Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

ALLINGHAM, MARGERY (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Murder Under the Mistletoe [Albert Campion], (ss) EQMM Jan 1963; also as “The Snapdragon and the C.I.D.”
  • Murder Under the Mistletoe and Other Stories, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1992
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * My Friend Mr. Campion [Albert Campion], (ar) 1935
  • The Return of Mr. Campion, Hodder & Stoughton 1989
• * The Mystery Man of Soho, (na) The Thriller Apr 1 1933; also as “A Quarter of a Million”.
• * The Name on the Wrapper [Albert Campion], (nv) The Strand Mar 1938
  • EQMM Nov 1947
  • AHMM Sep 1988
  • Mr. Campion and Others, Avon 1991
  • Murder at Teatime, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * The Neatest Trick of the Month [Albert Campion], (ss) EQMM Mar 1959; also as “Little Miss Know-All”.
• * The Old Man in the Window [Albert Campion], (nv) The Strand Oct 1936
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
  • Mr. Campion and Others, Avon 1991
• * On Christmas Day in the Morning [Albert Campion], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Dec 23 1950
  • EQMM Jan 1953
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1990
  • Merry Murder, ed. Cynthia Manson, Seafarer 1994
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * Once in a Lifetime, (ss) The Return of Mr. Campion, Hodder & Stoughton 1989
• * One Morning They’ll Hang Him [Albert Campion], (ss) EQMM Aug 1950
  • John Creasey Mystery Magazine Nov 1957
  • The Allingham Case-Book, Carroll & Graf 1992
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
  • Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
• * The Patient at Peacocks Hall, (na) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 29 1951 (+3)
  • No Love Lost, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * The Perfect Butler, (ss) Mr. Campion and Others, Heinemann 1939
  • Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day and Other Stories, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Pioneers, (ss) Woman’s Home Companion Mar 1938
  • Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day and Other Stories, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Pro and the Con [Albert Campion], (nv)
  • The Allingham Case-Book, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Psychologist [“Money to Burn”], (ss) EQMM Apr 1957
  • The Allingham Case-Book, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Publicity, (nv)
  • Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day and Other Stories, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * A Quarter of a Million [“The Mystery Man of Soho”], (na) The Thriller Apr 1 1933
  • Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day and Other Stories, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Question Mark [Albert Campion], (ss) The Strand Jan 1938
  • Mr. Campion and Others, Avon 1991
• * Safe as Houses [Albert Campion], (ss) The Strand Jan 1940
  • Mr. Campion and Others, Avon 1991
• * Safer Than Love, (na)
  • No Love Lost, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * The Same to Us, (ss) The Daily Express 1934
  • Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day and Other Stories, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Secret, (ss)
  • Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day and Other Stories, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Sexton’s Wife, (ss)
  • Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day and Other Stories, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * She Heard It on the Radio [“She Heard It on the Wireless”], (ss) London Evening News May 10 1937
  • Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day and Other Stories, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * She Heard It on the Wireless, (ss) London Evening News May 10 1937; also as “She Heard It on the Radio”.
• * The Snapdragon and the C.I.D. [“Murder Under the Mistletoe”; Albert Campion], (ss) EQMM Jan 1963
  • The Allingham Case-Book, Carroll & Graf 1992
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
  • AHMM Jan 2000
• * Sweet and Low, (ss) Maclean’s 1938
  • The Return of Mr. Campion, Hodder & Stoughton 1989
• * Tall Story [Charley Luke; Albert Campion], (ss) EQMM Apr 1954
  • The Allingham Case-Book, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * They Never Get Caught, (ss) Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Nov 1934
  • EQMM Jun 1946
  • Ellery Queen’s Anthology Volume 1, ed. Ellery Queen, London: May Fair 1959
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990
  • The Allingham Case-Book, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Three Is a Lucky Number, (ss) Argosy (UK) Jul 1956; also as “Bluebeard’s Bathtub”.
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
  • The Allingham Case-Book, Carroll & Graf 1992
  • Crime Story Collection, ed. John Turvey & Celia Turvey, Longman 1998
• * ’Tis Not Hereafter, (ss) London Evening News Apr 21 1937
  • Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day and Other Stories, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Unseen Door [Albert Campion], (ss) Mystery Book Magazine Aug 1946
  • Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day and Other Stories, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Villa Marie Celeste [“Family Affair”; Albert Campion], (ss) EQMM Oct 1960
  • The Allingham Case-Book, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Watcher Behind the Curtain, (ss)
  • Darings of the Red Rose, Crippen & Landru 1995
• * What to Do with an Ageing Detective [Albert Campion], (ss) Time & Tide 1958
  • The Return of Mr. Campion, Hodder & Stoughton 1989
• * The Whisperer on the Phone, (ss)
  • Darings of the Red Rose, Crippen & Landru 1995
• * The White Elephant [Albert Campion], (nv) The Strand Aug 1936
  • Mr. Campion and Others, Avon 1991
• * The Widow [Albert Campion], (ss) The Strand Apr 1937
  • Mr. Campion and Others, Avon 1991
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
• * The Wind Glass, (ss) 1924
  • Mystery and Detection May 1935
  • The Return of Mr. Campion, Hodder & Stoughton 1989
• * The Wink, (ss) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine v4 #3 1954
  • Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day and Other Stories, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * The Wisdom of Esdras, (ss) The Return of Mr. Campion, Hodder & Stoughton 1989

ALLISON, BETH (chron.)

• * The Mystery Crossword, (pz) EQMM Feb, Mar, Jun, Sep 1995

ALLISON, HUGHES (1908-1974) (chron.)

• * Corollary, (ss) EQMM Jul 1948
  • Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996

ALLYN, DOUG(las) (1942- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Animal Rites [Dr. Dave Westbrook], (nv) EQMM Jul 1996
  • All Creatures Great and Small, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * The Bad Boyz Klub [Colleen Mackenzie], (nv) Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999
  • The Hard Luck Klub, Five Star 2002
• * The Beaches of Paraguay [Dr. Dave Westbrook], (nv) EQMM May 1997
  • All Creatures Great and Small, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * The Bearded Lady, (nv) EQMM Dec 1994
• * The Black Chapel [Dan Shea], (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006
• * Black Irish, (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• * Black Water [*Michelle “Mitch” Mitchell], (na) EQMM Oct 1994
• * Blind Lemon, (ss) AHMM May 1996
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997
• * The Blind Pig, (ss) EQMM May 2003
• * Bloodlines, (ss) AHMM Feb 1988
• * Bush Leaguer, (ss) AHMM Apr 1997
• * Candles in the Rain [Tony Delacroix], (nv) EQMM Nov 1992
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1993, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1993
  • Simply the Best Mysteries, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Ellery Queen the World’s Leading Mystery Magazine Presents Readers’ Choice, ed. Janet Hutchings, Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines 199?
  • The Hard Luck Klub, Five Star 2002
• * Cannibal, (nv) AHMM Nov 1989
  • Mysterious Menagerie, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1996
• * Cedar Savage [Dr. Dave Westbrook], (nv) EQMM Mar 1998
  • Cutting Edge, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • All Creatures Great and Small, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * The Ching Lady, (ss) AHMM Mar 1988
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * The Christmas Mitzva, (nv) EQMM Dec 2000
  • Murder Is No Mitzvah: Short Mysteries about Jewish Occasions, ed. Abigail Browning, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004
• * Copperhead Run, (nv) EQMM Jun 1997
• * The Country of the Blind, (nv) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Crippen, Landru, and Carlos Palomino [Dr. Dave Westbrook], (ss) EQMM Aug 1998
  • All Creatures Great and Small, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * The Cross-Wolf, (nv) EQMM mid-Dec 1994
• * Dancing Bear, (ss) AHMM Mar 1994
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1995, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1995
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
  • Murder Most Scottish, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Bob Adey, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1999
• * Dancing on the Centerline, (ss) EQMM Nov 1993
• * Dead as a Dog [Dr. David Westbrook], (ss) EQMM Jul 2007
• * A Death in Heaven, (nv) EQMM Dec 1988
• * Death of a Poet, (nv) AHMM Apr 1987
• * The Death Row Pet Show [Dr. Dave Westbrook], (nv) EQMM Apr 2000
• * Debt of Honor, (ss) EQMM Jan 1989
• * Déjà Vu, (ss) AHMM Jun 1988
  • The Hard Luck Klub, Five Star 2002
• * Demons, (vi) EQMM Feb 1996
• * Evil Spirits, (ss) AHMM Jan 1989
• * Final Rites, (ss) AHMM Dec 1985
  • Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * Fire Lake, (ss) EQMM Apr 1994
• * Firebomb, (ss) AHMM May 1986
• * Franken Kat [Dr. Dave Westbrook], (nv) EQMM mid-Dec 1995
  • All Creatures Great and Small, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * The Ghost Show, (nv) EQMM Dec 1993
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1994, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
• * The Gin Mill [Dan Shea; Puck Paquette], (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004
  • The Widow of Slane: Six More of the Best Crime and Mystery Novellas of the Year!, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2006
• * Green as Grass, (nv) EQMM Nov 1996
• * The Hessian, (ss) Murder Most Confederate, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000
  • The Hard Luck Klub, Five Star 2002
• * Hitler, Elvis, and Me, (ss) AHMM Oct 2000
  • Speaking of Greed, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Homecoming, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1986
• * Icewater Mansions, (nv) EQMM Jan 1992
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * Introduction, (in)
  • All Creatures Great and Small, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * The Jukebox King, (ss) AHMM Jun 2002
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003
• * Lancaster’s Ghost, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1988
• * The Last Reunion, (nv) EQMM Jun 1989
• * Long-Lost Love [Ax Axton], (nv) EQMM May 2004
• * The Meistersinger, (nv) AHMM Sep 1993
• * Miracles! Happen! [Ax Axton], (nv) EQMM Dec 1999
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2000, ed. Donald E. Westlake, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * Mojo Man, (nv) AHMM Oct 1990
• * Money Face, (nv) EQMM Dec 1996
• * The Murder Ballads, (nv) EQMM Mar 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * Night of the Grave Dancer, (ss) AHMM Sep 1988
• * Pageant, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• * Palace in the Pines [Dan Shea; Puck Paquette], (nv) EQMM Jul 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004
• * The Puddle Diver, (nv) AHMM Oct 1986
• * Puppyland [Dr. Dave Westbrook], (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
  • All Creatures Great and Small, Crippen & Landru 1999
  • Master’s Choice Volume II, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2000
• * Roadkill [Dr. Dave Westbrook], (nv) EQMM May 1996
  • All Creatures Great and Small, Crippen & Landru 1999
  • The Hard Luck Klub, Five Star 2002
• * Saint Bobby, (nv) EQMM Apr 1999
  • Crème de La Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * The Saracen Curse, (nv) AHMM Nov 2001
• * Secondhand Heart, (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• * Sleeper [Cass Novak], (nv) EQMM May 1991
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1992, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1992
  • The Hard Luck Klub, Five Star 2002
• * Speed Demon, (nv) EQMM Oct 1991
• * St. Margaret’s Kitten, (nv) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Star Pupil, (nv) EQMM Oct 1989
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1990, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1990
  • Law and Order, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
• * Stone Cold Christmas, (ss) EQMM Jan 2007
• * The Sultans of Soul [R. B. Axton], (nv) EQMM Mar 1993
  • Murder to Music, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • The Hard Luck Klub, Five Star 2002
• * Sunlight Shining on Water, (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• * Supersport, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1987
• * Surviving Spouse, (ss) AHMM Oct 2006
• * The Taxi Dancer, (ss) AHMM Nov 1998
  • The Hard Luck Klub, Five Star 2002
• * Telephone to Forever, (nv) EQMM Jul 2002
• * The Ten-Pount Parrott, (nv) EQMM Feb 1992
• * Thousandfurs, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
• * The Timber Snake, (nv) AHMM Sep 2005
• * The Top Ten List [Ax Axton], (nv) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006
• * The Turncoat, (ss) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Unchained Melody [Ax Axton], (ss) EQMM Jan 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * Valhalla [Ax Axton], (nv) EQMM Jan 2003
• * The Warlord’s Widow, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• * What Child Is This?, (nv) EQMM Jan 2004
• * Witch, (ss) AHMM Jun 1987
• * Wolf Country, (nv) AHMM Sep 1986
• * Wolf Woman Bay, (na) EQMM Jun 2005
• * Wrecker, (nv) EQMM Nov 1994

_____, [ref.]

• * Doug Allyn: A Checklist, (bi)

ALLYN, JIM (chron.)

• * The Ozone Layer, (ss) EQMM Feb 1999
• * Reckless Mercy, (nv) EQMM Nov 1995
• * The Tree Hugger, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993

ALMEIDA, WENDY (chron.)

• * Rapture, (ss) AHMM Nov 1993
• * Sherrif Stone Pays a Call, (ss) AHMM Aug 1993

ALPINO, VINCENT (chron.)

• * Mary’s Last Mile, (ss) Hardboiled #31 2004

ALTER, JAY; pseudonym (chron.)

• * Chick Sweeney to the Rescue, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006
• * Darkened Drops of Red, (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003
• * I, Chick Sweeney, (ss) EQMM Dec 2001
• * Mystery Express, (pm) EQMM Feb 2002

ALTER, ROBERT EDMOND (1925-1966) (chron.)

• * An Accident Has Been Arranged, (ss) AHMM Mar 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * It Couldn’t Possibly Happen, (ss) AHMM Nov 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1960
• * A Killer in the Dark, (ss) AHMM Aug 1963
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964