Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

ARDAI, CHARLES (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * The Investigation of Things, (nv) AHMM Feb 1991
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
• * Kyushu’s Disguise, (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997
• * The Last Story [Black Widowers], (ss) EQMM Dec 2002
  • The Return of the Black Widowers, Isaac Asimov, Carroll & Graf 2003
• * The Long Day, (ss) EQMM Mar 1988
• * Masks, (ss) EQMM Oct 1993
• * Nobody Wins, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
  • August Is a Good Time for Killing, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * Payback, (nv) AHMM Apr 1992
• * Rainey Day, (ar) EQMM Jun 2004
• * The Rememberer, (nv) AHMM Feb 1993
• * Secret Service, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002
• * Takeout Order, (ss) EQMM Apr 1989
• * The Theft of Incrementation, (ss) EQMM Jul 1988

ARDEN, WILLIAM; pseudonym of Dennis Lynds, (1924-2005) (chron.)

• * The Bizarre Case Expert, (ss) EQMM Jun 1970
  • Detection, ed. James Gibson & Alan Ridout, John Murray 1978
• * Clay Pigeon, (ss) Argosy Mar 1971
  • Espionage Magazine Oct 1986

ARLEN, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Dikran Kuyumjian, (1895-1956) (chron.)

• * The Ancient Sin [Lord George Tarlyon], (ss) Pan May 1923
  • Mystery, ed. A. K. Barton, London: Dent 1937
• * Gay Falcon [Falcon], (nv) The Strand Jan 1940; also as “A Man Called Falcon”.
  • EQMM Mar 1945
  • More Murder on Cue, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1990
• * The Gentleman from America, (ss) The Tatler Christmas 1924
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
  • AHMM Sep 1986
• * The Ghoul of Golders Green [Capel (Beau) Maturin], (nv) The Sketch Christmas 1923
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994
• * A Man Called Falcon [“Gay Falcon”; Falcon], (nv) The Strand Jan 1940
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * Midnight Adventure, (ss) The Strand Nov 1938
  • EQMM Mar 1948
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Red Antony [Lord George Tarlyon], (nv) The Sketch Dec 25 1922; also as “The Smell in the Library”.
• * The Smell in the Library [“Red Antony”; Lord George Tarlyon], (nv) The Sketch Dec 25 1922
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991

ARMITAGE, ROLAND (chron.)

• * Hate Inanimate, (ss) Mystery Stories #21 1940

ARMITAGE, SIMON (chron.)

• * Gooseberry Season, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * “Hitcher” [from Book of Matches], (ex) London: Faber and Faber 1993
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

ARMOUR, R(obert) C(outts) (1874-1956?); see pseudonym Coutts Brisbane (chron.)

ARMSTRONG, AARON (chron.)

• * A Noir Gallery, (il) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2001

ARMSTRONG, ANTHONY; pseudonym of George A. A. Willis, (1897-1976) (chron.)

• * The Case of Mr. Pelham, (ss) Esquire 1940
  • EQMM Jun 1955
  • Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1991
• * One-Way Street [Detective Inspector Painton], (ss) 1946
  • EQMM Nov 1952
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • AHMM Sep 1992

ARMSTRONG, CHARLOTTE; pseudonym of Charlotte Armstrong Lewi, (1905-1969) (chron.)

• * All the Way Home, (ss) EQMM Mar 1951
  • Ellery Queen’s Anthology Volume 1, ed. Ellery Queen, London: May Fair 1959
• * And Already Lost..., (ss) EQMM Jun 1957
  • Simply the Best Mysteries, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * The Enemy [Mike Russell], (nv) EQMM May 1951
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990
  • EQMM Jun 1991
• * From Out of the Garden, (ss) 1966
  • EQMM Mar 1968
  • More Ms. Murder, ed. Marie Smith, London: Xanadu 1991
• * The Hedge Between [“Meredith’s Murder”], (nv) Conflict Fll 1953
  • AHMM Jan 1990
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Light Next Door, (ss) EQMM Jan 1969
  • Canine Crimes II, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
• * Meredith’s Murder, (nv) Conflict Fll 1953; also as “The Hedge Between”.
• * Run—If You Can, (ss) EQMM Feb 1964
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning, (nv) EQMM Apr 1960
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004
• * The Second Commandment, (na) EQMM Jul 1967
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Signet 1992
  • Murder Most Divine, ed. Ralph McInerny & Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000
• * The Splintered Monday, (ss) EQMM Mar 1966
  • Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection, ed. Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor, Garland 1983
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
• * Ten Clues for Mr. Polkinghorn, (ss) 1956
  • AHMM Aug 1986

ARMSTRONG, DAVID (chron.)

• * When the Underworld Talks, (ar) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929

ARMSTRONG, DOUG (chron.)

• * Dead Air, (ss) EQMM Apr 1994

ARMSTRONG, DOUGLAS D. (chron.)

• * The Slip, (nv) AHMM Jun 1992
• * The Vagrant, (ss) AHMM Mar 1995
• * The Word of a Dying Man, (ss) AHMM Jul 1992

ARMSTRONG, LORI G. (chron.)

• * Praying to the Porcelain God, (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

ARMSTRONG, MICHAEL (Allan) (1956- ) (chron.)

• * The Boy Who Chased Seagulls, (ss) Powers of Detection, ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace 2004
• * Following the Quarters, (nv) Wild Crimes, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2004
• * A Little Walk Home, (nv) The Mysterious North, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2002

ARMSTRONG, T(erence) I(an) FYTTON (1912-1970); see pseudonym John Gawsworth (books) (chron.)

ARMSTRONG, VIVIEN (chron.)

• * In at the Deep End, (ss) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995

ARNDORFER, JIM (chron.)

• * The Oldest Rivalry, (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (I-94, Lake Forest Oasis).

ARNDT, ELIZABETH FRAZE (chron.)

• * Give Me a Clue, (pm) EQMM Apr 1992

ARNDT, [Dr.] FRANCES (chron.)

• * A Suitable Job for a Woman, (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1991

ARNDT, RICHARD J. (chron.)

• * Echo Frame, (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003

ARNESON, ERIK (chron.)

• * The Murder of Ernest Trapnell, (ss) MHCMM Fll 1998

ARNOLD, CATHARINE (1959- ) (chron.)

• * The Good Neighbour, (nv) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997

ARNOLD, GEORGE (chron.)

• * The Scarabs, (ss) Mystery Stories #18 1939

ARNOLD, H. F. (chron.)

• * The Night Wire, (ss) Weird Tales Sep 1926
  • AHMM Oct 1993

ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888) (chron.)

• * from “Sohrab and Rustum”, (pm)
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from “The Function of Criticism at the Present Time”, (ar)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

ARNOTT, MARION (books) (chron.)

• * Angel, (ss); first published online at www.laurahird.com.
  • Sleepwalkers, Elastic Press 2003
• * Dollface, (nv) Sleepwalkers, Elastic Press 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004
• * Fortune’s Favourite, (ss)
  • Sleepwalkers, Elastic Press 2003
• * Madeleine, (ss) Crimewave #7 2003
  • Sleepwalkers, Elastic Press 2003
• * Marbles, (nv) Crimewave #6 2002
  • Sleepwalkers, Elastic Press 2003
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003
• * Princess, (ss) Roadworks #16 2003
  • Sleepwalkers, Elastic Press 2003
• * Prussian Snowdrops, (nv) Crimewave #4 2000
  • Sleepwalkers, Elastic Press 2003
• * Sleepwalkers, (ss); first published online at www.dusksite.ukgo.com.
  • Sleepwalkers, Elastic Press 2003
• * A Small Miracle, (ss)
  • Sleepwalkers, Elastic Press 2003
• * Underground, (ss)
  • Sleepwalkers, Elastic Press 2003
• * Yes, (ss)
  • Sleepwalkers, Elastic Press 2003

ARNZEN, MICHAEL A(ndrew) (1967- ) (chron.)

• * Receiver, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1990

ARONSON, MARK (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Second Scarf [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995

ARPIN, GARY (chron.)

• * Bells, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1980

ARRELLE, DIANE; pseudonym of Dina Leacock (chron.)

• * Ali’s Cat, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

ARTHUR, JIM (chron.)

• * A Cutie for My Coffin!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jul 1959
• * Don’t Tempt Murder!, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Oct 1960
• * Handmaiden of Agony!, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1962
• * Lovelies Are for Lynching, (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Jan 1961
• * Lust of the Undead, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962
• * Requiem for a Heel, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine May 1961
• * A Slug for My Lover, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1959
• * Soft Virgins of Horror Island, (nv) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Feb 1963

ARTHUR, ROBERT (Jr.) (1909-1969); see pseudonym Andrew Fell (books) (chron.)

• * An Attractive Family, (ss) AHMM Nov 1957
  • AHMM Win 1989
• * The Big Money [as by Andrew Fell], (ss) Popular Detective May 1949
  • Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1957
• * Eye Witness, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 28 1939
  • The Third Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959
• * Eyewitness [revised from Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 28 ’39], (ss) 1951
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990
• * The Knife, (ss) The Mysterious Traveler Magazine Nov 1951
  • London After Midnight, ed. Peter Haining, Little Brown UK 1996
• * Larceny and Old Lace, (ss) EQMM Jun 1960
  • Senior Sleuths, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley 1996
• * The Man in the Morgue, (ss)
  • The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1958
• * The Mirror of Cagliostro, (nv) Fantastic Jun 1963
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994

ARUNDEL, JOHN (chron.)

• * Twelve Years After, (ss) Mystery Stories #20 1939

ASARO, CATHERINE (Ann) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * The City of Cries, (na) Down These Dark Spaceways, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2005

ASH, DAVID (chron.)

• * The Blue Highway, (ss)
  • Mystery in the Sunshine State, ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press 1999

ASHBY, RICHARD (chron.)

• * Night of the Durga, (nv) 1972
  • Espionage Magazine Aug,Nov 1985

ASHCROFT, F. T. (chron.)

• * Budna Kills a Leopard and Captures a Dacoit Chief, (nv) Mystery Stories #9 1937

ASHFORTH, ALBERT (chron.)

• * A Business Like Any Other, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000
• * Second Acts, (ss) New Mystery Jul/Aug 1991

ASHLEY, J. E. (chron.)

• * Play Nice, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003

ASHLEY, JENNIFER (chron.)

• * ...But I Know What I Like, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

ASHLEY, MIKE; [i.e., Michael Raymond Donald Ashley] (1948- ) (books) (chron.)

• * (Untitled passage on mid-1890s), (ar) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * Afterword: Impossible Crimes, (aw) The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
• * The Ancient Mysteries, (in) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996
• * Appendix I: A Complete Chronology of Sherlock Holmes’ cases, (ar) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * Appendix II: The Tales of Sherlock Holmes, (bi) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * Appendix: The Chroniclers of Crime, (bi)
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993
• * The Crazy Age, (fw) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * The Ghosts of Christmas Past, (ar) The Strand Magazine #9 2002
• * The Great Detectives Vidocq, (ar) The Strand Magazine #4 2000
• * Introduction: Hey, Presto!, (in) The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
• * Introduction: Past Crimes, (in) 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
• * Introduction: Shakespeare’s Mysteries, (in) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * Introduction: The Chronicles of Crime, (in)
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993
• * Introduction: The Life and Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, (in) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * Part I: The Early Years, (ar) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * Part II: The 1880s, (ar) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * Part III: The 1890s, (ar) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * Perfectly Impossible, (ed) The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006
• * The Second Book of Chronicles, (in)
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995