Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

BURKE, THOMAS (1886-1945) (chron.)

• * The Bloomsbury Wonder, (nv)
  • EQMM May 1942
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * The Chink and the Child, (ss) Colours Oct 1915
  • Mystery and Detection Sep 1935
• * from “The Hands of Mr. Ottermole”, (ex) Pleasantries of Old Quong, London: Constable 1931
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * The Fun-Spot Street Affair, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
  • London After Midnight, ed. Peter Haining, Little Brown UK 1996
• * The Hands of Mr. Ottermole, (nv) The Story-Teller Feb 1929
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • EQMM Jan 1950
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
  • More Murder on Cue, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1990
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * Johnson Looked Back, (ss) Night-Pieces, London: Constable 1935
  • AHMM Jun 1984
• * The Knight Errant, (ss)
  • Mystery and Detection May 1935
• * The New Hat, (ss)
  • Murder Most British, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * The Paw, (ss) Limehouse Nights, Grant Richards 1916
  • Mystery and Detection Jun 1935

BURKE, WARREN; pseudonym of Matthew Braun, (1932- ) (chron.)

• * A Time of Innocence, (ex) Espionage Magazine May 1987

BURKE, WREN WYNN; pseudonym of K. A. Gannon (chron.)

• * A Weekend Spent Exclusively in the Company of Friends, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1999

BURKE, WRENN WYNN (chron.)

• * California Winter, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1998

BURKE-ROCHE, EDWARD (chron.)

• * The Last Chapter, (ss) Mystery Stories #18 1939
• * Sentinel Farm, (ss) Mystery Stories #15 1939

BURKS, ARTHUR J. (1898-1974) (chron.)

• * Empty Cannon, (ss) The Phantom Detective Sep 1936
  • High Adventure Nov 2006
• * The Execution of Chopper Chun, (ss) Thrilling Mystery Nov 1940
  • High Adventure #56 2000
• * Slack Wires, (nv) Clues Feb 1937
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Spell of the Devil Dolls, (ss) Double-Action Detective Stories Sep 1939
  • High Adventure #74 2004
• * The Voice of War, (ss) The Lone Eagle Dec 1933
  • Action Adventure Stories #83 2000

BURLEY, BRIAN L. (chron.)

• * About Books, (ss) Espionage Magazine Feb 1985
• * In Review: Books, (cl) Espionage Magazine May, Jul, Sep 1987

BURLINGAME, FLORA BEACH (chron.)

• * April Fools’ Terror, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * Millennium Madness, (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999

BURLISON, TERRILL L. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Monumental Mistake, (vi) AHMM Dec 1995

BURLISON, TERRY (chron.)

• * Just Passin’ Through, (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

BURN, GORDON (chron.)

• * from Somebody’s Husband, Somebody’s Son, (ex) 1985
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

BURNETT, HALLIE (Southgate) (1908-1991) (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with Whit Burnett), (in)
  • The Tough Ones, ed. Whit Burnett & Hallie Burnett, Popular Library Eagle 1954

BURNETT, W(illiam) R(iley) (1899-1982) (chron.)

• * Dressing-Up, (ss) Harper’s Nov 1929
  • EQMM Jun 1947
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * Little Caesar [“Nobody’s All Bad”], (ss) Colliers Jun 7 1930
  • Crime Movies, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1996
• * Nobody’s All Bad, (ss) Colliers Jun 7 1930; also as “Little Caesar”.
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998
• * Round Trip, (ss) Harper’s Aug 1929
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * Traveling Light, (ss) Colliers Dec 7 1935
  • Pulp Friction, ed. Peter Haining, London: Souvenir Press 1996

BURNETT, WHIT(ney Ewing) (1899-1973) (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with Hallie Burnett), (in)
  • The Tough Ones, ed. Whit Burnett & Hallie Burnett, Popular Library Eagle 1954

BURNHAM, BRENDA MELTON (chron.)

• * Bartenders May Come and Go, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1992
• * Death in Rocky Falls, (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990
• * The Hanging Judge, (ss) AHMM Aug 1996
• * Murder in Retreat, (ss) AHMM Apr 1991
• * Of Scandals and Skeletons, (ss) AHMM Sep 1994
• * The Pirtle Problem, (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991
• * Ripples in the Stream, (ss) AHMM Dec 1991
• * The Stone Killer, (ss) AHMM Jan 1996
• * The Tennis Court, (ss) AHMM Jul 1994
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1995, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1995
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * To Kill a Kavanaugh, (ss) AHMM Oct 1992
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
• * A Worthless Old Man, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1994

BURNIE, RICHARD (chron.)

• * The Mogul Temple, (pz) Monumental Mazes, Richard Burnie, Knopf 1999
  • MHCMM Sum 2000

BURNS, CLIFF (1963- ) (chron.)

• * Daughter, (ss) Crimewave #4 2000

BURNS, REX (Raoul Stephen Sehler) (1935- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Dust Devil, (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
• * In a Civilized Manner [Leonard Smith, A.L.C.], (ss) AHMM Nov 2006
• * Introduction (with Mary Rose Sullivan), (in)
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990
• * Shadow People [Leonard Smith, A.L.C.], (ss) AHMM Jun 2006

BURNS, RON (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Deadly Will and Testament [Harrison Hull], (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
• * Murderer, Farewell, (ss) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996

BURNS, ROSE-MARIE P. (chron.)

• * Bombs Away, (pm) EQMM Apr 1997

BURR, RAYMOND (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Case of the Real Perry Mason” by David Martindale, (iv) The Armchair Detective Fll 1990

BURRAGE, A(lfred) M(cLelland) (1889-1956) (chron.)

• * The Green Scarf, (ss) The London Magazine Aug 1926
  • AHMM Jun 1988
• * To Burn a Candle, (ss)
  • Mystery and Detection May 1935
• * The Wardrobe, (ss)
  • Mystery and Detection #2 1934

BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE (1875-1950) (chron.)

• * Tarzan of the Apes [Tarzan], (n.) The All-Story Oct 1912
  • High Adventure #33 1997
• * Tarzan’s First Love (with Gaylord DuBois, adapt.) [Tarzan], (ss) Tarzan of the Apes Story Digest Magazine Jun 1970; adapted from Jungle Tales of Tarzan, McClurg 1919.
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992

BURTIS, THOMSON (1896- ) (chron.)

• * Death Stalks the Sound Stage [Rolph Burnham], (nv) Popular Detective Dec 1944

BURTON, ALICE; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell (chron.)

• * Five Bullets, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1998
• * Fugitive Women, (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1998

BURTON, ANDREW J. (chron.)

• * Deer River Lily, (ss) EQMM Apr 1988

BURTON, JEFFREY B. (chron.)

• * Eykiltimac Stump Acres, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #55 2004
• * Per Diem, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #43 2003

BURTON, MILTON T. (chron.)

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

BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640) (chron.)

• * from The Anatomy of Melancholy, (ar)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

BUSCHMAN, HARRY (chron.)

• * Goodnight Sweet Prince, (ss) Shred of Evidence Feb 2003

BUSH, GARY R. (chron.)

• * If You Harm Us, (ss) Twin Cities Noir, ed. Julie Schaper & Steven Horwitz, Akashic Books 2006; Summit-University (St. Paul).
• * The Last Reel, (nv) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003

BUSH, GEOFFREY (1920-1998) (chron.)

• * Baker Dies (with Edmund Crispin) [“Who Killed Baker?”; Gervase Fen], (ss) EQMM May 1952
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
• * Who Killed Baker? (with Edmund Crispin) [Gervase Fen], (ss) EQMM May 1952; also as “Baker Dies”.

BUSH, GEOFFREY (chron.)

• * The Last Meeting of the Butlers Club, (nv) EQMM Mar 10 1980
• * The Mystery of Hidden Beach, (ss) EQMM Jan 27 1982
• * A Nasty Little Trick, (ss) EQMM Feb 1983
• * The oo y Trap, (ss) EQMM Sep 1982
• * The Stones of Merytaten, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981
• * This Isn’t Me, (vi) EQMM Jan 1984

BUSH, JEFFREY (chron.)

• * Aunt Grace and the Time Warp, (ss) AHMM Apr 1992
• * Find Me, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• * Guilt Trip, (vi) AHMM Apr 1988
• * How I Spent My Holiday, (ss) AHMM Apr 1986
• * Last Straws, (ss) AHMM Mar 1988
• * Something’s Happening at the Halliwells’, (ss) AHMM Jun 1989
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993

BUSHNELL, CHUCK; pseudonym of K. A. Gannon (chron.)

• * Albuquerque Surprise, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Dec 1998
• * Brotherly Love, (nv) Detective Mystery Stories May 1999
• * Calendar Girl, (sl) Detective Mystery Stories Jun, Jul 1999
• * Fake the Plunge, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jan 1999
• * Jake and Jill, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1998
• * Kreider’s Case, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1998
• * A Legal Maneuver, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Aug 1999
• * A Matter of Time, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1998
• * Steel Works, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1999
• * Such Sorrow, Sweet, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Apr 1999
• * The Top of the Hill, (nv) Detective Mystery Stories Feb 1999
• * The View From Third Street, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 1999

BUSSEY, LESLIE (D.) (chron.)

• * They Get Tough Sometimes, (ss) Vengeance Shorts #1 1945

BUSSY, D. (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * from The Vatican Cellars, by Andre Gidé, (ex) Cassell’s 1952; Les caves du Vatican, Gallimard; Paris, 1950.
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * The Vatican Cellars, by Andre Gidé [from Les caves du Vatican, Gallimard; Paris, 1950], (ex) Cassell’s 1952
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

BUTLER, ELLIS PARKER (1869-1937) (chron.)

• * The Hard-Boiled Egg [“Philo Gubb, The Correspondence School Detective”; Philo Gubb], (ss) The Red Book Magazine May 1913
  • Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * Our First Burglar, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Feb 1909; also as “The Silver Protector”.
• * Philo Gubb, The Correspondence School Detective [Philo Gubb], (ss) The Red Book Magazine May 1913; also as “The Hard-Boiled Egg”.
• * The Silver Protector [“Our First Burglar”], (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Feb 1909
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
  • Twelve American Crime Stories, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998

BUTLER, G. M. (chron.)

• * The Doctor Gave a Verdict, (ss) Mystery Stories #18 1939

BUTLER, GWENDOLINE (née Williams) (1922- ); see pseudonym Jennie Melville (chron.)

• * A Bad Winter’s Day in Windsor [Major Mearns; Sergeant Denny], (ss) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• * Bloody Windsor [Major Mearns; Sergeant Denny], (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000
• * The Child Cannot Speak, (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 2, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1992
• * Ladies Who Lunch, (nv) A Suit of Diamonds, ed. Anon., Collins 1990
• * Older Than the Rocks, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 6, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1974
  • EQMM Oct 1983
• * The Searcher, (ss) Royal Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• * Time Bomb, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 4, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1972
  • EQMM Mar 1984

BUTLER, H. C. (chron.)

• * The Murder Stalks the Big Top, (ss) Black Book Detective Spr 1951
  • Action Adventure Stories #82 2000

BUTLER, JACKLYN (chron.)

• * A Bit of Flotsam, (ss) AHMM Jan 1992
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1993, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1993
• * The Messenger, (ss) AHMM Oct 1992
  • Grifters and Swindlers, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * One Night, (ss) EQMM Mar 1998

BUTLER, JOHN K. (1908-1964) (chron.)

• * The Saint in Silver [Steve Middleton Knight (Steve Midnight)], (na) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1941
  • Hollywood Kills, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993

BUTLER, RAYMOND (chron.)

• * Captain Nash and the Wroth Inheritance, (n.) Harwood-Smart Publishing 1975
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993

BUTLER, RICHARD (Miles) (1925- ) (chron.)

• * The Last Legion, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Murder Most Foul, (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998