Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

ANONYMOUS (books) (stories) (continued)

• A Spanish Ghost Story (ss)
• A Spanish Story (ss)
• Spent Her Life and Fortune Hunting a Killer (nf) American Weekly
• Who Killed Cock Robin? (pm)
• World of Fantasy (nf) News of the World

ANTHONY, BILL (stories)

• The Devil Wants Blood (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962

ANTHONY, MEREDITH (stories)

• Murder at the Butt End of Nowhere (ss) EQMM Dec 2006

ANTIEAU, KIM (1955- ) (stories)

• At a Window Facing West (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1990

ANTONI, BRIAN (c1959- ) (stories)

• South Beach Serenade (rr) The Miami Herald Tropic 1995

ANVIL, CHRISTOPHER; pseudonym of Harry C. Crosby, (1922- ) (stories)

• The Problem Solver and the Spy (ss) EQMM Dec 1965 [Richard Verner]
• The King’s Legions (na) Analog Sep 1967 [Colonization; Vaughan Nathan Roberts]
• The Speleologist Spy (ss)

APODACA, JENNIFER (stories)

• Fast Boys (na) Wicked Women Whodunit, ed. Anon., Brava 2005

APPEL, BENJAMIN (1907-1977) (stories)

• Murder of the Frankfurter Man (ss) 1934
• Dock Walloper (nv) Dock Walloper, Lion 1955

APPEL, RENÉ; (1945- ) (stories)

• Bloody Hot (ss) EQMM Aug 2006; originally published in Dutch in Elsevier, 2004.; tr. by Josh Pachter

APRIL, STEVE; pseudonym of Leonard S. Zinberg, (1911-1968) (stories)

• “But You Don’t Know Me!” (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Feb 1966

AQUINO, JOHN T(homas) (1949- ) (stories)

• When the Dead Rise Up (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• The Name-Catcher’s Tale (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
• The Mysterious Death of the Shadow Man (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999 [Henry Bagnet]

ARADAI, CHARLES (stories)

• Fathers and Sons (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006

ARCHER, JULES (1915- ) (stories)

• Takeo Yoshikawa: Success at Pearl Harbor (ar) Espionage Magazine Jun 1986
• One Man Invasion of Mexico (ar) Espionage Magazine Jul 1987

ARCHER, MILES (stories)

• For What It’s Worth (ss) Plots with Guns Jul/Aug 2001
• Il Beso di Morta (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #31 2002
• Hell Hath No Fury (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #32 2003

ARCHER, PETER (stories)

• Darkly, Through a Glass of Ale (nv) Realms of Mystery, ed. Philip Athans, Lake Geneva: TSR 1998

ARCHIBALD, JOE; [i.e., Joseph Stopford Archibald] (1898- ) (stories)

• Rumble Seat (ss) The Phantom Detective Apr 1934
• China Wary (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jul 1937 [Dizzy Duo]
• Two-Timing Willie (ss) Popular Detective Dec 1944 [Willie Klump]

ARDAI, CHARLES (1969- ) (books) (stories)

• The Long Day (ss) EQMM Mar 1988
• The Theft of Incrementation (ss) EQMM Jul 1988
• Takeout Order (ss) EQMM Apr 1989
• From Zaire to Eternity (ss) AHMM Jul 1989
• The Balancing Man (ss) AHMM May 1990
• A Bar Called Charley’s (ss) AHMM Nov 1990
• The Investigation of Things (nv) AHMM Feb 1991
• Great Tales of Crime & Detection [ed.] (an) Galahad 1991
• Futurecrime: An Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come [ed. with Cynthia Manson] (an) Donald I. Fine 1992
• Carmine and the Christmas Presence (ss) AHMM Jan 1992
• New England Crime Chowder [ed. with Cynthia Manson] (an) International Polygonics 1992
• Payback (nv) AHMM Apr 1992
• The Case (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1992
• High Adventure [ed. with Cynthia Manson] (an) Barnes & Noble 1992
• Kingpins: Tales from Inside the Mob [ed. with Cynthia Manson] (an) Carroll & Graf 1992
• The Rememberer (nv) AHMM Feb 1993
• Masks (ss) EQMM Oct 1993
• Nobody Wins (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• Guest Editorial (ed) AHMM Apr 1995
• Hello, You’re Dead (ss) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996
• Kyushu’s Disguise (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997
• Secret Service (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002
• The Last Story (ss) EQMM Dec 2002 [Black Widowers]
• Rainey Day (ar) EQMM Jun 2004
• The Good Samaritan (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Midtown).
• The Home Front (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• Introduction (in)
• Introduction [with Cynthia Manson] (in)

ARDEN, WILLIAM; pseudonym of Dennis Lynds, (1924-2005) (stories)

• The Bizarre Case Expert (ss) EQMM Jun 1970
• Clay Pigeon (ss) Argosy Mar 1971

ARLEN, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Dikran Kuyumjian, (1895-1956) (stories)

• Red Antony (nv) The Sketch Dec 25 1922; also as “The Smell in the Library”. [Lord George Tarlyon]
• The Smell in the Library (nv) The Sketch Dec 25 1922 [Lord George Tarlyon]
• The Ancient Sin (ss) Pan May 1923 [Lord George Tarlyon]
• The Ghoul of Golders Green (nv) The Sketch Christmas 1923 [Capel (Beau) Maturin]
• The Gentleman from America (ss) The Tatler Christmas 1924
• Midnight Adventure (ss) The Strand Nov 1938
• Gay Falcon (nv) The Strand Jan 1940; also as “A Man Called Falcon”. [Falcon]
• A Man Called Falcon (nv) The Strand Jan 1940 [Falcon]

ARMITAGE, ROLAND (stories)

• Hate Inanimate (ss) Mystery Stories #21 1940

ARMITAGE, SIMON (stories)

• “Hitcher” (ex) London: Faber and Faber 1993
• Gooseberry Season (pm)

ARMOUR, R(obert) C(outts) (1874-1956?); see pseudonym Coutts Brisbane (stories)

ARMSTRONG, AARON (stories)

• A Noir Gallery (il) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2001

ARMSTRONG, ANTHONY; pseudonym of George A. A. Willis, (1897-1976) (stories)

• The Case of Mr. Pelham (ss) Esquire 1940
• One-Way Street (ss) 1946 [Detective Inspector Painton]

ARMSTRONG, CHARLOTTE; pseudonym of Charlotte Armstrong Lewi, (1905-1969) (stories)

• All the Way Home (ss) EQMM Mar 1951
• The Enemy (nv) EQMM May 1951 [Mike Russell]
• The Hedge Between (nv) Conflict Fll 1953
• Meredith’s Murder (nv) Conflict Fll 1953; also as “The Hedge Between”.
• Ten Clues for Mr. Polkinghorn (ss) 1956
• And Already Lost... (ss) EQMM Jun 1957
• St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning (nv) EQMM Apr 1960
• Run—If You Can (ss) EQMM Feb 1964
• The Splintered Monday (ss) EQMM Mar 1966
• From Out of the Garden (ss) 1966
• The Second Commandment (na) EQMM Jul 1967
• The Light Next Door (ss) EQMM Jan 1969

ARMSTRONG, DAVID (stories)

• When the Underworld Talks (ar) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929

ARMSTRONG, DOUG (stories)

• Dead Air (ss) EQMM Apr 1994

ARMSTRONG, DOUGLAS D. (stories)

• The Slip (nv) AHMM Jun 1992
• The Word of a Dying Man (ss) AHMM Jul 1992
• The Vagrant (ss) AHMM Mar 1995

ARMSTRONG, LORI G. (stories)

• Praying to the Porcelain God (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

ARMSTRONG, MICHAEL (Allan) (1956- ) (stories)

• A Little Walk Home (nv) The Mysterious North, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2002
• Following the Quarters (nv) Wild Crimes, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2004
• The Boy Who Chased Seagulls (ss) Powers of Detection, ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace 2004

ARMSTRONG, T(erence) I(an) FYTTON (1912-1970); see pseudonym John Gawsworth (books) (stories)

ARMSTRONG, VIVIEN (stories)

• In at the Deep End (ss) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995

ARNDORFER, JIM (stories)

• The Oldest Rivalry (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (I-94, Lake Forest Oasis).

ARNDT, ELIZABETH FRAZE (stories)

• Give Me a Clue (pm) EQMM Apr 1992

ARNDT, [Dr.] FRANCES (stories)

• A Suitable Job for a Woman (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1991

ARNDT, RICHARD J. (stories)

• Echo Frame (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003

ARNESON, ERIK (stories)

• The Murder of Ernest Trapnell (ss) MHCMM Fll 1998

ARNOLD, CATHARINE (1959- ) (stories)

• The Good Neighbour (nv) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997

ARNOLD, GEORGE (stories)

• The Scarabs (ss) Mystery Stories #18 1939

ARNOLD, H. F. (stories)

• The Night Wire (ss) Weird Tales Sep 1926

ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888) (stories)

• from “Sohrab and Rustum” (pm)
• from “The Function of Criticism at the Present Time” (ar)

ARNOTT, MARION (books) (stories)

• Prussian Snowdrops (nv) Crimewave #4 2000
• Marbles (nv) Crimewave #6 2002
• Madeleine (ss) Crimewave #7 2003
• Sleepwalkers (co) Elastic Press 2003
• Dollface (nv) Sleepwalkers, Elastic Press 2003
• Princess (ss) Roadworks #16 2003
• Angel (ss); first published online at www.laurahird.com.
• Fortune’s Favourite (ss)
• Sleepwalkers (ss); first published online at www.dusksite.ukgo.com.
• A Small Miracle (ss)
• Underground (ss)
• Yes (ss)

ARNZEN, MICHAEL A(ndrew) (1967- ) (stories)

• Receiver (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1990

ARONSON, MARK (stories)

• The Adventure of the Second Scarf (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995 [Sherlock Holmes]

ARPIN, GARY (stories)

• Bells (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1980

ARRELLE, DIANE; pseudonym of Dina Leacock (stories)

• Ali’s Cat (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

ARTHUR, JIM (stories)

• A Slug for My Lover (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1959
• A Cutie for My Coffin! (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jul 1959
• Don’t Tempt Murder! (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Oct 1960
• Lovelies Are for Lynching (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Jan 1961
• Requiem for a Heel (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine May 1961
• Handmaiden of Agony! (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1962
• Lust of the Undead (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962
• Soft Virgins of Horror Island (nv) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Feb 1963

ARTHUR, ROBERT (Jr.) (1909-1969); see pseudonym Andrew Fell (books) (stories)

• Eye Witness (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 28 1939
• The Big Money (ss) Popular Detective May 1949
• The Knife (ss) The Mysterious Traveler Magazine Nov 1951
• Eyewitness (ss) 1951
• An Attractive Family (ss) AHMM Nov 1957
• Larceny and Old Lace (ss) EQMM Jun 1960
• The Mirror of Cagliostro (nv) Fantastic Jun 1963
• The Man in the Morgue (ss)

ARUNDEL, JOHN (stories)

• Twelve Years After (ss) Mystery Stories #20 1939

ASARO, CATHERINE (Ann) (1955- ) (stories)

• The City of Cries (na) Down These Dark Spaceways, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2005

ASH, DAVID (stories)

• The Blue Highway (ss)

ASHBY, RICHARD (stories)

• Night of the Durga (nv) 1972

ASHCROFT, F. T. (stories)

• Budna Kills a Leopard and Captures a Dacoit Chief (nv) Mystery Stories #9 1937

ASHFORTH, ALBERT (stories)

• Second Acts (ss) New Mystery Jul/Aug 1991
• A Business Like Any Other (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

ASHLEY, J. E. (stories)

• Play Nice (ss) The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003

ASHLEY, JENNIFER (stories)

• ...But I Know What I Like (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

ASHLEY, MIKE; [i.e., Michael Raymond Donald Ashley] (1948- ) (books) (stories)

• The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits [ed.] (an) Carroll & Graf 1993
• The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives [ed.] (an) Robinson 1995
• Classical Whodunnits: Murder and Mystery from Ancient Greece and Rome [ed.] (oa) Past Times 1996
• The Ancient Mysteries (in) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996
• The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures [ed.] (oa) Robinson 1997
• Shakespearean Whodunnits [ed.] (oa) Robinson 1997
• (Untitled passage on mid-1890s) (ar) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• Appendix I: A Complete Chronology of Sherlock Holmes’ cases (ar) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• Appendix II: The Tales of Sherlock Holmes (bi) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• Introduction: Shakespeare’s Mysteries (in) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• Introduction: The Life and Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (in) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• Part I: The Early Years (ar) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• Part II: The 1880s (ar) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• Part III: The 1890s (ar) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• Shakespearean Detectives [ed.] (oa) Robinson 1998
• Royal Whodunnits [ed.] (oa) Robinson 1999
• Strands of Mystery (ar) The Strand Magazine #3 1999
• The Great Detectives Vidocq (ar) The Strand Magazine #4 2000
• The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes [ed.] (an) Robinson 2000
• Afterword: Impossible Crimes (aw) The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
• Introduction: Hey, Presto! (in) The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
• The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits [ed.] (oa) Carroll & Graf 2001
• Introduction: Past Crimes (in) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001
• The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits [ed.] (oa) Carroll & Graf 2002
• The Ghosts of Christmas Past (ar) The Strand Magazine #9 2002
• The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits [ed.] (oa) Carroll & Graf 2003
• The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits [ed.] (an) Robinson 2004
• The Crazy Age (fw) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits [ed.] (an) Carroll & Graf 2005
• The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries [ed.] (an) Robinson 2006
• Perfectly Impossible (ed) The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006
• Appendix: The Chroniclers of Crime (bi)
• Foreword (fw)
• Introduction: The Chronicles of Crime (in)
• The Second Book of Chronicles (in)

ASHTON, RICHARD (stories)

• Torpedoed (ss) Mystery Stories #22 1941

ASHTON, WINIFRED (1888-1965); see pseudonym Clemence Dane (stories)

ASIMOV, ISAAC; [anglicized from Isaak Iudich Azimov] (1920-1992) (books) (stories)

• The Caves of Steel (n.) Galaxy Oct 1953 (+2) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series]
• The Singing Bell (ss) F&SF Jan 1955 [Wendell Urth]
• The Naked Sun (n.) Astounding Oct 1956 (+2) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series]