Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

ROCHE, THOMAS S. (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Forgetaboutit, (nv) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997
• * Hell on Wheels, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 1996
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Speaking of Lust, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996
  • Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997
• * Up for a Nickel, (nv) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996

ROCK, PETER (chron.)

• * Stranger, (ss) Zoetrope All-Story Spr 2000

RODEN, BARBARA (1963- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Suspect Servant [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997; winner of a pastiche contest in 1989; revised for this first appearance.
• * The Great Detectives: Arthur Morrison’s Martin Hewitt, (ar) The Strand Magazine #2 1999
• * The Great Detectives: G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown, (ar) The Strand Magazine #3 1999
• * The Great Detectives: Jacques Futrelle’s Thinking Machine, (ar) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• * No Ghosts Need Apply? [Holmes Sherlock], (ar) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006

RODEN, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

• * Conan Doyle Beyond Baker Street: Captain Sharkey: The Pirate Anti-Hero, (ar) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• * Conan Doyle Beyond Baker Street: Round the Fire Stories, (ar) The Strand Magazine #2 1999

RODGERS, ALAN (Paul) (1959- ) (chron.)

• * The Kidnapping of Roni Tahr, (nv) Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999
• * Souvenirs (with James D. Macdonald), (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

RODMAN, ERIC; pseudonym of Robert Silverberg, (1935- ) (chron.)

• * Crime of Passion, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1961
• * Death of a Gigolo, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1959
• * Doublecrosser’s Daughter, (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec 1958
• * Drunken Sailor, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958
• * Hard-Hearted Woman, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1960

RODMAN, HOWARD A. (chron.)

• * The Frightening Frammis (with Jon Robin Baitz), (pl) Fallen Angels, ed. Anon., Grove Press 1993
• * The Quiet Room, (pl) Fallen Angels, ed. Anon., Grove Press 1993

ROE, CAROLINE (Medora née Sale) (1943- ); also as Medora Sale (chron.)

• * Getting It Right, (ss) Bloody Words: the anthology, ed. Caro Soles & Cheryl Freedman, Baskerville Books 2003

ROGAK, LISA ANGOWSKI (chron.)

• * The Wall, (ss) 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

ROGAL, STAN (chron.)

• * And Then He Sings, (ss) Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001
• * Dress Rehearsal, (ss) Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991
• * Lie to Me Baby, (ss) Hard Boiled Love, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2003

ROGERS, BRUCE HOLLAND (chron.)

• * The Cat, the Watch and the Deep Blue Sea, (ss) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
• * Cloud Stalking Mice, (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Enduring as Dust, (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1994, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
  • A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • August Is a Good Time for Killing, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * Hollywood Considered as a Seal Point in the Sun, (nv) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994
• * Masked Marauders of the Mossbelt, (nv) Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998
• * Snapping Out of It, (ss) EQMM Sep 1991
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

ROGERS, CHERYL (chron.)

• * Naked Flame, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005
• * Pearler, (ss) EQMM Feb 2007

ROGERS, CHRIS (1944- ) (chron.)

• * My Finger’s in the Light Socket and My Head’s in the Oven, (ss) AHMM May 1996
• * Spare Change, (ss) AHMM Jun 1995

ROGERS, JAY (chron.)

• * A Family Matter, (ss) Hardboiled #11 1990

ROGERS, JOEL TOWNSLEY (1896-1984) (chron.)

• * The Doom Club [Captain Death], (ss) Air Stories Win 1937
  • Action Adventure Stories Jul 2004
• * The Hanging Rope, (na) New Detective Magazine Sep 1946
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990
• * The Murderer, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 23 1946
  • AHMM Jul 1995

ROGERS, LENORA K. (chron.)

• * Another Close Call, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1981
• * Goners, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 2000
• * The Hanging Tree, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1999
• * Heat, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2001
• * A Major Impairment, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 2002
• * On a Gray Day, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2001
• * Secrets, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1997
• * The Supper Stop, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1999

ROGERS, STEPHEN D. (chron.)

• * The Big League, (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004
• * Bourne Again, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Win/Spr 2002
• * The Bourne Again Bridge, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #31 2002
• * The Cajun Triangle, (vi) About Mysteries; What to do... What to do... when your husband is so inconsiderate as to cause you to murder him...
  • Detective Mystery Stories Sep 2002
• * Consider It Lit, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2005
• * Death Valley Girl, (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2002
• * Disturbed, (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2003
• * A Dog Named Mule, (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug-Nov 2005
• * Dust Is Thicker than Water, (ss) Shred of Evidence Nov 2003
• * The Eighth Stage, (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2002
• * A Forensic Scientist Urges Caution, (pm) EQMM Nov 2001
• * The Half-Dozen Gang, (pm) EQMM Aug 2000
• * Hard as Diamonds, (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2002
• * Hit and Ran, (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2004
• * In League with a Redhead, (ss) Shred of Evidence Feb 2003
• * Inn, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2004
• * The Money Case, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jun 2002
• * Officer Down, (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2004
• * Old Tricks Do the Trick, (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002
• * On My Mark, (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 1999
• * People Like Us, (ss) Hardboiled #33 2005
• * Physician Heal Thyself, (vi) About Mysteries; The trouble, you see, is how to hide the mud on your shoes when you’ve dug your own grave... .
• * Playing with Fire, (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2001
  • Detective Mystery Stories #32 2003
• * Rousted, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2003
• * Suitable for Framing, (vi) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * Time’s A’Wasting, (ss) Shred of Evidence Feb 2004
• * An Unwilling Witness, (ss) Shred of Evidence Feb 2005
• * Validation, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Spr 2005
• * Victimless Crime, (pm) EQMM Feb 2003
• * Whacking for Gomez, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2004
• * White Collar Crime, (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004

ROGERS, WAYNE (chron.)

• * Hell’s Brew, (nv) Thrilling Mystery Jan 1936
  • High Adventure #56 2000
• * King of America, (ss) Operator #5 Mar/Apr 1938
  • High Adventure #48 1999
• * Murder Is a Merry Maid, (nv) Mystery Tales Mar 1938
  • Pulp Review #22 1995

ROGOW, ROBERTA (Winston) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot (and his abominable wife) (ascribed to P.G. Wodehouse) [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996
• * The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1998
• * Our American Cousins [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

ROHLFS, ANNA KATHARINE; see under Green, Anna Katharine (chron.)

ROHMER, BEDFORD (chron.)

• * The Golden Bride of Wo-Fan, (ss) New Mystery Adventures Mar 1935
  • Pulp Review Mar 1992

ROHMER, ROBERT B. (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * The Love Motel, by Shizuko Natsuki, (nv) EQMM Jul 1989
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1990, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1990
• * The Woman on the Phone, by Shizuko Natsuki, (nv) EQMM May 1990

ROHMER, SAX; pseudonym of A. Sarsfield Ward, (1883-1959) (chron.)

• * The Death of Cyrus Pettigrew [as by A. Sarsfield Ward], (ss) The London Magazine Mar 1909
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990
• * Fu Manchu and the Frightened Redhead [Fu Manchu; Nayland Smith], (ss) This Week Feb 1 1959
  • London After Midnight, ed. Peter Haining, Little Brown UK 1996
• * The Green Spider [as by A. Sarsfield Ward], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Oct 1904
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992
  • AHMM Sep 2005
• * Serpent Wind [Bimbashi Baruk], (ss) Colliers Nov 7 1942
  • Horror and Homicide, ed. Anon., Checkerbooks 1949
• * The Stolen Peach Stone, (ss)
  • Scientific Detective Annual 1944
• * Tchériapin, (ss) The Sovereign Magazine Apr 1920
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935

ROLAND, ROSALIND (chron.)

• * If Thine Eye Offend Thee, (ss) Murder by 13, ed. Priscilla English, Lisa Seidman & Mae Woods, Crown Valley Press 1997

ROLEY, BRIAN ASCALON (chron.)

• * Kinship, (ss) Los Angeles Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2007

ROLLINS, JAMES; pseudonym of Jim Czajkowski (chron.)

• * Kowalski’s in Love [Sigma Force], (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

ROLLINS, JESSIE (chron.)

• * The Pasture Lands, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1998

ROLLINS, VIKI S. (chron.)

• * Assault of the Yow-Ling Jewels, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

ROLT, L(ionel) T(homas) C(aswell) (1910-1974) (chron.)

• * The Mine, (ss) Mystery Stories #25 1942
  • AHMM Dec 1987
• * New Corner, (ss) Mystery Stories #20 1939

ROMAN, RUSSELL NEWTON (chron.)

• * The What-If Twist, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1980

ROMANSKY, KATE (chron.)

• * Footsteps, (ss) EQMM May 1993

ROMIG, JACK (chron.)

• * The Star Detective, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1996

ROMUN, ISAK; pseudonym of Gordon Bennett (chron.)

• * The Block, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1983
• * Breakfast at The Kawnbawza, (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984
• * Brittany, (ss) AHMM Nov 1988
• * Cage, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 1989
• * The Colsum Painting, (ss) AHMM Mar 1994
• * Death’s Gray Land, (ss) EQMM Dec 1982
• * Dinner in the Upper Latitudes, (ss) Espionage Magazine Aug 1985
• * The Double Fishhooks, (ss) AHMM Jan 6 1982
• * The Enjoyment of an Artist, (ss) AHMM Apr 1983
• * The Galen Bird, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1981
• * In Love with Death, (ss) EQMM May 1984
• * Letter From Moscow, (ss) Espionage Magazine Feb 1986
• * Love Is Here to Stay, (ss) Espionage Magazine Oct 1986
• * Material Witness, (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• * Merit, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1984
• * The Message, (ss) AHMM Sep 16 1981
  • AHMM Oct 1990
• * The Oracle of the Flag, (ss) AHMM Dec 1987
• * The Oriana Folio, (ss) AHMM Jun 1989
• * The Pattern of His Death, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1985
• * Poison, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1984
• * The Pulcinella Pastiche, (ss) AHMM Dec 1989
• * The Romanticist, (ss) EQMM Aug 1986

RONALD, JAMES (1905-1995?) (chron.)

• * The Second Bottle, (ss) Liberty Magazine 1945
  • Horror and Homicide, ed. Anon., Checkerbooks 1949

RONDOU, CAROL (chron.)

• * Behind Enemy Lines (with John Helfers), (ss) Murder Most Confederate, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000

RONNS, EDWARD; pseudonym of Edward S. Aarons, (1916-1975) (chron.)

• * Terror in the Town, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1946
  • Detective Story Annual 1949, ed. Daisy Bacon, Street & Smith 1949

RONOWSKI, AL (chron.)

• * Wait Watcher, (pm) EQMM Nov 1993

ROOK, CLARENCE (1862-1915) (chron.)

• * The Stir Outside the Cafe Royal, (ss) The Harmsworth Magazine Sep 1898
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990

ROOME, DOUGLAS (Derek); pseudonym of Douglas R. Empringham, (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Chain Sawing, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2002

ROOME, FRANK B. (chron.)

• * Dead Man’s Walk, (ss) EQMM Feb 24 1982
• * Swann’s Song, (ss) EQMM Sep 9 1981

ROONEY, DAVID A. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ The Dead Lettercarrier Office, (vi) AHMM Dec 1998
  ___ Down the Primrose Path, (vi) AHMM Dec 1997
  ___ Raise the Tectonic!, (vi) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998

ROONEY, PHILIP (chron.)

• * The Last of the Highwaymen, (nf) Scientific Detective Mar 1945