Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

POOL, S. LEE (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Big Plans, (vi) AHMM Feb 1990

POOLE, ED (chron.)

• * A Day at the Lake, (ss) AHMM Win 1989
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993

POOLE, ROSE M. (chron.)

• * The F.B.I., (ar) Espionage Magazine Dec 1986

POOPLE, DAVID (chron.)

• * Just Nine More Steps, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2004

POPELIER, PAT (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Reflective Witness, (vi) AHMM May 1991

PORGES, ARTHUR (1915-2006) (chron.)

• * Aunt Rutabaga, (ss) AHMM Jul 1994
  • Murder Most Medical, ed. Cathleen Jordan & Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * The Beloved Object, (ss) AHMM Jun 1986
• * Coffee Break, (ss) AHMM Jul 1964
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990
• * The Drum Major, (ss) AHMM Feb 1962
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962
• * The Fanatical Ford, (ss) AHMM Apr 1960
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1960
• * Five Finger Exercise, (ss) AHMM Mar 1996
• * Informing the Mole, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005
• * The Microdot Puzzle, (vi) AHMM Nov 1997
• * The Missing Bow, (ss) AHMM Nov 1963
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964
• * Mystery and Magic on the Steppe, (ss) AHMM Oct 1990
• * No Killer Has Wings, (ss) AHMM Jan 1961
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006
• * The Only Survivor, (ss) EQMM May 1994
• * Puddle, (ss) AHMM Jun 1972
  • Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum and Other Horror Stories, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Simon & Schuster 1994
• * A Scary Printout, (vi) EQMM mid-Dec 1989
• * Stately Homes and the Impossible Shot [Stately Homes], (ss) EQMM Feb 2004
• * Stately Homes and the Invisible Giant [Stately Homes], (ss) EQMM Feb 2003
• * Stately Homes and the Invisible Slasher [Stately Homes], (ss) EQMM Feb 2001
• * Two Lunchdates with Destiny, (ss) AHMM Aug 1990

PORTER, DON (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Close But No Cigar, (vi) AHMM Aug 1996
  ___ The Entrepreneur, (vi) AHMM May 1996

PORTER, JOYCE (1924-1990) (chron.)

• * But Once a Year...Thank God!, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1991
  • Murder Under the Mistletoe and Other Stories, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1992
  • Merry Murder, ed. Cynthia Manson, Seafarer 1994
• * Dover as Nemesis [“Dover Weighs the Evidence”; Insp. Wilfred Dover], (ss) EQMM Mar 24 1982
  • EQMM Dec 1991
• * Dover Does Some Spadework [Insp. Wilfred Dover], (ss) EQMM Oct 1976
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * Dover Sees the Trees [Insp. Wilfred Dover], (ss) 1981
  • EQMM Sep 1982
• * Dover Weighs the Evidence [Insp. Wilfred Dover], (ss) EQMM Mar 24 1982; also as “Dover as Nemesis”.
• * Dover Without Perks [Insp. Wilfred Dover], (ss) EQMM Nov 1978
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * The Mystery of the White Elephant, (ss) AHMM Jun 16 1980
• * A Souvenir for Dover [Insp. Wilfred Dover], (ss) EQMM Dec 1985
• * Stamping on Crime, (ss) AHMM mid-Sep 1982
• * The Stuff of Crime, (ss) AHMM Feb 3 1982
• * Sweating It Out with Dover [Insp. Wilfred Dover], (ss) EQMM Aug 18 1980
  • EQMM Oct 1991
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
  • Classic Detective Stories, ed. Anon., London: MQ Publications, Ltd. 1999

PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE (1894-1980) (chron.)

• * Theft, (ss) The Gyroscope Nov 1929
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

PORTER, R. E.; pseudonym of Edward D. Hoch, (1930- ) (chron.)

• * Mystery Newsletter (with Chris Steinbrunner), (cl) EQMM Aug 18, Sep 10, Oct 6, Nov 3, Dec 1 1980

PORTER, SYDNEY; see under Porter, William Sydney (chron.)

PORTER, WILLIAM SYDNEY (1862-1910); see pseudonym O. Henry (chron.)

POST, JUDITH L. (chron.)

• * Aunt Sara’s Favors, (ss) AHMM Oct 1993
• * A Bad Night in Derbyville, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1992
• * The Big Empty, (ss) EQMM Mar 1995
• * The Big Split, (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991
• * The Haunting of Terrance House, (ss) AHMM May 1995
• * Here’s the Church, Here’s the Steeple, (ss) AHMM Jan 1993
• * In the Balance, (ss) AHMM Jun 1994
• * One Tiny Slip, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Partners at the Pump, (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990
• * Pick of the Litter, (ss) AHMM Dec 1995
• * The Pigeon, (ss) AHMM Mar 1992
• * The Suburbs, (ss) EQMM Apr 1994
• * Swirls of Midnight, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

POST, MELVILLE DAVISSON (1869-1930) (chron.)

• * An Act of God [Uncle Abner], (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Dec 1913
  • AHMM Dec 2000
• * The Age of Miracles [Uncle Abner], (ss) Pictorial Review Feb 1916
  • Twelve American Detective Stories, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Oxford University Press 1997
• * The Angel of the Lord [“The Broken Stirrup-Leather”; Uncle Abner], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 3 1911
  • Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Supernatural Sleuths, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Penguin/Roc 1996
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999
• * The Broken Stirrup-Leather [Uncle Abner], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 3 1911; also as “The Angel of the Lord”.
• * The Corpus Delicti [Randolph Mason], (nv) The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason, Putnam’s 1896
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * The Doomdorf Mystery [Uncle Abner], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 18 1914
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
  • The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
• * Five Thousand Dollars Reward [Sir Henry Marquis], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 15 1919
  • The Mystery and the Detective, ed. Blanche Colton Williams, Appleton-Century 1938
• * The Forgotten Witness [Colonel Braxton], (ss) The American Magazine Sep 1926
  • EQMM Nov 1949
  • Death on the Veranda, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * The God of the Hills [Uncle Abner], (ss) The Country Gentleman Sep 1927
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
• * The Great Cipher [Monsieur Jonquelle], (ss) The Red Book Magazine Nov 1921
  • AHMM Apr 1986
• * The Marriage Contract [Randolph Mason], (nv) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Jun 1908
  • EQMM Dec 2 1981; slightly abridged.
• * Naboth’s Vineyard [Uncle Abner], (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Dec 1912
  • Classic Mystery Stories, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1999
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
  • AHMM May 2000
• * The Tenth Commandment [Uncle Abner], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 2 1912
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2005

POSTGATE, RAYMOND (William) (1896-1971) (chron.)

• * Verdict of Twelve, (ex) London: Collins 1940
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

POTTS, JEAN (1910-1999) (chron.)

• * In the Absence of Proof, (ss) EQMM Jul 1985
• * The Lady Macbeth Case, (ss) EQMM Nov 1990
• * Two on the Isle, (ss) EQMM Jan 1987
• * The Withered Heart, (ss) EQMM Feb 1957
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Canine Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Jove 1993

POULIN, GEORGE H. (chron.)

• * The Gates of Hell, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1957

POULSON, CHRISTINE (chron.)

• * Don’t You Hate Having Two Heads?, (ss) EQMM May 2007
• * The Lammergeier Vulture, (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005

POUND, EZRA (1885-1972) (chron.)

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

POUVOIR, J. L. (chron.)

• * The Death Triple, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1984
• * The Great Befriendment, (ss) EQMM Oct 1985
• * The Poisoned Polonais, (ss) EQMM May 1985

POWELL, CLARENCE ALVA (chron.)

• * My Old Pal, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972

POWELL, FRANCES A. (chron.)

• * She Shouldn’t Have Married Harry, (pm) EQMM Jan 1990

POWELL, GRAHAM (chron.)

• * Bystanders, (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug-Nov 2005
• * Getting Out, (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2002
• * Goodnight Gracie, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2003
• * Still Water [Thomas Ross], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2001

POWELL, JAMES (1932- ) (chron.)

• * Aardvark by Gaslight [Harry Grundig], (ss) EQMM Jul 2006
• * The Altdorf Syndrome, (nv) EQMM May 1969
  • Over the Edge, ed. Peter Sellers & Robert J. Sawyer, Pottersfield Press 2000
• * The Amontillado Club, (ss) EQMM May 2003
• * At Willow-Walk-Behind, (ss) EQMM Dec 2006
• * A Bagdad Reckoning, (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• * The Baltman Bird’s-Eye View, (ss) EQMM Apr 1991
• * A Bequest for Mr. Nugent, (ss) EQMM Feb 1994
• * Bianca and the Seven Sleuths, (ss) EQMM Jun 1975
  • Ellery Queen’s Searches and Seizures, ed. Ellery Queen, Chivers Press 1995
• * A Bigfoot Christmas [Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock], (ss) EQMM Jan 2005
• * The Bird-of-Paradise Man, (ss) EQMM Jul 1983
• * The Black Daffodil [Harry Grundig], (ss) EQMM Aug 1994
• * Blind Man’s Cuff, (ss) EQMM Jul 15 1981
• * The Blue Bread of Happiness, (ss) EQMM Mar 1993
• * The Blunderbuss Trick [Ambrose Ganelon], (ss) EQMM May 2004
• * Bottom Walker, (ss) EQMM May 2002
  • Hard Boiled Love, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2003
• * The Brass Man, (ss) EQMM Jun 1985
• * Breakout from Mistletoe Five, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1995
• * The Bridge of Traded Dreams, (ss) EQMM Dec 1985
• * The Brim Whistle, (ss) EQMM Feb 1987
• * Burning Bridges, (ss) EQMM Feb 1989
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Candy Cane Wars, (ss) EQMM Jan 2007
• * The Cannibal Gourmet, (nv) EQMM Dec 1986
• * The Caravan of Wonders Lady, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005
• * The Cerebus Emerald, (ss) EQMM Oct 1988
• * The Code of the Poodles, (ss) EQMM Oct 1990
• * The Coffee-Table Book, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1985
• * The Colossus of Lilliput, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1998
• * The Dark Elf Master of Crack of Doom [Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock], (nv) EQMM Dec 1983
  • Secret Tales of the Arctic Trails, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1997
• * Dark Possessions, (ss) EQMM Feb 1992
  • Crossing the Line: Canadian Mysteries with a Fantastic Twist, ed. Robert J. Sawyer & David Skene-Melvin, Pottersfield Press 1998
• * The Dawn of Captain Sunset, (ss) EQMM Apr 1985
• * Death in the Christmas Hour, (ss) EQMM Jan 1983
  • Murder at Christmas, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
• * Death’s Sandwich Man, (ss) EQMM Aug 1986
• * The Dibble and Noah Webster, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• * A Dirge for Clowntown, (ss) EQMM Nov 1989
  • Readers’ Choice, ed. Anon., Davis 1990
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1990, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1990
• * The Doors of Spring, (ss) EQMM Sep 1989
• * The Dunderhead Bus, (ss) EQMM Aug 1985
• * The Firebird’s Feather, (ss) EQMM Apr 2003
• * The Fixer-Upper, (ss) EQMM May 1993
• * The Flower Diet, (nv) EQMM Apr 2000
• * The Friends of Hector Jouvet, (ss) EQMM Apr 1966
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * Funeral Pie, (ss) EQMM Dec 1991
• * A Gallows Song, (ss) EQMM Jan 1999
• * The Gooseberry Fool, (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2000
• * The Greenhouse Dogs, (ss) EQMM Jun 1989
  • Criminal Shorts, ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada 1992
  • Bloody York, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1996
• * Grist for the Mills of Christmas, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1994
  • Christmas Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * Harps of Gold, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• * The Haunted Bookcase, (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• * The Headless Horseman and the Horseless Carriage, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005
• * The Hiccup Flask, (ss) EQMM Oct 1985
  • Once Upon a Crime II, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * Honeydew Wine, (ss) EQMM Apr 2001
  • Mystery: The Best of 2001, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2002
• * The Hot-Stove League, (ss) EQMM Jan 1990
• * Household Hints, (ss) EQMM Dec 1993
• * Ivory Crossroads, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
• * Jerrold’s Meat, (ss) EQMM Apr 1999
• * The Jewels of Atlantis [Ambrose Ganelon], (nv) EQMM Nov 2002
• * A Keyhole in Time, (ss) EQMM Sep 1993
• * The Kidnap of Bounding Mane, (nv) EQMM Jun 1988
• * The King of the Orangutans, (ss) EQMM Sep 1992
• * The Labyrinth of Life, (ss) EQMM Feb 1984
• * MacNaughton or MacNeice, (ss) EQMM Jan 2004
• * The Mad Scientist, J.G., (ss) EQMM Apr 1987
• * The Meandering Pearl, (ss) EQMM Nov 1983
• * Midnight at Manger’s Bird and Beast, (ss) EQMM Dec 1994
• * Midnight Pumpkins, (ss) EQMM Sep 1988
• * Mrs. Brodie’s Cow, (ss) EQMM Apr 1990
• * A Murder Coming, (ss) EQMM Sep 1973
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001