Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

DEAVER, JEFFERY WILDS (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * The Kneeling Soldier, (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * Lesser-Included Offense, (nv) EQMM May 2001
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * A Nice Place to Visit, (nv) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Hell’s Kitchen).
• * Ninety-eight Point Six, (nv) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
• * Nocturne, (nv) Blue Lightning, ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press 1998
  • EQMM Feb 1999
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * Nothing But Net, (nv) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * The Poker Lesson, (nv) Men from Boys, ed. John Harvey, Heinemann 2003
• * Surveillance, (nv) EQMM Aug 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * Together, (nv) EQMM Feb 1995
  • Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley 1995
  • Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * Triangle, (ss) EQMM Mar 1999
  • Crème de La Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2000, ed. Donald E. Westlake, Houghton Mifflin 2000
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * Tunnel Girl, (ss) EQMM Dec 2005
• * The Voyeur, (ss) EQMM Jan 2005
• * The Weekender, (nv) AHMM Dec 1996
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * The Westphalian Ring, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * The Widow of Pine Creek, (nv) A Confederacy of Crime, ed. Sarah Shankman, Signet 2001
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * Without Jonathan, (ss) EQMM Nov 2002
  • Twisted, Simon & Schuster 2003
• * Wrong Time, Wrong Place, (nv) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1999, ed. Ed McBain, Houghton Mifflin 1999

de BALZAC, HONORÉ; see under Balzac, Honoré de (chron.)

DeBONA, JOSEPH (chron.)

• * I Killed Charles Robin, (ss) Scientific Detective Mar 1945

DE BONNEVAL, TONI (chron.)

• * Sibyl and the Panda, (ss) William and Mary Review v36 1998

DEBRECZENY, PAUL (chron.)

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• * from “The Queen of Spades”, by Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin, (ex) 1834
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

DeCANDIDO, KEITH R. A. (chron.)

• * Getting the Chair, (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

DeCHANCIE, JOHN (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Murder On-Line, (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992
• * The Richmond Enigma [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995

DÉCHARNÉ, MAX (chron.)

• * Chelsea Three, Scotland Yard Nil, (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (King’s Road).

DECKER, RICHARD E. (books) (chron.)

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• * Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v 8 # 6, June 1963], (mg)
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964
• * Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v 8 # 8, August 1963], (mg)
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964
• * Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v 8 #11, November 1963], (mg)
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964

DECKER, SHERRY (chron.)

• * A City in Italy, (ss) AHMM Dec 2005
• * The Clan, (ss) AHMM Nov 1999
• * Hicklebickle Rock, (ss) AHMM Jun 1998

DEDMAN, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * Ravens, (ss) Interzone Feb 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003

DEEGAN, FRANCES M.; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * The Want-Ad Murders, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Mar 1944
  • Detective Story Annual 1948, ed. Daisy Bacon, Street & Smith 1948

DeFILIPPI, JAMES (chron.)

• * A Fog of Many Colors, (ss) New Mystery v5 #1 1997

DEFOE, DANIEL; pseudonym of Daniel Foe, (1660-1731) (chron.)

• * The Apparition of Mrs. Veal, (ar) booklet Jul 1706
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * The Ghost of Dorothy Dingley, (ss) Journal of the Plague Year, Daniel Defoe, London 1722
  • The Cat of Bast & Other Stories of Mystery, ed. William E. Thorner, Regency 1958
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
• * A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal, (ar) 1706
  • Mystery, ed. A. K. Barton, London: Dent 1937

deFORD, MIRIAM ALLEN (1888-1975) (chron.)

• * De Crimine, (ss) EQMM Oct 1952
  • The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003
• * Danger—Woman at Work, (ss) EQMM Dec 1956
  • More Ms. Murder, ed. Marie Smith, London: Xanadu 1991
• * The Moors Murders, (ar) The Saint Detective Magazine Aug 1967
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994
• * Nameless Enemy, (ss) EQMM Mar 1966
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
• * The Oleander, (ss) Every Week 1930
  • EQMM Nov 1946
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992

DE FRANCESCHI, MARISA (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Things Remembered, (ss) Investigating Women, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1995

DeGRANE, SUSAN (chron.)

• * How Are You Today, Owen?, (ss) Hardboiled #13 1992

DeHAHN, JULIA; pseudonym of Eleanor Sullivan, (1928-1991) (chron.)

• * Girls and Boys Together, (nv) AHMM Dec 15 1980
  • Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1991
• * Looking the Other Way, (ss) AHMM Jan 30 1980

de HAMEL, HERBERT (chron.)

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

DEHAN, RICHARD; pseudonym of Clotilde Graves, (1863-1932) (chron.)

• * The Compleat Housewife, (ss) Under the Hemes, Dodd, Mead 1917
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992

DEIGHTON, LEN; [i.e., Leonard Cyril Deighton] (1929- ) (chron.)

• * The Man Who Was a Coyote, (ss) The Man Who..., ed. H. R. F. Keating, Macmillan 1992
• * Paper Casualty, (ss) Declarations of War, Jonathan Cape 1971
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996
• * Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle, (nv) The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006

DEISCHER, JEFF (chron.)

• * The Children of Vigo, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 2000
• * The Hospitality of Monsieur Mansavary, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #34 2003
• * One Night in Mabillion, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2001

DeJESUS, EDMUND X. (chron.)

• * Cathedrals R Us, (ss) AHMM May 2007
• * Home Defense System, (ss) AHMM Oct 2004
• * Troublemaker, (ss) AHMM May 2002

DeKELB-RITTENHOUSE, DIANE (chron.)

• * Access Denied, (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996

DEKKER, THOMAS (c1570-1632) (chron.)

• * The Witch of Edmonton, (pl) 1623
  • Sweet Revenge, ed. Marvin Kaye, Fireside Theater 1992

de la MARE, WALTER (John) (1873-1956) (chron.)

• * All Hallows, (nv) The Connoisseur, London: Collins 1926
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999
• * Mr. Kempe, (nv) Harper’s Nov 1925
  • The Cat of Bast & Other Stories of Mystery, ed. William E. Thorner, Regency 1958
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
• * The Orgy: An Idyll, (nv)
  • AHMM Mar 1992

DELANEY, FRANK; [i.e., Francis James Joseph Delaney] (1942- ) (chron.)

• * The Inheritance, (ss) You: The Mail on Sunday 1996
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000

DELANY, VICKI (chron.)

• * My Seat, (ss) Bloody Words: the anthology, ed. Caro Soles & Cheryl Freedman, Baskerville Books 2003

de la PEÑA, TERRI (chron.)

• * Caballito del Diablo, (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996

DELAPLACE, BARBARA (chron.)

• * Lost Lamb, (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992
• * Painted Bridges, (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

de la RUE, NORMAN (chron.)

• * Gentleman of the Jury, (ss) Mystery Stories #23 1941
• * Pearls for a Life, (ss) Mystery Stories #14 1939

de la TORRE, LILLIAN; pseudonym of Lillian McCue, (1902-1993) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Persistent Marksman [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf 1987
  • The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [revised], ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Jon L. Lellenberg, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * The Bedlam Bam [Dr. Sam: Johnson], (ss) EQMM Sep 1975
  • Once Upon a Crime II, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * The Earl’s Nightingale, (ss) EQMM May 1989
  • Once Upon a Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1994
• * Good-Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden, (pl) 1947
  • The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1958
  • More Murder on Cue, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1990
• * The Highwayman’s Hostage, (ss) EQMM Nov 1990
  • Mystery Cats, ed. Anon., Signet 1991
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * The Kidnapp’d Earl [Dr. Sam: Johnson], (ss) EQMM Mar 1984
• * The Lost Heir [Dr. Sam: Johnson], (nv) EQMM Dec 1974
  • Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection, ed. Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor, Garland 1983
• * Milady Bigamy [Dr. Sam: Johnson], (ss) EQMM Jul 1978
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
• * Murder Lock’d In [Dr. Sam: Johnson], (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993
• * A Small Shadow, (ss) EQMM Aug 1992
• * The Spirit of the ’76 [Dr. Sam: Johnson], (ss) EQMM Jan 1977
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
• * Too Many Whacks, (pm) EQMM Jan 1993
• * The Viotti Stradivarius [Dr. Sam: Johnson], (ss) EQMM Aug 1950
  • Murder to Music, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1997

de la TORRE-BUENO, THEODORE (chron.)

• * Abduction into the Seraglio [Dr. Sam: Johnson], (ss) EQMM Feb 1983

DEL BENE, AUDREY (chron.)

• * Mae and Ginger, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2002
• * The Mirror, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999
• * The Paperboy, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2001
• * Strange Illusions, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1999
• * Tenting Out, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

de LEÓN, AYA (chron.)

• * Tell Me Moore, (ss) Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995

DELFINO, AUGUSTO MARIO (chron.)

• * The Telephone [1984], (ss) EQMM Oct 1994; tr. by Donald A. Yates

DeLILLO, DON (1936- ) (chron.)

• * In the Bronx [from Libra], (ex) New York: Penguin USA 1988
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993

de LINT, CHARLES (Henri Diederick Hoefsmit) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Dead Man’s Shoes [Newford], (ss) Touch Wood, ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK 1993
  • Crossing the Line: Canadian Mysteries with a Fantastic Twist, ed. Robert J. Sawyer & David Skene-Melvin, Pottersfield Press 1998
• * The Sacred Fire [Newford], (ss) Stalkers, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1989
  • Hardboiled, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992

de l’ISLE-ADAM, VILLIERS; see under Villiers de l’Isle-Adam (chron.)

DELL, WATT (chron.)

• * Olga Mesmer, (cs) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1938
  • High Adventure #44 1999
• * Vera Ray, (cs) Speed Mystery Jan 1943 (+1)
  • Pulp Review Jul 1992

DELMAN, DAVID (1924- ) (chron.)

• * Charley the Rat [Gabey Yeager], (ss) EQMM Aug 1998
• * The Conspiracy, (ss) EQMM Nov 1992
• * The Interrogation, (ss) EQMM Nov 1993
• * Love nor Money, (ss) EQMM Apr 1996
• * None So Blind, (ss) EQMM Feb 1995
• * One Dead Canary [Gabey Yeager], (ss) EQMM Aug 1997
• * Outfoxxed, (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
• * Slow Joe, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993

DeLOACH, NORA (Frazier L.) (1940-2001) (chron.)

DELOACH, NORA (chron.)

• * Victim by Consent, (ss) Women Before the Bench, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Prime Crime 2001

DeLORIER, MADELYN (chron.)

• * The Barking Dogs of Roca Torre, (ss) EQMM Mar 1984

DELORME, DEBRA (chron.)

• * Enter the Scarecrow [The Scarecrow], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1995
• * For the Love of a Child [The Scarecrow], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1996

DE LOUISE, DEBBIE (chron.)

• * Stitches in Time, (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999

DeLUCA, SANDRA (books) (chron.)

• * The Hunter’s Moon, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2001
• * Nicky Ryan, (ss) Crime Spree, ed. Sandy DeLuca and Trey R. Barker, December Girl Press 2001