Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006
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Master’s Choice ed. Lawrence Block (Berkley 0-425-17031-4, Nov ’99, $21.95, 244pp, hc); “Mystery stories by today’s top writers and the masters who inspired them.”
- 1 · Introduction · Lawrence Block · in
- 5 · The Wedding Gig · Stephen King · ss EQMM Dec 1 ’80
- 19 · Murder-Two · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1998
- 41 · The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown · Peter Lovesey · ss EQMM May ’91
- 57 · Too Many Crooks [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy Aug ’89
- 71 · Tired Old Man · Harlan Ellison · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan ’76
- 88 · 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
- 121 · En Famille · Ed Gorman · ss Moonchasers and Other Stories, Forge, 1996
- 131 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Colliers Nov 26, 1898
- 157 · Another Room · Joan Hess · ss EQMM Oct ’90
- 165 · Trick or Treat · Judith Garner · ss EQMM Jul ’75
- 169 · High Stakes · John Lutz · ss The Saint Magazine Jun ’84
- 182 · August Heat · W. F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales, J.M. Dent, 1910
- 187 · Souls Burning [Nameless private eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson, 1991
- 196 · Murder of the Frankfurter Man · Benjamin Appel · ss, 1934
- 201 · First Lead Gasser · Tony Hillerman · ss EQMM Apr ’93
- 213 · Goodbye, Pops · Joe Gores · ss EQMM Dec ’69
- 221 · How Far It Could Go · Lawrence Block · ss The Plot Thickens, ed. Mary Higgens Clark, Pocket, 1997
- 234 · In a Grove · John O’Hara · ss, 1960
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Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense ed. Kevin Carolan (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-74573-8, 1999, £7.99, xii+355pp, tp, cover by John Constable); Anthology of nineteen crime/mystery stories, one original.
- xi · Introduction · Kevin Carolan · in
- · Tales of Mystery and Suspense
- 1 · The Man in the Bell · W. E. Aytoun · ss Blackwood’s Nov, 1821
- 8 · The Graveyard Sisterhood · Guy de Maupassant; trans. by Roger Collet · ss Selected Short Stories, Penguin, 1971
- 17 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, 1842, 1842
- 34 · A Torture by Hope · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam · ss The Strand Jun, 1891; as by Viscount de Lisle in table of contents
- 40 · The Bell-Tower [as by Anon.] · Herman Melville · ss Putnam’s Monthly Aug, 1855
- 57 · All Hallows · Walter de la Mare · nv The Connoisseur, London: Collins, 1926
- 92 · The Cop and the Anthem · O. Henry · ss The Four Million, Doubleday, 1906
- 99 · The Strength of God · Sherwood Anderson · ss Masses Aug ’16
- 107 · The Hunted Beast · T. F. Powys · ss The White Paternoster, London: Chatto & Windus, 1930
- · Tales of Crime and Detection
- 119 · The Master of Mystery · Jack London · ss Out West Sep ’02
- 131 · The Angel of the Lord [“The Broken Stirrup-Leather”; Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 3 ’11
- 147 · The Sisterhood [“The Redhill Sisterhood”] · Catherine Louisa Pirkis · nv The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Hutchinson & Co., 1894
- 173 · The Gylston Slander [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine Jul ’20
- 195 · The Young Man in Holy Orders [“Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders”] · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv London Jul, 1878
- 243 · The Episcopal Seal · J. Maclaren-Ross · ss The Strand Nov ’48
- 256 · The Genuine Tabard [“Trant and the Mystery of the Genuine Tabard”; Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Jan ’38
- 274 · The Narrow Way · R. Ellis Roberts · ss The Other End, London: Palmer, 1923
- 291 · The Yellow Slugs [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine Mar ’35
- 331 · Churchyard Shadows · Kevin Carolan · ss *
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Subterranean Gallery ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer (Subterranean Press 1-892284-14-6, Sep ’99 [Dec ’99], $50.00, 358pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks); Original anthology of 20 horror and crime stories, four reprints. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition is also available (-15-4, $150.00).
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Murder Most Scottish ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Bob Adey, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-1154-2, Aug ’99, $9.98, 543pp, hc); Anthology of 20 murder stories set in Scotland.
- ix · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in
- 1 · Dancing Bear · Doug Allyn · ss AHMM Mar ’94
- 19 · Vanishing Point · Hugh B. Cave · ss Northern Frights 2, ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press, 1994
- 34 · The Adventure of the Callous Colonel [Solar Pons] · Basil Copper · na The Exploits of Solar Pons, Fedogan & Bremer, 1993
- 103 · Our Midnight Visitor · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Temple Bar Feb, 1891
- 125 · The Dreadful Bell · Elizabeth Ferrars · nv, 1980
- 155 · The Case of the Parr Children [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · nv, 1979
- 181 · McLean of Scotland Yard [Insp. McLean] · George Goodchild · ss, 1927
- 193 · The Spy and the Healing Waters [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Aug ’90
- 211 · The Cameronian Preacher’s Tale · James Hogg · ss
- 225 · Leave It to the River · P. M. Hubbard · ss, 1978
- 234 · The Body in the Glen [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss, 1959
- 239 · The Milnathort Murder · Christopher N. Johnston · nv
- 268 · The Killing Game [The Man in the Bottle; Chief Insp. Colin Thane; Insp. Phil Moss] · Bill Knox · n. Long, 1963
- 416 · Concrete Evidence [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories, Century, 1992
- 435 · The Night of Kirk O’Field: The Murder of Darnley · Rafael Sabatini · ss, 1917
- 452 · The Two Drovers · Sir Walter Scott · nv Chronicles of the Canongate, Cadell & Co., 1827
- 478 · The Murder Hole [as by Anon.] · Catherine Sinclair · ss Blackwood’s Feb, 1829
- 485 · Murder So Cool · Guy N. Smith · ss, 1998
- 496 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Pall Mall Christmas Extra, 1884
- 514 · Iceman · Peter Turnbull · nv EQMM Jul ’94
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Missing Persons ed. Martin Edwards (Constable, 1999, hc); A Crime Writers Association anthology.
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More Murder, They Wrote ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg (Boulevard Books 0-425-16990-1, Oct ’99, $6.99, 309pp, pb); Original anthology, “Jessica Fletcher presents...” 14 mystery stories.
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Pure Pulp ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0700-3, Dec ’99, $13.95, 565pp, tp); Anthology of 25 hardboiled crime stories.
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Cat Crimes Through Time ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0555-8, Jan ’99, $24.00, 335pp, hc); Original anthology of 21 feline mysteries.
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Future Crimes ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers (DAW 0-88677-854-9, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $6.99, 306pp, pb); Original anthology of 16 SF stories. Copyrighted by Tekno Books and Ed Gorman.
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The More Holmes for the Holidays ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh (Berkley 0-425-17033-0, Nov ’99, $21.95, 262pp, hc) [Sherlock Holmes]; Original anthology of 11 Sherlock Holmes adventures at Christmas.
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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [expanded] ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Jon L. Lellenberg (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0698-8, Oct ’99, $13.95, 404pp, tp) [Sherlock Holmes]; Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1987) original anthology, adds three new stories.
- ix · Foreword · Jon Lellenberg · fw
- 9 · 221 B (1887-1987) · Mollie Hardwick · pm The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 13 · The Infernal Machine · John Lutz · ss The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 33 · The Final Toast · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 49 · The Phantom Chamber · Gary Alan Ruse · nv The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 79 · The Return of the Speckled Band · Edward D. Hoch · ss The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 95 · The Adventure of the Unique Holmes · Jon L. Breen · ss The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 109 · Sherlock Holmes and “The Woman” · Michael Harrison · nv The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 131 · The Shadows on the Lawn · Barry Jones · nv The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 161 · The Adventure of the Gowanus Abduction · Joyce Harrington · ss The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 179 · Dr. and Mrs. Watson at Home · Loren D. Estleman · ss, 1984
- 187 · The Two Footmen · Michael Gilbert · ss The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 207 · Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin · Dorothy B. Hughes · ss The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 227 · The Curious Computer · Peter Lovesey · ss The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 239 · The Adventure of the Persistent Marksman · Lillian de la Torre · nv The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 261 · The House That Jack Built · Edward Wellen · nv The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 303 · The Doctor’s Case · Stephen King · nv The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 335 · The Second Treaty · Daniel Stashower · nv *
- 357 · The Adventure of the Venomous Lizard · Bill Crider · ss *
- 371 · Hostage to Fortune · Anne Perry · nv *
- 393 · Afterword: Moriarty and the Real Underworld · John Gardner · ar, 1976
- 401 · About the Contributors · Misc. Material · bg
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Classic Mystery Stories ed. Douglas G. Greene (Dover 0-486-40881-7, 1999, $2.00, 209pp, tp); Anthology of 13 mystery stories.
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