Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

ENTWISTLE, ALAN (chron.)

• * A North London Life of Crime, (ss) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

EPHRON, G. H.; pseudonym of Hallie Ephron & Donald A. Davidoff (chron.)

• * Malingering, (ss) Undertow, ed. Skye Alexander, Kate Flora & Susan Oleksiw, Level Best Books 2003

EPHRON, HALLIE (1948- ); see pseudonym G. H. Ephron (chron.)

EPSTEIN, CHARLOTTE (1921- ) (chron.)

• * Barking Dog, (ss) New Mystery v5 #2 1997

ERCKMANN, ÉMILE (1822-1899); see pseudonym Erckmann-Chatrian (chron.)

ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN; pseudonym of Alexandre Chatrian & Émile Erckmann (chron.)

• * The Citizen’s Watch [“The Dean’s Watch”], (ss) Temple Bar Dec 1870; Contes Fantastiques, 1847.
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990
• * The Dean’s Watch, (ss) Temple Bar Dec 1870; also as “The Citizen’s Watch”.

ERDRICH, (Karen) LOUISE (1954- ) (chron.)

• * Disaster Stamps of Pluto, (ss) New Yorker Dec 13 2004
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2005, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin 2005

ERICKSON, DANIEL (chron.)

• * Murder for Art’s Sake, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #40 2003

ERICKSON, GARY (chron.)

• * Hardrock, (ss) AHMM Oct 1984
  • Mystery Cats, ed. Anon., Signet 1991

ERICKSON, K. J. (chron.)

• * Noir Neige, (ss) Twin Cities Noir, ed. Julie Schaper & Steven Horwitz, Akashic Books 2006; Near North (Minneapolis).

ERICSON, GLORIA (chron.)

• * The Witch of Wilton Falls, (ss) AHMM May 1967
  • AHMM Jun 1991
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993

ERIKSEN, WARREN O. (chron.)

• * Die Now, My Love, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec 1958
• * I Like to See ’em Scared, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1958

ERIKSON, THOMAS (chron.)

• * Murder in an Artificial Paradise, (ss) AHMM Jul 1989

ERLE-PATRICK, RUTHVEN (chron.)

• * Hunting the Tiger’s Eye, (nv) AHMM Jun 1985

ERNST, KOLLER (chron.)

• * Bomb for a Gangster, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958

ERNST, PAUL (Frederick) (1899-1985) (chron.)

• * Bail-Jumper, (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Feb 1934
  • High Adventure Nov 2005
• * Devil at the Wheel, (nv) Thrilling Mystery Jan 1936
  • High Adventure #56 2000
• * The Thing in the Pond, (ss) Astounding Jun 1934
  • Mystery Stories, ed. Helen Cresswell, Kingfisher 1996

ERSKINE, KATHLEEN (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ The Adventures of Susan and Sally, (pm) AHMM Sep 2000

ERVIN, ANDREW (chron.)

• * All Happy Families, (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (Canal & Jackson).

ERWINE, J. ALAN (books) (chron.)

• * A Tortuous Wrong Turn, (ss) Dark Moon Rising (e-zine) May 2000
  • Future Syndicate, ed. J. Alan Erwine, Nomadic Delirium Press 2007

ERZINÇLIOGLU, ZAKARIA (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Bulgarian Diplomat [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997

ESCOTT, JOHN (books) (chron.)

• * About the Authors, (bg)
  • American Crime Stories, ed. John Escott, Oxford Bookworms 2001
• * Activities: After Reading, (ms)
  • American Crime Stories, ed. John Escott, Oxford Bookworms 2001
• * Activities: Before Reading, (ms)
  • American Crime Stories, ed. John Escott, Oxford Bookworms 2001
• * Activities: While Reading, (ms)
  • American Crime Stories, ed. John Escott, Oxford Bookworms 2001
• * Glossary, (ms)
  • American Crime Stories, ed. John Escott, Oxford Bookworms 2001

ESLER, CAROL CLEMEAU (1935- ); see pseudonym Carol Clemeau (chron.)

ESTELMAN, LOREN D. (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Arabian Knight [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Murder in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2001

ESTEP, MAGGIE (chron.)

• * Boneshaker, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Luck Be a Lady, (ss) Nerve.com 2004
  • Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2005
• * Triple Harrison, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004

ESTLEMAN, DEBORAH (chron.)

• * Fool’s Gold, (ss) 1994
  • The Fatal Frontier, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997

ESTLEMAN, LOREN D. (1952- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Greatest Gift [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) More Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1999
• * The Adventure of the Three Ghosts [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1996
• * The Anniversary Waltz, (ss) The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001
• * Bad Blood, (ss) AHMM Jul 1986
  • People Who Kill, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1993
• * Bodyguards Shoot Second [Amos Walker], (nv) A Matter of Crime v1, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1987
  • Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * The Bog, (ss) Wild Crimes, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2004
• * Bombshell [Valentino], (ss) EQMM Aug 2003
• * Cabana, (ss) The Armchair Detective Spr 1990
  • People Who Kill, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1993
• * Channeling Holmes [Holmes Sherlock], (ar) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006
• * Cigarette Shop, (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990
• * The Crooked Way, (nv) A Matter of Crime v3, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1988
  • P.I. Files, ed. Loren D. Estleman & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy 1990
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • The Eyes Still Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1996
• * Dark Lady Down, (ss) EQMM Mar 1998
• * The Day Hollywood Stood Still [Valentino], (ss) EQMM Mar 2001
• * Dead Soldier [Amos Walker], (ss) AHMM mid-Sep 1982
• * Deadly Force, (ss) EQMM Nov 1992
• * The Devil and Sherlock Holmes [Holmes Sherlock], (ss) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006
• * Diminished Capacity, (ss) AHMM Dec 1982
  • People Who Kill, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1993
• * Director’s Cut [Valentino], (ss) EQMM Dec 1998
• * Dr. and Mrs. Watson at Home [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) 1984
  • The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [revised], ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Jon L. Lellenberg, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Dogs, (ss) AHMM May 1987
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992
  • Mysterious Menagerie, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1996
• * Double Whammy [Amos Walker], (ss) MHCMM Fll 1998; also as “Redneck”.
• * Eight Mile and Dequindre [Amos Walker], (ss) AHMM May 1985
  • The Eyes Still Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1996
• * Evil Grows, (nv) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
  • Mystery: The Best of 2001, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2002
• * Fast Burn [Amos Walker], (ss) AHMM May 1983
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Fedoras and Flourishes: The State of the Private-Eye Art, (ar)
  • P.I. Files, ed. Loren D. Estleman & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy 1990
• * Flash, (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• * The Frankenstein Footage [Valentino], (ss) EQMM Jul 1998
• * Garbo Writes, (ss) EQMM Feb 2007
• * Greed, (nv) EQMM May 2002
• * Greektown [Amos Walker], (ss) AHMM Aug 1983
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Home Sweet Homicide, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Walker 1991
  • A Century of Mystery 1980-1989, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, MJF Books 1997
• * Gun Music [Philip Marlowe], (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999
• * A Hatful of Ralph, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * I’m in the Book [Amos Walker], (ss) Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1986
  • Women on the Edge, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Donald I. Fine 1992
  • Speaking of Lust, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Introduction, (in)
  • People Who Kill, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1993
• * Lady on Ice, (ss) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
• * Lock, Stock, and Casket, (ss) Pulpsmith Sum 1982
  • People Who Kill, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1993
• * Mago’s Bride, (ss) Westeryear, ed. Ed Gorman, M. Evans 1988
  • The Fatal Frontier, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Major Crimes, (ss) AHMM Mar 1986
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
• * The Man in the White Hat [Film Detective], (ss) EQMM May 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * The Man Who Loved Noir, (ss) AHMM Feb 1991
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994
• * Necessary Evil [Amos Walker], (ss) Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000
• * People Who Kill [Amos Walker], (ss) Prime Suspects, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy 1987
  • People Who Kill, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1993
• * Pickups & Shotguns, (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996
• * Picture Palace [Valentino], (ss) EQMM Jul 2000
• * The Pioneer Strain, (ss) AHMM Oct 1977
  • People Who Kill, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1993
• * Redneck [“Double Whammy”; Amos Walker], (ss) MHCMM Fll 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1999, ed. Ed McBain, Houghton Mifflin 1999
• * The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys, (ss) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002
• * Robber’s Roost [Amos Walker], (ss) Mystery Apr 1982
  • First Cases, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Dutton 1996
• * Safe House, (ss) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
• * Saturday Night at the Mikado Massage, (ss) AHMM Nov 1996
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * Shooting Big Ed [Valentino], (ss) EQMM May 2005
• * Slipstream, (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
• * Snow Angels, (ss) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
  • Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * Something Borrowed, Something Black, (nv) The Night Awakens, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 2000
• * South Georgia Crossing, (ss) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Square One [Amos Walker], (ss) AHMM Nov 2006
• * State of Grace [Ralph Poteet], (ss) An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1988
  • Under the Gun, ed. Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL 1990
  • People Who Kill, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1993
  • Murder Most Divine, ed. Ralph McInerny & Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000
• * Sunday, (ss) For Crime Out Loud, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1995
• * The Tree on Execution Hill, (ss) AHMM Aug 1977
  • People Who Kill, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1993
  • Opening Shots, ed. Lawrence Block, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * The Used, (ss) AHMM Jun 1982
  • People Who Kill, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1993
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * A Web of Books, (ss) AHMM Feb 1983
  • Senior Sleuths, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley 1996
• * The Woodward Plan [Amos Walker], (ss) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001

_____, [ref.]

• * “Estleman, Meeting the Challenges” by Wayne D. Dundee, (ar) Hardboiled #2 1985
• * “The Man from Motor City: Loren D. Estleman” by Keith Kroll, (iv) The Armchair Detective Win 1991

ESTRADA, ANDREW (chron.)

• * The Hot Hand (with Patricia Wallace), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999

ESTRADA, PATRICIA WALLACE (1949- ); see under Wallace, Patricia (chron.)

ETCHISON, DENNIS (William) (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Call Home, (ss) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991
• * Today’s Special, (ss) Cavalier 1972
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * You Can Go Now, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1980

ETHERIDGE, GAIL (chron.)

• * The Heater, (ss) AHMM Dec 1997

EURIPIDES (c485-406 BC) (chron.)

• * from The Medea of Euripides, (pm)
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996; tr. by Rex Warner

EUSTACE, ROBERT; pseudonym of Eustace Robert Barton, (1854-1943) (chron.)

• * The Arrest of Captain Vandaleur (with L. T. Meade), (ss) The Harmsworth Magazine Jul 1894
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992
• * The Death Chair (with L. T. Meade) [Dr. Chetwynd; Dr. Paul Cato], (nv) The Strand Jul 1899
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
• * The Face in the Dark (with L. T. Meade), (ss) The Harmsworth London Magazine Jul 1903
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987
• * Madame Sara (with L. T. Meade) [Madame Sara], (nv) The Strand Oct 1902
  • Murder British Style, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Man Who Disappeared (with L. T. Meade), (nv) The Strand Dec 1901
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998
• * Mr. Bovey’s Unexpected Will (with L. T. Meade), (ss) The Harmsworth Magazine Apr 1899
  • Detection by Gaslight, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1997
  • Twelve Women Detective Stories, ed. Laura Marcus, Oxford University Press 1997
• * The Outside Ledge (with L. T. Meade) [Florence Cusack], (ss) The Harmsworth Magazine Oct 1900
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Professor Wilkins Chances the Yard (with Edgar Jepson), (ss) The Windsor Magazine Dec 1936
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998
• * The Tea-Leaf (with Edgar Jepson), (nv) The Strand Oct 1925
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
  • AHMM Feb 2000