Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

O’TOOLE, S. K. (stories)

• No Disclosure (ss) AHMM May 2002

OTT, PAUL (1955- ); see pseudonym Paul Lascaux (stories)

OTTER, THOMAS; pseudonym (stories)

• Toyshop of the Mind (ss) EQMM Jan 27 1982
• Tragedy at Catters Cove (ss) EQMM May 1982

OTTOLENGUI, (Benjamin A.) RODRIGUES (1861-1937) (stories)

• The Azteck Opal (ss) The Idler Apr 1895 [Robert Leroy Mitchel; John Barnes]
• A Novel Forgery (ss) [Robert Leroy Mitchel; John Barnes]
• A Singular Abduction (ss) [Robert Leroy Mitchel; John Barnes]

OURSLER, WILL(iam Charles) (1913-1985) (stories)

• Last Deal (ss) Black Book Detective May 1949

OVENDEN, ALLISON (stories)

• Macbeth Revisited (ss)

OVERHOLSER, STEPHEN (1944- ) (stories)

• A Slight Error (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972

OVERMYER, ERIC (Ellis) (1951- ) (stories)

• Marigny Triangle (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (Faubourg Marigny).

OVERN, BUD (stories)

• Barnstorming (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1995 [Bill Barnes]
• Shape of Things to Come (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1995 [Bill Barnes]

OVID; [i.e., Publius Ovidius Naso] (43 BC-17 AD) (stories)

• An Uncle’s Advice (pm) 1958

OWEN, JOHN (c1928-1995) (stories)

• Instruments (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
• Movie Crazy (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998

OWEN, M. G.; pseudonym (stories)

• The Snows of Saint Stephen (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999

OWEN, PATRICK (stories)

• Spitfire Spy (ss) Mystery Stories #23 1941
• Wings in the Shadow (ss) Mystery Stories #24 1941

OWEN, WILFRED (1893-1918) (stories)

• The Parable of the Old Man and the Young (pm)

OWENS, AGNES (1926- ) (stories)

• Change of Face (ss) Lean Tales, Cape 1985

OWENS, BARBARA; [i.e., Barbara Owens Weiman] (stories)

• The Cloud Beneath the Eaves (ss) EQMM Jan 1978
• The Music in His Veins (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981
• Silent Witness (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• Noplace Else to Go (ss) EQMM Mar 1985
• The Killing of Bull Kirkshaw (ss) EQMM May 1990
• A Marty Kind of Guy (ss) EQMM Sep 1990
• Mercy’s Killing (ss) EQMM Jan 1992
• Dead Ringers (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• Best Friends (ss) EQMM Aug 1992
• Teeny Ann (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1992
• On Lookout (ss) EQMM Mar 1993
• Who Killed Wee Winky? (ss) EQMM Jul 1993
• All in the Eyes (ss) EQMM Oct 1993
• Footprints (ss) EQMM Jan 1994
• Ties That Bind (ss) EQMM May 1994
• Bad Habits (ss) EQMM Dec 1994
• Personal Debts (ss) EQMM May 1995
• Dying for Love (ss) EQMM Jul 1995
• Hard Times (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• In a Quiet Neighborhood (ss) EQMM Jan 1997
• The Fruit Cellar (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997
• How Things Are (ss) EQMM Dec 1997
• Do or Die (ss) EQMM Feb 1998
• A Quiet Pool (ss) EQMM Jun 2001
• In My House (ss) EQMM Feb 2002

OWENS, DAVID (stories)

• Evinrude (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• The Story That Won: Dead Ahead (vi) AHMM Jul/Aug 2004

OWENS, JOHN J. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Bones of Contention (vi) AHMM Oct 2006

OWENS, MICHAEL (stories)

• The Billboard Killing (ss) AHMM Sep 1991

OWENS, MIKE (stories)

• Roses, Rhododendrons, and Ruth (ss) AHMM Jun 1994
• McGuffy’s House (ss) AHMM Jun 1997
• The Car in the Woods (ss) AHMM Apr 1999
• The Alley (ss) AHMM Feb 2002

OXENHAM, JOHN; pseudonym of William Dunkerley, (1852-1941) (stories)

• Mystery of the Underground (nv) To-Day Feb 27-Apr 10 1897

OZICK, CYNTHIA (1928- ) (stories)

• Puttermesser: Her Work History, Her Ancestry, Her Afterlife (ss) 1982

PACHECO, TOM (stories)

• The Cheating Wife (vi) The Strand Magazine #2 1999
• Day of Reckoning (vi) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

PACHTER, JOSH (1951- ); see pseudonym Chas. J. Thorpe (stories)

• The Dilmun Exchange (ss) EQMM Jul 1984
• The Beer Drinkers (ss) EQMM Dec 1984
• The Spy and the Suicide Club [with Edward D. Hoch] (ss) EQMM Jan 1985 [Jeffrey Rand]
• Stork Trek [with Edward Wellen] (nv) AHMM Jul 1985
• Message from Lowanda (ss) Espionage Magazine Aug 1985
• Assignment: Vienna (nv) Espionage Magazine Nov 1985, Feb 1986
• Tree of Life (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1985
• The Qatar Causeway (nv) AHMM Jan 1986
• The Groucho Marx Murders (ss) Hardboiled #4 1986
• Asu (ss) EQMM Apr 1986
• The Tortoise & Hare (ss) Espionage Magazine Apr 1986
• The Defenestration of Prague (nv) Espionage Magazine Jun, Aug 1986
• The Exchange (ss) EQMM Jun 1986
• The Night of Power (ss) EQMM Sep 1986
• Eighty Million Noses (ss) Hardboiled #7 1987
• Chain Reaction (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1987
• Better Safe Than Sorry [with Michael Avallone] (vi) Hardboiled #8 1987
• Sheikh’s Beach (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1988
• The Leo’s Den Affair [with Francis M. Nevins, Jr.] (ss) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990 [Dick Tracy]
• The Seven-Year Bitch [with Dan J. Marlowe] (ss) Hardboiled #11 1990
• The Ivory Beast (nv) Gathering Sum 1991
• Annika Andersson [with Stanley Cohen] (ss) EQMM Feb 1993
• Won’t You Come Out Tonight? (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004 [Kevin Pulaski]
• The Red Mercedes, by Theo Capel (ss) EQMM Jun 2004; first published as “De Rode Auto” in the Dutch edition of Playboy, 1985.
• The Germon Cologne Mystery [with Jon L. Breen] (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005; Ellery Queen parody.
• Bloody Hot, by René Appel (ss) EQMM Aug 2006; originally published in Dutch in Elsevier, 2004.

PACK, JANET (stories)

• Money Well Spent (ss) Mob Magic, ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1998
• Guardian of Souls (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• Impressions (ss) Felonious Felines, ed. Carol & Ed Gorman, Five Star 2000
• The Secret Staff (ss) White House Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Cumberland House 2002

PACKARD, FRANK (Lucius) (1877-1942) (stories)

• Shanley’s Luck (ss) The Popular Magazine Dec 15 1910
• The Builder (ss) On the Iron at Big Cloud, New York: Crowell 1911

PACKER, VIN; pseudonym of Marijane Meaker, (1927- ) (stories)

• Hot Snow (ss) Justice Jan 1956
• Round Heels (ss) A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir, ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press 2007

PADGETT, (Mary) ABIGAIL (1942- ) (stories)

• Just Stunning [with Douglas Dennis] (nv) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999

PADURA, LEONARDO (stories)

• Staring at the Sun (ss) Havana Noir, ed. Achy Obejas, Akashic Books 2007

PAGE, ANITA (stories)

• The Lie (ss) Murder New York Style, ed. Randy Kandel, L & L Dreamspell 2007

PAGE, GERALD W(ilburn) (1939- ) (stories)

• Song of the Armadillo (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1983
• Clear and Present Armadillo (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1998

PAGE, JERRY (stories)

• The Beast That Owned a Table (pm) Pulp Vault #7 1990

PAGE, KATHERINE HALL (1947- ) (stories)

• The Body in the Redwoods (nv) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
• The Would-Be Widower (ss) Malice Domestic 10, Nevada Barr, Avon 2001

PAGE, NORVELL W(ooten) (1904-1961); see pseudonym N. Wooten Poge (stories)

• Gallows Ghost (nv) Ten Detective Aces Sep 1933
• Clue of Courage (ss) Strange Detective Stories Jan 1934
• The Trail of the Snake (ss) The Masked Rider Western Magazine Feb 1935
• Slaves of the Crime Master (n.) The Spider Apr 1935 [Richard Wentworth (The Spider)]

PAIN, BARRY (Eric Odell) (1864-1928) (stories)

• The Green Light (ss) Phil May’s Annual Win 1897
• A Considerable Murder (ss) The Black Cap, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson 1927

PAINE, LAURAN (Bosworth) (1916-2001) (stories)

• Polo Pride (ss)

PAINTON, FREDERICK C. (1896?-1945) (stories)

• The Conquest of America (n.) Battle Stories Oct 1929 (+4)

PAIRO, PRESTON, III (1958- ) (stories)

• The Magic Search (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1985

PAIVA, JEAN (1944-1989) (stories)

• Lost and Found (ss) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #1 2008

PALKINHORN, HARRY (stories)

• Consumimur Igni (ss)

PALMER, BILL (stories)

• Murder, They Said (ar) New Mystery v2 #1, Win 1994
• Murder... They Tell Me (ar) New Mystery v3 #1 1994; reviews of audio-books.
• The Game’s Afoot [with Karen Palmer] (gr) New Mystery v5 #2 1997

PALMER, DANIEL (stories)

• Disfigured [with Michael Palmer] (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

PALMER, FRANK (1933-2000) (stories)

• Character Witness (ss) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997 [Supt. Philip Todd]

PALMER, JESSICA (1949- ) (stories)

• Redemption (ss) Constable New Crimes 1, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1992
• Just Desserts (ss) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993
• Full Moon Rising (ss) London Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 1994
• Lex Talionis (ss) Royal Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994

PALMER, KAREN (stories)

• The Game’s Afoot [with Bill Palmer] (gr) New Mystery v5 #2 1997

PALMER, LIZ (stories)

• Up the Pole (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997

PALMER, MICHAEL (Stephen) (1942- ) (stories)

• Disfigured [with Daniel Palmer] (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

PALMER, (Charles) STUART (Hunter) (1905-1968) (books) (stories)

• The Riddle of the Dangling Pearl (nv) Mystery Nov 1933 [Hildegarde Withers]
• The Riddle of the Flea Circus (nv) Mystery Dec 1933 [Hildegarde Withers]
• The Riddle of the Forty Costumes (nv) Mystery Jan 1934 [Hildegarde Withers]
• The Riddle of the Brass Band (nv) Mystery Mar 1934 [Hildegarde Withers]
• The Riddle of the Yellow Canary (ss) Mystery Apr 1934 [Hildegarde Withers]
• The Riddle of the Blueblood Murders (nv) Mystery Jun 1934 [Hildegarde Withers]
• The Riddle of the Forty Naughty Girls (ss) Mystery Jul 1934 [Hildegarde Withers]
• The Riddle of the Hanging Men (nv) Mystery Sep 1934 [Hildegarde Withers]
• The Riddle of the Marble Blade (nv) Mystery Nov 1934 [Hildegarde Withers]
• The Riddle of the Whirling Lights (nv) Mystery Jan 1935 [Hildegarde Withers]
• Green Ice (ss) The Chicago Tribune Apr 13 1941 [Hildegarde Withers]
• The Adventure of the Marked Man (ss) EQMM Jul 1944 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Riddle of the Snafu Murder (ss) EQMM Nov 1945 [Hildegarde Withers]
• Snafu Murder (ss) EQMM Nov 1945; also as “The Riddle of the Snafu Murder”. [Hildegarde Withers]
• The Riddle of the Tired Bullet (ss) EQMM Mar 1948 [Hildegarde Withers]
• Once Upon a Train [with Craig Rice] (nv) EQMM Oct 1950 [Hildegarde Withers; John J. Malone]
• Cure for a Headache (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1961
• Hildegarde Withers Is Back (nv) EQMM Apr 1968 [Hildegarde Withers]
• Hildegarde Withers: Uncollected Riddles (co) Crippen & Landru 2002
• The Riddle of the Jack of Diamonds (ss) [Hildegarde Withers]

PALMIERI, MARCO (stories)

• Best of All (nv) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990 [Batman]

PALUMBO, DENNIS (Joseph) (1951- ) (books) (stories)

• The Smart Guys Marching Society (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• A Theory of Murder (nv) The Strand Magazine #23 2007
• From Crime to Crime: Mind-Boggling Tales of Mystery and Murder (co) Tallfellow Press 2008
• Body of Evidence (nv)
• Freud Slept Here (nv)
• Ghost Whistle (nv)
• In the Wind (nv)
• Introduction (in)
• The Last Laugh (ss)
• Mayhem in Mayberry (ss)
• One for the Road (nv)
• Patron Saint (ss)
• Players (ss)

PANASKY, BEV (stories)

• Undercurrents (ss) Dead in the Water, ed. Violette Malan & Therese Greenwood, RendezVous Press 2006

PANEK, LeROY LAD (books) (stories)

• Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology [ed. with Mary M. Bendel-Simso] (an) McFarland 2008
• From “The Police Novel” (ar)
• Introduction [with Mary M. Bendel-Simso] (in)
• Preface [with Mary M. Bendel-Simso] (pr)

PANGBORN, ARDEN X. (stories)

• The House of Doom (ss) The Mysterious Wu Fang Feb 1936

PANGBORN, EDGAR (1909-1976) (stories)

• Mrrrar! (ss) EQMM Jul 1953

PANZRAN, CARL; pseudonym of Albert F. Nussbaum, (1935-1996) (stories)

• Counselor at Law (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1981

PAOLETTI, MARC (stories)

• The Day the Radio Did Most of the Talking (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

PAPAZOGLOU, ORANIA (1951- ); see pseudonym Jane Haddam (stories)

PARETSKY, JEREMY L. (stories)

• Only a Woman, by Amel Benaboura (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996

PARETSKY, SARA (1947- ) (books) (stories)

• The Takamoku Joseki (ss) AHMM Jan 1984 [V.I. Warshawski]
• Three-Dot Po (ss) The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1984 [V.I. Warshawski]
• At the Old Swimming Hole (nv) Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1986 [V.I. Warshawski]
• Skin Deep (ss) The New Black Mask No.8, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1987 [V.I. Warshawski]
• The Case of the Pietro Andromache (nv) AHMM Dec 1988; also as “The Pietro Andromache”. [V.I. Warshawski]
• The Pietro Andromache (nv) AHMM Dec 1988 [V.I. Warshawski]
• Dealer’s Choice (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988 [Philip Marlowe]
• A Taste of Life (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, ed. Alison Hennegan, St. Martin’s 1989
• The Maltese Cat (nv) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990 [V.I. Warshawski]
• Lily and the Sockeyes (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990