Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

NELSON, ANDRE (chron.)

• * The Case of the Disappearing Gun, (ss) AHMM Feb 1983

NELSON, ANTONYA (chron.)

• * The Expendables, (ss) The Expendables, University of Georgia 1990

NELSON, CATHERINE M. (chron.)

• * The Lady Who...: Lilian Jackson Braun, (iv) The Armchair Detective Fll 1991
• * Trouble Is Her Business: Sara Paretsky, (iv) The Armchair Detective Sum 1991

NELSON, CORDNER (chron.)

• * Love, Honor and Kill (with Larry Becker), (ss) Scientific Detective May 1947

NELSON, JOHN (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Magwitch Returns, (ss) AHMM Apr 1986
  • Murder by the Book, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995

NELSON, KENT; pseudonym (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Public Trouble, (ss) The Antioch Review Fll 2004
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2005, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin 2005
• * Tides, (nv) Georgia Review 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, ed. Lawrence Block, Houghton Mifflin 2001

NELSON, LOIS (chron.)

• * The Easy Life, (ss) EQMM Aug 1983

NELSON, N. (chron.)

• * Death Penalty, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998

NELSON, PAULY; pseudonym of Polly Nelson (chron.)

• * Shirley Hillman, (ss) EQMM Aug 2005

NELSON, POLLY; see pseudonym Pauly Nelson (chron.)

NELSON, ROBERT (c1919-c1936) (chron.)

• * Altar Ego, (tc)
  • The Best American Crime Writing 2006, ed. Mark Bowden, Harper Perennial 2006

NELSON, STEVEN (chron.)

• * Another Day at Home, (ss) EQMM May 1989
• * Bride of Mister Hand, (ss) AHMM Nov 1992
• * Escape of the Egg, (ss) AHMM Jan 1994
• * Statue of a Swine, (ss) AHMM Sep 1993

NERI, KRIS(tin Hillary) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * L.A. Justice, (ss) Murder by 13, ed. Priscilla English, Lisa Seidman & Mae Woods, Crown Valley Press 1997
• * Nothing Good Ever Came of a Bad Hair Day, (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004
• * Roscoe’s Little Secret, (vi) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Sentence Imposed, (nv) A Deadly Dozen, ed. Susan B. Casmier, Aljean Harmetz & Cynthia Lawrence, Uglytown 2000

_____, [ref.]

• * “An Interview with Kris Neri” by G. Miki Hayden, (iv) Murderous Intent Win 1999

NERSESIAN, ARTHUR (chron.)

• * Hunter/Trapper, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004

NERWINSKI, L. A. (chron.)

• * The Yankee Lady, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1984

NESBIT, E(dith) (1858-1924) (chron.)

• * Man-Size in Marble [1886], (ss) Grim Tales, London: Innes 1893
  • AHMM Nov 2001

NESS, ELIOT (1903-1957) (chron.)

• * The Flushing of Al Capone, (ar)
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

NETTLETON, MICHAEL A. (chron.)

• * Exit Interview, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * Take It Like a Man, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

NEUMAN, WILLIAM I. (chron.)

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• * The Hookers of Zacatecas, by Paco Ignacio Taibo, II, (ss) New Mystery v4 #2 1996
• * Lost Dreams, by Myriam Laurini, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
• * A Man of Honor, by Justo Vasco, (ss) New Mystery Win 1994
• * Manufacture of a Legend, by Paco Ignacio Taibo, II, (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993

NEUSTADTL, SARA (chron.)

• * Black Widow, (vi) EQMM Sep 1993

NEVILLE, KATHERINE (1945- ) (chron.)

• * La Bellini’s Favors, (nv) Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991
• * The Tuesday Club [Benjamin Franklin], (nv) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

NEVILLE, LELAND (chron.)

• * The Morgue, (ss) EQMM Nov 1983
• * Writers Anonymous, (ss) EQMM Sep 1988

NEVINS, FRANCIS M(ichael), Jr. (1943- ) (books) (chron.)

• * After the Twelfth Chapter, (ss) EQMM Sep 1972
  • First Cases, Volume 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1997
• * At Work and Play with Fred Dannay, (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Bad Bargain, (ss) AHMM Jan 7 1981
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * Bagworms [“The Western Film Scam”; Milo Turner], (nv) EQMM Oct 6 1980
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * Because the Constable Blundered, (ss) AHMM Jul 1974
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * Black Spider, (ss) EQMM Aug 1979
  • Night of Silken Snow and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Buford’s Last Case [“The Scrabble Clue”], (ss) EQMM Jul 1974
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * A Checklist of the Non-Series Short Stories of Edward D. Hoch, (bi)
  • The Night, My Friend, Edward D. Hoch, Ohio University Press 1992
• * Consultation in the Dark [Philip Marlowe], (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * Cop to Cop, (ss) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984
• * Counterplot, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * David Atlee Phillips: Reflecting Agent, (iv) Espionage Magazine Jul 1987
• * Dogsbody [“The Dogsbody Case”], (ss) EQMM Feb 1977
  • Night of Silken Snow and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * The Dogsbody Case, (ss) EQMM Feb 1977; also as “Dogsbody”.
  • Canine Crimes II, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
• * Doomchild, (ss) AHMM Sep 1978
  • Night of Silken Snow and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * The Ellerys of the Airwaves, (ar) EQMM Aug 2005
• * Evensong, (ss) EQMM Mar 1979
  • Espionage Magazine Jun 1986
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * Fair Game, (ss) AHMM May 1977
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * Flimflam, (ss) EQMM Jun 1978
  • Night of Silken Snow and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Funeral Music, (ss) EQMM Feb 1976
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * The Garrulous Garrity Grand Scam, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1982
• * Guest Editorial: Mt. Tutt and Mr. Train, (ed) AHMM Feb 2002
• * Interview with James Altee Phillips, (iv) Espionage Magazine Nov 1985
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Night, My Friend, Edward D. Hoch, Ohio University Press 1992
  • Night of Silken Snow and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
  • Night & Fear, Cornell Woolrich, Carroll & Graf 2003
  • Tonight, Somewhere in New York: The Last Stories and an Unfinished Novel, Cornell Woolrich, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Judgment Reversed, (ss) The Saint Magazine Jul 1984
• * The Kumquats Affair [Loren Mensing], (ss) EQMM Oct 1975
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * The Last Passenger, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1980
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * Leap Day, (ss) EQMM Jul 1973
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * The Leo’s Den Affair (with Josh Pachter) [Dick Tracy], (ss) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990
• * The Lobsenz Intrusion, (ss) AHMM May 1982
• * Luck of the Dead [Gene Holt], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * Night of Silken Snow, (ss) EQMM Nov 1994
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • Night of Silken Snow and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * A Nightcap of Hemlock [Gene Holt], (nv) EQMM Feb 2004
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * The Other Man in the Pinstripe, (ss) EQMM May 5 1980
  • Espionage Magazine May 1985
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
• * Puzzle for Scots, (ss) Night of Silken Snow and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * The Queens of the Home Screen, (ar) EQMM Nov 2005
• * The Scrabble Clue, (ss) EQMM Jul 1974; also as “Buford’s Last Case”.
• * The Shape of the Nightmare, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1982
  • Murder Under the Mistletoe and Other Stories, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1992
  • Night of Silken Snow and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * The Spark, (ss) Night of Silken Snow and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Superscam, (ss) AHMM Aug 1976
  • Night of Silken Snow and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Toad Cop, (ss) EQMM Sep 1994
  • Night of Silken Snow and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * The Western Film Scam [Milo Turner], (nv) EQMM Oct 6 1980; also as “Bagworms”.
  • Grifters and Swindlers, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1993

NEWBERY, LINDA (chron.)

• * Rodier’s Necklace, (ss) The Young Oxford Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Dennis Hamley, Oxford University Press 2003

NEWHOUSE, CAROL (chron.)

• * Blue Boots, (ss) Secret Tales of the Arctic Trails, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1997

NEWLAND, EMILY (chron.)

• * Have You Heard the Latest?, (pm) EQMM Aug 1990
• * In the Bag, (pm) EQMM Jul 1990
• * Ladies’ Night Out, (pm) EQMM Mar 1991
• * Stop, Thief (Robber, Crook)!, (pm) EQMM Aug 1992

NEWMAN, ALICK (chron.)

• * Old Times, (ss) Mysterious Erotic Tales, ed. Anon., O’Mara 1996

NEWMAN, CORY (chron.)

• * Wifely Duties, (ss) A Deadly Dozen, ed. Susan B. Casmier, Aljean Harmetz & Cynthia Lawrence, Uglytown 2000

NEWMAN, G(ordon) F(rank) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Sir, You Bastard, (ex) 1970
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993; revised

NEWMAN, GAVIN; pseudonym of Guy N. Smith (chron.)

• * A Matter of Flesh and Blood, (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000

NEWMAN, JOEL; pseudonym (1951- ) (chron.)

• * A Hot Summer Night, (ss) EQMM Jun 1987

NEWMAN, KIM (James) (1959- ) (chron.)

• * Dreamers, (ss) Interzone #8 1984
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997
• * Further Developments in the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [Mr. Utterson], (nv) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999
• * Ratting, (ss) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993
• * Seven Stars Episode Five: Mimsy [Sally Rhodes], (ex) Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999
• * Seven Stars Episode Four: The Biafran Bank Manager [Richard Jeperson], (ex) Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999
• * Seven Stars Episode One: The Mummy’s Heart [Charles Beauregard], (ex) Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999
• * Seven Stars Episode Seven: The Duel of Seven Stars [*Geneviève Dieudonné], (ex) Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999
• * Seven Stars Episode Six: The Dog Story [Jerome Rhodes], (ex) Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999
• * Seven Stars Episode Three: The Trouble with Barrymore [The Gumshoe], (ex) Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999
• * Seven Stars Episode Two: The Magician and the Matinee Idol [Edwin Winthrop; Catriona Kaye], (ex) Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999
• * Seven Stars Prologue: In Egypt’s Land, (pr) Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999
• * This is Illyria, Lady, (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997

NEWMAN, PAUL S. (1924-1999) (chron.)

• * Don’t Talk—Or Else!, (ss)
  • Reader’s Digest Mystery Top-Picks, ed. Judith Hatch, Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader’s Digest Educational Division 1977

NEWMAN, RICHARD LOUIS (chron.)

• * Pressure Point (with Cab Taylor), (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1987

NEWMAN, ROSS (chron.)

• * Drop the Pilot, (ss)
  • Ticket to Trouble, ed. Ron Serdiuk, CrimeWriters Queensland 2006
• * The Woman Who Leapt from the Sea, (ss)
  • Ticket to Trouble, ed. Ron Serdiuk, CrimeWriters Queensland 2006

NEWMAN, SHARAN (Elizabeth, née Hill) (1949- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Catherine and the Sibyl [Catherine LeVendeur], (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2005
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Conventual Spirit, (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996
  • Murder Most Divine, ed. Ralph McInerny & Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000
• * The Deadly Bride, (ss) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005
  • The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2007
• * Death Before Compline, (ss) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
• * Honeymoon for One, (nv) More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999
• * Introduction (with Miriam Grace Monfredo), (in)
  • Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• * Jack Hath Not His Jill, (ss) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
• * Light Her Way Home, (ss) Murder Most Crafty, ed. Maggie Bruce, Penguin US 2005
• * Preface (with Miriam Grace Monfredo), (in)
  • Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• * Preface, (pr)
  • Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000
• * The Promised Land, (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• * Solomon’s Decision, (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997

NEWMAN, STUART (chron.)

• * The Sole Beneficiary, (ss) EQMM Dec 1990

NEWSHAM, ANDREW (chron.)

• * His Own Skeleton, (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

NEWTON, B. (chron.)

• * Brotherly Concerns, (ss) AHMM Jul 1986
• * Grave Sights, (ss) AHMM Nov 1988
• * A Puppydog’s Tale, (nv) AHMM Nov 1987