Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Dec 1911
  • The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition, Mallard Press 1990
• * The Engineer’s Thumb [“The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb”; Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Strand Mar 1892
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Field Bazaar [Sherlock Holmes], (vi) The Student Nov 20 1896
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
  • The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Fiend of the Cooperage, (ss) The Manchester Weekly Times Oct 1 1897
  • Purnell’s Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Anon., Bristol: Purnell 1982
• * The Final Problem [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Dec 1893
  • Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories, Dover 1992
  • The Black Doctor: And Other Tales of Terror and Mystery, 2001
• * The Five Orange Pips [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Strand Nov 1891
  • The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition, Mallard Press 1990
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * from The Hound of the Baskervilles [Sherlock Holmes], (ex) London: Newnes 1902
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * A Gaudy Death: Conan Doyle Tells the True Story of Sherlock Holmes’s End, (ar) Tit-Bits Dec 15 1900
  • The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Gloria Scott [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Strand Apr 1893
  • Murder on Deck!, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998
• * The Gloria Scott [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Strand Apr 1893
  • The Black Doctor: And Other Tales of Terror and Mystery, 2001
• * The Greek Interpreter [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Sep 1893
  • The Black Doctor: And Other Tales of Terror and Mystery, 2001
• * His Last Bow [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Sep 1917
  • The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition, Mallard Press 1990
  • Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * The Horror of the Heights, (ss) The Strand Nov 1913
  • AHMM Aug 1992
• * The Hound of the Baskervilles [Sherlock Holmes], (n.) The Strand Aug 1901-Apr ’02
  • The Craft of Detection, ed. Leo B. Knerr, Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Co. 1973
  • The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition, Mallard Press 1990
• * How Watson Learned the Trick [Sherlock Holmes], (vi) 1924; written to fill a miniature book in the library of Queen Mary’s doll house.
  • The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Jew’s Breastplate [“The Story of the Jew’s Breastplate”], (ss) The Strand Feb 1899
  • AHMM Feb 1997
  • Murder Is No Mitzvah: Short Mysteries about Jewish Occasions, ed. Abigail Browning, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004
• * The Lost Special [“The Story of the Lost Special”], (ss) The Strand Aug 1898
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * The Man with the Twisted Lip [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Strand Dec 1891
  • The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition, Mallard Press 1990
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Musgrave Ritual [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Strand May 1893
  • The Black Doctor: And Other Tales of Terror and Mystery, 2001
• * My Favourite Sherlock Holmes Adventures [Sherlock Holmes], (ar) The Strand Mar 1927
  • The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Mystery of Sasassa Valley, (ss) Chambers’s Journal Sep 6 1879
  • The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Mystery of Uncle Jeremy’s Household, (nv) Boy’s Own Paper Jan-Feb 1887
  • The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Naval Treaty [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Strand Oct-Nov 1893
  • The Black Doctor: And Other Tales of Terror and Mystery, 2001
• * The New Catacomb [“Burger’s Secret”], (ss) The Sunlight Year Book 1898
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * The Noble Bachelor [“The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor”; Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Apr 1892
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * Our Midnight Visitor, (nv) Temple Bar Feb 1891
  • Murder Most Scottish, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Bob Adey, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1999
• * The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes], (pl) 1905
  • The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Prisoner’s Defense, (ss) Colliers Jan 8 1916
  • EQMM Nov 1959
  • Murder on Trial, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * The Problem of the Thor Bridge [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Strand Feb 1922 (+1)
  • The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition, Mallard Press 1990
• * The Recollections of Captain Wilkie, (ss) Chambers’s Journal Jan 19 1895
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
• * The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Strand Aug 1891
  • World-Famous Great Mystery Stories, ed. Eleanor M. Edwards, Hart 1960
  • Mystery, ed. Anon., Houghton Mifflin 1989
  • The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition, Mallard Press 1990
  • Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories, Dover 1992
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * The Red-Headed League [The Strand, Aug 1891; Sherlock Holmes], (pl)
  • The Red-Headed League and Other Mystery Plays, ed. Katherine Robinson, Scholastic 1986
• * The Reigate Squires [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Jun 1893
  • The Black Doctor: And Other Tales of Terror and Mystery, 2001
• * The Resident Patient [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Strand Aug 1893
  • Murder Most Medical, ed. Cathleen Jordan & Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
  • The Black Doctor: And Other Tales of Terror and Mystery, 2001
• * A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Jul 1891
  • Great Detective Stories, ed. Rosamund Morris, Hart 1965
  • The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition, Mallard Press 1990
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
  • Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories, Dover 1992
  • Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * Sidelights on Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes], (ar) Memories and Adventures, Arthur Conan Doyle, London: Hodder & Stoughton 1924
  • Murder in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * The Sign of Four [Sherlock Holmes], (na) Lippincott’s Feb 1890
  • The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition, Mallard Press 1990
• * Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Strand Dec 1892
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
  • Murder British Style, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
  • The Black Doctor: And Other Tales of Terror and Mystery, 2001
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * The Silver Mirror, (ss) The Strand Aug 1908
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994
• * The Singular Experience of Mr. J. Scott Eccles [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Colliers Aug 15 1908; also printed in two parts in The Strand: “The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles”, Sep ’08, and “The Tiger of San Pedro”, Oct ’08.
  • The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition, Mallard Press 1990
• * Some Personalia about Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes], (ar) The Strand Dec 1917
  • The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Speckled Band [“The Adventure of the Speckled Band”; Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Strand Feb 1892
  • Detection, ed. James Gibson & Alan Ridout, John Murray 1978
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Stockbroker’s Clerk [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Mar 1893
  • The Black Doctor: And Other Tales of Terror and Mystery, 2001
• * The Story of the Jew’s Breastplate, (ss) The Strand Feb 1899; also as “The Jew’s Breastplate”.
• * The Story of the Lost Special, (ss) The Strand Aug 1898; also as “The Lost Special”.
  • Murder British Style, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Story of the Man with the Watches, (ss) The Strand Jul 1898
  • The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
  • 12 Mystery Stories, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998
• * A Study in Scarlet [Sherlock Holmes], (na) Beeton’s Christmas Annual 1887
  • The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition, Mallard Press 1990
• * To an Undiscerning Critic, (pm) 1915
  • The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Truth About Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes], (ar) The National Weekly Dec 29 1923
  • The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Barnes & Noble 1995
• * The Valley of Fear [Sherlock Holmes], (n.) The Strand Sep 1914 (+8)
  • The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition, Mallard Press 1990
• * The Veiled Lodger [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Liberty Magazine Jan 22 1927
  • The Strand Feb 1927
  • The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition, Mallard Press 1990
• * The Yellow Face [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Feb 1893
  • The Black Doctor: And Other Tales of Terror and Mystery, 2001

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• * “Conan Doyle & Sherlock Holmes: The Creator versus the Creation” by Jack Tracy [Sherlock Holmes], (ar) Mystery Mar 1981
• * “Conan Doyle Beyond Baker Street: Captain Sharkey: The Pirate Anti-Hero” by Christopher Roden, (ar) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• * “Conan Doyle Beyond Baker Street: Round the Fire Stories” by Christopher Roden, (ar) The Strand Magazine #2 1999

DOYLE, DEBRA (1952- ) (chron.)

• * A Death in the Working, (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

DOYLE, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * The Legacy of Rachel Howells [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) 1994; originally distributed in a private edition, January 1994.
  • The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997

DOYLE, NOREEN (chron.)

• * The Execration, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002

DOYLE, P. J. (chron.)

• * Guest Editorial, (ed) AHMM Feb 1991

DOZOIS, GARDNER (Raymond) (1947- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Preface (with Jack M. Dann), (pr)
  • Future Crimes, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2003

DRACHE, SHARON ABRON (chron.)

• * The Mikveh Man, (ss)
  • Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991; revised

DRACHMAN, THEODORE S(olomon) (1904-1988) (chron.)

• * The Brunchupper Murder Case, (ss) AHMM Mar 4 1981

DRAKE, STILLMAN (chron.)

• * The Camberwell Poisoning Case [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

DREISCHARF, J. SPENCER (chron.)

• * High Calibers Make Good Neighbors, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1998
• * The Last Noel, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1999
• * Mirror Image a Reflection, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 1999

DREISER, THEODORE (1871-1945) (chron.)

• * The Prince Who Was a Thief, (ss) 1927
  • Once Upon a Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1994

DRESNER, HAL (1937- ) (chron.)

• * Stop Killing Me, (ss) AHMM Nov 1963
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964

DRESSER, DAVIS (1904-1977); see pseudonym Brett Halliday (chron.)

DREXEL, J. V.; pseudonym of Bill Pronzini, (1943- ) (chron.)

• * The Man Who Collected “The Shadow” [as by Bill Pronzini], (ss) F&SF Jun 1971
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Terrarium Principle [as by Bill Pronzini], (ss) EQMM Apr 22 1981
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

DREYER, EILEEN (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Double Jeopardy, (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996
• * Fantasy, (ss) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
• * Fun with Forensics, (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• * The Most Beautiful Place on Earth, (ss) More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999
• * Vanquishing the Infidel, (nv) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• * [untitled], (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006

DRIPPÉ, COLLEEN; see pseudonym Betty Sue Callahan (chron.)

• * Darkness in Beradan, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 2001
• * Immortal Travis, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2000
• * The Lowland Beggar, (ss) Deathrealm Win 1987
  • Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1999
• * Paintbox, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2000
• * Tortha’s House, (ss) Infinitum #1 1985
  • Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2001
• * The Town at the End, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 2001
• * Winter of Stone, (ss) Beyond #11 1988
  • Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1999

DRIPPÉ, THERESE (chron.)

• * Nails of the West, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1998
• * New York and Forty, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jul 1999

DRUETT, JOAN (1939- ) (chron.)

• * Brethren of the Sea, (ss) AHMM Nov 2004
• * Fallen, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006

DRUMMOND, JACK (chron.)

• * Wide Open Town, (na) The Masked Rider Western Magazine Jun 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories Mar 2004

DRUMMOND, JOHN PETER; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * The Beast-Gods of Atlantis [Ki-Gor], (na) Jungle Stories Sum 1950
  • High Adventure #71 2003
• * Blood Priestess of Vig N’Ga [2; Ki-Gor], (na) Jungle Stories Win 1951
  • High Adventure Jan 2006
• * Blood-Crypts of the Serpent Cult [by Steve Mitchell; Ki-Gor], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1995
• * The Devil’s Death Trap [2; Ki-Gor], (na) Jungle Stories Fll 1951
  • High Adventure Jan 2006
• * Lost Priestess of the Nile [Ki-Gor], (na) Jungle Stories Spr 1950
  • High Adventure #76 2004
• * The Monsters of Voodoo Isle [Ki-Gor], (na) Jungle Stories Spr 1946
  • High Adventure #81 2005
• * Night of the Wasuli Death [Ki-Gor], (na) Jungle Stories Spr 1952
  • High Adventure #81 2005