Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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Until You Are Dead John Lutz (Five Star 0-7862-1660-3, Nov ’98, $21.95, hc)
- · Introduction · in
- · Until You Are Dead · ss AHMM Jan 30 ’80
- · The Chess Players · ss EQMM May ’94
- · The Explosives Expert · ss AHMM Sep ’67
- · Games for Adults · ss AHMM Dec ’71
- · The Basement Room · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct ’73
- · Double Murder · ss AHMM Jan 7 ’81
- · Fair Shake · ss AHMM Apr ’68
- · Heat · ss EQMM Sep ’85
- · Life Sentence · ss Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine Aug ’75
- · On Judgment Day · ss Espionage Magazine Aug ’85
- · Death by the Numbers · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov/Dec ’77
- · A Handgun for Protection · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep ’74
- · Prospectus on Death · ss AHMM Jul ’71
- · Understanding Electricity · ss AHMM Aug ’75
- · The Man in the Morgue [Al Nudger] · ss AHMM Feb ’78
- · The Explosive Cargo · ss AHMM Oct ’77
- · Men Without Motives · ss Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine Aug ’75
- · Twice Removed · ss Espionage Magazine Feb ’85
- · Winds of Change · ss Espionage Magazine Dec ’84
- · The Lemon Drink Queen · nv AHMM Feb ’74
- · Not Just a Number · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul ’76
- · King of the Kennel · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov ’68
- · Abridged · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct ’68
- · Mail Order · ss AHMM Apr ’75
- · Going, Going · ss The Executioner Mystery Magazine Apr ’75
- · Moon Children · ss Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine May ’75
- · The Other Side of Reason · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec ’74
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Bimbos & Zombies Sharyn McCrumb (SFBC #01176, May ’98 [Feb ’98], $10.98, 310pp, hc, cover by Jeff Walker) [Jay Omega] Omnibus of two mysteries about SF fandom: Bimbos of the Death Sun (TSR 1988) and Zombies of the Gene Pool (Simon & Schuster 1992). This special Mystery Guild edition has ISBN 1-56865-580-0; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back jacket.
- vii · Author’s Note · pr
- 1 · Bimbos of the Death Sun · n. TSR, 1988
- 137 · Zombies of the Gene Pool · n. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992
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Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley (Washington Square Press 0-671-01499-4, Oct ’98, $14.00, 208pp, tp) [Socrates Fortlow] Reprint (Norton 1997) collection.
- 13 · Crimson Shadow · ss Whitney Museum
- 25 · Midnight Meeting · ss Black Renaissance Noir
- 37 · The Thief · ss Esquire Jul ’95
- 53 · Double Standard · ss GQ Aug ’95
- 63 · Equal Opportunity · ss Buzz
- 79 · Marvane Street · ss Story Spr ’96
- 95 · Man Gone · ss Emerge
- 110 · The Wanderer · ss *
- 126 · Lessons · ss *
- 140 · Letter to Theresa · ss Los Angeles Times
- 153 · History · ss *
- 169 · Firebug · ss MHCMM #1 ’96
- 182 · Black Dog · ss *
- 197 · Last Rites · ss *
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Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services Bill Pronzini (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-25-0, 1998, $16.00, 202pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon]
- 9 · Preface: Anatomy of a Series · pr
- 13 · No Room at the Inn · ss Crime at Christmas, ed. Jack Adrian, Equation, 1988
- 24 · Burgade’s Crossing · nv Louis L’Amour Western Magazine #1 ’94
- 43 · The Cloud Cracker · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Jul ’94
- 64 · Lady One-Eye · nv Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Sep ’94
- 90 · Coney Game · nv Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Nov ’94
- 112 · The Desert Limited · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Nov ’95
- 127 · The Horseshoe Nail · nv EQMM Feb ’97
- 149 · Medium Rare · nv EQMM Sep/Oct ’98
- 177 · The Highbinders · nv *
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The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus: Rear Window and Other Stories, I Married a Dead Man, Waltz into Darkness Cornell Woolrich (Penguin USA 0-140-26977-0, Jan ’98, $16.95, 656pp, tp)
- 1 · Rear Window and Other Stories [“Rear Window and Four Short Novels”] · co New York: Ballantine, 1984
- 5 · Rear Window [“It Had to Be Murder”, as by William Irish] · nv Dime Detective Magazine Feb ’42
- 37 · Post-Mortem · nv Black Mask Apr ’40
- 65 · Three O’Clock · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 1 ’38
- 93 · Change of Murder · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 25 ’36
- 113 · Momentum [“Murder Always Gathers Momentum”] · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 14 ’40
- 143 · I Married a Dead Man [as by William Irish] · n. J.B. Lippincott, 1948; expanded and rewritten from “They Call Me Patrice”, Today’s Woman Apr ’46.
- 319 · Waltz Into Darkness [as by William Irish] · n. J.B. Lippincott, 1947
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Murder on the Run The Adams Round Table (Berkley 0-425-16146-3, Feb ’98, $21.95, 294pp, hc)
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12 Mystery Stories ed. Jack Adrian (Oxford University Press 0-19-288074-8, Apr ’98, £4.99/$9.95, xii+232pp, tp) Anthology of genre and mainstream work, the majority from the 19th century.
- ix · Introduction · Jack Adrian · in
- 1 · A Night in an Old Castle · G. P. R. James · ss Eva St Clair & Other Collected Tales, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1843
- 16 · 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.
- 31 · The Knightsbridge Mystery · Charles Reade · nv Life, 1882
- 68 · Paul Vargas: A Mystery · Hugh Conway · nv The English Illustrated Magazine Apr, 1884
- 90 · Gerald · Stanley J. Weyman · ss The English Illustrated Magazine Mar, 1887
- 104 · My First Patient · Mabel E. Wotton · ss A Pretty Radical and other stories, 1890
- 116 · A Fatal Affinity · Roy Horniman & C. E. Morland · nv The Ludgate Magazine Jul, 1894
- 142 · The Story of the Man with the Watches · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Jul, 1898
- 158 · The Third Figure · Frank Aubrey · ss The Queen Nov 11, 1899
- 171 · The Yellow Box · J. B. Harris-Burland · ss The English Illustrated Magazine Dec, 1899
- 190 · The Man with the Ebony Crutches · Ward Muir · nv The Storyteller Feb ’08
- 211 · The Horror of the Automaton · Guy Thorne · ss The Queen Jan 11 ’13; revised from “The Automaton”, by C. Ranger Gull and Reginald Bacchus, The Ludgate, Jan 1900.
- 225 · Biographical Notes and Sources · Misc. · bg
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12 Tales of Murder ed. Jack Adrian (Oxford University Press 0-19-288075-6, Apr ’98, £4.99, xii+203pp, tp) Anthology of crime/mystery stories.
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’Tis the Season for Murder: Christmas Crimes ed. Anon. (Worldwide Library 0-373-26290-6, Nov ’98, $6.99, 508pp, pb) Anthology of two reprint Christmas murder mystery novels and an original short story.
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Shakespearean Detectives ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-85487-559-0, Aug ’98, £6.99, 440pp, tp, cover by The Senate) Anthology of 29 original detective stories set in the world of Shakespearean plays.
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Forgotten Realms: Realms of Mystery ed. Philip Athans (TSR 0-7869-1171-9, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $5.99, 336pp, tp, cover by Alan Pollack) Original anthology of 14 fantasy/mystery stories set in the world of the role-playing game. Authors include Mary H. Herbert, Brian M. Thomsen, and Ed Greenwood. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Legal Briefs ed. William Bernhardt (New York: Doubleday 0-385-49138-7, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $22.95, 292pp, hc)
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Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives ed. Carole Nelson Douglas (Forge 0-312-86435-3, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $23.95, 350pp, hc) Original anthology of 17 animal mystery stories, one a reprint.
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Isaac Asimov’s Detectives ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace 0-441-00545-4, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $5.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Andy Lackow) Anthology of six SF detective stories that originally appeared in Asimov’s magazine.
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Northern Blood III ed. Martin Edwards (Countyvise, 1998, 164pp, tp) A third collection of Northern Crime Writing.
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Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III ed. Martin Edwards (Severn House, 1998, 242pp, hc) The Crime Writers’ Association’s annual anthology.
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Murder, They Wrote II ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg (Boulevard Books 1-57297-339-0, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $6.99, 342pp, pb) Original anthology, “Jessica Fletcher presents...” 16 mystery stories.
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Once Upon a Crime ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Berkley 0-425-16301-6, Jun ’98, $21.95, 416pp, hc, cover by Jeff Crosby) Original anthology of 24 fairy tales retold by mystery writers.
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