Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Books, Listed by Author

ANONYMOUS, ed. (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Never Safe (Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 0977124622, Dec 2006, $14.99, 204pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *New York State of Crime (Worldwide Library 0-373-26317-1, Aug ’99, $6.99, 509pp, pb) Anthology of two novels and an original short story. (Contents)
• * *Purnell’s Book of Mystery Stories (Bristol: Purnell 0361052863, 1982, 111pp, hc) Anthology of mystery and supernatural stories for children. (Contents)
• * *Readers’ Choice (Davis no ISBN, 1990, free, ph) Booklet given free to subscribers of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, four winners or runners-up for the EQMM Readers’ Choice Award. (Contents)
• * *Resort to Murder: Thirteen More Tales of Mystery by Minnesota’s Premier Writers (Nodin Press 1932472479, Aug 2007, $16.00, 184pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *Sherlock Holmes In: The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson/Sherlock Holmes In: The Grey Nun Legacy (Gryphon Books 0-93607-23-0, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $6.95, 42/17pp, ph) [Sherlock Holmes] Original anthology of two Sherlock Holmes pastiches, by Gary Lovisi and P. Smith respectively, presented in the style of the old Ace doubles. Gryphon Double #3. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228. (Contents)
• * *Southern Nights (Southern Star Publishing 1584449969, Nov 2001, $14.95, 224pp, tp) Mystery & Suspense Tales by Southern Writers. (Buy) (Contents)
• * +A Suit of Diamonds: Britain’s Celebrated Crime Club Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Volume (Dell 0-440-20840-8, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $4.50, 248pp, pb) Original anthology of 13 mystery stories commissioned to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the Collins Crime Club. First American edition (Collins 1990). (Contents)
• * *Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries [by John Gawsworth] (Associated Newspapers, 1935, 864pp, hc) Anthology illustrated by Norman Keene. (Contents)
• * *’Tis the Season for Murder: Christmas Crimes (Worldwide Library 0-373-26290-6, Nov ’98, $6.99, 508pp, pb) Anthology of two reprint Christmas murder mystery novels and an original short story. (Contents)
• * *Very Merry Mysteries (Mystery Guild 544478, 2003, $12.49, hc) Omnibus of three Christmas mysteries. (Contents)
• * *West by One and by One [by Poul Anderson] (The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County, 1965, $5.00, 157pp, tp) [Sherlock Holmes] Anthology of Sherlockiana. Limited to 500 copies. (Contents)
• * *Wicked Women Whodunit (Brava 0758210264, Mar 2005, $14.00, 329pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *World’s Great Detective Stories (Kessinger Publishing Company 0766188167, Mar 2004, $34.00, 532pp, tp)
• * *Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-903-0, 1992 [Dec ’92], $21.00, 343pp, hc) Anthology of stories from 1989 & 1990, with an introduction by Jon L. Breen. Edited by the staff of Mystery Scene. (Contents)
• * *Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-999-5, 1993, $20.00, 367pp, hc) Anthology of stories, with an introduction by Jon L. Breen. Edited by the staff of Mystery Scene. (Contents)
• * *Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0141-2, Dec ’94, $20.00, 441pp, hc) Anthology of 25 stories, with an introduction by Jon L. Breen. Edited by the staff of Mystery Scene. (Contents)
• * *Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0251-6, Oct ’95, $24.00, 397pp, hc) Anthology of 25 stories, with an introduction by Jon L. Breen. Edited by the staff of Mystery Scene. (Contents)
• * *Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0361-X, Sep ’96, $24.00, 394pp, hc) Anthology of 25 stories, with an introduction by Jon L. Breen. Edited by the staff of Mystery Scene. (Contents)
• * *The Year’s Best Stories by Leading Authors (Melbourne: Atlas Publishing, 195?, 2/-, 114pp, digest) cover has subtitle: “thrilling crime and adventure”. Details supplied by Chris Wood. (Contents)

ARCHER, JEFFREY (Howard) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * +Cat o’ Nine Tales and Other Stories (St. Martin’s Press 0-312-36264-1, 2007, $27.95, 255pp, hc) Original collection of 12 stories with drawings by Ronald Searle. First US edition (Macmillan 2007). (Contents)

ARDAI, CHARLES, ed. (1969- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Futurecrime: An Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come (with Cynthia Manson) See entry under Cynthia Manson.
• * *Great Tales of Crime & Detection (Galahad 0-88365-771-6, Jun ’91, $9.98, 512pp, hc) Anthology of 25 crime and detection stories from EQMM and AHMM, with an introduction by Robert Bloch and a foreword by John Lutz. An “instant remainder” book. (Contents)
• * _High Adventure (with Cynthia Manson) See entry under Cynthia Manson.
• * _Kingpins: Tales from Inside the Mob (with Cynthia Manson) See entry under Cynthia Manson.
• * _New England Crime Chowder (with Cynthia Manson) See entry under Cynthia Manson.
• * _The Return of the Black Widowers See entry under Isaac Asimov.

ARMIN, JANINE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Toronto Noir (with Nathaniel G. Moore) (Akashic Books 193335450X, May 2008, $15.95, 300pp, tp) (Contents)

ARMSTRONG, T(erence) I(an) FYTTON (1912-1970); see pseudonym John Gawsworth (stories) (chron.)

ARNOTT, MARION (stories) (chron.)

• * *Sleepwalkers (Elastic Press 0-9543747-3-8, Aug 2003, £6.00, 202pp, tp) Crime/horror collection. (Contents)

ARTHUR, ROBERT (Jr.) (1909-1969); see under Anon. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Alfred Hitchcock’s Sinister Spies [as by Anonymous] See entry under Anonymous.

ASAY, KATHLEEN L., ed. (chron.)

• * *Capital Crimes: 15 Tales by Sacramento Area Authors (with Patricia E. Canterbury) (Umbach Consulting 0615185088, Jan 2008, $19.95, 188pp, tp)

ASHLEY, MIKE, ed.; [i.e., Michael Raymond Donald Ashley] (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Classical Whodunnits: Murder and Mystery from Ancient Greece and Rome (Past Times 1-85487-463-2, Jul ’96 [Aug ’96], no price, x+374pp, tp) Anthology of 21 mystery stories, 16 original, set in Ancient Greece and Rome. Only available as part of a boxed set The Collected Classical Stories & Classical Whodunnits (-812-3, £11.95). (Contents)
• * _Classical Whodunnits: Murder and Mystery from Ancient Greece and Rome (Robinson 1-85487-463-2, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £5.99, x+374pp, tp) Reissue (Past Times 1996) anthology of original/reprint stories about murder and detection in the ancient world. This is actually exactly the same edition as the Past Times version except for the publisher name and price.
• * *The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits (Robinson 978-1-84529-630-8, Nov 2007, £7.99, xi+496pp, tp, cover by Gustave Doré) Original anthology of 22 stories set in the world of various Dickens novels. (Contents)
• * +The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1065-9, Oct 2002, $11.95, 496pp, tp) Anthology of 19 mysteries set in historial Egypt. First US edition (Robinson 2002). (Buy) (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives (Robinson 1-85487-406-3, 1995 [Nov ’95], £5.99, xii+532pp, tp) Mystery anthology. (Contents)
• * +The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0024-6, Nov ’93, $9.95, 522pp, tp) Anthology of 23 historical mysteries, with a foreword by Ellis Peters and an afterword by Arthur Griffiths. First US edition (Robinson 1993). (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits (Carroll & Graf 0786717300, Jun 2006, $13.95, x+498pp, tp) “24 Murder Mysteries from the Age of Gunpowder, Treason and Plot”. (Contents)
• * _The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits (Robinson 978-1-84529-303-1, Jul 2006, £7.99, x+498pp, tp, cover by Laslett John Pott) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 2006) original associational anthology. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (Robinson, 2000, 532pp, tp) Anthology of 27 stories, 15 new. (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1571-5, 2005, $13.95, 564pp, tp) Anthology of 26 stories set from 950 BC to the fateful voyage of the Titanic. First UK edition as The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, vol. 3 (Robinson, 2005). (Contents)
• * +The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0916-2, 2001, $11.95, 500pp, tp) Anthology of 22 stories from Ancient Rome to the days of James I of England. First US edition (Robinson, 2001 as The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection). (Buy) (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures (Robinson 1-85487-528-0, Sep ’97, £6.99, xvi+524pp, tp, cover by John Atkinson Grimshaw) Associational anthology of 21 original stories, and several reprints. Authors include Baxter, MacIntyre, Betancourt, Guy N. Smith, Brown, Clark, and Moorcock - whose entry originally appeared as a private edition hardback in London in 1996. (Reprinted in Tales from the Texas Woods as ‘The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: 1: The Adventure of the Texan’s Honour’). (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries (Robinson 1-84529-337-1, Nov 2006, £7.99, 530pp, tp, cover by Pete Rozycki) Thriller anthology. (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits (Robinson 1-84119-751-3, Jul 2004, £7.99, 534pp, tp) Anthology of 23 detective stories set during the 1920s, all but seven original, with a foreword and story introductions by Mike Ashley. (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits (Carroll & Graf 0786712414, Nov 2003, $11.95, 544pp, tp) Original anthology, first US edition (Constable Robinson (September 2003). (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Royal Whodunnits (Robinson 1-85487-893-X, Feb ’99, £6.99, xiv+434pp, tp, cover by The Senate) Anthology of 25 original whodunnits themed on and around royal families. (Contents)
• * *Shakespearean Detectives (Robinson 1-85487-559-0, Aug ’98, £6.99, 440pp, tp, cover by The Senate) Anthology of 29 original detective stories set in the world of Shakespearean plays. (Contents)
• * *Shakespearean Whodunnits (Robinson 1-85487-945-6, Sep ’97, £5.99, x+422pp, tp, cover by The Senate) Anthology of 24 original mystery stories, and one reprint: whodunnits based on Shakespeare’s plays amd characters. Authors include McKillip, Baxter, Holt, Newman, and MacIntyre. (Contents)
• * +Shakespearean Whodunnits (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0482-9, Nov ’97, $10.95, x+422pp, tp, cover by The Senate) First US edition (Robinson 1997).

ASIMOV, ISAAC; [anglicized from Isaak Iudich Azimov] (1920-1992) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Doubleday 0-385-26264-7, Jan ’90, $19.95, 253pp, hc) [Black Widowers] Collection of 12 mystery stories featuring the Black Widowers club. Three are originals. (Contents)
• * *The Return of the Black Widowers (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1248-1, Dec 2003, $24.00, 335 + xv, hc) [Black Widowers] Collection of 17 mystery stories by Asimov, five previously uncollected. This includes two homage stories by William Brittain and Charles Ardai, who edited the collection. Introduction by Harlan Ellison, and an afterword by Asimov extracted from I. Asimov on “The Birth of the Black Widowers”. An Otto Penzler book. (Buy) (Contents) [ed: William E. Brittain]
• * _Robots and Murder (SFBC #06516, Nov ’99, $14.98, 745pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Del Rey 1988 as The Robot Novels) omnibus of three robot mystery novels: The Caves of Steel (1954), The Naked Sun (1957), The Robots of Dawn (1983). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0701-5; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)

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• * *Isaac Asimov’s Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction # 5: Tin Stars (with Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh) (NAL/Signet 0-451-14395-7, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.95, 351pp, pb) Anthology of 15 stories of crime, mystery, and robots. (Contents)

ATHANS, PHILIP, ed. (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Realms of Mystery (TSR 0-7869-1171-9, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $5.99, 336pp, tp, cover by Alan Pollack) Original anthology of 14 fantasy/mystery stories set in the world of the role-playing game. Authors include Mary H. Herbert, Brian M. Thomsen, and Ed Greenwood. Copyrighted by TSR. (Contents)

AUSTER, PAUL (Benjamin) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The New York Trilogy (Penguin 0-14-013155-8, Apr ’90, $9.95, 371pp, tp) Omnibus of three literary mystery novels, City of Glass (Sun & Moon 1985), Ghosts (Sun & Moon 1986), and The Locked Room (Sun & Moon 1986). (Contents)

BACON, DAISY (S.), ed. (1899?-1986) (chron.)

• * *Detective Story Annual 1948 (Street & Smith, 1948, 25¢, digest) (Contents)
• * *Detective Story Annual 1949 (Street & Smith, 1949, 25¢, digest) (Contents)

BAILEY, DON, ed. (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories (with Daile Unruh) (Kingston, Ontario, Canada: Quarry Press 1-55082-019-2, 1991, $18.95, 240pp, tp) Anthology of 16 new and 8 reprint mystery stories by Canadian writers. (Contents)

BANKIER, WILLIAM (1929- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Fear Is a Killer (Mosaic Press 0-88962-553-0, Jun ’95, 329pp, tp) (Contents) [ed: Peter Sellers]

BARKER, TREY R., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Crime Spree (with Sandra DeLuca) See entry under Sandra DeLuca.

BARNARD, ROBERT (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * +Death of a Salesperson and Other Untimely Exits (Scribner’s 0-684-19088-5, Jan ’90 [Dec ’90], $16.95, 200pp, hc) Collection of 16 mystery stories. First U.S. edition (Collins 1989). (Contents)
• * *The Habit of Widowhood (Scribner’s 0-684-82648-8, 1996, $21.00, 223pp, hc) Collection of 17 mystery stories, one original. (Contents)

BARR, NEVADA (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Malice Domestic 10 (Avon 0-380-80484-0, Mar 2001, $5.99, 212pp, pb) Original anthology of 14 “cosy” mystery stories presented by Nevada Barr. (Buy) (Contents)

BARTON, A. K., ed. (chron.)

• * *Mystery (London: Dent, 1937, 252pp, hc) Anthology of ghost and mystery stories designed for use at schools, complete with a set of exercises. (Contents)

BARZUN, JACQUES, ed. (1907- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection (with Wendell Hertig Taylor) (Garland 0-8240-4975-6, 1983, hc) (Contents)

BEALS, STEPHEN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 1 (Six Lakes Arts 0-685-29418-8, 1989, $8.95, 128pp, tp) Stories from In-Between Magazine. (Contents)
• * *Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 2 (Chapel Street, 1992, $8.95, tp) (Contents)

BEARE, GERALDINE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’ (Folio Society, 1991, 350pp, hc) (Contents)

BEATTY, WENDI LEE; see under Lee, Wendi (stories) (chron.)

BECK, K. K.; pseudonym of Kathrine Kristine Beck Marris, (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Tell-Tale Tattoo and Other Stories (Five Star 0786245700, Sep 2002, $25.95, 283pp, hc) (Buy) (Contents)

BELBIN, DAVID, ed. (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *City of Crime (Five Leaves Publications 0-907123-12-0, 1997, £7.99, 248pp, hc) Original anthology, all authors “have a strong connection with the city of Nottingham, which is the city of crime refered to in this books title." (Contents)

BELKNAP, LISA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b) (Davis, 1962, 50¢, 256pp, digest) A rebinding of the February 1962 and August 1961 issues of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. (Contents)

BELLEM, ROBERT LESLIE (1902-1968) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (Pulpville Press, 2005, $24.95, 208pp, hc) [Dan Turner] (Contents)
• * *Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective: Book 2 (Pulpville Press, 2005, $27.95, 380pp, hc) [Dan Turner] (Contents)
• * *Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective: Book 3 (Pulpville Press, 2006, $26.95, 294pp, hc) [Dan Turner] (Contents)

BENDEL-SIMSO, MARY M., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology (with LeRoy Lad Panek) See entry under LeRoy Lad Panek.

BENNETT, ALAN (1934- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Single Spies & Talking Heads (Summit 0-671-69249-6, Jun ’90 [Jun ’92], $7.95, 157pp, tp) Collection of two plays; the first, Single Spies is about Guy Brugess and Anthony Blunt. A hardcover edition (-72877-6, $17.95) was announced but not seen. (Contents)

BERKELEY, ANTHONY; pseudonym of A. B. Cox, (1893-1971) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-17-5, Feb 2004, $19.00, 188pp, tp, cover by Gail Cross) [Roger Sheringham] Collection of eight stories. Also in limited hc edition (-16-7). (Buy) (Contents) [ed: Tony Medawar] [ed: Arthur Robinson]

BERNHARDT, WILLIAM (Gene), ed. (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Legal Briefs (New York: Doubleday 0-385-49138-7, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $22.95, 292pp, hc) (Contents)

bes SHAHAR, ELUKI (1956- ); see pseudonym Rosemary Edghill (stories) (chron.)

BIGGLE, KENNETH, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries See entry under Lloyd Biggle, Jr.