Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

CHRISTIE, AGATHA (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * A Sign in the Sky [Harley Quin], (ss) The Grand Magazine Jul 1925; also as “The Sign in the Sky”.
• * The Sign in the Sky [“A Sign in the Sky”; Harley Quin], (ss) The Grand Magazine Jul 1925; collected in Christie’s The Mysterious Mr. Quin, Collins, 1930; Dodd Mead, 1930.
  • AHMM Dec 2008; in AHMM’s department “A Mystery Classic”;
• * The Submarine Plans [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Nov 7 1923
  • EQMM Aug 1955
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
• * The Sunningdale Mystery [“The Sunninghall Mystery”; Tuppence Beresford; Tommy Beresford], (ss) The Sketch Oct 29 1924
  • EQMM Nov 1992
• * The Sunninghall Mystery [Tuppence Beresford; Tommy Beresford], (ss) The Sketch Oct 29 1924; also as “The Sunningdale Mystery”.
• * Swan Song, (ss) The Grand Magazine Sep 1926
  • Murder to Music, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Ten Little Indians [Ten Little Niggers], (n.) London: Collins 1939
  • Five Complete Novels of Murder and Detection, Avenel 1991
• * The Third Floor Flat [“In the Third Floor Flat”; Hercule Poirot], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 5 1929
  • Mystery, ed. Anon., Houghton Mifflin 1989
• * Traitor’s Hands, (nv) Flynn’s Jan 31 1925; also as “The Witness for the Prosecution”.
• * Triangle at Rhodes [Hercule Poirot], (nv) This Week Feb 1936; also as “Poirot and the Triangle at Rhodes”.
• * The Veiled Lady [“The Case of the Veiled Lady”; Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Sketch Oct 3 1923
  • Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Volume II, Fontana 1990
• * Wireless, (ss) Mystery Magazine Mar 1 1926
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
• * The Witness for the Prosecution [“Traitor’s Hands”], (nv) Flynn’s Jan 31 1925
  • EQMM Jan 1944
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1953
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
  • Law and Order, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998
  • The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction, ed. Deane Mansfield-Kelley & Lois Marchino, Longman 2004
• * Yellow Iris [Hercule Poirot], (ss) The Strand Jul 1937
  • London After Midnight, ed. Peter Haining, Little Brown UK 1996

_____, [ref.]

• * “Agatha Christie and The Orient” by Mathew Prichard, (ar) The Strand Magazine #2 1999
• * “Agatha’s Stories” by B. A. Pike, (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1991
• * “The Great Detectives: Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence” by Katrina Andrews, (ar) The Strand Magazine #11 2003

CHRISTIE, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Fed Up, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1984
• * Finders Keepers, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1984
• * No More Teacher’s Dirty Looks, (ss) AHMM Dec 1984
• * The Wonderful Wax Museum, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984

CHRISTMAS, JOYCE (1939- ) (chron.)

• * The Chosen, (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000
• * Secondhand Rose, (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
  • Women of Mystery III, ed. Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * Social Death, (nv) More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999
• * Takeout, (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996
  • Murder Most Delectable, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * Up the Garden Path, (ss) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998

_____, [ref.]

• * “Interview with Joyce Christmas” by Lisa D. Williamson, (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW F(rederick) (1917-1997) (chron.)

• * The Attackers, (ss) Killers Mystery Story Magazine Nov 1956
• * Blonde Bait!, (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Oct 1957
• * There’s Death in Her Kiss!, (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957

CHURCH, ROBERT (books) (chron.)

• * Foreword (with Martin Edwards), (fw)
  • Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995
• * Introduction (with Martin Edwards), (in)
  • Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995
• * Seventeenth-Century Justice: The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, (ar) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995; revised from an article in The Criminologist.

CHURCHILL, EDWARD (Delos) (chron.)

• * Design for Destruction [Dan Fowler], (na) G-Men Detective Spr 1945
  • Action Adventure Stories #50 1999

CHURCHILL, JILL; pseudonym of Janice Young Brooks, (1943- ) (chron.)

• * The Bun Also Rises, (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996

CHUTE, DAVID (chron.)

• * Hardboiled Renaissance, (ar) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

CHUTE, VERNE (1917- ) (chron.)

• * Never Trust the Obvious, (ss) Short Stories Oct 10 1944
  • Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1957

CICIARELLI, RICHARD (chron.)

• * A Hard Bargain, (vi) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• * Heavy Bet, (ss) AHMM Mar 4 1981
• * Hold a Candle to the Devil, (ss)
  • Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 2, ed. Stephen Beals, Chapel Street 1992
• * The Scam, (ss)
  • Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 1, ed. Stephen Beals, Six Lakes Arts 1989
• * Tony Libra and the Killer’s Calendar, (ss) AHMM Oct 1982
  • Mystery for Halloween, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
• * Winning Numbers, (ss) EQMM Apr 1992

CIPORIN, LEONE (chron.)

• * A Rose by Any Other Name, (ss) Chesapeake Crimes II, ed. Donna Andrews & Maria Y. Lima, Quiet Storm Books 2005

CIPRA, MIKE (chron.)

• * Loving the Monster, (ss) Danger City, ed. Jess Dukes, Mike Segretto & Jeffrey Dinsmore, Contemporary Press 2005

CIRCUS, ANTHONY; pseudonym of Edward D. Hoch, (1930-2008) (chron.)

• * Assignment: Enigma, (ss) EQMM Sep 10 1980

CISLER, DAVID N. (chron.)

• * The Problem of the Sussex Scalping [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Curious Incidents 2, ed. J. R. Campbell & Charles Prepolec, Mad for a Mystery 2003

CISSELL, BONNIE J. (chron.)

• * Gone But Not Forgotten, (vi) EQMM Sep 10 1980

CISSNA, WILLIAM D. (chron.)

• * Follow the Money, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Jan 1994
• * The Newspaper Man, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994
• * Users and Losers, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1995

CITTADINO, ROBERT (chron.)

• * Family Business, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984
• * Sense of Justice, (ss) Espionage Magazine Jun 1986

CLAIRE, EDIE; pseudonym of Edie Swihart, (1965- ) (chron.)

• * Never Neck at Niagara [Leigh Koslow], (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001

CLAIRE, JEANNE S.; pseudonym of Jeannie Stewart (chron.)

• * Cake and Chips, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jan 1999
• * Lost Jewel, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1998

CLAPPERTON, DICK (chron.)

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

CLARE, JOHN (1793-1864) (chron.)

• * from “St. Martin’s Eve”, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

CLARK, ALFRED ALEXANDER (Gordon) (1900-1958); see pseudonym Cyril Hare (chron.)

CLARK, CAROL HIGGINS (1956- ) (chron.)

• * For Whom the Beep Tolls, (ss) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996
• * Too Many Cooks, (ss) The Plot Thickens, ed. Mary Higgens Clark, Pocket 1997

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Female PI Next Door” by Yona Zeldis McDonough, (bg) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997

CLARK, DALE; pseudonym of Ronal Kayser, (1905-1988) (chron.)

• * Better Hands, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 15 1941
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Mercy Killing, (vi) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1939
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Smoke Sign, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 10 1941
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Sting of the Hornet, (nv) Double Detective Jul 1940
  • High Adventure Sep 2005

CLARK, ELISABETH (chron.)

• * Caught, (ss) Plots with Guns Fll 1999

CLARK, GEOFFRY HERBERT (chron.)

• * The Horror of Manley’s Island, (ss) Mystery Stories #4 1936
• * The Island of Ho Pin, (ss) Mystery Stories #5 1936

CLARK, M. H. (chron.)

• * Bell, Book, and Suburbia (with Jeanne Leiter), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999

CLARK, MARY HIGGINS (1929- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Anastasia Syndrome, (n.) 1989
  • The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories, Pocket 1991
• * As It Was in the Beginning, (in) Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 1993
• * Author’s Note, (aw)
  • The Lottery Winner, Simon & Schuster 1994
• * The Body in the Closet [Alvirah Meehan; Willy Meehan], (nv) Woman’s Day Aug 7 1990
  • A Body Is Found, Wynwood Press 1990
  • The Lottery Winner, Simon & Schuster 1994
• * By the End of August [Alvirah Meehan; Willy Meehan], (vi) 1993
  • MHCMM Sum 2000
• * Bye, Baby Bunting [Alvirah Meehan; Willy Meehan], (nv) The Lottery Winner, Simon & Schuster 1994
• * A Clean Sweep [Alvirah Meehan; Willy Meehan], (nv) Justice in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1994
  • The Lottery Winner, Simon & Schuster 1994
• * A Crime of Passion [Henry Parker Britland IV; Sunday Britland], (na) My Gal Sunday, Simon & Schuster 1996
• * Deadline from Paradise, (ss) Extension Aug 1958; also as “Milk Run”.
• * Death on the Cape [Alvirah Meehan; Willy Meehan], (nv) Woman’s Day Jul 18 1989
  • The Lottery Winner, Simon & Schuster 1994
• * Definitely, a Crime of Passion, (nv) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996
  • MHCMM #1 1996
• * Double Vision, (nv) Woman’s Day Aug 23 1988
  • The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories, Pocket 1991
• * The Funniest Thing Has Been Happening Lately, (nv) Murder in the Family, The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
• * Hail, Columbia! [Henry Parker Britland IV; Sunday Britland], (na) My Gal Sunday, Simon & Schuster 1996
• * Haven’t We Met Before?, (ss) MHCMM Sum 1999
  • Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000
• * In Defense of Suspense, (pr) MHCMM #1 1996, Spr, Sum/Fll 1997, Sum, Fll 1998, Sum 1999, Sum 2000
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995
  • The Night Awakens, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 2000
  • Murder in the Family, The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
• * Lady Sleuth, Lady Sleuth, Run Away Home, (nv) MHCMM Spr 1997
  • Murder on the Run, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 1998
• * Last Flight to Denubia, (ss) Extension 1958; also as “Stowaway”.
• * The Lost Angel, (nv) Woman’s Day Dec 2 1986
  • The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories, Pocket 1991
• * The Lottery Winner [Alvirah Meehan; Willy Meehan], (na) The Lottery Winner, Simon & Schuster 1994
• * Lucky Day, (nv) Ladies Home Journal Aug 1986
  • The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories, Pocket 1991
• * The Man Next Door, (nv) The Plot Thickens, ed. Mary Higgens Clark, Pocket 1997
  • Best American Mystery Stories 1998, ed. Sue Grafton, Houghton Mifflin 1998
  • MHCMM Fll 1998
  • Master’s Choice Volume II, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2000
• * Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noël [Henry Parker Britland IV; Sunday Britland], (nv) My Gal Sunday, Simon & Schuster 1996
• * Milk Run [“Deadline from Paradise”], (ss) Extension Aug 1958
  • EQMM Oct 1989
• * Murder at the Roundtable (with Lawrence Block, Stanley Cohen, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Mickey Friedman, Susan Isaacs, Judith Kelman, Warren B. Murphy, Justin Scott & Peter Straub), (ms) MHCMM Sum 2000
• * Plumbing for Willy [Alvirah Meehan; Willy Meehan], (nv) Family Circle Aug 1992
  • Missing in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1992
  • The Lottery Winner, Simon & Schuster 1994
• * Power Play, (nv) Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1998
  • MHCMM Sum 1998
• * Stowaway [“Last Flight to Denubia”], (ss) Extension 1958
  • EQMM Jan 1985
  • Women of Mystery, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Terror Stalks the Class Reunion, (na) Woman’s Day Aug 4 1987 (+1)
  • The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories, Pocket 1991
• * That’s the Ticket, (ss) Mistletoe Mysteries, Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1989
  • MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
• * They All Ran After the President’s Wife [Henry Parker Britland IV; Sunday Britland], (na) My Gal Sunday, Simon & Schuster 1996
• * Voices in the Coalbin, (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1997
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998

_____, [ref.]

• * “Interview: Mary Higgins Clark” by H. Edward Hunsburger, (iv) Crime Digest Sep/Oct 1982

CLARK, MITCH (chron.)

• * Murder Is an Accident!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Apr 1958
• * She Had Murder in Her Heart!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Oct 1957

CLARK, MONICA (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ A Prickly Figure, (vi) AHMM Mar 2007
  ___ Three Amigos?, (vi) AHMM May 2007

CLARK, SARAH (chron.)

• * Paternity, (nv) AHMM Jan 1993
• * Serenade, (nv) AHMM Apr 1991

CLARK, SIMON (1958- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Fallen Star [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * Fenian Ram, (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• * In This Sign, Conquer (with Gail-Nina Anderson), (nv) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996; by-lined “Nina-Gail Anderson & Simon Clark” on contents page.
• * Nightmare in Wax [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003
• * Now Fetch Me an Axe, (nv) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998

CLARK, TRACY P. (chron.)

• * For Services Rendered, (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004