Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

STACK, GILBERT M. (chron.)

• * The Christmas Club, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007
• * Pandora’s Defense [Corey Callaghan], (nv) AHMM Apr 2007
• * Pandora’s Luck [Corey Callaghan], (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006

STACKPOLE, MICHAEL A(ustin) (1957- ) (chron.)

• * It’s the Thought That Counts, (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992

STACPOOLE, H(enry) de VERE (1863-1951) (chron.)

• * Deep in the Forest, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Jan 1927
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994

STADLEY, PAT (Anna May Gough) (1918- ) (chron.)

• * Kurdistan Payload, (nv) AHMM Feb 1962
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962
• * The Waiting Game, (ss) AHMM Aug 1961
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962

STAFFORD, CAROLINE; pseudonym of Carolyn L. T. Watjen (chron.)

• * Mrs. Dunlop’s First Case, (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990
• * Mrs. Dunlop’s New Hat, (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991

STAFFORD, NORMAN E. (chron.)

• * Partners in Crime, (ar) The Armchair Detective Sum 1990

STAGG, CLINTON H(olland) (1890-1916) (chron.)

• * The Keyboard of Silence [Thornley Colton], (nv) 1923
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996

STAHL, JERRY (chron.)

• * Twilight of the Stooges, (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005

STAIG, LAURENCE (chron.)

• * Mysteries, (ss) The Young Oxford Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Dennis Hamley, Oxford University Press 2003

STAINCLIFFE, CATH (1956- ) (chron.)

• * Death in the Air, (ss) Murder Squad, ed. Malcolm Edwards, Flambard Press 2001
• * DOA, (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• * Rock-a-Bye-Baby, (ss) Murder Squad, ed. Malcolm Edwards, Flambard Press 2001
• * Who’s Smiling Now?, (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998

STANDIFORD, LES(ter Alan) (1945- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Big Wet Sleep, (rr) The Miami Herald Tropic 1995
  • Naked Came the Manatee, ed. Tom Schroder, Putnam’s 1997
• * Tahiti Junk Shop, (nv)
  • Mystery in the Sunshine State, ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press 1999

STANDISH, ROBERT; pseudonym of Digby George Gerahty, (1898-1981) (chron.)

• * Swindler in the Family, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 2 1960
  • AHMM Feb 2001

STANDLEY, GERALD (chron.)

• * A Friend of Mario’s, (ss) AHMM Nov 19 1980
• * The Megoolen, (ss) AHMM Jun 2001
• * Trial of a Tradition, (ss) AHMM Nov 1988

STANFORD, DEREK (1918- ) (chron.)

• * The Illuminated Office, (ss) Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990

STANGE, SANDRA WIGGINS (chron.)

• * Double Burden, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1981
• * Who Was the Killer?, (pz) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1980

STANLEY, FAY GRISSOM (Shulman) (1924-1990); see pseudonym Fay Grissom (chron.)

• * The Last Day of All, (ss) Twenty Great Tales of Murder, ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random 1951
  • The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1958

STANSBERRY, DOMENIC (Joseph) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * The Prison, (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (North Beach).

STANTON, CATHERINE L. (chron.)

• * Multiple Submissions, (ss) AHMM Sep 1989
• * The Teddy Bears’ Wake, (ss) AHMM Aug 1988

STANTON, JAMES P. (chron.)

• * COP, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

STANTON, JOHN N. (chron.)

• * Police Snapshots, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1927

STANTON, MARY (1947- ); see pseudonym Claudia Bishop (books) (chron.)

STANWORTH, MICHELLE (1951- ); see pseudonym Michelle Spring (chron.)

STAPLETON, MICHAEL (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984

STARBIRD, GEORGE A. (1908-1994); see pseudonym Val Masterson (chron.)

• * Bad Brand [Masked Rider], (nv) The Masked Rider Western Magazine Jan 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories Nov 2004
• * Badmen of the Cayugas [Masked Rider], (na) The Masked Rider Western Magazine Feb 1935
  • Action Adventure Stories #43 1999
• * Outlaws of the Moccasins, (na) The Masked Rider Western Magazine Feb 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories Dec 2003

STARR, JASON (1966- ) (chron.)

• * The Last Bachelor of North Miami, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• * The Last Pick, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Lost in Dublin, (ss)
  • Dublin Noir, ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books 2006
• * One Way Out, (ss)
  • Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology, ed. Anthony Neil Smith, Dennis McMillan 2005
• * Over the Edge, (ss) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998

_____, [ref.]

• * The PWG interview with Jason Starr, (iv) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2002

STARR, JOHN; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * The Red Trail to Zanzibar [by Hugh B. Cave; “The Price of Vengeance”, by Hugh B. Cave], (ss) Action Stories Aug 1929
  • High Adventure #71 2003

STARR, KIMBERLEY (chron.)

• * Fool’s Gold, (ss)
  • Bad to the Bones, ed. Kerry Greenwood, Holland Park, Queensland: CrimeWriters Queensland 2002

STARRETT, (Charles) VINCENT (Emerson) (1886-1974) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet [“The Unique Hamlet”; Sherlock Holmes], (ss) 1920
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * Eighteen Steps, (ss)
  • Horror and Homicide, ed. Anon., Checkerbooks 1949
• * The Eleventh Juror, (nv) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Aug 1927
  • Rex Stout Mystery Magazine May 1946
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
• * Footsteps of Fear, (ss) Black Mask Apr 1920
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * The Other Woman, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1927
  • AHMM Dec 1985
• * The Tattooed Man, (ss) The Quick and the Dead, Sauk City: Arkham House 1965
  • Bloody York, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1996
• * The Unique Hamlet [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) 1920; also as “The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet”.

STASHOWER, DANIEL (Meyer) (1960- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Agitated Actress, (ss) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002
  • Mystery: The Best of 2002, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003
• * The Adventure of the Second Violet [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) More Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1999
• * A Deliberate Form of Frenzy, (ss) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Murder in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * A Peach of a Shot, (ss) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
  • Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• * The Second Treaty [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [revised], ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Jon L. Lellenberg, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Selden’s Tale [Holmes Sherlock], (ss) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006
• * A Sherlockian Library (with Jon L. Lellenberg), (ar) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002

STASIO, MARILYN (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Sweet Revenge, ed. Marvin Kaye, Fireside Theater 1992
• * Scenes of the Crime, (ar) MHCMM Fll 1998

STASULEWICZ, JOSEPH; see pseudonym Joseph C. Stacey (chron.)

STATELY, JEAN (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ One Down, (vi) AHMM Sep 1990

STEAD, ELIZABETH (1932- ) (chron.)

• * Cameron and the Mother, (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994
• * Twisty Turny Bertie Twine, (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993

STEAD, PHILIP JOHN (1916- ) (chron.)

• * The Master of Ringsmark, (ss) 1951
  • EQMM Oct 7 1981

STEAD, ROBERT (chron.)

• * The Squad of One, (pm) Why Don’t They Cheer? Poems, London: T. Fisher Unwin 1918
  • Crime in a Cold-Climate, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1994

STEEL, KURT; pseudonym of Rudolf Kagey, (1904-1946) (chron.)

• * Change for Twenty, (ss) Colliers Mar 25 1944
  • The Third Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959

STEELE, ALLEN (Mulherrin, Jr.) (1958- ) (chron.)

• * Doblin’s Lecture, (ss) Pirate Writings #10 1996
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997
• * Riders in the Sky, (nv) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

STEELE, CATHERINE (chron.)

• * Ghost Town, (pm) EQMM Sep 1993

STEELE, CURTIS; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * The Bloody Frontiers [by Emile C. Tepperman; Operator 5 (Jimmy Christopher)], (na) Operator #5 Nov/Dec 1937
  • High Adventure #37 1997
• * The Coming of the Mongol Hordes [by Emile C. Tepperman; Operator 5 (Jimmy Christopher)], (na) Operator #5 Jan/Feb 1938
  • High Adventure #46 1999
• * Revolt of the Devil Men [by Emile C. Tepperman; Operator 5 (Jimmy Christopher)], (na) Operator #5 May/Jun 1938
  • High Adventure #50 2000
• * The Siege that Brought the Black Death [by Emile C. Tepperman; Operator 5 (Jimmy Christopher)], (na) Operator #5 Mar/Apr 1938
  • High Adventure #48 1999

STEELE, FREDERIC DORR (1886-1974) (chron.)

• * Sherlock Holmes: A Little History of the World’s Most Famous Fictional Character, (ar) 1929
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

STEELE, GUNNISON (chron.)

• * Friendly Fangs, (ss) Thrilling Detective Feb 1942
  • High Adventure #72 2003

STEELE, JAKE (chron.)

• * Brothers of the Hunt, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #45 2004

STEELE, WILBUR DANIEL (1886-1970) (chron.)

• * Blue Murder, (nv) Harper’s Oct 1925
  • Verdict Crime Detection Magazine Nov 1956
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * The Body of the Crime, (nv) Ladies Home Journal Mar 1931
  • AHMM Jun 1986

STEELE, ZACK (chron.)

• * The Trouble Beat!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jul 1959

STEELGRAVE, SANDRA (chron.)

• * The Overlook, (ss) EQMM Dec 1989

STEEN, MARGUERITE (1894-1975) (chron.)

• * In View of the Audience, (ss) The Strand Jun 1934
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991

STEER, FRAN (chron.)

• * The Spider and the Fly, (ss)
  • Ticket to Trouble, ed. Ron Serdiuk, CrimeWriters Queensland 2006

STEEVES, HARRISON R(oss) (1881-1981) (chron.)

• * from “A Sober Word on the Detective Story”, (ex)
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

STEFFENS, (Joseph) LINCOLN (1866-1936) (chron.)

• * The Compliments of the Chief, (ss) Ainslee’s Jul 1900
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

STEGEMEYER, L. (chron.)

• * The Key to Garnett Hall, (ss)
  • Teen-age Spy Stories, ed. A. L. Furman, Lantern Press 1967

STEIBER, RAYMOND (1938-2001) (chron.)

• * Bibliophile, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• * Body Count, (nv) AHMM Jun 2000
• * Contraband, (ss) EQMM Feb 2003
• * Desolation River, (ss) EQMM Jun 2002
• * Events in a Snowstorm, (ss) EQMM Jan 1998
• * The Facts About Karl Strubel, (ss) AHMM Jun 2001
• * The Final Trick [Lemereux], (ss) EQMM Apr 2001
• * Follow the Money, (ss) AHMM Sep 2001
• * Getaway Lake [Ben Marciano], (ss) EQMM Nov 1998
• * Hunter in the Snow, (ss) EQMM Apr 2000
• * Into the Velvet Night, (nv) EQMM Nov 2001
• * The Last Romantic, (ss) EQMM Apr 2002
• * Lighthouse Rock, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002
• * Long Run North, (nv) EQMM Jun 2001
• * Me and China Lee, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2000
• * Mexican Gatsby, (ss) EQMM Mar 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * Micawber, (ss) EQMM Feb 1995
• * One Clue, (vi) EQMM Jan 1988
• * One Hundred Candles, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1998
• * Rien Ne Va Plus, (ss) EQMM Mar 1998
• * Straight, No Chaser, (ss) EQMM Nov 2000
• * That Midnight Train, (ss) AHMM Nov 1996
• * When Winter Comes, (nv) EQMM Mar 1996

STEIER, DAVID (chron.)

• * Alfred Hitchcock on Television, (ar) Mystery May 1981