sep 1984
• Betsy’s Dictionary (ss) EQMM Jun 1987

POWERS, RALPH; house pseudonym (stories)

• Marked in Red (ss) Ten Detective Aces May/Jun 1933
• The Devil’s Deadline (ss) Capt. Hazzard Magazine May 1938

POWLESLAND, PAUL (stories)

• Guilt Trip (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1981

POWYS, T(heodore) F(rancis) (1875-1953) (stories)

• The Hunted Beast (ss) The White Paternoster, London: Chatto & Windus 1930
• A Suet Pudding (ss) Full Score, ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, London: Rich & Cowan 1933

POZZESSERE, HEATHER GRAHAM (1953- ); see pseudonym Heather Graham (stories)

PRATCHETT, TERRY (David John) (1948- ) (stories)

• # ifdefDEBUG + “world/enough” + “time” (ss) Digital Dreams, ed. David V. Barrett, NEL 1990

PRATHER, RICHARD S(cott) (1921-2007) (stories)

• The Double Take (nv) Manhunt Jul 1953 [Shell Scott]
• The Live Ones (ss) 1956 [Shell Scott]
• Film Strip (nv) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960 [Shell Scott]
• The Guilty Party (ss) Come Seven/Come Death, ed. Henry Morrison, Pocket 1965 [Shell Scott]

PREECE, SIÂN (1965- ) (stories)

• Second Hand (ss) Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999

PREISS, BYRON (Cary) (1953-2005) (books) (stories)

• Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe [ed.] (oa) Knopf 1988 [Philip Marlowe]
• Foreword (fw)

PRESCOTT, GORDON R. (stories)

• Never Hit Old Ladies (vi) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Mar 1966

PRESCOTT, WILLIAM H. (1796-1859) (stories)

• from History of the Conquest of Mexico (ar)

PRESS, SKIP (stories)

• The Alexander Aberration (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1987

PRESTON, ALISON (1949- ) (stories)

• Women of the West (ss)

PRESTON, DOUGLAS (stories)

• Gone Fishing [with Lincoln Child] (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006 [Lieutenant Douglas D’Agosta]

PRIBUS, MARILYN (stories)

• Occupant Box 253 (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980

PRICE, (Alan) ANTHONY (1928- ) (stories)

• A Green Boy (nv) Winter’s Crimes 5, ed. Virginia Whitaker, London: Macmillan 1973 [Gaius Celerius]
• The Berzin Lecture (ss) Winter’s Crimes 15, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1983

PRICE, E(dgar) HOFFMANN (Trooper) (1898-1988); see pseudonym Hamlin Daly (books) (stories)

• Triangle with Variations (ss) Droll Stories May 1924
• A Burning Clue (ss) Ten Detective Aces May/Jun 1933
• The Devil’s Crypt (nv) Strange Detective Stories Jan 1934
• Night in Manilla (ss) Spicy-Adventure Stories Oct 1935
• The Walking Dead (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Nov 1935
• Scourge of the Silver Dragon (nv) Gold Seal Detective Dec 1935
• Satan’s Daughter (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Jan 1936
• Pit of Madness (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Apr 1936
• Crystal Clues (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Aug 1936
• Revolt of the Damned (ss) Spicy-Adventure Stories Mar 1937
• You Can’t Fight a Woman (ss) Spicy Western Stories Jan 1939
• She Herded Him Around (ss) Spicy Western Stories Feb 1941 [Simon Bolivar Grimes]
• Murder Salvage (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1941 [Honest John Carmody]
• Every Man a King (nv) Speed Adventure Stories Nov 1943
• Drink or Draw (nv) Speed Western Stories Dec 1943 [Simon Bolivar Grimes]
• Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps (co) Wildside Press 2004

PRICE, JOHN BASYE (stories)

• Death and the Rope Trick (ss) London Mystery #21 1954

PRICE, MAGGIE (stories)

• Night Flames (na) Crimes of Passion, ed. Anon., Worldwide Mystery 2002

PRICE, ROBERT M(cNair) (1954- ) (stories)

• The Prying Investigations of Edwin M. Lillibridge (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

PRICHARD, H. HESKETH; see under Prichard, Hesketh (stories)

PRICHARD, (Hesketh Vernon) HESKETH [F.R.G.S.] (1876-1922); see pseudonym H. Heron (stories)

• The Murder at the Duck Club (ss) November Joe: Detective of the Woods 1913 [November Joe]
• The Crime at Big Tree Portage (nv) [November Joe]

PRICHARD, KATE; [i.e., Katherine O’Brien Prichard] (1851-1935); see pseudonym E. Heron (stories)

PRICHARD, MATHEW (stories)

• Agatha Christie and The Orient (ar) The Strand Magazine #2 1999

PRIESTLEY, LEE (Shore) (1904- ) (stories)

• The Mystery of the Steel Jewels (na) 1950
• The Steel Jewels Mystery (na) 1950; also as “The Mystery of the Steel Jewels”.

PRIMEAU, J. (stories)

• Project-GLD [with Wilma Bednarz] (ss)

PRINCE, ALISON (Mary) (1931- ) (stories)

• Sarah (ss) The Young Oxford Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Dennis Hamley, Oxford University Press 2003

PRINCE, HAROLD (stories)

• The Man in the Velvet Hat [with Jerome Prince] (ss) EQMM May 1944 [Inspector Magruder]

PRINCE, HARRY (stories)

• Game Plan (ss) AHMM Sep 8 1980
• Blue, Sky, and the Mark (ss) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984