Selected Bibliography

Dennis Lynds & pseudonyms

Detective Novels as Michael Collins: series character Dan Fortune

Act Of Fear. Dodd Mead, New York, 1967.
The Brass Rainbow. Dodd Mead, New York, 1969.
Night Of The Toads. Dodd Mead, New York, 1970.
Walk A Black Wind. Dodd Mead, New York, 1971.
Shadow Of A Tiger. Dodd Mead, New York, 1972.
The Silent Scream. Dodd Mead, New York, 1973.
Blue Death. New York, Dodd Mead. 1975.
The Blood-Red Dream. Dodd Mead, New York, 1976.
The Nightrunners. Dodd Mead, New York, 1978.
The Slasher. Dodd Mead, New York, 1980.
Freak. Dodd Mead, New York, 1983.
Minnesota Strip. Donald I. Fine, New York, 1987
Red Rosa. Donald I. Fine, New York, 1988.
Castrato. DIF, New York, 1989.
Chasing Eights. DIF, New York, 1990.
The Irishman’s Horse. DIF, New York, 1991.
Cassandra In Red. DIF, New York, 1992.

Science Fiction Novels by Michael Collins

Lukan War, Belmont Books, New York, 1969.
The Planets Of Death, Berkley Books, New York, 1970.

Detective Novels as Mark Sadler: series character Paul Shaw

The Falling Man, Random House, New York, 1970.
Here To Die, Random House, New York, 1971.
Mirror Image, Random House, New York, 1972.
Circle Of Fire, Random House, New York, 1973.
Touch Of Death, Raven House, Toronto, 1981.
Deadly Innocents, Walker, New York, 1986.

Industrial Spy Novels as William Arden: series character Kane Jackson

A Dark Power, Dodd Mead, New York, 1968.
Deal In Violence, Dodd Mead, New York, 1969.
The Goliath Scheme, Dodd Mead, New York, 1971.
Die To A Distant Drum, Dodd Mead, New York, 1972.
Deadly Legacy, Dodd Mead, New York, 1973.

Non-series Detective Novels

Woman In Marble (George Malcolm),by Carl Dekker. Bobbs Merrill, New York, 1973.
The Cadillac Cowboy (Morgan), by Michael Collins. DIF-Dutton, New York, 1995.

Suspense Novels as John Crowe: Buena Costa County, California

Another Way To Die, Random House, New York, 1972.
A Touch Of Darkness, Random House, New York, 1972.
Bloodwater, Dodd Mead, New York, 1974.
Crooked Shadows, Dodd Mead, New York, 1975.
When They Kill Your Wife, Dodd Mead, New York, 1977.
Close To Death, Dodd Mead, New York, 1979.

Detective and Suspense Short Story Collections as Michael Collins

Crime, Punishment And Resurrection (Fortune). DIF, New York, 1992.
Fortune’s World (Fortune). Crippen & Landru, Norfolk, VA, 2000.
Spies and Thieves, Cops and Killers, Etc. Five Star, 2002.
Slot-Machine Kelly (The Collected Private Eye Cases of the One-Armed Bandit). Crippen & Landru, Norfolk, VA 2005

Mystery and Suspense Short stories under various pseudonyms

It’s Whisky Or Dames (as Dennis Lynds), Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (New York), August 1962.
“The Dreamer” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), September 1962.
“The Bodyguard” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), November 1962.
“Accidents Will Happen” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), November 1962.
“Carrier Pigeon” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), February 1963.
“Death, My Love” (as John Douglas), Mink Is For A Minx: The Best From Mike Shayne’s Mystery Magazine, New York, Dell, 1963, 1964.
“Man on The Run” (as Dennis Lynds), Mink Is For A Minx: The Best From Mike Shayne’s Mystery Magazine, New York, Dell, 1963, 1964.
“The Blue Hand” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), April 1963.
“The Price Of A Dollar” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), June 1963.
“Harness Bull” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), July 1963.
“Even Bartenders Die” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), August 1963.
“Death For Dinner” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), October 1963.
“Nobody Frames Big Sam” (as Dennis Lynds), Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (North Palm Beach, Florida), October 1963.
“The Heckler” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), November 1963.
“A Better Murder” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), January 1964.
“No way Out” (as Dennis Lynds), Best Detective Stories Of The Year 1965, edited by Anthony Boucher, New York, Dutton, 1965. (Originally: MSMM, February 1964)
“Where The Lines Meet” (as Walter Dallas), MSMM (New York), March 1964.
“Silent Partner” (as Dennis Lynds), AHMM (North Palm Beach, Florida), April 1964.
“The Sinner” (as Dennis Lynds), AHMM (North Palm Beach, Florida), May 1964.
“Winner Pay Off” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), May 1964.
“The Man Who Lost His Head” (as Walter Dallas), MSMM (New York), June 1964
“Hard Cop” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), July 1964.
“No Loose Ends” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), November 1964.
“Full Circle” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), January 1965.
“The Hero” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), May 1965.
“A Well-Planned Death” (as Dennis Lynds), MSMM (New York), December 1965.
“Viking Blood” (as Dennis Lynds), Manhunt (New York), April-May 1966.
“The Dirk” (as Dennis Lynds), Man From Uncle Magazine. (New York), June 1966.
“The Sleeper” (as Sheila Lynds), Man From Uncle Magazine. (New York), October 1967.
“Climate Of Immorality” (as Dennis Lynds), Shell Scott Mystery Magazine, (New York), 1967.
“Success Of A Mission” (as William Arden), Argosy (New York), April 1968.
“Hot Night Homicide” MSMM (New York), August 1968.
“No One Likes To Be Played For A Sucker,” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. (New York), July 1969.
“Scream All The Way,” AHMM (North Palm Beach, Florida), October 1969.
“The Savage” (as William Arden), Argosy (New York), January 1970.
“The Bizarre Case Expert” (as William Arden), EQMM (New York), June 1970.
“Freedom Fighter,” Crime Without Murder, edited by Dorothy Salisbury Davis, New York, Scribners, 1970. (Originally in The Literary Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, Winter 1962-63)
“Clay Pigeon” (as William Arden), Argosy (New York), March 1971.
“Long Shot,” AHMM (North Palm Beach, Florida), July 1972.
“Who?” AHMM (North Palm Beach, Florida), August 1972.
“Occupational Hazard” (as John Crowe), AHMM (North Palm Beach, Florida), September 1972.
“The Choice” (as Mark Sadler), AHMM (North Palm Beach, Florida), February 1973.
“The Woman Who Ruined John Ireland” (Dan Fortune And The Hollywood Caper), AHMM (New York), November 1983.
“The Oldest Killer,” The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories 1984, edited by Ed Hoch, New York, Walker, 1984. (Originally in The Thieftaker Journals, Vol. 2, No. 6, Nov. 1983)
“Eighty Million Dead,” The Eyes Have It, Ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, New York, 1984.
“A Reason To Die,” New Black Mask Quarterly, No. 2, Harcourt Brace, San Diego, September 1985.
“Killer’s Mind,” New Black Mask, No. 6. Harcourt Brace, San Diego, June 1986.
“The Motive,” A Matter Of Crime, No. 2, San Diego, Harcourt Brace, San Diego, 1967.
“Homecoming,” Uncollected Crimes, Ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin Greenberg, Walker, New York, 1987.
“Black In The Snow,” The Eyes of Justice, Mysterious Press, New York, 1988.
“Crime And Punishment,” The Year’s Best Mystery And Suspense Stories 1989, edited by Ed Hoch, Walker, New York, 1989. (Originally in A Matter Of Crime, Vol. 3, HBJ, 1988)
“The Chair,” Justice For Hire, Mysterious Press, New York, 1990.
“Role Model,” Deadly Allies, Ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday, New York, 1992.
“Big Rock Candy Mountains,” Crime, Punishment And Resurrection, Michael Collins, DIF. New York, 1992.
“Murder Is Murder,” Constable New Crimes I, Ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Constable, London, 1992.
“Culture Clash,” EQMM, November 1994.
“Angel Eyes,” Deadly Allies II, Eds. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday, New York, 1994.
“A Matter Of Character,” Partners In Crime, E.R. Chase, Ed., Signet, 1994.
“A Death In Montecito,” EQMM, April 1995.
“The Chocolate Cat,” Cat Crimes Takes A Vacation, Eds. Ed Gorman & Martin Greenberg, DIF, New York, 1995.
“Can Shoot,” Private Eyes, Eds, Mickey Spillane & Max Alan Collins, New American Library, New York, 1998.
“A Part Of History,” Death By Espionage, Ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House, Nashville, TN, 1999.
“Family Values,” Fortune’s World, Crippen & Landru, Norfolk, VA, 2000.
“The Horrible, Senseless Murders of Two Elderly Women,” Fedora, Ed. Michael Bracken, Wildfire Press, Doylestown, PA, 2001.
“The Smoking Gun of Elizabeth Henze,” Michael Collins, July 2006, EQMM

Young Adult Mystery Novels as William Arden

The Mystery Of The Moaning Cave, Random House, New York, 1968.
The Mystery Of The Laughing Shadow, Random House, New York, 1969.
The Secret Of The Crooked Cat, Random House, New York, 1970.
The Mystery Of The Shrinking House, Random House, New York, 1972.
The Mystery Of The Blue Condor, Ginn, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1973.
The Secret Of Phantom Lake, Random House, New York, 1973.
The Mystery Of The Dead Man’s Riddle, Random House, New York, 1974.
The Mystery Of The Dancing Devil, Random House, New York, 1976.
The Mystery Of The Headless Horse, Random House, New York, 1977.
The Mystery Of The Deadly Double, Random House, New York, 1978.
The Secret Of Shark Reef, Random House, New York, 1979.
The Mystery Of The Purple Pirate, Random House, New York, 1982.
The Mystery Of The Smashing Glass, Random House, New York, 1984.
The Secret Of Wrecker’s Rock, Random House, New York, 1986.
The Three Investigators–Crimebusters No. 1: Hot Wheels, Knopf & Random House, New York, 1989.

Mainstream Novels as Dennis Lynds

Combat Soldier, New American Library, New York, 1962.
Uptown Downtown, New American Library, New York, 1963.

Mainstream Anthologies as Dennis Lynds

Why Girls Ride Sidesaddle (Stories), December Press, Chicago, 1980.
Talking To The World (Novella and 5 stories), John Daniel & Co., Santa Barbara, 1995.

Mainstream Short Stories as Dennis Lynds

“Rites of Spring”, Prairie Schooner, Lincoln, NE, Spring 1954.
“Man With The Turned-Down Hat”, Embryo, Louisville, KY, Vol.1, No.1, 1954.
“The Island”, Interim, Seattle, WA, 1954.
“Just Once More,” New Voices No. 2, Hendricks House, New York, 1955.
“Yellow Gal,” New World Writing No. 11, NAL, New York, 1957.
“Victory,” The Gent, New York, 1958.
“A Blue Blonde In The Sky Over Pennsylvania,” Best American Short Stories 1965, ed. Martha Foley, HMCO., Boston, 1965.
“The Glass Cage,” The Minnesota Review, St. Paul, MN, Vol.IV, No.3 1964.
“A Night In Syracuse,” Beyond The Angry Black, ed. John A. Williams, Cooper Square, New York, 1966.
“Dr. Faustus, With Roses,” December, Chicago, Vol.21, Nos. 3 & 4 1980.
“Chimborazo,” Black Messiah, Ellensburg, WA, Premiere Issue, 1981.
“Triptych,” Western Humanities Review, Salt Lake City, UT, Vol.35, No.2 1981.
“Marriage and Death, Solitude and Confusion,” Western Humanities Review, Salt Lake City, UT, Vol.35, No.4 1981.
“Night Class,” Confrontation, Long Island City, NY, No.23, Winter 1982.
“The Country Of The Southern Ute,” South Dakota Review, Vermillion, SD, Vol. 20, No.3 1982.
“The Girl In White,” South Dakota Review, Vermillion, SD, Vol.22, No.3 1984.
“War And Peace,” Wind/Literary Review, Pikeville, KY, No. 57, 1986.
“The Mexican Waiter,” Carolina Quarterly, Chapel Hill, NC, Winter, 1986.
“In The Park,” Connexions, Santa Barbara, CA, No. 7, Summer 1986.
“After Auschwitz”, South Dakota Review (Vermillion, SD, Vol. 25, No.1, Spring 1987.
“Albert Magnus, Father Vitanza, And The Hammer,” Puerto Del Sol, Las Cruces, NM, Vol. 23, No. 1, Fall 1987.
“Ben,” Cimarron Review, Stillwater, OK, No. 83, April 1988.
“Chiaroscuro,” New Mexico Humanities Review, (Socorro, NM, Vol. 10. No. 2.
“Takeda Shogun,” South Dakota Review, Vermillion, SD, Vol. 26, No. 1, Spring 1988.
“The Belgian Woman,” Cimarron Review, Stillwater, OK, No. 87, April 1989.
“Charles Ives And The President Of The United States,” South Dakota Review, Vermillion, SD, Vol. 27, No. 4, Winter 1990.
“Still Life With Doc Holliday,” New Frontiers, Vol. II, Tor, New York, 1990.
“The Tonton Macoute,” Scene Magazine, Summer Reading Issue, Santa Barbara News-Press, 1992.
“Etude,” Santa Barbara Review, Santa Barbara, CA, Vol.1, No. 1, Spring/Summer 1993.
“The French Revolution,” South Carolina Review, Clemson, SC, Vol. 26, No. 1, Fall 1993.