Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

SCHWEITZER, DARRELL (stories) (continued)

• The Stolen Venus (ss) AHMM Oct 2008 [Pliny]
• Introduction (in)

SCHWENGEL, KRISTIN (stories)

• The Chocolate Cat (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

SCHWEPPE, PAMELA SMITH (stories)

• Snowed in at the Office (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

SCIASCIA, LEONARDO (1921-1989) (stories)

• Mafia Western (ss) The Wine Dark Sea, Carcenet 1985

SCOPPETTONE, SANDRA (1936- ) (stories)

• He Loved Her So Much (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
• Like Father, Like Daughter (ss) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
• Everybody Loves Somebody (ss) A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir, ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press 2007

SCOT, REGINALD (stories)

• from The Discovery of Witchcraft (ar)

SCOTT, A. LESLIE; see pseudonym A. Leslie (stories)

SCOTT, B. W. (stories)

• The Mission of Willie Potter (ss) Smashing Detective Stories Mar 1956

SCOTT, D. TRAVERS (stories)

• Hearth (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

SCOTT, EARL W. (stories)

• Three Minus One (nv) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Oct 1930

SCOTT, EARLE W.; see under Scott, Earl W. (stories)

SCOTT, JEFFRY; pseudonym of Shaun Usher, (1937- ) (stories)

• “What’s Your Guilty Secret?” (ss) London Mystery #91 1971
• The Last Trump (ss) AHMM Mar 26 1980
• Born Victim (ss) AHMM Apr 23 1980
• Take One at Bedtime (ss) AHMM Jul 16 1980
• To Steal a King (ss) AHMM Aug 13 1980
• Killing Martin Stover (ss) AHMM Sep 8 1980
• Promo Kill (ss) AHMM Oct 27 1980
• Another Life (ss) AHMM Dec 15 1980
• Power of Suggestion (ss) AHMM Jan 7 1981
• Now You See It (ss) AHMM Feb 4 1981
• Changing Places (ss) AHMM Apr 1 1981
• An Honest Living (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• Dead Simple (ss) AHMM Oct 14 1981
• In the Eye of the Beholder (ss) EQMM Nov 4 1981
• Luncheon at Quills (ss) AHMM Dec 9 1981
• The Way to Hunt Tigers (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1982
• Better Than Money (ss) AHMM Jan 6 1982
• The Snoop (ss) AHMM Feb 3 1982
• Sole Survivor (ss) EQMM Feb 24 1982
• The Martyr Gambit (ss) AHMM Mar 3 1982
• The Bottle from the Cork (ss) AHMM Jun 1982
• And Down She Lay (nv) AHMM Jul 1982
• Something from the Past (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1982
• A Hard Man to Surprise (ss) EQMM Sep 1982
• Smooth Away Your Debts (ss) AHMM Sep 1982
• Hunt a Cold Trail (nv) AHMM Oct 1982
• Changing Neighborhoods (ss) EQMM Jan 1983
• Under Plain Cover (ss) AHMM Feb 1983
• After All These Years (ss) EQMM Apr 1983
• Roland the Milkman (ss) EQMM Jun 1983
• Always in Season (ss) EQMM Jul 1983
• The Laughter of Emmett Grigg (ss) EQMM Aug 1983
• The Angry Courier (ss) AHMM Sep 1983
• The Fear (ss) EQMM Nov 1983
• Diana’s Gifts (ss) EQMM Feb 1984
• The Decisive Moment (ss) EQMM May 1984
• An Honest Job (ss) EQMM Jul 1984
• The Reaper’s Friend (ss) AHMM Jul 1984
• Another Victim (ss) AHMM Nov 1984
• The Caring Voices (ss) EQMM Dec 1984
• A Helping Hand (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1984
• The Mirror Image (ss) AHMM Dec 1984
• The Adventure of the Rubber Bands (ss) EQMM Mar 1985
• She Told Me To (ss) EQMM Aug 1985
• The Ultimate Pickpocket (ss) AHMM Sep 1985
• The Winner of the Fancy Dress (ss) EQMM Sep 1985
• A Hypothetical Situation (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1985
• The Creaky Board (ss) EQMM Feb 1986
• The Language of Death (ss) AHMM Feb 1986
• A Touch of Silver (ss) AHMM Apr 1986
• A Lot of Bottle (ss) EQMM May 1986
• Aladdin’s Curse (ss) AHMM Jun 1986
• The Bride of Hangstone Hill (ss) AHMM Sep 1986
• The Rhyming Coppers (ss) EQMM Sep 1986
• The Real Gone Sound (ss) AHMM Oct 1986
• Animals with Money (ss) EQMM Nov 1986
• The Green-Eyed Savior (ss) AHMM Dec 1986
• Witness to Pride (ss) EQMM Dec 1986
• The Secretly Crazy Girl (ss) EQMM Jan 1987
• The Only Sure Way (ss) EQMM May 1987
• They Will Do It [with Richard Simpson] (ss) EQMM Jun 1987
• Jojo and the Tethered Goat (ss) EQMM Aug 1987
• Jojo and the Domestic Idyll (ss) EQMM Oct 1987
• Jojo and the Fish-hooks Pocket (ss) EQMM Dec 1987
• Worse than Blackmail (ss) AHMM Dec 1987
• A Dot on the Card (ss) EQMM Jan 1988
• The Dividing Fence (ss) EQMM Mar 1988
• The Killing Floor (ss) EQMM Oct 1988
• A Feeling of Resignation (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1988
• Quotation Games (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1988
• Putting It Right (ss) EQMM Apr 1989
• Jojo and Mr. Punch (ss) EQMM Jan 1990
• Jojo and the Little Black Book (ss) EQMM Apr 1990
• A Devil Sick of Sin (ss) EQMM Aug 1990
• Unbearable Temptations (ss) AHMM Aug 1990
• Jojo and the Forged Will (ss) EQMM Oct 1990
• The Brick Overcoat (ss) EQMM Dec 1990
• Unwelcome Guest (ss) EQMM Jul 1991
• Too Good to Live (ss) EQMM Jan 1992
• The Poisoning of Mr. Paisley (nv) AHMM Feb 1992
• Money in the Bank (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• Curse of the Irish King (ss) EQMM Sep 1992
• Spilt Milk (nv) AHMM Apr 1993
• Sliding Paint (ss) AHMM Jul 1993
• No Gift From the Magi (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• Wine Is a Mocker (ss) EQMM Mar 1994
• Hard (ss) AHMM Apr 1994
• License to Kill (nv) AHMM May 1994
• The 1944 Bullet (nv) EQMM Jul 1994
• The Passing of Mr. Toad (nv) EQMM Oct 1994
• A Case of Sudden Death (ss) EQMM Jan 1995
• Inspector Tierce and the Christmas Visits (nv) AHMM Jan 1995
• The Taker of Hints (ss) EQMM Mar 1995
• Ivy and the Grass (nv) AHMM Jun 1995
• The Route to Bruton Marshes (nv) EQMM Feb 1996
• And I’ll Tell You No Lies (ss) AHMM Jun 1996
• The Thief of Nothing (nv) EQMM Jul 1996
• No Parking (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
• The Just Beast (nv) AHMM May 1998
• Love Can Be Murder (nv) AHMM Apr 1999
• The Return of the League (nv) AHMM Jan 2000
• The Forty-First Death of Norris Spicer (ss) AHMM Oct 2001
• “Does the Butterfly...” (ss) EQMM Apr 2003
• The Copper Threw a Rock (nv) EQMM May 2003
• Ivy Necklace (ss) AHMM Oct 2003
• I Know Where You Live (ss) EQMM Dec 2004
• Killer’s Brand (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2005
• Seated Woman (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005
• The Copper Let Him Go (ss) EQMM Feb 2006
• The Cream Treatment (ss) EQMM Feb 2008

SCOTT, JUSTIN (Blazer) (1944- ) (stories)

• The White Death (ss) Beastly Tales, ed. Sara Peretsky, Wynwood 1989
• Katherine’s Faces (ss) A Body Is Found, Wynwood Press 1990
• The Commissioner’s Moll (nv) Missing in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1992
• An Eye for a Tooth (ss) Justice in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1994
• A Shooting Over in Jersey (nv) Murder on the Run, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 1998
• Murder at the Roundtable (ms) MHCMM Sum 2000
• The Hungry Sky (nv) Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000
• Introduction to the Adams Roundtable Anthology Murder Among Friends (in) Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000
• Cat in Love (nv) Murder in the Family, The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
• In the Zone (ss) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• The Most Beautiful Apartment in New York (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Chelsea).

SCOTT, LAURA ELLEN (stories)

• Folk Hero (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2004

SCOTT, LAWRENCE (stories)

• Prophet (ss) Trinidad Noir, ed. Lisa Allen-Agostini & Jeanne Mason, Akashic Books 2008

SCOTT, MAITLAND; see under Scott, R. T. M. (stories)

SCOTT, MANDA (Catriona) (1962- ) (stories)

• Of Tooth and Claw (ss) Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999
• Raven Feeder (nv) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000

SCOTT, MARY (1948?-2002) (stories)

• An Hour After Lunch (ss) Fresh Blood 2, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1997

SCOTT, R(eginald) T(homas) M(aitland) (1882-1966) (stories)

• Crushed Pearl (ss) The American Magazine Jan 1926 [Aurelius Smith]
• Bombay Duck (ss) Colliers Aug 6 1927 [Aurelius Smith]
• Senga of the Club Hibou (ss) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929 [Aurelius Smith]

SCOTT, ROSIE (1948- ) (stories)

• Senseless Violets (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995

SCOTT, [Sir] WALTER (1771-1832) (stories)

• Wandering Willie’s Tale (ex) London: Constable 1824
• The Two Drovers (nv) Chronicles of the Canongate, Cadell & Co. 1827
• The Tapestried Chamber (ss) The Keepsake, 1829 1828

SCOTT, WILL(iam Matthew) (1894?-1964) (stories)

• Not Guilty (ss) The Strand Jan 1939

SCOTTOLINE, LISA (1955- ) (stories)

• Carrying Concealed (nv) Legal Briefs, ed. William Bernhardt, New York: Doubleday 1998
• Love Match (ss) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002

SCROGGINS, MARY JACKSON; see pseudonym Dicey Scroggins Jackson (stories)

SCUDAMORE, MARY (stories)

• Inspector Maigret and the Missing Miniatures, by Georges Simenon (nv) 1965 [Insp. Jules Maigret]

SCULLY, MICK (stories)

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

SEABROOK, MIKE (stories)

• Season of Goodwill (ss) A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1995

SEABROOK, WILLIAM B(uehler) (1886-1945) (stories)

• Goat-Cry, Girl-Cry (ss)

SEAGO, KATE (stories)

• The Puzzle Cube (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• I Never Forget a Face (vi) EQMM Dec 1992
• Something Fishy (vi) EQMM mid-Dec 1992

SEAMANS, SANDRA (stories)

• Country Justice (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006
• For Mary (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006

SEAMARK; pseudonym of Austin J. Small, (1894-1929) (stories)

• The Perfect Crime (ss) The Strand Sep 1923

SEARLES, MARGARET (books) (stories)

• Oatmeal Cookies (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Spr 2002
• ...And Some of Them Are Dead [ed. with Victoria Heckman] (an) Deadly Alibi Press Ltd. 2002
• Cream Puffs (ss) And Some of Them Are Dead, ed. Margaret Searles & Victoria Heckman, Deadly Alibi Press Ltd. 2002
• Gone Coastal [ed.] (oa) Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006
• Game Over (ss) Never Safe, ed. Anon., Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006

SEARLES, VERA (stories)

• The Big Witch (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999
• The Monkey Pit (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2000
• The Little Brass Bowl (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2000
• The Old Building (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2001
• The Woman in a Box (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001
• The Man Who Hated Memories (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 2001
• Wet Shadows (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jun 2002

SEARLS, HANK; [i.e., Henry Hunt Searls, Jr.] (1922- ) (stories)

• A Dish of Homicide (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1949 [Mike Blair]

SEATE, J. TROY (stories)

• Houseguest (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug-Nov 2005

SEAVER, RICHARD (stories)

• from Philisophy in the Bedroom, by Marquis de Sade (ex)

SEAY, ALI (stories)

• Lucky Man (vi) About Mysteries; Sometimes there is just know way to know when you are about to become a lucky man —.

SEDLEY, KATE; pseudonym of Brenda Margaret Lilian Honeyman Clarke, (1926- ) (stories)

• The Chapman and the Tree of Doom (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995 [Roger the Chapman]

SEELEY, MILES P. (stories)

• Julie (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

SEFTON, LAURIE (stories)

• Going Straight [with Charles Von Rospach] (ss) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992 [Batman]

SEGAL, JOYCE (stories)

• The Missing Mystery Writer (vi) EQMM Dec 1 1980

SEGRE, ALFREDO (1908- ) (stories)

• Justice Has No Number (nv) EQMM Apr 1948 [Bastia]

SEGRETTO, MIKE (books) (stories)

• Danger City [ed. with Jeffrey Dinsmore & Jess Dukes] (oa) Contemporary Press 2005
• We All Scream for Ice Cream (ss) Danger City, ed. Jess Dukes, Mike Segretto & Jeffrey Dinsmore, Contemporary Press 2005

SEGRIFF, LARRY (books) (stories)

• No Hard Feelings (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Cat’s Eye (ss) Cemetery Dance Fll 1993
• Shoplifter (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• Allergic Reaction (vi) 1993
• Photo Opportunity (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
• A Point of Honor (ss) 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• Parting Gift (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• Unkindest Cut (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• Murder Most Irish [ed. with Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman] (an) Barnes & Noble 1996
• Cat Crimes for the Holidays [ed. with Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman] (an) Donald I. Fine 1997
• Cat Crimes Through Time [ed. with Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg] (oa) Carroll & Graf 1999
• Murder Most Feline: Cunning Tales of Cats and Crime [ed. with Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg] (an) Cumberland House 2001
• Introduction [with Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg] (in)

SEGUIN, LOU (stories)

• Murder Me Gently (ss) AHMM Aug 1985

SEIDEL, DENNIS (stories)

• Pilgrim in Perdition (ss) North Florida Noir, ed. Michael Lister, Pottersville Press 2006

SEIDMAN, LISA (books) (stories)

• Murder by 13 [ed. with Mae Woods & Priscilla English] (oa) Crown Valley Press 1997
• Over My Shoulder (ss) A Deadly Dozen, ed. Susan B. Casmier, Aljean Harmetz & Cynthia Lawrence, Uglytown 2000
• Murder on Sunset Boulevard [ed. with Rochelle Majer Krich & Michael Mallory] (oa) Top Publications 2002

SEIDMAN, MICHAEL (stories)

• Perchance to Dream (ss) Mystery Mar 1981
• Gridlock (ss) Mystery Jan 1982
• The Night Watch (ss) Mystery Jul 1982