Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

SELLERS, PETER (A.) (1956- ); see pseudonym Jack Paris (books) (chron.)

• * Advertising Hell, (nv) Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press 1999
• * Arthur Ellis Award Winners and Nominees, (ms)
  • Arthur Ellis Awards, ed. Peter Sellers, Canada: Quarry Press 1999
• * Avenging Miriam, (ss) Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001
  • EQMM Dec 2001
• * Backroom Boys, (ss) EQMM Jun 2006
• * Bombed, (ss) EQMM Jun 1994
  • Bloody York, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1996; revised, 1996.
  • Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press 1999
• * Boogie Man [“A Difference of Degree”], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1985
  • Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press 1999
• * Bush Fever [as by Jack Paris], (ss) Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1990
  • Secret Tales of the Arctic Trails, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1997
  • Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press 1999
  • Hardboiled #32 2004
• * Dead Meet, (ss) Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1990
  • Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press 1999
• * Dents, (ss) Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press 1999
• * A Difference of Degree, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1985; also as “Boogie Man”.
• * Freak Attraction, (nv) Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press 1999
• * Imposter, (ss) Northern Frights 3, ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press 1995; also as “The Vampires Next Door”.
• * In the Fire, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005
• * In the Hole, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1990
  • Cold Blood IV, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1992
  • Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1994
  • The Best of Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers & John North, Mosaic Press 1998
  • Arthur Ellis Awards, ed. Peter Sellers, Canada: Quarry Press 1999
• * Introduction (with Robert J. Sawyer), (in)
  • Over the Edge, ed. Peter Sellers & Robert J. Sawyer, Pottersfield Press 2000
• * Introduction (with Kerry J. Schooley), (in)
  • Hard Boiled Love, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2003
• * Last Resort, (ss) Cold Blood IV, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1992
  • Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press 1999
• * Loss of a Faculty, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1984
• * Lost in Transit, (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998
• * Murder on the Polar Bear Express, (ss) EQMM Jan 2001
• * Murdoch’s Wife, (ss) Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press 1999
  • Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• * Pack Animals, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004
• * Somewhere They Can’t Find Me, (ss) Cold Blood II, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1989
  • The Best of Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers & John North, Mosaic Press 1998
• * Songs in the Key of Death: The Fiction of William Bankier, (in)
  • Fear Is a Killer, William Bankier, Mosaic Press 1995
• * This One’s Trouble, (ss) AHMM Jul 1991
  • Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press 1999
• * Trophy Hunter, (nv) Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press 1999
  • Over the Edge, ed. Peter Sellers & Robert J. Sawyer, Pottersfield Press 2000
  • Hard Boiled Love, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2003
• * The Vampires Next Door [“Imposter”], (ss) Northern Frights 3, ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press 1995
  • Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press 1999
• * Warren Road, (ss) AHMM Oct 2005
• * Whistling Past the Graveyard, (ss) Criminal Shorts, ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada 1992
  • EQMM May 1993
  • Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press 1999

SELZER, RICHARD A. (chron.)

• * Adele Cleary [from “Diary of an Infidel”], (ex) Taking the World In for Repairs, Morrow 1986
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1989

SEMENOFF, MIKE (chron.)

• * Left Dead Center, (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2002

SEMIONOV, JULIAN (chron.)

• * The Summer of ’37, (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993; tr. by Anthony Olcott

SENESE, REBECCA M. (chron.)

• * Face Dances, (ss) On Spec Sum 1996
  • Future Syndicate, ed. J. Alan Erwine, Nomadic Delirium Press 2007

SENTER, NANCY (chron.)

• * Why Sherlock Holmes? Nostalga for the Absolute [Sherlock Holmes], (ar) Mystery Mar 1981

SERANELLA, BARBARA (1956-2007) (chron.)

• * Misdirection, (nv) Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005

SERCU, KURT (chron.)

• * The Book Case (with Dale C. Andrews), (ss) EQMM May 2007

SERENI, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * Mall Bimbo Script, (ss) New Mystery v4 #1 1996

SERENY, GITTA; pseudonym of Gitta Serenyi, (1923- ) (chron.)

• * from Into That Darkness, (ar)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

SERENYI, GITTA (1923- ); see pseudonym Gitta Sereny (chron.)

SERINI, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * The Unhappy Hour, (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001

SERRA, ART (chron.)

• * The Gang Leader and the Witch, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jan 1960
• * Kill for Your Woman, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1960

SERVICE, ROBERT W(illiam) (1874-1958) (chron.)

• * Clancy of the Mounted Police, (pm) Ballads of a Cheechako, Toronto: Briggs 1909
  • Crime in a Cold-Climate, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1994
• * The Shooting of Dan McGrew, (pm) Songs of a Sourdough, Toronto: Briggs 1907
  • Crime in a Cold-Climate, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1994
  • Secret Tales of the Arctic Trails, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1997

SESLING, ZVI A. (chron.)

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

SEWART, ALAN (1928- ) (chron.)

• * The Old Folks’ Home Murder, (ar) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995
• * The Village Blacksmith Murder, (ar) Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992

SEWELL, PAMELA (1966- ) (chron.)

• * The Grotto, (ss) Crime for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1991

SEYMOUR, JOSEPH H. (chron.)

• * The Two-Ton Murder, (ss) Scientific Detective Dec 1946

SEYMOUR, LEE EDWARD (1957- ); see pseudonym Edward Lee (chron.)

SHAARA, MICHAEL (Joseph, Jr.) (1929-1988) (chron.)

• * The Wide and Starry Sky, (ss) AHMM Dec 1958
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1991
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993

SHADWELL, THOMAS (1642?-1692) (chron.)

• * from The Virtuoso, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

SHAFER, CHARLES (A.) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Police Blotter, (cl) Murderous Intent Fll, Win 1999
• * Police Blotter: Tag Man, (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * Police Blotter: Traffic Stop, (cl) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * Snookered, (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2003

SHAFFER, ANTHONY (Joshua) (1926-2001) (chron.)

• * The Cold-Blooded Tigress of London, (ar) London Mystery #16 1953
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994
• * Larger Than Life, (ss) London Mystery #18 1953; also as “Sleuth”.
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998
• * Murderer, (pl) 1975
  • Sweet Revenge, ed. Marvin Kaye, Fireside Theater 1992
• * Sleuth [“Larger Than Life”], (ss) London Mystery #18 1953
  • Crime Movies, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1996

SHAFFER, HAL (chron.)

• * Bantam Rooster, (ss) AHMM Feb 1988
• * Million Dollar Bet, (ss) AHMM Mar 1983

SHAHAR, ELUKI bes; see under bes Shahar, Eluki (books) (chron.)

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616) (chron.)

• * from 2 Henry IV, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Hamlet, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Julius Caesar, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from King John, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from King Lear, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Macbeth, (ex) 1606
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from Othello, (ex) 1604
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Othello, the Moor of Venice, (ex) 1604
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from Titus Adronicus, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, (pl) 1603
  • Sweet Revenge, ed. Marvin Kaye, Fireside Theater 1992

SHAKLEE, LEE (chron.)

• * Brand of Delinquency, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1958

SHALAMOV, VARLEM (chron.)

• * from “The American Connection”, (ar)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995; tr. by John Glad
• * from “The Criminal World”, (ar)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995; tr. by John Glad

SHALLIT, JOSEPH (1915-1995) (chron.)

• * The Witch’s Way, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 1947
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

SHANKMAN, SARAH (books) (chron.)

• * All You Need Is Love, (nv) The Night Awakens, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 2000
• * If You Can’t Take the Heat, (nv) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999
• * Introduction, (in)
  • A Confederacy of Crime, ed. Sarah Shankman, Signet 2001
• * Just in Case, (nv) A Confederacy of Crime, ed. Sarah Shankman, Signet 2001
• * Love Thy Neighbor, (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• * No Neutral Ground, (nv) EQMM Nov 2006
• * Real Life, (ss) Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Crime After Crime, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, St. Martin’s 1999
• * Say You’re Sorry, (ss) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1997
• * What Did You Expect?, (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
• * Wish You Were Here, (ss) Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991
• * You Never Know, (ss) Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 1993
• * You Run, (ss) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999

SHANLEY, DAN (chron.)

• * The Bookkeeper, (ss) Shades of Noir, ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc. 1996

SHANNON, DELL; pseudonym of Elizabeth Linington, (1921-1988) (chron.)

• * Flash Attachment, (ss) Tales for a Rainy Night, ed. David Alexander, HRW 1961
  • EQMM Dec 1983

SHANNON, JAMES T. (chron.)

• * The Bathtub Mary, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2005
• * The Houseboat, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005

SHANNON, JOHN (H.) (1943- ) (chron.)

• * The Problem of Leon [Jack Liffey], (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

SHAPHREN, SUSANNE (chron.)

• * Beyond a Shadow, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1980
• * The End of Joy, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1982
• * Saying Good-By to Richard, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1982
• * Shepherd of the Valley, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1981

SHAPIRO, ELLEN S. (chron.)

• * About the Author, (bg)
  • Father Brown Crime Stories, G. K. Chesterton, Avenel 1990
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Father Brown Crime Stories, G. K. Chesterton, Avenel 1990

SHAPIRO, FRED R. (books) (chron.)

• * Preface (with Jane Garry), (pr)
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998

SHAPIRO, MELISSA J. (1963- ); see pseudonym M. J. Rose (chron.)

SHARMAN, MIRIAM; pseudonym of Maisie Sharman Bolton, (1915-1994) (chron.)

• * A Kind of Murder, (ss) EQMM Oct 1986

SHARMAN, RUTH (chron.)

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

SHARP, CAL (chron.)

• * My Summer Vacation, (ss) AHMM Sep 1987

SHARP, JONATHAN (chron.)

• * The White Mountains, (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

SHARP, LUKE; pseudonym of Robert Barr, (1850-1912) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Second Swag [Sherlock Holmes], (ss)
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

SHARP, M. C. (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the New Neighbor, (ss) AHMM Sep 1984

SHARP, MARILYN (Kay Augburn) (1941- ) (chron.)

• * Masterstroke, (ex)
  • Crime Digest Oct/Nov 1981

SHARP, PHILLIP (chron.)

• * The Smarter They Come..., (ss) Mammoth Detective Mar 1947
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

SHARP, ZOE (chron.)

• * A Bridge Too Far, (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
  • EQMM Jul 2007
• * Last Right, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006

SHARPTON, BEN A. (chron.)

• * Persuasive Attitude, (ss) Hardboiled #13 1992

SHARRATT, MARY (chron.)

• * Taking the Bullets Out, (ss) Twin Cities Noir, ed. Julie Schaper & Steven Horwitz, Akashic Books 2006; Cedar-Riverside (Minneapolis).