Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

ROONEY, PHILIP (stories)

• The Last of the Highwaymen (nf) Scientific Detective Mar 1945

ROOS, AUDREY (Kelley) (1912-1982); see pseudonym Kelley Roos (stories)

ROOS, KELLEY; pseudonym of Audrey Roos & William Roos (stories)

• Death Is a Trouper (na) The American Magazine Dec 1946 [Haila & Jeff Troy]
• Two Over Par (ss) EQMM Jan 1950 [Haila & Jeff Troy]

ROOS, WILLIAM (1911-1987); see pseudonym Kelley Roos (stories)

ROPKE, JOHN C. (stories)

• Whispering Shadows (nv) Jungle Stories Win 1945

ROQUE, MARIELA VARONA (stories)

• The Orchid (ss) Havana Noir, ed. Achy Obejas, Akashic Books 2007

ROQUEVERT, GERMAINE (stories)

• Best Friend (ss) EQMM May 1982
• The Key to Albert’s Closet (ss) EQMM Apr 1987

RORDAN, ART (stories)

• Night of the Slasher! (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1961

RORKE, PAUL (stories)

• Uncanonized Bones (ss) Mystery Stories #13 1938

ROSAIRE, FORREST (1902-1977) (stories)

• The Poisoned Bowl (ss) Clues Detective Stories Apr 1939

ROSAN, SHIRA (1950- ); see pseudonym S. J. Rozan (books) (stories)

ROSAVO, NARISSA (stories)

• The Wounded Hand... (ss)

ROSBOROUGH, LEONARD B. (stories)

• It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog (ss) Mammoth Detective May 1947

ROSE, CAROLYN J. (stories)

• Two Hearts as One (pm) EQMM Jun 1991
• Editorial Decision (ss) Dogwood Tales 1996
• Silent Treatment (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
• Time and Punishment (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• Appointment with Emil (ss) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• Winter Getaway (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• Hostage Situation (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

ROSE, CELINE (stories)

• Mariotti (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2002

ROSE, HOWARD T. (stories)

• Abuse of Process (ss) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001

ROSE, J. W. (stories)

• The Genteel Killers (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jan 1960

ROSE, LLOYD; pseudonym of Sarah Tonyn (stories)

• 100 Years of Sherlock Holmes (ar) Baker Street Miscellanea Win 1989 [Sherlock Holmes]

ROSE, M. J.; pseudonym of Melissa J. Shapiro, (1963- ) (stories)

• The Portal [with John T. Lescroart] (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006
• Not Shy (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• The Class of Co-opetition (ss) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008

ROSE, MALCOLM (1953- ) (stories)

• The Drowning (ss) The Young Oxford Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Dennis Hamley, Oxford University Press 2003

ROSE, WILLIE (stories)

• Eye of the Beholder (ss) AHMM mid-Sep 1982
• Mysterious Cipher (pz) AHMM Jul/Aug, Nov, Dec 2004, Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep, Oct 2005, Jan/Feb, Mar 2006

ROSEBERG, RICHARD (stories)

• I Could Kill You (ss) EQMM Oct 1983

ROSE-BOND, SHERRY (stories)

• Report from 221B Baker Street [with Scott Bond] (ar) The Armchair Detective Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1990, Win, Spr, Fll 1991

ROSEN, DeANNE L. (stories)

• Halloween Fire (ss) Hardboiled #8 1987

ROSEN, MARION (Louise) (1941- ) (stories)

• Angel of Mercy (ss) Murder by 13, ed. Priscilla English, Lisa Seidman & Mae Woods, Crown Valley Press 1997

ROSEN, MILT (stories)

• The Empress of the Sea (ss) EQMM Sep 1991
• The Eyewitness (ss) EQMM May 1992

ROSEN, R(ichard) D(ean) (1949- ) (stories)

• Mamzer (nv) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006

ROSEN, ROB (stories)

• Murder in Toddler Town (ss) By the Chimney with Care, ed. Tont Burton, Wolfmont Publishing 2006

ROSENBERG, NANCY TAYLOR (stories)

• A Place for Nathan (ss) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998

ROSENBLUM, MARY (1952- ); see pseudonym Mary Freeman (stories)

• Sacrifice (nv) Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders, Solaris 2008

ROSENKRANTZ, BARON PALLE (stories)

• A Sensible Course of Action (ss) 1909

ROSENMAN, JOHN B. (stories)

• In Man’s Image (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

ROSENQUEST, JAMES (stories)

• Her Kind Die Bloody! (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Sep 1959
• Kid in a Coffin (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jan 1960
• Brotherhood of Evil! (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1961
• Dreadnight (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962

ROSENTHAL, GLORIA (stories)

• Making Her Mark (pm) EQMM Jul 1991
• Probable Cause (pm) EQMM Aug 1991
• What Did It (pm) EQMM Sep 1991
• Mother Goose Nursery Crimes: I - Hey Diddle Diddle (pm) EQMM Jan 1993
• Mother Goose Nursery Crimes: II (pm) EQMM Aug 1993
• Mother Goose Nursery Crimes: III: Sing a Song of Sixpence (pm) EQMM Oct 1993
• Mother Goose Nursery Crimes: IV: Georgie Porgie (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• Mother Goose Nursery Crimes: V: Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater (pm) EQMM Mar 1994
• Mother Goose Nursery Crimes: VI: Humpty Dumpty (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1994

ROSMUS, CINDY (stories)

• Il Pagliaccio Morto (ss) Hardboiled #17 1994
• Cut Buddies (ss) Hardboiled #19 1994
• The ’Sidge’ (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• Yellow Mama (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004

ROSS, ADRIENNE (stories)

• Grasping for More (ss)
• The Troubled Tobacconist (ss)

ROSS, ALEC (stories)

• The Curse of Istvan Kodaly (ss) AHMM Oct 1982
• Old People Listen Harder (ss) AHMM Mar 1983
• Undercover (ss) AHMM Oct 1990

ROSS, DAN; pseudonym of W. E. D. Ross, (1912-1995) (stories)

• Mr. Wong and the Fatal Phobia (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Aug 1966 [Mr. Wong]
• Mr. Wong Disagrees (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967 [Mr. Wong]

ROSS, FRED E. (stories)

• The Unbowed Head (ss) Story 1947

ROSS, KATE (1956-1998) (stories)

• The Lullaby Cheat (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• The Unkindest Cut (nv) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998

ROSS, MAGGIE (stories)

• Nostalgia (ss) Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990

ROSS, MARTIN; pseudonym of Violet Florence Martin, (1862-1915) (stories)

• Holy Island [with E. OE. Somerville] (ss)

ROSS, [Sir] RONALD (1857-1932) (stories)

• The Vivisector Vivisected (ss) Strange Assembly, ed. John Gawsworth, London: Unicorn Press 1932

ROSS, (James) SINCLAIR (1908-1996) (stories)

• One’s a Heifer (ss) The Lamp at Noon and Other Stories, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart 1968

ROSS, STEPHEN (stories)

• Collective Noun for Blackmailers (ss) EQMM Jun 2006
• The Wickern Boys (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008

ROSS, W(illiam) E(dward) D(aniel) (1912-1995); see pseudonym Dan Ross (stories)

ROSSI, JERI CAIN (stories)

• And Hell Walked In (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (Bywater).

ROSSITER, JOHN (1916- ) (stories)

• “Yes, Sir: No, Sir” (ss) John Creasey’s Crime Collection, ed. Herbert Harris 1978

ROSSNER, ROBERT (1932- ) (stories)

• Angel of Evil (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Sep 1961

ROSSOFF, ALEXIS (stories)

• Satan’s Masquerade (nv) Secret Agent “X” Dec 1935

ROSTA, HELEN J. (stories)

• Feathers (ss) Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991

ROTH, KURTIS (stories)

• Beware of Cat (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• Eight (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000 [Rick Winslow]
• Revealing Russian Blue, or The Flaming Switcheroo (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

ROTH, PHILIP (Milton) (1933- ) (stories)

• Eli, the Fanatic (nv)

ROTHE, MARIAN (stories)

• Taxes (pm) EQMM Oct 1993

ROTHENBERG, REBECCA S. (stories)

• Locoweed (na) EQMM Mar 1994

ROTHWELL, ANDREW (stories)

• from Thérèse Raquin, by Émile Zola (ex)

ROTHWELL, BARBARA YATES (stories)

• Whatever Happened to Love? (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994

ROUÉCHÉ, BERTON (1911-1994) (stories)

• The Key (ss) New Yorker 1964
• Phone Call (ss) New Yorker 1965
• The Raspberry Patch (ss) Evergreen Review Sep 1968
• The Lug Wrench (ss) New Yorker Jun 7 1969
• Mrs. Arnold (vi) Family Circle 1978
• The Prognosis for This Patient Is Horrible (ss) New Yorker Jan 25 1982
• Mrs. Arnold Contest Results (ss) EQMM Nov 1990

ROURKE, TIM (stories)

• All in a Day’s Work [with Mike Shayne] (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1984 [Michael Shayne]

ROUSSEAU, VICTOR; pseudonym of Victor Rousseau Emanuel, (1879-1960) (books) (stories)

• Madame Murder (na) Super-Detective Dec 1940 [Jim Anthony]
• The Tracer of Egos (co) Spectre Library, The 2007 [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]
• Alf Barton’s Princess (ss) [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]
• The Amulet of Marduk (ss) [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]
• The Carfax Curse (ss) [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]
• A Fisher for Souls (ss) [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]
• Mary Rothway’s Memory (ss) [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]
• Mr. Axel’s Shady Past (ss) [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]
• Noureddin Bey’s Sacrifice (ss) [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]
• The Professor’s Peach Trees (ss) [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]
• The Return of Claudia (ss) [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]
• The Two Charioteers (ss) [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]
• The Wife of Ira Hopkins (ss) [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]
• The Woman of Atlantis (ss) [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]

ROVIN, JEFF(rey Daniel) (1951- ) (stories)

• A Knight at the Opera (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman Volume 3, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1993 [Batman]

ROWAN, IAIN (stories)

• Professional Opinion (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2002
• Two Nights’ Work (ss) AHMM Nov 2003
• The Chain (ss) EQMM Dec 2003
• Fake (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• Game On (ss) Shred of Evidence Nov 2004
• One of Us (ss) AHMM Apr 2005
• Piggy Eyes (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2005

ROWAN, RICHARD WILMER (1894-1964?); see pseudonym Randle McKay (stories)

ROWE, DANIEL (stories)

• The Dispeptic Diogenes (vi) Hardboiled #9 1988
• Lord of the Shadows (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

ROWE, JENNIFER (June) (1948- ) (books) (stories)

• Ladies’ Day (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990 [Verity “Birdy” Birdwood]
• White Christmas (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991
• Love Lies Bleeding [ed.] (oa) Allen & Unwin 1994
• Mystery Man (nv) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998
• Introduction (in)

ROWE, PENELOPE (stories)

• The Merrys (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993

ROWE, ROSEMARY; [i.e., Rosemary Rowe Aitken] (stories)

• A Payment to the Gods (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001 [Libertus the Pavement-Maker]
• Caveat Emptor (ss) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003 [Libertus]

ROWEN, TED (stories)

• The Snake Bites Twice (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997

ROWLAND, JOHN (Herbert Shelley) (1907-1984) (stories)

• from Murder Revisited (ex) 1961

ROWLAND, LAURA JOH (1954- ) (stories)

• Mizu-Age (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• Onnagata (nv) More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999
• The Iron Fan (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999 [Sano]

ROWLANDS, BETTY (1923- ) (stories)

• The Killer Instinct (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• Here Comes a Chopper (ss) EQMM May 1992
• The Passing of an Aura (ss) Constable New Crimes 1, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1992
• The Inheritance (ss) EQMM Mar 1993
• Looking on the Bright Side (ss) EQMM Oct 1993
• The Recluse (ss) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997

ROWLANDS, D(avid) G. (1941- ) (stories)

• The Codex (ss) Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990 [Mr. Batchel]
• The Show Must Not Go On (ss) Crime for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1991

ROWLEY, WILLIAM (c1585-1626) (stories)

• from The Changeling [with Thomas Middleton] (ex) 1622
• The Changeling [with Thomas Middleton] (pl) 1623

ROYLE, NICHOLAS (John) (1963- ) (stories)

• The Inland Waterways Association (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

ROY-MYERS, D. P. (stories)

• The Premium on a Parcel (ss) EQMM Oct 1995

ROZAN, S. J.; pseudonym of Shira Rosan, (1950- ) (books) (stories)

• Prosperity Restaurant (nv) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991
• Once Burned (nv) P.I. Magazine 1991
• Body English (ss) AHMM Dec 1992
• Film at Eleven (nv) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
• Birds of Paradise (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1994
• Hoops (nv) EQMM Jan 1996
• Subway (nv) Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet 1997
• Cooking the Hounds (ss) Canine Crimes, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1998
• Hunting for Doyle (ss) EQMM May 1999
• A Tale About a Tiger (nv) Criminal Records, ed. Otto Penzler, Orion 2000
• Marking the Boat (nv) Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000 [Lydia Chin]