Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

KORR, ELLEN S. (chron.)

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

KORTY, KATHY (chron.)

• * Detective Story, (pm) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 1999

KORZENIOWSKI, TEODOR JOSEF KONRAD (1857-1924); see pseudonym Joseph Conrad (chron.)

KOSAK, CARL (1934- ); see pseudonym K. C. Constantine (chron.)

KOSHINSKIE, ROBERT (chron.)

• * The Deadly Umbrella, (ss) AHMM Jul 1995

KOST, DAVID (chron.)

• * Shelter, (pl) 1993
  • The Killing Spirit, ed. Jay Hopler, The Overlook Press 1996

KOSTER, ELAINE (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with Joseph Pittman), (in)
  • The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998

KOSTMAN, JOEL (chron.)

• * Chickens, Lobsters, Buicks, (ss) Keys to the City: Tales of a New York City Locksmith, DK Ink 1997
  • AHMM Feb 1998
• * The Naked City, (ss) Keys to the City: Tales of a New York City Locksmith, DK Ink 1997
  • AHMM Dec 1997

KOSTRACH, PAUL (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ End of the Line, (vi) AHMM Jul 1994

KOTARO, ISAKA (chron.)

• * The Precision of the Agent of Death, (nv) EQMM Jul 2006; first published in Japanese in All Yomimono, 2003.; tr. by Beth Cary
  • Passports to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2006; tr. by Beth Cary

KOTKER, JOAN G. (chron.)

• * Crime Goes North, (ar) The Armchair Detective Fll 1990

KOUBA, DANA (chron.)

• * Closing Time, (ss) Murder on Sunset Boulevard, ed. Rochelle Krich, Michael Mallory & Lisa Seidman, Top Publications 2002

KOVALESKI, JOHN (chron.)

• * Shortcut to Murder: Edward D. Hoch, (iv) The Armchair Detective Spr 1990

KOWESKI, KARL (chron.)

• * Downward Trend, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2004
• * The Last to Know, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2006
• * Send in the Clowns, (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2003

KOZAK, HARLEY JANE (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008

KOZLOWSKI, LORI (chron.)

• * Three Times a Night, Every Other Night, (ss) Las Vegas Noir, ed. Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce, Akashic Books 2008; (North Las Vegas).

KRAFT, GABRIELLE (1945- ) (chron.)

• * Blast from the Past, (ss) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991
• * One Hit Wonder, (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
  • The Edgar Award Book, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1997
  • Speaking of Greed, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Wow Finish, (ss) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990

KRAMER, JAMES (chron.)

• * Confession, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1984

_____, [ref.]

• * Mike Shayne Mystery Makers - James Kramer, (bg) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1984

KRAMLOVSKY, BEATRIX M. (chron.)

• * The Forest Forge, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003; first published in German in 2000.; tr. by Mary Tannert
• * Silk Road, (ss) EQMM Jul 2005; “Die Seidenstraße”, first published in German in Liebestöter, Scherz Verlog 2003.; tr. by Mary Tannert
  • Passports to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert

KRATZ, HENRY (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with Mary W. Tannert), (in)
  • Early German and Austrian Detective Fiction, ed. Mary W. Tannert & Henry Kratz, McFarland 1999

KRAUTH, NIGEL (Lawrence) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * The Manly Shooting, (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990
• * Worry No More, (nv) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993; based on “The Pajama Girl Murder” case.

KREIER-LUBINSKI, BETTY (chron.)

• * The Scam Artist, (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001

KREITZBERG, TOM (chron.)

• * The Birth of Father Brown, (ar) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * The Charity of a Saint, (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000
• * Forget Her Ofttimes, (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * A Mystery Logic Puzzle, (pz) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * Rather a Lot of Murders at the Vicarage, (pz) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• * What a Question, (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

KRESS, NANCY (Anne, née Konigisor) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Fault Lines, (na) Asimov’s Aug 1995
  • Isaac Asimov’s Detectives, ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams, Ace 1998
• * Plant Engineering, (ss) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
• * A Scientific Education, (nv) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998

KRESSMAN, PAM (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Payte’s Wait, (vi) AHMM Feb 2002

KREUITER, V. C. (chron.)

• * Mr. Bartholomew, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1980

KRICH, ROCHELLE MAJER (1947- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Bitter Waters, (ss) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001
• * Cat in the Act, (ss) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994
• * A Golden Opportunity, (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
• * Guardian Angel, (ss) Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime, ed. Sara Paretsky, Signet 2007
• * Regrets Only, (ss) Malice Domestic 4, Carolyn G. Hart, Pocket 1995
• * Widow’s Peak, (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000
• * “You Win Some...”, (nv) Women Before the Bench, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Prime Crime 2001

KRINARD, SUSAN (chron.)

• * Murder Entailed, (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

KRISKE, ANKE M. (chron.)

• * Inspection, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994
• * The Story That Won:
  ___ The Put-Down, (vi) AHMM Feb 1991

KRIST, GARY (Michael) (1957- ) (chron.)

• * An Innocent Bystander, (ss) Playboy Apr 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1999, ed. Ed McBain, Houghton Mifflin 1999

KRITZBERG, TOM (chron.)

• * A New Beginning, (vi) Murderous Intent Fll 1997

KROHN, WILLIAM (chron.)

• * The Impossible Murder of Dr. Satanus, (ss) EQMM Apr 1965
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006

KROLL, KEITH (chron.)

• * The Man from Motor City: Loren D. Estleman, (iv) The Armchair Detective Win 1991

KRUEGER, MARGERY (1940-2006); see pseudonym Jayge Carr (chron.)

KRUEGER, WILLIAM KENT (1950- ) (chron.)

• * Absolution, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Bums, (ss) Twin Cities Noir, ed. Julie Schaper & Steven Horwitz, Akashic Books 2006; West Side (St. Paul).
• * Heat Lightning, (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• * Hills Like White Rabbits, (ss) Resort to Murder, ed. Anon., Nodin Press 2007

KRULIKOWSKI, CLAIRE (chron.)

• * Young Love, (pm) EQMM Jul 1992

KRUSE, TATJANA (chron.)

• * The Good Old German Way, (ss) 2001; from Briefe Aus Mosbach—Das Verbrechen Lauert Überall, Verlag der Criminale.
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002

KRUTCH, JOSEPH WOOD (1893-1970) (chron.)

• * from “Only a Detective Story”, (ex) The Nation Nov 25 1944
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

KUCZMARSKI, JEFFREY (chron.)

• * Max Find, (ss) Danger City, ed. Jess Dukes, Mike Segretto & Jeffrey Dinsmore, Contemporary Press 2005

KUHFELD, AL(bert W.) (chron.)

• * Allergic to Death (with Mary Kuhfeld), (ss) AHMM Sep 1984
• * An Ill Wind (with Mary Kuhfeld), (ss) AHMM Apr 1984
• * Night Light (with Mary Kuhfeld), (ss) AHMM Mar 1987
• * The Old Shell Game, (ss) AHMM Jan 1986
• * The Scales of Justice (with Mary Kuhfeld), (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1985
• * A Specialist in Dragons (with Mary Kuhfeld), (ss) AHMM May 1987
• * Thorolf and the Peacock, (ss) AHMM Jun 1987
• * Timely Psychiatric Intervention (with Mary Kuhfeld), (ss) AHMM Sep 1986

KUHFELD, MARY (Monica Pulver) (1943- ); also as Mary Monica Pulver (chron.)

• * Allergic to Death (with Al Kuhfeld), (ss) AHMM Sep 1984
• * An Ill Wind (with Al Kuhfeld), (ss) AHMM Apr 1984
• * Night Light (with Al Kuhfeld), (ss) AHMM Mar 1987
• * The Scales of Justice (with Al Kuhfeld), (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1985
• * A Specialist in Dragons (with Al Kuhfeld), (ss) AHMM May 1987
• * Timely Psychiatric Intervention (with Al Kuhfeld), (ss) AHMM Sep 1986

KUHLKEN, KEN(neth Wayne) (1945- ) (chron.)

• * The Enemy, (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• * Too Sweet, (ss) Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Pegasus Books 2007

KUMMER, FREDERIC ARNOLD, Jr. (1912- ) (chron.)

• * Cut Glass, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 17 1937
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Death Racket, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1939
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

KUNIS, RENA GARTER (chron.)

• * The Most Suspected Person, (pm) EQMM Mar 1990

KUPPERBERG, PAUL (chron.)

• * Creatures of Habit [Batman], (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman Volume 3, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1993

KURITZKY, SIMCHA LAIB (chron.)

• * Protocols of the Elders of Al-Quds, (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

KURLAND, MICHAEL J(oseph) (1938- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Blind Justice [Quintilianus], (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
• * Great Caesar’s Ghost [Quintilian], (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003
• * He Couldn’t Fly [Alexander Brass], (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• * Introduction, (in)
  • My Sherlock Holmes, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2003
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004
• * Introduction, (in) Left Coast Crimes, ed. Valerie Feldman, Left Coast Crime 2004
• * Quicker Than the Eye (with Bill Pronzini), (nv) AHMM Sep 1975
  • More Oddiments, Bill Pronzini, Five Star 2001
• * Reichenbach [Sherlock Holmes], (na) Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004
• * The Stolen Saint Simon, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
• * Vanishing Act (with Bill Pronzini) [Christopher Steele], (ss) AHMM Jan 1976
  • Stacked Deck, Bill Pronzini, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
  • Sleuths, Bill Pronzini, Five Star 1999
• * Years Ago and in a Different Place [Sherlock Holmes; Professor James Moriarty], (nv) My Sherlock Holmes, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2003; (Professor James Moriarty).

KURSH, HARRY (chron.)

• * The 7,500 Typewriter I Built for Alger Hiss (with Martin Tytell, narr.), (ar) True 1952
  • World’s Greatest Spy Stories, ed. Kurt Singer, W.H. Allen 1954
  • The Secret Agent’s Badge of Courage, ed. Kurt Singer, Belmont 1961

KUSSI, PETER (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * Footprints, by Karel Capek, (ss) AHMM Aug 1990; “Slépeje,” from Povídky z jedné kapsy, 1929.; tr. by Robert Wechsler

KUTAK, ELIZABETH L. (chron.)

• * The Derby Week Punch, (ss) Low Down and Derby, ed. Abigail Jones, Overmountain Press 2006

KUTTNER, HENRY (1915-1958) (chron.)

• * Lands of the Earthquake, (na) Startling Stories May 1947
  • Pulp Vault #10 1992
• * The Shadow on the Screen, (ss) Weird Tales Mar 1938
  • Hollywood Kills, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
• * The Wolf of Aragon, (ss) Thrilling Adventures Jul 1941
  • Action Adventure Stories #59 1999

KUYUMJIAN, DIKRAN (1895-1956); see pseudonym Michael Arlen (chron.)

KYD, THOMAS (1558-1594) (chron.)

• * The Spanish Tragedy or Hieronimo Is Mad Again, (pl) 1592
  • Sweet Revenge, ed. Marvin Kaye, Fireside Theater 1992

KYLE-KEITH, ROGER (chron.)

• * Iron City, (ss) Hardboiled #18 1994

LABDRIGAN, LINDA (chron.)

• * Editor’s Notes, (ed) AHMM Nov, Dec 2006, Mar 2007

LACEY, MARGARET (chron.)

• * Face at the Window, (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1982
• * The Glitter of Game Day, (ss) EQMM Aug 18 1980

LACHMAN, MARVIN (chron.)

• * A Dr. Sam Hawthorne Chronology, (bg)
  • Diagnosis: Impossible: The Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne, Edward D. Hoch, Crippen & Landru 1996
• * Ellery Queen and His Fans, (ar) EQMM Dec 2005
• * Flowers For Pretty Boy, (ss) Hardboiled #22 1996
• * Hurlyburly, (vi) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1988
• * The Long Way Home: The Travels of Ben Snow, (ar)
  • The Ripper of Storyville, Edward D. Hoch, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * The President and the Mystery Story, (ar) Mystery May 1981