Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

BREEN, JON L. (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * The Jury Box, (br) Dec, mid-Dec 1994, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1995, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov, Dec 1996, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov, Dec 1997, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov, Dec 1998, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov, Dec 1999, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov, Dec 2000, Jan, Feb, Mar,
• * The Jury Box, (br) Apr, Jun, Jul, Sep/Oct, Nov, Dec 2001, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov, Dec 2002, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov 2003, Jan, Feb, Mar/Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov, Dec 2004, Jan, Feb, Mar/Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov, Dec 2005, Jan, Feb, Mar/Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov, Dec 2006, Jan, Feb, Mar/Apr, May, Jul 2007
• * Novel Verdicts, (br) The Armchair Detective Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1990, Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1991
• * What About Murder?, (br) The Armchair Detective Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1990, Win, Spr, Fll 1991

_____, [ref.]

• * A Tribute to Jon L. Breen, (ms) EQMM Sep/Oct 2000

BREEN, RITA A. (chron.)

• * It’s Hard to Dance with the Devil on Your Back (with Jon L. Breen) [*Sebastian Grady], (nv) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories, Jon L. Breen, Five Star 1999

BREESE, EDWARD Y. (chron.)

• * The Big Stake, (ss) AHMM Oct 1967
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1968, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1968

BREINERSDORFER, FRED (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Only Trees Reach the Sky, (ss) New Mystery v4 #4 1996
• * The Orellis, (ss) New Mystery v2 #1 1994

BREMSETH, MARLENA E. (books) (chron.)

• * A Complete Bibliography of the Works of Warne/Macy, (bi) (*) 2005
  • Who Was Guilty?, ed. Marlena E. Bremseth, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Foreword, (fw) (*) 2005
  • Who Was Guilty?, ed. Marlena E. Bremseth, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Introduction, (in) (*) 2005
  • Who Was Guilty?, ed. Marlena E. Bremseth, Crippen & Landru 2005

BRENCHLEY, CHAZ (R.) (1959- ) (chron.)

• * Drowning, Drowning, (ss) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995
• * Junk Male, (ss) Crimewave #4 2000
• * Master Eld, His Wayzgoose, (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
• * My Cousin’s Gratitude, (nv) Fresh Blood, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1996
• * Pawn Sacrifice, (ss) Crime Yellow, ed. Maxim Jakuwbowski, Gollancz 1994
• * Scouting for Boys, (nv) London Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 1994
• * A Terrible Prospect of Bridges, (nv) Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992
• * Up the Airy Mountain, (nv) Crimewave #3 2000
  • Murder Squad, ed. Malcolm Edwards, Flambard Press 2001
• * Where It Roots, How It Fruits, (ss) 1994
  • Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999

BRENNAN, JOHN NEEDHAM HUGGARD (1914- ); see pseudonym John Welcome (books) (chron.)

BRENNAN, JOSEPH PAYNE (1918-1990) (books) (chron.)

• * The Butcher Knife Murder [Lucius Leffing], (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
• * The Cold Woods, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1984
• * Copycat Killer [Lucius Leffing], (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
• * Death on 91 [Lucius Leffing], (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
• * The Delivery [Lucius Leffing], (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
• * Fear [Lucius Leffing], (nv) Weird Tales Spr #2 1981; also as “The Nursing Home Horror”.
• * The Haunting at Juniper Hill [Lucius Leffing], (nv) Night Visions 2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1985
  • The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
• * Junk, (ss) AHMM Jun 1990
• * Motive for Murder [Lucius Leffing], (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
• * Murder in the Parks [Lucius Leffing], (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
• * The Nursing Home Horror [“Fear”; Lucius Leffing], (nv) Weird Tales Spr #2 1981
  • The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
• * Observations on Lorimer Street [Lucius Leffing], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1984
  • The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
• * The Spruce Valley Monster [Lucius Leffing], (nv) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
• * The Swamp Horror [Lucius Leffing], (nv) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
• * The Vanning Case [Lucius Leffing], (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
• * Wanderson’s Waste [Lucius Leffing], (nv) Night Visions 2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1985
  • The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990

BRENNAN, LORIN (chron.)

_____, reviews:

• * T.V. Reviews, (mr) Mystery May 1981

BRENNERT, ALAN (Michael) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * The White City, (ss) Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999

BRENT, BILL (chron.)

• * Dick Death, Punk Detective Episode 1: I Want Candy, (ss) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996
• * Dick Death, Punk Detective, Episode Two: The Death Club, (nv) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

BRENT, LORING; pseudonym of George Frank Worts, (1892-1967) (chron.)

• * The Octopus of Hongkong, (nv) Argosy Mar 31 1934
  • It’s Raining Corpses in Chinatown, ed. Don Hutchison, Nercer Island, WA: Starmont 1991
• * The Sapphire Death [Peter the Brazen], (n.) Argosy Jun 10 1933 (+5)
  • Pulp Vault #1 1988
  • Pulp Vault #2 1988

BRESETT, CLEO C., Jr. (chron.)

• * The Last Payoff, (ss) AHMM Jun 1983

BRESLIN, JIMMY; [i.e., James Breslin] (1930- ) (chron.)

• * The End of the Mob, (tc)
  • The Best American Crime Writing 2006, ed. Mark Bowden, Harper Perennial 2006

BRETNOR, REGINALD; [legalized from Alfred Reginald Kahn] (1911-1992) (chron.)

• * The Murderers’ Circle, (ss) EQMM Jul 1988
• * The New Reality, (ss) EQMM Sep 1984
• * The Photography of the Dearest Defunct, (ss) EQMM Jul 1990
• * Wonder Cure, (ss) EQMM Mar 25 1981

BRETT, JEREMY (chron.)

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995

BRETT, MICHAEL (1928- ) (chron.)

• * Ambition, (ss) AHMM Sep 1966
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1967

BRETT, SIMON (Anthony Lee) (1945- ) (chron.)

• * Best Behaviour, (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
  • EQMM Feb 1999
  • Crème de La Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * Big Boy, Little Boy, (nv) Winter’s Crimes 12, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan 1980
  • EQMM mid-Jul 1983
  • The Best Short Stories of 1983, ed. Anon., Davis 1984
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Murder British Style, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • More Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1994
• * Cain Was Innocent, (nv) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
  • The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2007
• * Christmas Crimes at ‘Cinderella’. A Puzzle in Four Parts: Part One: Christmas Eve, (nv) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• * Christmas Crimes at ‘Cinderella’. Part Four: 28 December, (nv) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• * Christmas Crimes at ‘Cinderella’. Part Three: 27 December, (nv) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• * Christmas Crimes at ‘Cinderella’. Part Two: Boxing Day, (nv) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• * Count Your Blessings, (nv) EQMM Aug 18 1980
  • Scarlet Letters, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Don’t Know Much About Art, (nv) Winter’s Crimes 16, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1984
  • EQMM Nov 1989
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
• * Double Glazing, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 11, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1979
  • Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1992
  • Opening Shots, ed. Lawrence Block, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * Easier in the Abstract [from A Shock to the System], (ex) New York: Scribner’s 1984
  • EQMM Jul 1986
• * The Emperor’s New Clothes, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
• * Escape Routes, (ss) EQMM Feb 24 1982
• * Exit, Pursued, (nv) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003
• * False Scent, (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 1, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Scribners 1991
• * The Girls in Villa Costas [“Playing It Cool”], (ss) EQMM Dec 2 1981
  • Crimes of Passion, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Speaking of Lust, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * A Good Thing, (ss) EQMM Feb 1996
  • Murder Most British, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Crime After Crime, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, St. Martin’s 1999
• * Happy Christmas Darling—And Goodbye, (ss) EQMM Jan 1997
• * The Haunted Actress, (nv) A Box of Tricks, Gollancz 1985
  • First Cases, Volume 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1997
• * Heavenly Bodies, (nv) Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997
• * How’s Your Mother?, (ss) The Mystery Guild Anthology, ed. John Waite, Constable 1980
  • EQMM Oct 1983
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Crime Story Collection, ed. John Turvey & Celia Turvey, Longman 1998
• * Initial Impact, (pm) The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Letter to His Son, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 18, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1986
  • Murder Most Postal, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• * The Librarian, (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * A Little Learning, (ss) A Classic English Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1990
• * A Little Thank-You, (ar) Encounters with Lord Peter, ed. Christopher Dean, The Dorothy L. Sayers Society 1991
• * The Man Who Didn’t Play Golf, (ss) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * The Man Who Got the Dirt, (nv) The Man Who..., ed. H. R. F. Keating, Macmillan 1992
  • EQMM Nov 1997
• * The Metaphor for Murder, (nv) EQMM Feb 25 1981; also as “The Nuggy Bar”.
• * A Note of Note, (ss) Malice Domestic 10, Nevada Barr, Avon 2001
• * The Nuggy Bar [“The Metaphor for Murder”], (nv) EQMM Feb 25 1981
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
• * Playing It Cool, (ss) EQMM Dec 2 1981; also as “The Girls in Villa Costas”.
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
  • Grifters and Swindlers, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * Political Corrections, (nv) A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1995
  • EQMM Apr 1997
• * Privileged Information, (ss) EQMM Jul 1982
• * Stardust Kill [Philip Marlowe], (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999
• * Tickled to Death, (nv) Winter’s Crimes 14, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan 1982
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
• * An Unmentionable Death, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 20, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1988
  • Under the Gun, ed. Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL 1990
• * Unwilling Sleep, (ss) A Box of Tricks, Gollancz 1985
  • EQMM Mar 1986
• * Ways to Kill a Cat, (nv) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998

BRETZ, LOUIE (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Occupation, (vi) AHMM Mar 1998

BREWER, GIL(bert) (1921-1983) (chron.)

• * Bothered, (ss) Manhunt Jul 1957
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Death of a Prowler, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1958
• * The Gesture, (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Mar 1956
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * The Getaway, (ss) Mystery Monthly Jun 1976
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Home, (ss) Accused Detective Story Magazine Mar 1956
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
• * The Red Scarf, (n.) New York: Bouregy 1958
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Sauce for the Goose [as by Eric Fitzgerald], (ss) Pursuit Detective Story Magazine Jan 1956
  • Speaking of Lust, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001

BREWER, SANDRA (chron.)

• * A Conflict of Law & Justice, (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996

BREWER, STEVE (1957- ) (chron.)

• * Payoff, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006

BRIDGES, VICTOR (George DeFreyne) (1878-1972) (chron.)

• * The Later Edition, (ss) The Strand 1936
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

BRIGGS, JOHN (chron.)

• * The Perfect Alibi, (vi) EQMM Oct 6 1980
• * Spy Games, (ss) Espionage Magazine Jul 1987

BRIGHT, CHUCK (chron.)

• * Not Just Any Tuesday, (ss) AHMM Mar 1986

BRIGHT-HILL, JOSEPH (chron.)

• * Desire of Death, (ss) Mystery Stories #23 1941

BRILEY, CHRISTINA (chron.)

• * Scratch Ticket, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

BRILL, MARTY (chron.)

• * Soliloquy, (vi) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #3 1973

BRILL, TONI; pseudonym of Anthony Olcott & Martha Olcott (chron.)

• * O! Little Town of Bedlam [Midge Cohen], (nv)
  • Mystery Midrash, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 1999

BRINK, ELLEN BETTY (chron.)

• * Whatever Will Become of George?, (vi) EQMM Jan 28 1981