Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

HOCH, EDWARD D. (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * The Theft of Columbus’s Head [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Jul 1997
• * The Theft of Gloria’s Greatcoat [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM May 1998
  • A Velvet Touch, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Theft of Leopold’s Badge [Nick Velvet; Captain Leopold; Sandra Paris], (nv) EQMM Mar 1991
  • A Velvet Touch, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Theft of McGregor’s Skunk [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Nov 1986
• * The Theft of Nick Velvet [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Feb 1974
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * The Theft of Nothing at All [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM May 1977
  • A Velvet Touch, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Theft of Santa’s Beard [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1992
  • Christmas Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * The Theft of the Author’s Eraser [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Jun 1986
• * The Theft of the Bald Man’s Comb [Nick Velvet; Sandra Paris], (ss) EQMM Jul 1993
  • Death on the Veranda, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • A Velvet Touch, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Theft of the Ball of Twine [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Mar 1985
• * The Theft of the Banker’s Ashtray [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Feb 11 1980
• * The Theft of the Barking Dog [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Canine Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Jove 1993
• * The Theft of the Bathroom Scale [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Feb 2001
• * The Theft of the Bingo Card [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Nov 1990
  • Murder on Deck!, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998
  • Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
• * The Theft of the Birthday Cake [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM May 1988
• * The Theft of the Birthday Candles [Nick Velvet; Sandra Paris], (ss) EQMM Mar 1999
  • A Velvet Touch, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Theft of the Blue-Ribbon Bass [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Aug 2003
• * The Theft of the Blue-Ribbon Pie [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Jun 2006
• * The Theft of the Bogus Bandit [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Jul 1996
• * The Theft of the Campaign Poster [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Nov 1995
• * The Theft of the Canceled Stamp [Nick Velvet], (nv) EQMM Jan 1994
• * The Theft of the Cardboard Castle [Nick Velvet; Sandra Paris], (ss) EQMM Nov 1985
  • A Velvet Touch, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Theft of the Christmas Stocking [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1989
  • Murder at Christmas, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * The Theft of the Clouded Tiger [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Sep 1966
  • First Cases, Volume 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1997
• * The Theft of the Dead Houseplant [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Oct 1984
• * The Theft of the Doctor’s Chopsticks [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Feb 1989
• * The Theft of the Double Elephant [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Feb 2004
• * The Theft of the Empty Birdcage [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Jul 1989
• * The Theft of the Empty Paint Can [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM May 2005
• * The Theft of the Faded Flag [Nick Velvet; Sandra Paris], (ss) EQMM Sep 1988
  • A Velvet Touch, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Theft of the Five-Pound Note [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Jan 2007
• * The Theft of the Four of Spades [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Oct 6 1980
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
  • A Velvet Touch, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Theft of the Halloween Pumpkin [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Oct 1983
  • Mystery for Halloween, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
  • Murder for Halloween, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press 1994
• * The Theft of the Lopsided Cobweb [Nick Velvet], (nv) EQMM Feb 25 1981
• * The Theft of the Lost Slipper [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Apr 1987; also as “The Theft of Cinderella’s Slipper”.
• * The Theft of the Lucky Cigar [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Sep 1991
• * The Theft of the Mafia Cat [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM May 1972
  • Mystery Cats, ed. Anon., Signet 1991
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * The Theft of the Mannequin’s Wig [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Jun 1990
• * The Theft of the Matador’s Cape [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Sep 1987
• * The Theft of the Ostracized Ostrich [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2007
• * The Theft of the Overdue Library Book [Nick Velvet; Sandra Paris], (nv) EQMM Mar 1984
  • A Velvet Touch, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Theft of the Parrot’s Feather [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Aug 2000
• * The Theft of the Persian Slipper [“The Theft of the Sherlockian Slipper”; Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Feb 1977
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
• * The Theft of the Picture Postcards [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Dec 2 1981
• * The Theft of the Red Balloon [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Aug 12 1981
• * The Theft of the Rumpled Road Map [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Aug 2005
• * The Theft of the Rusty Bookmark [Nick Velvet], (ss) New York: The Mysterious Bookshop 1995
  • EQMM Jan 1998
• * The Theft of the Sandwich Board [Nick Velvet], (ss) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
• * The Theft of the Sherlockian Slipper [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Feb 1977; also as “The Theft of the Persian Slipper”.
  • A Velvet Touch, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Theft of the Sliver of Soap [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM May 1982
• * The Theft of the Snake Charmer’s Basket [Nick Velvet; Sandra Paris], (ss) EQMM Apr 1995
  • A Velvet Touch, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Theft of the Thanksgiving Turkey [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980
• * The Theft of the Unsold Manuscript [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Jul 1983
• * The Theft of the Used Teabag [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• * The Theft of the Venetian Window [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Nov 1975
  • Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection, ed. Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor, Garland 1983
  • Ellery Queen’s Searches and Seizures, ed. Ellery Queen, Chivers Press 1995
  • A Velvet Touch, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Theft of the Wedding Doves, (ss) EQMM Feb 2002
• * The Theft of the White Queen’s Menu [Nick Velvet; Sandra Paris], (ss) EQMM Mar 1983
  • August Is a Good Time for Killing, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
  • A Velvet Touch, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Theft of Twenty-Nine Minutes [Nick Velvet], (ss) EQMM Oct 1994
• * They Never Come Back, (ss) AHMM Feb 1966
  • The Night, My Friend, Ohio University Press 1992
• * The Things That Are Caesar’s, (ss) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996
• * Three Weeks in a Spanish Town, (ss) AHMM Dec 1978
  • The Night People and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Tigers at Twilight, (ss) EQMM Jul 2003; first appeared in Japanese.
• * To Serve the Dead, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Sep 1961
• * To Slay an Eagle [as by Stephen Dentinger], (ss) The Award Espionage Reader, ed. Hans Stefan Santesson, Award 1965
  • The Night, My Friend, Ohio University Press 1992
• * Toil and Trouble, (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * Too Long at the Fair, (ss) AHMM Oct 1964
  • The Night, My Friend, Ohio University Press 1992
• * Too Many Murderers, (ss) EQMM Sep 1990
• * Tower to Nowhere [Jeffrey Rand], (ss) EQMM Mar 2002
• * The Town Where No One Stayed Over, (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
• * A Traffic in Webs, (nv) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1994, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1994
• * The Trail of the Bells [Ben Snow], (ss) EQMM Apr 1985
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
  • The Ripper of Storyville, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * The Trail of the Golden Cross, (ss) EQMM Sep 1992
• * Train to Luxor, (ss) EQMM Apr 1996
• * Tram to Tomorrow [Simon Ark], (ss) EQMM Jun 2004
• * The Traveling Man, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1980
• * Traynor’s Cipher, (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Jul 1958
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * The Trial of Ben Snow, (ss) EQMM Jan 1990
• * A Tribute, (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Turkish Delight [Stanton; Ives], (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2008
• * Twilight Thunder, (ss) AHMM Jan 1962
  • The Night, My Friend, Ohio University Press 1992
• * Twine, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1975
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * The Underground Spy, (ss) EQMM Apr 1989
• * The Unicorn’s Daughter [Simon Ark], (ss) AHMM Jan 6 1982
• * The Uninvited Guest [Alexander Swift], (ss) EQMM Nov 1996
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * The Unpleasantness at the Arts & Letters Club, (ss)
  • Arthur Ellis Awards, ed. Peter Sellers, Canada: Quarry Press 1999
• * The Urgent Message, (ss) EQMM Sep 1989
• * V-2, (ss) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999
• * The Valley of Arrows [Ben Snow], (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Mar 1961
  • The Ripper of Storyville, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * The Vampire Theme [Michael Vlado], (ss) EQMM Aug 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * The Vanished Steamboat [Ben Snow], (ss) EQMM May 1984
  • The Ripper of Storyville, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * The Vanishing of Velma [Captain Leopold], (nv) AHMM Aug 1969
  • Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• * The Victorian Hangman, (ss) EQMM Aug 1988
  • Under the Gun, ed. Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL 1990
• * Village of the Dead [Simon Ark], (ss) Famous Detective Stories Dec 1955
  • Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Violet Crime, (ss) 1983
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * A Visit to Saint Nicholas, (ss) The Strand Magazine Christmas 2001
• * The Vorpel Blade, (ss) Mystery Mar 1981
• * Vulcan’s Widow, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1980
• * Vulture in the Mist [Alexander Swift], (ss) EQMM Aug 1999
• * The Vultures of Malabar, (ss) AHMM Oct 1 1980
• * Wait Until Morning, (ss) EQMM Dec 1985
• * Waiting for Mrs. Ryder [Jeffrey Rand], (nv) EQMM Nov 1994
  • Senior Sleuths, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley 1996
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996
  • The Old Spies Club and Other Intrigues of Rand, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Walk with a Wizard, (ss) AHMM Jul 1964
  • AHMM Dec 2003
• * The Wall Too High [Michael Vlado], (ss) EQMM Jun 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
  • Iron Angel and Other Tales of the Gypsy Sleuth, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * A Wandering-Daughter Job, (ss) EQMM Jun 2008
• * The War in Wonderland, (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
  • EQMM Aug 2008
• * The War that Never Was [Jeffrey Rand], (ss) EQMM Dec 1999
  • The Old Spies Club and Other Intrigues of Rand, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Way of Justice, (ss) AHMM Sep 1965
  • The Night People and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * The Way Out, (ss) EQMM Apr 1971
  • The Night People and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * The Way Up to Hades, (ss) AHMM Jan 1988
• * The Weapon Out of the Past, (ss) EQMM Apr 7 1980
• * What’s It All About? [as by Stephen Dentinger], (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Jan 1967
  • The Night, My Friend, Ohio University Press 1992
• * Wheel in the Sky, (ss) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
  • EQMM Jan 2002
• * When the War Is Over, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1981
• * Where There’s Smoke, (ss) Manhunt Mar 1964
  • Hardboiled #31 2004
• * Whodunit: Murder Offstage, (ss) EQMM Jan 1969; also as “Murder Offstage”, by R. L. Stevens.
• * Winter Run, (ss) AHMM Jan 1965
  • Five Classic Stories, ed. Anon., Davis 1986
  • The Night, My Friend, Ohio University Press 1992
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * A Winter’s Game, (ss) The Armchair Detective Fll 1991
• * The Witch of Park Avenue [Simon Ark], (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• * The Woman Without a Past, (ss) EQMM Apr 22 1981
• * The Wrightsville Carnival [Ellery Queen], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005

_____, [ref.]

• * “A Checklist of the Non-Series Short Stories of Edward D. Hoch” by Francis M. Nevins, Jr., (bi)
• * “A Dr. Sam Hawthorne Chronology” by Marvin Lachman, (bg)
• * “Editor’s Notes: Farewell to a Master” by Linda Landrigan, (ed) AHMM Jun 2008
• * Edward D. Hoch: Grand Master, MWA, (ms) EQMM Jun 2001
• * “Edward D. Hoch: In Memoriam” by Janet Hutchings, (ob) EQMM Jun 2008
• * A Jeffery Rand Checklist, (bi)
• * “The Long Way Home: The Travels of Ben Snow” by Marvin Lachman, (ar)
• * A Nick Velvet Checklist, (bi)
• * “Shortcut to Murder: Edward D. Hoch” by John Kovaleski, (iv) The Armchair Detective Spr 1990

HOCHSTEIN, DALE PATRICIA (chron.)

• * Quasarth, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Nov 2001
• * A Witch to Die For, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2001

HOCKENSMITH, STEVE (chron.)

• * Animals, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2003
• * The Big Road, (ss) AHMM May 2005
• * Blarney, (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• * The Case of the Unfortunate Fortune Cookie, (ss) AHMM Oct 2004
• * Dear Dr. Watson [Gustav & Otto], (ss) EQMM Feb 2007
• * Dear Mr. Holmes, (nv) EQMM Feb 2003
• * The Devil’s Acre [Big Red; Old Red], (ss) EQMM Feb 2008
• * Didn’t Do Nothing, (ss) AHMM Jun 2006
• * Erie’s Last Day [Larry Erie], (ss) AHMM May 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, ed. Lawrence Block, Houghton Mifflin 2001
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * Fruitcake, (ss) EQMM Jan 2003
• * Gustav Amlingmeyer, Holmes of the Range [Old Red], (na) EQMM Feb 2005
  • Wolf Woman Bay and 9 More of the Finest Crime and Mystery Novellas of the Year!, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2007
• * Hidden Gifts, (ss) EQMM Jan 2008
• * Humbug, (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007
• * I Killed Santa Claus, (ss) EQMM Jan 2001
• * The MacGuffin Theft Case, (nv) AHMM Nov 2005