Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

EGGERS, DAVE (chron.)

• * This Book Benefits 826 Valencia (with Michael Chabon), (ms)
  • McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003
• * Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly, (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

EHLERS, JÜRGEN (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Bank Holiday in Cambridge, (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• * The Chicken, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002; Originally as ‘Das Huhn’ in Der Morder Kommt Auf Sanften Pfoten (1995).
• * Golden Gate Bridge—A View from Below, (ss) Scenes of Crime, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd. 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Man Overboard, (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• * Unsettled Scores, (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000
• * “Wangeroog, de Schone...”, (ss) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999
• * World Savings Day in Hamminkeln, (ss) EQMM May 2007; originally published in German as “Weltspartag in Hamminkeln” in he anthology Mordsfeste, 2005.; tr. by Mary Tannert

EICHLER, SELMA (1941- ) (chron.)

• * Murder Can Hurt Your Ears [Desiree Shapiro], (nv) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001

EIDEN, PAUL (chron.)

• * Live a Little!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Aug 1957

EIDSON, BILL; [i.e., William Eidson] (1956- ) (chron.)

• * The Stowaway, (ss) AHMM Dec 1998

EIDUKAS, GEORGIANA (chron.)

• * Cliffhanger, (ss) EQMM Feb 25 1981

EISENBERG, LARRY; [i.e., Lawrence Eisenberg] (1919- ) (chron.)

• * The Fastest Draw, (ss) Amazing Oct 1963
  • Tin Stars, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, NAL/Signet 1986

EISTER, CRAIG V. (chron.)

• * What the Chairman Says, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002

ELIOT, GEORGE; pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, (1819-1880) (chron.)

• * from Adam Bede, (ex) 1859
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998
• * from Daniel Deronda, (ex) 1876
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from Middlemarch, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * The Lifted Veil [as by Anonymous], (nv) Blackwood’s Jul 1859
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935

ELIOT, T(homas) S(tearns) (1888-1965) (chron.)

• * Fragment of an Agon, (pl)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Murder in the Cathedral, (ex) 1935
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from Selected Essays, (ex) London: Faber and Faber 1951
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * Macavity: The Mystery Cat, (pm) Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, Faber 1939
  • Nobel Crimes, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * (untitled), (ex) The Criterion Jun 1927
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

ELKIND, MORT W. (chron.)

• * A Puzzle in Poesy, (pz) EQMM Sep/Oct 1998

ELKIND, PETER (chron.)

• * from The Death Shift, (ex) 1983
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

ELKINS, AARON J. (1935- ) (chron.)

• * Nice Gorilla (with Charlotte Elkins), (nv) Malice Domestic 1, Elizabeth Peters, Pocket 1992
• * Shafted (with Charlotte Elkins), (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1995
• * A Slight Mistake, (vi) EQMM Nov 1997

_____, [ref.]

• * “Skull-Duggery: Aaron Elkins” by Douglas G. Simpson, (iv) The Armchair Detective Spr 1991

ELKINS, CHARLOTTE (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Nice Gorilla (with Aaron J. Elkins), (nv) Malice Domestic 1, Elizabeth Peters, Pocket 1992
• * Shafted (with Aaron J. Elkins), (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1995

ELLIN, STANLEY (Bernard) (1916-1986) (chron.)

• * The Best of Everything, (nv) EQMM Sep 1952
  • More Murder on Cue, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1990
• * The Betrayers, (ss) EQMM Jun 1953
  • Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1991
  • Tales of Obsession, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * The Blessington Method, (ss) EQMM Jun 1956
  • Ellery Queen’s Edgar Award Winners, ed. Anon., Robert Hale 1992
  • Simply the Best Mysteries, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * Broker’s Special, (ss) EQMM Jan 1956
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * A Corner of Paradise, (ss) EQMM Oct 1975
  • Ellery Queen’s Searches and Seizures, ed. Ellery Queen, Chivers Press 1995
• * The Day of the Bullet, (ss) EQMM Oct 1959
  • Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2005
• * Death on Christmas Eve, (ss) EQMM Jan 1950
  • Ellery Queen’s Anthology Volume 1, ed. Ellery Queen, London: May Fair 1959
  • American Crime Stories, ed. John Escott, Oxford Bookworms 2001
• * Fool’s Mate, (ss) Stanley Ellin’s Mystery Magazine 1948
  • EQMM Nov 1951
  • Sinister Gambits, ed. Richard Peyton, Souvenir Press 1991
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * from “The Blessington Method”, (ss) EQMM Jun 1956
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from “The Payoff”, (ex) EQMM Nov 1971
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * Generation Gap, (ss) EQMM Sep 1976
  • Ellery Queen’s A Multitude of Sins, ed. Ellery Queen, Curley 1986
• * Graffiti, (ss) EQMM Mar 1983
  • The Best Short Stories of 1983, ed. Anon., Davis 1984
  • The Edgar Award Book, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
• * The Great Persuader, (ss) EQMM Mar 1964
  • Mystery in the Sunshine State, ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press 1999
• * The House Party, (ss) EQMM May 1954
  • EQMM Feb 1991
  • Ellery Queen’s Edgar Award Winners, ed. Anon., Robert Hale 1992
  • Simply the Best Mysteries, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * Just Desserts, (ss) EQMM Oct 6 1980
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * The Last Bottle in the World, (nv) EQMM Feb 1968
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
  • Murder Most Delectable, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * The Moment of Decision, (nv) EQMM Mar 1955
  • EQMM Oct 1991
  • The Deadliest Games, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1993
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * Mrs. Mouse, (ss) EQMM Oct 1983
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Nine-to-Five Man, (ss) EQMM Nov 1961
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
• * The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby, (ss) EQMM May 1950
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
• * The Other Side of the Wall, (ss) EQMM Aug 1972
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Reasons Unknown, (ss) EQMM Dec 1978
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
• * The Specialty of the House, (nv) EQMM May 1948
  • The Fourth Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959
  • An Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Sampler, ed. Anon., Reader’s Digest 1974
  • The Gourmet Crook Book, ed. Tony Wilmot, Everest Books 1976
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * The Twelfth Statue, (na) EQMM Feb 1967
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994
• * Unacceptable Procedures, (ss) EQMM Dec 1985
  • New England Crime Chowder, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, International Polygonics 1992
• * Unreasonable Doubt, (ss) EQMM Sep 1958
  • Tales of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Theodore W. Hipple, Allyn and Bacon 1977
• * You Can’t Be a Little Girl All Your Life, (nv) EQMM May 1958
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990
  • Master’s Choice Volume II, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2000

_____, [ref.]

• * “Collecting Mystery Fiction: Stanley Ellin” by Otto Penzler, (bi) The Armchair Detective Win 1990

ELLIOT, KANDIS (chron.)

• * Death at Eventide [Charles D. Farnsworth], (nv) EQMM Jun 1998
• * Death Threat, (pm) EQMM May 1998
• * The Escape, (ss) EQMM Jun 1997
• * Fire in the Grass, (nv) EQMM Jul 1999
• * The Lady Among the Tigers [Charles D. Farnsworth], (ss) EQMM Jun 1996
• * The Restless Gravestone [Charles D. Farnsworth], (nv) EQMM Mar 1996

ELLIOTT, BOB (chron.)

• * Mr. Treet, Chaser of Lost People (with Ray Goulding), (ss) 1975
  • The Defective Detective, ed. Steve Carper, Citadel Press 1992
• * Rorshack (with Ray Goulding), (pl) Write If You Get Work, New York: Random House 1975
  • EQMM Aug 1989

ELLIOTT, ROY A. (chron.)

• * Dead Man’s Dough, (ss) Scientific Detective Jun 1947
• * The Frightened Witness, (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Feb 1967
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972

ELLIS, CAROL (1945- ) (chron.)

• * The Dare, (ss) Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995

ELLIS, DAVID (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Shakespeare Cipher, (ss) The Strand Magazine #6 2001
• * The Shining Knight, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006

ELLIS, ELIJAH; pseudonym of James Richard Ellis, (1927-1986) (chron.)

• * To Stop a Fire, (ss) AHMM Nov 1963
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964
• * The Volcano Effect, (ss) AHMM Sep 1966
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1967

ELLIS, JAMES RICHARD (1927-1986); see pseudonym Elijah Ellis (chron.)

ELLIS, KATE; [i.e., Kate Ellis-Bullock] (1953- ) (chron.)

• * The Angel of Manton Worthy, (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
• * Bringing the Foot, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002
• * Dead Water, (ss) EQMM May 2005
• * The Fury of the Northmen, (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000
• * The Isle of Saints, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Les Inconnus, (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• * A Man of Taste, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006
• * The Odour of Sanctity, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
• * Top Deck, (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• * The Vacancy, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2001
• * The Virgin’s Circlet, (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999
• * The Wonders of Technology, (ss) EQMM Jan 2003

ELLIS, KAY (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ A-Mazed, (vi) AHMM Oct 2000

ELLIS, LEO R(oy) (1909-1995) (chron.)

• * Fresh Thuringer Today, (ss) AHMM Jun 1964
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Make No Mistake [*Sgt. Andrew M’butu; Constable Kobari], (ss) AHMM Jun 1963
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964

ELLIS, N. A. TEMPLE; see under Temple Ellis, N. A. (chron.)

ELLIS, PETER BERRESFORD (1943- ); see pseudonyms Peter MacAlan & Peter Tremayne (books) (chron.)

ELLIS, ROGER (chron.)

• * The Road to Vandricourt, (ss) Mystery Stories #18 1939

ELLIS, RON (chron.)

• * Behind the Wheel, (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998

_____, [ref.]

• * “Ron Ellis: Rhythm ’n’ Blues on the Mersey” by Eve Tan Gee, (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

ELLIS, SOPHIE WENZEL (chron.)

• * The Malacca Cane, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929

ELLISON, HAL (chron.)

• * Salami on Rye, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1981

ELLISON™, HARLAN (Jay) (1934- ); see pseudonyms Jay Charby & Ellis Hart (chron.)

• * Blank..., (ss) Infinity Science Fiction Jun 1957
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Boss of the Big House!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Aug 1957
• * Brillo (with Ben Bova), (nv) Analog Aug 1970
  • Tin Stars, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, NAL/Signet 1986
  • Future Crime, Ben Bova, Tor 1990
• * Burn My Killers, (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1957
  • Hardboiled #22 1996
• * A Corpse Can Hate, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Sep 1961
• * Dead Shot, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1957
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • The Return of the Black Widowers, Isaac Asimov, Carroll & Graf 2003
• * Goodbye to All That, (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003
• * Introduction to “Burn My Killers”, (is) Hardboiled #22 1996
• * Jane Doe #112, (ss) EQMM Dec 1990
• * Killing Bernstein, (pl) Screamplays, ed. Richard Chizmar & Martin H. Greenberg, Ballantine Del Rey 1997
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
• * Killing Bernstein, (ss) Mystery Monthly Jun 1976
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Mefisto in Onyx [expanded from Omni Oct ’93], (na) Mark V. Ziesing 1993
  • The Edgar Award Book, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
• * Ormond Always Pays His Bills, (ss) Pursued Jul 1957
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman, (ss) Galaxy Dec 1965
  • Future Crimes, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2003
• * Rock and Roll—and Murder, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec 1958
• * The Rough Boys, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1956
  • Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001