Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

RITCHIE, RITA; pseudonym of Rita Reitci, (1930- ) (chron.)

• * American Primitive, (ss) EQMM Feb 24 1982

RITCHIE, STEVE (chron.)

• * Dig the Hole First, (ss) AHMM Mar 2004
• * Post Mortem, (ss) AHMM May 1987
• * You Can’t Really Blame Them, (ss) AHMM Nov 1996

RITTENBERG, MAX (1880-?) (chron.)

• * The Mystery of the Sevenoaks Tunnel [Magnum], (ss) The London Magazine Oct 1913
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006

RITTERSPAK, BRIAN; pseudonym of Barry Forshaw (chron.)

• * Colin Dexter interviewed by Brian Ritterspak, (iv) Crime Time #23 2001
• * Jeffrey Robinson, (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• * Writing for the Maverick Reader: Alan Furst (with Woody Haut), (iv) Crime Time #23 2001

_____, reviews:

• * Audiocrime, (rv) Crime Time #23 2001

RIVIERE, JOAN (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * from Civilization and its Discontents, by Sigmund Freud, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

ROBARDS, KAREN (1954- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Manna from Heaven, (na) Wait Until Dark, ed. Karen Robards, Pocket 2001

ROBB, CANDACE (chron.)

• * The Bone Jar, (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
  • EQMM Sep/Oct 1997

ROBB, MARTI; see pseudonym Mariah Stewart (chron.)

ROBB, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Rubber Gun Squad, (vi) Hardboiled #29/30 2003

ROBBE-GRILLET, ALAIN (1922-2008) (chron.)

• * The Erasers [from Les gommes, Editions de Minuit; Paris, 1953], (ex) 1964
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

ROBBINS, A. B. (chron.)

• * The Magic Touch, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

ROBBINS, GRENVILLE (chron.)

• * The Broadcast Murder, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Jul 1928
  • The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004

ROBBINS, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Burning Flags, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 2002
• * Kalila Maji, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2002
• * The Pointman’s Last Assignment, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr, Nov 1999
• * Tile Fire Quencher 1814, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2001

ROBBINS, ORMOND; see pseudonym Dane Gregory (chron.)

ROBERSON, CHRIS; [i.e., John Christian Roberson] (1970- ) (chron.)

• * Death on the Crosstime Express, (ss) Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders, Solaris 2008

ROBERSON, JENNIFER; [i.e., Jennifer Mitchell Roberson O’Green] (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Piece of Mind, (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

ROBERT, HARRY (chron.)

• * Don’t Look for Me; I’ll Find You, (ss) AHMM Apr 1960
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1960

ROBERTS, BARRIE (1939- ) (chron.)

• * The Affair of the Christmas Jewel [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Magazine #9 2002
• * The Affair of the Weeping Child [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Magazine #13 2004
• * The Case of the Christmas Poisonings [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Magazine Christmas 2001
• * The Disappearance of Daniel Question, (ss) The Strand Magazine #4 2000
• * The Mystery of the Addleton Curse [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997

ROBERTS, BETHANY (chron.)

• * Powderburn (with John Maddox Roberts), (nv) AHMM Dec 1996

ROBERTS, C(arl) E(ric) BECHHOFER (1894-1949) (chron.)

• * The English Filter, (ss) The Strand Mar 1926
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987

ROBERTS, DALE J. (chron.)

• * Trail of Death, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1995

ROBERTS, DOREEN; [i.e., Doreen Roberts Hight] (1934- ); see pseudonym Kate Kingsbury (chron.)

ROBERTS, DOROTHY JAMES (1903-1990); see pseudonym Peter Mortimer (chron.)

ROBERTS, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * Reverberation, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1995

ROBERTS, GEORGE THOMAS (1910-1968); see pseudonyms George Chance & G. T. Fleming-Roberts (chron.)

ROBERTS, GILLIAN; pseudonym of Judith A. Greber, (1939- ) (books) (chron.)

• * After Happily Ever, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Clear Sailing, (nv) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Ellie’s Chair, (nv) Murder Most Crafty, ed. Maggie Bruce, Penguin US 2005
• * Fury Duty, (ss) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Goodbye, Dolley, (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999
• * Goodbye, Sue Ellen, (ss) Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 1993
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
  • Speaking of Greed, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Heart Break, (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Hog Heaven, (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1997
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Let This Be a Lesson, (ss)
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing, (ss)
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * The Man Who Didn’t Read Good Books, (nv) Left Coast Crimes, ed. Valerie Feldman, Left Coast Crime 2004
• * Murder, She Did, (ss) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998
• * The Old Wife’s Tale, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
• * One Beautiful Body, (ss) EQMM Dec 1992
  • Women of Mystery II, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * The Shrine of Eleanor, (nv) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * What’s a Woman to Do?, (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999
• * Where’s the Harm in That?, (ss) Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997
  • Where’s the Harm?, Five Star 1999

ROBERTS, JOHN MADDOX (1947- ) (chron.)

• * An Academic Question [SPQR], (ss) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
• * The Etruscan House [SPQR], (nv) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• * Hitter, (ss) EQMM Nov 1995
• * The King of Sacrifices [SPQR], (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
• * Lotto, (ss) AHMM Dec 1993
• * Mightier than the Sword [SPQR], (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• * Pirates, (ss) AHMM Jan 1995
• * Powderburn (with Bethany Roberts), (nv) AHMM Dec 1996
• * The Statuette of Rhodes [SPQR], (ss) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996
• * Venus in Pearls [SPQR], (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• * The Will [SPQR], (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003

ROBERTS, JOHN STORM (chron.)

• * It’s a Long Flight to L.A., (ss) EQMM Jun 2 1980
• * One Point Too Far, (ss) EQMM Jan 27 1982

ROBERTS, LES (A.) (1937- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Angel of Death, (ss) City Reports Dec 1993
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Brave Little Costume Designer, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Catnap, (nv) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Fat Stamp, (ss) Elvis Rising, ed. Kay Sloan and Constance Pierce, Avon 1993
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Gathering of the Klan [Milan Jacovich], (nv) Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Good Boys, (ss) Cleveland Plain Dealer Aug 1992
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Jazz Canary [Milan Jacovich], (nv) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004
• * Little Cat Feet, (ss) Cat Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1991
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Pig Man [Saxon], (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
  • First Cases, Volume 3, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1999
  • Most Wanted, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Scent of Spiced Oranges, (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Willing to Work, (ss) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999
  • Scent of Spiced Oranges and Other Stories, Five Star 2002

ROBERTS, LILLIAN M. (1959- ) (chron.)

• * Manor Beast, (ss) Canine Crimes, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1998
• * Rest Stop, (ss) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999
• * The Reunion, (ss) Canine Christmas, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1999

ROBERTS, P. J. (chron.)

• * Austrailian Halloween, (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2000
• * The Bunyip, (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 2000
• * Conan Doyle, (nv) Detective Mystery Stories Feb 2000
• * The Day of the Dryad, (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan, Feb 2002
• * The Dead are Walking, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 2001
• * The Dream, (ss) EOD #2 1991
  • Detective Mystery Stories Dec 1999
• * A Dream of Jekyll & Hyde, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 2002
  • Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2002
• * The Egrigor, (nv) Detective Mystery Stories Aug 1999
• * The Flame Beast, (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1998
• * The Fourth Night, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories May 1999
• * The Freak, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 2000
• * The Ghost of the Living, (ss) EOD #8 1992
  • Detective Mystery Stories Jul 2000
• * The Glen Hartwell Horrow, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2001
• * The Green Bus, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1999
• * Haunted Mountain, (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 2002
• * Kangaroo Range, (nv) Detective Mystery Stories Dec 1998
• * The Kleptomaniac, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2002
• * Lucifer, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2001
• * Red Rattler to Spencer St., (ss) Masque Noir Sep 1998
  • Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2001
• * Room 408, (ss) Pulsar! Fll 1989
  • Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 2001
• * The Scream in the Night, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 2000
• * The Wrong Person, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Apr 1999

ROBERTS, PEGGY; [i.e., Margaret A. Roberts] (1957- ) (chron.)

• * Mercy, (vi) MHCMM Sum 2000

ROBERTS, R(ichard) ELLIS (1879-1953) (chron.)

• * The Narrow Way, (ss) The Other End, London: Palmer 1923
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999

ROBERTS, RALPH (chron.)

• * The Colonel and the Alien, (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992
• * The Greatest Detective of All Time [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * Mystery Writers Word Puzzle, (pz) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1983

ROBERTS, S(ydney) C(astle) (1887-1966) (chron.)

• * The Strange Case of the Megatherium Thefts [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) 1945
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

ROBERTS, SIDNEY (chron.)

• * Night for Slaughter, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1958

ROBERTS, TOM (chron.)

• * Annotated Bibliography of the Works of Raoul F. Whitfield Appearing in Black Mask (with E. R. Hagemann & Peter Ruber), (bi)
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002

ROBERTSON, CHARLTON (chron.)

• * Dark Visitors, (ss) Mystery Stories #21 1940
• * The Toast of Death, (ss) Mystery Stories #20 1939

ROBERTSON, COLIN (1906-1980) (chron.)

• * You Can’t Rely on People, (ss) Argosy (UK) Mar 1973
  • John Creasey’s Mystery Bedside Book, 1975, ed. Herbert Harris, Hodder Stoughton 1974

ROBERTSON, LINDA (chron.)

• * Mrs. Hudson Reminisces [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) My Sherlock Holmes, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2003; (Mrs. Hudson).
• * The Mystery of Dr. Thorvald Sigerson [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004

ROBERTSON, LYLE (chron.)

• * Night Noises, (vi) Detective Book Magazine Sum 1943
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

ROBERTSON, MORGAN (Andrew) (1861-1915) (chron.)

• * Hangman’s Knot, (ss) High-Seas Adventures Dec 1934
  • High Adventure #78 2004
• * Steel and Flame, (ss) High-Seas Adventures Dec 1934
  • High Adventure #78 2004

ROBERTSON, P. J. (chron.)

• * Death of a Best Friend, (ss) Racing Can Be Murder, ed. Brenda R. Stewart & Tony Perona, Blue River Press 2007
• * Orinoco, (ss) Low Down and Derby, ed. Abigail Jones, Overmountain Press 2006

ROBERTS-PAUL, MASON (chron.)

• * Halloween on Shady Glen Road, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999