Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

STRONG, MARIANNE WILSKI (chron.)

• * Blue Ice, (ss) EQMM Jan 1993
• * Cabbages and Things, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2000
• * Death at Delphi [Kleides of Athens], (nv) AHMM Jun 2006
• * Death at Olympia [Kleides of Athens], (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2003
• * Death at the Festival [Kleides of Athens], (nv) AHMM Mar 2004
• * Death at the Port [Kleides of Athens], (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005
• * Death at the Theatre [Kleides of Athens], (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2005
• * Death in an Olive Grove [Kleides of Athens], (ss) AHMM Apr 2003
• * Fine for Littering, (ss) AHMM May 2001
• * Four A.M. Alarm, (ss) AHMM Feb 1995
• * The Honored Guest, (ss) EQMM Jan 2001
  • Mystery: The Best of 2001, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2002
• * Ice-Cold Murder, (ss) AHMM May 1999
• * The Last Vigil, (ss) EQMM Aug 1999
• * The Lyre’s Song [Kleides of Athens], (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002
• * Medusa in Mourning, (nv) AHMM Dec 1990
• * Murder to Die For, (ss) AHMM Apr 1998
• * The Shaft, (ss) EQMM Sep 1993
• * The Shooters, (ss) AHMM Sep 1996
• * Wedding Blues, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997

STROSS, CHARLES (1964- ) (chron.)

• * Examination Night, (na) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992

STRUBER, NORMAN (chron.)

• * The Intruder!, (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Aug 1957
• * Man With a Rich Witch, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1958
• * Pro Killer, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1957
• * Protective Custody, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

STRUTHERS, BETSY; [i.e., Elizabeth Jane Porter Struthers] (1951- ) (chron.)

• * How Does Your Garden Grow? [Rosie Cairns], (ss) Investigating Women, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1995

STUART, IAN (1927-1993); see pseudonym Malcolm Gray (chron.)

• * The Approach of Winter, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1985
• * Dicker McLeish’s Girl, (nv) EQMM Sep 1985
• * Francoise, (ss) EQMM Jan 1988
• * The Grotte de St. Simon, (ss) EQMM Sep 1983
• * Jimmy My Son, (ss) EQMM Dec 1992
• * Justice and Sergeant Shardlow, (ss) EQMM Sep 1984
• * Lenny’s Swan Song, (ss) EQMM Jul 1991
• * Lorna’s People, (ss) EQMM May 1985
• * Miss Crindle and the Red-Nosed Raindeer, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1992
• * The Night of the Storm, (ss) EQMM Oct 1987
• * Nobody’s Told You, Have They?, (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• * None of Us Is Perfect, (ss) EQMM May 1986
• * Second Honeymoon, (ss) The Mystery Guild Anthology, ed. John Waite, Constable 1980
  • EQMM Sep 1993
• * Seeing Joyce Dead, (ss) EQMM Jun 1988
• * The Steep Dark Stairs, (ss) EQMM Jun 1984
• * The Vanity of Martin Roscoe, (ss) John Creasey’s Crime Collection, ed. Herbert Harris 1981
  • EQMM May 1982

STUART, WILLIAM W. (chron.)

• * Matchmates, (ss) AHMM Feb 1962
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962

STUCKART, DIANE A. S. (1957- ) (chron.)

• * www.gonnahavekelly.com, (nv) Murder Most Romantic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Denise Little, Cumberland House 2001

STUDEBAKER, DON(ald Valentine) (1941- ); see pseudonym Mason Powell (chron.)

STULTZ, THOMAS (chron.)

• * Dance Hall Reels, (ss) Plots with Guns Win 2000
• * Ink Wings, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1997

STUMPF, DAN (chron.)

• * The Stooge Audition, (ss) EQMM Nov 1996
• * White Like the Snow, (ss) EQMM Jan 1999
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002

STURGEON, JOHNNIE (chron.)

• * The McKennly Curse, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 2002
  • Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2002

STURGEON, THEODORE; [born Edward Hamilton Waldo] (1918-1985) (chron.)

• * The Abominable House Guest [“Fluffy”], (ss) Weird Tales Mar 1947
  • EQMM Jun 1963
  • Mystery Cats, ed. Anon., Signet 1991
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * Fluffy, (ss) Weird Tales Mar 1947; also as “The Abominable House Guest”.
• * Helix the Cat, (nv) Astounding, ed. Harry Harrison, Random 1973
  • Mystery Cats 3, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1995
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001

STUTZ, C. E.; pseudonym (chron.)

• * The French Way, (ss) EQMM Dec 1994

STUTZMAN, WALTER J. (chron.)

• * Dead Ringer (with Esther M. Friesner), (nv) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992
• * A Hamster of No Importance (with Esther M. Friesner), (nv) Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998

SUBARTON, DARREN (chron.)

• * The Best Things in Life Are Someone Else’s, (ss) Mississippi Review Sum 2000
• * Nil Desperandum, (ss) Plots with Guns Win 2000
• * Rhombus and Cerebella, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2001
• * Sneaky Pete, Death Pimpin’ Shamika, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000
• * This Type of Shit, It Happens Everyday, (ss) Plots with Guns Jun/Jul 2000
• * A Vague Implication, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Mar 2001

SUBLETT, JESSE (Edwin, III) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * Easiest Money I Ever Made [Clapton], (ss) Hardboiled #15 1993
• * Gore Galore, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 1989
• * I Am the City, (ss) Hardboiled #10 1989
• * I’ve Got a Gun, and It’s Name Is I.O.U., (ss) Hardboiled Detective #11 1991

SUCHER, DOROTHY (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Felis Domestica, (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998

SUCHY, PATTY (chron.)

• * Mystery and Today’s Treveler, (ar) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

SUDDABY, (William) DONALD (1900-1964); see pseudonym Alan Griff (chron.)

SUEBLOW, MARY (chron.)

• * Mystery Manor, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Sep 2000

SULLIVAN, (Edward) ALAN (1868-1947) (chron.)

• * The Eyes of Sebastian, (ss) The Popular Magazine Jan 1 1925
  • Crime Where the Nights Are Long, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1999

SULLIVAN, C. J. (chron.)

• * Alex Pinto Hears the Bell, (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (North & Troy).
• * The Last Round, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Inwood).
• * Philosophies of Life, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000
• * Slipping into Darkness, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004
• * The Small Things, (ss) Hardboiled #19 1994

SULLIVAN, CAITLIN (chron.)

• * Nearly Roadkill (an excerpt) (with Kate Bornstein), (ex) Serpent’s Tail 1996
  • Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

SULLIVAN, DONALD (chron.)

• * The Dweller in Big Misty, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 2002
• * Intruder, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #43 2003
• * Raw Deal, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #38 2003
• * Switch, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 2001

SULLIVAN, EDWARD S. (chron.)

• * Fainting Cop, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 1 1938
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

SULLIVAN, ELEANOR (Regis) (1928-1991); see pseudonyms Julia DeHahn & Ruth Graviros (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Best Short Stories of 1983, ed. Anon., Davis 1984
  • Readers’ Choice, ed. Anon., Davis 1990
  • More Murder on Cue, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1990
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Scarlet Letters, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1991
• * Lies [as by Ruth Graviros], (ss) EQMM Sep 1987
  • EQMM Nov 1991
• * The Purloined Treasures (with Cliona O’Ceallaigh), (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1990
• * Sick Transit, (pm) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• * The Uneasy Chair, (ed) The Armchair Detective Win 1990
• * Whodunit: A Biblio-Bio-Anecdotal Memoir of Frederic Dannay, (bg) New York: Targ Editions 1984
  • EQMM Mar 1991

SULLIVAN, FRANK (1892-1976) (chron.)

• * Crisp Bills for Mr. Teagle, (ss) New Yorker 1935
  • AHMM Jan 1999

SULLIVAN, JOHN (chron.)

• * How Things Get Done in the French Quarter, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

SULLIVAN, MARY (chron.)

• * The Straw That Broke, (ss) EQMM Sep 9 1981

SULLIVAN, MARY ROSE (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with Rex Burns), (in)
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990

SULLIVAN, THOMAS (William) (1940- ) (chron.)

• * Deep Down Under, (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
• * The Muse, (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996

SUMNER, PENNY; pseudonym of Penny Smith, (1955- ) (chron.)

• * Dead-Head, (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995

SUNDBLAD, DONNA (chron.)

• * Shelter in the Shadows, (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

SUNHOLM, TRISHA (chron.)

• * A Little Imagination, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1984

SUNSERI, JOHN (chron.)

• * A Guy Walks into a Bar..., (ss) Hardboiled #33 2005
• * A Little Job in Arkham, (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

SURBER, LOIS C. (chron.)

• * How Soon We Forget, (pm) EQMM Nov 3 1980

SUSSEX, LUCY (Jane) (1957- ) (chron.)

• * The Monster Regiment, (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993
• * Who Killed Cock Robin?, (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994
• * World Mystery Report: Australia (with David Honeybone), (ar)
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001

SUSSMAN, SUE (chron.)

• * The Breaking, (ss) EQMM Nov 1984

SUTER, JOHN F. (1914-1996) (chron.)

• * And They Hauled It Away to the Mill [Boley-McKee], (ss) EQMM Feb 1985
• * The Angel’s Hair [Uncle Abner], (ss) EQMM Apr 7 1980
• * The Axe of Elisha, (ss) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• * Come Down from the Hills [Boley-McKee], (ss) EQMM Apr 1987
  • Death on the Veranda, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Death in Dixie, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1997
  • Speaking of Greed, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * The Corpse Candle, (ss) EQMM May 1982
• * Dead Man’s Honor, (ss) EQMM Apr 22 1981
• * The Desecration of the Temple, (ss) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• * The Eater of Dust, (ss) EQMM Dec 1984
• * Erasing Footprints, (ss) EQMM Aug 1992
• * The Fairy Ring, (ss) EQMM Jun 2 1980
• * For a Coffin of Pine, (ss) EQMM Sep 1986
• * For that Sweetheart of Mine, (ss) EQMM Oct 1985
• * Haunted My Memory, (ss) EQMM Feb 1990
• * The Impossible Theft, (ss) EQMM May 1964
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
• * Interrupted Sentence, (ss) EQMM Mar 1994
• * The Marked Man, (ss) EQMM May 1986
• * Nightmares’ Tails, (ss) EQMM Nov 1987
• * Nine Strokes of the Bell, (ss) EQMM Sep 9 1981
• * No Cradle of Pine [Boley-McKee], (ss) EQMM Nov 1990
• * Not Alone in Her Grave [Boley-McKee], (ss) EQMM Jan 1989
• * The Old Pine Tree Is No More, (ss) EQMM Apr 1989
• * A Place for Gold, (ss) EQMM Dec 1986
• * The Power of the Tongue [Uncle Abner], (ss) EQMM Dec 2 1981
• * Remote, (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
• * The Shades of Death [Uncle Abner], (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980
• * Shattered Lamp, (ss) AHMM Sep 1988
• * The Stone Man, (ss) AHMM Jul 1986
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Home Sweet Homicide, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Walker 1991
• * The Sycthes Hang in the Apple Trees, (ss) EQMM Nov 1994
• * The Teller and the Untold Wealth, (ss) AHMM mid-Sep 1982
• * That Man’s Moccasins Have Holes, (ss) EQMM Jul 1987
• * The Touch of a Vanished Hand, (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• * The Unclean Spirit [Uncle Abner], (nv) EQMM Nov 1983
• * Where Is Thy Sting?, (ss) AHMM Apr 1960
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1960
• * The Wise Men’s Gold, (ss) EQMM Oct 6 1980
• * Your Word Against Mine, (nv) EQMM Dec 1955
  • Murder on Trial, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994

SUTHERLAND, FRASER (1946- ) (chron.)

• * The Black Dahlia, (ss) Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991

SUTHERLAND, JOHN (chron.)

• * The Struldbrugg Reaction, (ss) F&SF Jul 1964
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

SVITIL, TORENE (chron.)

• * Nothing Now Can Ever Come to Any Good, (ss) Murder by 13, ed. Priscilla English, Lisa Seidman & Mae Woods, Crown Valley Press 1997

SWAIN, JAMES (chron.)

• * The Sunshine Tax, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

SWAIN, JOHN D. (chron.)

• * Wolves in Sheiks’ Clothing, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1927