Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

BRAUN, LILIAN JACKSON (chron.) (continued)

• * SuSu and the 8:30 Ghost, (ss) EQMM Apr 1964
  • Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
  • Mystery Cats, ed. Anon., Signet 1991
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998
  • A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * Tragedy on New Year’s Day, (ss) EQMM Mar 1968
  • Senior Sleuths, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley 1996
• * Weekend of the Big Puddle, (ss) The Cat Who Had 14 Tales, New York: Jove 1988
  • EQMM May 1989

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Lady Who...: Lilian Jackson Braun” by Catherine M. Nelson, (iv) The Armchair Detective Fll 1991
• * “Profile of Phyllis Whitney and Lillian Jackson Braun” by Lisa D. Williamson, (bg) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

BRAUN, MATTHEW (1932- ); see pseudonym Warren Burke (chron.)

BRAUNBECK, GARY A. (1960- ) (chron.)

• * All the Unlived Moments, (nv) Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999
• * The Cat’s-Paw Affair, (nv) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
• * The Envelopes, Please, (ss) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
• * I Suppose This Makes Me Sancho, (ss) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
  • Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * I’ll Play the Blues for You, (nv) Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999
• * In the Lowlands, (nv) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
  • Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star 2003
• * Just Like Mom Used to Make, (nv) Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1995
  • Blowout in Little Man Flats, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * Mail-Order Annie, (nv) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Matthew in the Morning, (ss) Murder Most Confederate, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000
• * Resurrection Joe, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
• * Safe [“Searching for Survivors”; Cedar Hill], (na) Things Left Behind, CD Publications 1997
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1999, ed. Ed McBain, Houghton Mifflin 1999
• * Searching for Survivors [Cedar Hill], (na) Things Left Behind, CD Publications 1997; also as “Safe”.

BRAUND, MARY (chron.)

• * The Crystal Set, (ss) EQMM Dec 1982
• * The Last Quarter, (ss) AHMM Jul 16 1980
• * Mary Sanderson’s House, (ss) EQMM Apr 1985
• * My Friend Adelaide, (ss) AHMM Feb 27 1980
• * The Yorkshire Ripper, (ss) EQMM Jan 28 1981

BRAVERMAN, KATE (chron.)

• * The Neutral Zone, (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (Fisherman’s Warf).

BRAWNER, DANIEL B. (chron.)

• * But a Sleep and a Forgetting..., (ss) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
• * Good for What Ales Him, (ss) Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1995
• * A Taste for the Good Life, (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993

BRAY, THOMAS (chron.)

• * Hard Working Red, (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

BREAKER, LEON (1861-1938) (chron.)

• * Dead Cert, (nv)
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

BREATHNACH, CLARE (chron.)

• * The Coole Park Problem (with Michéal Breathnach) [Holmes Sherlock], (nv) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006

BREATHNACH, MICHÉAL (chron.)

• * The Coole Park Problem (with Clare Breathnach) [*Holmes Sherlock], (nv) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006

BRECHT, BERTOLT (chron.)

• * (from “Über die Popularitat des Kriminalromans”, in Gesammelte Werke, Suhrkamp Verlag; Frankfurt am Main, 1967], (ex) 1993
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993; tr. by Jeff Morrison

BREEN, JON L(inn) (1943- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Canine Ventriloquist [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1996
• * The Adventure of the Cheshire Cheese [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Murder in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * The Adventure of the Librarian’s Ghost [Holmes Sherlock], (ss) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006
• * The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry, (ss) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * The Adventure of the Naturalist’s Stock Pin [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) More Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1999
• * The Adventure of the Unique Holmes [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf 1987
  • The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [revised], ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Jon L. Lellenberg, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Affirmative Action, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1980
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * All-Star Team [Ed Gorgon], (ss) Murder California Style, The Southern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, St. Martin’s 1987
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Austin Murder Case [Philo Vance], (ss) EQMM Dec 1967
  • The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• * The Auteur Theory, (ss) AHMM Jan 1978
  • Murder on Trial, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * The Babe Ruth Murder Case [Ed Gorgon], (ss) EQMM Jun 1972
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Big Nap, (vi) Hardboiled #8 1987
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * The Body in the Bullpen [Ed Gorgon], (ss) EQMM May 1972
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Breakneck, (vi) EQMM Feb 1973
  • The Defective Detective, ed. Steve Carper, Citadel Press 1992
• * Bullet Eyes, (nv) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * Captain Benvolio Bullhorner, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 1989
• * Captain Benvolio Bullhorner Series Sleuths, (ss)
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * The Cat and the Kinetophone [Sebastian Grady], (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Clever Hans, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Credit the Cat [Sebastian Grady], (ss) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * The Defense Calls Jerry Brogan [Jerry Brogan], (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
• * Designated Murderer [Ed Gorgon], (ss) EQMM Jul 1974
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Diamond Dick [Ed Gorgon], (ss) EQMM Oct 1971
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Drowning Icecube, (ss) EQMM May 1977
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Ellery Queen, (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Fall of a Hero [Ed Gorgon], (ss) EQMM Nov 1972
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Four Views of Justice, (ss) Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * The Germon Cologne Mystery (with Josh Pachter), (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005; Ellery Queen parody.
• * The Gilbert and Sullivan Clue [Ellery Queen], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1999
• * Hercule Poirot in the Year 2010 [Hercule Poirot], (ss) EQMM Mar 1975
  • EQMM May 1991
  • Ellery Queen’s Searches and Seizures, ed. Ellery Queen, Chivers Press 1995
• * Horsehide Sleuth [Ed Gorgon], (ss) EQMM Nov 1971
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Immortality [Sebastian Grady], (ss) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Insider Trading [Ed Gorgon], (ss) Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Instant Replay [Ed Gorgon], (ss) EQMM May 1984
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
  • Leap Day and Other Stories, Francis M. Nevins, Five Star 2003
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Introduction Parodies, (in)
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Introduction: The Mystery in 1997, (in)
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * It’s Hard to Dance with the Devil on Your Back (with Rita A. Breen) [Sebastian Grady], (nv) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * J.B. Must Die, (ss) Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Jerry Brogan and the Kilkenny Cats [Jerry Brogan], (ss) Murder Most Irish, ed. Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Justice Knows No Paws, (ss) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
  • Mystery: The Best of 2001, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2002
• * Kill the Umpire [Ed Gorgon], (ss) EQMM Nov 2002
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Longevity Has Its Place [Sebastian Grady], (ss) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * The Male and Female Hogan, (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• * Malice at the Mike [Ed Gorgon], (ss) EQMM Oct 1973
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Misadventures of Ellery Queen, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005
• * The Missing Elevator Puzzle, (nv) EQMM Feb 2007
• * The Mother’s Day Doubleheader [Ed Gorgon], (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Mourning Noon at Nite, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1981
• * The Mystery in 1990 and 1991, (in)
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Mystery in 1992, (in)
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
• * The Mystery in 1993, (in)
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
• * The Mystery in 1994, (in)
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
• * The Mystery in 1995, (in)
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1996
• * The Mystery in 1996, (in)
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Mystery in 2005 and 2006, (ar)
  • The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2007
• * Mystery: The Best of 2001: An Introduction, (in)
  • Mystery: The Best of 2001, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2002
• * No Gaol for the Budgie, (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• * The Number 12 Jinx [Ed Gorgon], (ss) EQMM May 1978
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Old-Timers’ Game [Ed Gorgon], (ss) EQMM Apr 1973
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * On the Centenary of Ellery Queen, (ar) EQMM Jan 2005
• * A Piece of the Auction [Rachel Hennings], (ss) EQMM Jul 1986
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * The Pun Detective & the Danny Boy Killer [Clement Boore], (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1982
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * The Queen Letters, (ar) EQMM Feb 2005
• * A Quiet Death, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1980
• * Rachel and the Bookstore Cat [Rachel Hennings], (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
  • Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Ruffles Versus Ruffles; or, The Solid Gold Cricket Bat, (ss) EQMM Jun 2 1980
• * The Saga of Sidney Paar, (ss) EQMM Jul 2007
• * Sharing, (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Silver Spectre [Unnamed Journalist], (ss) AHMM Mar 26 1980
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Spirit Recording, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1984
• * Starstruck [Rachel Hennings], (nv) Murder in Los Angeles, Adams Round Table, Morrow 1987
  • Hollywood Kills, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
• * The Straight and Narrow [Unnamed Journalist], (vi) EQMM mid-Dec 1986
• * Streak to Death [Ed Gorgon], (ss) The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction, ed. Ed Gorman, Black Lizard 1988
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Tarnished Star [Sebastian Grady], (ss) The Fatal Frontier, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • EQMM Jun 1998
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Tea and ’Biscuit [Jerry Brogan], (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
  • A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Throw Out the First Ax [Ed Gorgon], (ss) EQMM Apr 1992
  • Kill the Umpire, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Too-Short Saga of Mystery League, (ar) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005
• * Woollcott and the Vamp, (ss) Celebrity Vampires, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * The World’s Champion Lovers, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1983
• * The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 1999, (ar)
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 2000, (ar)
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 2001, (ar)
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 2002, (ar) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 2003, (ar) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004
• * The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 2004, (ar)
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005

_____, reviews:

• * The Jury Box, (br) EQMM Jan 14, Feb 11, Mar 10, Apr 7, May 5, Jun 2, Jun 30, Jul 23, Aug 18, Sep 10, Oct 6, Nov 3, Dec 1 1980, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1990, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1991, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1992, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1993, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov,