Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

CAPON, ELLIOTT (stories)

• Empath (ss) AHMM Sep 1985
• Upon Reflection (ss) AHMM Nov 1985
• Little Jack Horner (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1986
• Outfall (nv) AHMM Mar 1988
• The Balls Are in Place (ss) AHMM Mar 1989
• Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum (ss) AHMM Dec 1990
• The Inquest (ss) AHMM Jul 1991
• A Fly on the Wall (ss) AHMM Nov 1991

CAPOTE, TRUMAN (1924-1984) (stories)

• from In Cold Blood (ex) New York: Random House 1966

CAPPADONNA, M. S. (stories)

• Checklist (bi) The Armchair Detective Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1990, Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1991

CAPPS, BENJAMIN (stories)

• The Disgraceful Affair of Turpentine Jackson (ss) Tales of the Southwest, Doubleday 1991

CAPPS, LEE (stories)

• Five Trees (vi) EQMM Feb 2005

CAPRICE (stories)

• In the Mood Again (ss) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996

CAPRON, BILL (stories)

• Death... and More Death (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Win/Spr 2002 [Colour-Blind Detective]

CAPRON, JEAN F. (1924- ) (stories)

• Home Folks (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1982

CARCATERRA, LORENZO (1954- ) (stories)

• Thousand Miles from Nowhere (nv) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• Yellow Mama’s Long Weekend (nv) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• Missing the Morning Bus (nv) Dead Man’s Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Harcourt 2007

CARD, ORSON SCOTT (1951- ) (stories)

• Dogwalker (nv) IASFM Nov 1989

CARDONE, BONNIE J. (stories)

• Murder at the Marietta Inn (ss) Gone Coastal, ed. Margaret Searles, Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006

CAREW, DONALD (stories)

• T.V. Review (mr) Mystery Mar 1981

CARL, JoANNA (stories)

• The Chocolate Kidnapping Clue (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001 [Lee McKinney]

CARL, LILLIAN STEWART (1949- ) (books) (stories)

• A Rose with All Its Thorns (nv) Past Lives, Present Tense, ed. Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Ace 1999
• Cold as Fire (ss) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000
• The Eye of the Beholder (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• The Muse (ss) Realms of Fantasy Feb 2002
• The Rag and Bone Man (ss) Murder Most Catholic, ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House 2002
• A Dish of Poison (nv) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
• A Mimicry of Mockingbirds (nv) White House Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Cumberland House 2002
• Sardines for Tea (ss) Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star 2003
• A Stake of Holly (nv) Death by Dickens, ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime 2004
• The Necromancer’s Apprentice (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004
• Over the Sea from Skye (ss) Alternate Generals III, ed. Harry Turtledove & Roland J. Green, Baen 2005
• Way Down in Egypt’s Land (nv) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005
• The Diamonds of Golkonda (ss) Cross Plains Universe: Texans Celebrate Robert E. Howard, ed. Scott A. Cupp & Joe R. Lansdale, MonkeyBrain Books/FACT 2006
• The Muse and Other Stories of History, Mystery and Myth (co) Delphi Books 2007
• Writing Historical Mystery Short Stories (ar)

CARLETON, MARJORIE (Chalmers) (1897-1964) (stories)

• I.O.U.—One Life (ss) EQMM Dec 1961

CARLETON, S.; pseudonym of Susan Carleton Jones, (1864-1926) (stories)

• The Clasp of Rank (ss) The Thrill Book Apr 1 1919

CARLETON, VICKI SHAULL (stories)

• The Final Rejection (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1980
• Authoress of Death (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1981
• ’Twas the Night Past the Murder (pm) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1981
• The Prison Letters (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1984

CARLETON, WARREN ELLIOT (stories)

• Down-East Square-Tail (ss) High-Seas Adventures Dec 1934

CARLFI, CHESTER H.; pseudonym of Charles E. Fritch, (1927- ) (stories)

• Girl in the Dark (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1980
• The Complete History of Mankind After World War III (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1980

CARLSON, DOUGLAS (stories)

• The New Manager (vi) EQMM May 20 1981

CARLSON, J. D. (stories)

• The Fulton Case (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1997
• Going Back (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1997
• The Platte River Murders (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1997
• The Child on the Milk Carton (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1998
• The Lady Who Lived Too Long (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 1998
• Home in Time for Christmas (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1998
• The Blood Months (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep 1998
• A Question of Him or Her (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1998
• Betrayal (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1998
• A Case of Mistaken Identity (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1998
• Only the Lonely (sl) Detective Mystery Stories Dec 1998, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May 1999
• Revelation (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jun 1999
• Double Whammy (sl) Detective Mystery Stories Jul 1999
• Blind Faith (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Aug 1999
• Death of a Tattle-Monger (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Oct 1999
• The Litterbug (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Dec 1999
• The Mule Head Bank Robbery (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Feb 2000
• Her Poisoned Relationship (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 2000
• A Matter of Tidying Up a Loose End (ss) Detective Mystery Stories May 2000
• The Ring (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jul 2000

CARLSON, JOHN (stories)

• Business Partners (ss) EQMM Mar 1985
• The Bike Snatchers (ss) EQMM Nov 1985
• Caught in the Web (ss) AHMM May 1990

CARLSON, LILLY; pseudonym of Heidi Vanderbilt (stories)

• Locked Doors (ss) EQMM Oct 1983

CARLSON, MICHAEL (stories)

• Stark on Film (mr) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• Books on Film (br) Crime Time #23 2001
• From Flappers to Film Noir (ar) Crime Time #23 2001
• London Film Festival: Where the Elite Meet in Seats (mr) Crime Time #23 2001
• The Other Big Sleep (mr) Crime Time #23 2001

CARLSON, P(atricia) M(cEvoy) (1940- ) (books) (stories)

• The Father of the Bride; or, A Fate Worse Than Death! (na) Mr. President, Private Eye, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Francis M. Nevins, Jr., Ballantine 1989 [Bridget Mooney]
• Death Scene; or, The Moor of Venice (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990 [Bridget Mooney]
• The Jersey Lily; or, Make Me Immortal with a Kiss (nv) Malice Domestic 1, Elizabeth Peters, Pocket 1992 [Bridget Mooney]
• Dirty Little Coward That Shot Mr. Howard; or, Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On (nv) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992 [Bridget Mooney]
• The Eighth Wonder of the World; or, Golden Opinions (nv) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994 [Bridget Mooney]
• The King of Comedy: or, A Policeman’s Lot Is Not a Happy One (ss) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994 [Bridget Mooney]
• The Rosewood Coffin; or, The Devine Sarah (nv) Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley 1995 [Bridget Mooney]
• Put Out the Light; or, The Napoleon of Science (nv) Malice Domestic 4, Carolyn G. Hart, Pocket 1995 [Bridget Mooney]
• Parties Unknown by the Jury; or, The Valour of My Tongue (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996 [Bridget Mooney]
• The Uncrowned King of Ireland; or, A Most Toad-Spotted Traitor (nv) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998 [Bridget Mooney]
• Renowned Be Thy Grave; or, The Murderous Miss Mooney (co) Crippen & Landru 1998 [Bridget Mooney]
• Farewell the Plumed Troop (ss) Renowned Be Thy Grave, Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1998; included with limited edition only. [Bridget Mooney]
• From Bridget Mooney’s Scrapbook (ms) Renowned Be Thy Grave, Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1998
• Blood in Buzzard’s Bay; or, Sweets to the Sweet (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999
• The World Is Mine: or, Deeds That Make Heaven Weep (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• Frighted Out of Fear; or, The Bombs Bursting in Air (ss) Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime, ed. Sara Paretsky, Signet 2007
• Introduction (in)

CARLSON, RON (1947- ) (stories)

• On Killymoon (ss) Quarterly West Fll 1996
• The Steaming Gun (ss) EQMM Nov 2007

CARLYLE, DEANNA (stories)

• The United States of Veronica: Teen Noir as America’s New Zeitgeist (ar) NptNoir 2007

CARLYLE, THOMAS (1795-1881) (stories)

• from The French Revolution: a History (ar)

CARMAN, J. D. (stories)

• Smell of Burnt Wood (vi) EQMM Jan 1984

CARMICHAEL, CLAIRE (1940- ); see pseudonym Claire McNab (stories)

CARMICHAEL, FRED(erick Walker) (1924- ) (stories)

• Victoria’s House (pl) 1969

CARNAHAN, JOE (stories)

• “Blood, Guts and Joe Carnahan” by Graham Barnfield (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

CAROL, ANN (stories)

• The Gun (ss) Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995

CAROLAN, KEVIN (books) (stories)

• Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense [ed.] (an) Hodder & Stoughton 1999
• Churchyard Shadows (ss) Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999
• Introduction (in)

CAROLL, WILLIAM J., JR. (stories)

• Bad Weather (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006

CAROLLO, KEVIN (stories)

• Charlie and Me (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

CAROUSSO, COSTA (stories)

• The Queen of Corpses (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 1940
• Mine Host—The Ghost (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Jul 1941

CARPENTER, CARLETON (1926- ) (stories)

• Pleasure for Pleasure (ss) EQMM Sep 1985
• The Bum Wrap (ss) EQMM Apr 1986
• The Tease (ss) EQMM Mar 1987
• A Part in the Picture (ss) EQMM Sep 1988

CARPENTER, HELEN (stories)

• Clear as Glass [with Lorri Carpenter] (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990
• Emma Twiggs to the Rescue [with Lorri Carpenter] (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991

CARPENTER, LORRI (stories)

• Clear as Glass [with Helen Carpenter] (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990
• Emma Twiggs to the Rescue [with Helen Carpenter] (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991

CARPENTER, RICHARD (1929- ) (stories)

• Introduction (in)

CARPER, HELEN (stories)

• The Trust (ss) EQMM Dec 1984
• The Woman Who Owned God (ss) EQMM Sep 1985

CARPER, STEVE (books) (stories)

• The Defective Detective: Mystery Parodies by the Great Humorists [ed.] (an) Citadel Press 1992
• Introduction (in)

CARPINETTA, MARK (stories)

• Gun Pit Drifter (ss) Plots with Guns Jul/Aug 2001

CARR, A(lbert) H. Z(olatkoff) (1902-1971) (stories)

• A Case of Catnapping (ss) EQMM Jul 1954
• The Black Kitten (ss) EQMM Apr 1956
• The Man Who Understood Women (ss) EQMM Jan 1960

CARR, CALEB (1955- ) (stories)

• “Some Analytical Genius, No Doubt” (ar) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006 [Holmes Sherlock]

CARR, G. SAM (stories)

• Til Death Do Us Part (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

CARR, JAYGE; pseudonym of Margery Krueger, (1940-2006) (stories)

• The Queen’s Jewels (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

CARR, JOHN C. (stories)

• The Hunger of Deputy Ed Harker (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1980

CARR, JOHN DICKSON (1906-1977); see pseudonym Carter Dickson (books) (stories)

• The Dim Queen (ss) The Haverfordian May 1926
• The Shadow of the Goat (ss) The Haverfordian Nov 1926 [Henri Bencolin]
• The Other Hangman (ss) A Century of Detective Stories, ed. Anon., London: Hutchinson 1935
• The Three Coffins (n.) New York: Harper 1935 [Dr. Gideon Fell]
• The Wrong Problem (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Aug 14 1936 [Dr. Gideon Fell]
• Blind Man’s Hood (ss) The Sketch Christmas 1937
• To Wake the Dead (ss) The Sketch Christmas 1937
• The Third Bullet (n.) London: Hodder & Stoughton 1937 [Dr. Gideon Fell]
• The New Invisible Man (ss) The Strand Apr 1938 [Colonel March]
• The Crime in Nobody’s Room (ss) The Strand Jun 1938 [Colonel March]
• Error at Daybreak (nv) The Strand Jul 1938 [Colonel March]
• Persons or Things Unknown (ss) The Sketch Christmas 1938
• Death in the Dressing-Room (ss) The Strand Feb 1939 [Colonel March]
• Hot Money (ss) The Strand Feb 1939 [Colonel March]
• The Empty Flat (ss) The Strand May 1939 [Colonel March]
• The Silver Curtain (ss) The Strand Aug 1939 [Colonel March]
• The Diamond Pentacle (ss) The Times Nov 15 1939
• Strictly Diplomatic (ss) The Strand Dec 1939
• New Murders for Old (ss) The Illustrated London News Christmas 1939
• The Footprint in the Sky (ss) The Strand Jan 1940 [Colonel March]
• The Locked Room (ss) The Strand Jul 1940 [Dr. Gideon Fell]
• Guest in the House (ss) The Strand Oct 1940; also as “The Incautious Burglar”. [Dr. Gideon Fell]
• The Incautious Burglar (ss) The Strand Oct 1940 [Dr. Gideon Fell]
• The Clue of the Red Wig (nv) The Strand Dec 1940
• William Wilson’s Racket (ss) The Strand Feb 1941 [Colonel March]
• The House in Goblin Wood (nv) EQMM Nov 1947 [Sir Henry Merrivale]
• The Adventure of the Conk-Singleton Papers (pl) The Unicorn Mystery Book Club News v1 #9 1949 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Gentleman from Paris (nv) EQMM Apr 1950
• The Black Cabinet (ss) Twenty Great Tales of Murder, ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random 1951
• Flight from Fleet Street (pl) London Mystery Magazine #14 1952; also as “A Razor in Fleet Street”.
• A Razor in Fleet Street (pl) London Mystery Magazine #14 1952
• All in a Maze (na) The Housewife Jan 1956 (+2) [Sir Henry Merrivale]
• Invisible Hands (ss) Lilliput Aug 1957 [Dr. Gideon Fell]
• Detective’s Day Off (ss) Weekend Magazine Dec 25/29 1957; also as “Scotland Yard’s Christmas”.
• Scotland Yard’s Christmas (ss) Weekend Magazine Dec 25/29 1957
• Another Glass, Watson! (ar) Catalogue of the Sherlock Holmes collection of the Sherlock Holmes public house, London 1957
• The Black Minute (pl) EQMM May 1983; first broadcast on the BBC on October 18, 1941. [Dr. Gideon Fell]
• The Dead Sleep Lightly (pl) The Dead Sleep Lightly, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1983; first broadcast by the BBC on August 23, 1943. A shorter version without Dr. Fell was broadcast on the CBS Suspense program.
• Menace in Wax (pl) Speak of the Devil 1985; First broadcast on the CBS radio show Suspense, November 17, 1942.
• Fell and Foul Play (co) International Polygonics 1991
• The Devil in the Summer-House (pl) Fell and Foul Play, International Polygonics 1991; first broadcast by the BBC on October 14, 1940. A shorter version without Dr. Fell was broadcast on the CBS Suspense program and later printed in EQMM Sep ’46. [Dr. Gideon Fell]