Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

CASTRO, ADAM-TROY (books) (stories) (continued)

• Unseen Demons (na) Analog Jul/Aug 2002
• The Tangled Strings of the Marionettes (na) F&SF Jul 2003 [Marionettes]
• Tangled Strings (co) Five Star 2003
• Afterword (aw)

CASTRO, BRIAN (Albert) (1950- ) (stories)

• Portfolio (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
• Poet’s Ridge (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993

CATERER, CLAIRE M. (stories)

• Death on the Reach (ss) EQMM Jul 1994
• Suitable for Framing (nv) AHMM Sep 1994
• Final Answers (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997

CATHER, WILLA (Sibert) (1873-1947) (stories)

• Paul’s Case (nv) McClure’s May 1905
• Consequences (ss) McClure’s Nov 1915
• from O Pioneers! (ex)

CAUDWELL, SARAH; pseudonym of Sarah Cockburn, (1939-2000) (stories)

• An Acquaintance with Mr. Collins (ss) A Suit of Diamonds, ed. Anon., Collins 1990
• Cryptic Crime Acrostic [with Michael Z. Lewin] (pz) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
• Malice Among Friends (vi) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
• “Distressing News from the Continent: Travel Correspondence in the Mysteries of Sarah Caudwell” by Art Taylor (ar) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• The Triumph of Eve (ss) Women Before the Bench, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Prime Crime 2001

CAUNITZ, WILLIAM J. (1933-1996) (stories)

• Dying Time (ss) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996

CAUSEY, JAMES O(liver, Jr.) (1924-2003) (stories)

• Seventh Round Homicide (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 1946

CAUSLEY, CHARLES (1917- ) (stories)

• The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond (pm)
• Innocents Song (pm)

CAVALIERI, JOEY (stories)

• Help! I Am a Prisoner (ss) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990 [Batman]

CAVE, GEOFFREY; see pseudonym Geoffrey Vace (stories)

CAVE, HUGH B(arnett) (1910-2004); see pseudonyms Allen Beck, Justin Case & Carl Hughes (books) (stories)

• The Price of Vengeance (ss) Action Stories Aug 1929; also as “The Red Trail to Zanzibar”, by John Starr.
• Fourth Floor Front (ss) Outlaws of the West Mar/Apr 1932
• Suicide Trail (nv) Short Stories May 10 1933
• Half Way to Hell (ss) Strange Detective Stories Dec 1933
• Too Many Women (ss) Black Mask May 1934
• The Late Mr. Smythe (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1 1934 [Peter Kane]
• Hell on Hume Street (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1 1934 [Peter Kane]
• Bottled in Blonde (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1 1935 [Peter Kane]
• The Man Who Looked Sick (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1 1935 [Peter Kane]
• The Screaming Phantom (ss) Dime Detective Magazine May 1 1935 [Peter Kane]
• The Brand of Kane (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 15 1935 [Peter Kane]
• The Twisted Men (nv) Thrilling Mystery Mar 1936
• Blood in the House (ss) Thrilling Mystery Jun 1936
• The Lady Who Left Her Coffin (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1936
• Trail of the Torch (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 19 1936
• Dead Dog (ss) Black Mask Mar 1937
• Queer Street (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 10 1937
• Shadow (ss) Black Mask Apr 1937
• Deadline (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 13 1937
• Blood for the Wolf-Pack (ss) Thrilling Mystery May 1938
• Murder at Hand (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 1 1938
• Curtain Call (ss) Black Mask Nov 1938
• Long Live the Dead (ss) Black Mask Dec 1938
• Satan Wears a Mask (ss) Detective Yarns Dec 1938
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (nv) Black Mask Dec 1938
• Boomerang (ss) Argosy Jun 10 1939
• Time for Murder (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 17 1939
• Footprint (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 8 1939
• Beards Grow Slowly (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 5 1939
• Come Into My Parlor (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 16 1939
• But Few Are Chosen (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 21 1939
• Lost — and Found (nv) Black Mask Apr 1940
• Murder Me Him (nv) Double Detective May 1940
• A Picture of Guilt (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 3 1940
• Easy to Kill (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 18 1940
• The Missing Mr. Lee (ss) Black Mask Nov 1940
• Front Page Frame-Up (nv) Black Mask Feb 1941 [Jeff Cardin]
• Stranger in Town (nv) Black Mask Apr 1941
• Appointment with Yesterday (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 24 1941
• Ding Dong Belle (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1941 [Peter Kane]
• The Dead Don’t Swim (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1941 [Peter Kane]
• No Place to Hide (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1942 [Peter Kane]
• Gramps Takes a Hand (ss) 1944
• Footsteps in the Night (vi) 1962
• The Woman at the Pond (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1964
• Naked in Darkness (ss) EQMM Aug 1965
• The Course of Justice (ss) EQMM Oct 1965
• A Touch of Magic (ss) The Elk’s Magazine 1974
• Final Game (ss) Whispers Oct 1983
• The Isle of Truth (ss) AHMM Oct 1983
• The Lady Wore Black (ss) AHMM Mar 1984
• Run for Your Life (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1984
• Mistress of Shadows (nv) AHMM Feb 1985
• Footprints in Perdu (ss) Whispers V, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1985
• Red Devils (nv) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991
• The Hard-Luck Kid (ss) AHMM Nov 1992
• The Caller (ss) AHMM Nov 1993
• To the Point (vi) Tall Tales & Short Stories 1993
• Vanishing Point (ss) Northern Frights 2, ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press 1994
• The Wink (ss) 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• Joey (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• Bottled in Blonde (co) Fedogan & Bremer 2000 [Peter Kane]
• Long Live the Dead: Tales from Black Mask (co) Crippen & Landru 2000
• Come Into My Parlor (co) Crippen & Landru 2003
• Checklist of the Books and the Detective and Mystery writings of Hugh B. Cave (bi)
• Foreword (fw)
• Introduction (in)

CAVE, PETER (Leslie) (1940- ) (stories)

• Taggart and a Bit of Skulduggery (ss); based on “Nest of Vipers”.

CAVELL, BENJAMIN (stories)

• Evolution (ss)

CAVENEY, ELLANE (stories)

• Accidentally Yours (ss) AHMM Jul 1985

CAVERLY, CAROL (stories)

• My Gal Monday (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996

CAVIN, RUTH (stories)

• Even Gamblers Have to Eat (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

CEASAR, BRUCE E. (1954- ) (stories)

• The House That Walt Built (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984

CECIL, HENRY; pseudonym of Henry Cecil Leon, (1902-1976) (stories)

• On Principle (ss) Full Circle, Chapman and Hall 1948
• No Bail for the Judge (ex) Chapman 1952

CENE, AL (stories)

• Halloween (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

CENEDELLA, ROBERT (stories)

• Flies with Honey (ss) EQMM Apr 1992
• The Meeting Comes to Order (ss) AHMM Dec 1992
• Once a Writer... (ss) EQMM Jan 1993

CEREN, SANDRA LEVY (1932- ) (stories)

• Silver Is Better than Gold (ss) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001 [Dr. Cory Cohen]
• Gulliver’s Travails (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #34 2003
• Memento (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #37 2003
• Summer Holiday (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

CHABON, MICHAEL (1963- ) (books) (stories)

• McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales [ed.] (oa) Vintage Books 2003
• The Martian Agent, a Planetary Romance (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003
• The Editor’s Notebook (in)
• This Book Benefits 826 Valencia [with Dave Eggers] (ms)

CHABOT, J. R. (stories)

• Quite Contrary (ss) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
• Quid Pro Quo (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• And Miles to Go (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2002

CHABOT, JOHN (stories)

• A Double Homicide (pm) Murderous Intent Spr 1999

CHABOT, RAY (stories)

• The Story That Won: The Switch (vi) AHMM Mar 2003

CHADWICK, PAUL (stories)

• Tarantula Bait (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Sep 1932
• Doctor Zero (ss) Ten Detective Aces Apr 1933
• Steel Corpse (ss) Ten Detective Aces Feb 1934 [Wade Hammond]
• Ambassador of Doom (na) Secret Agent X May 1934 [Secret Agent X]
• Murder Bait (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jun 1935

CHAFIN, KYLE E. (stories)

• Alternate Ending #2 (ms) EQMM Nov 1990

CHALET, STEPHAN E. (stories)

• This Little Pig Goes to Market... (ss) Mammoth Detective Aug 1943

CHAMBERS, CHRISTOPHER (stories)

• Aardvark to Aztec (ss) 2002
• Doggy Style (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

CHAMBERS, JAMES (stories)

• The Roaches in the Walls (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

CHAMBERS, ROBERT W(illiam) (1865-1933) (stories)

• The Purple Emperor (nv) The Mystery of Choice, Appleton 1897
• The Seal of Solomon Cipher (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 31 1906 [Westrel Keen]
• Solomon’s Seal (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 31 1906; also as “The Seal of Solomon Cipher”. [Westrel Keen]

CHAMBERS, WILLIAM E. (1943- ) (stories)

• Don’t Kill a Karate Fighter (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1972
• Night Service (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1985
• The Rationalist (ss) EQMM Apr 2000
• Another Night to Remember (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003

CHAMOT, A. E. (stories)

• The Shooting Party, by Anton Chekhov (ex) 1964

CHAMPION, D(’Arcy) L(yndon) (1902-1968); see pseudonym Jack D’Arcy (stories)

• Footprints on a Brain (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1938
• Let Me Live (ss) Double Detective Dec 1938
• Imperfect Alibi (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1943

CHAN, C. M. (stories)

• The Dressing Table Murder (nv) AHMM Oct 1988
• Murder in the Garden (nv) AHMM Mar 1989
• Murder at Christmas (na) AHMM Jan 1991
• The Charnwood Forest Murder (na) AHMM Jun 1992
• The Recalcitrant Witness (nv) AHMM May 1993
• The Birthday Murder (nv) AHMM Jul 1994
• Murder at Rokeby House (na) AHMM Mar 1995
• Murder in the Vestry (nv) AHMM Oct 1995
• Bones in the Rose Garden (na) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997
• Death in the Dales (nv) AHMM Jan 1999
• The Model Murders (nv) AHMM Dec 2000
• The Body in the Boot (nv) AHMM May 2002

CHANCE, GEORGE; pseudonym of George Thomas Roberts, (1910-1968) (stories)

• The Case of the Laughing Corpse (na) The Ghost Detective Fll 1940 [The Ghost]

CHANDLER, BRUCE (stories)

• Soft Captive of Terror Mountain (nv) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962

CHANDLER, C. K. (stories)

• The Inspector’s Small Frustration (ss) Espionage Magazine Jun 1986

CHANDLER, MARVA (stories)

• The Story That Won: On the Street Where You Live (vi) AHMM Jan 1991

CHANDLER, RAYMOND (Thornton) (1888-1959) (stories)

• The Man Who Liked Dogs (nv) Black Mask Mar 1936 [Carmady]
• Noon Street Nemesis (ex) Detective Fiction Weekly May 30 1936; also as “Pick-Up on Noon Street”.
• Pick-Up on Noon Street (ex) Detective Fiction Weekly May 30 1936
• The Curtain (nv) Black Mask Sep 1936 [Carmady]
• Red Wind (na) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1938 [John Dalmas]
• The King in Yellow (na) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1938
• The Lady in the Lake (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1939 [John Dalmas]
• I’ll Be Waiting (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 14 1939
• from The Big Sleep (ex) 1939
• No Crime in the Mountains (na) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1941
• The Lady in the Lake (ex) New York: Knopf 1943
• from “The Simple Art of Murder” (ar) Atlantic Monthly Dec 1944
• Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate (nv) Daily Mail Apr 6 1959; also as “Philip Marlowe’s Last Case”; also as “The Pencil”. [Philip Marlowe]
• The Pencil (nv) Daily Mail Apr 6 1959 [Philip Marlowe]
• Philip Marlowe’s Last Case (nv) Daily Mail Apr 6 1959 [Philip Marlowe]
• from “Casual Notes on the Mystery Novel” (ex) Raymond Chandler Speaking 1962
• “He Made Words Dance: The Centenary of Raymond Chandler” by Frank MacShane (bg) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988
• “Chandlerizing and Parker’s Big Sleep” by Michael Avallone (ar) Hardboiled Detective #12 1991

CHANNELL, CARRIE (stories)

• Coffee and Murder (ss) Felonious Felines, ed. Carol & Ed Gorman, Five Star 2000

CHAON, DAN (stories)

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

CHAPIN, WILLIAM (stories)

• The Gang (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998

CHAPMAN, ARTHUR (Edward) (1873-1935) (stories)

• The Unmasking of Sherlock Holmes (vi) The Critic Feb 1905 [Sherlock Holmes]

CHAPMAN, DIANE (stories)

• The Sweetest Revenge (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1980
• Stuck for the Solution (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1984
• The Glove (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1984

CHAPMAN, DIANNE (stories)

• The Diamond Ring (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981

CHAPMAN, GEORGE (1559?-1634) (stories)

• I Worked the Parole Racket (nf) Scientific Detective Annual 1944

CHAPONDA, DALISO (stories)

• Heroic Proportions (ss) EQMM Jun 2005

CHAPPELL, FRED (Davis) (1936- ) (stories)

• The Encyclopedia Daniel (ss) 1996

CHARBY, JAY; pseudonym of Harlan Ellison, (1934- ) (stories)

• Mad Dog! [with Henry Slesar] (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Aug 1957
• Murder Makes a Pick Up! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957

CHARD, DOROTHY DOREEN (1916- ); see pseudonym Judy Chard (stories)

CHARD, JUDY; pseudonym of Dorothy Doreen Chard, (1916- ) (stories)

• Rough Justice (ss) John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book, 1976, ed. Herbert Harris, Hodder Stoughton 1975

CHARLES, HAL; pseudonym of Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet (stories)

• Sudden Death (ss) EQMM Apr 7 1980
• The Talk-Show Murder (ss) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• The Turning Point (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1980
• Human Interest Angle (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980
• The Adventure of the Hare Apparent (vi) EQMM Jan 28 1981
• Dear Amity (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1981
• In the Key of Murder (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1981
• Welcome to the Big Leagues (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1981
• Felix Culpa (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1982
• Daddy’s Girl (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1982