Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

PARKER, BARBARA (J.) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Machete, (ss) Miami Noir, ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books 2006

PARKER, DOROTHY (1893-1967) (chron.)

• * Big Blonde, (nv) The Bookman Feb 1929
  • The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Pegasus Books 2007
• * The Waltz, (ss) (Senior) Scholastic Mar 23 1935
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

PARKER, [Sir] (Horatio) GILBERT (1862-1932) (chron.)

• * The Flood [Pretty Pierre], (ss) Pierre and His People, Methuen 1892
  • Crime Where the Nights Are Long, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1999

PARKER, I. J. (chron.)

• * Akitada’s First Case [Sugawara Akitada], (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999
• * The Curio Dealer’s Wife, (ss) AHMM Nov 1997
• * Death and Cherry Blossoms [Sugawara Akitada], (nv) AHMM Jun 2002
• * Instruments of Murder, (ss) AHMM Oct 1997
• * The Kamo Horse [Sugawara, Akitada], (nv) AHMM Oct 2003
• * A Master of Go, (ss) AHMM Dec 1998
• * Moon Cakes, (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007
• * The New Year’s Gift [Sugawara Akitada], (ss) AHMM Apr 2001
• * The O-Bon Cat [Sugawara Akitada], (nv) AHMM Feb 2003
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * Rain at Rashomon, (ss) AHMM Jan 2000
• * The Tanabata Magpie, (nv) AHMM Sep 2005
• * Welcoming the Paddy God [Sugawara Akitada], (ss) AHMM Dec 2001

_____, [ref.]

• * Conversation with I.J. Parker, (iv) AHMM Oct 2003

PARKER, JAMES REID (1909-1984) (chron.)

• * The Most Outrageous Consequences, (ss) 1941
  • Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992

PARKER, JOAN H. (chron.)

• * Galahad, Inc. (with Robert B. Parker), (ss) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006

PARKER, KAREN; also as Karen Skowron (chron.)

• * Camp Affair, (ss) AHMM Dec 1989
• * Chet and Emily: A Strange Silence, (ss) AHMM Jul 1990
• * Summer Notes, (ss) AHMM May 1989
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
• * With the Best of Intentions, (ss) AHMM Jul 1989

PARKER, PERCY SPURLARK (1940- ) (chron.)

• * Belfrey’s Bats, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1983
• * The Confessor, (vi) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• * The Cousin Noose, (ss) EQMM Dec 1998
• * Crossword for Murder, (ss) EQMM Dec 1996
• * Death Affair, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1983
• * Death and the Point Spread, (ss) Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995
• * Death at My Door [Trevor Oaks], (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2007
• * A Favorable Murder, (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004
• * Gift Horse, (ss) AHMM Nov 2004
• * The Hell Book [Bull Bensen], (ss) EQMM Apr 2003
• * It Could Be Murder, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006
• * The Kitty Cat Murders, (ss) Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2001
• * The Knack, (vi) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984
• * Lady Luck, (ss) AHMM Mar 26 1980
• * The Last Laught, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981
• * The Laundromat Affair, (ss) Espionage Magazine Apr 1986
• * Letter from a Dead Man, (ss) Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Pegasus Books 2007
• * Murder Boulevard [Trevor Oaks], (nv) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001
• * Night Call, (ss) Hardboiled #2 1985
• * The Pleasant Hills Murders, (ss) EQMM Jun 2001
• * Pulling Strings [Bull Bensen], (ss) EQMM Aug 2000
• * The Purse Murders, (ss) AHMM May 21 1980
• * Randy Sea: Private Eye, (ss) AHMM Nov 1982
• * Randy Sea: The Prime Suspect, (ss) AHMM Jan 1984
• * Recruitment, (ss) Hardboiled #5 1986
• * Seaman Jack’s, (vi) Espionage Magazine Jun 1986
• * Second Thought, (ss) EQMM Nov 2001
• * The Split, (ss) AHMM Dec 15 1980
• * Spy Biz, (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1987
• * Stacked Deck [Bull Bensen], (nv) AHMM Dec 2003
• * Thy Brother’s Keeper, (ss) AHMM May 1982
• * Uncle Harold, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2004
• * The Vampire Man, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1980
• * Weren’t You Todd Jarvis?, (ss) EQMM May 2000
• * The Wino Murder [Bull Bensen], (ss) Mirror, Mirror, Fatal Mirror, ed. Hans Stefan Santesson 1973
  • AHMM Mar 31 1982; slightly revised.
• * Woman at the Window, (ss) EQMM Jun 2002
• * Word of Mouth, (ss) EQMM Jan 2000

PARKER, ROBERT (Bogardus) (1906-1955) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999

PARKER, ROBERT B(rown) (1932- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Galahad, Inc. (with Joan H. Parker), (ss) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * Harlem Nocturne, (ss) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2002, ed. James Ellroy, Houghton Mifflin 2002
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997
• * Surrogate [Spenser], (ss) Lord John Press: Northridge, CA 1982
  • New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991

_____, [ref.]

• * “A Catcher in the Rye: Robert B. Parker’s P.I. Spencer” by Barry Donnelly, (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1990
• * “An Interview with Robert B. Parker” by J. Alec West, (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1999

PARKER, ROBIN KENDLE (chron.)

• * Pay Up Time, (vi) Murderous Intent Spr 1996

PARKER, T. JEFFERSON (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Easy Street, (nv) ASAP Press 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, ed. Lawrence Block, Houghton Mifflin 2001
• * Skinhead Central, (ss) The Blue Religion, ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown 2008

PARKER, TONY (chron.)

• * from Life After Life, (ex) 1990
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

PARKINSON, JIM (chron.)

• * Double Exposure, (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998

PARKMAN, SYDNEY M(uller) (1895-?) (chron.)

• * The Cards, (ss)
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935

PARKS, RICHARD (chron.)

• * Foxtails, (ss) Realms of Fantasy Jun 2005
  • The Dragon Done It, ed. Eric Flint & Mike Resnick, Baen 2008

PARKS, RICK; see under Parks, Richard (chron.)

PARKS, TIM(othy Harold) (1954- ) (chron.)

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

PARMANTIE, PETER A. (chron.)

• * A Family Affair, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 1999
• * Full Circle [Joseph Angello], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Dec 2003
• * It’s All in the Delivery [Joseph Angello], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Feb/Mar 2000
• * Seeming [Joseph Angello], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2002
• * Thoroughbred [Joseph Angello], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Jun 2001

PARMÉE, DOUGLAS (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * from The Earth, by Émile Zola, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

PARR, ERIC (chron.)

• * Special Release, (ss)
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984

PARRISH, P. J.; pseudonym of Kristy Kay Montee & Kelly Elizabeth Nichols (chron.)

• * Gutter Snipes, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Lost and Found, (ss) EQMM Jun 2007
• * One Shot, (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• * Pride, (ss) Detroit Noir, ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books 2007; (Brush Park).

PARRISH, ROSE (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Going It Alone, (vi) AHMM mid-Dec 1991

PARRY, HENRY T. (chron.)

• * Bird Blind, (ss) EQMM Feb 24 1982
• * The Black Stain, (ss) EQMM Jan 28 1981
• * Dear John, (ss) EQMM Nov 1983
• * Death Imminent, (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1982
• * Death in Egypt, (nv) AHMM Mar 1979
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * Dereliction of Duty, (vi) EQMM Jan 1 1982
• * The Final Secret, (ss) EQMM Jul 15 1981
• * Homage to John Keats, (ss) EQMM Oct 1973
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * Jury Duty, (nv) EQMM Apr 7 1980
• * Little Note Nor Long Remember, (ss) EQMM Jul 1975
  • Ellery Queen’s Searches and Seizures, ed. Ellery Queen, Chivers Press 1995
• * Lone Survivor, (ss) EQMM Nov 3 1980
• * The Luckiest Man in the World, (nv) EQMM Aug 18 1980
• * No Obstruction to Justice, (ss) EQMM Aug 1984
• * Paris Green, (ss) EQMM Nov 4 1981
• * The Plum Point Ladies, (nv) AHMM Sep 1976
  • More Murder Most Cozy, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
• * The Punchboards, (ss) EQMM Mar 1983
• * The Right Thing to Do, (ss) EQMM Oct 1982
• * The Turning Point, (ss) EQMM Jun 30 1980

PARSONS, B. M. (chron.)

• * Death in the Cup, (ss) Vengeance Shorts #2 1946

PARSONS, CHARMAINE (chron.)

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

PARSONS, TOM (chron.)

• * A Killing in Real Estate, (ss) AHMM Nov 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1960

PARTLOW, RICHARD (chron.)

• * The Red Car Murders, (ss) Murder on Sunset Boulevard, ed. Rochelle Krich, Michael Mallory & Lisa Seidman, Top Publications 2002

PARTRIDGE, NORMAN (John) (1958- ) (chron.)

• * Carrion, (nv) Retro Pulp Tales, ed. Joe R. Lansdale, Subterranean Press 2006
• * Dead Celebs, (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
• * Johnny Halloween, (ss) Cemetery Dance Fll 1992
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Last Kiss, (ss) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991
• * The Mojave Two-Step, (ss) Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999
  • The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003
• * Red Right Hand, (nv) Burton, MI: Subterranean Press 1998
  • Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999
• * The Season of Giving (with Richard T. Chizmar), (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• * Tyrannosaurus, (ss) Cemetery Dance Sum 1994
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Wrong Turn, (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994

PARV, VALERIE (chron.)

• * Cat’s Paw, (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994

PASCHALL, ANN (chron.)

• * Ghostly Enchantment, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999
• * Tarnished Magic, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2002

PASCOE, JIM (chron.)

• * The Kidnapper Bell, (ss) Los Angeles Noir, ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books 2007

PASQUELLA, ADAM (chron.)

• * Teenage Fight Song, (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998

PASTOR, V(erbena) “BEN”; (1950- ) (chron.)

• * The Case of Iron Man’s Trot, (ss) The Strand Magazine #10 2003
• * The Case of the Accursed Vairene [Solomon Meisl-Horowitz], (ss) The Strand Magazine #3 1999
• * The Case of the Byronic Hero, (ss) The Strand Magazine #8 2002
• * The Case of the Dead Critic [Solomon Meisl-Horowitz], (ss) The Strand Magazine Christmas 2001
• * The Case of the Handsome Ganesha, (ss) The Strand Magazine #6 2001
• * The Case of the Monkey-Teapot, (ss) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• * The Case of the Monstrous Assailant, (ss) The Strand Magazine #5 2000
• * The Case of the Never-Met Companion [Solomon Meisl-Horowitz], (ss) The Strand Magazine #2 1999
• * The Case of the Red Alley Murder, (ss) The Strand Magazine #4 2000
• * The Case of the Red Mass Barrister [Solomon Meisl-Horowitz], (ss) The Strand Magazine #9 2002
• * The Find at Fenham Bog, (ss) AHMM Jun 1993
• * Hardouin and the Monsters, (ss) EQMM Aug 1994
• * Keats’s Flower Girl, (ss) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• * Papa Mozart in France, (ss) AHMM Jun 1995
• * What No One Else Did, (ss) AHMM Mar 31 1982

PATERSON, MIKE (chron.)

• * Get Hodges, (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

_____, reviews:

• * A Chalk Outline of Crime Film, (mr) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

PATRAW, JESSICA (chron.)

• * Victim, (pm) EQMM Mar 2002

PATRICK, KATHERINE (chron.)

• * One Thing I Can’t Remember, (ss) EQMM May 5 1980

PATRICK, Q.; pseudonym of Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler (chron.)

• * The Last of Mrs. Maybrick, (ar) The Pocket Book of True Crime Stories, ed. Anthony Boucher, New York: Pocket 1943
  • The Third Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959
• * Little Boy Lost, (ss) EQMM Oct 1947
  • Ellery Queen’s Anthology Volume 1, ed. Ellery Queen, London: May Fair 1959
• * Love Comes to Miss Lucy, (ss) EQMM Apr 1947
  • The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1958
  • Mystery Digest Jan 1958
• * Portrait of a Murderer, (nv) Harper’s Apr 1942
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998