Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

BLANCHE, AUGUST (1811-1868) (chron.)

• * Lars Blom and His Disappearing Gun, (ss); from Hyrkuskens berättelser, 1863.
  • AHMM Sep 2002; tr. by Bertil Falk

BLAND, ANTHONY (chron.)

• * Murder on the Southwest Chief (with Eleanor Taylor Bland), (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

BLAND, ELEANOR TAYLOR (1944- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Canasta Club, (nv) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * Getting Robert, (ss) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998
• * Go Quietly into the Day, (ss) The Night Awakens, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 2000
• * Introduction: What a Difference a Decade Makes, (in) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004
• * The Man Who Said I’m Not, (ss) Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995
• * Murder on the Southwest Chief (with Anthony Bland), (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004
• * Nightfire, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996

BLANFORD, DONALD F. (chron.)

• * Force of Instinct, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 1988

BLAS, SAMUEL (chron.)

• * Revenge, (ss) Colliers Jan 11 1947
  • Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995

BLASSINGAME, WYATT (Rainey) (1909-1985) (chron.)

• * The Corroding Death, (nv) The Scorpion Apr/May 1939
  • Action Adventure Stories #88 2000
• * A Mask for a Killer, (ss) Double Detective Apr 1940
  • High Adventure #70 2003
• * The Ranch of Vanishing Men, (ss) Federal Agent Sep 1937
  • High Adventure #53 2000

BLATTY, WILLIAM PETER (1928- ) (chron.)

• * Kismet, (ss) Sleuth Mystery Magazine Dec 1958
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959

BLAU, KELLY H. (chron.)

• * Services, (ss) AHMM Dec 9 1981
• * “What Have You Been Doing All Day?”, (ss) EQMM Oct 1973
  • More Ms. Murder, ed. Marie Smith, London: Xanadu 1991

BLAUNER, PETER (1959- ) (chron.)

• * Going, Going, Gone, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006

BLEAKEN, SIMON (chron.)

• * Dark Madness, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994
• * The Doorway of Secrets, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994

BLEILER, RICHARD (James) (1959- ) (chron.)

• * E.W. Hornung’s Raffles, (ar) The Strand Magazine #5 2000

BLESSINGAME, LURTON (chron.)

• * Blind Tiger, (ss) Red Star Adventures Jan 1941
  • Action Adventure Stories #67 2000

BLETZOE, ALAN (chron.)

• * The Body in the Tree, (ss) AHMM Aug 1982

BLINCOE, NICHOLAS (1965- ) (chron.)

• * Half American, (ss) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998
• * Middle East via Manchester, (ms) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• * My Mother Was a Bank Robber, (ss) Fresh Blood, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1996
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002

BLINN, WILLIAM (1938- ) (chron.)

• * One of Those Days, (ss)
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

BLISH, JAMES (Benjamin) (1921-1975) (chron.)

• * Serpent’s Fetish, (ss) Jungle Stories Win 1948
  • High Adventure #71 2003

BLISS, MICHAEL (1941- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Annexationist Conspiracy (with Jack Batten) [*Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Weekend Magazine May 28 1977; also as “Sherlock Holmes’ Great Canadian Adventure”.
• * Sherlock Holmes’ Great Canadian Adventure (with Jack Batten) [“The Adventure of the Annexationist Conspiracy”; *Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Weekend Magazine May 28 1977
  • Bloody York, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1996; annotated by Trevor S. Raymond.

BLIXEN, KAREN; [i.e., Baroness Karen Christence Blixen-Finecke] (1885-1962); see pseudonym Isak Dinesen (chron.)

BLOCH, ROBERT (Albert) (1917-1994) (books) (chron.)

• * A Bottle of Gin, (ss) Weird Tales Mar 1943
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
• * The Cloak, (ss) Unknown May 1939
  • Murder for Halloween, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press 1994
• * Comfort Me, My Robot, (ss) Imagination Jan 1955
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997
• * Crime in Rhyme, (ss) EQMM Oct 1957
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
• * Death Is a Vampire, (ss) Thrilling Mystery Fll 1944
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * The Dynamics of an Asteroid, (ss) The Baker Street Journal Oct 1953
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
• * The Feast in the Abbey, (ss) Weird Tales Jan 1935
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Hell Is My Legacy, (ss) New Detective Magazine Jul 1948; also as “The Tunnel of Love”.
• * Hobo, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2 1960
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
• * Is Betsy Blake Still Alive?, (ss) EQMM Apr 1958
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994
• * It Takes One to Know One, (nv) Monsters in Our Midst, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1993
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
• * Life in Our Time, (ss) EQMM Oct 1966
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
• * Luck Is No Lady, (ss) AHMM Aug 1957
  • AHMM Mar 2006
• * The Man Who Collected Poe, (ss) Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct 1951
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
• * Man with a Hobby, (ss) AHMM Mar 1957
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * A Most Unusual Murder, (ss) EQMM Mar 1976
  • Ellery Queen’s A Multitude of Sins, ed. Ellery Queen, Curley 1986
  • The Haunted Hour, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley Prime Crime 1995
• * The Movie People, (ss) F&SF Oct 1969
  • Hollywood Kills, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
• * See How They Run, (ss) EQMM Apr 1973
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Show Biz, (ss) EQMM May 1959
  • Futurecrime, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Fine 1992
• * The Skull of the Marquis de Sade, (ss) Weird Tales Sep 1945
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994
• * The Tunnel of Love [“Hell Is My Legacy”], (ss) New Detective Magazine Jul 1948
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * The Undead, (ss) The Book Sail 16th Anniversary Catalog 1984
  • Mysterious Erotic Tales, ed. Anon., O’Mara 1996
• * Water’s Edge, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1956
  • Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Speaking of Greed, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper, (ss) Weird Tales Jul 1943
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998

BLOCHMAN, LAWRENCE G(oldtree) (1900-1975) (chron.)

• * Dr. Coffee and the Other Twin [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee], (nv) EQMM May 1973
  • Murder Most Medical, ed. Cathleen Jordan & Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * Eyes in the Dark, (ss) The Phantom Detective Sep 1936
  • High Adventure Nov 2006
• * In Vino Veritas, (vi)
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
• * The Killer with No Fingerprints [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee], (nv) EQMM Jun 1964
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * O’Reilly Sahib [*Terrence O’Reilly], (nv) Argosy Oct 24 1936; also as “The Zarapore Beat”.
• * The Phantom Cry-Baby [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee], (ss) Colliers Mar 27 1948
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
• * Rum for Dinner [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee], (ss) Colliers Feb 7 1948
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Traitor, (ss) Intrigue Mystery Magazine Oct 1965
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
• * The Zarapore Beat [“O’Reilly Sahib”; *Terrence O’Reilly], (nv) Argosy Oct 24 1936
  • Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1957

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• * Journey Backward Into Time, by Georges Simenon [Insp. Jules Maigret], (ss) 1944; also as “Journey into Time”.
• * Journey into Time, by Georges Simenon [“Journey Backward Into Time”; Insp. Jules Maigret], (ss) 1944
  • EQMM Jun 1956
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Maigret’s Christmas, by Georges Simenon [1951; Insp. Jules Maigret], (nv) EQMM Jan 1954
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1991
  • Christmas Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996

BLOCK, BARBARA (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Christmas, Margaritas and Murder, (na) Murder Most Merry, ed. Anon., Zebra 1994

BLOCK, LAWRENCE (1938- ); see pseudonym B. L. Lawrence (books) (chron.)

• * Almost Perfect, (ss) Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * And Miles to Go Before I Sleep [“Life After Life”], (ss) AHMM Oct 1978
  • Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Answers to Soldier [John Keller], (ss) Playboy Jun 1990
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1991, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1991
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • Hit Man, Morrow 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * As Dark as Christmas Gets [Chip Harrison; Leo Haig], (nv) New York: The Mysterious Press 1997
  • EQMM Dec 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * As Good as a Rest, (ss) EQMM Aug 1986
  • Scarlet Letters, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
  • Crimes of Passion, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • A Century of Mystery 1980-1989, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, MJF Books 1997
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Bad Night, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * A Bad Night for Burglars [“Gentlemen’s Agreement”], (ss) EQMM Apr 1977
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Badger Game, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1960
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Bargain in Blood [as by Sheldon Lord], (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1959
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Batman’s Helpers [Matt Scudder], (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1992
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Before We Begin, (pr) Speaking of Lust, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Bits and Pieces, (ss) AHMM Jan 1966; also as “With a Smile for the Ending”.
• * The Block Newsletter, (cl) Crime Time #23 2001
• * The Block Update, (ms) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• * A Blow for Freedom, (ss) Playboy Oct 1991
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1992, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1992
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Books Always Balance, (ss) AHMM Jul 1963
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Boy Who Disappeared Clouds, (ss) F&SF Dec 1984
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Bride of Violence, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Dec 1959
  • Hardboiled #20 1995
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * The Burglar Who Dropped in on Elvis [Bernie Rhodenbarr], (ss) Playboy Apr 1990
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke (with Lynne Wood Block) [Bernie Rhodenbarr], (nv) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
  • The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Burning Fury, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Feb 1959
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * By the Dawn’s Early Light [Matt Scudder], (nv) Playboy Aug 1984
  • The New Edgar Winners, Mystery Writers of America, New York: Wynwood Press 1990
  • P.I. Files, ed. Loren D. Estleman & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy 1990
  • Hardboiled, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Eyes Still Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1996
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
  • Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2005
• * A Candle for the Bag Lady [Matt Scudder], (nv) AHMM Nov 1977; also as “Like a Lamb to the Slaughter”.
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Home Sweet Homicide, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Walker 1991
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * Change of Life, (ss) AHMM Jan 1978
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Cleveland in My Dreams, (ss) EQMM Feb 1989
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Click!, (ss) AHMM Dec 1977
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Collecting Ackermans, (nv) AHMM Jul 1977
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Dangerous Business [“The Dangerous Game”], (ss) EQMM Jun 1977
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Dangerous Game, (ss) EQMM Jun 1977; also as “The Dangerous Business”.
• * Death of the Mallory Queen [Chip Harrison; Leo Haig], (ss) Like a Lamb to the Slaughter, Arbor 1984
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • First Cases, Volume 3, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002