Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

PILLING, ANN (1944- ) (chron.)

• * The Pelican, (ss) The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories, ed. Jean Russell, London: Methuen 1982
  • Mystery Stories, ed. Helen Cresswell, Kingfisher 1996

PINCUS, ELIZABETH (1957- ) (chron.)

• * Business as Usual, (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990

PINKERTON, ALLAN (1819-1884) (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “‘We Never Sleep’: Allan Pinkerton” by Allen G. Shepherd, (ar) The Armchair Detective Sum 1991

PINKERTON, BRIAN (James) (1963- ) (chron.)

• * Exhibition, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1985

PINKWATER, DANIEL M(anus) (1941- ) (chron.)

• * Journal of a Ghurka Physician, (ss) The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

PIRANDELLO, LUIGI (1867-1936) (chron.)

• * All Passion Spent, (ss) 1965
  • Nobel Crimes, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1992; tr. by Frederick May

PIRKIS, C(atherine) L(ouisa) (1839-1910) (chron.)

• * The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step [Loveday Brooke], (ss) The Ludgate Magazine Feb 1893
  • Crime for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1991
• * Drawn Daggers [Loveday Brooke], (nv) The Ludgate Magazine Jun 1893
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992
  • Twelve Women Detective Stories, ed. Laura Marcus, Oxford University Press 1997
• * The Ghost of Fountain Lane [Loveday Brooke], (ss)
  • Detection by Gaslight, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1997
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006

PIRKIS, CATHERINE LOUISA (chron.)

• * The Redhill Sisterhood, (nv) The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Hutchinson & Co. 1894; also as “The Sisterhood”.
• * The Sisterhood [“The Redhill Sisterhood”], (nv) The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Hutchinson & Co. 1894
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999

PISACRETA, SHARON (chron.)

• * The Subscription, (ss) EQMM Jan 1991
• * A Taste for Foxglove, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1989
  • Scarlet Letters, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991

PISTILLI, AMALIA (chron.)

• * Breasts, (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996

PITT, DAVID (chron.)

• * Happy Birthday, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1987

PITT, GEORGE DIBDIN (1799-1855) (chron.)

• * Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (with Marvin Kaye, rev.), (pl) 1992
  • Sweet Revenge, ed. Marvin Kaye, Fireside Theater 1992

PITT, INGRID; pseudonym of Ingoushka Petrov, (1943- ) (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Murder, Torture and Depravity with Ingrid Pitt” by Vic Buckner, (iv) Crime Time #23 2001

PITTMAN, JOSEPH (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with Elaine Koster), (in)
  • The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998
• * Introduction (with Annette Riffle), (in)
  • And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001

PITTS, ZaSU (1898-1963) (chron.)

• * Mrs. Hudson Speaks [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Baker Street Journal 1947; first given at a dinner for the Detroit branch of the Baker Street Irregulars, March 14, 1947.
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

PIWARSKI, JOHN (1969- ) (chron.)

• * Another Sleepless Night, (vi) Hardboiled #16 1993
• * Boosters, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

PIZIKS, STEVEN (chron.)

• * Round Dragon, Angry Tiger, (nv) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

PIZZO, SAM (chron.)

• * For the Taking, (ss) AHMM Nov 1986
• * Hit Man, (ss) AHMM Jun 1987
• * So Far So Good, (ss) AHMM Jan 1999
• * The Stealer, (ss) AHMM Sep 1995
• * The Whole Nine Yards, (ss) AHMM Jan 1996
• * Wild Horses, (ss) AHMM Apr 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

PLANTE, BRIAN (1956- ) (chron.)

• * The Canary and the Cat, (vi) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

PLANTOS, TED (1943-2001) (chron.)

• * The Shanghai Noodle Killing, (vi) Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991

PLATE, PETER (chron.)

• * From Genesis to Revelation, (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (Market Street).

PLATE, ROBERT (chron.)

• * He Won’t Talk, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1960
• * Murders Are Such a Nuisance, (ss) AHMM May 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * You’ll Die Twice, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1960

PLATT, JOHN R. (chron.)

• * Oldest Living Serial Killer Tells All, (ss) 1995
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Tombs, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

PLEWS, SARA (chron.)

• * Blind Date, (ss) Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1990
• * Murder by the Tubful, (ss) AHMM Dec 1986

PLUMMER, C. EMSLEY (chron.)

• * The Sceptic, (ss) Vengeance Shorts #1 1945

PLUMMER, STEVE (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Any Port in a Storm, (vi) AHMM 2000
  • AHMM May 2000

PLUNKETT, CYRIL (chron.)

• * Bullets for Your Birthday, (ss) Double Detective Apr 1940
  • High Adventure #70 2003
• * Side Door to Hell, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Sep 1943
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

POCOCK, (Henry) ROGER (Ashwell) (1865-1941) (chron.)

• * The Lean Man, (ss) Toronto World 1887
  • Crime in a Cold-Climate, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1994

POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849) (chron.)

• * Berenice, (ss) Southern Literary Messenger Mar 1835
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994
  • Mysterious Erotic Tales, ed. Anon., O’Mara 1996
• * The Black Cat, (ss) Philadelphia United States Saturday Post Aug 19 1843
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
  • EQMM Nov 1949
  • Tales of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Theodore W. Hipple, Allyn and Bacon 1977
  • EQMM Oct 1988
  • Mystery Cats, ed. Anon., Signet 1991
  • Murder for Halloween, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press 1994
  • Master’s Choice Volume II, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2000
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunado], (ss) Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov 1846
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
  • EQMM Apr 1951
  • The Pan Book of Revenge Stories, ed. W. H. Cozens, London: Pan Books 1971
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
  • Twelve American Crime Stories, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998
• * A Descent into the Maelström, (ss) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, (ss) American Whig Review Dec 1845
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
• * The Fall of the House of Usher, (ss) Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine Sep 1839
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * from “The Tell-Tale Heart”, (ex) The Pioneer Jan 1843
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * The Gold-Bug, (nv) Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper Jun 21-28 1843
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
  • Masterpieces of Adventure, ed. Louis Morris, Hart 1966
  • Death in Dixie, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1997
• * Hop-Frog, (ss) The Flag of Our Union Mar 17 1849
  • Dark Arrows, ed. Alberto Manguel, Penguin Canada 1985
• * Ligeia, (ss) American Museum Sep 1838
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * The Man of the Crowd, (ss) Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine Dec 1840
  • AHMM Dec 2005
• * The Masque of the Red Death, (ss) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
  • AHMM Jul 1992
• * The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin], (nv) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Apr 1841
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
  • Great Detective Stories, ed. Rosamund Morris, Hart 1965
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
  • Classic Mystery Stories, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1999
• * The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin], (nv) Snowden’s Lady’s Companion Nov 1842 (+2)
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987
• * The Pit and the Pendulum, (ss) The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, 1842 1842
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999
• * The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin], (nv) The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, 1844 1844
  • Mystery, ed. A. K. Barton, London: Dent 1937
  • The Mystery and the Detective, ed. Blanche Colton Williams, Appleton-Century 1938
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • EQMM Feb 1950
  • Reader’s Digest Mystery Top-Picks, ed. Judith Hatch, Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader’s Digest Educational Division 1977
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Bellew Publishing 1990
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Norton 1992
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
  • Murder Most Postal, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * The Sphinx, (ss) Arthur’s Magazine Jan 1846
  • Purnell’s Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Anon., Bristol: Purnell 1982
• * The Tell-Tale Heart, (ss) The Pioneer Jan 1843
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
  • Master’s Choice Volume II, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2000
• * “Thou Art the Man”, (ss) Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov 1844
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
  • Twelve American Detective Stories, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Oxford University Press 1997
• * (untitled), (ms)
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * William Wilson, (nv) The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, 1839 1839
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934

POGE, N. WOOTEN; pseudonym of Norvell W. Page, (1904-1961) (chron.)

• * Senorita Bluebeard, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Sep 1938
  • High Adventure #40 1998

POLÁCKOVÁ, KÁCA (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * The Classic Semerák Case, by Josef Skvorecký, (ss) EQMM Oct 1967
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000

POLICE REPORTER, THE (chron.)

• * The Line-Up, (cl) Gun Molls Magazine Aug 1931
  • High Adventure #64 2002

POLICHAR, VALERIE E. (chron.)

• * By the Sea, (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2003

POLISAR, LISA (chron.)

• * The Last Sly Fox, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #33 2003

POLK, J. ALMON (chron.)

• * Inside, (ss) Hardboiled #31 2004

POLK, JACK (chron.)

• * On the CB, (ss) EQMM Feb 11 1980

POLLACK, DOROTHY BELLE (chron.)

• * About Slamming Your Partner, (pm) EQMM Jun 1991
• * Brief Tale, (pm) EQMM Sep 1991
• * Parsimony Doesn’t Pay, (pm) EQMM Sep 1990
• * Putting On the Brakes, (pm) EQMM Nov 1990
• * Such Things Will Happen, (pm) EQMM Jul 1992
• * A Tale of Interest, (pm) EQMM Oct 1991

POLLACK, NEAL (books) (chron.)

• * City of Commerce, (ss) Los Angeles Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2007
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005
• * Marty’s Drink or Die Club, (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (Clark & Foster).
• * Scavenger Hunt, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004

POLLOTTA, NICK; [i.e., Nicholas Angelo Pollotta, Jr.] (1954- ) (chron.)

• * The Really Final Solution [Sherlock Holmes], (vi) The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

POLO, MARCO (1254-1324) (chron.)

• * from The Travels of Marco Polo, (ar)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

POLOMSKI, ADELE (chron.)

• * Jeepers, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

POLONE, GAVIN (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “A Talk with Gavin Polone” by Steven E. Steinbock, (iv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004

POMIDOR, WILLIAM J. (chron.)

• * “B” Is for Bee, (nv) AHMM Apr 1994
• * M Is for Mayo, (nv) AHMM Jun 1991
  • Murder Most Medical, ed. Cathleen Jordan & Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * Old Habits Die Hard, (ss) AHMM Sep 1992
• * A Plain and Honest Death, (nv) EQMM Sep 1995

POMROY, ESTELLA R. (chron.)

• * Jessie and the One Called Evil, (ss) EQMM Dec 1990

PONTI, REX (chron.)

• * Period Crime, (pm) EQMM Nov 1996, Jul 1998