Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

CONROY, SARAH BOOTH (chron.)

• * A Adams and Evil, (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999

CONSTANTE, NADIA; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell (chron.)

• * Night Train from Merezova, (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1997

CONSTANTINE, K. C.; pseudonym of Carl Kosak, (1934- ) (chron.)

• * Dancing with Billy, (nv) Orion 1999
  • Criminal Records, ed. Otto Penzler, Orion 2000
• * Strike-Zone, (ss) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

CONSTANTINE, STORM (1956- ) (chron.)

• * The Deliveress, (nv) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992

CONSTINER, (Francis) MERLE (1902-1979) (chron.)

• * The Arm of Mother Manzoli, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1944
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Strangler’s Kill, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1940
  • Hard-Boiled Detectives, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Gramercy Books 1992

CONWAY, COLIN (chron.)

• * The Big Blonde, (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006
• * In the Pocket, (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug-Nov 2005
• * Loyalty Lost, (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006

CONWAY, E. (chron.)

• * A Warning in Red (with Victor L. Whitechurch), (ss) The Harmsworth Magazine Dec 1899
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992

CONWAY, HUGH; pseudonym of F. J. Fargus, (1840-1885) (chron.)

• * Paul Vargas: A Mystery, (nv) The English Illustrated Magazine Apr 1884
  • 12 Mystery Stories, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998

CONWAY, SIMON (1967- ) (chron.)

• * Sitting Pretty (with Peter Crowther), (nv) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998

CONYERS, DAVID (chron.)

• * Outside Looking In, (nv) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

CONYERS, (Minnie) DOROTHEA (Smyth) (1863-1949) (chron.)

• * Justice Evaded [Mervyn Henderson], (ss)
  • Great Irish Detective Stories, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1993

COOK, ALAN (1938- ) (chron.)

• * Hot Days, Cold Nights, (ss) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003

COOK, BILL (chron.)

• * Jungle Slave, (nv) Jungle Stories Sum 1940
  • Action Adventure Stories Mar 2004

COOK, BRUCE (Alexander) (1932-2003); see pseudonym Bruce Alexander (chron.)

COOK, CHRISTOPHER (1959- ) (chron.)

• * The Pickpocket, (ss) Measures of Poison, ed. Dennis McMillan, Dennis McMillan 2002
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003
• * Robbers of Virtue, (ar) Crime Time #23 2001

COOK, DAVID (“Zeb”) (1940- ) (chron.)

• * Bacon and Eggs, (ss) AHMM Dec 2001

COOK, GLEN (Charles) (1944- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Deadly Quicksilver Lies [Garrett], (n.) Roc 1994
  • Garrett Investigates, SFBC 2004
• * Dread Brass Shadows [Garrett], (n.) Roc 1990
  • Garrett, P.I., SFBC 2003
• * Faded Steel Heat [Garrett], (n.) Roc 1999
  • Garrett Investigates, SFBC 2004
• * Old Tin Sorrows [Garrett], (n.) New York: Signet 1989
  • Garrett, P.I., SFBC 2003
• * Petty Pewter Gods [Garrett], (n.) Roc 1995
  • Garrett Investigates, SFBC 2004
• * Red Iron Nights [Garrett], (n.) Roc 1991
  • Garrett, P.I., SFBC 2003

COOK, JUDITH (Anne) (1933-2004) (chron.)

• * A Gift to the Bridegroom, (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000

COOK, MARK (chron.)

• * Story That Won:
  ___ When One Door Closes, (vi) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005

COOK, MONTE (chron.)

• * The Rose Window, (ss) Realms of Mystery, ed. Philip Athans, Lake Geneva: TSR 1998

COOK, P. E. (chron.)

• * Alice, (ss) Hardboiled #19 1994
• * The Job, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000
• * Judge Not..., (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998
• * Snapshots, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * Technicalities, (ss) Hardboiled Detective #11 1991
• * Two Times as Smart, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1990

COOK, ROBERT WILLIAM ARTHUR (1931-1994); see pseudonym Derek Raymond (chron.)

COOK, SHARON (chron.)

• * Bluefish Weather, (ss) AHMM Dec 1997

COOK, THOMAS H. (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Conviction, (nv) A Confederacy of Crime, ed. Sarah Shankman, Signet 2001
• * Fatherhood, (ss) Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1999, ed. Ed McBain, Houghton Mifflin 1999
• * The Fix, (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2002, ed. James Ellroy, Houghton Mifflin 2002
• * The Odds, (ss) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * Preface (with Otto Penzler), (pr)
  • The Best American Crime Writing 2006, ed. Mark Bowden, Harper Perennial 2006
• * Rain, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Battery Park).
• * What She Offered, (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005

COOKE, DAVID C(oxe) (1917-2000) (chron.)

• * Shadow on the Hill, (ss)
  • Verdict Crime Detection Magazine Nov 1956

COOKE, JOHN PEYTON (1967- ) (chron.)

• * After You’ve Gone, (ss) Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters, ed. Michele Slung, HarperPerennial 2002
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003

COOL, TOM (1955- ) (chron.)

• * Frozen, (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

COOLEY, JACK (chron.)

• * The Case of the Missing Poodle, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #49 2004

COONS, MAURICE (1902-1930); see pseudonym Armitage Trail (chron.)

COOPER, A. R. (chron.)

• * Brain Teaser, (ss) AHMM Aug 1963
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1964, ed. Richard E. Decker, Davis 1964

COOPER, ART (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Crime Wave, James Ellroy, Vintage Crime 1999

COOPER, COURTNEY RYLEY (1886-1940) (chron.)

• * Suspect Unknown [Inspector Jessup], (ss) Colliers Sep 23 1939
  • Detection, ed. James Gibson & Alan Ridout, John Murray 1978

COOPER, DESIREE (chron.)

• * Night Coming, (ss) Detroit Noir, ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books 2007; (Palmer Woods.

COOPER, EDGAR L. (chron.)

• * The Devil’s Ambassador, (ss) World Adventurer Feb 1934
  • Action Adventure Stories #118 2002

COOPER, JEAN B. (chron.)

• * The Judge’s Boy, (ss) EQMM Aug 1995
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Mystery’s Most Wanted, ed. Anon., St. Martin’s 1997
  • Simply the Best Mysteries, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998

COOPER, JOHN (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Detections of Francis Quarles, Julian Symons, Crippen & Landru 2006

COOPER, KAREN L. (chron.)

• * A Just-ifiable Okay-sion, (vi) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998

COOPER, LOUISE (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Not Wisely, But Too Well, (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997

COOPER, MORRIS (chron.)

• * The Grave Joker, (vi) Dime Detective Magazine
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Heir-in-a-Hurry, (ss) Detective Tales Jul 1948
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Wire-Pullers, (ss) Detective Tales Mar 1950
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

COOPER, NATASHA; pseudonym of Daphne Wright, (1951- ) (chron.)

• * The Big Novel, (ar) Crime Time #23 2001
• * The Brick, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006
• * The People in the Flat Across the Road, (ss) I.D.: Crimes of Identity, ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press 2006
  • EQMM May 2007
• * Sisters and Lovers, (vi) EQMM Jun 2006
• * The Street Party, (ss) EQMM Jul 2005
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
• * Women and Violence, (ar) Crime Time #23 2001

_____, [ref.]

• * “Natasha Cooper: Picturesque Decay” by Eve Tan Gee, (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

COOPER, RICKY D. (chron.)

• * The Futility of Resistance, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #48 2004
• * A Hard Headed Detective, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #44 2004
• * Herman Whitfield’s Motive, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #49 2004
• * The Laundromat, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #45 2004

COOPER, SUSAN ROGERS (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Barbecued Bimbo, (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996
• * Family Tradition, (ss) Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet 1997
• * Funny As a Dead Relative [Kimmey Kruse], (ex) 1994
  • Lone Star Sleuths, ed. Bill Cunningham, Steven L. Davis & Rollo K. Newsom, University of Texas Press 2007
• * Ghost Busted, (nv) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998

COOPER-CLARKE, DIANA (chron.)

• * from Designs of Darkness: Interviews with Detective Novelists, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

COOVER, CHRIS (chron.)

• * Diamond Cut Diamond, (nv) AHMM Oct 1985
• * The Waltz of the Jewel Snatcher, (nv) AHMM Jan 1985

COPE, JACK (1913- ) (chron.)

• * Stonewall’s Ghost, (ss) Argosy (UK) Feb 1960
  • The Pan Book of Revenge Stories, ed. W. H. Cozens, London: Pan Books 1971

COPPARD, A(lfred) E(dgar) (1878-1957) (chron.)

• * Ale Celestial?, (ss) London Evening News Jul 18 1938
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
• * The Tiger, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Apr 1921
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994

COPPEL, ALEC (1907-1972) (chron.)

• * Vertigo (with Samuel W. Taylor), (ex) 1958

COPPER, BASIL (1924- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Callous Colonel [Solar Pons], (na) The Exploits of Solar Pons, Fedogan & Bremer 1993
  • Murder Most Scottish, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Bob Adey, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1999
• * The Adventure of the Crawling Horror [Solar Pons], (na) The Secret Files of Solar Pons, Pinnacle 1979
  • Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999; revised.
• * The Adventure of the Frightened Governess [Solar Pons], (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995; an edited version of this story was previously published in The Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons.
• * The Adventure of the Persecuted Painter [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• * Line Engaged, (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999
• * The Second Passenger, (ss) The Dark Brotherhood Journal 1973
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996

CORBETT, DAVID (chron.)

• * It Can Happen, (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (Hunter’s Point).
• * Pretty Little Parasite, (ss) Las Vegas Noir, ed. Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce, Akashic Books 2008; (Fremont).

CORBY, LEO (chron.)

• * Stool Pigeon, (pm) EQMM Mar 1990

CORCORAN, TOM (1943- ) (chron.)

• * One Man’s Ceiling, (ss) Miami Noir, ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books 2006

CORCORAN, WILLIAM (B.) (1901-1969?) (chron.)

• * Rich Man, Poor Man, “G” Man, Thief!, (ss) Mystery Sep 1935
  • Mystery Stories #1 1936

CORDELL, ROBERT (chron.)

• * Organizer Baggage, (ss) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997

COREN, ALAN (1938-2007) (chron.)

• * Doctor No Will See You Now, (ss) 1980
  • The Defective Detective, ed. Steve Carper, Citadel Press 1992

CORINNE, TEE A. (chron.)

• * Predators, (ss) Out For Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1995

CORK, LEMUEL (chron.)

• * The Naked and the Dead, (ss) AHMM Sep 2001
• * Three Men in a Tub, (ss) AHMM Jan 1990

CORLEY, H. W. (chron.)

• * The Thumb Tack Mystery, (ss) Double Detective May 1940
  • High Adventure #75 2004

CORMIER, ROBERT (Edmund) (1925-2000) (chron.)

• * The Monster, (ss) EQMM Feb 1951
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998

CORN, DAVID (1959- ) (chron.)

• * My Murder, (nv) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997

CORNIER, VINCENT (1898-1976) (chron.)

• * The Courtyard of the Fly, (ss) The Storyteller Jun 1937
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990
• * Duel of Shadows [Barnabas Hildreth], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Apr 1934; also as “The Shot That Waited”.
  • Mystery Stories #13 1938
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006
• * The Shot That Waited [“Duel of Shadows”; Barnabas Hildreth], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Apr 1934
  • AHMM May 1997