Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

AARON, J. W. (chron.)

• * The Snatchers, (nv) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1957

AARONS, EDWARD S(idney) (1916-1975); see pseudonym Edward Ronns (chron.)

ABBOT, MEGAN (chron.)

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

ABBOTT, JEFF (1963- ) (chron.)

• * Bet on Red, (nv) High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, ed. Nelson DeMille, Houghton Mifflin 2004
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004
• * Do Unto Others [Jordan Poteet], (ex) 1994
  • Lone Star Sleuths, ed. Bill Cunningham, Steven L. Davis & Rollo K. Newsom, University of Texas Press 2007
• * A Few Small Repairs, (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• * Karma Hits Dogma, (ss) Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Salt on the Rim [Whit Mosley], (nv) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001
• * Seize Your Future, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Tender Mercies, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006

ABBOTT, JILLIAN (chron.)

• * Jihad Sucks: or, The Conversion of the Jews, (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Richmond Hill).

ABBOTT, JOHN (chron.)

• * The Man with Ideas, (ss) EQMM Sep 9 1981
• * The Ringer, (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980

ABBOTT, JOHN H. (chron.)

• * Bird Brained?, (pm) EQMM Nov 1997

ABBOTT, MABEL ERNESTINE (chron.)

• * Murderers Confessed, (ss) Double Detective Apr 1940
  • High Adventure #70 2003

ABBOTT, MEGAN (books) (chron.)

• * Hollywood Lanes, (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Forest HIlls).
• * Our Eyes Couldn’t Stop Opening, (ss) Detroit Noir, ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books 2007; (Alter Road).
• * Today We Hit, (ss) WlSNoir 2007; (110 W. 139th Street).

ABBOTT, PATRICIA (chron.)

• * A Saving Grace, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Spr 2007
  • A Prisoner of Memory: And 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Pegasus 2008
• * Scarecrow, (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

ABBOTT, STANLEY (1906-1976) (chron.)

• * The Chinless Wonder, (ss) AHMM Jan 1965
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1985

ABELL, RON (chron.)

• * Leo, (ss) AHMM Jun 1992

ABELLA, ALEX (1950- ) (chron.)

• * The Killing of the Saints, (ex) Serpent’s Tail 1991
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * Shanghai, (ss) Havana Noir, ed. Achy Obejas, Akashic Books 2007

ABERNATHY, B. (chron.)

• * Time to Kill!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Oct 1957

ABRAHAM, PEARL (chron.)

• * Hasidic Noir, (nv) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004

ABRAHAMS, DORIS CAROLINE (1901-1982); see pseudonym Caryl Brahms (chron.)

ABRESCH, PETER E. (1931- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing [James P. Dandy], (na) Deadly Morsels, ed. Anon., Worldwide 2003

ACCARDO, PASQUALE, M.D. (chron.)

• * The Great Detectives: John Dickson Carr’s Dr. Gideon Fell, (ar) The Strand Magazine #9 2002

ACHEBE, CHINUA (1930- ) (chron.)

• * from Things Fall Apart, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

ACKER, KATHY (1944-1997) (books) (chron.)

• * The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec by Henri Toulouse Lautrec, (n.) TVRT Press 1978
  • Portrait of an Eye, Pantheon 1992
• * The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula by the Black Tarantula, (n.) TVRT Press 1975
  • Portrait of an Eye, Pantheon 1992
• * I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac: Imagining, (n.) Traveler’s Digest Editions 1980
  • Portrait of an Eye, Pantheon 1992
• * Lust: A Sailor’s Slight Identity, (ss) The Seven Deadly Sins, ed. Alison Fell, Serpent’s Tail 1988

ACKLAND, JOSS (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Interview: Joss Ackland” by Andrew F. Gulli, (iv) The Strand Magazine #11 2003

ACTON, RICHARD (chron.)

• * Roses Are Red, You’re Dead, (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994

ADAMS, ALICE (1926-1999) (chron.)

• * After You’ve Gone, (ss) Crosscurrents v7 #1 1987
  • Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992

ADAMS, ALINA (chron.)

• * Peek-a-Boo, (ss) EQMM Aug 2006

ADAMS, DEBORAH (1956- ) (chron.)

• * Building Herbert, (ss) Canine Crimes, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1998
• * The Cadaver Waltzed at Noon, (ss) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998
• * Cast Your Fate to the Wind, (ss) Malice Domestic 3, Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1994
• * Psycho Santa’s Got a Brand-New Bag, (ss) Canine Christmas, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1999
• * They Only Kill Their Asters, (ss) Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997

ADAMS, HAROLD (1923- ) (chron.)

• * Retribution, (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• * Small Town Murder, (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994

ADAMS, HERBERT (1874-1958) (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Spotlight on Herbert Adams” by Charles Shibuk, (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1991

ADAMS, JANE (Ellen) (1960- ) (chron.)

• * Stealing the Dark, (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001

ADAMS, JESSICA (chron.)

• * I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside, (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002

ADAMS, MONET GREEN (chron.)

• * Who’s There?, (ss) 1963
  • AHMM Sep 8 1980

ADAMS, (Franklin) ROBERT (1932-1990) (chron.)

• * The Hull Executive, (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998

ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS (1871-1958) (chron.)

• * Flash Light [Average Jones], (nv) Success Apr 1911; also as “The One Best Bet”.
• * The Man Who Spoke Latin [Average Jones], (nv) Success Jan 1911
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
• * The Million Dollar Dog [Average Jones], (ss) The Red Book Magazine Mar 1911
  • Classic Mystery Stories, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1999
• * The One Best Bet [“Flash Light”; Average Jones], (nv) Success Apr 1911
  • AHMM Nov 2003

ADAMS, T. M. (chron.)

• * Alfred Karns, Accessory, (ss) EQMM Jul 1977
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * Blue Note, (vi) EQMM Dec 1 1980
• * Feedback, (ss) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• * How I Became a Criminal, (ss) EQMM Jun 30 1980
• * The Iceman Cooleth, (ss) EQMM Mar 1978
  • Kingpins, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Message in a Bottle, (ss) AHMM Oct 1 1980
• * Three Quick Tricks, (ss) EQMM Nov 3 1980

ADAMSON, BARRY (chron.)

• * Maida Hell, (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Maida Hill).

ADAMSON, LYDIA; pseudonym of Frank King, (1936- ) (chron.)

• * A Case of Feline Psychopathology [Alice Nestleton], (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001

ADAMSON, MARY JO (1935- ) (chron.)

• * Arts and Crafts, (ss) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998

ADAMSON, WILLIAM (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * Trumpets for Max Jericho, by Robert Brack, (ss) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994; from Nautilus Literarischer Taschenkalender 1991, Hamburg: Edition Nautilus 1990.

ADCOCK, THOMAS (Larry) (1947- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Christmas Cop, (ss) EQMM Mar 1986
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1990
  • Merry Murder, ed. Cynthia Manson, Seafarer 1994
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * A Cool, Clean Shot, (ss) AHMM Mar 1992
• * Cracker Jack, (ss) EQMM Jun 1987
• * The Dark Maze, (ss) EQMM Feb 1988
• * Introduction (with Tim McLoughlin), (in) Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth, ed. Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock, Akashic Books 2008
• * Lawyers’ Tongues, (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (Gentilly).
• * The Life of a Big Whale, (nv) EQMM May 1988
• * The Mister’s Funeral, (ss) EQMM Nov 1985
• * The Morgue Boys, (ss) Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth, ed. Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock, Akashic Books 2008; (Brownsville).
• * My Dear Dead Dope, (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• * New York, New York, (ss) EQMM Jul 1986
• * No Jury Will Ever Hang You, (ss) EQMM Feb 1987
• * The School of Ten Bells, (ss) EQMM Aug 1988
• * Shoot Me, I’m Already Dead, (ss) EQMM Jan 1989
• * The Sixty-Six-Cent Divorce, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1987
• * Smart Sammy Slapman, (ss) EQMM Sep 1987
• * Straight Down the Middle, (ss) AHMM Jul 1990
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Signet 1992
• * Thrown-Away Child, (ss) EQMM Oct 1986
  • Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995
  • Death in Dixie, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1997
• * The Trespass, (ss) EQMM Nov 1988
• * Who Gives This Bride?, (ss) EQMM Jul 1989
• * You Want I Should Whack Monkey Boy?, (ss) Bronx Noir, ed. S. J. Rozan, Akashic Books 2007; (Courthouse).
• * Zero Man, (ss) EQMM Dec 1986

ADEY, ROBERT (C. S.) (1941- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Impossible Mr. Queen, (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Introduction (with Jack Adrian), (in)
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990
• * The Writing Career of Joseph Commings, (in) Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004

_____, trans.

• * Nausicaa’s Ball, by Paul Halter [Dr. Alan Twist], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008; translated from the French.; tr. by John Pugmire
• * The Night of the Wolf, by Paul Halter, (ss) EQMM May 2006; ©2000, translated from the French.; tr. by John Pugmire
• * The Robber’s Grave, by Paul Halter, (ss) EQMM Jun 2007; Editions du Masque, 2002.; tr. by John Pugmire

ADKINS, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * A Familiar Stranger, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1998

ADKINS, JAN (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Barratry, (nv) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996

ADLER, DICK (1937- ) (chron.)

• * The Case of the Fat FBI Agent, (ar) Espionage Magazine Jul 1987

ADLER, HARRY (chron.)

• * Doomed to Die, (ss) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr/May 1927
• * The Pullman Car Murder, (n.) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Oct 1930

ADOLFO, RICARDO (chron.)

• * Disguised as a Normal Person, (ss) EQMM Feb 2007; 2003, translated from the Portugese.; tr. by Cara Goodman

ADRIAN, CHRIS (chron.)

• * Stab, (ss) Zoetrope All-Story Sum 2006
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2007, ed. Carl Hiaasen, Houghton Mifflin 2007

ADRIAN, JACK; pseudonym of Christopher Lowder, (1945- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Absolute and Utter Impossibility of the Facts in the Case of the Vanishing of Henning Vok (a.k.a. The Amazing Blitzen) (r.n. Jack Ralph Cole), (ss) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
• * I. The Great Detectives, (si)
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
• * II. Legal Niceties, (si)
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
• * III. The Twist, (si)
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
  • 12 Mystery Stories, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998
• * Introduction (with Robert Adey), (in)
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990
• * Introduction (with Bill Pronzini), (in)
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
• * IV. Rogues, Knaves, and Fortune-Hunters, (si)
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
• * The Phantom Pistol, (ss) Felonious Assaults, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy 1989
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1990, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1990
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
• * Sources, (bi)
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
• * V. Mostly Murder, (si)
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
• * VI. The Master, (si)
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991

AGATE, JAMES (Evershed) (1877-1947) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934

AGEE, MARK (chron.)

• * Material Witness, (ss) Shred of Evidence Feb 2005
• * Roadside Attraction, (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2002
• * Watching You, (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2004

AGENT NO. 5; pseudonym of Keith Miles, (1940- ) (chron.)

• * The Corbett Correspondence (with Agent No. 6) [as by Edward Marston & Peter Lovesey], (ss) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
  • Murder Most Postal, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001

AGENT NO. 6; pseudonym of Peter Lovesey, (1936- ) (chron.)

• * The Corbett Correspondence (with Agent No. 5) [as by Edward Marston & Peter Lovesey], (ss) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
  • Murder Most Postal, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001

AGGELER, GEO (chron.)

• * The Fire, (ss) The South Dakota Review Spr 1997

AGNEW, PRENTICE (chron.)

• * A Dick’s Duty, (ss) Double Detective May 1940
  • High Adventure #75 2004

AGNIHOTRI, SHAILLY (chron.)

• * Avoid Agony, (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Jackson Heights).

AGRABEE, LIX (chron.)

• * Last Laugh, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1948
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994