Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

COLLINS, MAX ALLAN (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Blue Christmas—An Introduction, (in)
  • Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides, Five Star 2001
• * Cat Got Your Tongue (with Barbara Collins), (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
  • A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Barbara Collins, Five Star 2000
• * Catgate, (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Cat’s-Eye Witness, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * The Chocolate-Chip Alarm (with Nathan Collins), (ss) Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House 1996
• * Crime in the Flesh, (in) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
• * A Cruise to Forget (with Barbara Collins), (nv) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Dying in the Post-War World [Nate Heller], (na) Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991
• * East Side, West Side (with Matthew V. Clemens), (nv) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Eddie Haskell in a Short Skirt (with Barbara Collins), (ss) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Enter Nolan [Nolan PI], (ss) Hardboiled #7 1987
• * Fast and Good—An Introduction, (in)
  • Delvecchio’s Brooklyn: A Short Story Collection, Robert J. Randisi, Five Star 2001
• * Firecracker Kill, (nv) Shades of Noir, ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc. 1996
  • Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides, Five Star 2001
• * Flowers for Bill O’Reilly, (nv) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
  • Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides, Five Star 2001
• * Flyover Country (with Barbara Collins), (nv) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
  • Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991
• * Guest Services [Quarry], (ss) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994
  • Quarry’s Greatest Hits, Five Star 2003
  • These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Hard Cash [Frank Nolan], (n.) New York: Pinnacle 1981
  • Tough Tender, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * His Father’s Ghost, (nv) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
  • August Is a Good Time for Killing, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
  • Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides, Five Star 2001
• * House Call [Nate Heller], (ss) Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1986
  • Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991
• * I Owe Them One, (aw) Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991
• * Inconvenience Store [Ms. Michael Tree], (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990
  • Tough Tender, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
  • Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane, Mickey Spillane, Five Star 2001
  • Kisses of Death, Crippen & Landru 2001
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Introduction (with Jeffrey B. Gelb), (in)
  • Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * An Introduction, (in)
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Barbara Collins, Five Star 2000
• * Introduction: His, (in)
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Introduction: I, the Writer (with Lynn F. Myers, Jr.), (in) Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Introduction: Sinful Streets (with Jeffrey B. Gelb), (in) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * Kaddish for the Kid [Nate Heller], (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
  • EQMM Jun 1998
  • Kisses of Death, Crippen & Landru 2001
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
  • Murder Is No Mitzvah: Short Mysteries about Jewish Occasions, ed. Abigail Browning, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004
• * Kisses of Death [Nate Heller], (na) Kisses of Death, Crippen & Landru 2001; originally as a 90 minute promotional tape from B & B, given away at the 1996 ABA.
• * Lie Beside Me (with Matthew V. Clemens), (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * Louise [Ms. Michael Tree], (ss) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1993, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1993
• * The Love Rack, (ss) Hardboiled #4 1986
• * Marble Mildred [Nate Heller], (nv) An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1988
  • Under the Gun, ed. Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL 1990
  • Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991
  • Women on the Edge, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Donald I. Fine 1992
  • Crimes of Passion, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * A Matter of Principal [Quarry], (ss) Stalkers, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1989
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1992
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
  • Quarry’s Greatest Hits, Five Star 2003
• * Mommy, (nv) Fear Itself, ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner 1995
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Mystery’s Most Wanted, ed. Anon., St. Martin’s 1997
  • Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides, Five Star 2001
• * Mourn the Living [Nolan PI], (n.) Hardboiled #8 1987, #9 1988, #10 1989
• * Murder Was His Business, (in) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994
• * My Lolita Complex (with Matthew V. Clemens), (nv) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * Natural Death, Inc. [Nate Heller], (nv) Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999
  • Kisses of Death, Crippen & Landru 2001
  • Most Wanted, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
• * The Night of Their Lives, (ss) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * Not a Creature Was Stirring [Dick Tracy], (ss) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990
• * A Pebble for Papa (with Matthew V. Clemens), (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• * The Perfect Crime [Philip Marlowe], (nv) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988
  • Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999
• * The Perfect Crime [Nate Heller], (nv) Kisses of Death, Crippen & Landru 2001; revised from Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988.
• * Pinch-Hitter [Nate Heller], (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001; also as “Strike Zone”.
• * Primary Target [Quarry], (n.) Foul Play 1987
  • Quarry’s Greatest Hits, Five Star 2003
• * Private Consultation [Nate Heller], (nv) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990
  • Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991
• * Public Servant, (ss) Hardboiled #1 1985
  • Opening Shots, ed. Lawrence Block, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * Quarry’s Luck [Quarry], (nv) Blue Motel, ed. Peter Crowther, Little Brown UK 1994
  • Quarry’s Greatest Hits, Five Star 2003
  • Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Red Light [Ms. Michael Tree], (ss) Files of Ms. Tree, Aardvark-Vanaheim 1984
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Robber’s Roost [Batman], (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992
• * Scrap [Nate Heller], (ss) The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction, ed. Ed Gorman, Black Lizard 1987
  • Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991
• * Scratch Fever [Frank Nolan], (n.) New York: Pinnacle 1982
  • Tough Tender, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Screwball [Nate Heller], (nv) Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000
  • Kisses of Death, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Shoot-out on Sunset [Nate Heller], (nv) Mystery Street 2001
  • Kisses of Death, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Strawberry Teardrop [Nate Heller], (ss) The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1984
  • Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991
  • First Cases, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Dutton 1996
• * Strike Zone [“Pinch-Hitter”; Nate Heller], (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
  • Kisses of Death, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * That Kind of Nag, (mv) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * This Is Mike Hammer (with James L. Taylor), (ar) Hardboiled #2 1985
• * A Tip of the Porkpie (with Lynn F. Myers, Jr.), (ms) Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Unreasonable Doubt [Nate Heller], (nv) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * Vengeance Is Hers: An Introduction, (in) Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet 1997
• * A Woman’s Touch (with Matthew V. Clemens), (ss) Murder Most Confederate, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000
• * A Wreath for Marley [Richard Stone], (nv) Dante’s Disciples, ed. Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf 1996
  • Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides, Five Star 2001

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• * “Collins, All the Write Moves” by Wayne D. Dundee & Todd Moore, (ar) Hardboiled #3 1985
• * A Max Allan Collins Checklist, (bi)

COLLINS, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Dennis Lynds, (1924-2005) (books) (chron.)

• * Angel Eyes [Dan Fortune], (nv) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
  • Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Big Rock Candy Mountains [Dan Fortune], (ss) Crime, Punishment and Resurrection, Fine 1992
• * The Bizarre Case Expert [as by William Arden], (ss) EQMM Jun 1970
  • Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc., Five Star 2002
• * Black in the Snow [Dan Fortune], (ss) An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1988
  • Crime, Punishment and Resurrection, Fine 1992
• * Can Shoot [Dan Fortune], (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
  • Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Chair [Dan Fortune], (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990
  • Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Chocolate Cat, (nv) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
• * The Choice [as by Mark Sadler], (ss) AHMM Feb 1973
  • Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc., Five Star 2002
• * Clay Pigeon, (ss) Argosy Mar 1971
  • Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc., Five Star 2002
• * Crime and Punishment [Dan Fortune], (ss) A Matter of Crime v3, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1988
  • Crime, Punishment and Resurrection, Fine 1992
• * Cross of Gold [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004
• * Culture Clash [Dan Fortune], (ss) EQMM Nov 1994
  • Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Dan Fortune and the Hollywood Caper [Dan Fortune], (ss) AHMM Nov 1983; also as “The Woman Who Ruined John Ireland”.
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994
• * A Death in Montecito [Dan Fortune], (ss) EQMM Apr 1995
  • Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Death, My Love [as by John Douglas], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1963
  • Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc., Five Star 2002
• * A Delicate Mission (with Gayle Lynds), (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * Disney World, (ss) EQMM May 2002
• * Eighty Million Dead [Dan Fortune], (ss) The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1984
  • P.I. Files, ed. Loren D. Estleman & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy 1990
  • Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru 2000
  • Most Wanted, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
  • Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002
• * Family Values [Dan Fortune], (nv) Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc., Five Star 2002
• * Freedom Fighter, (ss) The Literary Review Win 1962
  • Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc., Five Star 2002
• * Hard Cop [as by Dennis Lynds], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1964
  • Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc., Five Star 2002
• * Harness Bull [as by Dennis Lynds], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1963
  • Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc., Five Star 2002
• * Homecoming [as by Dennis Lynds], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1964
  • Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc., Five Star 2002
• * The Horrible, Senseless Murders of Two Elderly Women, (ss) Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2001
• * Hot Night Homicide, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1968
  • Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc., Five Star 2002
• * If the Whiskey Don’t, the Women Will [“It’s Whiskey or Dames”, by Dennis Lynds; Slot-Machine Kelly], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1962
  • First Cases, Volume 4, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
• * The Kidnapping of Xiang Fei, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005
• * Killer’s Mind [Dan Fortune], (nv) The New Black Mask No.6, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1986
  • Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Long Shot [Dan Fortune], (nv) AHMM Jul 1972
  • Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Man on the Run [as by Dennis Lynds], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1963
  • Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc., Five Star 2002
• * A Matter of Character [Dan Fortune], (nv) Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet 1994
  • Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Motive [Dan Fortune], (nv) A Matter of Crime v2, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1987
  • Crime, Punishment and Resurrection, Fine 1992
• * Murder Is Murder [Dan Fortune], (ss) Constable New Crimes 1, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1992
  • Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Next-Door Dave [Dan Fortune], (ss) EQMM Jul 2004
• * No One Likes to Be Played for a Sucker [Dan Fortune], (ss) EQMM Jul 1969
  • Crime, Punishment and Resurrection, Fine 1992
  • First Cases, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Dutton 1996
• * No Way Out [as by Dennis Lynds; Slot-Machine Kelly], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1964
  • The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
• * Nobody Frames Big Sam [as by Dennis Lynds], (ss) AHMM Oct 1963
  • Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc., Five Star 2002
• * Occupational Hazard [as by John Crowe], (ss) AHMM Sep 1972
  • Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc., Five Star 2002
• * The Oldest Killer [Dan Fortune], (ss) The Thieftaker Journals Nov 1983
  • Crime, Punishment and Resurrection, Fine 1992