Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006
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The Tough Ones ed. Whit & Hallie Burnett (Popular Library Eagle EB 28, Nov ’54, 35¢, 160pp, pb); Anthology of 10 stories from Story magazine.
- 5 · Introduction · Whit & Hallie Burnett · in
- 9 · The Green Palms · Robert Payne · nv Story, 1947
- 41 · The Greatest Thing in the World · Norman K. Mailer · ss The Harvard Advocate Apr ’41
- 57 · Congo · Stuart Cloete · ss Story Mar/Apr ’43
- 67 · The Drag · Frederick Darling · ss Story #3, ed. Whit Burnett & Hallie Burnett, A.A. Wyn, 1953
- 78 · The Door Between · James Wyckoff · ss Story #1, ed. Whit Burnett & Hallie Burnett, David McKay, 1951
- 90 · Twenty-One—Twenty-Two · Vernon Loggins · ss Story, 1947
- 109 · There Are Worse Places · Shepard Rifkin · ss Story, 1947
- 117 · Sawdust · Arthur Foff · ss Story, 1947
- 126 · The Man · Mel Dinelli · ss Story, 1945
- 142 · The Unbowed Head · Fred E. Ross · ss Story, 1947
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The Pan Book of Revenge Stories ed. W. H. Cozens (London: Pan Books 0-330-02771-9, 1971, 176pp, pb)
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964 ed. Richard E. Decker (Davis, 1964, 75¢, 128+128+128pp, digest); A rebinding of the November, June & August 1963 issues of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
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World-Famous Great Mystery Stories ed. Eleanor M. Edwards (Hart LCC# 60-6578, 1960, 191pp, hc); Anthology of four stories illustrated by David Stone.
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Danger Is the Password: Stories of Wartime Spies ed. Phyllis R. Fenner (Morrow LCC# 65-18510, 1965, hc); Anthology of 10 stories, illustrated by Charles Geer.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967 ed. G. F. Foster (Davis, 1967, 75¢, 160+160pp, digest); A rebinding of the April 1967 & September 1966 issues of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1968 ed. G. F. Foster (Davis, 1968, 75¢, 160+160pp, digest); A rebinding of the October 1967 & ? issues of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
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Detective Stories ed. A. L. Furman (Lantern Press, 1966, pb); See: Everygirl’s Detective Stories (Lantern 1961).
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Everygirl’s Detective Stories ed. A. L. Furman (Lantern Press LCC# 61-5218, 1961, 195pp, hc); Anthology of six stories, reprinted as Detective Stories (Lantern 1966).
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Teen-age Detective Stories ed. A. L. Furman (Lantern Press, 1968, 192pp, hc)
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Teen-age Spy Stories ed. A. L. Furman (Lantern Press, 1967, 191pp, hc)
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Detection ed. James Gibson & Alan Ridout (John Murray 0-7195-3500-X, 1978, 119pp, hc)
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Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense ed. Martin H. Greenberg (Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 11389, 1988, 651pp, hc)
- xi · Introduction · Martin H. Greenberg · in
- 3 · The Copper Beeches [“The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”; Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Jun, 1892
- 26 · The Blue Cross [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv The Storyteller Sep ’10; AHMM Aug ’83
- 44 · The Submarine Plans [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Nov 7 ’23; ; as “Shadow in the Night”, EQMM Aug ’55
- 57 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz, 1933; EQMM Mar ’50
- 67 · Death on the Air [Insp. (Supt.) Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh · nv, 1939; EQMM Jan ’48; AHMM mid-Dec ’84
- 94 · Help Wanted, Male [Nero Wolfe; Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine Aug ’45; EQMM Feb ’48
- 132 · Midnight Blue [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 ’60; EQMM Jul ’71
- 160 · Abraham Lincoln’s Clue [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss MD Jun ’65; ; as “The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln’s Clue”, EQMM Mar ’67
- 179 · The Fever Tree · Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Jun ’82
- 194 · Twenty-One Good Men and True · Dick Francis · ss Verdict of 13, ed. Julian Symons, London: Faber & Faber, 1979
- 207 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5, ed. Virginia Whitaker, London: Macmillan, 1973; EQMM Feb ’84
- 222 · Little Terror · Robert Barnard · ss Winter’s Crimes 18, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan, 1986
- 232 · The Dream Is Better · Julian Symons · ss Winter’s Crimes 14, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan, 1982; EQMM Aug ’82
- 246 · The Homesick Buick · John D. MacDonald · ss EQMM Sep ’50
- 259 · Danger Out of the Past [“Protection”] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Manhunt May ’55; EQMM Mar ’61
- 271 · The Case of the Emerald Sky [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch Jul 10 ’40; EQMM Mar ’45
- 280 · Strictly Diplomatic · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Dec ’39; EQMM Jan ’46
- 295 · The African Tree Beavers [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) Aug ’71; EQMM Jul ’72
- 317 · There Are No Snakes in Ireland · Frederick Forsyth · nv No Comebacks, 1982; EQMM Jan ’84
- 339 · The Splintered Monday · Charlotte Armstrong · ss EQMM Mar ’66
- 356 · The Dancing Detective [“Dime a Dance”] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask Feb ’38; EQMM Fll ’41
- 379 · And So Died Riabouchinska · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Jun/Jul ’53
- 392 · Quitters, Inc. · Stephen King · ss Night Shift, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978
- 411 · The Nine-to-Five Man · Stanley Ellin · ss EQMM Nov ’61
- 426 · The Man Who Collected Poe · Robert Bloch · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct ’51
- 443 · The Nuggy Bar [“The Metaphor for Murder”] · Simon Brett · nv EQMM Feb 25 ’81
- 466 · The Theft of the Four of Spades [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Oct 6 ’80
- 480 · The Parker Shotgun [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · nv Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986
- 496 · Lucky Penny · Linda Barnes · ss The New Black Mask No.3, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985
- 514 · Never Shake a Family Tree · Donald E. Westlake · ss AHMM Mar ’61
- 526 · The Marked Man · Ursula Curtiss · ss EQMM Oct ’72
- 537 · Have a Nice Death · Antonia Fraser · ss Fiction Magazine, 1983
- 550 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant, Webster, 1882; EQMM Jul ’43
- 570 · The Cross of Lorraine [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss EQMM May ’76
- 586 · The Worst Crime Known to Man · Reginald Hill · ss London Sunday Express Jul 1 ’84
- 593 · The Honest Blackmailer · Patricia Moyes · ss EQMM Sep ’82
- 600 · Cat’s-Paw [Nameless private eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Waves Press, 1983
- 620 · A Nice Place to Stay · Nedra Tyre · ss EQMM Jun ’70
- 630 · Milady Bigamy [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss EQMM Jul ’78
- 645 · One Thousand Dollars a Word · Lawrence Block · ss AHMM Mar ’78
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Victorian Villainies ed. Graham & Hugh Greene (Viking 0-760-80046-5, 1984, 715pp, hc)
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Carnage at Christhaven: A Serial Mystery Novel By Certain Members of the Chrysostom Society ed. William Griffin (San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row 0-06-061379-3, 1989, $9.95, 154pp, tp)
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John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book 1975 ed. Herbert Harris (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974, hc)
- 9 · You Can’t Rely on People · Colin Robertson · ss Argosy (UK) Mar ’73
- 16 · Revenge [as by Michael Halliday] · John Creasey · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine Feb ’62
- 24 · Duel by Night · Paul Tabori · ss Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Jun ’66
- 43 · What’s Your Guilty Secret? · Jeffry Scott · ss London Mystery #91 ’71
- 51 · Dogs of Peace · Herbert Harris · ss Argosy (UK) Aug ’73
- 59 · Photographer’s Model · T. C. H. Jacobs · ss Argosy (UK)
- 65 · Chopper’s Choice · Alan Evans · ss Argosy (UK) Jan ’74
- 79 · A Man Walking Tall · John C. Boland · ss Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Apr ’66
- 87 · The Bob-Tailed Flush · Bill Knox · ss Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Apr ’66
- 104 · The System [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) Apr ’70
- 118 · Cause for Alarm · Robert Charles · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine Jun ’62
- 134 · The Alibi · Josephine Bell · ss The (London) Evening Standard
- 142 · Hot Summer Night [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss Argosy (UK); EQMM Nov ’75
- 154 · Mrs. Mackenzie · Rosemary Timperley · ss London Mystery #77 ’68
- 161 · The Quiet One · James Pattinson · ss Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Jun ’66
- 167 · Crack-Up · John Davies · ss Argosy (UK) Apr ’73
- 182 · He Got What She Wanted · Nigel Morland · ss; John Creasey Mystery Magazine Jan ’61; Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) May ’67
- 197 · Take the Fence · Cyril Donson · ss Argosy (UK) Nov ’73
- 209 · Alpha to Omega [Ben Logan] · John Taverner · nv London Mystery #94 ’72
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