Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

DAY, MARELE (Lorraine) (1947- ) (stories)

• The Stinging Tree (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990
• Follow Me (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991
• Unpleasantness at the Big Boys Club (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992 [Mavis Levack]
• The Kid and the Man from Pinkertons (ss) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993
• Mavis Levack’s One Night Stand (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993 [Mavis Levack]
• The One That Didn’t Get Away (ss) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993; based on “The Shark Arm Mystery” case.
• Marple Syrup (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994 [Mavis Levack]

DAY, TERRY (stories)

• Massacre on 34th Street [with Alan R. Gordon] (ss) AHMM Jan 1996

DAY-LEWIS, CECIL (1904-1972); see pseudonym Nicholas Blake (stories)

DAYNARD, S. A. (stories)

• What Goes Around (ss) Undertow, ed. Skye Alexander, Kate Flora & Susan Oleksiw, Level Best Books 2003

DAYTON, PHYLLIS (stories)

• Murder Is My Hobby (ss) Mammoth Detective Jan 1946

DCOTT, JEFFRY (stories)

• In the Absence of the Ladies (ss) EQMM Aug 1994

DEAL, BABS H(odges) (1929-2004) (stories)

• Make My Death Bed (ss) AHMM Apr 1960

DEAL, BORDEN; [born Loysé Youth Deal] (1922-1985) (stories)

• Hunters (ss) AHMM Jan 1959

DEAN, AMY E. (stories)

• How Crime Pays (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1984

DEAN, CHRISTOPHER (books)

• Encounters with Lord Peter [ed.] (oa) The Dorothy L. Sayers Society 1991

DEAN, DAVID (stories)

• The See-Through Man (ss) EQMM Oct 1990
• Jungle Land (ss) EQMM Feb 1991
• Angela’s Baby (ss) EQMM Sep 1992
• A Salesman’s Tale (ss) EQMM Oct 1992
• Don’t Fear the Reaper (nv) EQMM Jan 1994
• Trial by Fire (nv) EQMM Feb 1995
• Falling Boy (nv) EQMM Apr 1995
• Lady Anne’s Friend (ss) EQMM Nov 1995
• The Mole (ss) EQMM Nov 1997
• Copy Cat (ss) EQMM Jul 1999
• Whistle (ss) EQMM Jul 2001
• Spooky (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002
• Natural Causes (ss) EQMM Nov 2003
• Little Things (ss) EQMM Aug 2004
• Road Hazard (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005
• Stolen (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005

DEAN, JOHN (1938- ) (stories)

• Taking the Lie Detector (ex) 1977

DEAN, RICHARD (stories)

• But Words Will Never Hurt Me (ss) AHMM Oct 1982

DeANDREA, WILLIAM L(ouis) (1952-1996) (books) (stories)

• Snowy Reception (ss) AHMM Jun 1979 [Matt Cobb]
• Hero’s Welcome (ss) San Jose Mercury News Nov 1985
• Killed Top to Bottom (ss) Syracuse University Magazine Fll 1989 [Matt Cobb]
• J’Accuse! (ar) The Armchair Detective Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1990, Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1991
• Sabotage (nv) Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991
• Killed in Midstream (nv) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992 [Matt Cobb]
• A Friend of Mine (nv) Frankenstein: The Monster Wakes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993
• The Adventure of the Cripple Parade (The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch) (ascribed to Mickey Spillane) (ss) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Adventure of the Christmas Tree (ss) Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1996 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Killed in Good Company (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998 [Matt Cobb]
• Prince Charming (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
• Murder—All Kinds (co) Crippen & Landru 2003
• Murder at the End of the World (ss) Murder—All Kinds, Crippen & Landru 2003

DEAN-RICHARDS, WAYNE (stories)

• The End of Something (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

DEARMORE, ELLEN; pseudonym of Erlene Hubly, (1936-1996) (stories)

• The Adventure of the Perpetual Husbands (nv) The Womansleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1988
• The Adventure of the Gioconda Smile (nv) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990

DEAVER, JEFFERY (Wilds) (1950- ); see pseudonym William Jefferies (books) (stories)

• Together (nv) EQMM Feb 1995
• Gone Fishing (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
• Interrogation (ss) AHMM Apr 1996
• The Weekender (nv) AHMM Dec 1996
• The Kneeling Soldier (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
• Double Jeopardy (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997
• Wrong Time, Wrong Place (nv) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998
• The Commuter (ss) AHMM Apr 1998
• The Fall Guy (ss) EQMM Jun 1998
• The Blank Card (ss) EQMM Dec 1998
• Nocturne (nv) Blue Lightning, ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press 1998
• Triangle (ss) EQMM Mar 1999
• For Services Rendered (nv) EQMM Nov 1999
• Eye to Eye (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• The Widow of Pine Creek (nv) A Confederacy of Crime, ed. Sarah Shankman, Signet 2001
• Lesser-Included Offense (nv) EQMM May 2001
• Beautiful (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2001
• A Century of Great Suspense Stories [ed.] (an) Berkley 2001
• Surveillance (nv) EQMM Aug 2002
• Without Jonathan (ss) EQMM Nov 2002
• All the World’s a Stage (nv) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
• A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime [ed.] (oa) Berkley 2003
• Ninety-eight Point Six (nv) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
• Copycat (nv) EQMM Jun 2003
• Twisted (co) Simon & Schuster 2003
• The Christmas Present (nv) Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003 [Lincoln Rhyme]
• The Poker Lesson (nv) Men from Boys, ed. John Harvey, Heinemann 2003
• The Westphalian Ring (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004
• Born Bad (nv) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• The Voyeur (ss) EQMM Jan 2005
• Forever (na) Transgressions, ed. Ed McBain, Forge Books 2005
• Tunnel Girl (ss) EQMM Dec 2005
• Chapter and Verse (ss) Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005; first appeared on Deaver’s Web site.
• Nothing But Net (nv) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• A Nice Place to Visit (nv) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Hell’s Kitchen).
• Introduction (in)

de BALZAC, HONORÉ; see under Balzac, Honoré de (stories)

DeBONA, JOSEPH (stories)

• I Killed Charles Robin (ss) Scientific Detective Mar 1945

DE BONNEVAL, TONI (stories)

• Sibyl and the Panda (ss) William and Mary Review v36 1998

DEBRECZENY, PAUL (stories)

• from “The Queen of Spades”, by Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin (ex) 1834

DeCANDIDO, KEITH R. A. (stories)

• Getting the Chair (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

DeCHANCIE, JOHN (1946- ) (stories)

• Murder On-Line (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992
• The Richmond Enigma (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995 [Sherlock Holmes]

DÉCHARNÉ, MAX (stories)

• Chelsea Three, Scotland Yard Nil (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (King’s Road).

DECKER, RICHARD E. (books) (stories)

• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964 [ed.] (om) Davis 1964
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (mg)

DECKER, SHERRY (stories)

• Hicklebickle Rock (ss) AHMM Jun 1998
• The Clan (ss) AHMM Nov 1999
• A City in Italy (ss) AHMM Dec 2005

DEDMAN, STEPHEN (stories)

• Ravens (ss) Interzone Feb 2001

DEEGAN, FRANCES M.; house pseudonym (stories)

• The Want-Ad Murders (nv) Detective Story Magazine Mar 1944

DeFILIPPI, JAMES (stories)

• A Fog of Many Colors (ss) New Mystery v5 #1 1997

DEFOE, DANIEL; pseudonym of Daniel Foe, (1660-1731) (stories)

• The Apparition of Mrs. Veal (ar) booklet Jul 1706
• A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal (ar) 1706
• The Ghost of Dorothy Dingley (ss) Journal of the Plague Year, Daniel Defoe, London 1722

deFORD, MIRIAM ALLEN (1888-1975) (stories)

• The Oleander (ss) Every Week 1930
• De Crimine (ss) EQMM Oct 1952
• Danger—Woman at Work (ss) EQMM Dec 1956
• Nameless Enemy (ss) EQMM Mar 1966
• The Moors Murders (ar) The Saint Detective Magazine Aug 1967

DE FRANCESCHI, MARISA (1946- ) (stories)

• Things Remembered (ss) Investigating Women, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1995

DeGRANE, SUSAN (stories)

• How Are You Today, Owen? (ss) Hardboiled #13 1992

DeHAHN, JULIA; pseudonym of Eleanor Sullivan, (1928-1991) (stories)

• Looking the Other Way (ss) AHMM Jan 30 1980
• Girls and Boys Together (nv) AHMM Dec 15 1980

de HAMEL, HERBERT (stories)

• The Mills of Hell (ss)

DEHAN, RICHARD; pseudonym of Clotilde Graves, (1863-1932) (stories)

• The Compleat Housewife (ss) Under the Hemes, Dodd, Mead 1917

DEIGHTON, LEN; [i.e., Leonard Cyril Deighton] (1929- ) (stories)

• Paper Casualty (ss) Declarations of War, Jonathan Cape 1971
• The Man Who Was a Coyote (ss) The Man Who..., ed. H. R. F. Keating, Macmillan 1992
• Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle (nv) The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006

DEISCHER, JEFF (stories)

• The Children of Vigo (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 2000
• One Night in Mabillion (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2001
• The Hospitality of Monsieur Mansavary (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #34 2003

DeJESUS, EDMUND X. (stories)

• Troublemaker (ss) AHMM May 2002
• Home Defense System (ss) AHMM Oct 2004
• Cathedrals R Us (ss) AHMM May 2007

DeKELB-RITTENHOUSE, DIANE (stories)

• Access Denied (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996

DEKKER, THOMAS (c1570-1632) (stories)

• The Witch of Edmonton (pl) 1623

de la MARE, WALTER (John) (1873-1956) (stories)

• Mr. Kempe (nv) Harper’s Nov 1925
• All Hallows (nv) The Connoisseur, London: Collins 1926
• The Orgy: An Idyll (nv)

DELANEY, FRANK; [i.e., Francis James Joseph Delaney] (1942- ) (stories)

• The Inheritance (ss) You: The Mail on Sunday 1996

DELANY, VICKI (stories)

• My Seat (ss) Bloody Words: the anthology, ed. Caro Soles & Cheryl Freedman, Baskerville Books 2003

de la PEÑA, TERRI (stories)

• Caballito del Diablo (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996

DELAPLACE, BARBARA (stories)

• Lost Lamb (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992
• Painted Bridges (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

de la RUE, NORMAN (stories)

• Pearls for a Life (ss) Mystery Stories #14 1939
• Gentleman of the Jury (ss) Mystery Stories #23 1941

de la TORRE, LILLIAN; pseudonym of Lillian McCue, (1902-1993) (stories)

• Good-Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden (pl) 1947
• The Viotti Stradivarius (ss) EQMM Aug 1950 [Dr. Sam: Johnson]
• The Lost Heir (nv) EQMM Dec 1974 [Dr. Sam: Johnson]
• The Bedlam Bam (ss) EQMM Sep 1975 [Dr. Sam: Johnson]
• The Spirit of the ’76 (ss) EQMM Jan 1977 [Dr. Sam: Johnson]
• Milady Bigamy (ss) EQMM Jul 1978 [Dr. Sam: Johnson]
• Murder Lock’d In (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980 [Dr. Sam: Johnson]
• The Kidnapp’d Earl (ss) EQMM Mar 1984 [Dr. Sam: Johnson]
• The Adventure of the Persistent Marksman (nv) The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf 1987 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Earl’s Nightingale (ss) EQMM May 1989
• The Highwayman’s Hostage (ss) EQMM Nov 1990
• A Small Shadow (ss) EQMM Aug 1992
• Too Many Whacks (pm) EQMM Jan 1993

de la TORRE-BUENO, THEODORE (stories)

• Abduction into the Seraglio (ss) EQMM Feb 1983 [Dr. Sam: Johnson]

DEL BENE, AUDREY (stories)

• Strange Illusions (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1999
• The Mirror (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999
• Tenting Out (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999
• The Paperboy (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2001
• Mae and Ginger (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2002

de LEÓN, AYA (stories)

• Tell Me Moore (ss) Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995

DELFINO, AUGUSTO MARIO (stories)

• The Telephone (ss) EQMM Oct 1994; tr. by Donald A. Yates

DeLILLO, DON (1936- ) (stories)

• In the Bronx (ex) New York: Penguin USA 1988

de LINT, CHARLES (Henri Diederick Hoefsmit) (1951- ) (stories)

• The Sacred Fire (ss) Stalkers, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1989 [Newford]
• Dead Man’s Shoes (ss) Touch Wood, ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK 1993 [Newford]

de l’ISLE-ADAM, VILLIERS; see under Villiers de l’Isle-Adam (stories)

DELL, WATT (stories)

• Olga Mesmer (cs) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1938
• Vera Ray (cs) Speed Mystery Jan 1943 (+1)

DELMAN, DAVID (1924- ) (stories)

• The Conspiracy (ss) EQMM Nov 1992
• The Interrogation (ss) EQMM Nov 1993
• Slow Joe (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• None So Blind (ss) EQMM Feb 1995
• Outfoxxed (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
• Love nor Money (ss) EQMM Apr 1996
• One Dead Canary (ss) EQMM Aug 1997 [Gabey Yeager]
• Charley the Rat (ss) EQMM Aug 1998 [Gabey Yeager]

DeLOACH, NORA (Frazier L.) (1940-2001) (stories)

DELOACH, NORA (stories)

• Victim by Consent (ss) Women Before the Bench, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Prime Crime 2001

DeLORIER, MADELYN (stories)

• The Barking Dogs of Roca Torre (ss) EQMM Mar 1984

DELORME, DEBRA (stories)

• Enter the Scarecrow (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1995 [The Scarecrow]
• For the Love of a Child (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1996 [The Scarecrow]

DE LOUISE, DEBBIE (stories)

• Stitches in Time (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999