Alphabetical Bibliography

STORIES

• "50"

• "A Clear Case of Death"

• "A Locked-Room Murder" (published in Dutch only)

• "A Short Madness"

• "A Study in Scarlett!"

• "A Woman's Place" (written with Rene Appel)

• "A Young Man's Game"

• "Adventure of the Black-and-Blue Carbuncle, The"

• "Adventure of the Red Circles, The"

• "All That Mattered" (written with Joe L. Hensley)

• "Allegory of the Five Senses, The"

• "Annika Andersson" (written with Stanley Cohen)

• "Assignment: Vienna" (published in two parts)

• "ASU"

• "Be Still, Your Heart" (forthcoming in EQMM)

• "Beat of Black Wings, The"

• "Beer Drinkers, The"

• "Better Not Look Down"

• "Better Safe Than Sorry" (written with Michael Avallone)

• "Bill Posters Will Be Prosecuted"

• "Boy Who Cried Alien, The"

• "Brimley/Cocoon Line, The"

• "Busman's Holiday"

• "Caves in Cliffs"

• "Cell Division" (written with Rene Appel)

• "Chain Reaction"

• "City of Light, The"

• "Coffee Date" (written with Laurie Pachter)

• "Crank Call"

• "Cremains of the Day, The"

• "Cryin' Shame" (forthcoming in Cryin' Shame: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Lyle Lovett)

• "Dance of the Lemons, The" (forthcoming in EQMM)

• "DDS 10752 Libra" (written with John Lutz)

• "Defenestration of Prague, The" (published in two parts)

• "Dilmun Exchange, The"

• "Dime Machine, The" (published in Dutch only)

• "Een Korte Razernij" (published in Dutch only)

• "E.Q. Griffen Earns His Name"

• "E.Q. Griffen's Second Case"

• "Eb and Flo"

• "Eighty Million Noses"

• "Escape, The" (published in Dutch only)

• "Every Day a Little Death"

• "Farewell to Baytown" (written with William Bankier)

• "Father Knows Bets"

• "First Law of Plumbing, The"

• "Five Orange Pipes, The"

• "Free Fallin'"

• "Friend of the Devil"

• "Frog Prince, The"

• "Ga Je Mee?"

• "Gemini"

• "German Cologne Mystery, The" (written with Jon L. Breen)

• "GOMAAKOD"

• "Great Filling Station Holdup, The"

• "Groucho Marx Murders, The"

• "Heavely Bamboo"

• "History on the Bedroom Wall" (written with Rebecca Jones)

• "I Call Your Name"

• "I Don't Like Mondays"

• "I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself"

• "If It Bleeds"

• "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Murder"

• "Illusion of Control, The"

• "iMurder"

• "Invitation to a Murder"

• "Ivory Beast, The"

• "Jemaa el Fna" (first published as "The Exchange")

• "KLDI"

• "Land of Entrapment, The"

• "Last Call at the Bar of Invariable Length"

• "Last Dance, The"

• "Last Slide-Rule Company, The" (published in Dutch only)

• "Leo's Den Affair, The" (written with Francis M. Nevins)

• "Lords' Prayer, The"

• "Lucifer Falls"

• "Mad Mad Moon"

• "Masquerade" (published in Dutch only)

• "Me Japanese Boy I Love You"

• "Message From Lowanda"

• "Milky Way, The"

• "Monkey Business"

• "Muggins"

• "Murder on the North Pole Express"

• "Murdering Mary" (published in Dutch only)

• "My Brother's Keeper" (published in Dutch only)

• "My Shit's Fucked Up"

• "Night Movers, The"

• "Night of Power, The"

• "Not My Circus..."

• "Odds Are Good, The"

• "On the Beach" (published as by Chas. J. Thorpe)

• "Only the Good Die Young"

• "Other Man's Grass, The" (published in Dutch only)

• "Paramus Is Burning"

• "Paranoia Blues"

• "Peace on Tenth Street"

• "Perfect Job, The"

• "Pig is Committed, The"

• "Pisan Zapra"

• "Police Navidad"

• "Professor and the Thief Catcher, The" (forthcoming in Tramps, Seducers, and Dictators)

• "Qatar Causeway, The"

• "Rapper, The"

• "Red Roses For a Blue Lady"

• "S.O.S." (first published as "The Tipoff")

• "Sam Buried Caesar"

• "Secret Lagoon, The"

• "Selfie"

• "Seven-Year Bitch, The" (written with Dan J. Marlowe)

• "Sheikh's Beach"

• "Skyjack"

• "Spy and the Suicide Club, The" (written with Edward D. Hoch)

• "Starry Starry Night" (written with Rene Appel)

• "Stonewall Jackson Death Site, The"

• "Stone Stairs of Death, The"

• "Stopwatch of Death, The

• "Stork Trek" (written with Edward Wellen)

• "Supreme Art of War, The

• "Sword of God, The"

• "Take One"

• "Texas Chain-Store Manager, The"

• "Texas Kinda Attitude"

• "Theft of the Spy Who, The"

• "Their Last Bow"

• "This Will Only Hurt For a Moment" (published in Dutch only)

• "Time For a Change" (published in Dutch only)

• "Tonight's The Night"

• "Tortoise and Hare, The"

• "Tree of Life, The"

• "Turkish Muscle"

• "Two-Body Problem, The"

• "Under Water"

• "Vampire Shift, The"

• "'n Vrou se Spel" (published in Afrikaans only)

• "When You Sue, You Begin With Do, Ray, Me"

• "Whole Truth About How I Done It, The" (published in Dutch only)

• "Wind Phone, The"

• "Won't You Come Out Tonight?"

• "Woulda Coulda Shoulda"

• "X Marks the Spot"

• "Yellow Rose of Texas, The"

• "Zero Hour"

BOOKS

• The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (story collection, by Ellery Queen and Josh Pachter, Crippen & Landru, 2022)

• Amsterdam Noir (anthology, co-edited with Rene Appel, Akashic Books, 2018)

• The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell (anthology, edited, Untreed Reads, 2020; Open Road Media, 2025)

• Crime in the Old Dominion (anthology, co-edited with K.L. Murphy, Level Best Books, 2025)

• Cryin' Shame: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Lyle Lovett (anthology, edited, forthcoming from Down and Out Books)

• Dutch Threat (novel, Genius Book Publishing, 2023)

• Dutch Treats (anthology, edited, Genius Book Publishing, 2025)

• Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim (anthology, edited, Level Best Books, 2025)

• First Week Free at the Roomy Toilet (novel, Level Best Books, 2024

• Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead (anthology, edited, Down and Out Books, 2024)

• The Further Misadventures of Ellery Queen (anthology, co-edited with Dale C. Andrews, Wildside Press, 2020)

• The Great Filling Station Holdup: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Jimmy Buffett (anthology, edited, Untreed Reads, 2021)

• Happiness Is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Beatles (anthology, edited, Down and Out Books, 2023)

• Hot Shots: Celebrating Thirty Years of the Short Mystery Fiction Society (anthology, edited, Level Best Books, 2026)

• Invasive Species: Stories by Northern California Crime Writers (anthology, edited, privately published, 2024)

• The Man Who Read Mysteries: The Short Fiction of William Brittain (anthology, edited, Crippen & Landru, 2018)

• The Man Who Solved Mysteries: More Short Fiction by William Brittain (anthology, edited, Crippen & Landru, 2022)

• The Man Who Wrote Mysteries: The Rest of Brittain (anthology, edited, forthcoming from Crippen & Landru)

• The Misadventures of Ellery Queen (anthology, co-edited with Dale C. Andrews, Wildside Press, 2018)

• The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe (anthology, edited, Mysterious Press, 2020)

• Monkey Business: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Films of the Marx Brothers (anthology, edited, Untreed Reads, 2021)

• Only the Good Die Young: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Billy Joel (anthology, edited, Untreed Reads, 2021)

• Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon (anthology, edited, Down and Out Books, 2021)

• Top Crime: The Authors' Choice (anthology, edited, St. Martin's Press, 1984)

• Top Fantasy: The Authors' Choice (anthology, edited, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1985)

• Top Horror: The Authors' Choice (anthology, edited, published in German and Dutch only, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1984)

• Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice (anthology, edited, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1984)

• The Tree of Life (story collection, Wildside Press, 2015)

• Uitnodiging tot Moord (story collection, published in Dutch only, Loeb Uitgevers, 1982)

STORY TRANSLATIONS

• "A Bucharest Arrest" by Bogdan Hrib

• "A Long-Cherished Dream" by Carla Vermaat

• "A Normal Life" by Marion Pauw

• "After Closing Time" by Nova Lee Maier

• "After the Fall" by Bram Dehouck

• "Anchored" by Wouter Boonstra

• "Beijingle All the Way" by Fei Wu

• "Beneath the Surface" by Marjolein van der Gaag

• "Bloody Hot" by Rene Appel

• "Bunker, The" by Herbert De Paepe

• "Candy-Factory Girls, The" by Tessa de Loo

• "Checkmate in Chimbote" by Bob Van Laerhoven

• "Defixio Murders, The" by Herbert De Paepe

• "Devil's Island" by Mensje van Keulen

• "Eight Days a Week" by Nicolet Steemers

• "End of the Line, The" by De Paepe & Depuydt

• "Final Analysis, The" by Luciano Sivori

• "Final Stage, The" by Ingrid Oonincx

• "Friends Like You" by Pieter Aspe

• "Garage 27" by De Paepe & Depuydt

• "Get Rich Quick" by Walter van der Berg

• "Girl at the End of the Line, The" by Abdelkader Benali

• "Greenhorn, The" by Tapani Bagge (forthcoming in EQMM)

• "Houseful of Mussels" by Janwillem van de Wetering

• "Jake Brown's Anomalies" by Arend Smits

• "Joyride" by Rene Appel

• "Kippers" by John Flanders

• "Last Run, The" by Michael Berg

• "Lighthouse, The" by Hilde Vandermeeren

• "Lipstick and the Teacup, The" by Havank

• "Lucky Sevens" by Theo Capel

• "Manic Monday" by Barbara Baraldi

• "Murders on Juniper Street, The" by Lone Theils

• "Night Watch, The" by Marlen Visser

• "Out of the Blue" by Carla Vermaat

• "Poet Who Locked Himself In, The" by Anne van Doorn

• "Promises to Keep" by Gert-Jan van den Bemd

• "Proof" by Francois Bloemhof

• "Red-Handed" by Rene Appel

• "Red Mercedes, The" by Theo Capel

• "Return of Lord Kingwood" by Ivans

• "Russian For Beginners" by Dominique Biebau

• "Seven Bridges" by Max van Olden

• "Silent Days" by Karin Amatmoekrim

• "Soul Mates" by Christine Otten

• "Spui 13" by Anneloes Timmerije

• "Stinking Plaster" by Bavo Dhooge

• "Stranger in the Night" by Hilde Vandermeeren

• "Stranger Inside Me, The" by Loes den Hollander

• "Temp, The" by Rene Appel

• "There Goes Ravelaar!" by Janwillem van de Wetering

• "Tower, The" by Hannah Bervoets

• "Travelers' Rest" by Michael Berg

• "Trouble Brewing" by Dirk Vanderlinden

• "Wages of Sin, The" by Francois Bloemhof

• "Welcome to Amsterdam" by Michael Berg

• "What's Become of the Baby" by Dominique Biebau

• "Yellow Dog, The" by Tapani Bagge

BOOK TRANSLATIONS

• A Beasty Bridge, a graphic novel by Peter Van Gucht and Studio Vandersteen

• Amsterdam Lawyer, The, by Rene Appel

• Auntie Biotica, a graphic novel by Peter Van Gucht and Luc Morjaeu

• Beatles: An Illustrated Diary, The, by Har van Fulpen

• Dizzy Me, by Tania Stadsbader and Floris Wuyts (I translated Tania's half of the book)

• Door de Bocht Scheuren met de Vermaarde Behaarde Freak Brothers, by Gilbert Shelton (translated from English to Dutch with Lydia Pachter)

• Mister Snoid en wat Andere Verhalen, by Robert Crumb (translated from English to Dutch with Lydia Pachter)

• Negen Levens van Fat Freddy's Kat, De, by Gilbert Shelton (translated from English to Dutch with Lydia Pachter)

• Paperbacks, USA: A Graphic History, 1939-1959, by Piet Schreuders

• Santa Monica, by Bo Dodge

• Sexbomb: The Life and Death of Jayne Mansfield, by Guus Luijters and Gerard Timmer

• Streets of the World: The Stories, by Jeroen Swolfs

• Styx, by Bavo Dhooge

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