Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

SAVAGE, ERNEST (stories) (continued)

• One of Those Things (ss) AHMM Jun 16 1980
• A Time of Summing Up (ss) EQMM Jun 30 1980
• There Is No Tomorrow (ss) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• Companion Planting (ss) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• The Miracle Day (nv) EQMM Feb 25 1981
• The Frame (ss) AHMM Mar 4 1981
• Worse than a Fallen Angel (ss) AHMM Apr 1 1981
• Dangerous Ground (ss) EQMM May 20 1981
• Picking Up (ss) AHMM May 27 1981
• The Best Man in Town (ss) EQMM Jul 15 1981
• Eighty Days at Sea (ss) AHMM Aug 19 1981
• One Man’s Opinion (ss) EQMM Jun 1983
• The Sisters (ss) AHMM Apr 1984
• The Big Winners (nv) EQMM Sep 1984
• Hurt But Getting Better (nv) EQMM Aug 1985
• The Best Revenge (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1985
• Sing What Is Well Made (ss) EQMM Nov 1986
• Hell Hath No Fury (ss) EQMM Feb 1987
• McCawley’s Mantra (ss) EQMM Jul 1987
• The Reynolds Affair (ss) EQMM Oct 1987
• The Suicide Theory (ss) EQMM Apr 1988
• Shannon’s Way (ss) EQMM Jan 1990
• A Hell of a Couple of Days (ss) EQMM Mar 1990

SAVAGE, LES(lie Hunter), JR. (1922-1958) (stories)

• Bullets & Bullwhips (ss) Western Story Magazine Oct 2 1943

SAVAGE, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Savage] (1948- ) (stories)

• One of Us (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
• Rolling the Bones (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005
• The Method in Her Madness (ss) AHMM Jun 2005
• Cyberdate.com (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006

SAVANT, GUY (stories)

• Unsolved (pz) AHMM Win 1989, Feb, May, Aug, Oct 1993
• Unsolved: (untitled) (pz) AHMM Jun, Jul, Dec 1990
• Unsolve: (pz) AHMM Jun, Dec 1991, Feb, Apr, Oct 1992

SAWYER, ROBERT J(ames) (1960- ) (books) (stories)

• Just Like Old Times (ss) On Spec Sum 1993
• You See But You Do Not Observe (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Lost in the Mail (ss) TransVersions #3 1995
• The Hand You’re Dealt (ss) Free Space, ed. Brad Linaweaver & Edward E. Kramer, Tor 1997
• Crossing the Line: Canadian Mysteries with a Fantastic Twist [ed. with David Skene-Melvin] (an) Pottersfield Press 1998
• Over the Edge [ed. with Peter Sellers] (an) Pottersfield Press 2000
• Identity Theft (na) Down These Dark Spaceways, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2005
• Introduction [with David Skene-Melvin] (in)
• Introduction [with Peter Sellers] (in)

SAXON, ABRAHAM; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell (stories)

• The Mask of Chaos (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1995

SAXON, ALEX; pseudonym of Bill Pronzini, (1943- ) (stories)

• The Pattern (ss) AHMM Sep 1971
• Momento Mori (ss) AHMM Apr 1974

SAXON, JOHN A. (1886-1947); see pseudonym Rex Norman (stories)

SAXON, MALACHI (1944- ) (stories)

• Death by Fire [with Anne Perry] (ss) Murder Most Catholic, ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House 2002
• The Case of the Highland Hoax [with Anne Perry] (nv) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002

SAXTON, JUDITH (1936- ) (stories)

• Flat Share (ss) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995

SAYERS, DOROTHY L(eigh) (1893-1957) (books) (stories)

• The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager’s Will (nv) Pearson’s Magazine Jul 1925 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Oct 1925 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Feb 1926 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Inspiration of Mr. Budd (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Mar 1926
• The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag (ss) 20 Story Magazine May 1926 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head (nv) Pearson’s Magazine Jun 1926 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers (ss) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba (nv) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928; also as “The Cave of Ali Baba”. [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Cave of Ali Baba (nv) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Footsteps That Ran (ss) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Man with No Face (nv) 1928 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• A Matter of Taste (ss) 1928 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach (ss) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face (nv) 1928 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran (ss) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• Behind the Screen, Chapter III (rr) The Listener Jul 2 1930
• The Man Who Knew How (ss) Harper’s Bazaar Feb 1932
• The Queen’s Square (ss) 1932 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• One Too Many (ss) The Passing Show Mar 18 1933 [Montague Egg]
• Murder at Pentecost (ss) The Passing Show Mar 25 1933 [Montague Egg]
• The Cyprian Cat (ss) Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1933
• Suspicion (ss) Mystery League Oct 1933
• The Image in the Mirror (nv) Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz 1933 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey (nv) Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz 1933 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Necklace of Pearls (ss) Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz 1933 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• Absolutely Elsewhere (ss) The Strand Feb 1934 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• An Arrow o’er the House (ss) The Strand May 1934
• Bitter Almonds (ss) The Passing Show Jun 30 1934 [Montague Egg]
• A Shot at Goal (ss) The Passing Show Feb 2 1935 [Montague Egg]
• Striding Folly (ss) The Strand Jul 1935 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• The Haunted Policeman (nv) Harper’s Bazaar Feb 1938 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• In the Teeth of the Evidence (ss) In the Teeth of the Evidence, London: Gollancz 1939 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• Talboys (nv) 1972 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• “Whimsey, Lost and Found” by Alzina Stone Dale (ar) The Armchair Detective Spr 1990
• Lord Peter (co) Borgo 1991 [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• “Holmes & Wimsey” by Chris Willis (ar) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste (ss) [Lord Peter Wimsey]
• from Have His Carcase (ex)
• The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention (ss) [Lord Peter Wimsey]

SAYLES, JOHN (1950- ) (stories)

• Eight Men Out (ex) 1988
• Cruisers (ss) Zoetrope All-Story Fll 2004

SAYLOR, STEVEN W(arren) (1956- ) (books) (stories)

• A Will Is a Way (nv) EQMM Mar 1992 [Gordianus the Finder]
• Death Wears a Mask (nv) EQMM Jul 1992 [Gordianus the Finder]
• The Lemures (nv) EQMM Oct 1992 [Gordianus the Finder]
• The Treasure House (ss) The Armchair Detective Spr 1993 [Gordianus the Finder]
• The House of the Vestals (ss) EQMM Apr 1993 [Gordianus the Finder]
• The Disappearance of the Saturnalia Silver (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993 [Gordianus the Finder]
• The Alexandrian Cat (ss) EQMM Feb 1994 [Gordianus the Finder]
• Little Caesar and the Pirates (nv) EQMM Mar 1995 [Gordianus the Finder]
• King Bee and Honey (nv) EQMM Oct 1995 [Gordianus the Finder]
• Murder Myth-Begotten (ss) EQMM Apr 1996
• A Murder, Now and Then... (pr) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996
• The White Fawn (nv) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996 [Gordianus the Finder]
• Archimedes’ Tomb (nv) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997 [Gordianus the Finder]
• The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder (co) St. Martin’s 1997 [Gordianus the Finder]
• Death by Eros (nv) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998 [Gordianus the Finder]
• Poppy and the Poisoned Cake (nv) EQMM Dec 1998 [Gordianus the Finder]
• The Consul’s Wife (nv) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000 [Gordianus the Finder]
• A Twist at the End (ex) 2000
• If a Cyclops Could Vanish in the Blink of an Eye (ss) Candis 2002 [Gordianus the Finder]
• A Gladiator Dies Only Once (na) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003 [Gordianus the Finder]
• Introduction: The Long Reach of Rome (in) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003
• Something Fishy in Pompeii (ss) Candis 2003 [Gordianus the Finder]
• The Cherries of Lucullus (nv) EQMM May 2005 [Gordianus the Finder]
• The Gladiator Dies Only Once: The Further Investigations of Gordianus the Finder (co) St. Martin’s Minotaur 2005 [Gordianus the Finder]
• Foreword (fw)
• The Life and Times of Gordianus the Finder: A Partial Chronology (ms)
• Preface (pr)

SAYRE-ROBERTS, AMY (stories)

• Death Mouth (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (Roscoe & Broadway).

SCAFFETTI, PATRICK (stories)

• A Fear of Spiders (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1980
• A Company Man (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1980
• Murder in Mind (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1980
• A Friendly Rivalry (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1981
• Death Payments (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981 [Leo and Faye]
• Bottoms Up (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1981
• Holiday Homicide (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1982
• The Prowler (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1982
• The Movie House Murders (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1982
• The Final Performance (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1982
• The Lights Across the Lake (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1983
• Practice Makes Murder (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1983
• Flashback (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1983
• Stage Mother (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1983
• Such Wonderful memories (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1984
• A Breath of New Life (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1985

SCALLY, ALAN J. (stories)

• The Good Old Days (ss) EQMM Nov 4 1981

SCANLAN, MAE Z. (stories)

• The Theft of the English Language (pm) EQMM Feb 24 1982
• A Most Ignoble Crime (I Swear) (pm) EQMM Jun 1985

SCANLON, C. K. M.; house pseudonym (stories)

• Snatch (ss) G-Men Oct 1935
• Bring ’em Back Dead (na) G-Men Detective Nov 1935 [Dan Fowler]
• Hot Money (na) G-Men Detective Dec 1935 [Dan Fowler]
• Big Shot (na) G-Men Detective Feb 1936 [Dan Fowler]
• King Crime! (na) G-Men Detective Mar 1936 [Dan Fowler]
• School for Murder (nv) G-Men Detective Apr 1936 [Dan Fowler]
• The Purple Shirts (na) G-Men Detective May 1936 [Dan Fowler]
• Hollywood Czar (na) G-Men Jun 1936 [Dan Fowler]
• Black Magic (na) G-Men Detective Jul 1936 [Dan Fowler]
• American Menace (na) G-Men Detective Aug 1936 [Dan Fowler]
• Ghost Killer (na) G-Men Detective Sep 1936 [Dan Fowler]
• The Tropic Terror (na) G-Men Detective Oct 1936 [Dan Fowler]
• Give ’Em Hell (na) G-Men Detective Jan 1937 [Dan Fowler]
• Bullet Justice (na) G-Men Detective May 1937 [Dan Fowler]
• Death Play Dolls (nv) Thrilling Mystery Sep 1937
• The Poison of Power (na) G-Men Detective Feb 1938 [Dan Fowler]
• Death Rampant (na) G-Men Detective Mar 1938 [Dan Fowler]
• The Snatch King (na) G-Men Detective Nov 1938 [Dan Fowler]
• The Crimson Crusade (na) G-Men Detective Apr 1939 [Dan Fowler]
• Murder in Alaska (na) G-Men Detective Jul 1939 [Dan Fowler]
• War Cry of Death (na) G-Men Detective Oct 1939 [Dan Fowler]
• Murder for Cash (na) G-Men Detective Nov 1939 [Dan Fowler]
• The Masked Detective’s Manhunt (na) The Masked Detective Spr 1941 [Masked Detective]
• The League of the Iron Cross (na) The Masked Detective Sum 1941 [Masked Detective]
• The Crimes of Stilicho (na) The Masked Detective Spr 1942 [Masked Detective]
• Curse of the Living Corpse (na) The Masked Detective Win 1942
• The Fifth Column Murders (na) The Masked Detective Win 1942 [Masked Detective]
• In the Air (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1996

SCANNELL, VERNON (1922-2007) (stories)

• A Case of Murder (pm)

SCARBOROUGH, CONSTANCE (books) (stories)

• The Haunted Hour [ed. with Cynthia Manson] (an) Berkley Prime Crime 1995
• Senior Sleuths [ed. with Cynthia Manson] (an) Berkley 1996
• Win, Lose or Die [ed. with Cynthia Manson] (an) Carroll & Graf 1996
• Introduction (in)
• Introduction [with Cynthia Manson] (in)

SCARBOROUGH, ELIZABETH ANN (1947- ) (stories)

• Skin Deep (ss) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
• Final Vows (nv) Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998
• Tinkler Tam and the Body Snatchers (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999

SCARLATTI, MAXENTIUS ANDOR; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell (stories)

• The Death’s Ghastly Harvest (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1995
• Wrath of the Tiger (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1995 [The Tiger]
• The Hooded Hunter (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct, Nov 1996 [Secret Sentinel]
• In the Footsteps of Dreadstone (ar) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1997
• Terror is a Woman (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1997
• Blood of the Dragon: Sword of the Legions (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1999
• Blood of the Dragon: The Emperor Departs (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1999
• Blood of the Dragon: Legacy in Steel (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2000
• Blood of the Dragon: Judgement in Scarlet (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2000
• Blood of the Dragon: Guardians of the Green Stone (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 2000
• Blood of the Dragon: Spy House (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2000
• Blood of the Dragon: Dreamgoorie (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2000
• Blood of the Dragon: Gotterdammerung (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 2000
• Blood of the Dragon: Midcentury (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2000
• Blood of the Dragon: The Blood and the Sword (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2000

SCARROW, SIMON (stories)

• Heads You Lose (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003

SCATES, BRUCE (stories)

• A Tip on Time Machine in the Eighth (ss) AHMM Aug 1987
• Red Beard’s Revenge (ss) AHMM Dec 1987
• With Love and Shovels (ss) AHMM Feb 1988
• Past Forgetting (ss) AHMM May 1988
• Typecasting (ss) AHMM Jul 1988
• Little Friends and Big Junior (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1988
• Your Penguin or Mine? (ss) AHMM Jan 1989

SCHACHTERLE, NANCY (stories)

• Fisherman’s Luck (ss) AHMM Aug 1971
• Call to Witness (ss) AHMM Aug 1972

SCHAEFER, P. J. (stories)

• Four Hours (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #44 2004

SCHAEFFER, CHARLES (stories)

• The Story That Won: Slip-Up (vi) AHMM Sep 2004
• The Story That Won: The Agony of De-Feet (vi) AHMM Oct 2004
• Losers, Weepers (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #54 2004

SCHAFER, WILLIAM K. (books) (stories)

• Faulkner’s Gambit (ar) The Armchair Detective Sum 1990
• Subterranean Gallery [ed. with Richard T. Chizmar] (oa) Subterranean Press 1999