Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

CASTLE, JAMES (chron.)

• * Condition of Sale, (vi) EQMM Apr 1989

CASTLE, MORT (chron.)

• * Gotham City Spring: a suite [Batman], (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman Volume 3, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1993
• * The Keeper of Hellsgate Inn, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1982

CASTNER, B. M. (chron.)

• * The Professor and The Valley of Fear [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) West by One and by One, ed. Anon. (Poul Anderson), The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County 1965

CASTRO, ADAM-TROY (books) (chron.)

• * Afterword, (aw)
  • Tangled Strings, Five Star 2003
• * The Funeral March of the Marionettes [Marionettes], (na) F&SF Jul 1997
  • Tangled Strings, Five Star 2003
• * The Magic Bullet Theory, (na) Skull Full of Spurs: A Roundup of Weird Westerns, ed. Jason Bovberg & Kirk Whitham, Dark Highway Press 2000
  • Tangled Strings, Five Star 2003
• * Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earl’s, (na) Analog Jun 2001
  • Tangled Strings, Five Star 2003
• * The Tangled Strings of the Marionettes [Marionettes], (na) F&SF Jul 2003
  • Tangled Strings, Five Star 2003
• * Unseen Demons, (na) Analog Jul/Aug 2002
  • Tangled Strings, Five Star 2003

CASTRO, BRIAN (Albert) (1950- ) (chron.)

• * Poet’s Ridge, (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993
• * Portfolio, (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992

CATERER, CLAIRE M. (chron.)

• * Death on the Reach, (ss) EQMM Jul 1994
• * Final Answers, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997
• * Suitable for Framing, (nv) AHMM Sep 1994

CATHER, WILLA (Sibert) (1873-1947) (chron.)

• * Consequences, (ss) McClure’s Nov 1915
  • AHMM Mar 1995
• * from O Pioneers!, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Paul’s Case, (nv) McClure’s May 1905
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000

CATT, DIANA (chron.)

• * Photo Finish, (ss) Racing Can Be Murder, ed. Brenda R. Stewart & Tony Perona, Blue River Press 2007

CAUDWELL, SARAH; pseudonym of Sarah Cockburn, (1939-2000) (chron.)

• * An Acquaintance with Mr. Collins, (ss) A Suit of Diamonds, ed. Anon., Collins 1990
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
• * Cryptic Crime Acrostic (with Michael Z. Lewin), (pz) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
  • 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * Malice Among Friends, (vi) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
• * The Triumph of Eve, (ss) Women Before the Bench, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Prime Crime 2001

_____, [ref.]

• * “Distressing News from the Continent: Travel Correspondence in the Mysteries of Sarah Caudwell” by Art Taylor, (ar) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

CAUNITZ, WILLIAM J. (1933-1996) (chron.)

• * Dying Time, (ss) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996

CAUSEY, JAMES O(liver, Jr.) (1924-2003) (chron.)

• * Seventh Round Homicide, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 1946
  • Detective Story Annual 1948, ed. Daisy Bacon, Street & Smith 1948

CAUSEY, TONI McGEE (chron.)

• * A Failure to Communicate, (ss) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008

CAUSLEY, CHARLES (1917- ) (chron.)

• * The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Innocents Song, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

CAVALIERI, JOEY (chron.)

• * Help! I Am a Prisoner [Batman], (ss) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990
  • Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997

CAVE, GEOFFREY; see pseudonym Geoffrey Vace (chron.)

CAVE, HUGH B(arnett) (1910-2004); see pseudonyms Allen Beck, Justin Case & Carl Hughes (books) (chron.)

• * Appointment with Yesterday, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 24 1941
  • AHMM Jun 1984
• * Beards Grow Slowly, (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 5 1939
  • Come Into My Parlor, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Blood for the Wolf-Pack, (ss) Thrilling Mystery May 1938
  • High Adventure May 2006
• * Blood in the House, (ss) Thrilling Mystery Jun 1936
  • High Adventure May 2006
• * Boomerang, (ss) Argosy Jun 10 1939
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Bottled in Blonde [Peter Kane], (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1 1935
  • Bottled in Blonde, Fedogan & Bremer 2000
• * The Brand of Kane [Peter Kane], (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 15 1935
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Bottled in Blonde, Fedogan & Bremer 2000
• * But Few Are Chosen, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 21 1939
  • Come Into My Parlor, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Caller, (ss) AHMM Nov 1993
  • Mystery Cats 3, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1995
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * Come Into My Parlor, (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 16 1939
  • Come Into My Parlor, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Course of Justice, (ss) EQMM Oct 1965
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Curtain Call, (ss) Black Mask Nov 1938
  • Long Live the Dead, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Dead Dog, (ss) Black Mask Mar 1937
  • Long Live the Dead, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Dead Don’t Swim [Peter Kane], (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1941
  • Bottled in Blonde, Fedogan & Bremer 2000
• * Deadline, (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 13 1937
  • Come Into My Parlor, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Ding Dong Belle [Peter Kane], (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1941
  • Hard-Boiled Detectives, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Gramercy Books 1992
  • Bottled in Blonde, Fedogan & Bremer 2000
• * Easy to Kill, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 18 1940
  • Come Into My Parlor, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Final Game, (ss) Whispers Oct 1983
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Footprint, (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 8 1939
  • Come Into My Parlor, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Footprints in Perdu, (ss) Whispers V, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1985
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Footsteps in the Night, (vi) 1962
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Bottled in Blonde, Fedogan & Bremer 2000
• * Fourth Floor Front, (ss) Outlaws of the West Mar/Apr 1932
  • High Adventure #29 1996
• * Front Page Frame-Up [Jeff Cardin], (nv) Black Mask Feb 1941
  • Long Live the Dead, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Gramps Takes a Hand, (ss) 1944
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Half Way to Hell, (ss) Strange Detective Stories Dec 1933
  • Pulp Review Jul 1994
• * The Hard-Luck Kid, (ss) AHMM Nov 1992
• * Hell on Hume Street [Peter Kane], (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1 1934
  • Bottled in Blonde, Fedogan & Bremer 2000
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Long Live the Dead, Crippen & Landru 2000
  • Come Into My Parlor, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Isle of Truth, (ss) AHMM Oct 1983
• * Joey, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * The Lady Who Left Her Coffin, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1936
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2001
• * The Lady Wore Black, (ss) AHMM Mar 1984
  • Mystery Cats, ed. Anon., Signet 1991
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * The Late Mr. Smythe [Peter Kane], (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1 1934
  • Bottled in Blonde, Fedogan & Bremer 2000
• * Long Live the Dead [as by Allen Beck], (ss) Black Mask Dec 1938
  • Long Live the Dead, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Lost — and Found, (nv) Black Mask Apr 1940
  • Long Live the Dead, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Man Who Looked Sick [Peter Kane], (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1 1935
  • Bottled in Blonde, Fedogan & Bremer 2000
• * The Missing Mr. Lee, (ss) Black Mask Nov 1940
  • Long Live the Dead, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Mistress of Shadows, (nv) AHMM Feb 1985
  • Murder Most Cozy, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Signet 1993
• * Murder at Hand, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 1 1938
  • Come Into My Parlor, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Murder Me Him, (nv) Double Detective May 1940
  • High Adventure #75 2004
• * Naked in Darkness, (ss) EQMM Aug 1965
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * No Place to Hide [Peter Kane], (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1942
  • Bottled in Blonde, Fedogan & Bremer 2000
• * Not Dead But Sleeping, (ss) Double Detective Sep 1940
  • High Adventure Mar 2007
• * A Picture of Guilt, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 3 1940
  • Come Into My Parlor, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Price of Vengeance, (ss) Action Stories Aug 1929; also as “The Red Trail to Zanzibar”, by John Starr.
• * Queer Street, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 10 1937
  • Come Into My Parlor, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Red Devils, (nv) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991
• * Run for Your Life, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1984
• * Satan Wears a Mask, (ss) Detective Yarns Dec 1938
  • High Adventure #53 2000
• * The Screaming Phantom [Peter Kane], (ss) Dime Detective Magazine May 1 1935
  • Bottled in Blonde, Fedogan & Bremer 2000
• * Shadow, (ss) Black Mask Apr 1937
  • Long Live the Dead, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, (nv) Black Mask Dec 1938
  • Long Live the Dead, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Stranger in Town, (nv) Black Mask Apr 1941
  • Long Live the Dead, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Suicide Trail, (nv) Short Stories May 10 1933
  • Pulp Vault #12/13 1992
• * Time for Murder, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 17 1939
  • Come Into My Parlor, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * To the Point, (vi) Tall Tales & Short Stories 1993
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Too Many Women, (ss) Black Mask May 1934
  • Long Live the Dead, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * A Touch of Magic, (ss) The Elk’s Magazine 1974
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Trail of the Torch, (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 19 1936
  • Come Into My Parlor, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Twisted Men, (nv) Thrilling Mystery Mar 1936
  • High Adventure May 2006
• * Vanishing Point, (ss) Northern Frights 2, ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press 1994
  • Murder Most Scottish, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Bob Adey, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1999
• * The Wink, (ss) 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * The Woman at the Pond, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1964
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

_____, [ref.]

• * Checklist of the Books and the Detective and Mystery writings of Hugh B. Cave, (bi)

CAVE, PETER (Leslie) (1940- ) (chron.)

• * Taggart and a Bit of Skulduggery, (ss); based on “Nest of Vipers”.
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

CAVELL, BENJAMIN (chron.)

• * Evolution, (ss)
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, ed. Nelson DeMille, Houghton Mifflin 2004

CAVENEY, ELLANE (chron.)

• * Accidentally Yours, (ss) AHMM Jul 1985

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 (1911-2002) (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, (nv) 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