Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

BLOCK, LAWRENCE (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Death Wish, (ss) AHMM Mar 1967
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • American Crime Stories, ed. John Escott, Oxford Bookworms 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Dettweiler Solution, (ss) AHMM Sep 1976
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Dogs Walked, Plants Watered [John Keller], (ss) Playboy May 1994
  • Hit Man, Morrow 1998
• * The Dope, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jul 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * The Ehrengraf Affirmation [Martin Ehrengraf], (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Ehrengraf Alternative [Martin Ehrengraf], (ss) EQMM Sep 1982
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • Law and Order, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Ehrengraf Appointment [Martin Ehrengraf], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1978
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Ehrengraf Defense [“The Ehrengraf Method”; Martin Ehrengraf], (ss) EQMM Feb 1978
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Ehrengraf Experience [Martin Ehrengraf], (ss) EQMM Aug 1978
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Ehrengraf Method [Martin Ehrengraf], (ss) EQMM Feb 1978; also as “The Ehrengraf Defense”.
• * The Ehrengraf Nostrum [Martin Ehrengraf], (ss) EQMM May 1984
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Ehrengraf Obligation [Martin Ehrengraf], (ss) EQMM Mar 1979
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Ehrengraf Presumption [Martin Ehrengraf], (ss) EQMM May 1978
  • Murder on Trial, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Ehrengraf Reverse [Martin Ehrengraf], (ss) The Mighty Johns, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Ehrengraf Riposte [Martin Ehrengraf], (ss) EQMM Dec 1978
  • Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1991
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * A Fire at Night, (ss) Manhunt Jun 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Frozen Stiff, (ss) Manhunt Jun 1962
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Funny You Should Ask [“A Pair of Recycled Jeans”], (ss) AHMM Aug 1976
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Gentle Way, (ss) AHMM Jul 1974
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Gentlemen’s Agreement, (ss) EQMM Apr 1977; also as “A Bad Night for Burglars”.
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Going Through the Motions, (ss) EQMM Aug 12 1981
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Good for the Soul, (ss) AHMM Aug 1963
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Hard Sell [as by Craig Rice; John J. Malone], (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960
• * Hate Goes Courting!, (nv) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Jul 1959
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Headaches and Bad Dreams, (nv) EQMM Dec 1997
  • The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Hilliard’s Ceremony, (ss) The Armchair Detective Sum 1992
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Hit the Ball, Drag Fred, (ss) Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Hot Eyes, Cold Eyes, (ss) Gallery 1978
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * How Far It Could Go, (ss) The Plot Thickens, ed. Mary Higgens Clark, Pocket 1997
  • EQMM Apr 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Master’s Choice, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * How Would You Like It?, (ss) Monsters in Our Midst, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1993
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * I Don’t Fool Around, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1961
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * I Suppose You’re Wondering..., (in) Murder on the Run, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 1998
• * If This Be Madness, (ss) AHMM Jan 1963
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * If You Can’t Stand the Heat, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Clinton).
• * In for a Penny, (ss) EQMM Dec 1999
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Crème de La Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998
  • Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Master’s Choice, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 1999
  • Master’s Choice Volume II, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, ed. Lawrence Block, Houghton Mifflin 2001
  • Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006
• * Introduction, (in) (*) 2003
  • Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
• * It Took You Long Enough, (ss) For Women Only Nov 1979
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Just Window Shopping [as by Sheldon Lord], (ss) Man’s Magazine Dec 1962
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Keller by a Nose [John Keller], (nv) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * Keller in Retirement [John Keller], (ss) 1998
  • Hit Man, Morrow 1998
• * Keller in Shining Armor [John Keller], (ss) Playboy Nov 1995
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Mystery’s Most Wanted, ed. Anon., St. Martin’s 1997
  • Hit Man, Morrow 1998
• * Keller on Horseback [John Keller], (nv) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
  • Hit Man, Morrow 1998
  • Blowout in Little Man Flats, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * Keller on the Spot [John Keller], (ss) Playboy Nov 1997
  • Hit Man, Morrow 1998
  • Best American Mystery Stories 1998, ed. Sue Grafton, Houghton Mifflin 1998
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Keller’s Adjustment [John Keller], (na) Transgressions, ed. Ed McBain, Forge Books 2005
• * Keller’s Choice [John Keller], (nv) Murder on the Run, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 1998
  • Hit Man, Morrow 1998
• * Keller’s Designated Hitter [John Keller], (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
  • These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Keller’s Double Dribble [Keller John], (nv) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * Keller’s Horoscope [John Keller], (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Keller’s Karma [John Keller], (nv) Playboy Feb 1995
  • Hit Man, Morrow 1998
  • Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Keller’s Last Refuge [John Keller], (nv) Playboy Mar 1998
  • Hit Man, Morrow 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1999, ed. Ed McBain, Houghton Mifflin 1999
• * Keller’s Therapy [John Keller], (nv) Playboy May 1993
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1994, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
  • The Edgar Award Book, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
  • Hit Man, Morrow 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Over the Edge, ed. Peter Sellers & Robert J. Sawyer, Pottersfield Press 2000
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Leo Youngdahl, R.I.P., (ss) Like a Lamb to the Slaughter, Arbor 1984
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Let’s Get Lost [Matt Scudder], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2000
  • Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
  • High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003
• * Lie Back and Enjoy It, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Life After Life, (ss) AHMM Oct 1978; also as “And Miles to Go Before I Sleep”.
  • Murder Most Medical, ed. Cathleen Jordan & Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * Like a Bone in the Throat, (nv) Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Murder Most Postal, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Like a Bug on a Windshield, (ss) EQMM Oct 1985
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Like a Dog in the Street, (nv) AHMM Apr 1977
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Like a Lamb to the Slaughter [“A Candle for the Bag Lady”; Matt Scudder], (nv) AHMM Nov 1977
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * Like a Thief in the Night [Bernie Rhodenbarr], (ss) Cosmopolitan May 1983
  • First Cases, Volume 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1997
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * A Little Off the Top, (ss) Gallery May 1981
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Look Death in the Eye!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Looking for David [Matt Scudder], (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
  • EQMM Feb 1998
  • Cutting Edge, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Make a Prison, (ss) Science Fiction Stories Jan 1959
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Man with a Passion!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Jul 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * The Merciful Angel of Death [Matt Scudder], (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Eyes Still Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1996
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Most Wanted, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * A Moment of Wrong Thinking, (ss) EQMM Apr 2002
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
  • Murder in the Family, The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * The Most Unusual Snatch, (ss) AHMM Apr 1967
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1967
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Murder at the Roundtable (with Mary Higgins Clark, Stanley Cohen, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Mickey Friedman, Susan Isaacs, Judith Kelman, Warren B. Murphy, Justin Scott & Peter Straub), (ms) MHCMM Sum 2000
• * Murder Is My Business, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Sep 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * The Naked and the Deadly [Ed London], (na) Man’s Magazine Oct 1962
  • The Lost Cases of Ed London, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Night and the Music [Matt Scudder], (ss)
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Nothing Short of Highway Robbery, (ss) AHMM Mar 1977
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Stories #1, ed. Anon., Bonomo 1979
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * One Night of Death [as by B. L. Lawrence], (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * One Thousand Dollars a Word, (ss) AHMM Mar 1978
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
  • No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * An Opening Shot, (in)
  • Opening Shots, ed. Lawrence Block, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * Out the Window [Matt Scudder], (nv) AHMM Sep 1977
  • AHMM Oct 1990
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
  • First Cases, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Dutton 1996
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Package Deal, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1961
  • Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1960
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * A Pair of Recycled Jeans, (ss) AHMM Aug 1976; also as “Funny You Should Ask”.
• * Passport in Order, (ss) AHMM Feb 1966
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Points, (ss) Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
  • Men from Boys, ed. John Harvey, Heinemann 2003
• * Professional Killer, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Pseudo Identity, (ss) AHMM Nov 1966
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Ride a White Horse, (ss) Manhunt Dec 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2001
• * A Shroud for the Damned, (ss) Keyhole Mystery Magazine Apr 1962
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Some Days You Get the Bear, (nv) Penthouse 1993
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Some Things a Man Must Do, (ss) AHMM Dec 1966
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Someday I’ll Plant More Walnut Trees, (ss) Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
  • August Is a Good Time for Killing, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Something to Remember You By, (ss) New Mystery Jul/Aug 1991
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Sometimes They Bite, (ss) AHMM Jun 1976
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Master’s Choice Volume II, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2000
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002