Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

BLOCK, LAWRENCE (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Keller’s Horoscope [John Keller], (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Keller’s Karma [John Keller], (nv) Playboy Feb 1995
  • Hit Man, Morrow 1998
  • Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Keller’s Last Refuge [John Keller], (nv) Playboy Mar 1998
  • Hit Man, Morrow 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1999, ed. Ed McBain, Houghton Mifflin 1999
• * Keller’s Therapy [John Keller], (nv) Playboy May 1993
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1994, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
  • The Edgar Award Book, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
  • Hit Man, Morrow 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Over the Edge, ed. Peter Sellers & Robert J. Sawyer, Pottersfield Press 2000
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Leo Youngdahl, R.I.P., (ss) Like a Lamb to the Slaughter, Arbor 1984
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Let’s Get Lost [Matt Scudder], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2000
  • Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
  • High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003
• * Lie Back and Enjoy It, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Life After Life, (ss) AHMM Oct 1978; also as “And Miles to Go Before I Sleep”.
  • Murder Most Medical, ed. Cathleen Jordan & Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * Like a Bone in the Throat, (nv) Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Murder Most Postal, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Like a Bug on a Windshield, (ss) EQMM Oct 1985
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Like a Dog in the Street, (nv) AHMM Apr 1977
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Like a Lamb to the Slaughter [“A Candle for the Bag Lady”; Matt Scudder], (nv) AHMM Nov 1977
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * Like a Thief in the Night [Bernie Rhodenbarr], (ss) Cosmopolitan May 1983
  • First Cases, Volume 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1997
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * A Little Off the Top, (ss) Gallery May 1981
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Look Death in the Eye!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Looking for David [Matt Scudder], (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
  • EQMM Feb 1998
  • Cutting Edge, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Make a Prison, (ss) Science Fiction Stories Jan 1959
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Man with a Passion!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Jul 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * The Merciful Angel of Death [Matt Scudder], (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Eyes Still Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1996
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Most Wanted, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * A Moment of Wrong Thinking, (ss) EQMM Apr 2002
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
  • Murder in the Family, The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * The Most Unusual Snatch, (ss) AHMM Apr 1967
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1967
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Murder at the Roundtable (with Mary Higgins Clark, Stanley Cohen, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Mickey Friedman, Susan Isaacs, Judith Kelman, Warren B. Murphy, Justin Scott & Peter Straub), (ms) MHCMM Sum 2000
• * Murder Is My Business, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Sep 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * The Naked and the Deadly [Ed London], (na) Man’s Magazine Oct 1962
  • The Lost Cases of Ed London, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Night and the Music [Matt Scudder], (ss)
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Nothing Short of Highway Robbery, (ss) AHMM Mar 1977
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Stories #1, ed. Anon., Bonomo 1979
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * One Night of Death [as by B. L. Lawrence], (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * One Thousand Dollars a Word, (ss) AHMM Mar 1978
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
  • No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * An Opening Shot, (in)
  • Opening Shots, ed. Lawrence Block, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * Out the Window [Matt Scudder], (nv) AHMM Sep 1977
  • AHMM Oct 1990
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
  • First Cases, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Dutton 1996
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Package Deal, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1961
  • Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1960
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * A Pair of Recycled Jeans, (ss) AHMM Aug 1976; also as “Funny You Should Ask”.
• * Passport in Order, (ss) AHMM Feb 1966
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Points, (ss) Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
  • Men from Boys, ed. John Harvey, Heinemann 2003
• * Professional Killer, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Pseudo Identity, (ss) AHMM Nov 1966
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Ride a White Horse, (ss) Manhunt Dec 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2001
• * Rude Awakening, (ss) Bronx Noir, ed. S. J. Rozan, Akashic Books 2007; (Riverdale).
• * A Shroud for the Damned, (ss) Keyhole Mystery Magazine Apr 1962
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Some Days You Get the Bear, (nv) Penthouse 1993
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Some Things a Man Must Do, (ss) AHMM Dec 1966
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Someday I’ll Plant More Walnut Trees, (ss) Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
  • August Is a Good Time for Killing, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Something to Remember You By, (ss) New Mystery Jul/Aug 1991
  • Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Sometimes They Bite, (ss) AHMM Jun 1976
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Master’s Choice Volume II, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2000
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Speaking of Greed, (na) Speaking of Greed, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * Speaking of Lust, (na) Speaking of Lust, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Stag Party Girl [Ed London], (na) Man’s Magazine Aug 1962
  • Pulp Masters, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • The Lost Cases of Ed London, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Strangers on a Handball Court, (ss) AHMM Jan 1977
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Sweet Little Hands, (ss) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Sweet Little Racket [as by B. L. Lawrence], (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Terrible Tommy Terhune, (nv) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
  • Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• * That Kind of a Day, (ss) AHMM Jun 1974
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * This Crazy Business of Ours, (ss) AHMM May 1977
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Three in the Side Pocket, (ss) Hot Blood X, ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket 1998
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * The Tulsa Experience, (ss) Some Days You Get the Bear, Morrow 1993
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Twin Party Girls [Ed London], (na) Man’s Magazine Aug 1963
  • The Lost Cases of Ed London, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * A Vision in White, (ss) EQMM Jun 2007
  • A Prisoner of Memory: And 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Pegasus 2008
• * The Way to Power, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Jun 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
• * Weekend Guests, (ss) AHMM Aug 1978
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * Welcome to the Real World, (ss) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * When This Man Dies, (ss) AHMM Apr 1964
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • The Killing Spirit, ed. Jay Hopler, The Overlook Press 1996
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * With a Smile for the Ending [“Bits and Pieces”], (ss) AHMM Jan 1966
  • Murder by the Book, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * You Can’t Lose, (ss) Manhunt Feb 1958
  • One Night Stands, Crippen & Landru 1999
  • Opening Shots, ed. Lawrence Block, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * You Could Call It Blackmail, (ss) For Women Only Sep/Oct 1979
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Orion 1999
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002
• * You Don’t Even Feel It, (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Burglar Who Became a Detective” by Cheryl Solimini, (bg) MHCMM Sum 1998

BLOCK, LYNNE WOOD (chron.)

• * The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke (with Lawrence Block) [*Bernie Rhodenbarr], (nv) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
  • The Collected Mystery Stories, Lawrence Block, Orion 1999
  • Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
  • The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
  • Enough Rope, Morrow 2002

BLOC-RODOT, CÉCILE (chron.)

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• * Goldfish, by Didier Daeninckx, (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993

BLODGET, HENRY (chron.)

• * Bonus Season, (ss) WlSNoir 2007; (Shanghai, China).

BLOFF, J. A. (chron.)

• * Now Bleed to Death!, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1959

BLOOMFIELD, ANTHONY (John Westgate) (1922-2001) (chron.)

• * False Arrest, (ss) EQMM Feb 1983
• * How Does Your Garden Grow?, (ss) EQMM Jun 17 1981

BLOOMFIELD, HOWARD V(an) L(ieu) (1900- ) (chron.)

• * The Trap, (ss) Colliers Apr 19 1947
  • AHMM Mar 1984

BLOXHAM, DAVE (chron.)

• * Antiquated Magic, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #47 2004

BLUDIS, JACK (chron.)

• * Blondes, Blondes, Blondes! [Ken Sligo], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2006
• * Munchies, (ss) Hardbroiled, ed. Michael Bracken, Betancourt & Company 2003
  • Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2003
• * New Guy on the Block [Ken Sligo], (ss) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001
• * Pigtown Will Shine Tonight, (ss) Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006; (Pigtown).

BLUE, J(ames) MICHAEL (1937- ) (chron.)

• * Abbey’s World, (ss) Plots with Guns Aug/Sep 2000
• * Drafting for Charlie, (ss) Plots with Guns Jun/Jul 2000
• * In Praise of the Underappreciated: Lansdale (HHC), (ar) Plots with Guns Oct-Dec 2000
• * In Praise of the Underappreciated: Pelecanos (HHC), (ar) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2001
• * Like Mother, Like Daughter, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2001
• * Things Have a Way of Working Themselves Out, (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2002

_____, [ref.]

• * “An interview with J. Michael Blue” by James R. Winter, (iv) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2002

blue, m. i. (chron.)

• * Near-Death Experience, (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

BLUM, HOWARD (chron.)

• * Hit Men in Blue (with John Connolly), (tc)
  • The Best American Crime Writing 2006, ed. Mark Bowden, Harper Perennial 2006

BLUMBERG, J. D. (chron.)

• * The Mystery of Lilac Cottage, (ss) AHMM Jun 1991

BLUNDELL, HAROLD (1902-1982); see pseudonym George Bellairs (chron.)

BLYTH, HARRY (chron.)

• * The Accusing Shadow [Jules Gervaise], (na) The Halfpenny Marvel Oct 2 1894
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * The Missing Millionaire, (na)
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006

BLYTHE, HAL; see pseudonym Hal Charles (chron.)

• * The Black Death (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1982
• * A Dark Night with a Blind Lady (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1985
• * Day of Revenge (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1984
• * Dead Ringer (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1984
• * Deadly Memories (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1983
• * Deadly Visions (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1985
• * Death on Skull Mountain (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1983
• * Death Stalks the Campus (with Charles Sweet) [as by Brett Halliday; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1983