Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

UTLEY, STEVEN (1948- ) (stories)

• Slices of Sylvia (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1980
• The Dinosaur Season (ss) EQMM Mar 1992

VACE, GEOFFREY; pseudonym of Geoffrey Cave, sometimes used by his brother Hugh (stories)

• The Chair (ss) 1936
• Appointment with Yesterday (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 24 1941
• The Hard-Luck Kid (ss) AHMM Nov 1992

VACHSS, ANDREW (Henry) (1942- ) (books) (stories)

• “Andrew Vachss” by Wayne D. Dundee (iv) Hardboiled #8 1987
• It’s a Hard World (ss) A Matter of Crime v1, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1987
• Placebo (ss) EQMM Mar 1989
• Value Received (vi) Hardboiled #10 1989
• Cough (vi) EQMM Aug 1989
• Exit (ss) New Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1989
• Mad Dog (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1990
• Family Resemblance (vi) EQMM Jan 1990
• White Alligator (vi) EQMM Apr 1990
• “Review [of Blossom by Andrew Vachss]” by C. J. Henderson (br) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1990
• Cripple (vi) Hardboiled Detective #10 1990
• Hostage (ss) New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1990
• Joyride (vi) Cemetery Dance Win 1991
• Warlord (pl) New Mystery Jul/Aug 1991
• Anytime I Want (ss) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
• A Tout’s Guide to Crime Fiction (br) Hardboiled #13 1992
• Treatment (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
• Born Bad (ss) EQMM Jun 1992
• Cain (vi) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
• A Flash of White (ss) Crossroads Press: Holyoke, MA 1993
• Chocolate Bar (ss) Hardboiled #19 1994
• Alibi (ss) EQMM Apr 1995
• Homeless (ss) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996
• Perp Walk (vi) EQMM Dec 1996 [Underground]
• Two-Way Radio (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998; reprint from Das Magazin, in Switzerland; first appearance in English language. [Cross]
• The Real Thing (ss) The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams, ed. J. O’Barr & Ed Kramer, Ballantine Del Rey 1998 [Crow]
• Goin’ Down Slow (vi) Esquire Jun 1999 [Underground]
• Reaching Back (ss) Enigmatic Tales Sum 1999
• Big Sister (vi) EQMM Jul 1999 [Underground]
• Everybody Pays (co) Vintage 1999
• Pigeon Drop (ss) AHMM Sep 1999 [Cross]
• Safe Sex (vi) Cyber-Psychos AOD #9 1999 [Underground]
• Veil’s Visit [with Joe R. Lansdale] (ss) Veil’s Visit, Subterranean Press 1999 [Leonard Pine; Hap Collins]
• They’re All Alike (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2001
• Dope Fiend (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001 [Underground]
• A Piece of the City (ss) EQMM Feb 2003
• Charmed Life (ss) [Underground]
• The Concrete Puppy (ss) [Cross]
• Curtains (ss) [Underground]
• Dress-Up Day (ss)
• Escort Service (ss) [Underground]
• Everybody Pays (na)
• Fireman (ss) [Underground]
• Gamblers (ss) [Underground]
• Going Home (ss)
• Good for the Soul (ss) [Underground]
• Harvest Time (ss) [Cross]
• Hit Man (ss) [Underground]
• Just the Ticket (ss) [Underground]
• Last Date (ss)
• Mission (ss)
• Piecework (vi) [Underground]
• Proving It (ss)
• The Real World (ss) [Underground]
• Searcher (ss) [Underground]
• Slow Motion (ss)
• Stepping Stone (ss) [Underground]
• Stuntman (ss) [Underground]
• Summer Girl (ss) [Underground]
• Tag (vi)
• Time Share (ss) [Underground]
• True Colors (ss)
• Word Play (ss) [Underground]
• The Writing on the Wall (ss) [Underground]

VALADÉS, EDMUNDO (stories)

• Permission for Death Is Granted (ss) Dark Arrows, ed. Alberto Manguel, Penguin Canada 1985; tr. by Alberto Manguel

VALENTINE, DAVID (stories)

• The Eye and the Elephants (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2000
• The Stranger and the Long-Awaited Friends (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2000

VALENTINE, DEBORAH (stories)

• Kindness (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990

VALIN, JONATHAN (Louis) (1948- ) (stories)

• Malibu Tag Team (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988 [Philip Marlowe]
• Loser Takes All (ss) The Armchair Detective Fll 1991

VALTIN, JAN (stories)

• The Spy School in Leningrad (ar) Out of the Night 1941

VAN AKEN, ROBERT C. (stories)

• Flight to Reality (ss) Action Adventure Stories Oct 2003
• The Last Chapter (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #43 2003
• The Phantom Foe (ss) Action Adventure Stories Jan 2004
• Deadly Disadvantage (ss) Action Adventure Stories Apr 2004

VAN ASH, CAY (1918-1994) (stories)

• The Persian Apothecary (ss) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991
• The Halo of Islam (ss) Constable New Crimes 1, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1992
• Bismillah (ss) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993

van BELKOM, EDO (1962- ) (stories)

• Ice Bridge (ss) Northern Frights 4, ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press 1997
• The Rug (ss) Psychos, ed. Robert Bloch, CD Publications 1997
• Catabolism (ss) Felonious Felines, ed. Carol & Ed Gorman, Five Star 2000
• World Mystery Report: Canada (ar) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003

VAN BUSKIRK, W. R. (stories)

• The Son of Long John Silver (na) Pirate Stories Jul 1935

VANCE, LOUIS JOSEPH (1879-1933) (stories)

• Old Man Menace (ss) The Saturday Evening Post 1927 [Lone Wolf]

VANCE, WILLIAM E. (1911-1986) (stories)

• Too Much Woman (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1957

VAN CLEAVE, RYAN G. (stories)

• Overland (ss) Crimewave #6 2002

VAN DEMARK, HARRY (Van Dusen) (1881-1948) (stories)

• Old Police Trails (ar) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929
• The Greatest Detective of His Time (ar) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Oct 1930

VANDERBILT, HEIDI; see pseudonym Lilly Carlson (stories)

• Sammy (ss) EQMM Mar 1987
• Last Call at the Belly-Up (ss) EQMM May 1987
• Blood Ties (ex) EQMM Jul 1987
• Gifts (ex) EQMM Oct 1987
• Stealing Junipers (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1987
• Judgments (ex) EQMM Aug 1988

VANDERBURGH, GEORGE A. (books) (stories)

• Afterword (aw)

VANDERSTEEN, JOCHEM (stories)

• Stalking Amanda (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Jun 2000 [Noah Milano]

VAN DERVEER, MAX (stories)

• Vendetta (ss) AHMM Nov 1963
• The Open Door (ss) AHMM Oct 1967
• Sam, the Secret Weapon (nv) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967; also as “The Secret Weapon”. [Desiree Fleming]
• The Secret Weapon (nv) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967 [Desiree Fleming]

VANDE WATER, BILL (stories)

• Frederic Dannay, BSI (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999

van de WETERING, JANWILLEM (1931- ); see pseudonym Seiko Legru (books) (stories)

• The Deadly Egg (ss) EQMM Mar 1979 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• The Machine Gun and the Mannequin (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1982 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Inspector Saito and the Twenty-Sen Stamp (ss) EQMM Jan 1983 [Insp. Saito]
• Sure, Blue, and Dead, Too (ss) EQMM Jun 1983 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• The Sergeant and the Threatened Cat (ss) EQMM Aug 1983; also as “The Sergeant’s Cat”. [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• The Sergeant’s Cat (ss) EQMM Aug 1983 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• A Great Sight (ss) Top Crime, ed. Josh Pachter, St. Martin’s 1983
• A Tasty Tidbit (ss) EQMM Apr 1984
• There Goes Ravelaar (ss) EQMM Jan 1985 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Houseful of Mussels (ss) EQMM Apr 1985 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Six This, Six That (ss) EQMM Jul 1985 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Five Keys (ss) EQMM Nov 1985
• The Jughead File (ss) EQMM Nov 1985
• Messing About in Boats (ss) Inspector Saito’s Small Satori, Putnam 1985 [Insp. Saito]
• Letter Present (ss) EQMM Feb 1986 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Non-Interference (nv) Espionage Magazine Feb, Apr 1986 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• A Law Student (ss) EQMM Aug 1986 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Friends (ss) EQMM Nov 1988 [Jannie Jansen]
• Mangrove Mama (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1990 [Jannie Jansen]
• Hup Three (ss) EQMM Aug 1990 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• A Certain Mr. XYZ (ss) EQMM Dec 1990
• Mostly Me (ss) EQMM Apr 1991 [Jannie Jansen]
• The Queen’s Angel (ss) EQMM Dec 1991
• Heron Island (ss) EQMM Jan 1992 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Kimomo and Skull (ss) EQMM Feb 1995
• The Flowerprint Murder (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
• Happy Hermits (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1995
• Holiday Patrol (ss) EQMM Apr 1997 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• The Amsterdam Cops (co) Soho Press 1999
• The Bongo Bungler (nv) [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Lady Hillary (ss)
• The Letter in the Peppermint Jar (nv) [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]

van DRUTEN, JOHN (William) (1901-1957) (stories)

• The Cat’s-Eye (ss) Atlantic Monthly Mar 1945

VAN GIESON, JUDITH (1941- ) (stories)

• Dead Man’s Curve (ss) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999 [Neil Hamel]
• Lightning Strikes Twice (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001 [Claire Reynier]
• Lucky Eight (nv) High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003

van GULIK, ROBERT (Hans) (1910-1967) (stories)

• He Came with the Rain (nv) Judge Dee at Work, Scribner’s 1967 [Judge Dee]
• The Murder on the Lotus Pond (ss) Judge Dee at Work, Scribner’s 1967 [Judge Dee]
• The Two Beggars (ss) Judge Dee at Work, Scribner’s 1967 [Judge Dee]

VAN HERTBRUGGEN, MADDY (stories)

• I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (vi) About Mysteries; Take a wild romp in this purely-for-fun flash mystery.

VANKIN, DEBORAH (stories)

• Viki, Flash, and the Pied-Piper of Shoebies (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005

VAN KIRK, JOHN (stories)

• With the Rich, a Little Patience (ss) EQMM Jan 2007

VAN LUSTBADER, ERIC; see under Lustbader, Eric Van (stories)

VAN NAME, MARK L. (stories)

• Happy Birthday [with Jack McDevitt] (ss) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990 [Batman]

VAN PELT, JAMES (1954- ) (stories)

• Once They Were Monarchs (ss) AHMM Dec 2000
• The Sound of One Foot Dancing (ss) AHMM Jan 2003

VAN RIPER, DONALD (stories)

• A Trifling Matter (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 1945

VAN WAVEREN, KAILI (stories)

• Maria’s Misfortune (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

VARDEMAN, ROBERT E(dward) (1947- ) (stories)

• Enduring Art (ss) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991

VARGAS, JULIETTE (stories)

• Act Normal (vi) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996

VARLEY, JOHN (Herbert) (1947- ) (stories)

• The Barbie Murders (nv) IASFM Jan/Feb 1978 [Anna-Louise Bach]

VASCO, JUSTO (stories)

• A Man of Honor (ss) New Mystery Win 1994; tr. by William I. Neuman

VAUGHAN, RALPH E. (stories)

• Agent in Hell (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1988

VAUGHN, DAVID (stories)

• The Prosecutor of DuPrey (ss) EQMM Jan 1996

VENABLES, TERRY (1943- ); see pseudonym P. B. Yuill (stories)

VENNEWITZ, LEILA (stories)

• In the Darkness, by Heinrich Böll (ss) The Stories of Heinrich Böll, London: Secker & Warburg 1986

VENOLA, JENNIFER (stories)

• Stuart Palmer, Writer: 21 June 1905 - 4 February 1968 (in)

VENTURA, CHARLES (stories)

• Bier on the Rocks (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Jun 1966 [Francis Bascom Ivy]

VERDE, TOM (stories)

• The Big Dance (ss) EQMM Apr 1992

VERMEULEN, JOHN (stories)

• Canon (ss) 2001; from Dodelijke Paringsdans, Books & Media Publishing, Belgium.
• Chalele (ss) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003; first published in Dodelijke Paringsdans (Deadly Mating Dance), B&MP, Deurne, 2002.
• The Corpse That Lost Its Head (ss) Playboy Oct 2003

VERMILLION, C. K. (stories)

• Switcheroo (ss) AHMM Feb 1999

VERNON, GIGI (stories)

• The Maidservant’s Letter (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• One for the Road (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006
• The Story That Won: Solomon’s Wedding (vi) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007

VERSTRAETE, CHRISTINE A. (stories)

• The Case of the Disappearing Doggie (vi) About Mysteries; Gina and her cousin Mick decide to help little Tim find his lost dog — can you figure out where he is before they do?.

VESSELO, A(rthur) (1911-2000) (stories)

• I Am a Murderer [with E. H. Visiak] (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

VICKERS, ROY; pseudonym of William Edward Vickers, (1889-1965) (stories)

• A Classic Forgery (ss) The Exploits of Fidelity Dove, Hodder & Stoughton 1924 [Fidelity Dove]
• The Rubber Trumpet (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Sep 1934 [Department of Dead Ends]
• The Yellow Jumper (ss) EQMM Jun 1946 [Department of Dead Ends]
• The Eight Pieces of Tortoiseshell (nv) EQMM Jan 1947; also as “The Henpecked Murderer”. [Department of Dead Ends]
• The Henpecked Murderer (nv) EQMM Jan 1947 [Department of Dead Ends]
• Blind Man’s Bluff (nv) EQMM Dec 1947 [Department of Dead Ends]
• Dinner for Two (ss) EQMM Jan 1949 [Department of Dead Ends]
• Miss Paisley’s Cat (ss) EQMM May 1953
• Double Image (nv) EQMM Apr 1954
• Wife Missing (nv) EQMM Mar 1958 [Department of Dead Ends]

VICKERS, WILLIAM EDWARD (1889-1965); see pseudonym Roy Vickers (stories)

VICTOR, IAN; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell (stories)

• Presage (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1996
• The Seven Black Orisons (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1996