Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

FIELDHOUSE, WILLIAM L. (chron.)

• * Ape Murder [Major Lansing], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981
• * Cestus, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1982
• * Deadly Medicine, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1982
• * Kill Lansing, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1982
• * Million Dollar Murder, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1982
• * Murder Behind the Bar, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1982
• * Murder in Bonn, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1981
• * Murder Under the Christmas Tree, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1980
• * The Nuremberg Ripper, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1982
• * The Reaper’s Scythe, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1980
• * “SM—”, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1980
• * The Two-Star Corpse, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1980

FIELDING, HENRY (1707-1754) (chron.)

• * from Jonathan Wild the Great, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

FIELDING, JOY (Tepperman) (1945- ) (chron.)

• * Mother’s Day, (ss) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998
• * Reflections, (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1993

FIELDS, JERRY (chron.)

• * Caught Nappin’, (ss) EQMM Oct 1989

FILLMORE, J. ADRIAN (chron.)

• * The Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes, (in) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996

FILSON, CHANTAL (chron.)

• * That Girl, (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003

FINCH, H. C. “DOC” (chron.)

• * Counter Measures, (nv) AHMM Sep 2003
• * Hot Watts, (ss) AHMM Jun 2002
• * The Story That Won:
  ___ The Proxy Match, (vi) AHMM Oct 2001
• * Unicoryx, (nv) AHMM Oct 2001

FINCH, FRANK (chron.)

• * Plucked, (nv) Mysterious Erotic Tales, ed. Anon., O’Mara 1996

FINCH, PAUL (chron.)

• * Flibbertigibbet, (na) 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
• * The Mystery of the Hanged Man’s Puzzle [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003
• * Trashman, (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

FINCH, TIMOTHY (chron.)

• * The Lament, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #47 2004

FINDLER, GERALD (1899-?) (chron.)

• * The House of Screams, (ss) Doidge’s Western Counties Annual Sep 1932
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990

FINE, MARTIN (chron.)

• * The Girl in Green D., (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #42 2003

FINEMAN, MORTON (chron.)

• * It’s the Little Things in Crime, (ss) AHMM Apr 1960
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1960

FINN, LINDA (chron.)

• * Walking Fingers, (ss) AHMM Mar 1985

FINN, PATRICK MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Where Beautiful Ladies Dance for You, (ss)
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, ed. Nelson DeMille, Houghton Mifflin 2004

FINNEGAN, JAMES (chron.)

• * An American Beech, (ss) AHMM Sep 1991
• * Night of the Coon, (ss) AHMM Apr 1990

FINNEY, HOWARD, Jr. (chron.)

• * Murder on the Limited, (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Sep 1932
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

FINNEY, JACK; [i.e., Walter Braden Finney] (1911-1995) (chron.)

• * The Face in the Photo [“Time Has No Boundaries”], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 13 1962
  • AHMM Feb 1999
• * I’m Scared, (ss) Colliers Sep 15 1951
  • EQMM Oct 1991
• * Such Interesting Neighbors [Colliers, Jan 6 ’51], (pl)
  • The Red-Headed League and Other Mystery Plays, ed. Katherine Robinson, Scholastic 1986
• * Time Has No Boundaries, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 13 1962; also as “The Face in the Photo”.
• * The Widow’s Walk, (ss) EQMM Jul 1947
  • Verdict Crime Detection Magazine Nov 1956

FINNEY, WALTER BRADEN (1911-1995); see under Finney, Jack (chron.)

FINNIS, JANE (chron.)

• * The Cleopatra Game, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003

FIORINI, DEBRA ANN (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Dial “S” for Spy, (vi) AHMM Sep 1999

FIRTH, MATTHEW (chron.)

• * Can You Take Me There, Now?, (ss) Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001

FIRTH, N. WESLEY; pseudonym of Norman Firth, (1920-1949) (chron.)

• * Gavoti Was Yellow, (ss) Vengeance Shorts #1 1945
• * Lady! Here’s the Morgue!, (ss) Vengeance Shorts #2 1946

FIRTH, NORMAN (1920-1949); see pseudonym N. Wesley Firth (chron.)

FISCHER, BRUNO (1908-1992); see pseudonym Russell Gray (chron.)

• * Five O’Clock Menace, (ss) Black Mask May 1949
  • Hardboiled Detective #11 1991
• * I’ll Slay You in My Dreams, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1944
  • Hard-Boiled Detectives, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Gramercy Books 1992
• * Service Call, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1961
  • Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1960
• * Smile, Corpse, Smile!, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Feb 1948
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2001
• * We Are All Dead, (nv) Manhunt May 1955
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996

FISCHER, CURT (chron.)

• * Book’m, Banquo, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1990
• * Double Daylight, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994
• * Leonardo, Prefect of Verona, (ss) AHMM May 1985
• * McMaster’s Captain, (ss) Hardboiled #21 1996
• * Nethersled, (ss) AHMM Aug 1985
• * Wilderness Pilot, (ss) AHMM Jul 1990

FISH, FREDERICK A. (chron.)

• * In Death Preceded, (ss) AHMM Nov 1993

FISH, ROBERT L(loyd) (1912-1981) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Belles Letters [Schlock Homes], (ss) EQMM Jun 30 1980
• * The Adventure of the Odd Lotteries [Schlock Homes], (ss) EQMM Jul 1975
  • Ellery Queen’s Searches and Seizures, ed. Ellery Queen, Chivers Press 1995
• * The Adventure of the Patient Resident [Schlock Homes], (ss) EQMM Feb 11 1980
• * The Adventure of the Perforated Ulster [Schlock Homes], (ss) EQMM Feb 1967
  • EQMM Aug 1991
• * The Adventure of the Pie-Eyed Piper [Schlock Homes], (ss) EQMM Jun 17 1981
• * The Adventure of the Short Fuse [Schlock Homes], (ss) EQMM Aug 18 1980
• * The Adventure of the Ukrainian Foundling Orphans [Schlock Homes], (ss) EQMM Jan 28 1981
• * The Booby Trap, (ss) EQMM Oct 6 1980
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994
• * Double Entry, (ss) EQMM Jan 1969
  • EQMM Aug 1991
• * In the Bag, (ss) Playboy Apr 1973
  • EQMM Nov 1975
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * Muldoon and the Numbers Game, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul/Aug 1973
  • EQMM Aug 1978
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * One of the Oldest Con Games, (ss) EQMM Mar 1977
  • Grifters and Swindlers, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * Punishment to Fit the Crime, (ss) EQMM Apr 7 1980
• * The Wager [Kek Huuygens], (ss) Playboy Jul 1973
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000

FISHER, ARLENE (chron.)

• * Dying Words, (pz) AHMM Jun, Jul/Aug, Dec 2003, Jun, Nov 2004, Jul/Aug, Sep 2005
• * Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle, (pz) AHMM Mar, Apr, May 2005, Jan/Feb, Mar 2006
  • AHMM Mar 2007
• * Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle, (pz) AHMM May, Jul/Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec 2006, Apr 2007

FISHER, CARMEN (chron.)

• * Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, (ss) Shades of Noir, ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc. 1996

FISHER, EVE (chron.)

• * At the End of the Path, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002
• * The Camping Trip, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2003
• * Drifts, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006
• * The Four Roasters, (ss) AHMM Mar 1999
• * Grownups Are All Alike, (ss) AHMM Apr 1997
• * Houdini, (ss) AHMM Nov 2003
• * Not the Type, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007
• * Nude with Snow Geese, (ss) AHMM Dec 2002
• * Sophistication, (ss) AHMM May 2007
• * Zoo Story, (ss) AHMM May 1999

FISHER, M(ary) F(rances) K(ennedy) (1908-1992) (chron.)

• * Recipe for North Country Tart, (ms) The Art of Eating, Macmillan 1949
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * Twenty-Four Petits Fours, (ss) EQMM Apr 1964
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * The Young Weatherman, (vi) EQMM Apr 1984

FISHER, PEGGY WURTZ (chron.)

• * The Pickup, (ss) EQMM Oct 1984

FISHER, RUDOLPH (1897-1934) (chron.)

• * From The Conjure-Man Dies, (ex) Covici 1932
  • Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995

FISHER, STEVE; [i.e., Stephen Gould Fisher] (1912-1980); see pseudonym Stephen Gould (chron.)

• * Emperor Blackmail [Mark Turner], (ss) Ten Detective Aces Mar 1937
  • High Adventure May 2006
• * Goodbye, Hannah, (ss) Double Detective Dec 1938
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2001
• * If Christmas Comes [Tony Key], (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 25 1937
  • EQMM Jan 1944
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994
• * The Sacred Dragon [Mark Turner], (ss) The Mysterious Wu Fang Jan 1936
  • High Adventure #55 2000
• * Shanghai Murder, (ss) The Mysterious Wu Fang Dec 1935
  • High Adventure #42 1998

FISHKIN, SHELLEY FISHER (chron.)

• * Editor’s Note, (pr)
  • The Stolen White Elephant and Other Detective Stories, Mark Twain, Oxford University Press 1996
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • The Stolen White Elephant and Other Detective Stories, Mark Twain, Oxford University Press 1996

FISHLER, BARRY (chron.)

• * The Street Where You Live, (vi) Crimewave #6 2002

FISHMAN, JOSEPH FULLING (chron.)

• * Old Calamity Stages an Act [?], (ss) Detective Fiction Apr 6 1929; also as “Old Calamity Tries a Bluff”.
• * Old Calamity Tries a Bluff [“Old Calamity Stages an Act"?], (ss) Detective Fiction Apr 6 1929
  • The Fourth Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959
• * Old Calamity’s Stick-up, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 23 1934
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

FITCH, JANET (1955- ) (chron.)

• * The Method, (nv) Los Angeles Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2007

FITTERER, TERRY LERDALL (chron.)

• * Adios, Amigo!, (pm) EQMM Apr 2003
• * Blank Check (with Katherine H. Brooks), (pm) EQMM Aug 2002
• * He Auto Be Ashamed, (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002
• * Snored to Death, (pm) EQMM Feb 2004

FITZGEORGE-PARKER, MARK DANIEL; see pseudonym Mark Daniel (chron.)

FITZGERALD, F(rancis) SCOTT (Key) (1896-1940) (chron.)

• * The Captured Shadow, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 29 1928
  • AHMM Sep 1993
• * The Fiend, (ss) Esquire Jan 1935
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994
• * The Four Fists, (ss) Scribner’s Jun 1920
  • AHMM Oct 2001
• * from The Great Gatsby, (ex) 1925
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * The Scandal Detectives, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 28 1928
  • AHMM Apr 1991

FITZGERALD, KITTY (chron.)

• * At Loubles, (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995

FITZGERALD, NIGEL (1906-1985) (chron.)

• * The Man in the Middle, (ss) Suspense (UK) Mar 1960
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000

FITZGERALD, TED (chron.)

• * The Cat That Got Away, (ss) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994
• * Nicole [Matthew Gereghty], (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
• * Very Slick and Very Deadly, (ss) Hardboiled #14 1992
• * Wild Card, (nv) Gryphon Double Novel #1, ed. Anon., Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books 1991

FITZSIMMONS, PAUL MICHAEL (chron.)

• * The Night Before Christmas, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2 1960

FLANAGAN, DALE FURUTANI (1946- ); see pseudonym Dale Furutani (chron.)

FLANAGAN, JIM (chron.)

• * Taps for Willie, (ss) EQMM Aug 12 1981

FLANAGAN, MARY (1969- ) (chron.)

• * The Wedding Dress, (ss)
  • Revenge, ed. Kate Saunders, Faber & Faber 1991

FLANAGAN, O. S. (chron.)

• * Frankly, My Dear, I Don’t Give a Herd of Scarletts, (ss) AHMM Mar 1996
• * One More Drink for the Runway, (ss) AHMM Jan 1995
• * Uncle Grover’s Last Will and Test, (ss) AHMM Nov 1993
• * Wordsey’s Debut, (ss) AHMM Apr 1994

FLANAGAN, THOMAS (James Bonner) (1923-2002) (chron.)

• * The Cold Winds of Adesta [Major Tennente], (ss) EQMM Apr 1952
  • EQMM Jul 1991