Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

OLSON, DONALD (stories) (continued)

• Too Good to Be True (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• A Bit of Excitement (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• I’ll Never Tell (ss) EQMM Mar 1983
• Beast at the Door (ss) EQMM Dec 1983
• A Piece of Cake (ss) EQMM May 1984
• Crimes and Triumphs (ss) AHMM Sep 1984
• Charity Ends at Home (ss) EQMM Oct 1984
• The Winning Hand (ss) AHMM Nov 1984
• Tell Me Where Peggy Is (ss) AHMM Feb 1985
• Before Something Happens (ss) AHMM Jun 1985
• Accidentally Yours (ss) EQMM Jul 1985
• Downfall (ss) AHMM Jul 1985
• Esprit de Corpse (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1985
• The Case of the Blushing Lips (ss) AHMM Aug 1985
• The Scarlett Syndrome (ss) EQMM Jan 1986
• A Very Special House (ss) EQMM Dec 1986
• The Signal (ss) EQMM Apr 1987
• A New Wrinkle (ss) EQMM Jul 1987
• Long Shot on a Stone Angel (ss) EQMM Aug 1987
• Big Sister (ss) EQMM Oct 1988
• Would I Lie to You? (ss) EQMM Nov 1988
• A Letter from the North (ss) EQMM Jul 1989
• The Malice of Cupid (ss) EQMM Aug 1989
• Deceiving Appearances (ss) AHMM Sep 1989
• Bearing Witness (ss) EQMM Dec 1989
• No Hard Feelings (ss) EQMM Jan 1990
• The Jumbo Ivories (ss) EQMM Mar 1990
• Incident in Termite Park (ss) EQMM May 1990
• Hidden Fires (ss) EQMM Jun 1990
• By Night Disguised (ss) AHMM Oct 1990
• The Missing Letter (ss) EQMM Oct 1990
• A Suitable Godson (ss) EQMM Nov 1990
• Hidden Assets (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1990
• Final Payment (ss) EQMM Feb 1991
• Dead Poets (ss) EQMM May 1991
• The Bigamist (ss) EQMM Jun 1991
• A Sense of Injustice (ss) EQMM Sep 1991
• Body of Evidence (ss) EQMM Nov 1991
• Somewither Cold and Strange (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• Period of Mourning (ss) EQMM Oct 1992
• Deadly Wednesday (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1992
• Shutterbug (ss) EQMM Dec 1992
• My Lips Are Sealed (ss) EQMM Jan 1993
• A Matter of Wife and Death (ss) EQMM Feb 1993
• Last Bus to Manchester (ss) EQMM Jul 1993
• Willie’s Last Trip (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
• Stolen Goods (ss) EQMM Sep 1993
• Trial by Fire (ss) EQMM Oct 1993
• One Life Too Many (ss) EQMM Jan 1994
• The French Umbrella (ss) EQMM Mar 1994
• Under a Giant Eye (ss) EQMM Apr 1994
• Down Some Dark Street (ss) EQMM May 1994
• Clubbed to Death (ss) EQMM Jun 1994
• Dead Right (ss) EQMM Sep 1994
• I’ll Never Leave You (ss) EQMM Oct 1994
• A Voice from the Sea (ss) EQMM May 1995
• Hold for Arrival (ss) EQMM Jun 1995
• The Spanish Word for Death (ss) EQMM Jul 1995
• The Jungle Box (ss) EQMM Sep 1995
• The Last of Miss Trimm...? (ss) EQMM May 1996
• The Stone House (ss) EQMM Jun 1996
• The Sleepwalker (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• Self-Inflicted Wounds (ss) EQMM Jun 1997
• Waiting All My Life (ss) EQMM Jul 1997
• The Bricklayer’s Wife (ss) EQMM Aug 1997
• Shades of Gray (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997
• The Ties That Bind (ss) EQMM Nov 1997
• In Defense of Mrs. Wilbur (ss) EQMM Feb 1998
• A Well-Traveled Woman (ss) EQMM Apr 1998
• Close Cover Before Striking (ss) EQMM Jun 1998
• Home to Stay (ss) EQMM Nov 1998
• Pool of Tears (ss) EQMM Jan 1999
• The Vital Clue (ss) EQMM May 1999
• The Scent of Pioson (ss) EQMM Jun 1999
• Guardians of the Night (ss) EQMM Jul 1999
• The Belle of the Ball Is Dead (ss) EQMM Aug 1999
• In the Middle of Nowhere (ss) EQMM Mar 2000
• Don’t Go Upstairs (ss) EQMM Aug 2000
• Daddy’s Boy (ss) EQMM Nov 2000
• Shopping for the Dead (ss) EQMM Mar 2001
• The Second Crime Around (ss) EQMM Feb 2002
• Harmless Obsessions (ss) EQMM Mar 2002
• Lesson in Terror (ss) EQMM Jun 2002
• Switchover (ss) EQMM Jul 2002
• Rogue’s Run (ss) EQMM Apr 2003
• Murdering Mrs. Limegate (ss) EQMM May 2003
• Needlecraft (ss) EQMM Jun 2003
• Long After Midnight (ss) EQMM Nov 2003
• A Ticket to the Moon (ss) EQMM Jan 2004
• The Grotto (ss) EQMM Jan 2005
• The Busboy (ss) EQMM Jul 2005
• Warrant to Search (ss) EQMM Dec 2005
• Cry Before Midnight (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006
• Something Extra (ss) EQMM Nov 2007

OLSON, EUGENE E. (1936- ); see pseudonym Brad Steiger (stories)

OLTION, JERRY (Brian) (1957- ) (stories)

• The Judas Lesson (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

OLYARNIK, EVELYN A. (stories)

• I’ll Never Leave You, Dear (vi) EQMM Oct 6 1980
• The Stiff (ss) AHMM Aug 19 1981

O’MAHONY, MICHAEL (stories)

• Every Ounce of Soul (ss) Expletive Deleted, ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books 2007

O’MARIE, SISTER CAROL ANNE (1933- ) (stories)

• A Friendly Place (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
• Defender of the Faith (ss) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999

O’NEIL, DENNY; [i.e., Dennis Joseph O’Neil] (1939- ) (stories)

• Margaret You Mourn For (ss) EQMM Nov 1988
• Mr. Freeze: The Early Years (ss) Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997 [Batman]
• Poison Ivy’s Gift (ss) Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997 [Batman]
• Saint Al (ss) Mob Magic, ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1998

O’NEILL, JUDITH (stories)

• The Barracudas (ss) AHMM Nov 1983
• The Note (ss) AHMM Apr 1988
• Bridey’s Caller (ss) AHMM May 1988

O’NEILL, THOMAS K. (1947- ); see pseudonym Thomas Sparrow (books) (stories)

ONIONS, OLIVER (stories)

• Rooum (ss) The Fortnightly Review Dec 1910
• The Accident (ss) Widdershins, Secker 1911

O NUALLAIN, BRIAN (1911-1966); see pseudonym Flann O’Brien (stories)

OPPEL, JEAN-HUGUES (stories)

• A Demon in My Head (ss) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999; tr. by Freddy Michalski & Brad Spurgeon
• Paris Calling (ss) Paris Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 2008

OPPENHEIM, E(dward) PHILLIPS (1866-1946) (books) (stories)

• The Ambassador’s Dilemma (ss) The Windsor Magazine v12 1900
• Mr. Ashley’s Failure (ss) The Windsor Magazine v14 1901
• The Great Fortuna Mine (ss) The Harmsworth London Magazine Jun 1903
• The Man Who Saved the President’s Life (ss) The Windsor Magazine v17 1903
• The Man Whom Nobody Liked (ss) The Windsor Magazine v19 1903
• John Garland the Deliverer (ss) The Strand Aug 1908
• The Money-Spider (ss) The Strand Nov 1908
• False Gods (ss) The Strand Mar 1909
• The Three Thieves (ss) Cassell’s Mar 1909
• The Ill-Laid Scheme of Mr. Ambrose Weare (ss) The Strand Apr 1909
• The Turning Wheel (ss) The Strand Sep 1909
• The Sovereign in the Gutter (ss) The Strand Nov 1909
• Mr. Hardrow’s Secretary (ss) The Strand Dec 1909
• The Little Lady from Servia (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Feb 1910 [Peter Ruff (#1)]
• The Restless Traveller (ss) The Strand Jun 1910
• One Luckless Hour (ss) The Strand Sep 1910
• Quits (ss) The Strand Nov 1910
• The Deserter (ss) The Strand Dec 1910
• The Outcast (ss) The Strand Jun 1911
• The Perfidy of Henry Midgley (ss) The Strand Jul 1911
• The Reckoning with Otto Schreed (ss) The Strand Feb 1921 [Joseph P. Cray]
• The Bamboozling of Mr. Gascoigne (nv) Colliers Apr 25 1925 [Samuel T. Billingham]
• The Café of Terror (ss) Colliers May 16 1925 [Samuel T. Billingham]
• Christian, the Concierge (ss) Colliers Jun 27 1925 [Samuel T. Billingham]
• The Fugitive of Adelphi Terrace (ss) Colliers Nov 12 1927 [Major Forester]
• With a Dash (ss) Colliers Dec 31 1927 [Major Forester]
• E. Phillips Oppenheim: The Prince of Story Tellers Tells His Own Story (bg) Boston: Little Brown 1927
• The Phantom Fleet (nv) The Strand Sep 1934 [Gen. Besserley]
• £100,000 Risk (ss) 1939 [Charles Lyson]
• Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim (co) Stark House 2004

OPPENHEIM, RALPH (stories)

• The Flying Tank (nv) Sky Riders Jun 1930

OPPENHEIMER, JANE (stories)

• Justice (pm) EQMM Jul 1992

ORCZY, BARONESS; [i.e., Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Barstow, Baroness Orczy] (1865-1947) (stories)

• The Red Carnation (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Jun 1898
• The Fenchurch Street Mystery (ss) The Royal Magazine May 1901 [Old Man in the Corner]
• The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway (nv) The Royal Magazine Jul 1901 [Old Man in the Corner]
• The Mysterious Death in Percy Street (ss) The Royal Magazine Oct 1901 [Old Man in the Corner]
• The York Mystery (ss) The Royal Magazine May 1902 [Old Man in the Corner]
• The Dublin Mystery (ss) The Royal Magazine Sep 1902 [Old Man in the Corner]
• The Bag of Sand (ss) Cassell’s [Lady Molly de Mazareen]
• The Man in the Inverness Cape (nv) Cassell’s; from Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, London: Cassell 1910. [Lady Molly de Mazareen]
• The Woman in the Big Hat (nv) Cassell’s; from Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, London: Cassell 1910. [Lady Molly de Mazareen]

O’REILLY, D. M. (stories)

• The Tinker’s Revenge (ss) Murder Most Irish, ed. Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996

ORENSTEIN, FRANK (Everett) (1919- ) (stories)

• But I Never Go to Chelsea (ss) AHMM Apr 1991
• Isn’t It Wonderful! (ss) AHMM Jul 1993

ORLICK, GLORIA (stories)

• East Meets West (pm) EQMM Aug 18 1980

ORMEROD, JAYNE (stories)

• The Tide Also Rises (ss) Chesapeake Crimes III, ed. Donna Andrews & Marcia Talley, Wildside Press 2008

ORMEROD, ROGER (1920-2005) (stories)

• A Distant Affray (ss) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• Rebound (ss) EQMM Jan 1994

ORMSBY, ALAN (stories)

• Road Signs (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002

ORNER, PETER (1968- ) (stories)

• Dear Mr. Kleczka (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (54th & Blackstone).

ORONA, NATHAN (stories)

• The Last Message (vi) Hardboiled #15 1993

O’ROURKE, FRANK (1916-1989) (stories)

• The Bitter Edge (ss)

O’ROURKE, MONICA J. (stories)

• Bloodshed Fred (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006

OROZCO, DANIEL (stories)

• Officers Weep (ss) Harper’s Jun 2004

ORTÍZ, OSCAR F. (stories)

• Settling of Scores (ss) Havana Noir, ed. Achy Obejas, Akashic Books 2007

ORWELL, GEORGE; pseudonym of Eric Blair, (1903-1950) (stories)

• Decline of the English Murder (ar)
• Shooting an Elephant (ss)

Ó SÁNDAIR, CATHAL (1922- ) (stories)

• Mugging in Harcourt Street (ss) Feasta 1982

OSBORN, SUSAN (stories)

• The Story That Won: High Protein Diet (vi) AHMM Feb 2003

OSBORNE, GEOFFREY (1930- ) (stories)

• The Turning of the Screw (ss) John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book, 1974, ed. Herbert Harris, Hodder Stoughton 1973

OSBORNE, MAITLAND LeROY (1846-1918) (stories)

• Old Guy (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 24 1940

OSBOURNE, LLOYD (1868-1947) (stories)

• from “Epilogue: to Will H. Low” [with Robert Louis Stevenson] (ex) 1892

O’SHAUGHNESSY, MARY (1951- ); see pseudonym Perri O’Shaughnessy (books) (stories)

• Introduction [with Pamela O’Shaughnessy] (in)

O’SHAUGHNESSY, PAMELA (1947- ); see pseudonym Perri O’Shaughnessy (books) (stories)

• Introduction [with Mary O’Shaughnessy] (in)

O’SHAUGHNESSY, PERRI; pseudonym of Pamela O’Shaughnessy & Mary O’Shaughnessy (books) (stories)

• The Long Walk (ss) EQMM Jun 1995
• Lemons (ss) EQMM Jul 1996
• Dead Money (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• The Furnace Man (ss) EQMM May 1997
• Success Without College (ss) EQMM Dec 1998
• Chocolate Milkshake (ss) FatBrain.com 1999
• Gertrude Stein Solves a Mystery (ss) FatBrain.com 1999
• His Master’s Hand (ss) FatBrain.com 1999
• Sandstorm (ss) FatBrain.com 1999
• Juggernaut (nv) Women Before the Bench, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Prime Crime 2001
• Sinister Shorts (co) Delacorte Press 2006
• The Couple Behind the Curtain (ss)
• A Grandmother’s Tale (ss) FatBrain.com
• House Afire (ss)
• O’Shay’s Special Case (ss)
• The Second Head (ss)
• Tiny Angels (ss)
• To Still the Beating of Her Heart (nv)
• Trio (ss)
• The Young Lady (ss)

O’SHEA, HELENE (stories)

• Harry Had It Coming! (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1983
• Nobody’s Fool (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1984

O’SPELIN, MacLEAN; pseudonym (stories)

• Arabian Nights in Fez (ss) EQMM Feb 11 1980

OSTER, JERRY; pseudonym (1943- ) (stories)

• Lonelyville (ss) New Mystery v1 #3 1993

OSTERMAN, HELEN MACIE (1929- ) (stories)

• Still Life With Goblet (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Oct 2001
• Where’s the Stash (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #30 2002

O’SULLIVAN, G. F. (stories)

• Bottom Waltz (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Jan 1994

O’SULLIVAN, JAMES (stories)

• The World’s Great Murder Mysteries No. 3 (ar) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr 1930

O’SULLIVAN, MAURICE J. (books) (stories)

• Orange Pulp [ed. with Steve Glassman] (an) University Press of Florida 2000
• Introduction: From the City of Angels to the Magic Kingdom [with Steve Glassman] (in)
• Preface [with Steve Glassman] (pr)

O’SULLIVAN, WILLIAM; house pseudonym? (stories)

• Parole of the Dead (na) Captain Satan Apr 1938 [Captain Satan]
• The Dead Man Express (na) Captain Satan May 1938 [Captain Satan]
• The Ambassador from Hell (na) Captain Satan Jul 1938 [Captain Satan]

OTFINOSKI, STEVEN (A.) (1949- ) (stories)

• The List (ss) EQMM Jul 2003

O’TOOLE, JOHN M. (stories)

• Playing the Game (ss) EQMM Jun 1991
• Masquerade (ss) EQMM Oct 1992