Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

EBEL, FRED (chron.)

• * Live Target, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1985

EBERHART, MIGNON G(ood) (1899-1996) (chron.)

• * The Calico Dog [“The Case of the Calico Dog”; Susan Dare], (nv) The Delineator Sep 1934
  • AHMM Sep 1999
• * The Case of the Calico Dog [Susan Dare], (nv) The Delineator Sep 1934; also as “The Calico Dog”.
• * Dangerous Widows [James Wickwire], (ss) 1953
  • EQMM Apr 1956
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
• * Introducing Susan Dare [Susan Dare], (nv) The Delineator Apr 1934
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
• * Murder at the Dog Show, (ss) EQMM Jan 1958
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Postiche [Susan Dare], (nv) The Delineator Aug 1935
  • AHMM Dec 1998
• * Spider [Susan Dare], (nv) The Delineator May 1934
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
• * While the Patient Slept [Sarah Keate; *Lance O’Leary], (n.) Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1930
  • The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1933

EBERT, J. (chron.)

• * Sleeping Is Dangerous, (ss) EQMM Jan 1987

ECCLES, MARJORIE (1927- ) (chron.)

• * Anne Hathaway Slept Here, (ss) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
• * The Egyptian Garden, (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
  • EQMM Dec 2002
• * Murder in a Time of Siege, (ss) Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
  • EQMM Sep/Oct 2000
• * Peril at Melford House, (ss) Malice Domestic 9, Joan Hess, Avon 2000
• * Remembering Kazarian, (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
  • EQMM Nov 1998
• * The Search for Otto Wagner, (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
  • EQMM Dec 2001
• * Time’s Wingéd Chariot, (ss) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997

ECKELS, ROBERT EDWARD (1930- ) (chron.)

• * The Bellman Portrait, (ss) EQMM Sep 1986
• * Bread Upon the Waters, (ss) EQMM Mar 1973
  • Grifters and Swindlers, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * The Canadian Caper, (ss) EQMM Oct 1982
• * The Export Specialist, (ss) EQMM Nov 1984
• * The Kapalov Proposal, (ss) EQMM May 1983
• * Maybe It Didn’t Happen, (ss) EQMM Jan 28 1981
• * Never Play Another Man’s Game, (ss) EQMM Nov 3 1980
• * A Nice Thing Going, (ss) EQMM Jun 1984
• * The Pearson Affair, (nv) AHMM Aug 1983
• * The Swindle, (ss) AHMM May 27 1981

ECO, UMBERTO (1932- ) (chron.)

• * from Postille a ‘Il nome della rosa’, Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, Bompiani, Sonzongo Etas SPA], (ex) 1993
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

EDELMAN, SCOTT (Jeffrey) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * True Love in the Day After Tomorrow, (nv) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

EDGAR, ALFRED (1896-1972); see pseudonym Barré Lyndon (chron.)

EDGERTON, LES (chron.)

• * Felon, (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

EDGERTON, LESLIE (chron.)

• * In the Zone, (ss) High Plains Literary Review 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, ed. Lawrence Block, Houghton Mifflin 2001

EDGERTON, TERESA (Ann) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * Captured in Silver, (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

EDGHILL, ROSEMARY; pseudonym of Eluki bes Shahar, (1956- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Afterword, (aw) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004
• * Book of Moons [Bast], (n.) Tor/Forge 1995
  • Bell, Book, and Murder, Tor/Forge 1998
• * The Bowl of Night [Bast], (n.) Tor/Forge 1996
  • Bell, Book, and Murder, Tor/Forge 1998
• * Introduction, (in) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004
• * Speak Daggers to Her [Bast], (n.) Tor/Forge 1994
  • Bell, Book, and Murder, Tor/Forge 1998

EDHOLM, CHARLTON LAWRENCE (1879-1940) (chron.)

• * The Man Marked for Slaughter, (ss) Thrilling Mystery Jan 1936
  • High Adventure #56 2000

EDITOR, THE (chron.)

• * A Chat with the Chief, (lt) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929, Apr 1930
• * The Editor’s Case File, (ed) Detective Story Magazine May, Sep 1988, Aug 1989, Jun 1990
  • Hardboiled #15 1993, #17, #18, #19 1994, #20 1995, #21 1996
• * The Editor’s Casefile, (ed) Hardboiled Apr 2000, #27/28 2001, #29/30 2003, #31, #32 2004, #33 2005
• * Official Business, (cl) Popular Detective Dec 1944

EDLOW, JONATHAN A. (chron.)

• * Points of Light, (ss) AHMM Jun 1989
• * Time and Materials, (ss) AHMM Aug 1989

EDMOND, DON (chron.)

• * Murder in the Air, (nv) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Nov 1933
  • High Adventure #67 2002

EDMONDS, MARGUERITE H. (chron.)

• * Schooldays, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1983

EDMONDS, ROSEMARY (chron.)

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• * The Queen of Spades, by Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin, (nv) 1834
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994

EDMONDSON, G. C.; pseudonym of José Mario Garry Ordoñez Edmondson y Cotton, (1922-1995) (chron.)

• * Tinhorn from Tarshish, (nv) AHMM Apr 1994

EDMONDSON y COTTON, JOSÉ MARIO GARRY ORDOÑEZ (1922-1995); see pseudonym G. C. Edmondson (chron.)

EDSON, GEORGE (Alden) (chron.)

• * Death Spins the Wheel, (ss) Federal Agent Sep 1937
  • High Adventure #53 2000

EDWARDS, AMELIA (Ann) B(lanford) (1831-1892) (chron.)

• * The Phantom Coach, (ss) All the Year Round Christmas 1864
  • The Cat of Bast & Other Stories of Mystery, ed. William E. Thorner, Regency 1958
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991

EDWARDS, GRACE F(rederica) (chron.)

• * The Blind Alley, (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

EDWARDS, MABEL (chron.)

• * Alternate Ending #3, (ms) EQMM Nov 1990

EDWARDS, (Kenneth) MARTIN (1955- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Act of Kindness, (ss) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995
  • EQMM Dec 1997
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * Are You Sitting Comfortably?, (vi) EQMM Aug 1991
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * Author’s Note, (pr)
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * Bare Bones, (ss) Crimewave #6 2002
• * The Basement, (ss) Scenes of Crime, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd. 2000
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * The Boxer [Harry Devlin], (ss) Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992
  • EQMM Jan 1994
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * The Case of the Impoverished Landlady, (ss) The Strand Magazine #14 2004
• * The Case of the Persecuted Accountant, (ss) The Strand Magazine #8 2002
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * The Case of the Sentimental Tobacconist, (ss) The Strand Magazine #11 2003
• * The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * Corpse Candle, (ss) Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
  • Murder Squad, ed. Malcolm Edwards, Flambard Press 2001
• * Diminished Responsibility, (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
  • EQMM May 1999
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * Eternally, (ss) Murder Squad, ed. Malcolm Edwards, Flambard Press 2001
  • EQMM Sep/Oct 2003
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Scenes of Crime, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd. 2000
• * Foreword (with Robert Church), (fw)
  • Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995
• * A House Is Not a Home [Harry Devlin], (ss) Crime Yellow, ed. Maxim Jakuwbowski, Gollancz 1994
  • EQMM Jan 1996
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * The House of the Red Candle, (nv) Death by Dickens, ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime 2004
• * I Say a Little Prayer [Harry Devlin], (ss) Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992
  • Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995
  • Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
  • Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
  • Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998
  • Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
  • Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
  • Scenes of Crime, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd. 2000
  • Murder Squad, ed. Malcolm Edwards, Flambard Press 2001
  • Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
  • Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
  • Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
  • The Trinity Cat and Other Mysteries, Ellis Peters, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Introduction (with Robert Church), (in)
  • Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995
• * Introduction, (in) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• * It’s Impossible [Harry Devlin], (ss) EQMM Aug 1994
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * A Job for Life, (ss) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * Melusine, (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
  • EQMM Dec 2004
• * The Mind of the Master [Benjamin Jowett], (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * Mindstalker, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003
• * My Ship Is Coming In [Harry Devlin], (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
  • EQMM May 1997
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * Natural Causes, (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * Neighbours, (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * Never Walk Alone [Harry Devlin], (ss) EQMM May 1995
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * Penalty, (ss) Crimewave #2 1999
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * The People Outside, (nv) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Serpent’s Tooth, (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * A Stolen Life, (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
  • EQMM Jan 2001
• * Sunset City, (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
  • EQMM Mar/Apr 2004
• * Test Drive, (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
  • EQMM May 2006
• * To Encourage the Others, (ss) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * 24 Hours from Tulsa, (ss) TheMammoth Book of on the Road, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2002
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003
• * Waiting for Godstow, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * War Rations, (ss) Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
  • EQMM Mar 2001
• * When I’m Dead and Gone [Harry Devlin], (ss) EQMM Mar 1994
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * Where Do You Find Your Ideas?, (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
• * Wish You Weren’t Here, (ss) EQMM Jul 1998
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001
• * The Witching Hour, (nv) 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
• * With a Little Help from My Friends [Harry Devlin], (ss) Murder on Deck!, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998
  • Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories, Countyvise 2001

EDWARDS, OWEN DUDLEY (chron.)

• * The Romance Beneath Conan Doyle’s Science, (ar) The Strand Magazine #4 2000

EDWARDS, RUTH DUDLEY (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Father Brown in Muncie, Indiana, (vi) The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002

EFFINGER, GEORGE ALEC (1947-2002) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Celestial Snows [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) My Sherlock Holmes, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2003; (Reginald Musgrave).
• * Double Dribble [Batman], (nv) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990
  • Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997
• * The Musgrave Version [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * Shootout at Gower Gulch, (nv) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• * The Ugly Earthling Murder Case, (nv) More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
• * The World as We Know It, (nv) Futurecrime, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Fine 1992

EGAN, GREG(ory Mark) (1961- ) (chron.)

• * Cocoon, (nv) Asimov’s May 1994
  • Isaac Asimov’s Detectives, ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams, Ace 1998