Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

DAVIS, JOHN EARL (chron.)

• * The Cap’n Sleeps, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 2 1940
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * G-Man’s Cue, (ss) Federal Agent Sep 1937
  • High Adventure #53 2000
• * Little Gun, (ss) Double Detective May 1940
  • High Adventure #75 2004

DAVIS, JUDITH L.; see pseudonym Judith Toral (chron.)

DAVIS, KENN (1932- ) (chron.)

• * Dead Ringer, (ss) AHMM Apr 1 1981

DAVIS, LEILA (chron.)

• * A Salutary Witness, (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991

DAVIS, LINDSEY (1949- ) (chron.)

• * Abstain from Beans, (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
  • Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
• * Body Zone, (nv) The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• * Investigating the Silvius Boys, (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
  • Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996
  • Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000
• * The Party May Yet Be Living..., (ss) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
• * Something Spooky on Geophys, (ss) Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
  • The Best British Mysteries 2005, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2005

DAVIS, LOU ELLEN (1936- ); see pseudonym Elizabeth Davis (chron.)

DAVIS, NORBERT (1909-1949) (chron.)

• * Murder in the Red, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1940
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Murder in Two Parts, (nv) Black Mask Dec 1937
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Red Goose, (nv) Black Mask Feb 1934
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2001
• * Something for the Sweeper, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine May 1937
  • Hard-Boiled Detectives, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Gramercy Books 1992
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Walk Across My Grave, (ss) Black Mask Apr 1942
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Who Said I Was Dead? [Bail Bond Dodd], (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1942
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995

DAVIS, PHIL (chron.)

• * Murder, Anyone?, (ss) AHMM Oct 1972
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996

DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING (1864-1916) (chron.)

• * The Boy Who Cried Wolf, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine May 1916
  • Danger Is the Password: Stories of Wartime Spies, ed. Phyllis R. Fenner, Morrow 1965
• * In the Fog, (na) New York: R.H. Russell 1901
  • EQMM Apr 1960 (+2)
  • Victorian Villainies, ed. Graham Greene & Hugh Greene, Viking 1984
  • AHMM Oct 1986 (+2)
  • Murder British Style, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * In the Fog:
  ___ Part 1, The Story of the Naval Attaché, (na) New York: R.H. Russell 1901
  • AHMM Oct 1986
  
  ___ Part 2, The Story of the Queen’s Messenger, (na) New York: R.H. Russell 1901
  • AHMM Nov 1986
  
  ___ Part 3, The Solicitor’s Story, (na) New York: R.H. Russell 1901
  • AHMM Dec 1986
• * “Somewhere in France”, (nv) Metropolitan Magazine Jun 1915
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Sinister Spies, ed. Anon., Random House 1982
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988

DAVIS, ROBERT HART; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * Walk Softly, Strangler [Charlie Chan], (na) Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine Nov 1973
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994

DAVIS, ROBERT M. (chron.)

• * Softie, (ss) EQMM Apr 1983
• * Table for One, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001; given in ToC as by Robert M. David.

DAVIS, RUSSELL (1970- ) (chron.)

• * The Death of Winston Foster, (ss) Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999

DAVIS, SUSAN PAGE (chron.)

• * Mailbox Mayhem, (nv) AHMM Sep 2004

DAWSON, CLARE (1937- ) (chron.)

• * The Inside Man, (ss) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995

DAWSON, JANET (1949- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Blue Eyes [Jeri Howard], (ss) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
  • Scam and Eggs, Five Star 2002
• * By the Book, (nv) Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998
  • Scam and Eggs, Five Star 2002
• * Invisible Time, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
  • Scam and Eggs, Five Star 2002
• * Little Red Corvette [Jeri Howard], (ss) Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996
  • Scam and Eggs, Five Star 2002
• * Mrs. Lincoln’s Dilemma, (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999
  • Scam and Eggs, Five Star 2002
• * Pack Rat, (ss) Compulsion (e-book), Mightywords.com 2000
  • Scam and Eggs, Five Star 2002
• * Scam and Eggs, (ss) Scam and Eggs, Five Star 2002
• * Slayer Statue [Jeri Howard], (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003
• * Voice Mail, (ss) Scam and Eggs, Five Star 2002
• * What the Cat Dragged In, (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999
  • Scam and Eggs, Five Star 2002
• * Witchcraft, (ss) Scam and Eggs, Five Star 2002

DAWSON, ROBERT (chron.)

• * Earth 23, (ss) The Young Oxford Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Dennis Hamley, Oxford University Press 2003

DAY, BARRY (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Curious Canary, (nv) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002

DAY, (Ava) DIANNE (Leslie) (1938- ) (chron.)

• * Anna and the Mirror, (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• * The Labyrinthine Way, (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000

DAY, ELY R. (chron.)

• * Crossed Paths, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #39 2003
• * The Neches River Gang, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #36 2003
• * Night Out, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #54 2004

DAY, JOHN A. (chron.)

• * Her Biggest Fan, (ss) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997

DAY, MARELE (Lorraine) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Follow Me, (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991
• * The Kid and the Man from Pinkertons, (ss) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993
  • Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996
• * Marple Syrup [Mavis Levack], (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994
• * Mavis Levack’s One Night Stand [Mavis Levack], (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993
• * The One That Didn’t Get Away, (ss) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993; based on “The Shark Arm Mystery” case.
• * The Stinging Tree, (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990
• * Unpleasantness at the Big Boys Club [Mavis Levack], (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992

DAY, TERRY (chron.)

• * Massacre on 34th Street (with Alan R. Gordon), (ss) AHMM Jan 1996

DAY-LEWIS, CECIL (1904-1972); see pseudonym Nicholas Blake (chron.)

DAYNARD, S. A. (chron.)

• * What Goes Around, (ss) Undertow, ed. Skye Alexander, Kate Flora & Susan Oleksiw, Level Best Books 2003

DAYTON, PHYLLIS (chron.)

• * Murder Is My Hobby, (ss) Mammoth Detective Jan 1946
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

DCOTT, JEFFRY (chron.)

• * In the Absence of the Ladies, (ss) EQMM Aug 1994

DEAL, BABS H(odges) (1929-2004) (chron.)

• * Make My Death Bed, (ss) AHMM Apr 1960
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1960

DEAL, BORDEN; [born Loysé Youth Deal] (1922-1985) (chron.)

• * Hunters, (ss) AHMM Jan 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959

DEAN, AMY E. (chron.)

• * How Crime Pays, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1984

DEAN, DAVID (chron.)

• * Angela’s Baby, (ss) EQMM Sep 1992
• * Copy Cat, (ss) EQMM Jul 1999
• * Don’t Fear the Reaper, (nv) EQMM Jan 1994
  • Law and Order, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
• * Falling Boy, (nv) EQMM Apr 1995
  • Supernatural Sleuths, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Penguin/Roc 1996
• * Jungle Land, (ss) EQMM Feb 1991
• * Lady Anne’s Friend, (ss) EQMM Nov 1995
• * Little Things, (ss) EQMM Aug 2004
• * The Mole, (ss) EQMM Nov 1997
• * Natural Causes, (ss) EQMM Nov 2003
• * Road Hazard, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005
• * A Salesman’s Tale, (ss) EQMM Oct 1992
  • The Deadliest Games, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1993
  • The Haunted Hour, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley Prime Crime 1995
• * The See-Through Man, (ss) EQMM Oct 1990
• * Spooky, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002
• * Stolen, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005
• * Trial by Fire, (nv) EQMM Feb 1995
• * Whistle, (ss) EQMM Jul 2001
  • Mystery: The Best of 2001, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2002

DEAN, JOHN (1938- ) (chron.)

• * Taking the Lie Detector [from Blind Ambition], (ex) 1977
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

DEAN, RICHARD (chron.)

• * But Words Will Never Hurt Me, (ss) AHMM Oct 1982

DeANDREA, WILLIAM L(ouis) (1952-1996) (books) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Christmas Tree [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1996
  • Murder—All Kinds, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Adventure of the Cripple Parade (The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch) (ascribed to Mickey Spillane) [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996
  • Murder—All Kinds, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * A Friend of Mine, (nv) Frankenstein: The Monster Wakes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993
  • Murder—All Kinds, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Hero’s Welcome, (ss) San Jose Mercury News Nov 1985
  • Murder—All Kinds, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * J’Accuse!, (ar) The Armchair Detective Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1990, Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1991
• * Killed in Good Company [Matt Cobb], (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
  • Murder—All Kinds, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Killed in Midstream [Matt Cobb], (nv) 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
  • Murder—All Kinds, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Killed Top to Bottom [Matt Cobb], (ss) Syracuse University Magazine Fll 1989
  • The Armchair Detective Win 1991
  • Murder—All Kinds, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Murder at the End of the World, (ss) Murder—All Kinds, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Prince Charming, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
  • Murder—All Kinds, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Sabotage, (nv) Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Murder—All Kinds, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Snowy Reception [Matt Cobb], (ss) AHMM Jun 1979
  • Murder—All Kinds, Crippen & Landru 2003

DEAN-RICHARDS, WAYNE (chron.)

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

DEARMORE, ELLEN; pseudonym of Erlene Hubly, (1936-1996) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Gioconda Smile, (nv) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990
• * The Adventure of the Perpetual Husbands, (nv) The Womansleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1988
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997

DEAVER, JEFFERY (Wilds) (1950- ); see pseudonym William Jefferies (books) (chron.)

• * All the World’s a Stage, (nv) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * Beautiful, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * The Blank Card, (ss) EQMM Dec 1998
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * Born Bad, (nv) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006
  • The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2007
• * Chapter and Verse, (ss) Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005; first appeared on Deaver’s Web site.
• * The Christmas Present [Lincoln Rhyme], (nv) Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * The Commuter, (ss) AHMM Apr 1998
• * Copycat, (nv) EQMM Jun 2003
  • A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005
• * Double Jeopardy, (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997
• * Eye to Eye, (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * The Fall Guy, (ss) EQMM Jun 1998
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * For Services Rendered, (nv) EQMM Nov 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * Forever, (na) Transgressions, ed. Ed McBain, Forge Books 2005
• * Gone Fishing, (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * Interrogation, (ss) AHMM Apr 1996
  • Law and Order, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
• * Introduction, (in)
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
  • A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003