Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

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.]
• Homestead (ss) AHMM Nov 2007 [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)

BURTON, TONY; [i.e., Anthony Burton] (1929- ) (books) (stories)

• Not-So-Silent Night (ss) Crime and Suspense ezine Dec 2005
• Seven by Seven [ed.] (oa) Wolfmont Publishing 2006
• By the Chimney with Care [ed.] (oa) Wolfmont Publishing 2006
• Snow Angel (ss) Never Safe, ed. Anon., Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006
• Crime and Suspense Anthology I: 2005-2006 [ed.] (an) Wolfmont Publishing 2007

BUSCH, ANDREA C. (1963- ) (stories)

• Baltic Bail-Out (ss) EQMM Nov 2007; tr. by Mary Tannert

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

BUSICK, JENNIFER (stories)

• The Thief (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

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
• The Child Cannot Speak (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 2, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1992
• The Searcher (ss) Royal Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• A Bad Winter’s Day in Windsor (ss) Crime Time v2 #1 1998 [Major Mearns; Sergeant Denny]
• Bloody Windsor (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999 [Major Mearns; Sergeant Denny]
• Enter Coffin (Right) (ss) EQMM Nov 2007 [Sgt. (Insp.) John Coffin]

BUTLER, H. C. (stories)

• The Murder Stalks the Big Top (ss) Black Book Detective Spr 1951

BUTLER, JACKLYN (stories)

• A Bit of Flotsam (ss) AHMM Jan 1992
• The Messenger (ss) AHMM Oct 1992
• One Night (ss) EQMM Mar 1998

BUTLER, JOHN K. (1908-1964) (stories)

• The Saint in Silver (na) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1941 [Steve Middleton Knight (Steve Midnight)]

BUTLER, RAYMOND (stories)

• Captain Nash and the Wroth Inheritance (n.) Harwood-Smart Publishing 1975

BUTLER, RICHARD (Miles) (1925- ) (stories)

• Murder Most Foul (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
• The Last Legion (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001

BUTLER, RON (stories)

• The Courage of Akira-Kun (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• The Divine Wind (ss) AHMM Oct 14 1981
• Theft by Hanko (ss) AHMM Nov 11 1981
• The Willow Woman (ss) AHMM Jan 6 1982
• Merry Christmas, Noriko (ss) AHMM Feb 3 1982
• A Matter of Chances (ss) AHMM Sep 1982
• The Village Crime (ss) AHMM Oct 1982
• Inspector Ueki’s Day (ss) AHMM Dec 1982
• Inspector Ueki and the Potter’s Gift (ss) AHMM Jan 1983
• The Beckoning Eye (ss) AHMM Mar 1983
• Death, Kabuki-Style (nv) AHMM May 1983
• The Faithful Gardener (ss) AHMM Jul 1983
• The Irreverent Reverend Abbot (nv) AHMM mid-Sep 1983
• The Man from the Misted Lake (nv) AHMM Sep 1983
• The Blush-Pink Room (nv) AHMM Nov 1983
• Days of Crime, Days of Friends (nv) AHMM Mar 1984
• The Occidental and Catfish Express (nv) AHMM Aug 1984
• By the Terrible Mountain (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1984
• The Case of the Numbered Navel (nv) AHMM Apr 1985
• Inspector Ueki and the Red Ape (nv) AHMM Oct 1985
• Inspector Ueki and the Crying Man (nv) AHMM Aug 1989

BUTLIN, RON (stories)

• How the Angels Fly In (ss) Talk of the Devil

BUTOR, MICHEL (Marie Francois) (1926- ) (stories)

• Passing Time (ex) London: Faber and Faber 1961

BUTTERWORTH, H. C. (stories)

• The Arsonist (ss)

BUTTON, ROBERT E. (stories)

• American Telephone and Telepathy Company? (ar) The Saint Magazine Jul 1984

BUZO, ALEX (stories)

• The Man from Croweatia (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994

BUZZATI, DINO (1906-1972) (stories)

• The Bewitched Jacket (ss) Restless Nights, North Point Press 1983

BYERLY, ANN (stories)

• The Bouchercon Report (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1981

BYERS, RICHARD LEE (1950- ) (stories)

• H (nv) Realms of Mystery, ed. Philip Athans, Lake Geneva: TSR 1998

BYFIELD, BARBARA NINDE (1930-1988) (stories)

• The Blushing Bride (ss) AHMM Aug 1982
• Poison Clean (ss) AHMM May 1983
• The Finishing Touch (ss) AHMM Jun 1985
• Slippers of Glass (ss) AHMM Nov 1986

BYRD, ELIZABETH (1912-1989) (stories)

• The Royal Bedchamber (ss) EQMM May 1988
• Prodigal Grandson (ss) EQMM Aug 1988
• The Message (ss) EQMM Dec 1988

BYRNE, DONN; pseudonym of Bryan Oswald Donn-Byrne, (1889-1928) (stories)

• Tale of the Piper (vi) Destiny Bay, Little Brown 1928
• An Infringement of the Decalogue (ss) The Smart Set

BYRNE, JACK (stories)

• The Scent of Murder (vi) 1992

BYRNE, MARY (stories)

• Only the Strong Survive (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Astoria).

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD (1788-1824) (stories)

• from Cain (ex) 1821
• from Don Juan (ex)
• John Keats (pm)

C., B. E. (stories)

• Mother Goose Mayhem: Little Jack Horner (pm) EQMM Dec 1992
• Mother Goose Mayhem: Jack Be Nimble (pm) EQMM Mar 1994

CABRAL, O. M.; pseudonym of Kenneth MacNichol, (1887-?) (stories)

• The Dead and the Damned (ss) Thrilling Mystery Jan 1936

CADDEN, DOMINIC (stories)

• The Big Fairy Tale Sleep (ss) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993

CADIGAN, PAT(ricia Oren Kearney) (1953- ) (stories)

• Angel (ss) IASFM May 1987
• True Faces (nv) F&SF Apr 1992
• Nothing Personal (na) Alien Crimes, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2007
• Worlds of Possibilities (ss) Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders, Solaris 2008

CAGIN, RUTH (stories)

• The Mechanique Affair (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002

CAIL, CAROL (1937- ) (stories)

• Garden of Evil (ss) EQMM Dec 1973
• Blood from a Turnip (ss) AHMM May 21 1980
• What’s Out There? (ss) EQMM Jul 1988
• Out of Her Misery (ss) EQMM Apr 1989