Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Books, Listed by Author

SKENE-MELVIN, DAVID, ed. (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Secret Tales of the Arctic Trails (Simon & Pierre 0-88924-277-1, 1997, hc) Stories of crime and adventure in Canada’s far north. (Contents)

SKVORECKÝ, JOSEF (Vaclav) (1924- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Mournful Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka (Norton 0-393-30786-7, 1991, $8.95, 288pp, tp) [Lieutenant Boruvka] Reprint (Gollancz 1973) collection of 12 detective stories featuring Czechoslovak policeman Lieutenant Boruvka. Translated from the Czech (1966 as Smutek porucíka Boruvka) by Rosemary Kavan, Kaca Polackova & George Theiner. (Contents)
• * _Sins for Father Knox (Norton 0-393-30787-5, 1991, $8.95, 268pp, tp) Reprint (Toronto: Lester 1988) collection of ten detective stories, each one breaking one of the ten commandments for writing detective fiction as set down by Father Ronald Arbuthnott Knox in 1929. Translated from the Czech (1973 as Hríchy pro pátera Knoxe) by Kaca Polackova Henley. (Contents)

SLUNG, MICHELE B(eth), ed. (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Murder & Other Acts of Literature (St. Martin’s 0-312-16937-X, Sep ’97, $24.95, 345pp, hc) Reprint (Book-of-the-Month Club 1997) anthology. (Contents)
• * *Murder for Halloween (with Roland Hartman) (New York: The Mysterious Press 0-89296-581-9, Oct ’94, $19.95, 362pp, hc) (Contents)

SMITH, ANTHONY NEIL, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology (Dennis McMillan 0939767511, Sep 2005, $30.00, hc) (Contents)

SMITH, JULIE; [i.e., Julienne Drew Smith] (1944- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Mean Rooms: A Short Story Collection (Five Star 0-7862-2364-2, Mar 2000, $21.95, 175pp, hc) (Contents)

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• * *New Orleans Noir (Akashic Books 978-1-933354-24-8, 2007, $14.95, 287pp, tp) (Contents)

SMITH, LISA RENÉ, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dead and Breakfast (with Linda Houle) (L & L Dreamspell 1603180222, Sep 2007, $16.95, 260pp, tp) (Contents)

SMITH, MARIE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * +Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0088-2, Aug ’94, $9.95, 517pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *More Ms. Murder (London: Xanadu, 1991, 258pp, hc) Available in the US from Citadel Press. (Contents)
• * +Nobel Crimes (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-914-6, 1992 [Dec ’92], $11.95, 263pp, tp) Anthology of 17 crime stories by winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature. First American edition (Xanadu 1992). “The Miraculous Revenge” by George Bernard Shaw is listed on the back cover and in the acknowledgements but is not in the book. (Contents)

SMITH, MARTIN CRUZ, ed.; [born Martin William Smith] (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Death by Espionage (Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 1-58182-040-2, Oct ’99, $24.95, 415pp, hc) Anthology of 20 espionage stories, 10 new, presented by The International Association of Crime Writers. (Contents)

SMITH, TIM, ed. (chron.)

• * _San Francisco Thrillers (with John Miller) See entry under John Miller.

SODARO, CRAIG (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Make It Mystery: An Anthology of Short Mystery Plays (Meriwether Publishing 1566081157, Sep 2006, $19.95, 223pp, tp) (Contents)

SOLES, CARO, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bloody Words: the anthology (with Cheryl Freedman) (Baskerville Books 0968677665, Jan 2003, C$14.95, tp) Anthology of the short story winners from the first five years of the Bloody Words Conference. (Contents)

SPARROW, THOMAS; pseudonym of Thomas K. O’Neill, (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Northwoods Pulp (Bluestone Press 0-9672-0060-1, Jul ’99, $12.95, 320pp, tp) (Contents)

SPIEGELMAN, PETER, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Wall Street Noir (Akashic Books 978-1-933354-23-1, 2007, $15.95, 270pp, tp) (Contents)

SPILLANE, FRANK MORRISON; see under Spillane, Mickey (stories) (chron.)

SPILLANE, MICKEY; [i.e., Frank Morrison Spillane] (1918-2006) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Byline: Mickey Spillane (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-99-4, Dec 2004, $20.00, 216pp, tp, cover by Gail Cross) (Contents) [ed: Max Allan Collins] [ed: Lynn F. Myers, Jr.]
• * *Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane (Five Star 0-7862-3560-3, 2001, 210pp, hc, cover by Terry Beatty) Collection of eight stories. (Contents)

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• * *A Century of Noir (with Max Allan Collins) (New American Library 0-451-20596-0, Apr 2002, $15.00, 521pp, tp) (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Murder Is My Business (with Max Allan Collins) (Dutton 0-525-93901-6, Dec ’94, $19.95, 292pp, hc) (Contents)
• * *Private Eyes (with 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. (Contents)
• * *Vengeance Is Hers (with Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg) (Signet 0-451-19198-6, May ’97, $5.99, 316pp, pb) Original anthology of 17 hard-boiled stories, all but one by women writers. (Contents)

SPINDLER, CHRISTINE (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume 1 (with Karen Wiesner) See entry under Karen Wiesner.

STABENOW, DANA (Helen), ed. (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Mysterious North (Signet 0-451-20742-4, Oct 2002, $6.99, 238pp, pb) Original anthology of 12 mysteries, one reprint, set in Alaska. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Powers of Detection: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy (Ace 0-441-01197-7, Oct 2004, $12.00, 227 + x, tp, cover by Jonathan Barkat) Original anthology of 12 stories. (Contents)
• * *Wild Crimes: Stories of Mystery in the Wild (Signet 045121286X, Sep 2004, $6.99, 289pp, pb) Original anthology of 11 stories, two reprint. (Contents)

STANDIFORD, LES(ter Alan), ed. (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Miami Noir (Akashic Books 1933354135, Nov 2006, $15.95, 355pp, tp) (Contents)

STANTON, MARY (1947- ); see pseudonym Claudia Bishop (stories) (chron.)

STAPLETON, MICHAEL; see under Anon. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Best Crime Stories [as by Anonymous] See entry under Anonymous.

STASHOWER, DANIEL (Meyer), ed. (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Ghosts in Baker Street (with Martin H. Greenberg & Jon L. Lellenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Murder in Baker Street (with Martin H. Greenberg & Jon L. Lellenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Murder, My Dear Watson (with Martin H. Greenberg & Jon L. Lellenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg

STERN, ADAM, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Silver Screams: Murder Goes Hollywood (with Cynthia Manson) See entry under Cynthia Manson.

STEVENS, SERITA DEBORAH, ed. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Unholy Orders: Mystery Stories with a Religious Twist (Columbine Publishing Group, Inc. 1890768286, Nov 2000, $24.95, 416pp, hc) Original anthology of 18 stories. (Contents)

STEWART, BRENDA ROBERTSON, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Racing Can Be Murder (with Tony Perona) (Blue River Press 0976336197, Oct 2007, $12.95, 180pp, tp) “Nineteen stories of mayhem, murder, and mischief at the Indy 500” by the Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime. (Contents)

STOUT, REX (Todhunter) (1886-1975) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *By His Own Hand (Crippen & Landru, May 2001, 16pp, ph) [Alphabet Hicks] Short story published to recognize Rex Stout as Ghost of Honor, Malice Domestic XIII, May 2001.
• * *An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0764-X, Aug 2000, $5.95, 184pp, pb) Collection of 16 stories. (Contents)

STRAUB, PETER (Francis) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Magic Terror: Seven Tales (Random House 0-375-50393-5, Jul 2000, $24.95, 335pp, hc) Collection of seven stories. (Contents)

STRIBLING, T(homas) S(igismund) (1881-1965) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-25-6, Oct 2004, $19.00, 196pp, tp, cover by Barbara Mitchell) Collection of nine stories. Also in limited hc edition (-24-8). (Contents) [ed: Arthur Vidro]

SULLIVAN, ELEANOR (Regis), ed. (1928-1991) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins (Walker 0-8027-5779-0, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $21.95, 315pp, hc) Reprint (Davis 1989 as Ellery Queen’s 11 Deadly Sins) anthology of 20 crime and mystery stories that originally appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, with an introduction by the editor. This edition omits the Charlotte Armstrong novella “The Second Commandment”. (Contents)
• * _Fifty Best Mysteries (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-819-0, 1992, $13.95, 642pp, tp) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1991 as Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine) mystery anthology.
• * *Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-632-5, 1991, $22.95, 642pp, hc) Anthology of 50 stories reprinted from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. (Contents)
• * _Masters of Suspense (with Ellery Queen) See entry under Ellery Queen.
• * _More Murder on Cue: Stage, Screen & Radio Favorites: Stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Volume III (Walker 0-8027-5752-9, Mar ’90 [Jan ’91], $19.95, 273pp, hc) Anthology of 16 stories that originally appeared in EQMM that were adapted for tv, stage, screen, or radio. Abridged from Ellery Queen’s More Media Favorites (Davis 1988). (Contents)
• * *Scarlet Letters: Tales of Adultery from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-684-8, 1991, $18.95, 256pp, hc) Anthology of 16 crime and mystery stories from EQMM about adultery. (Contents)

SULLIVAN, MARY ROSE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Crime Classics: The Mystery Story from Poe to the Present (with Rex Burns) See entry under Rex Burns.

SWIERCZYNSKI, DUANE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir (Busted Flush Press 0976715759, Jul 2006, $18.00, 385pp, tp) (Contents)

SYKES, JERRY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Mean Time (The Do-Not Press 1-899-344-40-3, 1998, £6.50, 269pp, tp) Original anthology of 16 crime stories. (Contents)

SYMONS, JULIAN (Gustave) (1912-1994) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Detections of Francis Quarles (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-45-0, Mar 2006, $19.00, 204pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) [Francis Quarles] Collection of 42 stories featuring private detective Francis Quarles. Also available in a limited hc edition (-44-2). (Contents) [ed: John Cooper]

TALLEY, MARCIA (Dutton), ed. (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Chesapeake Crimes 3 (with Donna Andrews) See entry under Donna Andrews.

TAN, CECILIA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Sexcrime (Circlet Press 1-885865-26-0, May 2000, $14.95, 207pp, tp, cover by Lorie Josephson) Anthology of 12 ‘subversive’ erotic stories, six original, set in repressive futures (a la 1984). Authors include Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Jean Marie Stine, and Simon Sheppard. Order from Circlet Press, 1770 Massachusetts Ave, #278, Cambridge MA 02140. (Contents)

TANNERT, MARY W., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Early German and Austrian Detective Fiction (with Henry Kratz) (McFarland 0786406593, 1999, 240pp, hc) (Contents)

TAYLOR, WENDELL HERTIG, ed. (1905-1985) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection (with Jacques Barzun) See entry under Jacques Barzun.

TCHEHOV, ANTON; see under Chekhov, Anton (stories) (chron.)

TCHEKHOV, ANTON PAVLOVITCH; see under Chekhov, Anton (stories) (chron.)

TERVALON, JERVEY (Michael), ed. (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Cocaine Chronicles (with Gary Phillips) See entry under Gary Phillips.

THOMAS, ROB, ed. (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Neptune Noir: Unauthorized Investigations into Veronica Mars (BenBella Books 1-999771-13-5, May 2007, $17.95, 216pp, tp) Anthology of essays on the first two seasons of the television show Veronica Mars. (Contents)

THOMSEN, BRIAN M(ichael), ed. (1959-2008) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Mob Magic (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-821-2, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $5.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Original anthology of 17 stories about gangsters and magic. (Contents)

THORNER, WILLIAM E., ed. (chron.)

• * *The Cat of Bast & Other Stories of Mystery (Regency, 1958, hc) (Contents)

THURBER, JAMES (Grover) (1894-1961) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Thurber on Crime (The Mysterious Press 0-89296-450-2, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $18.95, 208pp, hc) Collection of 35 stories and non-fiction pieces with criminal content by the great humorist. Edited and with an introduction by Robert LoPresti and a foreword by Donald E. Westlake. (Contents)

TREMAYNE, PETER; pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis, (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *An Ensuing Evil and Others (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0312342284, 2006, 14.95, 331pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *Hemlock at Vespers (St. Martin’s 0-312-25288-9, Mar 2000, $15.95, 398pp, tp) [Sister Fidelma] Collection of 15 Sister Fidelma stories. (Contents)
• * *Whispers of the Dead (London: Headline Book Publishing 0-7553-0229-X, Mar 2004, £18.99, 307pp, hc) [Sister Fidelma] Collection of 15 Sister Fidelma stories. (Contents)
• * +Whispers of the Dead (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-30382-3, May 2004, $14.95, 370pp, tp) [Sister Fidelma] Reprint (Headline 2004) collection, first US edition.

TREVANIAN, ed.; pseudonym of Rodney Whitaker, (1931-2005) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Death Dance: Suspenseful Stories of the Dance Macabre (Cumberland House 1-58182-250-2, Feb 2002, $14.95, 223pp, tp) Original anthology of 14 stories, two reprint. (Buy) (Contents)

TUROW, (L.) SCOTT, ed. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Best American Mystery Stories 2006 (Houghton Mifflin 0618517472, Oct 2006, $14.00, 384pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *Guilty as Charged (Pocket 0-671-51916-6, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $6.50, 312pp, pb) Original anthology from the Mystery Writers of America. (Contents)

TURVEY, CELIA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Crime Story Collection (with John Turvey) See entry under John Turvey.

TURVEY, JOHN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Crime Story Collection (with Celia Turvey) (Longman 0-582-27853-8, 1998, no price, iii+103pp, tp) Anthology of eight crime stories, retold in simplified (Intermediate Reader) English by John & Celia Turvey. [PSP] (Contents)

TWAIN, MARK; pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (1835-1910) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Stolen White Elephant and Other Detective Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-510153-7, Nov ’96, $25.00, hc) (Contents)

UNRUH, DAILE, ed. (chron.)

• * _Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories (with Don Bailey) See entry under Don Bailey.

UNSWORTH, CATHI, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *London Noir (Akashic Books 188845198X, Aug 2006, $14.95, 270pp, tp) (Contents)

VACHSS, ANDREW (Henry) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Everybody Pays (Vintage 0-375-70743-3, Sep ’99, $13.00, 368pp, tp) Collection of 38 stories. (Contents)

VANDERBURGH, GEORGE A., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Unpublished Solar Pons See entry under August Derleth.

van de WETERING, JANWILLEM (1931-2008) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Amsterdam Cops (Soho Press 1-56947-171-1, 1999, $22.00, 254pp, hc) Collection of 13 stories. (Contents)

VIDRO, ARTHUR, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist See entry under T. S. Stribling.