Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

CHARLES, HAL (stories) (continued)

• The Five Sides of Murder (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1982
• Iced (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1982
• The Playhouse Murder (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982
• Written Off (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1982
• The Prince Perplex (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1983
• Trial by Fire (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1983
• Playing for Keeps (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1983
• Final Score (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984
• The Peacemakers (vi) Hardboiled #9 1988
• Sign of Murder (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 1989
• Birthday Surprise (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
• Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth (ss) EQMM Jun 1999
• Slave Wall (nv) EQMM Jul 2000
• Moody’s Blues (nv) EQMM Nov 2002
• Draw Play (ss) EQMM May 2003
• The Death of Doc Virgo (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004

CHARLES, KATE; pseudonym of Carol A. Chase, (1950- ) (stories)

• Sheep’s Clothing (ss) EQMM Feb 1995
• True Confessions (ss) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
• The Murder at the Vicarage (ss) Malice Domestic 9, Joan Hess, Avon 2000
• That Old Eternal Triangle (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000
• “Kate Charles talks to Dean James” by Dean James (iv) Crime Time #23 2001
• Through a Glass, Darkly (ss) Murder Most Catholic, ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House 2002

CHARLES, PAUL (1950- ) (stories)

• The Silent Server (ss) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998
• Fountain of Sorrow (ex) 1999 [Insp. Christy Kennedy]
• Frankie and Johnny Were Lovers? (ss) Fresh Blood 3, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1999
• In the Midnight Hour (ss)

CHARLES, RENÉE M. (stories)

• Nudes Ascending a Staircase (nv) Sexcrime, ed. Cecilia Tan, Circlet Press 2000

CHARLES, ROBERT; pseudonym of Robert Charles Smith, (1938- ) (stories)

• Cause for Alarm (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Jun 1962

CHARLTON, FORD (stories)

• A Noise in the Night (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

CHARTERIS, LESLIE; [born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin] (1907-1993) (books) (stories)

• The Story of a Dead Man (na) The Thriller Mar 2 1929 [Simon Templar]
• The Five Kings (na) The Thriller May 4 1929; also as “The Man Who Was Clever”. [Simon Templar]
• The Man Who Was Clever (na) The Thriller May 4 1929 [Simon Templar]
• Black Face (na) The Thriller Jun 6 1931; also as “The Million Pound Day”. [Simon Templar]
• The Million Pound Day (na) The Thriller Jun 6 1931 [Simon Templar]
• The Wonderful War (na) 1931; revised from “The Judgement of the Joker”, The Thriller #17, 1 Jun. 1929. [Simon Templar]
• Shanghaied! (ss) Empire News Sep 4 1932; also as “The Unblemished Bootlegger”. [Simon Templar]
• The Unblemished Bootlegger (ss) Empire News Sep 4 1932 [Simon Templar]
• Won by a Neck (ss) Empire News Sep 11 1932 [Simon Templar]
• The Appalling Politician (ss) Empire News Oct 16 1932 [Simon Templar]
• Third Degree Fires (ss) Empire News Oct 16 1932; also as “The Appalling Politician”. [Simon Templar]
• The Death Penalty (na) Star Novels Magazine Fll 1933 [Simon Templar]
• The Unfortunate Financier (ss) Empire News Oct 8 1933 [Simon Templar]
• The Whipping of Uncle Oates (ss) Empire News Oct 8 1933; also as “The Unfortunate Financier”. [Simon Templar]
• The Inventions of Oscar Newdick (ss) Empire News Oct 15 1933; also as “The Newdick Helicopter”. [Simon Templar]
• The Newdick Helicopter (ss) Empire News Oct 15 1933 [Simon Templar]
• The Slave Driver Sees the Red Light (ss) Empire News Nov 5 1933; also as “The Sleepless Knight”. [Simon Templar]
• The Sleepless Knight (ss) Empire News Nov 5 1933 [Simon Templar]
• The Smashing of Another Racket (ss) Empire News Nov 12 1933 [Simon Templar]
• Paris Adventure (ss) The American Magazine Jan 1934 [Simon Templar]
• The Book of Fate (na) The Thriller Feb 10 1934; also as “The Simon Templar Foundation”. [Simon Templar]
• The Simon Templar Foundation (na) The Thriller Feb 10 1934 [Simon Templar]
• The High Fence (na) The Thriller Jun 16 1934 [Simon Templar]
• The Man Who Knew (na) The Thriller Jun 16 1934; also as “The High Fence”. [Simon Templar]
• The Mystery of the Child’s Toy (ss) The Saint Intervenes, Doubleday 1934 [Simon Templar]
• All Aboard for Shanghai! (ss) The American Magazine Feb 1936; also as “The Rhine Maiden”. [Simon Templar]
• The Rhine Maiden (ss) The American Magazine Feb 1936 [Simon Templar]
• The Saint and the Siren (ss) The American Magazine Jun 1936; also as “The Smart Detective”. [Simon Templar]
• The Smart Detective (ss) The American Magazine Jun 1936 [Simon Templar]
• The Unlicensed Victuallers (na) 1937 [Simon Templar]
• The Affair of Hogsbotham (na) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 6 1938 [Simon Templar]
• The Saint at Bay (na) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 6 1938; also as “The Affair of Hogsbotham”. [Simon Templar]
• The First Saint Omnibus (om) Hodder & Stoughton 1939 [Simon Templar]
• The Uncertain Widow (ss) New York News 1947 [Simon Templar]
• The Arrow of God (nv) EQMM Sep 1949 [Simon Templar]
• The Russian Prisoner (nv) The Saint Detective Magazine Oct 1963 [Simon Templar]
• Editorial (ed) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984
• “‘The Saint’ Speaks” by Paul M. James (ar) The Armchair Detective Sum 1990
• Foreword (fw)
• The Last Word (aw)

CHARYN, JEROME (1937- ) (books) (stories)

• Young Isaac (ss) The Armchair Detective Sum 1990
• The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers’ Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century [ed.] (an) Dutton 1993
• Little Leo (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
• The Crime Lover’s Casebook [ed.] (an) Dutton 1993
• Countess Kathleen (nv) The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001
• Introduction (in)

CHASE, CAROL A. (1950- ); see pseudonym Kate Charles (stories)

CHASE, ED; pseudonym of Robert Silverberg, (1935- ) (stories)

• Psycho Killer (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1960
• The Killer and the Blonde (nv) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1961

CHASE, ELAINE RACO (1949- ) (books) (stories)

• Partners in Crime [ed.] (oa) Signet 1994
• Introduction (in)

CHASE, FRANCIS, JR. (stories)

• They Tell No Tales (vi) Detective Fiction Weekly May 17 1941

CHASE, JAMES HADLEY; pseudonym of René Brabazon Raymond, (1906-1985) (stories)

• Get a Load of This (ss) 1942
• You’re Dead Without Money (ex) London: Robert Hale 1972
• Morning Visit (ss)

CHASE, ROBERT DAVID; pseudonym of Ed Gorman, (1941- ) (stories)

• Fathers, Inc. (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994

CHASTAIN, THOMAS (1921-1994) (stories)

• Admissible Evidence (nv) A Body Is Found, Wynwood Press 1990
• Area Code 212 (nv) Missing in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1992
• Tête-à-Tête (ss) Justice in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1994

CHATRIAN, ALEXANDRE (1826-1890); see pseudonym Erckmann-Chatrian (stories)

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (c1340-1400) (stories)

• from The Physician’s Tale (ex)

CHAVEZ, KEONI (stories)

• The Smiling Man (ss) Fog City Nocturne, ed. B. J. West, Apocryphile Press 2006 [Chambers Nick]

CHEEVER, JOHN (1912-1982) (stories)

• Montraldo (ss) New Yorker Jun 6 1964

CHEHAK, SUSAN TAYLOR (1951- ) (stories)

• Coulda Been You (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992

CHEKHOV, ANTON (Pavlovich) (1860-1904) (stories)

• The Shooting Party (ex) 1964
• The Bet (ss)
• The Black Monk (nv) The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories, Chatto & Windus
• The Safety Match (nv)

CHENOWETH, MARGARET (stories)

• Look for the Union Label (ss) EQMM Feb 1988

CHERRY, CAROLYN JANICE (1942- ); see under C. J. Cherryh; see under Cherryh, C. J. (stories)

CHERRYH, C. J.; working name of Carolyn Janice Cherry, (1942- ) (stories)

• Mech (ss) Futurecrime, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Fine 1992

CHESBRO, GEORGE (Clark) (1940- ) (books) (stories)

• The Drop (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1971 [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)]
• High Wire (nv) AHMM Mar 1972 [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)]
• Rage (nv) AHMM Feb 1973 [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)]
• Country for Sale (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1973 [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)]
• Dark Hole on a Silent Planet (nv) AHMM Nov 1973 [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)]
• The Healer (ss) AHMM Aug 1974 [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)]
• Four Knights Game (nv) AHMM Sep 1974
• Falling Star (nv) AHMM Nov 1974 [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)]
• Book of Shadows (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1975 [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)]
• Tiger in the Snow (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1976 [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)]
• Candala (ss) An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1988 [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)]
• Introduction: The Birth of a Series Character (ar) The Writer Mar 1989
• In the House of Secret Enemies (co) The Mysterious Press 1990 [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)]
• Priests (ss) AHMM Sep 1991
• First Strike (ss) EQMM Dec 1991
• The White Bear (ss) EQMM May 1992
• Imagine This (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
• Lone Wolf (nv) EQMM Jul 1993
• Haunts (ss) EQMM Oct 1993
• Tomb (nv) AHMM Oct 1993
• Forced Moves (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• The Lazarus Gate (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• The Problem with the Pigs (ss) EQMM Jun 1997
• Unmarked Graves (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997
• Model Town (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000

CHESHIRE, ELLEN (stories)

• Audio World (ar) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

CHESHIRE, SIMON (stories)

• The Adventure of the Dented Computer (ss) The Young Oxford Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Dennis Hamley, Oxford University Press 2003

CHESMORE, ROBERT (stories)

• The Long Ball (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1981
• The Mayor Thornton Battery Caper (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1983
• See Jack Run (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1983
• Twins (ss) AHMM Oct 1984
• Blues in the Night (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1985

CHESNEY, MARION (1936- ); see pseudonym M. C. Beaton (stories)

CHESNUTT, CHARLES W(addell) (1858-1932) (stories)

• The Web of Circumstance (ss)

CHESTERTON, G(ilbert) K(eith) (1874-1936) (books) (stories)

• A Defence of Detective Stories (ar) The Speaker Jun 22 1901
• The Value of Detective Stories (ar) The Speaker Jun 22 1901; also as “A Defence of Detective Stories”.
• The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd (ss) Harper’s Weekly Jun 25 1904 (+1) [Rupert Grant; Basil Grant]
• The Blue Cross (nv) The Storyteller Sep 1910 [Father Brown]
• The Secret Garden (nv) The Storyteller Oct 1910 [Father Brown]
• The Queer Feet (nv) The Storyteller Nov 1910 [Father Brown]
• The Hammer of God (ss) The Storyteller Dec 1910
• The Wrong Shape (ss) The Storyteller Jan 1911 [Father Brown]
• The Invisible Man (ss) Cassell’s Feb 1911 [Father Brown]
• The Sign of the Broken Sword (ss) The Storyteller Feb 1911 [Father Brown]
• The Eye of Apollo (ss) Cassell’s Mar 1911 [Father Brown]
• The Honour of Israel Gow (ss) Cassell’s Apr 1911 [Father Brown]
• The Strange Justice (ss) Cassell’s Apr 1911; also as “The Honour of Israel Gow”. [Father Brown]
• The Sins of Prince Saradine (ss) Cassell’s May 1911 [Father Brown]
• The Flying Stars (ss) Cassell’s Jun 1911 [Father Brown]
• The Three Tools of Death (ss) Cassell’s Jul 1911 [Father Brown]
• The Innocence of Father Brown (co) London: Cassell 1911 [Father Brown]
• The Absence of Mr. Glass (ss) McClure’s Nov 1912 [Father Brown]
• The Strange Crime of John Boulnois (nv) McClure’s Feb 1913 [Father Brown]
• The Paradise of Thieves (ss) McClure’s Mar 1913 [Father Brown]
• The Man in the Passage (nv) McClure’s Apr 1913 [Father Brown]
• The Purple Wig (nv) The Pall Mall Magazine May 1913 [Father Brown]
• The Head of Caesar (nv) The Pall Mall Magazine Jun 1913 [Father Brown]
• The Mistake of the Machine (nv) The Pall Mall Magazine Oct 1913 [Father Brown]
• The Perishing of the Pendragons (nv) The Pall Mall Magazine Jun 1914 [Father Brown]
• The Salad of Colonel Cray (nv) The Pall Mall Magazine Jul 1914 [Father Brown]
• The Duel of Dr. Hirsch (nv) The Pall Mall Magazine Aug 1914 [Father Brown]
• The God of the Gongs (nv) The Pall Mall Magazine Sep 1914 [Father Brown]
• The Wisdom of Father Brown (co) London: Cassell 1914 [Father Brown]
• The Five of Swords (nv) Hearst’s International Feb 1919
• from “The Garden of Smoke” (ex) The Storyteller Oct 1919
• The Garden of Smoke (ss) The Storyteller Oct 1919
• The Tower of Treason (nv) The Popular Magazine Feb 7 1920
• The Vanishing Prince (nv) The Storyteller Feb 1920 [Horne Fisher]
• The Man Who Shot the Fox (ss) Hearst’s International Mar 1921
• The Oracle of the Dog (nv) Nash’s Magazine Dec 1923 [Father Brown]
• Dr. Hyde, Detective, and the White Pillars Murder (ss) English Life Jan 1925
• The White Pillars Murder (ss) English Life Jan 1925
• The Incredulity of Father Brown (ex) Dodd 1926
• The Purple Jewel (nv) The Storyteller Mar 1929 [Gabriel Gale]
• The Moderate Murderer (nv) Cassell’s Apr 1929
• Ring of Lovers (ss) The Storyteller Dec 1935 [Mr. Pond]
• A Tall Story (ss) The Storyteller Feb 1936 [Mr. Pond]
• The Vampire of the Village (ss) The Strand Aug 1936 [Father Brown]
• Pond the Pantaloon (ss) The Storyteller Sep 1936 [Mr. Pond]
• from “How to Write a Detective Story” (ex) 1964
• Seven Suspects (co) Carroll & Graf 1990
• Father Brown Crime Stories (om) Avenel 1990 [Father Brown]
• “The Birth of Father Brown” by Tom Kreitzberg (ar) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• “The Great Detectives: G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown” by Barbara Roden (ar) The Strand Magazine #3 1999
• The Fairy Tale of Father Brown (nv) [Father Brown]

CHETWYND-HAYES, R(onald Henry Glynn) (1919-2001) (stories)

• Someone Is Dead (nv) The Elemental, Fontana 1974 [Francis St. Clare; Frederica Masters]

CHEYNEY, PETER; [i.e., Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse Cheyney, born Reginald Southouse Cheyney] (1896-1951) (stories)

• A Double Double-Cross (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine May 1924
• Nice Work (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Oct 5 1936 [Lemmy Caution]
• Aces High (ss)
• Black Out (ss) [Slim Callaghan]
• Exit Permit (ss)
• Girl of My Dreams (ss)
• A Life for a Lamp (ss)

CHI, TA HUANG (stories)

• The Foreign Devil (ss) AHMM Aug 19 1981

CHIFFLOT, DOROTHÉE (stories)

• Hélène de Monaghan (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999