Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

CHRISTIAN, M. (books) (chron.)

• * Eyes Wide Open, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Introduction (with Maxim Jakubowski), (in)
  • The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003
• * Needle Taste, (ss) 2001; First appeared on www.erratta.com.
  • The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003
• * One After Another, (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997
• * State, (ss) Selling Venus, ed. Cecilia Tan, Circlet Press 1995
  • Sexcrime, ed. Cecilia Tan, Circlet Press 2000
• * Wanted, (ss) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996

CHRISTIAN, PETER; pseudonym of Chris Steinbrunner, (1933-1993) (chron.)

• * Alfred Hitchcock Photoquiz, (pz) AHMM Dec 15 1980

_____, reviews:

• * Crime on Screen, (mr) AHMM Jan 2, Jan 30, Feb 27, Mar 26, Apr 23, May 21, Jun 16, Jul 16, Aug 13, Sep 8, Oct 1, Oct 27, Nov 19 1980

CHRISTIE, AGATHA (Mary Clarissa, née Miller) (1890-1976) (books) (chron.)

• * Accident, (ss) The Daily Express 1929
  • The Listerdale Mystery, Collins 1934
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly [“The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly”; Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Oct 12 1923
  • Mystery Stories, ed. Helen Cresswell, Kingfisher 1996
• * The Adventure of the Cheap Flat [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch May 9 1923
  • Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Volume II, Fontana 1990
• * The Adventure of the Clapham Cook [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Nov 14 1923
  • EQMM Feb 1956
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
• * The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Sep 26 1923
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Detective Stories, ed. Philip Pullman, Kingfisher 1998
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000
• * The Adventure of the King of Clubs [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Mar 21 1923; also as “Beware the King of Clubs”.
• * The Adventure of the Western Star [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Apr 11 1923
  • Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Volume II, Fontana 1990
• * The Affair of the Forged Notes [Tuppence Beresford; Tommy Beresford], (ss) The Sketch Nov 19 1924; also as “The Crackler”.
• * At the Crossroads [Harley Quin], (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Oct 30 1926; also as “The Love Detectives”.
• * Behind the Screen, Chapter II, (rr) The Listener Jun 25 1930
  • AHMM Feb 1996
• * Beware the King of Clubs [“The Adventure of the King of Clubs”; Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Mar 21 1923
  • EQMM May 1955
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * The Blue Geranium [Jane Marple], (ss) The Story-Teller Dec 1929
  • EQMM Mar 1959
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990
  • Senior Sleuths, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley 1996
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
  • Classic Detective Stories, ed. Anon., London: MQ Publications, Ltd. 1999
• * By Road or Rail [Hercule Poirot], (ss) Sunday Dispatch Sep 23 1928; also as “Double Sin”.
• * The Case of the Discontented Soldier [Parker Pyne], (ss) Cosmopolitan Aug 1932
  • Malice Domestic 9, Joan Hess, Avon 2000
• * The Case of the Missing Lady [Tuppence Beresford; Tommy Beresford], (ss) The Sketch Oct 15 1924; also as “The Disappearance of Mrs. Leigh Gordon”.
• * The Case of the Perfect Maid [“The Perfect Maid”; Jane Marple], (ss) The Strand Apr 1942
  • EQMM Jul 1957
  • Mystery, ed. Anon., Houghton Mifflin 1989
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
• * The Case of the Retired Jeweller [Jane Marple], (ss) This Week Nov 16 1941
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
• * The Case of the Veiled Lady [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Oct 3 1923; also as “The Veiled Lady”.
• * A Chess Problem [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Feb 13 1924
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • EQMM Aug 1972
  • Sinister Gambits, ed. Richard Peyton, Souvenir Press 1991
• * A Christmas Tragedy [Jane Marple], (ss) The Story-Teller Jan 1930; also as “Never Two Without Three; or, A Christmas Tragedy”.
• * A Christmas Tragedy [“The Hat and the Alibi”; Jane Marple], (ss) The Story-Teller Jan 1930
  • Crime for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1991
• * The Cornish Mystery [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Nov 28 1923
  • Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Volume II, Fontana 1990
• * The Crackler [“The Affair of the Forged Notes”; Tuppence Beresford; Tommy Beresford], (ss) The Sketch Nov 19 1924
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Mar 28 1923
  • Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Volume II, Fontana 1990
• * The Disappearance of Mrs. Leigh Gordon [“The Case of the Missing Lady”; Tuppence Beresford; Tommy Beresford], (ss) The Sketch Oct 15 1924
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • EQMM Sep 1973
• * Double Sin [“By Road or Rail”; Hercule Poirot], (ss) Sunday Dispatch Sep 23 1928
  • Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Volume II, Fontana 1990
• * The Dream [Hercule Poirot], (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 23 1937
  • The Strand Feb 1938
  • EQMM Dec 1964
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
• * Easy to Kill [Murder Is Easy], (n.) London: Collins 1939
  • Five Complete Novels of Murder and Detection, Avenel 1991
• * Evil Under the Sun [Hercule Poirot], (n.) London: Collins 1941
  • Five Complete Novels of Murder and Detection, Avenel 1991
• * Express to Stamboul [“Have You Got Everything You Want?”; Parker Pyne], (ss) Cosmopolitan Apr 1933
  • EQMM Jun 1965
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * The Four Suspects [Jane Marple], (ss) Pictorial Review Jan 1930
  • Murder British Style, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds [Hercule Poirot], (ss) Colliers Nov 9 1940
  • EQMM Jun 1946
  • The Gourmet Crook Book, ed. Tony Wilmot, Everest Books 1976
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992
• * from The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * The Hat and the Alibi [Jane Marple], (ss) The Story-Teller Jan 1930; also as “A Christmas Tragedy”.
• * Have You Got Everything You Want? [Parker Pyne], (ss) Cosmopolitan Apr 1933; also as “Express to Stamboul”.
• * The Herb of Death [Jane Marple], (ss) The Story-Teller Mar 1930
  • EQMM Mar 1962
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * How Does Your Garden Grow? [Hercule Poirot], (ss) Ladies Home Journal Jun 1935
  • EQMM Nov 1954
  • Garden of Deadly Delights, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * In the Third Floor Flat [Hercule Poirot], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 5 1929; also as “The Third Floor Flat”.
• * The Kidnapped Prime Minister [Hercule Poirot], (nv) The Sketch Apr 25 1923
  • Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Volume II, Fontana 1990
• * The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Oct 12 1923; also as “The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly”.
• * The Lost Mine [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Nov 21 1923
  • Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Volume II, Fontana 1990
• * The Love Detectives [“At the Crossroads”; Harley Quin], (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Oct 30 1926
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
• * Margery Allingham—A Tribute, (ar)
  • The Return of Mr. Campion, Hodder & Stoughton 1989
• * The Murder at Hazelmoor [The Sittaford Mystery], (n.) London: Collins 1931
  • Five Complete Novels of Murder and Detection, Avenel 1991
• * The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Strand Jan 1932
  • EQMM Aug 1969
  • Murder Most British, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * Never Two Without Three; or, A Christmas Tragedy [“A Christmas Tragedy”; Jane Marple], (ss) The Story-Teller Jan 1930
  • EQMM Jan 1961
  • Christmas Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * The Perfect Maid [Jane Marple], (ss) The Strand Apr 1942; also as “The Case of the Perfect Maid”.
• * Peril at End House, (n.) London: Collins 1932
  • Five Complete Novels of Murder and Detection, Avenel 1991
• * Philomel Cottage, (nv) The Grand Magazine Nov 1924
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • EQMM Apr 1951
• * Poirot and the Crime in Cabin 66 [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Strand Dec 1935; also as “Problem at Sea”.
• * Poirot and the Triangle at Rhodes [“Triangle at Rhodes”; Hercule Poirot], (nv) This Week Feb 1936
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
• * Problem at Sea [“Poirot and the Crime in Cabin 66”; Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Strand Dec 1935
  • Murder on Deck!, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998
  • Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * S.O.S., (ss) The Grand Magazine Feb 1926
  • EQMM Dec 1947
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990
• * Sanctuary [Jane Marple], (nv) Woman’s Journal Oct 1954
  • AHMM Jul 1983
  • More Murder Most Cozy, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
  • Sins of the Fathers, ed. Mark Bryant, Gollancz 1997
• * The Second Gong [Hercule Poirot], (nv) Ladies Home Journal Jun 1932
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
  • Tales of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Theodore W. Hipple, Allyn and Bacon 1977
• * The Submarine Plans [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Nov 7 1923
  • EQMM Aug 1955
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
• * The Sunningdale Mystery [“The Sunninghall Mystery”; Tuppence Beresford; Tommy Beresford], (ss) The Sketch Oct 29 1924
  • EQMM Nov 1992
• * The Sunninghall Mystery [Tuppence Beresford; Tommy Beresford], (ss) The Sketch Oct 29 1924; also as “The Sunningdale Mystery”.
• * Swan Song, (ss) The Grand Magazine Sep 1926
  • Murder to Music, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Ten Little Indians [Ten Little Niggers], (n.) London: Collins 1939
  • Five Complete Novels of Murder and Detection, Avenel 1991
• * The Third Floor Flat [“In the Third Floor Flat”; Hercule Poirot], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 5 1929
  • Mystery, ed. Anon., Houghton Mifflin 1989
• * Traitor’s Hands, (nv) Flynn’s Jan 31 1925; also as “The Witness for the Prosecution”.
• * Triangle at Rhodes [Hercule Poirot], (nv) This Week Feb 1936; also as “Poirot and the Triangle at Rhodes”.
• * The Veiled Lady [“The Case of the Veiled Lady”; Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Oct 3 1923
  • Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Volume II, Fontana 1990
• * Wireless, (ss) Mystery Magazine Mar 1 1926
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
• * The Witness for the Prosecution [“Traitor’s Hands”], (nv) Flynn’s Jan 31 1925
  • EQMM Jan 1944
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1953
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
  • Law and Order, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998
• * Yellow Iris [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Strand Jul 1937
  • London After Midnight, ed. Peter Haining, Little Brown UK 1996

_____, [ref.]

• * “Agatha Christie and The Orient” by Mathew Prichard, (ar) The Strand Magazine #2 1999
• * “Agatha’s Stories” by B. A. Pike, (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1991
• * “The Great Detectives: Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence” by Katrina Andrews, (ar) The Strand Magazine #11 2003

CHRISTIE, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Fed Up, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1984
• * Finders Keepers, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1984
• * No More Teacher’s Dirty Looks, (ss) AHMM Dec 1984
• * The Wonderful Wax Museum, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984

CHRISTMAS, JOYCE (1939- ) (chron.)

• * The Chosen, (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000
• * Secondhand Rose, (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
  • Women of Mystery III, ed. Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * Social Death, (nv) More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999
• * Takeout, (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996
  • Murder Most Delectable, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * Up the Garden Path, (ss) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998

_____, [ref.]

• * “Interview with Joyce Christmas” by Lisa D. Williamson, (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW F(rederick) (1917-1997) (chron.)

• * The Attackers, (ss) Killers Mystery Story Magazine Nov 1956
• * Blonde Bait!, (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Oct 1957
• * There’s Death in Her Kiss!, (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957

CHURCH, ROBERT (books) (chron.)

• * Foreword (with Martin Edwards), (fw)
  • Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995
• * Introduction (with Martin Edwards), (in)
  • Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995
• * Seventeenth-Century Justice: The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, (ar) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995; revised from an article in The Criminologist.

CHURCHILL, EDWARD (1895-1972) (chron.)

• * Design for Destruction [Dan Fowler], (na) G-Men Detective Spr 1945
  • Action Adventure Stories #50 1999

CHURCHILL, JILL; pseudonym of Janice Young Brooks, (1943- ) (chron.)

• * The Bun Also Rises, (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996

CHUTE, DAVID (chron.)

• * Hardboiled Renaissance, (ar) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

CHUTE, VERNE (1917- ) (chron.)

• * Never Trust the Obvious, (ss) Short Stories Oct 10 1944
  • Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1957

CICIARELLI, RICHARD (chron.)

• * A Hard Bargain, (vi) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• * Heavy Bet, (ss) AHMM Mar 4 1981
• * Hold a Candle to the Devil, (ss)
  • Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 2, ed. Stephen Beals, Chapel Street 1992
• * The Scam, (ss)
  • Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 1, ed. Stephen Beals, Six Lakes Arts 1989
• * Tony Libra and the Killer’s Calendar, (ss) AHMM Oct 1982
  • Mystery for Halloween, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
• * Winning Numbers, (ss) EQMM Apr 1992

CIRCUS, ANTHONY; pseudonym of Edward D. Hoch, (1930- ) (chron.)

• * Assignment: Enigma, (ss) EQMM Sep 10 1980

CISSELL, BONNIE J. (chron.)

• * Gone But Not Forgotten, (vi) EQMM Sep 10 1980

CISSNA, WILLIAM D. (chron.)

• * Follow the Money, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Jan 1994
• * The Newspaper Man, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994
• * Users and Losers, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1995