Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

DEWHURST, EILEEN (chron.) (continued)

• * Masks and Faces, (ss) Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
• * Old Bones, (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
  • EQMM Jun 2005
• * The Secret, (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
  • EQMM Sep/Oct 1998
• * Seesaw, (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998
  • EQMM Sep/Oct 2002
• * Three’s Company, (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
  • EQMM Mar 2002
• * A Tour Too Far, (ss) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995
  • EQMM May 1996

DEWING, AILSA B. (chron.)

• * Cases Dismissed, (pm) EQMM Feb 1990
• * The Merry Widow, (pm) EQMM Jun 1990

DEXTER, (Norman) COLIN (1930- ) (books) (chron.)

• * As Good as Gold, (nv)
  • Morse’s Greatest Mystery and Other Stories, Macmillan UK 1993
• * At the Lulu-Bar Motel, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 13, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1981
  • Morse’s Greatest Mystery and Other Stories, Macmillan UK 1993
• * Between the Lines, (ss) The Detection Collection, ed. Simon Brett, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2006
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
• * The Burglar [Insp. Morse], (ss) You: The Mail on Sunday 1994
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * The Carpet-Bagger, (nv)
  • Morse’s Greatest Mystery and Other Stories, Macmillan UK 1993
• * A Case of Mis-identity [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Winter’s Crimes 21, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1989
  • Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1992
  • Morse’s Greatest Mystery and Other Stories, Macmillan UK 1993
• * The Case of the Curious Quorum, (ss) The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Dead as a Dodo [Insp. Morse], (ss) Million #1 1991
  • EQMM Dec 1992
  • Morse’s Greatest Mystery and Other Stories, Macmillan UK 1993
  • Cutting Edge, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * The Double Crossing, (ss) Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
  • The Best British Mysteries 2005, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2005
• * Evans Tries an O Level, (nv) Winter’s Crimes 9, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1977
  • Morse’s Greatest Mystery and Other Stories, Macmillan UK 1993
• * The Inside Story [Insp. Morse], (na) New York & London: Macmillan 1993
  • Morse’s Greatest Mystery and Other Stories, Macmillan UK 1993
• * The Inside Story [Insp. Morse], (ss)
  • Crime Story Collection, ed. John Turvey & Celia Turvey, Longman 1998
• * Last Call [Insp. Morse], (nv) Morse’s Greatest Mystery and Other Stories, Macmillan UK 1993
  • MHCMM Spr 1997
• * Monty’s Revolver, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 24, ed. Maria Rejt, London: Macmillan 1992
  • Morse’s Greatest Mystery and Other Stories, Macmillan UK 1993
  • Winter’s Crimes 24, Volume 1, ed. Maria Rejt, Chivers Press 1993
• * Morse’s Greatest Mystery [Insp. Morse], (ss)
  • Morse’s Greatest Mystery and Other Stories, Macmillan UK 1993
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
• * Neighbourhood Watch [Insp. Morse], (ss) Richmond (Surrey), England: Hartley Moorhouse 1993
  • Morse’s Greatest Mystery and Other Stories, Macmillan UK 1993

_____, [ref.]

• * “Colin Dexter interviewed by Brian Ritterspak” by Brian Ritterspak, (iv) Crime Time #23 2001
• * “The Inspector as Iconoclast” by Rosemary Herbert, (bg) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997

DEXTER, LEE; pseudonym of Michael Fallon (books) (chron.)

• * Detective Crime Stories, (na) Detective Crime Stories, Curtis Warren 1949

DEXTER, PETE(r Whittemore) (1943- ) (chron.)

• * The Jeweler, (ss) Esquire Apr 2002
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003

DIAMOND, DONNA (chron.)

• * Ringmaster’s Witness, (nv) Southern Nights, ed. Anon., Southern Star Publishing 2001

DIAMOND, GABRIELLA; pseudonym of Linda Lane McCall, (1941- ) (chron.)

• * Black and Red and Dead All Over, (ss) Murder on Sunset Boulevard, ed. Rochelle Krich, Michael Mallory & Lisa Seidman, Top Publications 2002

DiBACCO, DEBBIE (chron.)

• * Clean Sweep, (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004

DIBBLE, BIRNEY; see under Dibble, J. Birney (chron.)

DIBBLE, J(ames) BIRNEY (1925- ) (chron.)

• * Peace to Her Bitter Bones, (nv) AHMM Dec 2001
• * Too Cold a Trail, (ss) AHMM Oct 2007

DIBDIN, MICHAEL (John) (1947-2007) (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * The Dangerous Edge of Things, (si)
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * Uncommon Murders, (si)
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

_____, trans.

• * (untitled), by Raymond Queneau, (ms) Batons, chiffres et lettres Sep 15 1945
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

DI BELLA, JOSÉ MANUEL (chron.)

• * He Who Strikes First, (ss)
  • Line of Fire: Detective Stories from the Mexican Border, ed. Leobardo Saravia Quiroz, San Diego State University Press 1996

DiCAMILLO, JENNIFER (books) (chron.)

• * Banshees of Baxter County (with C. J. Winters), (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• * Busybodies and Dead Diamonds (with C. J. Winters), (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• * Cat-ittude (with C. J. Winters), (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• * Cemetery Competion (with C. J. Winters), (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• * The Housekeeper and Primary Colors (with C. J. Winters), (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• * In Bride Rock (with C. J. Winters), (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• * Old Bones (with C. J. Winters), (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• * Pyramid Travel (with C. J. Winters), (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• * Who Died in Here? (with C. J. Winters), (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008

DiCANIO, MARGARET (chron.)

• * Just Deserts or The Bag Lady Caper, (ss) New Mystery Sum 1999
  • New Mystery v7 #1 1999

DiCHARIO, NICHOLAS A. (1960- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
• * Giving Head, (nv) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• * The Soldier and His Dead Companion, (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• * Where the Wildflowers Bloom, (ss) Death Dines In, ed, Claudia Bishop & Dean James, Berkley 2004

DICK, PHILIP K(indred) (1928-1982) (chron.)

• * Impostor, (ss) Astounding Jun 1953
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997
• * A Scanner Darkly [Ch. 4 from A Scanner Darkly], (ex) Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1977
  • The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003
• * War Game, (ss) Galaxy Dec 1959
  • Sci-Fi Private Eye, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc 1997

DICKENS, CHARLES (John Huffam) (1812-1870) (books) (chron.)

• * The Artful Touch, (vi) Household Words 1850; gp; Three ‘Detective’ Anecdotes, gp.
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
  • Classic Mystery Stories, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1999
• * The Automaton Police, (ss)
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
• * The Black Veil, (ss) Sketches by Boz, Macrone 1836
  • Mystery, ed. A. K. Barton, London: Dent 1937
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990
• * Captain Murderer, (ss) All the Year Round Sep 8 1860; also as “from The Uncommercial Traveller”.
• * A Detective Police Party, (ss)
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
• * Down with the Tide, (ss)
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
• * The Drunkard’s Death, (ss) Sketches by Boz, Macrone 1836
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
• * The Edwin Drood Syndicate, (ss)
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
• * from Bleak House, (ex) 1853
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998
• * from Martin Chuzzlewit, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Oliver Twist, (ex) 1837
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from The Mystery of Edwin Drood, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from The Uncommercial Traveller [“Captain Murderer”], (ss) All the Year Round Sep 8 1860
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, (na) Bradbury & Evans 1848
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * Hunted Down, (nv) New York Ledger Aug 20-Sep 3 1859
  • The Craft of Detection, ed. Leo B. Knerr, Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Co. 1973
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Bellew Publishing 1990
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Norton 1992
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
• * Inspector Buckett’s Job [from Bleak House], (ex) 1853
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
• * M.R. James, (ar)
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
• * The Metropolitan Protectives (with W. H. Willis), (ss)
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
• * The Modern Science of Thief-Taking, (ss)
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
• * On Duty with Inspector Field, (ss)
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
• * The Pair of Gloves, (ss) Household Words 1850; Three ‘Detective’ Anecdotes, gp.
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
  • Classic Mystery Stories, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1999
• * Poor Mercantile Jack, (ss)
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
• * The Signalman, (ss) All the Year Round Christmas 1866
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
• * The Sofa, (vi) Household Words Sep 14 1850; Three ‘Detective’ Anecdotes, gp.
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
  • Classic Mystery Stories, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1999
• * The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle, (ss) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Sep 1837
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
• * Three ‘Detective’ Anecdotes, (gp) Household Words 1850; The Pair of Gloves, ss; The Artful Touch, vi; The Sofa, vi Household Words Sep 14 1850.
  • Hunted Down, Peter Owen 1997
  • Classic Mystery Stories, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1999
• * To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt, (ss) All the Year Round Christmas 1865; also as “The Trial for Murder”.
  • The Cat of Bast & Other Stories of Mystery, ed. William E. Thorner, Regency 1958
  • Purnell’s Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Anon., Bristol: Purnell 1982
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
• * The Trial for Murder [“To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”], (ss) All the Year Round Christmas 1865
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006

DICKENSHEET, DEAN W. (chron.)

• * “Two Good Men” [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

DICKIE, FRANCIS (Joseph) (1890-1976) (chron.)

• * For the Underdog, (ss) Mystery Stories #11 1937

DICKINSON, PETER (Malcolm de Brissac) (1927- ) (chron.)

• * Murder In the Manor, (ar) The Armchair Detective Spr 1991

DICKINSON, ROY (1888-?) (chron.)

• * The Ultimate Frog, (ss) Harper’s Monthly Nov 1924
  • AHMM Mar 1988

DICKS, BARBARA (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “In Others’ Words” by Susan Randolph, (ar) Murderous Intent Spr 1996

DICKSON, CARTER; pseudonym of John Dickson Carr, (1906-1977) (chron.)

• * Blind Man’s Hood, (ss) The Sketch Christmas 1937; also as “To Wake the Dead”, by John Dickson Carr.
• * Clue in the Snow [Colonel March], (ss) The Strand Jan 1940; also as “The Footprint in the Sky”, by John Dickson Carr.
• * The Crime in Nobody’s Room [Colonel March], (ss) The Strand Jun 1938
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • The Saint Detective Magazine Jan 1957
  • Suspense (UK) Oct 1958
  • The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Jan 1959
  • EQMM Sep 1970
• * 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