Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

DAHEIM, MARY (1937- ) (chron.)

• * Dial M for Mom, (na) Motherhood Is Murder, ed. Anon., Avon 2003
• * Gertrude’s Stein, (ss) MHCMM Spr 1997
• * Just So Much Garbage, (nv) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999
• * Tippy Canoe, (nv) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997

_____, [ref.]

• * “An Interview with Mary Daheim” by Lisa D. Williamson, (iv) Murderous Intent Win 1999

DAHL, ROALD (1916-1990) (chron.)

• * A Connoisseur’s Revenge [“The Devious Bachelor”], (nv) Colliers Sep 4 1953
  • EQMM Feb 1955
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
• * The Devious Bachelor, (nv) Colliers Sep 4 1953; also as “A Connoisseur’s Revenge”.
• * Dip in the Pool, (ss) New Yorker Jan 19 1952
  • An Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Sampler, ed. Anon., Reader’s Digest 1974
• * Galloping Foxley, (ss) Town & Country Nov 1953
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * Goldilocks and the Three Bears, (pm) Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes, Knopf 1982
  • EQMM Oct 1991
• * In the Ruins, (vi) World Bookfair Programme Jun 1964
  • The Gourmet Crook Book, ed. Tony Wilmot, Everest Books 1976
• * Lamb to the Slaughter, (ss) Harper’s Sep 1953
  • EQMM Apr 1955
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992
  • Murder British Style, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * The Landlady, (ss) New Yorker Nov 28 1959
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
• * Neck, (ss) Someone Like You, Knopf 1953
  • AHMM Feb 1985
• * The Way Up to Heaven, (ss) New Yorker Feb 27 1954
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984

DAHLSTROM, RICHARD C. (chron.)

• * illustration, (il) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994

DAHME, JOANNE (chron.)

• * Grandfather in a Box, (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996
• * Weeping Willows, (ss) Out For Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1995

D’AIGLE, CHARLOTTE (chron.)

• * The Fried Crab Affair, (nv) AHMM Sep 2002

D’aigle, CHARLOTTE (chron.)

• * Peace Corpse, (nv) AHMM Nov 2001

DAILEY, JUDITH COBB (chron.)

• * The Widow Wore Silk, (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2004

DAIN, CATHERINE; pseudonym of Judith Garwood, (1941- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Billy the Goat, (nv) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998
  • Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Cat, the Jury, (ss) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
  • Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Caught in the Act, (ss) For Crime Out Loud, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1995
  • Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Defrauding the Cat, (ss) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994
  • Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Dreams of Jeannie, (nv) Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004
• * The Fountain Street Ghost, (ss) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
  • Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Here Today, Dead to Maui, (ss) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
  • Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
  • Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Many Happy Returns, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
  • Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Mirror, Mirror, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * Not in the Stars, (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Self-Defense, (ss) Network 1990
  • Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Senses and Sensibility: Female PIs in the Nineties, (ar) Writing the PI Novel, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Writer’s Digest 1997
  • Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Too Many Cooks, (ss) Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1995
  • Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories, Five Star 2003

DALBY, RICHARD (1949- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990

DALE, ALZINA STONE (chron.)

• * Whimsey, Lost and Found, (ar) The Armchair Detective Spr 1990

DALE, CELIA (Marjorie) (1912- ) (chron.)

• * Coming South, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 5, ed. Virginia Whitaker, London: Macmillan 1973; also as “Eleven Years After”.
• * Eleven Years After [“Coming South”], (ss) Winter’s Crimes 5, ed. Virginia Whitaker, London: Macmillan 1973
  • EQMM mid-Jul 1982
• * Faery Tale, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 15, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1983
  • EQMM Jul 1984
  • 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• * Good Investments, (ss) The Mystery Guild Anthology, ed. John Waite, Constable 1980
  • 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * The Listening, (ss) AHMM Jul 22 1981
• * Wednesday Matinée, (ss) A Classic English Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1990
• * What a Treasure!, (ss) EQMM Sep 9 1981

DALE, O. R. (chron.)

• * The Bloodless Corpse, (ss)
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

D’ALESSANDRO, JACQUIE (chron.)

• * Yesterday’s Magic, (na) The Hope Chest, ed. Anon., Harlequin 2005

DALMAS, JOHN; pseudonym of John Robert Jones, (1926- ) (chron.)

• * The Ides of September, (ss) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984

DALTON, ELIZABETH A. (chron.)

• * Just Wait and See, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1989
• * The Upstairs Flat, (ss) EQMM Oct 1989
  • Women of Mystery, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1992

DALTON, JOHN (chron.)

• * The Mentality, (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

DALY, CARROLL JOHN (1889-1958) (chron.)

• * The Crime Machine, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1932
  • Hard-Boiled Detectives, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Gramercy Books 1992
• * The Egyptian Lure, (ss) Black Mask Mar 1928
  • Pulp Friction, ed. Peter Haining, London: Souvenir Press 1996
• * Excerpt from The Hidden Hand, (ex) 1929
  • Orange Pulp, ed. Maurice J. O’Sullivan & Steve Glassman, University Press of Florida 2000
• * The False Burton Combs, (nv) Black Mask Dec 1922
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
• * Just Another Stiff [Race Williams], (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1936
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Mr. Sinister, (na) Flynn’s Detective Fiction Apr 1944
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

_____, [ref.]

• * “Carroll John Daly: An Appreciation/Two Interviews” by James L. Traylor, (iv) Hardboiled #4 1986
• * “Pulp Pioneer of the Private Eye (Carroll John Daly)” by William F. Nolan, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1980

DALY, HAMLIN; pseudonym of E. Hoffmann Price, (1898-1988) (chron.)

• * Medusa’s Kiss, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jan 1936
  • Spicy Mystery Stories, ed. Tom Mason, Newbury Park, CA: Malibu Graphics, Inc. 1990

D’AMATO, BARBARA (S.) (1938- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Dolley Madison and the Staff of Life, (ss) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999
  • Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * Freedom of the Press [Cat Marsala], (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
  • August Is a Good Time for Killing, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
  • Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
  • Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Hard Feelings [*Susannah Maria “Suze” Figueroa], (ss) Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley 1995
  • Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * I Vant to Be Alone, (ss) Celebrity Vampires, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
  • Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * If You’ve Got the Money, Honey, I’ve Got the Crime [*Susannah Maria “Suze” Figueroa], (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
  • Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * The Lower Wacker Hilton [*Susannah Maria “Suze” Figueroa], (ss) Cat Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1991
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
  • Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * Motel 66, (ss) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999
  • Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2000, ed. Donald E. Westlake, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable, (ss) EQMM Nov 1998
  • Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
  • Crème de La Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2000
  • Murder Most Delectable, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * On My Honor, (n.) 2004
  • On My Honor, Five Star 2004
• * See No Evil [Cat Marsala], (nv) I, P.I. 1996
  • First Cases, Volume 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1997
  • Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
  • Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * Shelved [*Susannah Maria “Suze” Figueroa], (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996
  • Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * Soon to Be a Minor Motion Picture [*Susannah Maria “Suze” Figueroa], (ss) Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet 1994
  • Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * Steak Tartare, (ss) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
  • On My Honor, Five Star 2004
• * Stop, Thief! [*Susannah Maria “Suze” Figueroa], (ss) Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
  • Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * Too Violent (with Brian D’Amato), (ss) Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House 1996

D’AMATO, BRIAN (1962- ) (chron.)

• * Too Violent (with Barbara D’Amato), (ss) Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House 1996

D’AMICO, PAT (chron.)

• * A Distasteful Scene, (pm) EQMM Jun 1999
• * Lemonade Legacy, (pm) EQMM Nov 1999
• * A Murder Mystery, (pm) EQMM Jan 2000

DAMKOEHLER, DAN (chron.)

• * Being Conscious, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2002

DAMS, JEANNE M(artin) (1941- ) (chron.)

• * Dark Fête, (na) A Feast of Crime, ed. Anon., Worldwide 2005
• * The Miser of Michely Hall, (ss) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998
• * Remember the Maine? by Blanche, (ss) White House Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Cumberland House 2002

DANBERG, NORMAN A. (1906-1995); see under Daniels, Norman A. (chron.)

DANCER, JAMES G.; pseudonym of Michael A. Black (chron.)

• * Vengeance, (nv) Detective Mystery Stories Dec 1999

DANE, CLEMENCE; pseudonym of Winifred Ashton, (1888-1965) (chron.)

• * The King Waits, (ss) 1918
  • AHMM Aug 1984

DANGER, NICK (chron.)

• * 8-3-oh, (nv) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001

DANIEL, KATHY (chron.)

• * The Uneasy Chair, (ed) The Armchair Detective Spr, Sum, Fll 1991

DANIEL, MARK; pseudonym of Mark Daniel Fitzgeorge-Parker, (1954- ) (chron.)

• * Two and a Half Per Cent, (ss)
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

DANIEL, TONY (chron.)

• * Death of Reason, (na) IASFM Sep 1992
  • Future Crimes, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2003

DANIELS, B. J.; pseudonym of Barbara Johnson Heinlein, (1948- ) (chron.)

• * The Lovebirds, (na) Crimes of Passion, ed. Anon., Worldwide Mystery 2002

DANIELS, HAROLD R(obert) (1919-1980) (chron.)

• * Three Ways to Rob a Bank, (ss) EQMM Mar 1972
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Stories #1, ed. Anon., Bonomo 1979
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991

DANIELS, MARY T. (chron.)

• * Garroted in the Garret, (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1991

DANIELS, NORMAN (A.) [born Norman A. Danberg] (1906-1995) (chron.)

• * Black Bat and the Red Menace, (na) Black Book Detective May 1941
  • High Adventure #69 2003
• * Brand of the Black Bat [as by G. Wayman Jones; Black Bat], (nv) Black Book Detective Magazine Jul 1939
  • High Adventure Sep 2006
• * Exchange Ship Murders, (nv) Thrilling Mystery Mar 1943
  • High Adventure #77 2004
• * The League of the Iron Cross [as by C. K. M. Scanlon; Masked Detective], (na) The Masked Detective Sum 1941
• * The Masked Detective’s Manhunt [as by C. K. M. Scanlon; Masked Detective], (na) The Masked Detective Spr 1941
• * Masked Faces, (ss) The Phantom Detective Feb 1935
  • High Adventure #68 2003
• * A Matter of Patience, (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1966
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #3 1973
• * Murder Is Necessary, (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jun 1937
  • High Adventure Sep 2006
• * Murder Montage [as by John L. Benton; Candid Camera Kid], (nv) Detective Novels Magazine Feb 1943