Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

ELLIS, ROGER (stories)

• The Road to Vandricourt (ss) Mystery Stories #18 1939

ELLIS, RON (stories)

• Behind the Wheel (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998
• “Ron Ellis: Rhythm ’n’ Blues on the Mersey” by Eve Tan Gee (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

ELLIS, SOPHIE WENZEL (stories)

• The Malacca Cane (ss) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929

ELLIS, THELMA B.; see pseudonym Lars Anderson (stories)

ELLISON, HAL (stories)

• Salami on Rye (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1981

ELLISON™, HARLAN (Jay) (1934- ); see pseudonyms Jay Charby & Ellis Hart (stories)

• The Rough Boys (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1956
• Burn My Killers (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1957
• Dead Shot (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1957
• Blank... (ss) Infinity Science Fiction Jun 1957
• Ormond Always Pays His Bills (ss) Pursued Jul 1957
• Boss of the Big House! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Aug 1957
• You Are Evil! (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957
• Rock and Roll—and Murder (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec 1958
• A Corpse Can Hate (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Sep 1961
• “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman (ss) Galaxy Dec 1965
• Two Inches in Tomorrow’s Column (ss) Adam Bedside Reader #21 1965
• Brillo [with Ben Bova] (nv) Analog Aug 1970
• The Whimper of Whipped Dogs (ss) Bad Moon Rising, ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row 1973
• Tired Old Man (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1976
• Killing Bernstein (ss) Mystery Monthly Jun 1976
• Soft Monkey (ss) Mystery Scene Reader #1, ed. Ed Gorman, Fedora 1987
• Jane Doe #112 (ss) EQMM Dec 1990
• Mefisto in Onyx (na) Mark V. Ziesing 1993
• Introduction to “Burn My Killers” (is) Hardboiled #22 1996
• Killing Bernstein (pl) Screamplays, ed. Richard Chizmar & Martin H. Greenberg, Ballantine Del Rey 1997
• Goodbye to All That (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003
• Foreword (fw)
• Introduction (in)

ELLISON, J. T. (stories)

• Prodigal Me (ss) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008

ELLMANN, LUCY (stories)

• Pass the Parcel (ss)

ELLROY, JAMES (1948- ) (books) (stories)

• High Darktown (nv) The New Black Mask No.5, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1986 [Lee Blanchard]
• Since I Don’t Have You (nv) A Matter of Crime v4, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1988
• Gravy Train (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1990
• Torch Number (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990
• Out of the Past (ss) GQ Nov 1993
• My Mother’s Killer (ar) GQ Aug 1994
• Sex, Glitz, and Greed: The Seduction of O.J. Simpson (ar) GQ Dec 1994
• The Tooth of Crime (ar) GQ Jul 1995
• Bad Boys in Tinseltown (ar) GQ Oct 1997
• Hollywood Shakedown (na) GQ Nov-Dec 1997
• Body Dumps (ar) GQ Mar-Apr 1998
• Hush-Hush (nv) GQ Sep 1998 [Danny Getchell]
• Let’s Twist Again (ar) GQ Nov 1998
• Glamour Jungle (ar) GQ Dec 1998
• Tijuana, Mon Amour (na) GQ Feb-Mar 1999 [Danny Getchell]
• Crime Wave (co) Vintage Crime 1999
• The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 [ed.] (an) Houghton Mifflin 2002
• Introduction (in)
• Preface (pr)

ELLSON, HAL; [i.e., Harold Ellson] (1910-1994) (stories)

• Pistol (ss) Manhunt Nov 1954
• Death Makes a Deal (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Jan 1961
• Evil Is a Redhead (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Jan 1961
• Her Kind Die Young! (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1961
• Woe Is for Wednesday (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine May 1961
• The Marrow of Justice (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1963
• The Pulque Vendor (ss) AHMM Nov 1963
• Violet (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1964
• A Small Sin (ss) Shell Scott Mystery Magazine Mar 1966
• Dead Oak in a Dark Woods (ss) AHMM Sep 1966
• Five Men, Five Bullets (ss) AHMM Aug 1982
• Siesta in Rosario (ss) AHMM Jul 1983

ELM, MICHAEL W. (stories)

• And Slay Once More! (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1962

ELROD, P(atricia) N(ead) (1954- ) (stories)

• You’ll Catch Your Death (nv) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• The Quick Way Down (ss) Mob Magic, ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1998
• The Scottish Ploy (ss) Murder Most Romantic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Denise Little, Cumberland House 2001
• Boss Man (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• Izzy’s Shoe-In (nv) White House Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Cumberland House 2002
• The Breath of Bast (ss) Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star 2003
• Death in Dover (nv) Death by Dickens, ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime 2004

ELY, DAVID; pseudonym of David Eli Lilienthal, (1927- ) (stories)

• Countdown (ss) AHMM Feb 1962
• The Sailing Club (ss) Cosmopolitan Oct 1962
• The Marked Man (ss) EQMM Sep 1979
• Dead Men (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
• The Drum (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997

EMANUEL, VICTOR ROUSSEAU (1879-1960); see pseudonyms Lew Merrill & Victor Rousseau (books) (stories)

EMERSON, DONNA BIGGLE (books) (stories)

• Introduction [with Kenneth Biggle] (in)

EMERSON, KATHY LYNN (Gorton) (1947- ) (books) (stories)

• Lady Appleton and the London Man (nv) More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999 [Lady Susanna Appleton]
• The Reiving of Bonville Keep (nv) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000
• Lady Appleton and the Cautionary Herbal (ss) AHMM Mar 2001 [Lady Susanna Appleton]
• The Rubaiyat of Nicholas Baldwin (ss) AHMM Sep 2001 [Lady Susanna Appleton]
• Much Ado About Murder (nv) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002 [Lady Susanna Appleton]
• Lady Appleton and the Cripplegate Chrisoms (nv) AHMM Jun 2003 [Lady Susanna Appleton]
• Conversation with Kathy Lynn Emerson (iv) AHMM Dec 2003
• Death by Devil’s Turnips (nv) AHMM Dec 2003 [Lady Susanna Appleton]
• Murders and Other Confusions (co) Crippen & Landru 2004 [Lady Susanna Appleton]
• The Body in the Dovecote (ss) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• Confusions Most Monstrous (nv) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004 [Lady Susanna Appleton]
• Encore for a Neck Verse (ss) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004 [Lady Susanna Appleton]
• Introduction: The Life and Times of Susanna, Lady Appleton (in) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• Lady Appleton and the Bristol Crystals (nv) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004 [Lady Susanna Appleton]
• The Riddle of the Woolsack (ss) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004 [Lady Susanna Appleton]
• The Curse of the Figure Flinger (ss) AHMM Dec 2004
• Checklist of Books and Stories by Kathy Lynn Emerson (bi) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• The Kenduskeag Killer (ss) AHMM Apr 2005

EMERY, CLAYTON (1953- ) (stories)

• Dowsing the Demon (ss) EQMM Nov 1994 [Robin Hood]
• Grinding the Ghost (ss) EQMM Mar 1995 [Robin Hood]
• A Loaf of Quicksilver (nv) EQMM Oct 1995 [Robin Hood]
• Shriving the Scarecrow (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997 [Robin Hood]
• Flushing Scarlett (ss) EQMM Mar 1998 [Robin Hood]
• If Serpents Envious (nv) EQMM Jul 1998 [Joseph Fisher]
• Abjuring Justice (ss) EQMM Aug 1998 [Robin Hood]
• Tilting the Tournament (ss) EQMM Jul 1999 [Robin Hood]
• Vanished As She Sang (nv) EQMM Mar 2000
• Fathoming Fortune (ss) EQMM Jul 2000 [Robin Hood]
• Plucking a Mandrake (nv) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000 [Robin Hood]
• Flyting, Fighting (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000 [Robin Hood]
• Totaled (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2002 [Susan “Tyger” Blake]

EMERY, LORIN (stories)

• Madame Fleur (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jan 1999
• Light House (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jul 2000
• Polly’s Shadow (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Sep 2000
• Release Agent (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Nov 2000
• Postal Code (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jan 2001
• Harsh Mercy (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 2001
• Guiding Star (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2002

EMERY, VINCE (books) (stories)

• Background (pr)
• Part Eight: The Long Sunset (es)
• Part Five: 1925, Established Writer Quits? (es)
• Part Four: 1924, Fiction Factory Slowdown (es)
• Part One: A Rough Start (es)
• Part Seven: 1930-1941, Rich and Famous (es)
• Part Six: 1926-1930, Ad Man and Novelist (es)
• Part Three: 1923, The Sixteen-Story Year (es)
• Part Two: 1922, New Writer (es)

EMMETT, GEORGE (stories)

• The Last Reel (ss) MHCMM Sum 1998

EMORY, LORIN (stories)

• Cerebro (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 2001

EMPRINGHAM, DOUGLAS R(oome) (1933- ); see pseudonym Douglas Derek Roome (stories)

• The Story That Won: Loboland Days (vi) AHMM Jun 1999
• A Thief of Roses (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2000
• Snare (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Nov 2000
• Abracadabra (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2001
• A Page of Silk (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2001
• The Magic of Tricks (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 2001
• Booby Trap (ss) Detective Mystery Stories May 2001
• Moldy Faces (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2001
• The Last Laugh (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jun 2001
• Give an Keep (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 2001
• The Story That Won: High Jinks (vi) AHMM Nov 2001
• A Feast of Coins (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2002
• Dragonsaver (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2002

EMSHWILLER, CAROL (Fries) (1921- ) (stories)

• The General (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

EMSHWILLER, ED(mund Alexander) (1925-1990) (stories)

• On Our Cover (ms) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006

EMSWILER, TIM (stories)

• Matches (ss) Hardboiled #31 2004

ENG, VICTORIA (stories)

• The Flower of Flushing (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Flushing).

ENGEL, HOWARD (1931- ) (books) (stories)

• Criminal Shorts: Mysteries by Canadian Crime Writers [ed. with Eric Wright] (oa) Macmillan Canada 1992
• Custom Killing (ss) Criminal Shorts, ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada 1992
• The Reading (ss) Mystery Midrash, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 1999 [Benny Cooperman]
• The Ant Trap (ss) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999
• The Case of the Borderland Dandelions (nv) Murder in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2001 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Introduction [with Eric Wright] (in)

ENGELER, BILL (stories)

• Trail of Doom (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Sep 1961

ENGLAND, GEORGE ALLAN (1877-1936) (stories)

• The Chinese Code (sl) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr 1930

ENGLEMAN, PAUL (1953- ) (stories)

• Death of a Fatcat (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990

ENGLISH, ARNOLD; pseudonym of Morris Hershman, (1926- ) (stories)

• The Fall Guy (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1957
• One Husband Too Many! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957
• Snowball in Hell (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1958
• Rumble for a Blonde (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1958
• As Silent as Doom (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Jan 1961

ENGLISH, PRISCILLA (books)

• Murder by 13 [ed. with Lisa Seidman & Mae Woods] (oa) Crown Valley Press 1997

ENGLISH, ROBERT (1936-2007) (stories)

• The Light (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994

ENGSTROM, ELIZABETH; [i.e., Betsy Lynn Gutzmer Engstrom] (1951- ) (stories)

• Will Lunch Be Ready on Time? (ss) Nightmare Flower, Tor 1992
• Moxie and the African Queen [with Nicole Engstrom Fourmyle] (ss) Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House 1996
• Harvest Home (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998

ENGWER, BONNY YONAN (stories)

• How Sweet It Is (pm) EQMM Nov 1991

ENNARKE, J. (stories)

• The Amphora (ss) Mystery Stories #21 1940

ENRIGHT, ANNE (stories)

• The Portable Virgin (ss)

ENTWISTLE, ALAN (stories)

• A North London Life of Crime (ss) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

EPHRON, G. H.; pseudonym of Hallie Ephron & Donald A. Davidoff (stories)

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

EPHRON, HALLIE (1948- ); see pseudonym G. H. Ephron (stories)

EPSTEIN, CHARLOTTE (1921-2005) (stories)

• Barking Dog (ss) New Mystery v5 #2 1997

ERCKMANN, ÉMILE (1822-1899); see pseudonym Erckmann-Chatrian (stories)

ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN; pseudonym of Alexandre Chatrian & Émile Erckmann (stories)

• The Citizen’s Watch (ss) Temple Bar Dec 1870; Contes Fantastiques, 1847.
• The Dean’s Watch (ss) Temple Bar Dec 1870; also as “The Citizen’s Watch”.

ERDRICH, (Karen) LOUISE (1954- ) (stories)

• Disaster Stamps of Pluto (ss) New Yorker Dec 13 2004
• Gleason (ss) New Yorker Mar 20 2006

ERGANG, BARRY (stories)

• All in the Holster (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Spr 2007 [Ralston]

ERICKSON, DANIEL (stories)

• Murder for Art’s Sake (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #40 2003

ERICKSON, GARY (stories)

• Hardrock (ss) AHMM Oct 1984

ERICKSON, K. J. (stories)

• Noir Neige (ss) Twin Cities Noir, ed. Julie Schaper & Steven Horwitz, Akashic Books 2006; Near North (Minneapolis).

ERICSON, GLORIA (stories)

• The Witch of Wilton Falls (ss) AHMM May 1967

ERIKSEN, WARREN O. (stories)

• I Like to See ’em Scared (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1958
• Die Now, My Love (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec 1958

ERIKSON, THOMAS (stories)

• Murder in an Artificial Paradise (ss) AHMM Jul 1989

ERLE-PATRICK, RUTHVEN (stories)

• Hunting the Tiger’s Eye (nv) AHMM Jun 1985

ERNST, KOLLER (stories)

• Bomb for a Gangster (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958

ERNST, PAUL (Frederick) (1899-1985) (stories)

• Bail-Jumper (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Feb 1934
• The Thing in the Pond (ss) Astounding Jun 1934
• Devil at the Wheel (nv) Thrilling Mystery Jan 1936