Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

BETANCOURT, JOHN GREGORY (chron.) (continued)

• * DragNeuroNet, (ss) More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993
• * Pit and the Pendulum [*Peter “Pit” Geller], (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005
• * Pit on the Road to Hell [*Peter “Pit” Geller], (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006
• * Reformed [Batman], (na) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992

BETANCOURT, LUIS ADRIÁN (chron.)

• * Guilty, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004; tr. by Donald A. Yates

BETHKE, BRUCE (Raymond) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * Spectre in Blue Doubleknit, (ss) AHMM Sep 1988
  • More Mystery Cats, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001

BEVILLE, EDMUND (chron.)

• * The Curse of the Rusty Roses, (ss) Vice Squad Detective #1 1934
  • Pulp Review #23 1995

BEYER, DEBORAH J. (chron.)

• * Itchy Trigger Finger, (pm) Murderous Intent Spr 1999

BEYER, JOHN (chron.)

• * The Biggest Crime (with Kathryn Burdette), (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

BIBO, TERRY (chron.)

• * Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 10: Extra-Cellular Communications, (rr) Accent Apr 3 1998

BICKEL, BILL (chron.)

• * Someone Oughta, (ss) AHMM Apr 1986

BIDDY, FRANCIS C. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Brain Food, (vi) AHMM Nov 1996

BIEDERMAN, MARCIA (Squire) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * Listen and Listen Good, (ss) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998

BIERCE, AMBROSE (Gwinnett) (1842-1914?) (chron.)

• * The Affair at Coulter’s Notch, (ss) San Francisco Examiner Oct 20 1889
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
• * Beyond the Wall, (ss) Cosmopolitan Dec 1907
  • San Francisco Thrillers, ed. John Miller & Tim Smith, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1995
• * The Boarded Window, (ss) San Francisco Examiner Jul 14 1889
  • Tales of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Theodore W. Hipple, Allyn and Bacon 1977
  • AHMM May 1983
• * The Damned Thing, (ss) Tales from New York Town Topics Dec 7 1893
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * The Famous Gilson Bequest, (ss)
  • AHMM May 2003
• * A Horseman in the Sky, (ss) San Francisco Examiner Apr 14 1889
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
• * The Man and the Snake, (ss) San Francisco Examiner Jun 29 1890
  • Masterpieces of Surprise, ed. James L. Monahan, Hart 1966
• * The Middle Toe of the Right Foot, (ss) San Francisco Examiner Aug 17 1890
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * The Moonlit Road, (ss) Cosmopolitan Jan 1907
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994
• * Moxon’s Master, (ss) San Francisco Examiner Apr 16 1899
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, (ss) San Francisco Examiner Jul 13 1890
  • An Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Sampler, ed. Anon., Reader’s Digest 1974
• * Oil of Dog, (ss) Oakland Daily Evening Tribune Oct 11 1890
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * One of the Missing, (ss) San Francisco Examiner Mar 11 1888
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
• * Parker Adderson, Philosopher, (ss) San Francisco Examiner Feb 22 1891
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996
• * Staley Fleming’s Hallucination, (vi) Cosmopolitan Mar 1906
  • The Cat of Bast & Other Stories of Mystery, ed. William E. Thorner, Regency 1958
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
• * The Story of a Conscience, (ss)
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
  • Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999
• * The Suitable Surroundings, (ss) San Francisco Examiner Jul 14 1889
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
• * A Tough Tussle, (ss) San Francisco Examiner Sep 30 1888
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
• * A Vine on a House, (ss) Cosmopolitan Sep 1905
  • Mystery Stories, ed. Helen Cresswell, Kingfisher 1996

BIERMANN, PIEKE (1950- ) (chron.)

• * 7.62, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996; tr. by Ines Rieder
• * The Law of the Eye, (ss) Violetta 1990
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993; tr. by Ursule Molinaro

BIGGERS, EARL DERR (1884-1933) (chron.)

• * The Dollar Chasers, (na) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 16 1924 (+1)
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006

BIGGLE, KENNETH (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with Donna Biggle Emerson), (in)
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007

BIGGLE, LLOYD, Jr. (1923-2002) (books) (chron.)

• * The Automation Mystery [“Grandfather and the Automation Mystery”; Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Aug 1969
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * A Case of Heredity [Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Jun 1959
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Case of the Chinese Santa Claus [Lady Sara Varnley], (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• * The Case of the Fractured Puzzle [Lady Sara Varnley], (nv) AHMM Sep 2002
• * The Case of the Headless Witness [Lady Sara Varnley], (ss) AHMM Nov 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * The Case of the London Safari [Lady Sara Varnley], (nv) AHMM Jun 2001
• * The Case of the Sickley Mansion [Lady Sara Varnley], (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2003
• * The Case of the Unlikely Cat Tale [Lady Sara Varnley], (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * The Case of the Unrepentant Ghost [Lady Sara Varnley], (nv) AHMM Sep 2006
• * The Case of the Worf with Two Tales [Lady Sara Varnley], (ss) AHMM Apr 2002
• * Drawn from Death, (nv) AHMM Apr 2007
• * The Fabulous Fiddle [“Have You a Fortune in Your Attic?”; Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM May 1963
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Face Is Familiar [“The Greatest Robbery on Earth”; Grandfather Rastin], (ss) AHMM Aug 1957
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Gentle Swindler [“Grandfather and the Gentle Swindler”; Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Feb 1960
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Girl with a Big Hate, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1958
• * Grandfather and the Automation Mystery [Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Aug 1969; also as “The Automation Mystery”.
• * Grandfather and the Gentle Swindler [Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Feb 1960; also as “The Gentle Swindler”.
• * Grandfather and the Great Horseshoe Mystery [Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Apr 1962; also as “The Great Horseshoe Mystery”.
• * Grandfather and the Labor Day Mystery [Grandfather Rastin], (nv) EQMM Oct 1965; also as “The Pair of Knaves”.
• * Grandfather and the Little Bone [Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Jan 1972; also as “The Mother Goose Murder”.
• * Grandfather and the Phantom Thief [Grandfather Rastin], (nv) EQMM May 1968; also as “The Phantom Thief”.
• * Grandfather and the Right Question [Grandfather Rastin], (nv) EQMM Oct 1971; also as “The Unasked Question”.
• * Grandfather Predicts a Murder [Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Aug 1960; also as “The Lesser Thing”.
• * The Great Alma Mater Mystery [Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Nov 1964; also as “The Unmurdered Professor”.
• * The Great Horseshoe Mystery [“Grandfather and the Great Horseshoe Mystery”; Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Apr 1962
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Greatest Robbery on Earth [Grandfather Rastin], (ss) AHMM Aug 1957; also as “The Face Is Familiar”.
• * Have You a Fortune in Your Attic? [Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM May 1963; also as “The Fabulous Fiddle”.
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * The Knave of Hearts [Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Nov 1998
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Lesser Thing [“Grandfather Predicts a Murder”; Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Aug 1960
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * A Matter of Friendship [Grandfather Rastin], (ss) The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Mother Goose Murder [“Grandfather and the Little Bone”; Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Jan 1972
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Pair of Knaves [“Grandfather and the Labor Day Mystery”; Grandfather Rastin], (nv) EQMM Oct 1965
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Phantom Thief [“Grandfather and the Phantom Thief”; Grandfather Rastin], (nv) EQMM May 1968
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Unasked Question [“Grandfather and the Right Question”; Grandfather Rastin], (nv) EQMM Oct 1971
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Unmurdered Professor [“The Great Alma Mater Mystery”; Grandfather Rastin], (ss) EQMM Nov 1964
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007

BIGUENET, JOHN (chron.)

• * It Is Raining in Bejucal, (ss) Zoetrope All-Story Sum 2001
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2002, ed. James Ellroy, Houghton Mifflin 2002
• * Rnsom, (vi) EQMM Sep/Oct 2001

BIGWOOD, JAMES (chron.)

• * Decisions, Decisions, (pm) EQMM Jun 30 1980
• * The Light Dawns, (pm) EQMM May 5 1980

BILGREY, MARC (chron.)

• * A House Divided, (ss) Murder Most Confederate, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000
• * Living the Lie, (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999
  • Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

BILICHKA, SEAN (chron.)

• * True Love Waits, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2003

BILLINGHAM, MARK (chron.)

• * Dancing Towards the Blade, (nv) Men from Boys, ed. John Harvey, Heinemann 2003
  • The Best British Mysteries 2005, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2005
• * Steppin Up, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006

BINCHY, MAEVE (1940- ) (chron.)

• * Oxford Circus, (ss)
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996

BING, STANLEY (chron.)

• * It’s On the House!, (hu) 1993
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

BINGHAM, JOSH (chron.)

• * The Outcast, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1997

BINYON, T(imothy) J(ohn) (1936- ) (chron.)

• * Wimsey and Strong Drink, (ar) Encounters with Lord Peter, ed. Christopher Dean, The Dorothy L. Sayers Society 1991

BIRKETT, NORMAN (chron.)

_____, ed.

• * from The Newgate Calendar, (ar)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

BIRMINGHAM, GEORGE A.; pseudonym of James Owen Hannay, (1865-1950) (chron.)

• * A Lunatic at Large, (ss)
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993

BISCHOFF, DAVID (Frederick) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Club Macavity, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * The Dames Behind the Pulps, (ar) MHCMM Sum 2000

BISHOP, ANNE (chron.)

• * By the Time the Witchblood Blooms, (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000
• * The Price [Black Jewels], (nv) Powers of Detection, ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace 2004

BISHOP, CLAUDIA; pseudonym of Mary Stanton, (1947- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Dead and Berried, (ss) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
• * Waiting for Gateau [Sara & Meg Quilliam], (nv) Death Dines In, ed, Claudia Bishop & Dean James, Berkley 2004
• * Walk Right In..., (fw)
  • Death Dines In, ed, Claudia Bishop & Dean James, Berkley 2004

BISHOP, DANIEL J. (chron.)

_____, reviews:

• * Graphic Clues, (br) Shred of Evidence Feb, May, Aug, Nov 2003, Feb 2004

BISHOP, MICHAEL (Lawson) (1945- ) (chron.)

• * Unlikely Friends, (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• * Wished-For Belongings, (ss) AHMM Dec 1982

BISHOP, PAUL (1954- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Celtic Noir, (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• * Concrete Killer [Blaine Pope], (ss) Hardboiled #9 1988
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
• * The Daily Occurance Sheet, (ar) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980
• * Day of Asphalt, Day of Guns, (ss) Hardboiled #9 1988
• * Dead Easy, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1983
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
• * Derringer [Blue Mackenzie], (ss) Hardboiled Detective #12 1991
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
• * Ebenezer, (ss) Mysteries To Die For’s Christmas booklet
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
• * The Enigma of the Policeman/Writer, (ar) Mystery Jan 1981
• * The Ferryman, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004
• * The Framing Game, (ss) Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
• * Going Postal, (ss) Woman’s Magazine
  • Detective Story Magazine Sep 1988
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
• * The Last Word, (aw) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980, Jan 1981
• * The Legend of Charlie McQuarkle [Charlie McQuarkle], (ss)
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
• * Legwork, (cl) Mystery Mar, May 1981
• * The Longest Goodbye, (ar) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980
• * The Man Who Shot Trinity Valance, (ss) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
  • Speaking of Lust, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Mercy, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * The Neighbor Hood, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1988
• * Night of the Frankengolfer, (ss)
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000