Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

BROWN, FREDRIC (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Ernie, Minister of Peace and Goodness, or the Case of the Multiplying Eggs [Ernie], (ss) Feedstuffs Oct 2 1937
  • The Water Walker, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Finale, (pm) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Happy Ending (with Mack Reynolds), (ss) Fantastic Universe Sep 1957
  • Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * The Hatchetman (with Mack Reynolds), (nv) Amazing Dec 1951
  • Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * The Jabberwocky Murders, (nv) Thrilling Mystery Sum 1944
  • Never Shake a Family Tree, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * Kol Nidre, (pm) Shadow Suite, Fifteen Poems, privately printed: Milwaukee, WI 1932
  • Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * The Letter, (vi) EQMM Jul 1955; gp.
  • Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Letter to Mike Moser, 14-Jun-52, (lt) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Little Apple Hard to Peel, (ss) Detective Tales Feb 1942
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
• * Martians, Go Home!, (na) Astounding Sep 1954
  • The Water Walker, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * A Matter of Taste, (ss) The Layman’s Magazine Jun 1940
  • The Water Walker, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Mens Sana, (pm) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Mighty King Mene-Ptah, (pm) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Miracle on Vine Street, (ss) The Layman’s Magazine Jan 1941
  • The Water Walker, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Mr. Smith Kicks the Bucket [“Bucket of Gems Case”; Henry Smith], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 1944
  • Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1957
• * Obit for Obie, (na) Mystery Book Magazine Oct 1946
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Red Wine, (pm) Shadow Suite, Fifteen Poems, privately printed: Milwaukee, WI 1932
  • Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Report to Earth, (pl) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Scaramouche Sings of Love and Strums His Lute, (pm) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Solomon, Solomon, (pm) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Tit for Tat, or the Case of the Purple Percheron [Ernie], (ss) Feedstuffs Sep 3 1938
  • The Water Walker, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Town Wanted, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 7 1940
  • EQMM Nov 1956
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Stories #2, ed. Anon., Bonomo 1979
• * untitled (“All things are strange things...”), (pm) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * untitled (“Come thou not near me...”), (pm) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * untitled (“I am a liar and a hater...”), (pm) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * untitled (“Sing unto me a song...”), (pm) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * untitled (“There is a dearth of darkness...”), (pm) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * untitled (“You sit there side by side...”), (pm) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * A Voice Behind Him, (ss) Mystery Book Magazine Jan 1947
  • AHMM May 1986
• * The Water-Walker, (vi) The Water Walker, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * The Wench Is Dead, (nv) Manhunt Jul 1953
  • The Water Walker, Dennis McMillan 1990
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
  • A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005
• * Whistler’s Murder [Henry Smith], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1946
  • Detective Story Annual 1949, ed. Daisy Bacon, Street & Smith 1949
• * A Woman’s a Two-Face, (pl) Happy Ending, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * You Can’t Get Brodway’s Goat, or The Case of the Kidnapped Kid [Ernie], (ss) Feedstuffs Oct 15 1938
  • The Water Walker, Dennis McMillan 1990
• * Your Name in Gold, (ex) The Phantom Detective Jun 1941
  • High Adventure #75 2004
• * Your Name in Gold, (nv) The Phantom Detective Jun 1941
  • High Adventure #74 2004

BROWN, GARY (chron.)

• * Playmates, (ss) Hardboiled #20 1995

BROWN, J(ohn) EDWARD (1929- ) (chron.)

• * The Figurehead Murder, (ss) AHMM Nov 2004
• * Kargo Kult and Mr. and Mrs. Gatsby, (ss) AHMM Jan 2001

BROWN, JAMES (chron.)

• * The Screenwriter, (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005

BROWN, JEFF (chron.)

• * Plantagenet, (ss) EQMM Oct 1988

BROWN, KIMBERLY R. (chron.)

• * Just a Little Catnip, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

BROWN, LARRY (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Discipline, (ss) 1990
  • Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992

BROWN, MARGERY FINN (chron.)

• * In the Forests of Riga the Beasts Are Very Wild Indeed, (ss) McCall’s Jul 1970
  • EQMM Feb 1987

BROWN, MOLLY (chron.)

• * Angel’s Day, (ss) London Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 1994
• * The Lemon Juice Plot, (ss) Royal Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
  • Crimewave #2 1999
• * Mother of Rome, (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * No Better Than Anyone Else, (ss) Interzone Apr 1993
  • The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003
• * Nothing Changes, (ar) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• * The Padder’s Lesson, (ss) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
• * Return of the Princess [Queen Ruella], (ss) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992
• * A Sense of Focus, (ss) Constable New Crimes 1, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1992
• * Star, (ss) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991
  • More Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1994
• * What to Tell Santos, (ss) Woman’s Own May 21 1990
  • New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1990
• * Y2K, (ss) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998

BROWN, MORNA DORIS (MacTaggart) (1907-1995); see pseudonyms E. X. Ferrars & Elizabeth Ferrars (chron.)

BROWN, RON (chron.)

• * Beating the High Cost of Living, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1983

BROWN, ROSWELL; pseudonym of Jean Francis Webb, (1910- ) (chron.)

• * Phantom Pirate, (ss) Shadow Mystery Mar 15 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories #81 2000

BROWN, SHERRIE (chron.)

• * December Deathwatch (with Gene KoKayKo), (nv) AHMM Jan 2001
• * November Nights: Once Upon a Darkling (with Gene KoKayKo), (nv) AHMM Dec 1997
• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Rest in Peace, (vi) AHMM Aug 1994
• * A Sympathetic Ear, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1997

BROWN, STANLEY PELGRAVE (chron.)

• * On Service, (ss) Mystery Stories #24 1941

BROWN, STERLING A. (chron.)

• * And/Or, (ss)
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998

BROWN, STEVEN “STAN

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• * Ekhar Lorrent: Gnome Detective, (ss) Realms of Mystery, ed. Philip Athans, Lake Geneva: TSR 1998

BROWN, TONI (chron.)

• * Never Too Old, (nv) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996

BROWN, W. STUART (chron.)

• * The Evil that Died, (ss) Mystery Stories #21 1940

BROWNE, D(iane) L. (c1960- ) (chron.)

• * Just One of Those Things [Mary Kelly], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2001

BROWNE, HOWARD (1908-1999) (chron.)

• * House Call, (ss) Rogue 1956
  • Women on the Edge, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Donald I. Fine 1992
  • Hardboiled #20 1995
• * Man in the Dark [as by Roy Huggins], (nv) Fantastic Fll 1952
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * So Dark for April [as by John Evans; Paul Pine], (nv) Manhunt Feb 1953
  • Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection, ed. Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor, Garland 1983
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * The Veiled Woman [as by Mickey Spillane], (na) Fantastic Nov/Dec 1952

BROWNING, ABIGAIL (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
  • Murder Is No Mitzvah: Short Mysteries about Jewish Occasions, ed. Abigail Browning, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004

BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT (1806-1861) (chron.)

• * from “The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point”, (ex) 1850
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

BROWNING, GERALD (chron.)

• * The Eye Witness, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #55 2004
• * A Hint of Cinnamon, (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004
• * Pro Bono, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #44 2004
• * The Throwaway Man, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #54 2004

BROWNING, ROBERT (1812-1889) (chron.)

• * from “My Last Duchess”, (pm) 1842
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from The Ring and the Book, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Porphyria’s Lover, (pm) Dramatic Lyrics, Edward Moxon 1842
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

BROWNING, (Zerilda) SINCLAIR (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Neighborhood Watch, (ss) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003

BROWNLEE, LOUISE S. (chron.)

• * Cold Cache, (ss) AHMM Oct 1 1980
• * Stay of Execution, (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981

BROWNWORTH, VICTORIA A. (books) (chron.)

• * An Evening Out, (ss) Out For Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1995
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Out For Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1995
  • Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996

BRUCE, COLIN (M. F.) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Dying Doctor, (ss) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002
• * Death in the East End [Holmes Sherlock], (ss) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006

BRUCE, DAVID (chron.)

• * Mystery/Suspense Home Entertainment, (cl) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

BRUCE, F. D. (chron.)

• * The Night Hawk, (ss) Mystery Stories #19 1939

BRUCE, GEORGE (1898-1974) (chron.)

• * Flaming Dawn [George Bruce], (ss) The Lone Eagle Mar 1935
  • Action Adventure Stories #39 1998
• * Hero, (nv) George Bruce’s Squadron Oct 1933
  • Pulp Review Nov 1992
• * North Sea Nightmare, (nv) Sky Fighters Jul 1937
  • Action Adventure Stories #128 2003
• * Rider of the Skies [John Masters, the Lone Eagle], (ss) The Lone Eagle Jul 1935
  • Action Adventure Stories #46 1999
• * Six Dead Men, (nv) Sky Fighters Sep 1937
  • Action Adventure Stories #125 2003

BRUCE, MAGGIE (books) (chron.)

• * The Gourd, the Bad, and the Ugly, (ss) Murder Most Crafty, ed. Maggie Bruce, Penguin US 2005

BRUCE, STANLEY (chron.)

• * The Kid Comes Clean, (ss) Gun Molls Magazine Aug 1931
  • High Adventure #64 2002

BRUEN, KEN (1951- ) (books) (chron.)

• * All the Old Songs and Nothing to Lose, (ss)
  • A Fifth of Bruen, Busted Flush Press 2006
• * Black Stuff, (ss)
  • Dublin Noir, ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books 2006
• * Calibre, (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2004
• * Fade to...Brooklyn, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004
• * Funeral: Tales of Irish Morbidities, (n.) Pittsburgh, PA: Dorrance Publishing 1991
  • A Fifth of Bruen, Busted Flush Press 2006
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Dublin Noir, ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books 2006
• * Loaded, (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Brixton).
• * Losing My Religion, (ss) EQMM Nov 2004
• * Martyrs, (n.) London: Minerva Press 1994
  • A Fifth of Bruen, Busted Flush Press 2006
• * Mother’s Ruin, (ss) Fresh Blood 2, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1997
• * The Old Gun, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• * Punk, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
• * The Return of the Thin White Dude— Screaming, (ss) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * Sherry and Other Stories, (co) 1994
  • A Fifth of Bruen, Busted Flush Press 2006
• * Spittin Iron, (ss) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * Stones, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• * The Time of Serena-May/Upon the Third Cross, (co) 1995
  • A Fifth of Bruen, Busted Flush Press 2006
• * White Irish, (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005
• * Words are Cheap, (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

BRUNI, JOHN (chron.)

• * Free Garbage Day, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #48 2004
• * Hold-Up Man, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #42 2003

BRUNS, DON (chron.)

• * Sing for Your Supper, (ss) Death Dines In, ed, Claudia Bishop & Dean James, Berkley 2004

BRUSH, NICOLE MARIE (chron.)

• * The Disappearance of Gavin McCann (with Joan Lowery Nixon), (ss) Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House 1996

BRUSH, RICHARD N. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ A Sign of Times, (vi) AHMM Mar 1997

BRYANT, EDWARD (Winslow, Jr.) (1945- ) (chron.)

• * The Clock That Counts the Dead, (ss)
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * Doing Colfax, (ss) Night Visions 4, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1987
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard (with Dan Simmons) [Batman], (nv) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990