Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

ROZAN, S. J.; pseudonym of Shira Rosan, (1950- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Birds of Paradise, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1994
  • Wild Crimes, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2004
• * Body English, (ss) AHMM Dec 1992
  • Women of Mystery II, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * Building, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Harlem).
• * Childhood, (ss) Compulsion (e-book), Mightywords.com 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Cooking the Hounds, (ss) Canine Crimes, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1998
• * Double-Crossing Delancey [Lydia Chin], (nv) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * Film at Eleven, (nv) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
• * Going Home, (ss) The Mysterious North, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2002
  • The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction, ed. Deane Mansfield-Kelley & Lois Marchino, Longman 2004
• * Hoops, (nv) EQMM Jan 1996
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997
  • 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
  • Crème de La Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * Hothouse, (ss) Bronx Noir, ed. S. J. Rozan, Akashic Books 2007; (Botanical Garden).
• * Hunting for Doyle, (ss) EQMM May 1999
• * Introduction, (in) Bronx Noir, ed. S. J. Rozan, Akashic Books 2007
• * The Last Kiss, (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• * Marking the Boat [Lydia Chin], (nv) Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000
• * Motormouth, (vi) EQMM Apr 2001
• * The Next Nice Day, (ss) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• * Once Burned, (nv) P.I. Magazine 1991
  • Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996
• * Passline, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005
• * Prosperity Restaurant, (nv) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991
  • Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998
• * Shots, (na) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * Subway, (nv) Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet 1997
• * Sunset, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• * A Tale About a Tiger, (nv) Criminal Records, ed. Otto Penzler, Orion 2000
• * Undocumented, (ss) A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir, ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press 2007
• * [untitled], (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006

RUARK, E. B. (chron.)

• * Ante Bellum, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002

RUBENSTEIN, BRUCE (chron.)

• * Smoke Got in My Eyes, (ss) Twin Cities Noir, ed. Julie Schaper & Steven Horwitz, Akashic Books 2006; North End (St. Paul).

RUBER, PETER (chron.)

• * Annotated Bibliography of the Works of Raoul F. Whitfield Appearing in Black Mask (with E. R. Hagemann & Tom Roberts), (bi)
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002

RUBIN, BILLIE; pseudonym of Ute Hacker (chron.)

• * Living Next Door to Malace, (ss) 2001; from Teuflische Nachbarn, ed. Ingrid Schmitz & Ina Coelen, Scherz Verlag.
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002

RUBIN, RICHARD (chron.)

• * The Ghosts of Emmett Ill., (tc)
  • The Best American Crime Writing 2006, ed. Mark Bowden, Harper Perennial 2006

RUBINO, DIANA (chron.)

• * Souvenir, (ss) Espionage Magazine Jul 1987

RUBINO, JANE (Ellen) (1950- ) (chron.)

• * Cake Job [Cat Austen], (na) Deadly Morsels, ed. Anon., Worldwide 2003
• * Fruitcake [Cat Austen], (n.) Aurora, CO: Write Way Publishing 1997
  • Homicide for the Holidays, ed. Anon., Worldwide Library 2000

RUBINSTEIN, GILLIAN (Margaret, née Hanson) (1942- ); see pseudonym G. M. Hanson (chron.)

RUCKA, GREG (1969- ) (chron.)

• * Contact and Cover, (ss) The Blue Religion, ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown 2008

RUDMAN, MARK (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Screen Image: (Royal Emerald Hotel, Nassau), (pm) The Millennium Hotel 1996
  • The Killing Spirit, ed. Jay Hopler, The Overlook Press 1996

RUDOLPH, JANET A. (chron.)

• * Murderous Affairs, (ar) The Armchair Detective Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1990, Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1991

RUEHLMANN, BILL (chron.)

• * We May As Well Continue Being Carrollish: A Bow Before the Queen, (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999

RUFTY, CYNTHIA (chron.)

• * Holmes Emerging, (pm) EQMM Feb 2002

RULE, ANN (1935- ) (chron.)

• * The Road Trip, (nv) The Plot Thickens, ed. Mary Higgens Clark, Pocket 1997

RULE, REBECCA (chron.)

• * Thief, (ss) AHMM Jun 2004

RUNYON, CHARLES (West) (1928-1987) (chron.)

• * A Good Head for Murder, (ss) AHMM Nov 1974
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993

RUNYON, (Alfred) DAMON (1880-1946) (chron.)

• * Butch Minds the Baby, (ss) Colliers Sep 13 1930
  • AHMM Sep 1982
  • Detective Stories, ed. Philip Pullman, Kingfisher 1998
• * “Gentlemen, the King!”, (ss) Colliers Apr 25 1931
  • The Killing Spirit, ed. Jay Hopler, The Overlook Press 1996
• * Sense of Humor, (ss) Cosmopolitan Sep 1934
  • Masterpieces of Surprise, ed. James L. Monahan, Hart 1966
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * The Snatching of Bookie Bob, (ss) Colliers Sep 26 1931
  • Masterpieces of Surprise, ed. James L. Monahan, Hart 1966
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Bellew Publishing 1990
• * So You Won’t Talk!, (ss) Cosmopolitan May 1937
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992
• * A Story Goes with It, (ss) Cosmopolitan Nov 1931
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * What, No Butler?, (ss) Colliers Aug 5 1933
  • Horror and Homicide, ed. Anon., Checkerbooks 1949
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996

RURIK, ADAM (chron.)

• * That’s What to Do, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

RUSCH, KRISTINE KATHRYN (1960- ); see pseudonym Kris Nelscott (books) (chron.)

• * Alien Influences, (nv) F&SF Jul 1992
  • More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993
• * Bring Me the Head of Anne Boleyn, (ss) Royal Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• * Cat Nap, (ss) Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star 2003
• * Common Sense, (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• * Cowboy Grace, (nv) The Silver Gryphon, ed. Gary Turner & Marty Halpern, Golden Gryphon Press 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004
• * The Dead Line, (nv) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * The Destruction of a Goddess, (nv) AHMM Jun 2003
• * Details, (ss) EQMM Dec 1998
  • Crème de La Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2000
  • Little Miracles and Other Tales of Murder, Five Star 2001
• * Discovery, (ss) AHMM Nov 2008
• * The End of the World, (na) Alien Crimes, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2007
• * Five Starving Cats and a Dead Dog, (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
  • Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Fumes, (ss) AHMM Apr 2006
• * G-Men, (nv) Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders, Solaris 2008
• * Ghosts, (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Her Mother’s Secrets, (nv) EQMM Mar 1999
• * Heroics, (nv) EQMM Apr 2002
• * Hide and Seek [Batman], (na) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992
• * Hitchhiking Across an Ancient Sea, (ss) Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurences, ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Atlanta, GA: Unnameable Press 1992
  • Little Miracles and Other Tales of Murder, Five Star 2001
• * Improvements, (ss) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000
• * Incident at Lonely Rocks, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2007
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Little Miracles and Other Tales of Murder, Five Star 2001
• * Jackie-O, (ss) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999
• * Jury Duty, (ss) Crimewave #8 2005
  • The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2007
• * Kindred Souls, (ss) Cemetery Dance #32 1999
  • Little Miracles and Other Tales of Murder, Five Star 2001
• * Küchen, (ss) Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1995
• * The Life and Deaths of Rachel Long, (ss) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
  • Crimes of Passion, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Little Miracles, (ss) AHMM Jun 1992
  • More Mystery Cats, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
  • Little Miracles and Other Tales of Murder, Five Star 2001
• * Love and Justice, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
• * Models, (nv) EQMM Nov 1997
  • Little Miracles and Other Tales of Murder, Five Star 2001
• * The Moorhead House, (ss) EQMM Jan 2008
• * On the Wings of Angel [Batman], (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman Volume 3, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1993
  • Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997
• * Parking Space Vigilantes, (ss) EQMM Dec 2000
• * The Perfect Man, (nv) Murder Most Romantic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Denise Little, Cumberland House 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * ProtectVision, (ss) EQMM May 2004
• * Pudgygate, (ss) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
• * Rehabilitation, (ss) EQMM Jan 2000
• * Remodeling, (nv) EQMM Feb 2003
• * The Retrieval Artist [Miles Flint], (na) Analog Jun 2000
  • Future Crimes, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2003
• * Scars, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
  • Women of Mystery III, ed. Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * Second Fiddle [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * The Secret Lives of Cats, (nv) EQMM Jul 2008
• * The Silence, (nv) EQMM Jun 2000
  • Little Miracles and Other Tales of Murder, Five Star 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Snow Angels, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006
• * Spinning, (nv) EQMM Jul 2000
  • Little Miracles and Other Tales of Murder, Five Star 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Strays, (nv) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
• * Substitutions, (nv) Places to Be, People to Kill, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren, DAW 2007
  • A Prisoner of Memory: And 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Pegasus 2008
• * Sweet Young Things, (nv) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006
• * Thorns, (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• * A Time for Every Purpose, (nv) Amazing May 1990
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Unknown Soldier, (ss) Confederacy of the Dead, ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Roc 1993
  • Murder Most Confederate, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000
• * Updates, (nv) AHMM Sep 2000
• * The Young Shall See Visions, and the Old Dream Dreams, (ss) AHMM Jul 1989
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004

_____, [ref.]

• * Conversation with Kristine Kathryn Rusch, (iv) AHMM Jun 2003

RUSE, GARY ALAN (1946- ) (chron.)

• * The Holmes Team Advantage [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * Night Tidings, (nv) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * The Phantom Chamber [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf 1987
  • The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [revised], ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Jon L. Lellenberg, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * What If, God Forbid, Sherlock Holmes Had Never Lived?, (pm) EQMM Jan 1991

RUSHFORD, PATRICIA (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Killing with Kindness: An Interview with Patricia Rushford” by Lisa Williamson, (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1998

RUSHTON, WILLIAM (George) (1937-1996) (chron.)

• * from W. G. Grace’s Last Case, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

RUSSELL, ALAN (Louis) (1956- ) (chron.)

• * Married to a Murderer, (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, 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

RUSSELL, AMANDA (chron.)

• * The Tibetan Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, (ar) Tibetan Review Aug 1982
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

RUSSELL, BERTRAND (Arthur William) (1872-1970) (chron.)

• * The Corsican Ordeal of Miss X, (ss) 1951
  • Nobel Crimes, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1992

RUSSELL, CAROLYN (chron.)

• * Hannah’s Song, (ss) Beyond the Mundane: Unravelings, ed. Daniel J. Reitz, Mundania Press 2004
• * One Rotten Apple, (ss) Beyond the Mundane: Unravelings, ed. Daniel J. Reitz, Mundania Press 2004

RUSSELL, E(nid) S(herry) (1924- ) (chron.)

• * Blind Justice, (ss) EQMM Sep 1992
• * Last Bite, (ss) EQMM Apr 1992

RUSSELL, ERIC FRANK (1905-1978) (chron.)

• * It’s Hell to Be Shot, (ss) Mystery Stories #15 1939

RUSSELL, GARRETT (chron.)

• * Catch a Falling Star, (ss)
  • Ticket to Trouble, ed. Ron Serdiuk, CrimeWriters Queensland 2006
• * Double or Nothing, (ss) Crimewave #3 2000
  • Menace in the Mulga, ed. Peter Corris, Holland Park, Queensland: Crime Writers Queensland 2000
• * Murder on the Eastern & Oriental Express, (ss)
  • Ticket to Trouble, ed. Ron Serdiuk, CrimeWriters Queensland 2006