Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

BORNEMAN, ERNEST (William Julius) (1915-1995); see pseudonym Cameron McCabe (chron.)

BORNEMANN, SAMANTHA (chron.)

• * Innocence Lost: The Third Wave of Teen Girl Drama, (ar) NptNoir 2007

BORNSTEIN, KAREN (chron.)

• * Do You Hear What I Hear?, (ar) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

BORNSTEIN, KATE (chron.)

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

BORREBACH, W. B. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Pumpkin Capers, (vi) AHMM Jan 2001

BORTHWICK, J. S.; pseudonym of Jean Scott Creighton, (1923- ) (chron.)

• * The Case of the Hook-Billed Kites [Sarah Deane; Dr. Alex McKenzie], (ex) 1982
  • Lone Star Sleuths, ed. Bill Cunningham, Steven L. Davis & Rollo K. Newsom, University of Texas Press 2007

BORTON, DOUGLAS (Child, Jr.) (1960- ); see pseudonym Brian Harper (chron.)

• * Fangs, (nv) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * Last Kiss, (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
• * The Man Who Killed Santa, (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• * Pressure, (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994

BOSHINSKI, BLANCHE (1922- ) (chron.)

• * Games, (ss) EQMM Jan 1992
• * The Hunter, (ss) EQMM Sep 1993
• * The Imprints, (ss) EQMM Sep 1994
• * One Hot Saturday, (ss) EQMM Jan 1993
• * Sawed to Death, (ss) EQMM May 1992
• * A Thieving Update, (pm) EQMM Mar 1992

BOSSON, LINDA (chron.)

• * Occupational Hazard, (pm) EQMM Jan 1998

BOSVELD, JANE (chron.)

• * Collecting the Detectives, (ar) MHCMM Sum 1999
• * Diane Mott Davidson Serves Uo a Tough Cookie, (bg) MHCMM Sum 2000; on Goldy B. Schulz.

BOSWELL, JOAN (books) (chron.)

• * Accidents Can Happen, (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997
• * River Rage, (ss) Dead in the Water, ed. Violette Malan & Therese Greenwood, RendezVous Press 2006

BOSWORTH, ALLAN R(ucker) (1901-1986); see pseudonym Jackson W. Horne (chron.)

BOSWORTH, JANE (chron.)

• * Clippin’ Coyotes, (ss) EQMM Jul 1988
• * Huntin’ Quail, (ss) EQMM Jul 1984
• * It Weren’t Right, (ss) EQMM Feb 1983
• * Me Ellie’s Willie, (ss) EQMM Nov 1984
• * Me Oriana’s Julia, (ss) EQMM Feb 1986
• * Pluckin’ Pigeons, (ss) EQMM Jul 1985
• * Scruffin’ Scoundrels, (ss) EQMM May 1986
• * Skinning Varmits, (ss) EQMM Aug 1983
• * Tarrin’ Turkeys, (ss) EQMM Jan 1989
• * Taxin’ Taxies, (ss) EQMM Jul 1987
• * Whippin’ Wildcats, (ss) EQMM Jan 1987

BÖTTCHER, MAXIMILIAN (1872-1950) (chron.)

• * The Detective, (ss) 1899
  • Early German and Austrian Detective Fiction, ed. Mary W. Tannert & Henry Kratz, McFarland 1999

BOTTOME, PHYLLIS; pseudonym of Phyllis Forbes-Dennis, (1884-1963) (chron.)

• * The Liqueur Glass, (ss) The Smart Set Mar 1915
  • EQMM May 1945
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994

BOUCHARD, JACQUES E. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Last Call, (vi) AHMM Apr 1994

BOUCHER, ANTHONY; pseudonym of William A. P. White, (1911-1968) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Bogle-Wolf [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Illustrious Client’s Second Case-Book, ed. J. N. Williamson, Curtis Brown 1949
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
• * Crime Must Have a Stop [Nick Noble], (nv) EQMM Feb 1951
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
• * Design for Dying, (ss) Detective Short Stories Sep 1941
  • EQMM Nov 1983
• * The Ghost with the Gun, (ss) The Master Detective Jun 1945; also as “Trick-or-Treat”.
• * The Girl Who Married a Monster [Nick Noble], (ss) EQMM Feb 1954
  • 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
• * A Kind of Madness, (ss) EQMM Aug 1972
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994
• * The Last Hand [*Fergus O’Breen], (ss) EQMM Sep 1958
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Mystery for Christmas, (ss) EQMM Jan 1943
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1990
  • Merry Murder, ed. Cynthia Manson, Seafarer 1994
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * Nine-Finger Jack, (ss) Esquire May 1951
  • The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1958
  • The Saint Detective Magazine Jan 1958
  • EQMM Sep 1964
• * On “Scowrer”, (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
• * On a Day Unknown, (ar) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960
• * The Pink Caterpillar [*Fergus O’Breen], (ss) Adventure Feb 1945
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * QL 696.C9 [Nick Noble], (ss) EQMM May 1943
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Sinister Spies, ed. Anon., Random House 1982
• * Screwball Division [Nick Noble], (ss) EQMM Sep 1942
  • Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1957
  • Ellery Queen’s Anthology Volume 1, ed. Ellery Queen, London: May Fair 1959
• * Threnody, (ss) Maiden Murders, Mystery Writers of America, Harper’s 1952
  • The Fourth Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959
  • EQMM Apr 1962
• * Trick-or-Treat [“The Ghost with the Gun”], (ss) The Master Detective Jun 1945
  • The Third Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959
  • Murder for Halloween, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press 1994
• * The Ultimate Clue, (vi) EQMM Oct 1960
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Stories #2, ed. Anon., Bonomo 1979

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• * The Case of the Three Bicyclists, by Georges Simenon [Monsieur Froget], (ss) EQMM Jul 1946; translated from “Les 13 Coupables”, 1932.
  • Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1991
• * The Little House at Croix-Rousse, by Georges Simenon [Joseph Leborgne], (ss) EQMM Nov 1947
  • The Fourth Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959
  • Suspense (UK) Apr 1959
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001

BOULTON, JIM (chron.)

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

BOUMA, J(ohannes) L. (1914-1978) (chron.)

• * How to Show a Corpse, (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1947
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

BOUMAN, INA (chron.)

• * The Deep Blue Sea, (ss) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
• * Mrs. Website’s Dance, (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002

BOUNDS, SYDNEY J(ames) (1920-2006); see pseudonym Clifford Wallace (chron.)

• * Mage of the Monkeys, (ss) Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990

BOURG, B. J. (chron.)

• * Camp Keller, (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006
• * A Cold Murder, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #45 2004
• * A Deadly Phone Call, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #53 2004
• * Death Notice, (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006
• * Victim Notification, (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006

BOURGEAU, ART(hur) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * East Coast Mystery Scene, (cl) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

BOURNE, MARK (chron.)

• * The Case of the Detective’s Smile [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995

BOUWER, IZAK (1933- ) (chron.)

• * The Vertebrae of a Long Snake, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1985

BOVA, BEN(jamin William) (1932- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Aboard Torch Ship Hermes, (aw)
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Acts of God [Sam Gunn], (ss) Science Fiction Age May 1995
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Brillo (with Harlan Ellison), (nv) Analog Aug 1970
  • Tin Stars, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, NAL/Signet 1986
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * City of Darkness, (n.) New York: Scribner’s 1976
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * Diamond Sam [Sam Gunn], (nv) F&SF Nov 1988
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * Escape!, (na) New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1970
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * Introduction: Aboard Torch Ship Hermes, (in)
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Nursery Sam [Sam Gunn], (nv) Analog Jan 1996
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Out of Time, (ss) Omni Nov 1984
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * Sam and the Prudent Jurist [Sam Gunn], (na) Science Fiction Age Jan 1997
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Sam’s War [Sam Gunn], (na) Analog Jul 1994
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Stars, Won’t You Hide Me?, (ss) Worlds of Tomorrow Jan 1966
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * Statement of Clark Griffith IV, (lk)
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Statement of Juanita Carlotta Maria Rivera y Molina, (lk)
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Statement of Lawrence V. Karsh, (lk)
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Statement of Steven Achernar Wright, (lk)
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Statement of the Rt. Hon. Jill McD. Meyers, (lk)
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Test in Orbit [Kinsman], (ss) Analog Sep 1965
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990
• * Tourist Sam [Sam Gunn], (na) Analog Mar 1998
  • Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos 1998
• * Vince’s Dragon, (ss) Dragons of Darkness, ed. Orson Scott Card, Ace 1981
  • Future Crime, Tor 1990

BOWDEN, JEAN (1925- ) (chron.)

• * Little Old Lady Passing By, (ss) EQMM Jan 1983
• * A Very Rough Element, (ss) EQMM Feb 1984

BOWDEN, MARK (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Best American Crime Writing 2006, ed. Mark Bowden, Harper Perennial 2006

BOWEN, ELIZABETH (Dorothea Cole) (1899-1973) (chron.)

• * from “Telling”, (ex) The Black Cap, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson 1927
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * Making Arrangements, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jun 1924
  • Revenge, ed. Kate Saunders, Faber & Faber 1991
• * Telling, (ss) The Black Cap, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson 1927
  • EQMM Oct 1948
  • Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1991
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993

BOWEN, GAIL (1942- ) (chron.)

• * The King of Charles Street West, (ss) Toronto Noir, ed. Janine Armin & Nathaniel G. Moore, Akashic Books 2008; (Dundas Square).

BOWEN, MARJORIE; pseudonym of Gabrielle M. V. Long, (1886-1952) (chron.)

• * The Avenging of Ann Leete, (ss) The New Magazine Dec 1923
  • The Haunted Hour, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley Prime Crime 1995
• * The Folding Doors, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1912
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
• * The Last Bouquet, (ss) 1933
  • Mystery and Detection #2 1934
• * Marwood’s Ghost Story, (ss) John o’ London’s Weekly Dec 6 1925
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990
• * The Prescription, (ss) The London Magazine Jan 1929
  • Mystery and Detection Jun 1935
• * White Hyacinths, (ss)
  • Mystery and Detection Sep 1935

BOWEN, MICHAEL (Anthony) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Great Detectives: Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, (ar) The Strand Magazine Christmas 2001, #8 2002

BOWEN, R. S.; see under Bowen, Robert Sidney (chron.)

BOWEN, RHYS; pseudonym of Janet Quin-Harkin, (1941- ) (chron.)

• * The Case of the Lugubrious Manservant [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004
• * Club Dead, (ss) AHMM Mar 2005
• * Do Have a Cup of Tea, (ss) Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002
• * Doppelganger, (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004
• * Killing Time, (ss) AHMM Nov 2007
• * The Proof of the Pudding [Molly Murphy], (nv) Death Dines In, ed, Claudia Bishop & Dean James, Berkley 2004
• * The Seal of the Confessional, (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000
• * Voodoo, (ss) AHMM Nov 2004
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * The Wall, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005

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• * Conversation with Rhys Bowen, (iv) AHMM Nov 2004

BOWEN, ROBERT SIDNEY (1900-1977); see pseudonym Barry Barton (chron.)

• * Black Lightning! [Dusty Ayres], (n.) Dusty Ayres Jul 1934
  • High Adventure #44 1999
• * Crimson Doom [Dusty Ayres], (n.) Dusty Ayres Aug 1934
  • High Adventure #65 2002
• * Eight Dollar Murder, (ss) Detective Tales Feb 1939
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * The Floating Phantom, (ss) Dusty Ayres Aug 1934
  • High Adventure #65 2002
• * G Fear, (ss) The Phantom Detective Oct 1936
  • High Adventure #57 2001
• * Hanger Flying, (nf) Dusty Ayres Aug 1934
  • High Adventure #65 2002
• * The Jungle of the Streets, (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958
• * Murder Comes Calling, (ss) Captain Satan May 1938
  • High Adventure #51 2000
• * Payoff for Goldie, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1958
• * The Silver Caterpillar, (ss) Dusty Ayres Aug 1934
  • High Adventure #65 2002

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