Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

BRETT, SIMON (stories) (continued)

• Don’t Know Much About Art (nv) Winter’s Crimes 16, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1984
• Easier in the Abstract (ex) New York: Scribner’s 1984
• The Haunted Actress (nv) A Box of Tricks, Gollancz 1985
• Unwilling Sleep (ss) A Box of Tricks, Gollancz 1985
• Letter to His Son (ss) Winter’s Crimes 18, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1986
• Stardust Kill (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988 [Philip Marlowe]
• An Unmentionable Death (ss) Winter’s Crimes 20, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1988
• A Little Learning (ss) A Classic English Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1990
• False Scent (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 1, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Scribners 1991
• A Little Thank-You (ar) Encounters with Lord Peter, ed. Christopher Dean, The Dorothy L. Sayers Society 1991
• Christmas Crimes at ‘Cinderella’. A Puzzle in Four Parts: Part One: Christmas Eve (nv) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• Christmas Crimes at ‘Cinderella’. Part Four: 28 December (nv) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• Christmas Crimes at ‘Cinderella’. Part Three: 27 December (nv) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• Christmas Crimes at ‘Cinderella’. Part Two: Boxing Day (nv) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• The Man Who Got the Dirt (nv) The Man Who..., ed. H. R. F. Keating, Macmillan 1992
• Political Corrections (nv) A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1995
• A Good Thing (ss) EQMM Feb 1996
• Happy Christmas Darling—And Goodbye (ss) EQMM Jan 1997
• Ways to Kill a Cat (nv) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
• Heavenly Bodies (nv) Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997
• Best Behaviour (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
• The Emperor’s New Clothes (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
• A Note of Note (ss) Malice Domestic 10, Nevada Barr, Avon 2001
• The Librarian (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• Exit, Pursued (nv) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
• Cain Was Innocent (nv) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005
• The Man Who Didn’t Play Golf (ss) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• Initial Impact (pm) The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006

BRETZ, LOUIE (stories)

• The Story That Won: Occupation (vi) AHMM Mar 1998

BREWER, GIL(bert) (1921-1983) (stories)

• Sauce for the Goose (ss) Pursuit Detective Story Magazine Jan 1956
• The Gesture (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Mar 1956
• Home (ss) Accused Detective Story Magazine Mar 1956
• Bothered (ss) Manhunt Jul 1957
• Death of a Prowler (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1958
• The Red Scarf (n.) New York: Bouregy 1958
• The Getaway (ss) Mystery Monthly Jun 1976

BREWER, SANDRA (stories)

• A Conflict of Law & Justice (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996

BREWER, STEVE (1957- ) (stories)

• Payoff (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006

BRIDGES, VICTOR (George DeFreyne) (1878-1972) (stories)

• The Later Edition (ss) The Strand 1936

BRIGGS, JOHN (stories)

• The Perfect Alibi (vi) EQMM Oct 6 1980
• Spy Games (ss) Espionage Magazine Jul 1987

BRIGHT, CHUCK (stories)

• Not Just Any Tuesday (ss) AHMM Mar 1986

BRIGHT-HILL, JOSEPH (stories)

• Desire of Death (ss) Mystery Stories #23 1941

BRILEY, CHRISTINA (stories)

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

BRILL, MARTY (stories)

• Soliloquy (vi) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967

BRILL, TONI; pseudonym of Anthony Olcott & Martha Olcott (stories)

• O! Little Town of Bedlam (nv) [Midge Cohen]

BRINK, ELLEN BETTY (stories)

• Whatever Will Become of George? (vi) EQMM Jan 28 1981

BRINKMAN, GROVER (stories)

• A Matter of Proof (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Jun 1948
• Shack-up in the Swamp (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec 1958
• The Murderous Moll! (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Jul 1959
• Save Her for a Passion! (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Oct 1960
• Portrait in Passion (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Jan 1961
• Womanhunt! (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1961
• You Don’t Have to Kill (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Sep 1961
• You Can’t Kill Lust! (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1962

BRISBANE, COUTTS; pseudonym of R. C. Armour, (1874-?) (stories)

• Happy Landing (ss) Mystery Stories #24 1941

BRISCOE, JOANNA (stories)

• Revenge (ss)

BRISTOW, BOB (stories)

• Under the Circumstances (ss) AHMM Apr 1967

BRISTOW, ROBERT O(’Neil) (1926- ) (stories)

• Deadly Lover (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

BRITE, POPPY Z. (1967- ) (stories)

• Saved [with Christa Faust] (ss) Young Blood, ed. Mike Baker, Zebra 1994
• The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone [with David Ferguson] (ss) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003 [Sherlock Holmes]

BRITTAIN, BILL; [i.e., William E. Brittain] (1930- ); see under Brittain, William E. (books) (stories)

BRITTAIN, WILLIAM (E.) (1930- ) (books) (stories)

• The Man Who Read John Dickson Carr (ss) EQMM Dec 1965
• The Man Who Read Dashiell Hammett (ss) EQMM May 1974
• The Impossible Footprint (ss) AHMM Nov 1974
• Historical Errors (ss) AHMM Feb 1976
• Mr. Strang Accepts a Challenge (ss) EQMM Nov 1976 [Leonard Strang]
• The Men Who Read Isaac Asimov (ss) EQMM May 1978 [Black Widowers]
• Mr. Strang Unlocks a Door (ss) EQMM Jun 17 1981 [Leonard Strang]
• Mr. Strang Interprets a Picture (ss) EQMM Aug 12 1981 [Leonard Strang]
• Mr. Strang Grasps at Straws (ss) EQMM Nov 4 1981 [Leonard Strang]
• Mr. Strang and the Lost Ship (ss) EQMM Jun 1982 [Leonard Strang]
• Mr. Strang Takes a Partner (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1982 [Leonard Strang]
• Mr. Strang Studies Exhibit A (ss) EQMM Oct 1982 [Leonard Strang]
• Mr. Strang and the Purloined Memo (ss) EQMM Feb 1983 [Leonard Strang]
• Mr. Strang Takes a Tour (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1983 [Leonard Strang]

BRITTON, LORENA (stories)

• Harry’s Night to Die (ss) AHMM Mar 31 1982

BROADHURST, LIDA (stories)

• Uncle Penk (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1997

BROCKINGTON, JEAN S. (stories)

• The Long Way Around (ss) AHMM Jun 1963

BROD, D(eborah) C(obban) (stories)

• The Night the Lights Went Out at the Tattersall Tavern (ss) AHMM Jul 1989
• Leaving Cornucopia (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Mission to St. Bride’s (ss) Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996

BROMFIELD, LOUIS (Brucker) (1896-1956) (stories)

• The Man Who Was in Love with Death (nv) The World We Live In, Harper & Row 1944

BROMLEY, AL (stories)

• The Thousand-Dollar Bill (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929

BRONTË, EMILY (Jane) (1818-1848) (stories)

• Wuthering Heights (ex) Newby 1847

BROOK, MARTIN (stories)

• Terror at Redford (ss) Mystery Stories #15 1939

BROOKE, KEITH N. (1966- ) (stories)

• Count Carraldo and the Penitent Dominic (nv) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992
• Professionals (ss) Interzone Aug 1994

BROOKINS, CARL(eton) (1932- ) (stories)

• Author! Author! or Lights! Camera! Action! (ar) Murderous Intent Spr, Sum/Fll 1998

BROOKMYRE, CHRISTOPHER (1968- ) (stories)

• Bampot Central (ss) Fresh Blood 2, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1997

BROOKS, CYRUS (stories)

• from The Judge and His Hangman, by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (ex) 1952

BROOKS, HELEN FISLAR (stories)

• A Woman’s Work Is Never Done (ss) AHMM Aug 1961

BROOKS, JANICE YOUNG (1943- ); see pseudonym Jill Churchill (stories)

BROOKS, KATHERINE H. (stories)

• Bly-Bligh (pm) EQMM Mar 1993
• Nobody Knows, Natalie (pm) EQMM Apr 1993
• Loud Mouf Mary (pm) EQMM Jan 1994
• Cheep Trick (pm) EQMM Feb 1994
• Frank a la Mowed (pm) EQMM Jun 1994
• Enough (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1994
• Last Ferry (pm) EQMM Feb 1995
• Vigil (pm) EQMM Oct 1995
• Poor Natalie (pm) EQMM Nov 1995
• Sitting Ducks (pm) EQMM Dec 1995
• Yule Tied (pm) EQMM Jan 1996
• Double or Nothing (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• Sink or Swim (pm) EQMM Jun 1997
• Poor Frank (pm) EQMM Jul 1997
• Zoo Caper (pm) EQMM Dec 1998
• Snow Man (pm) EQMM May 1999
• Well Wisher (pm) EQMM Feb 2000
• Caveman, Returning Home from Work, Asks Wife How Her Day Went (pm) EQMM Mar 2000
• Net Results (pm) EQMM Jun 2000
• Summer Parole (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2000
• Mean Clara (pm) EQMM Nov 2000
• Beach-Head (pm) EQMM Jan 2001
• A-Wol (pm) EQMM May 2001
• Lighthouse (pm) EQMM Jul 2001
• Blank Check [with Terry Lerdall Fitterer] (pm) EQMM Aug 2002
• Book Worm (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002
• Frozen Assets (pm) EQMM Jan 2004
• Fore! (pm) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004
• The Witching Hour (pm) EQMM Jul 2005
• Photo Finish [with Terry Lerdall-Fitterer] (pm) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006

BROOKS, RICK (1941- ) (stories)

• The Alien Who Became the Shadow (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1995
• Red Magic (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1996
• The Raccoon Robberies (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1996
• Change Magic (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1996 [Wereanimals]
• Interlude Between Owls (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1996 [Wereanimals]
• The Man Who Didn’t Break for Unicorns (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1996
• Who Wants an Owl (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1996 [Wereanimals]
• The Haunted Subway (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1996
• Down and Out on Old Earth (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1997
• The Goblin Glass (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1997
• The Ultimate Pulpzine (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 1997
• Saurian Slaughter (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1997
• New Harbour Necromancer (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1997
• The Hand (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1997

BROSNAN, EILEEN (stories)

• Back Stairs (vi) Murderous Intent Fll 1997

BROUCEK, MARK (stories)

• Hank Bledsoe Private Eye (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #37 2003

BROUSSARD, JOHN A. (books) (stories)

• Landlady (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• Blackberry Spring (ss) Shred of Evidence Feb 2003
• Déjà Vu All Over Again (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2003
• The Blessing (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2003
• Death of an Au Pair (ss) Shred of Evidence Nov 2003
• C.A. Tourney, Attorney-at-Law (co) PublishAmerica 2003
• The Pacemaker (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2004
• Checkmate (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug-Nov 2005
• Blackmail (nv)
• Boundary Dispute (ss)
• Cop Out (ss)
• False Confession (ss)
• Legally Dead (nv)
• Overwhelming Evidence (nv)
• A Simple Case of Burglary (nv)

BROWN, ALICE A. (stories)

• Divorce Work [with Ernest B. Brown] (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2004
• More Than One Kind of Mean [with Ernest B. Brown] (ss) AHMM Dec 2006 [Valerie Dymond]

BROWN, CHARLOTTE (stories)

• Seamstress (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1985

BROWN, ED (stories)

• Expert Advice (pm) EQMM Jan 1992
• Remains (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

BROWN, ELIZABETH (Louise) (1924-1999) (stories)

• Excerpt from Oh, for the Life of an Author’s Wife! (ex) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990

BROWN, ERIC (1960- ) (stories)

• The Vanishing of the Atkinsons (ss) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997 [Sherlock Holmes]

BROWN, ERNEST B. (stories)

• Wings of Wax (ss) AHMM Dec 1998
• Thus Spoke Who? (ss) AHMM Jan 2000
• The Naked Truth (nv) AHMM Apr 2000
• Last Call (ss) Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2001
• Divorce Work [with Alice A. Brown] (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2004
• More Than One Kind of Mean [with Alice A. Brown] (ss) AHMM Dec 2006 [Valerie Dymond]

BROWN, FREDRIC (William) (1906-1972) (books) (stories)

• The Battle of the Lamp Posts (pm) Shadow Suite, Fifteen Poems, privately printed: Milwaukee, WI 1932
• Kol Nidre (pm) Shadow Suite, Fifteen Poems, privately printed: Milwaukee, WI 1932
• Red Wine (pm) Shadow Suite, Fifteen Poems, privately printed: Milwaukee, WI 1932
• The Case of the Flying Cow, or How Did the Critter Get Into the Silo? (ss) Feedstuffs Mar 20 1937 [Ernie]
• The Case of the Stuttering Shoat (ss) Feedstuffs Apr 24 1937 [Ernie]
• The Case of the Refrigerating Windmill (ss) Feedstuffs May 8 1937 [Ernie]
• The Case of the Haunted Haystack (ss) Feedstuffs May 15 1937 [Ernie]
• The Case of the Uncountable Sheep (ss) Feedstuffs Jun 5 1937 [Ernie]
• Ernie, Minister of Peace and Goodness, or the Case of the Multiplying Eggs (ss) Feedstuffs Oct 2 1937 [Ernie]
• Ernie Catches up with Wily Willie or The Case of the Vanishing Duck (ss) Feedstuffs Oct 9 1937 [Ernie]
• The Case of the Shrinking Stallion (ss) Feedstuffs Jan 1 1938 [Ernie]
• The Case of the Wandering Scarecrow (ss) Feedstuffs Jan 16 1938 [Ernie]
• The Case of the Bewildering Barn (ss) Feedstuffs Feb 5 1938 [Ernie]
• The Case of the Apocryphal Ark (ss) Feedstuffs Feb 19 1938 [Ernie]
• The Case of the Conjurer’s Cat (ss) Feedstuffs Mar 26 1938 [Ernie]
• The Case of the Rebellious Rooster (ss) Feedstuffs Apr 2 1938 [Ernie]
• Tit for Tat, or the Case of the Purple Percheron (ss) Feedstuffs Sep 3 1938 [Ernie]
• Ernie Stops Shivering, or the Case of the Trackless Tractor (ss) Feedstuffs Sep 24 1938 [Ernie]
• You Can’t Get Brodway’s Goat, or The Case of the Kidnapped Kid (ss) Feedstuffs Oct 15 1938 [Ernie]
• A Matter of Taste (ss) The Layman’s Magazine Jun 1940
• Town Wanted (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 7 1940
• Miracle on Vine Street (ss) The Layman’s Magazine Jan 1941
• Your Name in Gold (ex) The Phantom Detective Jun 1941
• Bullet for Bullet (ss) Western Short Stories Oct 1941
• Little Apple Hard to Peel (ss) Detective Tales Feb 1942
• The Jabberwocky Murders (nv) Thrilling Mystery Sum 1944
• Bucket of Gems Case (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 1944; also as “Mr. Smith Kicks the Bucket”. [Henry Smith]
• Mr. Smith Kicks the Bucket (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 1944 [Henry Smith]
• Obit for Obie (na) Mystery Book Magazine Oct 1946
• Whistler’s Murder (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1946 [Henry Smith]