Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Series List

ESZTERHAZY, DR.

• Avram Davidson: (books) (stories)
  • Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman (nv) F&SF Feb 1975
  • The Crown Jewels of Jerusalem, Or, the Tell-Tale Head (nv) F&SF Aug 1975
  • The Ceaseless Stone (nv) New Venture Sep 1975 (+1)
  • The Case of the Mother-in-Law of Pearl (nv) Fantastic Oct 1975
  • The Church of Saint Satan and Pandaemons (ss) Fantastic Dec 1975
  • The King’s Shadow Has No Limits (ss) Whispers Dec 1975
  • Milord Sir Smiht, the English Wizard (nv) The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy, Warner 1975
  • The Old Woman Who Lived with a Bear (nv) The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy, Warner 1975
  • The Autogóndola Invention (na) Amazing Nov 1983
  • Eszterhazy and the Autogóndola-Invention (na) Amazing Nov 1983; also as “The Autogóndola Invention”.
  • Cornet Eszterhazy (na) Amazing Nov 1984
  • Young Doctor Eszterhazy (na) Amazing Nov 1984; also as “Cornet Eszterhazy”.
  • Duke Pasquale’s Ring (nv) Amazing May 1985
  • Writ in Water, or, The Gingerbread Man (nv) Amazing Sep 1985
  • The King Across the Mountains (nv) Amazing Jul 1986
  • The Inchoation of Eszterhazy (ar) Weird Tales Win ’88 - 1989
  • The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy (co) Owlswick 1991

ETERNAL CHAMPION

• Michael Moorcock: (books) (stories)
  • Sir Milk and Blood (ss) Pawn of Chaos, ed. Michael Moorcock, White Wolf 1996 [Seaton Begg]

EVANS, EDUCATED

• Edgar Wallace: (stories)
  • Straight from the Horse’s Mouth (ss)

EVANS, INSPECTOR

• Cornell Woolrich: (books) (stories)
  • The Body of a Well-Dressed Woman (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1944
  • What the Well Dressed Corpse Will Wear (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1944; also as “The Body of a Well-Dressed Woman”.

FAIRR, MELVILLE

• Craig Rice: (books) (stories)
  • How Now, Ophelia (ss) EQMM Jun 1947
  • Death in the Moonlight (ss) Popular Detective Mar 1953

FAIRYLAND

• Paul J. McAuley: (stories)
  • Prison Dreams (nv) F&SF Apr 1992; as “Paul J. McAuley” on Contents page.

FALCON

• Michael Arlen: (stories)
  • Gay Falcon (nv) The Strand Jan 1940; also as “A Man Called Falcon”.
  • A Man Called Falcon (nv) The Strand Jan 1940

FANSLER, KATE

• Amanda Cross: (books) (stories)
  • Tania’s No Where (ss) EQMM Mar 1987
  • Once Upon a Time (ss) EQMM Aug 1987
  • Arrie and Jasper (ss) EQMM Dec 1987
  • The Disappearance of Great Aunt Flavia (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, ed. Alison Hennegan, St. Martin’s 1989
  • Murder Without a Text (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991
  • Who Shot Mrs. Byron Boyd? (ss) Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 1993
  • The Proposition (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995
  • The George Eliot Play (ss)

FARBER, DETECTIVE

• Gordon Cotler: (stories)
  • Farber Puts in His Papers (ss) EQMM Dec 2001
  • Farber Loses a Dependant (ss) EQMM Jun 2002
  • Farber Catches a Falling Star (ss) EQMM Dec 2002
  • Farber and the Errant Nun (ss) EQMM Jan 2003
  • Farber Is Clueless (ss) EQMM Jun 2003
  • Good Neighbor Farber (ss) EQMM May 2004
  • Farber and the Reindeer Killer (ss) EQMM Jul 2004
  • Farber and the Tuesday Lover (ss) EQMM Nov 2004
  • Farber and the Vanishing Blonde (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005

FARNSWORTH, CHARLES D.

• Kandis Elliot: (stories)
  • The Restless Gravestone (nv) EQMM Mar 1996
  • The Lady Among the Tigers (ss) EQMM Jun 1996
  • Death at Eventide (nv) EQMM Jun 1998

FARO, INSP. JEREMY

• Alanna Knight: (stories)
  • Faro and the Bogus Inspector (ss) Winter’s Crimes 21, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1989

FEARNE and BRACKNELL

• Michael Gilbert: (books) (stories)
  • The Mathematics of Murder (nv) EQMM Mar 1995
  • Tiger Country (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 5, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1995
  • The Lord of the Book (ss) EQMM Dec 1997
  • Good Shepherd (ss) EQMM Jun 1998
  • Rats’ Castle (ss) EQMM Aug 1998
  • The Message of the Stars (ss) EQMM Mar 1999
  • Police Business (ss) EQMM Nov 1999
  • A Problem in Ethics (ss) The Strand Magazine #2 1999
  • On a Dead Man’s Chest (nv) EQMM Jan 2000
  • Enter the Vulture (ss) EQMM Mar 2001

FELDMAN, ABE

• Terence Ball: (stories)
  • The Banality of Evil (nv) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001

FELL, DR. GIDEON

• John Dickson Carr: (books) (stories)
  • The Three Coffins (n.) New York: Harper 1935
  • The Wrong Problem (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Aug 14 1936
  • The Third Bullet (n.) London: Hodder & Stoughton 1937
  • The Locked Room (ss) The Strand Jul 1940
  • Guest in the House (ss) The Strand Oct 1940; also as “The Incautious Burglar”.
  • The Incautious Burglar (ss) The Strand Oct 1940
  • Invisible Hands (ss) Lilliput Aug 1957
  • The Black Minute (pl) EQMM May 1983; first broadcast on the BBC on October 18, 1941.
  • The Devil in the Summer-House (pl) Fell and Foul Play, International Polygonics 1991; first broadcast by the BBC on October 14, 1940. A shorter version without Dr. Fell was broadcast on the CBS Suspense program and later printed in EQMM Sep ’46.
  • Who Killed Matthew Corbin? (pl) Fell and Foul Play, International Polygonics 1991; first broadcast by the BBC in three parts: December 7, 1939, January 7, 1940, and January 14, 1940.
  • The Proverbial Murder (nv)
• Carter Dickson: (stories)
  • King Arthur’s Chair (ss) Lilliput Aug 1957; also as “Invisible Hands”, by John Dickson Carr.

FEN, GERVASE

• Geoffrey Bush: (stories)
  • Baker Dies [with Edmund Crispin] (ss) EQMM May 1952
  • Who Killed Baker? [with Edmund Crispin] (ss) EQMM May 1952; also as “Baker Dies”.
• Edmund Crispin: (stories)
  • Beware of the Trains (ss) The (London) Evening Standard 1949
  • Baker Dies [with Geoffrey Bush] (ss) EQMM May 1952
  • Who Killed Baker? [with Geoffrey Bush] (ss) EQMM May 1952; also as “Baker Dies”.
  • All in the Way You Look at It (ss) EQMM Apr 1953
  • Merry-Go-Round (ss) EQMM Nov 1953 [Insp. Humbleby]

FENDER, MARTIN

• Jesse Sublett: (stories)
  • Rock Critic Murders (ex) 1989

FENIMORE, DR. ANDREW

• Robin Hathaway: (stories)
  • The Prank (ss) EQMM Dec 2000
  • The Doctor Murders a Dead Man (ss) AHMM Jan 2002
  • Murder Premeditated (ss) EQMM Jul 2003

FIDELMA, SISTER

• Peter Tremayne: (books) (stories)
  • The High King’s Sword (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993
  • Hemlock at Vespers (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 3, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1993
  • Murder by Miracle (nv) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993
  • Murder in Repose (nv) Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993
  • A Canticle for Wulfstan (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 4, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1994
  • Abbey Sinister (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
  • The Horse That Died for Shame (nv) Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
  • Tarnished Halo (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 5, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1995
  • The Poisoned Chalice (nv) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996
  • At the Tent of Holofernes (nv) EQMM Dec 1997
  • A Scream from the Sepulchre (nv) EQMM May 1998
  • Invitation to a Poisoning (nv) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
  • Our Lady of Death (nv) Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999
  • Holy Blood (nv) Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1999
  • Those That Trespass (nv) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999
  • Hemlock at Vespers (co) St. Martin’s 2000
  • Like a Dog Returning... (ss) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000
  • Who Stole the Fish? (nv) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000
  • Scattered Thorns (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
  • Corpse on a Holy Day (nv) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001
  • The Astrologer Who Predicted His Own Murder (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • Death of an Icon (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001
  • Whispers of the Dead (nv) Murder Most Catholic, ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House 2002
  • The Blemish (nv) The Brehon Sep 2002
  • Gold at Night (nv) Great Irish Drinking Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 2002
  • Dark Moon Rising (nv) The Brehon Sep 2003
  • The Lost Eagle (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003
  • The Banshee (ss) EQMM Feb 2004
  • Whispers of the Dead (co) Headline Book Publishing 2004
  • Cry “Wolf!” (nv) Whispers of the Dead, Headline 2004
  • The Fosterer (nv) Whispers of the Dead, Headline 2004
  • The Heir-Apparent (nv) Whispers of the Dead, Headline 2004
  • Does God Obey His Own Law? (nv) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005
  • The Spiteful Shadow (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2005
  • Sanctuary! (ss) EQMM May 2006

FIELD, REV. LATIMER

• Silas Hocking: (stories)
  • A Perverted Genius (ss)
• Silas K. Hocking: (stories)
  • A Perverted Genius (ss) AHMM Nov 2008; from Hocking’s The Adventures of Latimer Field, Curate, Warne, 1903. In AHMM’s section “Mystery Classic.”

FIELDING, SIR JOHN

• Bruce Alexander: (stories)
  • The Episode of the Water Closet (ss) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000

FIGUEROA, SUSANNAH MARIA “SUZE”

• Barbara D’Amato: (books) (stories)
  • The Lower Wacker Hilton (ss) Cat Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1991
  • Stop, Thief! (ss) Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991
  • If You’ve Got the Money, Honey, I’ve Got the Crime (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
  • Soon to Be a Minor Motion Picture (ss) Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet 1994
  • Hard Feelings (ss) Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley 1995
  • Shelved (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996

FILM DETECTIVE

• Loren D. Estleman: (books) (stories)
  • The Man in the White Hat (ss) EQMM May 1999

FINGERHURT, GEORGE

• Stuart M. Kaminsky: (books) (stories)
  • Explosion at Lipmann’s Glass Factory (ss) MHCMM Sum 2000

FINGERHURT, SHERIFF GEORGE

• Stuart M. Kaminsky: (books) (stories)
  • Dead Cat on Gila Street (ss) MHCMM Sum 1999

FINN, SHERIFF HUCK

• Joe Helgerson: (stories)
  • The Case of the Floating Pearl Buyer (nv) AHMM Jun 2002
  • The Case of the Breathless Martian (nv) AHMM May 2003
  • The Case of Jesse James’s Missing Loot (ss) AHMM Mar 2005
  • The Case of the Olympic Cup (nv) AHMM Nov 2006

FISHER, HORNE

• G. K. Chesterton: (books) (stories)
  • The Vanishing Prince (nv) The Storyteller Feb 1920

FISHER, JOSEPH

• Clayton Emery: (stories)
  • If Serpents Envious (nv) EQMM Jul 1998

FLEMING, DESIREE

• Max Van Derveer: (stories)
  • Sam, the Secret Weapon (nv) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967; also as “The Secret Weapon”.
  • The Secret Weapon (nv) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967

FLEMING, LAURA

• Toni L. P. Kelner: (stories)
  • The Death of Erik the Redneck (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996
  • Murchison Passes a Test (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1997; given as by Tonni L. P. Kelner in toc.

FLEMMING, HELENA

• Keith McCarthy: (stories)
  • The Peculiar Death of Daniel Hunt (ss) AHMM Oct 2006 [John Eisenmenger]

FLETCHER, CAPTAIN

• Edward D. Hoch: (books) (stories)
  • The Phantom Lover (ss) EQMM Apr 1999 [Sgt. Connie Trent; Captain Leopold]

FLETCHER, MALCOLM

• Chris Mooney: (stories)
  • Falling (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

FLINT, MILES

• Kristine Kathryn Rusch: (books) (stories)
  • The Retrieval Artist (na) Analog Jun 2000

FLIPPO, JACK

• Doug J. Swanson: (stories)
  • Umbrella Man (ex) 1999

FLYNN, LAURA

• Lesley Grant-Adamson: (stories)
  • Lilac Time (nv) EQMM Jun 2001

FONESCA, LEW

• Stuart M. Kaminsky: (books) (stories)
  • Joyce’s Children (ss) EQMM Jul 1999

FONTAINE, SOLANGE

• F. Tennyson Jesse: (stories)
  • Lot’s Wife (nv) The Solange Stories, Heinemann 1931
  • The Reprieve (nv) The Solange Stories, Heinemann 1931

FOOL’s GUILD

• Alan R. Gordon: (stories)
  • The Jester and the Saint (ss) EQMM Dec 1995
  • The Jester and the Mathematician (nv) EQMM Feb 2000
  • The Jester and the Thieves (ss) AHMM Oct 2004
  • The Jester and the Captain (ss) AHMM Mar 2006

FORESTER, MAJOR

• E. Phillips Oppenheim: (books) (stories)
  • The Fugitive of Adelphi Terrace (ss) Colliers Nov 12 1927
  • With a Dash (ss) Colliers Dec 31 1927

FORTLOW, SOCRATES

• Walter Mosley: (books) (stories)
  • The Thief (ss) Esquire Jul 1995
  • Double Standard (ss) GQ Aug 1995
  • Marvane Street (ss) Story Spr 1996
  • Fire Bug (ss) MHCMM #1 1996
  • Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (co) Norton 1997
  • Black Dog (ss) Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, New York: Norton 1997
  • History (ss) Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, New York: Norton 1997
  • Last Rites (ss) Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, New York: Norton 1997
  • Lessons (ss) Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, New York: Norton 1997
  • The Wanderer (ss) Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, New York: Norton 1997
  • Blue Lightning (nv) Blue Lightning, ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press 1998
  • Crimson Shadow (ss) Whitney Museum
  • Equal Opportunity (ss) Buzz
  • Letter to Theresa (ss) Los Angeles Times
  • Man Gone (ss) Emerge
  • Midnight Meeting (ss) Black Renaissance Noir

FORTUNADO

• Edgar Allan Poe: (stories)
  • The Cask of Amontillado (ss) Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov 1846

FORTUNE, DAN

• Michael Collins: (books) (stories)
  • No One Likes to Be Played for a Sucker (ss) EQMM Jul 1969
  • Scream All the Way (ss) AHMM Oct 1969
  • Long Shot (nv) AHMM Jul 1972
  • Who? (ss) AHMM Aug 1972
  • Dan Fortune and the Hollywood Caper (ss) AHMM Nov 1983; also as “The Woman Who Ruined John Ireland”.
  • The Oldest Killer (ss) The Thieftaker Journals Nov 1983
  • The Woman Who Ruined John Ireland (ss) AHMM Nov 1983
  • Eighty Million Dead (ss) The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1984
  • A Reason to Die (nv) The New Black Mask Quarterly No.2, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1985
  • Killer’s Mind (nv) The New Black Mask No.6, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1986
  • The Motive (nv) A Matter of Crime v2, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1987
  • Black in the Snow (ss) An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1988
  • Crime and Punishment (ss) A Matter of Crime v3, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1988
  • The Chair (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990
  • Role Model (nv) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
  • Crime, Punishment and Resurrection (co) Fine 1992
  • The Big Rock Candy Mountains (ss) Crime, Punishment and Resurrection, Fine 1992
  • Murder Is Murder (ss) Constable New Crimes 1, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1992
  • Resurrection (ss) Crime, Punishment and Resurrection, Fine 1992
  • Angel Eyes (nv) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
  • A Matter of Character (nv) Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet 1994
  • Culture Clash (ss) EQMM Nov 1994
  • A Death in Montecito (ss) EQMM Apr 1995
  • Can Shoot (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
  • Fortune’s World (co) Crippen & Landru 2000
  • Family Values (nv) Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru 2000
  • Twilight’s Last Gleaming (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
  • Next-Door Dave (ss) EQMM Jul 2004
  • Someone (ss) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004