Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

CREWE, DAVID; house pseudonym (stories)

• Broken Ivory (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 2 1935
• The Man Who Died Too Often (ss) New Detective Magazine Nov 1944

CREWE, MEGAN (stories)

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

CRICHTON, (John) MICHAEL (1942-2008) (stories)

• Blood Doesn’t Come Out (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

CRIDER, ALLEN BILLY; see under Crider, Bill (books) (stories)

CRIDER, (Allen) BILL(y) (1941- ) (books) (stories)

• My Heart Cries for You (nv) 14 Vicious Valentines, ed. Rosalind M. Greenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Avon 1988
• Buster (ss) Cat Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1991
• The Santa Claus Caper (nv) Christmas Stalkings, ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1991
• An Evening Out with Karl (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
• The New Black Cat (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Cat Burglar (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Death’s Brother (ss) New Mystery v1 #2 1992
• The Night Before Christmas (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• Code Red: Terror on the Mall! (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
• Blest Be the Ties (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• A Matter of the Heart (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• Cap’n Bob and Gus (ss) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994
• See What the Boys in the Locked Room Will Have (nv) Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet 1994
• Who Killed Cock Rogers? (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
• Gored (ss) Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1995
• How I Found a Cat, Lost True Love and Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (ss) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
• King of the Night (ss) Celebrity Vampires, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• The Nighttime Is the Right Time (ss) Werewolves, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• The Rose of Tralee (ss) Murder Most Irish, ed. Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
• The Adventure of the Christmas Ghosts (ss) Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1996 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Winning Can Be Murder (ex) 1996 [Sheriff Dan Rhodes]
• The Hanging of Chick Dupree (ss) The Fatal Frontier, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• The Easter Cat (ss) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
• The Case of the Headless Man (ss) EQMM Mar 1998
• It Happened at Grandmother’s House (nv) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
• There Was an Old Woman (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998
• El Lobo Rides Alone (nv) Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998
• Poo-Poo (ss) Louisiana Literature v15 #1 1998
• Tinseltown Follies of 1948 (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999
• The Adventure of the Venomous Lizard (ss) The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [revised], ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Jon L. Lellenberg, Carroll & Graf 1999 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Adventure of the Christmas Bear (ss) More Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1999 [Sherlock Holmes]
• At the Hop [with Judy Crider] (nv) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• The Nighttime Is the Right Time: A Collection of Stories (co) Five Star 2001
• One of Our Leprechauns Is Missing (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• Chocolate Moose [with Judy Crider] (ss) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
• Out Like a Lion (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• The Case of the Vampire’s Mark (ss) Murder in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2001 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Belle Boyd, the Rebel Spy (ss) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• The Empty Manger (na) Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe, ed. Anon., Worldwide Mystery 2001 [Sheriff Dan Rhodes]
• It’s in the Bag (ss) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
• Top of the World (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• The Adventure of the Young British Soldier (ss) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002
• Alligator Tears (ss) White House Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Cumberland House 2002
• Mr. Pickwick vs. the Body Snatchers (ss) Death by Dickens, ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime 2004
• The Man on the Cross (ss) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005
• The Adventure of the St. Marylebone Ghoul (ss) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006 [Holmes Sherlock]
• ’Zekiel Saw the Wheel (ss) Retro Pulp Tales, ed. Joe R. Lansdale, Subterranean Press 2006
• Cranked (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• Blog Bytes (cl) EQMM Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov, Dec 2007, Jan, Feb, Mar/Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov, Dec 2008
• Introduction to Anatomy of a Killer [with Ed Gorman] (in)

CRIDER, JUDY (stories)

• At the Hop [with Bill Crider] (nv) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• Chocolate Moose [with Bill Crider] (ss) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001

CRISP, QUENTIN; [birth name: Dennis Pratt] (1908-1999) (stories)

• from The Naked Civil Servant (ex)

CRISPIN, EDMUND; pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery, (1921-1978) (stories)

• Beware of the Trains (ss) The (London) Evening Standard 1949 [Gervase Fen]
• Baker Dies [with Geoffrey Bush] (ss) EQMM May 1952 [Gervase Fen]
• Who Killed Baker? [with Geoffrey Bush] (ss) EQMM May 1952; also as “Baker Dies”. [Gervase Fen]
• All in the Way You Look at It (ss) EQMM Apr 1953 [Gervase Fen]
• Merry-Go-Round (ss) EQMM Nov 1953 [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby]
• The Pencil (ss) 1953

CRITCHLEY, T. A. (stories)

• The Maul and the Pear Tree [with P. D. James] (ex) 1971

CRITTENDEN, LEE (stories)

• Anthem (ss) Sexcrime, ed. Cecilia Tan, Circlet Press 2000

CROCKETT, ART (c1918-1990) (stories)

• I’ll Sin Once More! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Aug 1957
• Tease Me and Die! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Oct 1957
• Death Couldn’t Reach Me! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Apr 1958
• Brains Can Kill You (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1959
• Her Taunts Meant Terror! (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jul 1959
• Murder’s Lovely Standin! (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Jul 1959
• Her Heel from Hell! (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Sep 1959
• Kill Me with Kisses! (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Oct 1960
• Murder’s Bad Luck (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Jan 1961
• T.N.T. Temptress (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Jan 1961
• A Bullet for Baby! (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1961 [Juan Kelly]
• Dumb Rookie (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine May 1961
• Lovely Lady of Death! (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1962
• Temptress From the Black Pit (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962

CROFT, MARGUERITE (stories)

• The Wood and the Brass (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

CROFT-COOKE, RUPERT (1903-1979); see pseudonym Leo Bruce (stories)

CROFTS, FREEMAN WILLS (1879-1957) (stories)

• The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express (nv) The Premier Magazine Jan 28 1921
• The Greuze Girl (nv) 1921
• The Groote Park Murder (ex) London: Collins 1923
• The Vertical Line (ss) The Illustrated London News Nov 20 1935
• East Wind (ss) 1938 [Insp. Joseph French]
• The Affair at Little Wokeham (ex) London: Hodder & Stoughton 1943
• Crime on the Footplate (ss) The (London) Evening Standard 1950 [Insp. Joseph French]
• The Hunt Ball (ss) [Insp. Joseph French]
• Mr. Pemberton’s Commission (ss) [Insp. Joseph French]
• The Suitcase (ss) The (London) Evening Standard [Insp. Joseph French]

CROSBY, HAL (stories)

• The Face of Death! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Apr 1958

CROSBY, HARRY C. (1922- ); see pseudonym Christopher Anvil (stories)

CROSS, ALFRED W. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Larger Than Life (vi) AHMM Jan 1998

CROSS, AMANDA; pseudonym of Carolyn G. Heilbrun, (1926-2003) (books) (stories)

• Tania’s No Where (ss) EQMM Mar 1987 [Kate Fansler]
• Once Upon a Time (ss) EQMM Aug 1987 [Kate Fansler]
• Arrie and Jasper (ss) EQMM Dec 1987 [Kate Fansler]
• The Disappearance of Great Aunt Flavia (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, ed. Alison Hennegan, St. Martin’s 1989 [Kate Fansler]
• My Year with Dixie Carter (ar) The Armchair Detective Sum 1991
• Murder Without a Text (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991 [Kate Fansler]
• Who Shot Mrs. Byron Boyd? (ss) Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 1993 [Kate Fansler]
• The Proposition (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995 [Kate Fansler]
• The Baroness (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
• The Collected Stories (co) Ballantine 1997
• Peanut and Shadow (ss) Canine Crimes, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1998
• The Double-Barreled Gun (nv) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
• My Dinner with Aunt Kate (ss) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999
• The Perfect Revenge (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• The Capricorn Moment (ss) EQMM Aug 2000
• The George Eliot Play (ss) [Kate Fansler]
• Introduction (in)

CROSS, BREANDA (stories)

• Untold Story (ss)

CROSS, BRENDA (stories)

• Grave Consequences (ss)
• If at First (ss)
• A Long Time Waiting (ss)

CROSS, KATHRYN; pseudonym (stories)

• The Cat Came Back (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003

CROSS, MONTE (stories)

• Hoods [with Jack Dolphin] (ss) New Mystery v1 #2 1992

CROSSEN, KENDELL FOSTER (1910-1981); see pseudonym Richard Foster (stories)

• The Green Lama (na) Double Detective Apr 1940 [The Green Lama]
• Too Late for Murder (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 14 1941

CROSSETT, LAWRENCE (stories)

• Ten Thousand Eyes (ss) Beyond the Mundane: Unravelings, ed. Daniel J. Reitz, Mundania Press 2004

CROSSLEY, BARBARA (1952- ) (stories)

• Right Between the Eyes (ss) EQMM Apr 1995
• Pass the Poison (ss) EQMM May 1995
• GSOH (ss) EQMM Nov 1995

CROUDACE, GLYNN (1917- ) (stories)

• Grand Prix in Diamonds (ss) AHMM Sep 1966

CROUSE, RUSSEL M. (stories)

• Murder of Helen Jewett (nf) Murder Won’t Out, Russel Crouse 1932

CROW, JEFF (stories)

• Public Nudity (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1998

CROWE, CATHERINE (Ann Stevens) (1790-1876) (stories)

• The Italian’s Story (ss) Ghosts and Family Legends, T.C. Newby 1858

CROWE, LARRY (stories)

• Eva Begged for It! (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jul 1959

CROWLEIGH, ANN; pseudonym of Barbara Cummings & Jo-Ann Power (stories)

• The Ghost of Christmas Past (na) Murder Under the Tree, ed. Anon., Zebra 1993

CROWLEY, ALEISTER; [i.e., Edward Alexander Crowley] (1875-1947) (stories)

• At the Fork of the Roads (ss) The Equinox

CROWLEY, DUANE (E.) (1922- ) (stories)

• War Games: Revisited (ar) Espionage Magazine Oct 1986
• The Weather Weapon (ar) Espionage Magazine May 1987

CROWN, LARRY (stories)

• Murder Has Soft Arms (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1959

CROWTHER, PETER (1949- ) (stories)

• Constant Companion (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Cold Comforts (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• Dumb Animals (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
• The Good Book (nv) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994 [Koko Tate]
• Keepsakes (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• The Main Event (ss) Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1995
• Home Comforts (ss) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• The Cost of Freedom (ss) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
• The Adventure of the Touch of God (nv) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The All-American [with Stewart von Allmen] (nv) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
• Reunification (ss) A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
• The Musician of Breman, GA (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
• The Allotment (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998
• Sitting Pretty [with Simon Conway] (nv) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998
• Cat on an Old School Roof (nv) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999
• The Second Lady (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999
• Dark Times (ss) Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999
• Setting Free the Daughters of Earth (nv) Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999
• Shatsi (ss) The Longest Single Note and Other Strange Compositions, CD Publications 1999
• The 45 Steps (nv) The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006 [Luddersedge]

CRUMLEY, JAMES (1939-2008) (stories)

• Hot Springs (nv) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996
• Bordersnakes (ex) 1996 [Milo Milodragovitch; S. W. Sughrue]
• The Mexican Pig Bandit (nv) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
• Coming Around the Mountain (ss) The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001
• Semi-Pro (ss) The Mighty Johns, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
• Hostages (ss) Measures of Poison, ed. Dennis McMillan, Dennis McMillan 2002

CRUWYS, ELIZABETH (1958- ); see pseudonym Susanna Gregory (stories)

CUBEIRO, EMILIO (stories)

• The Stench of Stella Ricci (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

CUESTA, MABEL (stories)

• Virgins of Regla (ss) Havana Noir, ed. Achy Obejas, Akashic Books 2007

CUFF, ARTHUR (stories)

• Invitation to a Funeral (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1985

CULLEN, JAN (stories)

• Bloodlines (ss) EQMM Mar 1996

CULLEN, ROBERT (B.) (1949- ) (stories)

• from Killer Department (ex) 1993

CUMMINGS, BARBARA (1940- ); see pseudonym Ann Crowleigh (stories)

CUMMINGS, DOUG (stories)

• Cold (ss) Hardboiled #14 1992

cummings, e(dward) e(stlin) (1894-1962) (stories)

• May I Feel Said He? (pm) 1935

CUMMINGS, PETER (stories)

• The Dark Pipe (ss)

CUMMINGS, RAY(mond King) (1887-1957) (books) (stories)

• The Dead Who Walk (na) Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror Sep 1931
• The Case of the Frozen Corpses (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1939 [Roberts & Co.]
• The Case of the Mummified Corpses (nv) Thrilling Mystery Nov 1939