Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

COLLINS, MAX ALLAN (books) (stories) (continued)

• Mourn the Living (n.) Hardboiled #8 1987, #9 1988, #10 1989 [Nolan PI]
• Primary Target (n.) Foul Play 1987 [Quarry]
• Scrap (ss) The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction, ed. Ed Gorman, Black Lizard 1987 [Nate Heller]
• Marble Mildred (nv) An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1988 [Nate Heller]
• The Perfect Crime (nv) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988 [Philip Marlowe]
• A Matter of Principal (ss) Stalkers, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1989 [Quarry]
• Dick Tracy: The Secret Files [ed. with Martin H. Greenberg] (oa) Tor 1990 [Dick Tracy]
• Not a Creature Was Stirring (ss) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990 [Dick Tracy]
• Private Consultation (nv) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990 [Nate Heller]
• Dying in the Post-War World: A Nathan Heller Casebook (co) Foul Play Press 1991 [Nate Heller]
• Dying in the Post-War World (na) Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991 [Nate Heller]
• I Owe Them One (aw) Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991
• Tough Tender (om) Carroll & Graf 1991 [Frank Nolan]
• Louise (ss) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992 [Ms. Michael Tree]
• Robber’s Roost (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992 [Batman]
• Cat Got Your Tongue [with Barbara Collins] (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Catgate (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
• His Father’s Ghost (nv) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• Inconvenience Store (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994 [Ms. Michael Tree]
• Murder Is My Business [ed. with Mickey Spillane] (oa) Dutton 1994
• Guest Services (ss) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994 [Quarry]
• Murder Was His Business (in) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994
• Quarry’s Luck (nv) Blue Motel, ed. Peter Crowther, Little Brown UK 1994 [Quarry]
• The Night of Their Lives (ss) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• Mommy (nv) Fear Itself, ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner 1995
• The Chocolate-Chip Alarm [with Nathan Collins] (ss) Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House 1996
• Firecracker Kill (nv) Shades of Noir, ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc. 1996
• A Wreath for Marley (nv) Dante’s Disciples, ed. Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf 1996 [Richard Stone]
• Vengeance Is Hers [ed. with Martin H. Greenberg & Mickey Spillane] (oa) Signet 1997
• Vengeance Is Hers: An Introduction (in) Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet 1997
• Private Eyes [ed. with Mickey Spillane] (oa) Signet 1998
• Kaddish for the Kid (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998 [Nate Heller]
• Eddie Haskell in a Short Skirt [with Barbara Collins] (ss) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998
• A Bird for Becky (nv) Mob Magic, ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1998 [Richard Stone]
• Flyover Country [with Barbara Collins] (nv) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• Natural Death, Inc. (nv) Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999 [Nate Heller]
• A Cruise to Forget [with Barbara Collins] (nv) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
• A Woman’s Touch [with Matthew V. Clemens] (ss) Murder Most Confederate, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000
• Screwball (nv) Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000 [Nate Heller]
• Cat’s-Eye Witness (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• Flesh & Blood [ed. with Jeffrey B. Gelb] (oa) Warner/Mysterious Press 2001
• Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories [with Barbara Collins] (co) Five Star 2001
• Crime in the Flesh (in) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
• Flowers for Bill O’Reilly (nv) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
• Kisses of Death (co) Crippen & Landru 2001 [Nate Heller]
• Kisses of Death (na) Kisses of Death, Crippen & Landru 2001; originally as a 90 minute promotional tape from B & B, given away at the 1996 ABA. [Nate Heller]
• Pinch-Hitter (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001; also as “Strike Zone”. [Nate Heller]
• Unreasonable Doubt (nv) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001 [Nate Heller]
• Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides (co) Five Star 2001
• Shoot-out on Sunset (nv) Mystery Street 2001 [Nate Heller]
• Strike Zone (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001 [Nate Heller]
• A Century of Noir [ed. with Mickey Spillane] (an) New American Library 2002
• Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires [ed. with Jeffrey B. Gelb] (oa) Warner/Mysterious Press 2002
• My Lolita Complex [with Matthew V. Clemens] (nv) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin [ed. with Jeffrey B. Gelb] (oa) Warner/Mysterious Press 2003
• Introduction: Sinful Streets [with Jeffrey B. Gelb] (in) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• Lie Beside Me [with Matthew V. Clemens] (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• Quarry’s Greatest Hits (co) Five Star 2003 [Quary]
• A Pebble for Papa [with Matthew V. Clemens] (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• East Side, West Side [with Matthew V. Clemens] (nv) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004
• Introduction: I, the Writer [with Lynn F. Myers, Jr.] (in) Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• A Tip of the Porkpie [with Lynn F. Myers, Jr.] (ms) Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• That Kind of Nag (mv) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• My Lolita Complex and Other Tales of Sex and Violence [with Matthew V. Clemens] (co) Twilight Tales, Inc. 2006
• Afterword (aw)
• Author’s Note (pr)
• Blue Christmas—An Introduction (in)
• Fast and Good—An Introduction (in)
• Foreword (fw)
• Introduction (in)
• Introduction [with Jeffrey B. Gelb] (in)
• Introduction: His (in)
• A Max Allan Collins Checklist (bi)

COLLINS, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Dennis Lynds, (1924-2005) (books) (stories)

• If the Whiskey Don’t, the Women Will (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1962 [Slot-Machine Kelly]
• Freedom Fighter (ss) The Literary Review Win 1962
• Death, My Love (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1963
• Man on the Run (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1963
• Harness Bull (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1963
• Nobody Frames Big Sam (ss) AHMM Oct 1963
• No Way Out (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1964 [Slot-Machine Kelly]
• Silent Partner (ss) AHMM May 1964
• Hard Cop (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1964
• Homecoming (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1964
• The Sleeper (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967
• Success of a Mission (ss) Argosy Apr 1968
• Hot Night Homicide (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1968
• No One Likes to Be Played for a Sucker (ss) EQMM Jul 1969 [Dan Fortune]
• Scream All the Way (ss) AHMM Oct 1969 [Dan Fortune]
• The Savage (ss) Argosy Jan 1970
• The Bizarre Case Expert (ss) EQMM Jun 1970
• Clay Pigeon (ss) Argosy Mar 1971
• Long Shot (nv) AHMM Jul 1972 [Dan Fortune]
• Who? (ss) AHMM Aug 1972 [Dan Fortune]
• Occupational Hazard (ss) AHMM Sep 1972
• The Choice (ss) AHMM Feb 1973
• Dan Fortune and the Hollywood Caper (ss) AHMM Nov 1983; also as “The Woman Who Ruined John Ireland”. [Dan Fortune]
• The Oldest Killer (ss) The Thieftaker Journals Nov 1983 [Dan Fortune]
• The Woman Who Ruined John Ireland (ss) AHMM Nov 1983 [Dan Fortune]
• Eighty Million Dead (ss) The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1984 [Dan Fortune]
• A Reason to Die (nv) The New Black Mask Quarterly No.2, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1985 [Dan Fortune]
• Killer’s Mind (nv) The New Black Mask No.6, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1986 [Dan Fortune]
• The Motive (nv) A Matter of Crime v2, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1987 [Dan Fortune]
• Black in the Snow (ss) An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1988 [Dan Fortune]
• Crime and Punishment (ss) A Matter of Crime v3, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1988 [Dan Fortune]
• The Chair (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990 [Dan Fortune]
• Role Model (nv) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992 [Dan Fortune]
• Crime, Punishment and Resurrection (co) Fine 1992 [Dan Fortune]
• The Big Rock Candy Mountains (ss) Crime, Punishment and Resurrection, Fine 1992 [Dan Fortune]
• Murder Is Murder (ss) Constable New Crimes 1, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1992 [Dan Fortune]
• Resurrection (ss) Crime, Punishment and Resurrection, Fine 1992 [Dan Fortune]
• Angel Eyes (nv) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994 [Dan Fortune]
• A Matter of Character (nv) Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet 1994 [Dan Fortune]
• Culture Clash (ss) EQMM Nov 1994 [Dan Fortune]
• A Death in Montecito (ss) EQMM Apr 1995 [Dan Fortune]
• The Chocolate Cat (nv) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
• Can Shoot (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998 [Dan Fortune]
• A Part of History (ss) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999
• Fortune’s World (co) Crippen & Landru 2000 [Dan Fortune]
• Family Values (nv) Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru 2000 [Dan Fortune]
• The Horrible, Senseless Murders of Two Elderly Women (ss) Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2001
• Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc. (co) Five Star 2002
• Disney World (ss) EQMM May 2002
• Twilight’s Last Gleaming (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002 [Dan Fortune]
• A Delicate Mission [with Gayle Lynds] (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• Next-Door Dave (ss) EQMM Jul 2004 [Dan Fortune]
• Someone (ss) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004 [Dan Fortune]
• Cross of Gold (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Kidnapping of Xiang Fei (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005
• The Smoking Gun of Elizabeth Henze (ss) EQMM Jul 2006
• A Dan Fortune Checklist (bi)
• Foreword (fw)
• Yellow Gal (ss)

COLLINS, NANCY A(verill) (1959- ) (stories)

• Down on Me (ss) Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991
• Fat Tuesday (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992 [Batman]
• Such a Good Baby (ss) After the Darkness, ed. Stanley Wiater, Baltimore, MD: Maclay & Associates 1993
• Fire Truck #5 (nv) Shades of Noir, ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc. 1996

COLLINS, NATHAN (stories)

• The Chocolate-Chip Alarm [with Max Allan Collins] (ss) Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House 1996

COLLINS, RON (stories)

• Stan [with Mike Resnick] (ss) Mob Magic, ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1998

COLLINS, STEPHEN (1947- ) (stories)

• Water Hazard (nv) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006

COLLINS, (William) WILKIE (1824-1889) (stories)

• Mr Wray’s Cash Box (na) Household Words Jan 1852
• A Terribly Strange Bed (ss) Household Words Apr 24 1852
• Gabriel’s Marriage (nv) Household Words Apr 16-23 1853
• Mad Monkton (na) Fraser’s Magazine Nov-Dec 1855
• The Monkstons of Wincot Abbey (na) Fraser’s Magazine Nov-Dec 1855; also as “Mad Monkton”.
• The Angler’s Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange (ss) After Dark, London: Smith, Elder 1856
• The Lady of Glenwith Grange (ss) After Dark, London: Smith, Elder 1856; also as “The Angler’s Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange”.
• The Biter Bit (nv) Atlantic Monthly Apr 1858
• Who Is the Thief? (nv) Atlantic Monthly Apr 1858; also as “The Biter Bit”.
• from No Name (ex) 1862
• Who Killed Zebedee? (nv) Seaside Library Jan 26 1881
• “Wilkie Collins and Crime Fiction” by Andrew Gasson (ar) The Strand Magazine #1 1998

COLLINS, WILLIAM (1721-1759) (stories)

• The Angler’s Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange (ss) After Dark, London: Smith, Elder 1856
• The Lady of Glenwith Grange (ss) After Dark, London: Smith, Elder 1856; also as “The Angler’s Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange”.

COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE; see under Collins, Wilkie (stories)

COLTMAN-ALLEN, VIVIAN ERNEST (1908- ); see pseudonym Ernest Dudley (stories)

COMBA, GRETCHEN (stories)

• The Friction Point (ss) Greensboro Review Sum 1997

COMBS, JAMES (Everett) (1941- ) (stories)

• Amy Gdalla (ss) 1996

COMBS, KEITH (stories)

• The Border Crossing (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2002

COMER, R. J. (stories)

• Kopstoot (ss) Plots with Guns Jul/Aug 2001
• Boy Scout Dough (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2003

COMMINGS, JOSEPH (1913-1992) (books) (stories)

• Murder Under Glass (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Mar 1947 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• Fingerprint Ghost (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine May 1947 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• The Spectre on the Lake (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jul 1947 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• The Black Friar Murders (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jan 1948 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• Death by Black Magic (nv) Ten Detective Aces Nov 1948 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• Ghost in the Gallery (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jul 1949 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• Murder’s Progress (ss) Mystery Digest Nov/Dec 1960 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• Castanets, Canaries, and Murder (ss) Mystery Digest Jan/Feb 1962 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• The X Street Murders (ss) Mystery Digest Mar/Apr 1962 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• Hangman’s House (ss) Mystery Digest Nov/Dec 1962 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• The Giant’s Sword (ss) Mystery Digest May/Jun 1963 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• Stairway to Nowhere [with Edward D. Hoch] (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1979 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• Nobody Loves a Fat Man (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1980 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• Assassination—Middle East (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1981 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• Dressed to Kill (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1982 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• Murder of a Mermaid (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1982 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• The Fire Dragon Caper (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1984 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• The Grand Guignol Caper (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984; also as “The Vampire in the Iron Mask”. [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• The Vampire in the Iron Mask (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• Banner Deadlines: The Impossible Crimes of Senator Brooks U. Banner (co) Crippen & Landru 2004 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• The Whispering Gallery (nv) Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004 [Sen. Brooks U. Banner]
• “Joseph Commings: A Memoir” by Edward D. Hoch (ar) Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• “The Writing Career of Joseph Commings” by Robert Adey (in) Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004

COMRADA, NORMA (stories)

• The Clairvoyant, by Karel Capek (ss) Toward the Radical Center: A Karel Capek Reader, Catbird Press 1990
• The Crime at the Post Office, by Karel Capek (ss) Toward the Radical Center: A Karel Capek Reader, Catbird Press 1990
• An Attempt at Murder, by Karel Capek (ss) Tales from Two Pockets, Catbird Press 1994
• The Crime on the Farm, by Karel Capek (ss) Tales from Two Pockets, Catbird Press 1994; “Kupón,” from Povídky z jedné kapsy, 1929.