Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

FLANDERS, DOUG (chron.)

• * The Living Corpse, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1959

FLANNERY, SEAN; pseudonym of David Hagberg, (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Windsor R.I.P., (nv) Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991

FLECKER, (Herman) JAMES ELROY (1884-1915) (chron.)

• * from Hassan, (ex) 1922
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

FLEISCHER, LAWRENCE (chron.)

• * Devil’s Stakes, (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003

FLEMING, IAN (Lancaster) (1908-1964) (chron.)

• * From a View to a Kill [James Bond], (nv) 1959
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
• * The Living Daylights [James Bond], (ss) The Sunday Times (London) Feb 4 1962
  • EQMM Mar 1969
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * The Property of a Lady [James Bond], (nv) The Ivory Hammer 1963
  • AHMM Jul 1994
• * Risico [James Bond], (nv) For Your Eyes Only, Jonathan Cape 1960
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996

FLEMING-ROBERTS, G. T.; pseudonym of George Thomas Roberts, (1910-1968) (chron.)

• * The Assassin’s Shroud [The Ghost], (ss) Red Star Mystery Oct 1940
  • Action Adventure Stories #45 1999
• * The Case of the Black Magician [The Ghost], (na) The Green Ghost Detective Sum 1941
  • Action Adventure Stories #20 1998
• * The Case of the Broken Broom [Green Ghost], (nv) Thrilling Mystery Fll 1943
  • Action Adventure Stories #89 2001
• * The Case of the Clumsy Cat [Green Ghost], (na) Thrilling Mystery Mar 1943
  • Pulp Review May 1994
  • High Adventure #77 2004
• * The Case of the Flaming Fist [Green Ghost], (na) The Green Ghost Detective Win 1941
  • Action Adventure Stories #13 1997
• * City of Deadly Sleep [Captain Zero], (n.) Captain Zero Nov 1949
  • High Adventure #63 2002
• * The Corpse Came C.O.D., (nv) Hooded Detective Nov 1941
  • Pulp Vault #4 1989
• * The Crimson Complex, (ss) Ten Detective Aces Sep 1933
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Dead Men Pay Debts, (nv) Ten Detective Aces Jul 1937
  • High Adventure Sep 2005
• * Death’s Five Faces [Black Hood], (na) Black Hood Detective Sep 1941
  • Pulp Review Jan 1993
  • High Adventure #49 1999
• * A Devil’s Highball, (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jul 1933
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Dividends of Doom [as by Brant House; Secret Agent X], (na) Secret Agent X Feb 1936
• * The Floating Coffins [Dan Fowler], (nv) G-Men Detective Fll 1944
  • High Adventure #34 1997
• * The Mark of Zero [Captain Zero], (n.) Captain Zero Jan 1950
  • High Adventure Mar 2006
• * Satan’s Forge, (nv) Ace Mystery Sep 1936
  • Pulp Review #22 1995
• * Sleep No More My Lovely, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1943
  • Hard-Boiled Detectives, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Gramercy Books 1992
• * Trinidad Pay-Off [as by Ray P. Shotwell], (ss) Flying Aces Sep 1943
  • Action Adventure Stories #61 1999
• * When Death Comes Crawling, (nv) Thrilling Mystery Jan 1936
  • High Adventure #56 2000

FLESHMAN, RICHARD R. (chron.)

• * Final Accounting, (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1987

FLETCHER, J(oseph) S(mith) (1863-1935) (chron.)

• * Bickmore Deals with the Duchess, (ss) 1926
  • AHMM Jul 1985
• * The Convict and the Clerics, (ss)
  • Sins of the Fathers, ed. Mark Bryant, Gollancz 1997
• * The Ivory God, (ss) The London Magazine Oct 1905
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * The Judge Corroborates, (ss) The Red Magazine Aug 22 1919
  • AHMM Feb 1993
• * The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand, (ss) The Red Magazine Oct 1 1911
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
• * The Manor House Mystery, (nv)
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * The Murder in the Mayor’s Parlor, (nv)
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
• * The New Sun, (ss) The Red Magazine Jul 1 1913
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
• * The Other Sense, (ss) The Sketch Oct 13 1909
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994

FLETCHER, JESSICA (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999

FLETCHER, KAY (chron.)

• * Pest Control, (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

FLETCHER, LUCILLE; [i.e., Violet Lucille Fletcher Wallop] (1912-2000) (chron.)

• * Sorry, Wrong Number, (pl) 1948
  • More Murder on Cue, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1990

FLETCHER, TONY (chron.)

• * Fingerprinting a Ghost [from Memories of Murder], (ex) 1986
  • Detective Stories, ed. Philip Pullman, Kingfisher 1998

FLETCHER, (Harry Lutf) VERNE (1902-1974) (chron.)

• * The Longer Road, (ss) Mystery Stories #21 1940
• * What Happened to Mrs. Stanton, (ss) Mystery Stories #19 1939

FLIEGEL, RICHARD (1954- ) (chron.)

• * A Final Midrash, (nv) 1998
  • Mystery Midrash, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 1999
• * The Golem of Bronx Park East [Shelly Lowenkopf], (nv) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001

FLINN, EUGENE C. (chron.)

• * Alibi for Murder, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #40 2003
• * The Mystery on Logan Lane, (nv) Detective Mystery Stories #50 2004

FLORA, FLETCHER (1914-1968) (chron.)

• * Assassin, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960
• * Dinner Will Be Cold, (nv) AHMM Aug 1963
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964
• * The Heat Is Killing Me!, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1953
  • P.I. Files, ed. Loren D. Estleman & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy 1990
• * No Tears for Foster, (nv) AHMM Sep 1969
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1991
• * Obituary, (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Mar 1966
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972
• * Of the Five Who Came..., (nv) AHMM Mar 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959
  • AHMM Win 1989
• * Settlement Out of Court, (ss) AHMM Jun 1963
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964
• * She Asked for It, (nv) Manhunt Aug 1960
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Sounds and Smells, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1961
  • Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1960

FLORA, KATE; [i.e., Katharine Clark Flora] (1949- ) (books) (chron.)

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

FLORENCE, GLORIA (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ The Hard Way, (vi) AHMM Mar 2000

FLORIOT, JOHN (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * from “Of Cannibals”, by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, (ar)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

FLOYD, JOHN M. (chron.)

• * Badfellas, (pm) EQMM May 2004
• * Battleground, (ss) AHMM Apr 2002
• * The Blue Wolf, (ss) AHMM Feb 2000
• * The Bomb Squad, (ss) AHMM Jun 1999
• * Careers, (vi) AHMM Jun 1998
• * Four for Dinner, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #41 2003
• * Hardison Park, (nv) AHMM Mar 1999
• * Lindy’s Luck, (ss) AHMM May 1999
• * Never Too Late, (pm) EQMM Aug 2000
• * Night Work, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #34 2003
• * The Proposal, (ss) The Strand Magazine #2 1999
• * The Pullman Case, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005
• * Purpa Traitor, (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * The Range, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #49 2004
• * Run Time, (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001
• * Teamwork, (ss) AHMM Jun 1996
• * A Watchful Eye, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #37 2003

FLYNN, ERROL (1909- ) (chron.)

• * My Wicked, Wicked Ways, (ex) New York: Putnam 1959
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

FLYNN, J(ohn) M. (c1927-1985); see pseudonym Jay Flynn (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Forgotten Writers: Jay/J.M. Flynn” by Bill Pronzini, (bi)
  • Under the Gun, ed. Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL 1990

FLYNN, JAY; pseudonym of J. M. Flynn, (c1927-1985) (chron.)

• * The Badger Game, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1956
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997

FLYNN, JOSEPH (chron.)

• * Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 9: Morris the Explainer, (rr) Accent Mar 27 1998

FLYNN, RAYMOND (1940- ) (chron.)

• * The Ticket, (ss) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997

FLYNN, T(homas) T(heodore) (1902-1978) (chron.)

• * The Jade Joss, (na) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 15 1933
  • It’s Raining Corpses in Chinatown, ed. Don Hutchison, Nercer Island, WA: Starmont 1991

FOE, DANIEL (1660-1731); see pseudonym Daniel Defoe (chron.)

FOFF, ARTHUR (chron.)

• * Sawdust, (ss) Story 1947
  • The Tough Ones, ed. Whit Burnett & Hallie Burnett, Popular Library Eagle 1954

FOGEL, MELANIE (chron.)

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

FOLB, JAY; see pseudonym Jeff Heller (chron.)

• * Death-Hungry Fingers, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959
• * Harvey Did It!, (ss) Sleuth Mystery Magazine Dec 1958
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * Naked Without Jewelry, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1959
• * The Quivering Coward, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1958

FOLGER, MARY H. (chron.)

• * Photo Finish, (ss) EQMM Nov 1987

FOLI, KAREN (chron.)

• * A Danger to Others, (ss) MHCMM Spr 1997

FOLLETT, KEN(neth Martin) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * A Midnight Train to Nowhere, (ss) London Evening News Aug 19 1975
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996

FOMATAR, PAUL V. (chron.)

• * All in a Day’s Work, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jan 2001

FONSECA, RUBEM (1925- ) (chron.)

• * Angels of the Marquees, (ss) EQMM Aug 2003; originally published in Brazilian Portugese, 1998.; tr. by Clifford E. Landers
• * Winning the Game, (ss) EQMM Aug 2004; translated from the Brazilian Portuguese in Criaturas Pequeñas, 2002.; tr. by Clifford E. Landers

FOOTNER, (William) HULBERT (1879-1944) (chron.)

• * The Legacy Hounds [Madame Rosika Storey], (nv) Argosy All-Story Weekly Sep 18 1926
  • Crime in a Cold-Climate, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1994
  • Investigating Women, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1995
• * Putting Crime Over [Madame Rosika Storey], (ss) Argosy All-Story Weekly Nov 20 1926
  • The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• * The Sealed House [Madame Rosika Storey], (ss) Mystery Jul 1933
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997

FORAN, JOHN P. (chron.)

• * No Alibi, (ss) 1951
  • The Pan Book of Revenge Stories, ed. W. H. Cozens, London: Pan Books 1971
• * Red Runs the Tide, (ss) Fifteen Detective Stories Aug 1953
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

FORBES, DeLORIS (Florine) STANTON (1923- ) (chron.)

• * Dearie Goes to Far too Often, (ss) Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1995
• * Death Lives on Pineoak Circle, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• * Dumb Animals, (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
• * Flora Africana, (ss) AHMM Apr 1962
  • Mystery in the Sunshine State, ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press 1999
• * The Girl Who Would Be Queen, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997
• * Just Watching, (ss) AHMM Feb 1957
  • AHMM Jan/Feb 2006
• * A Long and Happy Life, (ss) AHMM May 1997
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * A Long Sad Song for My Fair Lady, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005
• * Looking for Garbo in All the Wrong Places, (nv) AHMM Oct 2000
• * The Love Bugs Will Get You If You Don’t Watch Out, (nv) AHMM Sep 1999
• * Many a Pickle Makes a Mickle, (ss) AHMM Jun 1995
• * One of Our Bears Is Missing, (nv) AHMM Feb 1999
• * The Painted Lady, (ss) AHMM Mar 2002
  • Mystery: The Best of 2002, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2003
• * Le Pigeon, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2000
• * A Rare Recipe... for Murder, (nv) AHMM Mar 2000
• * Rosejoy’s Baby, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999
• * Somebody Walked Over My Grave, (ss) AHMM Apr 1996
• * Vacancy at Cubana’s Hotel, (ss) AHMM Nov 1994
• * A Visit to the Gendarmerie, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006

FORBES, STRINGFELLOW (chron.)

• * Dishes, (ss) AHMM Apr 2007
• * One of Len’s Bridges, (ss) EQMM Nov 1987
• * Pastries, (ss) EQMM Jan 1988
• * A Reasonable Piece of Wrongdoing, (ss) AHMM Sep 1983
• * Seven Art Soups, (ss) EQMM Aug 1989
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * Walking Lonesome, (ss) EQMM Jul 1988

FORBES, TRACEY A. (chron.)

• * Cat Catch, (ss)
  • Ticket to Trouble, ed. Ron Serdiuk, CrimeWriters Queensland 2006
• * First Appearances, (ss)
  • Ticket to Trouble, ed. Ron Serdiuk, CrimeWriters Queensland 2006