Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

GAVRELL, KENNETH (chron.) (continued)

• * Dead End on the Mountain, (nv) AHMM Feb 1991
• * Death in the Barrio, (ss) AHMM Jun 16 1980
• * Dive into Darkness, (nv) AHMM May 1984
• * Hurricane Force, (ss) AHMM Aug 1991
• * Island of the Snake, (nv) AHMM Jul 1987
• * A Killing at El Castillo, (ss) AHMM Feb 3 1982
• * Looking for Carlos Hernandez, (ss) AHMM Jan 2 1980
• * Mirage, (ss) AHMM Jun 1985
• * My Little Girl, (ss) AHMM May 1982
• * Phone Call from the Dead, (nv) AHMM May 1993
• * Plants Like Baroque Music, (nv) AHMM Jul 1988
• * There Are No Stars Over San Juan, (nv) AHMM Feb 1994
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Through the Looking Glass, (ss) AHMM Aug 1983
• * Tigers Don’t Eat Strawberries, (nv) AHMM May 1986
• * Welcome to the Rattlesnake Farm, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998
• * White Hibiscus, (nv) AHMM Sep 8 1980
• * Whiteout, (nv) AHMM Mar 4 1981
  • AHMM Oct 1990
• * You Don’t Know Alex Very Well, (nv) AHMM Aug 1982

GAWE, MICHELLE R. (chron.)

• * Suspended, (nv) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

GAWSWORTH, JOHN; pseudonym of T. I. Fytton Armstrong, (1912-1970) (books) (chron.)

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

GAY, ANNE (1952- ) (chron.)

• * The Fire That Burneth Here, (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998

GAY, WILLIAM (chron.)

• * The Paperhanger, (ss) Harper’s Feb 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, ed. Lawrence Block, Houghton Mifflin 2001
• * Those Deep Elm Brown’s Ferry Blues, (ss) The Missouri Review Sep 1998

GEARHART, SALLY MILLER (1931- ) (chron.)

• * The Dying Breed, (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991

GEASON, SUSAN (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Green Murder, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
• * An Old Husbands’ Tale, (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991

GEBERT, ANKE (chron.)

• * The Copyist (with Paul Lascaux, Richard Lifka, Thomas Przybilka, Stefan Slupetzky & Christoph Spielberg), (ss) EQMM Dec 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert
• * Two in the Same Boat, (ss) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003; first published in Sport Ist Moerdern (Sport Is Murder), ed. Ralph Kramp, Scherz Verlag, 2002.

GEBLER, CARLO (1954- ) (chron.)

• * The Driver’s Story, (vi) Fortnight 1993; also as “Wesley”.
• * Wesley [“The Driver’s Story”], (vi) Fortnight 1993
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000

GEE, EVE TAN; pseudonym of Barry Forshaw (chron.)

• * Frances Fyfield: The English Are Not What They Seem, (iv) Crime Time #23 2001
• * Minette Walters: My Glittering Career, (iv) Crime Time #23 2001
• * Natasha Cooper: Picturesque Decay, (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• * Ron Ellis: Rhythm ’n’ Blues on the Mersey, (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

GEE, THOMAS GIBBS (chron.)

• * Captain Joe Miron’s Peace & Quiet Bar, (ss) AHMM Aug 1985

GELB, JEFF(rey B.) (books) (chron.)

• * The Big Sin, (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997
• * Introduction (with Max Allan Collins), (in)
  • Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * Introduction: Sinful Streets (with Max Allan Collins), (in) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * Johnny Dynamite: The Comics Private Eye Who Was Too Tough to Die!, (ar) Hardboiled #23 1997
• * Perfection, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * Research, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * Trophy Wife, (ss) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001

GELLIS, ROBERTA (Leah, née Jacobs) (1927- ) (chron.)

• * Witch Sight, (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

GENTLE, MARY R(osalyn) (1956- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Cartomancy: An Introduction, (lk) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992
• * Cartomancy: Conclusion, (lk) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992

GEORGE, ANNE (Carroll) (1928-2001) (chron.)

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• * “Still Kicking: An Interview with Anne George” by Lisa D. Williamson, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

GEORGE, DON (chron.)

• * Marshport, (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004

GEORGE, (Susan) ELIZABETH (1949- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Evidence Exposed [Insp. Thomas Lynley], (nv) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1997
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998
• * I, Richard, (na) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
• * Introduction, (in) (*) 2004
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004
• * The Surprise of His Life, (nv) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997

GEORGE, NELSON (chron.)

• * New Lots Avenue, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004

GERAGHTY, MARGRET (chron.)

• * Ten Brown Bottles, (ss) 1990
  • EQMM Sep 1990

GERAGHTY, TONY (1932- ) (chron.)

• * The Queen’s Chastity, (ss) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000

GERAHTY, DIGBY GEORGE (1898-1981); see pseudonym Robert Standish (chron.)

GERBER, MERRILL JOAN (chron.)

• * This Is a Voice from Your Past, (ss) Chattahoochee Review Sum 1997
  • Best American Mystery Stories 1998, ed. Sue Grafton, Houghton Mifflin 1998

GERIK, RUTH A. (chron.)

• * User Unfriendly, (ss) AHMM May 1993

GERLACH, GUNTER (chron.)

• * Wedding in Voerde, (ss) EQMM Dec 2005; ©2004 by GRAFIT Verlog Gmbh, D-44139 Dortmund.; tr. by Mary Tannert

GERROLD, DAVID; pseudonym of Jerrold David Friedman, (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Bauble, (ss) More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993
• * The Fan Who Molded Himself [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * In the Quake Zone, (na) Down These Dark Spaceways, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2005
• * Satan Claus, (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• * What Goes Around, (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

GERSON, JACK (chron.)

• * Are There Any Secrets Left?, (ss) Espionage Magazine Aug 1986
• * Hagan?, (ss) Espionage Magazine Feb 1985

GIANAKIS, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Witches’ Parking Lot, (vi) AHMM May 2004

GIANATASIO, DAVID (chron.)

• * Simply Horrible, (vi) Hardboiled #17 1994

GIBB, JOYCE (chron.)

• * Who’s Going to Hang?, (ss) AHMM Jun 2005

GIBBON, EDWARD (1737-1794) (chron.)

• * from The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, (ex) 1776-88
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

GIBBONS, RICHARD PATRICK (chron.)

• * The White Card, (ss) EQMM Dec 1988

GIBSON, JACQUELINE (chron.)

• * The Keys, (nv) Southern Nights, ed. Anon., Southern Star Publishing 2001

GIBSON, KEN (chron.)

• * Two Out of Three’s Not Bad, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #31 2002

GIBSON, RON, Jr. (chron.)

• * Blackout, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2001

GIBSON, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * Boars, (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

GIBSON, WILLIAM (Ford) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Burning Chrome, (nv) Omni Jul 1982
  • Crossing the Line: Canadian Mysteries with a Fantastic Twist, ed. Robert J. Sawyer & David Skene-Melvin, Pottersfield Press 1998
• * Johnny Mnemonic [Molly Millions], (ss) Omni May 1981
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997

GIDÉ, ANDRE (Paul Guillaume) (1869-1951) (chron.)

• * from The Vatican Cellars, (ex) Cassell’s 1952; Les caves du Vatican, Gallimard; Paris, 1950.
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996; tr. by D. Bussy
• * The Vatican Cellars [from Les caves du Vatican, Gallimard; Paris, 1950], (ex) Cassell’s 1952
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993; tr. by D. Bussy

GIELGUD, VAL (Henry) (1900-1981) (chron.)

• * Hot Water, (ss) The Great Book of Thrillers, ed. H. Douglas Thomson, London: Odhams Press 1935
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991

GIENCKE, JILL (Ann) (1959- ) (chron.)

• * The Bed and Breakfast Burglar, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

GIFFORD, BARRY (Colby) (1946- ) (books) (chron.)

• * 59° and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango, (n.) Sailor’s Holiday, Random House 1991
• * After Hours at La Chinita, (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (The Bayview).
• * Consuelo’s Kiss, (na) Sailor’s Holiday, Random House 1991
• * Sailor’s Holiday, (na) Sailor’s Holiday, Random House 1991
• * Sultans of Africa, (na) Sailor’s Holiday, Random House 1991

GIFUNE, GREG F. (chron.)

• * Forget-Me-Nots, (ss) Crime Spree, ed. Sandy DeLuca and Trey R. Barker, December Girl Press 2001

GILBERT, ANTHONY; pseudonym of Lucy Beatrice Malleson, (1899-1973) (chron.)

• * A Day of Encounters, (ss) EQMM Feb 1972
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
• * The Eternal Chase, (nv) EQMM Aug 1965
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * You Can’t Hang Twice [Arthur Crook], (nv) EQMM Nov 1946
  • Murder Most British, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996

GILBERT, DON (chron.)

• * A Secret Place, (ss) EQMM May 1984
• * Time and Place, (ss) EQMM Mar 1983
• * A Will of Her Own, (ss) EQMM Feb 1985

GILBERT, ELLIOT (chron.)

• * Big Boss of the Tank!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jul 1959

GILBERT, MICHAEL (Francis) (1912-2006) (books) (chron.)

• * The Admiral [Jonas Pickett], (nv) EQMM Apr 1986
  • Anything for a Quiet Life, Carroll & Graf 1990
• * The African Tree Beavers [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens], (nv) Argosy (UK) Aug 1971
  • EQMM Jul 1972
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
• * After All These Years [“A Long Time Ago”; Henry Montague Bohun], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jul 10 1954
  • The Gourmet Crook Book, ed. Tony Wilmot, Everest Books 1976
  • The Man Who Hated Banks and Other Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * Amateur in Violence [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg], (ss) John Bull Nov 19 1949; also as “The Unstoppable Man”.
• * Anything for a Quiet Life [Jonas Pickett; Daniel John Calder], (nv) EQMM Sep 1983
  • Anything for a Quiet Life, Carroll & Graf 1990
• * An Appealing Pair of Legs [Henry Montague Bohun; Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 22 1955
  • The Man Who Hated Banks and Other Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * Arnold or the Uses of Electricity, (pm) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992
• * Audited and Found Correct, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 12, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan 1980
  • EQMM Feb 24 1982
  • The Curious Conspiracy and Other Crimes, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Awkward Customer [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Mar 9 1953
  • The Man Who Hated Banks and Other Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * Back in Five Years [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg], (ss) John Bull Dec 18 1948
  • The Man Who Hated Banks and Other Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * Balloons Will Be Released, (ss) John Bull May 12 1951
  • The Man Who Hated Banks and Other Mysteries, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * The Bird of Dawning [Henry Montague Bohun], (nv) National and English Review Dec 1956; also as “The Craven Case”.
• * The Bird of Dawning [Jonas Pickett], (nv) EQMM Feb 1988
  • Anything for a Quiet Life, Carroll & Graf 1990
• * Black Bob [Jonas Pickett], (nv) EQMM Aug 1984
  • Anything for a Quiet Life, Carroll & Graf 1990
• * Blackmail Is So Difficult, (ss) John Bull Jun 24 1950; also as “The Blackmailer”.
• * The Blackmailer [“Blackmail Is So Difficult”], (ss) John Bull Jun 24 1950
  • The Curious Conspiracy and Other Crimes, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Blood Match, (ss) Metropolis Aut 1970
  • The Curious Conspiracy and Other Crimes, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * By the Pricking of My Thumbs, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• * C12: Department of Bank Robberies [“The Man Who Hated Banks”; Insp. Patrick Petrella], (na) Argosy (UK) Sep 1964 (+1)
  • EQMM Jan 1966
  • Six of the Best Short Novels by Masters of Mystery, ed. Ellery Queen, London: Robert Hale 1987
  • AHMM Jun 1990
• * The Cabinet Maker, (ss) Reveille Apr 26 1955; also as “Scream in a Soundproof Room”.
• * A Case for Gourmets [“Mr. Duckworth’s Night Out”; Insp. Patrick Petrella], (ss) Argosy (UK) May 1959
  • EQMM Feb 1960
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992
  • Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• * Clos Carmine [“Clos Carmine 1945”], (ss) Sunday Dispatch 1955
  • The Curious Conspiracy and Other Crimes, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Clos Carmine 1945, (ss) Sunday Dispatch 1955; also as “Clos Carmine”.
• * The Conspirators [Insp. Patrick Petrella], (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Aug 1966
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
• * A Corner of the Cellar, (ss) Argosy (UK) Mar 1955; also as “Under the Last Scuttleful”.