Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

BRUEN, KEN (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * 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
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Crime Spree, ed. Sandy DeLuca and Trey R. Barker, December Girl Press 2001
• * Predators, (ss) Night Visions 4, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1987
  • Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Styx and Bones, (ss) 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense, ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * While She Was Out, (ss) Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue One, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse 1988
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1994

BRYANT, MARK (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Sins of the Fathers, ed. Mark Bryant, Gollancz 1997

BRYNIEN, STUART (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Stowaways, (vi) AHMM Mar 1993

BRYNING, FRANK B.; [i.e., Francis Bertram Bryning] (1907-1999); see pseudonym Frank Pierce (chron.)

BUCHAN, JOHN, Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940) (books) (chron.)

• * The Faraway People [from The Long Traverse], (ex) 1941
  • Secret Tales of the Arctic Trails, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1997
• * Greenmantle [Richard Hannay], (n.) London: Hodder & Stoughton 1916
  • The Four Adventures of Richard Hannay, David R. Godine 1990
• * The Lit Chamber, (ss) The Path of the King 1920
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996
• * Mr. Standfast [Richard Hannay], (n.) London: Hodder & Stoughton 1919
  • The Four Adventures of Richard Hannay, David R. Godine 1990
• * The Thirty-Nine Steps [Richard Hannay], (n.) London: Blackwood 1915
  • The Four Adventures of Richard Hannay, David R. Godine 1990
• * The Three Hostages [Richard Hannay], (n.) London: Hodder & Stoughton 1924
  • The Four Adventures of Richard Hannay, David R. Godine 1990

BUCHANAN, EDNA (Rydzik) (1939- ) (chron.)

• * The English Tourist, (ss)
  • Mystery in the Sunshine State, ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press 1999
• * Foolproof, (ss) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
  • The Plot Thickens, ed. Mary Higgens Clark, Pocket 1997
• * The Hitchhiker, (ss) MHCMM Sum 2000
• * The L.A. Connection, (rr) The Miami Herald Tropic 1995
  • Naked Came the Manatee, ed. Tom Schroder, Putnam’s 1997
• * Miami Heat, (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• * My Most Haunting Case, (ar) MHCMM #1 1996
• * The Red Shoes, (ss) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
  • MHCMM Sum 1999
• * The Widow’s Secret [Britt Montero], (ss) MHCMM Sum 1998

_____, [ref.]

• * “Miami Is Her Beat” by Cheryl Silimini, (bg) MHCMM Spr 1997

BUCHANAN, EILEEN-MARIE DUELL (1922- ); see pseudonyms Clare Curzon & Rhona Petrie (chron.)

BUCHANAN, GINJER (chron.)

• * Catachresis, (ss) More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993

BUCHANAN, W. W. (chron.)

• * In the Cellar, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008

BUCHER-JONES, SIMON (chron.)

• * Some Thoughts on the Problem of Order, (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

BUCHHOLZ, JOHN (chron.)

• * The Sauerkraut Plant, (ss)
  • Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 2, ed. Stephen Beals, Chapel Street 1992

BUCHIN, JOSH (chron.)

• * Dreams in Black and White, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2002

BUCHWALD, ART(hur) (1925-2007) (chron.)

• * I’ll Always Have Paris, (ex) 1996
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

BUCK, ANITA (chron.)

• * The Way You See It, (ss) EQMM Oct 7 1981

BUCK, PAUL (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Twisting the Blade, (ss) New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1990
• * Vintage Corner: Day Keene (1904-1969), (bg) Constable New Crimes 1, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1992

BUCK, PEARL S(ydenstricker) (1892-1973) (chron.)

• * The Good River, (ss)
  • Bedside Tales of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Anon., Panther 1963
• * A Man’s Foes, (nv) This Week 1940
  • World’s Greatest Spy Stories, ed. Kurt Singer, W.H. Allen 1954
  • The Saint Detective Magazine Apr 1958
  • The Secret Agent’s Badge of Courage, ed. Kurt Singer, Belmont 1961
  • Danger Is the Password: Stories of Wartime Spies, ed. Phyllis R. Fenner, Morrow 1965
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
• * Ransom, (nv) Cosmopolitan Oct 1938
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • EQMM Jun 1955
  • Nobel Crimes, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1992
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000

BUCKELL, TOBIAS S(amuel) (1979- ) (chron.)

• * The People’s Machine, (nv) Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders, Solaris 2008

BUCKLAND, AUDREY CHARLOTTE NELSON (1921-2008); see pseudonym Audrey Peterson (chron.)

BUCKLEY, F(rederick) R(obert) (1896-196?) (chron.)

• * Of a Vanishment, (ss) Adventure Mar 1 1930
  • Pulp Vault #7 1990

BUCKLEY, FIONA; pseudonym of Valerie May Florence Anand, (1937- ) (chron.)

• * The King’s First Achievement [Ursula Stannard], (ss) The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2006

BUCKLEY, KATHLEEN (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Waste, (ss) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991

BUCKLEY, WILLIAM F(rank), Jr. (1925-2008) (chron.)

• * Marco Polo, If You Can, (ex)
  • Crime Digest May/Jun 1982

BUCKMAN, DANIEL (chron.)

• * Pure Products, (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (Roscoe & Claremont).

BUCKNER, VIC; pseudonym of Barry Forshaw (chron.)

• * Murder, Torture and Depravity with Ingrid Pitt, (iv) Crime Time #23 2001

BUDEWITZ, LESLIE (chron.)

• * Driving to the Warhouse, (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• * The End of the Line, (ss) AHMM Dec 2006

BUDRYS, ALGIRDAS JONAS (1931-2008); see under Algis Budrys (chron.)

BUDRYS, ALGIS; working name of Algirdas Jonas Budrys, (1931-2008) (chron.)

• * The Master of the Hounds, (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 27 1966
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * A Scraping at the Bones, (ss) Analog May 1975
  • Future Crimes, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2003

BUENTELLO, JOHN P. (chron.)

• * A Certain Recollection, (ss) The Blue Religion, ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown 2008

BUFFA, DENISE (chron.)

• * Mommy Wears a Wire, (ss) Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth, ed. Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock, Akashic Books 2008; (Borough Park).

BUGGÉ, CAROLE (Elizabeth) (1953- ) (chron.)

• * The Madness of Colonel Warburton (ascribed to Dashiell Hammett) [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996
• * The Revenge of the Fenian Brotherhood [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1998
• * SHMM Speaks with Ron Goulart, (iv) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #1 2008
• * The Strange Case of the Haunted Freighter [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #1 2008
• * The Strange Case of the Tongue-Tied Tenor [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
• * The Strange Case of the Voodoo Priestess [Sherlock Holmes], (na) Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004

BUICE, THOMAS (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Bank Robbing 101, (vi) AHMM Jan 1993
  ___ Birth of a Cry Wolfe Complex, (vi) AHMM Oct 1992

BUKOWSKI, CHARLES (1920-1994) (chron.)

• * Hit Man, (ss) South of No North, Black Sparrow Press 1973
  • The Killing Spirit, ed. Jay Hopler, The Overlook Press 1996

BULEY, BERNARD; writing name of Ernest Bernhardt Buley, (1899-1973); see pseudonym Bat Masters (chron.)

BULL, GEORGE (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * from The Prince, by Niccolò Machiavelli, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

BULLARD, BARBARA C. (chron.)

• * Are You Done?, (vi) EQMM Oct 1990

BULLETT, GERALD (William) (1893-1958) (chron.)

• * Dearth’s Farm, (ss) The Street of the Eye, London: John Lane 1923
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994

BULLOCK, MICHAEL (1918- ) (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * from The Face of the Third Reich, by Joachim C. Fest, (ex) 1963
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

BULWER-LYTTON, [Sir] EDWARD (George Earle) (1803-1873) (chron.)

• * The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain, (nv) Blackwood’s Aug 1859
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934; long version
  • Mystery, ed. A. K. Barton, London: Dent 1937; long version

BUNCE, WILLIAM (chron.)

• * The Dangling Woman, (ss) AHMM Jan 1988
• * The Price of Tomatoes, (ss) AHMM Mar 1987
  • Garden of Deadly Delights, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * Things, (ss) AHMM Feb 1989

BUNIN, IVAN (Alexsieevich) (1870-1953) (chron.)

• * The Gentleman from San Francisco, (ss) The Dial Jan 1922
  • Nobel Crimes, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1992

BUNKER, EDWARD (1933-2005) (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * The PWG Interview with Eddie Bunker, (iv) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2003
• * “A Quick Word with Eddie Bunker” by Peter Walker, (iv) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

BUONI, ANTHONY (chron.)

• * The Artistic Impulse, (ss) North Florida Noir, ed. Michael Lister, Pottersville Press 2006
• * The Fairy’s Shadow , (ss) North Florida Noir, ed. Michael Lister, Pottersville Press 2006

BURANELLI, MARGUERITE (chron.)

• * First Principle, (pm) EQMM Feb 11 1980
• * Tree Surgeon, (pm) EQMM Feb 11 1980
• * Upward Mobility, (pm) EQMM Feb 11 1980
• * What’s In a Name?, (pm) EQMM Feb 11 1980

BURCH, ROBERT S. (chron.)

• * Paid in Full, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #44 2004

BURCHETT, JAN (chron.)

• * Doing the Bank (with Sara Vogler), (ss) The Young Oxford Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Dennis Hamley, Oxford University Press 2003

BURDETT, JOHN (1951- ) (chron.)

• * The Enlightenment of Magnus McKay, (ss) WlSNoir 2007; (Bangkok, Thailand).

BURDETTE, KATHRYN (chron.)

• * The Biggest Crime (with John Beyer), (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

BURFIELD, JANE (chron.)

• * Crocodile Suitcase, (ss) Bloody Words: the anthology, ed. Caro Soles & Cheryl Freedman, Baskerville Books 2003
• * Slow Death and Taxes, (ss) Bloody Words: the anthology, ed. Caro Soles & Cheryl Freedman, Baskerville Books 2003

BURGAMY, ELIZABETH W. (chron.)

• * No Lover of Cats, (ss) EQMM May 1987

BURGAUER, STEVEN (E.) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 7: Prairie Dawgs, (rr) Accent Mar 13 1998

BURGE, MILWARD (Rodon) KENNEDY (1894-1968); see pseudonym Milward Kennedy (chron.)

BURGER, WOLFGANG (chron.)

• * Countdown, (vi) 2001; first published in Karlsruhe 2000.
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002

BURGESS, ANTHONY; pseudonym of John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (1917-1993) (chron.)

• * The Endless Voyager, (ss) The Devil’s Mode, Random House 1989
  • EQMM Jul 1990
• * Murder to Music [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Devil’s Mode, Random House 1989
  • EQMM Jan 1991

BURGESS, BUDGE (chron.)

• * Cold Call, (ss) EQMM Jun 2004
• * Heritage Trail, (ss) EQMM Aug 2002
• * School Daze, (ss) EQMM Jun 2003

BURGESS, (Frank) GELETT (1866-1951) (chron.)

• * The Denton Boudoir Mystery [as by Anonymous; Astrogen Kerby (Astro)], (nv) 1912
  • Classic Mystery Stories, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1999