Collected Stories

Short Fiction Bibliography Alphabetical

A

A Good Story, Playboy, October 1984

A Midsummer Daydream, Playboy, May 1990

A Time to Die, The Saint Mystery Magazine, [UK] March 1961

A Toast to the Damned! Off Beat Detective Stories, May 1962

A Travesty, Enough, 1977

After I’m Gone, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, June 1984

All Men Are Bea…, Argosy, (UK) December 1968

An Empty Threat, Manhunt, February 1960

Anatomy of an Anatomy, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, September 1960

And Then He Went Away, Future Science Fiction, June 1959

And You (poem), The Vincentian, May 1951

The Appointment, Fantastic, December 1954

Arrest, Manhunt, January 1958

Art & Craft, Playboy, August 2000

Ask a Silly Question, Playboy, February 1981

B

The Best-Friend Murder, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, December 1959

Birth of a Monster, Super Science Fiction, August 1959

The Blonde Lieutenant, Rogue, July 1957

Break-Out, Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3, 1961

Breathe Deep, Playboy, July 1985

The Burglar and the Whatsit, Playboy, December 1996

C

Call Him Nemesis, If, September 1961

Cat Killers, Shock: The Magazine of Terrifying Tales, September 1960

Come Again? The Mysterious Press, 2001

Come Back, Come Back, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, October 1960

Cool O’Toole, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, September 1966

The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, September 1960

D

Death for Sale, Mystery Digest, April 1959

The Death of a Bum, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, June 1965

Death Wears a Bikini! Two-Fisted Detective Stories, September 1959

Decoy for Murder, Mystery Digest March, 1959

Devilishly, Signature, August 1966

The Devil’s Printer, Mystery Digest, September 1958

Domestic Intrigue, The Saint Magazine, July 1966

Don’t You Know There’s a War On? Playboy, December 1983

The Dortmunder Workout, or Criminal Exercise, The New York Times Magazine, April 29, 1990

Dream a Dream, Cosmopolitan, August 1982

E

The Earthman’s Burden, Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1962

Elephant Blues, 77 Sunset Strip, July 1960

Everybody Killed Sylvia, Mystery Digest, May 1958

F

The Feel of the Trigger, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, October 1961

Fluorocarbons Are Here to Stay! Science Fiction Stories, March 1958

Fresh Out of Prison (You Put on Some Weight), Guilty Detective Story Magazine, June 1960

Friday Night, Tightrope!, June 1960

Fugue For Felons, Thieves Dozen, 2004

G

The Girl of My Dreams, The Midnight Ghost Book, 1978

Give Till it Hurts, The Mysterious Bookshop, 1993

God Save the Mark, Cosmopolitan, May 1967

Good Night! Good Night! Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, December 1960

H

Heaven Help Us, Playboy, July 1983

Here’s Looking at You, Playboy, May 1989

Hitch Your Spaceship to a Star, Playboy, December 1985

Horse Laugh, Playboy, June 1986

Hydra, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1984

I

In at the Death, The Thirteenth Ghost Book, 1977

Interstellar Pigeon, Playboy, May 1982

It, Playboy, September 1968

J

Journey to Death, Mystery Digest, June 1959

Jumble Sale, The Armchair Detective, Summer 1994

Just a Little Impractical Joke, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, March 1961

Just One of Those Days, This Week, January 9, 1966

Just the Lady We’re Looking For, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, September 1964

K

Knife Fighter, Guilty Detective Story Magazine, November 1959

L

The Last Ghost, Mystery Digest, November-December 1959

Last-Minute Shopping, New York Times Book Review, 1993

The Ledge Bit, Mystery Digest, September/October 1959

The Letter, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, August 1965

Lock Your Door, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, August 1962

Look Before You Leap, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1962

Love in the Lean Years, Playboy, February 1992

M

Man of Action, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1960

Matin’s Place, Escapade, August 1958

Meteor Strike! Amazing Stories, November 1961

The Method, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, October 1965

The Mother of Invention Is Worth a Pound of Cure, Dapper, February 1966

The Mulligan Stew, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, January 1979

My Father’s Chair, The Vincentian, May 1951

N

Nackles, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1964

Never Shake a Family Tree, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, March 1961

Now What? Playboy, December 1999

O

One on a Desert Island, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, June 1959

Or Give Me Death, Universe Science Fiction, November 1954

Ordo, Enough, 1977

P

Paid in Full, Swank, November 1965

Party Animal, Playboy, December 1992

The Perils of the Sky Rangers, Cavalier, May 1966

Q

The Question, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1963

R

Re Porter, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, July 1982

Requiem for a Tramp! Two-Fisted Detective Stories, January 1960

The Risk Profession, Amazing Stories, March 1961

Rumble Bait, Off Beat Detective Stories, February 1959

S

Scramble My Brains! Off Beat Detective Stories, November 1959

Sinner or Saint, Mystery Digest, December 1958

The Sincerest of Flattery, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, October 1966

Skeeks, Playboy, June 1995

Sniff, The Saint Magazine, May 1967

The Sound of Murder, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, December 1962

Spectacles, Playboy, May 2001

The Spoils System, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, December 1965

The Spy in the Elevator, Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1961

Stage Fright, The Saint Mystery Magazine, September 1965

The Sweetest Man in the World, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, March 1967

T

Take It Away, Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine, Summer/Fall 1997

Teamwork, Shell Scott Mystery Magazine, February 1966

The Terror Queen! Two-Fisted Detective Stories, July 1959

Terror’s Sultry Sister! Web Detective Stories, July 1959

They Also Serve, Analog Science Fact & Fiction, September 1961

Too Many Crooks, Playboy, August 1989

Travelers Far and Wee, Science Fiction Stories, May 1960

U

The Ultimate Caper, New York Times Magazine, May 11, 1975

V

Veronica, The Vincentian, May 1951

W

Walking Around Money, Transgressions, 2005

The Winner, Nova 1, 1970

The World’s a Stage, Playboy, July 1984