Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

SLESAR, HENRY (stories) (continued)

• The Final Paragraph: Door to Door (pz) EQMM Nov 1995
• The Final Paragraph: The Best Disguise (pz) EQMM Feb 1996
• The Case of the Notorious Canary Trainer (ascribed to W. Somerset Maugham) (ss) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Final Paragraph: Good for the Soul (pz) EQMM Jun 1996
• The Final Paragraph: Murder Set to Music (pz) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• The Theft (ss) New Mystery v4 #4 1996
• The Darlington Substitution Scandal (ss) The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1998 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Final Paragraph: The Principal (pz) EQMM Aug 1998
• Boredom (ss) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• The Final Paragraph: The Cabin Killer (pz) EQMM Jul 2000
• Outsourcing (ss) EQMM Dec 2000
• Lucrezia and the Thief (vi) EQMM Apr 2001
• The Housebreakers (ss) EQMM May 2001
• Killing Teddy Ballgame (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• Light Switch, Mirror, Stairs (ss) EQMM Jun 2001
• Changing Partners (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002
• A Mother’s Kiss (vi) AHMM Jun 2002
• The Discount Club (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002
• The Day of the 31st (nv) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
• The Houdini Homicide (vi) About Mysteries; Only the master illusionist Houdini could solve this homicide...

SLIGO, JOHN (1944- ) (stories)

• Killing Time (nv) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990
• A Family Affair (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993

SLOAN, BOB (1956- ) (stories)

• The Good Rabbi (ss) Reform Judaism Magazine 1999

SLOMAN, H. N. P. (1885-?) (stories)

• from “A Vendetta”, by Guy de Maupassant (ex)

SLOVO, GILLIAN (1952- ) (stories)

• Looking for Thelma (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991

SLUNG, MICHELE B(eth) (1947- ) (books) (stories)

• Murder for Halloween [ed. with Roland Hartman] (an) The Mysterious Press 1994
• Murder by the Book (br) MHCMM Spr, Sum/Fll 1997, Sum, Fll 1998, Sum 1999, Sum 2000
• Murder & Other Acts of Literature [ed.] (an) Book-of-the-Month Club 1997
• Editor’s Foreword (fw)
• Preface [with Roland Hartman] (pr)

SLUPETZKY, STEFAN (stories)

• The Copyist [with Christoph Spielberg, Anke Gebert, Paul Lascaux, Richard Lifka & Thomas Przybilka] (ss) EQMM Dec 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert
• A Viennese Romance (vi) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007; first published in German as “Eine Weiner Romanze” in Absurdes Glück, 2004.; tr. by Mary Tannert

SMALL, AUSTIN J(ames) [originally Austin Small Major] (1894-1929); see pseudonym Seamark (stories)

SMALL, J. M. (stories)

• A Free Man (ss) EQMM Sep 1982
• Nothing Ventured (ss) EQMM Jan 1986

SMALL, SIDNEY HERSCHEL (1893-?) (stories)

• King Cobra (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 13 1931

SMART, HAWLEY (1833-1893) (stories)

• Great Tontine (n.) London: Chapman & Hall 1881

SMASUNDRUM, MITHRAN (stories)

• On Soi Arab (ss) AHMM May 2005

SMEDEGAARD, PAUL B. (stories)

• Introduction (in)

SMILEY, ROBIN (stories)

• A Leigh Brackett Bibliography (bi) Firsts 1997

SMITH (stories)

• Karate Babes from the Year 3000 [with Victor Gischler] (ss) Plots with Guns Oct-Dec 2000

SMITH, A. E. D. (1881-?) (stories)

• The Coat (ss) Powers of Darkness, ed. Anon., P. Allan 1934

SMITH, AL (stories)

• Witches from the Past (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999
• The Murders That Weren’t (sl) Detective Mystery Stories Jan, Mar 2001
• The Fools (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2001
• The Medics (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 2001
• The Monster from Chartier’s Creek (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2001

SMITH, ALEXANDER McCALL (1948- ) (stories)

• Smiles (ss) The Strand Magazine #14 2004
• He Loved to Go for Drives with His Father (ss) A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005

SMITH, ALI (1962- ) (stories)

• Kasia’s Mother’s Mother’s Story (ss) Other Stories and other stories, Granta 1999

SMITH, ANDREA (stories)

• A Lesson in Murder (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
• Fatal Flaw (ss) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
• Elected to Die (ss) MHCMM Fll 1998 [Ariel Lawrence]

SMITH, ANTHONY NEIL (books) (stories)

• The Black Hole of Luck (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Jun 2000 [David Junior]
• Paying the Bill (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001
• Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology [ed.] (an) Dennis McMillan 2005
• Lovers Throughout All Eternity and Forevermore (ss) Murdaland #1 2007
• Introduction (in)

SMITH, ARTHUR D. HAUDEN; see under Smith, Arthur D. Howden (stories)

SMITH, ARTHUR D(ouglas) HOWDEN (1887-1945) (stories)

• Swain Kingsbane (nv) Adventure Sep 30 1924

SMITH, BARBARA A. (stories)

• The Sylvan (nv) AHMM Jul 1994
• The Watchdog (ss) AHMM Apr 1995

SMITH, BARBARA BURNETT (1947- ) (stories)

• Mistletoe from Purple Sage (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1997 [Jolie Wyatt]
• Writer’s Revenge (ss) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998
• Death of a Damn Moose (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002

SMITH, BRAD (stories)

• The Package (ss) Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001

SMITH, BROOKE (stories)

• Reunion (ss) Shred of Evidence Nov 2003

SMITH, CECIL LEWIS TROUGHTON (1899-1966); see pseudonym C. S. Forester (stories)

SMITH, CLARK ASHTON (1893-1961) (stories)

• Murder in the Fourth Dimension (ss) Amazing Detective Tales Oct 1930

SMITH, D. W. “PROF”; see under Smith, Dean Wesley (stories)

SMITH, DEAN WESLEY (1950- ) (stories)

• Black Betsy (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• Two Roads, No Choices (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Sprinkle on a Memory (ss) EQMM Jan 2005

SMITH, DENIS O. (stories)

• The Adventure of the Silver Buckle (nv) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997 [Sherlock Holmes]
• A Hair’s Breadth (ss) The Strand Magazine #1 1998 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Adventure of the Crimson Arrow (ss) The Strand Magazine #2 1999 [Sherlock Holmes]
• An Incident in Society (ss) The Strand Magazine #3 1999 [Sherlock Holmes]

SMITH, DIANE L. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Swan Song (vi) AHMM Sep 1996

SMITH, DIXIE L. (stories)

• A Soiree of Suspects (ss) EQMM Sep 1985

SMITH, DOUGLAS (stories)

• What’s in a Name? (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

SMITH, EDGAR W. (stories)

• On the Later Tales (ar) 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

SMITH, ELAINE CAMPBELL (stories)

• Souvenir (vi) EQMM Jun 1996

SMITH, ELIZABETH THOMASINA MEADE (1854-1914); see pseudonym L. T. Meade (stories)

SMITH, EMORY (stories)

• A Thirst for Revenge (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1984
• Hunter (ss) AHMM Apr 1985

SMITH, ERNEST BRAMAH (1868-1942); see pseudonym Ernest Bramah (stories)

SMITH, EVELYN E. (1927-2000) (stories)

• Miss Melville Rejoices (nv) Christmas Stalkings, ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1991

SMITH, F. J. (stories)

• One Doll Too Many (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1958
• Vindictive Woman (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958
• Shoot Him Like a Dog (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec 1958
• I’ll Kill You Before Morning (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jan 1960

SMITH, FRANK E. (1919-1984); see pseudonym Jonathan Craig (stories)

SMITH, GEORGE H(enry) (1922-1996) (stories)

• Too Lustful to Live! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957

SMITH, GUY N(ewman) (1939- ); see pseudonym Gavin Newman (stories)

• The Case of the Sporting Squire (ss) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Murder So Cool (ss) 1998
• The Silent Shot (ss) The Strand Magazine #5 2000

SMITH, HARRISON (stories)

• All No Good Punks (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1960
• Sweethearts and Robbers (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1961
• Cops on the Take (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1961

SMITH, IAIN CRICHTON (1928-1998) (stories)

• The Inheritance, by Author Unknown (vi)

SMITH, JAMIE (stories)

• Let Your Light Shine (ss) The Mysterious Bruce, ed. Anon., The Brucedale Press 1997

SMITH, JOE F. J. (stories)

• Shake the Lady Down! (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Sep 1959

SMITH, JOY V. (stories)

• The Doorway (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1999
• Stray Cats (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1999
• Guard Dog (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1999
• Old Rex (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1999

SMITH, JUDITH KLERMAN (stories)

• Trickery (ss) Murder by 13, ed. Priscilla English, Lisa Seidman & Mae Woods, Crown Valley Press 1997

SMITH, JULIE; [i.e., Julienne Drew Smith] (1944- ) (books) (stories)

• Grief Counselor (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1978
• Crime Wave in Pinhole (ss) AHMM May 21 1980
• Project Mushroom (ss) EQMM Feb 1984
• Red Rock (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988 [Philip Marlowe]
• Blood Types (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
• Cul-de-sac (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
• Montezuma’s Other Revenge (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990
• A Match Made in Hell (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991
• Silk Strands (ss) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992 [Sgt. Ward Donaldson]
• Strangers on a Plane (ss) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996
• “Interview with Julie Smith” by J. Alec West (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• The End of the Earth (ss) Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997 [Skip Langdon]
• Where the Boys Are (ss) MHCMM Fll 1998 [Sgt. Ward Donaldson]
• Too Mean to Die (nv) Blue Lightning, ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press 1998
• Always Othello (ss) MHCMM Sum 1999 [Skip Langdon]
• Fresh Paint (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• Mean Rooms: A Short Story Collection (co) Five Star 2000
• House of Mischief (ss) MHCMM Sum 2000
• Let’s Go Knock Over Seaside (nv) A Confederacy of Crime, ed. Sarah Shankman, Signet 2001
• Kid Trombone (nv) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004 [Talba Wallis]
• Hotwalking (ss) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• [untitled] (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• Dead Men’s Shirts (ss) EQMM Nov 2006
• Introduction (in)

SMITH, KAREN (stories)

• Club Dead (pm) Murderous Intent Fll 1997

SMITH, KAY NOLTE (1932-1993) (stories)

• Caveat Emptor (ss) AHMM Jun 1976

SMITH, KEVIN BURTON (stories)

• A Conversation with Kevin Burton Smith (iv) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2001
• Two Fingers (ss) Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001

SMITH, LIZ (stories)

• Introduction (in)

SMITH, MARIE (books) (stories)

• More Ms. Murder [ed.] (an) Xanadu 1991
• Nobel Crimes [ed.] (an) Carroll & Graf 1992
• Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories [ed.] (an) Carroll & Graf 1994
• Introduction (in)

SMITH, MARTIN CRUZ; [born Martin William Smith] (1942- ) (books) (stories)

• Death by Espionage [ed.] (an) Cumberland House 1999
• Introduction (in)

SMITH, MARY D. (stories)

• Lament for a Legend: Lizzie Borden Revisited (ss) The Armchair Detective Spr 1978

SMITH, MICHAEL S. (stories)

• Mercedes (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1982
• Positive Identification (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984

SMITH, MORRIS (stories)

• Claiming Territory (ss) AHMM Feb 1990

SMITH, NEVILLE (1940- ) (stories)

• Heartache Tonight (nv) Blue Lightning, ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press 1998

SMITH, P. (stories)

• Sherlock Holmes In: The Grey Nun Legacy (ss) Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books 1992 [Sherlock Holmes]

SMITH, PAULINE C(oggeshall) (1908-1994) (stories)

• I Killed Him! (nv) AHMM Sep 1968
• A Little Bit of a Jigsaw Puzzle (ss) AHMM Feb 1975
• Changes (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1980
• The Mechanical Heart (ss) AHMM Jul 16 1980
• The Opal Necklace (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• The Plough Horse (ss) AHMM Nov 11 1981
• The Son (ss) AHMM Jun 1982
• After Jamie (ss) AHMM Jul 1982
• Earl Crawford—My Ambition—English I (ss) AHMM Jul 1983
• The Dog (ss) AHMM Aug 1986

SMITH, PENNY (1955- ); see pseudonym Penny Sumner (stories)

SMITH, PERRY MICHAEL (1937- ) (stories)

• For Jeff (ss) EQMM Feb 1998

SMITH, PETER MOORE (1965- ) (stories)

• Forgetting the Girl (ss) The MacGuffin Spr 1999

SMITH, R. T. (stories)

• Ina Grove (ss)

SMITH, RICHARD A., M.D. (stories)

• Remembering My Hanai Father (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999

SMITH, RICHARD R(ein) (1930- ); see pseudonym Richard Reinsmith (stories)

SMITH, ROB (stories)

• The Kiss (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

SMITH, ROBERT CHARLES (1938- ); see pseudonym Robert Charles (stories)