Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

KENAN, RANDALL (books) (chron.)

• * Clarence and The Dead (and What Do They Tell You, Clarence? and The Dead Speak to Clarence) [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * Cornsilk [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * The Foundations of the Earth [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * Let the Dead Bury Their Dead; Being the Annotated Oral History of the Former Maroon Society called Snatchit and then Tearshirt and later the Town of Tims Creek, North Carolina [circa 1854-1985] [Tims Creek], (na) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * The Origin of Whales [Tims Creek], (ss) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * Ragnarök! The Day the Gods Die [Tims Creek], (ss) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * Run, Mourner, Run [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * The Strange and Tragic Ballad of Mabel Pearsall [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * Tell Me, Tell Me [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * Things of This World; or, Angels Unawares [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * This Far; or, A Body in Motion [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
• * What Are Days? [Tims Creek], (nv) Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992

KENDRICK, BAYNARD (Hardwick) (1894-1977) (chron.)

• * Silent Night [Capt. Duncan Maclain], (ss) Sleuth Mystery Magazine Dec 1958
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959

KENNEALLY, JERRY (chron.)

• * Carole on Lombard [Nick Polo], (ss) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001

KENNEALY, JERRY; [i.e., Gerald P. Kennealy] (1938- ) (chron.)

• * Polo at the Ritz [Nick Polo], (ss) New Mystery v2 #1 1994
  • First Cases, Volume 3, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1999
• * Reluctant Witness [Nick Polo], (ss) Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000

KENNEDY, ANDREW (chron.)

• * In Our Part of the World, (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002

KENNEDY, BARBARA (chron.)

• * The Perfect Solution, (ss) AHMM Jul 1992
• * The Red Dress, (nv) AHMM Dec 1996
• * The Scent of Murder, (ss) AHMM May 1997

KENNEDY, JERRY (chron.)

• * Polo on the Rock, (ss) New Mystery Spr 1995

KENNEDY, LUDOVIC (Henry Coverley) (1919- ) (chron.)

• * from 10 Rillington Place, (ex) 1971
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

KENNEDY, MARY (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * Skin Deep, by Renee Yim, (ss) EQMM Jul 2007; [An entry in two different EQMM departments — Department of First Stories and Passport to Crime].

KENNEDY, MAY (chron.)

• * Suddenly, at Home (with Catherine Laughlin), (ss)
  • Market for Murder and Other Stories, Catherine Laughlin, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005

KENNEDY, MILWARD; pseudonym of Milward Kennedy Burge, (1894-1968) (chron.)

• * Superfluous Murder, (ss)
  • Detection, ed. James Gibson & Alan Ridout, John Murray 1978
  • AHMM Feb 1995

KENNER, JULIE (chron.)

• * Today’s Secrets, (na) The Hope Chest, ed. Anon., Harlequin 2005

KENNERL(e)Y, JUBA (chron.)

• * Camoodi, (ss) Mystery Stories #23 1941

KENNETT, SHIRLEY (Ann) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * A Warm Nest, (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999

KENNEY, SUSAN (McIlvaine) (1941- ) (chron.)

• * Aunt Agatha Leaving, (nv) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999

KENNY (chron.)

• * from Kenny’s Outlines of Criminal Law, (ms)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

KENTIS, C. S. (chron.)

• * Whistling Women and Crowing Hens, (ss) EQMM Nov 1986

KERIGAN, FLORENCE (chron.)

• * The Christy Place, (nv) 1955
  • Everygirl’s Detective Stories, ed. A. L. Furman, Lantern Press 1961

KERNAGHAN, EILEEN (Shirley Monk) (1939- ) (chron.)

• * Dinner with H. P. B., (ss) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000

KERNICK, SIMON (chron.)

• * Funeral for a Friend, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• * Robert Hayer’s Dead, (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2004

KERR, DON (chron.)

• * Revenge, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1983

KERR, KATHARINE (Nancy Brahtin) (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Cui Bono?, (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• * Its Own Reward, (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992

KERR, M. E.; pseudonym of Marijane Meaker, (1927- ) (chron.)

• * The Green Killer, (ss) Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995

KERR, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Robert Hoskins, (1933-1993) (chron.)

• * The Saturday Night Deaths, (ss) Mystery Monthly Jul 1976
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995

KERR, PHILIP (1956- ) (chron.)

• * from A Philosophical Investigation, (ex) 1992
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

KERRIGAN, ANTHONY (1918- ) (chron.)

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• * Death and the Compass, by Jorge Luís Borges [1945], (ss) Ficciones, Weidenfeld Nicolson 1962
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990

KERRIGAN, R. W. (chron.)

• * The Missing Afro-Germanic Lawn Gnomes of Sweetbreads, PA, (ss) EQMM Apr 2001

KERROD, ROBIN (chron.)

• * Year of the Dragon, (ss) Purnell’s Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Anon., Bristol: Purnell 1982

KERSH, GERALD (1911-1968) (books) (chron.)

• * Chickenfeed for Karmesin [Karmesin], (ss) Courier Dec 1946
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Conscience of Karmesin [Karmesin], (ss) Lilliput Apr 1954
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Devil That Troubled the Chessboard, (ss) John o’ London’s Weekly Jan 11 1936
  • Sinister Gambits, ed. Richard Peyton, Souvenir Press 1991
• * Inscrutable Providence [Karmesin], (ss) The People Dec 24 1944; also as “Karmesin the Murderer”.
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
  • AHMM Oct 2004
• * Karmesin [Karmesin], (ss) [use LES](London) Evening Standard May 9 1936
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Karmesin Affair [Karmesin], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 15 1962
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Karmesin and Human Vanity [Karmesin], (ss) Courier Spr 1938
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Karmesin and the Big Flea [Karmesin], (ss) Courier Win 1938/39
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Karmesin and the Gorgeous Robes [Karmesin], (ss) Courier May 1946
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Karmesin and the Invisible Millionaire [Karmesin], (ss) Courier Win 1945
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Karmesin and the Meter [Karmesin], (ss) Courier Win 1937/38
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Karmesin and the Raving Lunatic [Karmesin], (ss) Courier Spr 1939
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Karmesin and the Royalties [Karmesin], (ss) Courier Jan 1956
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Karmesin and the Tailor’s Dummy [Karmesin], (ss) Courier Aut 1938
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Karmesin and the Unbeliever [Karmesin], (ss) Courier Sum 1939
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Karmesin the Murderer [“Inscrutable Providence”; Karmesin], (ss) The People Dec 24 1944
  • London After Midnight, ed. Peter Haining, Little Brown UK 1996
• * Oalámaóa [Karmesin], (ss) Playboy Dec 1960
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Skate’s Eyeball [Karmesin], (ss) Argosy (UK) Apr 1960
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Thief Who Played Dead [Karmesin], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 13 1954
  • Karmesin, Crippen & Landru 2003

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• * Bibliography, (bi)

KERSLAKE, LINDA (chron.)

• * Death of a Whale in the Church of Elvis, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005
• * Jookin’ and Jivin’, (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002

KESLING, ROBERT V. (1917?-2005) (chron.)

• * Dying Words, (pz) AHMM Nov 2005
• * The Mystery Crossword, (pz) EQMM Dec 2001
• * The Mystery Crossword: From the Holmes Canon, (pz) EQMM Feb 2002
• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Anticipating Your Visit, (vi) AHMM Dec 1999
  ___ Desire Under the Elm, (vi) AHMM Apr 2004
  ___ Gentleman Gerald Meets His Match, (vi) AHMM Mar 1996
  ___ Lest We Forget—The Tower of Clocks, (vi) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006
  ___ The Message, (vi) AHMM Jan 1994
  ___ The Price of Honesty, (vi) AHMM Dec 2001
  ___ Web of the Spider, (vi) AHMM Jun 1998
• * Unsolved, (pz) AHMM Jul, Sep, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1993, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1994, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, mid-Dec 1995, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1996, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec 1997, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1998, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1999,
• * Unsolved, (pz) Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 2000, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 2001, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov 2002
• * The Unsolved, (pz) AHMM Dec 2002
• * Unsolved, (pz) AHMM Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Oct 2003, Jan/Feb, Apr, Jul/Aug, Oct, Dec 2004, Jun, Oct 2005, Apr, Jun, Nov 2006, May 2007

KESSLER, KEN (chron.)

• * Am I a Murderer?, (ss) Mammoth Detective Oct 1946
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Her Master’s Choice, (ss) Mammoth Mystery Dec 1946
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

KESSLER, RENEE (chron.)

• * Voice from the Grave, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962

KESTRANEK, VICKI L. (chron.)

• * Is She Alone?, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994

KETCHUM, JACK; pseudonym of Dallas William Mayr, (1946- ) (chron.)

• * The Business, (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• * Megan’s Law, (ss) Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999
• * The Turning, (ss) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995

KEVERNE, RICHARD; pseudonym of Clifford Hosken, (1882-1950) (chron.)

• * Cast-Iron Alibi, (ss) The Strand Aug 1941
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991

KEY, KATHLEEN (chron.)

• * Mama’s Boy, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1984

KEYES, DANIEL (1927- ) (chron.)

• * The Minds of Billy Milligan, (ex)
  • Crime Digest May/Jun 1982

KEYES, SIDNEY (1922-1943) (chron.)

• * Gilles de Rais, (pm) 1945
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

KEYHOE, DONALD E(dward) (1897-1988) (chron.)

• * The Mystery of the Golden Skull [Dr. Yen Sin], (n.) Dr. Yen Sin Jul 1936
  • High Adventure #32 1997
• * The Mystery of the Singing Mummies [Dr. Yen Sin], (n.) Dr. Yen Sin Sep 1936
  • High Adventure #39 1998
• * The Squadron in Scarlet, (ss) Sky Birds Nov 1931
  • Action Adventure Stories #23 1998
• * When England Vanished [Philip Strange], (ss) Flying Aces Nov 1939
  • Action Adventure Stories #122 2003

KHAN, AHMED A. (1959- ) (chron.)

• * A Piece of String, (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1997

KIEL, BARRY (chron.)

• * The Tree, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1984

KIELY, BENEDICT (1919-2007) (chron.)

• * Maiden’s Leap, (nv)
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993

KIENZLE, WILLIAM X(avier) (1928-2001) (chron.)

• * Exit Laughing, (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996
• * Mind Over Murder, (ex)
  • Crime Digest Oct/Nov 1981

KIEPER, M. W. (chron.)

• * Stand Like a Lion, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1989

KIER, DALE DeV.; see pseudonym Benton Hill (chron.)

• * Pirates from Hell [Big John], (ss) Operator #5 May/Jun 1938
  • High Adventure #50 2000

KIERNAN, CAITLÍN R. (chron.)

• * Breakfast in the House of the Rising Sun, (nv) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997
• * The Drowned Geologist [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003

KIJEWSKI, KAREN (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Alley Kat, (nv) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
• * Katfall, (ss) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
• * Tule Fog, (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994

KILLIAN, KEVIN (chron.)

• * Devil in Disguise (with Simon Sheppard), (nv) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997