Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

PI, TONY (stories)

• Dynamics of a Hanging (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2005

PICCIARELLI, PATRICK W. (stories)

• The Debt (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004
• The Prince of Arthur Avenue (ss) Bronx Noir, ed. S. J. Rozan, Akashic Books 2007; (Arthur Avenue).

PICCIRILLI, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Edward Piccirilli] (1965- ) (stories)

• Ribbons Across 117th (ss) Hardboiled #22 1996
• Water Wears the Stones (ss) The Dog Syndrome & Other Sick Puppies, Marietta Publishing 1997
• Of Persephone, Poe, and the Whisperer (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999
• The Serpent Was More Subtle (ss) Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999
• At One Stride Comes the Dark (ss) Crimewave #3 2000
• Diamond Mozzarella (ss) Felonious Felines, ed. Carol & Ed Gorman, Five Star 2000
• Bereavement (ss) Five Strokes to Midnight, ed. Gary A. Braunbeck & Hank Schwaeble, Haunted Pelican Press 2007
• Between the Dark and the Daylight (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008

PICIULLO, LOU (stories)

• What Goes Around (pm) EQMM Jul 1991
• Loner Donor (pm) EQMM Sep 1991

PICKARD, NANCY (J.) (1945- ) (books) (stories)

• A Man Around the House (ss) EQMM Dec 2 1981
• I, Witness (ss) AHMM Dec 1987
• The Dead Past (ss) Mystery Scene Oct 1989
• Afraid All the Time (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
• Storm Warnings (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
• Dust Devil (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1991
• The Scar (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991
• Lazy Susan (ss) Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991
• Sex and Violence (ss) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
• Afraid All the Time (co) Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1992
• Every Wednesday (A Novel Idea for a Short Story) (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Fat Cat (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Malice Domestic 3: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (oa) Pocket 1994
• Malicious Donesticus (in) Malice Domestic 3, Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1994
• Sign of the Times (ss) Malice Domestic 3, Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1994
• Valentine’s Night (nv) Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley 1995
• Speak No Evil (ss) For Crime Out Loud, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1995
• A Rock and a Hard Place (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
• The Potluck Supper Murders (ss) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
• Lady Finch-Waller Regrets (ss) Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997
• It Had to Be You (nv) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
• Love’s Cottage (ss) The Plot Thickens, ed. Mary Higgens Clark, Pocket 1997
• Dr. Couch Saves a Cat (ss) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
• The Private Life of a Private Eye (ss) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998
• Dr. Couch Saves a Bird (ss) Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998
• The First Lady Murders [ed.] (oa) Pocket 1999
• The First Ladies’ Secret (ss) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999
• Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder [ed.] (oa) Berkley 1999
• Out of Africa (nv) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999
• Verdict (ss) Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999
• Nine Points for Murder (ss) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
• Afraid of the Dark (nv) The Night Awakens, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 2000
• Tea for Two (ss) Love and Death, ed. Carolyn Hart, Berkley Prime Crime 2001
• Lucky Devil (ss) Malice Domestic 10, Nevada Barr, Avon 2001
• Old Eyes (nv) EQMM Apr 2002
• Storm Warnings (co) International Polygonics 2002
• It’s in a Cat’s Nature to Kill (ss) Storm Warnings, International Polygonics, Ltd. 2002
• Dr. Couch Saves a President (ss) White House Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Cumberland House 2002
• There Is No Crime on Easter Island (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005
• Joy Ride (ss) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• Why Housekeeping and Writers Don’t Mix (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• The Book of Truth (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006 [Marie Lightfoot]
• The Richard Parker Coincidence (ss) EQMM Dec 2006
• I Killed (ss) Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime, ed. Sara Paretsky, Signet 2007
• Ms. Grimshank Regrets (ss) EQMM May 2008
• A Nice Old Guy (ss) EQMM Aug 2008
• Introduction (in)
• Show and Tell (in)

PICKENS, CATHY (stories)

• Uncommon Law (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994

PICKER, LENNY (stories)

• Booked & Printed (br) AHMM Jan/Feb, Jul/Aug 2004
• The Screen of the Crime (mr) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #1 2008

PICKTHALL, MARJORIE L(owry) C(hristie) (?-1922) (stories)

• Luck (ss) The Pall Mall Magazine 1913

PIERCE, DAVID (1960- ) (stories)

• Mel’s Rent-All (ss) AHMM Aug 1987
• How to Murder Your Spouse (ss) AHMM Apr 1988
• The Median Life (ss) AHMM Jun 1988
• A Romantic Murder (ss) AHMM Jul 1988
• Somewhere Else (ss) EQMM Aug 1988
• Like Father, or Else (vi) EQMM Nov 1988
• Rosie’s Last Stand (ss) EQMM Aug 1989
• Dr. Woorley’s Black Bag (ss) EQMM Oct 1989
• The Key Ring (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1989
• For Better or Else (ss) EQMM Mar 1991

PIERCE, DAVID M. (1932- ); see pseudonym “Milton” (stories)

• Plane Common Sense (ss) The Armchair Detective Spr 1993
• P.I. to the Stars (ss) EQMM Apr 1996

PIERCE, FRANK; pseudonym of Frank B. Bryning, (1907- ) (stories)

• The Story That Won: The Taken! (vi) AHMM May 2006

PIERCE, NORA (stories)

• Atomic City (ss) Las Vegas Noir, ed. Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce, Akashic Books 2008; (Test Site).

PIERCE, TODD JAMES (books) (stories)

• Las Vegas Noir [ed. with Jarret Keene] (oa) Akashic Books 2008
• Introduction [with Jarret Keene] (in) Las Vegas Noir, ed. Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce, Akashic Books 2008

PIKE, B. A. (stories)

• Agatha’s Stories (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1991
• Introduction (in)

PIKE, EARL C. (stories)

• The Magician’s Wife (ss) Whiskey Island Sum/Fll 1997

PIKE, SUE (books) (stories)

• Still Waters (ss) Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1994
• Widow’s Weeds (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997
• Final Jeopardy (ss) EQMM Dec 2000
• Fit to Die: A Crime and Mystery Collection [ed. with Joan Boswell] (oa) Napoleon Pub. 2001
• Boarding School Reach (ss) Bloody Words: the anthology, ed. Caro Soles & Cheryl Freedman, Baskerville Books 2003
• Bone Dance: A Collection of Musical Mysteries by the Ladies’ Killing Circle [ed. with Joan Boswell] (oa) RendezVous Crime 2003
• A Temporary Crown (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005
• Flashback (ss) EQMM Aug 2005

PILKINGTON, MARK (stories)

• She’ll Ride a White Horse (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Dalston).

PILLING, ANN (1944- ) (stories)

• The Pelican (ss) The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories, ed. Jean Russell, London: Methuen 1982

PINCUS, ELIZABETH (1957- ) (stories)

• Business as Usual (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990

PINKERTON, ALLAN (1819-1884) (stories)

• “‘We Never Sleep’: Allan Pinkerton” by Allen G. Shepherd (ar) The Armchair Detective Sum 1991

PINKERTON, BRIAN (James) (1963- ) (stories)

• Exhibition (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1985
• Lower Wacker Blues (ss) Chicago Blues, ed. Libby Fischer Hellmann, Bleak House Books 2007

PINKWATER, DANIEL M(anus) (1941- ) (stories)

• Journal of a Ghurka Physician (ss) The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

PINTADO, MYLENE FERNÁNDEZ (stories)

• The Scene (ss) Havana Noir, ed. Achy Obejas, Akashic Books 2007

PINTER, JASON (stories)

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

PIRANDELLO, LUIGI (1867-1936) (stories)

• All Passion Spent (ss) 1965

PIRKIS, C(atherine) L(ouisa) (1839-1910) (stories)

• The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step (ss) The Ludgate Magazine Feb 1893 [Loveday Brooke]
• The Murder at Troyte’s Hill (nv) The Ludgate Magazine Mar 1893 [Loveday Brooke]
• Drawn Daggers (nv) The Ludgate Magazine Jun 1893 [Loveday Brooke]
• The Redhill Sisterhood (nv) The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Hutchinson & Co. 1894; also as “The Sisterhood”. [Loveday Brooke]
• The Sisterhood (nv) The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Hutchinson & Co. 1894 [Loveday Brooke]
• The Ghost of Fountain Lane (ss) [Loveday Brooke]

PISACRETA, SHARON (stories)

• A Taste for Foxglove (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1989
• The Subscription (ss) EQMM Jan 1991

PISTILLI, AMALIA (stories)

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

PITT, DAVID (stories)

• Happy Birthday (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1987

PITT, GEORGE DIBDIN (1799-1855) (stories)

• Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street [with Marvin Kaye] (pl) 1992

PITT, INGRID; pseudonym of Ingoushka Petrov, (1943- ) (stories)

• “Murder, Torture and Depravity with Ingrid Pitt” by Vic Buckner (iv) Crime Time #23 2001

PITTMAN, JOSEPH (books) (stories)

• The Best of the Best [ed. with Elaine Koster] (oa) Penguin/Signet 1998
• Crimes and Misdemeanors [ed. with Elaine Koster] (oa) Signet 1998
• And the Dying Is Easy [ed. with Annette Riffle] (oa) Signet 2001
• Introduction [with Annette Riffle] (in)
• Introduction [with Elaine Koster] (in)

PITTS, ZaSU (1898-1963) (stories)

• Mrs. Hudson Speaks (ss) The Baker Street Journal 1947; first given at a dinner for the Detroit branch of the Baker Street Irregulars, March 14, 1947. [Sherlock Holmes]

PIWARSKI, JOHN (1969- ) (stories)

• Another Sleepless Night (vi) Hardboiled #16 1993
• Boosters (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

PIZIKS, STEVEN (A.) (c1967- ) (stories)

• Round Dragon, Angry Tiger (nv) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

PIZZO, SAM (stories)

• For the Taking (ss) AHMM Nov 1986
• Hit Man (ss) AHMM Jun 1987
• The Stealer (ss) AHMM Sep 1995
• The Whole Nine Yards (ss) AHMM Jan 1996
• Wild Horses (ss) AHMM Apr 1996
• So Far So Good (ss) AHMM Jan 1999

PLAKCY, NEIL (stories)

• Christmas in Honolulu (ss) Mysterical-e Dec 2005 [Kimo Kanapa’aka]

PLANTE, BRIAN (1956- ) (stories)

• The Canary and the Cat (vi) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

PLANTOS, TED (1943-2001) (stories)

• The Shanghai Noodle Killing (vi) Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991

PLATE, PETER (stories)

• From Genesis to Revelation (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (Market Street).

PLATE, ROBERT (stories)

• Murders Are Such a Nuisance (ss) AHMM May 1959
• You’ll Die Twice (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1960
• He Won’t Talk (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1960

PLATT, JOHN R. (stories)

• Oldest Living Serial Killer Tells All (ss) 1995
• Tombs (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

PLEWS, SARA (stories)

• Murder by the Tubful (ss) AHMM Dec 1986
• Blind Date (ss) Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1990

PLUMMER, C. EMSLEY (stories)

• The Sceptic (ss) Vengeance Shorts #1 1945

PLUMMER, STEVE (stories)

• The Story That Won: Any Port in a Storm (vi) AHMM 2000

PLUNKETT, CYRIL (stories)

• Bullets for Your Birthday (ss) Double Detective Apr 1940
• Side Door to Hell (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Sep 1943

POCOCK, (Henry) ROGER (Ashwell) (1865-1941) (stories)

• The Lean Man (ss) Toronto World 1887

POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849) (stories)

• Berenice (ss) Southern Literary Messenger Mar 1835
• Ligeia (ss) American Museum Sep 1838
• The Fall of the House of Usher (ss) Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine Sep 1839
• William Wilson (nv) The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, an, 1839 1839
• The Man of the Crowd (ss) Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine Dec 1840
• The Murders in the Rue Morgue (nv) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Apr 1841 [C. Auguste Dupin]
• A Descent into the Maelström (ss) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841
• The Masque of the Red Death (ss) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842
• The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (nv) Snowden’s Lady’s Companion Nov 1842 (+2) [C. Auguste Dupin]
• The Pit and the Pendulum (ss) The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, an, 1842 1842
• from “The Tell-Tale Heart” (ex) The Pioneer Jan 1843
• The Tell-Tale Heart (ss) The Pioneer Jan 1843
• The Gold-Bug (nv) Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper Jun 21-28 1843
• The Black Cat (ss) Philadelphia United States Saturday Post Aug 19 1843
• “Thou Art the Man” (ss) Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov 1844
• The Purloined Letter (nv) The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, an, 1844 1844 [C. Auguste Dupin]
• The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (ss) American Whig Review Dec 1845
• The Sphinx (ss) Arthur’s Magazine Jan 1846
• The Cask of Amontillado (ss) Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov 1846 [Fortunado]
• Hop-Frog (ss) The Flag of Our Union Mar 17 1849
• (untitled) (ms)

POGE, N. WOOTEN; pseudonym of Norvell W. Page, (1904-1961) (stories)

• Senorita Bluebeard (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Sep 1938

POLÁCKOVÁ, KÁCA (stories)

• The Classic Semerák Case, by Josef Skvorecký (ss) EQMM Oct 1967

POLICE REPORTER, THE (stories)

• The Line-Up (cl) Gun Molls Magazine Aug 1931

POLICHAR, VALERIE E. (stories)

• By the Sea (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2003

POLISAR, LISA (stories)

• The Last Sly Fox (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #33 2003

POLITO, ROBERT (books)

• Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s & 40s [ed.] (om) The Library of America 1997
• Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s [ed.] (om) The Library of America 1997

POLK, J. ALMON (stories)

• Inside (ss) Hardboiled #31 2004

POLK, JACK (stories)

• On the CB (ss) EQMM Feb 11 1980