Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

BRALY, DAVID (chron.) (continued)

• * The Cattlemen’s Club, (ss) AHMM Jul 1992
• * Claud, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999
• * The Cowbell, (ss) AHMM Oct 2002
• * Coxley’s Secret, (ss) AHMM Jul 1993
• * Customs of Another World, (ss) AHMM Dec 1983
• * Desert Kill, (nv) AHMM Jul 1988
• * Fear and a Rural Family in Oregon, (vi) AHMM Aug 1988
• * Flashback, (ss) AHMM Sep 1995
• * Flink, (nv) AHMM Feb 1986
• * The Gallowglass, (nv) AHMM Aug 1986
  • Murder at Teatime, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * The Gang from Barrydale, (ss) AHMM Mar 1993
• * The Hidden Saboteur, (nv) AHMM Aug 1984
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * The Legend of Pemadumcook, (ss) AHMM Sep 1999
• * Missing, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2000
• * MS Found in a Bedpost, (ss) AHMM Oct 1997
• * Murder Figures, (ss) AHMM Feb 1984
• * The Night Watchman, (ss) AHMM Apr 1983
  • Mystery for Halloween, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
• * The Official Secrets Corporation, (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1987
• * The Ominous Stroll, (ss) AHMM Feb 1992
• * The Open Till, (ss) AHMM Dec 2004
• * Popped in the Pot Patch, (ss) AHMM Mar 1996
• * Ralston Fails Again, (ss) AHMM Sep 2000
• * Report on the Robbery, (vi) AHMM Dec 1994
• * The Rut, (ss) AHMM Apr 1998
• * The Secret of Winthrop Wade, (nv) AHMM Sep 1983
• * The Shoeless Corpse, (ss) AHMM Feb 2000
• * Snitch, (ss) AHMM Sep 1986
• * The Speckled Birds, (ss) AHMM Mar 1983
• * The Third Jury, (ss) AHMM Dec 1985
• * Time Will Tell, (ss) AHMM Jan 1987
• * A Trail on the Desert, (nv) AHMM Jun 2004
• * Vigilante, (ss) AHMM Nov 1994
• * Weeper, (ss) AHMM Oct 1983
  • The Haunted Hour, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley Prime Crime 1995
• * Who Killed Him in Misty?, (nv) AHMM Aug 1992
• * Who Killed That Son of a Doge?, (ss) AHMM Jul 1990
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Who’s Killing the Class of 1479?, (nv) AHMM Jan 1988
• * Yard Sale, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1985

BRAMAH, ERNEST; pseudonym of Ernest Bramah Smith, (1868-1942) (chron.)

• * The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes [Max Carrados], (nv) Max Carrados Mysteries, London: Hodder & Stroughton 1927
  • AHMM Aug 1985
• * The Ghost at Massingham Mansions [Max Carrados], (nv) The Eyes of Max Carrados, Grant Richards 1923
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987
• * The Kingsmouth German Spy Case [Max Carrados], (nv) News of the World Nov 30-Dec 7 1913; also as “The Kingsmouth Spy Case”.
• * The Kingsmouth Spy Case [“The Kingsmouth German Spy Case”; Max Carrados], (nv) News of the World Nov 30-Dec 7 1913
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
• * The Knight’s Cross Signal Problem [“The Mystery of the Signals”; Max Carrados], (nv) News of the World Aug 24-31 1913
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
  • AHMM Apr 2007
• * The Mystery of the Signals [Max Carrados], (nv) News of the World Aug 24-31 1913; also as “The Knight’s Cross Signal Problem”.
• * The Mystery of the Vanished Petition Crown [Max Carrados], (nv) Max Carrados Mysteries, London: Hodder & Stroughton 1924; also as “The Vanished Crown”.
• * The Secret of Headlam Height [Max Carrados], (nv) Max Carrados Mysteries, London: Hodder & Stroughton 1927
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * Smothered in Corpses, (ss) 1912
  • Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage [Max Carrados], (nv) News of the World Sep 7-14 1913
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • EQMM Aug 1951
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
  • AHMM Mar 1997
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * The Vanished Crown [“The Mystery of the Vanished Petition Crown”; Max Carrados], (nv) Max Carrados Mysteries, London: Hodder & Stroughton 1924
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006

BRAND, CHRISTIANNA; pseudonym of Mary Christianna Milne Lewis, (1907-1988) (books) (chron.)

• * After the Event [“Rabbit Out of a Hat”; Insp. Cockrill], (nv) EQMM Jan 1958
  • The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Alleybi [Insp. Cockrill], (vi) The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * And She Smiles at Me, (ss) EQMM May 1983
• * Bless This House, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 2, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1970
  • Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
• * Blood Brothers [Insp. Cockrill], (ss) EQMM Sep 1965
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
  • The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Clever and Quick, (ss) EQMM Mar 1974
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004
• * Cloud Nine, (ss) Verdict of 13, ed. Julian Symons, London: Faber & Faber 1979
  • Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection, ed. Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor, Garland 1983
• * From the Balcony, (ss) 1981
  • EQMM Oct 1982
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Hand of God, (ss) EQMM Mar 25 1981
• * The Hornet’s Nest [“Twist for Twist”; Insp. Cockrill], (nv) EQMM May 1967
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
  • The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Inspector Cockrill, (ar) The Great Detectives, ed. Otto Penzler, Little, Brown 1978
  • The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Kissing Cousin [Insp. Cockrill], (ss) Woman Jun 2 1973
  • The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Last Short Story [Insp. Cockrill], (ss) EQMM Jan 1973; also as “The Telephone Call”.
• * The Man on the Roof [Insp. Cockrill], (ss) EQMM Oct 1984
  • More Murder Most Cozy, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
  • The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Niece from Scotland, (ss) EQMM Nov 1972
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
• * A Piece of Cake, (ss) EQMM Jan 1983
• * Poison in the Cup [Insp. Cockrill], (nv) EQMM Feb 1969
  • The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Rabbit Out of a Hat [Insp. Cockrill], (nv) EQMM Jan 1958; also as “After the Event”.
• * The Rocking Chair [Insp. Cockrill], (ss) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984
  • EQMM May 1989
  • The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Spotted Cat [Insp. Cockrill], (pl) The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Telephone Call [“The Last Short Story”; Insp. Cockrill], (ss) EQMM Jan 1973
  • The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * To the Widow, (ss) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
• * Twist for Twist [Insp. Cockrill], (nv) EQMM May 1967; also as “The Hornet’s Nest”.
• * The Whispering, (ss) The Gourmet Crook Book, ed. Tony Wilmot, London: Everest 1976
  • The Gourmet Crook Book, ed. Tony Wilmot, Everest Books 1976
• * The Wicked Ghost, (ss) EQMM Feb 1968
  • Murder at Teatime, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996

BRAND, MARK (chron.)

• * Hell’s Pit, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Feb 1963

BRAND, MAX; pseudonym of Frederick Faust, (1892-1944) (books) (chron.)

• * Blind Bluff, (ss) All-American Fiction Jan 1938
  • Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Bulldog, (ss) Colliers Feb 23 1924
  • Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Death of Love, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 24 1937
  • Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Face and the Doctor, (nv) Mystery Stories #10 1937
• * Fixed, (ss) Colliers Jun 13 1936
  • Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Lake Tyndal, (ss) All-American Fiction Dec 1937
  • Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Last Stretch, (ss) Colliers Jul 18 1936; also as “Lew Corbin, Gentleman”.
• * Lew Corbin, Gentleman [“The Last Stretch”], (ss) Colliers Jul 18 1936
  • Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Masquerade, (na) The American Magazine Jun 1936
  • Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Nine Parts Devil, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1 1934
  • Hard-Boiled Detectives, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Gramercy Books 1992
• * One-Man Posse, (nv) Mavericks Sep 1934
  • High Adventure #29 1996
• * A Silence in Tappan Valley, (ss) This Week Jan 8 1938
  • Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Something Honest, (ss) Double Detective Nov 1937
  • Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Thoroughbred, (ss) Colliers Nov 30 1935
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
  • Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories, Crippen & Landru 2007

BRANDEL, SARAH (chron.)

• * Hungry Ghosts, (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

BRANDNER, GARY (Phil) (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Darke Street, (ss) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
• * Dear Strangler, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1981
• * Death on the Strip, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1980
• * Heat Lightning, (nv) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
• * Losers’ Town, (nv) AHMM Jun 1975
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1991
• * The Munchies (with Martine Brandner), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• * Voices in the Wind, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1980
• * The Wet Goodbye, (ss) AHMM Jul 1986

BRANDNER, MARTINE (chron.)

• * The Munchies (with Gary Brandner), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999

BRANDON, JAY (Robert) (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Death Sentence, (nv) Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet 1994
• * The Grip, (ss) Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket 1996
• * Pushed or Was Fell, (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• * Stairwell Justice, (nv) Legal Briefs, ed. William Bernhardt, New York: Doubleday 1998

BRANDON, WILLIAM (E.) (1914-2002) (chron.)

• * Each Night She Dies..., (vi) Dime Mystery Magazine Dec 1949
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * The Hermit, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 19 1960
  • AHMM Oct 2000

BRANHAM, R. V. (chron.)

• * First Job, Last Job, (ss) EQMM May 1990

BRANNON, WILLIAM T(ibbetts) (1906-1981) (chron.)

• * Let’s Cry for the Dead, (ss) Mammoth Mystery Feb 1947
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * The Perfect Secretary, (ss) 1939
  • EQMM Sep 1948
  • Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1957

BRANSON, BRANLEY ALLEN (chron.)

• * Eminent Domain, (ss)
  • Detective Mystery Stories #46 2004
• * The House at the End of the Road, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #42 2003
• * Rub-a-Dub-Dub, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #55 2004
• * Times Like These, (na) Detective Mystery Stories #52 2004

BRANT, BETH (chron.)

• * Little Girl Tells, (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996

BRASS, PERRY (chron.)

• * At Death’s Door, (ss) AHMM Oct 1989

BRAU, EDGAR (chron.)

• * The Siesta, (ss) EQMM Jun 2000; tr. by Donald A. Yates

BRAUDE, ANNE J. (chron.)

• * I Too Have a Little List, (pm) EQMM Nov 4 1981

BRAUN, J. (chron.)

• * Lizzie/Elizabeth (with D. S. Irwin), (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2001

BRAUN, LILIAN JACKSON (1913- ) (chron.)

• * The Dark One, (ss) EQMM Jul 1966
  • Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998
• * Phut Phat Concentrates, (ss) EQMM Dec 1963
  • EQMM Apr 1988
  • Mystery Cats 3, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1995
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * The Sin of Madame Phloi, (ss) EQMM Jun 1962
  • More Mystery Cats, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * Stanley and Spook, (ss) The Cat Who Had 14 Tales, New York: Jove 1988
  • EQMM Oct 1988
  • Mysterious Menagerie, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1996
• * SuSu and the 8:30 Ghost, (ss) EQMM Apr 1964
  • Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
  • Mystery Cats, ed. Anon., Signet 1991
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998
  • A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * Tragedy on New Year’s Day, (ss) EQMM Mar 1968
  • Senior Sleuths, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley 1996
• * Weekend of the Big Puddle, (ss) The Cat Who Had 14 Tales, New York: Jove 1988
  • EQMM May 1989

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Lady Who...: Lilian Jackson Braun” by Catherine M. Nelson, (iv) The Armchair Detective Fll 1991
• * “Profile of Phyllis Whitney and Lillian Jackson Braun” by Lisa D. Williamson, (bg) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

BRAUN, MATTHEW (1932- ); see pseudonym Warren Burke (chron.)

BRAUNBECK, GARY A. (1960- ) (chron.)

• * All the Unlived Moments, (nv) Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999
• * The Cat’s-Paw Affair, (nv) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
• * The Envelopes, Please, (ss) Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1995
• * I Suppose This Makes Me Sancho, (ss) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
  • Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * I’ll Play the Blues for You [Cedar Hill], (nv) Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999
• * In the Lowlands, (nv) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
  • Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star 2003