Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

BAIRD, MEREDITH SUZANNE (chron.)

• * 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 (chron.)

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

BAKALOR, RUFUS (chron.)

• * Good Night, Sweet Alibi, (ss) Detective Fiction Jan 1951
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * A Helping Hand, (ss) Detective Fiction Jul 1951
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

BAKER, ADAM LLOYD (chron.)

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

BAKER, CHARLES A., Jr. (chron.)

• * The Door on the Stairs, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jan 1937
  • Spicy Mystery Stories, ed. Tom Mason, Newbury Park, CA: Malibu Graphics, Inc. 1990

BAKER, DALE L. (chron.)

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

BAKER, JOHN (chron.)

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

BAKER, NIKKI; pseudonym of Jennifer Dowdell, (1962- ) (chron.)

• * Film Noir, (nv) Out For Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1995
• * Negatives, (nv) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996

BAKER, RUSSELL (1925- ) (chron.)

• * Uncle Harold, (hu) 1982
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

BAKER, SAMM SINCLAIR (1909-1997) (chron.)

• * Gourmet’s Choice, (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Dec 1966
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972

BAKER, SYBIL (chron.)

• * Black and White, (ss) AHMM Aug 1988
• * Eensie-Weensie Spider, (ss) AHMM Aug 1994
• * The Game of the Name, (ss) AHMM Jan 1991
• * The Kill File, (ss) AHMM Jan 1984
• * A Little Publicity Never Hurts, (ss) AHMM Aug 1992
• * Lookout Ridge, (nv) AHMM Sep 1995
• * The Message, (nv) AHMM May 1992
• * The Tea-V Murder, (nv) AHMM Aug 1993

BALDACCI, DAVID (Gregory) (1960- ) (chron.)

• * The Mighty Johns, (na) The Mighty Johns, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002

BALDRY, CHERITH (1947- ) (chron.)

• * The Chimes at Midnight, (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
• * The Duke’s Tale [Geoffrey Chaucer], (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2005
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * The Friar’s Tale, (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999
• * The House of Rimmon, (nv) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * The Pilgrim’s Tale [Geoffrey Chaucer], (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2001

BALDWIN, BARRY (chron.)

• * Alternating Currents, (ss) EQMM Feb 2002
• * A Bit of a Treat, (ss) AHMM Sep 1999
• * Do You Take This Man?, (ss) EQMM Dec 1998
• * Graves of Academe, (nv) EQMM Jan 2006

BALDWIN, EVAN (1968?- ) (chron.)

• * Black and White, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1985

BALHAM, JOE; pseudonym (chron.)

• * Regan and the Stripper, (nv) 1977
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

BALL, DORIS BELL (née Collier) (1897-1987); see pseudonym Josephine Bell (chron.)

BALL, JOHN (Dudley, Jr.) (1911-1988) (chron.)

• * One for Virgil Tibbs [Virgil Tibbs], (ss) EQMM Feb 1976
  • Ellery Queen’s A Multitude of Sins, ed. Ellery Queen, Curley 1986
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * Virgil Tibbs and the Cocktail Napkin [Virgil Tibbs], (ss) EQMM Apr 1977
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * Virgil Tibbs and the Fallen Body [Virgil Tibbs], (ss) EQMM Sep 1978
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996

_____, reviews:

• * Book Review, (br) The Saint Magazine Jun, Jul, Aug 1984
• * Stiff Competition, (br) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr, Aug, Oct, Nov 1980, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1981, Jan, Mar, Apr, May, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1982, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1983, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Oct, Dec 1984, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug 1985

BALL, NANONI PATRICIA MAUDE HAMILTON; see pseudonym Nan Hamilton (chron.)

BALL, STUART R. (chron.)

• * Copperhead Jack Meets Bigfoot, (ss) AHMM May 1996
• * Copperhead Jack Meets the Gangsters, (ss) AHMM Apr 1995
• * Copperhead Jack Meets the Witness, (ss) AHMM Oct 2002
• * Stalkers, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002

BALL, TERENCE (1944- ) (chron.)

• * The Banality of Evil [Abe Feldman], (nv) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001

BALLARD, DAVID (chron.)

• * Child Support, (ss) New Mystery v5 #2 1997
  • Best American Mystery Stories 1998, ed. Sue Grafton, Houghton Mifflin 1998
• * The Magician’s Widow, (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999

BALLARD, J(ames) G(raham) (1930- ) (chron.)

• * End-Game, (nv) New Worlds Jun 1963
  • Sinister Gambits, ed. Richard Peyton, Souvenir Press 1991
• * Zone of Terror, (ss) New Worlds Mar 1960
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997

BALLARD, MIGNON F(ranklin) (1934- ) (chron.)

• * The Bridge Club, (ss) EQMM Feb 1997
• * An Improper Way to Die, (ss) EQMM Jul 1997
• * Nobody Likes Aunt Agnes, (vi) EQMM Mar 1996
• * The Stalker, (ss) MHCMM Fll 1998
• * Waiting for Pixie, (ss) Malice Domestic 4, Carolyn G. Hart, Pocket 1995
• * When Dorothy Came, (ss) EQMM May 1996

BALLARD, PHILLIP (chron.)

• * The Lord Helps Those Who Help Themselves, (ss) Espionage Magazine Oct 1986

BALLARD, TODHUNTER; see under Ballard, W. T. (chron.)

BALLARD, W(illis) T(odhunter) (1903-1980) (chron.)

• * Murder’s Mandate, (nv) Thrilling Detective Sep 1945
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Never Trust a Cop, (ss) Captain Satan May 1938
  • High Adventure #51 2000

BALLEM, GRACE (chron.)

• * Edward, (ss) AHMM Oct 1983

BALLEM, JOHN (Bishop) (1925- ) (chron.)

• * Rigged to Blow, (ss) Secret Tales of the Arctic Trails, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1997

BALLERANTI, GUY (chron.)

• * Paint a Little Murder, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #41 2003

BALLINGER, BILL S.; [i.e., William Sanborn Ballinger] (1912-1980) (chron.)

• * You Better Be Right, (ss) Sleuth Mystery Magazine Dec 1958
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959

BALZAC, HONORÉ de (1799-1850) (chron.)

• * The Executioner, (ss) Mode Jan 29 1830
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * The Mysterious Mansion, (ss)
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991

BALZO, SANDY (chron.)

• * The Grass I Always Greener, (ss) EQMM Mar 2003
• * Viscery, (ss) EQMM Dec 2004

BANBURY, JEN(nifer Marie) (1966- ) (chron.)

• * Take, for Example, Meatpie, (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002

BANCROFT, KEITH (chron.)

• * Editorial, (ed) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984

BANDY, (Eugene) FRANKLIN (Jr.) (1914-1987) (chron.)

• * Carlos’ Perfect Crime, (ss) AHMM Feb 3 1982

BANGS, JOHN KENDRICK (1862-1922) (chron.)

• * The Mystery of Pinkham’s Diamond Stud [Sherlock Holmes], (ss)
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

BANISTER, HUGH (chron.)

• * Message from “Madame”, (ss) Mystery Stories #23 1941

BANKER, ASHOK K. (chron.)

• * Cleaner, (ss) Plots with Guns Jun/Jul 2000

BANKIER, WILLIAM (1929- ) (books) (chron.)

• * All the Little Pussycats, (ss) EQMM Aug 1990
• * Appointment in Baytown [Baytown, Canada], (ss) EQMM Apr 1984
• * Arrivals and Departures, (ss) EQMM Dec 1984
• * Back Where We’ve Never Been, (nv) AHMM Jul 22 1981
• * The Baytown Follies [Baytown, Canada], (ss) EQMM Apr 1989
• * Baytown’s Gain [Baytown, Canada], (ss) EQMM Oct 1985
• * Baytown’s Loss [Baytown, Canada], (ss) EQMM Mar 1985
• * The Best of Birtles, (ss) Cold Blood IV, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1992
  • The Best of Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers & John North, Mosaic Press 1998
• * The Big Bunco, (ss) EQMM Nov 1974
  • Grifters and Swindlers, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * The Big Lonely, (ss) Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1994
• * Blood Grows Old, (ss) EQMM Nov 1998
• * The Body in the Car, (ss) EQMM Jan 1987
• * The Brass Cat Is Not for Sale, (ss) EQMM Mar 1987
• * Breaking Free, (ss) EQMM Mar 1983
• * Brent’s Experiment, (ss) EQMM Sep 1985
• * The Broken Contract, (ss) EQMM Oct 1984
• * Brother, Can You Square a Crime?, (ss) AHMM Sep 16 1981
• * Brough, as in Rough, (nv) AHMM May 21 1980
• * A Bucket of Ice-Cold Life, (nv) EQMM Jan 1985
• * The Butler Couldn’t Quite Do It, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003
• * Child of Another Time, (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1983
  • Fear Is a Killer, Mosaic Press 1995
  • Master’s Choice Volume II, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2000
• * The Choirboy, (ss) AHMM Dec 15 1980
  • Fear Is a Killer, Mosaic Press 1995
• * Clay Lies Still, (ss) EQMM Aug 1992
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994
• * The Collaborators, (nv) EQMM Aug 1984
  • Fear Is a Killer, Mosaic Press 1995
• * The Comeback, (ss) EQMM Feb 1991
• * Coming Clean, (ss) EQMM Nov 1988
• * Concerto for Voilence and Orchestra, (ss) EQMM Jun 17 1981
  • Murder to Music, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * The Confession of Nathan Baytown [Baytown, Canada], (ss) EQMM Jun 2001
• * The Confrontation Scene, (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• * The Coronet Chronicles, (ss) EQMM Oct 1990
• * The Coward He’d Always Been, (ss) EQMM Jul 1989
• * Crazy Old Woman, (ss) AHMM Nov 19 1980
• * Crime Story High, (ss) EQMM Dec 2002
• * Cross Words, (ss) EQMM Jan 1989
• * Cutting It Close, (ss) EQMM Feb 1985
• * Dead Like Dogs, (ss) EQMM Apr 1985
• * Dead Man’s Question, (nv) EQMM Sep 1983
• * Dead Women Sell No Tales, (ss) EQMM Nov 1984
• * The Deadly Samaritan, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997
• * Death of a Green-Eyed Monster, (ss) EQMM Feb 2000
• * Death of a Noverint, (ss) EQMM Apr 1992
  • Once Upon a Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1994
• * Defensive Moves, (ss) AHMM Aug 13 1980
• * Dewey Dies, (ss) EQMM Jun 1992
• * Dirty Laundry, (ss) EQMM Apr 1990
• * Dr. Temple Is Dead, (ss) EQMM Feb 11 1980
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Doctor Workman, (ss) EQMM May 1985
• * Doors, (ss) EQMM Oct 1982
  • Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1991
• * The Drop, (ss) EQMM Nov 1989
• * Events at Headland Cottage, (ss) EQMM Jun 30 1980
  • Fear Is a Killer, Mosaic Press 1995
• * Evil in the Air, (ss) EQMM Jul 1993
• * Fear Is a Killer, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1986
  • Fear Is a Killer, Mosaic Press 1995
• * A Fierceness Deep Inside, (vi) EQMM Dec 2 1981
• * The Fifty-Pound Ripoff, (ss) EQMM Oct 1989
• * Flights of Angels, (ss) EQMM Jun 1997
• * A Fool and His Money, (ss) EQMM Mar 1994
• * For Old Time’s Sake, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1985
• * For Richard or for Poorer, (ss) EQMM Dec 2000
• * Forged Laughter, (ss) EQMM Mar 1984
• * Forget About Me, (ss) EQMM May 2005
• * Funny Man, (ss) EQMM Jan 27 1982
• * A Gift of Murder, (ss) EQMM Feb 1997
• * The Good Old Days by the Sea, (ss) EQMM Nov 1986
• * Gun Control, (ss) EQMM Mar 1999
• * Gunfight at the O’Shea Chorale, (ss) EQMM Nov 1983
  • Fear Is a Killer, Mosaic Press 1995
• * Happiness You Can Count On, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981
  • Scarlet Letters, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Her Voice on the Phone Was Magic, (nv) EQMM Feb 1984
  • Fear Is a Killer, Mosaic Press 1995
  • Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001
• * A Hint of Danger, (ss) EQMM Apr 1978
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * The Hitman’s Daughter, (ss) EQMM Mar 1989
• * How Dangerous Is Your Brother?, (ss) EQMM Sep 1988
  • Under the Gun, ed. Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL 1990