Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959 ed. Anon. (H.S.D. Publications, 1959, 50¢, digest) A rebinding of the January 1959 issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and the December 1958 issue of Sleuth Mystery Magazine.
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An Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Sampler ed. Anon. (Reader’s Digest LCC# 73-85754, 1974, ph) Booklet given free to buyers of Reader’s Digest books.
- 3 · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in
- 5 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jul 13, 1890
- 14 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv EQMM May ’48
- 32 · Midnight Express · Alfred Noyes · ss This Week Nov 3 ’35
- 37 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss New Yorker Jan 19 ’52
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Stories #1 ed. Anon. (Bonomo 101, 1979, 39¢, 64pp, 3¼" x 5" s/s, cover by Paula Blasband)
- 5 · Nothing Short of Highway Robbery · Lawrence Block · ss AHMM Mar ’77
- 36 · Here Comes Mr. Pritchard · S. S. Rafferty · ss AHMM May ’76
- 44 · A Shroud for the Railroad Man · Alvin S. Fick · ss AHMM Oct ’77
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Australian Journal Suspense Stories #1 ed. Anon. (Melbourne: A.H. Massina, 194?, 1/6d, 96pp, digest) Anthology of suspense stories, probably reprinted from The Australian Journal.
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Bedside Tales of Mystery and Suspense ed. Anon. (Panther 1475, Feb ’63, 2’6, 126pp, pb) Anthology of seven stories.
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The Best Crime Stories [by Michael Stapleton] ed. Anon. (Hamlyn 0-600-38241-9, 1984, £4.95, 747pp, hc) Reissue (Hamlyn 1977) massive anthology of 49 crime stories from Somerser Maugham to Avram Davidson. A greatly abridged version (containing 24 of the stories) was subsequently published in the US (Mallard, 1990).
- 9 · Introduction · Michael Stapleton · in
- 15 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, an, 1844, 1844
- 30 · The Angler’s Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange [“The Lady of Glenwith Grange”] · William Collins · ss After Dark, London: Smith, Elder, 1856
- 48 · The New Catacomb [“Burger’s Secret”] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Sunlight Year Book, 1898
- 60 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Storyteller Dec ’10
- 74 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Nov ’25
- 85 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review Aug ’21
- 109 · The Almost Perfect Crime · Henry Holt · ss
- 118 · The Letter · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International Apr ’24
- 146 · The Farewell Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na Black Mask Feb ’30
- 176 · They Never Get Caught · Margery Allingham · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Nov ’34
- 194 · The Siamese Cat · George Goodchild · ss
- 204 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine Sep ’29
- 219 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz, 1933
- 228 · The Man Who Knew How · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar Feb ’32
- 239 · The Poetical Policeman [“The Strange Case of the Night Watchman”; John G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Grand Magazine
- 252 · S.O.S. · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Feb ’26
- 266 · Wireless · Agatha Christie · ss Mystery Magazine Mar 1 ’26
- 278 · The Mallet · James Hilton · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine Jul ’29
- 293 · Dusk to Dawn · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask Dec ’37
- 319 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review Apr ’34
- 329 · Eyewitness [revised from Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 28 ’39] · Robert Arthur · ss, 1951
- 341 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin · ss EQMM Feb ’46
- 353 · The Homesick Buick · John D. MacDonald · ss EQMM Sep ’50
- 364 · The Enemy [Mike Russell] · Charlotte Armstrong · nv EQMM May ’51
- 384 · The Conspirators [Insp. Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Aug ’66
- 398 · Double Image · Roy Vickers · nv EQMM Apr ’54
- 428 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Sep ’53
- 436 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss New Yorker Feb 27 ’54
- 447 · The Necessity of His Condition · Avram Davidson · ss EQMM Apr ’57
- 457 · The Unsuspected · Jay Wilson · ss The Saturday Evening Post Feb 8 ’58
- 468 · You Can’t Be a Little Girl All Your Life · Stanley Ellin · nv EQMM May ’58
- 489 · A Day of Encounters · Anthony Gilbert · ss EQMM Feb ’72
- 502 · Foxer · Brian Cleeve · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 18 ’65
- 515 · Special Release · Eric Parr · ss
- 523 · Love Affair · Julian Symons · ss, 1968; EQMM Nov ’69
- 532 · Scatter His Ashes · Elizabeth Ferrars · nv Winter’s Crimes 2, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1970
- 548 · Jericho and the Two Ways to Die [John Jericho] · Hugh Pentecost · ss EQMM Sep ’72
- 560 · The Niece from Scotland · Christianna Brand · ss EQMM Nov ’72
- 572 · Carrot for a Chestnut · Dick Francis · ss Sports Illustrated Jan 5 ’70
- 588 · This One’s a Beauty [Captain Rogan] · Patricia McGerr · ss EQMM Nov ’71
- 599 · The Perfect Servant · Helen Nielsen · ss EQMM Nov ’71
- 612 · Judgement · Mary Kelly · nv Winter’s Crimes 3, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1971
- 628 · Fixation · Miles Tripp · nv Winter’s Crimes 3, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1971
- 652 · A Quite Conventional Death · John Garforth · nv The Times of London Anthology of Detective Stories, London: Cape, 1972
- 672 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5, ed. Virginia Whitaker, London: Macmillan, 1973
- 686 · Suicide or Murder? · Jane Aiken Hodge · ss Winter’s Crimes 5, ed. Virginia Whitaker, London: Macmillan, 1973
- 696 · Accommodation Vacant · Celia Fremlin · ss Winter’s Crimes 7, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1975
- 710 · Scandal at Sandkop · James McClure · nv Winter’s Crimes 7, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1975
- 728 · The Man from the White Mountains · Ted Willis · ss Winter’s Crimes 7, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1975
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The Best Short Stories of 1983 ed. Anon. (Davis, 1984, 72pp, ph) Booklet given free to subscribers of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, the five Edgar Award-nominated stories of 1983.
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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Stories #1 ed. Anon. (Bonomo 100, 1979, 39¢, 64pp, 3¼" x 5" s/s, cover by Paula Blasband)
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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Stories #2 ed. Anon. (Bonomo 33, 1979, 49¢, 3¼" x 5" s/s)
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Horror and Homicide ed. Anon. (Checkerbooks #5, 1949, 15¢, 95pp, pb, cover by Bob Schwartz) Anthology of eight stories selected from Murder for the Millions, ed. Frank Owen (Fell 1946).
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Purnell’s Book of Mystery Stories ed. Anon. (Bristol: Purnell 0361052863, 1982, 111pp, hc) Anthology of mystery and supernatural stories for children.
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A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen ed. Anon. (London: Daily Express, 1934, 1087pp, hc)
- 9 · Introduction · James Agate · in
- 23 · The Traveller’s Story of a Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words Apr 24, 1852
- 43 · Mad Monkton [“The Monkstons of Wincot Abbey”] · Wilkie Collins · na Fraser’s Magazine Nov-Dec, 1855
- 105 · The Biter Bit [“Who Is the Thief?”] · Wilkie Collins · nv Atlantic Monthly Apr, 1858
- 137 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Feb, 1892
- 167 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake, 1834, 1833
- 183 · The Gentleman from America · Michael Arlen · ss The Tatler Christmas ’24
- 205 · The Leech of Folkestone · R. H. Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany Jul, 1837
- 233 · Jerry Jarvis’s Wig [as by Thomas Ingoldsby] · R. H. Barham · ss Bentley’s Miscellany May, 1843
- 251 · The Spectre of Tappington [as by Thomas Ingoldsby] · R. H. Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany Feb, 1837
- 279 · A Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, D.D. · R. H. Barham · nv Blackwood’s Apr, 1831
- 305 · The Ebony Box · Mrs. Henry Wood · na, 1890
- 363 · My Adventure at Chiselhurst · A. J. Alan · ss The (London) Evening Standard Nov 10 ’32; broadcast by the BBC on June 13, 1932.
- 375 · The Hair · A. J. Alan · ss, 1926
- 389 · The Gold-Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper Jun 21-28, 1843
- 425 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunado] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov, 1846
- 433 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Apr, 1841
- 469 · The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Snowden’s Lady’s Companion Nov, 1842 (+2)
- 519 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, an, 1842, 1842
- 537 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger Mar, 1835
- 547 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, an, 1839, 1839
- 567 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May, 1842
- 575 · Roger Malvin’s Burial · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Token, 1832
- 595 · Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment [“The Fountain of Youth”] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Knickerbocker Jan, 1837
- 605 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss New England Magazine Jan, 1835
- 615 · Wandering Willie’s Tale [from Redgauntlet] · Sir Walter Scott · ex London: Constable, 1824
- 665 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Sep ’02
- 681 · Sir Dominick Sarsfield [“Sir Dominick’s Bargain”] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round Jul 6, 1872; revised from “The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh”, Dublin University Magazine Mar 1838.
- 697 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [“The Haunted House in Westminster”; Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia Jan, 1872
- 731 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round Oct 23-Nov 13, 1869
- 769 · The Birthday of the Infanta · Oscar Wilde · ss The Happy Prince and Other Tales, London: David Nutt, 1888
- 789 · The Trial for Murder [“To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”] · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1865
- 801 · The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Sep, 1837
- 819 · No. 1 Branch Line, the Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1866
- 835 · The Squire’s Story · Mrs. Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas, 1853
- 853 · The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine Oct 1 ’11
- 871 · Malachi’s Cove · Anthony Trollope · ss Good Words Dec, 1864
- 893 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Aug, 1859; long version
- 933 · The Story of the Greek Slave · Captain Frederick Marryat · ss Metropolitan Magazine Jul, 1831
- 949 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories, London: Eveleigh Nash, 1907
- 961 · Secret Worship [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence, London: Nash, 1908
- 997 · The Open Door · Mrs. Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Jan, 1882
- 1043 · The Suitable Surroundings · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jul 14, 1889
- 1051 · One of the Missing · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Mar 11, 1888
- 1063 · The Affair at Coulter’s Notch · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Oct 20, 1889
- 1073 · A Tough Tussle · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Sep 30, 1888
- 1081 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Apr 14, 1889
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A Century of Thrillers: Second Series ed. Anon. (Daily Express, 1935, 896pp, hc) Published in Australia as The World’s Best Mystery Stories, Melbourne: United Press, 1935.
- 15 · The Taipan · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Pearson’s Magazine Oct ’22
- 25 · Tale of the Piper · Donn Byrne · vi Destiny Bay, Little Brown, 1928
- 31 · The Lifted Veil [as by Anonymous] · George Eliot · nv Blackwood’s Jul, 1859
- 75 · Number 13 · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 91 · Rats · M. R. James · ss Shudders, Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1929; At Random Mar 23 ’29
- 97 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 113 · The Queer Feet [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv The Storyteller Nov ’10
- 135 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23, 1895
- 155 · My Adventure in Norfolk · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine Oct ’27; broadcast by the BBC Dec 24, 1926
- 165 · Tchériapin · Sax Rohmer · ss The Sovereign Magazine Apr ’20
- 185 · The Ivory God · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The London Magazine Oct ’05
- 201 · The Apparition of Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar booklet Jul, 1706
- 213 · The Thing in the Hall · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, London: Mills Boon, 1912
- 229 · Night · Guy de Maupassant · ss
- 235 · The Drowned Man [“Lost at Sea”] · Guy de Maupassant · ss, 1888
- 243 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant · ss Apr 6, 1890
- 259 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss New England Magazine Apr, 1835
- 275 · The Ballad of Reading Gaol · Oscar Wilde · pm Smith’s Magazine Feb 13, 1898
- 297 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer Jan, 1843
- 303 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine Sep, 1839
- 323 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia United States Saturday Post Aug 19, 1843
- 335 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Museum Sep, 1838
- 353 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 2, 1893
- 367 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine Dec, 1898
- 381 · The Last Leaf · O. Henry · ss The Trimmed Lamp, McClure, 1907
- 389 · The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Lady of the Barge, Harper & Row, 1902
- 405 · The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain · Charles Dickens · na Bradbury & Evans, 1848
- 493 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Apr 16, 1899
- 503 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Aug 17, 1890
- 513 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics Dec 7, 1893
- 525 · The Beast with Five Fingers [revised version] · W. F. Harvey · nv The Beast With Five Fingers, J.M. Dent, 1928
- 555 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv The Broken Shaft: Unwin’s Annual for 1886, ed. Sir Henry Norman, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1885
- 577 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv New York & London: Macmillan, 1903
- 615 · Diver’s Drops · N. A. Temple Ellis · nv
- 641 · The Cards · Sydney Parkman · ss
- 657 · The Knights of the Silver Dagger · Ashton Wolfe · nv
- 683 · The Werewolf [“Krantz’s Narrative”, chapter 39 of The Phantom Ship] · Frederick Marryat · ex The New Monthly Magazine Jul, 1839
- 707 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery, James McGlashan, 1851; revised from an earlier story in Dublin University Magazine May ’39.
- 731 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue Dec, 1871 (+3)
- 799 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv In a Glass, Darkly, Bentley, 1872; revised from “The Watcher”, Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery, James McGlashan, 1851.
- 841 · Gabriel’s Marriage · Wilkie Collins · nv Household Words Apr 16-23, 1853
- 887 · The Sexton’s Hero · Mrs. Gaskell · ss Howilt’s Journal Sep, 1847
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