Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

BUSH, GEOFFREY (chron.) (continued)

• * This Isn’t Me, (vi) EQMM Jan 1984

BUSH, JEFFREY (chron.)

• * Aunt Grace and the Time Warp, (ss) AHMM Apr 1992
• * Find Me, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1993
• * Guilt Trip, (vi) AHMM Apr 1988
• * How I Spent My Holiday, (ss) AHMM Apr 1986
• * Last Straws, (ss) AHMM Mar 1988
• * Something’s Happening at the Halliwells’, (ss) AHMM Jun 1989
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993

BUSHNELL, CHUCK; pseudonym of K. A. Gannon (chron.)

• * Albuquerque Surprise, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Dec 1998
• * Brotherly Love, (nv) Detective Mystery Stories May 1999
• * Calendar Girl, (sl) Detective Mystery Stories Jun, Jul 1999
• * Fake the Plunge, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jan 1999
• * Jake and Jill, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1998
• * Kreider’s Case, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1998
• * A Legal Maneuver, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Aug 1999
• * A Matter of Time, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1998
• * Steel Works, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1999
• * Such Sorrow, Sweet, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Apr 1999
• * The Top of the Hill, (nv) Detective Mystery Stories Feb 1999
• * The View From Third Street, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 1999

BUSICK, JENNIFER (chron.)

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

BUSSEY, LESLIE (D.) (chron.)

• * They Get Tough Sometimes, (ss) Vengeance Shorts #1 1945

BUSSY, D. (chron.)

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• * from The Vatican Cellars, by Andre Gidé, (ex) Cassell’s 1952; Les caves du Vatican, Gallimard; Paris, 1950.
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * The Vatican Cellars, by Andre Gidé [from Les caves du Vatican, Gallimard; Paris, 1950], (ex) Cassell’s 1952
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

BUTLER, ELLIS PARKER (1869-1937) (chron.)

• * The Hard-Boiled Egg [“Philo Gubb, The Correspondence School Detective”; Philo Gubb], (ss) The Red Book Magazine May 1913
  • Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * Our First Burglar, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Feb 1909; also as “The Silver Protector”.
• * Philo Gubb, The Correspondence School Detective [Philo Gubb], (ss) The Red Book Magazine May 1913; also as “The Hard-Boiled Egg”.
• * The Silver Protector [“Our First Burglar”], (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Feb 1909
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
  • Twelve American Crime Stories, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998

BUTLER, G. M. (chron.)

• * The Doctor Gave a Verdict, (ss) Mystery Stories #18 1939

BUTLER, GWENDOLINE (née Williams) (1922- ); see pseudonym Jennie Melville (chron.)

• * A Bad Winter’s Day in Windsor [Major Mearns; Sergeant Denny], (ss) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• * Bloody Windsor [Major Mearns; Sergeant Denny], (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000
• * The Child Cannot Speak, (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 2, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1992
• * Enter Coffin (Right) [Sgt. (Insp.) John Coffin], (ss) EQMM Nov 2007
• * Ladies Who Lunch, (nv) A Suit of Diamonds, ed. Anon., Collins 1990
• * Older Than the Rocks, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 6, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1974
  • EQMM Oct 1983
• * The Searcher, (ss) Royal Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• * Time Bomb, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 4, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1972
  • EQMM Mar 1984

BUTLER, H. C. (chron.)

• * The Murder Stalks the Big Top, (ss) Black Book Detective Spr 1951
  • Action Adventure Stories #82 2000

BUTLER, JACKLYN (chron.)

• * A Bit of Flotsam, (ss) AHMM Jan 1992
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1993, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1993
• * The Messenger, (ss) AHMM Oct 1992
  • Grifters and Swindlers, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * One Night, (ss) EQMM Mar 1998

BUTLER, JOHN K. (1908-1964) (chron.)

• * The Saint in Silver [Steve Middleton Knight (Steve Midnight)], (na) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1941
  • Hollywood Kills, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993

BUTLER, RAYMOND (chron.)

• * Captain Nash and the Wroth Inheritance, (n.) Harwood-Smart Publishing 1975
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993

BUTLER, RICHARD (Miles) (1925- ) (chron.)

• * The Last Legion, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Murder Most Foul, (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998

BUTLER, RON (chron.)

• * The Beckoning Eye, (ss) AHMM Mar 1983
• * The Blush-Pink Room, (nv) AHMM Nov 1983
• * By the Terrible Mountain, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1984
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * The Case of the Numbered Navel, (nv) AHMM Apr 1985
• * The Courage of Akira-Kun, (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
  • AHMM mid-Dec 1990
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Days of Crime, Days of Friends, (nv) AHMM Mar 1984
• * Death, Kabuki-Style, (nv) AHMM May 1983
• * The Divine Wind, (ss) AHMM Oct 14 1981
• * The Faithful Gardener, (ss) AHMM Jul 1983
• * Inspector Ueki and the Crying Man, (nv) AHMM Aug 1989
• * Inspector Ueki and the Potter’s Gift, (ss) AHMM Jan 1983
• * Inspector Ueki and the Red Ape, (nv) AHMM Oct 1985
• * Inspector Ueki’s Day, (ss) AHMM Dec 1982
• * The Irreverent Reverend Abbot, (nv) AHMM mid-Sep 1983
• * The Man from the Misted Lake, (nv) AHMM Sep 1983
• * A Matter of Chances, (ss) AHMM Sep 1982
• * Merry Christmas, Noriko, (ss) AHMM Feb 3 1982
• * The Occidental and Catfish Express, (nv) AHMM Aug 1984
• * Theft by Hanko, (ss) AHMM Nov 11 1981
• * The Village Crime, (ss) AHMM Oct 1982
• * The Willow Woman, (ss) AHMM Jan 6 1982

BUTLIN, RON (chron.)

• * How the Angels Fly In, (ss) Talk of the Devil
  • Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999

BUTOR, MICHEL (Marie Francois) (1926- ) (chron.)

• * Passing Time [from L’Emploi du temps, Editions de Minuit; Paris, 1951], (ex) London: Faber and Faber 1961
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993; tr. by J. Stewart

BUTTERWORTH, H. C. (chron.)

• * The Arsonist, (ss)
  • The Year’s Best Stories by Leading Authors, ed. Anon., Melbourne: Atlas Publishing 195?

BUTTON, ROBERT E. (chron.)

• * American Telephone and Telepathy Company?, (ar) The Saint Magazine Jul 1984

BUZO, ALEX (chron.)

• * The Man from Croweatia, (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994

BUZZATI, DINO (1906-1972) (chron.)

• * The Bewitched Jacket [1966], (ss) Restless Nights, North Point Press 1983
  • Mystery Stories, ed. Helen Cresswell, Kingfisher 1996

BYERLY, ANN (chron.)

• * The Bouchercon Report, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1981

BYERS, RICHARD LEE (1950- ) (chron.)

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

BYFIELD, BARBARA NINDE (1930-1988) (chron.)

• * The Blushing Bride, (ss) AHMM Aug 1982
• * The Finishing Touch, (ss) AHMM Jun 1985
• * Poison Clean, (ss) AHMM May 1983
• * Slippers of Glass, (ss) AHMM Nov 1986

BYRD, ELIZABETH (1912-1989) (chron.)

• * The Message, (ss) EQMM Dec 1988
• * Prodigal Grandson, (ss) EQMM Aug 1988
• * The Royal Bedchamber, (ss) EQMM May 1988

BYRNE, DONN; pseudonym of Bryan Oswald Donn-Byrne, (1889-1928) (chron.)

• * An Infringement of the Decalogue, (ss) The Smart Set
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Tale of the Piper, (vi) Destiny Bay, Little Brown 1928
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935

BYRNE, JACK (chron.)

• * The Scent of Murder, (vi) 1992
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

BYRNE, MARY (chron.)

• * Only the Strong Survive, (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Astoria).

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, Lord (1788-1824) (chron.)

• * from Cain, (ex) 1821
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from Don Juan, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * John Keats, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

C., B. E. (chron.)

• * Mother Goose Mayhem: Jack Be Nimble, (pm) EQMM Mar 1994
• * Mother Goose Mayhem: Little Jack Horner, (pm) EQMM Dec 1992

CABRAL, O. M.; pseudonym of Kenneth MacNichol, (1887-?) (chron.)

• * The Dead and the Damned, (ss) Thrilling Mystery Jan 1936
  • High Adventure #56 2000

CADDEN, DOMINIC (chron.)

• * The Big Fairy Tale Sleep, (ss) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993

CADIGAN, PAT(ricia Oren Kearney) (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Angel, (ss) IASFM May 1987
  • Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Millennium 1997
• * Nothing Personal, (na) Alien Crimes, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2007
• * True Faces, (nv) F&SF Apr 1992
  • Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
• * Worlds of Possibilities, (ss) Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders, Solaris 2008

CAGIN, RUTH (chron.)

• * The Mechanique Affair, (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002

CAIL, CAROL (1937- ) (chron.)

• * Blood from a Turnip, (ss) AHMM May 21 1980
• * A Bump in the Night, (vi) EQMM Jul 1989
• * Garden of Evil, (ss) EQMM Dec 1973
  • Garden of Deadly Delights, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * The Jewel Monkeys, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * Martha and Her Brothers, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1989
• * A Murder in the Family, (ss) Shred of Evidence Nov 2004
• * Out of Her Misery, (ss) EQMM Apr 1989
• * Sinkhole, (ss) AHMM Dec 1995
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * The Storyteller, (vi) EQMM Dec 1990
• * Supper on the Table, (ss) EQMM Mar 1990
• * Taking Care of Business, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
• * Waiting on Lowella, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1996
• * What’s Out There?, (ss) EQMM Jul 1988

CAIN, JAMES M(allahan) (1892-1977) (chron.)

• * The Baby in the Icebox, (ss) The American Mercury Jan 1933
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * Brush Fire, (ss) Liberty Dec 5 1936
  • EQMM Nov 1946
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
• * Cigarette Girl, (ss) Manhunt May 1953
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Dead Man, (ss) The American Mercury Mar 1936
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * The Embezzler [“Money and the Woman”], (na) Liberty Mar 9 1940
  • Pulp Masters, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * from Double Indemnity, (ex) New York: Knopf 1943
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * Money and the Woman, (na) Liberty Mar 9 1940; also as “The Embezzler”.
• * Pastorale, (ss) The American Mercury Mar 1928
  • Pulp Friction, ed. Peter Haining, London: Souvenir Press 1996
  • Pulp Fiction: The Villains, ed. Otto Penzler, Quercus 2007
  • Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, ed. Otto Penzler, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2007
• * Pay-Off Girl, (ss) Esquire Aug 1952
  • EQMM Feb 1955
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * The Postman Always Rings Twice, (ex) London: Cape 1934
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * The Postman Always Rings Twice, (n.) New York: Knopf 1934
  • Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s & 40s, ed. Robert Polito, The Library of America 1997

CAIN, MICHAEL SCOTT (chron.)

• * Crazy Old Man, (ss) AHMM Mar 3 1982
• * The Custody Thing, (ss) AHMM Nov 11 1981
• * The Next One’s For Real, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1981
• * On Different Tracks, (ss) AHMM Aug 19 1981
• * Retirement Job, (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• * The Stray, (ss) AHMM Feb 4 1981
• * Willie Meets the Man, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1982

CAIN, PAUL; pseudonym of George Sims, (1902-1966) (chron.)

• * Black, (ss) Black Mask May 1932
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Fast One, (ex) Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran 1933
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * One, Two, Three, (ss) Black Mask May 1933
  • Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters, ed. Otto Penzler, Quercus 2006
  • Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, ed. Otto Penzler, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2007
• * Pigeon Blood, (nv) Black Mask Nov 1933
  • Pulp Fiction: The Villains, ed. Otto Penzler, Quercus 2007
  • Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, ed. Otto Penzler, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2007
• * Trouble-Chaser, (ss) Black Mask Apr 1934
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995