Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

RENDELL, RUTH (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * The Man Who Frightened Women, (ss) EQMM Jan 27 1982; also as “An Outside Interest”.
• * The Man Who Was the God of Love, (ss) The Man Who..., ed. H. R. F. Keating, Macmillan 1992
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1993, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1993
  • EQMM Mar 1993
  • Blood Lines, Crown 1996
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Means of Evil [“The Case of the Shaggy Caps”; Chief Insp. Wexford], (nv) EQMM Nov 1977
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
• * Meeting in the Park, (ss) EQMM Dec 1975
  • Ellery Queen’s Searches and Seizures, ed. Ellery Queen, Chivers Press 1995
• * Mother’s Help, (nv) The Daily Telegraph 1991
  • The Copper Peacock and Other Stories, The Mysterious Press 1991
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1992, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1992
• * The Mouse in the Corner, (nv) Esquire
  • EQMM May 1993
  • 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
• * Myth, (ss) Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories, Hutchinson 2000
  • EQMM Mar 2001
• * A Needle for the Devil, (ss) EQMM Nov 3 1980
  • 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * The New Girl Friend, (ss) EQMM Aug 1983
  • The Best Short Stories of 1983, ed. Anon., Davis 1984
  • The New Edgar Winners, Mystery Writers of America, New York: Wynwood Press 1990
  • Ellery Queen’s Edgar Award Winners, ed. Anon., Robert Hale 1992
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • The Edgar Award Book, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Simply the Best Mysteries, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * The Orchard Walls, (ss) Ms. Aug 1983
  • EQMM May 1985
  • Women of Mystery II, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * An Outside Interest [“The Man Who Frightened Women”], (ss) EQMM Jan 27 1982
  • Mysterious Erotic Tales, ed. Anon., O’Mara 1996
• * The Paintbox Houses, (ss) EQMM Mar 10 1980
  • More Murder Most Cozy, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
• * A Pair of Yellow Lilies, (ss) 1988
  • EQMM Apr 1989
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1990, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1990
  • The Copper Peacock and Other Stories, The Mysterious Press 1991
  • Women of Mystery, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Paperwork, (ss) EQMM Aug 1990
  • The Copper Peacock and Other Stories, The Mysterious Press 1991
• * Paradise, (ss) The Strand Magazine #11 2003
• * People Don’t Do Such Things, (ss) The Fallen Curtain, London: Hutchinson 1976
  • London After Midnight, ed. Peter Haining, Little Brown UK 1996
  • Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
• * Piranha to Scurfy, (na) Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories, Hutchinson 2000
  • EQMM Sep/Oct 2001
  • Ellery Queen Presents Great Mystery Novellas, ed. Janet Hutchings, Five Star 2004
• * The Professional, (ss) Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories, Hutchinson 2000
  • EQMM May 2001
• * The Ruth Rendell Mysteries [“A Case of Coincidence”], (ss) EQMM Jun 30 1980
  • Crime Movies 2, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1997
• * Shreds and Slivers, (ss) EQMM Nov 1994
  • Blood Lines, Crown 1996
• * The Strawberry Tree, (ss) Unguarded Hours, Pandora Books 1990
  • Blood Lines, Crown 1996
• * Thornapple [“The Boy Who Collected Poisons”], (nv) EQMM Feb 25 1981
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
• * Truth Will Out, (ss) EQMM Dec 1978; also as “Front Seat”.
• * Unacceptable Levels, (vi) EQMM Mar 1995
  • Blood Lines, Crown 1996
  • MHCMM #1 1996
  • Women of Mystery III, ed. Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * An Unwanted Woman [Chief Insp. Wexford], (nv) EQMM Dec 1990
  • The Copper Peacock and Other Stories, The Mysterious Press 1991
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1991, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1991
• * Venus’s-Flytrap, (ss) EQMM Jan 1973
  • Garden of Deadly Delights, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * Walter’s Leg, (ss) Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories, Hutchinson 2000
  • EQMM Jan 2001
• * Weeds, (ss) EQMM Mar 1989
  • The Copper Peacock and Other Stories, The Mysterious Press 1991
  • Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
• * When the Wedding Was Over [Chief Insp. Wexford], (nv) 1976
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
  • Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
• * The Whistler, (ss) EQMM Jul 1985
• * The Wink, (ss) Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories, Hutchinson 2000
  • EQMM Feb 2001
  • Mystery: The Best of 2001, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2002
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002

RENFROE, MARTHA KAY (1938- ); see pseudonym M. K. Wren (chron.)

RENSCH, JEFF (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Rock Song, (vi) AHMM Feb 1997

RENWICK, DAVID (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000

RESNICK, LAURA (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Missing Coffin [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * Dopplegangster, (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004
• * Heaven’s Only Daughter, (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992
• * Homicidal Honeymoon, (ss) Murder Most Romantic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Denise Little, Cumberland House 2001
• * Saint Frankie, (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

RESNICK, MIKE; [i.e., Michael Diamond Resnick] (1942- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Pearly Gates [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * Even Butterflies Can Sting, (ss) Magic Feathers: The Mike & Nick Show, Obscura Press 2000
  • Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
• * Guardian Angel, (na) Down These Dark Spaceways, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2005
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992
  • More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993
  • Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
  • Down These Dark Spaceways, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2005
• * Introduction, (in) Alien Crimes, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2007
• * Introduction: The Detective Who Refused to Die, (in) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * A Locked-Planet Mystery, (na) Alien Crimes, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2007
• * Me and My Shadow, (ss) Unauthorized Autobiographies and Other Curiosities, London: MacDonald Futura Publishers Ltd. 1984
  • The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003
• * Mrs. Vamberry Takes a Trip (Vamberry the Wine Merchant) (ascribed to J. Thorne Smith) [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996
• * Museum Piece [Batman], (ss) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990
• * Origins [Dick Tracy], (ss) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990
• * Stan (with Ron Collins), (ss) Mob Magic, ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1998

RESNICOW, HERBERT (1920-1997) (chron.)

• * The Christmas Bear, (nv) AHMM Jan 1990
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1990
  • Merry Murder, ed. Cynthia Manson, Seafarer 1994
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * D.W.I., (vi) Hardboiled Detective #10 1990
• * Dog Act, (ss) EQMM Aug 1992
  • Canine Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Jove 1993
• * A Few Strokes for Mitzi, (ss) Nassau Review 1991
  • Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
• * Filial Gifts, (ss) AHMM Apr 1990
• * Good Act, (ss) Hardboiled #14 1992
• * Head Up, (vi) Hardboiled #10 1989
  • New Mystery Jul/Aug 1991
• * The Moonstone Earrings, (ss) AHMM May 1990
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Home Sweet Homicide, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Walker 1991
• * The Odds, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1988
• * Sub Rosa, (vi) Detective Story Magazine Aug 1989
• * True Witness, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 1989
• * Typecasting, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1990

RESPERS, LISA (chron.)

• * Almost Missed It By a Hair, (ss) Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006; (France Howard Park).

REVELLE, GEORGE G. (chron.)

• * Love Me Hard!, (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Apr 1958
• * Poor Angie Is Dead!, (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Aug 1957

REVESZ, ETTA (chron.)

• * Like a Terrible Scream, (ss) EQMM May 1976
  • Ellery Queen’s A Multitude of Sins, ed. Ellery Queen, Curley 1986
  • Ellery Queen’s Edgar Award Winners, ed. Anon., Robert Hale 1992
  • Simply the Best Mysteries, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * The Look-Alike Murders, (ss) EQMM May 5 1980

REVOYR, NINA (chron.)

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

REYNOLDS, A. L. (chron.)

• * First-Story Man, (vi) EQMM Feb 1990

REYNOLDS, FATHER BRAD, S.J. (chron.)

• * Bad-Heart, (ss) Wild Crimes, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2004
• * The Twin, (nv) The Mysterious North, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003

REYNOLDS, DALLAS McCORD (1917-1983); see under Reynolds, Mack (chron.)

REYNOLDS, JOHN LAWRENCE (1939- ) (chron.)

• * It’s for You, (ss) EQMM May 2001

REYNOLDS, JOHN MURRAY (1901-1993) (chron.)

• * Ki-Gor — King of the Jungle [Ki-Gor], (nv) Jungle Stories Win 1938
  • Pulp Review Nov 1992

REYNOLDS, MACK; [i.e., Dallas McCord Reynolds] (1917-1983); see pseudonym Mark Mallory (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus (with August Derleth) [*Solar Pons], (ss) F&SF Jun 1955
  • Supernatural Sleuths, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Penguin/Roc 1996
• * Happy Ending (with Fredric Brown), (ss) Fantastic Universe Sep 1957
  • Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * The Hatchetman (with Fredric Brown), (nv) Amazing Dec 1951
  • Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Mind Over Mayhem, (ss) New Detective Magazine Nov 1950
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Prodigy Shamus, (ss) Killers Mystery Story Magazine Nov 1956

REYNOLDS, QUENTIN (James) (1902-1965) (chron.)

• * The Man Who Dreamed Too Much [Baron von Genthner], (ss) The Strand Sep 1936
  • Colliers Jan 2 1937
  • EQMM May 1944
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991

REYNOLDS, WILLIAM J. (1956- ) (chron.)

• * An Afternoon in the Country, (ss) AHMM Feb 1997
• * Blindsided, (nv) Cat Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1991
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
• * Cat and Canary, (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
• * Guilt Enough to Go Around, (ss) AHMM Sep 1986
• * Hit and Run, (ss) AHMM Dec 1987
• * The Lost Boys, (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
  • The Fifth Grave and Other Terrifying Tales of Homicide in the Heartland, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * QWERTY, (nv) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
• * Ruby, Ruby, (nv) Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * The Two Ninety-Nine Alibi, (ss) AHMM Feb 1986

RHEA, NICHOLAS; pseudonym of Peter N. Walker, (1936- ) (chron.)

• * A Case of Christmas Spirit [Aidensfeld], (ss) The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
  • Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998
• * The Heartbeat Murders [Heartbeat], (sl) Daily Mail Dec 24, Dec 26, Dec 27 2000

RHEINHEIMER, KURT (chron.)

• * Shoes, (ss) Nebraska Review Sum 2000

RHOADES, J. D. (chron.)

• * Spadework, (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

RHODE, JOHN; pseudonym of C. J. C. Street, (1884-1964) (chron.)

• * The Elusive Bullet, (ss)
  • London After Midnight, ed. Peter Haining, Little Brown UK 1996
• * The Purple Line, (ss) The (London) Evening Standard
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
• * The Vanishing Diamond, (nv)
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991

RHODES, CAROLINE (chron.)

• * Cricket Longwhiskers, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

RICE, CHRISTOPHER (1979- ) (chron.)

• * Man Catch, (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006
• * Over Thirty, (ss) Los Angeles Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2007

RICE, CRAIG; pseudonym of Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig, (1908-1957) (books) (chron.)

• * Beyond the Shadow of a Dream [John J. Malone], (nv) EQMM Feb 1955
  • Murder, Mystery and Malone, Crippen & Landru 2002
  • EQMM Jan 2006
• * Dead Men’s Shoes [John J. Malone], (ss) Baffling Detective Mysteries Jul 1943
  • Verdict Crime Detection Magazine Nov 1956
• * The Dead Mr. Duck [John J. Malone], (ss) Verdict Aug 1953; also as “The Man Who Swallowed a Horse”.
• * The Dead Undertaker [“Murder Marches On”; John J. Malone], (ss) Manhunt Dec 1953
  • Murder, Mystery and Malone, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Death in the Moonlight [Melville Fairr], (ss) Popular Detective Mar 1953
  • Murder, Mystery and Malone, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Frightened Millionaire [John J. Malone], (na) The Saint Detective Magazine Apr 1956
  • Murder, Mystery and Malone, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Goodbye Forever [John J. Malone], (nv) EQMM Dec 1951
  • Ellery Queen’s Anthology Volume 1, ed. Ellery Queen, London: May Fair 1959
• * Hard Sell [ghost written by Lawrence Block; John J. Malone], (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960
  • Murder, Mystery and Malone, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * His Heart Could Break [John J. Malone], (nv) EQMM Mar 1943
  • Twelve American Detective Stories, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Oxford University Press 1997
• * How Now, Ophelia [as by Michael Venning; Melville Fairr], (ss) EQMM Jun 1947
  • Murder, Mystery and Malone, Crippen & Landru 2002