Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

SHIFLET, RON (chron.)

• * Unfinished Business, (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

SHINER, LEWIS (Gordon) (1950- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Black as the Night (with Joe R. Lansdale) [*John Talbot], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1979
  • Private Eye Action As You Like It, Crossroads Press 1998
• * “Can You Run with It?”, (si)
  • Private Eye Action As You Like It, Crossroads Press 1998
• * Deep, Without Pity [Dan Sloane], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1980
  • Private Eye Action As You Like It, Crossroads Press 1998
• * Dirty Work, (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
• * The Killing Season [Dan Sloane], (ss) Private Eye Action As You Like It, Crossroads Press 1998
• * Lifelike, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1982
• * Man Drowning (with Joe R. Lansdale) [*John Talbot], (ss) Pulpsmith Fll 1983
  • Private Eye Action As You Like It, Crossroads Press 1998; original version.
• * Prodigal Son [Dan Sloane], (ss) Private Eye Action As You Like It, Crossroads Press 1998
• * The Short Unhappy Career of Lew Shiner, Tough-Guy Writer, (si)
  • Private Eye Action As You Like It, Crossroads Press 1998

SHINN, SHARON (Ruth) (1957- ) (chron.)

• * The Sorcerer’s Assassin, (ss) Powers of Detection, ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace 2004

SHIPLEY, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * Garden Pest, (pm) EQMM Jun 1990
• * Sweetness Counts, (pm) EQMM Aug 1990

SHIPPS, CHARLES (chron.)

• * God of the Pond, (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

SHIRER, DONALD L. (chron.)

• * Diary of a Disappearance, (pm) EQMM Feb 1999

SHIRES, GEOFFREY (chron.)

• * The Crunch, (vi) EQMM May 1983
• * Death of a Knocker?, (vi) EQMM Sep 1983
• * Shaggy Dog Story, (vi) EQMM Jan 1983
• * A Woman for All Seasons, (vi) EQMM Aug 1984

SHIRLEY, JOHN (Patrick) (1953- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Equilibrium, (ss) Heatseeker, Scream/Press 1989
  • New Noir, Black Ice Books 1993
• * “I Want to Get Married!” Says World’s Smallest Man, (ss) Midnight Graffiti, ed. Jessica Horsting & James Van Hise, Warner 1992
  • New Noir, Black Ice Books 1993
• * The Incorporated, (ss) IASFM Jul 1985
  • Futurecrime, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Fine 1992
  • The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003
• * Jody and Annie on TV, (nv) Cold Blood, ed. Richard T. Chizmar, Ziesing 1991
  • Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993
  • New Noir, Black Ice Books 1993
  • Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996
• * Just Like Suzie, (ss) Cemetery Dance Sum 1991
  • New Noir, Black Ice Books 1993
• * Recurrent Dreams of Nuclear War Lead B.T. Quizenbaum into Moral Dissolution, (nv) Heatseeker, Scream/Press 1989
  • New Noir, Black Ice Books 1993
• * Skeeter Junkie, (ss) New Noir, Black Ice Books 1993
• * Tricentennial, (ss) Portland Scribe 1976
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997

SHOEMAKER, MICHAEL T. (chron.)

• * The Trove, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1985

SHOLER, LUKE (chron.)

• * Imitate the Sun, (nv) EQMM Nov 2004
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005

SHORE, VIOLA BROTHERS (1890-1970) (chron.)

• * The Mackenzie Case, (nv) Mystery League Jan 1934
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • Murder on Deck!, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998

SHORT, LUKE; pseudonym of Frederick D. Glidden, (1908-1975) (chron.)

• * Son of a Gun-Curse, (ss) Adventure Apr 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories #61 1999

SHORT, SHARON GWYN (c1960- ) (chron.)

• * Downriver, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998

SHRAPNEL, NORMAN (chron.)

• * (untitled), (ex)
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

SHREFFLER, PHILIP A. (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Holmes and Watson, the Head and the Heart, (ar) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002

SHREWSBURY, STEVEN L. (chron.)

• * Day of Iniquity, (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

SHUBIN, SEYMOUR (1921- ) (chron.)

• * The Cry of a Violin, (ss) EQMM Aug 12 1981
  • Murder to Music, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * The Girls of Winter, (ss) EQMM May 1996
• * A Loss of Income, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * A Matter of Principle, (ss) EQMM Mar 1994
• * Meeting of the Minds, (ss) EQMM Feb 1994
• * The Music Lovers, (ss) EQMM Jan 1998
• * My Little Katie, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * The Other Woman, (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001
• * The Patients, (ss) EQMM Jul 1998
• * Perfect in Every Way, (ss) EQMM Oct 1994
• * A Race Among Friends, (ss) EQMM Dec 1993
• * The Statement, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * Talk Me to Death, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine May 1961

SHULER, LINDA LAY (chron.)

• * The Unsung Song of Mary Gallinger, (nv) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998

SHULKLAPPER, LUCILLE GANG (chron.)

• * America’s Child, (ss) The Strand Magazine #1 1998

SHULMAN, IRVING (1913-1995) (chron.)

• * Because We’re Friends, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1961
  • Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1960

SHUMAN, MALCOLM (Karl) (1941- ) (chron.)

• * The Woman in the Woods [Alan Graham], (ss) EQMM Jun 2003

SHWARTZ, SUSAN M(artha) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * Dreaming in Black and White, (nv) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991
• * The Whole Truth, (ss) More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993

SIBSON, FRANCIS H(enry) (1899-?) (chron.)

• * Born Untimely, (ss) Mystery Stories #24 1941
• * The Master of the Allenby, (ss) Mystery Stories #10 1937
• * Thos. Hopkins—Viceroy, (ss) Mystery Stories #11 1937

SIDNEY, JOHN; pseudonym of Dal Stivens, (1911- ) (chron.)

• * Murder Off the Record, (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Dec 1966
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #3 1973

SIEBENHELLER, NORMA (chron.)

• * Mrs. Bird’s Dream House, (ss) AHMM Sep 1985

SIEGEL, DAVID S. (chron.)

• * Challenge to the Listener: Ellery Queen on the Air, (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999

SIEGEL, JAMES (chron.)

• * Empathy, (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

SIEGEL, JEFF (chron.)

• * Shayne and Taibo: An Appreciation, (nf) Hardboiled #23 1997

SIEGEL, JOEL (chron.)

• * Preface, (pr)
  • Mystery Midrash, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 1999

SIEGEL, ROBERT (Harold) (1939- ) (chron.)

• * Without One Plea, (rr) Carnage at Christhaven, ed. William Griffin, San Francisco, CA: Harper and Row 1989

SIEGEL, SANDY (chron.)

• * Dying to Exhale, (ss) Murder by 13, ed. Priscilla English, Lisa Seidman & Mae Woods, Crown Valley Press 1997

SILER, JENNY (c1971- ) (chron.)

• * 3-A, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• * Africa, (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002
• * For Sale by Owner, (nv) Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Sharks, (ss) Mississippi Review v6 #3 2000

SILET, CHARLES L. P. (chron.)

• * The Curious Case of Ronald Knox, (ar) The Strand Magazine #8 2002
• * Daphne du Maurier & Rebecca, (ar) The Strand Magazine #3 1999
• * E.C. Bentley & the Contemporary Crime Novel, (ar) The Strand Magazine #2 1999
• * The Riddle of Erskine Childers, (ar) The Strand Magazine #6 2001
• * The Talented Ms. Highsmith, (ar) The Strand Magazine #5 2000

SILIMINI, CHERYL (chron.)

• * Miami Is Her Beat, (bg) MHCMM Spr 1997; Edna Buchanan on Britt Montero.

SILLITOE, ALAN (1928- ) (chron.)

• * Brothers, (ss) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997

SILUK, D. L. (books) (chron.)

• * The Camel Market, (ss)
  • Death on Demand, iUniverse 2003
• * The Dead Vault, (ss)
  • Death on Demand, iUniverse 2003
• * The Old Man of Chickamauga, (ss)
  • Death on Demand, iUniverse 2003
• * The Rape of Angelina, (ss)
  • Death on Demand, iUniverse 2003
• * The Senator from Lima, (ss)
  • Death on Demand, iUniverse 2003
• * The Seventh Born Son, (ss)
  • Death on Demand, iUniverse 2003
• * Tides of Winter, (ss)
  • Death on Demand, iUniverse 2003

SILVA, DAVID (Beecher) (1950- ) (chron.)

• * Dry Whiskey, (ss) Cemetery Dance #28 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1999, ed. Ed McBain, Houghton Mifflin 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * The Last Full Measure of Devotion, (ss) Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999

SILVER, AMANDA (chron.)

• * Murder, Obliquely, (pl) Fallen Angels, ed. Anon., Grove Press 1993

SILVER, J. J. (chron.)

• * A Housefull of Lust!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957

SILVER, LIENNA (chron.)

• * Fish, (nv) Los Angeles Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2007

SILVERBERG, ROBERT (1935- ); see pseudonyms Ed Chase, Dirk Clinton, Charles D. Hammer, Dan Malcolm, Ray McKensie, Alex Merriman, Eric Rodman, Mark Ryan & Richard F. Watson (chron.)

• * Clinging Vine, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1957
• * Getting Across, (nv) Future City, ed. Roger Elwood, Trident 1973
  • Sci-Fi Private Eye, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc 1997
• * Hard, Cold and All Death, (nv) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1957
• * I’ll Be Glad Whey You’re Dead, (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958
• * It’s Always Night, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1957
• * Man on the Run, (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1960
• * The Pardoner’s Tale, (ss) Playboy Jun 1987
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997
• * This is Your Death, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec 1958

SILVERMAN, B. A. (chron.)

• * No Time at All, (ss) AHMM May 1996

SILVERSTEIN, MARK (chron.)

• * Murder on the Mat, (ss) EQMM Jun 2 1980

SILVERSTEIN, ROBERT (chron.)

• * The Day in the Death of Peter Swaggurt, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1982

SILVERSTEIN, SHEL (1933?-1999) (chron.)

• * The Enemy, (pm) Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1998
• * For What She Had Done, (pm) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996
• * Guilty Party, (ss) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2000, ed. Donald E. Westlake, Houghton Mifflin 2000

SILVERTHORNE, LISA S. (chron.)

• * Rena 733, (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

SIMENON, GEORGES (1903-1989) (books) (chron.)

• * Arnold Schuttringer [as by Georges Sim], (ss) Détective Apr 17 & May 1 1930
  • 13 Culprits, Crippen & Landru 2002; tr. by Peter Schulman
• * Blessed Are the Meek, (nv) EQMM Apr 1949
  • EQMM Apr 1991; tr. by Frances Frenaye
• * Bus [as by Georges Sim], (ss) Détective Jun 5 & 19 1930
  • 13 Culprits, Crippen & Landru 2002; tr. by Peter Schulman
• * The Case of the Three Bicyclists [1932; Monsieur Froget], (ss) EQMM Jul 1946
  • Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1991; tr. by Anthony Boucher
• * Le Chateau de l’Arsenic [Little Doctor], (ss) EQMM Nov 1948
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
• * The Evidence of the Altar-Boy [1947; Insp. Jules Maigret], (nv) 1977
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Bellew Publishing 1990; tr. by Jean Stewart
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Norton 1992; tr. by Jean Stewart
• * The “Flemings” [as by Georges Sim], (ss) Détective Apr 3 & 17 1930; “Les ‘Flamands’”.
  • 13 Culprits, Crippen & Landru 2002; tr. by Peter Schulman
• * from Maigret’s Memoirs [Insp. Jules Maigret], (ex) London: Hamish Hamilton 1963
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000; tr. by Jean Stewart
• * Inspector Maigret and the Missing Miniatures [1944; Insp. Jules Maigret], (nv) 1965
  • EQMM Mar 1972
  • Ellery Queen’s Faces of Mystery, ed. Ellery Queen, Curley Publishing 1992; tr. by Mary Scudamore
• * Inspector Maigret Hesitates [1944; Insp. Jules Maigret], (ss) EQMM May 1969; also as “Maigret”.
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998
• * Inspector Maigret Investigates [Insp. Jules Maigret], (ss) 1962
  • EQMM May 1985
• * Inspector Maigret Thinks [Insp. Jules Maigret], (ss) 1961
  • EQMM Jun 1967
  • EQMM Jun 1990
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * Jeumont: 51 Minutes’ Wait [Insp. Jules Maigret], (ss) 1944
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * Journey Backward Into Time [Insp. Jules Maigret], (ss) 1944; also as “Journey into Time”.; tr. by Lawrence G. Blochman
• * Journey into Time [“Journey Backward Into Time”; Insp. Jules Maigret], (ss) 1944
  • EQMM Jun 1956
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996; tr. by Lawrence G. Blochman