Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Books, Listed by Author

GIELGUD, VAL (Henry) (1900-1981) (stories) (chron.)

• * _13 to the Gallows (with John Dickson Carr) See entry under John Dickson Carr.

GIFFORD, BARRY (Colby) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Sailor’s Holiday: The Wild Life of Sailor and Lula (Random House 0-679-40149-0, Mar ’91 [Jan ’92], $20.00, 344pp, hc) Collection of four original black comedy noir novellas, together making a sequel to Wild at Heart. Recommended. (Contents)

GILBERT, MICHAEL (Francis) (1912-2006) (stories) (chron.)

• * +Anything for a Quiet Life (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-581-7, Apr ’90 [Feb ’91], $16.95, 222pp, hc) [Jonas Pickett] Collection of nine crime and mystery stories. First American edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1990). (Contents)
• * *The Curious Conspiracy and Other Crimes (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-73-0, May 2002, $17.00, 234pp, tp, cover by Deborah Miller) Collection of 20 previously uncollected stories. Also in hc (-72-2). (Buy) (Contents)
• * *The Man Who Hated Banks and Other Mysteries (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-17-X, 1997, $16.00, tp) Also in a limited hardcover edition with a tipped-in typescript page from the author’s files (16-1, $40.00). (Contents)
• * *Road to Damascus (Finland: Eurographica, 1990, hc) [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] (Contents)

GILMAN, LAURA ANNE, ed. (1967- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Treachery and Treason (with Jennifer Heddle) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45778-1, Mar 2000, $5.99, 326pp, pb) Original anthology of 21 stories “that celebrate the worst in human nature." (Contents)

GLASSMAN, STEVE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Orange Pulp (with Maurice J. O’Sullivan) See entry under Maurice J. O’Sullivan

GODFREY, PETER (1917-1992) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Newtonian Egg and Other Cases of Rolf le Roux (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-69-2, Feb 2002, $15.00, 170pp, tp, cover by Deborah Miller) Collection of ten Rolf le Roux stories. Also in hc (-68-4). (Buy) (Contents)

GOODIS, DAVID (Loeb) (1917-1967) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Black Friday (London: Serpent’s Tail, 2006, £8.99, 434pp, hc) (Contents)

GORES, JOE; [i.e., Joseph Nicholas Gores] (1931- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Mostly Murder (Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1-56146-016-8, May ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.95, 96pp, tp) Collection of eight stories with an introduction by the author. Author’s Choice #4. A hardcover edition ($25.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Pulphouse Publishing, PO Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440. (Contents)
• * *No Crib for His Bed (Crippen & Landru, Dec 2004, free, 18pp, ph, cover by Deborah Miller) [Daniel Kearny Associates] Original short story published in an edition of 353 copies as a gift for friends of Crippen & Landru Publishers.
• * *Speak of the Devil: 14 Tales of Crimes and Their Punishments (Five Star 0-7862-2035-X, Nov ’99, $20.95, 200pp, hc) (Contents)
• * *Stakeout on Page Street and other DKA files (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-44-7, 2000, $16.00, 182pp, tp) [Daniel Kearny Associates] Collection of 12 stories featuring the Daniel Kearny Associates detective agency. (Contents)

GORES, JOSEPH N.; see under Gores, Joe (stories) (chron.)

GORMAN, CAROL, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Felonious Felines (with Ed Gorman) (Unity, ME: Five Star 0-7862-2689-7, 2000, $16.76, 175pp, hc, cover by Carol Pringle) (Contents)

GORMAN, ED(ward Joseph) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Cages (Deadline Press 0-9631367-6-3, Apr ’95 [Jul ’95], $35.00, 370pp, hc, cover by Carlos Batts) Collection of 21 stories, five original, with an introduction by F. Paul Wilson and an afterword by Marcia Muller. A signed, limited edition of 500. Order from Deadline Press, PO Box 2808, Apache Junction AZ 85217; add $3.00 shipping. (Contents)
• * *The Collected Ed Gorman: Volume One: Out There in the Darkness (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-13-6, Apr 2007, £15.00, 401pp, hc, cover by Duncan Long) Collection of 19 crime and mystery stories. Introduction by Lawrence Block. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; copies signed by both Gorman and Block are available as part of a slipcased two-book set with The Collected Ed Gorman Volume Two: The Moving Coffin (set -15-0, £75.00). PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk]. (Contents)
• * *The Collected Ed Gorman: Volume Two: The Moving Coffin (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-14-3, Apr 2007, £15.00, 395pp, hc, cover by Duncan Long) Collection of 20 crime and mystery stories. Introduction by Max Allan Collins. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; copies signed by both Gorman and Collins are available as part of a slipcased two-book set with The Collected Ed Gorman Volume Two: The Moving Coffin (set -15-0, £75.00). PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk]. (Contents)
• * *Dark Whispers (Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1-56146-017-6, 1993, $5.95, 122pp, tp) Collection of 11 stories with an introduction by the author. Author’s Choice #5. (Contents)
• * *Different Kinds of Dead and Other Tales (Five Star 1-59414-213-0, Jul 2005, hc) Collection of 15 stories. (Contents)
• * *Famous Blue Raincoat (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-34-X, 1999, $17.00, 258pp, tp, cover by Gail Cross) Collection of 12 stories, also published in a limited hardcover edition (-33-1). (Contents)
• * *Prisoners and Other Stories (CD Publications 1-881475-00-X, Sep ’92 [Dec ’92], $20.95, 300pp, hc) Collection of 22 dark suspense, crime, and horror stories, with an introduction by the author and an afterword by Dean Koontz. (Contents)
• * *Shadow Games (Leisure 0-8439-4515-X, May ’99, $5.50, 336pp, pb) Collection of a novel and a novelette. (Contents)
• * *Such a Good Girl and Other Stories (Five Star 0786229985, Feb 2001, $24.95, 256pp, hc) Collection of 11 stories. (Buy) (Contents)

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• * *The Adventure of the Missing Detective (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1643-6, 2005, $16.95, 568pp, tp) “and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories!" (Contents)
• * *American Pulp (with Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0461-6, Aug ’97, $12.95, 550pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *The Blue and the Gray Undercover (Forge 0-312-87487-1, Nov 2001, $24.95, 318pp, hc) Original anthology of 18 Civil War spy adventures. (Buy) (Contents)
• * _Cat Crimes (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Cat Crimes for the Holidays (with Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Cat Crimes I, II, III (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Cat Crimes II (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Cat Crimes III (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * *Cat Crimes Through Time (with Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0555-8, Jan ’99, $24.00, 335pp, hc) Original anthology of 21 feline mysteries. (Contents)
• * _Crime After Crime (with Martin H. Greenberg & Joan Hess) See entry under Joan Hess.
• * _Danger in D.C. (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * *Dark Crimes 2: Modern Masters of Noir (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-919-7, 1993, $12.95, 512pp, tp) Anthology of one novel and 21 stories. (Contents)
• * *Dark Crimes: Great Noir Fiction from the ’40s to the ’90s (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-699-6, Oct ’91, $21.95, 464pp, hc) Anthology of two novels and 19 stories. (Contents)
• * *The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Carroll & Graf 0786719176, 2007, $16.95, 560pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *The Fatal Frontier (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0350-4, Jan ’97, $25.00, 419pp, hc) Anthology of 23 western stories by mystery writers, seven new. (Contents)
• * _Feline and Famous: Cat Crimes Goes Hollywood (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Felonious Felines (with Carol Gorman) See entry under Carol Gorman.
• * *Invitation to Murder (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Dark Harvest 0-913165-65-4, Dec ’91, $21.95, 292pp, hc) Original anthology of 18 stories, all based on the premise “A young woman is found dead on the appartment floor.” Includes an introduction by Bill Pronzini. (Contents)
• * *Kittens, Cats, and Crime (Five Star 0-7862-5032-1, Mar 2003, 229pp, hc) Original anthology of 11 stories, three reprints. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Love Kills (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0426-8, May ’97, $12.95, 386pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0120-X, Dec ’94, $22.00, 401pp, hc) (Contents)
• * *Murder Most Feline: Cunning Tales of Cats and Crime (with Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff) (Cumberland House 1-58182-215-4, Dec 2001, $14.95, 248pp, tp) Anthology of 16 stories. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Murder Most Irish (with Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg) (Barnes & Noble 1-56619-637-X, Jun ’96, $9.98, 596pp, hc) Anthology of 15 stories (eight new) and two novels. (Contents)
• * _Murder Most Scottish (with Martin H. Greenberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Robert Adey) See entry under Stefan Dziemianowicz.
• * _Nightmare Town See entry under Dashiell Hammett.
• * *Once Upon a Crime (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Berkley 0-425-16301-6, Jun ’98, $21.95, 416pp, hc, cover by Jeff Crosby) Original anthology of 24 fairy tales retold by mystery writers. (Contents)
• * *A Prisoner of Memory: And 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Pegasus 1933648805, May 2008, $15.95, 432pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *Pulp Masters (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0873-5, Jun 2001, $14.00, 439pp, tp) Anthology of six hard-boiled crime novellas. (Buy) (Contents)
• * *Pure Pulp (with Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0700-3, Dec ’99, $13.95, 565pp, tp) Anthology of 25 hardboiled crime stories. (Contents)
• * _Sleuths of the Century (with Jon L. Breen) See entry under Jon L. Breen
• * *Solved (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-689-9, Dec ’91, $21.95, 295pp, hc) Original anthology of 16 stories “solving” unsolved true crimes, ranging from who was “Deep Throat” to who kidnapped the Lindbergh baby. (Contents)
• * *Under the Gun: Mystery Scene Presents the Best Suspense and Mystery (with Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg) (NAL 0-453-00713-9, Feb ’90, $19.95, 399pp, hc) Very late 1988 best-of-the-year anthology plus an overview of the genre that year, and an article on Jay Flynn by Bill Pronzini. Simultaneous with the trade paperback edition from Plume. (Contents)
• * *The Widow of Slane: Six More of the Best Crime and Mystery Novellas of the Year! (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Carroll & Graf 0786717912, Jun 2006, $16.95, 336pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *Wolf Woman Bay and 9 More of the Finest Crime and Mystery Novellas of the Year! (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Carroll & Graf 078671980X, Sep 2007, $17.95, 556pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories (Forge 0-312-87480-4, Aug 2000, $25.95, 640pp, hc) Anthology of 38 stories from 1999, with year in review articles by Jon L. Breen and Edward D. Hoch. (Contents)
• * *The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection (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) (Contents)
• * *The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Forge 0-765-30235-7, Oct 2002, $17.95, 640pp, tp) Anthology of 40 stories from 2001. Also available in hc (-30234-9, $27.95). (Buy) (Contents)
• * *The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Forge 0-765-30849-5, Sep 2003, $17.95, 638pp, tp) Anthology of 42 stories from 2002. Also available in hc (-30848-7, $29.95). (Buy) (Contents)
• * *The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Fifth Annual Collection (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Forge Books 076531147X, Oct 2004, $17.95, 464pp, hc) (Contents)
• * _Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition (with Martin H. Greenberg & Joan Hess) See entry under Joan Hess.
• * *Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0571-X, Sep ’98, $25.00, 402pp, hc) Best of the year anthology of 25 stories, with an introduction by Jon L. Breen and overview by Edward D. Hoch. (Contents)

GOULART, RON(ald Joseph) (1933- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Adam and Eve on a Raft (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-58-7, Oct 2001, $17.00, 213pp, tp) Collection of 16 mystery stories, five featuring Scrib Merlin and 11 the California Adman. Also available in a limited hardcover edition (1-885941-57-9, $42.00). (Buy) (Contents)

GRADY, JAMES (Thomas), ed. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Unusual Suspects (Vintage 0-679-76788-6, May ’96, $13.00, 337pp, tp) (Contents)

GRAFTON, SUE (Taylor), ed. (1940- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Best American Mystery Stories 1998 (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-83585-2, Sep ’98, $13.00, 345pp, tp) Best of the year anthology of 20 mystery stories from 1997. Series editor Otto Penzler. (Contents)

GRANT, JAMES D. (1954- ); see pseudonym Lee Child (stories) (chron.)

GRAPE, JAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Found Dead in Texas and Other Stories (Five Star 0-7862-4841-6, Dec 2002, $25.95, 233pp, hc) Collection of nine stories. (Buy) (Contents)

GREBER, JUDITH A. (1939- ); see pseudonym Gillian Roberts (stories) (chron.)

GREENBERG, MARTIN H(arry) (1941- ); see also Mary Higgins Clark, Carolyn G. Hart & Nancy Pickard (stories) (chron.)

• * _Malice Domestic 2: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories [as by Mary Higgins Clark] See entry under Mary Higgins Clark.
• * _Malice Domestic 3: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories [as by Nancy Pickard] See entry under Nancy Pickard.
• * _Malice Domestic 4: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories [as by Carolyn G. Hart] See entry under Carolyn G. Hart

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• * _100 Crooked Little Crime Stories (with Robert E. Weinberg & Stefan Dziemianowicz) See entry under Robert E. Weinberg
• * _100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories (with Robert E. Weinberg & Stefan Dziemianowicz) See entry under Robert E. Weinberg
• * _100 Menacing Little Murder Stories (with Robert E. Weinberg & Stefan Dziemianowicz) See entry under Robert E. Weinberg
• * _100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories (with Robert E. Weinberg & Stefan Dziemianowicz) See entry under Robert E. Weinberg
• * _The Adventure of the Missing Detective (with Ed Gorman) See entry under Ed Gorman.
• * _Alternate Outlaws (with Mike Resnick) See entry under Mike Resnick.
• * _American Pulp (with Ed Gorman & Bill Pronzini) See entry under Ed Gorman.
• * _August Is a Good Time for Killing and Other Blood-Curdling Stories of Murder in the East (with Billie Sue Mosiman) See entry under Billie Sue Mosiman.
• * _Blowout in Little Man Flats and Other Spine-Tingling Stories of Murder in the West (with Billie Sue Mosiman) See entry under Billie Sue Mosiman.
• * *Cat Crimes (with Ed Gorman) (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-253-X, Jul ’91, $18.95, 260pp, hc) Original anthology of 17 mystery stories with an introduction by Gorman. (Contents)
• * _Cat Crimes (with Ed Gorman) (Mystery Guild #18750, Oct ’91, $8.98, 260pp, hc) Reprint (Fine 1991) original anthology.
• * *Cat Crimes for the Holidays (with Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff) (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-503-2, 1997, $24.95, 310pp, hc) Original anthology of 19 stories. Information from Ivy 1999 pb edition. (Contents)
• * *Cat Crimes I, II, III (with Ed Gorman) (MJF Books 1-56731-278-0, 1998, $9.98, 260+272+257pp, hc) Omnibus edition of Cat Crimes (Fine 1991), Cat Crimes II (Fine 1992), and Cat Crimes III (Fine 1992). (Contents)
• * *Cat Crimes II (with Ed Gorman) (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-285-8, Jun ’92, $19.95, 272pp, hc) Original anthology of 19 crime and mystery stories about cats, with an introduction by Ed Gorman. (Contents)
• * *Cat Crimes III (with Ed Gorman) (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-339-0, Dec ’92, $20.00, 257pp, hc) Original anthology of 18 crime and mystery stories about cats, with an introduction by Ed Gorman. (Contents)
• * *Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation (with Ed Gorman) (Fine 1-55611-444-3, 1995, $20.95, 256pp, hc) (Contents)
• * _Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation (with Ed Gorman) (Ivy 0-8041-1443-9, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.50, 274pp, pb) Reprint (Fine 1995) original anthology.
• * _Cat Crimes Through Time (with Larry Segriff & Ed Gorman) See entry under Ed Gorman.