Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

SAUNDERS, KATE (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Revenge, ed. Kate Saunders, Faber & Faber 1991
• * Jim’s Angel, (ss)
  • Revenge, ed. Kate Saunders, Faber & Faber 1991

SAVAGE, ERNEST (1918- ) (chron.)

• * Assignment in Geneva, (ss) AHMM Jan 2 1980
• * The Attaché Case, (ss) AHMM Apr 23 1980
• * The Best Man in Town, (ss) EQMM Jul 15 1981
• * The Best Revenge, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1985
• * The Big Winners, (nv) EQMM Sep 1984
• * Companion Planting, (ss) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• * Dangerous Ground, (ss) EQMM May 20 1981
• * Doc Wharton’s Legacy, (ss) EQMM Mar 1977
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * Eighty Days at Sea, (ss) AHMM Aug 19 1981
• * The Frame, (ss) AHMM Mar 4 1981
• * Hell Hath No Fury, (ss) EQMM Feb 1987
• * A Hell of a Couple of Days, (ss) EQMM Mar 1990
• * How Do I Kill Thee?, (ss) AHMM Mar 26 1980
• * Hurt But Getting Better, (nv) EQMM Aug 1985
• * McCawley’s Mantra, (ss) EQMM Jul 1987
• * The Miracle Day, (nv) EQMM Feb 25 1981
• * Not Worth Flypaper, (ss) AHMM Feb 27 1980
• * One Man’s Opinion, (ss) EQMM Jun 1983
• * One of Those Things, (ss) AHMM Jun 16 1980
• * Picking Up, (ss) AHMM May 27 1981
• * The Reynolds Affair, (ss) EQMM Oct 1987
• * Shannon’s Way, (ss) EQMM Jan 1990
• * Sing What Is Well Made, (ss) EQMM Nov 1986
• * The Sisters, (ss) AHMM Apr 1984
• * The Suicide Theory, (ss) EQMM Apr 1988
• * Sweetheart, I’m Dry!, (ss) AHMM Jan 30 1980
• * There Is No Tomorrow, (ss) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• * A Time of Summing Up, (ss) EQMM Jun 30 1980
• * Worse than a Fallen Angel, (ss) AHMM Apr 1 1981

SAVAGE, LES(lie Hunter), Jr. (1922-1958) (chron.)

• * Bullets & Bullwhips, (ss) Western Story Magazine Oct 2 1943
  • Pulp Vault #9 1991

SAVAGE, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Savage] (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Cyberdate.com, (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• * The Method in Her Madness, (ss) AHMM Jun 2005
• * One of Us, (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
• * Rolling the Bones, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

SAVANT, GUY (chron.)

• * Unsolved, (pz) AHMM Win 1989, Feb, May, Aug, Oct 1993
• * Unsolved
  ___ (pz) AHMM Jun, Dec 1991, Feb, Apr, Oct 1992
• * Unsolved:
  ___ (untitled), (pz) AHMM Jun, Jul, Dec 1990

SAWYER, ROBERT J(ames) (1960- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Hand You’re Dealt, (ss) Free Space, ed. Brad Linaweaver & Edward E. Kramer, Tor 1997
  • Crossing the Line: Canadian Mysteries with a Fantastic Twist, ed. Robert J. Sawyer & David Skene-Melvin, Pottersfield Press 1998
• * Identity Theft, (na) Down These Dark Spaceways, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2005
• * Introduction (with Peter Sellers), (in)
  • Over the Edge, ed. Peter Sellers & Robert J. Sawyer, Pottersfield Press 2000
• * Introduction (with David Skene-Melvin), (in)
  • Crossing the Line: Canadian Mysteries with a Fantastic Twist, ed. Robert J. Sawyer & David Skene-Melvin, Pottersfield Press 1998
• * Just Like Old Times, (ss) On Spec Sum 1993
  • Arthur Ellis Awards, ed. Peter Sellers, Canada: Quarry Press 1999
• * Lost in the Mail, (ss) TransVersions #3 1995
  • Bloody York, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1996
• * You See But You Do Not Observe [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
  • Over the Edge, ed. Peter Sellers & Robert J. Sawyer, Pottersfield Press 2000

SAXON, ABRAHAM; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell (chron.)

• * The Mask of Chaos, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1995

SAXON, ALEX; pseudonym of Bill Pronzini, (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Momento Mori [as by Bill Pronzini], (ss) AHMM Apr 1974
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Pattern [as by Bill Pronzini], (ss) AHMM Sep 1971
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

SAXON, JOHN A. (1886-1947); see pseudonym Rex Norman (chron.)

SAXON, MALACHI (1944- ) (chron.)

• * The Case of the Highland Hoax (with Anne Perry), (nv) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002
• * Death by Fire (with Anne Perry), (ss) Murder Most Catholic, ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House 2002

SAXTON, JUDITH (1936- ) (chron.)

• * Flat Share, (ss) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995

SAYERS, DOROTHY L(eigh) (1893-1957) (books) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * Absolutely Elsewhere [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss) The Strand Feb 1934
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba [Lord Peter Wimsey], (nv) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928; also as “The Cave of Ali Baba”.
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * An Arrow o’er the House, (ss) The Strand May 1934
  • AHMM Jun 1996
• * Behind the Screen, Chapter III, (rr) The Listener Jul 2 1930
  • AHMM Feb 1996
• * The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss)
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * Bitter Almonds [Montague Egg], (ss) The Passing Show Jun 30 1934
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
• * The Cave of Ali Baba [“The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba”; Lord Peter Wimsey], (nv) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928
  • London After Midnight, ed. Peter Haining, Little Brown UK 1996
• * The Cyprian Cat, (ss) Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1933
  • More Mystery Cats, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
• * The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Oct 1925
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss) 20 Story Magazine May 1926
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager’s Will [Lord Peter Wimsey], (nv) Pearson’s Magazine Jul 1925
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * The Footsteps That Ran [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928
  • EQMM Nov 1945
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
  • Murder Most Medical, ed. Cathleen Jordan & Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
• * from Have His Carcase, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * The Haunted Policeman [Lord Peter Wimsey], (nv) Harper’s Bazaar Feb 1938
  • EQMM May 1952
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
  • The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction, ed. Deane Mansfield-Kelley & Lois Marchino, Longman 2004
• * The Image in the Mirror [Lord Peter Wimsey], (nv) Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz 1933
  • Mystery, ed. Anon., Houghton Mifflin 1989
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * In the Teeth of the Evidence [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss) In the Teeth of the Evidence, London: Gollancz 1939
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey [Lord Peter Wimsey], (nv) Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz 1933
  • Mystery and Detection #2 1934
  • Bedside Tales of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Anon., Panther 1963
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * The Inspiration of Mr. Budd, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Mar 1926
  • Great Detective Stories, ed. Rosamund Morris, Hart 1965
  • Detection, ed. James Gibson & Alan Ridout, John Murray 1978
  • Detective Stories, ed. Philip Pullman, Kingfisher 1998
• * The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head [Lord Peter Wimsey], (nv) Pearson’s Magazine Jun 1926
  • AHMM Apr 1988
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
  • Murder by the Book, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * The Man Who Knew How, (ss) Harper’s Bazaar Feb 1932
  • EQMM Win 1942
  • The Mysterious Traveler Magazine Mar 1952
  • Ellery Queen’s Anthology Volume 1, ed. Ellery Queen, London: May Fair 1959
  • John Creasey Mystery Magazine Nov 1960
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004
  • A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005
• * The Man with No Face [Lord Peter Wimsey], (nv) 1928
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * A Matter of Taste [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss) 1928
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • EQMM Feb 1968
  • Murder Most Cozy, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Signet 1993
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
• * Murder at Pentecost [Montague Egg], (ss) The Passing Show Mar 25 1933
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
• * The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss) Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz 1933
  • EQMM Mar 1950
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
  • Murder at Teatime, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
• * One Too Many [Montague Egg], (ss) The Passing Show Mar 18 1933
  • AHMM Oct 1989
• * The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * The Queen’s Square [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss) 1932
  • Mystery and Detection #1 1934
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * A Shot at Goal [Montague Egg], (ss) The Passing Show Feb 2 1935
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * Striding Folly [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss) The Strand Jul 1935
  • EQMM Aug 1953
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
  • Murder Most British, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * Suspicion, (ss) Mystery League Oct 1933
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • EQMM Dec 1950
  • Tales of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Theodore W. Hipple, Allyn and Bacon 1977
• * Talboys [Lord Peter Wimsey], (nv) 1972
  • AHMM Dec 1983
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss)
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Feb 1926
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face [Lord Peter Wimsey], (nv) 1928
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991
• * The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran [Lord Peter Wimsey], (ss) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928
  • Lord Peter, Borgo 1991

_____, [ref.]

• * “Holmes & Wimsey” by Chris Willis, (ar) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• * “Whimsey, Lost and Found” by Alzina Stone Dale, (ar) The Armchair Detective Spr 1990

SAYLES, JOHN (1950- ) (chron.)

• * Cruisers, (ss) Zoetrope All-Story Fll 2004
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2005, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin 2005
• * Eight Men Out, (ex) 1988
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

SAYLOR, STEVEN W(arren) (1956- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Alexandrian Cat [Gordianus the Finder], (ss) EQMM Feb 1994
  • Mystery Cats 3, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1995
  • The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, St. Martin’s 1997
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * Archimedes’ Tomb [Gordianus the Finder], (nv) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
  • The Gladiator Dies Only Once: The Further Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur 2005
• * The Cherries of Lucullus [Gordianus the Finder], (nv) EQMM May 2005
  • The Gladiator Dies Only Once: The Further Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur 2005
• * The Consul’s Wife [Gordianus the Finder], (nv) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000
  • The Gladiator Dies Only Once: The Further Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur 2005
• * Death by Eros [Gordianus the Finder], (nv) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
  • EQMM Aug 1999
  • The Gladiator Dies Only Once: The Further Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur 2005
• * Death Wears a Mask [Gordianus the Finder], (nv) EQMM Jul 1992
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
  • The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, St. Martin’s 1997
  • Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• * The Disappearance of the Saturnalia Silver [Gordianus the Finder], (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
  • The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, St. Martin’s 1997
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, St. Martin’s 1997
• * A Gladiator Dies Only Once [Gordianus the Finder], (na) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003
  • The Gladiator Dies Only Once: The Further Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur 2005
• * The House of the Vestals [Gordianus the Finder], (ss) EQMM Apr 1993
  • The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, St. Martin’s 1997
• * If a Cyclops Could Vanish in the Blink of an Eye [Gordianus the Finder], (ss) Candis 2002
  • EQMM Aug 2003
  • The Gladiator Dies Only Once: The Further Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur 2005
• * Introduction: The Long Reach of Rome, (in) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003
• * King Bee and Honey [Gordianus the Finder], (nv) EQMM Oct 1995
  • Once Upon a Crime II, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
  • The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, St. Martin’s 1997
• * The Lemures [Gordianus the Finder], (nv) EQMM Oct 1992
  • Once Upon a Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1994
  • Murder for Halloween, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press 1994
  • The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, St. Martin’s 1997
• * The Life and Times of Gordianus the Finder: A Partial Chronology, (ms)
  • The Gladiator Dies Only Once: The Further Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur 2005
• * Little Caesar and the Pirates [Gordianus the Finder], (nv) EQMM Mar 1995
  • The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, Steven Saylor, St. Martin’s 1997
• * Murder Myth-Begotten, (ss) EQMM Apr 1996
• * A Murder, Now and Then..., (pr) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996