Publishers of mystery short story collections


Crippen & Landru Upcoming Releases


The following books are currently planned.  Watch our web site for more details.  The following titles and schedules are tentative, some extremely so:

Thirteen to the Gallows and Other Plays by John Dickson Carr and Val Gielgud. Previously unpublished stage plays collected in book form on honor of Carr’s centenary. Now being typeset.

A Pocketful of Noses: Stories of One Ganelon or Another by James Powell. A wondrous combination of Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, Fu- Manchu and The Prisoner of Zenda. Now being typeset.

The Battles of Jericho by Hugh Pentecost, introduction by S.T. Karnick. “Lost Classics Series.” Now being typeset.

A Little Intelligence and Other Stories by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett writing as Robert Randall. Uncollected science-fiction and fantasy mysteries by two grandmasters. Now in proofs.

Hoch’s Ladies by Edward D. Hoch. Three series of short stories, each featuring a female protagonist.

The Minerva Club, The Department of Patterns, and Other Stories by Victor Canning, edited by John Higgins. “Lost Classics Series.” Now being typeset.

Attitude and Other Stories of Suspense by Loren D. Estleman. An Amos Walker novella, plus previously uncollected stories.

The Exploits of the Patent Leather Kid by Erle Stanley Gardner, edited by Bill Pronzini. “Lost Classics” series.

Once Burned: The Collected Crime Stories by S. J. Rozan.

Suspense – His and Hers by Barbara and Max Allan Collins.

The Casebook of Gregory Hood by Anthony Boucher and Denis Green, edited by Joe R. Christopher. “Lost Classics Series.”

The Casebook of Jonas P. Jonas and Others by Elizabeth Ferrars, edited by John Cooper. “Lost Classics Series.”

Ten Thousand Blunt Instruments by Philip Wylie, edited by Bill Pronzini. “Lost Classics” series.

Valentino: Film Detective by Loren D. Estleman.

Duel of Shadowsby Vincent Cornier, edited by Mike Ashley. “Lost Classics” series.

Funeral in the Fog and Other Simon Ark Tales by Edward D. Hoch.

Author in Search of a Character: The Miss Phipps Mysteries by Phyllis Bentley, edited by Marvin Lachman. “Lost Classics” series.

14 Slayers by Paul Cain, edited by Max Allan Collins and Lynn Myers. The complete pulp mysteries by one of the toughest of hardboiled writers.  Published with Black Mask Press.

Tough as Nails by Frederick Nebel, edited by Rob Preston. Published with Black Mask Press.

You'll Die Laughing by Norbert Davis, edited by Bill Pronzini. A new collection by one of the great pulp writers.  Published with Black Mask Press.

Dagobert: Detective of Old Vienna by Balduin Groller, translated by Thomas Riediker. “Lost Classics” series.