Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

JAMES, M. R. (chron.) (continued)

• * The Mezzotint, (ss) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold 1904
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994
• * Number 13, (ss) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold 1904
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * Rats, (ss) Shudders, Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson 1929
  • At Random Mar 23 1929
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * There Was a Man Dwelt By a Churchyard, (ss) Snapdragon Sep 6 1924
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * The Treasure of Abbot Thomas, (ss) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold 1904
  • Sins of the Fathers, ed. Mark Bryant, Gollancz 1997

JAMES, P. D.; [i.e., Phyllis Dorothy James White] (1920- ) (chron.)

• * The Address given at the Centenary Luncheon at the Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly on 24th November, 1990, (sp) Encounters with Lord Peter, ed. Christopher Dean, The Dorothy L. Sayers Society 1991
• * The Boxdale Inheritance [“Great-Aunt Allie’s Flypapers”; Adam Dalgliesh], (nv) 1969
  • EQMM Nov 1991
  • More Murder Most Cozy, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
  • More Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1994
• * Devices and Desires, (ex) New York: Knopf 1990
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
• * from A Taste for Death, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Death of an Expert Witness, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Innocent Blood, (ex) 1980
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * The Girl Who Loved Graveyards, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 15, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1983
  • More Ms. Murder, ed. Marie Smith, London: Xanadu 1991
  • EQMM Oct 1991
  • Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995
  • London After Midnight, ed. Peter Haining, Little Brown UK 1996
• * Great-Aunt Allie’s Flypapers [Adam Dalgliesh], (nv) 1969; also as “The Boxdale Inheritance”.
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
  • A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005
• * Hearing Ghote, (ss) The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Is There Arsenic Still for Tea?, (ar) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995; revised from an article in The Countryman.
• * The Man Who Was Eighty, (ss) The Man Who..., ed. H. R. F. Keating, Macmillan 1992
  • EQMM Jun 1993
• * The Maul and the Pear Tree (with T. A. Critchley), (ex) 1971
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * The Mistletoe Murder, (ss) A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1995
  • MHCMM #1 1996
• * Moment of Power, (ss) 1967; also as “A Very Commonplace Murder”.
  • EQMM Jul 1968
  • The Edgar Award Book, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
• * A Very Commonplace Murder, (ss) 1967
  • EQMM Jul 1968
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Bellew Publishing 1990
• * A Very Commonplace Murder [“Moment of Power”], (ss) 1967
  • EQMM Jul 1968
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Norton 1992
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992
• * A Very Desirable Residence, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 8, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan 1976
  • EQMM Jul 1991
  • Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1992
• * The Victim, (nv) Winter’s Crimes 5, ed. Virginia Whitaker, London: Macmillan 1973
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • EQMM Feb 1984
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990
  • Tales of Obsession, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994

_____, [ref.]

• * “from Designs of Darkness: Interviews with Detective Novelists” by Diana Cooper-Clarke, (ex)

JAMES, PAUL M. (chron.)

• * “The Saint” Speaks, (ar) The Armchair Detective Sum 1990

JAMES, PETER (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Virtually Alive, (ss) The Daily Telegraph Dec 30 1995
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997

JAMES, RUSSELL (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Brace Yourself, (nv) Crime Yellow, ed. Maxim Jakuwbowski, Gollancz 1994
• * Fascists and Recalcitrant Publishers, (ar) Crime Time #23 2001
• * No Debts Unpaid, (ss) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993
• * A Piece of Cake, (ss) Constable New Crimes 1, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1992
  • Fresh Blood, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1996

JAMESON, MALCOLM (1891-1945) (chron.)

• * Train for Flushing, (ss) Weird Tales Mar 1940
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1988

JANCE, J(udith) A(nn) (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Death of a Snowbird, (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004
• * Doggedly on the Case, (na) Bark M for Murder, ed. Anon., Avon 2006
• * The Duel, (ss) Cat Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1991
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
  • Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * A Flash of Chrysanthemum, (ss) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * Highest, Best Use, (nv) Creature Cozies, ed. Jill Morgan, Berkley Prime Crime 2005
  • The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2007
• * Mandy: “Free to Good Home”, (ss) Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998
• * Oil and Water, (ss) Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
  • Blowout in Little Man Flats, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * One Good Turn, (nv) Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet 1997
• * The Prodigal, (ss) More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999
• * Second Fiddle [J. P. Beaumont], (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
  • First Cases, Volume 4, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
• * Witness, (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005

JANICKE, GREGORY (chron.)

• * The Gift, (ss) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999

JANIFER, LARRY M.; see under Janifer, Laurence M. (chron.)

JANIFER, LAURENCE M(ark) (1933-2002); formerly Larry M. Harris (chron.)

• * The Most Beautiful Woman on Staten Island, (ss) EQMM Mar 1999

JANKOWSKI, RICK (chron.)

• * The Virus, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #35 2003

JANOWITZ, TAMA (chron.)

• * Case History #15: Melinda, (vi) Slaves of New York, New York: Crown 1986
  • EQMM May 1987

JANSEN, REBECCA ANNE (chron.)

• * Dream of Flight, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1997

JANSON, HANK; house pseudonym (books) (chron.)

• * The Dead Guy, (na) Underworld (UK) Spr 1952
  • When Dames Get Tough with Scarred Faces and Other Rarities, Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing 2004
• * Double Double-Cross, (na) Underworld (UK) Spr 1951
  • When Dames Get Tough with Scarred Faces and Other Rarities, Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing 2004
• * Kitty Takes the Rap, (nv) Scarred Faces, Ward & Hitchon 1946
  • When Dames Get Tough with Scarred Faces and Other Rarities, Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing 2004
• * Scarred Faces [by Stephen D. Frances], (nv) Scarred Faces, Ward & Hitchon 1946
  • When Dames Get Tough with Scarred Faces and Other Rarities, Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing 2004
• * When Dames Get Tough [by Stephen D. Frances], (na) London: Ward & Hitchon 1946
  • When Dames Get Tough with Scarred Faces and Other Rarities, Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing 2004

JANZ, MILLI (chron.)

• * Take a Stick of Cinnamon, (ss) EQMM Nov 1990

JARRETT, FLIP (chron.)

• * Almost Heaven, (ss) EQMM Dec 1990
• * The Bet, (ss) EQMM Mar 1991
• * The Game, (ss) EQMM Nov 1990

JASPER, KENJI (chron.)

• * First, (ss) DC Noir, ed. George Pelecanos, Akashic Books 2006; (Benning Heights, S.E).
• * Thursday, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004

JAY, CHARLES (chron.)

• * Beverly Hills Blues, (ss) AHMM Jul 1984

JAY, REYNARD (chron.)

• * Hot-Rodding to Hell, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959

JAYNE, MITCHELL F. (chron.)

• * The Fugitive(s), (ss) AHMM Feb 1962
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962

JEAN, LORRAINE A. (chron.)

• * Death Duties, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1996

JECKS, MICHAEL (1960- ) (chron.)

• * The Amorous Armourer [Sir Baldwin Furnshill], (nv) 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
• * A Clerical Error, (ss) Murder Most Catholic, ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House 2002
• * The Coroner’s Tale [Sir Baldwin de Furnshill], (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999
• * For the Love of Old Bones, (nv) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000
• * Foreword, (fw) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• * The Hostage to Fortune, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003
• * No One Can Hear You Scream, (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
  • The Best British Mysteries 2005, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2005

JEFFERIES, WILLIAM; pseudonym of Jeffery Wilds Deaver, (1950- ) (chron.)

• * Switchback, (nv) EQMM Aug 1996

JEFFERS, H(arry) PAUL (1934- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1998
• * Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy’s Curse [Holmes Sherlock], (nv) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006

JEFFREY, WILLIAM; pseudonym of Bill Pronzini & Jeffrey M. Wallmann (chron.)

• * Day of the Moon, (ss) AHMM Jun 1970
  • AHMM Jun 1991

JELLEMA, LEN (chron.)

• * Absolution, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #30 2002
• * And a Tooth for a Tooth, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Apr 2002
• * Crime Wave, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jan 2001
• * Double Exposure, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Aug 2001
• * Fathers and Sons, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2002
• * The Half-Filled Canteen, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2002
• * Index Finger, Left Hand, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Aug 1999
• * Joyful and Triumphant, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2001
• * The Luck of the Draw, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Nov 2001
• * No New Thing Under the Sun, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #47 2004
• * Payback, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jun 2001
• * The Second Horseman, & the Fourth, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 2001
• * 66 Miles to Nowhere, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #34 2003
• * Taxing Rebellion, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories May 2000

JENKINS, ALAN (Charles) (1914-1993) (chron.)

• * from “Greenheart”, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

JENKINS, HERBERT (George) (1876-1923) (chron.)

• * The Gylston Slander [Malcolm Sage], (ss) Hutchinson’s Story Magazine Jul 1920
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006

JENKINS, WILL(iam) F(itzgerald) (1896-1975); see pseudonym Murray Leinster (chron.)

• * Possessed, (ss) Manhunt Feb 1957
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * The Trouble on the Dude Ranch, (nv) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Nov 1933
  • High Adventure #67 2002

JENNINGS, ANN (chron.)

• * Accident, (vi) Murderous Intent Fll 1997

JENNINGS, MAUREEN (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Ash Wednesday, (ss) Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1994
• * The Language of Flowers, (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997
• * Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth, (ss) Bloody York, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1996
• * The Weeping Time, (ss) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000

JENNINGS, PAUL (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Smart Ice Cream, (ss) Unreal!, Penguin Australia 1985
  • Mystery Stories, ed. Helen Cresswell, Kingfisher 1996

JENS, TINA L. (chron.)

• * A Cat with a Gat, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

JENSEN, JO ANN (chron.)

• * A Corpse in the Compost, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1999

JEPSON, EDGAR (Alfred) (1863-1938) (chron.)

• * The Cry of a Century (with Richard Middleton), (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * Professor Wilkins Chances the Yard (with Robert Eustace), (ss) The Windsor Magazine Dec 1936
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998
• * The Tea-Leaf (with Robert Eustace), (nv) The Strand Oct 1925
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
  • AHMM Feb 2000

JEROME, JEROME K(lapka) (1859-1927) (chron.)

• * The Dancing Partner, (ss) The Idler Mar 1893
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994
• * from Three Men in a Boat, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Passing of the Third Floor Back, (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 19 1904
  • AHMM Jan 1995

JESSE, F(ryniwyd) TENNYSON [i.e., Wynifried Margaret Tennyson Jesse] (1889-1958) (chron.)

• * from The Trial of Madeleine Smith, (ex) 1927
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * Last Times, (nv) The Strand Nov 1932
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998
• * Lot’s Wife [Solange Fontaine], (nv) The Solange Stories, Heinemann 1931
  • Mystery and Detection Aug 1935
  • Twelve Women Detective Stories, ed. Laura Marcus, Oxford University Press 1997