Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

OLSON, DONALD (chron.) (continued)

• * A Token of Appreciation, (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• * Too Good to Be True, (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• * Trial by Fire, (ss) EQMM Oct 1993
• * Under a Giant Eye, (ss) EQMM Apr 1994
• * A Very Special House, (ss) EQMM Dec 1986
• * The Vital Clue, (ss) EQMM May 1999
• * A Voice from the Sea, (ss) EQMM May 1995
• * Waiting All My Life, (ss) EQMM Jul 1997
• * Warrant to Search, (ss) EQMM Dec 2005
• * Web of Circumstance, (ss) EQMM Apr 7 1980
  • Scarlet Letters, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * A Well-Traveled Woman, (ss) EQMM Apr 1998
• * Willie’s Last Trip, (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
  • Murder by the Book, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * The Winning Hand, (ss) AHMM Nov 1984
• * Would I Lie to You?, (ss) EQMM Nov 1988

OLSON, EUGENE E. (1936- ); see pseudonym Brad Steiger (chron.)

OLTION, JERRY (Brian) (1957- ) (chron.)

• * The Judas Lesson, (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

OLYARNIK, EVELYN A. (chron.)

• * I’ll Never Leave You, Dear, (vi) EQMM Oct 6 1980
• * The Stiff, (ss) AHMM Aug 19 1981

O’MAHONY, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Every Ounce of Soul, (ss) Expletive Deleted, ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books 2007

O’MARIE, SISTER CAROL ANNE (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Defender of the Faith, (ss) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999
• * A Friendly Place, (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992

O’NEIL, DENNY; [i.e., Dennis Joseph O’Neil] (1939- ) (chron.)

• * Margaret You Mourn For, (ss) EQMM Nov 1988
• * Mr. Freeze: The Early Years [Batman], (ss) Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997
• * Poison Ivy’s Gift [Batman], (ss) Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997
• * Saint Al, (ss) Mob Magic, ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1998

O’NEILL, JUDITH (chron.)

• * The Barracudas, (ss) AHMM Nov 1983
• * Bridey’s Caller, (ss) AHMM May 1988
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Note, (ss) AHMM Apr 1988

O’NEILL, THOMAS K. (1947- ); see pseudonym Thomas Sparrow (books) (chron.)

ONIONS, OLIVER (chron.)

• * The Accident, (ss) Widdershins, Secker 1911
  • Mystery and Detection #1 1934
• * Rooum, (ss) The Fortnightly Review Dec 1910
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994

O NUALLAIN, BRIAN (1911-1966); see pseudonym Flann O’Brien (chron.)

OPPEL, JEAN-HUGUES (chron.)

• * A Demon in My Head, (ss) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999; tr. by Freddy Michalski & Brad Spurgeon
• * Paris Calling, (ss) Paris Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 2008

OPPENHEIM, E(dward) PHILLIPS (1866-1946) (books) (chron.)

• * £100,000 Risk [Charles Lyson], (ss) 1939
  • AHMM Apr 1984
• * The Ambassador’s Dilemma, (ss) The Windsor Magazine v12 1900
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * The Bamboozling of Mr. Gascoigne [Samuel T. Billingham], (nv) Colliers Apr 25 1925
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
• * The Café of Terror [Samuel T. Billingham], (ss) Colliers May 16 1925
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
• * Christian, the Concierge [Samuel T. Billingham], (ss) Colliers Jun 27 1925
  • The Mystery and the Detective, ed. Blanche Colton Williams, Appleton-Century 1938
• * The Deserter, (ss) The Strand Dec 1910
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * E. Phillips Oppenheim: The Prince of Story Tellers Tells His Own Story, (bg) Boston: Little Brown 1927
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * False Gods, (ss) The Strand Mar 1909
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * The Fugitive of Adelphi Terrace [Major Forester], (ss) Colliers Nov 12 1927
  • Mystery and Detection #1 1934
• * The Great Fortuna Mine, (ss) The Harmsworth London Magazine Jun 1903
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * The Ill-Laid Scheme of Mr. Ambrose Weare, (ss) The Strand Apr 1909
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * John Garland the Deliverer, (ss) The Strand Aug 1908
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * The Little Lady from Servia [Peter Ruff (#1)], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Feb 1910
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
• * The Man Who Saved the President’s Life, (ss) The Windsor Magazine v17 1903
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * The Man Whom Nobody Liked, (ss) The Windsor Magazine v19 1903
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * The Money-Spider, (ss) The Strand Nov 1908
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * Mr. Ashley’s Failure, (ss) The Windsor Magazine v14 1901
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * Mr. Hardrow’s Secretary, (ss) The Strand Dec 1909
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * One Luckless Hour, (ss) The Strand Sep 1910
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * The Outcast, (ss) The Strand Jun 1911
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * The Perfidy of Henry Midgley, (ss) The Strand Jul 1911
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * The Phantom Fleet [Gen. Besserley], (nv) The Strand Sep 1934
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
• * Quits, (ss) The Strand Nov 1910
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * The Reckoning with Otto Schreed [Joseph P. Cray], (ss) The Strand Feb 1921
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996
• * The Restless Traveller, (ss) The Strand Jun 1910
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * The Sovereign in the Gutter, (ss) The Strand Nov 1909
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * The Three Thieves, (ss) Cassell’s Mar 1909
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * The Turning Wheel, (ss) The Strand Sep 1909
  • Secrets & Sovereigns: The Uncollected Stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Stark House 2004
• * With a Dash [Major Forester], (ss) Colliers Dec 31 1927
  • Mystery and Detection #2 1934

OPPENHEIM, RALPH (chron.)

• * The Flying Tank, (nv) Sky Riders Jun 1930
  • Pulp Review May 1993

OPPENHEIMER, JANE (chron.)

• * Justice, (pm) EQMM Jul 1992

ORCZY, BARONESS; [i.e., Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Barstow, Baroness Orczy] (1865-1947) (chron.)

• * The Bag of Sand [Lady Molly de Mazareen], (ss) Cassell’s
  • AHMM Feb 1983
  • Classic Mystery Stories, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1999
• * The Dublin Mystery [Old Man in the Corner], (ss) The Royal Magazine Sep 1902
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • AHMM Nov 2002
• * The Fenchurch Street Mystery [Old Man in the Corner], (ss) The Royal Magazine May 1901
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992
• * The Man in the Inverness Cape [Lady Molly de Mazareen], (nv) Cassell’s; from Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, London: Cassell 1910.
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
  • Twelve Women Detective Stories, ed. Laura Marcus, Oxford University Press 1997
• * The Mysterious Death in Percy Street [Old Man in the Corner], (ss) The Royal Magazine Oct 1901
  • EQMM Apr 1949
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987
  • Murder Most British, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway [Old Man in the Corner], (nv) The Royal Magazine Jul 1901
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
• * The Red Carnation, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Jun 1898
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996
• * The Woman in the Big Hat [Lady Molly de Mazareen], (nv) Cassell’s; from Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, London: Cassell 1910.
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Bellew Publishing 1990
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Norton 1992
• * The York Mystery [Old Man in the Corner], (ss) The Royal Magazine May 1902
  • Detection by Gaslight, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1997

O’REILLY, D. M. (chron.)

• * The Tinker’s Revenge, (ss) Murder Most Irish, ed. Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996

ORENSTEIN, FRANK (Everett) (1919- ) (chron.)

• * But I Never Go to Chelsea, (ss) AHMM Apr 1991
• * Isn’t It Wonderful!, (ss) AHMM Jul 1993

ORLICK, GLORIA (chron.)

• * East Meets West, (pm) EQMM Aug 18 1980

ORMEROD, JAYNE (chron.)

• * The Tide Also Rises, (ss) Chesapeake Crimes III, ed. Donna Andrews & Marcia Talley, Wildside Press 2008

ORMEROD, ROGER (1920-2005) (chron.)

• * A Distant Affray, (ss) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
  • EQMM Sep 1993
• * Rebound, (ss) EQMM Jan 1994

ORMSBY, ALAN (chron.)

• * Road Signs, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002

ORNER, PETER (1968- ) (chron.)

• * Dear Mr. Kleczka, (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (54th & Blackstone).

ORONA, NATHAN (chron.)

• * The Last Message, (vi) Hardboiled #15 1993

O’ROURKE, FRANK (1916-1989) (chron.)

• * The Bitter Edge, (ss)
  • Verdict Crime Detection Magazine Nov 1956

O’ROURKE, MONICA J. (chron.)

• * Bloodshed Fred, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006

OROZCO, DANIEL (chron.)

• * Officers Weep, (ss) Harper’s Jun 2004
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2005, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin 2005

ORTÍZ, OSCAR F. (chron.)

• * Settling of Scores, (ss) Havana Noir, ed. Achy Obejas, Akashic Books 2007

ORWELL, GEORGE; pseudonym of Eric Blair, (1903-1950) (chron.)

• * Decline of the English Murder, (ar)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Shooting an Elephant, (ss)
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998

Ó SÁNDAIR, CATHAL (1922- ) (chron.)

• * Mugging in Harcourt Street, (ss) Feasta 1982
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993; tr. by Séamas Ó Coileáin

OSBORN, SUSAN (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ High Protein Diet, (vi) AHMM Feb 2003

OSBORNE, GEOFFREY (1930- ) (chron.)

• * The Turning of the Screw, (ss) John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book, 1974, ed. Herbert Harris, Hodder Stoughton 1973
  • The Saint Magazine Jun 1984

OSBORNE, MAITLAND LeROY (1846-1918) (chron.)

• * Old Guy, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 24 1940
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

OSBOURNE, LLOYD (1868-1947) (chron.)

• * from “Epilogue: to Will H. Low” (with Robert Louis Stevenson), (ex) 1892
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

O’SHAUGHNESSY, MARY (1951- ); see pseudonym Perri O’Shaughnessy (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with Pamela O’Shaughnessy), (in)
  • Sinister Shorts, Perri O’Shaughnessy, Delacorte Press 2006

O’SHAUGHNESSY, PAMELA (1947- ); see pseudonym Perri O’Shaughnessy (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with Mary O’Shaughnessy), (in)
  • Sinister Shorts, Perri O’Shaughnessy, Delacorte Press 2006

O’SHAUGHNESSY, PERRI; pseudonym of Pamela O’Shaughnessy & Mary O’Shaughnessy (books) (chron.)

• * Chocolate Milkshake, (ss) FatBrain.com 1999
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * The Couple Behind the Curtain, (ss)
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * Dead Money, (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * The Furnace Man, (ss) EQMM May 1997
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * Gertrude Stein Solves a Mystery, (ss) FatBrain.com 1999
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * A Grandmother’s Tale, (ss) FatBrain.com
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * His Master’s Hand, (ss) FatBrain.com 1999
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * House Afire, (ss)
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * Juggernaut, (nv) Women Before the Bench, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Prime Crime 2001
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * Lemons, (ss) EQMM Jul 1996
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * The Long Walk, (ss) EQMM Jun 1995
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * O’Shay’s Special Case, (ss)
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * Sandstorm, (ss) FatBrain.com 1999
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * The Second Head, (ss)
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006
• * Success Without College, (ss) EQMM Dec 1998
  • Sinister Shorts, Delacorte Press 2006