Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

JOHNSTON, JENNIFER (1930- ) (chron.)

• * Trio, (ss)
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000

JOHNSTON, JOHN E., III (chron.)

• * Comrade Bill, (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

JOHNSTON, LINDA O. (1949- ) (chron.)

• * Different Drummers, (ss) EQMM Jul 1988
• * Following the Dolphins, (ss) EQMM Apr 1990
• * Love on Sunset Boulevard, (ss) Murder on Sunset Boulevard, ed. Rochelle Krich, Michael Mallory & Lisa Seidman, Top Publications 2002
• * The Perfect Plot, (ss) EQMM Oct 1989

JOHNSTON, PAUL (1957- ) (chron.)

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

JOHNSTON, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * Cookies (with Molly MacRae), (ss) AHMM Jun 2008

JOHNSTON, THOM (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ How’d Your Mama Dress You Today?, (vi) AHMM Sep 2002

JOHNSTONE, PATRICIA (chron.)

• * Error Elimination, (ss) EQMM Mar 1983

JOLLEY, (Monica) ELIZABETH (1923-2007) (chron.)

• * A Gentleman’s Agreement, (ss)
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998
• * Lady Meredith’s Dam, (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
• * The Widder Tree Shadder Murder, (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990

JONAS, GARY (chron.)

• * The Multi-Level Hitman, (ss) Crime Spree, ed. Sandy DeLuca and Trey R. Barker, December Girl Press 2001
• * Terrible Things, (vi) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
• * The Xenophobic Hitman, (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

JONES, ARTHUR LLEWELLYN (1863-1947); see pseudonym Arthur Machen (chron.)

JONES, BARRY (chron.)

• * The Shadows on the Lawn [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf 1987
  • The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [revised], ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Jon L. Lellenberg, Carroll & Graf 1999

JONES, DAVID D. (chron.)

• * Endgame, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #43 2003
• * Old Times Remembered, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #41 2003
• * Silent Waters, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #49 2004

JONES, DEBBIE (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Rookies—Who Needs Them?, (vi) AHMM Jul 1991

JONES, DENYS L. (chron.)

• * A soldier recalls what killing a man in war meant to him, (pm)
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

JONES, DETRICE (chron.)

• * Just Surviving Another Day, (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005

JONES, DIANA WYNNE (1934- ) (chron.)

• * The Master, (ss) Hidden Turnings, ed. Diana Wynne Jones, London: Methuen 1989
  • Mystery Stories, ed. Helen Cresswell, Kingfisher 1996

JONES, EDWARD P. (chron.)

• * Old Boys, Old Girls, (nv) New Yorker May 3 2004
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2005, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin 2005

JONES, ELWYN (1923-1982) (chron.)

• * Equal Status, (nv); adapted from a 1973 script.; also as “Softly, Softly”.
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998
• * Softly, Softly [“Equal Status”], (nv); adapted from a 1973 script.
  • Crime Movies 2, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1997

JONES, FOREST ISAAC (chron.)

• * The River Clyde Mystery, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #41 2003

JONES, G. WAYMAN; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * The Black Bat’s Crisis [by Tom Johnson; Tony Quinn (Black Bat)], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1995
• * The Black Bat’s Vengeance [by Tom Johnson; Tony Quinn (Black Bat)], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1995
• * The Blackout Murders [by Norman A. Daniels; Tony Quinn (Black Bat)], (n.) Black Book Detective Mar 1942
  • High Adventure Sep 2007
• * Brand of the Black Bat [Tony Quinn (Black Bat)], (na) Black Book Detective Jul 1939
  • Action Adventure Stories #33 1998
• * The Crime of Fu Kee Wong [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Apr 1933
  • Action Adventure Stories #79 2000
  • High Adventure #79 2004
• * Decks of Death [Alias Mr Death], (ss) Thrilling Detective May 1939
  • Action Adventure Stories #5 1997
• * The Island of Death, (na) The Phantom Detective Jun 1933
  • Action Adventure Stories #119 2002
• * Murder’s Playground [Tony Quinn (Black Bat)], (ss) Black Book Detective May 1949

JONES, GRATIA (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Yellow House [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) West by One and by One, ed. Anon. (Poul Anderson), The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County 1965

JONES, [Dr.] HAROLD EMERY (chron.)

• * The Original of Sherlock Holmes, (ar) 1904
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

JONES, JOHN ROBERT (1926- ); see pseudonym John Dalmas (chron.)

JONES, K. L. (chron.)

• * Betrayal, (vi) Espionage Magazine Dec 1986
• * Unreasonable Doubt, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001

JONES, M. J.; pseudonym (chron.)

• * Ten Little Gangsters, (ss) AHMM Mar 2007
• * The Witch and the Relic Thief, (ss) AHMM Oct 2000

JONES, MICHAEL M. (chron.)

• * Claus of Death, (ss) Slipstreams, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 2006
  • The Dragon Done It, ed. Eric Flint & Mike Resnick, Baen 2008

JONES, PAULINE BAIRD (1955- ) (chron.)

• * Do Wah Diddy Die Already, (ss) Dead and Breakfast, ed. Lisa René Smith & Linda Houle, L & L Dreamspell 2007

JONES, PHILOMENA (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “In Memoriam: Philomena Jones” by Martin Hughes, (ob) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• * “In Memoriam: Philomena Jones” by Peter Dillon-Parkin, (ob) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

JONES, RICHARD (chron.)

• * Desire, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

JONES, ROGER (chron.)

• * Cold Comfort Client, (ss) The Strand Magazine #8 2002

JONES, STEPHEN (Gregory) (1953- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction: The Serial Sleuths, (in) Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999

JONES, SUSAN CARLETON (1864-1926); see pseudonym S. Carleton (chron.)

JONES, SUZANNE (chron.)

• * Birds, By Snow, (ss) EQMM Aug 1992
• * Clarise, (ss) EQMM Aug 1985
• * Club Champion, (ss) EQMM Feb 1998
• * Come Night, Come Silence, (ss) EQMM Oct 1994
• * The Comeback, (ss) EQMM Jan 1985
• * Deep Water Dreams, (ss) EQMM Feb 1995
• * Demon Lover, (ss) EQMM Mar 1993
• * Eloise, (ss) EQMM Aug 1985
• * Find a High Place, (ss) EQMM Jul 1993
• * Girl Under Glass, (ss) EQMM Aug 1994
• * The Good Knife, (ss) EQMM Jan 1994
• * The Green Clock, (ss) EQMM Jan 1985
• * The Hooded Man, (ss) EQMM Apr 1986
• * Horizontal Sins, (ss) EQMM Jan 1986
• * The Last, Best Chance, (ss) EQMM Apr 1996
  • Women of Mystery III, ed. Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * Legacy, (ss) EQMM Feb 1996
• * Night of the Bat, (ss) EQMM Jun 1998
• * No Connection, (ss) EQMM Oct 1993
• * Pink Sapphires, (ss) EQMM Jul 1995
• * The Road, (ss) EQMM Jun 1997
• * A Secret Place, (ss) EQMM Sep 1986
• * Shifter, (ss) EQMM Apr 1997
• * Survivor, (ss) EQMM Sep 1993
• * Viper, (ss) EQMM Jan 1985
• * The Woman Who Loved Polar Bears, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996

JONES, THOM (1946?- ) (chron.)

• * Tarantula, (ss) Zoetrope Short Stories Win 1991
  • Zoetrope All-Story Win 1997

JONES, THOMAS (chron.)

• * I Was a Reluctant Garbage Cop, (ss) New Mystery Sum 1999
  • New Mystery v7 #1 1999

JONES, WANDA (chron.)

• * The Death of Junior McFarland, (vi) AHMM Jan 1995
• * Memories, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997

JONES, WILLIAM (chron.)

• * A Change of Life, (ss) Book of Dark Wisdom #3 2004
  • Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006
• * Through the Eye of a Needle [Rudolph Pearson], (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

JONES, WILLIS KNAPP (1895-?) (chron.)

• * The Cast-Iron Alibi, (ss) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr/May 1927

JONG, ERICA (Mann) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Songs in the Key of I, (nv) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998

JORDAN, CATHLEEN (née Gunn) (1941-2002) (books) (chron.)

• * Editor’s Notes, (ed) AHMM Win 1989, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Oct, Nov, mid-Dec 1990, Mar, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1991, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1992, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1993, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1994, Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec, mid-Dec 1995, Jan, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct,
• * Editor’s Notes, (ed) Nov, Dec 1996, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep, Oct 1997, Jan, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1998, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul/Aug, Sep, Nov, Dec 1999, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 2000, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul/Aug, Oct, Nov 2001, Jan, Mar, Apr, May 2002
• * Editor’s Notes [Edgar Winners], (ed) AHMM Aug 1990
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Murder Most Medical, ed. Cathleen Jordan & Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Five Classic Stories, ed. Anon., Davis 1986
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Home Sweet Homicide, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Walker 1991
• * Preface, (pr)
  • Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum and Other Horror Stories, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Simon & Schuster 1994

JORDAN, CERI; pseudonym of Debbie Moon (chron.)

• * Playing Mother, (ss) Crimewave #3 2000
• * Rough Justice, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• * Stasi-17, (nv) Crimewave #5 2001

JORDAN, CHARLES T. (chron.)

• * Crimson Hollidays, (n.) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Oct 1930

JORDAN, CLEMENTS (chron.)

• * The Accusation, (ss) EQMM Oct 1984
• * Come to Me, Tessie, (ss) EQMM Apr 22 1981
• * Final Turn, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1982
• * Has Anyone Seen Joey?, (ss) EQMM Nov 4 1981
• * Kindred Spirits, (ss) EQMM Feb 1983
• * The Matchmakers, (ss) EQMM Apr 1984
• * Period Piece, (ss) EQMM Mar 24 1982
• * Poor Miss Lettie, (ss) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• * A Schoolteacher’s Lot, (ss) EQMM Jan 28 1981
• * Village Chorus, (ss) EQMM Sep 1982
• * Watch Yourself at All Times, (ss) EQMM Oct 1983
• * What Happened Before, (ss) EQMM Nov 3 1980
• * Won’t Daddy Be Surprised?, (vi) EQMM Jun 17 1981

JORDAN, DEANE (chron.)

• * Making Change, (ss) EQMM Oct 1992

JORDAN, DENNIS (chron.)

• * Julio’s Smile, (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003

JORDAN, DONALD (chron.)

• * The Sky Pirates, (nv) AHMM Apr 1983

JORDAN, EILEEN HERBERT (chron.)

• * The Apple Tree, (ss) EQMM Apr 1994

JORDAN, JENNIFER (chron.)

• * The PWG Interviews with: Colin Bateman, (iv) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2003
• * Silence, (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2004

JORDAN, NEIL (1950- ) (chron.)

• * She, (ss) 1980
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000

JORDAN, PAT (chron.)

• * Beyond Dog, (nv) Playboy Aug 1997
  • Best American Mystery Stories 1998, ed. Sue Grafton, Houghton Mifflin 1998
• * Frenchie, (ss) Playboy Aug 1998
• * The Hustle, (nv) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * The Mark, (nv) Playboy Jul 1996
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997

JORDAN, ROBERT P. (chron.)

• * The Case of the Taxicab Murders, (nv) AHMM Dec 1992
• * Murder Off Blackstone Street, (nv) AHMM Nov 1991
• * Murder on the Top Floor, (nv) AHMM Jan 1998

JORDAN, RUTH (chron.)

• * Little Blue Pill, (ss) Expletive Deleted, ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books 2007

JORGENSEN, CHERYL (chron.)

• * ’Unsolved’ Crimes, (ss)
  • Menace in the Mulga, ed. Peter Corris, Holland Park, Queensland: Crime Writers Queensland 2000

JORGENSEN, NELS LEROY (chron.)

• * Candidate for Murder, (ss) Black Book Detective May 1949