Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

CAVERLY, CAROL (chron.)

• * My Gal Monday, (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996

CAVIN, RUTH (chron.)

• * Even Gamblers Have to Eat, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

CEASAR, BRUCE E. (1954- ) (chron.)

• * The House That Walt Built, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984

CECIL, HENRY; pseudonym of Henry Cecil Leon, (1902-1976) (chron.)

• * No Bail for the Judge [Chapter 1], (ex) Chapman 1952
  • Crime: Free Classic Crime Sampler, ed. Anon., House of Stratus 2001
• * On Principle, (ss) Full Circle, Chapman and Hall 1948
  • Twelve Women Detective Stories, ed. Laura Marcus, Oxford University Press 1997

CENE, AL (chron.)

• * Halloween, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

CENEDELLA, ROBERT (chron.)

• * Flies with Honey, (ss) EQMM Apr 1992
• * The Meeting Comes to Order, (ss) AHMM Dec 1992
• * Once a Writer..., (ss) EQMM Jan 1993
  • Murder by the Book, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995

CEREN, SANDRA LEVY (1932- ) (chron.)

• * Gulliver’s Travails, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #34 2003
• * Memento, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #37 2003
• * Silver Is Better than Gold [Dr. Cory Cohen], (ss) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001
• * Summer Holiday, (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

CHABON, MICHAEL (1963- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Editor’s Notebook, (in)
  • McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003
• * The Martian Agent, a Planetary Romance, (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003
• * This Book Benefits 826 Valencia (with Dave Eggers), (ms)
  • McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

CHABOT, J. R. (chron.)

• * And Miles to Go, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2002
• * Quid Pro Quo, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * Quite Contrary, (ss) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997

CHABOT, JOHN (chron.)

• * A Double Homicide, (pm) Murderous Intent Spr 1999

CHABOT, RAY (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ The Switch, (vi) AHMM Mar 2003

CHADWICK, PAUL (chron.)

• * Ambassador of Doom [as by Brant House; Secret Agent X], (na) Secret Agent X May 1934
• * Doctor Zero, (ss) Ten Detective Aces Apr 1933
  • Pulp Review Jan 1993
• * Murder Bait, (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jun 1935
  • Pulp Review Jul 1994
• * Steel Corpse [Wade Hammond], (ss) Ten Detective Aces Feb 1934
  • Pulp Vault #8 1991
• * Tarantula Bait, (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Sep 1932
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

CHAFIN, KYLE E. (chron.)

• * Alternate Ending #2, (ms) EQMM Nov 1990

CHALET, STEPHAN E. (chron.)

• * This Little Pig Goes to Market..., (ss) Mammoth Detective Aug 1943
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

CHAMBERS, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

• * Aardvark to Aztec, (ss) 2002
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003
• * Doggy Style, (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

CHAMBERS, JAMES (chron.)

• * The Roaches in the Walls, (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

CHAMBERS, ROBERT W(illiam) (1865-1933) (chron.)

• * The Purple Emperor, (nv) The Mystery of Choice, Appleton 1897
  • Detection by Gaslight, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1997
• * The Seal of Solomon Cipher [“Solomon’s Seal”; Westrel Keen], (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 31 1906
  • AHMM Nov 1989
• * Solomon’s Seal [Westrel Keen], (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 31 1906; also as “The Seal of Solomon Cipher”.

CHAMBERS, WILLIAM E. (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Another Night to Remember, (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
• * Don’t Kill a Karate Fighter, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1972
  • Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Night Service, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1985
• * The Rationalist, (ss) EQMM Apr 2000

CHAMOT, A. E. (chron.)

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• * The Shooting Party, by Anton Chekhov, (ex) 1964
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

CHAMPION, D(’Arcy) L(yndon) (1902-1968); see pseudonym Jack D’Arcy (chron.)

• * Footprints on a Brain, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1938
  • Hard-Boiled Detectives, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Gramercy Books 1992
• * Imperfect Alibi, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1943
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Let Me Live, (ss) Double Detective Dec 1938
  • High Adventure #70 2003

CHAN, C. M. (chron.)

• * The Birthday Murder, (nv) AHMM Jul 1994
• * The Body in the Boot, (nv) AHMM May 2002
• * Bones in the Rose Garden, (na) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997
• * The Charnwood Forest Murder, (na) AHMM Jun 1992
• * Death in the Dales, (nv) AHMM Jan 1999
• * The Dressing Table Murder, (nv) AHMM Oct 1988
  • Murder Most Cozy, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Signet 1993
• * The Model Murders, (nv) AHMM Dec 2000
• * Murder at Christmas, (na) AHMM Jan 1991
  • Murder at Christmas, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
  • Merry Murder, ed. Cynthia Manson, Seafarer 1994
• * Murder at Rokeby House, (na) AHMM Mar 1995
  • Murder at Teatime, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * Murder in the Garden, (nv) AHMM Mar 1989
• * Murder in the Vestry, (nv) AHMM Oct 1995
• * The Recalcitrant Witness, (nv) AHMM May 1993

CHANCE, GEORGE; pseudonym of George Thomas Roberts, (1910-1968) (chron.)

• * The Case of the Laughing Corpse [The Ghost], (na) The Ghost Detective Fll 1940
  • Action Adventure Stories #4 1997

CHANDLER, BRUCE (chron.)

• * Soft Captive of Terror Mountain, (nv) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962

CHANDLER, C. K. (chron.)

• * The Inspector’s Small Frustration, (ss) Espionage Magazine Jun 1986

CHANDLER, MARVA (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ On the Street Where You Live, (vi) AHMM Jan 1991

CHANDLER, RAYMOND (Thornton) (1888-1959) (chron.)

• * The Curtain [Carmady], (nv) Black Mask Sep 1936
  • EQMM Sep 1965
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994
• * from “Casual Notes on the Mystery Novel”, (ex) Raymond Chandler Speaking 1962
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * from “The Simple Art of Murder”, (ar) Atlantic Monthly Dec 1944
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from The Big Sleep, (ex) 1939
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * I’ll Be Waiting, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 14 1939
  • Fallen Angels, ed. Anon., Grove Press 1993
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
• * The King in Yellow, (na) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1938
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Bellew Publishing 1990
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Norton 1992
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * The Lady in the Lake, (ex) New York: Knopf 1943
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * The Lady in the Lake [John Dalmas], (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1939
  • Hard-Boiled Detectives, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Gramercy Books 1992
• * The Man Who Liked Dogs [Carmady], (nv) Black Mask Mar 1936
  • Pulp Friction, ed. Peter Haining, London: Souvenir Press 1996
• * Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate [Philip Marlowe], (nv) Daily Mail Apr 6 1959; also as “Philip Marlowe’s Last Case”; also as “The Pencil”.
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
• * No Crime in the Mountains, (na) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1941
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000
• * Noon Street Nemesis, (ex) Detective Fiction Weekly May 30 1936; also as “Pick-Up on Noon Street”.
• * The Pencil [“Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate”; Philip Marlowe], (nv) Daily Mail Apr 6 1959
  • Manhunt Feb 1961
  • EQMM Jan 1962
  • Twelve American Detective Stories, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Oxford University Press 1997
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999
• * Philip Marlowe’s Last Case [“Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate”; Philip Marlowe], (nv) Daily Mail Apr 6 1959
  • Kingpins, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Pick-Up on Noon Street [“Noon Street Nemesis”], (ex) Detective Fiction Weekly May 30 1936
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * Red Wind [John Dalmas], (na) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1938
  • Twelve American Crime Stories, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
  • A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005

_____, [ref.]

• * “Chandlerizing and Parker’s Big Sleep” by Michael Avallone, (ar) Hardboiled Detective #12 1991
• * “He Made Words Dance: The Centenary of Raymond Chandler” by Frank MacShane, (bg) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988

CHANNELL, CARRIE (chron.)

• * Coffee and Murder, (ss) Felonious Felines, ed. Carol & Ed Gorman, Five Star 2000

CHAON, DAN (chron.)

• * The Bees, (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

CHAPIN, WILLIAM (chron.)

• * The Gang, (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998

CHAPMAN, ARTHUR (Edward) (1873-1935) (chron.)

• * The Unmasking of Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes], (vi) The Critic Feb 1905
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

CHAPMAN, DIANE (chron.)

• * The Glove, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1984
• * Stuck for the Solution, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1984
• * The Sweetest Revenge, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1980

CHAPMAN, DIANNE (chron.)

• * The Diamond Ring, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981

CHAPMAN, GEORGE (1559?-1634) (chron.)

• * I Worked the Parole Racket, (nf) Scientific Detective Annual 1944

CHAPONDA, DALISO (chron.)

• * Heroic Proportions, (ss) EQMM Jun 2005

CHAPPELL, FRED (Davis) (1936- ) (chron.)

• * The Encyclopedia Daniel, (ss) 1996
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

CHARBY, JAY; pseudonym of Harlan Ellison, (1934- ) (chron.)

• * Mad Dog! (with Henry Slesar), (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Aug 1957
• * Murder Makes a Pick Up!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957

CHARD, DOROTHY DOREEN (1916- ); see pseudonym Judy Chard (chron.)

CHARD, JUDY; pseudonym of Dorothy Doreen Chard, (1916- ) (chron.)

• * Rough Justice, (ss) John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book, 1976, ed. Herbert Harris, Hodder Stoughton 1975
  • AHMM Aug 13 1980

CHARLES, HAL; pseudonym of Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Hare Apparent, (vi) EQMM Jan 28 1981
• * Birthday Surprise, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
• * Daddy’s Girl, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1982
• * Dear Amity, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1981
• * The Death of Doc Virgo, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004
• * Draw Play, (ss) EQMM May 2003
• * Felix Culpa, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1982
• * Final Score, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984
• * The Five Sides of Murder, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1982
• * Human Interest Angle, (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980
• * Iced, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1982
• * In the Key of Murder, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1981
• * Moody’s Blues, (nv) EQMM Nov 2002
  • Mystery: The Best of 2002, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2003
• * The Peacemakers, (vi) Hardboiled #9 1988
• * The Playhouse Murder, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982
• * Playing for Keeps, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1983
• * The Prince Perplex, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1983
• * Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth, (ss) EQMM Jun 1999
• * Sign of Murder, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 1989
• * Slave Wall, (nv) EQMM Jul 2000
• * Sudden Death, (ss) EQMM Apr 7 1980
• * The Talk-Show Murder, (ss) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• * Trial by Fire, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1983
• * The Turning Point, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1980
• * Welcome to the Big Leagues, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1981
• * Written Off, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1982

CHARLES, KATE; pseudonym of Carol A. Chase, (1950- ) (chron.)

• * The Murder at the Vicarage, (ss) Malice Domestic 9, Joan Hess, Avon 2000
• * Sheep’s Clothing, (ss) EQMM Feb 1995
  • Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
• * That Old Eternal Triangle, (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000
• * Through a Glass, Darkly, (ss) Murder Most Catholic, ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House 2002
• * True Confessions, (ss) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997

_____, [ref.]

• * “Kate Charles talks to Dean James” by Dean James, (iv) Crime Time #23 2001