Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

PRITCHETT, V(ictor) S(awdon) (1900-1997) (chron.)

• * A Story of Don Juan, (ss) 1941
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994

PRIZEL, YURI (1949?- ) (chron.)

• * Learn Murder by Mail, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1982
• * A Reader’s Plea, (pm) EQMM Nov 3 1980

PRONZINI, BILL; [i.e., William John Pronzini] (1943- ); see pseudonyms J. V. Drexel, Jack Foxx, William Jeffrey & Alex Saxon (books) (chron.)

• * Ace in the Hole [Nameless private eye], (ss) Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1986
  • Spadework, Crippen & Landru 1996
• * Afterthought (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * All the Same, (ss) AHMM Sep 1972
  • Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993; revised
• * Ancient Evil, (ss) The Ultimate Werewolf, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell 1991
  • Night Freight, Leisure 2000
• * And Then We Went to Venus, (ss) F&SF Jun 1980
  • Oddiments: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2000
• * Angel of Mercy, (ss) Diagnosis: Terminal, ed. F. Paul Wilson, Tor/Forge 1996
  • Night Freight, Leisure 2000
  • More Oddiments, Five Star 2001
• * Another Burnt-Out Case (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) Fantastic Oct 1978
  • Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Arrowmont Prison Riddle, (nv) AHMM Oct 1976
  • Oddiments: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2000
• * The Assignment [Nameless private eye], (ss) AHMM Feb 1972; also as “One of Those Cases”.
• * Bank Job, (ss) EQMM Aug 1978
  • Oddiments: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2000
• * Bedeviled [Nameless private eye], (nv) Cat Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1991
  • Spadework, Crippen & Landru 1996
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
  • A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * La Bellezza Delle Bellezze [Nameless private eye], (nv) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1992, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1992
  • Sleuths, Five Star 1999
  • Scenarios: A “Nameless Detective” Casebook, Five Star 2003
• * The Big Bite [Nameless private eye], (nv) Shots (online) v2 #6 1999
  • Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000
  • Oddiments: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, ed. Lawrence Block, Houghton Mifflin 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
  • Scenarios: A “Nameless Detective” Casebook, Five Star 2003
• * Birds of a Feather (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) AHMM Apr 1978
  • Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Black Wind, (ss) EQMM Sep 1979
  • Women on the Edge, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Donald I. Fine 1992
  • The Haunted Hour, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley Prime Crime 1995
  • Night Freight, Leisure 2000
• * Blazing Guns of the Rio Rangers (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) AHMM Feb 27 1980
• * Blood Money [Carmody], (ss)
  • Sleuths, Five Star 1999
• * Bomb Scare [Nameless private eye], (vi) EQMM Dec 1995
  • Spadework, Crippen & Landru 1996
  • Scenarios: A “Nameless Detective” Casebook, Five Star 2003
• * Bones [Nameless private eye], (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1985
  • Labyrinth/Bones, Knightsbridge 1990
• * Boobytrap, (nv) Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket 1996
• * The Bughouse Caper [Sherlock Holmes], (na) Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004
• * Burgade’s Crossing [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon], (nv) Louis L’Amour Western Magazine #1 1994
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1994, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1994
  • Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services, Crippen & Landru 1998
• * ...But First a Few Words from the Author, (in)
  • Stacked Deck, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
• * Cache and Carry (with Marcia Muller) [*Sharon McCone; *Nameless private eye], (ss) Small Felonies, St. Martin’s 1988
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
• * Casefile [Nameless private eye], (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1983
  • Dragonfire/Casefile, Knightsbridge 1990
• * Cat Bay on Cat Cay, (ss) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
  • Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Cat’s-Paw [Nameless private eye], (nv) Waves Press 1983
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
  • Cat’s-Paw/Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
  • Spadework, Crippen & Landru 1996
  • The Eyes Still Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1996
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
  • Scenarios: A “Nameless Detective” Casebook, Five Star 2003
• * Caught in the Act, (ss) EQMM Dec 1978
  • Oddiments: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2000
• * Chip, (ss) Mystery Scene #71 2001
  • More Oddiments, Five Star 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * Clocks (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) Shadows #2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday 1979
  • Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Cloud Cracker [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon], (ss) Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Jul 1994
  • Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services, Crippen & Landru 1998
• * The Coffin Trimmer, (ss) Touch Wood, ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK 1993
  • Night Freight, Leisure 2000
• * Coney Game [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon], (nv) Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Nov 1994
  • Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services, Crippen & Landru 1998
• * Connoisseur, (ss) Who Done It?, ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin 1980
  • Stacked Deck, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
  • Murder Most Delectable, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
  • More Oddiments, Five Star 2001
• * Coyote and Quarter-Moon (with Jeffrey M. Wallmann), (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981
  • Blowout in Little Man Flats, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * A Craving for Originality, (ss) EQMM Dec 17 1979
  • More Oddiments, Five Star 2001
• * Dead Man’s Slough [Nameless private eye], (ss) AHMM May 21 1980
  • Sleuths, Five Star 1999
  • Scenarios: A “Nameless Detective” Casebook, Five Star 2003
• * Death of a Nobody [Nameless private eye], (ss) AHMM Feb 1970
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * Deathlove, (ss) Shadows #1, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday 1978
  • Night Freight, Leisure 2000
• * Deathwatch, (ss) Mystery Scene Reader #1, ed. Ed Gorman, Fedora 1987
  • Night Freight, Leisure 2000
• * Demolition, Inc. (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1981; revised from Skullduggery, April 1980.
  • Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Desert Limited [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon], (ss) Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Nov 1995
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
  • Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services, Crippen & Landru 1998
  • Sleuths, Five Star 1999
• * The Desperate Ones [Carmody], (ss) AHMM Nov 1971
  • Sleuths, Five Star 1999
• * Devil’s Brew, (nv) EQMM Dec 2006
• * The Dispatching of George Ferris, (vi) EQMM Jul 23 1980
  • Oddiments: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2000
• * Dragonfire [Nameless private eye], (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1982
  • Dragonfire/Casefile, Knightsbridge 1990
• * The Dying Time (with Marcia Muller), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• * Engines, (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
• * Fergus O’Hara, Detective [“The Riverboat Gold Robbery”], (nv) AHMM Mar 1974
  • Sleuths, Five Star 1999
  • More Oddiments, Five Star 2001
• * Final Exam (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) AHMM Feb 1979
  • Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Flood, (ss) EQMM Apr 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * Forgotten Writers: Jay/J.M. Flynn, (bi)
  • Under the Gun, ed. Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL 1990
• * Free Durt, (ss) EQMM Feb 2005
• * Free-Lance Operation, (nv) AHMM May 1975
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1990
• * Funeral Day, (ss) New Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1989
  • Night Freight, Leisure 2000
• * The Ghosts of Ragged-Ass Gulch [Nameless private eye], (na) Scenarios: A “Nameless Detective” Casebook, Five Star 2003; from Sosetsu Shincho, Japan 1982.
• * The Hanging Man, (ss) EQMM Aug 12 1981
• * Here Comes Santa Claus [Nameless private eye], (ss) Mistletoe Mysteries, Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1989
  • Stacked Deck, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
  • Spadework, Crippen & Landru 1996
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
• * The Highbinders [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon], (nv) Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services, Crippen & Landru 1998
  • EQMM Jun 1999
  • Oddiments: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2000
• * His Name Was Legion, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1979
  • Night Freight, Leisure 2000
• * Home, (ss) Night Freight, Leisure 2000
• * Home Is the Place Where [Nameless private eye], (ss) EQMM Nov 1995
  • Spadework, Crippen & Landru 1996
  • Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
• * Hoodwink [Nameless private eye], (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1981
  • Hoodwink/Scattershot, Knightsbridge 1990
• * The Horseshoe Nail [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon], (nv) EQMM Feb 1997
  • Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services, Crippen & Landru 1998
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * House Call (with Jeffrey M. Wallmann), (ss) AHMM Aug 19 1981
• * I Didn’t Do It, (ss) New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1990
  • Stacked Deck, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
  • More Oddiments, Five Star 2001
• * I Know a Way, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1971
  • Hardboiled #19 1994
• * I Ought to Kill You (with Barry N. Malzberg), (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1972
  • Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * I Think I Will Not Hang Myself Today, (ss) EQMM May 2000
  • Night Freight, Leisure 2000
  • Oddiments: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2000
• * Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern [Nameless private eye], (ss) An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1988
  • Under the Gun, ed. Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL 1990
  • Cat’s-Paw/Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Spadework, Crippen & Landru 1996
  • The Edgar Award Book, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
  • Scenarios: A “Nameless Detective” Casebook, Five Star 2003
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
  • The Fatal Frontier, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Marksman and Other Stories, William Campbell Gault, Crippen & Landru 2003
  • The Danger Zone and Other Stories, Erle Stanley Gardner, Crippen & Landru 2004
  • The Casebook of Sidney Zoom, Erle Stanley Gardner, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Introduction (with Jack Adrian), (in)
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
• * Introduction (with Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg), (in)
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Introduction (with Martin H. Greenberg), (in)
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
• * Introduction (with Marcia Muller), (in)
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
• * Introduction to The Red Scarf, (in) 1989
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * It’s a Lousy World [“Sometimes There Is Justice”; Nameless private eye], (ss) AHMM Aug 1968
  • San Francisco Thrillers, ed. John Miller & Tim Smith, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1995; revised
  • First Cases, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Dutton 1996
  • Scenarios: A “Nameless Detective” Casebook, Five Star 2003
• * Jade [Dan Connell], (ss)
  • Sleuths, Five Star 1999
• * Just Looking, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * A Killing in Xanadu [Nameless private eye], (ss) A Killing in Xanadu, Bill Pronzini, Waves Press: Richmond VA 1980
  • Sleuths, Five Star 1999
• * Kinsmen [Nameless private eye], (na) Criminal Intent 1, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1993
• * Labyrinth [Nameless private eye], (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1980
  • Labyrinth/Bones, Knightsbridge 1990
• * Lady One-Eye [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon], (nv) Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Sep 1994
  • Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services, Crippen & Landru 1998
• * The Last Plagiarism (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) AHMM May 1977
  • Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Liar’s Dice, (ss) EQMM Nov 1992
  • The Deadliest Games, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Night Freight, Leisure 2000
  • Oddiments: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2000
• * The Lyran Case (with Barry N. Malzberg) [*Lunar Immigration], (vi) Analog Mar 1980
  • Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Man on the Run, (ss) EQMM Feb 1996
• * The Man Who Collected ‘The Shadow’, (ss) F&SF Jun 1971
  • Oddiments: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2000
• * The Man Who Loved Mystery Stories (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) The Strand Magazine #5 2000
  • Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * A Matter of Life and Death (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1974
  • Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * A Matter of Survival (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) AHMM Dec 1976
  • Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Me and Mitch (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Medium Rare [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon], (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 1998
  • Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services, Crippen & Landru 1998
  • Sleuths, Five Star 1999
• * Million-to-One Shot (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) EQMM Jul 1979
  • Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Monster, (ss) EQMM Nov 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
  • Night Freight, Leisure 2000
• * Mrs. Rakubian, (ss) Small Felonies, St. Martin’s 1988
  • More Oddiments, Five Star 2001
• * Multiples (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) Tricks and Treats, ed. Joe Gores & Bill Pronzini, Doubleday 1976
  • Problems Solved, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Night Freight, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1967
  • Stacked Deck, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991; revised.
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997; revised.
  • Night Freight, Leisure 2000; revised.