Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

RANDISI, ROBERT J. (books) (stories) (continued)

• Turnabout (ss) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992 [Nick Delvecchio]
• Deadly Allies II: Private Eye Writers of America and Sisters in Crime Collaborative Anthology [ed. with Susan Dunlap] (oa) Doubleday 1994
• Laying Down to Die (nv) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994 [Nick Delvecchio]
• Flowers for Jennifer [with Christine Matthews] (vi) EQMM Dec 1994
• For Crime Out Loud [ed.] (oa) Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1995
• Lethal Ladies [ed. with Barbara Collins] (an) Berkley 1996
• First Cases: First Appearances of Classic Private Eyes [ed.] (an) Dutton 1996
• The Goodly Race (ss) Murder Most Irish, ed. Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
• The Girl Who Talked to Horses (nv) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996
• The Eyes Still Have It [ed.] (an) Signet 1996
• For Crime Out Loud, Vol. 2 [ed.] (oa) Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1996
• Like a Stranger (ss) For Crime Out Loud, Vol. 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1996 [Nick Delvecchio]
• The Ghost with Blue Eyes (nv) The Fatal Frontier, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• First Cases, Volume 2 [ed.] (an) Signet 1997
• Death of a Glamour Cat [with Christine Matthews] (nv) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
• A Favor for Sam (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998 [Nick Delvecchio]
• Lethal Ladies II [ed. with Christine Matthews] (oa) Berkley 1998
• Blood and Gossip (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• I Love Everything About You [with Marthayn Pelegrimas] (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• First Cases, Volume 3 [ed.] (an) Signet 1999
• The Old Dons (nv) Shots (online) 1999 [Nick Delvecchio]
• Midnight Pass (ss) EQMM May 2000 [Truxton Lewis]
• The Shamus Game [ed.] (oa) Signet 2000
• Black and White Memories (ss) Compulsion (e-book), Mightywords.com 2000
• Delvecchio’s Brooklyn: A Short Story Collection (co) Five Star 2001 [Nick Delvecchio]
• A Night at the Love Nest Resort [with Christine Matthews] (ss) Love and Death, ed. Carolyn Hart, Berkley Prime Crime 2001
• Green Legs and Glam (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• Intimate Obsession (ss) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
• Most Wanted [ed.] (an) Signet 2001
• Mystery Street [ed.] (oa) Signet 2001
• The Knights of Liberty (ss) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• First Cases, Volume 4 [ed.] (an) Signet 2002
• Mayhem in the Midlands [ed. with Christine Matthews] (oa) Hats Off Books 2002
• The Cat’s Meow [with Christine Matthews] (nv) Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star 2003
• High Stakes: 8 Sure-Bet Stories of Gambling and Crime [ed.] (oa) Signet 2003
• Henry and the Idiots (nv) High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003
• So Beautiful, So Dead (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004 [Bat Masterton]
• Murder... and All That Jazz [ed.] (oa) Signet 2004
• Introduction (in) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004
• The Listening Room (nv) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004 [Truxton Lewis]
• Greatest Hits [ed.] (oa) Carrorr & Graf 2005
• Upon My Soul (ss) Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005
• The Bocce Ball King of Farragut Road (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• The Hook (ss) The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006 [Bat Masterson]
• Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood [ed.] (oa) Pegasus Books 2007
• False Pretenses: An Introduction (in)
• Foreword [with Marilyn Wallace] (fw)
• Foreword [with Susan Dunlap] (fw)
• Introduction [with Barbara Collins] (in)
• Introduction: The Year in Mystery: 1988 [with Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg] (in)
• Midnight Pass: A House-Sitting Detective Story (ss)

RANDOLPH, SUSAN (stories)

• In Others’ Words (ar) Murderous Intent Spr 1996; conversation with Barbara Dicks.

RANIERI, ROMAN A. (stories)

• The Phone Call (ss) Cemetery Dance Spr 1996
• Bandit Who Caught a Killer (ss) Felonious Felines, ed. Carol & Ed Gorman, Five Star 2000

RANK, BILL (stories)

• Kiss Me and Die! (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1961

RANKIN, IAN (James) (1960- ) (books) (stories)

• Playback (ss) Winter’s Crimes 22, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1990 [Insp. John Rebus]
• Talk Show (nv) Winter’s Crimes 23, ed. Maria Rejt, London: Macmillan 1991 [Insp. John Rebus]
• A Good Hanging and other stories (co) Century 1992 [Insp. John Rebus; Edinburgh, Scotland]
• Auld Lang Syne (ss) A Good Hanging and Other Stories, Century 1992 [Insp. John Rebus]
• Concrete Evidence (ss) A Good Hanging and Other Stories, Century 1992 [Insp. John Rebus]
• The Dean Curse (ss) A Good Hanging and Other Stories, Century 1992 [Insp. John Rebus]
• A Good Hanging (ss) A Good Hanging and Other Stories, Century 1992 [Insp. John Rebus]
• In the Frame (ss) Winter’s Crimes 24, ed. Maria Rejt, London: Macmillan 1992 [Insp. John Rebus]
• Marked for Death (nv) Constable New Crimes 1, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1992 [Insp. John Rebus]
• Trip Trap (ss) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992 [Insp. John Rebus]
• Castle Dangerous (ss) EQMM Oct 1993 [Insp. John Rebus]
• Video, Nasty (ss) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993
• Well Shot (ss) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
• A Deep Hole (ss) London Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 1994
• Facing the Music (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 4, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1994 [Insp. John Rebus]
• Someone Got to Eddie (ss) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• Principles of Accounts (nv) EQMM Aug 1995
• Window of Opportunity (ss) EQMM Dec 1995 [Insp. John Rebus]
• Adventures in Babysitting (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
• The Serpent’s Back (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 5, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1995 [Cullender]
• The Wider Scheme (ss) EQMM Aug 1996
• Herbert in Motion (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
• Natural Selection (ss) Fresh Blood, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1996
• Herbert in Motion and Other Stories (co) Revolver 1997
• My Shopping Day (ss) Herbert in Motion and Other Stories, Revolver 1997 [Insp. John Rebus]
• No. 79 (ss) Herbert in Motion and Other Stories, Revolver 1997
• The Acid Test (ss) Deliberately Thirsty Win 1998 [Insp. John Rebus]
• Death Is Not the End (nv) Orion 1998 [Insp. John Rebus]
• Glimmer (ss) Blue Lightning, ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press 1998
• Unknown Pleasures (ss) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998
• The Hanged Man (ss) Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999
• The Missing (ss) Crimewave #1 1999
• The Only True Comedian (ss) EQMM Feb 2000
• Unlucky in Love, Unlucky at Cards (ss) EQMM Mar 2000
• The Confession (ss) EQMM Jun 2000
• Father Christmas’s Revenge (ss) Sunday Telegraph Dec 24 2000; also as “No Sanity Claus”; also as “No Sanity Clause”. [Insp. John Rebus]
• No Sanity Claus (ss) Sunday Telegraph Dec 24 2000 [Insp. John Rebus]
• No Sanity Clause (ss) Sunday Telegraph Dec 24 2000 [Insp. John Rebus]
• The Slab Boys (ss) Scenes of Crime, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd. 2000
• Beggar’s Banquet (co) Orion Publishing Co. 2002
• Saint Nicked (ss) The Radio Times Dec 21 2002 & Jan 4, 2003 [Insp. John Rebus]
• Tell Me Who to Kill (nv) Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003; first distributed as a photocopied typescript given to attendess of a reading by Rankin at a charity event in Edinburgh in early 2003. [Insp. John Rebus]
• Fleshmarket Close (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2004
• Soft Spot (nv) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• Graduation Day (nv) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• Being Frank (ss) [Insp. John Rebus]
• Foreword (fw)
• The Gentleman’s Club (ss) [Insp. John Rebus]
• Get Shortie (ss) The Scottsman [Insp. John Rebus]
• Introduction (in)
• Monstrous Trumpet (ss) [Insp. John Rebus]
• Not Provan (ss) [Insp. John Rebus]
• Seeing Things (ss) [Insp. John Rebus]
• Sunday (ss) [Insp. John Rebus]
• Tit for Tat (ss) [Insp. John Rebus]

RANSOM, DANIEL; pseudonym of Ed Gorman, (1941- ) (stories)

• Playground (vi) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994

RANSOME, STEPHEN; pseudonym of Frederick C. Davis, (1902-1977) (stories)

• Excerpt from The Night, the Woman (ex) 1963

RAPHAEL, LAWRENCE W. (books) (stories)

• Mystery Midrash [ed.] (an) Jewish Lights Publishing 1999
• Criminal Kabbalah [ed.] (oa) Jewish Lights Publishing 2001
• Introduction (in)

RAPHAEL, LEV (1954- ) (stories)

• Free Man in Paris (ss) Crimewave #3 2000
• Your Papers, Please (ss) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001

RAPP, BILL (stories)

• Tinseltown, Illinois (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #48 2004

RATH, TINA (1943- ) (stories)

• Conspiracy Theory [with Tony Rath] (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
• Who Killed Fair Rosamund? [with Tony Rath] (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999

RATH, TONY (stories)

• Conspiracy Theory [with Tina Rath] (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
• Who Killed Fair Rosamund? [with Tina Rath] (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999

RATHBONE, BASIL (1892-1967) (stories)

• “Daydream” (ss) The Baker Street Journal Oct 1947

RATHBONE, JULIAN (1935-2008) (stories)

• Baz (ss) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991
• Some Sunny Day (nv) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993
• Of Mice, Men and Two Woman (ss) London Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 1994
• Damned Spot (ss) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
• Up Yours (ss) Crimewave #1 1999
• The Lion of Draksville (nv) The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002

RATHJEN, CARL HENRY (1909-1984) (stories)

• Out of Order (ss) AHMM Nov 1963
• Highway Hostage (vi) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967
• Forget You Saw Me (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972
• Not in the Script (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1981

RAUSCHER, BONNIE (stories)

• Forget-Me-Not (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1981

RAWCLIFFE, CAROLE (stories)

• Dishonourable Members (ss) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
• Killing Little William (ss) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995

RAWLE, HENRY (stories)

• Marley’s Masterpiece (ss) Mystery Stories #18 1939

RAWLINGS, ELLEN (c1932- ) (stories)

• Poison (nv) Mystery Midrash, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 1999 [Rachel Crowne]
• The Kosher Pickle Murder (ss) Chesapeake Crimes, ed. Donna Andrews, Quiet Storm Books 2004

RAWSON, CLAYTON (Ashley) (1906-1971) (stories)

• Claws of Satan (na) Red Star Mystery Oct 1940 [Don Diavolo]
• The Clue of the Tattooed Man (pz) EQMM Dec 1946 [The Great Merlini]
• The Clue of the Broken Legs (pz) EQMM Jan 1947 [The Great Merlini]
• From Another World (nv) EQMM Jun 1948 [The Great Merlini]
• Off the Face of the Earth (nv) EQMM Sep 1949 [The Great Merlini]

RAY, DAVID (stories)

• The Assassin (pp) Chicago Review 1996

RAY, VICTOR K. (stories)

• Three Men and a Corpse (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1948

RAYE, CLAUDIUS (stories)

• Lightning Rod (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1957

RAYMOND, DEREK; pseudonym of Robert William Arthur Cook, (1931-1994) (stories)

• Changeless Susan (ss) Constable New Crimes 1, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1992
• Brand New Dead (ss) London Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 1994
• Nightmare in the Street (ss) Fresh Blood, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1996

RAYMOND, ERNEST (1888-1974) (stories)

• from We, the Accused (ex) Cassell’s 1935
• We, the Accused (ex) Cassell’s 1935

RAYMOND, HOPE (stories)

• The Mysterious Messenger (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980
• Neighbors (ss) AHMM Jul 1989

RAYMOND, RENÉ BRABAZON (1906-1985); see pseudonym James Hadley Chase (stories)

REACH, ALICE SCANLAN (stories)

• In the Confessional (ss) EQMM Jun 1962 [Father Crumlish]
• Father Crumlish Celebrates Christmas (ss) EQMM Jan 1968 [Father Crumlish]

READ, CORNELIA (stories)

• Hungry Enough (ss) A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir, ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press 2007

READE, CHARLES (1814-1884) (stories)

• The Knightsbridge Mystery (nv) Life 1882

READING, PETER (stories)

• 15th February (pm)
• from Going On (ex)

REAGAN, RONALD (stories)

• Thank You Mr. President (ar) Mystery Mar 1981

REAH, DANUTA (1949- ) (stories)

• No Flies on Frank (ss) Sherlock #64 2004

REAMY, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Earl Reamy] (1935-1977) (stories)

• Under the Hollywood Sign (nv) Orbit 17, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row 1975
• The Detweiler Boy (nv) F&SF Apr 1977

REASONER, JAMES M. (1953- ) (stories)

• Graveyard Shift (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1978
• Down in the Valley (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1979
• Murder by the Bay (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1980 [Michael Shayne]
• Death and the Dancing Shadows (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1980
• Payoff in Blood (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1980 [Michael Shayne]
• The Golden Buddha Caper (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1980 [Michael Shayne]
• The Man in the Moon (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1980
• The Bedlam File (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1980 [Michael Shayne]
• Murder in Paradise (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1980 [Michael Shayne]
• Encore for Death (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1980 [Michael Shayne]
• The Last Word (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1980
• The Viper Conspiracy (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1980 [Michael Shayne]
• Yesterday’s Angel [with Livia J. Washburn] (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1980 [Michael Shayne]
• Mayhem in the Magic City [with Livia J. Washburn] (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1980 [Michael Shayne]
• The Singer at Dawn [with Livia J. Washburn] (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1980
• Killer’s Eve (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1980 [Michael Shayne]
• All the Faces of Fear [with Livia J. Washburn] (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1980 [Michael Shayne]
• Black Lotus (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1981 [Michael Shayne]
• Odds on Death (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1981 [Michael Shayne]