Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

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, (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
  • Uncertain Endings: The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories, ed. Otto Penzler, Pegasus Books 2007
• * 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

_____, [ref.]

• * 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, Nov 2007, Mar, Nov 2008

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

KETNER, JOSEPH (chron.)

• * Black and White, (ss) By the Chimney with Care, ed. Tont Burton, Wolfmont Publishing 2006

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, KATHLEEN (chron.)

• * No Free Vacation, (ss) And Some of Them Are Dead, ed. Margaret Searles & Victoria Heckman, Deadly Alibi Press Ltd. 2002

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

KHADRA, YASMINA; pseudonym of Mohammed Moulessehoul (chron.)

• * The Long Night of a Penitent, (ss) EQMM Feb 2008; tr. by Peter Schulman

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

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

KIDDER, KRISTEN (chron.)

• * The New Normal: Breaking the Boundaries of Vigilantism in Veronica Mars, (ar) NptNoir 2007

KIDO, OKAMOTO (chron.)

• * The Room Over the Bathhouse [Inspector Hanshichi], (nv) The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanschichi, University of Hawai’i Press 2007; translated from the Japanese “Yuya no Nikei,” Bungei Kurabu, April 1917.
  • AHMM May 2008; in AHMM’s department “A Mystery Classic”; ; tr. by Ian McDonald

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

KILLOUGH, (Karen) LEE (1942- ) (chron.)

• * The Existential Man, (nv) F&SF Mar 1982
  • Supernatural Sleuths, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Penguin/Roc 1996
  • Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002

KILMER, JOYCE (1886-1918) (chron.)

• * Whitemail, (ss) The Smart Set Mar 1914
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

KILMER, MICHELE STONE (chron.)

• * In by Ten, Dead by Five, or, Murder at the Dry Cleaners, (ss) AHMM Jun 1991

KILODNEY, CRAD (chron.)

• * Life Without Drama, (ss) Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001

KILPATRICK, NANCY (1946- ) (chron.)

• * The Case of the Demon Lover, (ss) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996
• * An Eye for an Eye, (ss) Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1994
  • The Best of Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers & John North, Mosaic Press 1998
• * Generation Y, (ss) Over the Edge, ed. Peter Sellers & Robert J. Sawyer, Pottersfield Press 2000
• * Mantrap, (ss) Murder, Mayhem and the Macabre, Nancy Kilpatrick 1992
  • Arthur Ellis Awards, ed. Peter Sellers, Canada: Quarry Press 1999

KIMIKO (chron.)

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• * “A Crust of Rice” by Martin Limón, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2005

KIMURA, JIRO (chron.)

• * Ellery Queen in Japan, (ar) EQMM Nov 2005

KINAHAN, SONIA (chron.)

• * Two’s Company, (ss) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995

KINDER, R. M. (chron.)

• * Jeremy, (ss) EQMM Mar 1993
  • The Deadliest Games, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1993

KINES, BUD (chron.)

• * Fridays Menu—Murder, (ss) Killers Mystery Story Magazine Nov 1956

KING, C(harles) DALY [Ph.D.] (1895-1963) (books) (chron.)

• * The Affair on the Roof [Trevis Tarrant], (nv) Mystery Mar 1935; also as “The Episode of the Nail and the Requiem”.
• * The Episode of “Torment IV” [Trevis Tarrant], (ss) 1934
  • Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Episode of the Absent Fish [Trevis Tarrant], (ss) EQMM Apr 1979
  • Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Episode of the Codex’ Curse [Trevis Tarrant], (ss)
  • Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Episode of the Final Bargain [Trevis Tarrant], (ss)
  • Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Episode of the Headless Horrors [Trevis Tarrant], (ss)
  • Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Episode of the Little Girl Who Wasn’t [“Lost Star”; Trevis Tarrant], (ss) EQMM Sep 1944
  • Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Episode of the Man with Three Eyes [Trevis Tarrant], (ss)
  • Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Episode of the Nail and the Requiem [Trevis Tarrant], (nv) Mystery 1935
  • Twelve American Detective Stories, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Oxford University Press 1997
• * The Episode of the Nail and the Requiem [“The Affair on the Roof”; Trevis Tarrant], (nv) Mystery Mar 1935
  • Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, Crippen & Landru 2003
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006
• * The Episode of the Perilous Talisman [as by Jeremiah Phelan; Trevis Tarrant], (ss) F&SF Feb 1951
  • Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Episode of the Sinister Invention [“The Episode of the Sinister Inventor”; Trevis Tarrant], (ss) EQMM Dec 1946
  • Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Episode of the Sinister Inventor [Trevis Tarrant], (ss) EQMM Dec 1946; also as “The Episode of the Sinister Invention”.
• * The Episode of the Tangible Illusion [“Invisible Terror”; Trevis Tarrant], (ss) Mystery Feb 1935
  • Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Episode of the Vanishing Harp [Trevis Tarrant], (nv)
  • AHMM Aug 1987
  • Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Episode of Torment IV [Trevis Tarrant], (ss) 1934
  • AHMM Apr 1990