Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

DAVIDSON, AVRAM (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * A Quiet Room with a View, (ss) EQMM Aug 1964
  • The Investigations of Avram Davidson, St. Martin’s 1999
• * Revolver, (ss) EQMM Oct 1962
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * The Singular Incident of the Dog on the Beach, (ss) AHMM Dec 1986
• * The Third Sacred Well of the Temple, (ss) EQMM May 1965
  • The Investigations of Avram Davidson, St. Martin’s 1999
• * “Thou Still Unravished Bride”, (ss) EQMM Oct 1958
  • The Investigations of Avram Davidson, St. Martin’s 1999
• * Traveller from an Antique Land, (ss) EQMM Sep 1961
  • Once Upon a Crime II, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * Writ in Water, or, The Gingerbread Man [Dr. Eszterhazy], (nv) Amazing Sep 1985
  • The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy, Owlswick 1991
• * Young Doctor Eszterhazy [Dr. Eszterhazy], (na) Amazing Nov 1984; also as “Cornet Eszterhazy”.

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Fish Unturned: Avram Davidson” by Gene Wolfe [“Avram Davidson: The Fish Unturned”], (ar) Weird Tales Win ’88 - 1989

DAVIDSON, DIANE MOTT (c1949- ) (chron.)

• * Cold Turkey, (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1997
  • Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
• * The Cottonwood Creek Caper, (ss) Malice Domestic 1, Elizabeth Peters, Pocket 1992

_____, [ref.]

• * “Diane Mott Davidson Serves Uo a Tough Cookie” by Jane Bosveld, (bg) MHCMM Sum 2000

DAVIDSON, JEAN; pseudonym of Dorothy Lumley, (1949- ) (chron.)

• * Death in the Desert, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2005
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * A Golden Opportunity, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003
• * A Lion Rampant [Father Gregory], (nv) 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
• * A Stone of Destiny, (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999

DAVIDSON, LIONEL (1922- ) (chron.)

• * Indian Rope Trick, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 13, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1981
  • Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
• * Tuesday’s Child, (ss) The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006

DAVIDSON, MARY J. (chron.)

• * Murder In Pocasset, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #38 2003

DAVIDSON, MaryJANICE (chron.)

• * Ten Little Idiots, (na) Wicked Women Whodunit, ed. Anon., Brava 2005

DAVIDSON, RAY (chron.)

• * Blood Feud, (ss) AHMM Apr 1993
• * Bodily Harm, (ss) AHMM Sep 1992
• * A Dog’s Life, (ss) AHMM Oct 1986
  • Canine Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Jove 1993
• * Mercy Killing, (nv) AHMM Oct 1987
• * The Red Pickup, (ss) AHMM Jun 1993

DAVIES, BARBARA (chron.)

• * Making a Good Recovery, (ss) Shred of Evidence Feb 2004

DAVIES, DAVID STUART (1946- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Curse of the Griswold Phantom, (nv)
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * The Curzon Street Conundrum [Luther Darke], (nv) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * The Darlington Substitution Scandal [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * A Good Day for a Murder, (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• * Instant Removals, (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * One for the Monet, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
• * The Riddle of the Visiting Angel, (ss)
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006

DAVIES, JOHN (chron.)

• * Crack-Up, (ss) Argosy (UK) Apr 1973
  • John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book, 1975, ed. Herbert Harris, Hodder Stoughton 1974

DAVIES, KAY HAMMOND; see pseudonym Kay Hammond (chron.)

DAVIES, KIRSTEN EHRLICH (books) (chron.)

• * Dusting Out Demons, (ss)
  • Dusting Out Demons and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * The Fortieth Birthday of Jeremy Blaine, (na)
  • Dusting Out Demons and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * “I Saw Them,” She Told Me, (ss)
  • Dusting Out Demons and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * In the Taxi, (ss)
  • Dusting Out Demons and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * Jack and Jeannie, (ss)
  • Dusting Out Demons and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * A Young Girl’s Confession, (ss)
  • Dusting Out Demons and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005

DAVIES, L(eslie) P(urnell) (1914- ) (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Powers of the Mind: L.P. Davies” by S. T. Joshi, (ar) The Armchair Detective Spr 1991

DAVIES, LINTON; see pseudonym Morton Taney (chron.)

DAVIES, NICK (chron.)

• * from Murder on Ward Four, (ex) 1993
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

DAVIES, RHYS (1903-1978) (chron.)

• * The Friendly Creature, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

DAVIES, (William) ROBERTSON (1913-1995) (chron.)

• * Dickens Digested, (ss) High Spirits, Penguin 1982
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1986
• * Einstein and the Little Lord, (ss) High Spirits, Penguin 1982
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1988
• * The Ghost Who Vanished by Degrees, (ss) High Spirits, Penguin 1982
  • Crossing the Line: Canadian Mysteries with a Fantastic Twist, ed. Robert J. Sawyer & David Skene-Melvin, Pottersfield Press 1998
• * The Great Queen Is Amused, (ss) High Spirits, Penguin 1982
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1989
• * The Kiss of Khrushchev, (ss) High Spirits, Penguin 1982
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1987
• * The Ugly Spectre of Sexism, (ss) High Spirits, Penguin 1982
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1990
• * The Xerox in the Lost Room, (ss) High Spirits, Penguin 1982
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1992

DAVIES, TRISTAN (chron.)

• * Scouts, (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

DAVIES, WILLIAM H(enry) (1871-1940) (chron.)

• * The Inquest, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

DAVIS, CAROL ANNE (1961- ) (chron.)

• * Better to Arrive, (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• * Brand New Boyfriend, (ss) Tourniquet Heart, ed. Christopher C. Teague, Prime 2002
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003
• * Driving Forces, (ss) Shots (online) 2000
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
• * The Ghosts of Bees, (ss) Fresh Blood 2, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1997
• * Miss You Nights, (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
• * Not Long Now, (ss) OWF Magazine 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * On Wings of Love, (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
• * Park Life, (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• * Pigeon-Holed, (ss) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• * Safe as Houses, (ex) No Exit Press 1999
  • Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• * Spellbound, (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000
• * Starting Over, (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004
• * Stitched Up, (ss) Scenes of Crime, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd. 2000
• * Women Who Kill, (ar) Crime Time #23 2001
• * You Never Know, (ss) Nasty Piece of Work #12 1999
  • The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003

DAVIS, DOROTHY B. (chron.)

• * Crazy Bird, (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
• * Parrots in My Garden, (ss) EQMM Dec 1992
  • Garden of Deadly Delights, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996

DAVIS, DOROTHY SALISBURY (1916- ) (books) (chron.)

• * By the Scruff of the Soul, (ss) EQMM Jan 1963
  • Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998
  • A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005
• * Christopher and Maggie, (ss) Mistletoe Mysteries, Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1989
  • In the Still of the Night: Tales to Lock Your Doors By, Five Star 2001
• * The Devil and His Due, (ss) EQMM Apr 22 1981
  • EQMM Sep 1991
• * Hank’s Tale, (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2000
  • Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Missing in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1992
• * Justina, (ss) EQMM Nov 1989
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Signet 1992
  • Women of Mystery III, ed. Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • In the Still of the Night: Tales to Lock Your Doors By, Five Star 2001
• * The Last Party, (ss) Who Done It?, ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin 1980
  • EQMM Feb 1985
• * The Letter, (nv) Murder in the Family, The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
  • EQMM Aug 2002
• * A Matter of Public Notice, (nv) EQMM Jul 1957
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
• * Miles to Go, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
  • In the Still of the Night: Tales to Lock Your Doors By, Five Star 2001
• * Mrs. Norris Visits the Library, (ss) EQMM Apr 1959
  • Senior Sleuths, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley 1996
• * Murder at the Roundtable (with Lawrence Block, Mary Higgins Clark, Stanley Cohen, Mickey Friedman, Susan Isaacs, Judith Kelman, Warren B. Murphy, Justin Scott & Peter Straub), (ms) MHCMM Sum 2000
• * Natural Causes, (ss) EQMM Dec 1983
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Now Is Forever, (nv) Justice in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1994
  • In the Still of the Night: Tales to Lock Your Doors By, Five Star 2001
• * Old Friends, (ss) EQMM Sep 1975
  • More Ms. Murder, ed. Marie Smith, London: Xanadu 1991
  • Women of Mystery, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1992
  • Ellery Queen’s Searches and Seizures, ed. Ellery Queen, Chivers Press 1995
  • The Edgar Award Book, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
• * The Puppet, (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991
  • In the Still of the Night: Tales to Lock Your Doors By, Five Star 2001
• * The Purple Is Everything, (ss) EQMM Jun 1964
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004
• * The Scream, (nv) Murder on the Run, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 1998
  • EQMM Apr 1998
  • In the Still of the Night: Tales to Lock Your Doors By, Five Star 2001
• * A Silver Thimble, (nv) A Body Is Found, Wynwood Press 1990
• * Spring Fever, (nv) EQMM Nov 1952
  • Opening Shots, ed. Lawrence Block, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * Till Death Do Us Part, (na) Murder in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Morrow 1986
  • In the Still of the Night: Tales to Lock Your Doors By, Five Star 2001
• * To Forget Mary Ellen, (nv) The Armchair Detective Spr 1992
  • Missing in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1992
  • In the Still of the Night: Tales to Lock Your Doors By, Five Star 2001

_____, [ref.]

• * “Interview: Dorothy Salisbury Davis” by Shelly Lewis, (iv) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

DAVIS, DOUGLAS G. (chron.)

• * Murder by Accident, (nv) AHMM Apr 1987

DAVIS, ELIZABETH; pseudonym of Lou Ellen Davis, (1936- ) (chron.)

• * Treachery, (ss) Mystery Jul 1981

DAVIS, FRANKLIN M(ilton, Jr.) (1918-1981) (chron.)

• * Seven Million Suspects, (ss) AHMM Nov 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1960

DAVIS, FREDERICK C(lyde) (1902-1977); see pseudonym Stephen Ransome (chron.)

• * Coffins for Two [Mark Hazzard], (nv) Secret Agent X Aug 1935
  • Action Adventure Stories #7 1997
• * Corpse Court [Mark Hazzard], (nv) Secret Agent X Oct 1935
  • Action Adventure Stories #38 1998
• * Fanged Fury [Peter Van Dyk], (nv) Secret Agent X Feb 1934
  • Pulp Review Mar 1994
• * Ghoul’s Gamble, (nv) Ten Detective Aces Jan 1935
  • Pulp Review Jul 1993
• * Juggernaut Justice [Mark Hazzard], (nv) Secret Agent X Sep 1935
  • Action Adventure Stories #24 1998
• * The Murder Crypt [Mark Hazzard], (nv) Secret Agent X Nov 1935
  • Action Adventure Stories #7 1997
• * Murder for a Pastime, (ss) Ten Detective Aces Nov 1936
  • Pulp Vault #11 1993
• * The Phantom Juggernaut [Ravenwood], (nv) Secret Agent X Oct 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories #30 1998
• * The Sinister Sphere [*Steve Thatcher (“Moon Man”)], (nv) Ten Detective Aces May 1933
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Terror Tribunal [Mark Hazzard], (nv) Secret Agent X Dec 1935
  • Action Adventure Stories #7 1997
• * Where There’s a Will, There’s a Slay, (na) Black Mask (UK) Oct 1953
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2001
• * You Slay Me, Baby, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1942
  • Hard-Boiled Detectives, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Gramercy Books 1992

DAVIS, J(ames) MADISON (Jr.) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Iggy’s Stuff, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005
• * The Measure of His Guilt, (ss) Red Herring Mystery Magazine Sum 1994
• * Sixty-Four Squares [Philip Marlowe], (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999
• * There’s Something Wrong Out There, (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994

DAVIS, JIM (chron.)

• * Babes and Bullets (with Ron Tuthill), (ss) 1984
  • The Defective Detective, ed. Steve Carper, Citadel Press 1992