Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

CHARLES, PAUL (1950- ) (chron.)

• * Fountain of Sorrow [Insp. Christy Kennedy], (ex) 1999
  • Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• * Frankie and Johnny Were Lovers?, (ss) Fresh Blood 3, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1999
• * In the Midnight Hour, (ss)
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
• * The Silent Server, (ss) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998

CHARLES, RENÉE M. (chron.)

• * Nudes Ascending a Staircase, (nv) Sexcrime, ed. Cecilia Tan, Circlet Press 2000

CHARLES, ROBERT; pseudonym of Robert Charles Smith, (1938- ) (chron.)

• * Cause for Alarm, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Jun 1962
  • John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book, 1975, ed. Herbert Harris, Hodder Stoughton 1974

CHARLTON, FORD (chron.)

• * A Noise in the Night, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

CHARTERIS, LESLIE; [born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin] (1907-1993) (books) (chron.)

• * The Affair of Hogsbotham [“The Saint at Bay”; Simon Templar], (na) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 6 1938
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
• * All Aboard for Shanghai! [Simon Templar], (ss) The American Magazine Feb 1936; also as “The Rhine Maiden”.
• * The Appalling Politician [“Third Degree Fires”; Simon Templar], (ss) Empire News Oct 16 1932
  • The Saint Detective Magazine Jan 1955
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
• * The Arrow of God [Simon Templar], (nv) EQMM Sep 1949
  • The Saint Magazine Jul 1984
• * Black Face [Simon Templar], (na) The Thriller Jun 6 1931; also as “The Million Pound Day”.
• * The Book of Fate [Simon Templar], (na) The Thriller Feb 10 1934; also as “The Simon Templar Foundation”.
• * The Death Penalty [Simon Templar], (na) Star Novels Magazine Fll 1933
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
• * Editorial, (ed) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984
• * The Five Kings [Simon Templar], (na) The Thriller May 4 1929; also as “The Man Who Was Clever”.
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
• * The High Fence [“The Man Who Knew”; Simon Templar], (na) The Thriller Jun 16 1934
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
• * The Inventions of Oscar Newdick [Simon Templar], (ss) Empire News Oct 15 1933; also as “The Newdick Helicopter”.
• * The Last Word, (aw)
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
• * The Man Who Knew [Simon Templar], (na) The Thriller Jun 16 1934; also as “The High Fence”.
• * The Man Who Was Clever [“The Five Kings”; Simon Templar], (na) The Thriller May 4 1929
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
• * The Million Pound Day [“Black Face”; Simon Templar], (na) The Thriller Jun 6 1931
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
• * The Mystery of the Child’s Toy [Simon Templar], (ss) The Saint Intervenes, Doubleday 1934
  • Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
• * The Newdick Helicopter [“The Inventions of Oscar Newdick”; Simon Templar], (ss) Empire News Oct 15 1933
  • Detective Stories, ed. Philip Pullman, Kingfisher 1998
• * Paris Adventure [Simon Templar], (ss) The American Magazine Jan 1934
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
• * The Rhine Maiden [“All Aboard for Shanghai!”; Simon Templar], (ss) The American Magazine Feb 1936
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * The Russian Prisoner [Simon Templar], (nv) The Saint Detective Magazine Oct 1963
  • The Saint Magazine Jun 1984
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
• * The Saint and the Siren [Simon Templar], (ss) The American Magazine Jun 1936; also as “The Smart Detective”.
• * The Saint at Bay [Simon Templar], (na) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 6 1938; also as “The Affair of Hogsbotham”.
• * Shanghaied! [Simon Templar], (ss) Empire News Sep 4 1932; also as “The Unblemished Bootlegger”.
• * The Simon Templar Foundation [“The Book of Fate”; Simon Templar], (na) The Thriller Feb 10 1934
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
• * The Slave Driver Sees the Red Light [Simon Templar], (ss) Empire News Nov 5 1933; also as “The Sleepless Knight”.
• * The Sleepless Knight [“The Slave Driver Sees the Red Light”; Simon Templar], (ss) Empire News Nov 5 1933
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
• * The Smart Detective [“The Saint and the Siren”; Simon Templar], (ss) The American Magazine Jun 1936
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
• * The Smashing of Another Racket [Simon Templar], (ss) Empire News Nov 12 1933
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * The Story of a Dead Man [Simon Templar], (na) The Thriller Mar 2 1929
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
• * Third Degree Fires [Simon Templar], (ss) Empire News Oct 16 1932; also as “The Appalling Politician”.
• * The Unblemished Bootlegger [“Shanghaied!”; Simon Templar], (ss) Empire News Sep 4 1932
  • The Gourmet Crook Book, ed. Tony Wilmot, Everest Books 1976
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
• * The Uncertain Widow [Simon Templar], (ss) New York News 1947
  • The Saint Magazine Aug 1984
• * The Unfortunate Financier [“The Whipping of Uncle Oates”; Simon Templar], (ss) Empire News Oct 8 1933
  • The Saint Detective Magazine Sep 1956
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
• * The Unlicensed Victuallers [Simon Templar], (na) 1937
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990
• * The Whipping of Uncle Oates [Simon Templar], (ss) Empire News Oct 8 1933; also as “The Unfortunate Financier”.
• * Won by a Neck [Simon Templar], (ss) Empire News Sep 11 1932
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * The Wonderful War [Simon Templar], (na) 1931; revised from “The Judgement of the Joker”, The Thriller #17, 1 Jun. 1929.
  • The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1933
  • The First Saint Omnibus, International Polygonics 1990

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• * “‘The Saint’ Speaks” by Paul M. James, (ar) The Armchair Detective Sum 1990

CHARYN, JEROME (1937- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Countess Kathleen, (nv) The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001
• * Introduction, (in)
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
• * Little Leo, (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
• * Young Isaac, (ss) The Armchair Detective Sum 1990

CHASE, CAROL A. (1950- ); see pseudonym Kate Charles (chron.)

CHASE, ED; pseudonym of Robert Silverberg, (1935- ) (chron.)

• * The Killer and the Blonde, (nv) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1961
• * Psycho Killer, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1960

CHASE, ELAINE RACO (1949- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet 1994

CHASE, FRANCIS, Jr. (chron.)

• * They Tell No Tales, (vi) Detective Fiction Weekly May 17 1941
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

CHASE, JAMES HADLEY; pseudonym of René Brabazon Raymond, (1906-1985) (chron.)

• * Get a Load of This, (ss) 1942
  • Pulp Friction, ed. Peter Haining, London: Souvenir Press 1996
• * Morning Visit, (ss)
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * You’re Dead Without Money [Chapter 1], (ex) London: Robert Hale 1972
  • Crime: Free Classic Crime Sampler, ed. Anon., House of Stratus 2001

CHASE, ROBERT DAVID; pseudonym of Ed Gorman, (1941- ) (chron.)

• * Fathers, Inc., (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994

CHASTAIN, THOMAS (1921-1994) (chron.)

• * Admissible Evidence, (nv) A Body Is Found, Wynwood Press 1990
• * Area Code 212, (nv) Missing in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1992
• * Tête-à-Tête, (ss) Justice in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1994

CHATRIAN, ALEXANDRE (1826-1890); see pseudonym Erckmann-Chatrian (chron.)

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (c1340-1400) (chron.)

• * from The Physician’s Tale, (ex)
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

CHAVEZ, KEONI (chron.)

• * The Smiling Man [Chambers Nick], (ss) Fog City Nocturne, ed. B. J. West, Apocryphile Press 2006

CHEEVER, JOHN (1912-1982) (chron.)

• * Montraldo, (ss) New Yorker Jun 6 1964
  • Murder & Other Acts of Literature, ed. Michele Slung, St. Martin’s 1997

CHEHAK, SUSAN TAYLOR (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Coulda Been You, (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992

CHEKHOV, ANTON (Pavlovich) (1860-1904) (chron.)

• * The Bet, (ss)
  • Masterpieces of Surprise, ed. James L. Monahan, Hart 1966
• * The Black Monk, (nv) The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories, Chatto & Windus
  • Sins of the Fathers, ed. Mark Bryant, Gollancz 1997; tr. by Constance Garnett
• * The Safety Match, (nv)
  • EQMM Jul 1965
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * The Shooting Party, (ex) 1964
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993; tr. by A. E. Chamot

CHENOWETH, MARGARET (chron.)

• * Look for the Union Label, (ss) EQMM Feb 1988

CHERRY, CAROLYN JANICE (1942- ); see under C. J. Cherryh; see under Cherryh, C. J. (chron.)

CHERRYH, C. J.; working name of Carolyn Janice Cherry, (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Mech, (ss) Futurecrime, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Fine 1992

CHESBRO, GEORGE (Clark) (1940- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Book of Shadows [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1975
  • In the House of Secret Enemies, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * Candala [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)], (ss) An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1988
  • In the House of Secret Enemies, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * Country for Sale [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1973
  • In the House of Secret Enemies, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * Dark Hole on a Silent Planet [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)], (nv) AHMM Nov 1973
  • In the House of Secret Enemies, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * The Drop [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1971
  • In the House of Secret Enemies, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * Falling Star [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)], (nv) AHMM Nov 1974
  • In the House of Secret Enemies, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * First Strike, (ss) EQMM Dec 1991
• * Forced Moves, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• * Four Knights Game, (nv) AHMM Sep 1974
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Haunts, (ss) EQMM Oct 1993
• * The Healer [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)], (ss) AHMM Aug 1974
  • In the House of Secret Enemies, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * High Wire [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)], (nv) AHMM Mar 1972
  • In the House of Secret Enemies, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * Imagine This, (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
• * Introduction: The Birth of a Series Character, (ar) The Writer Mar 1989
  • In the House of Secret Enemies, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * The Lazarus Gate, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• * Lone Wolf, (nv) EQMM Jul 1993
• * Model Town, (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000
• * Priests, (ss) AHMM Sep 1991
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * The Problem with the Pigs, (ss) EQMM Jun 1997
• * Rage [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)], (nv) AHMM Feb 1973
  • In the House of Secret Enemies, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * Tiger in the Snow [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1976
  • In the House of Secret Enemies, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * Tomb, (nv) AHMM Oct 1993
• * Unmarked Graves, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997
  • Cutting Edge, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * The White Bear, (ss) EQMM May 1992

CHESHIRE, ELLEN (chron.)

• * Audio World, (ar) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

CHESHIRE, SIMON (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Dented Computer, (ss) The Young Oxford Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Dennis Hamley, Oxford University Press 2003

CHESMORE, ROBERT (chron.)

• * Blues in the Night, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1985
• * The Long Ball, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1981
• * The Mayor Thornton Battery Caper, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1983
• * See Jack Run, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1983
• * Twins, (ss) AHMM Oct 1984

CHESNEY, MARION (1936- ); see pseudonym M. C. Beaton (chron.)

CHESNUTT, CHARLES W(addell) (1858-1932) (chron.)

• * The Web of Circumstance, (ss)
  • Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992

CHESTERTON, G(ilbert) K(eith) (1874-1936) (books) (chron.)

• * The Absence of Mr. Glass [Father Brown], (ss) McClure’s Nov 1912
  • Father Brown Crime Stories, Avenel 1990
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Bellew Publishing 1990
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Norton 1992
• * The Blue Cross [Father Brown], (nv) The Storyteller Sep 1910
  • AHMM Aug 1983
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
  • Father Brown Crime Stories, Avenel 1990
  • Crime: Free Classic Crime Sampler, ed. Anon., House of Stratus 2001
• * A Defence of Detective Stories [“The Value of Detective Stories”], (ar) The Speaker Jun 22 1901
  • Seven Suspects, Carroll & Graf 1990
• * Dr. Hyde, Detective, and the White Pillars Murder, (ss) English Life Jan 1925
  • EQMM Sep 1945
  • Murder at Teatime, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * Dr. Hyde, Detective, and the White Pillars Murder, (ss) English Life Jan 1925; also as “The White Pillars Murder”.
• * The Duel of Dr. Hirsch [Father Brown], (nv) The Pall Mall Magazine Aug 1914
  • Father Brown Crime Stories, Avenel 1990
• * The Eye of Apollo [Father Brown], (ss) Cassell’s Mar 1911
  • Father Brown Crime Stories, Avenel 1990
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
  • Detection by Gaslight, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1997