Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

BUICE, THOMAS (stories)

• The Story That Won: Birth of a Cry Wolfe Complex (vi) AHMM Oct 1992
• The Story That Won: Bank Robbing 101 (vi) AHMM Jan 1993

BUKOWSKI, CHARLES (1920-1994) (stories)

• Hit Man (ss) South of No North, Black Sparrow Press 1973

BULEY, BERNARD; see pseudonym Bat Masters (stories)

BULL, GEORGE (stories)

• from The Prince, by Niccolò Machiavelli (ex)

BULLARD, BARBARA C. (stories)

• Are You Done? (vi) EQMM Oct 1990

BULLETT, GERALD (William) (1893-1958) (stories)

• Dearth’s Farm (ss) The Street of the Eye, London: John Lane 1923

BULLOCK, MICHAEL (1918- ) (stories)

• from The Face of the Third Reich, by Joachim C. Fest (ex) 1963

BULWER-LYTTON, [Sir] EDWARD (George Earle) (1803-1873) (stories)

• The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain (nv) Blackwood’s Aug 1859

BUNCE, WILLIAM (stories)

• The Price of Tomatoes (ss) AHMM Mar 1987
• The Dangling Woman (ss) AHMM Jan 1988
• Things (ss) AHMM Feb 1989

BUNIN, IVAN (Alexsieevich) (1870-1953) (stories)

• The Gentleman from San Francisco (ss) The Dial Jan 1922

BUNKER, EDWARD (1933-2005) (stories)

• “A Quick Word with Eddie Bunker” by Peter Walker (iv) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• The PWG Interview with Eddie Bunker (iv) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2003

BURANELLI, MARGUERITE (stories)

• First Principle (pm) EQMM Feb 11 1980
• Tree Surgeon (pm) EQMM Feb 11 1980
• Upward Mobility (pm) EQMM Feb 11 1980
• What’s In a Name? (pm) EQMM Feb 11 1980

BURCH, ROBERT S. (stories)

• Paid in Full (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #44 2004

BURCHETT, JAN (stories)

• Doing the Bank [with Sara Vogler] (ss) The Young Oxford Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Dennis Hamley, Oxford University Press 2003

BURDETTE, KATHRYN (stories)

• The Biggest Crime [with John Beyer] (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

BURFIELD, JANE (stories)

• Crocodile Suitcase (ss) Bloody Words: the anthology, ed. Caro Soles & Cheryl Freedman, Baskerville Books 2003
• Slow Death and Taxes (ss) Bloody Words: the anthology, ed. Caro Soles & Cheryl Freedman, Baskerville Books 2003

BURGAMY, ELIZABETH W. (stories)

• No Lover of Cats (ss) EQMM May 1987

BURGAUER, STEVEN (E.) (1952- ) (stories)

• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 7: Prairie Dawgs (rr) Accent Mar 13 1998

BURGE, MILWARD (Rodon) KENNEDY (1894-1968); see pseudonym Milward Kennedy (stories)

BURGER, WOLFGANG (stories)

• Countdown (vi) 2001; first published in Karlsruhe 2000.

BURGESS, ANTHONY; pseudonym of John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (1917-1993) (stories)

• The Endless Voyager (ss) The Devil’s Mode, Random House 1989
• Murder to Music (ss) The Devil’s Mode, Random House 1989 [Sherlock Holmes]

BURGESS, BUDGE (stories)

• Heritage Trail (ss) EQMM Aug 2002
• School Daze (ss) EQMM Jun 2003
• Cold Call (ss) EQMM Jun 2004

BURGESS, (Frank) GELETT (1866-1951) (stories)

• The Denton Boudoir Mystery (nv) 1912 [Astrogen Kerby (Astro)]

BURGESS, MICHAEL (Roy) (1948- ); see pseudonym Robert Reginald (stories)

BURGIN, RICHARD (stories)

• President’s Party (ss) River Styx #55 1999
• The Identity Club (ss) TriQuarterly Win 2004

BURKE, CAITLIN (stories)

• Virus (ss) AHMM Dec 1993

BURKE, JAMES LEE (1936- ) (stories)

• The Convict (ss) The Kenyon Review 1985
• “An Interview with James Lee Burke” by Royce H. Allen (iv) Hardboiled #18 1994
• “An Interview with James Lee Burke” by Lisa D. Williamson (iv) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• Why Bugsy Siegel Was a Friend of Mine (ss)

BURKE, JAN (1953- ) (stories)

• Why Tonight? (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• Unharmed (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1994
• The Muse (ss) AHMM Feb 1995
• White Trash (ss) AHMM Oct 1996
• Mea Culpa (nv) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
• A Fine Set of Teeth (nv) Mission Viejo, CA: A.S.A.P. 1997 [Irene Kelly]
• Two Bits (ss) EQMM May 1998
• Revised Endings (ss) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• A Man of My Stature (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• An Unsuspected Condition of the Heart (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• Miscalculation (nv) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
• The Man in the Civil Suit (ss) Malice Domestic 9, Joan Hess, Avon 2000
• The Haunting of Carrick Hollow [with Paul Sledzik] (nv) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000
• The Abbey Ghosts (nv) AHMM Jan 2001
• Lost and Found (nv) Creature Cozies, ed. Jill Morgan, Berkley Prime Crime 2005
• Call It Macaroni (ss) Murder Most Crafty, ed. Maggie Bruce, Penguin US 2005
• Zuppe Inglese (na) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• Guest Editorial: The Crime Lab Project (ed) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007

BURKE, RICHARD (1886-1962?) (stories)

• The Corpse in Grampa’s Bed (ss)

BURKE, THOMAS (1886-1945) (stories)

• The Chink and the Child (ss) Colours Oct 1915
• The Paw (ss) Limehouse Nights, Grant Richards 1916
• The Hands of Mr. Ottermole (nv) The Story-Teller Feb 1929
• from “The Hands of Mr. Ottermole” (ex) Pleasantries of Old Quong, London: Constable 1931
• The Fun-Spot Street Affair (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• Johnson Looked Back (ss) Night-Pieces, London: Constable 1935
• The Bloomsbury Wonder (nv)
• The Knight Errant (ss)
• The New Hat (ss)

BURKE, WARREN; pseudonym of Matthew Braun, (1932- ) (stories)

• A Time of Innocence (ex) Espionage Magazine May 1987

BURKE, WREN WYNN; pseudonym of K. A. Gannon (stories)

• A Weekend Spent Exclusively in the Company of Friends (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1999

BURKE, WRENN WYNN (stories)

• California Winter (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1998

BURKE-ROCHE, EDWARD (stories)

• The Last Chapter (ss) Mystery Stories #18 1939
• Sentinel Farm (ss) Mystery Stories #15 1939

BURKS, ARTHUR J. (1898-1974) (stories)

• The Voice of War (ss) The Lone Eagle Dec 1933
• Empty Cannon (ss) The Phantom Detective Sep 1936
• Slack Wires (nv) Clues Feb 1937
• Spell of the Devil Dolls (ss) Double-Action Detective Stories Sep 1939
• The Execution of Chopper Chun (ss) Thrilling Mystery Nov 1940

BURLEY, BRIAN L. (stories)

• About Books (ss) Espionage Magazine Feb 1985
• In Review: Books (cl) Espionage Magazine May, Jul, Sep 1987

BURLINGAME, FLORA BEACH (stories)

• April Fools’ Terror (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• Millennium Madness (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999

BURLISON, TERRILL L. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Monumental Mistake (vi) AHMM Dec 1995

BURLISON, TERRY (stories)

• Just Passin’ Through (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

BURN, GORDON (stories)

• from Somebody’s Husband, Somebody’s Son (ex) 1985

BURNETT, HALLIE (Southgate) (1908-1991) (books) (stories)

• The Tough Ones [ed. with Whit Burnett] (an) Popular Library Eagle 1954
• Introduction [with Whit Burnett] (in)

BURNETT, W(illiam) R(iley) (1899-1982) (stories)

• Round Trip (ss) Harper’s Aug 1929
• Dressing-Up (ss) Harper’s Nov 1929
• Little Caesar (ss) Colliers Jun 7 1930
• Nobody’s All Bad (ss) Colliers Jun 7 1930; also as “Little Caesar”.
• Traveling Light (ss) Colliers Dec 7 1935

BURNETT, WHIT(ney Ewing) (1899-1973) (books) (stories)

• The Tough Ones [ed. with Hallie Burnett] (an) Popular Library Eagle 1954
• Introduction [with Hallie Burnett] (in)

BURNHAM, BRENDA MELTON (stories)

• Death in Rocky Falls (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990
• Murder in Retreat (ss) AHMM Apr 1991
• The Pirtle Problem (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991
• Ripples in the Stream (ss) AHMM Dec 1991
• To Kill a Kavanaugh (ss) AHMM Oct 1992
• Bartenders May Come and Go (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1992
• The Tennis Court (ss) AHMM Jul 1994
• Of Scandals and Skeletons (ss) AHMM Sep 1994
• A Worthless Old Man (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1994
• The Stone Killer (ss) AHMM Jan 1996
• The Hanging Judge (ss) AHMM Aug 1996

BURNIE, RICHARD (stories)

• The Mogul Temple (pz) Monumental Mazes, Richard Burnie, Knopf 1999

BURNS, CLIFF (1963- ) (stories)

• Daughter (ss) Crimewave #4 2000

BURNS, REX (Raoul Stephen Sehler) (1935- ) (books) (stories)

• Crime Classics: The Mystery Story from Poe to the Present [ed. with Mary Rose Sullivan] (an) Viking 1990
• Dust Devil (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
• Shadow People (ss) AHMM Jun 2006 [Leonard Smith, A.L.C.]
• In a Civilized Manner (ss) AHMM Nov 2006 [Leonard Smith, A.L.C.]
• Introduction [with Mary Rose Sullivan] (in)

BURNS, RON (1942- ) (stories)

• Deadly Will and Testament (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995 [Harrison Hull]
• Murderer, Farewell (ss) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996

BURNS, ROSE-MARIE P. (stories)

• Bombs Away (pm) EQMM Apr 1997

BURR, RAYMOND (stories)

• “The Case of the Real Perry Mason” by David Martindale (iv) The Armchair Detective Fll 1990

BURRAGE, A(lfred) M(cLelland) (1889-1956) (stories)

• The Green Scarf (ss) The London Magazine Aug 1926
• To Burn a Candle (ss)
• The Wardrobe (ss)

BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE (1875-1950) (stories)

• Tarzan of the Apes (n.) The All-Story Oct 1912 [Tarzan]
• Tarzan’s First Love [with Gaylord DuBois, adapt.] (ss) Tarzan of the Apes Story Digest Magazine Jun 1970; adapted from Jungle Tales of Tarzan, McClurg 1919. [Tarzan]

BURTIS, THOMSON (1896- ) (stories)

• Death Stalks the Sound Stage (nv) Popular Detective Dec 1944 [Rolph Burnham]

BURTON, ALICE; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell (stories)

• Five Bullets (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1998
• Fugitive Women (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1998

BURTON, ANDREW J. (stories)

• Deer River Lily (ss) EQMM Apr 1988

BURTON, JEFFREY B. (stories)

• Per Diem (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #43 2003
• Eykiltimac Stump Acres (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #55 2004

BURTON, MILTON T. (stories)

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

BURTON, PETER (books)

• Death Comes Easy: The Gay Times Book of Murder Stories [ed.] (an) Millivres Books 2003

BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640) (stories)

• from The Anatomy of Melancholy (ar)

BUSCHMAN, HARRY (stories)

• Goodnight Sweet Prince (ss) Shred of Evidence Feb 2003

BUSH, GARY R. (stories)

• The Last Reel (nv) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• If You Harm Us (ss) Twin Cities Noir, ed. Julie Schaper & Steven Horwitz, Akashic Books 2006; Summit-University (St. Paul).

BUSH, GEOFFREY (1920-1998) (stories)

• Baker Dies [with Edmund Crispin] (ss) EQMM May 1952 [Gervase Fen]
• Who Killed Baker? [with Edmund Crispin] (ss) EQMM May 1952; also as “Baker Dies”. [Gervase Fen]

BUSH, GEOFFREY (stories)

• The Last Meeting of the Butlers Club (nv) EQMM Mar 10 1980
• The Stones of Merytaten (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981
• The Mystery of Hidden Beach (ss) EQMM Jan 27 1982
• The oo y Trap (ss) EQMM Sep 1982
• A Nasty Little Trick (ss) EQMM Feb 1983
• This Isn’t Me (vi) EQMM Jan 1984

BUSH, JEFFREY (stories)

• How I Spent My Holiday (ss) AHMM Apr 1986
• Last Straws (ss) AHMM Mar 1988
• Guilt Trip (vi) AHMM Apr 1988
• Something’s Happening at the Halliwells’ (ss) AHMM Jun 1989
• Aunt Grace and the Time Warp (ss) AHMM Apr 1992
• Find Me (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1993

BUSHNELL, CHUCK; pseudonym of K. A. Gannon (stories)

• A Matter of Time (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1998
• Kreider’s Case (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1998
• Jake and Jill (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1998
• Albuquerque Surprise (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Dec 1998
• Fake the Plunge (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jan 1999
• The Top of the Hill (nv) Detective Mystery Stories Feb 1999
• The View From Third Street (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 1999
• Such Sorrow, Sweet (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Apr 1999
• Brotherly Love (nv) Detective Mystery Stories May 1999
• Steel Works (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1999
• Calendar Girl (sl) Detective Mystery Stories Jun, Jul 1999
• A Legal Maneuver (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Aug 1999

BUSSEY, LESLIE (D.) (stories)

• They Get Tough Sometimes (ss) Vengeance Shorts #1 1945

BUSSY, D. (stories)

• from The Vatican Cellars, by Andre Gidé (ex) Cassell’s 1952; Les caves du Vatican, Gallimard; Paris, 1950.
• The Vatican Cellars, by Andre Gidé (ex) Cassell’s 1952

BUTLER, ELLIS PARKER (1869-1937) (stories)

• Our First Burglar (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Feb 1909; also as “The Silver Protector”.
• The Silver Protector (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Feb 1909
• The Hard-Boiled Egg (ss) The Red Book Magazine May 1913 [Philo Gubb]
• Philo Gubb, The Correspondence School Detective (ss) The Red Book Magazine May 1913; also as “The Hard-Boiled Egg”. [Philo Gubb]

BUTLER, G. M. (stories)

• The Doctor Gave a Verdict (ss) Mystery Stories #18 1939

BUTLER, GWENDOLINE (née Williams) (1922- ); see pseudonym Jennie Melville (stories)

• Time Bomb (ss) Winter’s Crimes 4, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1972
• Older Than the Rocks (ss) Winter’s Crimes 6, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1974
• Ladies Who Lunch (nv) A Suit of Diamonds, ed. Anon., Collins 1990