Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

PENZLER, OTTO (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997
  • Best American Mystery Stories 1998, ed. Sue Grafton, Houghton Mifflin 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1999, ed. Ed McBain, Houghton Mifflin 1999
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2000, ed. Donald E. Westlake, Houghton Mifflin 2000
  • The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, ed. Lawrence Block, Houghton Mifflin 2001
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2002, ed. James Ellroy, Houghton Mifflin 2002
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2005, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin 2005
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996
  • Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1998
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
  • Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
  • Criminal Records, ed. Otto Penzler, Orion 2000
  • Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• * Introduction, (in) (*) 2005
  • Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• * Introduction, (in) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press, , ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2005
  • Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
• * Introduction, (ss)
  • Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• * Introduction, (ss) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * Mystery Newsletter (with Chris Steinbrunner), (cl) EQMM Jan 14, Feb 11, Mar 10, Apr 7, May 5, Jun 2, Jun 30, Jul 23 1980
• * Preface (with Thomas H. Cook), (pr)
  • The Best American Crime Writing 2006, ed. Mark Bowden, Harper Perennial 2006

PERELMAN, S(idney) J(oseph) (1904-1979) (chron.)

• * And Then the Whining Schoolboy, with His Satchel, (ss) New Yorker 1974
  • AHMM Dec 1996
• * Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer, (ss) New Yorker Dec 16 1944
  • Detection, ed. James Gibson & Alan Ridout, John Murray 1978
  • The Defective Detective, ed. Steve Carper, Citadel Press 1992
• * “Somewhere a Roscoe...”, (ar) 1959
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * Who Stole My Golden Metaphor?, (ex) 1957
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

PÉRET, BENJAMIN (1900-1959) (chron.)

• * The Condemned Man’s Last Night, (ss) 1988
  • Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992; tr. by Rachel Stella

PERIERA, HELEN (chron.)

• * Coronation, (ss) Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991

PERKINS, BOB (chron.)

• * Feline Felon, (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1994
• * Murder Most Fowl, (pm) EQMM Dec 1994

PERKINS, ROBERT D. (chron.)

• * Kansas City Prime, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

PERKINS, (Robert) WILDER (1921-1999) (chron.)

• * Hoare and the Frog Prince [Bartholomew Hoare], (nv) AHMM Feb 1999
• * Hoare and the Missing Mids [Bartholomew Hoare], (nv) AHMM Feb 2000
• * Hoare and the Passed Master [Bartholomew Hoare], (nv) AHMM Nov 1998

PEROWNE, BARRY; pseudonym of Philip Atkey, (1908-1985) (chron.)

• * The Blind Spot, (ss) EQMM Nov 1945
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * Knowing What I Know Now, (ss) EQMM Nov 1952
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Noel, Noel, (ss) EQMM Jan 1955
  • Murder Under the Mistletoe and Other Stories, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1992
• * Raffles and an American Night’s Entertainment [A. J. Raffles], (nv) EQMM Mar 1983
• * Raffles and Operation Champagne [A. J. Raffles], (nv) EQMM Nov 4 1981
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
• * Raffles and the Artful Dodger [A. J. Raffles], (nv) EQMM Jun 2 1980
• * Raffles and the Box 4 Drama [A. J. Raffles], (nv) EQMM Jan 28 1981
• * Raffles and the Dangerous Game [A. J. Raffles], (ss) EQMM Jun 1976
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * The Raffles Hunt [A. J. Raffles], (nv) EQMM Jan 1974
  • Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection, ed. Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor, Garland 1983
• * Raffles in Love [A. J. Raffles], (ss) EQMM Feb 11 1980

PERRIN, FORREST V. (chron.)

• * Dealer’s Choice, (ss) AHMM Mar 1962
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996

PERRONE, DIANE (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Bird Shot, (vi) AHMM May 2003

PERRONE, DIANE C. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Allemande Left & Right, (vi) AHMM Apr 1998

PERRY, ANNE; pseudonym of Juliet Marion Hulme, (1938- ) (books) (chron.)

• * An Affair of Inconvenience [Lady Vespasia], (ss) MHCMM Fll 1998
  • First Cases, Volume 3, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1999
• * The Blackmailer, (ss) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996; also as “A Matter of Blackmail”.
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Mystery’s Most Wanted, ed. Anon., St. Martin’s 1997
• * The Blue Scorpion, (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Brodie and the Regrettable Incident of the French Ambassador, (nv) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998
• * The Case of the Bloodless Sock [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Murder in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * The Case of the Highland Hoax (with Malachi Saxon), (nv) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002
• * The Case of the Santo Niño, (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• * The Christmas Gift [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) More Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1999
• * Daisy and the Archaeologists, (nv) Canine Crimes, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1998
• * Daisy and the Christmas Goose, (nv) Malice Domestic 10, Nevada Barr, Avon 2001
• * Daisy and the Silver Quaich, (ss) Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998
• * A Dance with Life, Death... and Laughter, (in) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
• * Death by Fire (with Malachi Saxon), (ss) Murder Most Catholic, ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House 2002
• * Digby’s First Case, (nv) AHMM Aug 1988
  • Women of Mystery, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1992
  • More Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1994
• * A Dish Taken Cold, (nv) Criminal Records, ed. Otto Penzler, Orion 2000
• * The End of Innocence, (nv) The Mighty Johns, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003
• * Ere I Killed Thee, (nv) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * The Escape, (ss) EQMM Mar 1996
  • Once Upon a Crime II, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 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
  • Crème de La Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * Heroes, (ss) Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
  • Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * Hostage to Fortune [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [revised], ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Jon L. Lellenberg, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Hostages, (na) Transgressions, ed. Ed McBain, Forge Books 2005
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000
  • Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
  • Death by Dickens, ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime 2004
• * Introduction, (in) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * The Judgment, (ss) Powers of Detection, ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace 2004
• * The Last High Queen, (ss) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
• * Lost Causes, (ss) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
  • The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2007
• * Madame President, (ss) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999
• * A Matter of Blackmail [“The Blackmailer”], (ss) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996
  • MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
• * The Profiteer, (ss) MHCMM #1 1996
• * Rearrangements, (ss) The Mysterious North, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2002
• * The Reverend Collins’ Visit, (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000
• * Sing a Song of Sixpence [Theolonius Quade], (nv) Death Dines In, ed, Claudia Bishop & Dean James, Berkley 2004
• * Sneaker Wave, (nv) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• * A Tale of One City, (nv) Death by Dickens, ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime 2004
  • The Widow of Slane: Six More of the Best Crime and Mystery Novellas of the Year!, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2006
• * Uncle Charlie’s Letters, (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• * The Watch Night Bell [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1996

_____, [ref.]

• * “Double Detecting in Victorian England” by Tom Nolan, (bg) MHCMM Spr 1997
• * “To plot—or not?: How Anne Perry Does It” by Terry Hammond, (ar) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998

PERRY, EDWARD E. (chron.)

• * The Molester, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

PERRY, EDWARD L. (chron.)

• * Bait for a Rapist, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Jun 1958
• * The Black Widow, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1957

PERRY, ELSIN ANN (chron.)

• * Computer Jingle, (pm) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• * A Neat Little Murder, (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * Road Kill, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * Stop!!!, (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999

PERRY, H. ROBERT (chron.)

• * Toy Pincher, (ss) Canine Christmas, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1999

PERRY, JEROME SEVERS; pseudonym of Robert Leslie Bellem, (1902-1968) (chron.)

• * Portrait of Terror, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Jan 1936
  • Spicy Mystery Stories, ed. Tom Mason, Newbury Park, CA: Malibu Graphics, Inc. 1990

PERRY, RALPH R. (1895-?) (chron.)

• * The Wrong Move, (nv) Argosy Apr 7 1934
  • It’s Raining Corpses in Chinatown, ed. Don Hutchison, Nercer Island, WA: Starmont 1991

PERRY, STEVE(n Carl) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003

PERRY, THOMAS (1947- ) (chron.)

• * The Butcher’s Boy, (ex) New York: Scribner’s 1982
  • Crime Digest May/Jun 1982
• * The Closer, (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• * from: The Butcher’s Boy [Michael Schaeffer], (ex) New York: Scribner’s 1982
  • The Killing Spirit, ed. Jay Hopler, The Overlook Press 1996

PERTWEE, ROLAND (1885-1963) (chron.)

• * The Voice that Said ‘Good-night’, (ss) The Strand Jan 1927
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991

PESA, ROBERT (chron.)

• * Snow Cover, (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug-Nov 2005

PESHKOV, ALEXEY M. (1868-1936); see pseudonym Maxim Gorky (chron.)

PESSENDA, DAVID J. (chron.)

• * Fulfillment, (ss) Hardboiled #14 1992

PETERS, AL (chron.)

• * The Shadow, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1927

PETERS, E. BROOKS (chron.)

• * A Cameo Disappearance, (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984
• * Condolence Card, (ss) Espionage Magazine Jul 1987

PETERS, ELIZABETH; pseudonym of Barbara G. Mertz, (1927- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Charlotte MacLeod, Five Star 2002
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002
• * Liz Peters, PI, (ss) Christmas Stalkings, ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1991
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
  • Liz Peters, PI, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Locked Tomb Mystery, (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1990, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1990
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998
  • The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002
• * Malice Domestic: An Idea Whose Time Had Come, (in) Malice Domestic 1, Elizabeth Peters, Pocket 1992

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Indomitable Amelia” by Rosemary Herbert, (bg) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997

PETERS, ELLIS; pseudonym of Edith Pargeter, (1913-1995) (books) (chron.)

• * At the House of Gentle Wind, (nv) Everywoman’s Magazine Oct 1956 (+1)
  • The Trinity Cat and Other Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Breathless Beauty, (nv) Good Housekeeping Apr 1957 (+1)
  • The Trinity Cat and Other Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Come to Dust, (nv) Winter’s Crimes 16, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1984
  • The Trinity Cat and Other Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Dead Mountain Lion, (nv) Everywoman’s Magazine Nov 1954 (+1)
  • The Trinity Cat and Other Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Eye Witness [Brother Cadfael], (nv) Winter’s Crimes 13, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1981
  • EQMM Feb 1990
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993
• * The Frustration Dream, (ss) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
  • More Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1994
  • The Trinity Cat and Other Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Golden Girl, (ss) This Week Aug 16 1964
  • The Trinity Cat and Other Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Guide to Doom, (ss) This Week Nov 10 1963
  • Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
  • The Trinity Cat and Other Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2006