Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

RITCHIE, JACK (chron.) (continued)

• * The Alphabet Murders [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1980
• * The Angler, (ss) AHMM Oct 1975
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1990
• * Anyone for Murder?, (ss) AHMM Jan 1964
  • Five Classic Stories, ed. Anon., Davis 1986
• * Body Check, (ss) EQMM Jul 15 1981
• * By Child Undone, (ss) AHMM Oct 1967
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1968, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1968
• * Cardula and the Briefcase [Cardula], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1983
• * Cardula and the Locked Rooms [Cardula], (ss) AHMM Mar 31 1982
• * The Cardula Detective Agency [Cardula], (ss) AHMM Mar 1977
  • Supernatural Sleuths, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Penguin/Roc 1996
• * A Case of Identity, (ss) EQMM Jan 27 1982
• * The Commissar, (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984
• * The Connecting Link [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) EQMM Oct 7 1981
• * The Customer, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1983
• * The Deveraux Monster, (ss) Manhunt Feb 1962
  • EQMM Dec 1991
• * Dial an Alibi [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) Woman’s World Jun 7 1983
  • EQMM Aug 1985
• * Divide and Conquer, (ss) Manhunt Feb 1957
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Don’t Twist My Arm, (ss) Manhunt Apr 1958
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * The Fifth Grave [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) EQMM Oct 1982
  • The Fifth Grave and Other Terrifying Tales of Homicide in the Heartland, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * The Final Truth [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) EQMM Feb 1983
• * Finger Man, (ss) AHMM Jul 1972
  • AHMM Win 1989
• * For the Good of Society, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1980
• * The Ghost of Claudia McKenny, (ss) EQMM May 1984
• * The Golden Goose, (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1982
• * Goodbye, Memory, (ss) AHMM Aug 1961
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962
• * Goodbye, Sweet Money, (ss) AHMM Apr 1967
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1967
• * The Gourmet Kidnaper [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) EQMM Sep 1979
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * The Green Heart, (ss) AHMM Mar 1963
  • AHMM Dec 1997
• * The House of Yorick, (ss) The Saint Magazine Jul 1984
• * Hung Jury [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) EQMM Dec 1977
  • Murder on Trial, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * In the Public Eye, (ss) Woman’s World Mar 10 1981
  • EQMM Aug 1990
• * The Investigator, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1984; given as by Jim Ritchie in toc.
• * The Journey, (ss) EQMM Dec 1983
• * The Killing Philosopher, (vi) AHMM Jun 1968
  • AHMM Jun 1991
• * The Little Green Book, (ss) Intrigue Mystery Magazine Jan 1966
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
  • Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999
• * The Message in the Message [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) EQMM Dec 2 1981
• * The Method, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982
• * The Moonlighter, (vi) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Dec 1967
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual Sum 1971
• * More Than Meets the Eye [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• * Murder Off Limits [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) EQMM Jun 1982
• * A New Leaf, (ss) 1963
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * Nobody Tells Me Anything [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) EQMM Oct 1976
  • Ellery Queen’s A Multitude of Sins, ed. Ellery Queen, Curley 1986
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * #8, (ss) AHMM Jun 1958
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * The O’Leary Conspiracy [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) EQMM May 1983
• * The Operator, (nv) AHMM Jun 1963
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964
• * The Orange Murders, (ss) EQMM Mar 24 1982
• * Pardon My Death Ray, (ss) AHMM Oct 1969
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1991
• * Remains to Be Seen [as by Steve O’Connell], (ss) AHMM Jun 1961
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * The Return of Cardula [Cardula], (ss) AHMM Feb 3 1982
• * The Second Letter, (ss) EQMM Feb 1984
• * The Seed Caper, (ss) EQMM Aug 1977
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * Ten Minutes from Now, (ss) AHMM Oct 1963
  • AHMM Jan 1986
• * That Last Journey, (ss) AHMM Dec 15 1980
• * The Third-Floor Closet, (ss) EQMM Jun 30 1980
• * This Gun for Hire, (ss) Woman’s World Mar 24 1981
  • EQMM Jul 1989
• * The Two Percent Solution [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) EQMM Jun 1984
• * Variations on a Scheme [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) AHMM Sep 1977
  • AHMM Oct 1990
• * The Way to Do It, (ss) EQMM Jan 14 1980
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * The Weather Man, (ss) The Elk’s Magazine Jan 1976
  • EQMM Oct 1989
  • Kingpins, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Win Some, Lose Some [Henry Turnbuckle], (ss) EQMM Mar 25 1981
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

RITCHIE, JAMES A. (chron.)

• * A Few Miles South of Nowhere, (ss) EQMM Apr 1998
• * The Real West, (ss) EQMM Oct 1993
• * Wild Strawberries, (ss) EQMM Oct 1994

RITCHIE, RITA; pseudonym of Rita Reitci, (1930- ) (chron.)

• * American Primitive, (ss) EQMM Feb 24 1982

RITCHIE, STEVE (chron.)

• * Dig the Hole First, (ss) AHMM Mar 2004
• * Post Mortem, (ss) AHMM May 1987
• * You Can’t Really Blame Them, (ss) AHMM Nov 1996

RITTENBERG, MAX (1880-?) (chron.)

• * The Mystery of the Sevenoaks Tunnel [Magnum], (ss) The London Magazine Oct 1913
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006

RITTERSPAK, BRIAN; pseudonym of Barry Forshaw (chron.)

• * Colin Dexter interviewed by Brian Ritterspak, (iv) Crime Time #23 2001
• * Jeffrey Robinson, (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• * Writing for the Maverick Reader: Alan Furst (with Woody Haut), (iv) Crime Time #23 2001

_____, reviews:

• * Audiocrime, (rv) Crime Time #23 2001

RIVIERE, JOAN (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * from Civilization and its Discontents, by Sigmund Freud, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

ROBARDS, KAREN (1954- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Manna from Heaven, (na) Wait Until Dark, ed. Karen Robards, Pocket 2001

ROBB, CANDACE (chron.)

• * The Bone Jar, (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
  • EQMM Sep/Oct 1997

ROBB, MARTI; see pseudonym Mariah Stewart (chron.)

ROBB, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Rubber Gun Squad, (vi) Hardboiled #29/30 2003

ROBBE-GRILLET, ALAIN (1922- ) (chron.)

• * The Erasers [from Les gommes, Editions de Minuit; Paris, 1953], (ex) 1964
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

ROBBINS, A. B. (chron.)

• * The Magic Touch, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

ROBBINS, GRENVILLE (chron.)

• * The Broadcast Murder, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Jul 1928
  • The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004

ROBBINS, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Burning Flags, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 2002
• * Kalila Maji, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2002
• * The Pointman’s Last Assignment, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr, Nov 1999
• * Tile Fire Quencher 1814, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2001

ROBBINS, ORMOND; see pseudonym Dane Gregory (chron.)

ROBERSON, JENNIFER; [i.e., Jennifer Mitchell Roberson O’Green] (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Piece of Mind, (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

ROBERT, HARRY (chron.)

• * Don’t Look for Me; I’ll Find You, (ss) AHMM Apr 1960
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1960

ROBERTS, BARRIE (1939- ) (chron.)

• * The Affair of the Christmas Jewel [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Magazine #9 2002
• * The Affair of the Weeping Child [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Magazine #13 2004
• * The Case of the Christmas Poisonings [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Magazine Christmas 2001
• * The Disappearance of Daniel Question, (ss) The Strand Magazine #4 2000
• * The Mystery of the Addleton Curse [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997

ROBERTS, BETHANY (chron.)

• * Powderburn (with John Maddox Roberts), (nv) AHMM Dec 1996

ROBERTS, C(arl) E(ric) BECHHOFER (1894-1949) (chron.)

• * The English Filter, (ss) The Strand Mar 1926
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987

ROBERTS, DALE J. (chron.)

• * Trail of Death, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1995

ROBERTS, DOREEN; [i.e., Doreen Roberts Hight] (1934- ); see pseudonym Kate Kingsbury (chron.)

ROBERTS, DOROTHY JAMES (1903-1990); see pseudonym Peter Mortimer (chron.)

ROBERTS, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * Reverberation, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1995

ROBERTS, GEORGE THOMAS (1910-1968); see pseudonyms George Chance & G. T. Fleming-Roberts (chron.)

ROBERTS, GILLIAN; pseudonym of Judith A. Greber, (1939- ) (books) (chron.)

• * After Happily Ever, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Clear Sailing, (nv) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Ellie’s Chair, (ss) Murder Most Crafty, ed. Maggie Bruce, Penguin US 2005
• * Fury Duty, (ss) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Goodbye, Dolley, (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999
• * Goodbye, Sue Ellen, (ss) Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 1993
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
  • Speaking of Greed, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Heart Break, (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Hog Heaven, (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1997
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Let This Be a Lesson, (ss)
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing, (ss)
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Murder, She Did, (ss) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998
• * The Old Wife’s Tale, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
• * One Beautiful Body, (ss) EQMM Dec 1992
  • Women of Mystery II, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * The Shrine of Eleanor, (nv) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * What’s a Woman to Do?, (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Where’s the Harm in That?, (ss) Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999

ROBERTS, JOHN MADDOX (1947- ) (chron.)

• * An Academic Question [SPQR], (ss) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
• * The Etruscan House [SPQR], (nv) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• * Hitter, (ss) EQMM Nov 1995
• * The King of Sacrifices [SPQR], (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
• * Lotto, (ss) AHMM Dec 1993
• * Mightier than the Sword [SPQR], (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• * Pirates, (ss) AHMM Jan 1995
• * Powderburn (with Bethany Roberts), (nv) AHMM Dec 1996
• * The Statuette of Rhodes [SPQR], (ss) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996
• * Venus in Pearls [SPQR], (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• * The Will [SPQR], (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003

ROBERTS, JOHN STORM (chron.)

• * It’s a Long Flight to L.A., (ss) EQMM Jun 2 1980
• * One Point Too Far, (ss) EQMM Jan 27 1982

ROBERTS, LES (A.) (1937- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Angel of Death, (ss) City Reports Dec 1993
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Brave Little Costume Designer, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Catnap, (nv) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Fat Stamp, (ss) Elvis Rising, ed. Kay Sloan and Constance Pierce, Avon 1993
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Gathering of the Klan [Milan Jacovich], (nv) Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Good Boys, (ss) Cleveland Plain Dealer Aug 1992
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Jazz Canary [Milan Jacovich], (nv) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004