Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

COLLINS, WILKIE (chron.) (continued)

• * Gabriel’s Marriage, (nv) Household Words Apr 16-23 1853
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * The Lady of Glenwith Grange, (ss) After Dark, London: Smith, Elder 1856; also as “The Angler’s Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange”.
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
• * Mad Monkton [“The Monkstons of Wincot Abbey”], (na) Fraser’s Magazine Nov-Dec 1855
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
• * The Monkstons of Wincot Abbey, (na) Fraser’s Magazine Nov-Dec 1855; also as “Mad Monkton”.
• * Mr Wray’s Cash Box, (na) Household Words Jan 1852
  • Crime for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1991
• * A Terribly Strange Bed, (ss) Household Words Apr 24 1852
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
  • AHMM Nov 1991
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * Who Is the Thief?, (nv) Atlantic Monthly Apr 1858; also as “The Biter Bit”.
• * Who Killed Zebedee?, (nv) Seaside Library Jan 26 1881
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006

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• * “Wilkie Collins and Crime Fiction” by Andrew Gasson, (ar) The Strand Magazine #1 1998

COLLINS, WILLIAM (1721-1759) (chron.)

• * The Angler’s Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange [“The Lady of Glenwith Grange”], (ss) After Dark, London: Smith, Elder 1856
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
• * The Lady of Glenwith Grange, (ss) After Dark, London: Smith, Elder 1856; also as “The Angler’s Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange”.

COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE; see under Collins, Wilkie (chron.)

COLTMAN-ALLEN, VIVIAN ERNEST (1908-2006); see pseudonym Ernest Dudley (chron.)

COMBA, GRETCHEN (chron.)

• * The Friction Point, (ss) Greensboro Review Sum 1997

COMBS, JAMES (Everett) (1941- ) (chron.)

• * Amy Gdalla, (ss) 1996
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997

COMBS, KEITH (chron.)

• * The Border Crossing, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2002

COMER, R. J. (chron.)

• * Boy Scout Dough, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2003
• * Kopstoot, (ss) Plots with Guns Jul/Aug 2001

COMMINGS, JOSEPH (1913-1992) (books) (chron.)

• * Assassination—Middle East [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1981
• * The Black Friar Murders [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jan 1948
  • Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004; the magazine editor changed the detective’s name to “Mayor Landin.” Banner Deadlines restores him to “Senator Banner.”
• * Castanets, Canaries, and Murder [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) Mystery Digest Jan/Feb 1962
  • Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Death by Black Magic [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (nv) Ten Detective Aces Nov 1948
  • Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1957
  • Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Dressed to Kill [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1982
• * Fingerprint Ghost [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine May 1947
  • Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Fire Dragon Caper [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1984
• * Ghost in the Gallery [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jul 1949
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990
  • Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Giant’s Sword [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) Mystery Digest May/Jun 1963
  • Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Grand Guignol Caper [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984; also as “The Vampire in the Iron Mask”.
• * Hangman’s House [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) Mystery Digest Nov/Dec 1962
  • Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Murder of a Mermaid [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1982
• * Murder Under Glass [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Mar 1947
  • Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Murder’s Progress [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) Mystery Digest Nov/Dec 1960
  • Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Nobody Loves a Fat Man [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1980
• * The Spectre on the Lake [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jul 1947
  • Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Stairway to Nowhere (with Edward D. Hoch) [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1979
  • Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Vampire in the Iron Mask [“The Grand Guignol Caper”; Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984
  • Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Whispering Gallery [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (nv) Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The X Street Murders [Sen. Brooks U. Banner], (ss) Mystery Digest Mar/Apr 1962
  • Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006

_____, [ref.]

• * “Joseph Commings: A Memoir” by Edward D. Hoch, (ar) Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * “The Writing Career of Joseph Commings” by Robert Adey, (in) Banner Deadlines, Crippen & Landru 2004

COMRADA, NORMA (chron.)

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• * An Attempt at Murder, by Karel Capek, (ss) Tales from Two Pockets, Catbird Press 1994
  • AHMM Oct 1996
• * The Clairvoyant, by Karel Capek, (ss) Toward the Radical Center: A Karel Capek Reader, Catbird Press 1990
  • Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992
• * The Crime at the Post Office, by Karel Capek [1929], (ss) Toward the Radical Center: A Karel Capek Reader, Catbird Press 1990
  • EQMM Aug 1990
• * The Crime on the Farm, by Karel Capek, (ss) Tales from Two Pockets, Catbird Press 1994; “Kupón,” from Povídky z jedné kapsy, 1929.
  • AHMM Apr 1995

COMTOIS, PIERRE (chron.)

• * At the Root, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1998
• * Jungles, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1998
• * The Pride of Siva, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 1999

CONARD, MARK T. (chron.)

• * Ralphie Kills His Father [Ralphie], (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2004
• * Ralphie, the Goods, and the Construction Worker [Ralphie], (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2004
  • Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology, ed. Anthony Neil Smith, Dennis McMillan 2005

_____, [ref.]

• * “The PWG Interview with Mark T. Conard” by Trev Maviano, (iv) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2004

CONDARCURE, TOM (chron.)

• * Abro Cadaver, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Nov 2000
• * Bee Line, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Oct 2001
• * Brain Drain, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Aug 2001
• * The Death Ray of Mr. Mord, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jul 2000
• * Electric Dreamland, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #50 2004
• * The Killer Escapes, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories May 2001
• * The Land, (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 2002
• * A Lynching at Cobble Creek, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 2000
• * The Preacher Comes to Gertrude, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2001
• * Rustlers at Red Rock, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2000
• * Stampede, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2001
• * Tinhorn Deputy, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2000
• * Trouble at Holmsville, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2000

CONDIT, SONJA (chron.)

• * Corinne, (ss) AHMM Dec 1992

CONEY, MICHAEL G(reatrex) (1932-2005) (chron.)

• * Catnap, (ss) AHMM May 1997
• * Dorothy Past and Present, (nv) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• * Suspicion, (ss) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000

CONGREVE, BILL (chron.)

• * I Am My Father’s Daughter, (nv) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993

CONNELL, RICHARD (Edward) (1893-1949) (chron.)

• * Brother Orchid, (nv) Colliers May 21 1938
  • Murder Most Divine, ed. Ralph McInerny & Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000
• * The Most Dangerous Game, (nv) Colliers Jan 19 1924
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • Masterpieces of Adventure, ed. Louis Morris, Hart 1966

CONNELLY, CARYN (chron.)

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• * Eclipse, by Rolo Diez, (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

CONNELLY, MARC(us Cook) (1890-1980) (chron.)

• * Coroner’s Inquest, (ss) Colliers Feb 8 1930
  • The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Pegasus Books 2007

CONNELLY, MICHAEL (1956- ) (books) (chron.)

• * After Midnight, (ss) Men from Boys, ed. John Harvey, Heinemann 2003
• * Angle of Investigation, (ss)
  • Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology, ed. Anthony Neil Smith, Dennis McMillan 2005
• * Christmas Even [Harry Bosch], (nv) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004; originally appeared on Connelly’s Web site, a different version appeared in Playboy, January 2003. .
• * Cielo Azul, (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• * Epiphany, (aw)
  • No Good from a Corpse, Leigh Brackett, Dennis McMillan 1999
• * Father’s Day, (ss) The Blue Religion, ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown 2008
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003
• * Introduction, (in) The Blue Religion, ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown 2008
• * Introduction: 10,000 Eyes in the Sky, (in) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005
• * More Than Night, (ar) Crime Time #23 2001
• * Mulholland Dive, (ss) Los Angeles Noir, ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books 2007
  • A Prisoner of Memory: And 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Pegasus 2008
• * One Dollar Jackpot, (nv) Dead Man’s Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Harcourt 2007
• * Suicide Run, (ss) Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Pegasus Books 2007
• * Two-Bagger, (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2002, ed. James Ellroy, Houghton Mifflin 2002

_____, [ref.]

• * “Noir for the 90’s” by Marion Long, (bg) MHCMM Sum 1998

CONNINGTON, J. J.; pseudonym of Alfred Walter Stewart, (1880-1947) (chron.)

• * Before Insulin [“Beyond Insulin”; Clinton Driffield], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 1 1936
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * Beyond Insulin [Clinton Driffield], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 1 1936; also as “Before Insulin”.

CONNOLLY, J. F. (chron.)

• * The Undertaker’s Story, (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

CONNOLLY, JOHN (1968- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Cancer Cowboy Rides, (na) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * Deep Dark Green, (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * The Erlking, (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * The Furnace Room, (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * Hit Men in Blue (with Howard Blum), (tc)
  • The Best American Crime Writing 2006, ed. Mark Bowden, Harper Perennial 2006
• * The Inkpot Monkey, (ss) Like a Charm, ed. Karin Slaughter, Century 2004
  • Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * Miss Froom, Vampire, (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * Mr. Gray’s Folly, (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• * Mr. Pettinger’s Daemon, (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * The New Daughter, (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * Nocturne, (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * The Reflecting Eye: A Charlie Parker Novella [Charlie Parker], (na) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * The Ritual of the Bones, (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * The Shifting of the Sands, (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * Some Children Wander by Mistake, (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * The Underbury Witches, (nv) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004
• * The Wakeford Abyss, (ss) Nocturnes, Hodder & Stoughton 2004

CONNOLLY, LAWRENCE C. (chron.)

• * Flashback, (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

CONNOLLY, RICHARD (chron.)

• * Purloined Letter, (qz) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan, Feb 1985

CONNOR, JACK (chron.)

• * Jailbait, (ss) AHMM Oct 1984

CONNOR, (Patrick) REARDEN (1905-1991) (chron.)

• * Aftermath, (ss) Lovat Dickson’s Magazine Jan 1934
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Rats, (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Apr 28 1934
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993

CONRAD, HY (chron.)

• * Asking for It, (ss) AHMM May 1985
• * The Crown Jewel, (nv) AHMM Apr 1985
• * A Friend in Need, (ss) AHMM Mar 1984
• * Murder Rewrapped, (nv) AHMM Nov 1984

CONRAD, JOSEPH; pseudonym of Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski, (1857-1924) (chron.)

• * from The Secret Agent, (ex) 1907
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * The Informer, (ss) Harper’s Dec 1906
  • World’s Greatest Spy Stories, ed. Kurt Singer, W.H. Allen 1954
  • The Secret Agent’s Badge of Courage, ed. Kurt Singer, Belmont 1961
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
• * The Secret Sharer, (nv) Harper’s Aug-Sep 1910
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994
• * Typhoon, (na) 1902
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992

CONROW, ED (chron.)

• * A Case of Double Vision, (ss) EQMM Oct 1986
• * Christmas Eve at Lulu’s, (ss) EQMM Dec 1983
• * Hang Loose, (ss) EQMM Sep 1984
• * Not on the Menu, (ss) EQMM Nov 1982

CONROY, CONRAD (chron.)

• * The Millions I Might Have Had, (ss) Mystery Stories #2 1936
• * What the Slippers Revealed, (ss) Mystery Stories #4 1936

CONROY, RICHARD TIMOTHY (1927- ) (chron.)

• * Tale of Two Sisters, (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999