Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

O’BRIEN, (Michael) FITZ-JAMES (1828-1862) (stories)

• The Diamond Lens (nv) Atlantic Monthly Jan 1858

O’BRIEN, FLANN; pseudonym of Brian O Nuallain, (1911-1966) (stories)

• The Sting (vi)

O’BRIEN, JOHN (stories)

• The Tik (ss) Las Vegas Noir, ed. Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce, Akashic Books 2008; (Scotch 80s).

O’BRIEN, MAUREEN (1943- ) (stories)

• The Cataloguer (ss) Crimewave #1 1999

O’BRIEN, MEG (stories)

• Kill the Woman and Child (nv) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990

O’BRIEN, MICHAEL (stories)

• Ice Bound (ss) Thrilling Mystery Nov 1940

O’BRIEN, TED (stories)

• What’s the Score? (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (Mid-City).

OBSTFELD, RAYMOND (1952- ) (stories)

• Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah (ss) Mystery Jan 1981

O’CALLAGHAN, BILLY (stories)

• The Body on the Boat (ss) AHMM Dec 2005

O’CALLAGHAN, (Helen) MAXINE (1937- ) (books) (stories)

• Sorry, Frank (ss) AHMM Jan 1974
• A Change of Clients (ss) AHMM Nov 1974 [Delilah West]
• An Insignificant Crime (vi) EQMM Feb 1977
• The Sweet Old Lady Who Sits in the Park (ss) Murder California Style, The Southern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, St. Martin’s 1987 [Emma Hartley]
• Exit (ss) After Hours Sum 1990
• Wolf Winter (ss) Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991
• Bad News (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994 [Delilah West]
• Deal with the Devil (ss) Maxine O’Callaghan Bibliography 1974-1995, Maxine O’Callaghan, A.S.A.P. 1994 [Delilah West]
• Is You Is or Is You Ain’t Miranda? (vi) After Hours Win 1995
• It Takes One to Kill One (ss) For Crime Out Loud, Vol. 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1996 [Emma Hartley]
• Diamonds Are for Never (ss) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998 [Delilah West]
• Somewhere South of Melrose (ss) Murder at the Movies, ed. Anon., Worldwide Library 1999 [Delilah West]
• [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories (co) Five Star 2001
• Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Heart (ss) Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• Survival Instinct (ss) Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• Belling the Cat (ss) And Some of Them Are Dead, ed. Margaret Searles & Victoria Heckman, Deadly Alibi Press Ltd. 2002
• Going to the Dogs (ss) Creature Cozies, ed. Jill Morgan, Berkley Prime Crime 2005
• Introduction (in)

O’CEALLAIGH, CLIONA (stories)

• The Purloined Treasures [with Eleanor Sullivan] (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1990

OCHS, CAROL PARTRIDGE (stories)

• A Change in Luck (ss) EQMM Feb 1990

OCKERT, JASON (stories)

• Jakob Loomis (ss) Oxford American #53 2006

Ó COILEÁIN, SÉAMAS (stories)

• Mugging in Harcourt Street, by Cathal Ó Sándair (ss) Feasta 1982

O’CONNELL, CAROL (1947- ) (stories)

• The Arcane Receiver (ss) The Mighty Johns, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002

O’CONNELL, JACK (1959- ) (stories)

• The Swag from Doc Hawthorne’s (nv) F&SF Feb 2003

O’CONNELL, JOE (stories)

• Dottie West’s Third Son (ss) Hardboiled #15 1993

O’CONNELL, STEVE; pseudonym of John George Reitci, (1922-1983) (stories)

• 9 from 12 Leaves 3 (ss) AHMM Nov 1960
• The Quiet Eye (ss) AHMM Aug 1961

O’CONNOR, FLANNERY (1925-1964) (stories)

• A Good Man Is Hard to Find (ss) The Avon Book of Modern Writing, ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon 1953
• The Comforts of Home (ss) The Kenyon Review Fll 1960

O’CONNOR, FRANK; pseudonym of Michael O’Donovan, (1903-1966) (stories)

• Jumbo’s Wife (ss) Guests of the Nation 1931
• In the Train (ss) Lovat Dickson’s Magazine Jun 1935
• Legal Aid (ss) Traveller’s Tales 1951
• The Majesty of the Law (ss)

O’CONNOR, GEMMA (1940- ) (stories)

• “Gemma O’Connor” by Barry Forshaw (iv) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

O’CONNOR, LAWTON (stories)

• The Alias (ss) AHMM Dec 1958

O’CONNOR, MAUREEN (1940- ); see pseudonym Patricia Hall (stories)

OCORK, SHANNON (1944- ) (stories)

• Night Run (ss) EQMM Aug 1983
• Well Worth It (ss) EQMM Oct 1984
• Mifflin Must Go (ss) EQMM Jun 1986

O’DANIEL, JANET (stories)

• Strands of Murder (ss) AHMM mid-Sep 1982
• Seven Nights, Six Days (ss) AHMM Aug 1983
• Crime and the Cloister (nv) AHMM Oct 1983
• Western Wind (nv) AHMM May 1984
• Career in Crime (ss) AHMM Dec 1985
• Patchwork (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1985
• House by the Road (nv) AHMM Jan 1987
• Florida Primitive (nv) AHMM Oct 1988
• Death of an Alumnus (ss) AHMM Dec 1988
• A Heart for Murder (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1988
• Murder Below Broad Street (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1992
• Wake the Dead (ss) AHMM May 1993

O’DANIEL, SISSY (stories)

• Ten Cent Alibi (ss) Mammoth Mystery Feb 1947

ODDIE, JAMES L. (stories)

• The Final Puzzle (vi) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• grandma@girlchat.com (vi) Murderous Intent Fll 1999
• Buddaha’s Revenge (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999

O’DONNELL, PETER (1920- ) (stories)

• Professor Kaa’s Doorway (ss) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
• Salamander Four (nv) [Modesty Blaise]

O’DONOHOE, NICK; [i.e., Nicholas Benjamin O’Donohoe] (1952- ) (stories)

• Checking Out (ss) AHMM Sep 1990

O’DONOVAN, MICHAEL (1903-1966); see pseudonym Frank O’Connor (stories)

O’DRISCOLL, MIKE (1960- ) (stories)

• Blue Valentine (ss) Crimewave #2 1999

O’DUFFY, EIMAR (Ultan) (1893-1935) (stories)

• The Glass Panel (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• Miss Kitten’s Case (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• The Mystery of the Octagon Room (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

OELRICH, MICHAEL J. (stories)

• Do It Yourself (ss) EQMM Jan 14 1980

O’FAOLÁIN, SEÁN; [born John Whelan] (1900-1991) (stories)

• The Death of Stevey Long (nv) 1932
• Murder at Cobbler’s Hulk (nv) Playboy Jul 1971

OFFIT, SIDNEY (stories)

• No Time for Senior’s (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004

OFFORD, LENORE GLEN (1905-1991) (stories)

• A Case of Lost Identity (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]

OFFUTT, ANDREW J(efferson, V) (1934- ) (stories)

• Blowfly (ss) Trumpet #6 1967

OFFUTT, CHRIS (1958- ) (stories)

• Chuck’s Bucket (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

O’FLAHERTY, LIAM (1896-1984) (stories)

• The Sniper (ss) The New Leader Jan 12 1923
• The Law Is the Law (ss) EQMM Dec 1954

OGAN, GEORGE (F.) (1912-1983) (stories)

• The Inverted Centers [with Margaret Ogan] (ss)
• Top Secret [with Margaret Ogan] (ss)

OGAN, MARGARET (E. Nettles) (1923-1979) (stories)

• The Inverted Centers [with George Ogan] (ss)
• Top Secret [with George Ogan] (ss)

OGDEN, JULIE (books)

• Hardboiled [ed. with Stuart Coupe] (an) Allen & Unwin 1992
• Case Reopened [ed. with Stuart Coupe] (oa) Allen & Unwin Australia 1993
• Crosstown Traffic [ed. with Robert Hood & Stuart Coupe] (oa) Five Islands Press 1993

OGLALLA SIOUX (stories)

• When The Other Comes (pm) New Mystery v4 #3 1996

OGLESBY, WILLIAM (stories)

• Staying Alive (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

O’GREEN, JENNIFER MITCHELL ROBERSON; see under Roberson, Jennifer (stories)

O’HARA, JOHN (Henry) (1905-1970) (stories)

• How I Am Now in Chi (ss) 1939
• In a Grove (ss) 1960

O’HARA, KENNETH; pseudonym of Bryce Walton, (1918-1988) (stories)

• A Week-End Ghoul (ss) Sleuth Mystery Magazine Dec 1958

O’HARA, SCOTT; pseudonym of John D. MacDonald, (1916-1986) (stories)

• Night Watch (ss) Detective Tales May 1950

O’HEAR, MICHAEL (stories)

• Laughter in the Shadows (ar) Murderous Intent Spr 1996

O’HEARN, E. HOLDEN (stories)

• The Story That Won: False Arrest (pm) AHMM Feb 1996

O’HIGGINS, HARVEY J(errold) (1876-1929) (stories)

• The Blackmailers (nv) The Adventures of Detective Barney, New York: Century 1915 [Barney Cook]
• The Marshall Murder (nv) Detective Duff Unravels It, New York: Liveright 1929 [John Duff]

OJIKUTU, BAYO (stories)

• The Gospel of Moral Ends (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (77th & Jeffery).

O’KANE, LESLIE (1954- ) (stories)

• Tipping the Scales (ss) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998
• The Emerald Collar (ss) Canine Christmas, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1999

O’KEEFE, JAMES (stories)

• Death Makes a Comeback (ss) The New Black Mask No.3, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1985
• Scam Snooper (ss) Hardboiled #6 1986
• Susan (ss) Hardboiled #19 1994

O’KEEFFE, PATRICK (stories)

• Mute Robbery (ss) AHMM Feb 1976

OKONOWICZ, ED (1947- ) (stories)

• The Easter Gathering (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981

OLCOTT, ANTHONY (1950- ); see pseudonym Toni Brill (stories)

• A Dacha to Die In (nv) AHMM Apr 1992
• The Summer of ’37, by Julian Semionov (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
• Table Talk, 1882, by Boris Akunin (ss) EQMM Feb 2004; first published in the Russian Playboy, 2000.

OLCOTT, MARTHA (Brill) (1949- ); see pseudonym Toni Brill (stories)

OLDE, NICHOLAS; pseudonym of Amian Lister Champneys (stories)

• The Windmill (ss) The Incredible Adventures of Rowland Hern, Heinemann 1928 [Rowland Hern]

O’LEARY, DENYSE (stories)

• Would We Let a Writer Get Away with This in Crime Fiction? (cl) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• You Think Crime Fiction Is Strange? Truth Is Stranger... (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• Would We Allow a Crime Writer to Get Away with This? (ar) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

OLECK, JACK (1914-1981) (stories)

• Lust of the Wicked! (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Aug 1957
• Murder Is So Easy! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Oct 1957
• Kill Me Too! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957
• Death with a Stranger! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Apr 1958

OLEKSIW, SUSAN (Prince) (1945- ) (books) (stories)

• A Murder Made in India (ss) AHMM Oct 2003
• Undertow: Crime Stories by New England Writers [ed. with Skye Alexander & Kate Flora] (oa) Level Best Books 2003
• Silver House (ss) Undertow, ed. Skye Alexander, Kate Flora & Susan Oleksiw, Level Best Books 2003
• The Photographer and the Lover (ss) AHMM Apr 2005
• Death of a Mentor (ss) AHMM Sep 2006

OLINGHOUSE, LANE (stories)

• The Story That Won: A Superfluity of Spies or It Had to Happen Sooner or Later (vi) AHMM Jan 1990
• The Thing Under the Bed (vi) AHMM Jan 1990
• The Story That Won: Bye, Bye, Birdie (vi) AHMM Aug 1991

OLIPHANT, MRS.; [i.e., Margaret Wilson Oliphant] (1828-1897) (stories)

• The Open Door (nv) Blackwood’s Jan 1882

OLIPHANT, MARGARET (née Wilson) (1828-1897); see under Oliphant, Mrs. (stories)

OLIVER, MARIA ANTONIA (1946- ) (stories)

• Where Are You, Monica? (nv) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991

OLIVERI, MIKE (stories)

• Crazy for You [with Brian Keene] (ss) Crime Spree, ed. Sandy DeLuca and Trey R. Barker, December Girl Press 2001 [Tony & Vince]

OLMSTEAD, ROBERT (stories)

• Rolling Stones (ss) The Midwesterner Nov/Dec 1996

OLMSTED, HELEN ESPER (books) (stories)

• Homicide Hosts Presents [ed.] (oa) Write Way Publishing 1996
• The Corpse Was Clean-Shaven (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996

OLSEN, D. B.; pseudonym of Dolores Hitchens, (1907-1973) (stories)

• The Fuzzy Things (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 1948
• Murder Walks a Strange Path (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 1948; also as “The Fuzzy Things”.

OLSEN, E. J. (books) (stories)

• Detroit Noir [ed. with John C. Hocking] (oa) Akashic Books 2007
• Introduction [with John C. Hocking] (in) Detroit Noir, ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books 2007
• Snow Angel (ss) Detroit Noir, ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books 2007; (Grand Circus Park).

OLSEN, ERIC B. (1961- ) (stories)

• Lying Through Your Teeth (ss) AHMM Mar 2005

OLSEN, GREGG (Donald) (1958- ) (stories)

• The Crime of My Life (ss) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008

OLSEN, JAMES P.; see pseudonym James A. Lawson (stories)

OLSHAKER, MARK (1951- ) (stories)

• Doorway to the Future (ss) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996

OLSON, D. H. (books) (stories)

• Introduction (in)

OLSON, DAVID (stories)

• They’ll Never Find You (ss) EQMM Mar 1993

OLSON, DONALD (S.) (1952- ) (stories)

• The Last Time (ss) AHMM Jan 2 1980
• Web of Circumstance (ss) EQMM Apr 7 1980
• Hard Cash (ss) AHMM Oct 27 1980
• One Jump Ahead (ss) AHMM Nov 19 1980
• An Easy Fifty Bucks (ss) AHMM May 27 1981
• A Friend Who Understands (ss) EQMM Jun 17 1981
• A Token of Appreciation (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• Indian Summer (ss) EQMM Oct 7 1981
• The New Broom (ss) AHMM Oct 14 1981
• Anything Goes (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1982