Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

COX, DAVID (chron.)

• * The Drowning Detective, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2002
• * No Heroics [Malloy], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Nov 2004

COX, (William) GREG(ory) (1959- ) (chron.)

• * Catwomen [Batman], (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman Volume 3, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1993
  • Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997
• * Endangered Species [Batman], (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992
• * Firetrap, (nv) Walls of Fear, ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow 1990
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * A Slice of History, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1984

COX, MICHAEL (Andrew) (1948- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996

COX, WILLIAM R(obert) (1901-1988) (chron.)

• * Manhattan Corpse-Peddler, (ss) Ace G-Man Stories Aug 1940
  • Pulp Vault #8 1991

COX, WILLIAM TREVOR (1928- ); see pseudonym William Trevor (chron.)

COXE, GEORGE HARMON (1901-1984) (chron.)

• * Crime Photographer [“Earned Reward”; Flash Casey], (nv) Black Mask Mar 1935
  • Crime Movies 2, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1997
• * Death Certificate [Dr. Paul Standish], (ss) Liberty Magazine 1947
  • EQMM Jul 1948
  • Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1957
• * The Doctor Makes It Murder, (ss) Cosmopolitan Sep 1942
  • The Third Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959
• * The Doctor Takes a Case [“Post Mortem”; Dr. Paul Standish], (nv) Liberty Magazine Nov 16 1946
  • The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1958
• * Earned Reward [Flash Casey], (nv) Black Mask Mar 1935; also as “Crime Photographer”; also as “Reward for Survivors”.
• * Invited Witness, (ss) Dime Mystery Book Magazine Aug 1933
  • EQMM Jul 1950
  • Ellery Queen’s Anthology Volume 1, ed. Ellery Queen, London: May Fair 1959
• * A Neat and Tidy Job, (ss) EQMM Oct 1960
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Post Mortem [Dr. Paul Standish], (nv) Liberty Magazine Nov 16 1946; also as “The Doctor Takes a Case”.
• * Reward for Survivors [“Earned Reward”; Flash Casey], (nv) Black Mask Mar 1935
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998

COX-MILLNER, NANCY (chron.)

• * The Kettle of Gold, (ss)
  • Bad to the Bones, ed. Kerry Greenwood, Holland Park, Queensland: CrimeWriters Queensland 2002

COZINE, HERSCHEL (chron.)

• * The Black Box, (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• * Compulsion, (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2005
• * Murder on Tape, (ss) AHMM Jul 22 1981
• * Professional Courtesy, (ss) AHMM Oct 14 1981

COZZENS, JAMES GOULD (1903-1978) (chron.)

• * Clerical Error [“Foot in It”], (vi) McCall’s 1935
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * Foot in It, (vi) McCall’s 1935; also as “Clerical Error”.

CRABBE, GEORGE (1754-1832) (chron.)

• * from “Peter Grimes”, (pm) 1810
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * The Voluntary Insane, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

CRACKANTHORPE, HUBERT (1870-1896) (chron.)

• * A Fellside Tragedy, (ss) Double Dealer Dec 1921
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

CRACKNELL, LINDA (chron.)

• * Death Wish, (ss) Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999

CRAIG, DOUGLAS (chron.)

• * Jambalaya, (ss) AHMM Aug 1964
  • Death on the Veranda, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994

CRAIG, GEORGIANA ANN RANDOLPH (1908-1957); see pseudonym Craig Rice (books) (chron.)

CRAIG, JONATHAN; pseudonym of Frank E. Smith, (1919-1984) (chron.)

• * The Bobby-Soxer, (ss) Manhunt Oct 1953
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
• * The Late Unlamented, (nv) AHMM Sep 1966
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1967
• * The Quiet Room, (ss) Manhunt Dec 1953
  • Fallen Angels, ed. Anon., Grove Press 1993
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Six Skinny Coffins, (ss) AHMM Jun 1969
  • AHMM May 2006

CRAIG, PATRICIA (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
  • Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000

CRAIS, ROBERT (Kyle) (1953- ) (chron.)

• * House Party: An Introduction to Mystery Street, (in) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001
• * The Man Who Knew Dick Bong [Philip Marlowe], (nv) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999

CRANE, STEPHEN (Townley) (1871-1900) (chron.)

• * The Blue Hotel, (nv) Colliers Nov 26 1898
  • Master’s Choice, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 1999

CRARY, JULIE F. (chron.)

• * Three Happy Widows, (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003

CRAWFORD, BARBARA (chron.)

• * The Unbidden Thought, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981

CRAWFORD, CHRISTIN (chron.)

• * Whistling Wind, (pm) Murderous Intent Spr 1996

CRAWFORD, DAN (chron.)

• * Agents, (ss) AHMM Mar 1999
• * All I Wand for Christmas, (ss) AHMM Jan 1992
• * All’s Fair, (ss) AHMM Nov 1997
• * Bell, Crook, and Vandal, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997
• * Bride of Air and Darkness, (ss) AHMM Jul 1991
• * Bringing in Blossoms, (ss) AHMM Mar 2003
• * The Brothers Shimazi, (ss) AHMM Jan 1996
• * Cargo, (nv) AHMM Aug 1990
• * Cut and Run, (nv) AHMM Dec 1990
• * The Dark, Shining Street, (nv) AHMM Nov 1988
• * A Day in the Life of Evil-Eye Fleagle, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 1988
• * The Dear Departed, (ss) AHMM Jul 1987
• * Device Is Right, (vi) AHMM Apr 1997
• * A Double Run in Clubs, (ss) EQMM Mar 1988
• * Echoes from a Well, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• * Emeralds? Oh, Those Emeralds, (ss) AHMM Mar 2007
• * Extra Cheese, and I Have Your Coupon, (ss) AHMM Jul 1992
• * Father’s Day Special, (ss) EQMM Mar 1991
• * The Flower of Dibensit, (nv) AHMM Apr 1993
• * For Sale Cheap; No Returns, (vi) AHMM Jul 1994
• * Front Window, (ss) AHMM Sep 1990
• * The Ghost in the Garden, (ss) AHMM Oct 1990
  • Garden of Deadly Delights, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * The Ghost in the Old Green Shoe, (ss) AHMM Dec 2000
• * The Gingerbread Girl, (ss) AHMM Aug 1992
• * Go Tell It to the Mountain, (vi) AHMM Feb 1993
• * Guile Is Where It Goes, (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
• * Hibelia and the Fish, (ss) AHMM Jul 1993
• * His Lady Fare, (vi) AHMM May 2001
• * Hole in the Wall, (ss) EQMM Dec 1989
• * In Deep, (ss) AHMM May 1992
• * The Last of the Magic, (ss) AHMM May 2007
• * Late and Soon, Getting and Spending, (ss) AHMM Jun 1990
• * Leftovers, (vi) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998
• * A Little Music, a Little Laughter, (ss) AHMM Jan 2001
• * Nick and Lizzie, (ss) AHMM Mar 1996
• * Not a Worry, Not a Care, (ss) AHMM Nov 2001
• * Oleander, (ss) AHMM Feb 1991
• * On a Clear Day, You Can See Night, (vi) AHMM Dec 1988
• * On a Halt Horse, (vi) AHMM Aug 1995
• * On the Street Again, (nv) AHMM Apr 1989
• * Only Nights, (ss) AHMM Jun 1993
• * Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Walking, (nv) AHMM Feb 1994
• * Perhaps Today You Gave a Nod to Sweeney, (vi) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1995
• * Perils Before Swine, (ss) AHMM Jan 1994
• * Praise the Sea, (ss) AHMM Oct 1993
• * The Quarter Banks Company, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1990
• * The Quellroad, (ss) AHMM Mar 2000
• * Realistic Novel Library, (ss) AHMM Feb 1996
• * Ride a Red Horse, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1994
• * The Scholar and the Rose, (ss) AHMM Sep 1993
• * Sing and Sing Loud, (ss) AHMM May 1996
• * The Six Million Dollar Gingerbread Man, (ss) AHMM Oct 1991
• * The Ten Thousand Toes of Bliss, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1992
• * Time on Their Hands, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2003
• * A Train of Stars, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• * Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, (na) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• * Under Separate Cover, (ss) AHMM Jul 1990
• * We’re Going to Sing This Song All Night Today, (nv) AHMM Sep 1994
• * What Comes Our Way, (ss) AHMM Jun 1994
• * Words and Music, (ss) AHMM Feb 1997
• * Xandra’s Hollow, (ss) AHMM Feb 1992
• * Yellow Leaves, (ss) AHMM Nov 2005
• * Zitina the Princess, (ss) AHMM Aug 1989

CRAWFORD, F(rancis) MARION (1854-1909) (chron.)

• * The Doll’s Ghost, (ss) Wandering Ghosts, Macmillan 1911
  • The Mystery and the Detective, ed. Blanche Colton Williams, Appleton-Century 1938
  • F&SF Apr 1952
• * Man Overboard!, (nv) New York & London: Macmillan 1903
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * The Screaming Skull, (nv) Colliers Jul 11 1908 (+1)
  • AHMM Jun 1987
• * The Upper Berth, (nv) The Broken Shaft: Unwin’s Christmas Annual, ed. Sir Henry Norman, London: Fisher Unwin 1886
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935

CREASEY, IAN (1969- ) (chron.)

• * Drawing the Line, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001

CREASEY, JOHN (1908-1973); see pseudonym J. J. Marric (chron.)

• * The Chief Witness, (nv) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Nov 1957
  • Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
• * Gideon and the Chestnut Vendor [Commander George Gideon], (ss)
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
• * Gideon and the Young Toughs [Commander George Gideon], (ss) 1970
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * Revenge [as by Michael Halliday], (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Feb 1962
  • John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book, 1975, ed. Herbert Harris, Hodder Stoughton 1974

CRENSHAW, BILL (chron.)

• * August Body, (ss) AHMM May 1989
• * Dead Man’s Switch, (ss) AHMM Jan 1985
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Dogwatch, (nv) AHMM Jun 1997
• * Flicks, (nv) AHMM Aug 1988
  • The New Edgar Winners, Mystery Writers of America, New York: Wynwood Press 1990
  • Under the Gun, ed. Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL 1990
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994
• * Good Fences, (nv) AHMM Mar 1985
• * Last Round, (ss) AHMM Feb 1988
• * Lie Down with Dogs, (ss) AHMM Jun 1988
• * Miner Operation, (ss) AHMM Dec 1995
• * Passing for Love, (ss) AHMM Mar 1990
  • Grifters and Swindlers, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * Poor Dumb Mouths, (ss) AHMM May 1984
  • Murder Most Medical, ed. Cathleen Jordan & Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
  • AHMM Sep 2006
• * Postcards from the Ledge, (nv) AHMM Feb 1993
• * Right People, Right Places, (ss) AHMM Jul 1988
• * Roadkill Poker, (nv) AHMM Apr 1997
• * Snowman Meets the Ice Queen, (ss) AHMM Feb 1989
• * Suits of Woe, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1988
• * Tide in the Affairs, (nv) AHMM Jun 1986
• * Transcript, (ss) AHMM Oct 1986
• * Veni, Vidi, Video, (nv) AHMM Jan 1990
• * War Stories: Righteous Shoot, (nv) AHMM Jul 1996
• * World Enough and Time, (nv) AHMM Apr 1986

CRENSHAW, WILLIAM B. (chron.)

• * Editor’s Notes: Remembering Cathleen Jordan, (ed) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002
• * The Scrivener’s Tale, Adam of Cranefield, edited, with notes and modernization, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002

CRESPI, CAMILLA T.; pseudonym of Camilla Trinchieri, (1942- ) (chron.)

• * The Fixer, (ss) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
• * The Trouble with the Shoot, (ss) Malice Domestic 3, Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1994

CRESSWELL, HELEN; [i.e., Helen Cresswell Rowe] (1934-2005) (books) (chron.)

• * The Sky Sea, (ss) Hidden Turnings, ed. Diana Wynne Jones, London: Methuen 1989
  • Mystery Stories, ed. Helen Cresswell, Kingfisher 1996

CREW, CAROLYN T. (chron.)

• * Cui Bono?, (pm) EQMM Jan 14 1980
• * Nursery Crimes, (pm) EQMM Feb 11 1980

CREWE, DAVID; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * Broken Ivory, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 2 1935
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * The Man Who Died Too Often, (ss) New Detective Magazine Nov 1944
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

CRICHTON, (John) MICHAEL (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Blood Doesn’t Come Out, (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

CRIDER, ALLEN BILLY; see under Crider, Bill (books) (chron.)

CRIDER, (Allen) BILL(y) (1941- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Christmas Bear [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) More Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1999
• * The Adventure of the Christmas Ghosts [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1996
• * The Adventure of the St. Marylebone Ghoul [Holmes Sherlock], (ss) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006