Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

HELGASON, GAIL (chron.)

• * Wild Stock, (ss) Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991

HELGERSON, JOE(l) (1950- ); also as Joel Helgerson (chron.)

• * The Case of Jesse James’s Missing Loot [Sheriff Huck Finn], (ss) AHMM Mar 2005
• * The Case of the Breathless Martian [Sheriff Huck Finn], (nv) AHMM May 2003
• * The Case of the Floating Pearl Buyer [Sheriff Huck Finn], (nv) AHMM Jun 2002
• * The Case of the Olympic Cup [Sheriff Huck Finn], (nv) AHMM Nov 2006

HELGERSON, JOEL (1950- ); also as Joe Helgerson (chron.)

• * At My Father’s Funeral, (ss) AHMM Aug 1983
• * The Captain and Mr. Tuttle, (ss) AHMM Apr 1983

HELLER, ALLAN M. (chron.)

• * A Case of the Querulous Hack, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #45 2004

HELLER, DAVID A. (chron.)

• * Rich—or Dead, (nv) AHMM Sep 1967
  • AHMM Jun 1991

HELLER, JEFF; pseudonym of Henry Slesar & Jay Folb (chron.)

• * Dig We Must, (ss) AHMM Aug 1961
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962

HELLER, KEITH (1949- ) (chron.)

• * The Brother in the Tree, (ss) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996
• * Catherine Blake and the Bandy Children, (ss) EQMM Feb 1997
• * Chased Delights; Or, The Missing Minutes [Catherine & William Blake], (nv) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * Man’s Inherited Death [George Man], (ss) EQMM Mar 1987
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
• * Man’s Noble Art of Self-Defense, (ss) EQMM Apr 1988

HELLER, LORENZ (Albert) (1892-1972); see pseudonym Larry Holden (chron.)

HELLER, WILLIAM (chron.)

_____, reviews:

• * Murder by Direction, (mr) AHMM Win 1989, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1990, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1991, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1992, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1993, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1994, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1995

HELLMAN, WILLIAM (chron.)

• * Easy Kill, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Sep 1946
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

HELLMANN, LIBBY FISCHER (chron.)

• * Detour, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• * House Rules, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005
• * The Last Radical, (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001

HELPINGSTINE, DANIEL (chron.)

• * Angel Face, (ss) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994

HELSON, LINDA (chron.)

• * Spinnaker Man, (ss) Ste. Catharine’s Standard 2002
  • Hard Boiled Love, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2003

HELWIG, DAVID (Gordon) (1938- ) (chron.)

• * Red Barn, Interior, (ss) Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST (1899-1961) (chron.)

• * Harry Morgan—Autumn, (ss)
  • Best Smuggling Stories, ed. John Welcome, Faber & Faber 1967
• * The Killers, (ss) Scribner’s Mar 1927
  • EQMM Jun 1947
  • Nobel Crimes, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1992
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
  • Crime Movies, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1996
  • The Killing Spirit, ed. Jay Hopler, The Overlook Press 1996
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998
• * My Old Man, (ss) Three Stories and Ten Poems, McAlman’s Contract Publishing Co. 1923
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * The Secret Agent’s Badge of Courage, (ar)
  • World’s Greatest Spy Stories, ed. Kurt Singer, W.H. Allen 1954
  • The Secret Agent’s Badge of Courage, ed. Kurt Singer, Belmont 1961

HEMLIN, TIM (1960- ) (chron.)

• * Redemption, (ss) EQMM Jul 1999

HEMLOCK, VIOLET (chron.)

• * Shopping, (ss) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996

HEMMINGSON, MICHAEL (1966- ) (books) (chron.)

• * from White Russian, (ex) 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Gun Shot Wound, (ss) Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2001
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * The Playwrights, (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000

HEMMINGTON, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Pain, (ss) Hardboiled #22 1996
• * Shadow of the Dog, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

HEMON, ALEKSANDER (chron.)

• * The Deep Sleep, (ss) Esquire Nov 2000

HENDERSHOT, CYNTHIA (chron.)

• * Angels, (ss) Plots with Guns Feb/Mar 2000
• * Bell, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2002
• * Faces, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000
• * Kidnapped, (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2004

HENDERSON, B. S. (chron.)

• * Wer’wolf, (nv) Mystery Stories #10 1937

HENDERSON, C(hristopher-John) J(ames) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * All the Money in the World [Jack Hagee], (ss) Hardboiled Detective #10 1990
• * All’s Well that Ends Well [Jack Hagee], (nv) Hardboiled #11 1990
• * The Best Meal [Jack Hagee], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 1997
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Bet Your Own Man, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 1999
• * Bread Ahead [revised from chapter one of No Free Lunch; Jack Hagee], (ss) Diamond Books 1990
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Change from Your Dollar [Jack Hagee], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1997
• * Dance [Jack Hagee], (ss) Espionage Magazine Sep 1987
• * The First Thing We Do..., (ss) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Free the Old Ones [Severn Valley], (nv) Made In Goatswood, ed. Scott David Anioloswski, Chaosium 1995
  • Detective Mystery Stories Jun 1999
• * A Game to Be Played, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1988
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Granny Gumption Solves a Murder [Granny Gumption], (vi) Hardboiled Detective #11 1991
  • Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1997
• * Granny Gumption Solves a Murder (with Charles Hoffman) [Granny Gumption], (vi) Hardboiled Detective #11 1991
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Longest Pleasure, (vi) 1998
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
  • Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1999
• * Nothing Comes Cheap [Jack Hagee], (ss) Hardboiled #6 1986
• * The Questioning of the Azathothian Priest, (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006
• * The Return of Granny Gumption [Granny Gumption], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1997
• * Sacrifice, (ss) 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * A Sandy Beach [The Suiciders], (ss) 1989
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
  • Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1997
• * Terry Beatty, (ar) Hardboiled #5 1986
• * That Liberates and Enslaves, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1997
• * ’Til You Die, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 1989
• * Tim Truman’s Scout, (ar) Hardboiled #3 1985
• * Toothpick [Jack Hagee], (ss) Hardboiled #8 1987
• * What You Pay For [Jack Hagee], (ss) Hardboiled #4 1986
• * Whose Turn Is It?, (ss) Obsessions, ed. Gary Raisor, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Woolworth’s... For All Your Defensive Needs, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2002/Win 2003
• * You Can’t Take It with You, (ss) Eldritch Tales #14 1987
  • Detective Story Magazine Aug 1989

_____, reviews:

• * Review [of Blossom by Andrew Vachss], (br) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1990

HENDERSON, DION (Winslow) (1921-1984) (chron.)

• * Babysitter, (ss) AHMM Aug 1961
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993

HENDERSON, LAUREN (Milne) (1966- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Dark Mirror, (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * His Last Duchess, (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2003
• * I Was Barbarella, (ss) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998
• * Introduction (with Stella Duffy), (in)
  • Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002
• * Last Night at the Scala, (ss) Fresh Blood 2, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1997
• * Tragic Heroines Tell All, (nv) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002

HENDERSON, ROBERT (chron.)

• * The Intruder, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 13 1965
  • EQMM Feb 1987

HENDERSON, RONALD (chron.)

• * Cop Maker, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 5 1941
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Murder Is My Business, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 1947
  • Detective Story Annual 1949, ed. Daisy Bacon, Street & Smith 1949
• * Oswald Has His Night, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1946
  • Detective Story Annual 1948, ed. Daisy Bacon, Street & Smith 1948

HENDRICKS, VICKI (Due) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Boozanne, Lemme Be, (ss) Miami Noir, ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books 2006
• * Dance of the Manatee, (rr) The Miami Herald Tropic 1995
  • Naked Came the Manatee, ed. Tom Schroder, Putnam’s 1997
• * Gators, (ss) Mississippi Review Sum 2000
  • Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
• * Introduction, (in) Plots with Guns Sum 2002
• * Purrz, Baby, (ss) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• * Stormy, Mon Amour, (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002
• * West End, (ss) Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1998
• * [untitled], (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006

_____, [ref.]

• * The PWG Interview with Vicki Hendricks, (iv) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2003

HENDRICKSEN, LOUISE (chron.)

• * No Cookies for Santa, (na) Murder Under the Tree, ed. Anon., Zebra 1993

HENION, ANDY (chron.)

• * Trailertown, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2004

HENLE, THEDA O. (1918- ) (chron.)

• * A Harmless Vanity, (ss) EQMM Mar 25 1981
  • More Murder on Cue, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1990

HENNESSEY, MIKE (chron.)

• * A Favor for Sal, (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2004

HENRICKSEN, BRUCE (chron.)

• * Dealers, (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004

HENRY, O.; pseudonym of William Sydney Porter, (1862-1910) (chron.)

• * The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes [Shamrock Jolnes], (ss) Sixes and Sevens, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1911
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
• * After Twenty Years, (vi) 1904
  • AHMM May 1984
• * Calloway’s Code, (ss) Munsey’s Sep 1906
  • The Mystery and the Detective, ed. Blanche Colton Williams, Appleton-Century 1938
  • AHMM Jan 1988
• * Caught, (ss)
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * The Clarion Call, (ss)
  • EQMM Feb 1948
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Conscience in Art [Jeff Peters], (ss)
  • AHMM Apr 2004
• * The Cop and the Anthem, (ss) The Four Million, Doubleday 1906
  • Masterpieces of Surprise, ed. James L. Monahan, Hart 1966
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999
• * The Diamond of Kali, (ss) 1896
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
• * The Gift of the Magi, (ss)
  • Masterpieces of Surprise, ed. James L. Monahan, Hart 1966
• * Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet [Jeff Peters], (ss) The Gentle Grafter, McClure 1908
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * The Last Leaf, (ss) The Trimmed Lamp, McClure 1907
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * Mammon and the Archer, (ss) 1902
  • Masterpieces of Surprise, ed. James L. Monahan, Hart 1966
• * The Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud, (ss)
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Ransom of Red Chief, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 6 1907
  • EQMM Jul 1963
  • Tales of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Theodore W. Hipple, Allyn and Bacon 1977
• * A Retrieved Reformation, (ss) Cosmopolitan Apr 1903
  • Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * Roads of Destiny, (nv) Roads of Destiny, Doubleday 1909
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994