Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

CORDELL, ROBERT (stories)

• Organizer Baggage (ss) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997

COREN, ALAN (stories)

• Doctor No Will See You Now (ss) 1980

CORINNE, TEE A. (stories)

• Predators (ss) Out For Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1995

CORK, LEMUEL (stories)

• Three Men in a Tub (ss) AHMM Jan 1990
• The Naked and the Dead (ss) AHMM Sep 2001

CORLEY, H. W. (stories)

• The Thumb Tack Mystery (ss) Double Detective May 1940

CORMIER, ROBERT (Edmund) (1925-2000) (stories)

• The Monster (ss) EQMM Feb 1951

CORN, DAVID (1959- ) (stories)

• My Murder (nv) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996

CORNIER, VINCENT (1898-1976) (stories)

• Duel of Shadows (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Apr 1934; also as “The Shot That Waited”. [Barnabas Hildreth]
• The Shot That Waited (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Apr 1934 [Barnabas Hildreth]
• The Courtyard of the Fly (ss) The Storyteller Jun 1937

CORNWELL, DAVID (John Moore) (1931- ); see pseudonym John le Carré (stories)

CORNWELL, W. ROBERT (stories)

• Full Circle Triangle (pm) EQMM Apr 1994

CORONA, CECILE (stories)

• A Face You Can Trust (ss) Hardboiled #33 2005

CORREA, ARNALDO (stories)

• Anticipated Murder (ss) New Mystery Spr 1995
• An Elementary Deduction (ss) New Mystery v4 #3 1996
• Spy’s Fate (nv) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999
• The Merry Ghosts of the Grampus (ss) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999

CORRIS, PETER (Robert) (1942- ) (books) (stories)

• Logan’s Comet (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990
• The Big Lie (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991 [Cliff Hardy]
• Ghost Writer (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992 [Cliff Hardy]
• Arizona Dawn (ss) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993
• Double the Odds (ss) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993; based on “Phar Lap” case.
• Sand Trap (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993
• Menace in the Mulga [ed.] (an) Crime Writers Queensland 2000

CORTÁZAR, JULIO (1914-1984) (stories)

• Continuation of the Parks (vi) EQMM Sep 1993; tr. by Donald A. Yates

CORWIN, STEVE (stories)

• Hot Oil (ss) AHMM Feb 1993
• Hot Wheels (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• Hot Wire (ss) AHMM Jun 1995

CORY, DESMOND; pseudonym of Shaun McCarthy, (1928- ) (stories)

• Switchblade (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 2, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1992 [Professor Dobie]

COSIN, ELIZABETH (M.) (stories)

• Zen and the Art of Murder (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Sep 1998; St. Martin’s, 1998. [Zen(ara) Moses]

COSING, ARTHUR P. (stories)

• The Story That Won: A Sorry Tale (vi) AHMM Oct 1995
• The Story That Won: Let Me Count the Ways (vi) AHMM Sep 1998
• Guest Editorial (ed) AHMM Oct 1999
• The Story That Won: Nearly Screwed by a Nail (vi) AHMM May 2002
• Sure-Thing Benny Grunwald (ss) Hardboiled #33 2005
• The Story That Won: Fog-Get It! (vi) AHMM Apr 2007

COSTA, CAROL (stories)

• Limited Partnership (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990

COSTA, SHELLEY (stories)

• Double Fault (ss) Crimewave #4 2000
• Face Value (nv) Crimewave #5 2001
• The Generator (ss) Crimewave #6 2002
• Black Heart and Cabin Girl (nv) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003

COSTAIN, THOMAS B(ertram) (1885-1965); see pseudonym “Pat Hand” (stories)

COSTELLO, ANN (stories)

• Whatever Turns You On [with Matthew J. Costello] (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999

COSTELLO, MATTHEW J(ohn) (1948- ) (stories)

• Shadow (ss) Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991
• Where’s Mittens? (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Must Be Santa! (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• Someone Who Understands Me (ss) Future Net, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, DAW 1996
• Whatever Turns You On [with Ann Costello] (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• Mr. Biggles for the Defense (ss) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002

COSTIGAN, MADELEINE (stories)

• A Small But Perfect Crime (ss) EQMM May 1998

COTLER, GORDON (1923- ) (stories)

• Farber Puts in His Papers (ss) EQMM Dec 2001 [Detective Farber]
• Farber Loses a Dependant (ss) EQMM Jun 2002 [Detective Farber]
• Farber Catches a Falling Star (ss) EQMM Dec 2002 [Detective Farber]
• Farber and the Errant Nun (ss) EQMM Jan 2003 [Detective Farber]
• Farber Is Clueless (ss) EQMM Jun 2003 [Detective Farber]
• Good Neighbor Farber (ss) EQMM May 2004 [Detective Farber]
• Farber and the Reindeer Killer (ss) EQMM Jul 2004 [Detective Farber]
• Farber and the Tuesday Lover (ss) EQMM Nov 2004 [Detective Farber]
• Farber and the Vanishing Blonde (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005 [Detective Farber]

COTTERILL, COLIN (stories)

• Has Anyone Seen Mrs. Lightswitch? (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006

COUGHLAN, TED (stories)

• Murder in the Nursery (ss) Thrilling Mystery Mar 1943

COULDREY, OSWALD (Jennings) (1882-?) (stories)

• The Mistaken Fury (ss) The Mistaken Fury, Blackwell 1914

COUNIHAN, DEIRDRE (stories)

• Set in Stone (nv) The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002

COUNTS, TIM (stories)

• Sidebar Stuff (ss) AHMM Apr 1984

COUPE, STUART (books) (stories)

• Hardboiled [ed. with Julie Ogden] (an) Allen & Unwin 1992
• Case Reopened [ed. with Julie Ogden] (oa) Allen & Unwin Australia 1993
• Crosstown Traffic [ed. with Julie Ogden & Robert Hood] (oa) Five Islands Press 1993
• Introduction (in) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993

COURTENAY GRIMWOOD, JON (stories)

• Axl Against The Immortals (ss) The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003

COURTNEY, TERRY (stories)

• Any Small Measure of Justice (ss) AHMM Aug 1991
• Small Talk (ss) AHMM Jun 1992
• Parting Shot (ss) AHMM Apr 1993
• Fate Is a Four Letter Word (ss) AHMM Jun 1993
• Short Cons (ss) AHMM Oct 1994
• Well Done Charlie (ss) AHMM Aug 1995
• The Dream Killers (nv) AHMM Feb 1996
• Murder in E Flat (nv) AHMM Feb 1998

COUZENS, GARY (1964- ) (stories)

• Miss Perfect (ss) Crimewave #6 2002
• The Missing Man (ss) Crimewave #7 2003

COVILL, RANDALL J. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Detective Work (vi) AHMM Oct 1993

COWARD, MAT (1960- ) (books) (stories)

• History Repeats Itself, and It Doesn’t Even Say Pardon (ss) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993
• The Set-Up Man (ss) Hardboiled #18 1994
• Do the World a Favour (ss) Crime Yellow, ed. Maxim Jakuwbowski, Gollancz 1994
• The Hampstead Vegetable Heist (ss) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• No Night by Myself (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
• Bits (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
• Nice People (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
• Where the Cat Came In (ss) A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
• Old Sultan (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
• Not a Minute on the Day (ss) Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
• Here Fluffy! (ss) EQMM Jun 1999
• Introduction (ed) Crimewave #2 1999
• The Shortest Distance (ss) Shots (online) Win 1999
• Editorial (ed) Crimewave #1 1999
• Nowhere to be Found (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
• Twelve of the Little Buggers (ss) EQMM Jan 2000
• Three Nil (ss) EQMM Nov 2000
• Under the Circumstances (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• But Poor Men Pay for All (nv) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000
• Nice Place (nv) Scenes of Crime, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd. 2000
• Tall Man, Large Cat (ss) Felonious Felines, ed. Carol & Ed Gorman, Five Star 2000
• So Where’ve You Burried the Missus Then, Paddy? (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• The Dog’s Route (ss) AHMM Jun 2001
• Reason to Believe (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• Missing the Cat (ss) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
• And What Can They Show, or What Reasons Give? (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001
• Tomorrow’s Villain (ss) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001
• You Can Jump (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002
• And the Buttocks Gleamed by Night (ss) The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
• If All is Dark (ss) Crimewave #6 2002
• Too Subtle for Me (ss) AHMM Jun 2002
• Back to the Land (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• Do the World a Favour and Other Stories (co) Five Star 2003
• Breathe In (ss) Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• Too Hot to Die (ss) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
• The Cat’s Mother (ss) Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star 2003
• Offenders (ss) The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003
• Be Lucky (ss) AHMM May 2003
• Bloody Victims (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
• Persons Reported (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
• The Hope of the World (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• One Hand One Bounce (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• Famous for One Thing (ss)
• Rome to Move (ss)

COWIN, WILLIAM T. (stories)

• Radio in Crime (ar) G-Men Oct 1935

COX, A(nthony) B(erkeley) (1893-1971); see pseudonyms Anthony Berkeley & Francis Iles (books) (stories)

• The Body’s Upstairs (ss) London Opinion

COX, DAVID (stories)

• The Drowning Detective (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2002
• No Heroics (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Nov 2004 [Malloy]

COX, (William) GREG(ory) (1959- ) (stories)

• A Slice of History (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1984
• Firetrap (nv) Walls of Fear, ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow 1990
• Endangered Species (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992 [Batman]
• Catwomen (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman Volume 3, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1993 [Batman]

COX, MICHAEL (Andrew) (1948- ) (books) (stories)

• Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection [ed.] (an) Oxford University Press 1992
• The Oxford Book of Spy Stories [ed.] (an) Oxford University Press 1996
• Introduction (in)

COX, WILLIAM R(obert) (1901-1988) (stories)

• Manhattan Corpse-Peddler (ss) Ace G-Man Stories Aug 1940

COX, WILLIAM TREVOR (1928- ); see pseudonym William Trevor (stories)

COXE, GEORGE HARMON (1901-1984) (stories)

• Invited Witness (ss) Dime Mystery Book Magazine Aug 1933
• Crime Photographer (nv) Black Mask Mar 1935 [Flash Casey]
• Earned Reward (nv) Black Mask Mar 1935; also as “Crime Photographer”; also as “Reward for Survivors”. [Flash Casey]
• Reward for Survivors (nv) Black Mask Mar 1935 [Flash Casey]
• The Doctor Makes It Murder (ss) Cosmopolitan Sep 1942
• The Doctor Takes a Case (nv) Liberty Magazine Nov 16 1946 [Dr. Paul Standish]
• Post Mortem (nv) Liberty Magazine Nov 16 1946; also as “The Doctor Takes a Case”. [Dr. Paul Standish]
• Death Certificate (ss) Liberty Magazine 1947 [Dr. Paul Standish]
• A Neat and Tidy Job (ss) EQMM Oct 1960

COX-MILLNER, NANCY (stories)

• The Kettle of Gold (ss)

COZENS, W. H. (books)

• The Pan Book of Revenge Stories [ed.] (an) Pan Books 1971

COZINE, HERSCHEL (stories)

• The Black Box (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• Murder on Tape (ss) AHMM Jul 22 1981
• Professional Courtesy (ss) AHMM Oct 14 1981
• Compulsion (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2005

COZZENS, JAMES GOULD (1903-1978) (stories)

• Clerical Error (vi) McCall’s 1935
• Foot in It (vi) McCall’s 1935; also as “Clerical Error”.

CRABBE, GEORGE (1754-1832) (stories)

• from “Peter Grimes” (pm) 1810
• The Voluntary Insane (pm)

CRACKANTHORPE, HUBERT (1870-1896) (stories)

• A Fellside Tragedy (ss) Double Dealer Dec 1921

CRACKNELL, LINDA (stories)

• Death Wish (ss) Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999

CRAIG, DOUGLAS (stories)

• Jambalaya (ss) AHMM Aug 1964

CRAIG, GEORGIANA ANN RANDOLPH (1908-1957); see pseudonym Craig Rice (books) (stories)

CRAIG, JONATHAN; pseudonym of Frank E. Smith, (1919-1984) (stories)

• The Bobby-Soxer (ss) Manhunt Oct 1953
• The Quiet Room (ss) Manhunt Dec 1953
• The Late Unlamented (nv) AHMM Sep 1966
• Six Skinny Coffins (ss) AHMM Jun 1969

CRAIG, PATRICIA (books) (stories)

• The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories [ed.] (an) Oxford University Press 1990
• Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute [ed.] (oa) Eurographica 1992
• The Oxford Book of Detective Stories [ed.] (an) Oxford University Press 2000
• Introduction (in)

CRAIS, ROBERT (Kyle) (1953- ) (stories)

• The Man Who Knew Dick Bong (nv) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988 [Philip Marlowe]
• House Party: An Introduction to Mystery Street (in) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001

CRANE, STEPHEN (Townley) (1871-1900) (stories)

• The Blue Hotel (nv) Colliers Nov 26 1898

CRARY, JULIE F. (stories)

• Three Happy Widows (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003

CRAWFORD, BARBARA (stories)

• The Unbidden Thought (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981

CRAWFORD, CHRISTIN (stories)

• Whistling Wind (pm) Murderous Intent Spr 1996