Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

KIYOHARU, MATSUMOTO (1909-1992); see pseudonym Seicho Matsumoto (chron.)

KLACAR, PAMELA (née Anderson) (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Pipe Dreams, (vi) AHMM Jan 1997

KLASKIN, RONNIE (chron.)

• * Child Support, (ss) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
• * Completing Relationships, (vi) EQMM Oct 1985
• * Nickels and Dimes, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005
• * Rest Peace Quiet, (ss) New Mystery v1 #2 1992
• * Scared in New Jersey, (vi) EQMM Oct 1985
• * Subway System, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1988

KLASS, PHILIP (1920- ); see pseudonym William Tenn (chron.)

KLAVAN, ANDREW (1954- ); see pseudonym Keith Peterson (chron.)

• * The Ghost of Monday, (ss) AHMM Mar 1987
  • Mystery for Halloween, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Helping Others to Let Go (with Laurence Klavan), (ss) EQMM Dec 1999
• * Her Lord and Master, (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006
• * Hero Time, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
• * The Last Time, (ss) EQMM May 1988
  • Scarlet Letters, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * The Look on Her Face, (ss) London Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 1994
• * Lou Monahan, County Prosecutor, (ss) Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket 1996
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997
• * Our House, (ss) MHCMM Sum 1998
• * Suicide, (ss) EQMM Oct 1991

KLAVAN, LAURENCE (1957- ) (chron.)

• * Helping Others to Let Go (with Andrew Klavan), (ss) EQMM Dec 1999

KLEIN, BEN (chron.)

• * Dr. Petrakov’s Recipe, (ss) EQMM May 1995
• * Petrakov’s Frames Gorilla, (ss) EQMM Jul 1997

KLEIN, JERRY (chron.)

• * Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 4: Lagoon Interlude, (rr) Accent Feb 20 1998

KLEIN, MELANIE (chron.)

• * from A Contribution to the Psychogenesis of Maniac-Depressive States, (ex) 1935
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

KLEIN, ROBERT WM. (chron.)

• * Haunts Come Out, (ss) AHMM Apr 1991
• * Many Are the Traps of the Crafty, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1992

KLENER, L. P. (chron.)

• * Bible Belt, (ss) EQMM Jun 2002

KLING, CHRISTINE (chron.)

• * Dead Storage, (ss) Miami Noir, ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books 2006

KLINGER, LESLIE (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Wooden Box, (ss) New York: The Mysterious Bookshop 1999

KLOSTERMAN, AL (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “An Interview with Illustrator Al Klosterman” by Lisa D. Williamson, (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1998

KNADLER, DAVID (chron.)

• * Karaoke Night [Deputy John Ennis], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006
• * Nobody’s Business [Deputy John Ennis], (ss) EQMM Nov 2003
• * Still Life with Wolf [Deputy John Ennis], (nv) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006

KNAPP, JIM (chron.)

• * A Valentine from Teacher, (ss) 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Waiting, (ss) 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Hardboiled #18 1994

KNIEF, CHARLES (chron.)

• * _HELL, (nv) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999

KNIGHT, ALANNA (née Cleet) (1923- ) (chron.)

• * Camouflage, (ss) EQMM Jul 2007
• * The Deadly Glen, (ss) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999
• * Faro and the Bogus Inspector [Insp. Jeremy Faro], (ss) Winter’s Crimes 21, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1989
  • EQMM Jan 2006
• * Look to the Lady, (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997

KNIGHT, ARTHUR WINFIELD (1937- ) (chron.)

• * Buster, (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
• * Easy as Pie, (ss) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998

KNIGHT, BERNARD (1931- ) (chron.)

• * The Birdman of Tonypandy, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006

KNIGHT, BILL (1949- ) (chron.)

• * Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 2: Seeing Red, (rr) Accent Feb 6 1998

KNIGHT, HUNTER (chron.)

• * Saturday’s Child, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1996

KNIGHT, JESSE F. (books) (chron.)

• * An Audible Click: The Short Stories of Rafael Sabatini, (in)
  • The Evidence of the Sword and Other Mysteries, Rafael Sabatini, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Joke, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2000

KNIGHT, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Smash and Grab, (ss)
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, ed. Nelson DeMille, Houghton Mifflin 2004

KNIGHT, PHYLLIS (chron.)

• * Where She Went, (nv) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998

KNIGHT, STEPHEN (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991
  • A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
  • Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993
• * Preface, (pr)
  • Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990

KNIGHT, TRACY ALBERT (chron.)

• * Autumn Tethers, (nv) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
• * A Breath of Subtle Air, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Cellophane Rose, (ss) Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1995
• * Lizzie and the Wonder Boys: A Bit of Sun Before Midnight, (ss) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994
• * The Memory Pool, (ss) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
• * Mothercloud, Fatherdust, (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• * Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 12: Porklips Nocturne, (rr) Accent Apr 17 1998
• * The Past-Life Alien Abduction Workshop Murder, (ss) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
• * A Trail of Mirrors, (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003

KNIGHTLY, ROBERT (chron.)

• * One More for the Road, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004
• * Take the Man’s Pay, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Garment District).

KNIPSCHEER, JOHANNES MATTHIJS WILLEM (1908-1989); see pseudonym James M. Fox (chron.)

KNOERLE, JOHN (chron.)

• * Death Wears a Necktie, (ss) Mystery Jan 1981

KNOOP, JAMES A. (chron.)

• * Golf Widow, (pm) EQMM Sep 1990

KNOUSE, E.L. (chron.)

• * Deadly Sunday, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1981

KNOWLDEN, MICHELLE (chron.)

• * The Building of the Long Serpent, (ss) AHMM Sep 2000
• * The Clock Winder’s Tale, (ss) AHMM Apr 1997
• * Cuchulain’s Fight with the Sea, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• * The Emily Dickinson Murders, (ss) AHMM Oct 1994
• * The Faultless Painter, (ss) AHMM Apr 2002
• * The Jane Austen Murder, (ss) AHMM Nov 1992
  • Murder by the Book, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * Lines on the Mermaid Tavern [Micky Cardex], (ss) AHMM May 2006
• * The Mary Shelley Mystery, (ss) AHMM Sep 1996
• * No, Thank You, John, (ss) AHMM Mar 1998
• * The Oscar Wilde Murder, (ss) AHMM Feb 1994
• * Postscript, (vi) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• * Prophets Who Cannot Sing, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2000
• * So We’ll Go No More A-Roving, (ss) AHMM Mar 2001
• * The William Wordsworth Murder, (nv) AHMM Jan 1996

KNOWLES, BARBARA W. (chron.)

• * Sister Faith, (ss) EQMM Apr 1985

KNOWLTON, STAN (chron.)

• * I Want to Be a Detective, (ss) Mammoth Detective Feb 1945
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Last Lap, (vi) Mammoth Detective Aug 1946
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Not Suited for Murder, (ss) Mammoth Detective Nov 1944
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Time Out for Murder, (ss) Mammoth Detective Mar 1946
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

KNOX, BILL; [i.e., William Knox] (1928-1999) (chron.)

• * Black Light, (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1986
• * The Bob-Tailed Flush, (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Apr 1966
  • John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book, 1975, ed. Herbert Harris, Hodder Stoughton 1974
• * The Honeymoon Kill, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999
• * The Killing Game [The Man in the Bottle; Chief Insp. Colin Thane; Insp. Phil Moss], (n.) Long 1963
  • Murder Most Scottish, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Bob Adey, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1999
• * The Secret Grave, (ss) AHMM Mar 1997
• * The Suspect Soldier, (ss) Espionage Magazine Feb 1985

KNOX, E(dmund George) V(alpy) (1881-1971) (chron.)

• * The Murder at the Towers, (ss)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

KNOX, JOHN H. (1905- ) (chron.)

• * Pointed Captivity, (ss) AHMM Feb 1962
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962
• * Sweet Little Murder-Blue Gown, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1946
  • Detective Story Annual 1949, ed. Daisy Bacon, Street & Smith 1949

KNOX, [Monsignor] RONALD A(rbuthnott) (1888-1957) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the First Class Carriage [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Feb 1947
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * Behind the Screen, Chapter VI, Mr. Parsons on the Case, (rr) The Listener Jul 23 1930
  • AHMM Feb 1996
• * Father Knox’s Ten Commandments, (ms)
  • Sins for Father Knox, Toronto: Lester 1988
• * Solved by Inspection, (ss) 1925
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • 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

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Curious Case of Ronald Knox” by Charles L. P. Silet, (ar) The Strand Magazine #8 2002

KOBE, COLLEEN M. (chron.)

• * Death of a Dieter, (ss) AHMM Aug 1984
• * Double Substitution, (ss) AHMM Jul 1986

KOENIG, JOSEPH L. (1946- ) (chron.)

• * The Last Supper, (ss) EQMM Sep 1992

KOENIK, RHODA (chron.)

• * The Scapegoat, (ss) EQMM Dec 1986

KOEPP, DAVID (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Director’s Cut: An Interview with David Koepp” by Steve Steinbock, (iv) EQMM Jun 2004

KOFFIEN, M. T. (chron.)

• * Headed Towards Town, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1995

KOJA, KATHE (1960- ) (chron.)

• * The Energies of Love, (ss) IASFM mid-Dec 1989
  • Futurecrime, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Fine 1992
• * Girl’s Night Out (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * Literary Lives (with Barry N. Malzberg), (nv) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

KoKayKO, GENE (?-1999) (chron.)

• * December Deathwatch (with Sherrie Brown), (nv) AHMM Jan 2001
• * Late September Dogs, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
  • Canine Crimes II, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
• * November Nights: Once Upon a Darkling (with Sherrie Brown), (nv) AHMM Dec 1997
• * October Hearts, (nv) AHMM Dec 1995
• * A Spy Is Born, (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1986

KOLASINSKI, KEN (chron.)

• * Killing the Story, (ss) AHMM Feb 1999

KOLLGAARD, RONALD (chron.)

• * Decoy, (ss) Espionage Magazine Sep 1987

KOMIE, LOWELL B. (1927- ) (chron.)

• * The Balloon of William Fuerst, (ss) 1983
  • Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992

KONG, DEBRA PURDY (1955- ) (chron.)

• * Career Moves, (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2003

KONIGSBERG, ALLEN STEWART (1935- ); see pseudonym Woody Allen (chron.)

KONRATH, J. A. (books) (chron.)

• * The Agreement, (ss) AHMM Mar 2005
• * Bereaved, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Epitaph [Phineas Troutt], (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006
• * The Importance of Being Perkins, (in)
  • Trouble Is What I Do, Rob Kantner, Point Blank 2005
• * Introduction, (in)
  • These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• * On the Rocks [Jacqueline (Jack) Daniels], (ss) EQMM Jul 2004
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006
• * Street Music [Jacqueline (Jack) Daniels], (ss) EQMM Aug 2004
• * Suffer [Phineas Troutt], (ss) EQMM Jun 2006