Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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The Continental Classics Volume XVIII: Mystery Tales [by Julian Hawthorne] ed. Anon. (Harper & Brothers, 1909, 370pp, hc) Reprint of The Lock and Key Library: North Europe Stories, by Julian Hawthorne.
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Corpses Can Walk and Other Stories ed. Anon. (London: Pictorial Art Ltd., 1946, 9d, 64pp, ph)
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The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories ed. Anon. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1933, $1.00, 313+38+41+288+76+24+11+67+300+35pp, hc) Contents reprinted from original plates, preserving pagination. Also abridged as Mammoth Golden Book of Best Detective Stories (A.L. Burt).
- · Introduction · Mastermind · in
- · While the Patient Slept [Sarah Keate; Lance O’Leary] · Mignon G. Eberhart · n. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1930
- · The Greek Play [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Delineator Mar ’30
- · The Little Dog [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv, 1932
- · Murder by the Clock · Rufus King · n. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1929
- · The Shadow Man [John G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · na The Thriller Jan 30 ’32
- · Murder of Helen Jewett · Russel Crouse · nf Murder Won’t Out, Russel Crouse, 1932
- · “Blodie Belgium” · Frederick Porter Wensley · nf Forty Years of Scotland Yard, Frederick Porter Wensley, Doubleday, Doran, 1930
- · The Wonderful War [Simon Templar] · Leslie Charteris · na, 1931; revised from “The Judgement of the Joker”, The Thriller #17, 1 Jun. 1929.
- · The Poisoned Chocolates Case [Roger Sheringham; Ambrose Chitterwick] · Anthony Berkeley · n. London: Collins, 1929
- · Who Murdered Ellington Breese? · Lassiter Wren & Randle McKay · ss The First Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1928
- · The Evidence on the Japanned Box · Lassiter Wren & Randle McKay · ss The First Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1928
- · The Elevated Transit Mystery · Lassiter Wren & Randle McKay · ss The First Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1928
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Five Classic Stories ed. Anon. (Davis, 1986, free, 60pp, digest) Booklet given free to subscribers of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, five stories dramatized on the Hitchcock tv show.
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Mystery ed. Anon. (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-45996-6, 1989, $4.00, 151pp, tp) Textbook, includes discussions after each story and a glossary.
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The Year’s Best Stories by Leading Authors ed. Anon. (Melbourne: Atlas Publishing, 195?, 2/-, 114pp, digest) cover has subtitle: “thrilling crime and adventure”. Details supplied by Chris Wood.
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West by One and by One [by Poul Anderson] ed. Anon. (The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County, 1965, $5.00, 157pp, tp) [Sherlock Holmes] Anthology of Sherlockiana. Limited to 500 copies.
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Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries [by John Gawsworth] ed. Anon. (Associated Newspapers, 1935, 864pp, hc) Anthology illustrated by Norman Keene.
- vii · Foreword · John Gawsworth · fw
- 18 · The Skeleton · Frederick Carter · nv *
- 41 · The Vivisector Vivisected · Sir Ronald Ross · ss Strange Assembly, ed. John Gawsworth, London: Unicorn Press, 1932
- 58 · The Gift of Tongues · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s and Cassell’s Weekly Dec 3 ’27
- 65 · The Purchester Instrument [“The Diary Day”] · M. P. Shiel · ss *
- 89 · A Fellside Tragedy · Hubert Crackanthorpe · ss Double Dealer Dec ’21
- 95 · The Invalid · Nugent Barker · ss The Fortnightly Review Dec ’28
- 103 · The Wrong Turning · Richard Middleton · ss The Ghost Ship, Unwin, 1912
- 111 · The Flying Cat [“The Cat Day”] · M. P. Shiel · ss Strange Assembly, ed. John Gawsworth, London: Unicorn Press, 1932
- 127 · The Old Lawyer’s Tale · Charles Duff · ss *
- 133 · Rescued · E. H. Visiak · ss *
- 138 · Torture · Arthur Machen · ss Ornaments in Jade, New York: A.A. Knopf, 1924
- 142 · The Last Adventure · Richard Middleton · ss
- 151 · A Woman, a Dog and a Walnut Tree · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss The Pageant, Simpkin Marshall, 1934
- 163 · The Death Dance · M. P. Shiel · nv *
- 200 · The Mask · Francis Marsden · nv Strange Assembly, ed. John Gawsworth, London: Unicorn Press, 1932
- 223 · The Cry of a Century · Richard Middleton & Edgar Jepson · ss *
- 232 · At the Eleventh Hour [“The Adore Day”] · M. P. Shiel · nv *
- 274 · What the East Wind Brought · Anthony M. Ludovici · ss *
- 294 · I Am a Murderer · E. H. Visiak & A. Vesselo · ss *
- 315 · The Mystery of the Octagon Room · Eimar O’Duffy · ss *
- 325 · Gold Like Glass · Frederick Carter · ss Full Score, ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, London: Rich & Cowan, 1933
- 336 · The Place of Pain · M. P. Shiel · ss The Red Magazine May 1 ’14
- 349 · The Mills of Hell · Herbert de Hamel · ss
- 371 · Kitchener at Archangel · Stephen Graham · ss Full Score, ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, London: Rich & Cowan, 1933
- 377 · The Captain · Francis Marsden · ss Strange Assembly, ed. John Gawsworth, London: Unicorn Press, 1932
- 389 · Drake’s Drum · Arthur Machen · nf Outlook Apr 26 ’19
- 393 · The Harrying of the Dead · Frederick Carter · ss Strange Assembly, ed. John Gawsworth, London: Unicorn Press, 1932
- 407 · The Bath · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss The Pageant, Simpkin Marshall, 1934
- 415 · The Glass Panel · Eimar O’Duffy · ss *
- 432 · A Suet Pudding · T. F. Powys · ss Full Score, ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, London: Rich & Cowan, 1933
- 439 · Superintendent Deering’s Dilemma · Oswell Blakeston · ss *
- 449 · The Strangeness of Joab Lashmere · Edgar Wallace · ss Lloyd’s Story Magazine Sep ’22
- 470 · December · R. L. Mégroz · ss *
- 474 · The Flying Pig · Malachi Whitaker · ss
- 479 · A Shot at Goal [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Passing Show Feb 2 ’35
- 492 · The Disappearance of George Wake · R. L. Mégroz · ss *
- 503 · The Six · Nugent Barker · ss The Cornhill Magazine Aug ’35
- 507 · A Document: from the Russian · Stephen Graham · ss
- 529 · The Haunted Cinema · Louis Golding · ss The Doomington Wanderer, London: Gollancz, 1934
- 533 · Aha · Stephen Graham · ss Full Score, ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, London: Rich & Cowan, 1933
- 537 · The Triptych · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss The Pageant, Simpkin Marshall, 1934
- 552 · The Fun-Spot Street Affair · Thomas Burke · ss *
- 558 · You Wouldn’t Understand · John Lindsey · ss *
- 568 · Superintendent Deering Puts a Question · Oswell Blakeston · ss *
- 577 · Statement of a Scholar · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss The Pageant, Simpkin Marshall, 1934
- 599 · There Was a Man Dwelt By a Churchyard · M. R. James · ss Snapdragon Sep 6 ’24
- 603 · Mr. Parsons’ Revenge · Simon Dewes · ss *
- 618 · Miss Kitten’s Case · Eimar O’Duffy · ss *
- 636 · The Fear from the Lake · Oswell Blakeston · ss *
- 643 · The Second Gong [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv Ladies Home Journal Jun ’32
- 674 · The Pageant · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss The Pageant, Simpkin Marshall, 1934
- 686 · Whessoe · Nugent Barker · ss Life and Letters Dec ’28
- 699 · Orpheus · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Century Jul ’27
- 706 · Tom Mackie’s Trial · Hugh MacDiarmid · vi *
- 709 · Encounter at Night · Mary F. McHugh · ss *
- 717 · The Coffin · Caradoc Evans · ss Illustrated Review Jul ’23
- 723 · The Fluke Cannon · R. L. Mégroz · ss Full Score, ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, London: Rich & Cowan, 1933
- 733 · The Legacy · E. H. Visiak · ss *
- 736 · The Solution · Oswell Blakeston · ss *
- 743 · The Shopwalker’s Wife · G. R. Malloch · ss
- 767 · Flat To Let · Marcus Magill · ss *
- 778 · The Rival Poets · E. H. W. Meyerstein · nv *
- 844 · The Friendly Creature · Rhys Davies · ss *
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Isaac Asimov’s Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction # 5: Tin Stars ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (NAL/Signet 0-451-14395-7, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.95, 351pp, pb) Anthology of 15 stories of crime, mystery, and robots.
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Detective Story Annual 1948 ed. Daisy Bacon (Street & Smith, 1948, 25¢, digest)
- 2 · Flowers on a Grave · Agatha Gandy · ss Detective Story Magazine Jan ’46
- 15 · Lost in Hell · Dorothy Dunn · ss Detective Story Magazine Mar ’46
- 29 · She Sang of Murder · Roger Torrey · nv Detective Story Magazine Mar ’46
- 67 · Oswald Has His Night · Ronald Henderson · ss Detective Story Magazine Sep ’46
- 76 · Seventh Round Homicide · James Causey · ss Detective Story Magazine Nov ’46
- 87 · Marked for Murder · Inez Sabastian · nv Detective Story Magazine Nov ’46
- 137 · A Trifling Matter · Donald Van Riper · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct ’45
- 143 · Unwanted Body · Paul E. Triem · ss Detective Story Magazine Mar ’45
- 153 · The Want-Ad Murders · Frances M. Deegan · nv Detective Story Magazine Mar ’44
- 174 · The Hanging Gardens · Margaret Manners · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct ’45
- 185 · The Case of the Indian, O’Shaughnessy · Warren Fabian · ss Detective Story Magazine Sep ’44
- 202 · Tell the Coroner · George Cory Franklin · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct ’46
- 213 · Murder Rode Aft · Curt Storm · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb ’44
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Detective Story Annual 1949 ed. Daisy Bacon (Street & Smith, 1949, 25¢, digest)
- 2 · The Barefaced Murder · Roger Torrey · nv Detective Story Magazine Dec ’46
- 25 · Death’s Bright Angel · Curtiss T. Gardner · ss Detective Story Magazine Jan ’48
- 37 · Murder Walks a Strange Path · D. B. Olsen · ss Detective Story Magazine Mar ’48
- 44 · Sweet Little Murder-Blue Gown · John H. Knox · ss Detective Story Magazine Dec ’46
- 53 · Murder Is My Business · Ronald Henderson · ss Detective Story Magazine Nov ’47
- 63 · The Case of the Talebearer’s Wounds · Kenneth Fowler · ss Detective Story Magazine Jan ’48
- 70 · Terror in the Town · Edward Ronns · nv Detective Story Magazine Feb ’46
- 93 · Ghost of a Murder Night · Dorothy Dunn · ss Detective Story Magazine Sep ’47
- 102 · No Weeds for the Widow · William Campbell Gault · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb ’47
- 115 · Whistler’s Murder [Henry Smith] · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Story Magazine Dec ’46
- 121 · A Misogynist Meets Murder · Frank R. Reed · ss Detective Story Magazine Jan ’48
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Mystery ed. A. K. Barton (London: Dent, 1937, 252pp, hc) Anthology of ghost and mystery stories designed for use at schools, complete with a set of exercises.
- 1 · A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar, 1706
- 20 · The Spectre of Tappington [as by Thomas Ingoldsby] · Richard Harris Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany Feb, 1837
- 51 · The Werewolf [“Krantz’s Narrative”, chapter 39 of The Phantom Ship] · Frederick Marryat · ex The New Monthly Magazine Jul, 1839
- 75 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Aug, 1859; long version
- 119 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, an, 1844, 1844
- 141 · The Black Veil · Charles Dickens · ss Sketches by Boz, Macrone, 1836
- 155 · The Bend of the Road · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Illustrated London News Nov 27 ’05
- 181 · The Envelope · J. Storer Clouston · ss The Sphere Nov 24 ’19
- 198 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Storyteller Dec ’10
- 218 · The Dead Hand · P. C. Wren · ss Stepsons of France, Murray, 1917
- 233 · My Adventure in Norfolk · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine Oct ’27; broadcast by the BBC Dec 24, 1926
- 242 · The Ancient Sin [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · ss Pan May ’23
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Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection ed. Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor (Garland 0-8240-4975-6, 1983, hc)
- ix · Editors’ Introduction · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · in
- 3 · Strictly Diplomatic · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Dec ’39; EQMM Jan ’46
- 15 · Miss Phipps and the Nest of Illusion [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss EQMM Aug ’69
- 29 · The Splintered Monday · Charlotte Armstrong · ss EQMM Mar ’66
- 45 · Partner in Crime · Emily Neff · ss Wicked Women, ed. Lee Wright, Pocket, 1959
- 61 · Wife Missing [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv EQMM Mar ’58
- 83 · The Cooperative Defendant · Seicho Matsumoto · nv
- 113 · So Dark for April [as by John Evans; Paul Pine] · Howard Browne · nv Manhunt Feb ’53
- 139 · “Yes, Sir: No, Sir” · John Rossiter · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection, ed. Herbert Harris, 1978
- 165 · The One and Only East [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss EQMM Mar ’75
- 181 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss EQMM Apr ’47
- 197 · Murder in the Rue St. André des Arts [C. Auguste Dupin] · Michael Harrison · ss EQMM Dec ’70
- 213 · The Raffles Hunt [A. J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · nv EQMM Jan ’74
- 233 · Cloud Nine · Christianna Brand · ss Verdict of 13, ed. Julian Symons, London: Faber & Faber, 1979
- 247 · The Lost Heir [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv EQMM Dec ’74
- 267 · The Green Gorevan · Robert McNear · ss EQMM Dec ’69
- 281 · The Theft of the Venetian Window [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Nov ’75
- 301 · Merry-Go-Round [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss EQMM Nov ’53
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Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 1 ed. Stephen Beals (Six Lakes Arts 0-685-29418-8, 1989, $8.95, 128pp, tp) Stories from In-Between Magazine.
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