Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

NOBLE, JAMES A. (stories) (continued)

• A Short Pocket Mystery (ss) AHMM Mar 1985
• Involuntary Suicide (ss) AHMM Apr 1985
• The Good Listener (ss) AHMM Jun 1985
• The Mountain Mishap Mystery (ss) AHMM Dec 1985
• Murder in the Fast Lane (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1985
• The Investment in Murder Mystery (ss) AHMM Feb 1986
• Walling Up the Calls (ss) AHMM Jul 1986
• The Invisible Clue (ss) AHMM Oct 1986
• Epitaph for a Trash Bin (ss) AHMM Feb 1987
• The Case of the Dumb Detective and the Humphrey Bogart Fanatic (ss) AHMM May 1995
• The Case of the Daydreamer and the Intentional Incident (ss) AHMM Oct 1995
• The Case of the Big Bang Theory and the Grand Finale (ss) AHMM Nov 1995
• Crispy Critter (ss) AHMM Feb 1996
• Package Deal (ss) AHMM Jan 1997
• The Case of the Silent Kidnapper and the Seventy Pecent Solution (ss) AHMM Feb 1997
• The Kompetition Killer (ss) AHMM Jan 1998

NODAR, JANET (stories)

• ZipiMart Eddie (ss) AHMM Nov 1996
• The Callers (ss) AHMM Sep 1999
• Even the Least (ss) AHMM Nov 2006

NOETZEL, RICK (stories)

• The Story That Won: Good Old Days (vi) AHMM Jun 2002
• Second from the Right (ss) AHMM Feb 2003
• An Evening Out (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2003
• Pretty Boy Lloyd (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006

NOLAN, JAMES (stories)

• Open Mike (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (French Quarter).

NOLAN, TOM (books) (stories)

• Sounds of Suspense [with Dick Lochte] (ar) The Armchair Detective Spr, Sum, Fll 1990, Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1991
• Double Detecting in Victorian England (bg) MHCMM Spr 1997; Anne Perry on Thomas and Charlotte Pitt.
• “K” Is for Kinsey (bg) MHCMM Spr 1997; Sue Grafton on Kinsey Millhone.
• On a Winning Streak (bg) MHCMM Spr 1997; Dick Francis on Sid Halley.
• Mystery on the Air (ar) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
• Regular Guys—and Gals—With a Twist (bg) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997; Elmore Leonard on Chili Palmer.
• Peter Lovesey: Making Peace with the Past (bg) MHCMM Sum 1999; on Peter Diamond.
• Martha Grimes Plants a Few Clues (bg) MHCMM Sum 2000; on Richard Jury & Melrose Plant.
• Sue Grafton Talks to Tom Nolan (iv) Crime Time #23 2001
• Introduction (in) (*) 2004
• Archer in Memory: A Biographical Sketch (bg)
• Preface to the Case Notes (pr)

NOLAN, WILLIAM F(rancis) (1928- ); see pseudonym Frank Anmar (books) (stories)

• Into the Lion’s Den (ss) AHMM Dec 1956
• The Strange Case of Mr. Pruyn (ss) AHMM Dec 1956; also as “Into the Lion’s Den”.
• Down the Long Night (ss) Terror Detective Story Magazine Apr 1957
• Naked City (ss) Terror Detective Story Magazine Apr 1957
• Death Double (ss) Impact-20, Paperback Library 1963
• Nobody, That’s Who (ss) Impact-20, Paperback Library 1963
• Strippers Have to Die (ss) Chase May 1964
• Death Drag (ss) Chase #2 1964
• The Fasterfaster Affair (ss) The Pseudo People, ed. William F. Nolan, Sherbourne 1965
• The Party (ss) Playboy Apr 1967
• Violation (ss) Future City, ed. Roger Elwood, Trident 1973
• A Real Nice Guy (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1980
• Pulp Pioneer of the Private Eye (Carroll John Daly) (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1980
• Sungrab (nv) After the Fall, ed. Robert Sheckley, Ace 1980 [Sam Space]
• Death Decision (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1981
• Lonely Train a’ Comin’ (ss) Gallery Oct 1981
• The Train (ss) Gallery Oct 1981; also as “Lonely Train a’ Comin’”.
• The Zurich Solution (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1982
• Pirate’s Moon (nv) Murder in Los Angeles, Adams Round Table, Morrow 1987
• Die, Clown, Die! (ss) 14 Vicious Valentines, ed. Rosalind M. Greenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Avon 1988
• Stoner (ss) Twilight Zone Apr 1989
• Shadow Quest (ss) 1990
• Him, Her, Them (ss) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991
• Deadtrip (ss) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991 [Sam Space]
• Hi, Mom! (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
• Brothers in Crime (ss) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992 [Batman]
• Fyodor’s Law (ss) Cemetery Dance Spr 1994
• A Centennial Interview with Dash Hammett (iv) Hardboiled #19 1994
• Vampire Dollars (nv) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• An Act of Violence (ss) Phantasm #2 1995
• Chandlerisms (ms) Hardboiled #22 1996
• A Good Day (ss) Cemetery Dance Spr 1997
• The Adventure of the Martian Moons (ss) The Flying Sorcerers, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1997; also as “The Beast of Bubble City”. [Sam Space]
• The Beast of Bubble City (ss) The Flying Sorcerers, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1997 [Sam Space]
• The Most Exciting Night of His Life (ss) Rage Jan 1998
• I’ll Get Away with It (vi) Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• Silk and Fire (ss) Cemetery Dance #31 1999
• Down the Long Night (co) Five Star 2000
• Once Upon a Time... (ss) Down the Long Night, Five Star 2000
• What a Cat Has to Do (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• Introduction (in)
• Introduction: “Man of Many Masks” (in)
• Preface (pr)

NOLL, INGRID (1935- ) (stories)

• Fisherman’s Friend (ss) EQMM Dec 2003; first published in German in Ingrid Noll, Stich für Stich, Diogenes Verlag AG, Zürich, 1997.; tr. by Mary Tannert

NOONAN, DAVID (stories)

• Town Car (ss) WlSNoir 2007; (85 Exchange Place).

NOONAN, MAUREEN (stories)

• Just One of Those Days (ss) EQMM May 5 1980

NOONAN, RICHARD ROWELL (stories)

• Uncles of Greed (ss) AHMM Dec 1996

NORMAN, CHARLES (stories)

• The Tinkling Footfall (ss) EQMM Sep 10 1980

NORMAN, GEOFFREY (1943- ) (stories)

• Armed and Dangerous (nv) Esquire Mar 13 1979

NORMAN, REX; pseudonym of John A. Saxon, (1886-1947) (stories)

• The Stone of Ageless Evil (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Jan 1937

NORMAN, S. T. (stories)

• Shotgun Divorce (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

NORMAN, WILLIAM (stories)

• Old Men Die Too Late (ss)

NORRIS, JACK (stories)

• To Serve and Protect (ss) Shades of Noir, ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc. 1996

NORRIS, MARGARET (stories)

• A Very Special Day (ss) AHMM Oct 1967

NORTH, JOHN; pseudonym of Ian Wilkes, (1932- ) (books) (stories)

• Out of Bounds (ss) Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1990
• Double Bogey (ss) Cold Blood IV, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1992
• Cold Blood V [ed. with Peter Sellers] (oa) Mosaic Press 1994
• Life on the Edge (vi) Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1994
• The Best of Cold Blood [ed. with Peter Sellers] (an) Mosaic Press 1998

NORTHROP, BARBARA N. R. (stories)

• Hauntable (ss) Mystery Stories #21 1940

NORTON, ALDEN H(olmes) (1903-1987) (stories)

• The Seventh Sleeping Brother (ss) Dr. Yen Sin Sep 1936

NORTON, (Frank Rowland) BROWNING (1909-1989) (stories)

• Nothing to Joke About (ss) EQMM Jul 1983

NORTON, HENRY A. (1906- ) (stories)

• Bait (vi) Dime Detective Magazine May 1943

NORTON, MICHAEL C(raig) (1947- ) (stories)

• Charlie One-Eye (nv) EQMM Jan 1995
• Blues for Julie and Diz (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1998

NOTIER, PETER (1948?- ) (stories)

• All Summer Long (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1982

NOVAKOVICH, JOSIP (1956- ) (stories)

• Crimson (ss) Manoa Win 1997

NOVICK, JERRY A. (stories)

• Those Were the Days (na) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992 [Batman]

NOWAK, KEVIN (stories)

• A Little Time Off (vi) Hardboiled Detective #10 1990

NOWINSON, DAVID (1910-1999) (stories)

• A Dead Clue (ss) Ten Detective Aces Sep 1933

NOYES, ALFRED (1880-1958) (stories)

• Uncle Hyacinth (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 2 1918
• Goblin Peaches (ss) 1918
• Checkmate (ss) The Hidden Player, London: Hodder & Stoughton 1924
• Midnight Express (ss) This Week Nov 3 1935

NUDDS, TERRY (stories)

• Midnight Moon (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 1996 [Moon Man]
• The Beating (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1997
• Within the Tower (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1997

NUDEL, ADELE (stories)

• The Yo-Yo Man (ss) EQMM Jul 1985

NUGENT, SYLVIA D. (stories)

• The Story That Won: When Pigs Fly (vi) AHMM Sep 2003

NULAND, SHERWIN B. (stories)

• from How We Die (ex) 1993

NUNEZ, ELIZABETH (1944- ) (stories)

• Lucille (ss) Trinidad Noir, ed. Lisa Allen-Agostini & Jeanne Mason, Akashic Books 2008

NUNEZ, SIGRED (stories)

• Henry Renson’s Fortune (ss) EQMM Jan 1988

NUNNALLY, TIINA (1952- ) (stories)

• Moonglow, by Kjersti Scheen (nv) EQMM Feb 2006; first published in Norwegian in De Nye Krimheltene, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS, 2002. [Margaret Moss]

NUSSBAUM, AL(bert Francis) (1934-1996); see pseudonyms Carl Martin & Carl Panzran (stories)

• A Left-Handed Profession (ss) AHMM Nov 1975
• Role Model (ss) EQMM Dec 1982
• Paranoia (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1983
• The Legend (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1985

NYE, JODY LYNN (1957- ) (stories)

• Way Out [with Bill Fawcett] (ss) More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993
• Power Corrupts (ss) Mob Magic, ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1998
• Land Rush (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• Night Hawks (ss) Murder Most Romantic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Denise Little, Cumberland House 2001

OAKES, JERRI M. (stories)

• Deputy Cat (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

OATES, JOYCE CAROL (1938- ) (books) (stories)

• The Death of Mrs. Sheer (nv) Upon the Sweeping Flood 1964
• Norman and the Killer (nv) 1965
• How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Correction and Began My Life Over Again (ss) TriQuarterly Spr 1969
• Do with Me What You Will (ss) Playboy Jun 1973
• Lover (ss) Night-Side 1977
• Fin de Siècle (ss) Interview Nov 1987
• Craps (ss) Boulevard 1991
• Schroeder’s Stepfather (nv) EQMM Apr 1992
• The Model (nv) EQMM Oct 1992
• Extenuating Circumstances (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
• The Premonition (ss) Playboy Dec 1992
• Murder (ss) The Ontario Review 1992
• Posthumous (vi) EQMM Jun 1994
• The Brothers (ss) EQMM Nov 1994
• At the Paradise Motel, Sparks, Nevada (ss) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996
• The Stalker (ss) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996
• Will You Always Love Me? (ss) Story 1996
• The Sky-Blue Ball (ss) EQMM Jan 1997
• Death Cup (nv) EQMM Aug 1997
• Faithless (nv) The Kenyon Review Win 1997
• Color Blind (ss) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998
• Murder-Two (nv) Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1998
• Feral (nv) F&SF Sep 1998
• Secret, Silent (ss) Boulevard Fll 1998
• The Vampire (nv) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
• In Copland (ss) Boulevard Fll 1999
• The Dark Prince (vi) EQMM Nov 1999
• Tusk (nv) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• Happiness (ss) EQMM Aug 2000
• The Girl with the Blackened Eye (ss) Witness 2000
• The High School Sweetheart (ss) Playboy Jan 2001
• Tell Me You Forgive Me? (na) EQMM Sep/Oct 2001
• The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza (na) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• Hunger (nv) AHMM Nov 2001
• The Museum of Dr. Moses (nv) The Museum of Horrors, ed. Dennis Etchison, Leisure 2001
• The Skull (ss) Harper’s May 2002
• Angel of Wrath (ss) EQMM Jun 2002
• The Deaths (nv) EQMM Dec 2002
• The Twins: A Mystery (ss) AHMM Dec 2002
• The Hunter (ss) EQMM Nov 2003
• The Fruit Cellar (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004
• Stripping (vi) Postscripts Spr 2004
• The Banshee (ss) EQMM Jun 2004
• Give Me Your Heart (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• The Corn Maiden: A Love Story (na) Transgressions, ed. Ed McBain, Forge Books 2005
• The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 [ed.] (an) Houghton Mifflin 2005
• Honor Code (na) EQMM Dec 2005
• So Help Me God (nv) The Virginia Quarterly Review Win 2005
• Bad Habits (ss) McSweeney’s #18 2005
• Meadowlands (nv) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• Suicide Watch (ss) Playboy May 2006
• Babysitter (ss) EQMM Jun 2006
• Valentine, July Heat Wave (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
• The Museum of Dr. Moses: Tales of Mystery and Suspense (co) Harcourt 2007
• Panic (ss) Detroit Noir, ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books 2007; (Chrysler Freeway).
• Strip Poker (nv) Dead Man’s Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Harcourt 2007
• The First Husband (nv) EQMM Jan 2008
• Split/Brain (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008
• Doll: a Romance of the Mississippi (ss)
• from American Appetites (ex)
• Hi! Howya’ Doin! (ss)
• Introduction (in)
• Manslaughter (ss)

OBEE, BRUCE (stories)

• The Partnership (nv) AHMM Aug 1985

OBEJAS, ACHY (books) (stories)

• Destiny Returns (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (26th & Kedvale).
• Havana Noir [ed.] (oa) Akashic Books 2007
• Zenzizenzic (ss) Havana Noir, ed. Achy Obejas, Akashic Books 2007

OBERMAYR, ERICH (stories)

• A Matter of Blood and Wax (nv) AHMM Feb 1988
• A Matter of Brazilian Import (nv) AHMM May 1989
• Murder in the Passage Vendôme (ss) AHMM Jan 1992
• Marcel Sieurac’s Murder (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• An English Collection (nv) AHMM May 1997

OBERMEYER, FREDRICK (stories)

• The Thrill of the Kill (ss) Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2001

O’BRIAN, PATRICK (1914-2000) (stories)

• The Walker (ss) The Rendezvous and Other Stories, W.W. Norton 1956
• On the Bog (ss) 1974

O’BRIEN, DORENE (stories)

• Honesty above All Else (ss) Detroit Noir, ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books 2007; (Corktown).

O’BRIEN, ED (stories)

• A Jest for the Prince (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2001

O’BRIEN, EDWARD (stories)

• Those They Mourn (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1999
• The Edge of Elsewhere (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1999