Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

SMITH, RICHARD A., M.D. (chron.)

• * Remembering My Hanai Father, (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999

SMITH, RICHARD R(ein) (1930- ); see pseudonym Richard Reinsmith (chron.)

SMITH, ROB (chron.)

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

SMITH, ROBERT CHARLES (1938- ); see pseudonym Robert Charles (chron.)

SMITH, ROBERT D.; see pseudonym Jack Dolphin (chron.)

SMITH, SARAH (Winthrop) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Fearful, (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998

SMITH, STEVIE (1902-1971) (chron.)

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

SMITH, VERN (chron.)

• * Foil for the Fire, (ss) Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001
• * The Gimmick, (ss) Hard Boiled Love, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2003

SMITH, WILLIAM F. (chron.)

• * An Almost Perfect Crime, (nv) AHMM Apr 1987
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006
• * Cold Comfort, (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1990
• * Congealed Weapon, (pm) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• * Dead Giveaway, (pm) EQMM Sep 1990
• * His Own Executioner, (pm) EQMM May 5 1980
• * Literary Larceny, (pm) EQMM Dec 1 1980
• * My Good Deed, (nv) AHMM Jun 1996
• * One Man’s Meat, (pm) EQMM Mar 1990
• * Oriental Thug, (pm) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• * The Perfectionists, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1984
• * The Plot Thickens, (pm) EQMM Jan 1995
• * Post Mortem, (pm) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• * Powered Sugar, (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1992
• * Quitting Cold Turkey, (pm) EQMM Aug 1990
• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Letter Perfect, (vi) AHMM Jul 1992
• * Successful Failure, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1983
• * Temporary Solution, (pm) EQMM Feb 1990
• * Thief’s Brief Grief, (pm) EQMM Dec 1990
• * Turning the Tables, (pm) EQMM Oct 1990
• * Who Put the Poison in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder?, (ss) AHMM Jun 1997

SMITH, WILLIAM I. (chron.)

• * Everybody Calls Me Rocky, (ss) EQMM Aug 1976
  • Kingpins, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * George and Miss Gleason, (ss) AHMM Sep 1994
• * George and the Safety Box Lady, (vi) AHMM Apr 1987
• * What You Don’t Know, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1985

SMITH, WILLIAM M. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Stairway to Nowhere, (vi) AHMM May 1993

SMITH, WILLIAM P. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Off the Wall, (vi) AHMM Dec 1992

SMITTENAAR, H. G. (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * DeKok and the Death of a Rottweiler, by Baantjer [Insp. Jurriaan DeKok], (ss) EQMM Jun 2006; from De Cock en een hammerslag, Uitgeverij De Fontein, Baarn, Netherlands, 1996.
• * DeKok and the Hammer Blow, by Baantjer [Insp. Jurriaan DeKok], (ss) EQMM Feb 2005

SMOKE, STEPHEN (Lee) (1949- ); see pseudonym Hamilton T. Caine (chron.)

SMOKE, STEPHEN L. (chron.)

• * From the Desk of the Publisher, (ed) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

SMULLYAN, RAYMOND (Merrill) (1919- ) (chron.)

• * From the Files of Inspector Craig, (pz) What Is the Name of This Book?—The Riddle of Dracula & Other Logical Puzzles, Prentice-Hall 1978
  • Detective Stories, ed. Philip Pullman, Kingfisher 1998
• * More from the Files of Inspector Craig, (pz) What Is the Name of This Book?—The Riddle of Dracula & Other Logical Puzzles, Prentice-Hall 1978
  • Detective Stories, ed. Philip Pullman, Kingfisher 1998
• * Unsolved
  ___ (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
  • AHMM Aug 1991
• * Unsolved:
  ___ A More Interesting Case, (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
  • AHMM Jan 1991
  
  ___ A Most Interesting Case of All, (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
  • AHMM Mar 1991
  
  ___ The Next Trial, (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
  • AHMM Jul 1991
  
  ___ The Second Account, (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
  • AHMM Sep 1991
  
  ___ A Still More Interesting Case, (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
  • AHMM Feb 1991

SNELL, EDMUND (1889-?) (chron.)

• * The Dead Hand of Si Davit, (ss) Mystery Stories #4 1936

SNOW, C(harles) P(ercy) [Baron Snow] (1905-1980) (chron.)

• * A Coat of Varnish, (ex) 1979
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

SNOW, FRANK (chron.)

• * The Little Tramp, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

SNOW, NICHOLAS (chron.)

• * I Want My Lawyer, (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980

SNOW, ROBERT L. (chron.)

• * Law & Disorder:
  ___ Old Salt, (ar) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984
  ___ Teletype, (ar) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984

SNOW, WALTER (1905-1973) (chron.)

• * Blonde by the Roadside, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

SNYDER, FRANK (chron.)

• * Carnival Ride, (ss) AHMM May 1996
• * Like Father, (ss) AHMM Feb 1995
• * The Slump, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1994

SNYDER, FRED (chron.)

• * Beer Wine Snacks, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2003
• * How to Keep a Secret, (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004

SNYDER, KEITH (1966- ) (chron.)

• * Dead Gray, (nv) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007

SO, GERALD (chron.)

• * A Little Trouble, (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2004

SÖDERBERG, HJALMAR (Emil Frederik) (1869-1941) (chron.)

• * from Dr. Glas, (ex) 1905
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996; tr. by Paul Britten Austin

SOENNICHSEN, JOHN (1952?- ) (chron.)

• * Farley’s Ghost, (nv) AHMM Jun 1985
• * The Video Fan, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1984

SOKOLOFF, THELMA C. (chron.)

• * Memory of a Murder, (ss) AHMM Feb 1993
• * Providence Will Provide, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981

SOLES, CARO; see pseudonym Kyle Stone (books) (chron.)

SOLIMINI, CHERYL (chron.)

• * 5 Authors in Search of a Character, (ar) MHCMM #1 1996
• * The Burglar Who Became a Detective, (bg) MHCMM Sum 1998; Lawrence Block on Bernie Rhodenbarr.
• * Janet Evanovich Pulls Out a Plum, (bg) MHCMM Sum 2000; on Stephanie Plum.
• * Murder in the Wild, (bg) MHCMM Fll 1998; Nevada Barr on Anna Pigeon.
• * The New Breed of P.I.’s, (ar) MHCMM Sum 1998

_____, reviews:

• * The Beach-Chair Detective, (br) MHCMM #1 1996

SOLOMITA, STEPHEN (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Bubba, (nv) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * The Poster Boy, (nv) Criminal Records, ed. Otto Penzler, Orion 2000
• * The Rescue, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• * You Were Their Hope [Greg Baiul], (nv) Hardboiled #23 1997

SOLOMITZ, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * The Favor [Greg Baiul], (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998

SOLOMON, STANLEY J. (chron.)

• * Gift Givers, (ss) AHMM Aug 1993
• * They Know Where I Live, (ss) AHMM Sep 1992

SOLTYSEK, RAYMOND (chron.)

• * Business, (ss) Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999

SOMASUNDRUM, MITHRAN (chron.)

• * Four Days in April, (ss) AHMM Oct 2002

SOMERLOTT, ROBERT (1928- ) (chron.)

• * The Sergeant Vincente LopezHair of the Widow, (ss) EQMM Jan 1965
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996

SOMERS, JEFF (chron.)

• * Ringing the Changes, (ss)
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006

SOMERSET, DAVID (chron.)

• * Mallory, (ss) New Mystery v2 #1 1994

SOMERTON, GARNETT ELLIOT (chron.)

• * Sangre, (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2004

SOMERVILLE, E(dith) Œ(none) (1858-1949) (chron.)

• * Holy Island (with Martin Ross), (ss)
  • Best Smuggling Stories, ed. John Welcome, Faber & Faber 1967

SOMERVILLE, LEE (chron.)

• * The Black Cat, (ss) AHMM Mar 1990
  • Mystery for Halloween, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
  • Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum and Other Horror Stories, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Simon & Schuster 1994
  • Mystery Cats 3, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1995
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * Man’s Best Friend, (ss) AHMM Aug 13 1980
• * Miss Amy and the Law, (ss) AHMM Jan 1988

SONDE, SUSAN (chron.)

• * Break-Up, (ss) Crimewave #4 2000

SONIK, MADELINE (chron.)

• * Abiding Peace, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1990
• * A Mother’s Instincts, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

SONTUP, DAN(iel) (1922-2003) (chron.)

• * The Alabama Tattoo, (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1958
• * The Bad Guys Out There, (ss) Hardboiled #23 1997
• * Butcher Boy, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1958
• * Knife Man, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958
• * One Dead Ruptured Duck, (ss) AHMM Jun 2000
• * Real Pro Murder, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Jun 1958
• * Stop, Thief!, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997
• * Too Dumb to Steal, (ss) AHMM Jun 1995

SOOS, TROY (1957- ) (chron.)

• * Decision of the Umpire, (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• * Pick-Off Play, (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

SOPHOCLES (chron.)

• * from Oedipus Rex, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Oedipus the King, (pm)
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996; tr. by Paul Roche

SORACCO, SIN (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Double Espresso, (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (Russian River).

SORRELLS, WALTER (1962- ) (chron.)

• * Responsibility, (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998

SORRELS, ROY (W.) (1938- ) (chron.)

• * Like a Million Bucks, (ss) EQMM Oct 7 1981

SORRENTINO, GILBERT (1929-2006) (chron.)

• * Steelwork [from Steelwork], (ex) Pantheon 1970
  • Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2005

SOUKUP, MARTHA (1959- ) (chron.)

• * Good Girl, Bad Dog, (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• * Things Not Seen, (nv) Analog Sep 1992
  • More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993

SOWDER, SHEILA (chron.)

• * The Tiger’s Tale, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #55 2004

SPAIN, NICK; pseudonym of Dan Gordon, (1916-1982) (chron.)

• * Duck Behind that Eight-Ball!, (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1948
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

SPANGBERG, REX MILLER; see under Miller, Rex (chron.)

SPARER, LAURIE AYLAMA TAYLOR; see under Taylor, L. A. (chron.)

SPARK, MURIEL; [i.e., Muriel Sarah Camberg Spark Stanford] (1918-2006) (chron.)

• * The Dark Glasses, (ss) 1961
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1984
• * The Hanging Judge, (ss) New Yorker May 2 1994
• * The Leaf-Sweeper, (ss) London Mystery #31 1956
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990
• * The Portobello Road, (nv) Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan 1956
  • Revenge, ed. Kate Saunders, Faber & Faber 1991
  • Murder & Other Acts of Literature, ed. Michele Slung, St. Martin’s 1997

SPARROW, THOMAS; pseudonym of Thomas K. O’Neill, (1947- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Devil You Say, (nv)
  • Northwoods Pulp, Bluestone Press 1999
• * Hole in the World, (nv)
  • Northwoods Pulp, Bluestone Press 1999
• * Social Climbing, (nv)
  • Northwoods Pulp, Bluestone Press 1999
• * White Out, (nv)
  • Northwoods Pulp, Bluestone Press 1999

SPEART, JESSICA (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Lions’ Roar: Jessica Speart’s Mysteries Raise Wildlife Awareness” by G. Miki Hayden, (bg) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

SPEDDING, SALLY (chron.)

• * The Anniversary, (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• * Strangers Waiting, (ss) Cambrensis 2002
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003

SPEED, JANE (chron.)

• * A Lady of Refinement, (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980

SPEEGLE, DARREN (chron.)

• * Johnny Holes, (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2002
  • Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology, ed. Anthony Neil Smith, Dennis McMillan 2005
• * Triangle, (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2002