Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

SYKES, JERRY (books) (chron.)

• * Burning Leaves, (ss) Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999
• * Call Me Walt, (ss) Cemetery Dance Fll 1997
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * Closer to the Flame, (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
  • The Best British Mysteries 2005, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2005
• * Colour Me Blood, (ss) EQMM May 2006
• * Cowboy Mouth, (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
• * Cracked Rear View, (ss) 1996
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Jealous Gun, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• * Penguin Island, (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Camden Town).
• * Personal Space, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
• * Roots, (ss) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998
• * Seduced, (ss) Shots (online) 2002
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003
• * Sleep That Burns, (ss) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
  • Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999
  • The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003
• * Symptoms of Loss, (ss) Crimewave #1 1999
  • EQMM Apr 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000

SYKES, KIM (chron.)

• * Arrivederci, Aldo, (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Long Island City).

SYLVAIN, DOMINIQUE (chron.)

• * Heatwave, (ss) Paris Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 2008

SYMINGTON, AMELIA (chron.)

• * An Ill Wind, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008

SYMONS, JULIAN (Gustave) (1912-1994) (books) (chron.)

• * Affection Unlimited [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jul 10 1950
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Airborne with a Borgia [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 28 1955
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Ancestor Worship [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Nov 3 1956
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Art-Loving Mr. Lister Lands a Fake... [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Mar 13 1963
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Barton Hall Dwarf [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Aug 16 1954
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Birthmark, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 17, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1985
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1985
  • Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1992
• * The Borgia Heirloom, (ss) EQMM Nov 1987
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994
  • Murder at Teatime, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * The Case of the Unhappy Piano Tuner [Francis Quarles], (ss)
  • The Gourmet Crook Book, ed. Tony Wilmot, Everest Books 1976
• * The Case of XX-2 [Francis Quarles], (ss) 1951
  • EQMM Aug 1952
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) Jun 1954
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
• * The Collector [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 18 1953
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Conjuring Trick [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jan 28 1953
  • EQMM Mar 1990
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1991, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1991
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Death for Mr. Golightly [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Dec 22 1952
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Death in the Scillies [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Mar 13 1951
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Desk [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 29 1950
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule—?, (ss) 1987
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1987
• * Double Double Cross [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 25 1952
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Dream Is Better, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 14, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan 1982
  • EQMM Aug 1982
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
  • Murder British Style, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Duke of York [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jan 27 1953
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Dupe, (ss) 1956
  • EQMM May 20 1981
• * An Exercise in Logic [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 8 1952
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Final Night Extra [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 3 1955
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Flaw, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 11, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1979
  • EQMM Jul 1982
  • Scarlet Letters, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring, (ss) EQMM Jul 1979
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
• * Ghost from the Past [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Oct 1 1951
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Grand National Case [Francis Quarles], (nv) 1956; also as “Murder on the Race Course”.
• * Happy Hexing [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 19 1950
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Has Anybody Here Seen Me?, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 19, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1987
  • EQMM Sep 1987
• * Holocaust at Mayhem Parva, (ss) A Classic English Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1990
  • EQMM Oct 1990
  • Murder Most Cozy, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Signet 1993
• * Hot Summer Night [Francis Quarles], (ss) Argosy (UK)
  • John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book, 1975, ed. Herbert Harris, Hodder Stoughton 1974
  • EQMM Nov 1975
  • Ellery Queen’s Searches and Seizures, ed. Ellery Queen, Chivers Press 1995
• * How to Trap a Crook [Francis Quarles], (ss) 1972
  • EQMM Mar 1973
  • Grifters and Swindlers, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * I, Too, Lived in Arcadia, (ss) EQMM Sep 1989
• * Iced Champagne [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Oct 19 1953
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Impossible Theft [Francis Quarles], (ss) 1964
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * In the Bluebell Wood, (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 4, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1994
  • EQMM Feb 1994
  • Murder by the Book, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * Jack and Jill [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 19 1953
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Last Time, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 3, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1971
  • EQMM Jul 1984
• * The Link [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jan 30 1953
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Little Boy Blue [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Aug 20 1954
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Love Affair, (ss) 1968
  • EQMM Nov 1969
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
• * The Man Who Hated Television, (ss) EQMM Jun 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
  • Murder Most British, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * The Man Who Killed Himself, (ex) 1967
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * A Man with Blue Hair [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jan 31 1953
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Mrs. Rolleston’s Diamonds [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Aug 10 1950
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Murder—But How Was It Done? [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Oct 29 1956
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Murder in Reverse [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Nov 2 1956
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Murder on the Race Course [“The Grand National Case”; Francis Quarles], (nv) 1956
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * The Murderer, (ss)
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
• * No Deception [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jan 29 1953
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * No Use Turning a Deaf Ear to Murder [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jun 1 1964
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Nothing Up His Sleeve [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 23 1952
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Party Line [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Oct 30 1956
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Pepoli Case [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Feb 2 1952
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Poison Pen [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 15 1952
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * A Present from Santa Claus [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Dec 24 1954
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Preserving the Evidence [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 18 1952
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Red Rum Means Murder [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard May 15 1952
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Santa Claus Club [Francis Quarles], (ss) Suspense (UK) Dec 1960
  • EQMM Jan 1967
  • Murder Under the Mistletoe and Other Stories, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1992
  • London After Midnight, ed. Peter Haining, Little Brown UK 1996
• * The Second Bullet [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Oct 31 1956
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Summer Show [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Aug 21 1954
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Swedish Nightingale [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 14 1953
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Tattoo [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 16 1953
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * A Theme for Hyacinth, (ss) Argosy (UK) Aug 1967
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
  • Speaking of Lust, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * The Thirty-First of February, (ex) London: Gollancz 1950
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * The Tigers of Subtopia, (ss)
  • Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
• * ’Twixt the Cup and the Lip, (nv) 1963
  • EQMM Jan 1965
  • Murder at Christmas, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
  • Merry Murder, ed. Cynthia Manson, Seafarer 1994
• * The Two Suitors [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 15 1953
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Value for Money, (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980
• * The Vanishing Trick [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jul 28 1952
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * The Whistling Man [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jul 9 1952
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Who Killed Harrington? [Francis Quarles], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Nov 28 1950
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Crippen & Landru 2006

_____, [ref.]

• * “Arthur Symons: Mediator of Modernism” by George Woodcock, (ar) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992
• * “Astringencies” by Karl Miller, (ar) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992
• * “A Double-Strung Crossbow” by H. R. F. Keating, (ar) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992
• * “‘Gaudy Night’ in 1935” by Nicolas Freeling, (ar) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992
• * “To Congratulate Julian Symmons” by Patricia Highsmith, (ar) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992

SYMONS, KATHLEEN (chron.)

• * Afterword, (aw)
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Julian Symons, Crippen & Landru 2006

SYMONS, STUART (chron.)

• * The Foreign Mimister’s Brother, (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984
• * The Last Speakers of Oubykh, (ss) Espionage Magazine Nov 1985
• * The Visiting Professor of Estonian, (ss) Espionage Magazine Aug 1986

SZAFRANSKI, SUSAN (chron.)

• * The Principal of the Thing, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1980

SZASZ, JOANNA C. (chron.)

• * Egyptian Queen, (ss) Dead in the Water, ed. Violette Malan & Therese Greenwood, RendezVous Press 2006

TA HUANG CHI (chron.)

• * The Shanghai Gold Bars, (nv) EQMM Mar 25 1981
• * The Spirit Sword, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1982
• * The Vanished Ships, (ss) EQMM Aug 12 1981

TABAKOW, LOU (1915?-1981) (chron.)

• * Faithfully Yours, (ss) Astounding Dec 1955
  • Tin Stars, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, NAL/Signet 1986

TABORI, PAUL; [changed from Pál Tábori] (1908-1974) (chron.)

• * Duel by Night, (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Jun 1966
  • John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book, 1975, ed. Herbert Harris, Hodder Stoughton 1974

TACKER, SYLVIA (chron.)

• * I Can’t Go Home, (ss) EQMM Jun 30 1980

TADRACK, MOSS; pseudonym of Warren H. Caryl, (1920-1987) (chron.)

• * Cold Green Light, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1980

TAIBO, PACO IGNACIO, II (1949- ) (chron.)

• * All Kinds of Phantoms, (ss) New Mystery v1 #2 1992
• * The Deepest South [Philip Marlowe], (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999; tr. by Barbara Belejack
• * The Hookers of Zacatecas, (ss) New Mystery v4 #2 1996; tr. by William I. Neuman
• * Manufacture of a Legend, (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993; tr. by William I. Neuman
• * So When Was It That This Guy Medardo Rivera Killed This Guy Lupe Barcenas?, (ss) The Armchair Detective Sum 1993

TAIRA, FRANCES (chron.)

• * Award Winners & Nominees, (pz) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * Crossword Puzzle, (pz) Murderous Intent Spr 1996, Spr 1998
• * Crossword Puzzle—Mystery Motifs, (pz) Murderous Intent Sum 1996