Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

BOLAND, JOHN C. (chron.) (continued)

• * Past Life, (ss) AHMM Apr 2006
• * The Return of Jasper Kohl, (nv) AHMM Apr 2007
• * Reunion in Baineville, (ss) EQMM Aug 12 1981
• * The Substitute, (ss) EQMM Feb 1989
• * Swamp Beast, (ss) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• * Tequila, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006
• * Worth More Dead, (ss) EQMM Nov 1982

BÖLL, HEINRICH (1917-1985) (chron.)

• * In the Darkness, (ss) The Stories of Heinrich Böll, London: Secker & Warburg 1986
  • Nobel Crimes, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1992; tr. by Leila Vennewitz

BOLTON, MAISIE SHARMAN (1915-1994); see pseudonym Miriam Sharman (chron.)

BONANSINGA, JAY R. (1959- ) (chron.)

• * Glory Hand in the Soft City, (ss) Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999
• * There’s Somebody Here Wants to Talk to You, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006

BONAVENTURE, FLONET BILTGEN (1945-2006) (chron.)

• * A Glimpse of a Distant Relative, (nv) AHMM Sep 1998

BOND, JOHN (chron.)

• * T-bird, (ss) Miami Noir, ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books 2006

BOND, (Thomas) MICHAEL (1926- ) (chron.)

• * Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Final Rendering [Monsieur Aristide Pamplemousse], (ss) The Strand Magazine #3 1999
• * Monsieur Pamplemousse Tells the Tale [Monsieur Aristide Pamplemousse], (nv) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998

_____, [ref.]

• * “Interview: Michael Bond” by Andrew F. Gulli, (iv) The Strand Magazine #2 1999

BOND, RALEIGH (chron.)

• * The Barclay Boys, (ss) EQMM Feb 1989
• * The Locker-Room Mystery, (ss) EQMM Oct 1982
• * Meet Athalia Goode, (ss) EQMM Jan 27 1982
  • More Ms. Murder, ed. Marie Smith, London: Xanadu 1991

BOND, SCOTT (chron.)

• * Report from 221B Baker Street (with Sherry Rose-Bond), (ar) The Armchair Detective Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1990, Win, Spr, Fll 1991

BONELLIE, JANET (chron.)

• * Blue Is for Boys, (ss) EQMM Aug 1996

BONHAM, C. F. (chron.)

• * Green Parrot, (ss) The Phantom Detective Sep 1936
  • High Adventure Nov 2006

BONHAM, FRANK (Cecil Francis) (1914-1988) (chron.)

• * Murder in Old Manhattan, (ss) Blue Book Jan 1946
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2005

BONNER, BRYN(n); pseudonym (chron.)

• * Beau Jest, (ss) EQMM Nov 2003
• * The Born Natural, (ss) EQMM Feb 2002
• * Clarity, (nv) EQMM May 1998
• * Gilding Miss Lily, (ss) EQMM Mar 2001
• * Jangle [Session Seabolt], (nv) EQMM May 2007
• * The Soul of Deception, (nv) EQMM May 2002
• * To Sleep, Perchance to Die, (nv) EQMM Dec 2005
• * The Waiting Woman, (ss) EQMM Aug 2000

BONNER, HILARY (1949- ) (chron.)

• * Cry Wolf, (ss) Sunday Express 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
  • Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003

BONVISSUTO, STEVEN A. (chron.)

• * Night of the Cruiser, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1990

BOOKER, LIONEL (chron.)

• * The Big Break, (ss) EQMM Jul 15 1981
• * The Dubbing Clue, (ss) EQMM May 20 1981
• * Murder Offstage, (ss) EQMM Nov 3 1980
• * One Big Happy Family, (ss) EQMM Dec 1989
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994
• * The Whistle Blower, (ss) EQMM Nov 4 1981
• * The Wrong Murder, (ss) EQMM Sep 9 1981

BOOR, PAUL J. (chron.)

• * The Cat Came Back, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

BOOTH, JAMES W. (chron.)

• * How One Murderer Was Caught, (ar) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Feb 1934
  • High Adventure Nov 2005

BOOTH, STEPHEN (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Dancing with the Virgins, (ex) HarperCollins UK 2001
  • Crime Time #23 2001

BOOTH, VIRGINIA (chron.)

• * Heaven Scent, (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992

BOOTHBY, GUY (Newell) (1867-1905) (chron.)

• * The Duchess of Wiltshire’s Diamonds [Simon Carne], (nv) Pearson’s Magazine Feb 1897
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992

BORGES, JORGE LUÍS (1899-1986) (chron.)

• * Death and the Compass [1945], (ss)
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000; tr. by Norman Thomas di Giovanni
• * Death and the Compass [1945], (ss) Ficciones, Weidenfeld Nicolson 1962
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990; tr. by Anthony Kerrigan
• * Death and the Compass [1945], (ss) Labyrinths, New Directions 1962
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993; tr. by Donald A. Yates
• * Emma Zunz, (ss) Labyrinths, New Directions 1962
  • Dark Arrows, ed. Alberto Manguel, Penguin Canada 1985
• * from The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan, (ex) 1954
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996; tr. by Norman Thomas di Giovanni

BORN, JAMES O. (chron.)

• * Tourist Trade, (ss)
  • Dublin Noir, ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books 2006

BORNEMAN, ERNEST (William Julius) (1915-1995); see pseudonym Cameron McCabe (chron.)

BORNSTEIN, KAREN (chron.)

• * Do You Hear What I Hear?, (ar) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

BORNSTEIN, KATE (chron.)

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

BORREBACH, W. B. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Pumpkin Capers, (vi) AHMM Jan 2001

BORTON, DOUGLAS (Child, Jr.) (1960- ); see pseudonym Brian Harper (chron.)

• * Fangs, (nv) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * Last Kiss, (ss) Cat Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1991
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
• * The Man Who Killed Santa, (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• * Pressure, (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994

BOSHINSKI, BLANCHE (1922- ) (chron.)

• * Games, (ss) EQMM Jan 1992
• * The Hunter, (ss) EQMM Sep 1993
• * The Imprints, (ss) EQMM Sep 1994
• * One Hot Saturday, (ss) EQMM Jan 1993
• * Sawed to Death, (ss) EQMM May 1992
• * A Thieving Update, (pm) EQMM Mar 1992

BOSSON, LINDA (chron.)

• * Occupational Hazard, (pm) EQMM Jan 1998

BOSVELD, JANE (chron.)

• * Collecting the Detectives, (ar) MHCMM Sum 1999
• * Diane Mott Davidson Serves Uo a Tough Cookie, (bg) MHCMM Sum 2000; on Goldy B. Schulz.

BOSWELL, JOAN (books) (chron.)

• * Accidents Can Happen, (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997

BOSWORTH, JANE (chron.)

• * Clippin’ Coyotes, (ss) EQMM Jul 1988
• * Huntin’ Quail, (ss) EQMM Jul 1984
• * It Weren’t Right, (ss) EQMM Feb 1983
• * Me Ellie’s Willie, (ss) EQMM Nov 1984
• * Me Oriana’s Julia, (ss) EQMM Feb 1986
• * Pluckin’ Pigeons, (ss) EQMM Jul 1985
• * Scruffin’ Scoundrels, (ss) EQMM May 1986
• * Skinning Varmits, (ss) EQMM Aug 1983
• * Tarrin’ Turkeys, (ss) EQMM Jan 1989
• * Taxin’ Taxies, (ss) EQMM Jul 1987
• * Whippin’ Wildcats, (ss) EQMM Jan 1987

BOTTOME, PHYLLIS; pseudonym of Phyllis Forbes-Dennis, (1884-1963) (chron.)

• * The Liqueur Glass, (ss) The Smart Set Mar 1915
  • EQMM May 1945
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994

BOUCHARD, JACQUES E. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Last Call, (vi) AHMM Apr 1994

BOUCHER, ANTHONY; pseudonym of William A. P. White, (1911-1968) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Bogle-Wolf [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Illustrious Client’s Second Case-Book, ed. J. N. Williamson, Curtis Brown 1949
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
• * Crime Must Have a Stop [Nick Noble], (nv) EQMM Feb 1951
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
• * Design for Dying, (ss) Detective Short Stories Sep 1941
  • EQMM Nov 1983
• * The Ghost with the Gun, (ss) The Master Detective Jun 1945; also as “Trick-or-Treat”.
• * The Girl Who Married a Monster [Nick Noble], (ss) EQMM Feb 1954
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
• * A Kind of Madness, (ss) EQMM Aug 1972
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994
• * The Last Hand [*Fergus O’Breen], (ss) EQMM Sep 1958
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Mystery for Christmas, (ss) EQMM Jan 1943
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1990
  • Merry Murder, ed. Cynthia Manson, Seafarer 1994
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * Nine-Finger Jack, (ss) Esquire May 1951
  • The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1958
  • The Saint Detective Magazine Jan 1958
  • EQMM Sep 1964
• * On “Scowrer”, (ar) West by One and by One, ed. Anon. (Poul Anderson), The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County 1965
• * On a Day Unknown, (ar) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960
• * The Pink Caterpillar [*Fergus O’Breen], (ss) Adventure Feb 1945
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * QL 696.C9 [Nick Noble], (ss) EQMM May 1943
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Sinister Spies, ed. Anon., Random House 1982
• * Screwball Division [Nick Noble], (ss) EQMM Sep 1942
  • Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1957
  • Ellery Queen’s Anthology Volume 1, ed. Ellery Queen, London: May Fair 1959
• * Threnody, (ss) Maiden Murders, Mystery Writers of America, Harper’s 1952
  • The Fourth Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959
  • EQMM Apr 1962
• * Trick-or-Treat [“The Ghost with the Gun”], (ss) The Master Detective Jun 1945
  • The Third Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959
  • Murder for Halloween, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press 1994
• * The Ultimate Clue, (vi) EQMM Oct 1960
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Stories #2, ed. Anon., Bonomo 1979

_____, trans.

• * The Case of the Three Bicyclists, by Georges Simenon [1932; Monsieur Froget], (ss) EQMM Jul 1946
  • Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1991
• * The Little House at Croix-Rousse, by Georges Simenon [Joseph Leborgne], (ss) EQMM Nov 1947
  • The Fourth Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959
  • Suspense (UK) Apr 1959
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001

BOULTON, JIM (chron.)

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

BOUMA, J(ohannes) L. (1914-1978) (chron.)

• * How to Show a Corpse, (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1947
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

BOUMAN, INA (chron.)

• * The Deep Blue Sea, (ss) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
• * Mrs. Website’s Dance, (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002

BOUNDS, SYDNEY J(ames) (1920-2006); see pseudonym Clifford Wallace (chron.)

• * Mage of the Monkeys, (ss) Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990

BOURG, B. J. (chron.)

• * A Cold Murder, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #45 2004
• * A Deadly Phone Call, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #53 2004

BOURGEAU, ART(hur) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * East Coast Mystery Scene, (cl) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

BOURNE, MARK (chron.)

• * The Case of the Detective’s Smile [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995

BOUWER, IZAK (1933- ) (chron.)

• * The Vertebrae of a Long Snake, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1985

BOVA, BEN(jamin William) (1932- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Aboard Torch Ship Hermes, (aw)
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Acts of God [Sam Gunn], (ss) Science Fiction Age May 1995
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Brillo (with Harlan Ellison), (nv) Analog Aug 1970
  • Tin Stars, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, NAL/Signet 1986
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * City of Darkness, (n.) New York: Scribner’s 1976
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * Diamond Sam [Sam Gunn], (nv) F&SF Nov 1988
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * Escape!, (na) New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1970
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * Introduction: Aboard Torch Ship Hermes, (in)
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Nursery Sam [Sam Gunn], (nv) Analog Jan 1996
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Out of Time, (ss) Omni Nov 1984
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * Sam and the Prudent Jurist [Sam Gunn], (na) Science Fiction Age Jan 1997
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Sam’s War [Sam Gunn], (na) Analog Jul 1994
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Stars, Won’t You Hide Me?, (ss) Worlds of Tomorrow Jan 1966
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * Statement of Clark Griffith IV, (lk)
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998