Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

DICKSON, CARTER (chron.) (continued)

• * Flight from Fleet Street, (pl) The London Magazine Feb/Mar 1952
  • London After Midnight, ed. Peter Haining, Little Brown UK 1996
• * The Hiding-Place [Colonel March], (ss) The Strand Feb 1939; also as “Hot Money”, by John Dickson Carr.
• * The House in Goblin Wood [Sir Henry Merrivale], (nv) EQMM Nov 1947
  • The Strand Nov 1947
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
  • Twelve American Detective Stories, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Oxford University Press 1997
• * King Arthur’s Chair [Dr. Gideon Fell], (ss) Lilliput Aug 1957; also as “Invisible Hands”, by John Dickson Carr.
• * Ministry of Miracles [Sir Henry Merrivale], (na) The Housewife Jan 1956 (+2); also as “All in a Maze”, by John Dickson Carr.
• * The Other Hangman, (ss) A Century of Detective Stories, ed. Anon., London: Hutchinson 1935
  • Twelve American Crime Stories, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998
• * Persons or Things Unknown, (ss) The Sketch Christmas 1938
  • AHMM Jan 1985
• * The Silver Curtain [Colonel March], (ss) The Strand Aug 1939
  • EQMM Apr 1960
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991

DICKSON, GORDON R(upert) (1923-2001) (chron.)

• * Computers Don’t Argue, (ss) Analog Sep 1965
  • Murder Most Postal, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001

DICKSON, LARRY (chron.)

• * The Crypt Speaks, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962
• * From Beyond the Grave, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Feb 1963

DIECKMANN, EDWARD A. (chron.)

• * Psychopath, (nv) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1961

DIESCHER, JEFF (chron.)

• * The Last Testament of Mercol Tanus, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 2000

DIETRICH, DAVID (chron.)

• * Caught on Tape, (ss) AHMM Sep 1999
• * A Leg Up, (ss) AHMM Dec 1999

DIETZ, DENISE; [i.e., Denise Dietz Wiley] (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Everybody Didn’t Like Sara Lee, (na) A Feast of Crime, ed. Anon., Worldwide 2005

DIETZ, WILLIAM C(orey) (1945- ) (chron.)

• * A Family Affair, (nv) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

DIEZ, ROLO (chron.)

• * Eclipse, (ss) Murdaland #1 2007; tr. by Caryn Connelly

DI FILIPPO, PAUL (1954- ) (chron.)

• * Blankie, (nv) Ribofunk, Four Walls Eight Windows 1996
  • The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003

DiFRANCESCO, ROBERT (chron.)

• * All’s Fair, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jul 2002
• * Charade of Death, (nv) Detective Mystery Stories Sep 2002
• * Death Casts No Shadow, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #37 2003
• * Help Wanted, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Sep 2000
• * Lesson Learned, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 2000
• * A Mistake in Indemtity, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Nov 2000
• * One for the Road, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Apr 2002
• * Par for the Course, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Nov 2001
• * Satisfaction Guaranteed, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #35 2003
• * Storm Warning, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jul 2000
• * Til Death Do Us Part, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 2000

di GIOVANNI, NORMAN THOMAS (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * Death and the Compass, by Jorge Luís Borges [1945], (ss)
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000
• * from The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan, by Jorge Luís Borges, (ex) 1954
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

di LAMPEDUSA, GIUSEPPE TOMASI; see under Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe (chron.)

DILLER, PHYLLIS (chron.)

• * A Bad Penny, (ss) EQMM Mar 1991
• * Fore!, (ss) EQMM Sep 1991
• * Handy Men, (vi) EQMM Jan 1992; as “Handyman” on toc.
• * I Hate Aaron Cane, (vi) EQMM Mar 1992
• * The Misfit, (vi) EQMM Sep 1991
  • Kingpins, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Only Minutes Away, (vi) EQMM Jun 1991
• * Perfect, Premeditated Murder, (vi) EQMM Jun 1990
• * Takeout Dinner, (vi) EQMM Jan 1992

DILLON, MICHAEL THOMAS (chron.)

• * Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire, (vi) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Jan 1994

DILLON, WILLIAM P. (chron.)

• * The Attic, (ss) Hardboiled #8 1987

DILLON-PARKIN, PETER (chron.)

• * Alex Keegan, (iv) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• * In Memoriam: Philomena Jones, (ob) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• * Tirade, (ed) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• * Tirade (with Barry Forshaw), (ed) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

DILLS, TODD (chron.)

• * Arcadia, (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (Chicago & Noble).

DILNOT, GEORGE (1883-1951) (chron.)

• * The Pink Edge (with Frank Froest), (ss) 1915
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?

DILTS, TYLER (chron.)

• * Thug: Signification and the (De)Construction of Self, (ss) Puerto del Sol Sum 2002
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003

DIN, RUBINA (chron.)

• * Games Without Rules, (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

DINEEN, MARILYN (chron.)

• * The Last Writes, (pm) EQMM May 1992

DINELLI, MEL(vin) (1912-1991) (chron.)

• * The Man, (ss) Story 1945
  • The Tough Ones, ed. Whit Burnett & Hallie Burnett, Popular Library Eagle 1954

DINESEN, ISAK; pseudonym of Karen Blixen, (1885-1962) (chron.)

• * The Fat Man, (ss) 1975
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
  • Murder & Other Acts of Literature, ed. Michele Slung, St. Martin’s 1997

DINGLE, [Captain] A(ylward) E(dward) (1874-1947); see pseudonym Sinbad (chron.)

DINGLE, ADRIAN (chron.)

• * Nelvana of the Northern Lights and the Ice-Beam [Nelvana], (cs) Triumph Comics #23 1944
  • Investigating Women, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1995

DINGLE, CAPTAIN; see under Dingle, A. E. (chron.)

DIRCKX, JOHN H. [M.D.] (1938- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Oval Window, (nv) Ellery Queen’s Prime Crimes, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Davis 1983
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
• * Ah, Rash Deceiver!, (nv) AHMM Dec 2003
• * Algorithm 512, (ss) AHMM Dec 1986
• * The Assassination of Bulldog Dowd, (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• * Body English [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn], (nv) AHMM Oct 2004
• * Bubble Brain and the Fat Ladies, (nv) AHMM Dec 2005
• * Citizen Down, (nv) AHMM May 2000
• * The Danger of Being Frank, (nv) AHMM Jun 1999
• * A Dangerous Way to Die, (nv) EQMM Feb 2004
• * Dead Air, (nv) AHMM Jun 1998
• * Dead and Presumed Missing [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn], (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002
• * Dead at the Scene [Cyrus Auburn], (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005
• * The Dog in the Daytime, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006
• * Don’t Hold Your Breath, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2000
• * An Empty Box, (ss) AHMM Nov 1982
• * Eyes That See, Ears That Hear, (ss) EQMM Sep 9 1981
• * Family Rates Available, (ss) AHMM Jan 1988
• * Flashpoint, (nv) AHMM May 2002
• * Green Fish Blues, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006
• * In a Pool of His Own Blood [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn], (nv) EQMM Nov 2004
• * The Inquest at Crossbury, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1982
• * Journey to Oblivion, (nv) AHMM Sep 2005
• * The Last Page [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn], (nv) EQMM Jul 2000
• * Lasting Impact, (ss) AHMM Feb 2003
• * Local Justice, (ss) EQMM Jun 2 1980
• * The Mahogany Wardrobe, (nv) AHMM Nov 1985
  • More Murder Most Cozy, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
• * Midnight on Cemetery Bog [Cyrus Auburn], (nv) EQMM Aug 2001
• * Murder on the Edinburgh-London Express, (ss) AHMM Sep 8 1980
• * Murder on the Rise, (nv) AHMM Sep 2003
• * No Strings, (nv) AHMM Apr 2000
• * No Tears for Bonfiglio, (nv) AHMM Feb 2001
• * No Videotaping During the Murder, (nv) AHMM Dec 2006
• * Not Your Everyday Poison [Cyrus Auburn], (nv) AHMM Apr 2007
• * A Noxious Drudge, (nv) AHMM Oct 1996
• * Nuntheless, (nv) EQMM Mar 2000
• * The Oldest Trick in the Book, (ss) AHMM Jun 1984
• * Process of Elimination, (nv) AHMM Sep 1998
• * Profit Without Honor, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2004
• * The Sea Monster Wore Diamonds, (ss) AHMM Jan 1984
• * Shakedown, (ss) AHMM Apr 23 1980
• * Side Trip, (ss) AHMM Mar 4 1981
• * A Slew of Slayers, (ss) AHMM Apr 2003
• * Spadework, (nv) AHMM Mar 2000
• * Suicide Slash Homicide, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• * That’s a Switch, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999
• * A Thing of the Past [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn], (nv) EQMM Aug 2003
• * The Timely Death of Uncle Seth, (ss) AHMM Feb 1999
• * The Tip Offs, (ss) AHMM Apr 1 1981
• * Tool and Die, (ss) AHMM Jan 2002
• * Tradesman’s Exit, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002
• * The Wages of Innocence, (ss) AHMM Aug 1986
• * What the Cat-Man Did, (nv) AHMM Apr 2005
• * When Auntie Dies, (ss) AHMM Aug 1987
• * Yellow Fever, (ss) AHMM May 1988

DISHER, GARRY (Donald) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * Cody’s Art, (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990
• * My Brother Jack, (ss) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000
• * Old Ground, (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991
• * Scrapings, (nv) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994
• * Threshold, (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
  • Hardboiled #18 1994
• * Trusthouse, (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993
• * The Two-Hundred Dollar Picasso, (ss) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993; based on “The Stolen Picasso” case.

DISNEY, DORIS MILES (1907-1976) (chron.)

• * Afternoon Drive, (ss) AHMM Dec 1983
• * Vacation Trip, (ss) AHMM Nov 1983

DISTAD, AUDREE (chron.)

• * Last Request, (ss) EQMM Jan 14 1980

DIVINE, A(rthur) D(urham David) (1904-1987) (chron.)

• * Flood on the Goodwins, (ss) 1933
  • Danger Is the Password: Stories of Wartime Spies, ed. Phyllis R. Fenner, Morrow 1965
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996

DIXIT, SHIKHAR (chron.)

• * Sam Spayed and the Case of the Purloined Pussycat, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

DIXON, BUZZ (chron.)

• * Silence, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1985
• * Smuggler, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1983
• * Spiders, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1984

DIXON, H. M. (chron.)

• * The End of the Racket, (ss) Mystery Stories #19 1939

DOAK, EDMOND K. (chron.)

• * The Evil of Drink, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1987

DOBBYN, JOHN F. (chron.)

• * Avitar [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight], (ss) EQMM Dec 2000
• * Brothers, (pm) EQMM Aug 1989
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * Cold Deck, (pm) EQMM Nov 1985
• * Deadly Score, (ss) Espionage Magazine Aug 1986
• * Fruit of the Poisonous Tree [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight], (ss) EQMM Jun 1994
  • Law and Order, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * A Great Dance, (ss) EQMM May 1999
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Illusion, (ss) EQMM Aug 1997
• * Matador, (ss) EQMM Jul 2002
• * Monday, Sweet Monday, (nv) AHMM Jun 2005
• * Nine, Ten... and Out [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight], (nv) EQMM Feb 2006
• * Once Burned—Twice Shy [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight], (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
• * The Preacher, (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• * The Prey, (pm) EQMM Apr 1988
• * Pure Magic, (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1987
• * Question of Honor, (pm) EQMM Mar 1991
• * Spartan Galley [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight], (ss) EQMM Apr 1998
• * The Story That Won:
  ___ The Tell-Tail Dog, (vi) AHMM Dec 2005
• * The Sweet Science [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight], (nv) AHMM Dec 2006
• * Trumpeter Swan, (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• * Under the Whip, (nv) AHMM Jun 2003

DOBEK, SHERRI (chron.)

• * Dark Embrace (with Mary Streblow), (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2002

DOBIE, CHARLES CALDWELL (1881-1943) (chron.)

• * Laughter, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1917
  • The Mystery and the Detective, ed. Blanche Colton Williams, Appleton-Century 1938

DOCKSTADER, CHARLOTTE (chron.)

• * The Killing of Emma Barney, (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Dec 1933
  • High Adventure #62 2002

DOCTOROW, E(dgar) L(awrence) (1931- ) (chron.)

• * from Billy Bathgate, (ex) 1989
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * Untitled, (ss) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998
• * Willi, (ss) Atlantic Monthly May 1984
  • Dark Arrows, ed. Alberto Manguel, Penguin Canada 1985