Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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Death Dines at 8:30 ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario (Berkley 0-425-17470-0, May 2001, $21.95, 286pp, hc) Original anthology of 16 stories (two reprints) of crime and cusine—with all-new recipes included. (Buy)
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 ed. Lawrence Block (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-12492-6, Oct 2001, $27.50, 349pp, hc) Anthology of 20 mystery stories from 2000. Series editor Otto Penzler. Also available in tp (-12491-8, $13.00). (Buy)
- ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw
- xiii · Introduction · Lawrence Block · in
- 1 · Things That Make Your Heart Beat Faster · Jennifer Anderson · nv The Missouri Review, 2000
- 25 · Lobster Night · Russell Banks · ss Esquire Mar, 2000
- 43 · Prison Food · Michael Downs · ss Witness, 2000
- 61 · In the Zone · Leslie Edgerton · ss High Plains Literary Review, 2000
- 75 · The Paperhanger · William Gay · ss Harper’s Feb, 2000
- 91 · A Book of Kells [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · nv MHCMM Sum, 2000
- 111 · Erie’s Last Day [Larry Erie] · Steve Hockensmith · ss AHMM May, 2000
- 133 · Under Suspicion · Clark Howard · nv EQMM Mar, 2000
- 157 · Her Hollywood · Michael Hyde · ss Alaska Quarterly Review, 2000
- 169 · Family · Dan Leone · ss Literal Latté, 2000
- 182 · Blood Sport · Thomas Lynch · ss Witness, 2000
- 193 · Carnie · David Means · ss Witness, 2000
- 202 · Tides · Kent Nelson · nv Georgia Review, 2000
- 228 · The Girl with the Blackened Eye · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Witness, 2000
- 239 · Easy Street · T. Jefferson Parker · nv ASAP Press, 2000
- 271 · The Big Bite [Nameless private eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Shots (online) v2 #6 ’99
- 285 · Missing in Action [Frank Bascombe Special Constable] · Peter Robinson · nv EQMM Nov, 2000
- 305 · The Face-Lift · Roxana Robinson · ss Atlantic Monthly, 2000
- 318 · Big Ranch · John Salter · ss Third Coast, 2000
- 327 · Push Comes to Shove · Nathan Walpow · ss A Deadly Dozen, ed. Susan B. Casmier, Aljean Harmetz & Cynthia Lawrence, Uglytown, 2000
- 337 · Contributors’ Notes · Misc. · bg
- 347 · Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2000 · Misc. · bi
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Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories ed. Lawrence Block (Cumberland House 1581822189, Oct 2001, $24.95, 400pp, hc) (Buy)
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Speaking of Greed: Stories of Envious Desire ed. Lawrence Block (Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 1-58182-221-9, Sep 2001, $24.95, 368pp, hc) Anthology of 20 mystery stories, including an original novella by Lawrence Block. Second in “The Seven Deadly Sins” series. (Buy)
- · Speaking of Greed · Lawrence Block · na *
- · The Word · F. Paul Wilson · ss
- · Hitler, Elvis, and Me · Doug Allyn · ss AHMM Oct, 2000
- · One Hit Wonder · Gabrielle Kraft · ss Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1992
- · The $5,000 Getaway · Jack Ritchie · ss AHMM May ’59
- · Rotten to the Core · Jeremiah Healy · ss Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley, 1999
- · Front Man · David Morrell · nv Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1998
- · Water’s Edge · Robert Bloch · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep ’56
- · A Taste of Paradise · Bill Pronzini · ss EQMM Mar ’94
- · Bits · Mat Coward · ss Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1996
- · Come Down from the Hills [Boley-McKee] · John F. Suter · ss EQMM Apr ’87
- · The Wrong Hands · Peter Robinson · ss EQMM Apr ’98
- · The High Cost of Living · Dorothy Cannell · ss Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- · My Heart Cries for You · Bill Crider · nv 14 Vicious Valentines, ed. Rosalind M. Greenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Avon, 1988
- · Inside Job · Ed Gorman · ss Voices from the Night, ed. John Maclay, Maclay & Associates, 1994
- · Deadly Fantasies [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss AHMM Apr ’89
- · Death Scene · Helen Nielsen · ss EQMM May ’63
- · Goodbye, Sue Ellen · Gillian Roberts · ss Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, 1993
- · Death and Diamonds · Susan Dunlap · ss A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991
- · A Ticket Out · Brendan DuBois · ss EQMM Jan ’87
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Speaking of Lust: Stories of Forbidden Desire ed. Lawrence Block (Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 1-58182-153-0, Aug 2001, $24.95, 365pp, hc) Anthology of 18 mystery stories, including an original novella by Lawrence Block. First in “The Seven Deadly Sins” series. (Buy)
- 7 · Before We Begin · Lawrence Block · pr *
- 11 · Crack · James W. Hall · ss Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1999
- 23 · The Girls in Villa Costas [“Playing It Cool”] · Simon Brett · ss EQMM Dec 2 ’81
- 39 · I’m Not That Kind of Girl · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss Radio Void Aug ’89
- 49 · The End of It All · Ed Gorman · nv Cages, Deadline Press, 1995
- 83 · A Theme for Hyacinth · Julian Symons · ss Argosy (UK) Aug ’67
- 105 · Hot Springs · James Crumley · nv Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
- 123 · Do with Me What You Will · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Playboy Jun ’73
- 137 · Hero · Jeremiah Healy · nv Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket, 1999
- 155 · Ro Erg · Robert Weinberg · ss Dark Love, ed. Nancy Collins, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Penguin/Roc, 1995
- 171 · Sauce for the Goose [as by Eric Fitzgerald] · Gil Brewer · ss Pursuit Detective Story Magazine Jan ’56
- 185 · Every Morning · Richard Marsten · ss Manhunt Detective Story Monthly Sep ’54
- 191 · I’m in the Book [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986
- 207 · Hell on Wheels · Thomas S. Roche · ss The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1996
- 219 · A Handgun for Protection · John Lutz · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep ’74
- 229 · All That Glitters · Joan Hess · nv Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley, 1995
- 247 · The Man Who Shot Trinity Valance · Paul Bishop · ss Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton, 1994
- 261 · The Age of Desire · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood v4, Sphere, 1985
- 305 · Speaking of Lust · Lawrence Block · na *
- 359 · Authors’ Biographies · Misc. · bg
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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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