Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

CHILD, CHARLES B. (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * The Man Who Wasn’t There [Chafik J. Chafik], (ss) EQMM Apr 1969
  • The Sleuth of Baghdad, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Royal Theft [Chafik J. Chafik], (ss) Colliers Apr 29 1955
  • The Sleuth of Baghdad, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * There Is a Man in Hiding [Chafik J. Chafik], (ss) Colliers Sep 29 1951
  • The Sleuth of Baghdad, Crippen & Landru 2002

CHILD, LEE; pseudonym of James D. Grant, (1954- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Greatest Trick of All, (ss) Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
• * Introduction, (in) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008
• * James Penney’s New Identity [Jack Reacher], (nv) Fresh Blood 3, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1999
  • Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006; revised.
• * Safe Enough, (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• * Ten Keys, (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005

CHILD, LINCOLN (1957- ) (chron.)

• * Gone Fishing (with Douglas Preston) [*Lieutenant Douglas D’Agosta], (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

CHILD, RICHARD WASHBURN (1881-1935) (chron.)

• * The Thirty-Thousand-Dollar Slap, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 3 1912
  • The Mystery and the Detective, ed. Blanche Colton Williams, Appleton-Century 1938

CHILDS, TIMOTHY (1941- ) (chron.)

• * A Place to Grow, (ss) EQMM Jan 14 1980

CHINN, MIKE; [i.e., Michael James Chinn] (1954- ) (chron.)

• * Brindley’s Place, (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

CHIREVAS, JASON (chron.)

• * Last Collar, (vi) Hardboiled #33 2005

CHISHOLM, P. F.; pseudonym of Patricia Finney, (1958- ) (chron.)

• * The Duke of York [Sir Robert Carey], (ss) The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2006

CHITTENDEN, MARGARET (Rosalind) (1935- ) (chron.)

• * Between the Covers:
  ___ (cl) Murderous Intent Fll, Win 1999
  ___ The Amateur Sleuth, (cl) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
  ___ How to Get an Author to Visit Your Town, (cl) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
  ___ To err is human—to forgive makes the reader divine, (cl) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
  ___ Too Many Notes?, (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
  ___ What’s In a Name, (cl) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
  ___ Who Does the Writer Write For?, (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * The Frog that Croaked in the Night, (ss) EQMM Feb 2006
• * Noir Lite, (ss) EQMM Jan 1999
• * The Spirit of Washington, (ss) Death Dines In, ed, Claudia Bishop & Dean James, Berkley 2004

CHIZMAR, RICHARD T(homas) (1965- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Blood Brothers, (ss) Burton, MI: Subterranean Press 1997
  • The Fifth Grave and Other Terrifying Tales of Homicide in the Heartland, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * A Capital Cat Crime, (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
  • A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * A Crime of Passion, (ss) Gauntlet #2 1991
  • Women on the Edge, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Donald I. Fine 1992
  • Crimes of Passion, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Family Ties (with Barry Hoffman), (ss) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
• * Homesick, (ss) Midnight Promises, Gauntlet Publications 1996
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Like Father, Like Son, (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
  • Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
  • August Is a Good Time for Killing, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Midnight Promises, (ss) Midnight Promises, Gauntlet Publications 1996
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Night Call, (ss) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998
• * The Season of Giving (with Norman Partridge), (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• * The Silence of Sorrow, (ss) Midnight Promises, Gauntlet Publications 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1996

CHOPIN, KATE (O’Flaherty) (1851-1904) (chron.)

• * Her Letters, (ss) Vogue 1895
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

CHRISTENSEN, CAROL (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * A Boy and His Dog, by Manuel Vásquez Montalbán, (ss) 1988
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993; tr. by Thomas Christensen

CHRISTENSEN, JAN (chron.)

• * The Envelope, Please, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #39 2003
• * Missing Ivy, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #31 2002
• * This Town’s for Dying, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #49 2004
• * Warning Signs, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #29 2002

CHRISTENSEN, THOMAS (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * A Boy and His Dog, by Manuel Vásquez Montalbán, (ss) 1988
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993; tr. by Carol Christensen

CHRISTENSON, JAN (chron.)

• * A Fine Mess, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jul 2002

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