Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

SNELL, EDMUND (1889-?) (chron.)

• * The Dead Hand of Si Davit, (ss) Mystery Stories #4 1936

SNOW, C(harles) P(ercy) [Baron Snow] (1905-1980) (chron.)

• * A Coat of Varnish, (ex) 1979
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

SNOW, FRANK (chron.)

• * The Little Tramp, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

SNOW, NICHOLAS (chron.)

• * I Want My Lawyer, (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980

SNOW, ROBERT L. (chron.)

• * Law & Disorder:
  ___ Old Salt, (ar) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984
  ___ Teletype, (ar) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984

SNOW, WALTER (1905-1973) (chron.)

• * Blonde by the Roadside, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

SNYDER, FRANK (chron.)

• * Carnival Ride, (ss) AHMM May 1996
• * Like Father, (ss) AHMM Feb 1995
• * The Slump, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1994

SNYDER, FRED (chron.)

• * Beer Wine Snacks, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2003
• * How to Keep a Secret, (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004

SNYDER, KEITH (1966- ) (chron.)

• * Dead Gray, (nv) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007

SO, GERALD (chron.)

• * A Little Trouble, (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2004
• * “Mickey Spillane”, (pm) Thrilling Detective (online) Spr 2007

SODARO, CRAIG (1948- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Case of the Dangerfield Diamond, (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A noir parody for 3 males, 4 females).
• * Clue in the Library, (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A mystery-comedy for 4 males, 7 females).
• * For Better or Worse, (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A drama for 2 males, 4 females).
• * Into Thin Heir, (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A classic detective story for 4 males, 5 females).
• * Introduction, (in) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006
• * The Little Women Mystery, (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A mystery-comedy for 7 females).
• * The Mermaid, (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A drama for 3 males, 4 females).
• * Mommy’s a Zombie!, (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A mystery-farce for 3 males, 8 females).
• * The Mother Goose Mystery, (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A mystery-comedy for 4 males, 5 females).
• * Mystery of the Magical Forest, (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A mysterious folk tale for 3 male, 2 female, and one either).
• * Queen of Hearts, (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A historical mystery for 5 males, 6 females).
• * A Very Cold Case, (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A classic detective story for 4 males, 6 females).
• * Where Did Everybody Go?, (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A tale of suspense for 1 male, 3 females).

SÖDERBERG, HJALMAR (Emil Frederik) (1869-1941) (chron.)

• * from Dr. Glas, (ex) 1905
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996; tr. by Paul Britten Austin

SOENNICHSEN, JOHN (1952?- ) (chron.)

• * Farley’s Ghost, (nv) AHMM Jun 1985
• * The Video Fan, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1984

SOKOLOFF, THELMA C. (chron.)

• * Memory of a Murder, (ss) AHMM Feb 1993
• * Providence Will Provide, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981

SOLES, CARO; see pseudonym Kyle Stone (books) (chron.)

SOLIMINI, CHERYL (chron.)

• * 5 Authors in Search of a Character, (ar) MHCMM #1 1996
• * The Burglar Who Became a Detective, (bg) MHCMM Sum 1998; Lawrence Block on Bernie Rhodenbarr.
• * Janet Evanovich Pulls Out a Plum, (bg) MHCMM Sum 2000; on Stephanie Plum.
• * Murder in the Wild, (bg) MHCMM Fll 1998; Nevada Barr on Anna Pigeon.
• * The New Breed of P.I.’s, (ar) MHCMM Sum 1998

_____, reviews:

• * The Beach-Chair Detective, (br) MHCMM #1 1996

SOLOMITA, STEPHEN (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Bubba, (nv) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * Crazy Jill Saves the Slinky, (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (College Point).
• * The Poster Boy, (nv) Criminal Records, ed. Otto Penzler, Orion 2000
• * The Rescue, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• * You Were Their Hope [Greg Baiul], (nv) Hardboiled #23 1997

SOLOMITZ, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * The Favor [Greg Baiul], (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998

SOLOMON, STANLEY J. (chron.)

• * Gift Givers, (ss) AHMM Aug 1993
• * They Know Where I Live, (ss) AHMM Sep 1992

SOLTYSEK, RAYMOND (chron.)

• * Business, (ss) Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999

SOMASUNDRUM, MITHRAN (chron.)

• * Four Days in April, (ss) AHMM Oct 2002
• * Under Sapparn Put, (ss) AHMM Jun 2008

SOMERLOTT, ROBERT (1928- ) (chron.)

• * The Sergeant Vincente LopezHair of the Widow, (ss) EQMM Jan 1965
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996

SOMERS, JEFF (chron.)

• * Ringing the Changes, (ss) Danger City, ed. Jess Dukes, Mike Segretto & Jeffrey Dinsmore, Contemporary Press 2005
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006

SOMERSET, DAVID (chron.)

• * Mallory, (ss) New Mystery v2 #1 1994

SOMERTON, GARNETT ELLIOT (chron.)

• * Sangre, (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2004

SOMERVILLE, E(dith) Œ(none) (1858-1949) (chron.)

• * Holy Island (with Martin Ross), (ss)
  • Best Smuggling Stories, ed. John Welcome, Faber & Faber 1967

SOMERVILLE, LEE (chron.)

• * The Black Cat, (ss) AHMM Mar 1990
  • Mystery for Halloween, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
  • Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum and Other Horror Stories, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Simon & Schuster 1994
  • Mystery Cats 3, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1995
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * Man’s Best Friend, (ss) AHMM Aug 13 1980
• * Miss Amy and the Law, (ss) AHMM Jan 1988

SONDE, SUSAN (chron.)

• * Break-Up, (ss) Crimewave #4 2000

SONIK, MADELINE (chron.)

• * Abiding Peace, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1990
• * A Mother’s Instincts, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

SONTUP, DAN(iel) (1922-2003) (chron.)

• * The Alabama Tattoo, (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1958
• * The Bad Guys Out There, (ss) Hardboiled #23 1997
• * Butcher Boy, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1958
• * Knife Man, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958
• * One Dead Ruptured Duck, (ss) AHMM Jun 2000
• * Real Pro Murder, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Jun 1958
• * Stop, Thief!, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997
• * Too Dumb to Steal, (ss) AHMM Jun 1995

SOOS, TROY (1957- ) (chron.)

• * Decision of the Umpire, (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• * Pick-Off Play, (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

SOPHOCLES (chron.)

• * from Oedipus Rex, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Oedipus the King, (pm)
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996; tr. by Paul Roche

SORACCO, SIN (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Double Espresso, (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (Russian River).

SORRELLS, WALTER (1962- ) (chron.)

• * Responsibility, (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998

SORRELS, ROY (W.) (1938- ) (chron.)

• * Like a Million Bucks, (ss) EQMM Oct 7 1981

SORRENTINO, GILBERT (1929-2006) (chron.)

• * Steelwork [from Steelwork], (ex) Pantheon 1970
  • Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2005

SOTO, MARC R. (chron.)

• * No Bones About It, (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2007; tr. by Steven Porter

SOUKUP, MARTHA (1959- ) (chron.)

• * Good Girl, Bad Dog, (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• * Things Not Seen, (nv) Analog Sep 1992
  • More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993

SOWDER, SHEILA (chron.)

• * Dust to Dust, (ss) Racing Can Be Murder, ed. Brenda R. Stewart & Tony Perona, Blue River Press 2007
• * The Tiger’s Tale, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #55 2004

SPAIN, NICK; pseudonym of Dan Gordon, (1916-1982) (chron.)

• * Duck Behind That Eight-Ball!, (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1948
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

SPANGBERG, REX MILLER (1939-2004); see pseudonym Rex Miller (chron.)

SPARER, LAURIE AYLAMA TAYLOR; see under Taylor, L. A. (chron.)

SPARK, MURIEL; [i.e., Muriel Sarah Camberg Spark Stanford] (1918-2006) (chron.)

• * The Dark Glasses, (ss) 1961
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1984
• * The Hanging Judge, (ss) New Yorker May 2 1994
• * The Leaf-Sweeper, (ss) London Mystery Magazine #31 1956
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990
• * The Portobello Road, (nv) Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan 1956
  • Revenge, ed. Kate Saunders, Faber & Faber 1991
  • Murder & Other Acts of Literature, ed. Michele Slung, St. Martin’s 1997

SPARROW, THOMAS; pseudonym of Thomas K. O’Neill, (1947- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Devil You Say, (nv)
  • Northwoods Pulp, Bluestone Press 1999
• * Hole in the World, (nv)
  • Northwoods Pulp, Bluestone Press 1999
• * Social Climbing, (nv)
  • Northwoods Pulp, Bluestone Press 1999
• * White Out, (nv)
  • Northwoods Pulp, Bluestone Press 1999

SPEART, JESSICA (c1951- ) (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Lions’ Roar: Jessica Speart’s Mysteries Raise Wildlife Awareness” by G. Miki Hayden, (bg) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

SPECTOR, JOEL (chron.)

• * Happy Holidays!, (il) AHMM Jan/Feb 2008

SPEDDING, SALLY (chron.)

• * The Anniversary, (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• * Strangers Waiting, (ss) Cambrensis 2002
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003

SPEED, JANE (chron.)

• * A Lady of Refinement, (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980

SPEEGLE, DARREN (chron.)

• * Johnny Holes, (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2002
  • Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology, ed. Anthony Neil Smith, Dennis McMillan 2005
• * Triangle, (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2002

SPEER, HUGH; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * The Time Dissolver, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1937
  • Pulp Review #22 1995

SPELL, RUSTY W. (chron.)

• * Pent-Up, (ss) Plots with Guns Feb/Mar 2000

SPENCER, BRENT (chron.)

• * The True History, (ss) Prairie Schooner Sum 2006
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2007, ed. Carl Hiaasen, Houghton Mifflin 2007

SPENCER, BRIAN (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:; winner of the January/February 2008 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.
  ___ Keen Anticipation, (vi) AHMM Jul/Aug 2008

SPENCER, DUNCAN (chron.)

• * Love Gone Wrong: The Story of Jean Harris, and Scarsdale Diet Doctor Herman Tarnower, (ex)
  • Crime Digest Jan/Feb 1982

SPENCER, JOHN (Barry) (1944-2002) (chron.)

• * Harry’s Down, (ss) Fresh Blood, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1996

SPENCER, NICK (chron.)

• * The Drum Story, (ss) EQMM May 1988
• * The Mamba Tale, (ss) EQMM Aug 1984

SPENCER, ROSS H(arrison) (1921-1998) (chron.)

• * Murder Mystery, (pm) EQMM Sep 1982

SPENCER, WILLIAM BROWNING (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Your Faithful Servant, (ss) Air Fish, ed. Joy Oestreicher & Richard Singer, Catseye Books 1993
  • Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999

SPENSER, EDMUND (1552-1599) (chron.)

• * from The Fairie Queen, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

SPEYERER, JAY (chron.)

• * Class Act, (ss) EQMM May 1992
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994

SPIEGELBERG, MARTIN (chron.)

• * The Money to Feed Them, (ss) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003; first published in Die Stunde des Vaters und andere Kriminalgeschichten (Death on the Waters and Other Criminal Stories), Verlag Ulmers Manuskripte, 2002.; tr. by Naomi Isaacs

SPIEGELMAN, PETER (books) (chron.)

• * Five Days at the Sunset, (ss) WlSNoir 2007; (Lethe, South Dakota).
• * Introduction, (in) WlSNoir 2007
• * Location, Location, Location, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Red Cat [John March], (ex)
  • Thrilling Detective (online) Spr 2007
• * The Best Part, (ss)
  • Dublin Noir, ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books 2006

SPIELBERG, CHRISTOPH (chron.)

• * The Copyist (with Anke Gebert, Paul Lascaux, Richard Lifka, Thomas Przybilka & Stefan Slupetzky), (ss) EQMM Dec 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert