Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

O’HARA, KENNETH; pseudonym of Bryce Walton, (1918-1988) (chron.)

• * A Week-End Ghoul, (ss) Sleuth Mystery Magazine Dec 1958
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959

O’HARA, SCOTT; pseudonym of John D. MacDonald, (1916-1986) (chron.)

• * Night Watch, (ss) Detective Tales May 1950
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

O’HEAR, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Laughter in the Shadows, (ar) Murderous Intent Spr 1996

O’HEARN, E. HOLDEN (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ False Arrest, (pm) AHMM Feb 1996

O’HIGGINS, HARVEY J(errold) (1876-1929) (chron.)

• * The Blackmailers [Barney Cook], (nv) The Adventures of Detective Barney, New York: Century 1915
  • Crime in a Cold-Climate, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1994
  • AHMM Jun 2005
• * The Marshall Murder [John Duff], (nv) Detective Duff Unravels It, New York: Liveright 1929
  • Crime in a Cold-Climate, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1994
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000

OJIKUTU, BAYO (chron.)

• * The Gospel of Moral Ends, (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (77th & Jeffery).

O’KANE, LESLIE (1954- ) (chron.)

• * The Emerald Collar, (ss) Canine Christmas, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1999
• * Tipping the Scales, (ss) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998

O’KEEFE, JAMES (chron.)

• * Death Makes a Comeback, (ss) The New Black Mask No.3, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1985
  • The Fifth Grave and Other Terrifying Tales of Homicide in the Heartland, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * Scam Snooper, (ss) Hardboiled #6 1986
• * Susan, (ss) Hardboiled #19 1994

O’KEEFFE, PATRICK (chron.)

• * Mute Robbery, (ss) AHMM Feb 1976
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1991

OKONOWICZ, ED (1947- ) (chron.)

• * The Easter Gathering, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981

OLCOTT, ANTHONY (1950- ); see pseudonym Toni Brill (chron.)

• * A Dacha to Die In, (nv) AHMM Apr 1992
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992

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• * The Summer of ’37, by Julian Semionov, (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
• * Table Talk, 1882, by Boris Akunin, (ss) EQMM Feb 2004; first published in the Russian Playboy, 2000.

OLCOTT, MARTHA (Brill) (1949- ); see pseudonym Toni Brill (chron.)

OLDE, NICHOLAS (chron.)

• * The Windmill [Rowland Hern], (ss) The Incredible Adventures of Rowland Hern, Heinemann 1928
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998

O’LEARY, DENYSE (chron.)

• * Would We Allow a Crime Writer to Get Away with This?, (ar) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * Would We Let a Writer Get Away with This in Crime Fiction?, (cl) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• * You Think Crime Fiction Is Strange? Truth Is Stranger..., (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1999

OLECK, JACK (1914-1981) (chron.)

• * Death with a Stranger!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Apr 1958
• * Kill Me Too!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957
• * Lust of the Wicked!, (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Aug 1957
• * Murder Is So Easy!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Oct 1957

OLEKSIW, SUSAN (Prince) (1945- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Death of a Mentor, (ss) AHMM Sep 2006
• * A Murder Made in India, (ss) AHMM Oct 2003
• * The Photographer and the Lover, (ss) AHMM Apr 2005
• * Silver House, (ss) Undertow, ed. Skye Alexander, Kate Flora & Susan Oleksiw, Level Best Books 2003

OLINGHOUSE, LANE (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Bye, Bye, Birdie, (vi) AHMM Aug 1991
  ___ A Superfluity of Spies or It Had to Happen Sooner or Later, (vi) AHMM Jan 1990
• * The Thing Under the Bed, (vi) AHMM Jan 1990

OLIPHANT, MRS.; [i.e., Margaret Wilson Oliphant] (1828-1897) (chron.)

• * The Open Door, (nv) Blackwood’s Jan 1882
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
  • AHMM Sep 1989; slightly abridged

OLIPHANT, MARGARET (née Wilson) (1828-1897); see under Oliphant, Mrs. (chron.)

OLIVER, MARIA ANTONIA (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Where Are You, Monica?, (nv) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991

OLIVERI, MIKE (chron.)

• * Crazy for You (with Brian Keene) [*Tony & Vince], (ss) Crime Spree, ed. Sandy DeLuca and Trey R. Barker, December Girl Press 2001

OLMSTEAD, ROBERT (chron.)

• * Rolling Stones, (ss) The Midwesterner Nov/Dec 1996

OLMSTED, HELEN ESPER (books) (chron.)

• * The Corpse Was Clean-Shaven, (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996

OLSEN, D. B.; pseudonym of Dolores Hitchens, (1907-1973) (chron.)

• * The Fuzzy Things [“Murder Walks a Strange Path”], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 1948
  • Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1957
• * Murder Walks a Strange Path, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 1948; also as “The Fuzzy Things”.
  • Detective Story Annual 1949, ed. Daisy Bacon, Street & Smith 1949

OLSEN, ERIC B. (1961- ) (chron.)

• * Lying Through Your Teeth, (ss) AHMM Mar 2005

OLSEN, JAMES P.; see pseudonym James A. Lawson (chron.)

OLSHAKER, MARK (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Doorway to the Future, (ss) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996

OLSON, D. H. (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Frost, Donald Wandrei, Fedogan & Bremer 2001

OLSON, DAVID (chron.)

• * They’ll Never Find You, (ss) EQMM Mar 1993

OLSON, DONALD (S.) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Accidentally Yours, (ss) EQMM Jul 1985
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Anything Goes, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1982
• * Bearing Witness, (ss) EQMM Dec 1989
• * Beast at the Door, (ss) EQMM Dec 1983
  • Canine Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Jove 1993
• * Before Something Happens, (ss) AHMM Jun 1985
• * The Belle of the Ball Is Dead, (ss) EQMM Aug 1999
• * Big Sister, (ss) EQMM Oct 1988
• * The Bigamist, (ss) EQMM Jun 1991
• * A Bit of Excitement, (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• * Body of Evidence, (ss) EQMM Nov 1991
• * The Bricklayer’s Wife, (ss) EQMM Aug 1997
• * The Busboy, (ss) EQMM Jul 2005
• * By Night Disguised, (ss) AHMM Oct 1990
• * The Case of the Blushing Lips, (ss) AHMM Aug 1985
• * Charity Ends at Home, (ss) EQMM Oct 1984
• * Close Cover Before Striking, (ss) EQMM Jun 1998
• * Clubbed to Death, (ss) EQMM Jun 1994
  • Garden of Deadly Delights, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * Crimes and Triumphs, (ss) AHMM Sep 1984
• * Cry Before Midnight, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006
• * Daddy’s Boy, (ss) EQMM Nov 2000
• * Dead Poets, (ss) EQMM May 1991
• * Dead Right, (ss) EQMM Sep 1994
• * Deadly Wednesday, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1992
• * Deceiving Appearances, (ss) AHMM Sep 1989
• * Don’t Go Upstairs, (ss) EQMM Aug 2000
• * Down Some Dark Street, (ss) EQMM May 1994
• * Downfall, (ss) AHMM Jul 1985
• * An Easy Fifty Bucks, (ss) AHMM May 27 1981
• * Esprit de Corpse, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1985
• * Final Payment, (ss) EQMM Feb 1991
• * The French Umbrella, (ss) EQMM Mar 1994
• * A Friend Who Understands, (ss) EQMM Jun 17 1981
• * The Grotto, (ss) EQMM Jan 2005
• * Guardians of the Night, (ss) EQMM Jul 1999
• * Hard Cash, (ss) AHMM Oct 27 1980
• * Harmless Obsessions, (ss) EQMM Mar 2002
• * Hidden Assets, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1990
• * Hidden Fires, (ss) EQMM Jun 1990
• * Hold for Arrival, (ss) EQMM Jun 1995
• * Home to Stay, (ss) EQMM Nov 1998
• * I’ll Never Leave You, (ss) EQMM Oct 1994
• * I’ll Never Tell, (ss) EQMM Mar 1983
• * In Defense of Mrs. Wilbur, (ss) EQMM Feb 1998
• * In the Middle of Nowhere, (ss) EQMM Mar 2000
• * Incident in Termite Park, (ss) EQMM May 1990
• * Indian Summer, (ss) EQMM Oct 7 1981
• * The Jumbo Ivories, (ss) EQMM Mar 1990
• * The Jungle Box, (ss) EQMM Sep 1995
• * Last Bus to Manchester, (ss) EQMM Jul 1993
• * The Last of Miss Trimm...?, (ss) EQMM May 1996
• * The Last Time, (ss) AHMM Jan 2 1980
• * Lesson in Terror, (ss) EQMM Jun 2002
• * A Letter from the North, (ss) EQMM Jul 1989
• * Long After Midnight, (ss) EQMM Nov 2003
• * Long Shot on a Stone Angel, (ss) EQMM Aug 1987
• * The Malice of Cupid, (ss) EQMM Aug 1989
• * A Matter of Wife and Death, (ss) EQMM Feb 1993
• * The Missing Letter, (ss) EQMM Oct 1990
• * Murdering Mrs. Limegate, (ss) EQMM May 2003
• * My Lips Are Sealed, (ss) EQMM Jan 1993
• * Needlecraft, (ss) EQMM Jun 2003
• * The New Broom, (ss) AHMM Oct 14 1981
• * A New Wrinkle, (ss) EQMM Jul 1987
• * No Hard Feelings, (ss) EQMM Jan 1990
• * One Jump Ahead, (ss) AHMM Nov 19 1980
• * One Life Too Many, (ss) EQMM Jan 1994
• * Period of Mourning, (ss) EQMM Oct 1992
• * A Piece of Cake, (ss) EQMM May 1984
• * Pool of Tears, (ss) EQMM Jan 1999
• * Rogue’s Run, (ss) EQMM Apr 2003
• * The Scarlett Syndrome, (ss) EQMM Jan 1986
• * The Scent of Pioson, (ss) EQMM Jun 1999
• * The Second Crime Around, (ss) EQMM Feb 2002
• * Self-Inflicted Wounds, (ss) EQMM Jun 1997
• * A Sense of Injustice, (ss) EQMM Sep 1991
• * Shades of Gray, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997
• * Shopping for the Dead, (ss) EQMM Mar 2001
• * Shutterbug, (ss) EQMM Dec 1992
• * The Signal, (ss) EQMM Apr 1987
• * The Sleepwalker, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• * Somewither Cold and Strange, (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• * The Spanish Word for Death, (ss) EQMM Jul 1995
• * Stolen Goods, (ss) EQMM Sep 1993
• * The Stone House, (ss) EQMM Jun 1996
  • Never Shake a Family Tree, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * A Suitable Godson, (ss) EQMM Nov 1990
• * Switchover, (ss) EQMM Jul 2002
• * Tell Me Where Peggy Is, (ss) AHMM Feb 1985
• * A Ticket to the Moon, (ss) EQMM Jan 2004
• * The Ties That Bind, (ss) EQMM Nov 1997
• * A Token of Appreciation, (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• * Too Good to Be True, (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• * Trial by Fire, (ss) EQMM Oct 1993
• * Under a Giant Eye, (ss) EQMM Apr 1994
• * A Very Special House, (ss) EQMM Dec 1986
• * The Vital Clue, (ss) EQMM May 1999
• * A Voice from the Sea, (ss) EQMM May 1995
• * Waiting All My Life, (ss) EQMM Jul 1997
• * Warrant to Search, (ss) EQMM Dec 2005
• * Web of Circumstance, (ss) EQMM Apr 7 1980
  • Scarlet Letters, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * A Well-Traveled Woman, (ss) EQMM Apr 1998
• * Willie’s Last Trip, (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
  • Murder by the Book, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * The Winning Hand, (ss) AHMM Nov 1984
• * Would I Lie to You?, (ss) EQMM Nov 1988

OLSON, EUGENE E. (1936- ); see pseudonym Brad Steiger (chron.)

OLTION, JERRY (Brian) (1957- ) (chron.)

• * The Judas Lesson, (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

OLYARNIK, EVELYN A. (chron.)

• * I’ll Never Leave You, Dear, (vi) EQMM Oct 6 1980
• * The Stiff, (ss) AHMM Aug 19 1981

O’MARIE, SISTER CAROL ANNE (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Defender of the Faith, (ss) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999
• * A Friendly Place, (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992

O’NEIL, DENNIS (chron.)

• * Margaret You Mourn For, (ss) EQMM Nov 1988
• * Mr. Freeze: The Early Years [Batman], (ss) Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997
• * Poison Ivy’s Gift [Batman], (ss) Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997
• * Saint Al, (ss) Mob Magic, ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1998

O’NEILL, JUDITH (chron.)

• * The Barracudas, (ss) AHMM Nov 1983
• * Bridey’s Caller, (ss) AHMM May 1988
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Note, (ss) AHMM Apr 1988

O’NEILL, THOMAS K. (1947- ); see pseudonym Thomas Sparrow (books) (chron.)

ONIONS, OLIVER (chron.)

• * The Accident, (ss) Widdershins, Secker 1911
  • Mystery and Detection #1 1934
• * Rooum, (ss) The Fortnightly Review Dec 1910
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994

O NUALLAIN, BRIAN (1911-1966); see pseudonym Flann O’Brien (chron.)

OPPEL, JEAN-HUGUES (chron.)

• * A Demon in My Head, (ss) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999; tr. by Freddy Michalski & Brad Spurgeon