Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

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
  • EQMM Jun 2007
• * Bringing the Foot, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002
• * Dead Water, (ss) EQMM May 2005
• * The Divine Nature, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2007
• * The Dumb Bell, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2006
• * 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
• * Revisiting, (ss) I.D.: Crimes of Identity, ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press 2006
• * 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 & Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929

ELLIS, THELMA B.; see pseudonym Lars Anderson (chron.)

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, (in)
  • Pulp Fiction: The Villains, ed. Otto Penzler, Quercus 2007
  • Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, ed. Otto Penzler, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2007
• * 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
• * Soft Monkey, (ss) Mystery Scene Reader #1, ed. Ed Gorman, Fedora 1987
  • The New Edgar Winners, Mystery Writers of America, New York: Wynwood Press 1990
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * Tired Old Man, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1976
  • Master’s Choice, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 1999
• * Two Inches in Tomorrow’s Column [as by Ellis Hart], (ss) Adam Bedside Reader #21 1965
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * The Whimper of Whipped Dogs, (ss) Bad Moon Rising, ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row 1973
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * You Are Evil!, (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957

ELLISON, J. T. (chron.)

• * Prodigal Me, (ss) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008

ELLMANN, LUCY (chron.)

• * Pass the Parcel, (ss)
  • Revenge, ed. Kate Saunders, Faber & Faber 1991

ELLROY, JAMES (1948- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Bad Boys in Tinseltown, (ar) GQ Oct 1997
  • Crime Wave, Vintage Crime 1999
• * Body Dumps, (ar) GQ Mar-Apr 1998
  • Crime Wave, Vintage Crime 1999
• * Glamour Jungle, (ar) GQ Dec 1998
  • Crime Wave, Vintage Crime 1999
• * Gravy Train, (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1990
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * High Darktown [Lee Blanchard], (nv) The New Black Mask No.5, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1986
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * Hollywood Shakedown, (na) GQ Nov-Dec 1997
  • Crime Wave, Vintage Crime 1999
• * Hush-Hush [Danny Getchell], (nv) GQ Sep 1998
  • Crime Wave, Vintage Crime 1999
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2002, ed. James Ellroy, Houghton Mifflin 2002
• * Let’s Twist Again, (ar) GQ Nov 1998
  • Crime Wave, Vintage Crime 1999
• * My Mother’s Killer, (ar) GQ Aug 1994
  • Crime Wave, Vintage Crime 1999
• * Out of the Past, (ss) GQ Nov 1993
  • Crime Wave, Vintage Crime 1999
• * Preface, (pr)
  • Fallen Angels, ed. Anon., Grove Press 1993
• * Sex, Glitz, and Greed: The Seduction of O.J. Simpson, (ar) GQ Dec 1994
  • Crime Wave, Vintage Crime 1999
• * Since I Don’t Have You, (nv) A Matter of Crime v4, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1988
  • Fallen Angels, ed. Anon., Grove Press 1993
• * Tijuana, Mon Amour [Danny Getchell], (na) GQ Feb-Mar 1999
  • Crime Wave, Vintage Crime 1999
• * The Tooth of Crime, (ar) GQ Jul 1995
  • Crime Wave, Vintage Crime 1999
• * Torch Number, (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990
  • Pulp Friction, ed. Peter Haining, London: Souvenir Press 1996

ELLSON, HAL; [i.e., Harold Ellson] (1910-1994) (chron.)

• * Dead Oak in a Dark Woods, (ss) AHMM Sep 1966
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1967
• * Death Makes a Deal, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Jan 1961
• * Evil Is a Redhead, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Jan 1961
• * Five Men, Five Bullets, (ss) AHMM Aug 1982
• * Her Kind Die Young!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1961
• * The Marrow of Justice, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1963
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Pistol, (ss) Manhunt Nov 1954
  • Hardboiled #14 1992
• * The Pulque Vendor, (ss) AHMM Nov 1963
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964
• * Siesta in Rosario, (ss) AHMM Jul 1983
• * A Small Sin, (ss) Shell Scott Mystery Magazine Mar 1966
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual Sum 1971
• * Violet, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1964
  • AHMM Aug 13 1980
• * Woe Is for Wednesday, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine May 1961

ELM, MICHAEL W. (chron.)

• * And Slay Once More!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1962

ELROD, P(atricia) N(ead) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * Boss Man, (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * The Breath of Bast, (ss) Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star 2003
• * Death in Dover, (nv) Death by Dickens, ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime 2004
• * Izzy’s Shoe-In, (nv) White House Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Cumberland House 2002
• * The Quick Way Down, (ss) Mob Magic, ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1998
• * The Scottish Ploy, (ss) Murder Most Romantic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Denise Little, Cumberland House 2001
• * You’ll Catch Your Death, (nv) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995

ELY, DAVID; pseudonym of David Eli Lilienthal, (1927- ) (chron.)

• * Countdown, (ss) AHMM Feb 1962
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962
• * Dead Men, (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1994, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1994
• * The Drum, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997
• * The Marked Man, (ss) EQMM Sep 1979
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Sailing Club, (ss) Cosmopolitan Oct 1962
  • Twelve American Crime Stories, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998
  • Murder on Deck!, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998

EMANUEL, VICTOR ROUSSEAU (1879-1960); see pseudonyms Lew Merrill & Victor Rousseau (books) (chron.)

EMERSON, DONNA BIGGLE (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with Kenneth Biggle), (in)
  • The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 2007

EMERSON, KATHY LYNN (Gorton) (1947- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Body in the Dovecote, (ss) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Confusions Most Monstrous [Lady Susanna Appleton], (nv) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Curse of the Figure Flinger, (ss) AHMM Dec 2004
• * Death by Devil’s Turnips [Lady Susanna Appleton], (nv) AHMM Dec 2003
  • Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Encore for a Neck Verse [Lady Susanna Appleton], (ss) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Introduction: The Life and Times of Susanna, Lady Appleton, (in) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Kenduskeag Killer, (ss) AHMM Apr 2005
• * Lady Appleton and the Bristol Crystals [Lady Susanna Appleton], (nv) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Lady Appleton and the Cautionary Herbal [Lady Susanna Appleton], (ss) AHMM Mar 2001
  • Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Lady Appleton and the Cripplegate Chrisoms [Lady Susanna Appleton], (nv) AHMM Jun 2003
  • Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Lady Appleton and the London Man [Lady Susanna Appleton], (nv) More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999
  • Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Much Ado About Murder [Lady Susanna Appleton], (nv) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
  • Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Reiving of Bonville Keep, (nv) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000
• * The Riddle of the Woolsack [Lady Susanna Appleton], (ss) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Rubaiyat of Nicholas Baldwin [Lady Susanna Appleton], (ss) AHMM Sep 2001
  • Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004

_____, [ref.]

• * Checklist of Books and Stories by Kathy Lynn Emerson, (bi) Murders and Other Confusions, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Conversation with Kathy Lynn Emerson, (iv) AHMM Dec 2003

EMERY, CLAYTON (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Abjuring Justice [Robin Hood], (ss) EQMM Aug 1998
• * Dowsing the Demon [Robin Hood], (ss) EQMM Nov 1994
• * Fathoming Fortune [Robin Hood], (ss) EQMM Jul 2000
• * Flushing Scarlett [Robin Hood], (ss) EQMM Mar 1998
• * Flyting, Fighting [Robin Hood], (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000
• * Grinding the Ghost [Robin Hood], (ss) EQMM Mar 1995
• * If Serpents Envious [Joseph Fisher], (nv) EQMM Jul 1998
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * A Loaf of Quicksilver [Robin Hood], (nv) EQMM Oct 1995
  • Once Upon a Crime II, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * Plucking a Mandrake [Robin Hood], (nv) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000