Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

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

• * Speaking of Greed, (na) Speaking of Greed, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * Speaking of Lust, (na) Speaking of Lust, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Stag Party Girl [Ed London], (na) Man’s Magazine Aug 1962
  • Pulp Masters, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • The Lost Cases of Ed London, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Strangers on a Handball Court, (ss) AHMM Jan 1977
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Sweet Little Hands, (ss) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Sweet Little Racket [as by B. L. Lawrence], (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Terrible Tommy Terhune, (nv) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
  • Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• * That Kind of a Day, (ss) AHMM Jun 1974
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * This Crazy Business of Ours, (ss) AHMM May 1977
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Three in the Side Pocket, (ss) Hot Blood X, ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Tulsa Experience, (ss) Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Twin Party Girls [Ed London], (na) Man’s Magazine Aug 1963
  • The Lost Cases of Ed London, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Way to Power, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Jun 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Weekend Guests, (ss) AHMM Aug 1978
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Welcome to the Real World, (ss) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * When This Man Dies, (ss) AHMM Apr 1964
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • The Killing Spirit, ed. Jay Hopler, The Overlook Press 1996
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * With a Smile for the Ending [“Bits and Pieces”], (ss) AHMM Jan 1966
  • Murder by the Book, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * You Can’t Lose, (ss) Manhunt Feb 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
  • Opening Shots, ed. Lawrence Block, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * You Could Call It Blackmail, (ss) For Women Only Sep/Oct 1979
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * You Don’t Even Feel It, (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Burglar Who Became a Detective” by Cheryl Solimini, (bg) MHCMM Sum 1998

BLOCK, LYNNE WOOD (chron.)

• * The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke (with Lawrence Block) [*Bernie Rhodenbarr], (nv) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Lawrence Block, Orion 1999
  • Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
  • The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002

BLOC-RODOT, CÉCILE (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * Goldfish, by Didier Daeninckx, (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993

BLOFF, J. A. (chron.)

• * Now Bleed to Death!, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1959

BLOOMFIELD, ANTHONY (John Westgate) (1922- ) (chron.)

• * False Arrest, (ss) EQMM Feb 1983
• * How Does Your Garden Grow?, (ss) EQMM Jun 17 1981

BLOOMFIELD, HOWARD V(an) L(ieu) (1900- ) (chron.)

• * The Trap, (ss) Colliers Apr 19 1947
  • AHMM Mar 1984

BLOXHAM, DAVE (chron.)

• * Antiquated Magic, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #47 2004

BLUDIS, JACK (chron.)

• * Munchies, (ss) Hardbroiled, ed. Michael Bracken, Betancourt & Company 2003
  • Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2003
• * New Guy on the Block [Ken Sligo], (ss) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001
• * Pigtown Will Shine Tonight, (ss) Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006; (Pigtown).

BLUE, J(ames) MICHAEL (1937- ) (chron.)

• * Abbey’s World, (ss) Plots with Guns Aug/Sep 2000
• * Drafting for Charlie, (ss) Plots with Guns Jun/Jul 2000
• * In Praise of the Underappreciated: Lansdale (HHC), (ar) Plots with Guns Oct-Dec 2000
• * In Praise of the Underappreciated: Pelecanos (HHC), (ar) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2001
• * Like Mother, Like Daughter, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2001
• * Things Have a Way of Working Themselves Out, (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2002

_____, [ref.]

• * “An interview with J. Michael Blue” by James R. Winter, (iv) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2002

blue, m. i. (chron.)

• * Near-Death Experience, (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

BLUM, HOWARD (chron.)

• * Hit Men in Blue (with John Connolly), (tc)
  • The Best American Crime Writing 2006, ed. Mark Bowden, Harper Perennial 2006

BLUMBERG, J. D. (chron.)

• * The Mystery of Lilac Cottage, (ss) AHMM Jun 1991

BLUNDELL, HAROLD (1902-1982); see pseudonym George Bellairs (chron.)

BLYTH, HARRY (chron.)

• * The Accusing Shadow [Jules Gervaise], (na) The Halfpenny Marvel Oct 2 1894
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * The Missing Millionaire, (na)
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006

BLYTHE, HAL; see pseudonym Hal Charles (chron.)

• * The Black Death (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1982
• * A Dark Night with a Blind Lady (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1985
• * Day of Revenge (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1984
• * Dead Ringer (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1984
• * Deadly Memories (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1983
• * Deadly Visions (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1985
• * Death on Skull Mountain (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1983
• * Death Stalks the Campus (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1983
• * Death Takes a Pilgrimage (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984
• * Death Tops the Charts (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1985
• * Devil Dust and Death (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1984
• * A Dirty Business (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1983
• * Graven Image (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1983
• * Hellhole (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1983
• * The Hunting of Mike Shayne (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1983
• * Key of Death (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984
• * Killing Time (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1984
• * A Night in Hell (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1985
• * The Quick and the Dead (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1985
• * The Return of the Beach Butcher (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1983
• * Sandcastles (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1984
• * Search and Destroy (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1983
• * Shadow of Death (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1983
• * Shadows of the Past (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1984
• * Sharks (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1984
• * The Sting of Death (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1985
• * Terror Resort (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982
• * Thy Will Be Done (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1985
• * Wilde Weekend (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1985
• * Yesterday’s Hero (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1984

BOAST, PHILIP (James) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Damnum Fatale, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003
• * His Master’s Servant, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2005
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2005

BOATMAN, JAMES D. (chron.)

• * The Mexican Newspaper, (ss) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984
• * The Smoothest Con, (ss) EQMM Jul 23 1980

BOBACK, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Pulling the Wool, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984

BOBZIN, JASON (chron.)

• * Integrity Issue, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #40 2003

BOCKMANN, NILS V. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ A Streetcorner Alteration, (vi) AHMM Feb 1999

BODAYLA, KEITH (chron.)

• * Seven for Thirty, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #55 2004

BODDY, JOE (chron.)

• * Unsolved:
  ___ (haunted house), (pz) The Ultimate Hidden Picture Puzzle Book, Dover 1990
  • AHMM Nov 1991

BODELL, BILL (chron.)

• * The Premotion, (ss) AHMM Dec 1993

BODINGTON, PAUL (chron.)

• * Mask, (ss)
  • Ticket to Trouble, ed. Ron Serdiuk, CrimeWriters Queensland 2006

BODKIN, JUDGE; see under Bodkin, M. McDonnell (chron.)

BODKIN, M(atthias) McDONNELL (1850-1933) (chron.)

• * Murder by Proxy [Paul Beck], (nv) Pearson’s Weekly Feb 6 1897
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992
• * The Sjip’s Run, (ss)
  • Murder on Deck!, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998
• * The Vanishing Diamonds [Paul Beck], (nv) Pearson’s Weekly Jan 23 1897
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993

BODKIN, M. M’DONNELL; see under Bodkin, M. McDonnell (chron.)

BODKIN, McDONNELL; see under Bodkin, M. McDonnell (chron.)

BODNAR, GENE (chron.)

• * The Mystery Crossword, (pz) EQMM Aug 2004

BOECKMAN, CHARLES, Jr.; see pseudonym Charles Beckman, Jr. (chron.)

• * Mr. Banjo, (ss) AHMM Jul 1975
  • AHMM Jun 1992

BOECKMANN, TORE (chron.)

• * The Cigar, (ss) AHMM Oct 1995

BOEHNHARDT, PATRICIA (1949- ); see pseudonym Ellen Hart (chron.)

BOGART, WILLIAM (G.) (1903-1977) (chron.)

• * Black Terror, (ss) Thrilling Mystery Jan 1936
  • High Adventure #56 2000
• * The Crazy Indian [The Adventurers], (na) Mammoth Adventure Nov 1946
  • Action Adventure Stories #17 1998
• * Crime in the Abbatoir, (ss) Saucy Movie Tales Mar 1936
  • Pulp Review May 1993

BOGDANOVICH, PETER (chron.)

• * Suspense Is Alfred Hitchcock, (ar) MHCMM Fll 1998

BOHNHOFF, MAYA KAATHRYN (1954- ) (chron.)

• * As the Angels in Heaven, (ss) Analog Jun 1995
  • Sexcrime, ed. Cecilia Tan, Circlet Press 2000

BOILEAU, PIERRE (Prosper) (1906-1988) (chron.)

• * Toto (with Thomas Narcejac), (vi) Manigeances, Paris: Editions De Noel 1971
  • EQMM Feb 1985

BOKER, GEORGE HENRY (1823-1890) (chron.)

• * Francesca Da Rimini [expanded acting edition], (pl) 1853
  • Sweet Revenge, ed. Marvin Kaye, Fireside Theater 1992

BOLAND, JOHN (C.) (chron.)

• * Bears Watching, (ss) EQMM Apr 7 1980
• * Deep Water, (ss) AHMM Jan 7 1981
• * Easy Money, (ss) EQMM Apr 1984
• * Evidence Seen, (ss) AHMM Apr 1989
  • The Haunted Hour, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley Prime Crime 1995
• * Evocation of Evil, (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980
• * The Hillsman, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981
• * Mad Hare, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1980
• * A Man Walking Tall, (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Apr 1966
  • John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book, 1975, ed. Herbert Harris, Hodder Stoughton 1974
• * Marley’s Ghost, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2005
• * Marley’s Package, (ss) AHMM Mar 2007
• * Mountain Fire, (ss) EQMM May 1986
• * The Passenger, (ss) AHMM Dec 2006