Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

OATES, JOYCE CAROL (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Secret, Silent, (ss) Boulevard Fll 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1999, ed. Ed McBain, Houghton Mifflin 1999
• * The Skull, (ss) Harper’s May 2002
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003
• * The Sky-Blue Ball, (ss) EQMM Jan 1997
  • Crème de La Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * So Help Me God, (ss)
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006
• * The Stalker, (ss) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996
• * Tell Me You Forgive Me?, (na) EQMM Sep/Oct 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
  • Ellery Queen Presents Great Mystery Novellas, ed. Janet Hutchings, Five Star 2004
• * Tusk, (nv) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• * The Twins: A Mystery, (ss) AHMM Dec 2002
• * Valentine, July Heat Wave, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
• * The Vampire, (nv) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
• * Will You Always Love Me?, (ss) Story 1996
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997

OBEE, BRUCE (chron.)

• * The Partnership, (nv) AHMM Aug 1985

OBEJAS, ACHY (chron.)

• * Destiny Returns, (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (26th & Kedvale).

OBERMAYR, ERICH (chron.)

• * An English Collection, (nv) AHMM May 1997
• * Marcel Sieurac’s Murder, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• * A Matter of Blood and Wax, (nv) AHMM Feb 1988
• * A Matter of Brazilian Import, (nv) AHMM May 1989
• * Murder in the Passage Vendôme, (ss) AHMM Jan 1992

OBERMEYER, FREDRICK (chron.)

• * The Thrill of the Kill, (ss) Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2001

O’BRIAN, PATRICK (1914-2000) (chron.)

• * On the Bog, (ss) 1974
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * The Walker, (ss) The Rendezvous and Other Stories, W.W. Norton 1956
  • Murder & Other Acts of Literature, ed. Michele Slung, St. Martin’s 1997

O’BRIEN, ED (chron.)

• * A Jest for the Prince, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2001

O’BRIEN, EDWARD (chron.)

• * The Edge of Elsewhere, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1999
• * Those They Mourn, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1999

O’BRIEN, (Michael) FITZ-JAMES (1828-1862) (chron.)

• * The Diamond Lens, (nv) Atlantic Monthly Jan 1858
  • Bedside Tales of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Anon., Panther 1963

O’BRIEN, FLANN; pseudonym of Brian O Nuallain, (1911-1966) (chron.)

• * The Sting, (vi)
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993

O’BRIEN, MAUREEN (1943- ) (chron.)

• * The Cataloguer, (ss) Crimewave #1 1999

O’BRIEN, MEG (chron.)

• * Kill the Woman and Child, (nv) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995

O’BRIEN, MICHAEL (David) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Ice Bound, (ss) Thrilling Mystery Nov 1940
  • High Adventure #56 2000

OBSTFELD, RAYMOND (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah, (ss) Mystery Jan 1981

O’CALLAGHAN, BILLY (chron.)

• * The Body on the Boat, (ss) AHMM Dec 2005

O’CALLAGHAN, (Helen) MAXINE (1937- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Bad News [Delilah West], (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Heart, (ss) Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * A Change of Clients [Delilah West], (ss) AHMM Nov 1974
  • First Cases, Volume 3, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1999
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Deal with the Devil [Delilah West], (ss) Maxine O’Callaghan Bibliography 1974-1995, Maxine O’Callaghan, A.S.A.P. 1994
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Diamonds Are for Never [Delilah West], (ss) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Exit, (ss) After Hours Sum 1990
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Going to the Dogs, (ss) Creature Cozies, ed. Jill Morgan, Berkley Prime Crime 2005
• * An Insignificant Crime, (vi) EQMM Feb 1977
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Introduction, (in)
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Is You Is or Is You Ain’t Miranda?, (vi) After Hours Win 1995
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * It Takes One to Kill One [Emma Hartley], (ss) For Crime Out Loud, Vol. 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1996
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Somewhere South of Melrose [Delilah West], (ss) Murder at the Movies, ed. Anon., Worldwide Library 1999
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Sorry, Frank, (ss) AHMM Jan 1974
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Survival Instinct, (ss) Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * The Sweet Old Lady Who Sits in the Park [Emma Hartley], (ss) Murder California Style, The Southern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, St. Martin’s 1987
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• * Wolf Winter, (ss) Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991
  • [2001*DealWDv]Deal with the Devil and Other Stories, Five Star 2001

O’CEALLAIGH, CLIONA (chron.)

• * The Purloined Treasures (with Eleanor Sullivan), (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1990

OCHS, CAROL PARTRIDGE (chron.)

• * A Change in Luck, (ss) EQMM Feb 1990

Ó COILEÁIN, SÉAMAS (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * Mugging in Harcourt Street, by Cathal Ó Sándair, (ss) Feasta 1982
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993

O’CONNELL, CAROL (1947- ) (chron.)

• * The Arcane Receiver, (ss) The Mighty Johns, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002

O’CONNELL, JACK (1959- ) (chron.)

• * The Swag from Doc Hawthorne’s, (nv) F&SF Feb 2003
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, ed. Nelson DeMille, Houghton Mifflin 2004

O’CONNELL, JOE (chron.)

• * Dottie West’s Third Son, (ss) Hardboiled #15 1993

O’CONNELL, STEVE; pseudonym of John George Reitci, (1922-1983) (chron.)

• * 9 from 12 Leaves 3, (ss) AHMM Nov 1960
  • AHMM Jun 1991
• * The Quiet Eye, (ss) AHMM Aug 1961
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962

O’CONNOR, FLANNERY (1925-1964) (chron.)

• * The Comforts of Home, (ss) The Kenyon Review Fll 1960
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990
  • EQMM Nov 1991
  • Death on the Veranda, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * A Good Man Is Hard to Find, (ss) The Avon Book of Modern Writing, ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon 1953
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993

O’CONNOR, FRANK; pseudonym of Michael O’Donovan, (1903-1966) (chron.)

• * In the Train, (ss) New Yorker 1936
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993
• * Jumbo’s Wife, (ss) Guests of the Nation 1931
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996
• * Legal Aid, (ss) Traveller’s Tales 1951
  • Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992
• * The Majesty of the Law, (ss)
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998

O’CONNOR, GEMMA (1940- ) (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Gemma O’Connor” by Barry Forshaw, (iv) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

O’CONNOR, LAWTON (chron.)

• * The Alias, (ss) AHMM Dec 1958
  • AHMM Win 1989

O’CONNOR, MAUREEN (1940- ); see pseudonym Patricia Hall (chron.)

OCORK, SHANNON (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Mifflin Must Go, (ss) EQMM Jun 1986
  • New England Crime Chowder, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, International Polygonics 1992
• * Night Run, (ss) EQMM Aug 1983
• * Well Worth It, (ss) EQMM Oct 1984

O’DANIEL, JANET (chron.)

• * Career in Crime, (ss) AHMM Dec 1985
• * Crime and the Cloister, (nv) AHMM Oct 1983
• * Death of an Alumnus, (ss) AHMM Dec 1988
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Signet 1992
• * Florida Primitive, (nv) AHMM Oct 1988
• * A Heart for Murder, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1988
• * House by the Road, (nv) AHMM Jan 1987
  • Mystery for Halloween, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
• * Murder Below Broad Street, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1992
• * Patchwork, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1985
• * Seven Nights, Six Days, (ss) AHMM Aug 1983
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * Strands of Murder, (ss) AHMM mid-Sep 1982
• * Wake the Dead, (ss) AHMM May 1993
• * Western Wind, (nv) AHMM May 1984

O’DANIEL, SISSY (chron.)

• * Ten Cent Alibi, (ss) Mammoth Mystery Feb 1947
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

ODDIE, JAMES L. (chron.)

• * Buddaha’s Revenge, (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• * The Final Puzzle, (vi) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * grandma@girlchat.com, (vi) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

O’DONNELL, PETER (1920- ) (chron.)

• * Professor Kaa’s Doorway, (ss) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
• * Salamander Four [Modesty Blaise], (nv)
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988

O’DONOHOE, NICK; [i.e., Nicholas Benjamin O’Donohoe] (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Checking Out, (ss) AHMM Sep 1990

O’DONOVAN, MICHAEL (1903-1966); see pseudonym Frank O’Connor (chron.)

O’DRISCOLL, MIKE (1960- ) (chron.)

• * Blue Valentine, (ss) Crimewave #2 1999

O’DUFFY, EIMAR (Ultan) (1893-1935) (chron.)

• * The Glass Panel, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993
• * Miss Kitten’s Case, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * The Mystery of the Octagon Room, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

OELRICH, MICHAEL J. (chron.)

• * Do It Yourself, (ss) EQMM Jan 14 1980

O’FAOLÁIN, SEÁN; [born John Whelan] (1900-1991) (chron.)

• * The Death of Stevey Long, (nv) 1932
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Murder at Cobbler’s Hulk, (nv) Playboy Jul 1971
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993
  • Murder Most Irish, ed. Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996

OFFIT, SIDNEY (chron.)

• * No Time for Senior’s, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004

OFFORD, LENORE GLEN (1905-1991) (chron.)

• * A Case of Lost Identity [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

OFFUTT, ANDREW J(efferson, V) (1934- ) (chron.)

• * Blowfly, (ss) Trumpet #6 1967
  • Espionage Magazine Oct 1986

OFFUTT, CHRIS (1958- ) (chron.)

• * Chuck’s Bucket, (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

O’FLAHERTY, LIAM (1896-1984) (chron.)

• * The Law Is the Law, (ss) EQMM Dec 1954
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993
• * The Sniper, (ss) The New Leader Jan 12 1923
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000

OGAN, GEORGE (F.) (1912-1983) (chron.)

• * The Inverted Centers (with Margaret Ogan), (ss)
  • Teen-age Detective Stories, ed. A. L. Furman, Lantern Press 1968
• * Top Secret (with Margaret Ogan), (ss)
  • Teen-age Spy Stories, ed. A. L. Furman, Lantern Press 1967

OGAN, MARGARET (E. Nettles) (1923-1979) (chron.)

• * The Inverted Centers (with George Ogan), (ss)
  • Teen-age Detective Stories, ed. A. L. Furman, Lantern Press 1968
• * Top Secret (with George Ogan), (ss)
  • Teen-age Spy Stories, ed. A. L. Furman, Lantern Press 1967

OGLALLA SIOUX (chron.)

• * When The Other Comes, (pm) New Mystery v4 #3 1996

OGLESBY, WILLIAM (chron.)

• * Staying Alive, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

O’GREEN, JENNIFER MITCHELL ROBERSON; see under Roberson, Jennifer (chron.)

O’HARA, JOHN (Henry) (1905-1970) (chron.)

• * How I Am Now in Chi, (ss) 1939
  • More Murder on Cue, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1990
• * In a Grove, (ss) 1960
  • Master’s Choice, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 1999