Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

DIRCKX, JOHN H. [M.D.] (1938- ) (stories)

• Shakedown (ss) AHMM Apr 23 1980
• Local Justice (ss) EQMM Jun 2 1980
• Murder on the Edinburgh-London Express (ss) AHMM Sep 8 1980
• Side Trip (ss) AHMM Mar 4 1981
• The Tip Offs (ss) AHMM Apr 1 1981
• Eyes That See, Ears That Hear (ss) EQMM Sep 9 1981
• The Inquest at Crossbury (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1982
• The Assassination of Bulldog Dowd (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• An Empty Box (ss) AHMM Nov 1982
• The Adventure of the Oval Window (nv) Ellery Queen’s Prime Crimes, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Davis 1983
• The Sea Monster Wore Diamonds (ss) AHMM Jan 1984
• The Oldest Trick in the Book (ss) AHMM Jun 1984
• The Mahogany Wardrobe (nv) AHMM Nov 1985
• The Wages of Innocence (ss) AHMM Aug 1986
• Algorithm 512 (ss) AHMM Dec 1986
• When Auntie Dies (ss) AHMM Aug 1987
• Family Rates Available (ss) AHMM Jan 1988
• Yellow Fever (ss) AHMM May 1988
• A Noxious Drudge (nv) AHMM Oct 1996
• Dead Air (nv) AHMM Jun 1998
• Process of Elimination (nv) AHMM Sep 1998
• The Timely Death of Uncle Seth (ss) AHMM Feb 1999
• The Danger of Being Frank (nv) AHMM Jun 1999
• That’s a Switch (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999
• Nuntheless (nv) EQMM Mar 2000
• Spadework (nv) AHMM Mar 2000
• No Strings (nv) AHMM Apr 2000
• Citizen Down (nv) AHMM May 2000
• Don’t Hold Your Breath (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2000
• The Last Page (nv) EQMM Jul 2000 [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn]
• No Tears for Bonfiglio (nv) AHMM Feb 2001
• Suicide Slash Homicide (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• Midnight on Cemetery Bog (nv) EQMM Aug 2001 [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn]
• Tool and Die (ss) AHMM Jan 2002
• Flashpoint (nv) AHMM May 2002
• Tradesman’s Exit (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002
• Dead and Presumed Missing (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002 [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn]
• Lasting Impact (ss) AHMM Feb 2003
• A Slew of Slayers (ss) AHMM Apr 2003
• A Thing of the Past (nv) EQMM Aug 2003 [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn]
• Murder on the Rise (nv) AHMM Sep 2003
• Ah, Rash Deceiver! (nv) AHMM Dec 2003
• A Dangerous Way to Die (nv) EQMM Feb 2004
• Profit Without Honor (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2004
• Body English (nv) AHMM Oct 2004 [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn]
• In a Pool of His Own Blood (nv) EQMM Nov 2004 [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn]
• What the Cat-Man Did (nv) AHMM Apr 2005
• Dead at the Scene (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005 [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn]
• Journey to Oblivion (nv) AHMM Sep 2005
• Bubble Brain and the Fat Ladies (nv) AHMM Dec 2005
• Green Fish Blues (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006
• The Dog in the Daytime (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006
• No Videotaping During the Murder (nv) AHMM Dec 2006
• Not Your Everyday Poison (nv) AHMM Apr 2007 [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn]
• Numskulduggery (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2008 [Police Detective Cyrus Auburn]
• Code Black (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2008 [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn]
• First Cousin, Twice Removed (nv) AHMM Sep 2008 [Detective Sergeant Cyrus Auburn]

DISHER, GARRY (Donald) (1949- ) (stories)

• Cody’s Art (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990
• Old Ground (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991
• Threshold (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
• My Brother Jack (ss) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993
• Trusthouse (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993
• The Two-Hundred Dollar Picasso (ss) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993; based on “The Stolen Picasso” case.
• Scrapings (nv) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994

DISNEY, DORIS MILES (1907-1976) (stories)

• Vacation Trip (ss) AHMM Nov 1983
• Afternoon Drive (ss) AHMM Dec 1983

DISTAD, AUDREE (stories)

• Last Request (ss) EQMM Jan 14 1980

DIVINE, A(rthur) D(urham David) (1904-1987) (stories)

• Flood on the Goodwins (ss) 1933

DIXIT, SHIKHAR (stories)

• Sam Spayed and the Case of the Purloined Pussycat (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

DIXON, BUZZ (stories)

• Smuggler (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1983
• Spiders (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1984
• Silence (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1985

DIXON, H. M. (stories)

• The End of the Racket (ss) Mystery Stories #19 1939

DIXON, SEAN (stories)

• Sic Transit Gloria at the Humber Loop (ss) Toronto Noir, ed. Janine Armin & Nathaniel G. Moore, Akashic Books 2008; (Humber Loop).

DOAK, EDMOND K. (stories)

• The Evil of Drink (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1987

DOBBYN, JOHN F. (stories)

• Cold Deck (pm) EQMM Nov 1985
• Deadly Score (ss) Espionage Magazine Aug 1986
• Pure Magic (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1987
• The Prey (pm) EQMM Apr 1988
• Brothers (pm) EQMM Aug 1989
• Question of Honor (pm) EQMM Mar 1991
• The Preacher (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (ss) EQMM Jun 1994 [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight]
• Once Burned—Twice Shy (ss) EQMM Oct 1995 [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight]
• Illusion (ss) EQMM Aug 1997
• Spartan Galley (ss) EQMM Apr 1998 [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight]
• A Great Dance (ss) EQMM May 1999
• Avitar (ss) EQMM Dec 2000 [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight]
• Matador (ss) EQMM Jul 2002
• Under the Whip (nv) AHMM Jun 2003
• Trumpeter Swan (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• Monday, Sweet Monday (nv) AHMM Jun 2005
• The Story That Won: The Tell-Tail Dog (vi) AHMM Dec 2005
• Nine, Ten... and Out (nv) EQMM Feb 2006 [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight]
• The Sweet Science (nv) AHMM Dec 2006 [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight]

DOBEK, SHERRI (stories)

• Dark Embrace [with Mary Streblow] (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2002

DOBIE, CHARLES CALDWELL (1881-1943) (stories)

• Laughter (ss) Harper’s Apr 1917

DOBSON, JOANNE (Abele) (1942- ) (stories)

• Hey, Girlie (ss) Bronx Noir, ed. S. J. Rozan, Akashic Books 2007; (Sedgwick Avenue).

DOCKSTADER, CHARLOTTE (stories)

• The Killing of Emma Barney (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Dec 1933

DOCTOROW, E(dgar) L(awrence) (1931- ) (stories)

• Willi (ss) Atlantic Monthly May 1984
• from Billy Bathgate (ex) 1989
• Untitled (ss) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998

DODDS, BILL (1952- ) (stories)

• Crime of Passion (ss) Aphelion Sum 1986

DODGE, ALICE M(arie) (stories)

• The Nymph and the Doctor (na) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1962

DODSON, SUSAN (stories)

• The Fine Art of Revenge (ss) EQMM Aug 1985

DOHERTY, P(aul) C(harles) (1946- ); see pseudonym Paul Harding (stories)

• “The Monk’s Tale” (nv) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991
• The Murder of Innocence (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
• A Counter-Blast to Tobacco (nv) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
• Foreword (fw) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999
• The Musket Ball (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999 [Sir Peter Philsby]
• The Knight’s Confession (ss) Murder Most Catholic, ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House 2002
• “Or You Can Drink the Wine...?” (nv) The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002 [Amerotke]
• The Serpent’s Tooth (nv) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002

DOHERTY, PAUL (stories)

• Id Quod Clarum... (nv) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000

DOLAN, CHRIS (stories)

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

DOLAN, WILLIAM (stories)

• Run For Your Life (ss) AHMM Nov 1986

DOLD, GAYLORD (Lynn) (1947- ) (stories)

• Bay of Sorrows (ex) 1995

DOLE, GERALD (stories)

• The Witch of Greenwich (ss) My Sherlock Holmes, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2003; (Billy, the page boy). [Sherlock Holmes]

DOLPHIN, JACK; pseudonym of Robert D. Smith (stories)

• The Vig (nv) Gryphon Double Novel #1, ed. Anon., Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books 1991
• Hoods [with Monte Cross] (ss) New Mystery v1 #2 1992
• Thaxton’s Call (ss) 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• Cool Breeze (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998 [Tommy Gordon]
• Judge Not (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000, #31 2004

DOMINICK, JANET BLAIR (stories)

• Copy Cat (pm) EQMM Sep 1992

DONALD, R. E. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Bench Press (vi) AHMM Nov 1994

DONALDSON, STEPHEN R(eeder) (1947- ) (stories)

• Animal Lover (na) Stellar #4, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine 1978

DONATI, STEFANO (stories)

• A Good Deed (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 2000
• Sights Through Empty Eyes (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2000
• Yesterday’s Hangman (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Nov 2000
• Snatch (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 2001

DONIHE, KEVIN L. (stories)

• When Randolph Woke Up (ss) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001

DONN-BYRNE, BRYAN OSWALD (1889-1928); see pseudonym Donn Byrne (stories)

DONNEL, C(ornelius?) P(hilip), JR. (1906?-1977?) (stories)

• Recipe for Murder (ss) The American Legion Magazine Jan 1947

DONNELLY, BARRY (stories)

• Cold Storage (ss) Hardboiled #7 1987
• A Catcher in the Rye: Robert B. Parker’s P.I. Spencer (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1990

DONNELLY, LIZA (stories)

• The Soft-Boiled Detective and “The Case of the Missing Ham” [with Michael Maslin] (cs) MHCMM #1 1996
• The Soft-Boiled Detective and “The Case of the Flapjacks That Flopped” [with Michael Maslin] (cs) MHCMM Spr 1997

DONNELLY, MARCOS (stories)

• Café Con Leche (nv) Death Dines In, ed, Claudia Bishop & Dean James, Berkley 2004

DONOGHUE, STEVE (1884-1945) (stories)

• Calling the Tune (ss) The Passing Show 1932

DONOHUE, ROBERT C. (stories)

• Snatchers Are Suckers (ss) Black Book Detective Mar 1942

DONOVAN, DICK; pseudonym of J. E. Muddock, (1843-1934) (stories)

• The Jewelled Skull (ss) The Strand Jul 1892 [Dick Donovan]
• The Problem of Dead Wood Hall (nv) Riddles Read, Chatto 1896 [Dick Donovan]
• Red Lily (nv) Tales of Terror, Chatto & Windus 1899
• The Spell of the Black Siren (ss) The Records of Vincent Trill of the Detective Service, Chatto & Windus 1899 [Vincent Trill]

DONOVAN, LAURENCE (?-1950?) (stories)

• The Murder Scent (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Dec 1933
• Regan Follows Up (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Feb 1934
• The Man Who Came to Die (ss) Private Detective Stories Sep 1943
• Coiffeured to Kill (nv) Popular Detective Apr 1944 [Joe Bunt]
• Death Stops the Coal (nv) G-Men Detective Win 1944 [Dan Fowler]

DONSON, CYRIL (1919-1986) (stories)

• Take the Fence (ss) Argosy (UK) Nov 1973

DOOGAN, MIKE (stories)

• War Can Be Murder (nv) The Mysterious North, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2002
• Gambling on Death (nv) Wild Crimes, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet 2004
• The Death of Clickclickwhistle (ss) Powers of Detection, ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace 2004

DOOLITTLE, SEAN (stories)

• The Anatomy of Love (ss) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996
• The Grift of the Magi (nv) Crimewave #4 2000
• A Kick in the Lunchbucket (nv) Crimewave #5 2001
• Summa Mathematica (ss) Crime Spree, ed. Sandy DeLuca and Trey R. Barker, December Girl Press 2001
• Worth (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2003
• “The PWG Interviews with: Sean Doolittle” by Trevor Maviano (iv) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2003
• The Necklace (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• The Professional (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006

DOORLEY, LAWRENCE (stories)

• Lady Luck and the Golden Girls (ss) AHMM Feb 1984
• Kind, Decent, Pleasantly Plump (nv) AHMM Jan 1986
• Foiling a Femme Fatale (nv) AHMM Dec 1986
• The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth (nv) AHMM May 1987
• Off and Running, or, Bob Swillet’s Luck (Bad) (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1987
• Deuteronomy 32:35 (ss) AHMM Jan 1988
• Mrs. Ralston’s Old Flame, a Yale Man (nv) AHMM Jun 1988
• Not a Pretty Story (nv) AHMM Jun 1989
• What the Cleaning Woman Knew (nv) AHMM Oct 1989
• Conscience-Stricken (nv) AHMM Apr 1997
• Dead Men Tell No Tales (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998
• A Narrow Squeak (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999
• Stranger Than Fiction (nv) AHMM Feb 2001

DORR, JAMES S. (stories)

• Milk Carton Monsters (ss) New Mystery Jul/Aug 1991
• The Wellmaster’s Daughter (ss) AHMM Nov 1991
• The Dancing Master (ss) AHMM Jun 1994
• Vanitas (ss) AHMM Jan 1996
• Paper Boxes (ss) New Mystery v5 #1 1997
• The Sending (ss) AHMM Dec 1997
• By Force and Against the King’s Peace (nv) AHMM Dec 1999
• The Great Man (ss) The Strand Magazine #2 1999

DORRA, MAX (stories)

• Thou Shalt Kill (ss) La Nouvelle Revue Française 1999
• Two Little Indians (vi) EQMM Sep/Oct 2001; tr. by François Gallix

DORRELL, PAUL (stories)

• Jason (ss) Constable New Crimes 1, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1992
• Queen Alienor’s Favor (ss) Royal Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994

DOSTOEVSKII, FYODOR (Mikhailovich) (1821-1881) (stories)

• from Crime and Punishment (ex) 1866

DOUGHERTY, KATHLEEN (Leona) (1952- ) (stories)

• When Your Breath Freezes (ss) EQMM Sep 1995
• Bright Hope, Dark Soul (ss) EQMM Aug 1996

DOUGLAS, CAROLE NELSON (1944- ) (books) (stories)

• The Maltese Double Cross (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Parris Green (nv) Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 1993 [Irene Alder]
• Sax and the Single Cat (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993