Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

SUTER, JOHN F. (stories) (continued)

• The Angel’s Hair (ss) EQMM Apr 7 1980 [Uncle Abner]
• The Fairy Ring (ss) EQMM Jun 2 1980
• The Desecration of the Temple (ss) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• The Axe of Elisha (ss) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• The Wise Men’s Gold (ss) EQMM Oct 6 1980
• The Shades of Death (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980 [Uncle Abner]
• Dead Man’s Honor (ss) EQMM Apr 22 1981
• Nine Strokes of the Bell (ss) EQMM Sep 9 1981
• The Power of the Tongue (ss) EQMM Dec 2 1981 [Uncle Abner]
• The Corpse Candle (ss) EQMM May 1982
• The Teller and the Untold Wealth (ss) AHMM mid-Sep 1982
• The Unclean Spirit (nv) EQMM Nov 1983 [Uncle Abner]
• The Eater of Dust (ss) EQMM Dec 1984
• And They Hauled It Away to the Mill (ss) EQMM Feb 1985 [Boley-McKee]
• For that Sweetheart of Mine (ss) EQMM Oct 1985
• The Marked Man (ss) EQMM May 1986
• The Stone Man (ss) AHMM Jul 1986
• For a Coffin of Pine (ss) EQMM Sep 1986
• A Place for Gold (ss) EQMM Dec 1986
• Come Down from the Hills (ss) EQMM Apr 1987 [Boley-McKee]
• That Man’s Moccasins Have Holes (ss) EQMM Jul 1987
• Nightmares’ Tails (ss) EQMM Nov 1987
• Shattered Lamp (ss) AHMM Sep 1988
• Not Alone in Her Grave (ss) EQMM Jan 1989 [Boley-McKee]
• The Old Pine Tree Is No More (ss) EQMM Apr 1989
• Haunted My Memory (ss) EQMM Feb 1990
• No Cradle of Pine (ss) EQMM Nov 1990 [Boley-McKee]
• The Touch of a Vanished Hand (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• Remote (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Erasing Footprints (ss) EQMM Aug 1992
• Interrupted Sentence (ss) EQMM Mar 1994
• The Sycthes Hang in the Apple Trees (ss) EQMM Nov 1994

SUTHERLAND, FRASER (1946- ) (stories)

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

SUTHERLAND, JOHN (stories)

• The Struldbrugg Reaction (ss) F&SF Jul 1964

SVITIL, TORENE (stories)

• Nothing Now Can Ever Come to Any Good (ss) Murder by 13, ed. Priscilla English, Lisa Seidman & Mae Woods, Crown Valley Press 1997

SWAIN, JAMES (stories)

• The Sunshine Tax (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

SWAIN, JOHN D. (stories)

• Wolves in Sheiks’ Clothing (ss) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr/May 1927

SWAN, JANET LEA (stories)

• Jane Doe (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

SWAN, JOHN; pseudonym of Kerry J. Schooley, (1949- ) (stories)

• Buying the Farm (ss) Front & Centre 2000
• Give the Woman Credit (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2001
• Head Job (ss) Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001

SWANBERG, W. H. (stories)

• My Pal, the Killer (ss) Black Book Detective May 1949

SWANN, BRIAN (stories)

• For Adolf Eichmann, by Primo Levi (pm) Jul 20 1960

SWANN, S. ANDREW; pseudonym of S. A. Swiniarski, (1966- ) (stories)

• Fealty (ss) Places to Be, People to Kill, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren, DAW 2007

SWANSON, DENISE; [i.e., Denise Swanson Stybr] (1956- ) (stories)

• Not a Monster of a Chance (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001 [Scumble River; Skye Denison]
• Finger in Every Lie (ss) Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002
• Dead Blondes Tell No Tales (na) Drop-Dead Blonde, ed. Anon., Signet 2005

SWANSON, DOUG J. (1953- ) (stories)

• Umbrella Man (ex) 1999 [Jack Flippo]
• Where Do You Hide the Body? (ar) Crime Time #23 2001

SWANWICK, MICHAEL (1950- ) (stories)

• The Dog Said Bow-Wow (ss) Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2001 [Surplus & Darger]

SWART, CARTER (c1934- ) (stories)

• The Right Bait (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1981
• Over the Hill (ss) Hardboiled #18 1994
• ?? (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994
• A Million to One (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1995
• Where’s Evie? (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2002
• Route 90 (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #33 2003
• Looking for Audrey (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #34 2003
• Who Killed Harry (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #36 2003

SWARTZ, MATT (stories)

• The Story That Won: Step Right Up (vi) AHMM Oct 2002

SWEAZY, LARRY D. (stories)

• Loretta’s Garden (vi) Hardboiled #16 1993
• The Promotion (ss) Texas Rangers, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 2004
• The Quarry (ss) EQMM May 2008

SWEENEY, JAMES B. (stories)

• The Camel Driver (ss) Espionage Magazine Sep 1987

SWEENEY, MATTHEW (1952- ) (stories)

• Symmetry (pm)

SWEENEY, ROBIN (stories)

• Fogtown (ss) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996

SWEENEY, STEVEN J. (stories)

• White-Collar Crime (pm) EQMM Oct 1990
• The Coup (pm) EQMM Jan 1992

SWEENEY, TOM (stories)

• Woodsman (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2001
• Sins of the Father (ss) Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2001
• Last Kiss (ss) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001
• Best in the Business (ss) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001
• Snowbird [with Michael Bracken] (nv) EQMM Dec 2007

SWEET, CHARLES; see pseudonym Hal Charles (stories)

• Terror Resort [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982 [Michael Shayne]
• The Black Death [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1982 [Michael Shayne]
• The Return of the Beach Butcher [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1983 [Michael Shayne]
• A Dirty Business [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1983 [Michael Shayne]
• Search and Destroy [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1983 [Michael Shayne]
• Shadow of Death [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1983 [Michael Shayne]
• The Hunting of Mike Shayne [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1983 [Michael Shayne]
• Deadly Memories [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1983 [Michael Shayne]
• Graven Image [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1983 [Michael Shayne]
• Hellhole [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1983 [Michael Shayne]
• Death Stalks the Campus [with Hal Blythe] (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1983 [Michael Shayne]
• Death on Skull Mountain [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1983 [Michael Shayne]
• Dead Ringer [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1984 [Michael Shayne]
• Sandcastles [with Hal Blythe] (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1984
• Day of Revenge [with Hal Blythe] (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1984 [Michael Shayne]
• Yesterday’s Hero [with Hal Blythe] (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1984 [Michael Shayne]
• Devil Dust and Death [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1984 [Michael Shayne]
• Sharks [with Hal Blythe] (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1984 [Michael Shayne]
• Shadows of the Past [with Hal Blythe] (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1984 [Michael Shayne]
• Key of Death [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984 [Michael Shayne]
• Killing Time [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1984 [Michael Shayne]
• Death Takes a Pilgrimage [with Hal Blythe] (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984 [Michael Shayne]
• Death Tops the Charts [with Hal Blythe] (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1985 [Michael Shayne]
• The Quick and the Dead [with Hal Blythe] (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1985 [Michael Shayne]
• Deadly Visions [with Hal Blythe] (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1985 [Michael Shayne]
• A Dark Night with a Blind Lady [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1985 [Michael Shayne]
• Thy Will Be Done [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1985 [Michael Shayne]
• The Sting of Death [with Hal Blythe] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1985 [Michael Shayne]
• A Night in Hell [with Hal Blythe] (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1985 [Michael Shayne]
• Wilde Weekend [with Hal Blythe] (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1985 [Michael Shayne]

SWEETLAND, NANCY (stories)

• The Volvo (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #31 2002
• Pulp Fiction (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #32 2003
• Elroy’s Wheels (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2003

SWENGLEY, NICOLE (stories)

• Bearing Gifts (ss) A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1995

SWIERCZYNSKI, DUANE (books) (stories)

• Secret Dead Men (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Jan 1999 [Del Winter]
• Hilly Palmer’s Last Case (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2004
• The Last Case of Hilly Palmer (nv) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2004
• Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir [ed.] (oa) Busted Flush Press 2006
• Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• The Wrong Man to Cross (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2006 [John MacNeil]
• Death Runs Faster (ss) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008
• Introduction (in) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008
• Lonely and Gone (ss)

SWIHART, EDIE (1965- ); see pseudonym Edie Claire (stories)

SWINBURNE, IRENE (stories)

• The Poisoned Peas Plot [with Lawrence Swinburne] (ss)
• The Switch [with Laurence Swinburne] (ss)

SWINBURNE, LAURENCE (stories)

• The Switch [with Irene Swinburne] (ss)

SWINBURNE, LAWRENCE (stories)

• The Poisoned Peas Plot [with Irene Swinburne] (ss)

SWINIARSKI, S(teven) A. (1966- ); see pseudonym S. Andrew Swann (stories)

SWOBODA, NANCY C. (stories)

• Portfolio for Murder (ss) AHMM Apr 29 1981
• The Forced Retirement of Elton Pringle (ss) AHMM May 27 1981
• That Summer at the Lake (ss) AHMM Apr 1985
• Roomer Has It (ss) AHMM Nov 1985
• Eliminate the Negative (ss) AHMM Jul 1986
• Following His Footsteps (ss) AHMM Aug 1987
• Winnie’s Ghost (ss) AHMM Dec 1988

SWOFFER, TOM (stories)

• Poetry of Death (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #49 2004

SWOPE, CHUCK (stories)

• Hard Evidence (ss) AHMM Apr 29 1981

SYKES, GINI (stories)

• “Interview with Gini Sykes” by G. Miki Hayden (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

SYKES, JERRY (books) (stories)

• Cracked Rear View (ss) 1996
• Call Me Walt (ss) Cemetery Dance Fll 1997
• Mean Time [ed.] (oa) The Do-Not Press 1998
• Roots (ss) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998
• Sleep That Burns (ss) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• Burning Leaves (ss) Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999
• Symptoms of Loss (ss) Crimewave #1 1999
• Jealous Gun (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• Closer to the Flame (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• Seduced (ss) Shots (online) 2002
• Cowboy Mouth (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
• Colour Me Blood (ss) EQMM May 2006
• Penguin Island (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Camden Town).
• Personal Space (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007

SYKES, KIM (stories)

• Arrivederci, Aldo (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Long Island City).

SYLVAIN, DOMINIQUE (stories)

• Heatwave (ss) Paris Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 2008

SYMINGTON, AMELIA (stories)

• An Ill Wind (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008

SYMONS, JULIAN (Gustave) (1912-1994) (books) (stories)

• Affection Unlimited (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jul 10 1950 [Francis Quarles]
• Mrs. Rolleston’s Diamonds (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Aug 10 1950 [Francis Quarles]
• Happy Hexing (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 19 1950 [Francis Quarles]
• The Desk (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 29 1950 [Francis Quarles]
• Who Killed Harrington? (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Nov 28 1950 [Francis Quarles]
• The Thirty-First of February (ex) London: Gollancz 1950
• Death in the Scillies (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Mar 13 1951 [Francis Quarles]
• Ghost from the Past (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Oct 1 1951 [Francis Quarles]
• The Case of XX-2 (ss) 1951 [Francis Quarles]
• The Pepoli Case (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Feb 2 1952 [Francis Quarles]
• Red Rum Means Murder (ss) The (London) Evening Standard May 15 1952 [Francis Quarles]
• The Whistling Man (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jul 9 1952 [Francis Quarles]
• The Vanishing Trick (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jul 28 1952 [Francis Quarles]
• An Exercise in Logic (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 8 1952 [Francis Quarles]
• Poison Pen (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 15 1952 [Francis Quarles]
• Preserving the Evidence (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 18 1952 [Francis Quarles]
• Nothing Up His Sleeve (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 23 1952 [Francis Quarles]
• Double Double Cross (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 25 1952 [Francis Quarles]
• Death for Mr. Golightly (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Dec 22 1952 [Francis Quarles]
• The Duke of York (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jan 27 1953 [Francis Quarles]
• The Conjuring Trick (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jan 28 1953 [Francis Quarles]
• No Deception (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jan 29 1953 [Francis Quarles]
• The Link (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jan 30 1953 [Francis Quarles]
• A Man with Blue Hair (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Jan 31 1953 [Francis Quarles]
• The Swedish Nightingale (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 14 1953 [Francis Quarles]
• The Two Suitors (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 15 1953 [Francis Quarles]
• Tattoo (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 16 1953 [Francis Quarles]
• The Collector (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 18 1953 [Francis Quarles]
• Jack and Jill (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 19 1953 [Francis Quarles]
• Iced Champagne (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Oct 19 1953 [Francis Quarles]
• The Barton Hall Dwarf (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Aug 16 1954 [Francis Quarles]
• Little Boy Blue (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Aug 20 1954 [Francis Quarles]
• Summer Show (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Aug 21 1954 [Francis Quarles]
• A Present from Santa Claus (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Dec 24 1954 [Francis Quarles]
• Final Night Extra (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 3 1955 [Francis Quarles]
• Airborne with a Borgia (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Sep 28 1955 [Francis Quarles]