Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

FREUD, SIGMUND (1856-1939) (chron.)

• * from “Some Character-Types Met with in Psychoanalytic Work”, (ex) 1915
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from Civilization and its Discontents, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995; tr. by Joan Riviere
• * from Totem and Taboo, (ar)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

FREW, E. (chron.)

• * A Man Is Hanged, (ar) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Oct 1930

FREW, GAVIN (chron.)

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• * Divine Punishment, by Shizuko Natsuki, (ss) EQMM Mar 1991
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000
• * A Midnight Coincidence, by Shizuko Natsuki, (nv) EQMM May 1992
• * Solitary Journey, by Shizuko Natsuki, (ss) New Mystery Win 1994
  • EQMM Jun 1994
  • Women of Mystery III, ed. Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * The Visitor, by Takashi Atoda, (ss) 1979
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1988

FREY, JAMES N(orbert) (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Murder Is My Specialty, (ss) AHMM Feb 1996

FREY, STEPHEN W. (1960- ) (chron.)

• * Paranoia, (ss) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998

FREYR, HERO (chron.)

• * When to Say Die, (nv) Sexcrime, ed. Cecilia Tan, Circlet Press 2000

FRIEDMAN, DEVIN (chron.)

• * Operation Stealing Saddam’s Money, (tc)
  • The Best American Crime Writing 2006, ed. Mark Bowden, Harper Perennial 2006

FRIEDMAN, JERROLD DAVID (1944- ); see pseudonym David Gerrold (chron.)

FRIEDMAN, KINKY; pseudonym of Richard Friedman, (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Armadillos and Old Lace [Kinky Friedman], (ex) 1994
  • Lone Star Sleuths, ed. Bill Cunningham, Steven L. Davis & Rollo K. Newsom, University of Texas Press 2007
• * from A Case of Lone Star, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Tennis, Anyone?, (ss) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
  • Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005

FRIEDMAN, LINDA WEISER (chron.)

• * If Wishes Could Kill, (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991

FRIEDMAN, MICHAELE THOMPSON (1944- ); see under Friedman, Mickey (chron.)

FRIEDMAN, MICKEY; [i.e., Michaele Thompson Friedman] (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Amazon Run, (nv) Murder on the Run, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 1998
• * Bad Haircut, (ss) Justice in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1994
• * A Day at the Saltworks, (nv) A Confederacy of Crime, ed. Sarah Shankman, Signet 2001
• * The Diamond G-String, (nv) Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000
• * The Fabulous Nick, (ss) Christmas Stalkings, ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1991
• * Lucky Numbers, (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
• * Missing You, (nv) Missing in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1992
• * Murder at the Roundtable (with Lawrence Block, Mary Higgins Clark, Stanley Cohen, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Susan Isaacs, Judith Kelman, Warren B. Murphy, Justin Scott & Peter Straub), (ms) MHCMM Sum 2000
• * Night in the Lonesome October, (nv) A Body Is Found, Wynwood Press 1990
• * No Radio, (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
• * Stormy Weather, (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Tango Is My Life, (nv) Murder in the Family, The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime 2002

FRIEDMAN, PHILIP (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Dog Days, (nv) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
• * Roads, (ss) Legal Briefs, ed. William Bernhardt, New York: Doubleday 1998

FRIEDMAN, RICHARD (1944- ); see pseudonym Kinky Friedman (chron.)

FRIEDMAN, STUART (1913-1993) (chron.)

• * Case of the Well-Cleaned Corpse, (ss) Mammoth Detective Jan 1943
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Killer Unleashed, (ss) Detective Tales May 1950
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Scandal Girl, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1957
• * Striptease of Death, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1958

FRIEDMANN, PATTY; [i.e., Patricia Friedmann] (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Two-Story Brick Houses, (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (Uptown).

FRIEL, ARTHUR O(lney) (1885-1959) (chron.)

• * Long Hand, (ss) Mystery Stories #25 1942

FRIEL, BRIAN (1929- ) (chron.)

• * The Flower of Kiltymore, (ss) 1966
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000

FRIEMOR, JACQUELINE (chron.)

• * Duty Calls, (ss) Blue Murder Mar 1999

FRIESNER, ESTHER M.; [i.e., Esther Mona Friesner-Stutzman] (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Au Purr, (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004
• * Dead Ringer (with Walter J. Stutzman), (nv) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992
• * Gunsel and Gretel, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001
  • The Dragon Done It, ed. Eric Flint & Mike Resnick, Baen 2008
• * A Hamster of No Importance (with Walter J. Stutzman), (nv) Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998
• * Miranda’s Muse, (nv) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000
• * Trouble A-Bruin, (ss) White House Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Cumberland House 2002

FRITCH, CHARLES E(dward) (1927- ); see pseudonym Chester H. Carlfi (chron.)

• * It’s Not Fair, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1958
• * Murder Blooms, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1979
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Triple Indemnity, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1979
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

FROEST, FRANK (Egbert) (1883?-?) (chron.)

• * The Pink Edge (with George Dilnot), (ss) 1915
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?

FROST, C(laude) VERNON (1903-1993); see pseudonym Charles B. Child (books) (chron.)

FROST, M. G. (chron.)

• * Furberry’s Banana, (ss) AHMM Jul 16 1980

FROST, WARREN (chron.)

• * Sacrifice, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1961
  • Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1960

FRY, SUSAN (chron.)

• * Peat, (ss) AHMM Dec 2003

FRYE, NORTHROP (chron.)

• * from The Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays, (ex) 1957
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

FÚ, MICHEL ENCINOSA (chron.)

• * What for, This Burden, (ss) Havana Noir, ed. Achy Obejas, Akashic Books 2007

FULLER, JOHN (chron.)

• * Detective Story, (pm) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992

FULLER, NICHOLAS (books) (chron.)

• * The Great Detectives: Gladys Mitchell’s Mrs. Bradley, (ar) The Strand Magazine #13 2004
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Sleuth’s Alchemy: Cases of Mrs. Bradley and Others, Gladys Mitchell, Crippen & Landru 2005

FULLER, ROY (Broadbent) (1912-1991) (chron.)

• * The Second Curtain, (ex) 1953
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

FULLER, SAMUEL (Michael) (1912-1997) (chron.)

• * The Deadly Circle [as by Charles J. Sullivan], (ss) The Underworld Magazine May 1933
  • Pulp Friction, ed. Peter Haining, London: Souvenir Press 1996

FULMER, DAVID (chron.)

• * Algiers, (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (Algiers).
• * Back o’ Town Blues, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003

FUQUA, C(hristopher) S. (1956- ) (chron.)

• * Sibling Rivalry, (ss) Hardboiled Detective #10 1990

FURBISH, LAWRENCE K. (chron.)

• * The Last Day of the Season, (ss) AHMM Sep 2005

FURIE, RUTHE (1930- ) (chron.)

• * Before My Eyes, (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
• * A Matter of Taste, (nv) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998
• * Rent-Whore, (ss) Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2001

FURMAN, MARY RUTH (chron.)

• * The Odds Are Even, (ss) AHMM Mar 26 1980

FURST, ALAN (1941- ) (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Writing for the Maverick Reader: Alan Furst” by Woody Haut & Brian Ritterspak, (iv) Crime Time #23 2001

FURUTANI, DALE; pseudonym of Dale Furutani Flanagan, (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Extreme Prejudice, (ss) Murder on Sunset Boulevard, ed. Rochelle Krich, Michael Mallory & Lisa Seidman, Top Publications 2002

FURUTANI, JOHN (chron.)

• * A Sales Call, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

FUSILLI, JIM (chron.)

• * Brenda, My Star, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Chellini’s Solution, (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2007, ed. Carl Hiaasen, Houghton Mifflin 2007
• * The Dupe, (ss) DC Noir, ed. George Pelecanos, Akashic Books 2006; (K Street, N.W.).
• * The Guardians, (ss) AHMM Sep 2007
  • A Prisoner of Memory: And 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Pegasus 2008
• * The Homecoming, (ss) Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006; (Camden Yards).
• * The Next Best Thing Bridge, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (George Washington).
• * Shatterproof, (ss) AHMM Apr 1988
  • AHMM Oct 2006
• * A Terrorizing Demonstration, (ss) WlSNoir 2007; (23 Wall Street).
• * The Ghost of Rory Gallagher, (ss)
  • Dublin Noir, ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books 2006

FUTRELLE, JACQUES (1873-1912) (chron.)

• * An Absence of Air [“Vacuum”], (ss) The Storyteller Dec 1922
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990
• * The Diamond Master, (na)
  • Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * The House that Was [Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)], (ss) 1907
  • AHMM Aug 1988
• * The Motor Boat [Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)], (ss) The Sunday Magazine Sep 9 1906
  • The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
• * The Phantom Motor [“The Phantom Motor Car”; Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)], (ss) Cassell’s 1908
  • Classic Mystery Stories, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1999
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * The Phantom Motor Car [Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)], (ss) Cassell’s 1908; also as “The Phantom Motor”.
• * The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)], (nv) Boston American Oct 30-Nov 5 1905
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • EQMM Jun 1950
  • World-Famous Great Mystery Stories, ed. Eleanor M. Edwards, Hart 1960
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
  • Master’s Choice, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 1999
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Nick Rennison, No Exit 2008
• * The Problem of the Deserted House [Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)], (ss) 1907
  • AHMM Nov 2004
• * The Problem of the Stolen Rubens [Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)], (ss) The Sunday Magazine Feb 17 1907; also as “The Stolen Rubens”.
• * The Stolen Rubens [“The Problem of the Stolen Rubens”; Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)], (ss) The Sunday Magazine Feb 17 1907
  • Twelve American Detective Stories, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Oxford University Press 1997
  • Classic Detective Stories, ed. Anon., London: MQ Publications, Ltd. 1999
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000
• * The Tragedy of the Life Raft, (ss)
  • Detection by Gaslight, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1997
• * Vacuum, (ss) The Storyteller Dec 1922; also as “An Absence of Air”.

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Great Detectives: Jacques Futrelle’s Thinking Machine” by Barbara Roden, (ar) The Strand Magazine #1 1998

FUTRELLE, (Lillie) MAY (Peel) [Mrs. Jacques Futrelle] (1876-1967) (chron.)

• * The Grinning God [Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)], (ss) 1907
  • AHMM Aug 1988

FUTRELLE, MRS. JACQUES; see under Futrelle, May (chron.)

FUTRELLE, PAT (chron.)

• * Keys to Death, (ss) Vengeance Shorts #1 1945

FYFIELD, FRANCES; pseudonym of Frances Hegarty, (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Cold and Deep, (ss) The Guardian 1992
  • Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 1993
  • 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * Nothing to Lose, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996

_____, [ref.]

• * “Frances Fyfield: The English Are Not What They Seem” by Eve Tan Gee, (iv) Crime Time #23 2001

G, AMELIA (chron.)

• * Feisty Girls Out for a Good Time, (nv) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997
• * Rocket Queen, (ss) Blue Blood
  • Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996

GABALDON, DIANA; [i.e., Diana Jean Gabaldon Watkins] (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Hellfire, (nv) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998