Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

KLASKIN, RONNIE (stories) (continued)

• Rest Peace Quiet (ss) New Mystery v1 #2 1992
• Child Support (ss) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
• Nickels and Dimes (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

KLASS, PHILIP (1920- ); see pseudonym William Tenn (stories)

KLAVAN, ANDREW (1954- ); see pseudonym Keith Peterson (stories)

• The Ghost of Monday (ss) AHMM Mar 1987
• The Last Time (ss) EQMM May 1988
• Suicide (ss) EQMM Oct 1991
• The Look on Her Face (ss) London Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 1994
• Lou Monahan, County Prosecutor (ss) Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket 1996
• Our House (ss) MHCMM Sum 1998
• Helping Others to Let Go [with Laurence Klavan] (ss) EQMM Dec 1999
• Her Lord and Master (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• Hero Time (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007

KLAVAN, LAURENCE (1957- ) (stories)

• Helping Others to Let Go [with Andrew Klavan] (ss) EQMM Dec 1999

KLEIN, BEN (stories)

• Dr. Petrakov’s Recipe (ss) EQMM May 1995
• Petrakov’s Frames Gorilla (ss) EQMM Jul 1997

KLEIN, JERRY (stories)

• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 4: Lagoon Interlude (rr) Accent Feb 20 1998

KLEIN, MELANIE (stories)

• from A Contribution to the Psychogenesis of Maniac-Depressive States (ex) 1935

KLEIN, ROBERT WM. (stories)

• Haunts Come Out (ss) AHMM Apr 1991
• Many Are the Traps of the Crafty (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1992

KLENER, L. P. (stories)

• Bible Belt (ss) EQMM Jun 2002

KLING, CHRISTINE (stories)

• Dead Storage (ss) Miami Noir, ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books 2006

KLINGER, LESLIE (stories)

• The Adventure of the Wooden Box (ss) New York: The Mysterious Bookshop 1999

KLOSTERMAN, AL (stories)

• “An Interview with Illustrator Al Klosterman” by Lisa D. Williamson (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1998

KNADLER, DAVID (stories)

• Nobody’s Business (ss) EQMM Nov 2003 [Deputy John Ennis]
• Still Life with Wolf (nv) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006 [Deputy John Ennis]
• Karaoke Night (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006 [Deputy John Ennis]

KNAPP, JIM (stories)

• Waiting (ss) 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• A Valentine from Teacher (ss) 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

KNERR, LEO B. (books)

• The Craft of Detection [ed.] (nf) Scott, Foresman and Co. 1973

KNIEF, CHARLES (stories)

• _HELL (nv) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999

KNIGHT, ALANNA (née Cleet) (1923- ) (stories)

• Faro and the Bogus Inspector (ss) Winter’s Crimes 21, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1989 [Insp. Jeremy Faro]
• Look to the Lady (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• The Deadly Glen (ss) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999
• Camouflage (ss) EQMM Jul 2007

KNIGHT, ARTHUR WINFIELD (1937- ) (stories)

• Buster (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Easy as Pie (ss) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998

KNIGHT, BERNARD (1931- ) (stories)

• The Birdman of Tonypandy (nv) The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006

KNIGHT, BILL (1949- ) (stories)

• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 2: Seeing Red (rr) Accent Feb 6 1998

KNIGHT, HUNTER (stories)

• Saturday’s Child (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1996

KNIGHT, JESSE F. (books) (stories)

• The Joke (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2000
• An Audible Click: The Short Stories of Rafael Sabatini (in)

KNIGHT, MICHAEL (stories)

• Smash and Grab (ss)

KNIGHT, PHYLLIS (stories)

• Where She Went (nv) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998

KNIGHT, STEPHEN (books) (stories)

• Crimes for a Summer Christmas [ed.] (oa) Allen & Unwin 1990
• More Crimes for a Summer Christmas [ed.] (oa) Allen & Unwin 1991
• A Corpse at the Opera House [ed.] (oa) Allen & Unwin 1992
• Murder at Home [ed.] (oa) Allen & Unwin 1993
• Introduction (in)
• Preface (pr)

KNIGHT, TRACY ALBERT (stories)

• Mothercloud, Fatherdust (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• Lizzie and the Wonder Boys: A Bit of Sun Before Midnight (ss) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994
• Cellophane Rose (ss) Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1995
• The Past-Life Alien Abduction Workshop Murder (ss) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
• Autumn Tethers (nv) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 12: Porklips Nocturne (rr) Accent Apr 17 1998
• A Breath of Subtle Air (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• The Memory Pool (ss) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
• A Trail of Mirrors (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003

KNIGHTLY, ROBERT (stories)

• One More for the Road (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004
• Take the Man’s Pay (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Garment District).

KNIPSCHEER, JOHANNES MATTHIJS WILLEM (1908-1989); see pseudonym James M. Fox (stories)

KNOERLE, JOHN (stories)

• Death Wears a Necktie (ss) Mystery Jan 1981

KNOOP, JAMES A. (stories)

• Golf Widow (pm) EQMM Sep 1990

KNOUSE, E.L. (stories)

• Deadly Sunday (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1981

KNOWLDEN, MICHELLE (stories)

• The Jane Austen Murder (ss) AHMM Nov 1992
• Postscript (vi) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• The Oscar Wilde Murder (ss) AHMM Feb 1994
• The Emily Dickinson Murders (ss) AHMM Oct 1994
• The William Wordsworth Murder (nv) AHMM Jan 1996
• The Mary Shelley Mystery (ss) AHMM Sep 1996
• The Clock Winder’s Tale (ss) AHMM Apr 1997
• No, Thank You, John (ss) AHMM Mar 1998
• Prophets Who Cannot Sing (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2000
• The Building of the Long Serpent (ss) AHMM Sep 2000
• So We’ll Go No More A-Roving (ss) AHMM Mar 2001
• Cuchulain’s Fight with the Sea (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• The Faultless Painter (ss) AHMM Apr 2002
• Lines on the Mermaid Tavern (ss) AHMM May 2006 [Micky Cardex]

KNOWLES, BARBARA W. (stories)

• Sister Faith (ss) EQMM Apr 1985

KNOWLTON, STAN (stories)

• Not Suited for Murder (ss) Mammoth Detective Nov 1944
• I Want to Be a Detective (ss) Mammoth Detective Feb 1945
• Time Out for Murder (ss) Mammoth Detective Mar 1946
• Last Lap (vi) Mammoth Detective Aug 1946

KNOX, BILL; [i.e., William Knox] (1928-1999) (stories)

• The Killing Game (n.) Long 1963 [Chief Insp. Colin Thane; Insp. Phil Moss]
• The Bob-Tailed Flush (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Apr 1966
• The Suspect Soldier (ss) Espionage Magazine Feb 1985
• Black Light (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1986
• The Secret Grave (ss) AHMM Mar 1997
• The Honeymoon Kill (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999

KNOX, E(dmund George) V(alpy) (1881-1971) (stories)

• The Murder at the Towers (ss)

KNOX, JOHN H. (1905- ) (stories)

• Sweet Little Murder-Blue Gown (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1946
• Pointed Captivity (ss) AHMM Feb 1962

KNOX, [Monsignor] RONALD A(rbuthnott) (1888-1957) (stories)

• Solved by Inspection (ss) 1925
• Behind the Screen, Chapter VI, Mr. Parsons on the Case (rr) The Listener Jul 23 1930
• The Adventure of the First Class Carriage (ss) The Strand Feb 1947 [Sherlock Holmes]
• “The Curious Case of Ronald Knox” by Charles L. P. Silet (ar) The Strand Magazine #8 2002
• Father Knox’s Ten Commandments (ms)

KOBE, COLLEEN M. (stories)

• Death of a Dieter (ss) AHMM Aug 1984
• Double Substitution (ss) AHMM Jul 1986

KOENIG, JOSEPH L. (1946- ) (stories)

• The Last Supper (ss) EQMM Sep 1992

KOENIK, RHODA (stories)

• The Scapegoat (ss) EQMM Dec 1986

KOEPP, DAVID (stories)

• “Director’s Cut: An Interview with David Koepp” by Steve Steinbock (iv) EQMM Jun 2004

KOFFIEN, M. T. (stories)

• Headed Towards Town (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1995

KOJA, KATHE (1960- ) (stories)

• The Energies of Love (ss) IASFM mid-Dec 1989
• Literary Lives [with Barry N. Malzberg] (nv) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• Girl’s Night Out [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995

KoKayKO, GENE (?-1999) (stories)

• A Spy Is Born (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1986
• Late September Dogs (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• October Hearts (nv) AHMM Dec 1995
• November Nights: Once Upon a Darkling [with Sherrie Brown] (nv) AHMM Dec 1997
• December Deathwatch [with Sherrie Brown] (nv) AHMM Jan 2001

KOLASINSKI, KEN (stories)

• Killing the Story (ss) AHMM Feb 1999

KOLLGAARD, RONALD (stories)

• Decoy (ss) Espionage Magazine Sep 1987

KOMIE, LOWELL B. (1927- ) (stories)

• The Balloon of William Fuerst (ss) 1983

KONG, DEBRA PURDY (1955- ) (stories)

• Career Moves (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2003

KONIGSBERG, ALLEN STEWART (1935- ); see pseudonym Woody Allen (stories)

KONRATH, J. A. (books) (stories)

• On the Rocks (ss) EQMM Jul 2004 [Jacqueline (Jack) Daniels]
• Street Music (ss) EQMM Aug 2004 [Jacqueline (Jack) Daniels]
• The Agreement (ss) AHMM Mar 2005
• With a Twist (ss) EQMM Dec 2005 [Jacqueline (Jack) Daniels]
• Epitaph (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006 [Phineas Troutt]
• Suffer (ss) EQMM Jun 2006 [Phineas Troutt]
• These Guns for Hire: 31 Short Stories about Hitmen [ed.] (oa) Bleak House Books 2006
• Bereaved (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• The Importance of Being Perkins (in)
• Introduction (in)

KOOGLER, S. R. (stories)

• Dinner Table Detective (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

KOONS, JON (stories)

• The Adventure of the Missing Countess (ss) The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994 [Sherlock Holmes]

KOONTZ, DEAN R(ay) (1945- ) (stories)

• The Undercity (ss) Future City, ed. Roger Elwood, Trident 1973
• Twilight of the Dawn (nv) Night Visions 4, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1987
• Afterword (aw)

KORETSKY, JUDITH LEA; see pseudonym Lea Cash-Domingo (stories)

• A Delicate Balance (ss) EQMM Jul 1994

KORMAN, CANDIDA B. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Fraud (vi) AHMM May 1997

KORN, MICHAEL F. (stories)

• I’m Your Biggest Fan, Mr Brahms (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1998
• And Now, the Wizard of Gore (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1998

KORNBLUTH, C. M.; [i.e., Cyril Kornbluth] (1923-1958) (stories)

• A Ghoul and His Money (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1946
• Time Bum (ss) Fantastic Jan/Feb 1953

KORR, ELLEN S. (stories)

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

KORTY, KATHY (stories)

• Detective Story (pm) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 1999

KORZENIOWSKI, TEODOR JOSEF KONRAD (1857-1924); see pseudonym Joseph Conrad (stories)

KOSAK, CARL (1934- ); see pseudonym K. C. Constantine (stories)

KOSHINSKIE, ROBERT (stories)

• The Deadly Umbrella (ss) AHMM Jul 1995

KOST, DAVID (stories)

• Shelter (pl) 1993

KOSTER, ELAINE (books) (stories)

• The Best of the Best [ed. with Joseph Pittman] (oa) Penguin/Signet 1998
• Crimes and Misdemeanors [ed. with Joseph Pittman] (oa) Signet 1998
• Introduction [with Joseph Pittman] (in)

KOSTMAN, JOEL (stories)

• Chickens, Lobsters, Buicks (ss) Keys to the City: Tales of a New York City Locksmith, DK Ink 1997
• The Naked City (ss) Keys to the City: Tales of a New York City Locksmith, DK Ink 1997

KOSTRACH, PAUL (stories)

• The Story That Won: End of the Line (vi) AHMM Jul 1994

KOTARO, ISAKA (stories)

• The Precision of the Agent of Death (nv) EQMM Jul 2006; first published in Japanese in All Yomimono, 2003.; tr. by Beth Cary

KOTKER, JOAN G. (stories)

• Crime Goes North (ar) The Armchair Detective Fll 1990

KOUBA, DANA (stories)

• Closing Time (ss) Murder on Sunset Boulevard, ed. Rochelle Krich, Michael Mallory & Lisa Seidman, Top Publications 2002

KOVALESKI, JOHN (stories)

• Shortcut to Murder: Edward D. Hoch (iv) The Armchair Detective Spr 1990

KOWESKI, KARL (stories)

• Send in the Clowns (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2003
• Downward Trend (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2004

KRAFT, GABRIELLE (c1949- ) (stories)

• Wow Finish (ss) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
• Blast from the Past (ss) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991
• One Hit Wonder (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992

KRAMER, JAMES (stories)

• Confession (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1984
• Mike Shayne Mystery Makers - James Kramer (bg) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1984

KRAMLOVSKY, BEATRIX M. (stories)

• The Forest Forge (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003; first published in German in 2000.; tr. by Mary Tannert
• Silk Road (ss) EQMM Jul 2005; “Die Seidenstraße”, first published in German in Liebestöter, Scherz Verlog 2003.; tr. by Mary Tannert

KRAUTH, NIGEL (Lawrence) (1949- ) (stories)

• The Manly Shooting (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990
• Worry No More (nv) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993; based on “The Pajama Girl Murder” case.