Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

HENRY, SUE (1940- ) (chron.)

• * Ham Grease Jimmy and the No Shirt Kid, (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996
• * Losing Streak, (ss) The Mysterious North, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2002
• * Murder She Wrote, (ss) More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999

HENSLEY, JOE L.; [i.e., Joseph Louis Hensley] (1926- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Argent Blood, (ss) F&SF Aug 1967
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * The Calculator, (ss) AHMM Dec 1979
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Catnapper, (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
• * Child’s Play, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• * Deadly Hunger, (ss) Final Doors, Doubleday 1981
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * The Decision, (ss) EQMM Feb 1985
  • Murder on Trial, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * A Few Words, (pr)
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Fifty Chinese [Donald Robak], (ss) Final Doors, Doubleday 1981
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Finder, (ss) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984
• * The Home, (ss) EQMM Nov 1985
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Killer Scent, (ss) Final Doors, Doubleday 1981
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * A Lot of Sense, (ss) Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * On the Rocks, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1985
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Paint Doctor, (ss) Final Doors, Doubleday 1981
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * The Retiree, (ss) Robak’s Firm, Doubleday 1987
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Savant, (ss) F&SF Dec 1985
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Searcher, (ss) The Saint Magazine Jul 1984
• * Shut the Final Door [revised from “Shut the Last Door”, Alchemy & Academe, 1970], (ss) Tricks and Treats, ed. Joe Gores & Bill Pronzini, Doubleday 1976
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * The Tourist, (ss) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Trial, (ss) Robak’s Firm, Doubleday 1987
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Trial Tactics [Donald Robak], (ss) AHMM Oct 27 1980
• * Truly Yours, John R. Jacks, (ss) Robak’s Firm, Doubleday 1987
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Watcher, (ss) Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Whistler, (ss) Robak’s Firm, Doubleday 1987
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Widow, (ss) Who Done It?, ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin 1980
  • Deadly Hunger and Other Tales, Five Star 2001

HENSLEY, NATHANIEL A. (chron.)

• * The Burn, (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003

HENSON, HERB (chron.)

• * A Dead Sailor’s Secret, (nv) AHMM Aug 1993
• * A Killing at Saint Peter’s Gate, (nv) AHMM Oct 1991
• * Paquette’s Birthday, (ss) AHMM Win 1989
• * Pinatubo’s Wake, (nv) AHMM Jul 1992

HENSON, ROBERT (chron.)

• * Billie Loses Her Job, (nv) The Antioch Review Win 1979
  • EQMM Dec 1987
• * Father Says, (ss) Shenandoah 1966
  • EQMM Nov 1987
• * Lindbergh—or Dillinger, (nv) Western Humanities Review 1979
  • EQMM Mar 1988
• * Lizzie Borden in the P.M., (nv) Quarterly Review of Literature v18 #3-4 1973
  • EQMM Jan 1987
  • New England Crime Chowder, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, International Polygonics 1992

HERALD, BEVERLY TAYLOR (chron.)

• * Double-Talk (with Taylor McCafferty), (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
• * Male Fraud, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1995

HERBERT, FRANK (Patrick) (1920-1986) (chron.)

• * Murder Will In [Bailey (afterlife of)], (nv) F&SF May 1970
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997

HERBERT, JOHN M. (chron.)

• * One Plus One Is What?, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1980
• * Rendezvous, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1982

HERBERT, MARY H(ouser) (1957- ) (chron.)

• * Thieves’ Justice, (nv) Realms of Mystery, ed. Philip Athans, Lake Geneva: TSR 1998

HERBERT, ROSEMARY (books) (chron.)

• * Courting Crime with Rumpole of the Bailey, (bg) MHCMM Fll 1998; John Mortimer on Horace Rumpole.
• * Front and Center at the 87th Precinct, (bg) MHCMM Sum 1998; Ed McBain on Steve Carella.
• * The Indomitable Amelia, (bg) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997; Elizabeth Peters on Amelia Peabody Emerson.
• * The Inspector as Iconoclast, (bg) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997; Colin Dexter on Inspector Morse.
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Twelve American Crime Stories, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998
  • A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005
• * Introduction (with Tony Hillerman), (in)
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
• * Linda Barnes: Listening to Her Muse, (bg) MHCMM Sum 1999; on Carlotta Carlyle.
• * Preface, (pr)
  • Murder on Deck!, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998

HERING, HENRY A(ugustus) (1864-?) (chron.)

• * The Late Eugene Aram, (ss) Adventures and Fantasies, Wright & Brown 1930
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994

HERIOT, C. D. (1905-1972) (chron.)

• * The Trapdoor, (ss) Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries, eds. J. M. Parrish & J. R. Crossland, London: Odhams Press 1936
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994

HERMAN, PAM (chron.)

• * The Scent of Death, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #40 2003

HERMANSON, ERIC (chron.)

• * Forever Pain, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• * Not in My Back Yard, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 2000

HERNDON, BOOTON (1915-1995) (chron.)

• * The Cop and the Lady, (vi) Detective Tales Jan 1949
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

HERNDON, NANCY R. (chron.)

• * The Ice Bag in Question, (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991
• * Murder by Snail, (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990

HERODOTUS (485?-425 BC) (chron.)

• * The Thief versus King Rhampsinitus, (vi)
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993

HERON, E.; pseudonym of Kate Prichard, (1851-1935) (chron.)

• * The Story of Baelbrow (with H. Heron) [Flaxman Low], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Apr 1898
  • Detection by Gaslight, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1997
• * The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith (with H. Heron) [Flaxman Low], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Jan 1898
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992

HERON, H.; pseudonym of Hesketh Prichard, (1876-1922) (chron.)

• * The Story of Baelbrow (with E. Heron) [*Flaxman Low], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Apr 1898
  • Detection by Gaslight, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1997
• * The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith (with E. Heron) [*Flaxman Low], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Jan 1898
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992

HERR, MARK (chron.)

• * Jimmy’s Car, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998

HERREN, GREG (chron.)

• * Acts of Contrition, (ss) EQMM Nov 2006

HERRING, ALBERT; pseudonym, collaboration of a musician and a mystery writer (chron.)

• * Suicidio!, (ss) Mystery Sep 1981

HERRING, STEPHEN W. (chron.)

• * Broken Shells, (ss) AHMM Mar 1998
• * Florida Juice, (ss) AHMM Aug 1996

HERRMANN, JOHN (chron.)

• * Mother’s Helper, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1998

HERRON, DON (Hughes) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * A Black Wind Off River Street, (in)
  • Graveyard Rats and Others, Robert E. Howard, Wildside Press 2003

_____, reviews:

• * Booked & Printed, (br) AHMM Feb, Mar, Sep 2003, Apr, Jun 2004

HERRON, MICK (chron.)

• * Lost Luggage, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006

HERSHMAN, MORRIS (1926- ); see pseudonym Arnold English (chron.)

• * An Actor Prepares, (ss) EQMM Mar 1996
• * Attitude, (ss) 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Bail Hearing, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine 1981
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Charlotte’s Ruse, (vi) 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Cloud of Smoke, (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• * The Dark Hour, (ss) 1996
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Father Figure, (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• * A Gift for Friendship, (ss) Murder Most Irish, ed. Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
• * The Girl Friend, (ss) Manhunt Sep 1957
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Killer Cop, (ss) 1958
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * The Last Happy Time, (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• * Letter to the Editor, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1953
  • Murder Most Postal, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• * Live Bait, (ss) Popular Detective Mar 1950
  • The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1958
• * Moving Target, (ss) EQMM Aug 1992
• * Omit Flowers, (ss) 1957
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * The One and Only, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1983
• * Paper Tiger, (vi) 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Party Animal, (ss) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
• * Payback Time, (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003
• * A Private Vengeance, (ss) The Fatal Frontier, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Proof Negative, (ss) Espionage Magazine Aug 1985
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * The Satisfied Victim, (ss) London Mystery #62 1964
  • AHMM Mar 1994
• * Slightly Guilty, (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999
  • Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * A Snare and a Delusion, (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998
• * Swan’s Way, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1990
• * Timely End, (ss) Hardboiled #21 1996

HERTEL, TED, Jr. (chron.)

• * My Bonnie Lies..., (ss) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Queen’s Gambit: The Life and Times of Ellery Queen, (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999

HERVEY, MICHAEL (1920-1978?) (chron.)

• * Accident, (ss) Tales of Terror and the Unknown, ed. Anon., London: Everybody’s Books 1944
  • Corpses Can Walk and Other Stories, ed. Anon., London: Pictorial Art Ltd. 1946
• * It All Adds Up, (ss)
  • Corpses Can Walk and Other Stories, ed. Anon., London: Pictorial Art Ltd. 1946
• * Punishment to Fit the Crime, (ss)
  • Corpses Can Walk and Other Stories, ed. Anon., London: Pictorial Art Ltd. 1946

HERZOG, EMILE (Salomon Wilhelm) (1885-1967); see pseudonym André Maurois (chron.)

HESS, JOAN (1949- ) (books) (chron.)

• * All That Glitters, (nv) Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley 1995
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Mystery’s Most Wanted, ed. Anon., St. Martin’s 1997
  • Speaking of Lust, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
  • Big Foot Stole My Wife! and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * All’s Well That Ends, (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
  • The Deadly Ackee and Other Stories of Crime and Catastrophe, Five Star 2003
• * Another Room, (ss) EQMM Oct 1990
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1992
  • Master’s Choice, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 1999
  • Big Foot Stole My Wife! and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Big Foot Stole My Wife!, (nv) Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991
  • Big Foot Stole My Wife! and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Caveat Emptor, (ss) Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1998
  • The Deadly Ackee and Other Stories of Crime and Catastrophe, Five Star 2003
• * The Cremains of the Day, (ss) Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997
  • Big Foot Stole My Wife! and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Dead on Arrival, (ss) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
  • Crimes of Passion, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • First Cases, Volume 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1997
  • Big Foot Stole My Wife! and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * The Deadly Ackee [as by Joan Hadley], (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1988
  • The Deadly Ackee and Other Stories of Crime and Catastrophe, Five Star 2003
• * Death in Bloom [“The Maggody Files: Death in Bloom”], (ss) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999
  • Death of a Romance Writer and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Death of a Romance Writer, (ss) AHMM Mar 1988
  • Under the Gun, ed. Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL 1990
  • Tales of Obsession, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
  • Opening Shots, ed. Lawrence Block, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
  • Death of a Romance Writer and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Heptagon, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
  • Big Foot Stole My Wife! and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997
  • The Family Jewels and Other Stories, Dorothy Cannell, Five Star 2001
  • The Deadly Ackee and Other Stories of Crime and Catastrophe, Five Star 2003
• * Introduction: The Four H’s: Hearth, Health, Home, and Homicide, (in) Malice Domestic 9, Joan Hess, Avon 2000