Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

COLE, MARTINA (1959- ) (chron.)

• * Enough Was Enough, (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003

COLE, MEREDITH S. (chron.)

• * Exercise Is Murder, (ss) EQMM Jun 2008
• * Out in the Cold, (ss) Murder New York Style, ed. Randy Kandel, L & L Dreamspell 2007

COLE, WILLIAM (chron.)

• * Waiting for Rusty, (ss) Black Mask Oct 1939
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995

COLEMAN, EVELYN (1948- ) (chron.)

• * The Pride of a Woman, (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

COLEMAN, REED FARREL (1956- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Bat-Head Speed, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Due Diligence, (ss) WlSNoir 2007; (Tegucigalpa, Honduras).
• * The Frog, (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2004
• * Introduction, (in) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Kaddish, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2004
  • Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology, ed. Anthony Neil Smith, Dennis McMillan 2005
• * No Roses for Bubbeh, (ss) Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth, ed. Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock, Akashic Books 2008; (Coney Island).
• * Pearls, (ss) Expletive Deleted, ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books 2007
• * Portrait of the Killer as a Young Man, (ss)
  • Dublin Noir, ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books 2006
• * Requiem for Moe, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006

COLFER, EOIN (chron.)

• * Taking on PJ, (ss)
  • Dublin Noir, ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books 2006

COLGAN, JENNY (chron.)

• * The Wrong Train, (nv) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002

COLGAN, NORMAN (chron.)

• * Murder for Pleasure, (nf) Answers
  • Scientific Detective Mar 1945

COLLET, ROGER (chron.)

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• * The Graveyard Sisterhood, by Guy de Maupassant, (ss) Selected Short Stories, Penguin 1971
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999

COLLEY, KIMBERLY (chron.)

• * Slow-Motion Tornado, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004

COLLIER, JOHN (Henry Noyes) (1901-1980) (chron.)

• * Are You Too Late Or Was I Too Early, (ss) New Yorker Apr 14 1951
  • AHMM Oct 1998
• * Back for Christmas, (ss) New Yorker Oct 7 1939
  • Rex Stout Mystery Magazine Dec 1946
  • EQMM Jan 1951
  • More Murder on Cue, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1990
• * The Chaser, (ss) New Yorker Dec 28 1940
  • Tales of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Theodore W. Hipple, Allyn and Bacon 1977
  • AHMM May 1988
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
• * The Dog That Came to the Funeral, (ss) EQMM Aug 1957
  • Canine Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Jove 1993
• * Sleeping Beauty, (ss) Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1938
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990

COLLINA, MAX ALLAN (chron.)

• * Shoot-Out on Sunset [Nat Heller], (nv) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001

COLLINS, A. J. (chron.)

• * Crime on My Hands, (ss) Scientific Detective Jun 1947
• * Mary Dies Tonight, (ss) Mammoth Mystery Aug 1946
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

COLLINS, ANDREW J. (chron.)

• * Homicide Hotbed, (sl) Scientific Detective Nov, Dec 1946

COLLINS, BARBARA (1948- ); see pseudonym B. J. Mull (books) (chron.)

• * Aunt Emma’s Defense, (ss)
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Five Star 2000
• * Carry’s Cat, (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Five Star 2000
• * Cat Got Your Tongue (with Max Allan Collins), (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
  • A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Five Star 2000
• * A Cruise to Forget (with Max Allan Collins), (nv) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Da Svidaniya, Khrushchev, (ss) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
• * Dalliance at Sunnydale, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * Dead and Breakfast, (ss) Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1995
  • Murder Most Delectable, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Eddie Haskell in a Short Skirt (with Max Allan Collins), (ss) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Father, Son and Holy Ghost, (ss) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• * Flyover Country (with Max Allan Collins), (nv) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
  • Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002
• * Homefront [Dick Tracy], (ss) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990
• * Introduction (with Robert J. Randisi), (in)
  • Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996
• * Introduction: Hers, (in)
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Love Nest, (ss) Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996
• * The Night It Rained Cats and Dogs, (ss)
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Five Star 2000
• * Obeah, My Love, (ss) 1996
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Five Star 2000
• * A Proper Burial, (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
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Five Star 2000
• * Reunion Queen, (ss) Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet 1997
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Seeing Red, (ss) Women on the Edge, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Donald I. Fine 1992
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * The Ten Lives of Talbert, (ss) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Five Star 2000
• * That Damn Cat, (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Five Star 2000
• * To Grandmother’s House We Go, (ss) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Five Star 2000
• * To Kill a Cat, (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Five Star 2000
• * Too Many Tomcats, (nv)
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Five Star 2000
• * Trailer Trashed, (ss) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• * World’s Greatest Mother, (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * [untitled], (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006

COLLINS, CAT (chron.)

• * Breia’s Diamond, (nv) Places to Be, People to Kill, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren, DAW 2007

COLLINS, DOROTHY A. (chron.)

• * A Fish Story, (vi) EQMM Feb 11 1980

COLLINS, JOAN BARD (chron.)

• * Play Your Hunches, (vi) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1988
• * Road Test, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 1989

COLLINS, LARRY; [i.e., John Lawrence Collins, Jr.] (1929-2005) (chron.)

• * Baby-sitting Ingrid, (ss) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998

COLLINS, LORRAINE (chron.)

• * Culture Shock, (ss) EQMM Jun 1991
• * Exhibit A, (ss) EQMM Mar 1988
• * God Bless Pedestrians, (ss) AHMM Sep 1987
• * The Hand of God, (ss) EQMM Nov 1987
• * The Hungry Ghost, (ss) EQMM Aug 1986
• * The Nature of the Beast, (ss) EQMM Oct 1988
• * A Nice Quiet Little Business, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1990
• * Only Clay, (ss) EQMM Dec 1986
• * Only in America, (ss) AHMM Mar 1986
• * Predators, (ss) EQMM Jul 1985
• * The Second Chance, (ss) AHMM Dec 1991
• * Song of the Open Road, (ss) AHMM Jul 1987

COLLINS, MAX ALLAN (Jr.) (1948- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Afterword, (aw)
  • Kisses of Death, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Author’s Note, (pr)
  • Quarry’s Greatest Hits, Five Star 2003
• * A Bird for Becky [Richard Stone], (nv) Mob Magic, ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1998
  • Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides, Five Star 2001
• * The Blonde Tigress, (ss) EQMM Jun 2008
• * Blue Christmas—An Introduction, (in)
  • Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides, Five Star 2001
• * Cat Got Your Tongue (with Barbara Collins), (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
  • A Treasury of Cat Mysteries, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Barbara Collins, Five Star 2000
• * Catgate, (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Cat’s-Eye Witness, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * The Chocolate-Chip Alarm (with Nathan Collins), (ss) Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House 1996
• * Crime in the Flesh, (in) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
• * A Cruise to Forget (with Barbara Collins), (nv) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Deadly Beloved [Ms. Michael Tree], (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Dec 2007
• * Dying in the Post-War World [Nate Heller], (na) Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991
• * East Side, West Side (with Matthew V. Clemens), (nv) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005
  • My Lolita Complex and Other Tales of Sex and Violence, Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens, Twilight Tales, Inc. 2006
• * Eddie Haskell in a Short Skirt (with Barbara Collins), (ss) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Enter Nolan [Nolan PI], (ss) Hardboiled #7 1987
• * Fast and Good—An Introduction, (in)
  • Delvecchio’s Brooklyn: A Short Story Collection, Robert J. Randisi, Five Star 2001
• * Firecracker Kill, (nv) Shades of Noir, ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc. 1996
  • Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides, Five Star 2001
• * Flowers for Bill O’Reilly, (nv) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
  • Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides, Five Star 2001
• * Flyover Country (with Barbara Collins), (nv) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
  • Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991
• * Graveyard Shift (with Matthew V. Clemens), (ss) Hot Blood XI, ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Kensington 2003
  • My Lolita Complex and Other Tales of Sex and Violence, Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens, Twilight Tales, Inc. 2006
• * Guest Services [Quarry], (ss) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994
  • Quarry’s Greatest Hits, Five Star 2003
  • These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Hard Cash [Frank Nolan], (n.) New York: Pinnacle 1981
  • Tough Tender, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * His Father’s Ghost, (nv) Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
  • August Is a Good Time for Killing, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
  • Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides, Five Star 2001
• * House Call [Nate Heller], (ss) Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1986
  • Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991
• * “I Had Bigfoot’s Baby!” (with Matthew V. Clemens) [*Hellboy], (ss)
  • My Lolita Complex and Other Tales of Sex and Violence, Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens, Twilight Tales, Inc. 2006
• * I Owe Them One, (aw) Dying in the Post-War World, Foul Play Press 1991
• * Inconvenience Store [Ms. Michael Tree], (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990
  • Tough Tender, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
  • Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane, Mickey Spillane, Five Star 2001
  • Kisses of Death, Crippen & Landru 2001
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Introduction (with Jeffrey B. Gelb), (in)
  • Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * An Introduction, (in)
  • Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense, Barbara Collins, Five Star 2000
• * Introduction: A Short Story About Ed Gorman, (in)
  • The Collected Ed Gorman: Volume Two: The Moving Coffin, Ed Gorman, PS Publishing 2007
• * Introduction: His, (in)
  • Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories, Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins, Five Star 2001
• * Introduction: I, the Writer (with Lynn F. Myers, Jr.), (in) Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Introduction: Sinful Streets (with Jeffrey B. Gelb), (in) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * Kaddish for the Kid [Nate Heller], (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
  • EQMM Jun 1998
  • Kisses of Death, Crippen & Landru 2001
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
  • Murder Is No Mitzvah: Short Mysteries about Jewish Occasions, ed. Abigail Browning, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004