Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

SMITH, EDGAR W. (chron.)

• * On the Later Tales, (ar) West by One and by One, ed. Anon. (Poul Anderson), The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County 1965

SMITH, ELAINE CAMPBELL (chron.)

• * Souvenir, (vi) EQMM Jun 1996

SMITH, ELIZABETH THOMASINA MEADE (1844-1914); see pseudonym L. T. Meade (chron.)

SMITH, EMORY (chron.)

• * Hunter, (ss) AHMM Apr 1985
• * A Thirst for Revenge, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1984

SMITH, ERNEST BRAMAH (1868-1942); see pseudonym Ernest Bramah (chron.)

SMITH, EVELYN E. (1927-2000) (chron.)

• * Miss Melville Rejoices, (nv) Christmas Stalkings, ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1991

SMITH, F. J. (chron.)

• * I’ll Kill You Before Morning, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jan 1960
• * One Doll Too Many, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1958
• * Shoot Him Like a Dog, (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec 1958
• * Vindictive Woman, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958

SMITH, FRANK E. (1919-1984); see pseudonym Jonathan Craig (chron.)

SMITH, GEORGE H(enry) (1922-1996) (chron.)

• * Too Lustful to Live!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957

SMITH, GUY N(ewman) (1939- ); see pseudonym Gavin Newman (chron.)

• * The Case of the Sporting Squire [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * Murder So Cool, (ss) 1998
  • Murder Most Scottish, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Bob Adey, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1999
• * The Silent Shot, (ss) The Strand Magazine #5 2000

SMITH, HARRISON (chron.)

• * All No Good Punks, (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1960
• * Cops on the Take, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1961
• * Sweethearts and Robbers, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1961

SMITH, IAIN CRICHTON (1928-1998) (chron.)

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• * The Inheritance, by Author Unknown, (vi)
  • EQMM Sep 10 1980

SMITH, JAMIE (chron.)

• * Let Your Light Shine, (ss) The Mysterious Bruce, ed. Anon., The Brucedale Press 1997

SMITH, JOE F. J. (chron.)

• * Shake the Lady Down!, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Sep 1959

SMITH, JOY V. (chron.)

• * The Doorway, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1999
• * Guard Dog, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1999
• * Old Rex, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1999
• * Stray Cats, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1999

SMITH, JUDITH KLERMAN (chron.)

• * Trickery, (ss) Murder by 13, ed. Priscilla English, Lisa Seidman & Mae Woods, Crown Valley Press 1997

SMITH, JULIE; [i.e., Julienne Drew Smith] (1944- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Always Othello [Skip Langdon], (ss) MHCMM Sum 1999
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * Blood Types, (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
  • Hardboiled, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
  • A Century of Mystery 1980-1989, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, MJF Books 1997
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1997
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * Crime Wave in Pinhole, (ss) AHMM May 21 1980
  • 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
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * Cul-de-sac, (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * Dead Men’s Shirts, (ss) EQMM Nov 2006
• * The End of the Earth [Skip Langdon], (ss) Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * Fresh Paint, (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * Grief Counselor, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1978
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * Hotwalking, (ss) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * House of Mischief, (ss) MHCMM Sum 2000
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * Introduction, (in) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007
• * Kid Trombone [Talba Wallis], (nv) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004
• * Let’s Go Knock Over Seaside, (nv) A Confederacy of Crime, ed. Sarah Shankman, Signet 2001
• * Loot, (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (Garden District).
• * A Match Made in Hell, (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991
• * Montezuma’s Other Revenge, (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * Project Mushroom, (ss) EQMM Feb 1984
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * Red Rock [Philip Marlowe], (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999
• * Silk Strands [Sgt. Ward Donaldson], (ss) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * Strangers on a Plane, (ss) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * Too Mean to Die, (nv) Blue Lightning, ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press 1998
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * Where the Boys Are [Sgt. Ward Donaldson], (ss) MHCMM Fll 1998
  • Mean Rooms, Five Star 2000
• * [untitled], (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006

_____, [ref.]

• * “Interview with Julie Smith” by J. Alec West, (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1997

SMITH, KAREN (chron.)

• * Club Dead, (pm) Murderous Intent Fll 1997

SMITH, KAY NOLTE (1932-1993) (chron.)

• * Caveat Emptor, (ss) AHMM Jun 1976
  • AHMM Jul/Aug 2006

SMITH, KEVIN BURTON (chron.)

• * Two Fingers, (ss) Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001

_____, [ref.]

• * A Conversation with Kevin Burton Smith, (iv) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2001

SMITH, LISA RENÉ (books) (chron.)

• * The Old Pine Lodge, (ss) Dead and Breakfast, ed. Lisa René Smith & Linda Houle, L & L Dreamspell 2007

SMITH, LIZ (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Plot Thickens, ed. Mary Higgens Clark, Pocket 1997

SMITH, MARIE (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • More Ms. Murder, ed. Marie Smith, London: Xanadu 1991
  • Nobel Crimes, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1992
  • Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1994

SMITH, MARK HASKELL (chron.)

• * The Day Trader in the Trunk of Cleto’s Car, (ss) WlSNoir 2007; (Los Angeles, California).

SMITH, MARTIN CRUZ; [born Martin William Smith] (1942- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • San Francisco Thrillers, ed. John Miller & Tim Smith, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1995
  • Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999

SMITH, MARY D. (chron.)

• * Lament for a Legend: Lizzie Borden Revisited, (ss) The Armchair Detective Spr 1978
  • EQMM Aug 1992

SMITH, MICHAEL S. (chron.)

• * Mercedes, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1982
• * Positive Identification, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984

SMITH, MORRIS (chron.)

• * Claiming Territory, (ss) AHMM Feb 1990

SMITH, NEVILLE (1940- ) (chron.)

• * Heartache Tonight, (nv) Blue Lightning, ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press 1998

SMITH, P. (chron.)

• * Sherlock Holmes In: The Grey Nun Legacy [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books 1992

SMITH, PAULINE C(oggeshall) (1908-1994) (chron.)

• * After Jamie, (ss) AHMM Jul 1982
• * Changes, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1980
• * The Dog, (ss) AHMM Aug 1986
  • Mystery for Halloween, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
  • Canine Crimes II, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
• * Earl Crawford—My Ambition—English I, (ss) AHMM Jul 1983
• * I Killed Him!, (nv) AHMM Sep 1968
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1991
• * A Little Bit of a Jigsaw Puzzle, (ss) AHMM Feb 1975
  • AHMM Jun 1991
• * The Mechanical Heart, (ss) AHMM Jul 16 1980
• * The Opal Necklace, (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• * The Plough Horse, (ss) AHMM Nov 11 1981
• * The Son, (ss) AHMM Jun 1982

SMITH, PENNY (1955- ); see pseudonym Penny Sumner (chron.)

SMITH, PERRY MICHAEL (1937- ) (chron.)

• * For Jeff, (ss) EQMM Feb 1998

SMITH, PETER MOORE (1965- ) (chron.)

• * Forgetting the Girl, (ss) The MacGuffin Spr 1999
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2000, ed. Donald E. Westlake, Houghton Mifflin 2000

SMITH, R. T. (chron.)

• * Ina Grove, (nv) The Virginia Quarterly Review Fll 2005
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006

SMITH, RICHARD A., M.D. (chron.)

• * Remembering My Hanai Father, (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999

SMITH, RICHARD R(ein) (1930- ); see pseudonym Richard Reinsmith (chron.)

SMITH, ROB (chron.)

• * The Kiss, (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

SMITH, ROBERT CHARLES (1938- ); see pseudonym Robert Charles (chron.)

SMITH, ROBERT D.; see pseudonym Jack Dolphin (chron.)

SMITH, SARAH (Winthrop) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Fearful, (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998

SMITH, STEVIE (1902-1971) (chron.)

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

SMITH, VERN (chron.)

• * Foil for the Fire, (ss) Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001
• * The Gimmick, (ss) Hard Boiled Love, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2003

SMITH, WILLIAM F. (chron.)

• * An Almost Perfect Crime, (nv) AHMM Apr 1987
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006
• * Cold Comfort, (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1990
• * Congealed Weapon, (pm) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• * Dead Giveaway, (pm) EQMM Sep 1990
• * His Own Executioner, (pm) EQMM May 5 1980
• * Literary Larceny, (pm) EQMM Dec 1 1980
• * My Good Deed, (nv) AHMM Jun 1996
• * One Man’s Meat, (pm) EQMM Mar 1990
• * Oriental Thug, (pm) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• * The Perfectionists, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1984
• * The Plot Thickens, (pm) EQMM Jan 1995
• * Post Mortem, (pm) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• * Powered Sugar, (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1992
• * Quitting Cold Turkey, (pm) EQMM Aug 1990
• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Letter Perfect, (vi) AHMM Jul 1992
• * Successful Failure, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1983
• * Temporary Solution, (pm) EQMM Feb 1990
• * Thief’s Brief Grief, (pm) EQMM Dec 1990
• * Turning the Tables, (pm) EQMM Oct 1990
• * Who Put the Poison in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder?, (ss) AHMM Jun 1997

SMITH, WILLIAM I. (chron.)

• * Everybody Calls Me Rocky, (ss) EQMM Aug 1976
  • Kingpins, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * George and Miss Gleason, (ss) AHMM Sep 1994
• * George and the Safety Box Lady, (vi) AHMM Apr 1987
• * What You Don’t Know, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1985

SMITH, WILLIAM M. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Stairway to Nowhere, (vi) AHMM May 1993

SMITH, WILLIAM P. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Off the Wall, (vi) AHMM Dec 1992

SMITTENAAR, H. G. (chron.)

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• * DeKok and the Death of a Rottweiler, by Baantjer [Insp. Jurriaan DeKok], (ss) EQMM Jun 2006; from De Cock en een hammerslag, Uitgeverij De Fontein, Baarn, Netherlands, 1996.
• * DeKok and the Hammer Blow, by Baantjer [Insp. Jurriaan DeKok], (ss) EQMM Feb 2005
  • Passports to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2006

SMOKE, STEPHEN (Lee) (1949- ); see pseudonym Hamilton T. Caine (chron.)

SMOKE, STEPHEN L. (chron.)

• * From the Desk of the Publisher, (ed) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

SMULLYAN, RAYMOND (Merrill) (1919- ) (chron.)

• * From the Files of Inspector Craig, (pz) What Is the Name of This Book?—The Riddle of Dracula & Other Logical Puzzles, Prentice-Hall 1978
  • Detective Stories, ed. Philip Pullman, Kingfisher 1998
• * More from the Files of Inspector Craig, (pz) What Is the Name of This Book?—The Riddle of Dracula & Other Logical Puzzles, Prentice-Hall 1978
  • Detective Stories, ed. Philip Pullman, Kingfisher 1998
• * Unsolved
  ___ (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
  • AHMM Aug 1991
• * Unsolved:
  ___ A More Interesting Case, (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
  • AHMM Jan 1991
  
  ___ A Most Interesting Case of All, (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
  • AHMM Mar 1991
  
  ___ The Next Trial, (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
  • AHMM Jul 1991
  
  ___ The Second Account, (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
  • AHMM Sep 1991
  
  ___ A Still More Interesting Case, (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
  • AHMM Feb 1991