Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

HALLAHAN, WILLIAM H(enry) (1925- ) (chron.)

• * Meet Me at the Grave, (nv) Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991

HALLAM, CHRISTOPHER (1947- ) (chron.)

• * A Book for Christmas, (ss) Crime for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1991

HALLERAN, E(ugene) E(dward) (1905-1994) (chron.)

• * It’s in the Book, (vi) Mammoth Detective May 1944
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

HALLIDAY, BRETT; pseudonym of Davis Dresser, (1904-1977) (chron.)

• * Dead Man’s Code [Michael Shayne], (ss) This Week 1954; also as “Not—Tonight—Danger”.
• * Death Rolls the Dice [Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual Sum 1971
• * Excerpt from Dividend on Death, (ex) 1939
  • Orange Pulp, ed. Maurice J. O’Sullivan & Steve Glassman, University Press of Florida 2000
• * Human Interest Stuff, (ss) Adventure Sep 1938
  • EQMM Sep 1946
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
• * “Kill Mike Shayne!” [Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972
• * The Las Vegas Courier [Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #3 1973
• * The Million-Dollar Motive, (nv) The Master Detective
  • The Third Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1959
• * Not—Tonight—Danger [“Dead Man’s Code”; Michael Shayne], (ss) This Week 1954
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
• * You Killed Elizabeth, (nv) London Mystery Magazine #8 1951
  • The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1958

HALLIDAY, BRETT; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * All in a Day’s Work (with Mike Shayne, narr.) [by Tim Rourke; Michael Shayne], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1984
• * All the Faces of Fear [by James M. Reasoner & L. J. Washburn; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1980
• * The Assassination of Michael Shayne [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1982
• * Beautiful But Dead [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1982
• * The Bedlam File [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1980
• * The Black Death [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1982
• * Black Lotus [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1981
• * Book of the Dead [by James M. Reasoner & L. J. Washburn; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1982
• * Byline for Murder [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1981
• * A Cry in the Night [by L. J. Washburn; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1981
• * A Dark Night with a Blind Lady [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1985
• * Day of Revenge [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1984
• * Dead Ringer [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1984
• * Deadly Memories [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1983
• * Deadly Queen [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1982
• * Deadly Visions [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1985
• * Deadly Visitor [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1982
• * Death from the Sky [Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1981
• * Death in Texas [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1982
• * Death in the Dailies [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1981
• * Death on Skull Mountain [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1983
• * Death Stalks the Campus [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1983
• * Death Takes a Pilgrimage [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984
• * Death Tops the Charts [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1985
• * Devil Dust and Death [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1984
• * Diamonds Are Deadly [Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1980
• * A Dirty Business [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1983
• * Doomsday Island [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1982
• * Encore for Death [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1980
• * Fishing for Murder [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1984
• * Fit for a Corpse [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1981
• * The Full Moon Means Murder [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981
• * The Golden Buddha Caper [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1980
• * Graven Image [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1983
• * Havoc in High Places [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1982
• * Hellhole [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1983
• * The Hunting of Mike Shayne [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1983
• * Key of Death [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984
• * Killer’s Cruise [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1981
• * Killer’s Eve [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1980
• * Killing Time [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1984
• * Mayhem in the Magic City [by James M. Reasoner & L. J. Washburn; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1980
• * The Medici Casket [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1982
• * Midnight Wind [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981
• * Murder by the Bay [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1980
• * Murder from Beyond the Grave [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1982
• * Murder in Paradise [Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1983
• * Murder in Paradise [by James Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1980
• * A Night in Hell [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1985
• * Odds on Death [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1981
• * Payoff in Blood [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1980
• * The Quick and the Dead [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1985
• * The Return of the Beach Butcher [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1983
• * Sandcastles [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1984
• * Search and Destroy [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1983
• * Shadow of Death [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1983
• * Shadows of the Past [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1984
• * Sharks [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1984
• * Silent Death [Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1983
• * The Stalker of Biscayne Bay [by James M. Reasoner & L. J. Washburn; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1981
• * The Sting of Death [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1985
• * Terror Resort [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982
• * Three Strikes—You’re Dead! [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1981
• * Thy Will Be Done [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1985
• * The Viper Conspiracy [by James M. Reasoner; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1980
• * Wilde Weekend [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1985
• * Yesterday’s Angel [by James M. Reasoner & L. J. Washburn; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1980
• * Yesterday’s Hero [by Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet; Michael Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1984

HALLIGAN, KATHLEEN (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Women of Mystery III, ed. Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * Introduction (with Cynthia Manson), (in)
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Murder to Music, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1997

HALLIGAN, MARION (chron.)

• * Critical Differences, (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
• * I Love New York, (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993
• * The Icecream Bursts, (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991
• * Neighbourhood Fortress, (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990

HALLIN, BEVERLY (chron.)

• * The Witness, (pm) EQMM Jun 1997

HALLSTEAD, WILLIAM F(inn, III) (1924- ); see pseudonym William Beechcroft (chron.)

• * Cut-and-Dried, (ss) AHMM Jun 2000
• * Fallout, (ss) AHMM Sep 2002
• * Phobia, (ss) AHMM Nov 1998
• * Pledge Night, (ss) EQMM Nov 2004
• * Red on Yellow, Deadly Fellow, (ss) AHMM Feb 2002
• * Totoo, (ss) EQMM Feb 2003

HALSTEAD, JOHN; pseudonym of Douglas Newton, (1884-1951) (chron.)

• * The Black God, (ss) Mystery Stories #1 1936

HALSTED, ROBERT (chron.)

• * Blood, (ss) AHMM Apr 1990
  • Murder Most Medical, ed. Cathleen Jordan & Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
• * The Colubrian Bonds, (nv) AHMM Dec 1991
• * Dead in His Own Back Yard, (ss) AHMM Aug 1994
• * Fiat de Luxe, (nv) AHMM Jun 1993
• * The Girl and the Gator, (ss) AHMM Dec 1989
• * Hostile Takeover, (nv) AHMM Feb 1991
  • Grifters and Swindlers, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * It Was a Hot and Stormy Day, (nv) AHMM Mar 1991
• * It Was a Hurricane Party Week, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1991
• * It Was a Warm and Muggy Night, (ss) AHMM May 1991
• * Molly, (ss) AHMM Apr 1996
• * The Muleshoe Caper, (nv) AHMM May 1994
• * The Mystery of the Missing Marsupial, (nv) AHMM Aug 1992
  • Mysterious Menagerie, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1996
• * The Old Corbin House, (nv) AHMM Nov 1993
• * Pagan Island, (nv) AHMM Jan 1993
• * Springtime in Appalachia, or, At Witt’s End, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1990
• * Up the Hill, (ss) AHMM Dec 1994
• * Way Out, (ss) AHMM Jul 1991

HALTER, PAUL (chron.)

• * The Call of the Lorelei [Dr. Alan Twist], (ss) EQMM Jul 2004; translated from the French in Bonne Soirée, Dec 1998.; tr. by Peter Schulman
  • Passports to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2006; tr. by Peter Schulman
• * Nausicaa’s Ball [Dr. Alan Twist], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008; translated from the French.; tr. by Robert Adey & John Pugmire
• * The Night of the Wolf, (ss) EQMM May 2006; ©2000, translated from the French.; tr. by Robert Adey & John Pugmire
• * The Robber’s Grave, (ss) EQMM Jun 2007; Editions du Masque, 2002.; tr. by Robert Adey & John Pugmire
• * The Tunnel of Death, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005; first published in La Nuit du Loup, Hachette Livre, 2000.; tr. by John Pugmire

HALYCON, P. E. (chron.)

• * The Hurricane Courier, (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984
• * Sabotage, (ss) Espionage Magazine Jun 1986

HAMBLY, BARBARA (Joan) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Antiquarian’s Niece [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003
• * The Dollmaker of Marigold Walk [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) My Sherlock Holmes, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2003; (The First Mrs. Watson).
• * Libre [Benjamin January], (ss) EQMM Nov 2006
• * There Shall Your Heart Be Also, (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (The Swamp).

HAMEL, SHIRLANN (chron.)

• * Watch the River, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

HAMILL, DENIS (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Under the Throgs Neck Bridge, (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Bayside).

HAMILL, PETE(r) (1935- ) (chron.)

• * The Book Signing, (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004
• * The Men in Black Raincoats, (ss) EQMM Dec 1977
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
  • Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2005
• * The Poet of Pulp: How Ed McBain Made the Precinct House a Respectable Place, (ar) New Yorker Jan 10 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001

HAMILTON, BRAD (chron.)

• * A Shooting in Brooklyn, (ar) Hardboiled #21 1996

HAMILTON, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER (1963- ) (chron.)

• * Down Twisted, (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998

HAMILTON, DENISE (books) (chron.)

• * At the Drop of a Hat, (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006
• * Introduction: City of Angels & Demons, (in)
  • Los Angeles Noir, ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books 2007
• * Midnight in Silicon Valley, (ss) Los Angeles Noir, ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books 2007