Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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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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Reader’s Digest Mystery Top-Picks ed. Judith Hatch (Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader’s Digest Educational Division, 1977, 96pp, 5¼" x 8")
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Vintage Detective Stories ed. Mike Higgs (London: Galley Press 0-861-36617-4, 1987, £9.95, 285pp, hc) All but one story from Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 1, ed. by Dorothy L. Sayers.
- 7 · The Tea-Leaf · Edgar Jepson & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Oct ’25
- 17 · The Face in the Dark · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss The Harmsworth London Magazine Jul ’03
- 27 · The Wrong House [A. J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss, 1899
- 35 · The Cyprian Bees [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s Detective Fiction Feb 6 ’26
- 45 · Prince Charlie’s Dirk · Eden Phillpotts · na The London Magazine, 1926
- 71 · The Episode of the Black Diamond · Anon. · ss, 1920
- 79 · The Mysterious Death in Percy Street [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine Oct ’01; EQMM Apr ’49
- 89 · A Happy Solution · Raymund Allen · ss The Strand Dec ’16
- 97 · Sir Gilbert Murrell’s Picture [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine Oct ’05; EQMM May ’47
- 105 · The Ace of Trouble · C. Hedley Barker · ss Pearson’s Magazine, 1925
- 109 · The Hanover Court Murder [Mr. Pepper] · Sir Basil Thomson · ss, 1925
- 119 · The English Filter · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · ss The Strand Mar ’26
- 129 · The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Snowden’s Lady’s Companion Nov, 1842 (+2)
- 151 · The Blue Sequin [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Pearson’s Magazine Dec ’08
- 161 · The Clever Cockatoo [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss Metropolitan Magazine Jul ’14
- 171 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 ’05; EQMM May ’50
- 191 · The Secret of the Singular Cipher [Ebbie Entwhistle] · F. A. M. Webster · ss The Blue Magazine, 1925
- 199 · Coincidence [F.T. Carrington] · J. Storer Clouston · nv Carrington’s Cases, Blackwood, 1920; EQMM Oct ’48
- 211 · The Ebony Box · Mrs. Henry Wood · na, 1890
- 239 · The Adventure of the Fallen Angels · Percival Wilde · nv The Popular Magazine Oct 20 ’24
- 259 · The Ghost at Massingham Mansions [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Eyes of Max Carrados, Grant Richards, 1923
- 273 · The Long Barrow [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss The London Magazine Jan ’25
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Tales of Mystery and Suspense ed. Theodore W. Hipple (Allyn and Bacon LCC# 76-43395, 1977, 260pp, tp) English textbook.
- 1 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia United States Saturday Post Aug 19, 1843; EQMM Nov ’49
- 13 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Sep ’02
- 27 · The Manuscript of Dr. Arness · Gahan Wilson · ss Playboy Aug ’66
- 35 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine Jan, 1892
- 55 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jul 14, 1889
- 63 · The Boscombe Valley Mystery [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Oct, 1891
- 91 · The Second Gong [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv Ladies Home Journal Jun ’32
- 117 · The President Regrets [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss The Diners Club Magazine Sep ’65; EQMM Jul ’67
- 127 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant, Webster, 1882; EQMM Jul ’43
- 153 · Unreasonable Doubt · Stanley Ellin · ss EQMM Sep ’58
- 165 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Nov, 1882; EQMM Mar ’53
- 175 · The Benefit of the Doubt · Jack London · nv The Saturday Evening Post Nov 12 ’10
- 195 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 24 ’36
- 215 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League Oct ’33; EQMM Dec ’50
- 235 · The Ransom of Red Chief · O. Henry · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jul 6 ’07; EQMM Jul ’63
- 249 · August Heat · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales, J.M. Dent, 1910
- 257 · The Chaser · John Collier · ss New Yorker Dec 28 ’40; AHMM May ’88
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Sinister Spies [by Robert Arthur] ed. Anon. (Random House 0-394-84901-9, 1982, 215pp, tp) Abridged (Random House 1966).
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Ellery Queen the World’s Leading Mystery Magazine Presents Readers’ Choice ed. Janet Hutchings (Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines, 199?, no price, 74pp, digest) Subscription premium.
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The Craft of Detection ed. Leo B. Knerr (Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1973, 300pp, hc) Textbook, only fiction listed.
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Dark Arrows: Great Stories of Revenge ed. Alberto Manguel (Clarkson N. Potter 0-517-56259-6, 1987, $10.95, 311pp, tp) First American edition (Penguin Canada 1985).
- xiii · Introduction · Alberto Manguel · in
- 1 · The Pirate of the Round Pond · Lord Dunsany · nv The Little Tales of Smethers, London: Jarrolds, 1952
- 22 · A Bear Hunt · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post Feb 10 ’34
- 39 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 ’10
- 46 · The Foundling · Heinrich von Kleist; trans. by David Luke & Nigel Reeves · ss The Marquise of O & Other Stories, Penguin, 1978
- 64 · There Are No Snakes in Ireland · Frederick Forsyth · nv No Comebacks, 1982; EQMM Jan ’84
- 91 · The Great Electrical Revolution · Ken Mitchell · ss
- 103 · Willi · E. L. Doctorow · ss Atlantic Monthly May ’84
- 113 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 2, 1893
- 128 · Uncle Facundo · Isidoro Blaisten; trans. by Alberto Manguel · ss *
- 139 · Dayspring Mishandled · Rudyard Kipling · nv McCall’s Mar ’28
- 163 · Permission for Death Is Granted · Edmundo Valadés; trans. by Alberto Manguel · ss *
- 170 · Torridge · William Trevor · nv New Yorker, 1978
- 194 · Letter from His Father · Nadine Gordimer · ss, 1984
- 214 · Emma Zunz · Jorge Luís Borges · ss Labyrinths, New Directions, 1962
- 221 · Hop-Frog · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Flag of Our Union Mar 17, 1849
- 233 · A Woman’s Vengeance · Jules-Amédée Barbey d’Aurevilly; trans. by Edward Marielle · nv The Penguin Book of French Short Stories, ed. Edward Marielle, Penguin, 1968
- 274 · Miss Esperson [as by Stephen Grendon] · August Derleth · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1962
- 290 · The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The National Observer Feb 4, 1893
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959 ed. William Manners (H.S.D. Publications, 1959, 75¢, 128+128pp, digest) A rebinding of the March 1959 & May 1959 issues of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
- · Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v 4 # 3, March 1959] · mg
- 2 · Not So Sudden Death · Henry Slesar · ss AHMM Mar ’59
- 9 · Double Entry · Kris Giles · ss AHMM Mar ’59
- 24 · An Honest Man’s Legal Justice · Donald Honig · ss AHMM Mar ’59
- 32 · Angry Weather · Helen Nielsen · ss AHMM Mar ’59
- 44 · Unidentified and Dead · Bryce Walton · ss AHMM Mar ’59
- 62 · It Started Most Innocently · O. H. Leslie · ss AHMM Mar ’59
- 71 · Meditations Upon a Murder · Donald Martin · ss AHMM Mar ’59
- 78 · Of the Five Who Came... · Fletcher Flora · nv AHMM Mar ’59
- 100 · An Accident Has Been Arranged · Robert Edmond Alter · ss AHMM Mar ’59
- 107 · Sam’s Conscience · Douglas Farr · ss AHMM Mar ’59
- 114 · The Coldbrook Crime · C. B. Gilford · ss AHMM Mar ’59
- · Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v 4 # 5, May 1959] · mg
- 2 · Homicide Only Knocks Once · Henry Slesar · ss AHMM May ’59
- 12 · Blood Red Wine · Donald Martin · ss AHMM May ’59
- 18 · Silky Collins Finds an Angle on Some Squares · Joe Mackey · ss AHMM May ’59
- 30 · Which One’s the Guilty One? · Edward Wellen · ss AHMM May ’59
- 36 · Wonderful, Wonderful Violence · Donald Honig · ss AHMM May ’59
- 46 · Accidents Will Happen · Mark Mallory · ss AHMM May ’59
- 52 · We’re Really Not That Kind of People · Samuel W. Taylor · ss AHMM May ’59
- 66 · I Had a Hunch, and... · Talmage Powell · ss AHMM May ’59
- 76 · Coroner’s Jury · O. H. Leslie · ss AHMM May ’59
- 80 · The $5,000 Getaway · Jack Ritchie · ss AHMM May ’59
- 92 · Not So Deep as a Grave · Richard Hardwick · ss AHMM May ’59
- 97 · Murders Are Such a Nuisance · Robert Plate · ss AHMM May ’59
- 104 · The Very Hard Sell · Helen Nielsen · ss AHMM May ’59
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960 ed. William Manners (H.S.D. Publications, 1960, 75¢, 128+128pp, digest) A rebinding of the November 1959 & April 1960 issues of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
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Masterpieces of Surprise ed. James L. Monahan (Hart LCC# 66-23131, 1966, $1.50, 256pp, pb)
- 5 · Mr. Know-All · William Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jan ’25
- 15 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander Jan 17 ’12
- 25 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette Nov 18 ’11
- 31 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Nov, 1882
- 43 · The Bet · Anton Chekhov · ss
- 55 · Necktie Party · Henry Gregor Felsen · ss Colliers Apr 1 ’55
- 63 · The Diamond Necklace [“The Necklace”] · Guy de Maupassant · ss; Le Gaulois Feb 17, 1884.
- 77 · Charles · Shirley Jackson · ss Mademoiselle Jul ’48
- 87 · The Two-Gun Man · Stewart Edward White · ss Colliers Apr 15 ’05
- 105 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book, 1819
- 129 · The Gift of the Magi · O. Henry · ss
- 137 · Mammon and the Archer · O. Henry · ss, 1902
- 147 · The Cop and the Anthem · O. Henry · ss The Four Million, Doubleday, 1906
- 159 · Sense of Humor · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan Sep ’34
- 173 · The Snatching of Bookie Bob · Damon Runyon · ss Colliers Sep 26 ’31
- 193 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jun 29, 1890
- 203 · The Adventure of the Six Napoleons [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Colliers Apr 30 ’04
- 235 · The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Mark Twain · ss, 1867
- 245 · The Story of Keesh [“Keesh: The Bear Hunter”] · Jack London · ss Holiday Magazine for Children Jan ’04
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Masterpieces of Adventure ed. Louis Morris (Hart LCC# 66-15781, 1966, $1.50, 252pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) Back cover and spine list compiler as James L. Monahan, title page lists Morris.
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