Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

RABE, JEAN (Marie) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Hell Matter, (ss) Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star 2003
• * Nothing Newsworthy, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

RABE, PETER (1921-1990) (chron.)

• * Anatomy of a Killer, (n.) London: Abelard-Schuman 1960
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * The Box, (n.) New York: Fawcett 1962
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999

RABIN, BRANDY (chron.)

• * Crime Bakery, (pm) EQMM Jun 2003

RABOTEAU, EMILY (chron.)

• * Smile, (ss)
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006

RACHEL, DAVID (chron.)

• * The Last Man I Killer, (ss) Eureka Literary Magazine Spr 2004
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2005, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin 2005

RACHMAN, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * Poe, Magazines, & the Origins of Detective Fiction, (ar) The Strand Magazine #13 2004

RADCLIFFE, (Henry) GARNETT (1899-?) (chron.)

• * The Abominable Snowman of Katayadu, (ss) Mystery Stories #9 1937
• * The Thirteenth Mummy, (na) Mystery Stories #2 1936

RADFORD, IRENE (chron.)

• * The Divi, (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

RADIN, EDWARD (David) (1909-1966) (chron.)

• * The Cafe Society Murder, (ar) True Detective
  • The Third Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959

RAE, GEORGE WILLIAM (chron.)

• * Death’s Old Sweet Song, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Sep 1946
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * It’s Your Neck!, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine May 1946
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * The Night the Rat Danced, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 1947
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

RAE, MARTI (chron.)

• * Promises To Keep, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1997

RAE, SIMON (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

RAFFERTY, S. S.; pseudonym of John J. Hurley, (1930-2000) (chron.)

• * Alectryon Slept [Chick Kelly], (nv) AHMM Jun 1977
  • AHMM Jun 1992
• * The Christmas Masque [Captain Jeremy Cork], (nv) EQMM Dec 1976
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993
• * The Curse of the Connecticut Clock [Captain Jeremy Cork], (nv) Fatal Flourishes, Avon 1979
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
• * The Georgia Resurrection [Captain Jeremy Cork], (ss) EQMM Feb 1976
  • Death on the Veranda, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * Go Disco ’Tec, Chick! [Chick Kelly], (nv) AHMM Jan 2 1980
• * The Hawk and High Society, (nv) AHMM Aug 13 1980
• * The Hawk and the Dome of Hell, (nv) AHMM Sep 16 1981
• * The Hawk and the Working Stiffs, (nv) AHMM Feb 1983
• * The Hawk Spoils a Broth, (nv) AHMM Jun 16 1980
• * Here Comes Mr. Pritchard, (ss) AHMM May 1976
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Stories #1, ed. Anon., Bonomo 1979
• * The Incomplete Salmagundi, (nv) AHMM Nov 11 1981
• * The New Jersey Flying Machine [Captain Jeremy Cork], (nv) EQMM Nov 1975
  • Ellery Queen’s Searches and Seizures, ed. Ellery Queen, Chivers Press 1995
• * The Pennsylvania Thimblerig [Captain Jeremy Cork], (ss) EQMM Aug 1976
  • Ellery Queen’s A Multitude of Sins, ed. Ellery Queen, Curley 1986
• * The Rhode Island Lights [Captain Jeremy Cork], (nv) EQMM Sep 1975
  • Never Shake a Family Tree, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * Suspects Time, Chick! [Chick Kelly], (nv) AHMM Oct 1 1980
• * Tall Tommy and the Millionaire [Chick Kelly], (nv) AHMM Sep 1982
  • AHMM Win 1989
• * Things that Go Bump and Grind in the Night, (ss) AHMM Sep 1976
  • New England Crime Chowder, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, International Polygonics 1992

RAFFERTY, TERRENCE (chron.)

• * Evelyn’s Album, (ss) AHMM Jun 1983

RAHN, B. J. (chron.)

• * The Game’s Afoot!, (ar) MHCMM #1 1996
• * Pardon Me...It’s Murder!: E.X. Ferrars, (iv) The Armchair Detective Fll 1990

RAICHE, JOSEPH (1979- ) (chron.)

• * One Mississippi, (ss) The Baltimore Review Win/Spr 2004
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2005, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin 2005

RAIN, ANTHONY (chron.)

• * Blink of an Eye, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Win 2000
• * Hampton Blood [Miles Beckett], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Jun 2001
• * Lust for Kicks, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2001
• * The Way You Die, (ss) Plots with Guns Oct-Dec 2000

RAINE, JERRY (1955- ) (chron.)

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• * “Jerry Raine Comes Home” by Mark Campbell, (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

RAINE, NORMAN REILLY (1895-1971) (chron.)

• * Tugboat Annie [Tugboat Annie], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 11 1931
  • AHMM Dec 1994

RAINEY, RICH(ard James) (1951-1987?) (chron.)

• * Buck Danger’s Revenge, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1983

RAINWATER, ANA (chron.)

• * Night Rose, (ss) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003

RALPH, MADELYN (chron.)

• * The Ghost in the Bottle, (vi) Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1937
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

RALSTON, GILBERT (1928- ) (chron.)

• * A Little Push from Cappy Fleers, (ss) AHMM Dec 1961
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

RAMER, EDIE (chron.)

• * Picking Daisies, (ss) AHMM Jun 1991
• * A Pregnant Pause, (ss) AHMM Oct 1992
• * Retribution, (ss) AHMM Sep 1990
• * Ripe for Death, (ss) AHMM Sep 1993
• * The Seventh Dimension, (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991

RAMIREZ, FRANK (1954- ) (chron.)

• * Sunspots, (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999

RAMIREZ, THOMAS P. (1926- ) (chron.)

• * The Armadillo Patrol, (ss) New Mystery v3 #1 1994

RAMMING, CINDY (chron.)

• * The Case of the Dead Ringer, (pm) EQMM Feb 1995

RAMOS, MANUEL (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Sentimental Value, (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005

RAMOS, OCTAVIO, Jr. (chron.)

• * The Burned Place, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 2001
• * Fallen One, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2001
• * Feather Weaver, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 2002
• * The Goblin, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 2000
• * The Master, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 2001
• * Stabber’s Blues, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 2001
• * Thorunn Lace-Cuffs Saga, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2000
• * The Trail of Tears, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Apr 2002

RAMSDEN, MARK (chron.)

• * A Writers Diary, (ar) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

RAMSEY, ALLAN; see pseudonym Zero (chron.)

RAND, JENNIFER (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Confessor’s Park, (vi) AHMM Sep 1997

RAND, NAOMI (chron.)

• * House Envy, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006

RAND, ROLLE R. (chron.)

• * Dollars and Scents, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1985
• * Last Time Out, (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1986

RANDAL, J. (chron.)

• * Parrot Soup, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2000

RANDALL, WILLIAM R. (chron.)

• * Tongman’s Bargain, (ss) Detective Book Magazine May 1931
  • It’s Raining Corpses in Chinatown, ed. Don Hutchison, Nercer Island, WA: Starmont 1991

RANDISI, MICHAEL J. (chron.)

• * Money-Back Guarantee (with Marthayn Pelegrimas), (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003

RANDISI, ROBERT J(oseph) (1951- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Best TV Eyes of the Seventies, (ar) Mystery Jan 1981
• * Black and White Memories, (ss) Compulsion (e-book), Mightywords.com 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Blood and Gossip, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * The Bocce Ball King of Farragut Road, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• * The Cat’s Meow (with Christine Matthews), (nv) Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star 2003
• * The Contract, (ss) Hardboiled #11 1990
• * Cop Without a Shield, (ss) Mystery Monthly Aug 1976
  • Murderous Intent Sum 1996
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Death of a Glamour Cat (with Christine Matthews), (nv) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Christine Matthews, Five Star 2001
• * The Disappearance of Penny, (ss) AHMM Dec 1976
  • Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Double Edge [Nick Delvecchio], (ss) Deadly Doings, Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy 1989
  • Delvecchio’s Brooklyn: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * The Equine Theft [Henry Po], (ss) Hardboiled #5 1986
• * False Pretenses: An Introduction, (in)
  • Slot-Machine Kelly, Dennis Lynds, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * A Favor for Sam [Nick Delvecchio], (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
  • Delvecchio’s Brooklyn: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
  • Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002
• * Flowers for Jennifer (with Christine Matthews), (vi) EQMM Dec 1994
• * Foreword (with Susan Dunlap), (fw)
  • Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
• * Foreword (with Marilyn Wallace), (fw)
  • Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
• * The Ghost with Blue Eyes, (nv) The Fatal Frontier, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * The Girl Who Talked to Horses, (nv) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 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
• * The Goodly Race, (ss) Murder Most Irish, ed. Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
• * Green Legs and Glam, (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• * Hardfall, (vi) Detective Story Magazine Jun 1990
• * Henry and the Idiots, (nv) High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003
• * The Hook [Bat Masterson], (ss) The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006
• * I Love Everything About You (with Marthayn Pelegrimas), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * Intimate Obsession, (ss) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990
  • First Cases, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Dutton 1996
  • The Eyes Still Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1996
  • First Cases, Volume 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1997
  • First Cases, Volume 3, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1999
  • Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000
  • Most Wanted, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
  • First Cases, Volume 4, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
  • High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003
• * Introduction (with Barbara Collins), (in)
  • Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996
• * Introduction, (in) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004
  • Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Introduction: The Year in Mystery: 1988 (with Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg), (in)
  • Under the Gun, ed. Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL 1990
• * The Knights of Liberty, (ss) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Laying Down to Die [Nick Delvecchio], (nv) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
  • Delvecchio’s Brooklyn: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
  • Most Wanted, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
• * Like a Stranger [Nick Delvecchio], (ss) For Crime Out Loud, Vol. 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1996
  • Delvecchio’s Brooklyn: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * The Listening Room [Truxton Lewis], (nv) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004
• * Locker 246 [Philip Marlowe], (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999
• * A Matter of Ethics [Nick Delvecchio], (ss) The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction, ed. Ed Gorman, Black Lizard 1987
  • Delvecchio’s Brooklyn: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Midnight Pass [Truxton Lewis], (ss) EQMM May 2000
• * Midnight Pass: A House-Sitting Detective Story, (ss)
  • Mystery in the Sunshine State, ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press 1999
• * The Nickel Derby, (ss) Hardboiled #7 1987
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * A Night at the Love Nest Resort (with Christine Matthews), (ss) Love and Death, ed. Carolyn Hart, Berkley Prime Crime 2001
• * Night Walker, (vi) 1974
  • AHMM Jan 1977
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * The Old Dons [Nick Delvecchio], (nv) Shots (online) 1999
  • Delvecchio’s Brooklyn: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * The Snaphaunce [Nick Delvecchio], (ss) Hardboiled #2 1985
  • Delvecchio’s Brooklyn: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001