Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

STRIBLING, T. S. (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * A Pearl at Pampatar [Prof. Henry Poggioli], (ss) Adventure Jun 1 1929
  • Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Pink Colonnade [Prof. Henry Poggioli], (ss) Adventure Feb 1 1933
  • Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Private Jungle [Prof. Henry Poggioli], (ss) Blue Book Aug 1933
  • Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Resurrection of Chin Lee [Prof. Henry Poggioli], (nv) Adventure Apr 15 1932
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Shadow [Prof. Henry Poggioli], (ss) The Red Book Magazine Feb 1934
  • Twelve American Detective Stories, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Oxford University Press 1997
  • Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Shadowed [Prof. Henry Poggioli], (na) Adventure Oct 15 1930
  • Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist, Crippen & Landru 2004

STRICHARTZ, NAOMI (chron.)

• * Death at the Met, (nv) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991
• * Death on Fifty-Sixth Street, (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990

STRICKER, WENDY (chron.)

• * Past Tense, (pm) EQMM Apr 1999

STRIEBER, (Louis) WHITLEY (1945- ) (chron.)

• * Desperate Dan, (nv) Murder on the Run, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 1998
• * Hole in the Head, (ss) Murder in the Family, The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
• * Show Us the Way, (nv) Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000

STRIEBY, VIRGIL (chron.)

• * Change of Address, (pm) EQMM Mar 10 1980
• * Final Payment, (pm) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• * X Marks the Unknown Spot, (pm) EQMM Jun 2 1980

STRINGER, ARTHUR (John Arbuthnott) (1874-1950) (chron.)

• * Running Out of Pay-Dirt [Witter Kerfoot], (ss) The Man Who Couldn’t Sleep, Bobbs-Merrill 1919
  • Crime in a Cold-Climate, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1994

STROHM, KEITH FRANCIS (chron.)

• * Strange Bedfellows, (nv) Realms of Mystery, ed. Philip Athans, Lake Geneva: TSR 1998

STRONG, L(eonard) A(lfred) G(eorge) (1896-1958) (chron.)

• * Chailey’s Folly, (ss) The (London) Evening Standard May 1 1934
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993
• * Orpheus, (ss) The Century Jul 1927
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

STRONG, MARGARET (chron.)

• * Little Miss Muffet, (ss) EQMM Mar 2003

STRONG, MARIANNE WILSKI (chron.)

• * Blue Ice, (ss) EQMM Jan 1993
• * Cabbages and Things, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2000
• * Case Capped, (ss) AHMM Apr 2008
• * Death at Delphi [Kleides of Athens], (nv) AHMM Jun 2006
• * Death at Olympia [Kleides of Athens], (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2003
• * Death at the Festival [Kleides of Athens], (nv) AHMM Mar 2004
• * Death at the Port [Kleides of Athens], (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005
• * Death at the Theatre [Kleides of Athens], (nv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2005
• * Death in an Olive Grove [Kleides of Athens], (ss) AHMM Apr 2003
• * Death in the Keramikos Cemetery [Kleides the Sophist], (ss) AHMM Jun 2008
• * Fine for Littering, (ss) AHMM May 2001
• * Four A.M. Alarm, (ss) AHMM Feb 1995
• * The Honored Guest, (ss) EQMM Jan 2001
  • Mystery: The Best of 2001, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2002
• * Ice-Cold Murder, (ss) AHMM May 1999
• * The Last Vigil, (ss) EQMM Aug 1999
• * The Lyre’s Song [Kleides of Athens], (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002
• * Medusa in Mourning, (nv) AHMM Dec 1990
• * Murder to Die For, (ss) AHMM Apr 1998
• * A Private Battle [Martin Wyla], (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2008
• * Saint Casimir’s Fire, (ss) AHMM Jun 2007
• * The Shaft, (ss) EQMM Sep 1993
• * The Shooters, (ss) AHMM Sep 1996
• * Wedding Blues, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997

STROSS, CHARLES (1964- ) (chron.)

• * Examination Night, (na) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992

STRUBER, NORMAN (chron.)

• * The Intruder!, (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Aug 1957
• * Man With a Rich Witch, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1958
• * Pro Killer, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1957
• * Protective Custody, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

STRUTHERS, BETSY; [i.e., Elizabeth Jane Porter Struthers] (1951- ) (chron.)

• * How Does Your Garden Grow? [Rosie Cairns], (ss) Investigating Women, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1995

STUART, IAN (1927-1993); see pseudonym Malcolm Gray (chron.)

• * The Approach of Winter, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1985
• * Dicker McLeish’s Girl, (nv) EQMM Sep 1985
• * Francoise, (ss) EQMM Jan 1988
• * The Grotte de St. Simon, (ss) EQMM Sep 1983
• * Jimmy My Son, (ss) EQMM Dec 1992
• * Justice and Sergeant Shardlow, (ss) EQMM Sep 1984
• * Lenny’s Swan Song, (ss) EQMM Jul 1991
• * Lorna’s People, (ss) EQMM May 1985
• * Miss Crindle and the Red-Nosed Raindeer, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1992
• * The Night of the Storm, (ss) EQMM Oct 1987
• * Nobody’s Told You, Have They?, (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• * None of Us Is Perfect, (ss) EQMM May 1986
• * Second Honeymoon, (ss) The Mystery Guild Anthology, ed. John Waite, Constable 1980
  • EQMM Sep 1993
• * Seeing Joyce Dead, (ss) EQMM Jun 1988
• * The Steep Dark Stairs, (ss) EQMM Jun 1984
• * The Vanity of Martin Roscoe, (ss) John Creasey’s Crime Collection, ed. Herbert Harris 1981
  • EQMM May 1982

STUART, WILLIAM W. (chron.)

• * Matchmates, (ss) AHMM Feb 1962
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962

STUCKART, DIANE A. S. (1957- ) (chron.)

• * www.gonnahavekelly.com, (nv) Murder Most Romantic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Denise Little, Cumberland House 2001

STUDEBAKER, DON(ald Valentine) (1941- ); see pseudonym Mason Powell (chron.)

STULTZ, THOMAS (chron.)

• * Dance Hall Reels, (ss) Plots with Guns Win 2000
• * Ink Wings, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1997

STUMPF, DAN (chron.)

• * The Stooge Audition, (ss) EQMM Nov 1996
• * White Like the Snow, (ss) EQMM Jan 1999
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002

STURGEON, JOHNNIE (chron.)

• * The McKennly Curse, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 2002
  • Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2002

STURGEON, THEODORE; [born Edward Hamilton Waldo] (1918-1985) (chron.)

• * The Abominable House Guest [“Fluffy”], (ss) Weird Tales Mar 1947
  • EQMM Jun 1963
  • Mystery Cats, ed. Anon., Signet 1991
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * Fluffy, (ss) Weird Tales Mar 1947; also as “The Abominable House Guest”.
• * Helix the Cat, (nv) Astounding, ed. Harry Harrison, Random 1973
  • Mystery Cats 3, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1995
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001

STUTZ, C. E.; pseudonym (chron.)

• * The French Way, (ss) EQMM Dec 1994

STUTZMAN, WALTER J. (chron.)

• * Dead Ringer (with Esther M. Friesner), (nv) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992
• * A Hamster of No Importance (with Esther M. Friesner), (nv) Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998

STYRCULA, KEITH (1960- ); see pseudonym Stephen Rhodes (chron.)

SUBARTON, DARREN (chron.)

• * The Best Things in Life Are Someone Else’s, (ss) Mississippi Review Sum 2000
• * Nil Desperandum, (ss) Plots with Guns Win 2000
• * Rhombus and Cerebella, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2001
• * Sneaky Pete, Death Pimpin’ Shamika, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000
• * This Type of Shit, It Happens Everyday, (ss) Plots with Guns Jun/Jul 2000
• * A Vague Implication, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Mar 2001

SUBLETT, JESSE (Edwin, III) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * Easiest Money I Ever Made [Clapton], (ss) Hardboiled #15 1993
• * Gore Galore, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 1989
• * I Am the City, (ss) Hardboiled #10 1989
• * I’ve Got a Gun, and It’s Name Is I.O.U., (ss) Hardboiled Detective #11 1991
• * Rock Critic Murders [Martin Fender], (ex) 1989
  • Lone Star Sleuths, ed. Bill Cunningham, Steven L. Davis & Rollo K. Newsom, University of Texas Press 2007

SUCHER, DOROTHY (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Felis Domestica, (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998

SUCHY, PATTY (chron.)

• * Mystery and Today’s Treveler, (ar) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

SUDDABY, (William) DONALD (1900-1964); see pseudonym Alan Griff (chron.)

SUEBLOW, MARY (chron.)

• * Mystery Manor, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Sep 2000

SUIT, VERNA (chron.)

• * Through the Roof, (ss) Chesapeake Crimes, ed. Donna Andrews, Quiet Storm Books 2004

SULLIVAN, (Edward) ALAN (1868-1947) (chron.)

• * The Eyes of Sebastian, (ss) The Popular Magazine Jan 1 1925
  • Crime Where the Nights Are Long, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Toronto: Simon & Pierre 1999

SULLIVAN, C. J. (chron.)

• * Alex Pinto Hears the Bell, (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (North & Troy).
• * The Brooklyn Boogeyman, (ss) Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth, ed. Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock, Akashic Books 2008; (Bensonhurst).
• * The Last Round, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Inwood).
• * Philosophies of Life, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000
• * Slipping into Darkness, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004
• * The Small Things, (ss) Hardboiled #19 1994

SULLIVAN, CAITLIN (chron.)

• * Nearly Roadkill (an excerpt) (with Kate Bornstein), (ex) Serpent’s Tail 1996
  • Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

SULLIVAN, DONALD (chron.)

• * The Dweller in Big Misty, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 2002
• * Intruder, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #43 2003
• * Raw Deal, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #38 2003
• * Switch, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 2001

SULLIVAN, EDWARD S.; pseudonym of Walter B. Gibson, (1897-1985) (chron.)

• * Fainting Cop, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 1 1938
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

SULLIVAN, ELEANOR (Regis) (1928-1991); see pseudonyms Julia DeHahn & Ruth Graviros (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Best Short Stories of 1983, ed. Anon., Davis 1984
  • Readers’ Choice, ed. Anon., Davis 1990
  • More Murder on Cue, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1990
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Scarlet Letters, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1991
• * Lies [as by Ruth Graviros], (ss) EQMM Sep 1987
  • EQMM Nov 1991
• * The Purloined Treasures (with Cliona O’Ceallaigh), (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1990
• * Sick Transit, (pm) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• * The Uneasy Chair, (ed) The Armchair Detective Win 1990
• * Whodunit: A Biblio-Bio-Anecdotal Memoir of Frederic Dannay, (bg) New York: Targ Editions 1984
  • EQMM Mar 1991

SULLIVAN, FRANK (1892-1976) (chron.)

• * Crisp Bills for Mr. Teagle, (ss) New Yorker 1935
  • AHMM Jan 1999

SULLIVAN, JOHN (chron.)

• * How Things Get Done in the French Quarter, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

SULLIVAN, MARY (chron.)

• * The Straw That Broke, (ss) EQMM Sep 9 1981

SULLIVAN, MARY ROSE (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with Rex Burns), (in)
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990

SULLIVAN, THOMAS (William) (1940- ) (chron.)

• * Deep Down Under, (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
• * The Muse, (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996

SUMNER, PENNY; pseudonym of Penny Smith, (1955- ) (chron.)

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

SUNDBLAD, DONNA (chron.)

• * Shelter in the Shadows, (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

SUNDESON, PAUL (chron.)

• * Piece by Piece, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Dec 2007

SUNHOLM, TRISHA (chron.)

• * A Little Imagination, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1984

SUNSERI, JOHN (chron.)

• * A Guy Walks into a Bar..., (ss) Hardboiled #33 2005
• * A Little Job in Arkham, (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

SURBER, LOIS C. (chron.)

• * How Soon We Forget, (pm) EQMM Nov 3 1980

SUSSEX, LUCY (Jane) (1957- ) (chron.)

• * The Monster Regiment, (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993
• * Who Killed Cock Robin?, (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994
• * World Mystery Report: Australia (with David Honeybone), (ar)
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001