Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006
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Murder Most Confederate ed. Martin H. Greenberg (Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 1-58182-120-4, Aug 2000, $19.95, 274pp, hc)
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Murder Most Delectable ed. Martin H. Greenberg (Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 1-58182-119-0, Sep 2000, $19.95, 340pp, hc); Anthology of culinary crimes. Each story is followed by a recipe.
- vii · Introduction · John Helfers · in
- 1 · The Last Bottle in the World · Stanley Ellin · nv EQMM Feb ’68
- 23 · Takeout · Joyce Christmas · ss Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket, 1996
- 39 · The Case of the Shaggy Caps [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv EQMM Nov ’77
- 67 · The Cassoulet · Walter Satterthwait · ss AHMM Dec ’96
- 81 · Tea for Two · M. D. Lake · ss Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet, 1997
- 91 · The Second-Oldest Profession · Linda Grant · ss Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley, 1999
- 105 · Connoisseur · Bill Pronzini · ss Who Done It?, ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980
- 115 · Gored · Bill Crider · ss Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1995
- 131 · Day for a Picnic [as by Pat McMahon] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Nov ’63
- 143 · Guardian Angel · Caroline Benton · ss, 1993
- 151 · The Main Event · Peter Crowther · ss Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1995
- 163 · The Deadly Egg [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier] · Janwillem van de Wetering · ss EQMM Mar ’79
- 181 · Dead and Breakfast · Barbara Collins · ss Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1995
- 197 · Recipe for a Happy Marriage · Nedra Tyre · ss EQMM Mar ’71
- 215 · Death Cup · Joyce Carol Oates · nv EQMM Aug ’97
- 245 · Poison Peach · Gillian Linscott · nv Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books, 1997
- 265 · Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable · Barbara D’Amato · ss EQMM Nov ’98
- 277 · Poison à la Carte [Nero Wolfe; Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Three at Wolfe’s Door, Viking, 1960
- 333 · Authors’ Biographies · Misc. Material · bg
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Murder Most Medieval ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers (Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 1-58182-087-9, Aug 2000, $19.95, 291pp, hc); Original anthology of 13 stories of Medieval Europe.
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Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery ed. Peter Haining (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-1641-2, 2000, $7.95, 283pp, tp); Reprint (Souvenir 1999) anthology of 20 stories. Also announced in hc (-1640-4).
- 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- · 1 DEATH SENTENCES: Tales of Killers
- 15 · The Sniper · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The New Leader Jan 12 ’23
- 21 · The Death of Stevey Long · Sean O’Faolain · nv, 1932
- 43 · Aftermath · Rearden Connor · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine Jan ’34
- 48 · The Execution · Brendan Behan · ss, 1978
- 53 · On the Bog · Patrick O’Brian · ss, 1974
- 66 · Trio · Jennifer Johnston · ss
- 73 · Wesley [“The Driver’s Story”] · Carlo Gebler · vi Fortnight, 1993
- 77 · She · Neil Jordan · ss, 1980
- · 2 BODY OF EVIDENCE: Cases of Mystery
- 83 · The Man in the Middle · Nigel Fitzgerald · ss Suspense (UK) Mar ’60
- 103 · The Sword of Yung Lo · Maurice Walsh · ss Fantastic Mar/Apr ’53
- 120 · Death · Brian Cleeve · ss London Mystery #17 ’53
- 125 · The Sight · Brian Moore · ss Irish Ghost Stories, ed. Joseph Hone, Hamish Hamilton, 1977
- 145 · Holy Blood [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press, 1999
- 172 · Burden of Proof [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog May ’67
- · 3 MALICE DOMESTIC: Stories of Vengeance
- 191 · The Inheritance · Frank Delaney · ss You: The Mail on Sunday, 1996
- 198 · An Infringement of the Decalogue · Donn Byrne · ss The Smart Set
- 218 · The Flower of Kiltymore · Brian Friel · ss, 1966
- 234 · The Yellow Beret · Mary Lavin · ss New Yorker Aug 20 ’60
- 254 · A Bit of Business · William Trevor · ss, 1966
- 268 · The Killing of Mrs Nugent [from The Butcher Boy] · Patrick McCabe · ex, 1992
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Malice Domestic 9 ed. Joan Hess (Avon 0-380-80483-2, Apr 2000, $5.99, 214pp, pb); Original anthology of 14 “cosy” mystery stories presented by Joan Hess. A special tribute to Agatha Christie.
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The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century ed. Tony Hillerman (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-01267-2, Mar 2000, $28.00, 813pp, hc); Anthology of 46 mystery stories. Series edited by Otto Penzler.
- ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw
- xiv · Introduction · Tony Hillerman · in
- 1 · A Retrieved Reformation · O. Henry · ss Cosmopolitan Apr ’03
- 8 · Paul’s Case · Willa Cather · nv McClure’s May ’05
- 26 · 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
- 58 · Blind Man’s Buff [Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 24 ’13
- 73 · Naboth’s Vineyard [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Metropolitan Magazine Dec ’12
- 85 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week Mar 5 ’17
- 105 · The Gutting of Couffignal [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask Dec ’25
- 133 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty Magazine Mar 28 ’25
- 144 · Blue Murder · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Oct ’25
- 162 · The Perfect Crime · Ben Ray Redman · ss Harper’s Aug ’28
- 178 · The Baby in the Icebox · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury Jan ’33
- 193 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review Apr ’34
- 204 · Sense of Humor · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan Sep ’34
- 212 · Ransom · Pearl S. Buck · nv Cosmopolitan Oct ’38
- 235 · Red Wind [John Dalmas] · Raymond Chandler · na Dime Detective Magazine Jan ’38
- 279 · The Catbird Seat · James Thurber · ss New Yorker Nov 14 ’42
- 288 · Rear Window [“It Had to Be Murder”, as by William Irish] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine Feb ’42
- 318 · An Error in Chemistry [Gavin Stevens] · William Faulkner · ss EQMM Jun ’46
- 335 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss EQMM Apr ’47
- 344 · The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv EQMM Feb ’47
- 363 · The Homesick Buick · John D. MacDonald · ss EQMM Sep ’50
- 375 · Gone Girl [“The Imaginary Blonde”, as by John Ross Macdonald; Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Manhunt Feb ’53
- 405 · The Moment of Decision · Stanley Ellin · nv EQMM Mar ’55
- 426 · First Offense · Evan Hunter · nv Manhunt Dec ’55
- 443 · The Couple Next Door [Inspector Sands] · Margaret Millar · ss EQMM Jul ’54
- 458 · The Day of the Execution · Henry Slesar · ss AHMM Jun ’57
- 466 · The Terrapin · Patricia Highsmith · ss EQMM Oct ’62
- 479 · The Possibility of Evil · Shirley Jackson · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 18 ’65
- 489 · The Comforts of Home · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Kenyon Review Fll ’60
- 508 · Good Man, Bad Man · Jerome Weidman · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jul 1 ’67
- 523 · Goodbye, Pops · Joe Gores · ss EQMM Dec ’69
- 530 · The Whimper of Whipped Dogs · Harlan Ellison · ss Bad Moon Rising, ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1973
- 547 · The Wager [Kek Huuygens] · Robert L. Fish · ss Playboy Jul ’73
- 556 · Do with Me What You Will · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Playboy Jun ’73
- 568 · Quitters, Inc. · Stephen King · ss Night Shift, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978
- 587 · The Absence of Emily · Jack Ritchie · ss EQMM Jan 28 ’81
- 597 · By the Dawn’s Early Light [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · nv Playboy Aug ’84
- 615 · Iris · Stephen Greenleaf · ss The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984
- 635 · Three-Dot Po [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984
- 649 · The Parker Shotgun [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · nv Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986
- 665 · Too Many Crooks [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy Aug ’89
- 678 · Hot Springs · James Crumley · nv Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
- 694 · The Dark Snow · Brendan DuBois · ss Playboy Nov ’96
- 713 · Red Clay · Michael Malone · nv Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
- 729 · Poachers · Tom Franklin · na The Texas Review Spr ’98
- 770 · Running Out of Dog · Dennis Lehane · nv Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1999
- 901 · Biographical Notes · Misc. Material · bg
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Crème de La Crime ed. Janet Hutchings (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0738-0, Apr 2000, $24.95, 406pp, hc); Anthology of 27 stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine by award-winning authors.
- 1 · Introduction · Janet Hutchings · in
- 4 · In for a Penny · Lawrence Block · ss EQMM Dec ’99
- 10 · Triangle · Jeffery Deaver · ss EQMM Mar ’99
- 26 · Spooked · Carolyn Hart · nv EQMM Mar ’99
- 43 · Out of Control · Clark Howard · nv EQMM Jul ’97
- 73 · Da Capo · Janet LaPierre · nv EQMM Apr ’99
- 90 · The Serpent’s Back [Cullender] · Ian Rankin · nv Midwinter Mysteries 5, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown, 1995
- 107 · Saint Bobby · Doug Allyn · nv EQMM Apr ’99
- 141 · Best Behaviour · Simon Brett · ss Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1997
- 150 · Hoops · S. J. Rozan · nv EQMM Jan ’96
- 178 · The Carer · Ruth Rendell · ss, 1995
- 183 · The Safest Little Town in Texas · Jeremiah Healy · ss EQMM Sep/Oct ’98
- 192 · Because It Was There · Peter Lovesey · ss Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1997
- 202 · The Third Manny [Owen Keane] · Terence Faherty · nv EQMM Feb, 2000
- 227 · Details · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss EQMM Dec ’98
- 247 · One Bag of Coconuts [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Nov ’97
- 262 · The Sky-Blue Ball · Joyce Carol Oates · ss EQMM Jan ’97
- 266 · The Wrong Hands · Peter Robinson · ss EQMM Apr ’98
- 283 · Not Enough Monkeys · Benjamin M. Schutz · nv EQMM Sep/Oct ’98
- 303 · Big Sister [Underground] · Andrew Vachss · vi EQMM Jul ’99
- 307 · Poppy and the Poisoned Cake [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv EQMM Dec ’98
- 327 · Rumpole and the Absence of Body [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · ss EQMM Sep/Oct ’99
- 333 · Killing the Sixties [Diana Poole] · Melodie Johnson Howe · ss EQMM Jun ’99
- 345 · Trade Wars · Brendan DuBois · ss EQMM Feb ’97
- 358 · Under the Knife · Phil Lovesey · ss EQMM Jan ’99
- 369 · The Escape · Anne Perry · ss EQMM Mar ’96
- 382 · Joyce’s Children [Lew Fonesca] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss EQMM Jul ’99
- 397 · Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable · Barbara D’Amato · ss EQMM Nov ’98
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Murder Through the Ages: A Bumper Anthology of Historical Mysteries ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Headline 0-7472-7253-0, 2000, £12.99, 498pp, tp)
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Murder Most Divine: Ecclesiastical Tales of Unholy Crimes ed. Ralph McInerny & Martin H. Greenberg (Cumberland House 1-58182-121-2, Dec 2000, $19.95, 348pp, hc); Anthology of 18 stories.
- vii · Introduction · Ralph McInerny · in
- 3 · The Second Commandment · Charlotte Armstrong · na EQMM Jul ’67
- 43 · Holy Living and Holy Dying · Robert Barnard · ss Death of a Salesperson, Collins, 1989
- 53 · Mea Culpa · Jan Burke · nv Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket, 1997
- 73 · The Wrong Shape [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Storyteller Jan ’11
- 91 · Brother Orchid · Richard Connell · nv Colliers May 21 ’38
- 109 · “The Monk’s Tale” · P. C. Doherty · nv New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson, 1991
- 133 · When Your Breath Freezes · Kathleen Dougherty · ss EQMM Sep ’95
- 149 · State of Grace [Ralph Poteet] · Loren D. Estleman · ss An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1988
- 159 · Jemima Shore’s First Case [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · nv Jemima Shore’s First Case, Weidenfeld, 1986
- 179 · The Witch’s Tale · Margaret Frazer · ss The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 1993
- 197 · Murder Mysteries · Neil Gaiman · nv Midnight Graffiti, ed. Jessica Horsting & James Van Hise, Warner, 1992
- 223 · The Bishop and the Hit Man [Blackie Ryan] · Andrew Greeley · ss Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton, 1994
- 235 · The Sweating Statue · Edward D. Hoch · ss Detectives A to Z, ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr. et. al., Bonanza, 1985
- 249 · The Stripper [Sister Mary Ursula OMB] · H. H. Holmes · ss EQMM May ’45
- 261 · The Base of the Triangle · Ralph McInerny · ss Catholic Dossier May-Jun ’98
- 281 · Conventual Spirit · Sharan Newman · ss Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket, 1996
- 297 · Miss Butterfingers · Monica Quill · nv EQMM Mar ’93
- 331 · In the Confessional [Father Crumlish] · Alice Scanlan Reach · ss EQMM Jun ’62
- 341 · Author Biographies · Misc. Material · bg
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Crime Through Time III ed. Sharan Newman (Berkley 0-425-17509-X, Jun 2000, $6.99, 332pp, pb); A New Collection of Original Historical Mysteries.
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