Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

BREMSETH, MARLENA E. (books) (stories) (continued)

• Introduction (in) (*) 2005

BRENCHLEY, CHAZ (R.) (1959- ) (stories)

• A Terrible Prospect of Bridges (nv) Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992
• Scouting for Boys (nv) London Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 1994
• Pawn Sacrifice (ss) Crime Yellow, ed. Maxim Jakuwbowski, Gollancz 1994
• Where It Roots, How It Fruits (ss) 1994
• Drowning, Drowning (ss) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995
• My Cousin’s Gratitude (nv) Fresh Blood, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1996
• Master Eld, His Wayzgoose (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
• Up the Airy Mountain (nv) Crimewave #3 2000
• Junk Male (ss) Crimewave #4 2000

BRENNAN, ALLISON (stories)

• Introduction (in) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008
• Killing Justice (ss) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008

BRENNAN, JOHN NEEDHAM HUGGARD (1914- ); see pseudonym John Welcome (books) (stories)

BRENNAN, JOSEPH PAYNE (1918-1990) (books) (stories)

• Fear (nv) Weird Tales Spr #2 1981; also as “The Nursing Home Horror”. [Lucius Leffing]
• The Nursing Home Horror (nv) Weird Tales Spr #2 1981 [Lucius Leffing]
• Observations on Lorimer Street (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1984 [Lucius Leffing]
• The Cold Woods (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1984
• The Haunting at Juniper Hill (nv) Night Visions 2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1985 [Lucius Leffing]
• Wanderson’s Waste (nv) Night Visions 2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1985 [Lucius Leffing]
• The Adventures of Lucius Leffing (co) Donald M. Grant 1990 [Lucius Leffing]
• The Butcher Knife Murder (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990 [Lucius Leffing]
• Copycat Killer (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990 [Lucius Leffing]
• Death on 91 (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990 [Lucius Leffing]
• The Delivery (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990 [Lucius Leffing]
• Motive for Murder (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990 [Lucius Leffing]
• Murder in the Parks (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990 [Lucius Leffing]
• The Spruce Valley Monster (nv) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990 [Lucius Leffing]
• The Swamp Horror (nv) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990 [Lucius Leffing]
• The Vanning Case (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990 [Lucius Leffing]
• Junk (ss) AHMM Jun 1990

BRENNAN, LORIN (stories)

• T.V. Reviews (mr) Mystery May 1981

BRENNERT, ALAN (Michael) (1954- ) (stories)

• The White City (ss) Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999

BRENT, BILL (stories)

• Dick Death, Punk Detective Episode 1: I Want Candy (ss) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996
• Dick Death, Punk Detective, Episode Two: The Death Club (nv) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

BRENT, LORING; pseudonym of George Frank Worts, (1892-1967) (stories)

• The Sapphire Death (n.) Argosy Jun 10 1933 (+5) [Peter the Brazen]
• The Octopus of Hongkong (nv) Argosy Mar 31 1934

BRESETT, CLEO C., JR. (stories)

• The Last Payoff (ss) AHMM Jun 1983

BRESLIN, JIMMY; [i.e., James Breslin] (1930- ) (stories)

• The End of the Mob (tc)

BRETNOR, REGINALD; [legalized from Alfred Reginald Kahn] (1911-1992) (stories)

• Wonder Cure (ss) EQMM Mar 25 1981
• The New Reality (ss) EQMM Sep 1984
• The Murderers’ Circle (ss) EQMM Jul 1988
• The Photography of the Dearest Defunct (ss) EQMM Jul 1990

BRETT, JEREMY (stories)

• Foreword (fw)

BRETT, MARTIN; pseudonym of Douglas Sanderson, (1922- ) (stories)

• A Dum-Dum for the President (ex) Hammond 1961 [Mike Garfin]

BRETT, MICHAEL (1921-2000) (stories)

• Ambition (ss) AHMM Sep 1966

BRETT, SIMON (Anthony Lee) (1945- ) (books) (stories)

• Double Glazing (ss) Winter’s Crimes 11, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1979
• Count Your Blessings (nv) EQMM Aug 18 1980
• Big Boy, Little Boy (nv) Winter’s Crimes 12, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan 1980
• How’s Your Mother? (ss) The Mystery Guild Anthology, ed. John Waite, Constable 1980
• The Metaphor for Murder (nv) EQMM Feb 25 1981; also as “The Nuggy Bar”.
• The Nuggy Bar (nv) EQMM Feb 25 1981
• The Girls in Villa Costas (ss) EQMM Dec 2 1981
• Playing It Cool (ss) EQMM Dec 2 1981; also as “The Girls in Villa Costas”.
• Escape Routes (ss) EQMM Feb 24 1982
• Privileged Information (ss) EQMM Jul 1982
• Tickled to Death (nv) Winter’s Crimes 14, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan 1982
• 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 Detection Collection [ed.] (oa) St. Martin’s Minotaur 2006
• The Detection Club - A Brief History (ar) The Detection Collection, ed. Simon Brett, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2006
• Introduction (in) The Detection Collection, ed. Simon Brett, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2006
• 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)

• Sanity Clause (na) The Last Noel, ed. Anon., Worldwide Library 2004
• 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) (1951- ) (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
• My Heroes Have Always Been Shortstops (ss) Chicago Blues, ed. Libby Fischer Hellmann, Bleak House Books 2007

BRODERICK, TIM (stories)

• Feeding Frenzy (ss) WlSNoir 2007; (40 Wall Street).

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 & 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
• A Fish Story (ss) Resort to Murder, ed. Anon., Nodin Press 2007

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