Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

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

• * Duke Pasquale’s Ring [Dr. Eszterhazy], (nv) Amazing May 1985
  • The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy, Owlswick 1991
• * Eszterhazy and the Autogóndola-Invention [Dr. Eszterhazy], (na) Amazing Nov 1983; also as “The Autogóndola Invention”.
• * File Number Eight, (ss) EQMM Mar 1993
• * If You Can’t Beat Them, (ss) EQMM Aug 1975
  • Ellery Queen’s Searches and Seizures, ed. Ellery Queen, Chivers Press 1995
• * The Ikon of Elijah, (ss) EQMM Dec 1956
  • The Investigations of Avram Davidson, St. Martin’s 1999
• * The Importance of Trifles, (na) EQMM Jan 1969
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
  • The Investigations of Avram Davidson, St. Martin’s 1999
• * The Inchoation of Eszterhazy [Dr. Eszterhazy], (ar) Weird Tales Win ’88 - 1989
  • The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy, Owlswick 1991
• * The King Across the Mountains [Dr. Eszterhazy], (nv) Amazing Jul 1986
  • The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy, Owlswick 1991
• * The King’s Shadow Has No Limits [Dr. Eszterhazy], (ss) Whispers Dec 1975
  • The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy, Owlswick 1991
• * Little Black Book, (vi) EQMM Mar 1987
• * The Lord of Central Park [“Manhattan Nights’ Entertainment”], (nv) EQMM Oct 1970
  • The Investigations of Avram Davidson, St. Martin’s 1999
• * Louie and the Library, (vi) EQMM Aug 1986
• * Manhattan Nights’ Entertainment, (nv) EQMM Oct 1970; also as “The Lord of Central Park”.
• * Milord Sir Smiht, the English Wizard [Dr. Eszterhazy], (nv) The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy, Warner 1975
  • The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy, Owlswick 1991
• * Mr. and Mrs. Piggott, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1986
• * Mr. Folsom Feels Fine, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Prime Crimes 4, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Davis 1986
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
  • The Investigations of Avram Davidson, St. Martin’s 1999
• * Murder Is Murder, (ss) EQMM Jun 1973
  • The Investigations of Avram Davidson, St. Martin’s 1999
• * The Necessity of His Condition, (ss) EQMM Apr 1957
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990
  • EQMM Dec 1991
  • The Investigations of Avram Davidson, St. Martin’s 1999
• * The Old Woman Who Lived with a Bear [Dr. Eszterhazy], (nv) The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy, Warner 1975
  • The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy, Owlswick 1991
• * Or All the Seas with Oysters, (ss) Galaxy May 1958
  • AHMM Nov 1995
• * The Patient Cup, (ss) EQMM Jul 1986
• * Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman [Dr. Eszterhazy], (nv) F&SF Feb 1975
  • The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy, Owlswick 1991
• * 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 (1949- ) (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 Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction, ed. Deane Mansfield-Kelley & Lois Marchino, Longman 2004
• * 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, HILARY (chron.)

• * Anniversary, (ss) Thuglit (online) #17 2007
  • A Prisoner of Memory: And 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Pegasus 2008

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 Disobedient Daughter, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2006
• * 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 Adventure of Richmond Horror [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Adventure of the Brown Box [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Adventure of the Christmas Bauble [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Adventure of the Forgetful Assassin [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Adventure of the Green Skull [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Adventure of the Hanging Tyrant [Sherlock Holmes], (na) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Adventure of the Haunted Showman [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Adventure of the Intermittent Jigsaw Puzzle [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Adventure of Whitrow Inheritance [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Case of the Gustafsson Stone [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Case of the Vanishing Barque [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * 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
• * The Disappearance of the Cutter Alicia [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Dragon of Lea Lane [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * 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
• * Jerusalem Keep [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Long Man [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * Murder in Murray’s Court, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2007
• * The North Walk Mystery [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * One for the Monet [Johnny One-Eye], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #37 2000
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
• * The Return of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Riddle of the Visiting Angel, (ss)
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * Sherlock Holmes and the Ghost of Christmas Past [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * Sherlock Holmes and the Reichenbach Secret [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #46 2001
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008
• * The Tragedy of Saxon’s Gate [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2008

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
• * The Palatable Truth, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2006
• * 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