Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

GATES, DAVID EDGERLEY (chron.) (continued)

• * Compass Rose, (nv) AHMM Sep 1999
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2000, ed. Donald E. Westlake, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * The Cottonwoods [Placido Geist], (ss) AHMM Oct 2006
• * Cover of Darkness, (nv) AHMM Sep 1998
• * The Devil You Know, (ss) AHMM Apr 2002
• * If I Die Before I Wake, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• * Inside Straight, (ss) AHMM Oct 1991
• * Kick the Can, (nv) AHMM Jun 1998
• * The Lion of the Chama, (nv) EQMM Dec 2003
• * Medicine Water, (nv) AHMM Sep 2002
• * Mile Zero, (ss) AHMM Nov 1997
• * The Navarro Sisters, (nv) AHMM Feb 2001
• * Set ‘em Up, Joe, (ss) AHMM Mar 2008
• * Shroud Cay, (nv) AHMM Mar 1993
• * Sidewinder, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998
• * Skin and Bones [Mickey Counihan], (nv) AHMM Oct 2008
• * Step on a Crack [Mickey Counihan], (nv) AHMM Jun 2007
• * This Little Piggy, (nv) AHMM Dec 2000
• * The Undiscovered Country, (nv) AHMM Aug 1996
• * Winter Kill [Sheriff Deputy Hector Moody], (nv) AHMM Mar 2004

GATES, NANCY GOTTER (chron.)

• * Truth Will Out, (pm) EQMM Mar 1991

GAUGER, ANNIE (chron.)

• * Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol, (ar) The Strand Magazine Christmas 2001

GAULT, SHELLEY (chron.)

• * Afterword, (aw)
  • Marksman and Other Stories, William Campbell Gault, Crippen & Landru 2003

GAULT, WILLIAM CAMPBELL (1910-1995) (books) (chron.)

• * The Cackle Bladder [“The Corpse and the Cackle-Bladder”], (nv) Detective Tales Mar 1950
  • EQMM Nov 1960
  • Grifters and Swindlers, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * Conspiracy, (nv) AHMM Aug 1957
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Marksman and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Corpse and the Cackle-Bladder, (nv) Detective Tales Mar 1950; also as “The Cackle Bladder”.
• * Creature of Habit, (ss) 15 Mystery Stories Oct 1950
  • Marksman and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Dead-End for Delia, (nv) Black Mask Nov 1950
  • Fallen Angels, ed. Anon., Grove Press 1993
  • Marksman and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Deadly Beloved [Joe Puma], (na) Manhunt Oct 1956
  • Most Wanted, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
  • Marksman and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Death of a Big Wheel [Joe Puma], (ss) Manhunt Apr 1957
  • Marksman and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Death Out of Focus, (n.) New York: Random House 1959
  • Hollywood Kills, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
• * Don’t Crowd Your Luck [Joe Puma], (nv) EQMM May 1957
  • Hardboiled #15 1993
  • Marksman and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Hibiscus and Homicide, (na) Thrilling Detective Oct 1947
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * The Kerman Kill, (nv) Murder in Los Angeles, Adams Round Table, Morrow 1987
  • New Mystery v1 #3 1993
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Marksman, (ss) Clues Sep 1940
  • The Fourth Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959
  • Marksman and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * No Client of Mine [Joe Puma], (ss) Mercury Mystery Magazine Jul 1957
  • Marksman and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * No Weeds for the Widow, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1947
  • Detective Story Annual 1949, ed. Daisy Bacon, Street & Smith 1949
• * None But the Lethal Heart, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1951
  • Hard-Boiled Detectives, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Gramercy Books 1992
• * An Ordinary Man, (ss) New Mystery v4 #1 1996; given as “Marksman” on story.
• * See No Evil [“See No Murder”], (ss) New Detective Magazine Sep 1950
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
• * See No Murder, (ss) New Detective Magazine Sep 1950; also as “See No Evil”.
• * The Sister, (ss) New Mystery Win 1994
• * Stolen Star [Joe Puma], (ss) Manhunt Nov 1957
  • Detective Story Magazine Sep 1990
  • Marksman and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Take Care of Yourself, (nv) Murder! Jul 1957
  • Twelve American Crime Stories, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998
• * They’d Die for Linda, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1946
  • Marksman and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Tin-Pan Alibi, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1946
  • Marksman and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Two Biers for Buster, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1947
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Unholy Three [Joe Puma], (nv) Manhunt May 1956
  • Marksman and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2003

GAUTIER, THÉOPHILE (1811-1872) (chron.)

• * Clarimonde, (nv) Chronique de Paris Jun 23 1836 (+); also as “The Dreamland Bride”.
• * The Dreamland Bride [“Clarimonde”], (nv) Chronique de Paris Jun 23 1836 (+)
  • The Cat of Bast & Other Stories of Mystery, ed. William E. Thorner, Regency 1958
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991

GAUTREAUX, TIM (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Just Turn Like a Gear, (nv) Massachusetts Review 1986
  • EQMM Sep 1989

GAVRELL, KENNETH (chron.)

• * A Better Chess Player, (ss) AHMM Nov 1989
  • Sinister Gambits, ed. Richard Peyton, Souvenir Press 1991
• * Boat Ride to Nowhere, (nv) AHMM Aug 1984
• * Bullet from the Dark, (nv) AHMM Jul 1996
• * Christmas Ice, (nv) AHMM Jan 1995
• * Dead End on the Mountain, (nv) AHMM Feb 1991
• * Death in the Barrio, (ss) AHMM Jun 16 1980
• * Dive into Darkness, (nv) AHMM May 1984
• * Hurricane Force, (ss) AHMM Aug 1991
• * Island of the Snake, (nv) AHMM Jul 1987
• * A Killing at El Castillo, (ss) AHMM Feb 3 1982
• * Looking for Carlos Hernandez, (ss) AHMM Jan 2 1980
• * Mirage, (ss) AHMM Jun 1985
• * My Little Girl, (ss) AHMM May 1982
• * Phone Call from the Dead, (nv) AHMM May 1993
• * Plants Like Baroque Music, (nv) AHMM Jul 1988
• * There Are No Stars Over San Juan, (nv) AHMM Feb 1994
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Through the Looking Glass, (ss) AHMM Aug 1983
• * Tigers Don’t Eat Strawberries, (nv) AHMM May 1986
• * Welcome to the Rattlesnake Farm, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998
• * White Hibiscus, (nv) AHMM Sep 8 1980
• * Whiteout, (nv) AHMM Mar 4 1981
  • AHMM Oct 1990
• * You Don’t Know Alex Very Well, (nv) AHMM Aug 1982

GAWE, MICHELLE R. (chron.)

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

GAWSWORTH, JOHN; pseudonym of T. I. Fytton Armstrong, (1912-1970) (books) (chron.)

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

GAY, ANNE (1952- ) (chron.)

• * The Fire That Burneth Here, (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998

GAY, WILLIAM (chron.)

• * The Paperhanger, (ss) Harper’s Feb 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, ed. Lawrence Block, Houghton Mifflin 2001
• * Those Deep Elm Brown’s Ferry Blues, (ss) The Missouri Review Sep 1998
• * Where Will You Go When Your Skin Cannot Contain You?, (ss) Tin House #26 2006
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2007, ed. Carl Hiaasen, Houghton Mifflin 2007

GAYLIN, ALISON (chron.)

• * Cherish, (ss) A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir, ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press 2007

GEARHART, SALLY MILLER (1931- ) (chron.)

• * The Dying Breed, (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991

GEASON, SUSAN (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Green Murder, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
• * An Old Husbands’ Tale, (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991

GEBERT, ANKE (chron.)

• * The Copyist (with Paul Lascaux, Richard Lifka, Thomas Przybilka, Stefan Slupetzky & Christoph Spielberg), (ss) EQMM Dec 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert
• * Two in the Same Boat, (ss) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003; first published in Sport Ist Moerdern (Sport Is Murder), ed. Ralph Kramp, Scherz Verlag, 2002.

GEBLER, CARLO (Earnest) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * The Driver’s Story, (vi) Fortnight 1993; also as “Wesley”.
• * Wesley [“The Driver’s Story”], (vi) Fortnight 1993
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000

GEE, EVE TAN; pseudonym of Barry Forshaw (chron.)

• * Frances Fyfield: The English Are Not What They Seem, (iv) Crime Time #23 2001
• * Minette Walters: My Glittering Career, (iv) Crime Time #23 2001
• * Natasha Cooper: Picturesque Decay, (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• * Ron Ellis: Rhythm ’n’ Blues on the Mersey, (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

GEE, THOMAS GIBBS (chron.)

• * Captain Joe Miron’s Peace & Quiet Bar, (ss) AHMM Aug 1985

GELB, JEFF(rey B.) (books) (chron.)

• * The Big Sin, (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997
• * Introduction (with Max Allan Collins), (in)
  • Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * Introduction: Sinful Streets (with Max Allan Collins), (in) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * Johnny Dynamite: The Comics Private Eye Who Was Too Tough to Die!, (ar) Hardboiled #23 1997
• * Perfection, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * Research, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * Trophy Wife, (ss) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001

GELLIS, ROBERTA (Leah, née Jacobs) (1927- ) (chron.)

• * Witch Sight, (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

GENTLE, MARY R(osalyn) (1956- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Cartomancy: An Introduction, (lk) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992
• * Cartomancy: Conclusion, (lk) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992

GEORGE, ANNE (Carroll) (1928-2001) (chron.)

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• * “Still Kicking: An Interview with Anne George” by Lisa D. Williamson, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

GEORGE, DON (chron.)

• * Marshport, (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004

GEORGE, (Susan) ELIZABETH (1949- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Evidence Exposed [Insp. Thomas Lynley], (nv) 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
• * I, Richard, (na) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
• * Introduction, (in) (*) 2004
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004
• * The Surprise of His Life, (nv) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997

GEORGE, NELSON (chron.)

• * New Lots Avenue, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004

GERAGHTY, MARGRET (chron.)

• * Ten Brown Bottles, (ss) 1990
  • EQMM Sep 1990

GERAGHTY, TONY (1932- ) (chron.)

• * The Queen’s Chastity, (ss) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000

GERAHTY, DIGBY GEORGE (1898-1981); see pseudonym Robert Standish (chron.)

GERBER, MERRILL JOAN (chron.)

• * This Is a Voice from Your Past, (ss) Chattahoochee Review Sum 1997
  • Best American Mystery Stories 1998, ed. Sue Grafton, Houghton Mifflin 1998

GERIK, RUTH A. (chron.)

• * User Unfriendly, (ss) AHMM May 1993

GERLACH, GUNTER (chron.)

• * Wedding in Voerde, (ss) EQMM Dec 2005; ©2004 by GRAFIT Verlog Gmbh, D-44139 Dortmund.; tr. by Mary Tannert
  • Passports to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert

GERRITSEN, TESS (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008

GERROLD, DAVID; pseudonym of Jerrold David Friedman, (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Bauble, (ss) More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993
• * The Fan Who Molded Himself [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * In the Quake Zone, (na) Down These Dark Spaceways, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2005
• * Satan Claus, (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• * What Goes Around, (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

GERSON, JACK (chron.)

• * Are There Any Secrets Left?, (ss) Espionage Magazine Aug 1986
• * Hagan?, (ss) Espionage Magazine Feb 1985

GIANAKIS, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Witches’ Parking Lot, (vi) AHMM May 2004

GIANATASIO, DAVID (chron.)

• * Simply Horrible, (vi) Hardboiled #17 1994

GIBB, JOYCE (chron.)

• * Who’s Going to Hang?, (ss) AHMM Jun 2005

GIBBON, EDWARD (1737-1794) (chron.)

• * from The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, (ex) 1776-88
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

GIBBONS, MARION C. (1936- ); see pseudonym M. C. Beaton (chron.)

GIBBONS, RICHARD PATRICK (chron.)

• * The White Card, (ss) EQMM Dec 1988

GIBSON, JACQUELINE (chron.)

• * The Keys, (nv) Southern Nights, ed. Anon., Southern Star Publishing 2001