Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

HOLDING, JAMES (chron.) (continued)

• * First Class All the Way, (ss) AHMM mid-Sep 1983
• * Fly Away Home, (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Jun 1966
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972
• * The Grave Robber, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Prime Crimes 2, ed. Eleanor Sullivan & Karen A. Prince, Davis 1984
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * Half a Loaf, (ss) EQMM May 5 1980
• * More Grave Tones, (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1991
• * Murder’s No Bargain, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine May 1961
• * Never Wake a Sleeping Man, (ss) AHMM Nov 1983
• * No Whitewash for the Doctor, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1961
• * The Only One of Its Kind, (ss) EQMM Feb 25 1981
• * Phase Four, (ss) EQMM Nov 1984
• * The Photographer and the Arsonist [Photographer], (ss) AHMM Nov 19 1980
• * The Photographer and the Butcher [Photographer], (ss) EQMM Jul 1973
  • Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1991
• * The Photographer and the Final Payment [Photographer], (ss) EQMM Dec 1982
• * The Photographer and the Jockey [Photographer], (ss) EQMM Aug 1974
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * The Photographer and the Letter [Photographer], (ss) EQMM Feb 24 1982
• * The Photographer and the Sailor [Photographer], (ss) EQMM Mar 1984
• * Portrait in Yellow, (ss) AHMM Dec 9 1981
• * The Ransom, (pm) EQMM Apr 1990
• * Recipe for Murder, (ss) AHMM Dec 1973
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * The Reward, (ss) AHMM Oct 1 1980
• * The Search for Tamerlane, (ss) EQMM May 20 1981
• * Shima Maru, (nv) AHMM Jan 7 1981
• * Sideswipe, (ss) EQMM Jun 1982
• * Still a Cop, (ss) EQMM Dec 1975
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * T’ang of the Suffering Dragon, (ss) AHMM Sep 1971
  • Grifters and Swindlers, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * A Temporary Bind, (ss) EQMM Jan 1984
• * To His Credit, (ss) EQMM Dec 1987
• * A Visitor to Mombasa, (ss) AHMM Mar 1974
  • Mystery Cats, ed. Anon., Signet 1991
  • AHMM Jun 1992
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * Where Is Thy Sting?, (ss) AHMM Aug 1961
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962
• * Work of Art, (ss) AHMM Feb 4 1981

HOLDSWORTH, MRS. GEOFFREY LISLE; see under Stern, Gladys B. (chron.)

HOLFACKET, RUSS (chron.)

• * The Rapist, (vi) Hardboiled Detective #10 1990

HOLLAND, JOYCE (1950- ) (chron.)

• * Long John Jones, (pm) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * The Perils of Paula, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• * Pretty Kitty, (vi) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

HOLLAND, STEPHEN (1962- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • When Dames Get Tough with Scarred Faces and Other Rarities, Hank Janson, Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing 2004
• * Mean Streetmaps, (ar) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

HOLLANDSWORTH, SKIP (chron.)

• * The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob, (tc)
  • The Best American Crime Writing 2006, ed. Mark Bowden, Harper Perennial 2006

HOLLEY, CHAD (chron.)

• * The Island in the River, (ss) Greensboro Review Fll 1999
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2000, ed. Donald E. Westlake, Houghton Mifflin 2000

HOLLEY, LANCE A. (chron.)

• * Too Broke for Bullets, (ss) AHMM Jan 1987

HOLLIDAY, A. E. (chron.)

• * To Live and Die in Dixie, (ss) Hardboiled #23 1997

HOLLIDAY, LIZ (1958- ) (chron.)

• * And She Laughed, (nv) London Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
• * Provenance, (nv) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999

HOLLINGDALE, R. J. (chron.)

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• * from “Mademoiselle de Scudéry”, by E. T. A. Hoffmann, (ex) 1982
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

HOLLINGS, KEN (chron.)

• * Betamax, (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Canary Wharf).

HOLLMER, ORRIN (chron.)

• * Sapphire Mesa [Masked Rider], (na) The Masked Rider Western Magazine Aug 1934
  • Action Adventure Stories #124 2003
• * The Valley of the Crucifiction [Masked Rider], (na) The Masked Rider Western Magazine Jan 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories Nov 2004

HOLM, JANET (chron.)

• * A Pocket of Cold, (ss) EQMM Apr 22 1981

HOLMES, EMORY, II (chron.)

• * A.K.A., Moises Rockafella, (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006
• * Dangerous Days, (nv) Los Angeles Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2007

HOLMES, H. H.; pseudonym of William A. P. White, (1911-1968) (chron.)

• * The Stripper [Sister Mary Ursula OMB], (ss) EQMM May 1945
  • EQMM May 1991
  • Murder Most Divine, ed. Ralph McInerny & Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000

HOLMES, L. P. (chron.)

• * Horses Wild! [Cactus County], (ss) The Masked Rider Western Magazine Feb 1949
  • Pulp Vault #11 1993

HOLMES, RUPERT (1947- ) (chron.)

• * The Garden Path to Hell, (pm) 1986
  • More Murder on Cue, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1990

HOLMSTROM, DAVID (chron.)

• * A Bad Night in Kansas, (ss) AHMM Feb 1995
• * Our Little Red Shovels, (ss) AHMM Apr 1987

HOLSTAD, ELORISE (chron.)

• * You Never Take Me Anywhere, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 1989

HOLT, CONNIE (chron.)

• * Hawks, (ss) AHMM Jun 1989
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1990, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1990
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006

HOLT, ESTHER J. (chron.)

• * Ainsley, (ss) AHMM Nov 1989
• * Anna Catherine, (ss) AHMM May 2001
• * Blackberry Days, (ss) AHMM Aug 1992
• * Cemetery Flowers, (ss) AHMM Apr 1993
• * Just the Trees, (ss) AHMM Jan 1986
• * Orange Sofa, (ss) AHMM Sep 1992
• * Our Faye, (ss) AHMM May 1996
• * Talking Is Better, (ss) AHMM Aug 1984
• * Waiting, (ss) AHMM Nov 1994
• * Where Are You Now, Melinda?, (ss) AHMM Feb 1986

HOLT, HAZEL (1928- ) (chron.)

• * After All..., (ss) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998
• * Journey’s End [Sheila Malory], (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001

HOLT, HENRY (1881-1955) (chron.)

• * The Almost Perfect Crime, (ss)
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990

HOLT, SAM; pseudonym of Donald E. Westlake, (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Terror’s Sultry Sister!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Jul 1959

HOLT, THOMAS; see under Holt, Tom (chron.)

HOLT, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Charles Louis Holt] (1961- ) (chron.)

• * Accidental Death, (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999
• * Cinna the Poet, (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * A Good Report of the Worm, (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
• * Never Forget, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003
• * Without Fire, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004

HOLTBY, WINIFRED (1898-1935) (chron.)

• * Why Herbert Killed His Mother, (ss) Truth Is Not Sober, Macmillan 1934
  • Revenge, ed. Kate Saunders, Faber & Faber 1991
  • Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995

HOLTON, HAL (chron.)

• * Incident in Berlin, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1990

HOLTON, HUGH; [i.e., Hubert Walter Holton] (1946-2001) (chron.)

• * Nick Castle—Private Eye, (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996
• * Police Bulletin, (cl) Hardboiled Detective #11, #12 1991
• * The Thirtieth Amendment, (ss) Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995
• * The Werewolf File, (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

HOLTZER, SUSAN (1940- ) (chron.)

• * The Golden Rounds, (ss) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999

HOME, STEWART (Ramsey) (1962- ) (chron.)

• * Rigor Mortis, (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Ladbroke Grove).

HOMES, A(my) M(ichael) (1961- ) (chron.)

• * Looking for Johnny, (ss) Christopher Street, Norton 1990
  • EQMM Jun 1991

HONEYBONE, DAVID (chron.)

• * World Mystery Report: Australia, (ar)
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * World Mystery Report: Australia (with Lucy Sussex), (ar)
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001

HONEYCOMBE, GORDON (1936- ) (chron.)

• * from “George Smith, The Murder of Bessie Mundy, 1912”, (ex) The Murders of the Black Museum 1870-1970, Gordon Honeycombe 1982
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

HONIG, DONALD (1931- ); see pseudonym Donald Martin (chron.)

• * The Empty Room, (ss) AHMM Nov 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1960
• * An Honest Man’s Legal Justice, (ss) AHMM Mar 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1990
• * The Immortals, (ss) AHMM Jun 1963
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964
• * Job for a Sunday Morning, (ss) Sleuth Mystery Magazine Dec 1958
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * Man with a Problem [as by Donald Martin], (ss) AHMM Jul 1958
  • Five Classic Stories, ed. Anon., Davis 1986
• * Minutes of Terror, (ss) AHMM Sep 1974
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * A Person with a Square White Beard, (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Mar 1966
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual Sum 1971
• * Truth and Murder, (ss) AHMM Apr 1960
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1960
• * Voices in Dead Man’s Well, (ss) AHMM Sep 1959
  • Death on the Veranda, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * The Wealthy Grave, (ss) AHMM Jan 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * Wonderful, Wonderful Violence, (ss) AHMM May 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959

HOOD, HAROLD (chron.)

• * Animal House, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1999
• * The Chase, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1998
• * Mirror, Mirror, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1998

HOOD, ROBERT (Maxwell) (1951- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Bloody Hide, (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
• * Dreams of Death, (ss) AHMM Jul 1990
• * Hitmen on Holidays, (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991
• * Mugger’s Game, (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990
• * Peripheral Movement in the Leaves Under an Orange Tree, (ss) AHMM Mar 1989
• * Sandcrawlers, (nv) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993; based on “The Wanda Beach Murders” case.
• * Voyeur Night, (ss) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993

HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845) (chron.)

• * from “The Dream of Eugene Aram”, (ex)
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

HOOD, THOMAS (1835-1874) (chron.)

• * The Shadow of a Shade, (ss) Bow Bells Christmas 1869
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994

HOOPER, JEAN (chron.)

• * Awakening, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1997
• * Family Celebration, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999
• * Foul Play, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2001
• * Judgement, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 1999
• * The Savior, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1998

HOOVER, J. EDGAR (1895-1972) (chron.)

• * We Prove Them Innocent, (nf) Scientific Detective Annual 1944

HOPKINS, BRIAN (A.) (1960- ) (chron.)

• * The Tumbleweed Rustlers Snack and Save [Martin Zolotow], (ss) Crime Spree, ed. Sandy DeLuca and Trey R. Barker, December Girl Press 2001

HOPKINS, PAULINE E(lizabeth) (1856-1930) (chron.)

• * Talma Gordon, (ss) Colored American Magazine 1900
  • Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995

HOPKINS, R(obert) THURSTON (1883-1958) (chron.)

• * Another Man’s Poison, (ss) Mystery Stories #19 1939
• * Beyond the Last Blue Mountains, (ss) Ghosts & Goblins 1938
  • Corpses Can Walk and Other Stories, ed. Anon., London: Pictorial Art Ltd. 1946
• * Corpses Can Walk, (ss)
  • Corpses Can Walk and Other Stories, ed. Anon., London: Pictorial Art Ltd. 1946
• * Death at the Mosque of Omar, (nv) Mystery Stories #10 1937
  • Corpses Can Walk and Other Stories, ed. Anon., London: Pictorial Art Ltd. 1946
• * The Ghost Takes Up the Feud, (ss) Mystery Stories #25 1942