Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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Lying Cheating & Stealing ed. Sara Nicklès (San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 0-8118-1820-9, 1997, $12.95, 200pp, tp)
- x · Introduction · Sara Nicklès · in
- 13 · Confessions of a Burglar · Woody Allen · ss, 1980
- 18 · Rien Ne Va Plus · Alexander Woollcott · ss New Yorker Mar 5 ’32
- 22 · My Wicked, Wicked Ways · Errol Flynn · ex New York: Putnam, 1959
- 29 · Faking Orgasms [from The Hite Report] · Shere Hite · ex New York: Simon & Schuster, 1976
- 32 · The Secret Life of Harold Winney · James Thurber · ex, 1959
- 42 · It’s On the House! · Stanley Bing · hu, 1993
- 48 · My Mother’s Memoirs, My Father’s Lie, and Other True Stories · Russell Banks · ss, 1986
- 57 · And the 3d biggest lie is... · Ann Landers · ms, 1989
- 60 · Liar’s Poker · Michael Lewis · ex W.W. Norton, 1989
- 67 · The Duke of Deception · Geoffrey Wolff · ss, 1979
- 76 · Who Stole My Golden Metaphor? · S. J. Perelman · ex, 1957
- 82 · Theft · Katherine Anne Porter · ss The Gyroscope Nov ’29
- 90 · May I Feel Said He? · e. e. cummings · pm, 1935
- 92 · The Liar · Tobias Wolff · ss Atlantic Monthly Feb ’80
- 113 · Cheat Street · Cynthia Heimel · ss Playboy Aug ’88
- 117 · The Maltese Falcon [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ex Black Mask Sep ’29 (+4)
- 126 · Frankie and Johnny · Anon. · sg ca, 1870
- 129 · The Liars’ Club · Mary Karr · ex Viking Penguin, 1995
- 138 · Some Clowning That Wasn’t in the Act [from Groucho and Me] · Groucho Marx · ar, 1959
- 142 · Eight Men Out · John Sayles · ex, 1988
- 154 · The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Mark Twain · ss, 1867
- 160 · Her Letters · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue, 1895
- 163 · Uncle Harold · Russell Baker · hu, 1982
- 172 · Confessions of a Tax Cheat · Jon Carroll · hu, 1993
- 174 · Taking the Lie Detector [from Blind Ambition] · John Dean · ex, 1977
- 179 · I’ll Always Have Paris · Art Buchwald · ex, 1996
- 180 · A Retrieved Reformation · O. Henry · ss Cosmopolitan Apr ’03
- 189 · The Waltz · Dorothy Parker · ss (Senior) Scholastic Mar 23 ’35
- 197 · Author Biographies · Misc. · bg
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The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 ed. Robert B. Parker (Mariner Books 0-395-83583-6, Sep ’97, $13.00, 357pp, tp)
- ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw
- xiii · Introduction · Robert B. Parker · in
- 1 · Blind Lemon · Doug Allyn · ss AHMM May ’96
- 17 · Hot Springs · James Crumley · nv Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
- 34 · The Weekender · Jeffery Deaver · nv AHMM Dec ’96
- 57 · The Dark Snow · Brendan DuBois · ss Playboy Nov ’96
- 77 · The Surprise of His Life · Elizabeth George · nv Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996
- 103 · Eyes That Never Meet · Jeremiah Healy · nv Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage, 1996
- 121 · Another Tented Evening [Diana Poole] · Melodie Johnson Howe · ss EQMM Mar ’96
- 130 · The Mark · Pat Jordan · nv Playboy Jul ’96
- 153 · The Things We Do for Love · Jonathan Kellerman · ss Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
- 165 · Lou Monahan, County Prosecutor · Andrew Klavan · ss Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket, 1996
- 180 · Karen Makes Out [Karen Sisco] · Elmore Leonard · nv Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
- 195 · Red Clay · Michael Malone · nv Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
- 211 · Mrs. Feeley Is Quite Mad · Mabel Maney · ss Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press, 1996
- 221 · Will You Always Love Me? · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Story, 1996
- 240 · When You’re Hungry · George Pelecanos · nv Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage, 1996
- 261 · Hoops · S. J. Rozan · nv EQMM Jan ’96
- 291 · Doblin’s Lecture · Allen Steele · ss Pirate Writings #10 ’96
- 302 · Kindred Spirits · Brad Watson · ss The Last Days of the Dog-Men, 1996
- 320 · There Are Monsterim · John Weisman · ss Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage, 1996
- 335 · Unlawful Contact · Monica Wood · ss Manoa, 1996
- 343 · Contributors’ Notes · Misc. · bg
- 356 · Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 1996 · Misc. · bi
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Malice Domestic 6 Anne Perry (Pocket 0-671-89633-4, Apr ’97, $5.99, 271pp, pb) Original anthology of 17 “cosy” mystery stories presented by Anne Perry.
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Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s & 40s ed. Robert Polito (The Library of America 1-833011-46-9, 1997, $8.98, 990pp, hc)
- 1 · The Postman Always Rings Twice · James M. Cain · n. New York: Knopf, 1934
- 97 · They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? · Horace McCoy · n. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1935
- 215 · Thieves Like Us · Edward Anderson · n. New York: Stokes, 1937
- 379 · The Big Clock · Kenneth Fearing · n. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1946; condensed as “The Judas Picture”, The American Magazine Oct ’46.
- 517 · Nightmare Alley · William Lindsay Gresham · n. New York: Rinehart, 1946
- 797 · I Married a Dead Man [as by William Irish] · Cornell Woolrich · n. J.B. Lippincott, 1948; expanded and rewritten from “They Call Me Patrice”, Today’s Woman Apr ’46.
- 977 · Biographical Notes · Misc. · bg
- 983 · Note on the Texts · Misc. · bi
- 987 · Notes · Misc. · bi
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Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s ed. Robert Polito (The Library of America 1-833011-49-3, 1997, $8.98, 892pp, hc)
- 1 · The Killer Inside Me · Jim Thompson · n. Lion Books, 1952
- 161 · The Talented Mr. Ripley · Patricia Highsmith · n. New York: Coward-McCann, 1955
- 405 · Pick-Up · Charles Willeford · n. Beacon Books, 1955
- 573 · Down There · David Goodis · n. Gold Medal Books, 1956
- 731 · The Real Cool Killers · Chester Himes · n. New York: Avon, 1959
- 879 · Biographical Notes · Misc. · bg
- 884 · Note on the Texts · Misc. · bi
- 889 · Notes · Misc. · bi
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First Cases, Volume 2 ed. Robert J. Randisi (Signet 0-451-19017-3, Aug ’97, $5.99, 282pp, pb)
- ix · Introduction · Robert J. Randisi · in
- 11 · Once Upon a Time [Kate Fansler] · Amanda Cross · ss EQMM Aug ’87
- 29 · The Theft of the Clouded Tiger [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Sep ’66
- 43 · After the Twelfth Chapter · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss EQMM Sep ’72
- 59 · The Haunted Actress · Simon Brett · nv A Box of Tricks, Gollancz, 1985
- 82 · Like a Thief in the Night [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ss Cosmopolitan May ’83
- 96 · Hit-and-Run [Jill Smith] · Susan Dunlap · ss Great Modern Police Stories, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Walker, 1986
- 107 · See No Evil [Cat Marsala] · Barb D’Amato · nv I, P.I., 1996
- 126 · Deborah’s Judgment [Deborah Knott] · Margaret Maron · ss A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991
- 147 · None of My Business, But... [Henrie O (Henrietta O’Dwyer Collins)] · Carolyn G. Hart · ss Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991
- 167 · Dead on Arrival · Joan Hess · ss Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991
- 180 · Old Rattler [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet, 1994
- 196 · Parris Green [Irene Alder] · Carole Nelson Douglas · nv Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, 1993
- 226 · Seascape [Iris Cooper; Jack Clancy] · K. K. Beck · nv Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1992
- 254 · The January Sale Stowaway · Dorothy Cannell · ss Christmas Stalkings, ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press, 1991
- 267 · Anna Said... [Insp. Alan Banks] · Peter Robinson · ss Cold Blood IV, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1992
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Fresh Blood 2 ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski (The Do-Not Press 1-899344-20-9, Oct ’97, £8.00, tp)
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Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction ed. Thomas S. Roche (Masquerade/Rhinoceros 1-56333-584-0, Dec ’97 [Apr ’98], $7.95, 465pp, pb, cover by Eric Stanton) Original anthology of 23 stories of erotic crime, two reprints. Authors include Brian Hodge, Lucy Taylor, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and Jeff Gelb. Available from Masquerade Direct, 801 2nd Ave, New York NY 10017; credit card orders 800-375-2356; add $1.50 postage.
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Naked Came the Manatee ed. Tom Schroder (Putnam’s 0-399-14192-8, Feb ’97, $22.95, 201pp, hc) Round-robin thriller written by 13 Florida writers.
- 1 · Booger · Dave Barry · rr The Miami Herald Tropic Nov ’95
- 13 · The Big Wet Sleep · Les Standiford · rr The Miami Herald Tropic, 1995
- 27 · Biscayne Blues · Paul Levine · rr The Miami Herald Tropic, 1995
- 41 · The L.A. Connection · Edna Buchanan · rr The Miami Herald Tropic, 1995
- 57 · The Old Woman and the Sea · James W. Hall · rr The Miami Herald Tropic, 1995
- 67 · Heading to Havana · Carolina Hospital · rr The Miami Herald Tropic, 1995
- 79 · The Lock & Key · Evelyn Mayerson · rr The Miami Herald Tropic, 1995
- 95 · Strange Fish · Tananarive Due · rr The Miami Herald Tropic, 1995
- 111 · South Beach Serenade · Brian Antoni · rr The Miami Herald Tropic, 1995
- 131 · Dance of the Manatee · Vicki Hendricks · rr The Miami Herald Tropic, 1995
- 145 · Where Are You Dying Tonight? · John DuFresne · rr The Miami Herald Tropic, 1995
- 163 · The Odyssey · Elmore Leonard · rr The Miami Herald Tropic, 1995
- 177 · The Law of the Jungle · Carl Hiaasen · rr The Miami Herald Tropic, 1995
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Secret Tales of the Arctic Trails ed. David Skene-Melvin (Simon & Pierre 0-88924-277-1, 1997, hc) Stories of crime and adventure in Canada’s far north.
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Murder & Other Acts of Literature ed. Michele Slung (St. Martin’s 0-312-16937-X, Sep ’97, $24.95, 345pp, hc) Reprint (Book-of-the-Month Club 1997) anthology.
- xiii · Editor’s Foreword · Michele Slung · fw
- 1 · Montraldo · John Cheever · ss New Yorker Jun 6 ’64
- 11 · The Hitch-Hikers · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Aut ’39
- 29 · Success or Failure · T. H. White · ss, 1937
- 37 · By a Person Unknown · Naguib Mahfouz · ss The Time and the Place and Other Stories, American University in Cairo Press, 1991
- 53 · How Did I Get Away with Killing One of the Biggest Lawyers in the State? It Was Easy. · Alice Walker · ss You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1980
- 59 · The Hotel of the Idle Moon · William Trevor · ss, 1967
- 77 · Aaron Trow · Anthony Trollope · nv
- 109 · The Fat Man · Isak Dinesen · ss, 1975
- 121 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing [“Mr. Crutwell’s Outing”] · Evelyn Waugh · ss Harper’s Bazaar May ’35
- 131 · The Johore Murders · Paul Theroux · ss Atlantic Monthly Mar ’77
- 141 · A Journey · Edith Wharton · ss Greater Inclination, Scribner, 1899
- 155 · Miss Forbes’s Summer of Happiness · Gabriel García Márquez; trans. by Edith Grossman · ss Playboy Jan ’86
- 169 · The Macbeth Murder Mystery · James Thurber · ss New Yorker Oct 2 ’37
- 175 · A Double Tragedy: An Actor’s Story · Louisa May Alcott · nv
- 199 · Un Crime Maternel · Fay Weldon · ss, 1991
- 205 · Mary Postgate · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Century Sep ’15
- 223 · The Walker · Patrick O’Brian · ss The Rendezvous and Other Stories, W.W. Norton, 1956
- 235 · Country Lovers [“Town and Country Lovers, Two”] · Nadine Gordimer · ss A Soldier’s Embrace, Viking Penguin, 1975
- 245 · Monk [Gavin Stevens] · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s May ’37
- 265 · The Widow and the Parrot: A True Story · Virginia Woolf · ss
- 275 · My Maiden Brief · W. S. Gilbert · ss
- 287 · An Act of Vengeance · Isabel Allende · ss Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real, Houston, TX: Arte Público Press, 1990
- 297 · In Vino Veritas · A. A. Milne · ss, 1948
- 315 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan, 1956
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Vengeance Is Hers ed. Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet 0-451-19198-6, May ’97, $5.99, 316pp, pb) Original anthology of 17 hard-boiled stories, all but one by women writers.
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The Best of Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace (Berkley 0-425-16060-2, Dec ’97, $21.95, 336pp, hc) Anthology of 21 stories selected from the Sisters in Crime series.
- ix · Foreword · Marilyn Wallace · fw
- 1 · Afraid All the Time · Nancy Pickard · ss Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989
- 15 · All the Lonely People [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989
- 31 · Blood Types · Julie Smith · ss Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989
- 49 · Hog Heaven · Gillian Roberts · ss Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989
- 62 · The Celestial Buffet · Susan Dunlap · ss Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- 70 · Too Much to Bare · Joan Hess · ss Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- 84 · A Poison That Leaves No Trace [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · ss Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- 99 · The Evidence Exposed [Insp. Thomas Lynley] · Elizabeth George · nv Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- 126 · Upstaging Murder · Carolyn G. Hart · ss Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- 137 · Voices in the Coalbin · Mary Higgins Clark · ss Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- 147 · The High Cost of Living · Dorothy Cannell · ss Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- 160 · Say You’re Sorry · Sarah Shankman · ss Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- 178 · A Tale of Two Pretties · Marilyn Wallace · ss Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- 197 · The Maltese Cat [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · nv Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- 228 · Nine Sons · Wendy Hornsby · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
- 240 · Lieutenant Harald and the Impossible Gun [Lt. Sigrid Harald] · Margaret B. Maron · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
- 250 · A Predatory Woman · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
- 262 · Life, For Short · Carolyn Wheat · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
- 276 · Extenuating Circumstances · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1992
- 283 · One Hit Wonder · Gabrielle Kraft · ss Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1992
- 302 · Cold Turkey · Diane Mott Davidson · ss Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1992
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