Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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August Is a Good Time for Killing and Other Blood-Curdling Stories of Murder in the East ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg (Rutledge Hill Press 1-55853-576-4, Apr ’98, $9.95, 224pp, tp)
- ix · Introduction · Billie Sue Mosiman · in
- 1 · Dead Standstill · Rex Miller · ss AHMM Apr ’90
- 15 · Tom Chist and the Treasure Box · Howard Pyle · ss
- 39 · Like Father, Like Son · Richard T. Chizmar · ss EQMM Mar ’97
- 47 · The Real Shape of the Coast · John Lutz · ss EQMM Jun ’71
- 59 · His Father’s Ghost · Max Allan Collins · nv Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1994
- 79 · The Theft of the White Queen’s Menu [Nick Velvet; Sandra Paris] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Mar ’83
- 97 · Ghost Station · Carolyn Wheat · ss A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991
- 111 · Nobody Wins · Charles Ardai · nv AHMM mid-Dec ’93
- 135 · Someday I’ll Plant More Walnut Trees · Lawrence Block · ss Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow, 1993
- 151 · August Is a Good Time for Killing · Joyce Harrington · ss AHMM Apr ’77
- 169 · Enduring as Dust · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1993
- 187 · Freedom of the Press [Cat Marsala] · Barbara D’Amato · ss Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1993
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The Fifth Grave and Other Terrifying Tales of Homicide in the Heartland ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg (Rutledge Hill Press 1-55853-574-8, Apr ’98, $9.95, 224pp, tp) Anthology of 13 stories.
- ix · Introduction · Billie Sue Mosiman · in
- 1 · At the Old Swimming Hole [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · nv Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986
- 21 · Blood Brothers · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 1997
- 34 · The Reason Why [Jack Dwyer] · Ed Gorman · ss Criminal Elements, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy, 1988
- 49 · Kansas in August · Edward D. Hoch · ss A Treasury of American Mystery Stories, ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Avenel, 1989
- 56 · Death Makes a Comeback · James O’Keefe · ss The New Black Mask No.3, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985
- 69 · With Flowers in Her Hair · M. D. Lake · nv The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, 1994
- 97 · Ride the Lightning [Al Nudger] · John Lutz · ss AHMM Jan ’85
- 117 · I Always Get the Cuties · John D. MacDonald · ss EQMM Nov ’54
- 124 · First Stand · Barry N. Malzberg · ss A Treasury of American Mystery Stories, ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Avenel, 1989
- 128 · The Tomato Man’s Daughter · Joyce Harrington · ss EQMM May ’75
- 145 · Out of the Ashes [Henrie O (Henrietta O’Dwyer Collins)] · Carolyn G. Hart · nv Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley, 1995
- 164 · The Lost Boys · William J. Reynolds · ss The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, 1994
- 183 · The Fifth Grave [Henry Turnbuckle] · Jack Ritchie · ss EQMM Oct ’82
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Never Shake a Family Tree and Other Heart-Stopping Tales of Murder in New England ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press 1-55853-577-2, 1998, $9.95, 212pp, tp)
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The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time ed. Otto Penzler (Dove Books 0-7871-0963-0, May ’98, $25.00, 567pp, hc)
- vii · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in
- 1 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, an, 1844, 1844
- 13 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words Apr 24, 1852
- 23 · The Three Strangers · Thomas Hardy · nv Longman’s Mar, 1883
- 37 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Aug, 1891
- 53 · The Corpus Delicti [Randolph Mason] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason, Putnam’s, 1896
- 71 · Gentlemen and Players [A. J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Cassell’s Aug, 1898
- 83 · A Journey · Edith Wharton · ss Greater Inclination, Scribner, 1899
- 91 · The Leopard Man’s Story · Jack London · ss Leslie’s Magazine Aug ’03
- 95 · A Retrieved Reformation · O. Henry · ss Cosmopolitan Apr ’03
- 101 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American Oct 30-Nov 5 ’05
- 123 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 ’05
- 145 · The Invisible Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Cassell’s Feb ’11
- 159 · The Infallible Godahl [Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv The Saturday Evening Post Feb 15 ’13
- 179 · The Adventure of the Unique “Hamlet” [“The Unique Hamlet”; Sherlock Holmes] · Vincent Starrett · ss, 1920
- 191 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review Aug ’21
- 211 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty Mar 28 ’25
- 219 · The Killers · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Mar ’27
- 227 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-Teller Feb ’29
- 239 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; trans. by Anthony Boucher · ss EQMM Nov ’47
- 243 · The Case of the Missing Patriarchs · Logan Clendening, M.D. · vi, 1934
- 245 · Clerical Error [“Foot in It”] · James Gould Cozzens · vi McCall’s, 1935
- 249 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time & Tide Nov 12 ’32 (+1)
- 259 · The Chaser · John Collier · ss New Yorker Dec 28 ’40
- 263 · The Perfect Crime · Ben Ray Redman · ss Harper’s Aug ’28
- 275 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Jul ’43
- 289 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss EQMM Nov ’45
- 297 · The Catbird Seat · James Thurber · ss New Yorker Nov 14 ’42
- 303 · Recipe for Murder · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss The American Legion Magazine Jan ’47
- 307 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss EQMM Apr ’47
- 313 · Kill or Be Killed [“The Other Mind Reader”] · Ogden Nash · ss Colliers Oct 25 ’47
- 315 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv EQMM May ’48
- 327 · Nearly Perfect · A. A. Milne · ss Cosmopolitan, 1950
- 333 · The Gettysburg Bugle [“As Simple as ABC”; Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv EQMM May ’51
- 347 · The Last Spin · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt Sep ’56
- 353 · Stand Up and Die! · Mickey Spillane · nv, 1958
- 391 · A New Leaf · Jack Ritchie · ss, 1963
- 405 · The Snail-Watcher · Patricia Highsmith · ss Gamma #3 ’64
- 411 · The Long Way Down · Edward D. Hoch · nv AHMM Feb ’65
- 425 · The Man Who Never Told a Lie [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss EQMM Oct ’72
- 433 · I Have · John Gardner · ss
- 439 · Quitters, Inc. · Stephen King · ss Night Shift, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978
- 453 · Horn Man · Clark Howard · ss EQMM Jun 2 ’80
- 463 · The New Girl Friend · Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Aug ’83
- 471 · By the Dawn’s Early Light [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · nv Playboy Aug ’84
- 485 · Iris · Stephen Greenleaf · ss The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984
- 499 · High Darktown [Lee Blanchard] · James Ellroy · nv The New Black Mask No.5, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1986
- 513 · The Case of the Pietro Andromache [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · nv AHMM Dec ’88
- 529 · Soft Monkey · Harlan Ellison · ss Mystery Scene Reader #1, ed. Ed Gorman, Fedora, 1987
- 539 · The Hand of Carlos · Charles McCarry · ss The Armchair Detective Fll ’92
- 557 · Karen Makes Out [Karen Sisco] · Elmore Leonard · nv Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
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Murder for Revenge ed. Otto Penzler (Delacorte 0-385-31715-8, Apr ’98, $21.95, 360pp, hc) Original anthology of 12 stories of revenge.
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Detective Stories ed. Philip Pullman (Kingfisher 0-7534-5146-8, 1998 [Dec ’98], $6.95, 223pp, tp) Illustrated by Nick Hardcastle.
- 7 · Introduction · Philip Pullman · in
- 9 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Feb, 1892
- 39 · Cold Money [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Mar 20 ’52
- 47 · The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Sep 26 ’23
- 64 · Emil and the Detectives [chapters 3, 5 & 6] · Erich Kästner · ex
- 78 · The Inspiration of Mr. Budd · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Pearson’s Magazine Mar ’26
- 94 · From the Files of Inspector Craig · Raymond Smullyan · pz What Is the Name of This Book?—The Riddle of Dracula & Other Logical Puzzles, Prentice-Hall, 1978
- 96 · Butch Minds the Baby · Damon Runyon · ss Colliers Sep 13 ’30
- 112 · Murder at St. Oswald’s · Michael Underwood · ss Verdict of 13, ed. Julian Symons, London: Faber & Faber, 1979
- 130 · The Cross of Lorraine [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss EQMM May ’76
- 150 · The Newdick Helicopter [“The Inventions of Oscar Newdick”; Simon Templar] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News Oct 15 ’33
- 166 · More from the Files of Inspector Craig · Raymond Smullyan · pz What Is the Name of This Book?—The Riddle of Dracula & Other Logical Puzzles, Prentice-Hall, 1978
- 168 · The One-Handed Murderer [1956] · Italo Calvino · ss Italian Folk Tales: Selected and Retold by Italo Calvino, Harcourt Brace, 1980
- 176 · The Little Mystery [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss
- 194 · Fingerprinting a Ghost [from Memories of Murder] · Tony Fletcher · ex, 1986
- 205 · It’s a Hard World · Andrew Henry Vachss · ss A Matter of Crime v1, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- 211 · Maddened by Mystery · Stephen Leacock · ss Nonsense Novels, London: Lane, 1911
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Crossing the Line: Canadian Mysteries with a Fantastic Twist ed. Robert J. Sawyer & David Skene-Melvin (Pottersfield Press 1-895-90019-0, Oct ’98, C$15.95, 191pp, tp, cover by Geoff Butler) Anthology of 11 mystery stories with SF or fantasy elements by Canadian authors.
- 7 · Introduction · Robert J. Sawyer & David Skene-Melvin · in
- 9 · The Map · Andrew Weiner · ss Northern Frights, ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press, 1992
- 23 · Dead Man’s Shoes [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss Touch Wood, ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1993
- 41 · The Hand You’re Dealt · Robert J. Sawyer · ss Free Space, ed. Brad Linaweaver & Edward E. Kramer, Tor, 1997
- 59 · The Ghost Who Vanished by Degrees · Robertson Davies · ss High Spirits, Penguin, 1982
- 69 · Burning Chrome · William Gibson · nv Omni Jul ’82
- 89 · The Rug · Edo van Belkom · ss Psychos, ed. Robert Bloch, CD Publications, 1997
- 103 · God Is an Iron · Spider Robinson · nv Omni May ’79
- 121 · This Town Ain’t Big Enough [Victory “Vicki” Nelson] · Tanya Huff · nv Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995
- 145 · Dark Possessions · James Powell · ss EQMM Feb ’92
- 153 · Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream · James Alan Gardner · nv Asimov’s Feb ’97
- 175 · Barking Dogs · Terence M. Green · ss F&SF May ’84
- 190 · About the Authors · Misc. · bg
- 192 · About the Editors · Misc. · bg
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The Best of Cold Blood ed. Peter Sellers & John North (Mosaic Press 0-88962-628-6, Sep ’98, $12.95, 171pp, tp)
- · Introduction · Peter Sellers · in
- 1 · The Best of Birtles · William Bankier · ss Cold Blood IV, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1992
- 17 · A Tale of a Tub [Strongitharm Goodheart] · Charlotte MacLeod · ss
- 27 · Naked Truths · Mary Jane Maffini · ss Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1994
- 45 · Out of Bounds · John North · ss Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1990
- 59 · Man on the Roof · Jas. R. Petrin · ss Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1990
- 73 · The Tamerlane Crutch · James Powell · ss Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1990
- 87 · Fan Mail · Peter Robinson · ss Cold Blood II, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1989
- 103 · Somewhere They Can’t Find Me · Peter Sellers · ss Cold Blood II, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1989
- 115 · Murder in the Green · Ted Wood · ss Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1994
- 133 · Hephaestus · Eric Wright · ss Cold Blood II, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1989
- 143 · Current Events · Vivienne Gornall · ss Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1994
- 157 · An Eye for an Eye · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1994
- 163 · Year of the Dragon · Tony Aspler · ss Cold Blood II, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1989
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Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry (Oxford University Press 0-19-509547-2, Mar ’98, $30.00, 479pp, hc) Anthology of 32 stories, novel excerpts, and essays about the human dimensions of the law.
- vii · Preface · Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry · pr
- 3 · The Two Drovers · Sir Walter Scott · nv Chronicles of the Canongate, Cadell & Co., 1827
- 26 · from Bleak House · Charles Dickens · ex, 1853
- 33 · from Adam Bede · George Eliot · ex, 1859
- 40 · from Roughing It · Mark Twain · ex, 1872
- 45 · from Lady Anna · Anthony Trollope · ex
- 71 · from Billy Budd · Herman Melville · ex, 1924
- 97 · from Weir of Hermiston · Robert Louis Stevenson · ex, 1896
- 120 · The Cop and the Anthem · O. Henry · ss The Four Million, Doubleday, 1906
- 126 · from The Forsyte Saga · John Galsworthy · ex, 1922
- 139 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week Mar 5 ’17
- 157 · The Witness for the Prosecution [“Traitor’s Hands”] · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s Jan 31 ’25
- 175 · The Letter · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International Apr ’24
- 205 · The Majesty of the Law · Frank O’Connor · ss
- 213 · Shooting an Elephant · George Orwell · ss
- 220 · Tomorrow [Gavin Stevens] · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 23 ’40
- 235 · And/Or · Sterling A. Brown · ss
- 240 · Happy Event · Nadine Gordimer · ss
- 253 · Greenhouse with Cyclamens I · Rebecca West · nv
- 281 · from The Floating Opera · John Barth · ex, 1956
- 296 · Eli, the Fanatic · Philip Roth · nv
- 330 · from To Kill a Mockingbird · Harper Lee · ex, 1960
- 347 · Mr. Portway’s Practice · Michael Gilbert · ss Lilliput Oct ’57
- 357 · The Senior Partner’s Ghosts · Louis Auchincloss · ss
- 373 · from The Naked Civil Servant · Quentin Crisp · ex
- 380 · from The French Lieutenant’s Woman · John Fowles · ex
- 388 · An Act of Prostitution · James Alan McPherson · ss
- 402 · A Gentleman’s Agreement · Elizabeth Jolley · ss
- 408 · from The Sorcerer of Bolinas Reef · Charles A. Reich · ex
- 419 · from The Good Mother · Sue Miller · ex
- 434 · from The Bonfire of the Vanities · Tom Wolfe · ex, 1987
- 449 · from American Appetites · Joyce Carol Oates · ex
- 468 · from A Lesson Before Dying · Ernest J. Gaines · ex
- 475 · Further Reading · Misc. · ms
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Private Eyes ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins (Signet 0-451-19464-0, Feb ’98, $6.50, 366pp, pb) Original anthology of 16 PI stories, two of them reprints. Copyrighted by Max Allan Collins and Martin H. Greenberg.
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Mean Time ed. Jerry Sykes (The Do-Not Press 1-899-344-40-3, 1998, £6.50, 269pp, tp) Original anthology of 16 crime stories.
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