Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006
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New Crimes 3 ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Robinson 1-85487-098-X, 1991, 272pp, hc); Anthology of 20 stories, 17 new, and a reprint article by John Dickson Carr.
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New Crimes 3 ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-737-2, 1991, $18.95, 272pp, hc); Anthology of 20 stories, 18 new, and a reprint article by John Dickson Carr. First American edition (Robinson 1991).
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Home Sweet Homicide ed. Cathleen Jordan (Walker 0-8027-5798-7, 1991, $18.95, 228pp, hc); Anthology of 12 stories originally published in AHMM, with an introduction by the editor.
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Crime Waves ed. H. R. F. Keating (Gollancz 057505171X, 1991, hc)
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More Crimes for a Summer Christmas ed. Stephen Knight (North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1-86373-106-7, 1991, 236pp, tp); Original anthology of 16 Australian crime stories. Second annual volume.
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Christmas Stalkings ed. Charlotte MacLeod (The Mysterious Press 0-89296-437-5, Nov ’91, $17.95, 264pp, hc); Original anthology of 13 Christmas mystery stories.
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Christmas Stalkings ed. Charlotte MacLeod (Mystery Guild #18792, Nov ’91, ($14.98), 185pp, hc); Reprint (Mysterious Press 1991) original anthology. Sold as a package with the first edition of the collection Thurber on Crime (Mysterious Press 1991).
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Murder at Christmas ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet 0-451-17204-3, Nov ’91, $4.99, 251pp, pb); Anthology of 10 stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
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Mystery for Halloween ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet 0-451-17183-7, Oct ’91, $5.99, 255pp, pb); Anthology of 16 stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
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A Woman’s Eye: Featuring the Finest Female Sleuths By the Best Women Crime Writers Ever ed. Sara Paretsky (Delacorte 0-385-30000-X, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $19.00, 448pp, hc); Original anthology of 21 stories featuring female sleuths, with an introduction by Paretsky and Martin H. Greenberg. The book is copyrighted by Paretsky & Greenberg.
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A Woman’s Eye: Featuring the Finest Female Sleuths By the Best Women Crime Writers Ever ed. Sara Paretsky (Mystery Guild #18711, Sep ’91, $9.98, 317pp, hc); Reprint (Delacorte 1991) original anthology.
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Sinister Gambits ed. Richard Peyton (Souvenir Press 0-285-63052-0, 1991, £14.99, 318pp, hc); Anthology of 18 chess stories of murder and mystery.
- 7 · Introduction · Richard Peyton · in
- · I: GRANDPLAYER’S NIGHTMARES
- 17 · The Dreams of Albert Moreland · Fritz Leiber · nv The Acolyte Spr ’45
- 33 · The Three Sailors’ Gambit · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set Aug ’16
- 41 · The Devil That Troubled the Chessboard · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly Jan 11 ’36
- 50 · Pawn to King’s Four · Stephen Leacock · ss Happy Stories Just to Laugh At, New York: Dodd, Mead, 1943
- 58 · The Royal Game · Stefan Zweig · nv Woman’s Home Companion Mar ’44
- 102 · End-Game · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Jun ’63
- · II: BIZARRE CHESSMEN
- 124 · The Queen of the Red Chessmen · Lucretia P. Hale · nv Atlantic Monthly Feb, 1858
- 151 · A Game of Chess · Robert Barr · ss Pearson’s Magazine (US) Mar ’00
- 163 · A Set of Chessmen · Richard Marsh · ss The Cornhill Magazine Apr, 1890
- 180 · The Haunted Chessmen · E. R. Punshon · ss The Novel Magazine Mar ’16; Weird Tales Mar ’30
- 193 · Bishop’s Gambit [as by Stephen Grendon] · August Derleth · ss Avon Fantasy Reader 3, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon Book Co., 1947
- 205 · The Immortal Game · Poul Anderson · ss F&SF Feb ’54
- · III: BLOOD CHESS
- 222 · A Chess Problem [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Feb 13 ’24
- 234 · Checkmate · Alfred Noyes · ss The Hidden Player, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1924
- 248 · Professor Pownall’s Oversight [“The Unseen Player”] · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Royal Magazine Mar ’28
- 260 · The Cat from Siam · Fredric Brown · nv Popular Detective Sep ’49
- 291 · Fool’s Mate · Stanley Ellin · ss Stanley Ellin’s Mystery Magazine, 1948
- 306 · A Better Chess-Player · Kenneth Gavrell · ss AHMM Nov ’89
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Winter’s Crimes 23 ed. Maria Rejt (London: Macmillan 0-333-55921-5, 1991, hc)
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Revenge ed. Kate Saunders (Faber & Faber 0-571-12904-8, Oct ’91 [May ’92], $19.95, 247pp, hc); Anthology of 20 stories of revenge by women writers including Alice Walker and Muriel Spark — the majority are criminous or supernatural. This is a UK edition available in the US.
- · Introduction · Kate Saunders · in
- 1 · Pauline’s Passion & Punishment [as Anonymous] · Louisa May Alcott · nv Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper Jan 3, 1862 (+)
- 35 · The Spider’s Web · Lisa St. Aubin de Terán · ss
- 43 · Why Herbert Killed His Mother · Winifred Holtby · ss Truth Is Not Sober, Macmillan, 1934
- 50 · Being a People Person · Candia McWilliam · ss
- 60 · The Doom of the Griffiths · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Harper’s Monthly Jan, 1858
- 88 · Curry at the Laburnums · Shena Mackay · ss, 1983
- 100 · The Wedding Dress · Mary Flanagan · ss
- 119 · Samuel Lowgood’s Revenge · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Ralph the Bailiff and Other Tales, Ward, 1862
- 133 · Pass the Parcel · Lucy Ellmann · ss
- 139 · A Terrible Vengeance · Charlotte Riddell · nv Princess Sunshine and Other Stories, London: Ward & Downey, 1889
- 174 · Revenge · Joanna Briscoe · ss
- 179 · The Portable Virgin · Anne Enright · ss
- 183 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan, 1956
- 201 · Revenge · Ellen Gilchrist · ss, 1981
- 212 · Rigor Beach · Emma Tennant · ss Bananas #1 ’75
- 216 · Jim’s Angel · Kate Saunders · ss
- 224 · The Revenge of Hannah Kemhuff · Alice Walker · ss Ms. Jul ’73
- 236 · Delia and the Avengers · Maureen Freely · ss
- 244 · Making Arrangements · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Everybody’s Magazine Jun ’24
- 253 · A Glowing Future · Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Sep ’77
- 260 · Notes on the Authors · Misc. Material · bg
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More Ms. Murder ed. Marie Smith (London: Xanadu, 1991, 258pp, hc); Available in the US from Citadel Press.
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Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins ed. Eleanor Sullivan (Walker 0-8027-5779-0, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $21.95, 315pp, hc); Reprint (Davis 1989 as Ellery Queen’s 11 Deadly Sins) anthology of 20 crime and mystery stories that originally appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, with an introduction by the editor. This edition omits the Charlotte Armstrong novella “The Second Commandment”.
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Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine ed. Eleanor Sullivan (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-632-5, 1991, $22.95, 642pp, hc); Anthology of 50 stories reprinted from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
- 1 · Introduction · Eleanor Sullivan · in
- 5 · The Clue of the Red Wig · John Dickson Carr · nv The Strand Dec ’40; EQMM Dec ’48
- 28 · Lost Star [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · ss EQMM Sep ’44
- 40 · The Bloomsbury Wonder · Thomas Burke · nv; EQMM May ’42
- 63 · Dressing-Up · W. R. Burnett · ss Harper’s Nov ’29; EQMM Jun ’47
- 73 · Malice Domestic · Philip MacDonald · ss EQMM Oct ’46
- 88 · I Can Find My Way Out [Insp. (Supt.) Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh · ss EQMM Aug ’46
- 109 · The Fourth Degree [Dr. John Smith] · Hugh Pentecost · ss EQMM May ’48
- 123 · Midnight Adventure · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Nov ’38; EQMM Mar ’48
- 135 · A Study in White [“The Snow Line”] · Nicholas Blake · ss The Strand Feb ’49; EQMM May ’49
- 150 · The Phantom Guest [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv EQMM Win ’42
- 173 · As Simple as ABC [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv EQMM May ’51; ; as “The Gettysburg Bugle”, EQMM Jun ’65
- 188 · Money to Burn · Margery Allingham · ss EQMM Apr ’57
- 197 · The Gentlest of the Brothers · David Alexander · ss EQMM Feb ’56
- 210 · One-Way Street [Detective Inspector Painton] · Anthony Armstrong · ss, 1946; EQMM Nov ’52
- 218 · Murder at the Dog Show · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss EQMM Jan ’58
- 228 · Always Trust a Cop · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss EQMM Aug ’52
- 243 · The Withered Heart · Jean Potts · ss EQMM Feb ’57
- 253 · The Girl Who Married a Monster [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss EQMM Feb ’54
- 268 · Between Eight and Eight · C. S. Forester · ss EQMM Jun ’50
- 279 · Knowing What I Know Now · Barry Perowne · ss EQMM Nov ’52
- 297 · Change of Climate · Ursula Curtiss · ss EQMM Dec ’67
- 306 · Life in Our Time · Robert Bloch · ss EQMM Oct ’66
- 313 · The Special Gift · Celia Fremlin · ss EQMM Jul ’67
- 322 · A Neat and Tidy Job · George Harmon Coxe · ss EQMM Oct ’60
- 336 · Run—If You Can · Charlotte Armstrong · ss EQMM Feb ’64
- 345 · Line of Communication · Andrew Garve · ss EQMM Oct ’67
- 354 · Danger at Deerfawn · Dorothy B. Hughes · ss EQMM Aug ’64
- 367 · The Man Who Understood Women · A. H. Z. Carr · ss EQMM Jan ’60
- 376 · Revolver · Avram Davidson · ss EQMM Oct ’62
- 387 · The Eternal Chase · Anthony Gilbert · nv EQMM Aug ’65
- 407 · Reasons Unknown · Stanley Ellin · ss EQMM Dec ’78
- 418 · Three Ways to Rob a Bank · Harold R. Daniels · ss EQMM Mar ’72
- 427 · The Perfect Servant · Helen Nielsen · ss EQMM Nov ’71
- 439 · The Marked Man · David Ely · ss EQMM Sep ’79
- 448 · The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring · Julian Symons · ss EQMM Jul ’79
- 462 · A Nice Place to Stay · Nedra Tyre · ss EQMM Jun ’70
- 471 · Paul Broderick’s Man · Thomas Walsh · ss EQMM Apr ’79
- 483 · When Nothing Matters · Florence V. Mayberry · ss EQMM Dec ’79
- 492 · This Is Death [“In at the Death”] · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Thirteenth Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977; EQMM Nov ’78
- 503 · Woodrow Wilson’s Necktie · Patricia Highsmith · ss EQMM Mar ’72
- 517 · The Jackal and the Tiger · Michael Gilbert · nv Winter’s Crimes 20, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan, 1988
- 536 · The Fix · Robert Twohy · ss EQMM Jan 1 ’81
- 546 · One Moment of Madness · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Sep ’82
- 558 · Loopy · Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Feb ’83
- 568 · Plateau · Clark Howard · nv EQMM Jul ’84
- 585 · The Butchers · Peter Lovesey · ss Winter’s Crimes 14, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan, 1982; EQMM mid-Jul ’82
- 596 · Burning Bridges · James Powell · ss EQMM Feb ’89
- 607 · A Good Turn · Robert Barnard · ss EQMM Dec ’89
- 614 · Clap Hands, There Goes Charlie · George Baxt · ss EQMM Aug ’82
- 624 · Big Boy, Little Boy · Simon Brett · nv Winter’s Crimes 12, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan, 1980; EQMM mid-Jul ’83
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