Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

POWELL, JAMES (chron.) (continued)

• * Harps of Gold, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1993
• * The Haunted Bookcase, (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• * The Headless Horseman and the Horseless Carriage, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005
• * The Hiccup Flask, (ss) EQMM Oct 1985
  • Once Upon a Crime II, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * Honeydew Wine, (ss) EQMM Apr 2001
  • Mystery: The Best of 2001, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2002
• * The Hot-Stove League, (ss) EQMM Jan 1990
• * Household Hints, (ss) EQMM Dec 1993
• * Ivory Crossroads, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
• * Jerrold’s Meat, (ss) EQMM Apr 1999
• * The Jewels of Atlantis [Ambrose Ganelon], (nv) EQMM Nov 2002
• * A Keyhole in Time, (ss) EQMM Sep 1993
• * The Kidnap of Bounding Mane, (nv) EQMM Jun 1988
• * The King of the Orangutans, (ss) EQMM Sep 1992
• * The Labyrinth of Life, (ss) EQMM Feb 1984
• * MacNaughton or MacNeice, (ss) EQMM Jan 2004
• * The Mad Scientist, J.G., (ss) EQMM Apr 1987
• * The Meandering Pearl, (ss) EQMM Nov 1983
• * Midnight at Manger’s Bird and Beast, (ss) EQMM Dec 1994
• * Midnight Pumpkins, (ss) EQMM Sep 1988
• * Mrs. Brodie’s Cow, (ss) EQMM Apr 1990
• * A Murder Coming, (ss) EQMM Sep 1973
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * A New Leaf, (ss) EQMM Jan 1989
• * The Notorious Snowman, (ss) EQMM Oct 7 1981
  • Once Upon a Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1994
• * The Origami Moose, (nv) EQMM Jun 1986
• * The Phantom Haircut, (ss) EQMM Oct 1983
• * The Plot Against Santa Claus, (nv) EQMM Jan 1971
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1990
  • Merry Murder, ed. Cynthia Manson, Seafarer 1994
• * Pocketful of Noses, (ss) EQMM Mar 24 1982
• * The Polygon from Alpha Centauri, (nv) EQMM Jul 1984
• * The Priest Without a Shadow, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1982
• * The Quick and the Dead, (ss) EQMM Feb 1988
• * A Quilt of Crazies, (ss) EQMM May 1999
• * The Rasputin Fabergé, (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
• * Red Herring House, (ss) AHMM May 2008
• * The Ripper Prince [Ambrose Ganelon], (ss) EQMM May 2006
• * Ruby Laughter, Tears of Pearl, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1992
• * Santa’s Way, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1991
  • Murder Under the Mistletoe and Other Stories, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1992
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * The Scarlet Totem, (ss) EQMM Apr 1983
• * The Singular Bird, (ss) EQMM Apr 1986
• * The Snood of Night, (ss) EQMM Mar 1989
• * Still Life with Orioles, (ss) EQMM Dec 1988
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Sting of the Hoop Snake, (ss) EQMM Jul 1989
• * The Stranger at the Crossroads, (ss) EQMM May 1984
• * Strangers on a Sleigh, (nv) EQMM Jan 1998
• * The Tale of the Blind Man’s Lantern, (ss) EQMM Jan 1993
• * A Tale of Too Much Dickens, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006
• * The Talking Donkey, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1987
• * The Tamerlane Crutch, (ss) Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1990
  • EQMM Jan 1995
  • The Best of Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers & John North, Mosaic Press 1998
• * The Tulip Juggernaut, (ss) EQMM Sep 1987
• * Under the Spangled Roger, (nv) EQMM Nov 1984
• * Under the Star Spangled Roger, (nv) Dead in the Water, ed. Violette Malan & Therese Greenwood, RendezVous Press 2006
• * Unquiet Graves, (ss) EQMM Jun 1992
• * The Valley of Dead Millionaires, (ss) EQMM Nov 1990
• * The Van Winkle Loaf, (nv) EQMM Mar 1991
• * The Verbatim Reply, (ss) EQMM Mar 1985
• * The Vigil of Death, (nv) EQMM Jul 1982
• * Wingtips, (ss) EQMM Jun 1987
• * Winter Hiatus, (ss) EQMM Oct 1991
  • Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001
• * Yesterday’s Dark Tomorrow, (ss) EQMM Aug 1991
• * The Zoroaster Grin, (nv) EQMM Jan 2002

POWELL, LARRY (chron.)

• * Square Peg, Round Hole, (ss) AHMM Apr 23 1980

POWELL, MASON; pseudonym of Don Studebaker, (1941- ) (chron.)

• * A Trick of the Light, (nv) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

POWELL, MEGAN (chron.)

• * Editorial, (ed) Shred of Evidence Feb, May, Aug, Nov 2003, Feb 2004

POWELL, TALMAGE (1920-2000) (chron.)

• * The Beacon, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1981
• * A Beautiful Dame With Money, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1957
• * Beauty Be Damned!, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1962
• * The Confident Killer, (ss) AHMM Oct 1967
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1968, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1968
• * The Deadly Doll, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Jun 1958
• * The Deaths of Lorna Garth, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1982
• * The Delinquent and the Doll, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1959
• * H-Man, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Jan 1961
• * Her Dagger Before Me [Lloyd Carter; Ed Rivers], (nv) Black Mask Jul 1949
  • First Cases, Volume 3, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1999
• * Hot-rod Hoodlum, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1957
• * I Had a Hunch, and..., (ss) AHMM May 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * A Mother’s Heart, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1981
• * Murder Method, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1961
  • AHMM Jan 30 1980
• * New Neighbor, (ss) AHMM Oct 1975
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * Night of the Goblin, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981
  • Murder for Halloween, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press 1994
• * Old Man Emmons, (ss) AHMM Feb 1962
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962
• * Peeping Tom, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959
• * Somebody Cares, (ss) EQMM Dec 1962
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Sudden, Sudden Death, (na) AHMM Nov 1957
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Too Handsome to Work, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1957
• * The Vital Element, (ss) AHMM Nov 1967
  • Death in Dixie, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1997
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * A Way with a Will, (ss) AHMM Apr 1 1981
• * You Are Sick, Sick, Sick!, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine May 1959

POWELL, WILLIAM DYLAN (chron.)

• * Evening Gold, (ss) EQMM Nov 2006

POWER, JO-ANN (1944- ); see pseudonym Ann Crowleigh (chron.)

POWER, MARGARET RAE (1943- ); see pseudonym Margo Power (chron.)

POWER, MARGO; pseudonym of Margaret Rae Power, (1943- ) (chron.)

• * All There Is and More, (vi) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• * Editorial Note, (ed) Murderous Intent Sum 1996, Sum, Fll 1997
• * Editorial Notes, (ed) Murderous Intent Spr, Sum/Fll 1998, Spr, Sum, Fll, Win 1999

POWERS, BILLIE LEE (chron.)

• * Betsy’s Dictionary, (ss) EQMM Jun 1987
• * The Factrix, (ss) EQMM Aug 1984
• * Saint Daddy, (ss) EQMM Sep 1984

POWERS, RALPH; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * The Devil’s Deadline, (ss) Capt. Hazzard Magazine May 1938
  • High Adventure #72 2003
• * Marked in Red, (ss) Ten Detective Aces May/Jun 1933
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

POWLESLAND, PAUL (chron.)

• * Guilt Trip, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1981

POWYS, T(heodore) F(rancis) (1875-1953) (chron.)

• * The Hunted Beast, (ss) The White Paternoster, London: Chatto & Windus 1930
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999
• * A Suet Pudding, (ss) Full Score, ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, London: Rich & Cowan 1933
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

POZZESSERE, HEATHER GRAHAM (1953- ); see pseudonym Heather Graham (chron.)

PRATCHETT, TERRY (David John) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * # ifdefDEBUG + “world/enough” + “time”, (ss) Digital Dreams, ed. David V. Barrett, NEL 1990
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997

PRATER, LON (chron.)

• * Leg Work, (ss) North Florida Noir, ed. Michael Lister, Pottersville Press 2006

PRATHER, RICHARD S(cott) (1921-2007) (chron.)

• * The Double Take [Shell Scott], (nv) Manhunt Jul 1953
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Film Strip [Shell Scott], (nv) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960
• * The Guilty Party [Shell Scott], (ss) Come Seven/Come Death, ed. Henry Morrison, Pocket 1965
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * The Live Ones [Shell Scott], (ss) 1956
  • Detective Story Magazine Jun 1990

PREDDY, MELISSA (chron.)

• * The Coffee Break, (ss) Detroit Noir, ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books 2007; (Grandmont-Rosedale).

PREECE, SIÂN (1965- ) (chron.)

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

PREISS, BYRON (Cary) (1953-2005) (books) (chron.)

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999

PREPOLEC, CHARLES V. (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction: Water, Water, Everywhere, (in)
  • Curious Incidents 2, ed. J. R. Campbell & Charles Prepolec, Mad for a Mystery 2003

PRESCOTT, GORDON R. (chron.)

• * Never Hit Old Ladies, (vi) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Mar 1966
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972

PRESCOTT, HARRIET ELIZABETH; [i.e., Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford] (1835-1921) (chron.)

• * Mr. Furbush, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008

PRESCOTT, WILLIAM H. (1796-1859) (chron.)

• * from History of the Conquest of Mexico, (ar)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

PRESS, SKIP (chron.)

• * The Alexander Aberration, (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1987

PRESTON, ALISON (1949- ) (chron.)

• * Women of the West, (ss)
  • Menace in the Mulga, ed. Peter Corris, Holland Park, Queensland: Crime Writers Queensland 2000

PRESTON, DOUGLAS (chron.)

• * Gone Fishing (with Lincoln Child) [*Lieutenant Douglas D’Agosta], (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

PRIBUS, MARILYN (chron.)

• * Occupant Box 253, (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980

PRICE, (Alan) ANTHONY (1928- ) (chron.)

• * The Berzin Lecture, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 15, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1983
  • Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1992
• * A Green Boy [Gaius Celerius], (nv) Winter’s Crimes 5, ed. Virginia Whitaker, London: Macmillan 1973
  • Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996

PRICE, E(dgar) HOFFMANN (Trooper) (1898-1988); see pseudonym Hamlin Daly (books) (chron.)

• * A Burning Clue, (ss) Ten Detective Aces May/Jun 1933
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * The Cruise of the Savage [as by Martin McCall; Matalaa, The White Savage], (na) Red Star Adventures Aug 1940
• * Crystal Clues, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Aug 1936
  • Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press 2004
• * The Devil’s Crypt, (nv) Strange Detective Stories Jan 1934
  • Pulp Review Jul 1992
• * Drink or Draw [Simon Bolivar Grimes], (nv) Speed Western Stories Dec 1943
  • Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press 2004
• * Every Man a King, (nv) Speed Adventure Stories Nov 1943
  • Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press 2004
• * Murder Salvage [Honest John Carmody], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1941
  • Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press 2004
• * Night in Manilla, (ss) Spicy-Adventure Stories Oct 1935
  • Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press 2004
• * Pit of Madness, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Apr 1936
  • Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press 2004
• * Revolt of the Damned, (ss) Spicy-Adventure Stories Mar 1937
  • Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press 2004
• * Satan’s Daughter, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Jan 1936
  • Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press 2004
• * Savage Jeopardy [as by Martin McCall; Matalaa, The White Savage], (na) Red Star Adventures Oct 1940
• * Scourge of the Silver Dragon, (nv) Gold Seal Detective Dec 1935
  • Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press 2004
• * She Herded Him Around [Simon Bolivar Grimes], (ss) Spicy Western Stories Feb 1941
  • Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press 2004
• * Treasure of the Savage [as by Martin McCall; Matalaa, The White Savage], (na) Red Star Adventures Jan 1941
• * Triangle with Variations, (ss) Droll Stories May 1924
  • Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press 2004
• * The Walking Dead, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Nov 1935
  • Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press 2004
• * The White Savage [as by Martin McCall; Matalaa, The White Savage], (na) Red Star Adventures Jun 1940
• * You Can’t Fight a Woman, (ss) Spicy Western Stories Jan 1939
  • Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press 2004

PRICE, JOHN BASYE (chron.)

• * Death and the Rope Trick, (ss) London Mystery Magazine #21 1954
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006