Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

ANDERSON, FREDERICK IRVING (chron.) (continued)

• * The Phantom Alibi [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston], (ss) McClure’s Nov 1920
  • AHMM Jun 2004
• * The Phantom Guest [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston], (nv) EQMM Win 1942
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991

ANDERSON, GAIL-NINA (chron.)

• * The Duke of Dark Corners, (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
• * In This Sign, Conquer (with Simon Clark), (nv) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996; by-lined “Nina-Gail Anderson & Simon Clark” on contents page.
• * A Man of Middle-Earth, (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998

ANDERSON, JENNIFER (chron.)

• * Things That Make Your Heart Beat Faster, (nv) The Missouri Review 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, ed. Lawrence Block, Houghton Mifflin 2001

ANDERSON, KAREN; [i.e., June Millichamp “Karen” Kruse Anderson] (1932- ) (chron.)

• * An Introduction to Filk Singing, (ar) West by One and by One, ed. Anon. (Poul Anderson), The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County 1965

ANDERSON, KENT (1945- ) (chron.)

• * Burglary in Progress, (ss) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
• * Elvis Hitler, (ss)
  • Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology, ed. Anthony Neil Smith, Dennis McMillan 2005

ANDERSON, KEVIN (chron.)

• * Between Sisters, (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

ANDERSON, LARS; pseudonym of Thelma B. Ellis (chron.)

• * Black Legion [The Domino Lady], (ss) Saucy Romantic Adventures Oct 1936
  • Pulp Review Jan 1992
  • Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, ed. Otto Penzler, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2007
• * Emeralds Aboard, (ss) Saucy Romantic Adventures Aug 1936
  • Pulp Vault #7 1990

ANDERSON, LINDA (chron.)

• * Blue Moon, (na) Wait Until Dark, ed. Karen Robards, Pocket 2001

ANDERSON, MICHY (chron.)

• * Crazy Cat Lady, (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006
• * Dream Walking, (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006
• * I Am an Empath, (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006

ANDERSON, MONTE J. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Desperate Measures, (vi) AHMM Jan 1992

ANDERSON, POUL (William) (1926-2001) (books) (chron.)

• * The Immortal Game, (ss) F&SF Feb 1954
  • Sinister Gambits, ed. Richard Peyton, Souvenir Press 1991
• * In the Island of Uffa [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) West by One and by One, ed. Anon. (Poul Anderson), The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County 1965
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
• * Introduction, (in)
  • West by One and by One, ed. Anon. (Poul Anderson), The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County 1965
• * The Martian Crown Jewels, (ss) EQMM Feb 1958
  • Sci-Fi Private Eye, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc 1997
• * Sam Hall, (nv) Astounding Aug 1953
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997

ANDERSON, ROBERT G. (1932- ) (chron.)

• * The Red Ferrari, (ss) AHMM Sep 1966
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1967

ANDERSON, ROBERT MAILER (chron.)

• * Briley Boy, (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (The Richmond).

ANDERSON, RON (chron.)

• * Sunday Secrets, (ss) AHMM Jan 1988

ANDERSON, SCOTT L. (chron.)

• * A Dead Rose in a Pineapple Graveyard, (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2001
• * Wonderland and Dead Porn Stars, (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2001

ANDERSON, SHERWOOD (1876-1941) (chron.)

• * The Strength of God, (ss) Masses Aug 1916
  • Sins of the Fathers, ed. Mark Bryant, Gollancz 1997
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999

ANDERSON, T. JACKSON (chron.)

• * Catharsis, (vi) Hardboiled #33 2005

ANDREE, JAMIE (chron.)

• * Wishing Ball, (ss) Fish Stories #2 1996

ANDREOTTI, FRANK (chron.)

• * The Haunting at Toledo City, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #39 2003

ANDREW, JASON (chron.)

• * One to Spare, (ss) Future Syndicate, ed. J. Alan Erwine, Nomadic Delirium Press 2007

ANDREWS, DALE C. (chron.)

• * The Book Case (with Kurt Sercu), (ss) EQMM May 2007

ANDREWS, DONNA (books) (chron.)

• * The Birthday Dinner, (ss) Death Dines In, ed, Claudia Bishop & Dean James, Berkley 2004
• * Cold Spell, (nv) Powers of Detection, ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace 2004
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Chesapeake Crimes II, ed. Donna Andrews & Maria Y. Lima, Quiet Storm Books 2005
• * Night Shades, (ss) Chesapeake Crimes, ed. Donna Andrews, Quiet Storm Books 2004
• * A Rat’s Tale, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2007
• * An Unkindness of Ravens, (ss) The Mysterious North, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2002
  • Mystery: The Best of 2002, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2003

ANDREWS, GLENN (chron.)

• * Thelma Smalley vs. Crime, (ss) AHMM Aug 1961
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962

ANDREWS, JOHN MALCOLM (1936- ); see pseudonym John Malcolm (chron.)

ANDREWS, KATRINA (chron.)

• * The Great Detectives: Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence, (ar) The Strand Magazine #11 2003

ANDREWS, MAVIS (chron.)

• * Current Event, (ss) Dead in the Water, ed. Violette Malan & Therese Greenwood, RendezVous Press 2006

ANDREWS, PHIL (chron.)

• * Cooler Than Hitch, (ss) Fresh Blood 3, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1999

ANDREWS, ROBERT (1937- ) (chron.)

• * Solomon’s Alley, (ss) DC Noir, ed. George Pelecanos, Akashic Books 2006; (Georgetown, N.W.).
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2007, ed. Carl Hiaasen, Houghton Mifflin 2007

ANDREWS, SARAH; [i.e., Sarah Andrews Brown] (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Invitation, (ss) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
• * Uncle Skinny and the Sireen of Yellowstone, (ss) The Armchair Detective Spr 1994

ANDREWS, TOM (chron.)

• * Torch Song [Phil Juran], (ss) Hardboiled #23 1997

ANDREYCHUK, NICK (chron.)

• * Caught with His Pants Down, (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004
• * Hazard Pay, (ss) Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2001
• * A Messy Obsession, (vi) About Mysteries; Rory’s obsession for his own form of sadistic entertainment could get him life if he’s caught...
  • Detective Mystery Stories Jul 2002
• * One Last Hit, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jul 2002
  • Beyond the Mundane: Unravelings, ed. Daniel J. Reitz, Mundania Press 2004
• * True Crime Fiction, (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2003

ANMAR, FRANK; pseudonym of William F. Nolan, (1928- ) (chron.)

• * Laugh Till You Die, (ss) Terror Detective Story Magazine Apr 1957; also as “Down the Long Night”, by William F. Nolan; also as “Naked City”, by William F. Nolan.

ANNABEL, RUSSELL (chron.)

• * Horror in the Fog, (ss) Mystery Stories #20 1939

ANNESLEY, MICHAEL; pseudonym of F. A. M. Webster, (1886-c1951) (chron.)

• * The Seal of the Beast, (ss) Mystery Stories #9 1937

ANON. (chron.)

• * The Inheritance, (vi)
  • EQMM Sep 10 1980; tr. by Iain Crichton Smith

ANONYMOUS (books) (chron.)

• * Acknowledgements, (ms)
  • The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries, Ellery Queen, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * After a Clew, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * Anancy Climbs The Wall, An Afro-Jamaican Fable, (ss) New Mystery v3 #1 1994
• * The Avenger [Richard Henry Benson The Avenger], (pl) Sep 9 1941
  • Pulp Vault #3 1988
• * Blood Ring [Richard Henry Benson The Avenger], (pl) Aug 29 1941
  • Pulp Vault #2 1988
• * Blown Upon: or The Sagacious Reporter, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * Book Dealers We Like, (ms) New Mystery v2 #1, Win 1994
• * The Brady’s and the Black Hounds or, The Mystery of the Midas Mine, (nv) Secret Service Detective Stories Apr 5 1918
  • Tales of Secret Service Jun 1999
• * The Brady’s and the Texas Oil King or, Seeking a Clew in the Southwest, (nv) Secret Service Detective Stories Mar 9 1917
  • Tales of Secret Service Jun 1999
• * The Brady’s at Fort Yuma or, The Mix-up with the King of Mexico, (nv) Secret Service Detective Stories Mar 1 1918
  • Tales of Secret Service Jun 1999
• * The Brady’s Behind the Bars! or, Working on Blackwell’s Island, (nv) Secret Service Detective Stories Nov 24 1916
  • Tales of Secret Service Jun 1999
• * Business Detectives Have Strange Tasks, (nf) Fact Digest
  • Scientific Detective Mar 1945
• * The Case of the Luckless Gambler [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (cs) Thrilling Comics
  • Action Adventure Stories #16 1997
• * A Chat with the Chief, (lt) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Oct 1930
• * “Clubnose”, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * Coded in Ernest, (cs) Private Detective Stories Jun 1937
  • High Adventure #45 1999
• * Coffin Corner, (cs) Private Detective Stories Nov 1937
  • High Adventure #45 1999
• * The Costly Kiss: A New York Detective Experience, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * The Cruel Midwife, (ms)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Cryptograms, (cl) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Oct 1930
• * Daniel and Susanna [from The Revised English Bible, Oxford, 1989], (ex)
  • AHMM Aug 1994
• * Daniel and the Destruction of Bel [from The Revised English Bible, Oxford, 1989], (ex)
  • AHMM Aug 1994
• * Daniel’s Case of the Babylonian Idol: An Apocryphal Scripture, (ss)
  • New Mystery v4 #1 1996; given as “Daniel’s Evidence to Babylon”, p.25 in toc.
• * The Death of Colonel Thoureau, (ss) The Knickerbocker Sep 1861
  • Master’s Choice Volume II, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2000
• * The Detective, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * The Detective from Baltimore, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * A Detective’s Story, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * The Detective’s Story, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * The Devil’s Horns [Richard Henry Benson The Avenger], (pl) Sep 2 1941
  • Pulp Vault #2 1988
• * Editorial, (ed) New Mystery Win 1994
• * Edward, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * The Episode of the Black Diamond, (ss) 1920
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987
• * The False Knights Tragedy, (pm); collected by John Clare.
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * The Fascinating Murderer, (nf) Scientific Detective Mar 1945
• * Fear, (ed) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929
• * The First Case, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * A Flight from Fancy on the Route des Alpes, (ss) Mystery Stories #19 1939
• * Frankie and Johnny, (sg) ca 1870
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997
• * from Arden of Feversham, (ex) 1592
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from Genesis 4: 1-16, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Genesis 9: 6, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Genesis IV, (ex)
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from II Samuel XI, (ex)
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from Judges 3: 12-30, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Judges 4: 13-22, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Judges IV, (ex)
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from Judith XXII, (ex)
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from Numbers 35: 9-19, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * From the Diary of a New York Detective, (nf) Multum in Parvo Library Dec 1894
  • AHMM Dec 1993
• * The Ghost of the Count, (ss)
  • AHMM May 1992
• * The Girl Detective, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * The Gramercy Park Mystery, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * The Great Valdez Sapphire, (nv) The Cornhill Magazine v14 1890
  • AHMM Dec 1988
• * Hate Master [Richard Henry Benson The Avenger], (pl) Jul 25 1941
  • Pulp Vault #4 1989
• * Hawkshaw the Detective, (cs)
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1981
• * He Killed for the Thrill of It!, (nf) Answers
  • Scientific Detective Mar 1945
• * Highwayman Down, early Teutonic detective fable, (ss) New Mystery v4 #4 1996
• * The Hob-Nailed Shoes, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * An Ingenious Defense, (ss)
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * The Inheritance, (vi)
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999
  • Lone Star Sleuths, ed. Bill Cunningham, Steven L. Davis & Rollo K. Newsom, University of Texas Press 2007
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * Introduction, (is) EQMM Jun 2003
• * Jellon Grame, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995