Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

SODARO, CRAIG (books) (stories) (continued)

• Mystery of the Magical Forest (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A mysterious folk tale for 3 male, 2 female, and one either).
• Queen of Hearts (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A historical mystery for 5 males, 6 females).
• A Very Cold Case (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A classic detective story for 4 males, 6 females).
• Where Did Everybody Go? (pl) Make It Mystery, Meriwether Publishing 2006; (A tale of suspense for 1 male, 3 females).

SÖDERBERG, HJALMAR (Emil Frederik) (1869-1941) (stories)

• from Dr. Glas (ex) 1905

SOENNICHSEN, JOHN (1952?- ) (stories)

• The Video Fan (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1984
• Farley’s Ghost (nv) AHMM Jun 1985

SOKOLOFF, THELMA C. (stories)

• Providence Will Provide (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981
• Memory of a Murder (ss) AHMM Feb 1993

SOLES, CARO; see pseudonym Kyle Stone (books) (stories)

• Bloody Words: the anthology [ed. with Cheryl Freedman] (oa) Baskerville Books 2003

SOLIMINI, CHERYL (stories)

• 5 Authors in Search of a Character (ar) MHCMM #1 1996
• The Beach-Chair Detective (br) MHCMM #1 1996
• The Burglar Who Became a Detective (bg) MHCMM Sum 1998; Lawrence Block on Bernie Rhodenbarr.
• The New Breed of P.I.’s (ar) MHCMM Sum 1998
• Murder in the Wild (bg) MHCMM Fll 1998; Nevada Barr on Anna Pigeon.
• Janet Evanovich Pulls Out a Plum (bg) MHCMM Sum 2000; on Stephanie Plum.

SOLOMITA, STEPHEN (1943- ) (stories)

• You Were Their Hope (nv) Hardboiled #23 1997 [Greg Baiul]
• The Poster Boy (nv) Criminal Records, ed. Otto Penzler, Orion 2000
• The Rescue (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• Bubba (nv) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• Crazy Jill Saves the Slinky (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (College Point).

SOLOMITZ, STEPHEN (stories)

• The Favor (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998 [Greg Baiul]

SOLOMON, STANLEY J. (stories)

• They Know Where I Live (ss) AHMM Sep 1992
• Gift Givers (ss) AHMM Aug 1993

SOLTYSEK, RAYMOND (stories)

• Business (ss) Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999

SOMASUNDRUM, MITHRAN (stories)

• Four Days in April (ss) AHMM Oct 2002
• Under Sapparn Put (ss) AHMM Jun 2008

SOMERLOTT, ROBERT (1928- ) (stories)

• The Sergeant Vincente LopezHair of the Widow (ss) EQMM Jan 1965

SOMERS, JEFF (stories)

• Ringing the Changes (ss) Danger City, ed. Jess Dukes, Mike Segretto & Jeffrey Dinsmore, Contemporary Press 2005

SOMERSET, DAVID (stories)

• Mallory (ss) New Mystery v2 #1 1994

SOMERTON, GARNETT ELLIOT (stories)

• Sangre (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2004

SOMERVILLE, E(dith) Œ(none) (1858-1949) (stories)

• Holy Island [with Martin Ross] (ss)

SOMERVILLE, LEE (stories)

• Man’s Best Friend (ss) AHMM Aug 13 1980
• Miss Amy and the Law (ss) AHMM Jan 1988
• The Black Cat (ss) AHMM Mar 1990

SONDE, SUSAN (stories)

• Break-Up (ss) Crimewave #4 2000

SONIK, MADELINE (stories)

• Abiding Peace (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1990
• A Mother’s Instincts (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

SONTUP, DAN(iel) (1922-2003) (stories)

• Butcher Boy (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1958
• Real Pro Murder (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Jun 1958
• The Alabama Tattoo (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1958
• Knife Man (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958
• Too Dumb to Steal (ss) AHMM Jun 1995
• Stop, Thief! (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997
• The Bad Guys Out There (ss) Hardboiled #23 1997
• One Dead Ruptured Duck (ss) AHMM Jun 2000

SOOS, TROY (1957- ) (stories)

• Decision of the Umpire (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• Pick-Off Play (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

SOPHOCLES (stories)

• from Oedipus Rex (ex)
• from Oedipus the King (pm)

SORACCO, SIN (1947- ) (stories)

• Double Espresso (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (Russian River).

SORRELLS, WALTER (1962- ) (stories)

• Responsibility (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998

SORRELS, ROY (W.) (1938- ) (stories)

• Like a Million Bucks (ss) EQMM Oct 7 1981

SORRENTINO, GILBERT (1929-2006) (stories)

• Steelwork (ex) Pantheon 1970

SOTO, MARC R. (stories)

• No Bones About It (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2007; tr. by Steven Porter

SOUKUP, MARTHA (1959- ) (stories)

• Things Not Seen (nv) Analog Sep 1992
• Good Girl, Bad Dog (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

SOWDER, SHEILA (stories)

• The Tiger’s Tale (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #55 2004
• Dust to Dust (ss) Racing Can Be Murder, ed. Brenda R. Stewart & Tony Perona, Blue River Press 2007

SPAIN, NICK; pseudonym of Dan Gordon, (1916-1982) (stories)

• Duck Behind That Eight-Ball! (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1948

SPANGBERG, REX MILLER (1939-2004); see pseudonym Rex Miller (stories)

SPARER, LAURIE AYLAMA TAYLOR; see under Taylor, L. A. (stories)

SPARK, MURIEL; [i.e., Muriel Sarah Camberg Spark Stanford] (1918-2006) (stories)

• The Leaf-Sweeper (ss) London Mystery Magazine #31 1956
• The Portobello Road (nv) Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan 1956
• The Dark Glasses (ss) 1961
• The Hanging Judge (ss) New Yorker May 2 1994

SPARROW, THOMAS; pseudonym of Thomas K. O’Neill, (1947- ) (books) (stories)

• Northwoods Pulp (co) Bluestone Press 1999
• The Devil You Say (nv)
• Hole in the World (nv)
• Social Climbing (nv)
• White Out (nv)

SPEART, JESSICA (c1951- ) (stories)

• “Lions’ Roar: Jessica Speart’s Mysteries Raise Wildlife Awareness” by G. Miki Hayden (bg) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

SPECTOR, JOEL (stories)

• Happy Holidays! (il) AHMM Jan/Feb 2008

SPEDDING, SALLY (stories)

• Strangers Waiting (ss) Cambrensis 2002
• The Anniversary (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005

SPEED, JANE (stories)

• A Lady of Refinement (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980

SPEEGLE, DARREN (stories)

• Triangle (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2002
• Johnny Holes (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2002

SPEER, HUGH; house pseudonym (stories)

• The Time Dissolver (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1937

SPELL, RUSTY W. (stories)

• Pent-Up (ss) Plots with Guns Feb/Mar 2000

SPENCER, BRENT (stories)

• The True History (ss) Prairie Schooner Sum 2006

SPENCER, BRIAN (stories)

• The Story That Won:; winner of the January/February 2008 “Mysterious Photograph” contest: Keen Anticipation (vi) AHMM Jul/Aug 2008

SPENCER, DUNCAN (stories)

• Love Gone Wrong: The Story of Jean Harris, and Scarsdale Diet Doctor Herman Tarnower (ex)

SPENCER, JOHN (Barry) (1944-2002) (stories)

• Harry’s Down (ss) Fresh Blood, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1996

SPENCER, NICK (stories)

• The Mamba Tale (ss) EQMM Aug 1984
• The Drum Story (ss) EQMM May 1988

SPENCER, ROSS H(arrison) (1921-1998) (stories)

• Murder Mystery (pm) EQMM Sep 1982

SPENCER, WILLIAM BROWNING (1946- ) (stories)

• Your Faithful Servant (ss) Air Fish, ed. Joy Oestreicher & Richard Singer, Catseye Books 1993

SPENSER, EDMUND (1552-1599) (stories)

• from The Fairie Queen (pm)

SPEYERER, JAY (stories)

• Class Act (ss) EQMM May 1992

SPIEGELBERG, MARTIN (stories)

• The Money to Feed Them (ss) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003; first published in Die Stunde des Vaters und andere Kriminalgeschichten (Death on the Waters and Other Criminal Stories), Verlag Ulmers Manuskripte, 2002.; tr. by Naomi Isaacs

SPIEGELMAN, PETER (books) (stories)

• Location, Location, Location (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• Wall Street Noir [ed.] (oa) Akashic Books 2007
• Five Days at the Sunset (ss) WlSNoir 2007; (Lethe, South Dakota).
• Introduction (in) WlSNoir 2007
• Red Cat (ex) [John March]
• The Best Part (ss)

SPIELBERG, CHRISTOPH (stories)

• The Copyist [with Anke Gebert, Paul Lascaux, Richard Lifka, Thomas Przybilka & Stefan Slupetzky] (ss) EQMM Dec 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert

SPIES, OZ (1978- ) (stories)

• The Love of a Strong Man (ss) The Ontario Review Fll/Win 2004

SPILLANE, FRANK MORRISON; see under Spillane, Mickey (books) (stories)

SPILLANE, MICKEY; [i.e., Frank Morrison Spillane] (1918-2006) (books) (stories)

• Last Ride (ss) Marvel Mystery Comics Jun 1942
• Green Hornet #10: Mike Lancer Story (cs) Green Hornet Dec 1942
• You Can’t Rock a Stock “Jock” (ar) Stag Jul 1952
• Secrets of a Private Eye (ar) Quick Sep 29 1952
• The Veiled Woman (na) Fantastic Nov/Dec 1952
• Everybody’s Watching Me (na) Manhunt Jan 1953 (+2)
• Together We Kill (ss) Cavalier Jan 1953
• The Girl Behind the Hedge (ss) Manhunt Oct 1953; also as “The Lady Says Die”.
• The Lady Says Die (ss) Manhunt Oct 1953
• Fan Letter to Caroll John Daly (lt) ca. 1953
• Crime Detector #3: Mike Danger Story #1 (cs) Crime Detector May 1954
• Crime Detector #4: Mike Danger Story #2 (cs) Crime Detector Jun 1954
• Speaking of Speed (ar) Motor Life Aug 1954
• The Pickpocket (ss) Manhunt Dec 25 1954
• The Enjoyment of Women (ar) Man’s Magazine Jun 1955
• The Screen Test of Mike Hammer (ss) Male Jul 1955
• Tough, Fast and Beautiful (ar) Cavalier Sep 1955
• Down, Down for Gold (ar) Cavalier Nov 1955
• I, the Driver (ar) Clues 1955
• Tomorrow I Die (nv) Cavalier Feb 1956
• I Rode with Hot Rod Moonshiners (ar) Cavalier May 1956
• Sawdust in My Shoes (ar) Clyde Beatty Circus Program 1956
• Sports Car Fiesta (ar) Cavalier Aug 1957
• Stand Up and Die! (nv) 1958
• I’ll Die Tomorrow (ss) Cavalier Mar 1960
• The Girl Hunters (na) Cavalier Jul 1961
• Kick It or Kill (na) Cavalier Jul 1961; also as “The Girl Hunters”.
• The Trouble with Violence on TV (ar) TV Guide Sep 30 1961
• The Affair with the Dragon Lady (ss) Cavalier Mar 1962
• Hot Cat (na) Saga Apr 1964
• The Gold Fever Tapes (nv) Stag Annual #15 1973
• The Dread Chinatown Man (ss) True 1975
• Toys for the Man-Child (ss) True 1975
• The Killing Man (nv) Playboy Dec 1989 [Mike Hammer]
• Blondes Are a State of Mind (pm) Men’s Life Fll 1991
• Murder Is My Business [ed. with Max Allan Collins] (oa) Dutton 1994
• Tangled Up in Blue (ar) Men’s Health Jul/Aug 1996
• Black Alley (nv) Playboy Dec 1996 [Mike Hammer]
• Memories from Mickey (ar) EXPRESSions v1 #1 1996; also as “Mickey’s Myrtle Beach Memories”.
• Mickey’s Myrtle Beach Memories (ar) EXPRESSions v1 #1 1996
• Vengeance Is Hers [ed. with Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg] (oa) Signet 1997
• Private Eyes [ed. with Max Allan Collins] (oa) Signet 1998
• The Night I Died (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998 [Mike Hammer]
• Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane (co) Five Star 2001
• A Century of Noir [ed. with Max Allan Collins] (an) New American Library 2002
• Byline: Mickey Spillane (co) Crippen & Landru 2004
• The Duke Alexander (ss) Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004 [Mike Hammer]
• Tonight, My Love (pl) Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004; transcribed from the LP Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer Story, 1954. [Mike Hammer]
• “Introduction: I, the Writer” by Max Allan Collins & Lynn F. Myers, Jr. (in) Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• Dead Street (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2007
• There’s a Killer Loose! [with Max Allan Collins] (ss) EQMM Aug 2008
• Sex Is My Vengeance (ss)

SPINDLER, CHRISTINE (1960- ) (books) (stories)

• Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume 1 [with Karen Wiesner] (oc) Hard Shell Word Factory 2006
• Blind Revenge [with Karen Wiesner] (nv) Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume 1, Hard Shell Word Factory 2006
• Broken Wings [with Karen Wiesner] (nv) Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume 1, Hard Shell Word Factory 2006
• Bugs [with Karen Wiesner] (nv) Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume 1, Hard Shell Word Factory 2006
• Fixated [with Karen Wiesner] (nv) Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume 1, Hard Shell Word Factory 2006
• Obsessions [with Karen Wiesner] (nv) Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume 1, Hard Shell Word Factory 2006

SPINOSA, TONY (stories)

• Killing O’Malley (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006

SPITZER, JAMES E. (stories)

• The Story That Won: The Lies and Fall of Pierre Menteur (vi) AHMM Oct 2007

SPITZER, MARC (stories)

• Prayers for the Dead (ss) Hardboiled #21 1996
• Down (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

SPOONER, DENNIS (1932-1986) (stories)

• The Christmas Killer (ss) Daily Mirror Dec 24 1981

SPORNICK, NICHOLAS B. (stories)

• From “The Puzzle-Game” [with Patricia D. Maida] (ar)

SPRAGUE, GRETCHEN (Burnham) (1926-2003) (stories)

• Can You Hear Me? (ss) EQMM Aug 1992
• Angels (ss) Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002

SPRATT, C. R. (stories)

• Going Big Time (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

SPRING, MICHAEL (stories)

• Children and Violence (ar) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

SPRING, MICHELLE; pseudonym of Michelle Stanworth, (1951- ) (stories)

• “Michelle Spring: The Dark Past” by Judith Gray (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

SPRINGER, NANCY (Connor) (1948- ) (stories)

• Milk of Human Blindness (ss) AHMM Sep 1996
• Framed (ss) AHMM Apr 1999
• Juggernaut (ss) EQMM Jun 2001
• Silent End (ss) EQMM Jan 2003
• American Curls (ss) EQMM Apr 2003

SPRINKLE, PATRICIA HOUCK (1943- ) (stories)

• Sign of the Times (nv) Malice Domestic 4, Carolyn G. Hart, Pocket 1995
• For the Common Good (ss) Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime, ed. Sara Paretsky, Signet 2007