Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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Women of Mystery ed. Cynthia Manson (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-806-9, Apr ’92, $18.95, 260pp, hc) Anthology of 15 stories by women reprinted from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
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Futurecrime: An Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-312-9, Jan ’92, $21.95, 323pp, hc, cover by Loretta Trezzo) Anthology of 15 sf/crime/thriller stories, with an introduction by the editors. There are three originals by C.J. Cherryh, George Alec Effinger, and Alan Dean Foster.
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High Adventure ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Barnes & Noble 0-88029-826-X, 1992, $9.98, 593pp, hc)
- ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai · in
- · Explorers, Travelers & Fortune Hunters
- 3 · Trapalanda · Charles Sheffield · nv IASFM Jun ’87
- 26 · Discovery · Patrick Ireland · ss EQMM Dec ’88
- 31 · The New Catacomb [“Burger’s Secret”] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Sunlight Year Book, 1898
- 43 · The Man Who Would Be King · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Phantom Rickshaw, Allahabad: Wheeler, 1888
- 71 · On the Border · Lucius Shepard · nv IASFM Aug ’87
- 102 · The Dakar Run · Clark Howard · nv EQMM Aug ’88
- · On the High Seas
- 133 · The Hidden Saboteur · David Braly · nv AHMM Aug ’84
- 161 · A Descent into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May, 1841
- 175 · Typhoon · Joseph Conrad · na, 1902
- · Lands of Snow & Ice
- 239 · Icewater Mansions · Doug Allyn · nv EQMM Jan ’92
- 264 · The Fearless One [“The End of the Story”] · Jack London · ss Woman’s World Nov ’11
- 280 · Brothers · John Dobbyn · pm EQMM Aug ’89
- · Spies, Tough Guys & Private Eyes
- 289 · The Living Daylights [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · ss The Sunday Times (London) Feb 4 ’62; EQMM Mar ’69
- 307 · Like a Dog in the Street · Lawrence Block · nv AHMM Apr ’77
- 327 · Dogs · Loren D. Estleman · ss AHMM May ’87
- 342 · Pay-Off Girl · James M. Cain · ss Esquire Aug ’52; EQMM Feb ’55
- 350 · From Zaire to Eternity · Charles Ardai · ss AHMM Jul ’89
- 368 · Hooray for Hollywood · Robert Twohy · ss EQMM Aug 18 ’80
- · Men on the Run—Men Caught in a Trap
- 387 · The Phantom of the Subway [“You Pays Your Nickel”] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Argosy Aug 22 ’36; EQMM Jun ’83
- 402 · Caught · O. Henry · ss
- 411 · The Sire de Malétroit’s Door · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar Jan, 1878
- 427 · The Executioner · Honoré de Balzac · ss Mode Jan 29, 1830
- 436 · Tarzan’s First Love [Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs & Gaylord DuBois, adapt. · ss Tarzan of the Apes Story Digest Magazine Jun ’70; adapted from Jungle Tales of Tarzan, McClurg 1919
- · Across Time & Space
- 453 · Frost and Thunder · Randall Garrett · nv Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Sum ’79
- 474 · Superwine [Basil Argyros] · Harry Turtledove · na IASFM Apr ’87
- 519 · Davidson, Shadow Slayer · John Kelly · ss Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Sum ’79
- 532 · Rescue Run · Anne McCaffrey · na Analog Aug ’91
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Kingpins: Tales from Inside the Mob ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-807-7, 1992, $18.95, 254pp, hc) Anthology of 17 stories from EQMM and AHMM.
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New England Crime Chowder ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (International Polygonics 1-55882-127-9, Apr ’92, $12.95, 258pp, tp) Anthology of 14 stories from EQMM and AHMM.
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Great Law and Order Stories ed. John Mortimer (Norton 0-393-03079-2, Jan ’92 [May ’92], $25.00, 356pp, hc) Anthology of 14 legal and courtroom stories, with an introduction by the editor. First American edition (UK 1990), omits one story.
- ix · Introduction · John Mortimer · in
- 3 · Ginger and the Kingsmarkham Chalk Circle [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv, 1979
- 38 · The Adventure of the Copper Beeches [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Jun, 1892
- 64 · The Biter Bit [“Who Is the Thief?”] · William Wilkie Collins · nv Atlantic Monthly Apr, 1858
- 93 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, an, 1844, 1844
- 112 · Murder! · Arnold Bennett · nv Liberty Oct 1 ’27
- 130 · The King in Yellow · Raymond Chandler · na Dime Detective Magazine Mar ’38
- 182 · The Absence of Mr. Glass [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Nov ’12
- 195 · The Heroine · Patricia Highsmith · ss Harper’s Bazaar, 1945
- 211 · Hunted Down · Charles Dickens · nv New York Ledger Aug 20-Sep 3, 1859
- 235 · Rumpole and the Tap End [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · nv Rumpole and the Age of Miracles, Penguin, 1988
- 277 · The Woman in the Big Hat [Lady Molly de Mazareen] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv Cassell’s; from Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, London: Cassell 1910.
- 299 · Inspector Ghote and the Miracle Baby [Insp. Ganesh Ghote] · H. R. F. Keating · ss Catholic Herald; ; as “Inspector Ghote and the Miracle”, EQMM Jan ’72
- 306 · The Evidence of the Altar-Boy [1947; Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; trans. by Jean Stewart · nv, 1977
- 339 · A Very Commonplace Murder [“Moment of Power”] · P. D. James · ss, 1967
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Malice Domestic 1: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories Elizabeth Peters (Pocket 0-671-73826-7, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.99, 275pp, pb) Original anthology of 13 “cozy” mystery stories, with an introduction by Elizabeth Peters. This is “Presented By” Elizabeth Peters and edited by Martin H. Greenberg, although his name appears only on the copyright page.
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Ellery Queen’s Faces of Mystery ed. Ellery Queen (Curley Publishing 0-7927-1295-1, 1992 [Jan ’96], £9.95, 238pp, hc) Mystery story anthology. This Large Print edition reprints only five of the 18 stories in the original (Dial 1977) edition.
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Masters of Suspense ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan (Galahad 0-88365-787-2, Aug ’92, $9.98, 528pp, hc) Reprint (Galahad 1980 as Ellery Queen: The Best of Suspense, ed. Anon.). Omits ten stories from the original edition. An “instant remainder” edition.
- 11 · Still a Cop [Hal Johnson, Library Fuzz] · James Holding · ss EQMM Dec ’75
- 22 · Blue Monday · Joyce Harrington · ss EQMM May ’76
- 31 · Installment Past Due · Robert Twohy · ss EQMM Sep ’78
- 40 · The Clue of the Screaming Woman · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The Country Gentleman Jan ’49 (+3)
- 96 · The Pinwheel Dream · Barbara Callahan · ss EQMM Jul ’77
- 103 · This Is Death [“In at the Death”] · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Thirteenth Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977; EQMM Nov ’78
- 113 · Jericho and the Deadly Errand [John Jericho] · Hugh Pentecost · ss EQMM Jan ’73
- 126 · The Theft of Nick Velvet [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Feb ’74
- 138 · One for Virgil Tibbs [Virgil Tibbs] · John Ball · ss EQMM Feb ’76
- 150 · Doc Wharton’s Legacy · Ernest Savage · ss EQMM Mar ’77
- 162 · Dream House · Kathryn Gottlieb · ss EQMM Feb ’78
- 169 · The Plastic Jungle · Joyce Harrington · ss EQMM Dec ’72
- 178 · A As in Alibi [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss EQMM Feb ’66
- 187 · The Pool Sharks · Ursula Curtiss · ss EQMM Oct ’76
- 195 · Nobody Tells Me Anything [Henry Turnbuckle] · Jack Ritchie · ss EQMM Oct ’76
- 210 · Etiquette for Dying · Celia Fremlin · ss EQMM Jan ’77
- 215 · One Thing Leads to Another · Harold Q. Masur · ss EQMM Apr ’78
- 226 · Homage to John Keats · Henry T. Parry · ss EQMM Oct ’73
- 232 · A Stroke of Genius [Minerva Club] · Victor Canning · ss EQMM Feb ’65
- 239 · The Odd Man · Ellery Queen · ss Playboy Jun ’71; EQMM Oct ’75
- 246 · Hunting Accident · Brian Garfield · ss EQMM Jun ’77
- 258 · I Can’t Help Saying Goodbye · Ann Mackenzie · ss EQMM May ’78
- 261 · Captain Leopold Plays a Hunch [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Jul ’73
- 272 · Jericho and the Studio Murders [John Jericho] · Hugh Pentecost · ss EQMM Nov ’75
- 282 · Warm and Dry [Supt. Minter] · Edgar Wallace · ss, 1975; EQMM Nov ’76
- 288 · A Case of Maximum Need · Celia Fremlin · ss EQMM Mar ’77
- 295 · Dangerous Sport · Celia Fremlin · ss EQMM Sep ’76
- 303 · Charlie’s Shell Game [Charlie Dark] · Brian Garfield · ss EQMM Feb ’78
- 316 · The Pencil · Edmund Crispin · ss, 1953; EQMM Sep ’73
- 319 · Just Like Inspector Maigret [George Drayton] · Vincent McConnor · ss EQMM Oct ’64
- 327 · Advice, Unlimited · Douglas Shea · ss EQMM Dec ’76
- 334 · Raffles and the Dangerous Game [A. J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss EQMM Jun ’76
- 345 · Last Rendezvous · Jean L. Backus · ss EQMM Sep ’77
- 351 · Virgil Tibbs and the Cocktail Napkin [Virgil Tibbs] · John Ball · ss EQMM Apr ’77
- 359 · The Happy Brotherhood [Insp. Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss EQMM May ’77
- 367 · The Sacrificial Goat · Thomas Walsh · ss EQMM Jan ’78
- 377 · When in Rome · Patricia Highsmith · nv EQMM Oct ’78
- 394 · Locks Won’t Keep You Out · Nedra Tyre · ss EQMM Feb ’73
- 400 · Waiting for the Police · Celia Fremlin · ss EQMM Feb ’73
- 403 · Nothing But the Truth · Patricia McGerr · ss EQMM May ’73
- 414 · Have You a Fortune in Your Attic? [Grandfather Rastin] · Lloyd Biggle, Jr. · ss EQMM May ’63
- 426 · The Killer with No Fingerprints [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv EQMM Jun ’64
- 445 · Paying Joe Back · Richard Laymon · ss EQMM Sep ’75
- 450 · The Merry Band [“Lost Leader”; Insp. Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) Nov ’57; EQMM Sep ’75
- 462 · The Man Who Kept His Promise · L. E. Behney · ss EQMM Aug ’66
- 466 · Why Don’t You Like Me? · L. E. Behney · ss EQMM Aug ’66
- 473 · Cry Havoc · Davis Grubb · ss EQMM Aug ’76
- 481 · Murder Never Solves Anything [Scott Jordan] · Harold Q. Masur · ss EQMM Aug ’76
- 490 · A Drop Too Much · Ruth Rendell · ss Winter’s Crimes 7, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1975; EQMM Aug ’76
- 499 · The Grass Widow · Florence V. Mayberry · ss EQMM Aug ’77
- 511 · The Seed Caper · Jack Ritchie · ss EQMM Aug ’77
- 516 · The Men in Black Raincoats · Pete Hamill · ss EQMM Dec ’77
- 522 · Dead Ringer [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss The Diners Club Magazine Mar ’65; EQMM Oct ’66
- 525 · Under the Skin · Bill Pronzini · ss EQMM Oct ’77
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Deadly Allies: Private Eye Writers of America and Sisters in Crime Collaborative Anthology ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace (Doubleday Perfect Crime 0-385-42235-0, Apr ’92, $18.50, 369pp, hc) Original anthology of 20 stories by members of the Private Eye Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, with a foreword by the editors.
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