Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

ATKINS, JOE (stories)

• Saigon (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003

ATKINSON, ALEX (1916-1962) (stories)

• Chapter the Last: Merriman Explains (vi) Punch Aug 15 1951

ATKINSON, LISA (stories)

• Yule Be Sorry (ss) EQMM Dec 2005
• Papercuts (pm) EQMM May 2008

ATODA, TAKASHI (stories)

• Napoleon Crazy (ss) 1979
• The Visitor (ss) 1979

ATWOOD, MARGARET (Eleanor Kilian) (1939- ) (stories)

• Weight (ss) Vogue Aug 1990
• Murder in the Dark (vi)

ATWOOD, RUSSELL (stories)

• East of A (ss) EQMM Jun 1996

AUBERT, ROSEMARY (1942- ) (stories)

• The Midnight Boat to Palermo (ss) Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1994
• Shaving with Occam’s Razor (ss) Bloody York, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1996
• Getting Rid of Cottage Pests (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997
• Gifts (ss) Over the Edge, ed. Peter Sellers & Robert J. Sawyer, Pottersfield Press 2000

AUBREY, FRANK; pseudonym of Frank Atkins, (1847-1927) (stories)

• The Third Figure (ss) The Queen Nov 11 1899

AUBREY-FLETCHER, HENRY L(ancelot) (1887-1969); see pseudonym Henry Wade (stories)

AUCHINCLOSS, LOUIS (Stanton) (1917- ) (stories)

• The Colonel’s Foundation (ss) 1955
• The Tender Offer (ss) 1955
• The Senior Partner’s Ghosts (ss)

AUDEN, W(ystan) H(ugh) (1907-1973) (stories)

• from “The Guilty Vicarage” (ar) Harper’s May 1948
• “Detective Story” (pm)
• from “Paid on Both Sides” (ex)
• Victor (pm)

AUERBACH, JESSICA (Lynn) (1947- ) (stories)

• Police Report (ss) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996

AUGSBURG, PAUL DERESCO (stories)

• The Inquest (ss) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr/May 1927

AUGUST, DAVID; pseudonym of David Linzee, (1952- ) (stories)

• Toad Crossing [with John Lutz] (ss) AHMM Jul 1996
• Blind Corner (ss) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999

AULD, LORLY (stories)

• Denise Doesn’t Live Here (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

AUMONIER, STACY (1887-1928) (stories)

• Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty (ss) 1916
• A Source of Irritation (ss) The Century Jan 1918
• Business and Desires (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 2 1920

AUSTER, PAUL (Benjamin) (1947- ); see pseudonym Paul Benjamin (books) (stories)

• City of Glass (ex) Sun & Moon 1985
• City of Glass (n.) Sun & Moon 1985
• Ghosts (n.) Sun & Moon 1986
• The Locked Room (n.) Sun & Moon 1986
• The New York Trilogy (om) Penguin 1990
• Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story (ss) 1990

AUSTIN, ALAN (1943- ) (stories)

• Parker (ss) Crimewave #2 1999 [Parker]

AUSTIN, ALEX (1925-1985) (stories)

• All in Fun (ss) AHMM Jan 1959
• Tommy the Terrible (ss) AHMM Apr 1960

AUSTIN, I. R. (stories)

• Terror’s Night (ss) New Detective Magazine Nov 1950

AUSTIN, KENNETH M. (stories)

• The Girl Scouts (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #38 2003
• Cleaning (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #40 2003
• Perfume (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #43 2003
• Pictures (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #44 2004
• Identity (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #50 2004
• Seatbelts (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #55 2004

AUSTIN, PAUL BRITTEN (stories)

• from Dr. Glas, by Hjalmar Söderberg (ex) 1905

AUSWAKS, ALEX (1934- ) (stories)

• Arik’s First Case (ss) New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1990
• Sister Brona and the Pornographic Diary (ss) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992 [Sister Brona]
• Sister Brona and the Sacred Altar Cloths (vi) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993 [Sister Brona]
• Murder Mystery (ss) EQMM Oct 1994
• Russell Davenport and the Housekeeper (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004 [Russell Davenport]
• Russell Davenport and the Countess (ss) AHMM Apr 2004 [Russell Davenport]
• Russell Davenport and the Break-in Artists (ss) AHMM Oct 2006 [Russell Davenport]

AVALLONE, MICHAEL (Angelo, Jr.) (1924-1999) (stories)

• “Aw, Let the Kid Hit” (ss) Baseball Stories Sum 1950
• The Man Who Walked on Air (ss) Weird Tales Sep 1953
• Headache Hurler (ss) Ten Story Sports Oct 1955
• Aces Always Win (ss) Western Action May 1956
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game (ss) EQMM Dec 1964
• A Letter from Ed Noon (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1965
• Every Litter Bit Hurts (ss) With Malice Toward All, ed. Robert L. Fish, Putnam 1968
• Crime Canapé (ms) EQMM Mar 10 1980
• Ed Noon’s Minute Mysteries (pz) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Nov, Dec 1980
• Sweet Violets (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1980
• The Shadow (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1981
• Doc Savage [with Frank Hamilton] (pi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1981
• The Spider [with Frank Hamilton] (pi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1981
• G-8 and His Battle Aces [with Frank Hamilton] (pi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1981
• Ms. Found in a Crypt (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1981
• Operator 5 (pi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981; on the pulp hero, with a full-page portrait by Frank Hamilton.
• The Phantom Detective [with Frank Hamilton] (pi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1981
• You Can’t Kiss a Corpse (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1981 [Ed Noon]
• Fu Manchu [with Frank Hamilton] (pi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1981
• Children of the Night (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1982
• The Murder of Mr. Excitement (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982
• Conversation While Praying (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1984 [Ed Noon]
• Better Safe Than Sorry [with Josh Pachter] (vi) Hardboiled #8 1987
• The Fatal Fraulein (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1988
• The Ten Percent Kill (ss) Hardboiled Detective #10 1990 [Ed Noon]
• Review (br) Hardboiled Detective #11 1991
• Chandlerizing and Parker’s Big Sleep (ar) Hardboiled Detective #12 1991
• Paul Will Know (ss) Hardboiled #14 1992
• Ya’ Don’t Get Ya’ Kids Back, Unless... (ss) New Mystery v1 #3 1993

AVERAUD, JEAN (stories)

• Laura Davis (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1996

AVERY, SIMON (stories)

• Leaving Seven Sisters (ss) Crimewave #4 2000
• The Remains of the Richest Man in the World (nv) Crimewave #6 2002
• The Art of Leaving Completely (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003
• Lost in Darkness [with Ian M. Faulkner] (ss) Crimewave #8 2005

AVERY, STEVEN W. (stories)

• Bearhug (ss) Espionage Magazine Sep 1987

AVILA, JUNE (stories)

• The Devil in the Details (ss) Beyond the Mundane: Unravelings, ed. Daniel J. Reitz, Mundania Press 2004

AVRETT, ROZ (stories)

• Too Many Antiques (ss) EQMM Nov 1990

AXELROD, MARTHA (stories)

• A Matter of Relative Importance (ss) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

AXTMANN, FREDERICK (stories)

• Line of Sight (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997

AYDELOTTE, E. E. (stories)

• The Case of the Dead Center Fielder (ss) AHMM Jul 1982
• The Surfboard Murders (ss) AHMM Sep 1982
• The Matchbook Detective (ss) AHMM Jan 1984
• The Return of the Matchbook Detective (nv) AHMM Jun 1990

AYLING, (Harold) KEITH (Oliver) (1898-1976) (stories)

• The Ring Murder (ss) Mystery Stories #1 1936

AYRAUD, PIERRE (1908-1998); see pseudonym Thomas Narcejac (stories)

AYRES, E(ugene) C(onrow) (1946- ) (stories)

• The Handyman (nv)

AYRES, NOREEN (June) (1940- ) (stories)

• Delta Double-Deal (nv) The Night Awakens, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 2000
• JoJo’s Gold (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
• Black Zak and the Heart Attack (nv) Creature Cozies, ed. Jill Morgan, Berkley Prime Crime 2005

AYTOUN, W(illiam) E(dmonstoune) (1813-1865) (stories)

• The Man in the Bell (ss) Blackwood’s Nov 1821

BAANTJER, (Albert Cornelis) (1923- ) (stories)

• DeKok and the Hammer Blow (ss) EQMM Feb 2005; tr. by H. G. Smittenaar [Insp. Jurriaan DeKok]
• DeKok and the Death of a Rottweiler (ss) EQMM Jun 2006; from De Cock en een hammerslag, Uitgeverij De Fontein, Baarn, Netherlands, 1996.; tr. by H. G. Smittenaar [Insp. Jurriaan DeKok]

BABBIN, JACQUELINE (1921-2001) (stories)

• The Notorious Miss L. (ss) EQMM Mar 1990

BABCOCK, DWIGHT V(incent) (1909-1979) (stories)

• “Murder Up His Sleeve: Dwight V. Babcock” by James L. Traylor (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1990

BABEL, ISAAC (1894-1941) (stories)

• The King (ss) The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel, S.G. Phillips 1955

BABISH, G. V. (stories)

• Rose Fever (ss) Out For Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1995

BABULA, WILLIAM (1943- ) (stories)

• Motorcycle (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1982
• Ransom (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1983
• Greenearth (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1984

BACH, MISCHA (stories)

• Full Moon (ss) EQMM Jan 2006; “Vollmond”, 2000.; tr. by Mary Tannert

BACHAN, STUART (stories)

• The Call from the Vacant House (ss) Mystery Stories #5 1936

BACHMAN, W. S. (stories)

• Tendrils (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2001
• Talons (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 2001
• Osric in the Larder (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2002
• Vampire Genes (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2002
• Abduction (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #54 2004
• Marriage Gone Bad (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #55 2004

BACKUS, JEAN L(ouise) (1914-1986) (stories)

• Last Rendezvous (ss) EQMM Sep 1977
• A Hearse Is Not a Home (ss) EQMM May 20 1981

BACON, DAISY (S.) (1899?-1986) (books)

• Detective Story Annual 1948 [ed.] (an) Street & Smith 1948
• Detective Story Annual 1949 [ed.] (an) Street & Smith 1949

BACON, GERTRUDE (1874-1949) (stories)

• The Gorgon’s Head (ss) The Strand Dec 1899

BACON, TERRY (stories)

• Clancy’s Bride (ss) AHMM Mar 31 1982

BACQUE, JAMES (stories)

• Desire & Knowledge in Key West (ss) Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991

BADENOCH, ANDREA (1951-2004) (stories)

• Jimmy’s Story (ss) Fresh Blood 3, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1999
• Belter’s Mugging (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• Angel’s Seat (nv) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003

BAER, WILL CHRISTOPHER (1966- ) (stories)

• “Will Christopher Baer: Violence is Useful” by Barry Forshaw (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• Deception of the Thrush (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (Pacific Heights).

BAGBY, GEORGE; pseudonym of Aaron Marc Stein, (1906-1985) (stories)

• A Few Dead Birds (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2 1960 [Insp. Schmidt]

BAGGE, TAPANI (stories)

• The Face in the Concrete (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2005; tr. by Minna Haapio

BAGLEY, DESMOND (1923-1983) (stories)

• Bahama Crisis (ex) London: Collins 1980

BAILEY, DON (1942- ) (books) (stories)

• Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories [ed. with Daile Unruh] (oa) Quarry Press 1991
• Remembrance Day (ss) Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991
• Preface (pr)

BAILEY, E. J. (stories)

• The Spoiler (ss)

BAILEY, FRANKIE Y(vonne) (1952- ) (stories)

• Since You Went Away (nv) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

BAILEY, H(enry) C(hristopher) (1878-1961) (stories)

• The Long Dinner (nv) 1920 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Unknown Murderer (nv) People’s Magazine Mar 1923 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Profiteers (nv) The London Magazine Sep 1924 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Long Barrow (ss) The London Magazine Jan 1925 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Missing Husband (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Sep 18 1926 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Lion Party (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Oct 2 1926 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Little House (nv) Flynn’s Detective Fiction Oct 9 1926 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Quiet Lady (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Oct 16 1926 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Violet Farm (nv) Flynn’s Detective Fiction Jan 22 1927 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Greek Play (nv) The Delineator Mar 1930 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Little Dog (nv) 1932 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Yellow Slugs (nv) The Windsor Magazine Mar 1935 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Dead Leaves (nv) 1936 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Bottle Party (nv) The Strand Oct 1939 [Reginald Fortune]
• Primrose Petals (ss) The Strand Apr 1940 [Reginald Fortune]
• The Archduke’s Tea (ss) [Reginald Fortune]

BAILEY, JAY (stories)

• The Wrong Century (ss) AHMM May 1968

BAILEY, STEWART (stories)

• The Book (ss) Espionage Magazine Sep 1987

BAIRD, EDWIN (1886-1957) (stories)

• Kerrigan (vi) Detective Fiction Weekly May 24 1941

BAIRD, MEREDITH SUZANNE (stories)

• The Confectioner (ss) Out For Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1995
• Thin Ice (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996

BAITZ, JON ROBIN (stories)

• The Frightening Frammis [with Howard A. Rodman] (pl) Fallen Angels, ed. Anon., Grove Press 1993

BAKALOR, RUFUS (stories)

• Good Night, Sweet Alibi (ss) Detective Fiction Jan 1951
• A Helping Hand (ss) Detective Fiction Jul 1951

BAKER, ADAM LLOYD (stories)

• Atlantic City (ss) Fresh Blood 3, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1999

BAKER, CHARLES A., JR. (stories)

• The Door on the Stairs (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jan 1937

BAKER, DALE L. (stories)

• The Story That Won: The Dead Ride Free (vi) AHMM Apr 2006

BAKER, JOHN (stories)

• Defence (nv) Fresh Blood 2, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1997
• Millennium (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998
• An Old Fashioned Poisoning (ss) Murder Squad, ed. Malcolm Edwards, Flambard Press 2001