Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

BISHOP, PAUL (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Pattern of Behavior [Fey Croaker], (na) Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
• * Quint and the Braceros [Ramon Quintana], (ss) Hardboiled #5 1986
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
• * The Saint on the Air, (ar) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984
• * The Samaritan, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1982
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
• * Squeeze Play [Blaine Pope], (ss) Hardboiled #3 1985
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
• * The Thief of Christmas [Fey Croaker], (ss) Mysteries To Die For’s Christmas booklet
  • Pattern of Behavior, Five Star 2000
• * The Trenchcoat Files, (cl) Hardboiled #3 1985
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1985
  • Hardboiled #4, #5, #6 1986

BISHOP, RICHARD W. (chron.)

• * Feature Attraction—Murder, (vi) Mammoth Detective Nov 1944
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

BISHOP, STEVE (books) (chron.)

• * Safe as Milk, (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

BISKIN, MIRIAM (chron.)

• * A Spy by Any Other Name, (ss) EQMM Feb 1992

BITNER, WILLIAM (chron.)

• * Thrills, Inc., (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1984

BIZER, DOROTHY H. (chron.)

• * I Wonder, (pm) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• * It Happens Every Time, (pm) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• * Reading Taste, (pm) Murderous Intent Fll 1997

BLACK, CARA (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Cabaret Aux Assassins [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) My Sherlock Holmes, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2003; (Irene Adler).

BLACK, DAVID (1945- ) (chron.)

• * Laud, (nv) 1978
  • Opening Shots, ed. Lawrence Block, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000

BLACK, MICHAEL A.; see pseudonym James G. Dancer (chron.)

• * All the Players, (ss) Hardboiled #11 1990
  • Detective Mystery Stories Oct 1999
• * Anatomy of a Gunfight, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1997
• * The Bandit Wolves, (ss) Hardboiled #20 1995
  • Detective Mystery Stories Feb 2000
• * The Black Rose, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Devil’s Wind, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• * Dress Blues, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 2000
• * Going Ballistic, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jan 2001
• * Inquest, (ss) AHMM Mar 2004
• * Life Is Seven Years, (nf) Hardboiled #24 1998
• * The Mann Act, (ss) Hardboiled #13 1992
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * A Matter of Honor, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1999
• * The Pigeon Drop, (ss) 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Prying Eyes, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #30 2002
• * Realizing a Dream, (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003
• * Reasonable Doubts, (nv) Detective Mystery Stories Jun 1999
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * The Rosary, (ss) 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Santa’s on the Way, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Dec 1999
• * The Savant, (ss)
  • Hardboiled, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
  • Detective Mystery Stories May 2000
• * Six-Toed Ollie, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Smiling Buddha, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• * True Crime, (cl) Hardboiled #19 1994
• * Uncivil Re-Enactments, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jul 1999
• * Violent Crimes, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Nov 2000
• * Whodunit, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1997
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

BLACK, REBECCA HARDY (chron.)

• * Dead Man Waitin’, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000
• * Keepsakes, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• * Road to Nowhere, (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004

BLACK, RUPERT (chron.)

• * The Crossing, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 2002
  • Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2002
• * The Gallows, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2001
• * Nocturne Macabre, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2001
• * Sons of the Serpent, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 2002
• * Spawn of the Elder Pits, (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 2001

BLACK, TERRY (chron.)

• * All That Glitters, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1984
• * Big Winner, (ss) AHMM Nov 2003
• * The Black Damp, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002
• * Cold Shoulder, (ss) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
• * Dimple Indemnity, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1984
• * Dying for Dollars, (ss) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994
• * The Gun, (ss) AHMM Sep 2004
• * I Scream, You Scream, (ss) AHMM Nov 2001
• * It Ain’t Necessarily So, (ss) AHMM Sep 1989
• * Long Odds, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1984
• * Looney Tune, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1980
• * The Not-So-Big Sleep, (ss) AHMM Apr 1990
  • Futurecrime, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Fine 1992
• * Over a Barrel, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984
• * The Perfect Crime Revisited, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982
• * Repeat Business, (ss) AHMM Jun 1990
• * Saturday Night Special, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1981
• * Special Delivery (with J. B. Allen), (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1985

BLACK, VERONICA; pseudonym of Maureen Peters, (1935- ) (chron.)

• * Daughter of Compassion, (ss) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998

BLACKADAR, BRUCE (chron.)

• * Beach Sights, (ss) Criminal Shorts, ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada 1992

BLACKMAN, MALORIE (chron.)

• * Cat and Mouse, (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995

BLACKMAN, NICOLE (chron.)

• * Dumped, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004

BLACKWOOD, ALGERNON (Henry) (1869-1951) (chron.)

• * Ancient Sorceries [John Silence], (nv) John Silence, London: Nash 1908
  • Mystery and Detection Apr 1935
• * By Water, (ss) The Westminster Gazette Apr 18 1914
  • The Mystery and the Detective, ed. Blanche Colton Williams, Appleton-Century 1938
• * Confession, (ss) The Century Mar 1921
  • Mystery and Detection Jun 1935
• * The Decoy [“The Substitute”], (ss) Lloyd’s Magazine Dec 1919
  • Mystery and Detection May 1935
• * The Empty House [Jim Shorthouse], (ss) The Empty House, Eveleigh Nash 1906
  • AHMM Oct 1983
• * Keeping His Promise, (ss) The Empty House, Eveleigh Nash 1906
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994
• * The Pikestaffe Case, (nv) Tongues of Fire, Jenkins 1924
  • Mystery and Detection #1 1934
• * Secret Worship [John Silence], (nv) John Silence, London: Nash 1908
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
• * The Substitute, (ss) Lloyd’s Magazine Dec 1919; also as “The Decoy”.
• * The Willows, (na) The Listener and Other Stories, London: Eveleigh Nash 1907
  • AHMM Aug 1991
• * The Woman’s Ghost Story, (ss) The Listener and Other Stories, London: Eveleigh Nash 1907
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934

BLACKWOOD, GRANT (chron.)

• * Sacrificial Lion [Henry Caulder], (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

BLACKWOOD, PAMELA (chron.)

• * Elephant Dreams, (nv) AHMM Dec 1998
• * Our Closing Hymn, (nv) AHMM Nov 1996
• * The Tickler, (ss) AHMM Dec 2000
• * Under the Oaks, (nv) AHMM Nov 1998

BLADE, ALEXANDER; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * Curtain Call, (ss) Mammoth Detective May 1945
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

BLAIN, W. EDWARD (1951- ) (chron.)

• * The Director’s Notes, (nv) EQMM Dec 1995
• * Driscoll Henley’s Last Day, (nv) EQMM Aug 1997
• * The Haunting of Driscoll Henley [Driscoll Henley], (nv) EQMM Aug 1999

BLAINE, ANN (chron.)

• * One Shot—He’s Dead, (nv) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996

BLAINE, MARGE (chron.)

• * Goodbye, Wardsboro, (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1983
• * Isabella’s Eyes, (ss) EQMM Jan 1984
• * My Complements to the Chef, (ss) EQMM Feb 24 1982
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994

BLAIR, ERIC (Arthur) (1903-1950); see pseudonym George Orwell (chron.)

BLAISTEN, ISIDORO (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Uncle Facundo, (ss) Dark Arrows, ed. Alberto Manguel, Penguin Canada 1985; tr. by Alberto Manguel

BLAKE, ANDREW; pseudonym of Larry M. Harris, (1933-2002) (chron.)

• * A Lovely Bride for Satan, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962
• * Terror Gallery, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Feb 1963

BLAKE, MARC (chron.)

• * The Man Who Shot Kennedy, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002

BLAKE, NICHOLAS; pseudonym of Cecil Day-Lewis, (1904-1972) (chron.)

• * The Assassins’ Club [Nigel Strangeways], (ss)
  • EQMM Mar 1945
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992
• * from The Beast Must Die, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Long Shot [Nigel Strangeways], (ss)
  • EQMM Mar 1991
• * The Snow Line, (ss) The Strand Feb 1949; also as “A Study in White”.
• * A Study in White [“The Snow Line”], (ss) The Strand Feb 1949
  • EQMM May 1949
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993
  • Murder Most Irish, ed. Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996

BLAKE, W(illiam) H(ume) (1861-1924) (chron.)

• * A Tale of the Grand Jardin, (ss) Brown Waters and Other Sketches, Toronto 1915
  • Crime Where the Nights Are Long, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1999

BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827) (chron.)

• * A Poison Tree, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

BLAKESTON, OSWELL; pseudonym of Henry Joseph Hasslacher, (1907-1985) (chron.)

• * The Fear from the Lake, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * The Solution, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * Superintendent Deering Puts a Question, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * Superintendent Deering’s Dilemma, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

BLAKEY, LOVEDAY (chron.)

• * Red Office, (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995

BLANCHARD, ALFRED A. (1945?-2004) (books) (chron.)

• * The Best Friend, (ss) Red Herring Mystery Magazine Win 1995
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Bluff, (ss) The Edge, Tales of Suspense #18 2004
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Body Parts, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Day Al Jolson Died, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Fertile Imagination, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Final Kill, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Fire Down Below, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Foolproof, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Future Vision, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Get the Picture, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * A Grave Situation, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Hatchet Job, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * I’m Not Like Everybody Else, (ss) The Edge, Tales of Suspense #7 2000
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * It’s a Family Affair, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Last Picture Show, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Man Who Collected Dylan, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * On a Roll, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Payback, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * A Pound of Flesh, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Right Call, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Stalker, (ss) Blue Murder #20 2001
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * An Unforgivable Mistake, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Woman Next Door, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Writers Block, (ss) Pirate Writings #14 1997
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004