Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

CONYERS, (Minnie) DOROTHEA (Smyth) (1863-1949) (stories)

• Justice Evaded (ss) [Mervyn Henderson]

COOK, ALAN (1938- ) (stories)

• Hot Days, Cold Nights (ss) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003

COOK, BILL (stories)

• Jungle Slave (nv) Jungle Stories Sum 1940

COOK, BRUCE (Alexander) (1932-2003); see pseudonym Bruce Alexander (stories)

COOK, CHRISTOPHER (1959- ) (stories)

• Robbers of Virtue (ar) Crime Time #23 2001
• The Pickpocket (ss) Measures of Poison, ed. Dennis McMillan, Dennis McMillan 2002

COOK, DAVID (“Zeb”) (1940- ) (stories)

• Bacon and Eggs (ss) AHMM Dec 2001

COOK, GLEN (Charles) (1944- ) (books) (stories)

• Old Tin Sorrows (n.) New York: Signet 1989 [Garrett]
• Dread Brass Shadows (n.) Roc 1990 [Garrett]
• Red Iron Nights (n.) Roc 1991 [Garrett]
• Deadly Quicksilver Lies (n.) Roc 1994 [Garrett]
• Petty Pewter Gods (n.) Roc 1995 [Garrett]
• Faded Steel Heat (n.) Roc 1999 [Garrett]
• Garrett, P.I. (om) SFBC 2003 [Garrett]
• Garrett Investigates (om) SFBC 2004 [Garrett]

COOK, JUDITH (Anne) (1933-2004) (stories)

• A Gift to the Bridegroom (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000

COOK, MARK (stories)

• Story That Won: When One Door Closes (vi) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005

COOK, MONTE (stories)

• The Rose Window (ss) Realms of Mystery, ed. Philip Athans, Lake Geneva: TSR 1998

COOK, P. E. (stories)

• Two Times as Smart (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1990
• Technicalities (ss) Hardboiled Detective #11 1991
• Alice (ss) Hardboiled #19 1994
• Judge Not... (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998
• Snapshots (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• The Job (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

COOK, ROBERT WILLIAM ARTHUR (1931-1994); see pseudonym Derek Raymond (stories)

COOK, SHARON (stories)

• Bluefish Weather (ss) AHMM Dec 1997

COOK, THOMAS H. (1947- ) (stories)

• Fatherhood (ss) Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1998
• Conviction (nv) A Confederacy of Crime, ed. Sarah Shankman, Signet 2001
• The Fix (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• What She Offered (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• The Odds (ss) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• Rain (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Battery Park).
• Preface [with Otto Penzler] (pr)

COOKE, DAVID C(oxe) (1917-2000) (stories)

• Shadow on the Hill (ss)

COOKE, JOHN PEYTON (1967- ) (stories)

• After You’ve Gone (ss) Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters, ed. Michele Slung, HarperPerennial 2002

COOL, TOM (1955- ) (stories)

• Frozen (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

COOLEY, JACK (stories)

• The Case of the Missing Poodle (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #49 2004

COONS, MAURICE (1902-1930); see pseudonym Armitage Trail (stories)

COOPER, A. R. (stories)

• Brain Teaser (ss) AHMM Aug 1963

COOPER, ART (stories)

• Introduction (in)

COOPER, COURTNEY RYLEY (1886-1940) (stories)

• Suspect Unknown (ss) Colliers Sep 23 1939 [Inspector Jessup]

COOPER, DESIREE (stories)

• Night Coming (ss) Detroit Noir, ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books 2007; (Palmer Woods.

COOPER, EDGAR L. (stories)

• The Devil’s Ambassador (ss) World Adventurer Feb 1934

COOPER, JEAN B. (stories)

• The Judge’s Boy (ss) EQMM Aug 1995

COOPER, JOHN (books) (stories)

• Introduction (in)

COOPER, KAREN L. (stories)

• A Just-ifiable Okay-sion (vi) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998

COOPER, LOUISE (1952- ) (stories)

• Not Wisely, But Too Well (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997

COOPER, MORRIS (stories)

• Heir-in-a-Hurry (ss) Detective Tales Jul 1948
• The Wire-Pullers (ss) Detective Tales Mar 1950
• The Grave Joker (vi) Dime Detective Magazine

COOPER, NATASHA; pseudonym of Daphne Wright, (1951- ) (stories)

• “Natasha Cooper: Picturesque Decay” by Eve Tan Gee (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• The Big Novel (ar) Crime Time #23 2001
• Women and Violence (ar) Crime Time #23 2001
• The Street Party (ss) EQMM Jul 2005
• Sisters and Lovers (vi) EQMM Jun 2006
• The Brick (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006
• The People in the Flat Across the Road (ss) I.D.: Crimes of Identity, ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press 2006

COOPER, RICKY D. (stories)

• A Hard Headed Detective (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #44 2004
• The Laundromat (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #45 2004
• The Futility of Resistance (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #48 2004
• Herman Whitfield’s Motive (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #49 2004

COOPER, SUSAN ROGERS (1947- ) (stories)

• Funny As a Dead Relative (ex) 1994 [Kimmey Kruse]
• Barbecued Bimbo (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996
• Family Tradition (ss) Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet 1997
• Ghost Busted (nv) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998

COOPER-CLARKE, DIANA (stories)

• from Designs of Darkness: Interviews with Detective Novelists (ex)

COOVER, CHRIS (stories)

• The Waltz of the Jewel Snatcher (nv) AHMM Jan 1985
• Diamond Cut Diamond (nv) AHMM Oct 1985

COPE, JACK (1913- ) (stories)

• Stonewall’s Ghost (ss) Argosy (UK) Feb 1960

COPPARD, A(lfred) E(dgar) (1878-1957) (stories)

• The Tiger (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Apr 1921
• Ale Celestial? (ss) London Evening News Jul 18 1938

COPPEL, ALEC (1907-1972) (stories)

• Vertigo [with Samuel W. Taylor] (ex) 1958

COPPER, BASIL (1924- ) (stories)

• The Second Passenger (ss) The Dark Brotherhood Journal 1973
• The Adventure of the Crawling Horror (na) The Secret Files of Solar Pons, Pinnacle 1979 [Solar Pons]
• The Adventure of the Callous Colonel (na) The Exploits of Solar Pons, Fedogan & Bremer 1993 [Solar Pons]
• The Adventure of the Frightened Governess (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995; an edited version of this story was previously published in The Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons. [Solar Pons]
• The Adventure of the Persecuted Painter (nv) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Line Engaged (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999

CORBETT, DAVID (stories)

• It Can Happen (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (Hunter’s Point).
• Pretty Little Parasite (ss) Las Vegas Noir, ed. Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce, Akashic Books 2008; (Fremont).

CORBY, LEO (stories)

• Stool Pigeon (pm) EQMM Mar 1990

CORCORAN, TOM (1943- ) (stories)

• One Man’s Ceiling (ss) Miami Noir, ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books 2006

CORCORAN, WILLIAM (B.) (1901-1969?) (stories)

• Rich Man, Poor Man, “G” Man, Thief! (ss) Mystery Sep 1935

CORDELL, ROBERT (stories)

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

COREN, ALAN (1938-2007) (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
• Olúo (ss) Havana Noir, ed. Achy Obejas, Akashic Books 2007

CORRIGAN, MARY ANN (stories)

• Chimera (ss) Chesapeake Crimes III, ed. Donna Andrews & Marcia Talley, Wildside Press 2008

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, (1928-2001) (stories)

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

COSIN, ELIZABETH (M.) (1964- ) (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
• The Story That Won: Bats and Balls (vi) AHMM Sep 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 (1952- ) (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
• The Lord No Zoo (nv) The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2007

COUNTS, TIM (stories)

• Sidebar Stuff (ss) AHMM Apr 1984

COUPE, CARLA (stories)

• Rear View Murder (ss) Chesapeake Crimes II, ed. Donna Andrews & Maria Y. Lima, Quiet Storm Books 2005
• Dangerous Crossing (ss) Chesapeake Crimes III, ed. Donna Andrews & Marcia Talley, Wildside Press 2008

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