Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

COLLINS, MICHAEL (books) (stories) (continued)

• 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 (1908-2006); 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.

COMTOIS, PIERRE (stories)

• At the Root (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1998
• Jungles (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1998
• The Pride of Siva (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 1999

CONARD, MARK T. (stories)

• Ralphie, the Goods, and the Construction Worker (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2004 [Ralphie]
• “The PWG Interview with Mark T. Conard” by Trev Maviano (iv) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2004
• Ralphie Kills His Father (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2004 [Ralphie]

CONDARCURE, TOM (stories)

• Rustlers at Red Rock (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2000
• Trouble at Holmsville (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2000
• The Death Ray of Mr. Mord (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jul 2000
• Tinhorn Deputy (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2000
• Abro Cadaver (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Nov 2000
• A Lynching at Cobble Creek (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 2000
• Stampede (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2001
• The Killer Escapes (ss) Detective Mystery Stories May 2001
• Brain Drain (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Aug 2001
• The Preacher Comes to Gertrude (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2001
• Bee Line (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Oct 2001
• The Land (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 2002
• Electric Dreamland (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #50 2004

CONDIT, SONJA (stories)

• Corinne (ss) AHMM Dec 1992

CONEY, MICHAEL G(reatrex) (1932-2005) (stories)

• Catnap (ss) AHMM May 1997
• Dorothy Past and Present (nv) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• Suspicion (ss) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000

CONGREVE, BILL (stories)

• I Am My Father’s Daughter (nv) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993

CONNELL, RICHARD (Edward) (1893-1949) (stories)

• The Most Dangerous Game (nv) Colliers Jan 19 1924
• Brother Orchid (nv) Colliers May 21 1938

CONNELLY, CARYN (stories)

• Eclipse, by Rolo Diez (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

CONNELLY, MARC(us Cook) (1890-1980) (stories)

• Coroner’s Inquest (ss) Colliers Feb 8 1930

CONNELLY, MICHAEL (1956- ) (books) (stories)

• “Noir for the 90’s” by Marion Long (bg) MHCMM Sum 1998
• Two-Bagger (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• More Than Night (ar) Crime Time #23 2001
• The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 [ed.] (an) Houghton Mifflin 2003
• After Midnight (ss) Men from Boys, ed. John Harvey, Heinemann 2003
• Christmas Even (nv) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004; originally appeared on Connelly’s Web site, a different version appeared in Playboy, January 2003. . [Harry Bosch]
• Cielo Azul (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation [ed.] (oa) Tor 2005
• Introduction: 10,000 Eyes in the Sky (in) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005
• Suicide Run (ss) Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Pegasus Books 2007
• One Dollar Jackpot (nv) Dead Man’s Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Harcourt 2007
• Mulholland Dive (ss) Los Angeles Noir, ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books 2007
• The Blue Religion [ed.] (oa) Little Brown 2008
• Father’s Day (ss) The Blue Religion, ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown 2008
• Introduction (in) The Blue Religion, ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown 2008
• Angle of Investigation (ss)
• Epiphany (aw)

CONNINGTON, J. J.; pseudonym of Alfred Walter Stewart, (1880-1947) (stories)

• Before Insulin (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 1 1936 [Clinton Driffield]
• Beyond Insulin (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 1 1936; also as “Before Insulin”. [Clinton Driffield]

CONNOLLY, J. F. (stories)

• The Undertaker’s Story (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

CONNOLLY, JOHN (1968- ) (books) (stories)

• Nocturnes (oc) Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• The Cancer Cowboy Rides (na) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• Deep Dark Green (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• The Erlking (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• The Furnace Room (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• Miss Froom, Vampire (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• Mr. Pettinger’s Daemon (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• The New Daughter (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• Nocturne (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• The Reflecting Eye: A Charlie Parker Novella (na) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004 [Charlie Parker]
• The Ritual of the Bones (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• The Shifting of the Sands (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• Some Children Wander by Mistake (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• The Underbury Witches (nv) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• The Wakeford Abyss (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• The Inkpot Monkey (ss) Like a Charm, ed. Karin Slaughter, Century 2004
• Mr. Gray’s Folly (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• Hit Men in Blue [with Howard Blum] (tc)

CONNOLLY, LAWRENCE C. (stories)

• Flashback (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

CONNOLLY, RICHARD (stories)

• Purloined Letter (qz) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan, Feb 1985

CONNOR, JACK (stories)

• Jailbait (ss) AHMM Oct 1984

CONNOR, (Patrick) REARDEN (1905-1991) (stories)

• Aftermath (ss) Lovat Dickson’s Magazine Jan 1934
• Rats (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Apr 28 1934

CONRAD, HY (stories)

• A Friend in Need (ss) AHMM Mar 1984
• Murder Rewrapped (nv) AHMM Nov 1984
• The Crown Jewel (nv) AHMM Apr 1985
• Asking for It (ss) AHMM May 1985

CONRAD, JOSEPH; pseudonym of Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski, (1857-1924) (stories)

• Typhoon (na) 1902
• The Informer (ss) Harper’s Dec 1906
• from The Secret Agent (ex) 1907
• The Secret Sharer (nv) Harper’s Aug-Sep 1910

CONROW, ED (stories)

• Not on the Menu (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• Christmas Eve at Lulu’s (ss) EQMM Dec 1983
• Hang Loose (ss) EQMM Sep 1984
• A Case of Double Vision (ss) EQMM Oct 1986

CONROY, CONRAD (stories)

• The Millions I Might Have Had (ss) Mystery Stories #2 1936
• What the Slippers Revealed (ss) Mystery Stories #4 1936

CONROY, RICHARD TIMOTHY (1927- ) (stories)

• Tale of Two Sisters (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999

CONROY, SARAH BOOTH (stories)

• A Adams and Evil (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999

CONSTANTE, NADIA; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell (stories)

• Night Train from Merezova (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1997

CONSTANTINE, K. C.; pseudonym of Carl Kosak, (1934- ) (stories)

• Dancing with Billy (nv) Orion 1999
• Strike-Zone (ss) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

CONSTANTINE, STORM (1956- ) (stories)

• The Deliveress (nv) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992

CONSTINER, (Francis) MERLE (1902-1979) (stories)

• Strangler’s Kill (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1940
• The Arm of Mother Manzoli (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1944

CONWAY, COLIN (stories)

• In the Pocket (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug-Nov 2005
• The Big Blonde (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006
• Loyalty Lost (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006

CONWAY, E. (stories)

• A Warning in Red [with Victor L. Whitechurch] (ss) The Harmsworth Magazine Dec 1899

CONWAY, HUGH; pseudonym of F. J. Fargus, (1840-1885) (stories)

• Paul Vargas: A Mystery (nv) The English Illustrated Magazine Apr 1884

CONWAY, SIMON (1967- ) (stories)

• Sitting Pretty [with Peter Crowther] (nv) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998

CONYERS, DAVID (stories)

• Outside Looking In (nv) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006