Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

KERSH, GERALD (books) (stories) (continued)

• The Thief Who Played Dead (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 13 1954 [Karmesin]
• Conscience of Karmesin (ss) Lilliput Apr 1954 [Karmesin]
• Karmesin and the Royalties (ss) Courier Jan 1956 [Karmesin]
• Skate’s Eyeball (ss) Argosy (UK) Apr 1960 [Karmesin]
• Oalámaóa (ss) Playboy Dec 1960 [Karmesin]
• The Karmesin Affair (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 15 1962 [Karmesin]
• Karmesin: The World’s Greatest Criminal--or Most Outrageous Liar (co) Crippen & Landru 2003
• Bibliography (bi)

KERSLAKE, LINDA (stories)

• Jookin’ and Jivin’ (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002
• Death of a Whale in the Church of Elvis (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

KESLING, ROBERT V. (1917?-2005) (stories)

• Unsolved (pz) Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep...
• The Story That Won: The Message (vi) AHMM Jan 1994
• The Story That Won: Gentleman Gerald Meets His Match (vi) AHMM Mar 1996
• The Story That Won: Web of the Spider (vi) AHMM Jun 1998
• The Story That Won: Anticipating Your Visit (vi) AHMM Dec 1999
• The Mystery Crossword (pz) EQMM Dec 2001
• The Story That Won: The Price of Honesty (vi) AHMM Dec 2001
• The Mystery Crossword: From the Holmes Canon (pz) EQMM Feb 2002
• The Story That Won: Desire Under the Elm (vi) AHMM Apr 2004
• Dying Words (pz) AHMM Nov 2005
• The Story That Won: Lest We Forget—The Tower of Clocks (vi) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006

KESSLER, KEN (stories)

• Am I a Murderer? (ss) Mammoth Detective Oct 1946
• Her Master’s Choice (ss) Mammoth Mystery Dec 1946

KESSLER, RENEE (stories)

• Voice from the Grave (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962

KESTRANEK, VICKI L. (stories)

• Is She Alone? (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994

KETCHUM, JACK; pseudonym of Dallas William Mayr, (1946- ) (stories)

• The Business (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• The Turning (ss) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• Megan’s Law (ss) Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999

KEVERNE, RICHARD; pseudonym of Clifford Hosken, (1882-1950) (stories)

• Cast-Iron Alibi (ss) The Strand Aug 1941

KEY, KATHLEEN (stories)

• Mama’s Boy (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1984

KEYES, DANIEL (1927- ) (stories)

• The Minds of Billy Milligan (ex)

KEYES, SIDNEY (1922-1943) (stories)

• Gilles de Rais (pm) 1945

KEYHOE, DONALD E(dward) (1897-1988) (stories)

• The Squadron in Scarlet (ss) Sky Birds Nov 1931
• The Mystery of the Golden Skull (n.) Dr. Yen Sin Jul 1936 [Dr. Yen Sin]
• The Mystery of the Singing Mummies (n.) Dr. Yen Sin Sep 1936 [Dr. Yen Sin]
• When England Vanished (ss) Flying Aces Nov 1939 [Philip Strange]

KHAN, AHMED A. (1959- ) (stories)

• A Piece of String (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1997

KIEL, BARRY (stories)

• The Tree (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1984

KIELY, BENEDICT (1919-2007) (stories)

• Maiden’s Leap (nv)

KIENZLE, WILLIAM X(avier) (1928-2001) (stories)

• Exit Laughing (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996
• Mind Over Murder (ex)

KIEPER, M. W. (stories)

• Stand Like a Lion (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1989

KIER, DALE DeV.; see pseudonym Benton Hill (stories)

• Pirates from Hell (ss) Operator #5 May/Jun 1938 [Big John]

KIERNAN, CAITLÍN R. (stories)

• Breakfast in the House of the Rising Sun (nv) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997
• The Drowned Geologist (ss) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003 [Sherlock Holmes]

KIJEWSKI, KAREN (1943- ) (stories)

• Katfall (ss) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
• Alley Kat (nv) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
• Tule Fog (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994

KILLIAN, KEVIN (stories)

• Devil in Disguise [with Simon Sheppard] (nv) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

KILLOUGH, (Karen) LEE (1942- ) (stories)

• The Existential Man (nv) F&SF Mar 1982

KILMER, JOYCE (1886-1918) (stories)

• Whitemail (ss) The Smart Set Mar 1914

KILMER, MICHELE STONE (stories)

• In by Ten, Dead by Five, or, Murder at the Dry Cleaners (ss) AHMM Jun 1991

KILODNEY, CRAD (stories)

• Life Without Drama (ss) Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001

KILPATRICK, NANCY (1946- ) (stories)

• Mantrap (ss) Murder, Mayhem and the Macabre, Nancy Kilpatrick 1992
• An Eye for an Eye (ss) Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1994
• The Case of the Demon Lover (ss) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996
• Generation Y (ss) Over the Edge, ed. Peter Sellers & Robert J. Sawyer, Pottersfield Press 2000

KIMIKO (stories)

• “A Crust of Rice” by Martin Limón (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2005

KIMURA, JIRO (stories)

• Ellery Queen in Japan (ar) EQMM Nov 2005

KINAHAN, SONIA (stories)

• Two’s Company (ss) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995

KINDER, R. M. (stories)

• Jeremy (ss) EQMM Mar 1993

KINES, BUD (stories)

• Fridays Menu—Murder (ss) Killers Mystery Story Magazine Nov 1956

KING, C(harles) DALY [Ph.D.] (1895-1963) (books) (stories)

• The Episode of “Torment IV” (ss) 1934 [Trevis Tarrant]
• The Episode of Torment IV (ss) 1934 [Trevis Tarrant]
• The Episode of the Tangible Illusion (ss) Mystery Feb 1935 [Trevis Tarrant]
• Invisible Terror (ss) Mystery Feb 1935; also as “The Episode of the Tangible Illusion”. [Trevis Tarrant]
• The Affair on the Roof (nv) Mystery Mar 1935; also as “The Episode of the Nail and the Requiem”. [Trevis Tarrant]
• The Episode of the Nail and the Requiem (nv) Mystery Mar 1935 [Trevis Tarrant]
• The Episode of the Little Girl Who Wasn’t (ss) EQMM Sep 1944 [Trevis Tarrant]
• Lost Star (ss) EQMM Sep 1944; also as “The Episode of the Little Girl Who Wasn’t”. [Trevis Tarrant]
• The Episode of the Sinister Invention (ss) EQMM Dec 1946 [Trevis Tarrant]
• The Episode of the Sinister Inventor (ss) EQMM Dec 1946; also as “The Episode of the Sinister Invention”. [Trevis Tarrant]
• The Episode of the Perilous Talisman (ss) F&SF Feb 1951 [Trevis Tarrant]
• The Episode of the Absent Fish (ss) EQMM Apr 1979 [Trevis Tarrant]
• Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant (co) Crippen & Landru 2003
• The Episode of the Codex’ Curse (ss) [Trevis Tarrant]
• The Episode of the Final Bargain (ss) [Trevis Tarrant]
• The Episode of the Headless Horrors (ss) [Trevis Tarrant]
• The Episode of the Man with Three Eyes (ss) [Trevis Tarrant]
• The Episode of the Vanishing Harp (nv) [Trevis Tarrant]

KING, FRANCIS (Henry) (1923- ) (stories)

• Act of Darkness (ex) London: Hutchinson 1983
• The Sitting Tenant (ss)

KING, FRANK(lin) (1936- ); see pseudonym Lydia Adamson (stories)

KING, FRED L. (stories)

• The Lincoln-Kennedy Connection [with Rex Miller] (ss) Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991

KING, J. ROBERT (stories)

• Whence the Song of Steel (ss) Realms of Mystery, ed. Philip Athans, Lake Geneva: TSR 1998
• The Faerie Godfather (ss) Mob Magic, ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1998

KING, JONATHON (stories)

• Snake Eyes (nv) High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003

KING, JOSEPH HILLSTROM (1971- ); see pseudonym Joe Hill (stories)

KING, LAURIE R(ichardson) (1952- ) (stories)

• Mrs. Hudson’s Case (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• Paleta Man (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• Foreword: Crime and Kabbalah (fw) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001
• Weaving the Dark (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003
• The Salt Pond (nv) Wild Crimes, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2004
• Cat’s Paw (nv) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006

KING, (Christopher) PETER (1922- ) (stories)

• The Body in the Bay (nv) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001 [Jack London]
• A Matter of Taste (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006
• Document of the Keys (ss)

KING, RUFUS (Frederick) (1893-1966) (stories)

• Murder by the Clock (n.) Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1929
• The Case of the Jet Black Sheep (ss) 1939; also as “Ride with the Wind”. [Dr. Colin Starr]
• Ride with the Wind (ss) 1939 [Dr. Colin Starr]
• A Borderline Case (ss) EQMM Dec 1959

KING, STEPHEN (Edwin) (1947- ) (stories)

• The Fifth Quarter (ss) Cavalier Apr 1972
• Quitters, Inc. (ss) Night Shift, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1978
• The Wedding Gig (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980
• “Interview: Stephen King” by Joyce Lynch Dewes (iv) Mystery Mar 1981
• The Doctor’s Case (nv) The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf 1987 [Sherlock Holmes]
• L.T.’s Theory of Pets (nv) Six Stories by Stephen King, Philtrim Press 1997
• “Stephen King Scares Up His Past” by Marion Long (bg) MHCMM Sum 2000
• The Tale of Gray Dick (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003
• Harvey’s Dream (ss) New Yorker Jun 30 2003
• “King and Queen: An Interview with Stephen King” by Steve Steinbock (iv) EQMM Jun 2004
• The Things They Left Behind (na) Transgressions, ed. Ed McBain, Forge Books 2005

KING, TABITHA (Jane) (1949- ) (stories)

• Djinn & Tonic (ss) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998

KING, TAPPAN (Wright) (1950- ) (stories)

• Flight of Reason (ss) More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993
• The Crimson Rose (nv) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

KINGSBURY, KATE; pseudonym of Doreen Roberts, (1934- ) (stories)

• A Nice Cup of Tea (ss) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997

KINMAN, GAY TOLTL (stories)

• Miss Parker & the Cutter-Sanborn Tables (ss) A Deadly Dozen, ed. Susan B. Casmier, Aljean Harmetz & Cynthia Lawrence, Uglytown 2000
• Neither Tarnished Nor Afraid (ss) Murder on Sunset Boulevard, ed. Rochelle Krich, Michael Mallory & Lisa Seidman, Top Publications 2002
• The Ballet Exercises (ss) Shred of Evidence Feb 2003
• Coyote’s Find (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #33 2003
• Death in Russia (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #37 2003
• Catnapping (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

KINSELLA, THOMAS (1928- ) (stories)

• Early Coffee (pm) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992

KIPLING, (Joseph) RUDYARD (1865-1936) (stories)

• The Bisara of Pooree (ss) The Civil and Military Gazette Mar 4 1887
• The Man Who Would Be King (nv) The Phantom Rickshaw, Allahabad: Wheeler 1888
• The Recrudescence of Imray (ss) Life’s Handicap, Macmillan 1891; also as “The Return of Imray”. [E. Strickland]
• The Return of Imray (ss) Life’s Handicap, Macmillan 1891 [E. Strickland]
• Mary Postgate (ss) The Century Sep 1915
• ‘Fairy Kist’ (ss) Maclean’s Sep 15 1927
• Dayspring Mishandled (nv) McCall’s Mar 1928
• Danny Deever (pm)

KIRBY, KATE (stories)

• Croydon and Camelot (ss) The Fiction Magazine 1984

KIRCHMAN, LINDA; see pseudonym Linda Anderson (stories)

KIRK, BILLY JAMES (stories)

• Late Night Fright (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996

KIRK, SUZANNE (stories)

• The Uneasy Chair (ed) The Armchair Detective Sum 1990

KIRSTILÄ, PENTTI (1948- ) (stories)

• Brown Eyes and Green Hair (ss) The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000; from the Suomen Kuvalehti (Finland’s Picture Magazine), 1989.; tr. by Michael Garner

KIRTON, BILL (stories)

• Missing (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
• Death Ship (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005

KISER, MARCIA (stories)

• Animal Mysteries (ar) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• Travel in Mysteries (ar) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• What’s a Gumshoe? (ar) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• American Indian Mysteries (ar) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• Archie Goodwin vs. Archie McNally... Are they the same man? (ar) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• The Dog in the Nighttime (ar) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• Murder Books a Room (ar) Murderous Intent Fll 1999
• Mystery As History (ar) Murderous Intent Fll 1999
• What’s a Police Procedural? (ar) Murderous Intent Fll 1999
• What’s in a Title? (ar) Murderous Intent Fll 1999
• Will the Real Perry Mason Please Stand Up? (ar) Murderous Intent Fll 1999
• Deck the Halls with... Murder (ar) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• Murder Down the Street (ar) Murderous Intent Win 1999

KISNER, JAMES (Martin, Jr.) (1947- ) (stories)

• Mother Tucker (ss) Stalkers, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1989
• God-Less Men (ss) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995

KISSEL, ROBERT P. (stories)

• Our Man in Berlin (ar) Espionage Magazine Nov 1985

KISTLER, JULIE (1956- ) (stories)

• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 5: The Bridges of McLean County (rr) Accent Feb 27 1998
• Kit for Cat (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

KITELEY, BETH R. (stories)

• Here’s Looking at You (ss) AHMM Apr 1991
• Murder by Request (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1991
• Exterminators Extraordinaire (ss) AHMM Dec 1993

KITTREDGE, MARY (Elizabeth Talbot) (1949- ) (stories)

• Father to the Man (ss) AHMM Nov 1986
• The Red Convertible (ss) AHMM Mar 1994
• Incident at Grapevine Springs (ss) AHMM Mar 1995
• White Mountain Murder (nv) AHMM May 1995
• Anne Street (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• The Dog That Bit You (nv) EQMM Feb 1996

KIYOHARU, MATSUMOTO (1909-1992); see pseudonym Seicho Matsumoto (stories)

KLACAR, PAMELA (née Anderson) (stories)

• The Story That Won: Pipe Dreams (vi) AHMM Jan 1997

KLASKIN, RONNIE (stories)

• Completing Relationships (vi) EQMM Oct 1985
• Scared in New Jersey (vi) EQMM Oct 1985
• Subway System (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1988