Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

PARETSKY, SARA (books) (stories) (continued)

• The Man Who Loved Life (ss) New Chicago Stories, City Stoop Press 1990
• “Trouble Is Her Business: Sara Paretsky” by Catherine M. Nelson (iv) The Armchair Detective Sum 1991
• A Woman’s Eye: Featuring the Finest Female Sleuths By the Best Women Crime Writers Ever [ed.] (oa) Delacorte 1991
• Eye of a Woman (in) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991
• Settled Score (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991 [V.I. Warshawski]
• Strung Out (nv) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992 [V.I. Warshawski]
• Freud at Thirty Paces (ss) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• The Great Tetsuji (ss) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• Windy City Blues (co) Delacorte 1995 [V.I. Warshawski]
• Grace Notes (na) Windy City Blues, Delacorte 1995 [V.I. Warshawski]
• Introduction: A Walk on the Wild Side: Touring Chicago with V.I. Warshawski (in) Windy City Blues, Delacorte 1995
• Heartbreak House (ss) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996
• Women on the Case [ed.] (oa) Delacorte 1996
• Publicity Stunts (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
• “Interview with Sara Paretsky” by J. Alec West (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• Murder at the “Century of Progress” (ss) MHCMM Sum 1999; also as “At the ”Century of Progress“”.
• At the “Century of Progress” (ss) MHCMM Sum 1999
• Photo Finish (ss) MHCMM Sum 2000 [V.I. Warshawski]
• Acid Test (nv) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• Memories of a Mad Housewife (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime [ed.] (oa) Signet 2007
• A Family Sunday in the Park (ss) Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime, ed. Sara Paretsky, Signet 2007
• Sisters on the Case: Introduction (in) Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime, ed. Sara Paretsky, Signet 2007
• Author’s Note (pr)
• Introduction (in)

PARGETER, EDITH (Mary) (1913-1995); see pseudonym Ellis Peters (books) (stories)

• The Duchess and the Doll (ar) The Uncertain Element, ed. Kay Dick, London: Jarrolds 1950

PARIS, JACK; pseudonym of Peter Sellers, (1956- ) (stories)

• Bush Fever (ss) Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1990

PARISEAU, PERRY E. (stories)

• The Story That Won: When in Rome... (vi) AHMM Apr 1991

PARK, MAEVA (stories)

• Trouble on the Cable (ss) AHMM Feb 1962

PARK, PAUL (Claibourne) (1954- ) (stories)

• The Blood of Peter Francisco (ss) Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders, Solaris 2008

PARKELL, E. B. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Sweet Revenge (vi) AHMM Sep 1993
• The Story That Won: The Gargoyle (vi) AHMM Sep 1995

PARKER, BARBARA (J.) (1947- ) (stories)

• Machete (ss) Miami Noir, ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books 2006

PARKER, DOROTHY (1893-1967) (stories)

• Big Blonde (nv) The Bookman Feb 1929
• The Waltz (ss) (Senior) Scholastic Mar 23 1935

PARKER, [Sir] (Horatio) GILBERT (1862-1932) (stories)

• The Flood (ss) Pierre and His People, Methuen 1892 [Pretty Pierre]

PARKER, I. J. (stories)

• The Curio Dealer’s Wife (ss) AHMM Nov 1997
• Instruments of Murder (ss) AHMM Oct 1997
• A Master of Go (ss) AHMM Dec 1998
• Akitada’s First Case (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999 [Sugawara Akitada]
• Rain at Rashomon (ss) AHMM Jan 2000
• The New Year’s Gift (ss) AHMM Apr 2001 [Sugawara Akitada]
• Welcoming the Paddy God (ss) AHMM Dec 2001 [Sugawara Akitada]
• Death and Cherry Blossoms (nv) AHMM Jun 2002 [Sugawara Akitada]
• The O-Bon Cat (nv) AHMM Feb 2003 [Sugawara Akitada]
• Conversation with I.J. Parker (iv) AHMM Oct 2003
• The Kamo Horse (nv) AHMM Oct 2003 [Sugawara, Akitada]
• The Tanabata Magpie (nv) AHMM Sep 2005
• Moon Cakes (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007

PARKER, JAMES REID (1909-1984) (stories)

• The Most Outrageous Consequences (ss) 1941

PARKER, JOAN H. (stories)

• Galahad, Inc. [with Robert B. Parker] (ss) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006

PARKER, JUDITH R. (1936- ) (books)

• Kind of Justice (co) Hard Shell Word Factory 2003

PARKER, KAREN; also as Karen Skowron (stories)

• Summer Notes (ss) AHMM May 1989
• With the Best of Intentions (ss) AHMM Jul 1989
• Camp Affair (ss) AHMM Dec 1989
• Chet and Emily: A Strange Silence (ss) AHMM Jul 1990

PARKER, PERCY SPURLARK (1940- ) (stories)

• The Wino Murder (ss) Mirror, Mirror, Fatal Mirror, ed. Hans Stefan Santesson 1973 [Bull Bensen]
• Lady Luck (ss) AHMM Mar 26 1980
• The Purse Murders (ss) AHMM May 21 1980
• The Vampire Man (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1980
• The Split (ss) AHMM Dec 15 1980
• The Last Laught (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981
• Thy Brother’s Keeper (ss) AHMM May 1982
• Randy Sea: Private Eye (ss) AHMM Nov 1982
• Death Affair (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1983
• Belfrey’s Bats (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1983
• Randy Sea: The Prime Suspect (ss) AHMM Jan 1984
• The Knack (vi) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984
• Night Call (ss) Hardboiled #2 1985
• The Laundromat Affair (ss) Espionage Magazine Apr 1986
• Recruitment (ss) Hardboiled #5 1986
• Seaman Jack’s (vi) Espionage Magazine Jun 1986
• Spy Biz (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1987
• Death and the Point Spread (ss) Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995
• Crossword for Murder (ss) EQMM Dec 1996
• The Confessor (vi) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• The Cousin Noose (ss) EQMM Dec 1998
• Word of Mouth (ss) EQMM Jan 2000
• Weren’t You Todd Jarvis? (ss) EQMM May 2000
• Pulling Strings (ss) EQMM Aug 2000 [Bull Bensen]
• The Pleasant Hills Murders (ss) EQMM Jun 2001
• The Kitty Cat Murders (ss) Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2001
• Murder Boulevard (nv) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001 [Trevor Oaks]
• Second Thought (ss) EQMM Nov 2001
• Woman at the Window (ss) EQMM Jun 2002
• The Hell Book (ss) EQMM Apr 2003 [Bull Bensen]
• Stacked Deck (nv) AHMM Dec 2003 [Bull Bensen]
• A Favorable Murder (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004
• Uncle Harold (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2004
• Gift Horse (ss) AHMM Nov 2004
• It Could Be Murder (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006
• Death at My Door (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2007 [Trevor Oaks]
• Letter from a Dead Man (ss) Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Pegasus Books 2007

PARKER, ROBERT (Bogardus) (1906-1955) (stories)

• Introduction (in)

PARKER, ROBERT B(rown) (1932- ) (books) (stories)

• Surrogate (ss) Lord John Press: Northridge, CA 1982 [Spenser]
• “A Catcher in the Rye: Robert B. Parker’s P.I. Spencer” by Barry Donnelly (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1990
• The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 [ed.] (an) Mariner Books 1997
• “An Interview with Robert B. Parker” by J. Alec West (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• Harlem Nocturne (ss) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• Galahad, Inc. [with Joan H. Parker] (ss) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• Introduction (in)

PARKER, ROBIN KENDLE (stories)

• Pay Up Time (vi) Murderous Intent Spr 1996

PARKER, T. JEFFERSON (1953- ) (stories)

• Easy Street (nv) ASAP Press 2000
• Skinhead Central (ss) The Blue Religion, ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown 2008

PARKER, TONY (stories)

• from Life After Life (ex) 1990

PARKINSON, JIM (stories)

• Double Exposure (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998

PARKMAN, SYDNEY M(uller) (1895-?) (stories)

• The Cards (ss)

PARKS, RICHARD (stories)

• Foxtails (ss) Realms of Fantasy Jun 2005

PARKS, RICK; see under Parks, Richard (stories)

PARKS, TIM(othy Harold) (1954- ) (stories)

• from Loving Roger (ex)

PARMANTIE, PETER A. (stories)

• A Family Affair (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 1999
• It’s All in the Delivery (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Feb/Mar 2000 [Joseph Angello]
• Thoroughbred (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Jun 2001 [Joseph Angello]
• Seeming (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2002 [Joseph Angello]
• Full Circle (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Dec 2003 [Joseph Angello]

PARMÉE, DOUGLAS (stories)

• from The Earth, by Émile Zola (ex)

PARR, ERIC (stories)

• Special Release (ss)

PARRISH, P. J.; pseudonym of Kristy Kay Montee & Kelly Elizabeth Nichols (stories)

• One Shot (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• Gutter Snipes (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• Lost and Found (ss) EQMM Jun 2007
• Pride (ss) Detroit Noir, ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books 2007; (Brush Park).

PARRISH, ROSE (stories)

• The Story That Won: Going It Alone (vi) AHMM mid-Dec 1991

PARRY, HENRY T. (stories)

• Homage to John Keats (ss) EQMM Oct 1973
• Little Note Nor Long Remember (ss) EQMM Jul 1975
• The Plum Point Ladies (nv) AHMM Sep 1976
• Death in Egypt (nv) AHMM Mar 1979
• Jury Duty (nv) EQMM Apr 7 1980
• The Turning Point (ss) EQMM Jun 30 1980
• The Luckiest Man in the World (nv) EQMM Aug 18 1980
• Lone Survivor (ss) EQMM Nov 3 1980
• The Black Stain (ss) EQMM Jan 28 1981
• The Final Secret (ss) EQMM Jul 15 1981
• Paris Green (ss) EQMM Nov 4 1981
• Dereliction of Duty (vi) EQMM Jan 1 1982
• Bird Blind (ss) EQMM Feb 24 1982
• Death Imminent (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1982
• The Right Thing to Do (ss) EQMM Oct 1982
• The Punchboards (ss) EQMM Mar 1983
• Dear John (ss) EQMM Nov 1983
• No Obstruction to Justice (ss) EQMM Aug 1984

PARSONS, B. M. (stories)

• Death in the Cup (ss) Vengeance Shorts #2 1946

PARSONS, CHARMAINE (stories)

• Murder Me (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1985

PARSONS, TOM (stories)

• A Killing in Real Estate (ss) AHMM Nov 1959

PARTLOW, RICHARD (stories)

• The Red Car Murders (ss) Murder on Sunset Boulevard, ed. Rochelle Krich, Michael Mallory & Lisa Seidman, Top Publications 2002

PARTRIDGE, NORMAN (John) (1958- ) (stories)

• Last Kiss (ss) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991
• Dead Celebs (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
• Johnny Halloween (ss) Cemetery Dance Fll 1992
• The Season of Giving [with Richard T. Chizmar] (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• Wrong Turn (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• Tyrannosaurus (ss) Cemetery Dance Sum 1994
• Red Right Hand (nv) Burton, MI: Subterranean Press 1998
• The Mojave Two-Step (ss) Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999
• Carrion (nv) Retro Pulp Tales, ed. Joe R. Lansdale, Subterranean Press 2006

PARV, VALERIE (stories)

• Cat’s Paw (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994

PASCHALL, ANN (stories)

• Ghostly Enchantment (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999
• Tarnished Magic (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2002

PASCOE, JIM (stories)

• The Kidnapper Bell (ss) Los Angeles Noir, ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books 2007

PASQUELLA, ADAM (stories)

• Teenage Fight Song (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998

PASTOR, V(erbena) “BEN”; (1950- ) (stories)

• What No One Else Did (ss) AHMM Mar 31 1982
• The Find at Fenham Bog (ss) AHMM Jun 1993
• Hardouin and the Monsters (ss) EQMM Aug 1994
• Papa Mozart in France (ss) AHMM Jun 1995
• The Case of the Monkey-Teapot (ss) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• Keats’s Flower Girl (ss) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• The Case of the Accursed Vairene (ss) The Strand Magazine #3 1999 [Solomon Meisl-Horowitz]
• The Case of the Never-Met Companion (ss) The Strand Magazine #2 1999 [Solomon Meisl-Horowitz]
• The Case of the Monstrous Assailant (ss) The Strand Magazine #5 2000
• The Case of the Red Alley Murder (ss) The Strand Magazine #4 2000
• The Case of the Dead Critic (ss) The Strand Magazine Christmas 2001 [Solomon Meisl-Horowitz]
• The Case of the Handsome Ganesha (ss) The Strand Magazine #6 2001
• The Case of the Byronic Hero (ss) The Strand Magazine #8 2002
• The Case of the Red Mass Barrister (ss) The Strand Magazine #9 2002 [Solomon Meisl-Horowitz]
• The Case of Iron Man’s Trot (ss) The Strand Magazine #10 2003

PATERSON, MIKE (stories)

• A Chalk Outline of Crime Film (mr) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• Get Hodges (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

PATRAW, JESSICA (stories)

• Victim (pm) EQMM Mar 2002

PATRICK, KATHERINE (stories)

• One Thing I Can’t Remember (ss) EQMM May 5 1980

PATRICK, Q.; pseudonym of Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler (stories)

• Portrait of a Murderer (nv) Harper’s Apr 1942
• The Last of Mrs. Maybrick (ar) The Pocket Book of True Crime Stories, ed. Anthony Boucher, New York: Pocket 1943
• Love Comes to Miss Lucy (ss) EQMM Apr 1947
• Little Boy Lost (ss) EQMM Oct 1947

PATRICK, S. (stories)

• The Final Appointment (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1983

PATTERSON, JAMES (Brendan) (1947- ) (books) (stories)

• Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night [ed.] (oa) MIRA Books 2006
• Introduction (in) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

PATTERSON, RICHARD NORTH (1947- ) (stories)

• The Client (ss) Atlantic Monthly 1979

PATTERSON, VALERIE J. (stories)

• Green and Red Trappings (ss) Curious Incidents 2, ed. J. R. Campbell & Charles Prepolec, Mad for a Mystery 2003 [Sherlock Holmes]

PATTERSON, VALERIE O. (stories)

• Death in Woad Blue (ss) Chesapeake Crimes II, ed. Donna Andrews & Maria Y. Lima, Quiet Storm Books 2005

PATTINSON, JAMES (1915- ) (stories)

• The Quiet One (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Jun 1966
• An Odd Coincidence (ss) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995
• A Curious Story (ss)