Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

CORBY, LEO (chron.)

• * Stool Pigeon, (pm) EQMM Mar 1990

CORCORAN, TOM (1943- ) (chron.)

• * One Man’s Ceiling, (ss) Miami Noir, ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books 2006

CORCORAN, WILLIAM (B.) (1901-1969?) (chron.)

• * Rich Man, Poor Man, “G” Man, Thief!, (ss) Mystery Sep 1935
  • Mystery Stories #1 1936

CORDELL, ROBERT (chron.)

• * Organizer Baggage, (ss) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997

COREN, ALAN (chron.)

• * Doctor No Will See You Now, (ss) 1980
  • The Defective Detective, ed. Steve Carper, Citadel Press 1992

CORINNE, TEE A. (chron.)

• * Predators, (ss) Out For Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1995

CORK, LEMUEL (chron.)

• * The Naked and the Dead, (ss) AHMM Sep 2001
• * Three Men in a Tub, (ss) AHMM Jan 1990

CORLEY, H. W. (chron.)

• * The Thumb Tack Mystery, (ss) Double Detective May 1940
  • High Adventure #75 2004

CORMIER, ROBERT (Edmund) (1925-2000) (chron.)

• * The Monster, (ss) EQMM Feb 1951
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998

CORN, DAVID (1959- ) (chron.)

• * My Murder, (nv) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997

CORNIER, VINCENT (1898-1976) (chron.)

• * The Courtyard of the Fly, (ss) The Storyteller Jun 1937
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990
• * Duel of Shadows [Barnabas Hildreth], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Apr 1934; also as “The Shot That Waited”.
  • Mystery Stories #13 1938
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006
• * The Shot That Waited [“Duel of Shadows”; Barnabas Hildreth], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Apr 1934
  • AHMM May 1997

CORNWELL, DAVID (John Moore) (1931- ); see pseudonym John le Carré (chron.)

CORNWELL, W. ROBERT (chron.)

• * Full Circle Triangle, (pm) EQMM Apr 1994

CORONA, CECILE (chron.)

• * A Face You Can Trust, (ss) Hardboiled #33 2005

CORREA, ARNALDO (chron.)

• * Anticipated Murder, (ss) New Mystery Spr 1995
• * An Elementary Deduction, (ss) New Mystery v4 #3 1996
• * The Merry Ghosts of the Grampus, (ss) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
• * Spy’s Fate, (nv) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999

CORRIS, PETER (Robert) (1942- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Arizona Dawn, (ss) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993
• * The Big Lie [Cliff Hardy], (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991
• * Double the Odds, (ss) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993; based on “Phar Lap” case.
• * Ghost Writer [Cliff Hardy], (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
• * Logan’s Comet, (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990
• * Sand Trap, (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993

CORTÁZAR, JULIO (1914-1984) (chron.)

• * Continuation of the Parks [1956], (vi) EQMM Sep 1993; tr. by Donald A. Yates

CORWIN, STEVE (chron.)

• * Hot Oil, (ss) AHMM Feb 1993
• * Hot Wheels, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• * Hot Wire, (ss) AHMM Jun 1995

CORY, DESMOND; pseudonym of Shaun McCarthy, (1928- ) (chron.)

• * Switchblade [Professor Dobie], (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 2, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1992

COSIN, ELIZABETH (M.) (chron.)

• * Zen and the Art of Murder [Zen(ara) Moses], (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Sep 1998; St. Martin’s, 1998.

COSING, ARTHUR P. (chron.)

• * Guest Editorial, (ed) AHMM Oct 1999
• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Fog-Get It!, (vi) AHMM Apr 2007
  ___ Let Me Count the Ways, (vi) AHMM Sep 1998
  ___ Nearly Screwed by a Nail, (vi) AHMM May 2002
  ___ A Sorry Tale, (vi) AHMM Oct 1995
• * Sure-Thing Benny Grunwald, (ss) Hardboiled #33 2005

COSTA, CAROL (chron.)

• * Limited Partnership, (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990

COSTA, SHELLEY (chron.)

• * Black Heart and Cabin Girl, (nv) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004
• * Double Fault, (ss) Crimewave #4 2000
• * Face Value, (nv) Crimewave #5 2001
• * The Generator, (ss) Crimewave #6 2002

COSTAIN, THOMAS B(ertram) (1885-1965); see pseudonym "Pat Hand" (chron.)

COSTELLO, ANN (chron.)

• * Whatever Turns You On (with Matthew J. Costello), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999

COSTELLO, MATTHEW J(ohn) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Mr. Biggles for the Defense, (ss) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
• * Must Be Santa!, (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• * Shadow, (ss) Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Someone Who Understands Me, (ss) Future Net, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, DAW 1996
  • Murder Most Postal, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• * Whatever Turns You On (with Ann Costello), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• * Where’s Mittens?, (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998

COSTIGAN, MADELEINE (chron.)

• * A Small But Perfect Crime, (ss) EQMM May 1998

COTLER, GORDON (1923- ) (chron.)

• * Farber and the Errant Nun [Detective Farber], (ss) EQMM Jan 2003
• * Farber and the Reindeer Killer [Detective Farber], (ss) EQMM Jul 2004
• * Farber and the Tuesday Lover [Detective Farber], (ss) EQMM Nov 2004
• * Farber and the Vanishing Blonde [Detective Farber], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005
• * Farber Catches a Falling Star [Detective Farber], (ss) EQMM Dec 2002
• * Farber Is Clueless [Detective Farber], (ss) EQMM Jun 2003
• * Farber Loses a Dependant [Detective Farber], (ss) EQMM Jun 2002
• * Farber Puts in His Papers [Detective Farber], (ss) EQMM Dec 2001
• * Good Neighbor Farber [Detective Farber], (ss) EQMM May 2004

COTTERILL, COLIN (chron.)

• * Has Anyone Seen Mrs. Lightswitch?, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006

COUGHLAN, TED (chron.)

• * Murder in the Nursery, (ss) Thrilling Mystery Mar 1943
  • High Adventure #77 2004

COULDREY, OSWALD (Jennings) (1882-?) (chron.)

• * The Mistaken Fury, (ss) The Mistaken Fury, Blackwell 1914
  • AHMM Nov 1994

COUNIHAN, DEIRDRE (chron.)

• * Set in Stone, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002

COUNTS, TIM (chron.)

• * Sidebar Stuff, (ss) AHMM Apr 1984

COUPE, STUART (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Hardboiled, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
  • Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993
• * Introduction, (in) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993

COURTENAY GRIMWOOD, JON (chron.)

• * Axl Against The Immortals, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003

COURTNEY, TERRY (chron.)

• * Any Small Measure of Justice, (ss) AHMM Aug 1991
• * The Dream Killers, (nv) AHMM Feb 1996
• * Fate Is a Four Letter Word, (ss) AHMM Jun 1993
• * Murder in E Flat, (nv) AHMM Feb 1998
• * Parting Shot, (ss) AHMM Apr 1993
• * Short Cons, (ss) AHMM Oct 1994
• * Small Talk, (ss) AHMM Jun 1992
  • Kingpins, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Well Done Charlie, (ss) AHMM Aug 1995

COUZENS, GARY (1964- ) (chron.)

• * Miss Perfect, (ss) Crimewave #6 2002
• * The Missing Man, (ss) Crimewave #7 2003

COVILL, RANDALL J. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Detective Work, (vi) AHMM Oct 1993

COWARD, MAT (1960- ) (books) (chron.)

• * And the Buttocks Gleamed by Night, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
• * And What Can They Show, or What Reasons Give?, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Back to the Land, (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• * Be Lucky, (ss) AHMM May 2003
• * Bits, (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
  • Speaking of Greed, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
  • Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Bloody Victims, (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
• * Breathe In, (ss) Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * But Poor Men Pay for All, (nv) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000
  • Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * The Cat’s Mother, (ss) Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star 2003
• * Do the World a Favour, (ss) Crime Yellow, ed. Maxim Jakuwbowski, Gollancz 1994
  • Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * The Dog’s Route, (ss) AHMM Jun 2001
• * Editorial, (ed) Crimewave #1 1999
• * Famous for One Thing, (ss)
  • Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * The Hampstead Vegetable Heist, (ss) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
• * Here Fluffy!, (ss) EQMM Jun 1999
• * History Repeats Itself, and It Doesn’t Even Say Pardon, (ss) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993
  • More Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * The Hope of the World, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• * If All is Dark, (ss) Crimewave #6 2002
  • Mystery: The Best of 2002, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2003
• * Introduction, (ed) Crimewave #2 1999
• * Missing the Cat, (ss) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
• * Nice People, (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
• * Nice Place, (nv) Scenes of Crime, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd. 2000
• * No Night by Myself, (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
  • Master’s Choice Volume II, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2000
  • Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Not a Minute on the Day, (ss) Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
  • Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Nowhere to be Found, (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
  • Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Offenders, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004
• * Old Sultan, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
  • Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * One Hand One Bounce, (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• * Persons Reported, (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
• * Reason to Believe, (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Rome to Move, (ss)
  • The Best British Mysteries 2005, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2005
• * The Set-Up Man, (ss) Hardboiled #18 1994
  • Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * The Shortest Distance, (ss) Shots (online) Win 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
  • Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * So Where’ve You Burried the Missus Then, Paddy?, (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• * Tall Man, Large Cat, (ss) Felonious Felines, ed. Carol & Ed Gorman, Five Star 2000
• * Three Nil, (ss) EQMM Nov 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Tomorrow’s Villain, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • Mystery: The Best of 2001, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2002
  • Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Too Hot to Die, (ss) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
• * Too Subtle for Me, (ss) AHMM Jun 2002
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003
• * Twelve of the Little Buggers, (ss) EQMM Jan 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
  • Do the World a Favour and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Under the Circumstances, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Where the Cat Came In, (ss) A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * You Can Jump, (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002
  • Crimewave #7 2003

COWIN, WILLIAM T. (chron.)

• * Radio in Crime, (ar) G-Men Oct 1935
  • High Adventure #83 2005

COX, A(nthony) B(erkeley) (1893-1971); see pseudonyms Anthony Berkeley & Francis Iles (books) (chron.)

• * The Body’s Upstairs, (ss) London Opinion
  • The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook, Anthony Berkeley, Crippen & Landru 2004