Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

COCHRAN, STACEY (chron.) (continued)

• * 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 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

COGEN, JILL (chron.)

• * Spyder’s Plant (with Gay Toltl Kinman), (ss) Gone Coastal, ed. Margaret Searles, Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006

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
• * Murder at the Roundtable (with Lawrence Block, Mary Higgins Clark, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Mickey Friedman, Susan Isaacs, Judith Kelman, Warren B. Murphy, Justin Scott & Peter Straub), (ms) MHCMM Sum 2000
• * Nadigo, (ss) Mystery Monthly Sep 1976
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Neville, (nv) AHMM Mar 1992
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * A Night in the Manchester Store, (nv) Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Ransom of Retta Chiefman, (ss) Women’s Wiles, ed. Michele Slung, HBJ 1979
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Six-Four, Four-Three, Deuce, A Ghost Story of Sorts [“A Game of Tennis”], (ss) Mystery Monthly Jul 1976
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * That Day on Connally, (ss) EQMM Jun 1974; also as “I’m Sorry, Mr. Griggs”.
• * Those Who Appreciate Money, (ss) AHMM Apr 1975; also as “Those Who Appreciate Money Hate to Touch the Principal”.
• * Those Who Appreciate Money Hate to Touch the Principal [“Those Who Appreciate Money”], (ss) AHMM Apr 1975
  • A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * An Underworld Story, (pm) EQMM Jun 1992
• * Why’d You Bring Me Here?, (ss) EQMM Jun 2005
  • The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2007

COHEN, STEPHANIE KAPLAN (chron.)

• * Lady Luck, (ss) Hardboiled #23 1997

COHEN, SUSAN (Lois) HANDLER (1938- ); see pseudonym Elizabeth St. Clair (chron.)

COHN, GARY (chron.)

• * Deadly Prey [Batman], (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman Volume 3, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1993

COKE (chron.)

• * from Coke’s Institutes, (ms)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

COLAN, GENE (chron.)

• * Detectives Inc.: A Terror of Dying Dreams (with Don McGregor), (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Dec 1999; excerpt from the classic P.I. graphic novel, and a peek at what went on behind the scenes in its creation.

COLBERT, JAMES (E.) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * No Special Hurry [chapter 1, pp. 1-11], (ex) London: Penguin 1989
  • Hardboiled, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992

COLBY, ROBERT (1916-2006) (books) (chron.)

• * The Deadly Desire, (n.) Gold Medal Books 1959
  • The Last Witness and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Death Is a Lonely Lover, (nv) AHMM Dec 1968
  • The Last Witness and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Last Witness, (ss) AHMM May 1967
  • The Last Witness and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Never Come Back, (nv) AHMM Jun 1967
  • The Last Witness and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Paint the Town Gold [T. C. Brock], (ss) AHMM Nov 19 1980
• * Paint the Town Green [T. C. Brock], (nv) AHMM Oct 1977
  • Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993
  • The Last Witness and Other Stories, Five Star 2002

COLE, CAROL A. (chron.)

• * The Bells of Christmas, (ss) By the Chimney with Care, ed. Tont Burton, Wolfmont Publishing 2006
• * The Not So Friendly Skies, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #54 2004

COLE, G(eorge) D(ouglas) H(oward) (1889-1959) (chron.)

• * In a Telephone Cabinet (with Margaret Cole) [Supt. Henry Wilson], (nv) 1923; also as “The Owl at the Window”.
  • AHMM Mar 1983
• * A Lesson in Crime (with Margaret Cole) [Supt. Henry Wilson], (ss) A Lesson in Crime, Collins 1933
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
• * The Mother of the Detective (with Margaret Cole) [Mrs. Elizabeth Warrender], (ss)
  • AHMM Dec 1990
• * Murder at the Munition Works (with Margaret Cole), (ex) 1940
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * The Owl at the Window (with Margaret Cole) [“In a Telephone Cabinet”; Supt. Henry Wilson], (nv) 1923
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • AHMM Mar 1983
• * Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday (with Margaret Cole) [Supt. Henry Wilson], (nv) Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday 1928
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990

COLE, JACKSON; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * Lone Star Fury [by James M. Reasoner; Jim Hatfield], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1995
• * The Lone Wolf Rides [Jim Hatfield], (na) Texas Rangers Oct 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories #21 1998

COLE, MARGARET (Isabel Postgate) (1893-1980) (chron.)

• * In a Telephone Cabinet (with G. D. H. Cole) [*Supt. Henry Wilson], (nv) 1923; also as “The Owl at the Window”.
  • AHMM Mar 1983
• * A Lesson in Crime (with G. D. H. Cole) [*Supt. Henry Wilson], (ss) A Lesson in Crime, Collins 1933
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
• * The Mother of the Detective (with G. D. H. Cole) [*Mrs. Elizabeth Warrender], (ss)
  • AHMM Dec 1990
• * Murder at the Munition Works (with G. D. H. Cole), (ex) 1940
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * The Owl at the Window (with G. D. H. Cole) [“In a Telephone Cabinet”; *Supt. Henry Wilson], (nv) 1923
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • AHMM Mar 1983
• * Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday (with G. D. H. Cole) [*Supt. Henry Wilson], (nv) Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday 1928
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990