Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

CLEWSEY (stories) (continued)

• Clewsey’s Clichés: ‘While she waited for Nick to come round, Nora reviewed the facts of the case as she understood them’ (ct) Red Herrings

CLINTON, DIRK; pseudonym of Robert Silverberg, (1935- ) (stories)

• Real Tough Break (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1960
• The Kidnapped Beauty (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1961

CLINTON, EDWARD (stories)

• No Vivaldi (ss) EQMM Sep 1993
• My Little Brother (ss) EQMM Jun 2003

CLOETE, (Edward Fairly) STUART (Graham) (1897-1976) (stories)

• Congo (ss) Story Mar/Apr 1943
• Night Operation (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 24 1944

CLOPTON, LINDA E. (stories)

• A Little Yarn (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991

CLOUD, ROBERT J. (stories)

• Grampaw Lends a Hand (ss) EQMM Jun 17 1981

CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH (1819-1861) (stories)

• from “Adam and Eve” (pm)

CLOUGH, B(renda) W(ang) (1955- ) (stories)

• Grow Your Own (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2000

CLOUGH, HERBERT D., JR. (stories)

• Editorial (ed) The Saint Magazine Jul 1984

CLOUSTON, J(oseph) STORER (1870-1944) (stories)

• The Envelope (ss) The Sphere Nov 24 1919
• Coincidence (nv) Carrington’s Cases, Blackwood 1920 [F.T. Carrington]

COAKE, CHRISTOPHER (stories)

• His Mission (na) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• Pitch Black (na) Dead Man’s Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Harcourt 2007
• All Through the House (ss)

COATS, YVONNE (stories)

• Where the Advantage Lies (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

COBB, IRVIN S(hrewsbury) (1876-1944) (stories)

• Faith, Hope and Charity (nv) Cosmopolitan Apr 1930 [Judge William Pitman Priest “Old Judge Priest”]

COBB, JAMES H(arvey) (1953- ) (stories)

• Monica Van Telflin and the Proper Application of Pressure (nv) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• Road Bomb (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004 [Kevin Pulaski]
• The Sound of Justice (nv) EQMM Jul 2005 [Kevin Pulaski]
• Framed (ss) EQMM Jun 2006 [Kevin Pulaski]
• Over the Edge (ss) EQMM Jul 2007 [Kevin Pulaski]
• Body and Fender (ss) EQMM Aug 2008 [Kevin Pulaski]

COBB, M. E. (stories)

• Strings Attached (pm) EQMM Mar 1992

COBEN, HARLAN (1962- ) (stories)

• Entrapped (ss) MHCMM Spr 1997
• “There oughta be a Law: An Interview with Harlan Coben” by Lisa D. Williamson (iv) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• A Simple Philosophy (ss) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998
• Foreword (fw)
• Introduction (in)

COBEN, HARLEN (books) (stories)

• Death Do Us Part [ed.] (oa) Back Bay Books 2006
• Entrapped (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• Introduction (in) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006

COBLEY, PAUL (stories)

• The Well Dressed Runner (ar) The Strand Magazine #8 2002

COBLITZ, KRISTINE (stories)

• Cold Feet (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #38 2003

COBURN, ANDREW (1932- ) (stories)

• A Woolf in Vita’s Clothing (ss) EQMM Dec 1995
• My Father’s Daughter (na) Men from Boys, ed. John Harvey, Heinemann 2003

COCHRAN, STACEY (stories)

• All That Changes When You Kill (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2003
• The PWG Interviews: George Pelecanos (iv) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2004
• The Fast-Action Killers (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2004
• The Quiet Couple (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2004

COCKBURN, SARAH (Caudwell) (1939-2000); see pseudonym Sarah Caudwell (stories)

COCKEY, TIM (1955- ) (stories)

• The Haunting of Slink Ridgely (ss) Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006; (Greenspring Valley).

COCKRELL, FRANK; [i.e., Francis M. Cockrell] (1906-1987) (stories)

• That Heel of a Seal (ss) Liberty Aug 23 1941

CODY, LIZA; pseudonym of Liza Nassim, (1944- ) (books) (stories)

• K.K. (ss) Murder and Company, ed. Harriet Ayres, Pandora 1988
• The Uniform (ss) New Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1989
• Spasmo (ss) A Classic English Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1990
• Lucky Dip (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991
• In Those Days (ss) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• 1st Culprit [ed. with Michael Z. Lewin] (oa) St. Martin’s 1993
• Where’s Stacey? (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
• 2nd Culprit [ed. with Michael Z. Lewin] (oa) St. Martin’s 1994
• Reconstruction (nv) London Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 1994
• 3rd Culprit [ed. with Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey] (an) Chatto & Windus 1994
• 3rd Culprit: An Annual of Crime Stories [ed. with Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey] (oa) Chatto & Windus 1994
• Chalk Mother (ss) By the Light of the Silvery Moon, ed. Ruth Petrie, Virago 1994; broadcast on BBC Radio, 1993.
• A Card or a Kitten (ss) A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1995
• Love in Vain (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
• Solar Zits (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
• Walking Blues (ss) Blue Lightning, ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press 1998
• Queen of Mean (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002
• Indian Throw (ss) Her Majesty, ed. Jackie Gay & Emma Hargrave, Tindal Street Press 2002
• Lucky Dip and other stories (co) Crippen & Landru 2003
• Doing It Inder the Table (ss) Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003; broadcast on BBC Radio, 1992.
• Listen (ss) Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• Woke Up This Morning (nv) Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• Turning It Round (ss) EQMM Nov 2003
• Art, Marriage and Death (ss) EQMM Jul 2005
• Kali in Kensington Gardens (ss) The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006
• The Old Story (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
• Introduction (in)

COE, JIM (stories)

• Driven to Murder (ss)

COEL, MARGARET (Speas) (1937- ) (stories)

• The Man in Her Dream (ss) More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999
• Murder on the Denver Express (ss) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000
• A Well-Respected Man (ss) Women Before the Bench, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Prime Crime 2001
• The Man Who Thought He Was a Deer (nv) Wild Crimes, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2004

COELEN, INA (stories)

• The Best Time for Planting (ss) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003; first published in Die vielen Tode des Herrn S. (The Many Deaths of Me. S.), ed. Ina Coelen & Ingrid Schmitz, Mischa Bach, 2002.

COFFLIN, WILLIAM (stories)

• The Story That Won: The Higher You Go (vi) AHMM 2005

COGEN, JILL (stories)

• Spyder’s Plant [with Gay Toltl Kinman] (ss) Gone Coastal, ed. Margaret Searles, Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006

COGGINS, MARK (1957- ) (stories)

• The Immortal Game (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Jan 2000; Poltroon, 1999. [August Riordan]
• The PWG Interview with Mark Coggins (iv) Plots with Guns Oct-Dec 2000
• Ride a Red Dragon (nv) EQMM Nov 2001
• Vulture Capital (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2002 [August Riordan]

COHANE, JOHN PHILIP (stories)

• The Scrabble Clue (ss) EQMM Oct 1966

COHEN, GABRIEL (stories)

• Right Is Right (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006

COHEN, HERBERT (stories)

• Crimonal Intent (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• Noise Control (ss) AHMM Oct 2001
• Photoplay (nv) AHMM May 2002

COHEN, JANET (1940- ); see pseudonym Janet Neel (stories)

COHEN, JAY A. (stories)

• The Dream Come True (ss) EQMM Jul 1987
• The Thin White Line (ss) EQMM Dec 1987
• The Evidence to the Contrary (ss) EQMM Mar 1988

COHEN, JON (1954- ) (stories)

• Peaceable Kingdom (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984

COHEN, LON S. (stories)

• Incident In South Seward Avenue (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #38 2003

COHEN, MARTIN S(amuel) (1953- ) (stories)

• Death Has Beckoned (nv) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001

COHEN, MIKE (stories)

• Last Trip to Badger Valley (ss) AHMM mid-Sep 1983
• Maiden in Distress (ss) AHMM Jan 1984
• Keep the Home Fries Burning (ss) AHMM Oct 1986

COHEN, NANCY J(ane) (1948- ) (stories)

• Three Men and a Body (na) Wicked Women Whodunit, ed. Anon., Brava 2005

COHEN, OCTAVUS ROY (1891-1959) (stories)

• Common Stock (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 22 1922 [Jim Hanvey]
• The Mystery of the Missing Wash (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 22 1938 [Florian Slappey]
• Always Trust a Cop (ss) EQMM Aug 1952

COHEN, PAULA (stories)

• The Adventure of the Dog in the Nighttime (ss) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006 [Holmes Sherlock]

COHEN, STANLEY (Irving) (1928- ) (books) (stories)

• The Everlasting Jug (ss) AHMM Jan 1973
• I’m Sorry, Mr. Griggs (ss) EQMM Jun 1974
• That Day on Connally (ss) EQMM Jun 1974; also as “I’m Sorry, Mr. Griggs”.
• I’m Sorry, Mr. Turini (ss) AHMM Feb 1975
• Those Who Appreciate Money (ss) AHMM Apr 1975; also as “Those Who Appreciate Money Hate to Touch the Principal”.
• Those Who Appreciate Money Hate to Touch the Principal (ss) AHMM Apr 1975
• A Game of Tennis (ss) Mystery Monthly Jul 1976; also as “Six-Four, Four-Three, Deuce, A Ghost Story of Sorts”.
• Six-Four, Four-Three, Deuce, A Ghost Story of Sorts (ss) Mystery Monthly Jul 1976
• Nadigo (ss) Mystery Monthly Sep 1976
• The Ransom of Retta Chiefman (ss) Women’s Wiles, ed. Michele Slung, HBJ 1979
• The Battered Mailbox (ss) Crime Wave, ed. Swedish Academy of Detection, Collins 1981
• Hello! My Name Is Irving Wasserman (nv) A Body Is Found, Wynwood Press 1990
• Neville (nv) AHMM Mar 1992
• An Underworld Story (pm) EQMM Jun 1992
• Just Another New York Christmas Story (nv) Missing in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1992
• Annika Andersson [with Josh Pachter] (ss) EQMM Feb 1993
• A Bite of Lunch (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
• How Much Justice Can You Afford? (nv) Justice in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1994
• Homeless, Hungry, Please Help (nv) Murder on the Run, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 1998
• The Case of Grand Cru (ss) The Strand Magazine #3 1999
• Murder at the Roundtable (ms) MHCMM Sum 2000
• A Night in the Manchester Store (nv) Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000
• A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories (co) Five Star 2002
• The House of Usher Revisited (ss) EQMM May 2002
• A Girl Named Charlie (ss) Murder in the Family, The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
• Why’d You Bring Me Here? (ss) EQMM Jun 2005

COHEN, STEPHANIE KAPLAN (stories)

• Lady Luck (ss) Hardboiled #23 1997

COHEN, SUSAN (Lois) HANDLER (1938- ); see pseudonym Elizabeth St. Clair (stories)

COHN, GARY (stories)

• Deadly Prey (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman Volume 3, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1993 [Batman]

COKE (stories)

• from Coke’s Institutes (ms)

COLAN, GENE (stories)

• Detectives Inc.: A Terror of Dying Dreams [with Don McGregor] (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Dec 1999; excerpt from the classic P.I. graphic novel, and a peek at what went on behind the scenes in its creation.

COLBERT, JAMES (E.) (1951- ) (stories)

• No Special Hurry (ex) London: Penguin 1989

COLBY, ROBERT (1916-2006) (books) (stories)

• The Deadly Desire (n.) Gold Medal Books 1959
• The Last Witness (ss) AHMM May 1967
• Never Come Back (nv) AHMM Jun 1967
• Death Is a Lonely Lover (nv) AHMM Dec 1968
• Paint the Town Green (nv) AHMM Oct 1977 [T. C. Brock]
• Paint the Town Gold (ss) AHMM Nov 19 1980 [T. C. Brock]
• The Last Witness and Other Stories (co) Five Star 2002

COLE, CAROL A. (stories)

• The Not So Friendly Skies (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #54 2004
• The Bells of Christmas (ss) By the Chimney with Care, ed. Tont Burton, Wolfmont Publishing 2006

COLE, G(eorge) D(ouglas) H(oward) (1889-1959) (stories)

• In a Telephone Cabinet [with Margaret Cole] (nv) 1923; also as “The Owl at the Window”. [Supt. Henry Wilson]
• The Owl at the Window [with Margaret Cole] (nv) 1923 [Supt. Henry Wilson]
• Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday [with Margaret Cole] (nv) Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday 1928 [Supt. Henry Wilson]
• A Lesson in Crime [with Margaret Cole] (ss) A Lesson in Crime, Collins 1933 [Supt. Henry Wilson]
• Murder at the Munition Works [with Margaret Cole] (ex) 1940
• The Mother of the Detective [with Margaret Cole] (ss) [Mrs. Elizabeth Warrender]

COLE, JACKSON; house pseudonym (stories)

• The Lone Wolf Rides (na) Texas Rangers Oct 1936 [Jim Hatfield]
• Lone Star Fury (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1995 [Jim Hatfield]

COLE, MARGARET (Isabel Postgate) (1893-1980) (stories)

• In a Telephone Cabinet [with G. D. H. Cole] (nv) 1923; also as “The Owl at the Window”. [Supt. Henry Wilson]
• The Owl at the Window [with G. D. H. Cole] (nv) 1923 [Supt. Henry Wilson]
• Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday [with G. D. H. Cole] (nv) Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday 1928 [Supt. Henry Wilson]
• A Lesson in Crime [with G. D. H. Cole] (ss) A Lesson in Crime, Collins 1933 [Supt. Henry Wilson]
• Murder at the Munition Works [with G. D. H. Cole] (ex) 1940
• The Mother of the Detective [with G. D. H. Cole] (ss) [Mrs. Elizabeth Warrender]

COLE, MARTINA (1959- ) (stories)

• Enough Was Enough (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002

COLE, MEREDITH S. (stories)

• Out in the Cold (ss) Murder New York Style, ed. Randy Kandel, L & L Dreamspell 2007
• Exercise Is Murder (ss) EQMM Jun 2008

COLE, WILLIAM (stories)

• Waiting for Rusty (ss) Black Mask Oct 1939

COLEMAN, EVELYN (1948- ) (stories)

• The Pride of a Woman (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

COLEMAN, REED FARREL (1956- ) (books) (stories)

• Kaddish (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2004
• The Frog (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2004
• Hardboiled Brooklyn [ed.] (oa) Bleak House Books 2006
• Introduction (in) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• Requiem for Moe (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• Bat-Head Speed (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006