Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006
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Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys ed. Michael Bracken (Wildside Press 1587155540, Jul 2001, $37.95, 256pp, hc); Anthology of 14 hardboiled stories. (Buy)
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Feline Felonies ed. Abigail Browning (Galahad Books 1-57866-114-5, Jun 2001, $9.99, 424pp, hc); Anthology of 43 mysterious tales of crime and cats. (Buy)
- viii · Introduction · Abigail Browning · in
- 1 · Catspaw [“Cat’s Paw”] · Sandra Woodruff · ss Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1987
- 11 · SuSu and the 8:30 Ghost · Lilian Jackson Braun · ss EQMM Apr ’64
- 20 · The Caller · Hugh B. Cave · ss AHMM Nov ’93
- 31 · The Alexandrian Cat [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · ss EQMM Feb ’94
- 46 · Miss Paisley’s Cat · Roy Vickers · ss EQMM May ’53
- 62 · Arnold · Fred Hamlin · ss AHMM Jun ’86
- 69 · Call to Witness · Nancy Schachterle · ss AHMM Aug ’72
- 76 · The Sin of Madame Phloi · Lilian Jackson Braun · ss EQMM Jun ’62
- 84 · The Nile Cat · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Jan ’69
- 88 · Cat’s-Paw · Mary Reed · ss EQMM Apr ’88
- 93 · Cat of Dreams [“Death and the Fiery-Eyed Cat”; Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss, 1958
- 100 · The Abominable House Guest [“Fluffy”] · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Weird Tales Mar ’47
- 107 · Phut Phat Concentrates · Lilian Jackson Braun · ss EQMM Dec ’63
- 115 · The Faithful Cat · Patricia Moyes · nv EQMM Jul ’83
- 128 · A Case of Catnapping · A. H. Z. Carr · ss EQMM Jul ’54
- 139 · Who Killed Wee Winky? · Barbara Owens · ss EQMM Jul ’93
- 149 · The Witch’s Cat [as by Gans T. Field] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales Oct ’39
- 162 · The Cat in the Bag · Charles Peterson · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb ’83
- 172 · The Cat and Fiddle Murders · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Jan ’83
- 187 · Professor Kreller’s Secret · Ingram Meyer · ss AHMM Mar ’83
- 198 · A Feline Felony · Lael J. Littke · ss EQMM Jan ’68
- 203 · The Lady Wore Black · Hugh B. Cave · ss AHMM Mar ’84
- 215 · Helix the Cat · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding, ed. Harry Harrison, Random, 1973
- 235 · Death at the Excelsior [“The Education of Detective Oakes”] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Pearson’s Magazine Dec ’14
- 252 · Miss Phipps and the Siamese Cat [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss EQMM Nov ’73
- 259 · Little Miracles · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss AHMM Jun ’92
- 271 · The Black Cat · Lee Somerville · ss AHMM Mar ’90
- 277 · Cat Burglar · Gene DeWeese · ss AHMM mid-Dec ’91
- 281 · The Theft of the Mafia Cat [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM May ’72
- 293 · Spectre in Blue Doubleknit · Bruce Bethke · ss AHMM Sep ’88
- 304 · The Old Gray Cat · Joyce Harrington · ss EQMM Dec ’77
- 313 · Animals · Clark Howard · nv EQMM Jun ’85
- 329 · The Searching Cats [“The Cat and the Killer”; Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss, 1956
- 336 · The Highwayman’s Hostage · Lillian de la Torre · ss EQMM Nov ’90
- 343 · Ming’s Biggest Prey · Patricia Highsmith · ss The Animal Lover’s Book of Beastly Murder, Heinemann, 1975
- 351 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia United States Saturday Post Aug 19, 1843
- 359 · Chocolate · Leslie Meier · ss EQMM Oct ’92
- 364 · A Visitor to Mombasa · James Holding · ss AHMM Mar ’74
- 374 · Between a Cat and a Hard Place · Jimmy Vines · ss EQMM May ’93
- 384 · The Empty Birdhouse · Patricia Highsmith · ss EQMM Jan ’69
- 396 · The Trinity Cat · Ellis Peters · ss Winter’s Crimes 8, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan, 1976
- 408 · Mrrrar! · Edgar Pangborn · ss EQMM Jul ’53
- 412 · Long Live the Queen · Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Jul ’91
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Flesh & Blood ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-67777-9, Apr 2001, $12.95, 351pp, tp); Original anthology of 18 erotic crime stories. (Buy)
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A Century of Great Suspense Stories ed. Jeffery Deaver (Berkley 0-425-18192-8, Nov 2001, $29.95, 500pp, hc); (Buy)
- xiii · Introduction · Jeffery Deaver · in
- 1 · The Gentleman in the Lake · Robert Barnard · nv Midwinter Mysteries 4, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown, 1994
- 17 · Life in Our Time · Robert Bloch · ss EQMM Oct ’66
- 25 · Batman’s Helpers [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · ss Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1990
- 39 · The Girl Who Married a Monster [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss EQMM Feb ’54
- 56 · The Wench Is Dead · Fredric Brown · nv Manhunt Jul ’53
- 80 · Cigarette Girl · James M. Cain · ss Manhunt May ’53
- 91 · A Matter of Principal [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss Stalkers, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1989
- 102 · The Weekender · Jeffery Deaver · nv AHMM Dec ’96
- 123 · Reasons Unknown · Stanley Ellin · ss EQMM Dec ’78
- 135 · Killing Bernstein · Harlan Ellison · pl Screamplays, ed. Richard Chizmar & Martin H. Greenberg, Ballantine Del Rey, 1997
- 146 · Leg Man [Pete Wennick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask Feb ’38
- 181 · One of Those Days, One of Those Nights · Ed Gorman · nv Crime Yellow, ed. Maxim Jakuwbowski, Gollancz, 1994
- 203 · Missing: Page Thirteen [Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · nv, 1915
- 235 · Voir Dire · Jeremiah Healy · nv Legal Briefs, ed. William Bernhardt, New York: Doubleday, 1998
- 263 · Chee’s Witch [Jim Chee] · Tony Hillerman · ss The New Black Mask No.7, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1986
- 273 · Interpol: The Case of the Modern Medusa · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Nov ’73
- 290 · Quitters, Inc. · Stephen King · ss Night Shift, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978
- 310 · So Young, So Fair, So Dead · John Lutz · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar ’73
- 329 · Nor Iron Bars · John D. MacDonald · ss Doc Savage Mar ’47
- 334 · Guilt-Edged Blonde [as by John Ross Macdonald; Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Manhunt Jan ’54
- 348 · Red Clay · Michael Malone · nv Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
- 364 · Poetic Justice · Steve Martini · nv Legal Briefs, ed. William Bernhardt, New York: Doubleday, 1998
- 383 · A Very Merry Christmas · Ed McBain · ss, 1957
- 390 · Among My Souvenirs · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet, 1997
- 400 · The People Across the Canyon · Margaret Millar · ss EQMM Oct ’62
- 415 · Benny’s Space [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991
- 432 · Heartbreak House · Sara Paretsky · ss Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
- 445 · Stacked Deck · Bill Pronzini · nv The New Black Mask No.8, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- 465 · Adventure of the Dauphin Doll [“The Dauphin’s Doll”; Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv EQMM Dec ’48
- 489 · Burning End · Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Dec ’95
- 498 · Carrying Concealed · Lisa Scottoline · nv Legal Briefs, ed. William Bernhardt, New York: Doubleday, 1998
- 518 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; trans. by Anthony Boucher · ss EQMM Nov ’47
- 524 · The Girl Behind the Hedge · Mickey Spillane · ss Manhunt Oct ’53
- 535 · Fourth of July Picnic [“Labor Union Murder”; Nero Wolfe; Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Look Jul 9 ’57 (+2)
- 566 · Lady Hillary · Janwillem van de Wetering · ss
- 579 · This Is Death [“In at the Death”] · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Thirteenth Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977
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Crime Spree ed. Sandy DeLuca & Trey R. Barker (December Girl Press, Oct 2001, $19.00, tp, cover by Keith Minnion)
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The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press (The Mysterious Press 0-89296-739-0, May 2001, $25.00, 357pp, hc); Original anthology of 18 stories celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Mysterious Press. (Buy)
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Murder Squad ed. Martin Edwards (Flambard Press 1 873226 51 9, 2001, 191pp, pb); original anthology of 14 stories. (Buy)
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American Crime Stories ed. John Escott (Oxford Bookworms 0-19-423079-1, 2001, £3.45, 116pp, tp); Reissue (Oxford Bookworms 1996) anthology of seven crime stories, retold in simplified (Stage 6) English by John Escott. [PSP]
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The Blue and the Gray Undercover ed. Ed Gorman (Forge 0-312-87487-1, Nov 2001, $24.95, 318pp, hc); Original anthology of 18 Civil War spy adventures. (Buy)
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Pulp Masters ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0873-5, Jun 2001, $14.00, 439pp, tp); Anthology of six hard-boiled crime novellas. (Buy)
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The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection ed. Ed Gorman (Forge 0-765-30101-6, Oct 2001, $18.95, 684pp, tp); Anthology of 42 stories from 2000. Also available in hc (-30029-X, $29.95). (Buy)
- 15 · The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 2000 · Jon L. Breen · ar
- 23 · A 2000 Yearbook of Mystery and Crime · Edward D. Hoch · ar
- 35 · World Mystery Report: Great Britain · Maxim Jakubowski · ar
- 41 · World Mystery Report: Australia · David Honeybone & Lucy Sussex · ar
- 43 · World Mystery Report: Canada · Edo van Belkom · ar
- 45 · World Mystery Report: Germany · Thomas Wöertche · ar
- 47 · The 2000 Short Story Edgar Awards · Camille Minichino · ar
- 49 · The Year 2000 in Mystery Fandom · George A. Easter · ar
- 55 · Spinning · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv EQMM Jul, 2000
- 79 · The Summer People · Brendan DuBois · ss EQMM Nov, 2000
- 93 · Afraid of the Dark · Nancy Pickard · nv The Night Awakens, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, 2000
- 113 · For All the Saints · Gillian Linscott · ss Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, 1999
- 125 · Let’s Get Lost [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · ss EQMM Sep/Oct, 2000
- 137 · Under Suspicion · Clark Howard · nv EQMM Mar, 2000
- 155 · Childhood · S. J. Rozan · ss Compulsion (e-book), Mightywords.com, 2000
- 175 · Art & Craft [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy Aug, 2000
- 187 · The Allotment · Peter Crowther · ss Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise, 1998
- 203 · Twelve of the Little Buggers · Mat Coward · ss EQMM Jan, 2000
- 215 · Missing in Action [Frank Bascombe Special Constable] · Peter Robinson · nv EQMM Nov, 2000
- 231 · The Haggard Society · Edward D. Hoch · nv The Night Awakens, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, 2000
- 245 · Scorpion’s Kiss · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss, 2000; “Der Skorpion in der Waage”, Aszendent Mord, Germany 2000.
- 259 · Noble Causes · Bob Mendes · ss, 2000; “Nobele Deleinden”, de Standaard 2000 (Dutch).
- 273 · The Sleeping Detective [Ivan Monk] · Gary Phillips · nv Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2000
- 287 · A Night in the Manchester Store · Stanley Cohen · nv Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley, 2000
- 303 · What Mr. McGregor Saw · Dorothy Cannell · ss Malice Domestic 9, Joan Hess, Avon, 2000
- 317 · Delta Double-Deal · Noreen Ayres · nv The Night Awakens, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, 2000
- 333 · Three Nil · Mat Coward · ss EQMM Nov, 2000
- 345 · The Man in the Civil Suit · Jan Burke · ss Malice Domestic 9, Joan Hess, Avon, 2000
- 353 · Black and White Memories · Robert J. Randisi · ss Compulsion (e-book), Mightywords.com, 2000
- 363 · Nothing to Lose · Robert Barnard · ss Malice Domestic 9, Joan Hess, Avon, 2000
- 373 · Widower’s Walk [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv AHMM Jan, 2000
- 395 · Character Flaw [Robbie Stanton] · Christine Matthews · nv Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2000
- 411 · Golden Gate Bridge—A View from Below · Jürgen Ehlers · ss Scenes of Crime, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd., 2000
- 419 · Boo · Richard Laymon · nv October Dreams, ed. Richard Chizmar & Robert Morrish, CD Publications, 2000
- 433 · Veterans · John Lutz · ss Murder Most Confederate, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House, 2000
- 443 · The Abbey Ghosts · Jan Burke · nv AHMM Jan, 2001
- 471 · The Country of the Blind · Doug Allyn · nv Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House, 2000
- 501 · Happiness · Joyce Carol Oates · ss EQMM Aug, 2000
- 515 · The Confession · Ian Rankin · ss EQMM Jun, 2000
- 521 · The Perfectionist · Peter Lovesey · ss The Strand Magazine #4, 2000
- 535 · The Wall Too High [Michael Vlado] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Jun, 2000
- 549 · The Silence · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv EQMM Jun, 2000
- 575 · The Big Bite [Nameless private eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Shots (online) v2 #6 ’99
- 587 · The Gathering of the Klan [Milan Jacovich] · Les Roberts · nv Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2000
- 603 · When the Black Shadows Die · Clark Howard · nv Mystery Scene #67, 2000
- 627 · Rebirth (Cain and Abel) · Miguel Agustí · ss Mysterypages.com, 2000
- 633 · Helena and the Babies · Denise Mina · ss Fresh Blood 3, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press, 1999
- 643 · Old Soldiers · Brendan DuBois · ss Playboy May, 2000
- 661 · The Victim · Ed McBain · ss Running from Legs and Other Stories, Five Star, 2000
- 671 · The Poet of Pulp: How Ed McBain Made the Precinct House a Respectable Place · Pete Hamill · ar New Yorker Jan 10, 2000 [Ed McBain]
- 685 · Honorable Mentions · Misc. Material · bi
- 687 · About the Editors · Misc. Material · bg
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