Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

AKAGAWA, JIRO (stories)

• Beat Your Neighbor Out of Doors (nv) EQMM Mar 1992

AKUNIN, BORIS (stories)

• Table Talk, 1882 (ss) EQMM Feb 2004; first published in the Russian Playboy, 2000.; tr. by Anthony Olcott

ALAM, GLYNN MARSH (1943- ) (stories)

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

ALAN, A. J.; pseudonym of Leslie Harrison Lambert, (1883-1940) (stories)

• The Hair (ss) 1926
• The Diver (ss) The London Magazine May 1927; broadcast by the BBC Dec 25, 1925.
• My Adventure in Norfolk (ss) The London Magazine Oct 1927; broadcast by the BBC Dec 24, 1926.
• My Adventure at Chiselhurst (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Nov 10 1932; broadcast by the BBC on June 13, 1932.
• Private Water (ss) The Strand Sep 1933
• H₂, Etc. (ss)

ALBA, ANTHONY (stories)

• The Cold-Turkey-Kissy Face Come Down (ss) Hardboiled #33 2005

ALBEE, GEORGE SUMNER (stories)

• Ghost in the House (ss) EQMM Mar 1964

ALBERT, BILL (stories)

• Fannie’s Back Fence Caper [with Susan Albert] (nv) Malice Domestic 3, Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1994

ALBERT, JACK (stories)

• Byron (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999

ALBERT, SUSAN (stories)

• Fannie’s Back Fence Caper [with Bill Albert] (nv) Malice Domestic 3, Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1994

ALBERT, SUSAN WITTIG (1940- ) (stories)

• The Collage to Kill For (ss) Murder Most Crafty, ed. Maggie Bruce, Penguin US 2005

ALBERT, WALTER (stories)

• Murder Once Removed, A continuing supplement to Detective and Mystery Fiction, Part I (bi) The Armchair Detective Spr 1991
• Murder Once Removed, A continuing supplement to Detective and Mystery Fiction, Part II (bi) The Armchair Detective Sum 1991
• Murder Once Removed, A continuing supplement to Detective and Mystery Fiction, Part III (bi) The Armchair Detective Fll 1991

ALCOCK, VIVIEN (Dolores) (1924-2003) (stories)

• The Whisperer (ss) Ghostly Companions, London: Methuen 1984

ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY (1832-1888) (stories)

• Pauline’s Passion & Punishment [as Anonymous] (nv) Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper Jan 3 1862 (+)
• A Double Tragedy: An Actor’s Story (nv)

ALCOTT, SUSAN (stories)

• The Metamorphosis of Nathaniel Kronstadt (ss) EQMM Feb 1985

ALDERMAN, MITCH (stories)

• The Rock in the Orange Grove (nv) AHMM Jun 2003 [Bubba Simms]
• Burnt Wood (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2004 [Bubba Simms]
• Yellow Bear Is Missing (ss) AHMM Sep 2005
• Sudden Stop (ss) AHMM Nov 2006 [Bubba Simms]
• No Picnic (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007

ALDRICH, PEARL G. (stories)

• My Last Duke (vi) EQMM Nov 1983
• The General’s Task Force (nv) AHMM Jun 1993

ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY (1836-1907) (stories)

• Out of His Head (ex) 1862

ALDRIDGE, RAY(mon Huebert) (1948- ) (stories)

• Obscurocious (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992

ALESSI, CARL (stories)

• A Satin Jacket (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #38 2003

ALEXANDER, BRUCE; pseudonym of Bruce Cook, (1932-2003) (stories)

• The Episode of the Water Closet (ss) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000 [Sir John Fielding]

ALEXANDER, DAVID (1907-1973) (stories)

• And on the Third Day (ss) Maiden Murders, Mystery Writers of America, Harper’s 1952
• Mama’s Boy (ss) Manhunt May 1955
• Scarecrow (ss) Manhunt Jul 1955
• The Gentlest of the Brothers (ss) EQMM Feb 1956

ALEXANDER, DAVID (stories)

• The Eleventh Commandment (ss) Espionage Magazine Jul 1987

ALEXANDER, DONNELL (stories)

• Beneficent Diversions from the Crackdkins Diet (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005

ALEXANDER, GARY (Roy) (1941- ) (stories)

• The Best Defense (ss) AHMM Jun 16 1980
• The Body Snatcher (ss) AHMM Jul 16 1980
• Top Salesman (ss) AHMM Aug 13 1980
• The Wild Green Yonder (ss) AHMM Sep 8 1980
• SAP-3 (ss) AHMM Oct 27 1980
• Killing Time (ss) AHMM Nov 19 1980
• Caring (ss) AHMM Jan 7 1981
• Missed (ss) AHMM Mar 4 1981
• A Matter of Conscience (ss) EQMM Mar 25 1981
• The Perpetual Student (ss) AHMM Apr 1 1981
• The Confession (ss) AHMM Apr 29 1981
• Personality Conflict (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1981
• Combat (ss) AHMM May 27 1981
• Partlow’s Owl (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• The Time Capsule (ss) AHMM Jul 22 1981
• The Three Musketeers (ss) AHMM Aug 19 1981
• Game Show (vi) EQMM Sep 9 1981
• Talk Show (vi) EQMM Sep 9 1981
• The Black Gold Jail (ss) AHMM Sep 16 1981
• Futures (ss) AHMM Oct 14 1981
• Higher Education (ss) AHMM Nov 11 1981
• Golden Boy (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1981
• You and Me (ss) AHMM Dec 9 1981
• A Bird of Some Kind (ss) AHMM Jan 6 1982
• Bad Times (ss) AHMM Feb 3 1982
• Jackpot (ss) AHMM Mar 3 1982
• The Law of Diminishing Returns (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1982
• Logical Alternative (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1982
• A Classic Case (ss) AHMM mid-Sep 1982
• The Invisible Man (ss) EQMM Oct 1982
• Rambaugh and the Galactic Cannibals (ss) AHMM Oct 1982
• Freak Show (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1982
• Small Change (ss) EQMM Feb 1983
• Games on the North Fork [with Frank Denton] (ss) AHMM Mar 1983
• The Three Basics (ss) EQMM Jun 1983
• Enlightenment (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1983
• The Dragon Lady (ss) AHMM Oct 1985
• The Will of Heaven (ss) EQMM Dec 1985
• The Get-Togethers (ss) AHMM Feb 1986
• Surprise (ss) AHMM Apr 1986
• The Golden Peacock (ss) AHMM Jun 1986
• Ms. Household Wiz (ss) AHMM Jul 1986
• Irv the Bartender (ss) AHMM Aug 1986
• Rambaugh and Ye Olde Bookshoppes, Inc. (ss) AHMM Oct 1986
• The Hyphenated Spy (ss) AHMM Nov 1986
• Rambaugh and the Missing Gunman (ss) AHMM Jan 1987
• Pigeon Blood (ss) AHMM Feb 1987
• Kiet and the Inflationary Gap (nv) AHMM Jul 1987 [Bamsan Kiet]
• Rambaugh and the Boys (ss) AHMM Aug 1987
• Phases of the Moon (ss) AHMM Feb 1988
• The Last Becak (ss) AHMM Oct 1990
• Blind Trust (nv) AHMM Jun 1991
• Kiet and the Custodians (nv) AHMM May 1992 [Bamsan Kiet]
• The Return of Ma Barker (ss) Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 1993
• The Wallet (ss) AHMM Jun 1997
• Kiet and the Raids (ss) AHMM Sep 1997 [Bamsan Kiet]
• The Last Martians (ss) AHMM Oct 1997
• Lime Soup (ss) AHMM Jan 1998
• Who Killed Lord Pacal? (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998
• Kiet and the Drive-By (ss) AHMM Oct 1998 [Bamsan Kiet]
• Emerald Eyes (nv) AHMM Jan 1999
• Kiet: One Day in the Life of (nv) AHMM Mar 1999 [Bamsan Kiet]
• Tooth Fairy (ss) AHMM Jun 1999
• Three Pigs (ss) AHMM Apr 2000
• Remittance Man (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2000
• Snitch (ss) AHMM Nov 2000
• Four Wishes (ss) AHMM Feb 2001
• Captain Binh and the Bidji (ss) AHMM May 2001
• Georgi Porgie (ss) AHMM Feb 2002
• Comic (ss) AHMM May 2003
• Jane and Dick (ss) AHMM Mar 2004
• Soft and Approachable (ss) AHMM May 2004 [Buster Hightower]
• The Return of the Disappeared (ss) AHMM Nov 2004
• Breakout (ss) AHMM Nov 2005
• Whither Columbus (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006
• Sangria (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007

ALEXANDER, JAY (stories)

• I’m Sure to Fry (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine May 1959

ALEXANDER, PHILIP (stories)

• Phantom Pain (ss) Hardboiled #31 2004

ALEXANDER, RIC; pseudonym of Peter Haining, (1940- ) (books)

• Cyber-Killers [ed.] (an) Millennium 1997

ALEXANDER, ROBERT (William) (1905-1980) (stories)

• Double Image (ss) AHMM Jan 1967

ALEXANDER, SKYE (1950- ) (books) (stories)

• Undertow: Crime Stories by New England Writers [ed. with Kate Flora & Susan Oleksiw] (oa) Level Best Books 2003
• Life, Death, Love, and Baseball (ss) Undertow, ed. Skye Alexander, Kate Flora & Susan Oleksiw, Level Best Books 2003

ALEXIE, SHERMAN (Joseph, Jr.) (1966- ) (stories)

• Ghost Dance (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

ALFIERI, DON (stories)

• Winterlude (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004

ALI, AHMED (stories)

• Rated D (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 1989

ALI, ZULFIQAR (stories)

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

ALLAN, ALEXANDRA (stories)

• Cruise to Death (nv) AHMM May 1989

ALLAN, ANGUS (stories)

• There’s Gold and Gold... (ss) Purnell’s Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Anon., Bristol: Purnell 1982

ALLAN, FRANCIS K. (1916-1997) (stories)

• The Guy Who Heard Murder (ss) Detective Tales Apr 1947

ALLAN, LARRY (stories)

• Flowers for Mr. Vecchi (vi) Ten Detective Aces Jul 1933

ALLBEURY, TED; [i.e., Theodore Edward le Bouthillier Allbeury] (1917-2005) (stories)

• The Party of the Second Part (ss) Winter’s Crimes 16, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1984
• The Rocking-Horse Spy (ss) Woman’s Own 1986

ALLEGRETTO, MICHAEL (1944- ) (stories)

• The Bookie’s Daughter (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990

ALLEGRI, LOUIS (stories)

• Lantern of Violence (ss) EQMM Aug 1995

ALLEN, ANDREW (stories)

• Uncle Auguste (ss) The Strand Magazine #8 2002

ALLEN, BRADY (stories)

• Six Miles From Earth (ss) Crimewave #5 2001

ALLEN, CALVIN S. (stories)

• The Hands Called It Murder (ss) Detective Book Magazine Sum 1943

ALLEN, CELESTE (stories)

• Some Guys... (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999

ALLEN, CLIFFORD (Edward) (1902- ) (stories)

• Claim for Absolute Exemption (ms) Mar 14 1916

ALLEN, FERGUS (stories)

• A Suit of Armour (pm)

ALLEN, GARRISON; pseudonym of Gary Amo, (1939- ) (stories)

• Christmas Cat (na) Murder Most Merry, ed. Anon., Zebra 1994

ALLEN, (Charles) GRANT (Blairfindie) (1848-1899) (stories)

• The Great Ruby Robbery (ss) The Strand Oct 1892
• The Episode of the Mexican Seer (ss) The Strand Jun 1896 [Colonel Clay]
• The Episode of the Diamond Links (ss) The Strand Jul 1896 [Colonel Clay]
• The Adventure of the Cantankerous Old Lady (ss) The Strand Mar 1898 [Lois Cayley]

ALLEN, H(erbert) WARNER (1881-1969) (stories)

• Tokay of the Comet Year (ss) The Strand Jul 1930

ALLEN, J. B. (stories)

• Special Delivery [with Terry Black] (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1985

ALLEN, JEFFERY RENARD (stories)

• The Near Remote (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (35th & Michigan).

ALLEN, JIM (stories)

• Die for Me, Pal! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Jul 1958
• Hot Slug — Cool Dame! (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Jul 1959

ALLEN, JOSEPH (stories)

• Inside Gumshoe Haven (ar) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

ALLEN, KEVIN (stories)

• Sawyers (ss) Miami Noir, ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books 2006

ALLEN, PRESTON (stories)

• Swap Out (ss) Miami Noir, ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books 2006

ALLEN, RAYMUND (1863-1943) (stories)

• A Happy Solution (ss) The Strand Dec 1916

ALLEN, ROGER MacBRIDE (1957- ) (stories)

• Monkey See (nv) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992

ALLEN, ROYCE H. (stories)

• Blunt Trauma (ss) Hardboiled #14 1992
• An Interview with James Lee Burke (iv) Hardboiled #18 1994

ALLEN, STEVE; [i.e., Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen] (1921-2000) (stories)

• Everybody Hates David Starbuck (ss) Playboy Dec 1958; also as “Murder à la Hollywood”.
• Murder à la Hollywood (ss) Playboy Dec 1958
• The Talk Show Murders (ex)

ALLEN, WOODY; pseudonym of Allen Stewart Konigsberg, (1935- ) (stories)

• Match Wits with Inspector Ford (ss) Playboy 1972
• Confessions of a Burglar (ss) 1980
• Manhattan Murder Mystery (ss)
• Mr. Big (ss); also as “Manhattan Murder Mystery”.

ALLENDE, ISABEL (1942- ) (stories)

• An Act of Vengeance (ss) Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real, Houston, TX: Arte Público Press 1990
• The Judge’s Wife (ss) The Stories of Eva Luna, Antheneum 1991

ALLINGHAM, MARGERY (Louise) (1904-1966) (books) (stories)

• The Wind Glass (ss) 1924
• The Border-Line Case (ss) 1928 [Albert Campion]
• The Darings of the Red Rose (ss) Weekly Welcome Feb 15 1930
• Her Day of Reckoning (ss) 1930
• The Lady at the Crossroads (ss) 1930
• The Mystery Man of Soho (na) The Thriller Apr 1 1933; also as “A Quarter of a Million”.
• A Quarter of a Million (na) The Thriller Apr 1 1933
• They Never Get Caught (ss) Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Nov 1934
• The Same to Us (ss) The Daily Express 1934
• My Friend Mr. Campion (ar) 1935 [Albert Campion]
• The Lieabout (ss) London Evening News Jul 22 1936
• He Was Asking After You (ss) London Evening News Jul 29 1936
• The White Elephant (nv) The Strand Aug 1936 [Albert Campion]
• Bird Thou Never Wert (ss) London Evening News Sep 12 1936
• The Old Man in the Window (nv) The Strand Oct 1936 [Albert Campion]
• The Man with the Sack (ss) The Strand Dec 1936 [Albert Campion]
• ’Tis Not Hereafter (ss) London Evening News Apr 21 1937
• The Widow (ss) The Strand Apr 1937 [Albert Campion]
• She Heard It on the Radio (ss) London Evening News May 10 1937
• She Heard It on the Wireless (ss) London Evening News May 10 1937; also as “She Heard It on the Radio”.
• The Correspondents (ss) London Evening News Jun 26 1937
• The Danger Point (nv) The Strand Jun 1937 [Albert Campion]
• The Definite Article (ss) The Strand Oct 1937 [Albert Campion]
• He Preferred Them Sad (ss) London Evening News Nov 29 1937
• The Question Mark (ss) The Strand Jan 1938 [Albert Campion]
• The Name on the Wrapper (nv) The Strand Mar 1938 [Albert Campion]
• The Pioneers (ss) Woman’s Home Companion Mar 1938
• The Frenchman’s Gloves (nv) The Strand Jul 1938 [Albert Campion]
• Frenchmen Wear Gloves (nv) The Strand Jul 1938; also as “The Frenchman’s Gloves”. [Albert Campion]
• The Longer View (ss) The Strand Aug 1938 [Albert Campion]