Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

KELLERMAN, JESSE (chron.)

• * Mummy and Jack (with Faye Kellerman), (ss) Mothers & Sons, ed. Jill M. Morgan, NAL 2000
  • The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights, Warner 2006

KELLERMAN, JONATHAN (Seth) (1949- ) (books) (chron.)

• * His Victory Garden, (ss) The Armchair Detective Spr 1992
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999
• * Matinee (with Ilana Kellerman), (ss) Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House 1996
• * The Questioner, (ss) AHMM Dec 1977
  • Law and Order, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
• * Therapy, (ss) Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999
• * The Things We Do for Love, (ss) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997

_____, [ref.]

• * “Jonathan Kellerman: Trying a More Therapeutic Approach” by Marion Long, (bg) MHCMM Sum 1999

KELLERMAN, RACHEL (chron.)

• * The Luck of the Draw (with Faye Kellerman & Ilana Kellerman), (ss) Mothers & Daughters, ed. Jill M. Morgan, NAL 1998
  • The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights, Warner 2006

KELLEY, BRIAN JAMES (chron.)

• * Master of Madness [Lynn Vickers, G77 of the FBI], (na) Public Enemy Apr 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories #109 2002
• * Murder in Hollywood [Lynn Vickers, G77 of the FBI], (na) Public Enemy May 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories #54 1999

KELLEY, BRYAN JAMES (chron.)

• * The Key to Murder [Lynn Vickers, G77 of the FBI], (na) Public Enemy Jun 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories #47 1999
• * Pirates of the Air Mail [Lynn Vickers, G77 of the FBI], (na) Public Enemy Mar 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories #40 1998
• * The Voice of Murder [Lynn Vickers, G77 of the FBI], (na) Public Enemy Feb 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories #31 1998

KELLEY, LEE CHARLES (chron.)

• * ’Twas the Bite Before Christmas, (na) Bark M for Murder, ed. Anon., Avon 2006

KELLEY, LEO P(atrick) (1928-2002) (chron.)

• * Miss Evangeline and the Monster, (ss) AHMM Sep 1970
  • AHMM Jun 1991

KELLEY, NORMAN (1954- ) (chron.)

• * The Code, (nv) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004
• * The Messanger of Soulsville, (ss) DC Noir, ed. George Pelecanos, Akashic Books 2006; (Shaw, N.W.).

KELLY, J. M. (chron.)

• * Blackmail Boogie, (ss) EQMM Aug 12 1981
• * The Human Dynamo, (ss) AHMM Mar 3 1982

KELLY, JACK (1949- ) (chron.)

• * A Dick and Jane Story, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * A Tale Told at Dusk, (ss) EQMM Jun 1976
  • Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum and Other Horror Stories, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Simon & Schuster 1994

KELLY, JOHN (chron.)

• * Davidson, Shadowslayer, (ss) Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Sum 1979
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992

KELLY, MARY (Theresa Coolican) (1927- ) (chron.)

• * Judgement, (nv) Winter’s Crimes 3, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1971
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990

KELLY, MARY ANNE (chron.)

• * Cemetery Plot, (nv) Criminal Records, ed. Otto Penzler, Orion 2000

KELLY, RONALD (1959- ) (chron.)

• * Beneath Black Bayou, (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992

KELLY, SUSAN (1949- ) (chron.)

• * The Healer, (nv) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990

KELLY, SUSAN (B.) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * The Best Sort of Husband, (ss) EQMM Jun 1995
  • Once Upon a Crime II, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1996
• * The Butcher of St Pierre, (ss) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * The Last Kiss, (pm) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
• * The Last Sara, (ss) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992; broadcast on Woman’s Hour, 1991.
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1993, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1993
• * Much Ado About Something, (ss) Crime Yellow, ed. Maxim Jakuwbowski, Gollancz 1994
  • Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * Stalking Horse, (ss) EQMM Nov 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Crime After Crime, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, St. Martin’s 1999
• * Whitechapel Nights, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

KELLY, TIM (chron.)

• * Break a Neck, Break a Leg: The Mystery on Stage, (ar) Mystery Mar 1981
• * Mystery on Stage, (ar) Mystery May 1981

KELMAN, JUDITH (Ann) (1945- ) (chron.)

• * The Absent Present, (nv) Missing in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1992
• * The Bachelor’s Wife, (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999
• * The Body Beautiful, (ss) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
  • Crimes of Passion, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Check Mate, (ss) Justice in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1994
• * Edadicum Homo Horribilus, (nv) Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1998
• * The Grapes of Roth, (nv) Murder in the Family, The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
• * Just Deserts, (nv) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• * The Kiss of Death, (nv) A Body Is Found, Wynwood Press 1990
• * The Last Laugh, (ss) Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998
• * The M Word, (nv) Murder Most Crafty, ed. Maggie Bruce, Penguin US 2005
• * Morphing the Millennium, (nv) Murder on the Run, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 1998
  • MHCMM Fll 1998
• * Murder at the Roundtable (with Lawrence Block, Mary Higgins Clark, Stanley Cohen, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Mickey Friedman, Susan Isaacs, Warren B. Murphy, Justin Scott & Peter Straub), (ms) MHCMM Sum 2000
• * No Strings, (nv) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
  • Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• * Taking Out Mr. Garbage, (nv) Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000

KELNER, STEPHEN P., Jr., Ph.D. (chron.)

• * Mental Cases:
  ___ (cl) Murderous Intent Sum, Fll 1997
  ___ Memories - True or False, (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
  ___ Memories—Part II - True or False, (cl) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• * Venturing Out, (ss) Undertow, ed. Skye Alexander, Kate Flora & Susan Oleksiw, Level Best Books 2003

KELNER, TONI L. P. (1961- ) (chron.)

• * The Death of Erik the Redneck [Laura Fleming], (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996
• * Gift of the Murderer, (na) Murder Under the Tree, ed. Anon., Zebra 1993
• * Kangaroo Court, (ss) AHMM May 2008
• * Lying-in-the-Road Death, (ss) Undertow, ed. Skye Alexander, Kate Flora & Susan Oleksiw, Level Best Books 2003
• * Marley’s Ghost, (na) Murder Most Merry, ed. Anon., Zebra 1994
• * Murchison Passes a Test [Laura Fleming], (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1997; given as by Tonni L. P. Kelner in toc.
• * Murchison Tells a Secret, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• * Not in My Family, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * Old Dog Days, (ss) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
• * Skull and Cross-Examinations, (nv) EQMM Feb 2008
• * Sleeping with the Plush, (ss) AHMM May 2006
• * Where Does a Herd of Elephants Go?, (ss) Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998

_____, [ref.]

• * “Steam Engine Time: An Interview with Toni Kelner” by Lisa D. Williamson, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998

KELSEY, AVONELLE (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ White, (vi) AHMM Feb 1993

KELTS, ROLAND N. (chron.)

• * Hiropon My Heroine, (ss) Zoetrope All-Story Win 1999

KEMELMAN, HARRY (1908-1996) (chron.)

• * End Play [Nicky Welt], (ss) EQMM Oct 1950
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt], (ss) EQMM Apr 1947
  • Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection, ed. Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor, Garland 1983
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000

KEMP, M. E. (chron.)

• * Murder in the Mill, (ss) Murder New York Style, ed. Randy Kandel, L & L Dreamspell 2007

KEMPADOO, OONYA (chron.)

• * Standing on Thin Skin, (ss) Trinidad Noir, ed. Lisa Allen-Agostini & Jeanne Mason, Akashic Books 2008

KEMPTON, EDWARD (chron.)

• * Never Be Yellow, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1957

KENAN, RANDALL (books) (chron.)

• * Clarence and The Dead (and What Do They Tell You, Clarence? and The Dead Speak to Clarence) [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * Cornsilk [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * The Foundations of the Earth [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * Let the Dead Bury Their Dead; Being the Annotated Oral History of the Former Maroon Society called Snatchit and then Tearshirt and later the Town of Tims Creek, North Carolina [circa 1854-1985] [Tims Creek], (na) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * The Origin of Whales [Tims Creek], (ss) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * Ragnarök! The Day the Gods Die [Tims Creek], (ss) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * Run, Mourner, Run [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * The Strange and Tragic Ballad of Mabel Pearsall [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * Tell Me, Tell Me [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * Things of This World; or, Angels Unawares [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * This Far; or, A Body in Motion [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * What Are Days? [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992

KENDRICK, BAYNARD (Hardwick) (1894-1977) (chron.)

• * Silent Night [Capt. Duncan Maclain], (ss) Sleuth Mystery Magazine Dec 1958
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959

KENNEALLY, JERRY (chron.)

• * Carole on Lombard [Nick Polo], (ss) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001

KENNEALY, JERRY; [i.e., Gerald P. Kennealy] (1938- ) (chron.)

• * Polo at the Ritz [Nick Polo], (ss) New Mystery v2 #1 1994
  • First Cases, Volume 3, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1999
• * Reluctant Witness [Nick Polo], (ss) Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000

KENNEDY, ANDREW (chron.)

• * In Our Part of the World, (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002

KENNEDY, BARBARA (chron.)

• * The Perfect Solution, (ss) AHMM Jul 1992
• * The Red Dress, (nv) AHMM Dec 1996
• * The Scent of Murder, (ss) AHMM May 1997

KENNEDY, JERRY (chron.)

• * Polo on the Rock, (ss) New Mystery Spr 1995

KENNEDY, LUDOVIC (Henry Coverley) (1919- ) (chron.)

• * from 10 Rillington Place, (ex) 1971
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

KENNEDY, MARY (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * Skin Deep, by Renée Yim, (ss) EQMM Jul 2007; [An entry in two different EQMM departments — Department of First Stories and Passport to Crime].

KENNEDY, MAY (chron.)

• * Suddenly, at Home (with Catherine Laughlin), (ss)
  • Market for Murder and Other Stories, Catherine Laughlin, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005

KENNEDY, MILWARD; pseudonym of Milward Kennedy Burge, (1894-1968) (chron.)

• * Superfluous Murder, (ss)
  • Detection, ed. James Gibson & Alan Ridout, John Murray 1978
  • AHMM Feb 1995

KENNER, JULIE (chron.)

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

KENNERL(e)Y, JUBA (chron.)

• * Camoodi, (ss) Mystery Stories #23 1941

KENNETT, SHIRLEY (Ann) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * A Warm Nest, (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999

KENNEY, SUSAN (McIlvaine) (1941- ) (chron.)

• * Aunt Agatha Leaving, (nv) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999

KENNY (chron.)

• * from Kenny’s Outlines of Criminal Law, (ms)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

KENTIS, C. S. (chron.)

• * Whistling Women and Crowing Hens, (ss) EQMM Nov 1986

KERIGAN, FLORENCE (chron.)

• * The Christy Place, (nv) 1955
  • Everygirl’s Detective Stories, ed. A. L. Furman, Lantern Press 1961

KERNAGHAN, EILEEN (Shirley Monk) (1939- ) (chron.)

• * Dinner with H. P. B., (ss) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000

KERNICK, SIMON (chron.)

• * Funeral for a Friend, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• * Robert Hayer’s Dead, (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2004

KERR, DON (chron.)

• * Revenge, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1983

KERR, KATHARINE (Nancy Brahtin) (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Cui Bono?, (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• * Its Own Reward, (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992