Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

CLEWSEY (chron.)

• * Clewsey’s Cliché’s Frontispiece: ‘Have a care, Constable, it may be a clue’, (ct) Red Herrings
  • 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * Clewsey’s Clichés: ‘Come, come, Major—did nothing peculiar strike you about the time?’, (ct) Red Herrings
  • 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * Clewsey’s Clichés: ‘How did you know the victim was a pawnbroker?’, (ct) Red Herrings
  • 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * Clewsey’s Clichés: ‘It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important’, (ct) Red Herrings
  • 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * Clewsey’s Clichés:
  ___ ‘Laverton-West gave him a fish-like stare’, (ct) Red Herrings
  • 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
  
  ___ ‘Quick, chaps! The swine have got Phyllis again’, (ct) Red Herrings
  • 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
  
  ___ ‘Wait! I think the dog knows something’, (ct) Red Herrings
  • 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
  
  ___ ‘While she waited for Nick to come round, Nora reviewed the facts of the case as she understood them’, (ct) Red Herrings
  • 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993

CLINTON, DIRK; pseudonym of Robert Silverberg, (1935- ) (chron.)

• * The Kidnapped Beauty, (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1961
• * Real Tough Break, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1960

CLINTON, EDWARD (chron.)

• * My Little Brother, (ss) EQMM Jun 2003
• * No Vivaldi, (ss) EQMM Sep 1993

CLOETE, (Edward Fairly) STUART (Graham) (1897-1976) (chron.)

• * Congo, (ss) Story Mar/Apr 1943
  • The Tough Ones, ed. Whit Burnett & Hallie Burnett, Popular Library Eagle 1954
• * Night Operation, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 24 1944
  • Danger Is the Password: Stories of Wartime Spies, ed. Phyllis R. Fenner, Morrow 1965

CLOPTON, LINDA E. (chron.)

• * A Little Yarn, (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991

CLOUD, ROBERT J. (chron.)

• * Grampaw Lends a Hand, (ss) EQMM Jun 17 1981

CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH (1819-1861) (chron.)

• * from “Adam and Eve”, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

CLOUGH, B(renda) W(ang) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * Grow Your Own, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2000

CLOUGH, HERBERT D., Jr. (chron.)

• * Editorial, (ed) The Saint Magazine Jul 1984

CLOUSTON, J(oseph) STORER (1870-1944) (chron.)

• * Coincidence [F.T. Carrington], (nv) 1920
  • EQMM Oct 1948
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987
• * The Envelope, (ss) The Sphere Nov 24 1919
  • Mystery, ed. A. K. Barton, London: Dent 1937
  • Danger Is the Password: Stories of Wartime Spies, ed. Phyllis R. Fenner, Morrow 1965

COAKE, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

• * All Through the House, (ss)
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, ed. Nelson DeMille, Houghton Mifflin 2004
• * His Mission, (na) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006

COATS, YVONNE (chron.)

• * Where the Advantage Lies, (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

COBB, IRVIN S(hrewsbury) (1876-1944) (chron.)

• * Faith, Hope and Charity [Judge William Pitman Priest], (nv) Cosmopolitan Apr 1930
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • EQMM Apr 1952

COBB, JAMES H. (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Framed [Kevin Pulaski], (ss) EQMM Jun 2006
• * Monica Van Telflin and the Proper Application of Pressure, (nv) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Over the Edge [Kevin Pulaski], (ss) EQMM Jul 2007
• * Road Bomb [Kevin Pulaski], (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004
• * The Sound of Justice [Kevin Pulaski], (nv) EQMM Jul 2005

COBB, M. E. (chron.)

• * Strings Attached, (pm) EQMM Mar 1992

COBEN, HARLAN (1962- ) (chron.)

• * Entrapped, (ss) MHCMM Spr 1997
  • Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * A Simple Philosophy, (ss) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998

_____, [ref.]

• * “There oughta be a Law: An Interview with Harlan Coben” by Lisa D. Williamson, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998

COBEN, HARLEN (books) (chron.)

• * Entrapped, (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• * Introduction, (in) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006

COBLEY, PAUL (chron.)

• * The Well Dressed Runner, (ar) The Strand Magazine #8 2002

COBLITZ, KRISTINE (chron.)

• * Cold Feet, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #38 2003

COBURN, ANDREW (1932- ) (chron.)

• * My Father’s Daughter, (na) Men from Boys, ed. John Harvey, Heinemann 2003
• * A Woolf in Vita’s Clothing, (ss) EQMM Dec 1995

COCHRAN, STACEY (chron.)

• * All That Changes When You Kill, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2003
• * The Fast-Action Killers, (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2004
• * The PWG Interviews: George Pelecanos, (iv) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2004
• * The Quiet Couple, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2004

COCKBURN, SARAH (Caudwell) (1939-2000); see pseudonym Sarah Caudwell (chron.)

COCKEY, TIM (1955- ) (chron.)

• * The Haunting of Slink Ridgely, (ss) Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006; (Greenspring Valley).

COCKRELL, FRANK; [i.e., Francis M. Cockrell] (1906-1987) (chron.)

• * That Heel of a Seal, (ss) Liberty Magazine Aug 23 1941
  • AHMM May 1998

CODY, LIZA; pseudonym of Liza Nassim, (1944- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Art, Marriage and Death, (ss) EQMM Jul 2005
• * A Card or a Kitten, (ss) A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1995
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Chalk Mother, (ss) By the Light of the Silvery Moon, ed. Ruth Petrie, Virago 1994; broadcast on BBC Radio, 1993.
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Doing It Inder the Table, (ss) Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003; broadcast on BBC Radio, 1992.
• * In Those Days, (ss) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Indian Throw, (ss) Her Majesty, ed. Jackie Gay & Emma Hargrave, Tindal Street Press 2002
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * K.K., (ss) Murder and Company, ed. Harriet Ayres, Pandora 1988
  • EQMM Mar 1993
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Kali in Kensington Gardens, (ss) The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Listen, (ss) Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Love in Vain, (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Lucky Dip, (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991
  • More Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1994
  • Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Old Story, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
• * Queen of Mean, (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Reconstruction, (nv) London Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 1994
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Solar Zits, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Spasmo, (ss) A Classic English Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1990
  • The Edgar Award Book, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Turning It Round, (ss) EQMM Nov 2003
  • The Best British Mysteries 2005, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2005
• * The Uniform, (ss) New Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1989
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Walking Blues, (ss) Blue Lightning, ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press 1998
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Where’s Stacey?, (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
  • Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Woke Up This Morning, (nv) Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004

COE, JIM (chron.)

• * Driven to Murder, (ss)
  • Detective Mystery Stories #46 2004

COEL, MARGARET (Speas) (1937- ) (chron.)

• * The Man in Her Dream, (ss) More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999
• * The Man Who Thought He Was a Deer, (nv) Wild Crimes, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2004
• * Murder on the Denver Express, (ss) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000
• * A Well-Respected Man, (ss) Women Before the Bench, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Prime Crime 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002

COELEN, INA (chron.)

• * The Best Time for Planting, (ss) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003; first published in Die vielen Tode des Herrn S. (The Many Deaths of Me. S.), ed. Ina Coelen & Ingrid Schmitz, Mischa Bach, 2002.

COFFLIN, WILLIAM (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ The Higher You Go, (vi) AHMM 2005
  • AHMM Apr 2005

COGGINS, MARK (1957- ) (chron.)

• * The Immortal Game [August Riordan], (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Jan 2000; Poltroon, 1999.
• * Ride a Red Dragon, (nv) EQMM Nov 2001
• * Vulture Capital [August Riordan], (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2002

_____, [ref.]

• * The PWG Interview with Mark Coggins, (iv) Plots with Guns Oct-Dec 2000

COHANE, JOHN PHILIP (chron.)

• * The Scrabble Clue, (ss) EQMM Oct 1966
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996

COHEN, GABRIEL (chron.)

• * Right Is Right, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006

COHEN, HERBERT (chron.)

• * Crimonal Intent, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• * Noise Control, (ss) AHMM Oct 2001
• * Photoplay, (nv) AHMM May 2002

COHEN, JANET (1940- ); see pseudonym Janet Neel (chron.)

COHEN, JAY A. (chron.)

• * The Dream Come True, (ss) EQMM Jul 1987
• * The Evidence to the Contrary, (ss) EQMM Mar 1988
• * The Thin White Line, (ss) EQMM Dec 1987

COHEN, JON (1954- ) (chron.)

• * Peaceable Kingdom, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984

COHEN, LON S. (chron.)

• * Incident In South Seward Avenue, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #38 2003

COHEN, MARTIN S(amuel) (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Death Has Beckoned, (nv) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001

COHEN, MIKE (chron.)

• * Keep the Home Fries Burning, (ss) AHMM Oct 1986
• * Last Trip to Badger Valley, (ss) AHMM mid-Sep 1983
• * Maiden in Distress, (ss) AHMM Jan 1984

COHEN, NANCY J(ane) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Three Men and a Body, (na) Wicked Women Whodunit, ed. Anon., Brava 2005

COHEN, OCTAVUS ROY (1891-1959) (chron.)

• * Always Trust a Cop, (ss) EQMM Aug 1952
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Common Stock [Jim Hanvey], (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 22 1922
  • AHMM Jun 1998
• * The Mystery of the Missing Wash [Florian Slappey], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 22 1938
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?

COHEN, PAULA (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Dog in the Nighttime [Holmes Sherlock], (ss) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006

COHEN, STANLEY (Irving) (1928- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Annika Andersson (with Josh Pachter), (ss) EQMM Feb 1993
• * The Battered Mailbox, (ss) Crime Wave, ed. Swedish Academy of Detection, Collins 1981
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * A Bite of Lunch, (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
• * The Case of Grand Cru, (ss) The Strand Magazine #3 1999
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Everlasting Jug, (ss) AHMM Jan 1973
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * A Game of Tennis, (ss) Mystery Monthly Jul 1976; also as “Six-Four, Four-Three, Deuce, A Ghost Story of Sorts”.
• * A Girl Named Charlie, (ss) Murder in the Family, The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
  • Mystery: The Best of 2002, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * Hello! My Name Is Irving Wasserman, (nv) A Body Is Found, Wynwood Press 1990
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1991, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1991
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Homeless, Hungry, Please Help, (nv) Murder on the Run, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 1998
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The House of Usher Revisited, (ss) EQMM May 2002
• * How Much Justice Can You Afford?, (nv) Justice in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1994
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * I’m Sorry, Mr. Griggs [“That Day on Connally”], (ss) EQMM Jun 1974
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * I’m Sorry, Mr. Turini, (ss) AHMM Feb 1975
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Just Another New York Christmas Story, (nv) Missing in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1992
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002