Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

PRONZINI, BILL (books) (stories) (continued)

• Cloak and Dagger [ed. with Martin H. Greenberg] (an) Avenel 1988
• Cache and Carry [with Marcia Muller] (ss) Small Felonies, St. Martin’s 1988 [Nameless private eye; Sharon McCone]
• Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern (ss) An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1988 [Nameless private eye]
• Mrs. Rakubian (ss) Small Felonies, St. Martin’s 1988
• No Room at the Inn (ss) Crime at Christmas, ed. Jack Adrian, Equation 1988 [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon]
• Something Wrong (ss) Small Felonies, St. Martin’s 1988 [Nameless private eye]
• Wooden Indian (ss) AHMM Mar 1989
• Funeral Day (ss) New Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1989
• Here Comes Santa Claus (ss) Mistletoe Mysteries, Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1989 [Nameless private eye]
• Introduction to The Red Scarf (in) 1989
• Labyrinth/Bones (om) Knightsbridge 1990 [Nameless private eye]
• Stakeout (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990 [Nameless private eye]
• Hoodwink/Scattershot (om) Knightsbridge 1990 [Nameless private eye]
• Dragonfire/Casefile (om) Knightsbridge 1990 [Nameless private eye]
• I Didn’t Do It (ss) New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1990
• Bedeviled (nv) Cat Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1991 [Nameless private eye]
• Cat’s-Paw/Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern (co) Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991 [Nameless private eye]
• Stacked Deck (co) Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
• La Bellezza Delle Bellezze (nv) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991 [Nameless private eye]
• Ancient Evil (ss) The Ultimate Werewolf, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell 1991
• Out Behind the Shed (ss) Final Shadows, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation 1991
• Souls Burning (ss) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991 [Nameless private eye]
• Tom (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Liar’s Dice (ss) EQMM Nov 1992
• Shade Work (ss) EQMM Nov 1993
• The Coffin Trimmer (ss) Touch Wood, ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK 1993
• Kinsmen (na) Criminal Intent 1, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1993 [Nameless private eye]
• A Taste of Paradise (ss) EQMM Mar 1994
• The Cloud Cracker (ss) Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Jul 1994 [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon]
• Lady One-Eye (nv) Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Sep 1994 [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon]
• Out of the Depths (ss) EQMM Sep 1994
• Coney Game (nv) Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Nov 1994 [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon]
• Engines (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
• Burgade’s Crossing (nv) Louis L’Amour Western Magazine #1 1994 [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon]
• One Night at Dolores Park (ss) EQMM Apr 1995 [Nameless private eye]
• The Desert Limited (ss) Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Nov 1995 [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon]
• Home Is the Place Where (ss) EQMM Nov 1995 [Nameless private eye]
• Bomb Scare (vi) EQMM Dec 1995 [Nameless private eye]
• Hard-Boiled [ed. with Jack Adrian] (an) Oxford University Press 1995
• Cat Bay on Cat Cay (ss) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
• Worried Mother Job (nv) For Crime Out Loud, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1995 [Nameless private eye]
• Man on the Run (ss) EQMM Feb 1996
• Boobytrap (nv) Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket 1996
• The Monster (ss) EQMM Nov 1996
• Spadework: Stories of the “Nameless Detective” (co) Crippen & Landru 1996 [Nameless private eye]
• Angel of Mercy (ss) Diagnosis: Terminal, ed. F. Paul Wilson, Tor/Forge 1996
• Zero Tolerance (ss) Spadework, Crippen & Landru 1996 [Nameless private eye]
• Not a Lick of Sense (ss) The Fatal Frontier, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• The Horseshoe Nail (nv) EQMM Feb 1997 [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon]
• American Pulp [ed. with Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman] (an) Carroll & Graf 1997
• Detective Duos [ed. with Marcia Muller] (an) Oxford University Press 1997
• A Century of Mystery 1980-1989 [ed. with Marcia Muller] (an) MJF Books 1997
• Medium Rare (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 1998 [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon]
• Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services (co) Crippen & Landru 1998 [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon]
• The Highbinders (nv) Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services, Crippen & Landru 1998 [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon]
• Sleuths (co) Five Star 1999
• Flood (ss) EQMM Apr 1999
• The Dying Time [with Marcia Muller] (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• Pure Pulp [ed. with Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg] (an) Carroll & Graf 1999
• Wishful Thinking (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• The Big Bite (nv) Shots (online) v2 #6 1999 [Nameless private eye]
• The Man Who Loved Mystery Stories [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) The Strand Magazine #5 2000
• Night Freight (co) Leisure 2000
• Home (ss) Night Freight, Leisure 2000
• I Think I Will Not Hang Myself Today (ss) EQMM May 2000
• Oddiments: A Short Story Collection (co) Five Star 2000
• Wrong Place, Wrong Time (ss) Most Wanted, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002 [Nameless private eye]
• More Oddiments (co) Five Star 2001
• Season of Sharing [with Marcia Muller] (ss) Crippen & Landru 2001 [Nameless private eye; Sharon McCone]
• Season of Sharing [with Marcia Muller] (ss) Crippen & Landru 2001 [Nameless private eye; Sharon McCone]
• Chip (ss) Mystery Scene #71 2001
• Just Looking (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• Scenarios: A “Nameless Detective” Casebook (co) Five Star 2003 [Nameless private eye]
• The Ghosts of Ragged-Ass Gulch (na) Scenarios: A “Nameless Detective” Casebook, Five Star 2003; from Sosetsu Shincho, Japan 1982. [Nameless private eye]
• Problems Solved [with Barry N. Malzberg] (co) Crippen & Landru 2003
• Afterthought [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• Me and Mitch [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• Preface: Long Time Passing (pr) Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• The Collaborations of Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg (bi) Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• The Bughouse Caper (na) Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Free Durt (ss) EQMM Feb 2005
• The World by the Tail (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005
• Quincannon in Paradise (nv) EQMM Nov 2005 [John Quincannon]
• Devil’s Brew (nv) EQMM Dec 2006
• The Winning Ticket (ss) EQMM Jun 2007 [Nameless private eye]
• I Wasn’t There (ss) Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Pegasus Books 2007
• The Carville Ghost (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2007 [Sabina Carpenter]
• A Matter of Justice [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) EQMM Feb 2008
• What Happened to Mary? (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008
• Blood Money (ss) [Carmody]
• ...But First a Few Words from the Author (in)
• Forgotten Writers: Jay/J.M. Flynn (bi)
• Introduction (in)
• Introduction [with Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg] (in)
• Introduction [with Jack Adrian] (in)
• Introduction [with Marcia Muller] (in)
• Introduction [with Martin H. Greenberg] (in)
• Jade (ss) [Dan Connell]
• A “Nameless Detective” Checklist (bi)
• Preface (pr)
• Preface: Anatomy of a Series (pr)
• Prelude: A Fast Drumroll (pr)
• Random Chunks of Muddle (aw)

PROUDFIT, LIBBET (stories)

• The Quality of Mercy [with Mary Monica Pulver] (nv) AHMM Feb 1984

PROVENCHER, ROSEMARIE (stories)

• The End (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1990

PRUCHA, LYNETTE (A.) (1955- ) (stories)

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

PRUFER, KEVIN (stories)

• The Body in the Spring (ss) AHMM Jun 2005
• The River Market Murders (ss) AHMM Sep 2006

PRUITT, SUSAN (stories)

• Demise of the Cicada Killer (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #43 2003

PRUYN, LEONARD (1898-1973) (stories)

• Dinner at Garibaldi’s (ss) Malcolm’s Mar 1954

PRYCE-JONES, ALLEN (stories)

• (untitled) (ex)

PRYOR, JOSH (stories)

• Wrong Numbers (nv) Zoetrope All-Story Spr 1999

PRYSE, DOTTIE (stories)

• Clues Are What They Use (pz) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

PRZYBILKA, THOMAS (stories)

• The Copyist [with Stefan Slupetzky, Christoph Spielberg, Anke Gebert, Paul Lascaux & Richard Lifka] (ss) EQMM Dec 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert

PTACEK, KATHRYN; [i.e., Kathryn Anne Ptacek Grant] (1952- ) (stories)

• Siblings (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• The Boys (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• Cat Burglar (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

PUBLISHERS, THE (stories)

• Charles B. Child (pr)

PUGMIRE, JOHN (stories)

• The Tunnel of Death, by Paul Halter (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005; first published in La Nuit du Loup, Hachette Livre, 2000.
• The Night of the Wolf, by Paul Halter (ss) EQMM May 2006; ©2000, translated from the French.; tr. by Robert Adey
• The Robber’s Grave, by Paul Halter (ss) EQMM Jun 2007; Editions du Masque, 2002.; tr. by Robert Adey
• Nausicaa’s Ball, by Paul Halter (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008; translated from the French.; tr. by Robert Adey [Dr. Alan Twist]

PULLMAN, PHILIP (Nicholas) (1946- ) (books) (stories)

• Detective Stories [ed.] (an) Kingfisher 1998
• Introduction (in)

PULVER, MARY MONICA; [i.e., Mary Monica Pulver Kuhfeld] (1943- ); see pseudonyms Monica Ferris & Margaret Frazer; also as Mary Kuhfeld (stories)

• Pass the Word (ss) AHMM Mar 1983
• The Quality of Mercy [with Libbet Proudfit] (nv) AHMM Feb 1984
• All at Sea (ss) AHMM Mar 1984
• The Oldest Established, Permanent Floating (ss) AHMM Mar 1986
• Father Hugh and the Deadly Scythe (ss) AHMM May 1990 [Father Hugh]
• Father Hugh and the Miller’s Devil (ss) AHMM Sep 1990 [Father Hugh]
• A Magnet for Trouble (ss) AHMM Aug 1995
• Ordeal by Fire (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995 [Father Hugh]
• The Shrewd Taming of Lord Thomas (nv) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• To Whom the Victory? (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999
• Father Hugh and the Kettle of St. Frideswide (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000 [Father Hugh]

PULVER KUHFELD, MARY MONICA; see under Pulver, Mary Monica (stories)

PUNSHON, E(rnest) R(obertson) (1872-1956) (stories)

• The Haunted Chessmen (ss) The Novel Magazine Mar 1916

PURTILL, RICHARD L(awrence) (1931- ) (stories)

• A Cleverly Rearranged Murder (ss) AHMM May 27 1981

PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER SERGEIEVITCH (1799-1837) (stories)

• from “The Queen of Spades” (ex) 1834
• The Queen of Spades (nv) 1834
• The Coffin-Maker (ss)

PYARCELL, A. A.; pseudonym of Raul Garcia Capella, (1933- ) (stories)

• A Great Pair of Boots (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1997

PYLE, HOWARD (1853-1911) (stories)

• Tom Chist and the Treasure Box (ss)

PYPER, ANDREW (1968- ) (stories)

• Tom (ss) Toronto Noir, ed. Janine Armin & Nathaniel G. Moore, Akashic Books 2008; (Queen West).

QUEEN, CARLOS (stories)

• Fake Eyes (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #42 2003

QUEEN, CAROL (stories)

• Silencer (ss) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996
• Heaven Sent (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

QUEEN, ELLERY; pseudonym of Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee (books) (stories)

• The Adventure of the One-Penny Black (ss) Great Detective Apr 1933 [Ellery Queen]
• The One-Penny Black (ss) Great Detective Apr 1933; also as “The Adventure of the One-Penny Black”. [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Glass-Domed Clock (ss) Mystery League Oct 1933 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Mad Tea-Party (nv) The Red Book Magazine Oct 1934; also as “The Mad Tea-Party”. [Ellery Queen]
• The Mad Tea-Party (nv) The Red Book Magazine Oct 1934 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Last Man Club (pl) Jun 15 1939 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of Napoleon’s Razor (pl) Jul 9 1939 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Bad Boy (pl) Jul 30 1939 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the March of Death (pl) Oct 15 1939 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Haunted Cave (pl) Oct 22 1939 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Lost Child (pl) Nov 26 1939 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Black Secret (pl) Dec 10 1939 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Dying Scarecrow (pl) Jan 7 1940 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Woman in Black (pl) Jan 14 1940 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Forgotten Men (pl) Apr 7 1940 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Dark Cloud (pl) Jun 23 1940 [Ellery Queen]
• Editor Ellery Queen Explains (ed) EQMM Fll 1941
• The Adventure of Mr. Short and Mr. Long (pl) Jan 14 1943 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Man Who Could Double the Size of Diamonds (pl) EQMM May 1943; also as “The Man Who Could Double the Size of Diamonds”; first broadcast May 5, 1940. [Ellery Queen]
• The Man Who Could Double the Size of Diamonds (pl) EQMM May 1943 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Murdered Ship (pl) EQMM Jul 1943 [Ellery Queen]
• The Disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore (pl) The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Ellery Queen, Little, Brown: Boston 1944; Broadcast January 14, 1943 on the radio drama The Adventures of Ellery Queen.
• The Adventure of the Murdered Moths (pl) May 9 1945 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Dead Cat (ss) EQMM Oct 1946 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Telltale Bottle (ss) EQMM Nov 1946 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the Inner Circle (nv) EQMM Jan 1947 [Ellery Queen]
• The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme (nv) EQMM Feb 1947; also as “The President’s Half Disme”. [Ellery Queen]
• The President’s Half Disme (nv) EQMM Feb 1947 [Ellery Queen]
• The Ides of Michael Magoon (nv) EQMM Mar 1947 [Ellery Queen]
• Adventure of the Dauphin Doll (nv) EQMM Dec 1948 [Ellery Queen]
• The Dauphin’s Doll (nv) EQMM Dec 1948; also as “Adventure of the Dauphin Doll”. [Ellery Queen]
• The Lady Couldn’t Explain (ss) This Week Dec 4 1949; also as “The Lonely Bride”. [Ellery Queen]
• The Lonely Bride (ss) This Week Dec 4 1949 [Ellery Queen]
• 101 Years’ Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories, 1841-1941 [ed.] (an) Modern Library 194?
• Murder Without Clues (ss) This Week Jan 29 1950; also as “The Three Widows”. [Ellery Queen]
• The Three Widows (ss) This Week Jan 29 1950 [Ellery Queen]
• A Lump of Sugar (ss) This Week Jul 9 1950 [Ellery Queen]
• The Mystery of the 3 Dawn Riders (ss) This Week Jul 9 1950; also as “A Lump of Sugar”. [Ellery Queen]