Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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- 7 · Foreword · Mike Ripley · fw
- 13 · My Mother Was a Bank Robber · Nicholas Blincoe · ss *
- 25 · She Rote [Charlie Resnick] · John Harvey · ss *
- 41 · Uncertainties and Small Surprises · Stella Duffy · ss *
- 50 · A Piece of Cake · Russell James · ss Constable New Crimes 1, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable, 1992
- 62 · Blood and Guts, Goodge Street · Maxim Jakubowski · ss *
- 76 · Nowhere to Run · Mark Timlin · ss *
- 83 · Natural Selection · Ian Rankin · ss *
- 95 · Nightmare in the Street · Derek Raymond · ss *
- 109 · No Strings Attached · Joe Canzius · ss *
- 123 · Harry’s Down · John B. Spencer · ss *
- 133 · Phreak · Denise Danks · ss *
- 145 · Friday Night · Graeme Gordon · ss *
- 156 · Calling Cards · Mike Ripley · ss Winter’s Crimes 24, ed. Maria Rejt, London: Macmillan, 1992
- 178 · My Cousin’s Gratitude · Chaz Brenchley · nv *
- 221 · About the Authors · Misc. · bg
- 7 · Introduction · Thomas S. Roche · in
- 11 · Silencer · Carol Queen · ss *
- 19 · Wanted · M. Christian · ss *
- 29 · i’m sorry · Trish Thomas · ss *
- 35 · Real Blood · Lucy Taylor · ss *
- 41 · The Big Black Dildo · Simon Sheppard · ss *
- 55 · Elizabeth’s Mouth · Alice Joanou · ss *
- 63 · Dick Death, Punk Detective Episode 1: I Want Candy · Bill Brent · ss *
- 75 · Bait and Switch · Thea Hillman · ss *
- 83 · Saved · Poppy Z. Brite & Christa Faust · ss Young Blood, ed. Mike Baker, Zebra, 1994
- 101 · Hello, You’re Dead · Charles Ardai · ss *
- 117 · Tiffany’s Shitty Night · Danielle Willis · ss *
- 135 · The Case of the Locked-Room Nude · Maxim Jakubowski · ss No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press, 1995
- 149 · Fogtown · Robin Sweeney · ss *
- 165 · The Anatomy of Love · Sean Doolittle · ss *
- 181 · Act Normal · Juliette Vargas · vi *
- 185 · Jody and Annie on TV · John Shirley · nv Cold Blood, ed. Richard T. Chizmar, Ziesing, 1991
- 207 · Such a Good Baby · Nancy A. Collins · ss After the Darkness, ed. Stanley Wiater, Baltimore, MD: Maclay & Associates, 1993
- 221 · Rocket Queen · Amelia G · ss Blue Blood
- 237 · Crooked Kwan · Cecilia Tan · ss *
- 247 · The Case of the Demon Lover · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss *
- 263 · Chops and the Stiff · Kyle Stone · ss *
- 275 · In the Mood Again · Caprice · ss *
- 281 · Shopping · Violet Hemlock · ss *
- 291 · Up for a Nickel · Thomas S. Roche · nv *
- 313 · The Unusual Suspects · Misc. · bg
- 6 · Preface · David Skene-Melvin · pr
- 7 · Introduction · David Skene-Melvin · in
- 29 · The Gerrard Street Mystery · John Dent · nv The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales, Toronto: Rose, 1886
- 51 · A Slippery Customer · Robert Barr · ss The Face and the Mask, Hutchinson, 1894
- 63 · Sherlock Holmes’ Great Canadian Adventure [“The Adventure of the Annexationist Conspiracy”; Sherlock Holmes] · Jack Batten & Michael Bliss · ss Weekend Magazine May 28 ’77; annotated by Trevor S. Raymond.
- 87 · The Tattooed Man · Vincent Starrett · ss The Quick and the Dead, Sauk City: Arkham House, 1965
- 99 · Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth · Maureen Jennings · ss *
- 109 · The Cure · Eric Wright · ss Fingerprints, ed. Beverley Beetham-Endersby, Toronto: Irwin, 1984
- 119 · The Greenhouse Dogs · James Powell · ss EQMM Jun ’89
- 131 · Shaving with Occam’s Razor · Rosemary Aubert · ss *
- 139 · Bombed · Peter Sellers · ss EQMM Jun ’94; revised, 1996.
- 155 · This Town Ain’t Big Enough [Victory “Vicki” Nelson] · Tanya Huff · nv Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995
- 175 · Lost in the Mail · Robert J. Sawyer · ss TransVersions #3 ’95
- 187 · The Map · Andrew Weiner · ss Northern Frights, ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press, 1992
- 199 · Biographical Notes About the Authors · Misc. · bg *
- 213 · Crime Novels set in Toronto · Misc. · bi *
- 1 · Introduction · Scott Turow · in
- 5 · Dogs and Fleas · John Lutz · ss *
- 18 · Lou Monahan, County Prosecutor · Andrew Klavan · ss *
- 35 · Real Life · Sarah Shankman · ss *
- 51 · Knives at Midnight [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · nv *
- 75 · Justice · Stuart M. Kaminsky · nv *
- 96 · Cruel and Unusual · Carolyn Wheat · nv *
- 119 · The Grip · Jay Brandon · ss *
- 134 · Beat Routine · Stan Washburn · ss *
- 147 · Last Licks · Valerie Frankel · ss *
- 163 · Turning the Witness · Jeremiah Healy · nv *
- 187 · That Day at Eagle’s Point · Ed Gorman · ss *
- 205 · Celebrity and Justice for All · John Jakes · ss *
- 216 · For the Good of the Firm · Maynard F. Thomson · nv *
- 240 · Dead Drunk · Lia Matera · ss *
- 260 · The Court of Celestial Appeals [Celestial Detective] · Susan Dunlap · nv *
- 287 · Boobytrap · Bill Pronzini · nv *
- 7 · Lonely Train a’ Comin’ [“The Train”] · William F. Nolan · ss Gallery Oct ’81
- 22 · Vandy, Vandy [John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss F&SF Mar ’53
- 39 · The Ghost Patrol [Max Kearny] · Ron Goulart · ss F&SF Oct ’68
- 56 · The Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus [Solar Pons] · August Derleth & Mack Reynolds · ss F&SF Jun ’55
- 71 · The Gateway of the Monster [Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler Jan ’10
- 95 · A Good Judge of Character · Susan Dunlap · ss Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime, 1992
- 116 · The Angel of the Lord [“The Broken Stirrup-Leather”; Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 3 ’11
- 133 · Falling Boy · David Dean · nv EQMM Apr ’95
- 168 · The Existential Man · Lee Killough · nv F&SF Mar ’82
- 185 · The Midnight El [Sidney Taine] · Robert Weinberg · ss Return to the Twilight Zone, ed. Carol Serling & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1994
- 198 · The Cardula Detective Agency [Cardula] · Jack Ritchie · ss AHMM Mar ’77
- 215 · The Chronology Protection Case [Phil D’Amato] · Paul Levinson · nv Analog Sep ’95
- 242 · Children of Ubasti [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales Dec ’29
- 276 · Death by Ecstasy [“The Organleggers”; Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · na Galaxy Jan ’69
- 1 · Introduction · Donald E. Westlake · in
- 7 · The Locked Room
- 9 · The Shadow of the Goat [Henri Bencolin] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Haverfordian Nov ’26
- 27 · What, No Butler? · Damon Runyon · ss Colliers Aug 5 ’33
- 40 · The Leopold Locked Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv EQMM Oct ’71
- 59 · The Man Who Read John Dickson Carr · William Brittain · ss EQMM Dec ’65
- 67 · Only One Among You
- 69 · The Secret Garden [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv The Story-Teller Oct ’10
- 88 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz, 1933
- 99 · They Can Only Hang You Once [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Colliers Nov 19 ’32
- 113 · Busted Blossoms [Toby Peters] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986
- 125 · The Caper
- 127 · A Costume Piece [A. J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Cassell’s Jul, 1898
- 143 · The Impossible Theft · John F. Suter · ss EQMM May ’64
- 157 · Don’t Know Much About Art · Simon Brett · nv Winter’s Crimes 16, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan, 1984
- 182 · The Ultimate Caper · Donald E. Westlake · ss The New York Times May 11 ’75
- 187 · The Armchair Detective
- 189 · The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv The Royal Magazine Jul ’01
- 206 · The Blue Geranium [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-Teller Dec ’29
- 221 · The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln’s Clue [“Abraham Lincoln’s Clue”; Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss MD Jun ’65
- 238 · The Affair of the Twisted Scarf [“The Twisted Scarf”; Nero Wolfe; Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine Sep ’50
- 285 · Come Into My Parlor
- 287 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss New Yorker Nov 28 ’59
- 297 · The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby · Stanley Ellin · ss EQMM May ’50
- 316 · Bless This House · Christianna Brand · ss Winter’s Crimes 2, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1970
- 329 · Someday I’ll Plant More Walnut Trees · Lawrence Block · ss Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow, 1993
- 345 · I Confess!
- 347 · “Thou Art the Man” · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov, 1844
- 362 · The Adventure of the Dying Detective [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Colliers Nov 22 ’13
- 378 · The Master of Mystery · Jack London · ss Out West Sep ’02
- 390 · The Fat Man · Isak Dinesen · ss, 1975
- 401 · Hoist on their Own Petards
- 403 · Midnight in Beauchamp Row · Anna Katharine Green · ss
- 416 · I’ll Be Waiting · Raymond Chandler · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 14 ’39
- 432 · The Possibility of Evil · Shirley Jackson · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 18 ’65
- 443 · The Secret Lover · Peter Lovesey · ss Winter’s Crimes 17, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1985
- 455 · Over the Edge
- 457 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week Mar 5 ’17
- 479 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-Teller Feb ’29
- 497 · Tang · Chester Himes · ss, 1967
- 504 · Little Apple Hard to Peel · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Tales Feb ’42
- ix · Mysteries of Manners, Labors of Love · Phyllis A. Whitney · in *
- 1 · Conventual Spirit · Sharan Newman · ss *
- 18 · Double Jeopardy · Eileen Dreyer · ss *
- 35 · Shelved [Susannah Maria “Suze” Figueroa] · Barbara D’Amato · ss *
- 46 · Takeout · Joyce Christmas · ss *
- 63 · Crossed Keys · Patricia Moyes · ss *
- 79 · Ham Grease Jimmy and the No Shirt Kid · Sue Henry · ss *
- 87 · The Death of Erik the Redneck [Laura Fleming] · Toni L. P. Kelner · ss *
- 105 · The Bun Also Rises · Jill Churchill · ss *
- 122 · Hill People · Dean Feldmeyer · ss *
- 138 · Barbecued Bimbo · Susan Rogers Cooper · ss *
- 158 · Honeymoon · Nancy Atherton · ss *
- 168 · Vivian by Moonlight · Medora Sale · ss *
- 186 · A Parrot Is Forever · Peter Lovesey · ss *
- 200 · Married to a Murderer · Alan Russell · ss *
- 209 · Bugged · Eve K. Sandstrom · ss *
- 228 · Accidents Will Happen · Carolyn Wheat · ss *
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v41 # 1, January 1996] ed. Cathleen Jordan (New York: Dell Magazines, $2.50, 160pp+, digest, cover by Nanette Biers)
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v41 # 2, February 1996] ed. Cathleen Jordan (New York: Dell Magazines, $2.50, 160pp+, digest, cover by Ken Joudrey)
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v41 # 3, March 1996] ed. Cathleen Jordan (New York: Dell Magazines, $2.95, 160pp+, digest, cover by Hank Blaustein)
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v41 # 4, April 1996] ed. Cathleen Jordan (New York: Dell Magazines, $2.95, 160pp+, digest, cover by Will Williams)
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v41 # 5, May 1996] ed. Cathleen Jordan (New York: Dell Magazines, $2.95, 160pp+, digest, cover by Jon Weiman)
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v41 # 6, June 1996] ed. Cathleen Jordan (New York: Dell Magazines, $2.95, 160pp+, digest, cover by Neal Hughes)
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