Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

JEFFERS, H(arry) PAUL (1934- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1998
• * Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy’s Curse [Holmes Sherlock], (nv) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006

JEFFREY, WILLIAM; pseudonym of Bill Pronzini & Jeffrey M. Wallmann (chron.)

• * Day of the Moon, (ss) AHMM Jun 1970
  • AHMM Jun 1991

JELLEMA, LEN (chron.)

• * Absolution, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #30 2002
• * And a Tooth for a Tooth, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Apr 2002
• * Crime Wave, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jan 2001
• * Double Exposure, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Aug 2001
• * Fathers and Sons, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2002
• * The Half-Filled Canteen, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2002
• * Index Finger, Left Hand, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Aug 1999
• * Joyful and Triumphant, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2001
• * The Luck of the Draw, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Nov 2001
• * No New Thing Under the Sun, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #47 2004
• * Payback, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jun 2001
• * The Second Horseman, & the Fourth, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 2001
• * 66 Miles to Nowhere, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #34 2003
• * Taxing Rebellion, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories May 2000

JENKINS, ALAN (Charles) (1914-1993) (chron.)

• * from “Greenheart”, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

JENKINS, HERBERT (George) (1876-1923) (chron.)

• * The Gylston Slander [Malcolm Sage], (ss) Hutchinson’s Story Magazine Jul 1920
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006

JENKINS, WILL(iam) F(itzgerald) (1896-1975); see pseudonym Murray Leinster (chron.)

• * Possessed, (ss) Manhunt Feb 1957
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * The Trouble on the Dude Ranch, (nv) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Nov 1933
  • High Adventure #67 2002

JENNINGS, ANN (chron.)

• * Accident, (vi) Murderous Intent Fll 1997

JENNINGS, MAUREEN (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Ash Wednesday, (ss) Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1994
• * The Language of Flowers, (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997
• * Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth, (ss) Bloody York, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1996
• * The Weeping Time, (ss) Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley 2000

JENNINGS, PAUL (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Smart Ice Cream, (ss) Unreal!, Penguin Australia 1985
  • Mystery Stories, ed. Helen Cresswell, Kingfisher 1996

JENNINGS, TOM (chron.)

• * Jewels of Murder, (ss) Super-Detective Oct 1949
  • Private Detective Stories Jul 2007

JENS, TINA L. (books) (chron.)

• * A Cat with a Gat, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

JENSEN, JO ANN (chron.)

• * A Corpse in the Compost, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1999

JEPSON, EDGAR (Alfred) (1863-1938) (chron.)

• * The Cry of a Century (with Richard Middleton), (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * Professor Wilkins Chances the Yard (with Robert Eustace), (ss) The Windsor Magazine Dec 1936
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998
• * The Tea-Leaf (with Robert Eustace), (nv) The Strand Oct 1925
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
  • AHMM Feb 2000

JEROME, JEROME K(lapka) (1859-1927) (chron.)

• * The Dancing Partner, (ss) The Idler Mar 1893
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994
• * from Three Men in a Boat, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Passing of the Third Floor Back, (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 19 1904
  • AHMM Jan 1995

JESSE, F(ryniwyd) TENNYSON [i.e., Wynifried Margaret Tennyson Jesse] (1889-1958) (chron.)

• * from The Trial of Madeleine Smith, (ex) 1927
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * Last Times, (nv) The Strand Nov 1932
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998
• * Lot’s Wife [Solange Fontaine], (nv) The Solange Stories, Heinemann 1931
  • Mystery and Detection Aug 1935
  • Twelve Women Detective Stories, ed. Laura Marcus, Oxford University Press 1997
• * A Pin to See the Peepshow, (ex) London: Heinemann 1934
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * The Reprieve [Solange Fontaine], (nv) The Solange Stories, Heinemann 1931
  • Mystery and Detection Jun 1935
• * Treasure Trove, (ss) McCall’s Apr 1928
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • AHMM Nov 1983

JESSUP, AUDREY (chron.)

• * September Mourn, (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997

JEWELL, LISA (chron.)

• * Labia Lobelia, (nv) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002

JILLETT, NEIL (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Aurora Australis, (ss) AHMM Apr 1993
• * The Bad Patch, (ss) Ita 1992
  • AHMM Dec 1994
• * Birds of a Feather, (ss) EQMM Aug 1998
• * Miss Bradford and the Little Monsters, (nv) AHMM Jan 1991
• * Off the Wall, (ss) AHMM Feb 1994
• * Prickly Pairs, (ss) AHMM Jun 1992
• * Silk and Lavender, (ss) EQMM Sep 1994
• * Sunset on the Padang, (ss) EQMM Oct 1994
• * The Thirteenth Dancer, (nv) EQMM Jan 1998
• * Two Families, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1995

JOANOU, ALICE (chron.)

• * Elizabeth’s Mouth, (ss) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996

JOCHMANS, BETTY (chron.)

• * The Glass Slipper Murder, (ss) EQMM Feb 11 1980
• * Stopping by Woods, (pm) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• * What Time Do the Pyramids Open?, (ss) EQMM Jun 17 1981

JOCKS, VON; see under Jocks, Yvonne A. (chron.)

JOCKS, YVONNE A(nnette) “VON”; (1963- ); see pseudonym Evelyn Vaughn (chron.)

• * Celtic Cross, (ss) Murder Most Romantic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Denise Little, Cumberland House 2001

JOHNS, [Captain] W(illiam) E(arl) (1893-1968) (chron.)

• * Affaire de Coeur, (ss) The Camels Are Coming, J. Hamilton 1932
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996
• * Strange Freight, (ss) Wings (UK) Win 1935
  • Mystery Stories #4 1936

JOHNSON, B(rian) S(tanley) (1933-1973) (chron.)

• * A Few Selected Sentences, (ss) 1973
  • Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992

JOHNSON, BOB (chron.)

• * You’ll Love it Here, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1999

JOHNSON, CARL (chron.)

• * Out of Circulation, (ss) AHMM Oct 14 1981

JOHNSON, CAPTAIN CHARLES (chron.)

• * from Lives of the Most Notorious Pirates, (ar)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

JOHNSON, CHERYL BRINKMANN (chron.)

• * Suppose, (ss) EQMM Jan 1991

JOHNSON, DEAN (chron.)

• * Sent from Up Above, (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

JOHNSON, DOUGLAS GRANT (chron.)

• * Cliff’s Folly [Cliff Mills], (nv) AHMM Nov 2007
• * The Ten-Dollar Roosters, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2003
• * That Thing, (nv) AHMM Dec 2004

JOHNSON, E(mily) PAULINE (1861-1913) (chron.)

• * The Riders of the Plains, (pm) Flint and feather, Toronto: Musson 1912
  • Crime in a Cold-Climate, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1994

JOHNSON, FRANK (1900-1965) (chron.)

• * The American Invasion, (ss) 1937
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * The Crimson Mask’s Death Gamble [Crimson Mask], (nv) Detective Novels Magazine Dec 1940
  • Pulp Review Nov 1993
• * The Crimson Mask’s Scorpion Trail [Crimson Mask], (na) Detective Novels Magazine Apr 1941
  • Action Adventure Stories #37 1998
  • High Adventure #80 2005

JOHNSON, GEORGE CLAYTON (1929- ) (chron.)

• * The Monstering Kind, (ss) Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999

JOHNSON, GEORGE METCALF (chron.)

• * Death in the Woods, (ss) Popular Detective Jun 1937
  • Black Book Detective May 1949

JOHNSON, GINGER (chron.)

• * Justice Comes First [Mr. Minus], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1996
• * The Vanishing Weapon [Mr. Minus], (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1997

JOHNSON, LEONARD B. (chron.)

• * Spades Are Trumps, (ss) Mystery Stories #13 1938

JOHNSON, MARTHA (1941- ) (chron.)

• * The Church Cat, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

JOHNSON, MICHELE A. (chron.)

• * Gifted, (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

JOHNSON, OWEN (McMahon) (1878-1952) (chron.)

• * One Hundred in the Dark, (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 21 1911
  • Uncertain Endings: The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories, ed. Otto Penzler, Pegasus Books 2007

JOHNSON, P. M. F. (chron.)

• * Color Me Dead (with Sandra Rector), (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992

JOHNSON, PAMELA HANSFORD (1912-1981) (chron.)

• * Ghost of Honour, (ss) Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries, eds. J. M. Parrish & J. R. Crossland, London: Odhams Press 1936
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994

JOHNSON, PAULINE; see under Johnson, E. Pauline (chron.)

JOHNSON, RAY (chron.)

• * Afrikati Ascending, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2001

JOHNSON, ROGER (1947- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Grace Chalice [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes Journal Win 1987
  • The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997; revised
• * In re: Solar Pons, (ar) The Unpublished Solar Pons, Toronto, Canada: Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library 1994
• * The Soldier, (ss) Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990

JOHNSON, ROGER K. (chron.)

• * Hey Love, (ss) Detroit Noir, ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books 2007; (New Center).

JOHNSON, S. G. (chron.)

• * Deep Six [as by Gary Bowen], (ss) Wired Hard, ed. Cecilia Tan, Circlet Press 1994
  • Sexcrime, ed. Cecilia Tan, Circlet Press 2000

JOHNSON, SHARON (chron.)

• * Twilight, (vi) EQMM Feb 11 1980

JOHNSON, SUZANNE C. (chron.)

• * Body in the Pound, (nv) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003

JOHNSON, TOM; see pseudonym Eddy Thomas (chron.)

• * The Black Bat’s Crisis [as by G. Wayman Jones; Tony Quinn (Black Bat)], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1995
• * The Black Bat’s Vengeance [as by G. Wayman Jones; Tony Quinn (Black Bat)], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1995
• * The Black Ghost [Black Ghost], (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1996
• * Cartel of Death [as by Robert Wallace; Phantom Detective], (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1995
• * Doodlebug, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2001
• * Foreword, (ed) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun, Jul 1995
• * Hale-Bop, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Aug 1999
• * Jur: Pre-Dawn Earth (with James M. Reasoner) [Jur], (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1995
• * Mesa of Terror, (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1996
• * The Nazi Spider Staffel [as by Lieut. Scott Morgan; Lone Eagle], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1996
• * Satan’s Minions [as by Robert Wallace; Phantom Detective], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1995
• * Savage Land of Jur [Jur], (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1997
• * The Silver Star, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1996
• * Stuanofu, (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 1996

JOHNSON, V. L. (chron.)

• * An Employee You Can Bank On, (pm) EQMM Sep 1990

JOHNSON, W(alter) RYERSON (1901-1995) (chron.)

• * The Chalk Line, (ss) EQMM Mar 1985
• * Nimble Fingers, (ss) Detective Tales Feb 1923
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
  • Pulp Vault #12/13 1992
• * Three Came Gunning, (nv) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 14 1938
  • Pulp Vault #2 1988

JOHNSTON, CHRISTOPHER N.; pseudonym of Christopher Nicholson Johnston Sands, (1857-1934) (chron.)

• * The Milnathort Murder, (nv)
  • Murder Most Scottish, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Bob Adey, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1999

JOHNSTON, JEFF (chron.)

• * Pieces, (ss) Hardboiled #5 1986