Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

ALLEN, WOODY; pseudonym of Allen Stewart Konigsberg, (1935- ) (stories)

• Match Wits with Inspector Ford (ss) Playboy 1972
• Confessions of a Burglar (ss) 1980
• Manhattan Murder Mystery (ss)
• Mr. Big (ss); also as “Manhattan Murder Mystery”.

ALLEN-AGOSTINI, LISA (books) (stories)

• Trinidad Noir [ed. with Jeanne Mason] (oa) Akashic Books 2008
• Introduction [with Jeanne Mason] (in) Trinidad Noir, ed. Lisa Allen-Agostini & Jeanne Mason, Akashic Books 2008
• Pot Luck (ss) Trinidad Noir, ed. Lisa Allen-Agostini & Jeanne Mason, Akashic Books 2008

ALLENDE, ISABEL (1942- ) (stories)

• An Act of Vengeance (ss) Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real, Houston, TX: Arte Público Press 1990
• The Judge’s Wife (ss) The Stories of Eva Luna, Antheneum 1991

ALLINGHAM, MARGERY (Louise) (1904-1966) (books) (stories)

• The Wind Glass (ss) 1924
• The Border-Line Case (ss) 1928 [Albert Campion]
• The Darings of the Red Rose (ss) Weekly Welcome Feb 15 1930
• Her Day of Reckoning (ss) 1930
• The Lady at the Crossroads (ss) 1930
• The Mystery Man of Soho (na) The Thriller Apr 1 1933; also as “A Quarter of a Million”.
• A Quarter of a Million (na) The Thriller Apr 1 1933
• They Never Get Caught (ss) Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Nov 1934
• The Same to Us (ss) The Daily Express 1934
• My Friend Mr. Campion (ar) 1935 [Albert Campion]
• The Lieabout (ss) London Evening News Jul 22 1936
• He Was Asking After You (ss) London Evening News Jul 29 1936
• The White Elephant (nv) The Strand Aug 1936 [Albert Campion]
• Bird Thou Never Wert (ss) London Evening News Sep 12 1936
• The Old Man in the Window (nv) The Strand Oct 1936 [Albert Campion]
• The Man with the Sack (ss) The Strand Dec 1936 [Albert Campion]
• ’Tis Not Hereafter (ss) London Evening News Apr 21 1937
• The Widow (ss) The Strand Apr 1937 [Albert Campion]
• She Heard It on the Radio (ss) London Evening News May 10 1937
• She Heard It on the Wireless (ss) London Evening News May 10 1937; also as “She Heard It on the Radio”.
• The Correspondents (ss) London Evening News Jun 26 1937
• The Danger Point (nv) The Strand Jun 1937 [Albert Campion]
• The Definite Article (ss) The Strand Oct 1937 [Albert Campion]
• He Preferred Them Sad (ss) London Evening News Nov 29 1937
• The Question Mark (ss) The Strand Jan 1938 [Albert Campion]
• The Name on the Wrapper (nv) The Strand Mar 1938 [Albert Campion]
• The Pioneers (ss) Woman’s Home Companion Mar 1938
• The Frenchman’s Gloves (nv) The Strand Jul 1938 [Albert Campion]
• Frenchmen Wear Gloves (nv) The Strand Jul 1938; also as “The Frenchman’s Gloves”. [Albert Campion]
• The Longer View (ss) The Strand Aug 1938 [Albert Campion]
• The Hat Trick (ss) The Strand Oct 1938 [Albert Campion]
• The Case Is Altered (ss) The Strand Dec 1938 [Albert Campion]
• Sweet and Low (ss) Maclean’s 1938
• The Meaning of the Act (nv) The Strand Sep 1939 [Albert Campion]
• The Chocolate Dog (ss) Daily Mail 1939; also as “The Dog Day”. [Albert Campion]
• The Dog Day (ss) Daily Mail 1939 [Albert Campion]
• The Perfect Butler (ss) Mr. Campion and Others, Heinemann 1939
• Safe As Houses (ss) The Strand Jan 1940 [Albert Campion]
• A Matter of Form (nv) The Strand May 1940 [Albert Campion]
• The Unseen Door (ss) Mystery Book Magazine Aug 1946 [Albert Campion]
• Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day (ss) EQMM Apr 1947 [Albert Campion]
• Evidence in Camera (ss) The Strand Jan 1949
• One Morning They’ll Hang Him (ss) EQMM Aug 1950 [Albert Campion]
• On Christmas Day in the Morning (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Dec 23 1950 [Albert Campion]
• Mr. Campion and Others (co) Penguin 1950
• The Patient at Peacocks Hall (na) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 29 1951 (+3)
• Face Value (ss) The (London) Evening Standard 1953 [Albert Campion]
• The Kernel of Truth (ss) The Compleat Imbiber 1953
• Tall Story (ss) EQMM Apr 1954 [Charley Luke; Albert Campion]
• Mother Knows Best (ss) London Evening News May 12 1954; also as “Mum Knows Best”. [Charley Luke; Albert Campion]
• Mum Knows Best (ss) London Evening News May 12 1954 [Charley Luke; Albert Campion]
• Joke Over (ss) EQMM Dec 1954 [Charley Luke; Albert Campion]
• The Man Who Utterly Vanished (ss) EQMM Dec 1954; also as “Joke Over”. [Charley Luke; Albert Campion]
• No Love Lost (co) World’s Work 1954
• The Wink (ss) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine v4 #3 1954
• The Curious Affair on Nut Row (ss) London Evening News Oct 20 1955 [Charley Luke; Albert Campion]
• The Man with the Cuckoo Clock (ss) London Evening News Oct 20 1955; also as “The Curious Affair on Nut Row”. [Charley Luke; Albert Campion]
• The Great London Jewel Robbery (ss) This Week 1955; also as “Is There a Doctor in the House?”.
• Is There a Doctor in the House? (ss) This Week 1955
• Bluebeard’s Bathtub (ss) Argosy (UK) Jul 1956
• Three Is a Lucky Number (ss) Argosy (UK) Jul 1956; also as “Bluebeard’s Bathtub”.
• Catching at Straws (ss) EQMM Jan 1957; also as “The Mind’s Eye Mystery”.
• The Mind’s Eye Mystery (ss) EQMM Jan 1957
• Money to Burn (ss) EQMM Apr 1957; also as “The Psychologist”.
• The Psychologist (ss) EQMM Apr 1957
• What to Do with an Ageing Detective (ss) Time & Tide 1958 [Albert Campion]
• Little Miss Know-All (ss) EQMM Mar 1959 [Albert Campion]
• The Neatest Trick of the Month (ss) EQMM Mar 1959; also as “Little Miss Know-All”. [Albert Campion]
• Family Affair (ss) EQMM Oct 1960; also as “The Villa Marie Celeste”. [Albert Campion]
• The Villa Marie Celeste (ss) EQMM Oct 1960 [Albert Campion]
• Happy Christmas (ss) Woman’s Own Christmas 1962
• Murder Under the Mistletoe (ss) EQMM Jan 1963; also as “The Snapdragon and the C.I.D.” [Albert Campion]
• The Snapdragon and the C.I.D. (ss) EQMM Jan 1963 [Albert Campion]
• The Lying-in-State (ss) 1965
• The Allingham Case-Book (co) P. & M. Youngman Carter 1969
• The Beauty King (nv) Daily Sketch 1969
• Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day and Other Stories (co) P. & M. Youngman Carter 1973
• The Black Tent (nv) Ladykillers: Crime Stories by Women, Dent 1987 [Albert Campion]
• Once in a Lifetime (ss) The Return of Mr. Campion, Hodder & Stoughton 1989
• The Wisdom of Esdras (ss) The Return of Mr. Campion, Hodder & Stoughton 1989
• The Return of Mr. Campion (co) St. Martin’s 1990
• Darings of the Red Rose (co) Crippen & Landru 1995
• The Barbarian (ss)
• Episode 1 (ss)
• Episode 2 (ss)
• Episode 3 (ss)
• The Girl on the Fire-Escape (ss)
• The Pro and the Con (nv) [Albert Campion]
• Publicity (nv)
• Safer Than Love (na)
• The Secret (ss)
• The Sexton’s Wife (ss)
• The Watcher Behind the Curtain (ss)
• The Whisperer on the Phone (ss)

ALLISON, BETH (stories)

• The Mystery Crossword (pz) EQMM Feb, Mar, Jun, Sep 1995

ALLISON, HUGHES (1908-1974) (stories)

• Corollary (ss) EQMM Jul 1948 [Joe Hill]

ALLYN, DOUG(las) (1942- ) (books) (stories)

• Final Rites (ss) AHMM Dec 1985
• Firebomb (ss) AHMM May 1986
• Wolf Country (nv) AHMM Sep 1986
• The Puddle Diver (nv) AHMM Oct 1986
• Homecoming (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1986
• Death of a Poet (nv) AHMM Apr 1987
• Witch (ss) AHMM Jun 1987
• Supersport (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1987
• Bloodlines (ss) AHMM Feb 1988
• The Ching Lady (ss) AHMM Mar 1988
• Déjà Vu (ss) AHMM Jun 1988
• Night of the Grave Dancer (ss) AHMM Sep 1988
• A Death in Heaven (nv) EQMM Dec 1988
• Lancaster’s Ghost (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1988
• Debt of Honor (ss) EQMM Jan 1989
• Evil Spirits (ss) AHMM Jan 1989
• The Last Reunion (nv) EQMM Jun 1989
• Star Pupil (nv) EQMM Oct 1989
• Cannibal (nv) AHMM Nov 1989
• Mojo Man (nv) AHMM Oct 1990
• Sleeper (nv) EQMM May 1991 [Cass Novak]
• Speed Demon (nv) EQMM Oct 1991
• Icewater Mansions (nv) EQMM Jan 1992
• The Ten-Pount Parrott (nv) EQMM Feb 1992
• Candles in the Rain (nv) EQMM Nov 1992 [Tony Delacroix]
• The Sultans of Soul (nv) EQMM Mar 1993 [R. B. Axton]
• The Meistersinger (nv) AHMM Sep 1993
• Dancing on the Centerline (ss) EQMM Nov 1993
• The Ghost Show (nv) EQMM Dec 1993
• Pageant (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• Dancing Bear (ss) AHMM Mar 1994
• Fire Lake (ss) EQMM Apr 1994
• Black Water (na) EQMM Oct 1994 [Michelle “Mitch” Mitchell]
• Wrecker (nv) EQMM Nov 1994
• The Bearded Lady (nv) EQMM Dec 1994
• The Cross-Wolf (nv) EQMM mid-Dec 1994
• Franken Kat (nv) EQMM mid-Dec 1995 [Dr. Dave Westbrook]
• Demons (vi) EQMM Feb 1996
• Blind Lemon (ss) AHMM May 1996
• Roadkill (nv) EQMM May 1996 [Dr. Dave Westbrook]
• Animal Rites (nv) EQMM Jul 1996 [Dr. Dave Westbrook]
• Puppyland (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996 [Dr. Dave Westbrook]
• Green as Grass (nv) EQMM Nov 1996
• Money Face (nv) EQMM Dec 1996
• Bush Leaguer (ss) AHMM Apr 1997
• The Beaches of Paraguay (nv) EQMM May 1997 [Dr. Dave Westbrook]
• Copperhead Run (nv) EQMM Jun 1997
• Cedar Savage (nv) EQMM Mar 1998 [Dr. Dave Westbrook]
• Thousandfurs (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
• Crippen, Landru, and Carlos Palomino (ss) EQMM Aug 1998 [Dr. Dave Westbrook]
• The Taxi Dancer (ss) AHMM Nov 1998
• St. Margaret’s Kitten (nv) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999
• Unchained Melody (ss) EQMM Jan 1999 [Ax Axton]
• Saint Bobby (nv) EQMM Apr 1999
• The Bad Boyz Klub (nv) Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999 [Colleen Mackenzie]
• Miracles! Happen! (nv) EQMM Dec 1999 [Ax Axton]
• All Creatures Great and Small (co) Crippen & Landru 1999 [Dr. Dave Westbrook]
• The Death Row Pet Show (nv) EQMM Apr 2000 [Dr. Dave Westbrook]
• The Country of the Blind (nv) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000
• The Hessian (ss) Murder Most Confederate, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000
• Hitler, Elvis, and Me (ss) AHMM Oct 2000
• The Christmas Mitzva (nv) EQMM Dec 2000
• Black Irish (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• The Warlord’s Widow (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• Sunlight Shining on Water (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• The Saracen Curse (nv) AHMM Nov 2001
• The Turncoat (ss) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• The Murder Ballads (nv) EQMM Mar 2002
• The Jukebox King (ss) AHMM Jun 2002
• Telephone to Forever (nv) EQMM Jul 2002
• The Hard Luck Klub (co) Five Star 2002
• Valhalla (nv) EQMM Jan 2003 [Ax Axton]
• The Blind Pig (ss) EQMM May 2003
• Palace in the Pines (nv) EQMM Jul 2003 [Dan Shea; Puck Paquette]
• Secondhand Heart (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• What Child Is This? (nv) EQMM Jan 2004
• Long-Lost Love (nv) EQMM May 2004 [Ax Axton]
• The Gin Mill (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004 [Dan Shea; Puck Paquette]
• Wolf Woman Bay (na) EQMM Jun 2005
• The Timber Snake (nv) AHMM Sep 2005
• The Top Ten List (nv) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006 [Ax Axton]
• The Black Chapel (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006 [Dan Shea]
• Surviving Spouse (ss) AHMM Oct 2006
• Stone Cold Christmas (ss) EQMM Jan 2007
• Dead as a Dog (ss) EQMM Jul 2007 [Dr. David Westbrook]
• The Killing Farm (nv) AHMM Mar 2008
• The Pig Party (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2008
• The Sonnets of September (nv) EQMM Jul 2008
• Doug Allyn: A Checklist (bi)
• Introduction (in)

ALLYN, JIM (stories)

• The Tree Hugger (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• Reckless Mercy (nv) EQMM Nov 1995
• The Ozone Layer (ss) EQMM Feb 1999

ALMEIDA, WENDY (stories)

• Sherrif Stone Pays a Call (ss) AHMM Aug 1993
• Rapture (ss) AHMM Nov 1993

ALPINO, VINCENT (stories)

• Mary’s Last Mile (ss) Hardboiled #31 2004

ALTER, JAY; pseudonym (stories)

• I, Chick Sweeney (ss) EQMM Dec 2001
• Mystery Express (pm) EQMM Feb 2002
• Darkened Drops of Red (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003
• Chick Sweeney to the Rescue (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006

ALTER, ROBERT EDMOND (1925-1966) (stories)

• An Accident Has Been Arranged (ss) AHMM Mar 1959
• It Couldn’t Possibly Happen (ss) AHMM Nov 1959
• A Killer in the Dark (ss) AHMM Aug 1963
• None for the Little Boy (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1966
• The Man with the Cigarette (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1980
• The Red Room (ss)

ALTHER, LISA (1944- ) (stories)

• Stormy Weather (nv) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998

ALTMAN, LEON (stories)

• The Confession (ss) Plots with Guns Jul/Aug 2001
• Trapped (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #31 2002
• A Date with the Mob (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #32 2003

ALTMAN, STEVEN-ELLIOT (stories)

• A Case of Royal Blood (nv) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003 [Sherlock Holmes]

ALVAR, JOHN (stories)

• Roselle Park (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2001

ALVAREZ, RAFAEL (stories)

• The Invisible Man (ss) Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006; (Highlandtown).

ALVARO, CORRADO (stories)

• The Ruby (ss)

AMARAL, ERNEST C. (stories)

• Dead Men Talk (ss) New Detective Magazine Nov 1949

AMBARDAR, R. (stories)

• Saving Grace (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #38 2003
• A Likely Alibi (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #40 2003
• Easy Come, Easy Go (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #41 2003

AMBLER, ERIC (1909-1998) (stories)

• The Army of the Shadows (ss) The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, London: Hodder & Stroughton 1939
• Belgrade, 1926 (ex) London: Hodder & Stoughton 1939
• The Case of the Emerald Sky (ss) The Sketch Jul 10 1940 [Dr. Jan Czissar]
• Case of the Gentleman Poet (ss) The Sketch 1940 [Dr. Jan Czissar]
• Epitaph for a Spy (vi) The Strand Dec 1948
• The Unknown Traitor (vi) The Strand Dec 1948; also as “Epitaph for a Spy”.
• The Blood Bargain (ss) Winter’s Crimes 2, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1970
• Exquisitely Gowned — Revising My First Novel Fifty Years On (ar) New York: The Mysterious Press 1990
• The One Who Did for Blagden Cole (nv) The Man Who..., ed. H. R. F. Keating, Macmillan 1992

AMBUEHL, JAMES (books) (stories)

• Hardboiled Cthulhu [ed.] (oa) Elder Signs Press/Dimensions Books 2006
• The Pisces Club (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006
• Sleeping with the Fishes (pm) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

AMDRUP, ERIK (stories)

• Chess on Board (ss) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999

AMEDICK, PAUL (stories)

• Night Watch Hero (ss) AHMM Mar 3 1982

AMEN, CAROL (stories)

• Last Testament (ss) St. Anthony Messenger Sep 1980