Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

SPEER, HUGH; pseudonym of Victor Rousseau Emanuel, (1879-1960) (chron.)

• * The Time Dissolver, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1937
  • Pulp Review #22 1995

SPELL, RUSTY W. (chron.)

• * Pent-Up, (ss) Plots with Guns Feb/Mar 2000

SPENCER, DUNCAN (chron.)

• * Love Gone Wrong: The Story of Jean Harris, and Scarsdale Diet Doctor Herman Tarnower, (ex)
  • Crime Digest Jan/Feb 1982

SPENCER, JOHN (Barry) (1944-2002) (chron.)

• * Harry’s Down, (ss) Fresh Blood, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1996

SPENCER, NICK (chron.)

• * The Drum Story, (ss) EQMM May 1988
• * The Mamba Tale, (ss) EQMM Aug 1984

SPENCER, ROSS H(arrison) (1921-1998) (chron.)

• * Murder Mystery, (pm) EQMM Sep 1982

SPENCER, WILLIAM BROWNING (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Your Faithful Servant, (ss) Air Fish, ed. Joy Oestreicher & Richard Singer, Catseye Books 1993
  • Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999

SPENSER, EDMUND (1552-1599) (chron.)

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

SPEYERER, JAY (chron.)

• * Class Act, (ss) EQMM May 1992
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994

SPIEGELBERG, MARTIN (chron.)

• * The Money to Feed Them, (ss) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003; first published in Die Stunde des Vaters und andere Kriminalgeschichten (Death on the Waters and Other Criminal Stories), Verlag Ulmers Manuskripte, 2002.; tr. by Naomi Isaacs

SPIEGELMAN, PETER (chron.)

• * Location, Location, Location, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• * The Best Part, (ss)
  • Dublin Noir, ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books 2006

SPIELBERG, CHRISTOPH (chron.)

• * The Copyist (with Anke Gebert, Paul Lascaux, Richard Lifka, Thomas Przybilka & Stefan Slupetzky), (ss) EQMM Dec 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert

SPIES, OZ (1978- ) (chron.)

• * The Love of a Strong Man, (ss) The Ontario Review Fll/Win 2004
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2005, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin 2005

SPILLANE, FRANK MORRISON; see under Spillane, Mickey (books) (chron.)

SPILLANE, MICKEY; [i.e., Frank Morrison Spillane] (1918-2006) (books) (chron.)

• * The Affair with the Dragon Lady, (ss) Cavalier Mar 1962
  • Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane, Five Star 2001
• * Black Alley [Mike Hammer], (nv) Playboy Dec 1996
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Blondes Are a State of Mind, (pm) Men’s Life Fll 1991
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Crime Detector #3: Mike Danger Story #1, (cs) Crime Detector May 1954
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Crime Detector #4: Mike Danger Story #2, (cs) Crime Detector Jun 1954
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Down, Down for Gold, (ar) Cavalier Nov 1955
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Dread Chinatown Man, (ss) True 1975
  • Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane, Five Star 2001
• * The Duke Alexander [Mike Hammer], (ss) Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Enjoyment of Women, (ar) Man’s Magazine Jun 1955
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Everybody’s Watching Me, (na) Manhunt Jan 1953 (+2)
  • Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994
  • Pulp Masters, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Fan Letter to Caroll John Daly, (lt) ca. 1953
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Girl Behind the Hedge, (ss) Manhunt Oct 1953; also as “The Lady Says Die”.
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
• * The Girl Hunters [“Kick It or Kill”], (na) Cavalier Jul 1961
  • Crime Movies, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1996
• * The Gold Fever Tapes, (nv) Stag Annual #15 1973
  • Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * Green Hornet #10: Mike Lancer Story, (cs) Green Hornet Dec 1942
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Hot Cat, (na) Saga Apr 1964
  • Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane, Five Star 2001
• * I Rode with Hot Rod Moonshiners, (ar) Cavalier May 1956
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * I, the Driver, (ar) Clues 1955
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * I’ll Die Tomorrow, (ss) Cavalier Mar 1960
  • Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane, Five Star 2001
• * Kick It or Kill, (na) Cavalier Jul 1961; also as “The Girl Hunters”.
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998
• * The Killing Man [Mike Hammer], (nv) Playboy Dec 1989
  • The Eyes Still Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1996
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Lady Says Die [“The Girl Behind the Hedge”], (ss) Manhunt Oct 1953
  • Pulp Friction, ed. Peter Haining, London: Souvenir Press 1996
• * Last Ride, (ss) Marvel Mystery Comics Jun 1942
  • Hardboiled #31 2004
• * Memories from Mickey, (ar) EXPRESSions v1 #1 1996; also as “Mickey’s Myrtle Beach Memories”.
• * Mickey’s Myrtle Beach Memories [“Memories from Mickey”], (ar) EXPRESSions v1 #1 1996
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Night I Died [Mike Hammer], (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
  • Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane, Five Star 2001
  • First Cases, Volume 4, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
• * The Pickpocket, (ss) Manhunt Dec 25 1954
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Hardboiled #23 1997
• * Sawdust in My Shoes, (ar) Clyde Beatty Circus Program 1956
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Screen Test of Mike Hammer, (ss) Male Jul 1955
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
• * Secrets of a Private Eye, (ar) Quick Sep 29 1952
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Sex Is My Vengeance, (ss)
  • Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet 1997
• * Speaking of Speed, (ar) Motor Life Aug 1954
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Sports Car Fiesta, (ar) Cavalier Aug 1957
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Stand Up and Die!, (nv) 1958
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * Tangled Up in Blue, (ar) Men’s Health Jul/Aug 1996
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Together We Kill, (ss) Cavalier Jan 1953
  • Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane, Five Star 2001
• * Tomorrow I Die, (nv) Cavalier Feb 1956
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Tonight, My Love [Mike Hammer], (pl) Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004; transcribed from the LP Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer Story, 1954.
• * Tough, Fast and Beautiful, (ar) Cavalier Sep 1955
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Toys for the Man-Child, (ss) True 1975
  • Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane, Five Star 2001
• * The Trouble with Violence on TV, (ar) TV Guide Sep 30 1961
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Veiled Woman [ghost written by Howard Browne], (na) Fantastic Nov/Dec 1952
  • Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane, Five Star 2001
• * You Can’t Rock a Stock “Jock”, (ar) Stag Jul 1952
  • Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004

_____, [ref.]

• * “Introduction: I, the Writer” by Max Allan Collins & Lynn F. Myers, Jr., (in) Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004

SPINOSA, TONY (chron.)

• * Killing O’Malley, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006

SPITZER, MARC (chron.)

• * Down, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000
• * Prayers for the Dead, (ss) Hardboiled #21 1996

SPOONER, DENNIS (1932-1986) (chron.)

• * The Christmas Killer, (ss) Daily Mirror Dec 24 1981
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

SPRAGUE, GRETCHEN (Burnham) (1926-2003) (chron.)

• * Angels, (ss) Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002
• * Can You Hear Me?, (ss) EQMM Aug 1992

SPRATT, C. R. (chron.)

• * Going Big Time, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

SPRING, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Children and Violence, (ar) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

SPRING, MICHELLE; pseudonym of Michelle Stanworth, (1951- ) (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Michelle Spring: The Dark Past” by Judith Gray, (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

SPRINGER, NANCY (Connor) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * American Curls, (ss) EQMM Apr 2003
• * Framed, (ss) AHMM Apr 1999
• * Juggernaut, (ss) EQMM Jun 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * Milk of Human Blindness, (ss) AHMM Sep 1996
• * Silent End, (ss) EQMM Jan 2003

SPRINKLE, PATRICIA (chron.)

• * Sign of the Times, (nv) Malice Domestic 4, Carolyn G. Hart, Pocket 1995

SPROUL, DAN A. (chron.)

• * All About Heroes [Joe Standard], (ss) AHMM Dec 1998
• * Cypress Dawn, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #35 2003
• * Daily Double Cross, (ss) AHMM Mar 2002
• * Down and Out Stable [Joe Standard], (ss) AHMM Mar 1999
• * Einstein’s Dog [Joe Standard], (nv) AHMM May 2000
• * Good Deed, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #40 2003
• * Here’s to Melvin Pilcher [Joe Standard], (ss) AHMM Mar 2000
• * Holy Ghost, (ss) AHMM Feb 2000
• * Hunch [Joe Standard], (ss) AHMM Mar 2004
• * The Legacy, (nv) AHMM Feb 1984
• * Madame Ruby, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1986
• * Major Problems, (ss) AHMM Sep 1984
• * Miracles [Joe Standard], (ss) AHMM Jan 2001
• * North West 33rd Court [Joe Standard], (ss) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001
• * Oh, Mona [Joe Standard], (ss) AHMM May 2001
  • Mystery: The Best of 2001, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2002
• * Praying to Dead Relatives, (ss) AHMM Jul 1986
• * Princess Rolanda [Joe Standard], (ss) AHMM Dec 1999
• * Reunion, (ss) Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2001
• * The Saga of Tommy Brokenbridge [Joe Standard], (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999
• * The Scholar [Joe Standard], (ss) AHMM Aug 1989
• * Sidney’s Curse, (ss) AHMM Nov 1984
• * Snakebit [Joe Standard], (ss) AHMM Jun 2000
• * The Snakebit Principle, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1984
• * Spitting into the Wind [Joe Standard], (nv) AHMM Apr 1989
• * The Sure Thing [Joe Standard], (ss) AHMM Jan 1989
• * The Sweetiepie Caper, (nv) AHMM Jul 1985
• * Where Larceny Is a Way of Life, (ss) AHMM Jul 1982
• * Winston Churchill, I Presume [Joe Standard], (nv) AHMM Oct 1999

SPROULE, DALE L. (chron.)

• * Labor Relations, (ss) EQMM May 1984

SPURGEON, BRAD (chron.)

• * Murder in the Abbey, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
• * Ulysses Induced, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

_____, trans.

• * A Demon in My Head, by Jean-Hugues Oppel, (ss) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999; tr. by Freddy Michalski

SQUIRE, ELIZABETH DANIELS (1926-2001) (chron.)

• * The Dog Who Remembered Too Much [Peaches Dann], (ss) Malice Domestic 4, Carolyn G. Hart, Pocket 1995
• * Down the Garden Path [Peaches Dann], (ss) Malice Domestic 10, Nevada Barr, Avon 2001
• * In Memory of Jack, (ss) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998
• * A Passion for the Cook, (ss) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001

STAALESEN, GUNNAR (1947- ) (chron.)

• * The Corpse in the Attic, (ss) EQMM Oct 1994; tr. by Stephen Murray
• * Death Takes the Funicular, (ss) EQMM Jan 1996

STAAT, SHERRI C. (chron.)

• * One-Way Streets, (nv) AHMM Apr 1989

STABENOW, DANA (Helen) (1952- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Cheechako, (nv) The Mysterious North, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2002
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Mysterious North, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2002
  • Wild Crimes, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2004
  • Powers of Detection, ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace 2004
• * Justice Is a Two-Edged Sword, (nv) Powers of Detection, ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace 2004
• * Missing, Presumed... [Alaska], (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001
  • Mystery: The Best of 2001, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2002
• * Nooses Give [Kate Shugak], (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
  • First Cases, Volume 3, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1999
• * Wreck Rights, (nv) Wild Crimes, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2004
  • The Widow of Slane: Six More of the Best Crime and Mystery Novellas of the Year!, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2006

STABLEFORD, BRIAN (Michael) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Art in the Blood [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003
• * The Gardens of Tantalus, (nv) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996
• * Taking the Piss, (nv) Asimov’s Jun 2002
  • Future Crimes, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2003

STACEY, JOSEPH C.; pseudonym of Joseph Stasulewicz (chron.)

• * A Matter of 20 Grand, (ss) Scientific Detective Dec 1946
• * Some Must Die, (ss) Scientific Detective May 1947