Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

KANTNER, ROB (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * The Last Day, (ss) AHMM May 1984
• * Left for Dead [Ben Perkins], (ss) An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1988
  • Trouble Is What I Do, Point Blank 2005
• * Libby’s Luck [Ben Perkins], (ss) AHMM Jun 1983
  • Trouble Is What I Do, Point Blank 2005
• * The Long Slow Dive [Ben Perkins], (nv) AHMM Feb 1983
• * Loose Limbs, (ss) AHMM Dec 1983
• * The Man Who Called from Tomorrow [Ben Perkins], (ss) AHMM Sep 1986
  • Trouble Is What I Do, Point Blank 2005
• * My Best Fred MacMurray [Ben Perkins], (nv) AHMM Oct 2000
  • Trouble Is What I Do, Point Blank 2005
• * My Brother’s Life [Ben Perkins], (nv) AHMM Mar 1987
• * My Brother’s Wife [Ben Perkins], (ss) AHMM Feb 1985
  • Trouble Is What I Do, Point Blank 2005
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * The Other Woman [Ben Perkins], (nv) AHMM Jun 2006
• * Perfect Pitch [Ben Perkins], (nv) AHMM Jul 1985
  • Trouble Is What I Do, Point Blank 2005
• * A Place to Rest, (ss) AHMM Nov 1984
• * The Radar Screen, (ss) AHMM Nov 1983
• * The Rat Line [Ben Perkins], (ss) The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1984
  • Trouble Is What I Do, Point Blank 2005
• * The Rendering, (ss) AHMM Apr 1985
• * Sex and Violins [Ben Perkins], (nv)
  • Trouble Is What I Do, Point Blank 2005
• * Sleeping Dog Lies [Ben Perkins], (nv) AHMM Feb 2000
  • Trouble Is What I Do, Point Blank 2005
• * Something Simple [Ben Perkins], (nv) AHMM Jun 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
  • Trouble Is What I Do, Point Blank 2005
• * Speed Up the Ducks, (nv) AHMM Nov 2002
• * Tall Boys [Ben Perkins], (nv) AHMM Mar 1990
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Trouble Is What I Do, Point Blank 2005
• * Threads [Ben Perkins], (ss) AHMM May 1986
• * Unfinished Business [Ben Perkins], (ss) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
  • Trouble Is What I Do, Point Blank 2005
• * The Woman Who Slipped Through the Cracks [Ben Perkins], (ss) AHMM Jul 1984

_____, [ref.]

• * “Rob Kantner” by Wayne D. Dundee, (iv) Hardboiled #8 1987

KANTNER, T. ROBIN; see under Kantner, Rob (books) (chron.)

KANTOR, MacKINLAY (1904-1977) (chron.)

• * A Check from the Deceased, (ss) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr 1930
• * The Grave Grass Quivers, (ss) The Elk’s Magazine Jul 1931
  • EQMM Mar 1949
  • Death on the Veranda, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * The Hunting of Hemingway [Nick & Dave Glennan], (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 21 1934
  • EQMM Apr 1946
  • Ellery Queen’s Anthology Volume 1, ed. Ellery Queen, London: May Fair 1959
  • Pulp Friction, ed. Peter Haining, London: Souvenir Press 1996
• * Three Men Hanging, (nv) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929
• * The Trail of the Brown Sedan [Nick & Dave Glennan], (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 6 1934
  • Verdict Crime Detection Magazine Nov 1956

KANTZ, B. J. (chron.)

• * No Pain, No Gain, (ss) AHMM Aug 1991

KANUCKEL, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * “Gary”, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #43 2003

KAPETANSKY, SEYMOUR (chron.)

• * Blood Bath, (pm) EQMM May 1991
• * Cause and Effect, (pm) EQMM May 1991
• * Sore Loser, (pm) EQMM Oct 1992
• * Upward Mob-Ility, (pm) EQMM Jul 1991
• * Who Was That Masked Man and How Did He Get Away with It?, (pm) EQMM Jun 1992
  • EQMM Jan 1994

KARAVOLOS, PAMELA (chron.)

• * Dear John, (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• * The Story That Won:
  ___ The Stalker, (vi) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004

KARNICK, S. T. (chron.)

• * Hugh Pentecost and the John Jericho Stories, (in)
  • The Battles of Jericho, Hugh Pentecost, Crippen & Landru 2008

KARPOFF, KIMIKO (chron.)

• * The Moriarty Problem [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Adbusters Oct-Nov 2000

KARR, MARY (chron.)

• * The Liars’ Club, (ex) Viking Penguin 1995
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

KARR, PHYLLIS ANN (1944- ) (chron.)

• * The Ass’s Head, (nv) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996
• * Love’s Labour’s Discover’d, (nv) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998

KASANOF, DAVID (chron.)

• * Never Bet on Death!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1961
• * Passion Plot!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1962

KASLIK, IBI (chron.)

• * Lab Rats, (ss) Toronto Noir, ed. Janine Armin & Nathaniel G. Moore, Akashic Books 2008; (Dufferin Mall).

KASSAK, FRED; pseudonym of Pierre Humblot, (1928- ) (chron.)

• * Who’s Afraid of Ed Garpo?, (ss) EQMM Nov 2003; first published in French in 1995.; tr. by Peter Schulman
  • Passports to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2006; tr. by Peter Schulman

KASTLE, HERBERT D(avid) (1924-1987) (chron.)

• * Don’t Say I’m Crazy, (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1961
• * Game, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1961
  • Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1960
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997

KÄSTNER, ERICH (1899-1974) (chron.)

• * Emil and the Detectives [chapters 3, 5 & 6], (ex)
  • Detective Stories, ed. Philip Pullman, Kingfisher 1998

KATNER, ROB (chron.)

• * How Wendy Tudhope Was Saved from Sure and Certain Death, (ss) AHMM Apr 2003
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, ed. Nelson DeMille, Houghton Mifflin 2004

KATZ, DAVID EVANS (chron.)

• * I Should Have Stayed in Bed, (ss) Hardboiled #31 2004

KATZ, JUDITH (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Metamorphosis, (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996

KATZ, MIKE (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Pin a Rose on Me, (vi) AHMM Apr 1992

KATZ, STEVEN (chron.)

• * Since I Don’t Have You, (pl) Fallen Angels, ed. Anon., Grove Press 1993

KATZE, RICK (chron.)

• * An Incident at the Circus, (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992

KAUFELT, DAVID A(llan) (1939- ) (chron.)

• * The Bagel Murders, (ss) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
• * The Case of Johnny Walker Black, (ss)
  • Mystery in the Sunshine State, ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press 1999

KAUFMAN, DAVID (chron.)

• * The Church at Garlock’s Bend, (ss) AHMM Apr 1987
• * Goodbye to Minister Jacobs, (ss) AHMM Dec 1988
• * The House on Cedar Hill, (ss) AHMM Nov 1985
• * In the Lake at Garlock’s Bend, (ss) AHMM Jul 1985
• * John Lehmann Alone, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1987
• * Mr. Hancock’s Last Game, (ss) Fantasy Book Feb 1982
  • AHMM Jun 1987
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996

KAUFMAN, GEORGE S(imon) (1889-1961) (chron.)

• * The Great Warburton Mystery (with Howard Dietz), (ss)
  • The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Pegasus Books 2007

KAUFMAN, NATALIE HEVENER (chron.)

• * From “Grafton’s Place in the Development of the Detective Novel” (with Carol McGinnis Kay), (ar)
  • The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction, ed. Deane Mansfield-Kelley & Lois Marchino, Longman 2004

KAUKA, KANANI (chron.)

• * Going Home, (ss) Out For Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1995

KAVA, ALEX; pseudonym of Sharon Kava, (1960- ) (chron.)

• * Goodnight, Sweet Mother [*Maggie O’Dell], (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

KAVA, SHARON (1960- ); see pseudonym Alex Kava (chron.)

KAVANAGH, JACK (chron.)

• * Green Bait for the Snark!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jul 1959

KAVANAGH, K. M. (chron.)

• * Building of Characters, (ss) And Some of Them Are Dead, ed. Margaret Searles & Victoria Heckman, Deadly Alibi Press Ltd. 2002
• * Fresh Evidence, (ss) Gone Coastal, ed. Margaret Searles, Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006
• * Trial and Terror, (ss) Never Safe, ed. Anon., Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006

KAVENEY, ROZ; [legalized from Andrew J. Kaveney] (1949- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Bellringers’ Overtime, (na) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992

KAY, CAROL McGINNIS (chron.)

• * From “Grafton’s Place in the Development of the Detective Novel” (with Natalie Hevener Kaufman), (ar)
  • The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction, ed. Deane Mansfield-Kelley & Lois Marchino, Longman 2004

KAY, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * What Might Have Been, (nv) Mysterious Erotic Tales, ed. Anon., O’Mara 1996

KAY, JACKIE (1961- ) (chron.)

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

KAY, TERRY (Winter) (1938- ) (chron.)

• * The Obit Writer, (ss) A Confederacy of Crime, ed. Sarah Shankman, Signet 2001

KAYE, L. D. (chron.)

• * Lightning and Fireflies, (pm) EQMM Jul 2002

KAYE, MARVIN (Nathan) (1938- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Ask Mrs. Hudson, (cl) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #1 2008
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996
• * From Watson’s Scrapbook, by John H. Watson, M.D., as transcribed by by Marvin Kaye, (cl) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #1 2008
• * The Histrionic Holmes, (ar) 1971
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994; first complete version
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
• * Introduction: The Startling Discovery of Dr. Watson’s Confidential Papers, (in) The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1998
• * Preface, (pr)
  • Sweet Revenge, ed. Marvin Kaye, Fireside Theater 1992
• * Too Many Stains (The Adventure of the Second Stain) (ascribed to Rex Stout) [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996

_____, adapt.

• * Bubnoff and the Devil (with Ivan Turgenev), (ss) Fiends and Creatures, ed. Marvin Kaye, Popular Library 1975
  • AHMM Nov 1993

_____, rev.

• * Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (with George Dibdin Pitt), (pl) 1992
  • Sweet Revenge, ed. Marvin Kaye, Fireside Theater 1992

KAYE, STEVE (chron.)

• * Day Work, (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004
• * Lucky Stiff [Leonard Dolman], (ss)
  • Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2001
• * The Vengeance Trail, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 2002
  • Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2002

KAYSER, RONAL (1905-1988); see pseudonym Dale Clark (chron.)

KAYTON, WALLACE (chron.)

• * Blonde Bait, (ss) Private Detective Stories Mar 1939

KEACH, STACY (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Interview: Stacy Keach” by Andrew F. Gulli, (iv) The Strand Magazine #14 2004

KEARNEY, SUSAN (Hope) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * Tomorrow’s Promise, (na) The Hope Chest, ed. Anon., Harlequin 2005

KEATING, H(enry) R(eymond) F(itzwalter) (1926- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Suffering Ruler [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Blackwood’s May 1979
  • Murder British Style, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * The All-Bad Hat [Insp. Ganesh Ghote], (ss) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
• * An (Almost) Perfect Alibi, (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
• * Arkady Nikolaivich [“The Crime of Arkady Nikolaivich”; Insp. Ganesh Ghote], (ss) EQMM Jun 1992
  • The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Blood and Bone, (ss) AHMM Sep 1995
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
  • In Kensington Gardens Once, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * Brave New Murder, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• * Caesar, I am Here, (ss) The Strand Magazine #4 2000
• * A Carpet of Snow, (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 3, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1993
• * The Case of Seven Santas [Mrs. Craggs], (ss) Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1990
• * Charades, Anybody?, (ss) A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1995
• * A Cold Coming [Insp. Ganesh Ghote], (ss) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997
  • EQMM Jan 1998
• * A Common Error [Harriet Unwin], (ss) EQMM Feb 1987
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Commorientes, (ss) The Strand Magazine #10 2003
• * A Crime Child, (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1983
• * The Crime of Arkady Nikolaivich [Insp. Ganesh Ghote], (ss) EQMM Jun 1992; also as “Arkady Nikolaivich”.
• * A Dangerous Thing [Mrs. Craggs], (ss) The Mystery Guild Anthology, ed. John Waite, Constable 1980
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
• * Dead Men Do Tell Tales, (ss) The Strand Magazine #3 1999
• * Dead-Letter Drop, (ss) 1982
  • EQMM mid-Jul 1982
• * Do Ducks Know It’s Saturday, (ss) AHMM Oct 1999
• * Do You Believe in Ghosts?, (ss) The Strand Magazine Christmas 2001