Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

REITCI, RITA (Krohne) (1930- ); see pseudonym Rita Ritchie (chron.)

REITER, JENDI (chron.)

• * Alice’s Cat, (ss) EQMM Jul 2002

REJT, MARIA (books) (chron.)

• * Editor’s Note, (pr)
  • Winter’s Crimes 23, ed. Maria Rejt, London: Macmillan 1991
  • Winter’s Crimes 24, ed. Maria Rejt, London: Macmillan 1992

RELLAS, DOROTHY (c1923- ) (chron.)

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

RELLING, WILLIAM, Jr. (1954-2004) (chron.)

• * Four-in-Hand, (ss) Cemetery Dance Jun 1989
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Tony, (ss) Dude May 1980
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991

REMILLY, J. (chron.)

_____, reviews:

• * Reel Crime, (mr) AHMM Oct 2008

RENDELL, RUTH (Barbara) (1930- ); see pseudonym Barbara Vine (books) (chron.)

• * The Astronomical Scarf, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
• * The Beach Butler, (ss) Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories, Hutchinson 2000
  • EQMM Feb 2001
• * Blood Lines [Chief Insp. Wexford], (ss)
  • Blood Lines, Crown 1996
• * The Boy Who Collected Poisons, (nv) EQMM Feb 25 1981; also as “Thornapple”.
• * Bribery and Corruption, (ss)
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Burning End, (ss) EQMM Dec 1995
  • Blood Lines, Crown 1996
  • Murder Most British, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
• * The Carer, (ss) 1995
  • Blood Lines, Crown 1996
  • EQMM Jan 1996
  • Crème de La Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * A Case of Coincidence, (ss) EQMM Jun 30 1980; also as “The Ruth Rendell Mysteries”.
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998
• * The Case of the Shaggy Caps [Chief Insp. Wexford], (nv) EQMM Nov 1977; also as “Means of Evil”.
  • Murder Most Delectable, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * Catamount, (ss) Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories, Hutchinson 2000
  • EQMM Apr 2001
• * Clothes, (ss)
  • Blood Lines, Crown 1996
  • EQMM Feb 1996
  • Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Cutting Edge, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Crime After Crime, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, St. Martin’s 1999
• * Clutching at Straws [Chief Insp. Wexford], (nv) EQMM Oct 1979
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * Computer Séance, (ss) The Oldie 1997
  • EQMM Apr 2001
• * The Convolvulus Clock, (ss) EQMM Aug 1985
  • Murder British Style, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • More Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1994
• * The Copper Peacock, (nv) 1988
  • EQMM Jun 1989
  • The Copper Peacock and Other Stories, The Mysterious Press 1991
  • Murder by the Book, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * A Dark Blue Perfume, (ss) Who Done It?, ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin 1980
  • EQMM Jun 1986
• * The Dreadful Day of Judgment, (ss) The Fever Tree and Other Stories of Suspense, Pantheon 1982
  • EQMM Dec 1984
• * A Drop Too Much, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 7, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1975
  • EQMM Aug 1976
  • Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1992
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * Dying Happy, (ss) 1987
  • EQMM Nov 1987
  • The Copper Peacock and Other Stories, The Mysterious Press 1991
• * Expectations, (ss)
  • Blood Lines, Crown 1996
  • EQMM Mar 1996
  • Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
• * Fair Exchange, (ss) Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories, Hutchinson 2000
  • EQMM Feb 2001
• * The Fallen Curtain, (ss) EQMM Aug 1974
  • Ellery Queen’s Edgar Award Winners, ed. Anon., Robert Hale 1992
  • Simply the Best Mysteries, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• * Father’s Day, (ss) EQMM Aug 1984
  • Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
  • A Century of Mystery 1980-1989, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, MJF Books 1997
• * Fen Hall, (ss) EQMM Mar 1985
  • Murder at Teatime, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * The Fever Tree, (ss) EQMM Jun 1982
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
  • Scarlet Letters, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * The Fish-Sitter, (ss) EQMM Jun 1990
  • The Copper Peacock and Other Stories, The Mysterious Press 1991
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1992
• * from A Demon in My View, (ex) 1976
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * Front Seat [“Truth Will Out”], (ss) EQMM Dec 1978
  • More Ms. Murder, ed. Marie Smith, London: Xanadu 1991
• * Ginger and the Kingsmarkham Chalk Circle [Chief Insp. Wexford], (nv) 1979
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Bellew Publishing 1990
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Norton 1992
• * A Glowing Future, (ss) EQMM Sep 1977
  • Revenge, ed. Kate Saunders, Faber & Faber 1991
  • Tales of Obsession, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * The Green Road, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981; also as “The Green Road to Quephanda”.
• * The Green Road to Quephanda [“The Green Road”], (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * Hare’s House, (ss) EQMM Apr 1984
  • Scenes of Crime, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd. 2000
• * In All Honesty, (ss) EQMM Nov 1995
  • Blood Lines, Crown 1996
• * Inspector Wexford and the Winchurch Affair [Chief Insp. Wexford], (nv) EQMM Jul 1979
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * The Irony of Hate, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 9, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1977
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004
• * Lizzie’s Lover, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1995
  • Blood Lines, Crown 1996
• * Long Live the Queen, (ss) EQMM Jul 1991
  • The Copper Peacock and Other Stories, The Mysterious Press 1991
  • Mystery Cats, ed. Anon., Signet 1991
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * Loopy, (ss) EQMM Feb 1983
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
  • A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005
• * 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.)

RENNISON, NICK (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Nick Rennison, No Exit 2008

RENSCH, JEFF (chron.)

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

RENTILLY, J. (chron.)

_____, reviews:

• * Reel Crime, (mr) AHMM May, Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep, Nov 2008

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
  • The Dragon Done It, ed. Eric Flint & Mike Resnick, Baen 2008
• * 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
  • The Dragon Done It, ed. Eric Flint & Mike Resnick, Baen 2008
• * Conspiracies: A Very Condensed 937-Page Novel (with Eric Flint), (nv) Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders, Solaris 2008
• * Editors’ Introduction (with Eric Flint), (in)
  • The Dragon Done It, ed. Eric Flint & Mike Resnick, Baen 2008
• * 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
• * The Long and Short of It [John Justin Mallory], (nv) The Dragon Done It, ed. Eric Flint & Mike Resnick, Baen 2008
• * 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