Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

BLACKWOOD, PAMELA (chron.) (continued)

• * Under the Oaks, (nv) AHMM Nov 1998

BLADE, ALEXANDER; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * Curtain Call, (ss) Mammoth Detective May 1945
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

BLAIN, W. EDWARD (1951- ) (chron.)

• * The Director’s Notes, (nv) EQMM Dec 1995
• * Driscoll Henley’s Last Day, (nv) EQMM Aug 1997
• * The Haunting of Driscoll Henley [Driscoll Henley], (nv) EQMM Aug 1999
• * Other People’s Litter, (nv) EQMM Jul 2008

BLAINE, ANN (chron.)

• * One Shot—He’s Dead, (nv) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996

BLAINE, MARGE (chron.)

• * Goodbye, Wardsboro, (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1983
• * Isabella’s Eyes, (ss) EQMM Jan 1984
• * My Complements to the Chef, (ss) EQMM Feb 24 1982
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994

BLAIR, ERIC (Arthur) (1903-1950); see pseudonym George Orwell (chron.)

BLAISTEN, ISIDORO (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Uncle Facundo, (ss) Dark Arrows, ed. Alberto Manguel, Penguin Canada 1985; tr. by Alberto Manguel

BLAKE, ANDREW; pseudonym of Larry M. Harris, (1933-2002) (chron.)

• * A Lovely Bride for Satan, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962
• * Terror Gallery, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Feb 1963

BLAKE, MARC (chron.)

• * The Man Who Shot Kennedy, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002

BLAKE, NICHOLAS; pseudonym of Cecil Day-Lewis, (1904-1972) (chron.)

• * The Assassins’ Club [“A Slice of Bad Luck”; Nigel Strangeways], (ss) Detection Medley, ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson 1939
  • EQMM Mar 1945
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992
• * from The Beast Must Die, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Long Shot [Nigel Strangeways], (ss)
  • EQMM Mar 1991
• * A Slice of Bad Luck [Nigel Strangeways], (ss) Detection Medley, ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson 1939; also as “The Assassins’ Club”.
• * The Snow Line, (ss) The Strand Feb 1949; also as “A Study in White”.
• * A Study in White [“The Snow Line”], (ss) The Strand Feb 1949
  • EQMM May 1949
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993
  • Murder Most Irish, ed. Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996

BLAKE, W(illiam) H(ume) (1861-1924) (chron.)

• * A Tale of the Grand Jardin, (ss) Brown Waters and Other Sketches, Toronto 1915
  • Crime Where the Nights Are Long, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1999

BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827) (chron.)

• * A Poison Tree, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

BLAKESTON, OSWELL; pseudonym of Henry Joseph Hasslacher, (1907-1985) (chron.)

• * The Fear from the Lake, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * The Solution, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * Superintendent Deering Puts a Question, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * Superintendent Deering’s Dilemma, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

BLAKEY, LOVEDAY (chron.)

• * Red Office, (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995

BLANCHARD, ALFRED A. (1945?-2004) (books) (chron.)

• * The Best Friend, (ss) Red Herring Mystery Magazine Win 1995
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Bluff, (ss) The Edge, Tales of Suspense #18 2004
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Body Parts, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Day Al Jolson Died, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Fertile Imagination, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Final Kill, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Fire Down Below, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Foolproof, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Future Vision, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Get the Picture, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * A Grave Situation, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Hatchet Job, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * I’m Not Like Everybody Else, (ss) The Edge, Tales of Suspense #7 2000
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * It’s a Family Affair, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Last Picture Show, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Man Who Collected Dylan, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * On a Roll, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Payback, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * A Pound of Flesh, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Right Call, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Stalker, (ss) Blue Murder #20 2001
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * An Unforgivable Mistake, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * The Woman Next Door, (ss)
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004
• * Writers Block, (ss) Pirate Writings #14 1997
  • The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder, Al Blanchard, Koenisha 2004

BLANCHE, AUGUST (1811-1868) (chron.)

• * Lars Blom and His Disappearing Gun, (ss); from Hyrkuskens berättelser, 1863.
  • AHMM Sep 2002; tr. by Bertil Falk

BLAND, ANTHONY (chron.)

• * Murder on the Southwest Chief (with Eleanor Taylor Bland), (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

BLAND, ELEANOR TAYLOR (1944- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Canasta Club, (nv) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * Getting Robert, (ss) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998
• * Go Quietly into the Day, (ss) The Night Awakens, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 2000
• * Introduction: What a Difference a Decade Makes, (in) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004
• * The Man Who Said I’m Not, (ss) Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995
• * Murder on the Southwest Chief (with Anthony Bland), (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004
• * Nightfire, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996

BLANFORD, DONALD F. (chron.)

• * Force of Instinct, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 1988

BLAS, SAMUEL (chron.)

• * Revenge, (ss) Colliers Jan 11 1947
  • Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995

BLASSINGAME, WYATT (Rainey) (1909-1985) (chron.)

• * The Corroding Death, (nv) The Scorpion Apr/May 1939
  • Action Adventure Stories #88 2000
• * A Mask for a Killer, (ss) Double Detective Apr 1940
  • High Adventure #70 2003
• * The Ranch of Vanishing Men, (ss) Federal Agent Sep 1937
  • High Adventure #53 2000
• * Unloved Corpse, (ss) Speed Detective Aug 1943
  • Private Detective Stories Sep 2007

BLATTY, WILLIAM PETER (1928- ) (chron.)

• * Kismet, (ss) Sleuth Mystery Magazine Dec 1958
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959

BLAU, KELLY H. (chron.)

• * Services, (ss) AHMM Dec 9 1981
• * “What Have You Been Doing All Day?”, (ss) EQMM Oct 1973
  • More Ms. Murder, ed. Marie Smith, London: Xanadu 1991

BLAUNER, PETER (1959- ) (chron.)

• * The Consultant, (ss) WlSNoir 2007; (1313 Avenue of the Americas).
• * Going, Going, Gone, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2007, ed. Carl Hiaasen, Houghton Mifflin 2007

BLEAKEN, SIMON (chron.)

• * Dark Madness, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994
• * The Doorway of Secrets, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994

BLEILER, RICHARD (James) (1959- ) (chron.)

• * E.W. Hornung’s Raffles, (ar) The Strand Magazine #5 2000

BLESSINGAME, LURTON (chron.)

• * Blind Tiger, (ss) Red Star Adventures Jan 1941
  • Action Adventure Stories #67 2000

BLETZOE, ALAN (chron.)

• * The Body in the Tree, (ss) AHMM Aug 1982

BLINCOE, NICHOLAS (1965- ) (chron.)

• * Half American, (ss) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998
• * Middle East via Manchester, (ms) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• * My Mother Was a Bank Robber, (ss) Fresh Blood, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1996
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002

BLINN, WILLIAM (1938- ) (chron.)

• * One of Those Days, (ss)
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

BLISH, JAMES (Benjamin) (1921-1975) (chron.)

• * Serpent’s Fetish, (ss) Jungle Stories Win 1948
  • High Adventure #71 2003

BLISS, MICHAEL (1941- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Annexationist Conspiracy (with Jack Batten) [*Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Weekend Magazine May 28 1977; also as “Sherlock Holmes’ Great Canadian Adventure”.
• * Sherlock Holmes’ Great Canadian Adventure (with Jack Batten) [“The Adventure of the Annexationist Conspiracy”; *Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Weekend Magazine May 28 1977
  • Bloody York, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1996; annotated by Trevor S. Raymond.

BLIXEN, KAREN; [i.e., Baroness Karen Christence Blixen-Finecke] (1885-1962); see pseudonym Isak Dinesen (chron.)

BLOCH, ROBERT (Albert) (1917-1994) (books) (chron.)

• * A Bottle of Gin, (ss) Weird Tales Mar 1943
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
• * The Cloak, (ss) Unknown May 1939
  • Murder for Halloween, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press 1994
• * Comfort Me, My Robot, (ss) Imagination Jan 1955
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997
• * Crime in Rhyme, (ss) EQMM Oct 1957
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
• * Death Is a Vampire, (ss) Thrilling Mystery Fll 1944
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * The Dynamics of an Asteroid, (ss) The Baker Street Journal Oct 1953
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
• * The Feast in the Abbey, (ss) Weird Tales Jan 1935
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Hell Is My Legacy, (ss) New Detective Magazine Jul 1948; also as “The Tunnel of Love”.
• * Hobo, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2 1960
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
• * Is Betsy Blake Still Alive?, (ss) EQMM Apr 1958
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994
• * It Takes One to Know One, (nv) Monsters in Our Midst, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1993
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
• * Life in Our Time, (ss) EQMM Oct 1966
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
• * Luck Is No Lady, (ss) AHMM Aug 1957
  • AHMM Mar 2006
• * The Man Who Collected Poe, (ss) Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct 1951
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
• * Man with a Hobby, (ss) AHMM Mar 1957
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * A Most Unusual Murder, (ss) EQMM Mar 1976
  • Ellery Queen’s A Multitude of Sins, ed. Ellery Queen, Curley 1986
  • The Haunted Hour, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley Prime Crime 1995
• * The Movie People, (ss) F&SF Oct 1969
  • Hollywood Kills, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
• * See How They Run, (ss) EQMM Apr 1973
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Show Biz, (ss) EQMM May 1959
  • Futurecrime, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Fine 1992
• * The Skull of the Marquis de Sade, (ss) Weird Tales Sep 1945
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994
• * The Tunnel of Love [“Hell Is My Legacy”], (ss) New Detective Magazine Jul 1948
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * The Undead, (ss) The Book Sail 16th Anniversary Catalog 1984
  • Mysterious Erotic Tales, ed. Anon., O’Mara 1996
• * Water’s Edge, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1956
  • Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Speaking of Greed, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper, (ss) Weird Tales Jul 1943
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998

BLOCHMAN, LAWRENCE G(oldtree) (1900-1975) (chron.)

• * Dr. Coffee and the Other Twin [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee], (nv) EQMM May 1973
  • Murder Most Medical, ed. Cathleen Jordan & Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * Eyes in the Dark, (ss) The Phantom Detective Sep 1936
  • High Adventure Nov 2006
• * In Vino Veritas, (vi) 1941
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994