Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

SCOTT, JEFFRY (chron.) (continued)

• * An Honest Living, (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• * Hunt a Cold Trail, (nv) AHMM Oct 1982
• * A Hypothetical Situation, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1985
• * I Know Where You Live, (ss) EQMM Dec 2004
• * In the Eye of the Beholder, (ss) EQMM Nov 4 1981
• * Inspector Tierce and the Christmas Visits, (nv) AHMM Jan 1995
  • Christmas Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * Ivy and the Grass, (nv) AHMM Jun 1995
• * Ivy Necklace, (ss) AHMM Oct 2003
• * Jojo and Mr. Punch, (ss) EQMM Jan 1990
• * Jojo and the Domestic Idyll, (ss) EQMM Oct 1987
• * Jojo and the Fish-hooks Pocket, (ss) EQMM Dec 1987
• * Jojo and the Forged Will, (ss) EQMM Oct 1990
• * Jojo and the Little Black Book, (ss) EQMM Apr 1990
• * Jojo and the Tethered Goat, (ss) EQMM Aug 1987
• * The Just Beast, (nv) AHMM May 1998
• * Killer’s Brand, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2005
• * The Killing Floor, (ss) EQMM Oct 1988
• * Killing Martin Stover, (ss) AHMM Sep 8 1980
• * The Language of Death, (ss) AHMM Feb 1986
• * The Last Trump, (ss) AHMM Mar 26 1980
• * The Laughter of Emmett Grigg, (ss) EQMM Aug 1983
• * License to Kill, (nv) AHMM May 1994
• * A Lot of Bottle, (ss) EQMM May 1986
• * Love Can Be Murder, (nv) AHMM Apr 1999
• * Luncheon at Quills, (ss) AHMM Dec 9 1981
• * The Martyr Gambit, (ss) AHMM Mar 3 1982
• * The Mirror Image, (ss) AHMM Dec 1984
• * Money in the Bank, (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• * No Gift From the Magi, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• * No Parking, (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
• * Now You See It, (ss) AHMM Feb 4 1981
• * The Only Sure Way, (ss) EQMM May 1987
• * The Passing of Mr. Toad, (nv) EQMM Oct 1994
  • Murder Most British, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * The Poisoning of Mr. Paisley, (nv) AHMM Feb 1992
• * Power of Suggestion, (ss) AHMM Jan 7 1981
• * Promo Kill, (ss) AHMM Oct 27 1980
• * Putting It Right, (ss) EQMM Apr 1989
• * Quotation Games, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1988
• * The Real Gone Sound, (ss) AHMM Oct 1986
• * The Reaper’s Friend, (ss) AHMM Jul 1984
• * The Return of the League, (nv) AHMM Jan 2000
• * The Rhyming Coppers, (ss) EQMM Sep 1986
• * Roland the Milkman, (ss) EQMM Jun 1983
• * The Route to Bruton Marshes, (nv) EQMM Feb 1996
• * Seated Woman, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005
• * The Secretly Crazy Girl, (ss) EQMM Jan 1987
• * She Told Me To, (ss) EQMM Aug 1985
• * Sliding Paint, (ss) AHMM Jul 1993
• * Smooth Away Your Debts, (ss) AHMM Sep 1982
• * The Snoop, (ss) AHMM Feb 3 1982
• * Sole Survivor, (ss) EQMM Feb 24 1982
• * Something from the Past, (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1982
• * Spilt Milk, (nv) AHMM Apr 1993
• * Take One at Bedtime, (ss) AHMM Jul 16 1980
• * The Taker of Hints, (ss) EQMM Mar 1995
• * They Will Do It (with Richard Simpson), (ss) EQMM Jun 1987
• * The Thief of Nothing, (nv) EQMM Jul 1996
• * To Steal a King, (ss) AHMM Aug 13 1980
• * Too Good to Live, (ss) EQMM Jan 1992
• * A Touch of Silver, (ss) AHMM Apr 1986
• * The Ultimate Pickpocket, (ss) AHMM Sep 1985
• * Unbearable Temptations, (ss) AHMM Aug 1990
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * Under Plain Cover, (ss) AHMM Feb 1983
• * Unwelcome Guest, (ss) EQMM Jul 1991
• * The Way to Hunt Tigers, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1982
• * “What’s Your Guilty Secret?”, (ss) London Mystery #91 1971
  • John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book, 1975, ed. Herbert Harris, Hodder Stoughton 1974
• * Wine Is a Mocker, (ss) EQMM Mar 1994
• * The Winner of the Fancy Dress, (ss) EQMM Sep 1985
• * Witness to Pride, (ss) EQMM Dec 1986
• * Worse than Blackmail, (ss) AHMM Dec 1987

SCOTT, JUSTIN (Blazer) (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Cat in Love, (nv) Murder in the Family, The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
• * The Commissioner’s Moll, (nv) Missing in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1992
• * An Eye for a Tooth, (ss) Justice in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1994
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1995, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1995
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
• * The Hungry Sky, (nv) Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000
• * In the Zone, (ss) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * Introduction to the Adams Roundtable Anthology Murder Among Friends, (in) Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000
• * Katherine’s Faces, (ss) A Body Is Found, Wynwood Press 1990
• * The Most Beautiful Apartment in New York, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Chelsea).
• * Murder at the Roundtable (with Lawrence Block, Mary Higgins Clark, Stanley Cohen, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Mickey Friedman, Susan Isaacs, Judith Kelman, Warren B. Murphy & Peter Straub), (ms) MHCMM Sum 2000
• * A Shooting Over in Jersey, (nv) Murder on the Run, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 1998
• * The White Death, (ss) Beastly Tales, ed. Sara Peretsky, Wynwood 1989
  • MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
  • Opening Shots, ed. Lawrence Block, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000

SCOTT, LAURA ELLEN (chron.)

• * Folk Hero, (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2004

SCOTT, MAITLAND; see under Scott, R. T. M. (chron.)

SCOTT, MANDA (Catriona) (1962- ) (chron.)

• * Of Tooth and Claw, (ss) Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999
• * Raven Feeder, (nv) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000

SCOTT, MARY (1948?-2002) (chron.)

• * An Hour After Lunch, (ss) Fresh Blood 2, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1997

SCOTT, R(eginald) T(homas) M(aitland) (1882-1966) (chron.)

• * Bombay Duck [Aurelius Smith], (ss) Colliers Aug 6 1927
  • Crime Where the Nights Are Long, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1999
• * Crushed Pearl [Aurelius Smith], (ss) The American Magazine Jan 1926
  • Crime in a Cold-Climate, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1994
• * Senga of the Club Hibou [Aurelius Smith], (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929

SCOTT, ROSIE (1948- ) (chron.)

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

SCOTT, [Sir] WALTER (1771-1832) (chron.)

• * The Tapestried Chamber, (ss) The Keepsake, 1829 1828
  • The Cat of Bast & Other Stories of Mystery, ed. William E. Thorner, Regency 1958
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
• * The Two Drovers, (nv) Chronicles of the Canongate, Cadell & Co. 1827
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998
  • Murder Most Scottish, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Bob Adey, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1999
• * Wandering Willie’s Tale [from Redgauntlet], (ex) London: Constable 1824
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934

SCOTT, WILL(iam Matthew) (1894?-1964) (chron.)

• * Not Guilty, (ss) The Strand Jan 1939
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991

SCOTTOLINE, LISA (1955- ) (chron.)

• * Carrying Concealed, (nv) Legal Briefs, ed. William Bernhardt, New York: Doubleday 1998
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
• * Love Match, (ss) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
  • Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005

SCROGGINS, MARY JACKSON; see pseudonym Dicey Scroggins Jackson (chron.)

SCUDAMORE, MARY (chron.)

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• * Inspector Maigret and the Missing Miniatures, by Georges Simenon [1944; Insp. Jules Maigret], (nv) 1965
  • EQMM Mar 1972
  • Ellery Queen’s Faces of Mystery, ed. Ellery Queen, Curley Publishing 1992

SCULLY, MICK (chron.)

• * Little Moscow, (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

SEABROOK, MIKE (chron.)

• * Season of Goodwill, (ss) A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1995

SEABROOK, WILLIAM B(uehler) (1886-1945) (chron.)

• * Goat-Cry, Girl-Cry, (ss)
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994

SEAGO, KATE (chron.)

• * I Never Forget a Face, (vi) EQMM Dec 1992
• * The Puzzle Cube, (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• * Something Fishy, (vi) EQMM mid-Dec 1992

SEAMARK; pseudonym of Austin J. Small, (1894-1929) (chron.)

• * The Perfect Crime, (ss) The Strand Sep 1923
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991

SEARLES, VERA (chron.)

• * The Big Witch, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999
• * The Little Brass Bowl, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2000
• * The Man Who Hated Memories, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 2001
• * The Monkey Pit, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2000
• * The Old Building, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2001
• * Wet Shadows, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jun 2002
• * The Woman in a Box, (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001

SEARLS, HANK; [i.e., Henry Hunt Searls, Jr.] (1922- ) (chron.)

• * A Dish of Homicide [Mike Blair], (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1949
  • Hard-Boiled Detectives, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Gramercy Books 1992

SEATE, J. TROY (chron.)

• * Houseguest, (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug-Nov 2005

SEAVER, RICHARD (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * from Philisophy in the Bedroom, by Marquis de Sade, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995; tr. by Austryn Wainhouse

SEAY, ALI (chron.)

• * Lucky Man, (vi) About Mysteries; Sometimes there is just know way to know when you are about to become a lucky man —.

SEDLEY, KATE; pseudonym of Brenda Margaret Lilian Honeyman Clarke, (1926- ) (chron.)

• * The Chapman and the Tree of Doom [Roger the Chapman], (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995

SEELEY, MILES P. (chron.)

• * Julie, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

SEFTON, LAURIE (chron.)

• * Going Straight (with Charles Von Rospach) [Batman], (ss) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992
  • Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997

SEGAL, JOYCE (chron.)

• * The Missing Mystery Writer, (vi) EQMM Dec 1 1980

SEGRE, ALFREDO (1908- ) (chron.)

• * Justice Has No Number, (nv) EQMM Apr 1948
  • EQMM Mar 1991

SEGRIFF, LARRY (books) (chron.)

• * Allergic Reaction, (vi) 1993
  • Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Cat’s Eye, (ss) Cemetery Dance Fll 1993
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Introduction (with Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg), (in)
  • Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
  • Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
• * No Hard Feelings, (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
• * Parting Gift, (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• * Photo Opportunity, (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
  • A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * A Point of Honor, (ss) 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Shoplifter, (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• * Unkindest Cut, (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995

SEGUIN, LOU (chron.)

• * Murder Me Gently, (ss) AHMM Aug 1985

SEIDMAN, LISA (books) (chron.)

• * Over My Shoulder, (ss) A Deadly Dozen, ed. Susan B. Casmier, Aljean Harmetz & Cynthia Lawrence, Uglytown 2000

SEIDMAN, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Gridlock, (ss) Mystery Jan 1982
• * The Night Watch, (ss) Mystery Jul 1982
• * Perchance to Dream, (ss) Mystery Mar 1981

SEKELSKY, JOSEPH A. (chron.)

• * The Charm Bracelet, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1985

SELBO, JULE (chron.)

• * He Told Her at the Laundromat, (ss) AHMM Jul 1986
• * Miss Nobody, (ss) AHMM Jun 1986

SELBY, HUBERT, Jr. (1928-2004) (chron.)

• * Tralala, (ss) Last Exit to Brooklyn, Grove Press 1957
  • Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2005

SELDON, BERNICE (chron.)

• * Murder in the Freud Archives, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #47 2004

SELLARS, CRIGHTON; pseudonym of Irma Peixotto Sellars (chron.)

• * The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Baker Street Journal Oct 1946
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

SELLARS, IRMA PEIXOTTO; see pseudonym Crighton Sellars (chron.)

SELLERS, KIM (chron.)

• * A Gift For the Conklins, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Dec 1998

SELLERS, LILLIAN (chron.)

• * Starch (with Mary Anna Evans), (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2004