Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

NEWTON, KURT (chron.)

• * The Mole Trap, (ss) Crime Spree, ed. Sandy DeLuca and Trey R. Barker, December Girl Press 2001

NEWTON, W. DOUGLAS; see under Newton, Douglas (chron.)

NEY, NEAL J. (chron.)

• * Windy City Detectives, (ar) The Armchair Detective Fll 1990

NEYER, MICHAEL (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * A Sensible Course of Action, by Baron Palle Rosenkrantz, (ss) 1909
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000

NICHOLAS, MARK (chron.)

• * A $5,000 Proposal, (ss) Cold Drill, ed. Kent Anderson, Boise State 1997

NICHOLL, CHARLES (chron.)

• * from The Reckoning, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

NICHOLLS, STAN (chron.)

• * We Are for the Dark, (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998

NICHOLS, KELLY ELIZABETH (1953- ); see pseudonym P. J. Parrish (chron.)

NICHOLS, WALLACE (1888-1967) (chron.)

• * The Case of His Own Abduction [Sollius], (ss) London Mystery #72 1967
  • The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003
• * The Case of the Empress’s Jewels, (nv) London Mystery Magazine #3 1950
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993
• * The Case of the Murdered Senator [Sollius], (nv) London Mystery Magazine Oct 1950
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
• * The Case of the Nest of Evil [Sollius], (ss) London Mystery Mar 1965; also as “The Nest of Evil”.
• * The Nest of Evil [“The Case of the Nest of Evil”; Sollius], (ss) London Mystery Mar 1965
  • Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996
• * The Treasury Thefts, (gp)
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993
• * The Treasury Thefts, (nv) London Mystery Magazine #4 1950
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993

NICHOLSON, HAEROLD (chron.)

• * untitled), (ex) The Spectator Mar 23 1951
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

NICHOLSON, MARGARET BEDA LARMINIE (1924- ); see pseudonym Margaret Yorke (chron.)

NICHOLSON, MAXINE S. (chron.)

• * Arnie, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1985

NICHOLSON, ROY LENNARD (chron.)

• * Catch as Sketch Can, (ss) AHMM Apr 1967
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1967

NICKERSON, NARE (chron.)

• * Just the Facts, Ma’am, (ms) MHCMM #1 1996

NICKLÈS, SARA (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

NICOLO, CHARLES (chron.)

• * A Cast with Character, (ss) EQMM Jul 1988

NICOLSON, HERBERT (chron.)

• * The Practical Joke, (ss) Mystery Stories #18 1939

NIELSEN, HELEN (Bernice) (1918-2002) (chron.)

• * Angry Weather, (ss) AHMM Mar 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * Confession, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960
• * Death Scene, (ss) EQMM May 1963
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999; given as by Helen Neilsen.
  • Speaking of Greed, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Decision, (ss) Manhunt Jun 1957
  • More Ms. Murder, ed. Marie Smith, London: Xanadu 1991
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Line of Fire, (ss) EQMM Sep 1987
• * The One, (nv) EQMM Nov 1991
• * The Perfect Servant, (ss) EQMM Nov 1971
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * A Piece of Ground, (ss) Manhunt Jul 1957
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
• * The Very Hard Sell, (ss) AHMM May 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * Witness for the Defense, (ss) EQMM Sep 1963
  • Murder on Trial, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994

NIELSEN, LESLIE (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Leslie Nielsen” by Andrew F. Gulli, (iv) The Strand Magazine #9 2002

NIELSEN HAYDEN, PATRICK (chron.)

• * Sincerity, (ss) More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993

NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH (chron.)

• * from Thus Spoke Zarathustra, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995; tr. by R. J. Hollingdale

NIEVES, HÉCTOR DANIEL GÓMEZ (chron.)

• * Nightmare of the Alien and the Bad Dream of the Unknown, (ss)
  • Line of Fire: Detective Stories from the Mexican Border, ed. Leobardo Saravia Quiroz, San Diego State University Press 1996

NIGHTSHADE, LENORE T. (chron.)

• * A Shot Rang Out, (pm) EQMM May 1996

NIKAS, EKATERINE (chron.)

• * Fatal Tears, (nv) A Deadly Dozen, ed. Susan B. Casmier, Aljean Harmetz & Cynthia Lawrence, Uglytown 2000

NIKITAS, DEREK (chron.)

• * Runaway, (ss) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008
• * Skippy, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004
• * Waiting, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005

NILES, CHRIS (chron.)

• * Ladies’ Man, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004
• * Revenge Is the Best Revenge, (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002
• * Vanished, (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2003

NILL, JOHN M. (chron.)

• * The Giant Rat of Sumatra [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

NILSEN, DENIS (chron.)

• * from The Psychograph, (ex)
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

NIMERSHEIM, JACK (chron.)

• * Cain’s Curse, (nv) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992
• * Moriarty by Modem [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * #2, with a Bullet, (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

NIMMO, KURT (chron.)

• * Andrew’s Last Challenge, (vi) Hardboiled #7 1987

NISBET, JIM (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Brian’s Story, (ss)
  • Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology, ed. Anthony Neil Smith, Dennis McMillan 2005
• * Facilis Descensus Averno, (ss) Paris Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 2008
• * Weight Less Than Shadow, (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (Golden Gate Bridge).

NIVEN, LARRY; [i.e., Laurence van Cott Niven] (1938- ) (chron.)

• * ARM [Gil Hamilton], (na) Epoch, ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Berkley 1975
  • Sci-Fi Private Eye, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc 1997
• * Cloak of Anarchy, (ss) Analog Mar 1972
  • Tin Stars, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, NAL/Signet 1986
• * Death by Ecstasy [“The Organleggers”; Gil Hamilton], (na) Galaxy Jan 1969
  • Supernatural Sleuths, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Penguin/Roc 1996
• * A Kind of Murder, (ss) Analog Apr 1974
  • Futurecrime, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Fine 1992
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997
• * The Organleggers [Gil Hamilton], (na) Galaxy Jan 1969; also as “Death by Ecstasy”.

NIXON, DON (chron.)

• * Santa’s Grotto, (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

NIXON, JOAN LOWERY (1927-2003) (chron.)

• * The Disappearance of Gavin McCann (with Nicole Marie Brush), (ss) Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House 1996

NOAD, PAT (chron.)

• * Along the Line, (ss)
  • Bad to the Bones, ed. Kerry Greenwood, Holland Park, Queensland: CrimeWriters Queensland 2002
• * Deeds and Descendants, (ss)
  • Menace in the Mulga, ed. Peter Corris, Holland Park, Queensland: Crime Writers Queensland 2000
• * Rats, (vi)
  • Bad to the Bones, ed. Kerry Greenwood, Holland Park, Queensland: CrimeWriters Queensland 2002
• * The Invisibility Factor, (ss)
  • Ticket to Trouble, ed. Ron Serdiuk, CrimeWriters Queensland 2006
• * Where’s Fitzy?, (ss)
  • Ticket to Trouble, ed. Ron Serdiuk, CrimeWriters Queensland 2006

NOBEL, FREDERICK (chron.)

• * The Command to Kill, (ss) Mystery Stories #2 1936

NOBLE, CAROL T(rowbridge) (chron.)

• * Catherine’s Ghost, (ss) Hardboiled Detective #12 1991
• * A Web Like a Spider’s Web, (ss) Hardboiled #14 1992

NOBLE, JAMES A. (1944- ) (chron.)

• * A Bad Day for All Concerned, (ss) AHMM Oct 1983
• * The Case of the Amateur Detective and the Chicken, (ss) AHMM May 1983
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * The Case of the Big Bang Theory and the Grand Finale, (ss) AHMM Nov 1995
• * The Case of the Cop and the Drop, (ss) AHMM Dec 1984
• * The Case of the Daydreamer and the Intentional Incident, (ss) AHMM Oct 1995
• * The Case of the Dumb Detective and the Humphrey Bogart Fanatic, (ss) AHMM May 1995
• * The Case of the Silent Kidnapper and the Seventy Pecent Solution, (ss) AHMM Feb 1997
• * The Case of the Unloved Evidence, (ss) AHMM Aug 1984
• * The Case of the Untidy Golf Cult, (ss) AHMM Nov 1983
• * Crispy Critter, (ss) AHMM Feb 1996
• * Epitaph for a Trash Bin, (ss) AHMM Feb 1987
• * The Esterlund Program, (ss) AHMM Jun 1984
• * The Good Listener, (ss) AHMM Jun 1985
• * The Investment in Murder Mystery, (ss) AHMM Feb 1986
• * The Invisible Clue, (ss) AHMM Oct 1986
• * Involuntary Suicide, (ss) AHMM Apr 1985
• * The Kompetition Killer, (ss) AHMM Jan 1998
• * The Mountain Mishap Mystery, (ss) AHMM Dec 1985
• * Murder in the Fast Lane, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1985
  • Kingpins, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Odds Against Mack Meadows, (ss) AHMM mid-Sep 1983
• * One Man’s Money, Another Man’s Trash, (ss) AHMM Dec 1983
• * Package Deal, (ss) AHMM Jan 1997
• * Playing Ball with Ozzie, (ss) AHMM Mar 1984
• * Revenge of the Skinflint, (ss) AHMM Apr 1984
• * A Short Pocket Mystery, (ss) AHMM Mar 1985
• * Walling Up the Calls, (ss) AHMM Jul 1986

NODAR, JANET (chron.)

• * The Callers, (ss) AHMM Sep 1999
• * Even the Least, (ss) AHMM Nov 2006
• * ZipiMart Eddie, (ss) AHMM Nov 1996

NOETZEL, RICK (chron.)

• * An Evening Out, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2003
• * Pretty Boy Lloyd, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006
• * Second from the Right, (ss) AHMM Feb 2003
• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Good Old Days, (vi) AHMM Jun 2002

NOLAN, JAMES (chron.)

• * Open Mike, (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (French Quarter).

NOLAN, TOM (books) (chron.)

• * Archer in Memory: A Biographical Sketch, (bg)
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Double Detecting in Victorian England, (bg) MHCMM Spr 1997; Anne Perry on Thomas and Charlotte Pitt.
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Strangers in Town, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Introduction, (in) (*) 2004
  • The Couple Next Door, Margaret Millar, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * “K” Is for Kinsey, (bg) MHCMM Spr 1997; Sue Grafton on Kinsey Millhone.
• * Martha Grimes Plants a Few Clues, (bg) MHCMM Sum 2000; on Richard Jury & Melrose Plant.
• * Mystery on the Air, (ar) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
• * On a Winning Streak, (bg) MHCMM Spr 1997; Dick Francis on Sid Halley.
• * Peter Lovesey: Making Peace with the Past, (bg) MHCMM Sum 1999; on Peter Diamond.
• * Preface to the Case Notes, (pr)
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Regular Guys—and Gals—With a Twist, (bg) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997; Elmore Leonard on Chili Palmer.
• * Sounds of Suspense (with Dick Lochte), (ar) The Armchair Detective Spr, Sum, Fll 1990, Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1991
• * Sue Grafton Talks to Tom Nolan, (iv) Crime Time #23 2001

NOLAN, WILLIAM F(rancis) (1928- ); see pseudonym Frank Anmar (books) (chron.)

• * An Act of Violence, (ss) Phantasm #2 1995
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Murder Most Postal, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• * The Adventure of the Martian Moons [Sam Space], (ss) The Flying Sorcerers, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1997; also as “The Beast of Bubble City”.
• * The Beast of Bubble City [“The Adventure of the Martian Moons”; Sam Space], (ss) The Flying Sorcerers, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1997
  • Down the Long Night, Five Star 2000
• * Brothers in Crime [Batman], (ss) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992
• * A Centennial Interview with Dash Hammett, (iv) Hardboiled #19 1994
• * Chandlerisms, (ms) Hardboiled #22 1996
• * Deadtrip [Sam Space], (ss) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
• * Death Decision, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1981
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * Death Double, (ss) Impact-20, Paperback Library 1963
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Death Drag [as by Frank Anmar], (ss) Chase #2 1964
  • Down the Long Night, Five Star 2000
• * Die, Clown, Die!, (ss) 14 Vicious Valentines, ed. Rosalind M. Greenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Avon 1988
  • Down the Long Night, Five Star 2000
• * Down the Long Night [“Laugh Till You Die”, as by Frank Anmar], (ss) Terror Detective Story Magazine Apr 1957
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998
  • Down the Long Night, Five Star 2000