Stories


Resnick Short Stories
“Now’s the Time”: First published in London Noir, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail, London, 1994. Reprinted in Das Grosse Lesebuch Des Englischen Krimis, Goldmann, Germany, 1994, in Now’s the Time, Slow Dancer, London, 1999 & Heinemann, London, 2002; in Opening Shots, edited by Lawrence Block, Cumberland House, Nashville, 2000, in First Cases, Vol. 4, edited by Robert J. Randisi, Signet, New York, 2002 and in Great TV & Film Detectives, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Reader’s Digest/Orion, New York/London, 2005
“Dexterity”: First published in No Alibi, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press, Manchester, 1995. Reprinted in in Now’s the Time, Slow Dancer, London, 1999 & Heinemann, London, 2002.
“She Rote”: First published in Fresh Blood, edited by Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, The Do-Not Press, London, 1996. Reprinted in The Year’s 25 Finest Crime & Mystery Stories, edited by the staff of Mystery Scene, Carroll & Graf, New York, 1996, and in Now’s the Time, Slow Dancer, London, 1999 & Heinemann, London, 2002.
“Confirmation”: First published in The Orion Book of Murder, edited by Peter Haining, Orion, London, 1996. Reprinted in Now’s the Time, Slow Dancer, London, 1999 & Heinemann, London, 2002.
“Bird of Paradise”: First published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May 1997. Reprinted in The Cutting Edge, a selection of the best stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Carroll & Graf, 1998, in The Year’s 25 Finest Crime & Mystery Stories, edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenburg, Carroll & Graf, New York, 1998, and Now’s the Time, Slow Dancer, London, 1999 & Heinemann, London, 2002.
“Cheryl”: First published in City of Crime, edited by David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications, Nottingham, 1997. Reprinted in Now’s the Time, Slow Dancer, London, 1999 & Heinemann, London, 2002.
“Stupendous”: First published in Eine Leiche Zum Geburststag, edited by Ronald Gutberlet, Rowohlt, Germany, 1997. Reprinted in Now’s the Time, Slow Dancer, London, 1999 & Heinemann, London, 2002.
“Work” : First published in Now’s the Time, Slow Dancer, London, 1999. Reprinted in in Now’s the Time, Heinemann, London, 2002.
“My Little Suede Shoes”: First published in Mean Time, edited by Jerry Sykes, Do-Not Press, London, 1998. Reprinted in Now’s the Time, Slow Dancer, London, 1999 & Heinemann, London, 2002.
“Cool Blues”: First published in Blue Lightning, edited by John Harvey, Slow Dancer, London,1998. Reprinted in Now’s the Time, Slow Dancer, London, 1999 & Heinemann, London, 2002.
“Slow Burn”: First published in Now’s the Time, Slow Dancer Press, London, 1999. Reprinted in Now’s the Time, Heinemann, London, 2002.
“Billie’s Blues”: First published by Rivages, France, 2002. Reprinted in Now’s the Time, Heinemann, London, 2002 and Minor Key, Five Leaves, Nottingham, 2009.
“Home”: First published in Sunday Night & Monday Morning, edited by James Urquhart, Five Leaves, Nottingham, 2005. Reprinted in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 2005, in The Best British Mysteries IV, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby, 2006 and in Minor Key, Five Leaves, Nottingham, 2009.
“The Sun, the Moon and the Stars”: First published in The Detection Collection, edited by Simon Brett, Orion, London, 2005. Reprinted in Minor Key, Five Leaves, Nottingham, 2009.
“Well, You Needn’t”: First published by Otava, Finland, 2004. Reprinted in Minor Key, Five Leaves, Nottingham, 2009.

Jack Kiley Stories
“Promise”: First published in Murder Is My Racquet, edited by Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press, New York, 2005.
“Truth”: First published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2002.
“Smile”: First published in Birmingham Noir, edited by Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Streeet Press, Birmingham, 2002.
“Chance”: published in Men from Boys, edited by John Harvey, Heinemann, London, 2003. Reprinted in The Best British Mysteries 2005, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby, London, 2004.
“Favour”: First published in Like a Charm, edited by Karin Slaughter, Century, London, 2004.
“Asylum”: First published in Crime on the Move, edited by Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press, London, 2005.
“Trouble in Mind”: First published by Five Leaves, Nottingham, 2007. Reprinted in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 2008.
“Ghosts”: First published in Il Giornale, Italy, August 2008. Reprinted in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2009
Other Stories
“Due North”: First published in Crime in the City, edited by Martin Edwards, The Do Not Press, London, 2002. Reprinted in The Best British Mysteries, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby,London, 2003.
“Drummer Unknown”: First published in Murder and All That Jazz, edited by Robert J. Randisi, Signet, New York, 2004. Reprinted in The Best British Mysteries 2006, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby, London, 2005.
“Snow, Snow, Snow”: First published in Greatest Hits, edited by Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf, New York, 2005.
“Just Friends”: First published in Damn Near Dead, edited by Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush, Houston, 2006. Reprinted in The Penguin Book of Crime Stories, edited by Peter Robinson, Penguin, Toronto, 2007 and in The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Constable & Robinson, 2008.
“Minor Key”: First published in Paris Noir, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail, London, 2007. Reprinted in Minor Key, Five Leaves, Nottingham, 2009.
“Sack O’ Woe”: First published in The Blue Religion, edited by Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, New York, 2008.
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