Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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Crosstown Traffic ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood (Five Islands Press 1-875604-15-4, 1993, $12.95, 229pp, tp)
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Picador Book of Crime Writing ed. Michael Dibdin (Picador 0-330-32556-6, 1993, £14.99, 433pp, hc)
- v · On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts · Thomas de Quincey · ar Blackwood’s Feb, 1827
- 1 · Introduction · Michael Dibdin · in
- · Serious Business
- 11 · The Man Who Killed Himself · Julian Symons · ex, 1967
- 16 · The Shooting Party · Anton Chekhov; trans. by A. E. Chamot · ex, 1964
- 23 · The Postman Always Rings Twice · James M. Cain · ex London: Cape, 1934
- 27 · Thérèse Raquin [1867] · Émile Zola · ex, 1886
- 33 · A Kiss Before Dying · Ira Levin · ex New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953
- 40 · Under the Knife · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss, 1962
- 49 · The Maul and the Pear Tree · P. D. James & T. A. Critchley · ex, 1971
- 57 · “A Case of Fratricide” · Franz Kafka; trans. by J. A. Underwood · ex, 1981
- 60 · “Killings” · Andre Dubus · ex, 1991
- 70 · “Hitcher” [from Book of Matches] · Simon Armitage · ex London: Faber and Faber, 1993
- 72 · Smoke [Gavin Stevens] · William Faulkner · ex Harper’s Apr ’32
- 81 · Pick-Up on Noon Street [“Noon Street Nemesis”] · Raymond Chandler · ex Detective Fiction Weekly May 30 ’36
- 88 · The Killing of the Saints · Alex Abella · ex Serpent’s Tail, 1991
- · The Police in Different Voices
- 105 · Sir, You Bastard · G. F. Newman · ex, 1970; revised
- 115 · The Steam Pig · James McClure · ex London: Gollancz, 1971
- 125 · Act of Darkness · Francis King · ex London: Hutchinson, 1983
- 139 · Cop Killer · Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö; trans. by Thomas Teal · ex London: Gollancz, 1975
- 149 · Murder at the Munition Works · G. D. H. & M. Cole · ex, 1940
- 156 · A Coat of Varnish · C. P. Snow · ex, 1979
- 166 · The Erasers [from Les gommes, Editions de Minuit; Paris, 1953] · Alain Robbe-Grillet · ex, 1964
- 175 · Maigret’s Memoirs [from Les Mémoires de Maigret, Fayard; Paris, 1950; Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; trans. by J. Stewart · ex, 1963
- 183 · Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas · Hunter Thompson · ex, 1972
- 187 · Freaky Deaky · Elmore Leonard · ex New York: Arbor House, 1988
- · Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards
- 197 · (untitled) · Edgar Allan Poe · ms
- 197 · from “Epilogue: to Will H. Low” · Robert Louis Stevenson & Lloyd Osbourne · ex, 1892
- 198 · from “Why Do People Read Detective Stories?” · Edmund Wilson · ex, 1950
- 198 · from “Casual Notes on the Mystery Novel” · Raymond Chandler · ex Raymond Chandler Speaking, 1962
- 199 · from “How to Write a Detective Story” · G. K. Chesterton · ex, 1964
- 199 · from “The Case of the Corpse in the Blind Alley” · Philip Van Doren Stren · ex
- 200 · (untitled) · T. S. Eliot · ex The Criterion Jun ’27
- 200 · Finnegans Wake · James Joyce · ex London: Faber and Faber, 1939
- 201 · “Send for Lord Timothy” · John Heath-Stubbs · pm, 1988
- 202 · (untitled) · Antonio Gramsci · lt Oct 6 ’30
- 204 · from “A Sober Word on the Detective Story” · Harrison R. Steeves · ex
- 204 · (untitled) · Norman Shrapnel · ex
- 206 · (untitled) · Allen Pryce-Jones · ex
- 207 · (from “Über die Popularitat des Kriminalromans”, in Gesammelte Werke, Suhrkamp Verlag; Frankfurt am Main, 1967] · Bertolt Brecht; trans. by Jeff Morrison · ex, 1993
- 207 · from “Only a Detective Story” · Joseph Wood Krutch · ex The Nation Nov 25 ’44
- 207 · from Selected Essays · T. S. Eliot · ex London: Faber and Faber, 1951
- 208 · (from “Über die Popularitat des Kriminalromans”, in Gesammelte Werke, Suhrkamp Verlag; Frankfurt am Main, 1967] · Bertolt Brecht; trans. by Jeff Morrison · ex, 1993
- 208 · The Pledge [from Das Versprechen: Requiem auf den Kriminalroman, Die Arche; Zürich, 1958] · Friedrich Dürrenmatt; trans. by R. & C. Winston · ex London: Cape, 1959
- 210 · City of Glass · Paul Auster · ex Sun & Moon, 1985
- 211 · from “The Analysis of a Detective Story” · Charles Rycroft · ex
- 213 · from Postille a ‘Il nome della rosa’, Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, Bompiani, Sonzongo Etas SPA] · Umberto Eco · ex, 1993
- 213 · (from “Über die Popularitat des Kriminalromans”, in Gesammelte Werke, Suhrkamp Verlag; Frankfurt am Main, 1967] · Bertolt Brecht; trans. by Jeff Morrison · ex, 1993
- 214 · Passing Time [from L’Emploi du temps, Editions de Minuit; Paris, 1951] · Michel Butor; trans. by J. Stewart · ex London: Faber and Faber, 1961
- 215 · “Detective Story” · W. H. Auden · pm
- 216 · from “Simenon and ‘Le Commissaire’” · Pierre Weisz · ex
- 217 · untitled) · Haerold Nicholson · ex The Spectator Mar 23 ’51
- 217 · “The Wings of Henry James” · James Thurber · ex, 1961
- 218 · (untitled) · Raymond Queneau; trans. by Michael Dibdin · ms Batons, chiffres et lettres Sep 15 ’45
- 219 · from Les mots, Gallimard [in English as Words] · Jean-Paul Sartre; trans. by Irene Clephane · ex London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964
- 219 · “Somewhere a Roscoe...” · S. J. Perelman · ar, 1959
- 223 · Fast One · Paul Cain · ex Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran, 1933
- 223 · from The Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays · Northrop Frye · ex, 1957
- · Uncommon Murders
- 227 · Uncommon Murders · Michael Dibdin · si
- 231 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer Jan, 1843
- 236 · Porphyria’s Lover · Robert Browning · pm Dramatic Lyrics, Edward Moxon, 1842
- 238 · The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By [from L’Homme qui regardait passer les trains, Fayard; Paris, 1938] · Georges Simenon; trans. by S. Gilbert · ex, 1942
- 242 · The Vatican Cellars [from Les caves du Vatican, Gallimard; Paris, 1950] · André Gide; trans. by D. Bussy · ex Cassell’s, 1952
- 247 · The Picture of Dorian Gray [Dorian Gray] · Oscar Wilde · ex Lippincott’s Jul, 1890
- 253 · A Kiss of Fire · Masako Togawa; trans. by S. Grove · ex, 1988
- 259 · Reputation for a Song · Edward Grierson · ex London: Chatto & Windus, 1952
- 270 · Verdict of Twelve · Raymond Postgate · ex London: Collins, 1940
- 283 · A Pin to See the Peepshow · F. Tennyson Jesse · ex London: Heinemann, 1934
- 296 · The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor · Cameron McCabe · ex London: Gollancz, 1937
- 301 · “Model Village” · Carol Ann Duffy · pm, 1987
- 303 · The Thirty-First of February · Julian Symons · ex London: Gollancz, 1950
- 309 · “A Staffordshire Murderer” · James Fenton · pm, 1982
- 311 · Malice Aforethought · Francis Iles · ex London: Gollancz, 1931
- · The Dangerous Edge of Things
- 325 · The Dangerous Edge of Things · Michael Dibdin · si
- 330 · The Lodger · Marie Belloc Lowndes · ex McClure’s Jan ’11
- 340 · The Killers · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Mar ’27; EQMM Jun ’47
- 347 · The Glass Key · Dashiell Hammett · ex New York: Knopf, 1931
- 355 · Squeeze Play · Paul Benjamin · ex London: Faber and Faber, 1991
- 360 · Trust · George V. Higgins · ex, 1989
- 366 · The Lady in the Lake · Raymond Chandler · ex New York: Knopf, 1943
- 373 · A Red Death [Easy Rawlins] · Walter Mosley · ex Serpent’s Tail, 1991
- 380 · The Second Curtain · Roy Fuller · ex, 1953
- 385 · Plain Murder · C. S. Forester · ex, 1930
- 393 · We, the Accused · Ernest Raymond · ex Cassell’s, 1935
- 402 · A Dark-Adapted Eye · Barbara Vine · ex, 1986
- 408 · In a Lonely Place · Dorothy B. Hughes · ex, 1950
- 412 · Strangers on a Train · Patricia Highsmith · ex, 1950
- 421 · Index · Misc. · ix
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Dark Crimes 2: Modern Masters of Noir ed. Ed Gorman (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-919-7, 1993, $12.95, 512pp, tp) Anthology of one novel and 21 stories.
- 11 · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in
- 13 · The Dripping · David Morrell · ss EQMM Aug ’72
- 21 · And Miles to Go Before I Sleep [“Life After Life”] · Lawrence Block · ss AHMM Oct ’78
- 33 · Miranda · John D. MacDonald · nv 15 Mystery Stories Oct ’50
- 58 · Deceptions [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · nv A Matter of Crime v1, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- 78 · The Long Silence After · Ed Gorman · ss Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1992
- 84 · The Dead Past · Nancy Pickard · ss Mystery Scene Oct ’89
- 96 · All the Same · Bill Pronzini · ss AHMM Sep ’72; revised
- 105 · The View · Brian Garfield · ss EQMM Jul ’83
- 118 · Hector Gomez Provides · John Lutz · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug ’85
- 127 · The Steel Valentine · Joe R. Lansdale · ss By Bizarre Hands, Ziesing, 1989
- 143 · Triangle · Teri White · n. New York: Ace Charter, 1982
- 362 · The Luckiest Man in the World · Rex Miller · ss Masques #3, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1989
- 370 · The Party · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy Apr ’67
- 380 · Predators · Edward Bryant · ss Night Visions 4, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1987
- 396 · In the Fast Lane · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Grue #8 ’88
- 403 · The Perfect Crime [Philip Marlowe] · Max Allan Collins · nv Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf, 1988
- 424 · Paint the Town Green [T. C. Brock] · Robert Colby · nv AHMM Oct ’77
- 441 · Jody and Annie on TV · John Shirley · nv Cold Blood, ed. Richard T. Chizmar, Ziesing, 1991
- 458 · Snow Angels · Loren D. Estleman · ss Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991
- 474 · The Memorial Hour · Wade Miller · ss EQMM Mar ’60
- 488 · Pretty Boy · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991
- 507 · Secrets · Gary Lovisi · ss *
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Crimes of Passion: Twenty-Three Tales of Love and Hate ed. Martin H. Greenberg (New York: Barnes & Noble 1-56619-071-1, 1993, $9.98, 469pp, hc) Anthology of 23 crime stories.
- 1 · Afraid All the Time · Nancy Pickard · ss Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989
- 13 · As Good as a Rest · Lawrence Block · ss EQMM Aug ’86
- 21 · At the Old Swimming Hole [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · nv Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986
- 40 · Dead on Arrival · Joan Hess · ss Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991
- 51 · A Bunch of Mumbo Jumbo · Jan Grape · ss Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991
- 62 · Marble Mildred [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1988
- 88 · A Crime of Passion · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Gauntlet #2 ’91
- 103 · The Life and Deaths of Rachel Long · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991
- 118 · Lieutenant Harald and the Treasure Island Treasure [Lt. Sigrid Harald] · Margaret Maron · ss AHMM Sep ’89
- 130 · The Body Beautiful · Judith Kelman · ss Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991
- 141 · Several Deaths Later · Ed Gorman · nv, 1988
- 276 · Faces · F. Paul Wilson · nv Night Visions 6, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1988
- 300 · A Man with a Fortune [“How Mr. Smith Traced His Ancestors”] · Peter Lovesey · ss The Mystery Guild Anthology, ed. John Waite, Constable, 1980
- 311 · More Like Martine [“Mine to Love”] · Charlotte MacLeod · ss Good Housekeeping Aug 20 ’66
- 319 · A Predatory Woman · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
- 329 · Nine Sons · Wendy Hornsby · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
- 339 · Telling George · Dorothy Cannell · ss *
- 346 · Cupid’s Dart · Robert Barnard · ss EQMM May ’90
- 359 · Norman and the Killer · Joyce Carol Oates · nv, 1965
- 377 · The Girls in Villa Costas [“Playing It Cool”] · Simon Brett · ss EQMM Dec 2 ’81
- 391 · Stacked Deck · Bill Pronzini · nv The New Black Mask No.8, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- 411 · Dust to Dust · Marcia Muller · ss Specter!, ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1982
- 420 · Storm [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · na, 1960
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The Further Adventures of Batman Volume 3: Featuring Catwoman ed. Martin H. Greenberg (Bantam 0-553-56069-7, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $5.50, 468pp, pb) [Batman] Original anthology of 13 stories featuring Batman and Catwoman, most with sf or fantasy elements.
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Murder British Style ed. Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble 1-56619-168-8, 1993, $9.98, 529pp, hc) Anthology of 19 “cozy” mystery stories.
- 1 · The Four Suspects [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss Pictorial Review Jan ’30
- 15 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Dec, 1892
- 39 · The Adventure of the Suffering Ruler [Sherlock Holmes] · H. R. F. Keating · ss Blackwood’s May ’79
- 57 · Rats! · Dorothy Cannell · ss *
- 63 · The Convolvulus Clock · Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Aug ’85
- 75 · Fair and Square · Margaret Yorke · ss EQMM Aug ’82
- 89 · The Uninvited [“A Prince of Abyssinia”; Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) Mar ’62
- 99 · The Black Cliffs · Joan Aiken · ss, 1982
- 115 · The Dream Is Better · Julian Symons · ss Winter’s Crimes 14, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan, 1982
- 129 · Behind the Locked Door [“The Locked Room”] · Peter Lovesey · ss Winter’s Crimes 10, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan, 1978; EQMM Mar ’79
- 143 · The Invisible Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Cassell’s Feb ’11
- 159 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Sep ’53
- 169 · Madame Sara [Madame Sara] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Oct ’02
- 193 · The Case of Mr. Foggatt [Martin Hewitt] · Arthur Morrison · ss The Strand May, 1894
- 211 · The Case of the Late Mr. Rewse [Martin Hewitt] · Arthur Morrison · nv The Windsor Magazine, 1896
- 237 · In the Fog · Richard Harding Davis · na New York: R.H. Russell, 1901
- 287 · Big Boy, Little Boy · Simon Brett · nv Winter’s Crimes 12, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan, 1980
- 309 · The Story of the Lost Special · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Aug, 1898
- 327 · The Three Coffins [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · n. New York: Harper, 1935
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Danger in D.C. ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-374-9, 1993, $20.00, 262pp, hc) Original anthology of crime stories featuring cats in the nation’s capitol.
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Santa Clues ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh (Signet 0-451-17708-8, Nov ’93, $4.99, 272pp, pb) Original anthology of 19 Christmas mystery stories.
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Great Irish Detective Stories ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press 0-285-63146-2, 1993, £14.99, 368pp, hc) Anthology of 26 detective stories by Irish writers.
- 7 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- 11 · 1 FOUL PLAY: Stories of Murder and Death
- 13 · Events at Drimaghleen · William Trevor · ss Grand Street, 1987
- 30 · The Hand and the Word · Gerald Griffin · nv
- 56 · The Hanging of Myles Joyce · James Joyce · nf
- 58 · Telling · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Black Cap, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1927
- 66 · A Study in White [“The Snow Line”] · Nicholas Blake · ss The Strand Feb ’49; EQMM May ’49
- 80 · Rats · Rearden Connor · ss The (London) Evening Standard Apr 28 ’34
- 89 · 2 LAW BREAKING: Cases of Theft and Robbery
- 91 · The Curse of Kishogue · Samuel Lover · ss
- 98 · Negative Evidence · Richard Dowling · ss, 1888
- 108 · A Lunatic at Large · George A. Birmingham · ss
- 120 · The Glass Panel · Eimar O’Duffy · ss Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers, 1935
- 133 · The Sting · Flann O’Brien · vi
- 136 · The Informers [from The Scarperer, as by Emmet Street] · Brendan Behan · ex Irish Times, 1953
- 144 · Foxer · Brian Cleeve · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 18 ’65
- 159 · 3 CRIME PASSIONEL: Tales of Jealousy and Revenge
- 161 · Murder at Cobbler’s Hulk · Sean O’Faolain · nv Playboy Jul ’71
- 184 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time & Tide Nov 12 ’32 (+1); EQMM Mar ’51
- 197 · Girl of My Dreams · Peter Cheyney · ss
- 212 · All in the Way You Look at It [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss EQMM Apr ’53
- 222 · In the Train · Frank O’Connor · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine Jun ’35
- 236 · Maiden’s Leap · Benedict Kiely · nv
- 259 · 4 THE DETECTIVES: Police and Private Investigators
- 261 · The Law Is the Law · Liam O’Flaherty · ss EQMM Dec ’54
- 275 · The Vanishing Diamonds [Paul Beck] · M. McDonnell Bodkin · nv Pearson’s Weekly Jan 23, 1897
- 297 · Justice Evaded [Mervyn Henderson] · Dorothea Conyers · ss
- 310 · East Wind [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss, 1938
- 326 · Chailey’s Folly · L. A. G. Strong · ss The (London) Evening Standard May 1 ’34
- 337 · Murder in Repose [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv *
- 359 · Mugging in Harcourt Street · Cathal Ó Sándair; trans. by Séamas Ó Coileáin · ss Feasta, 1982
- 364 · Solution to “A Study in White” by Nicholas Blake · Misc. · ms
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