Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

WRIGHT, STEVE (stories) (continued)

• Mr. Brown Beats Inflation (ss) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993; based on “The Qantas Bomb Hoax” case.

WRIGHT, THOMAS (1859-1936) (stories)

• A Sea Above the Sky (nf) Ten Thousand Wonderful Things, ed. Edmund Fillingham King, Routledge

WU, WILLIAM F(ranking) (1951- ) (stories)

• The Hungry Ghost of Panamint (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998

WUESCHER, KIM (stories)

• Getting Away with Murder (ss)

WYANT, DEVONA R. (stories)

• A Lead Pipe Cinch (pm) EQMM Aug 2002

WYCKOFF, JAMES (stories)

• The Door Between (ss) Story #1, ed. Whit Burnett & Hallie Burnett, David McKay 1951

WYCKOFF, WILL (stories)

• A Night Out (ss) Hardboiled #8 1987
• A Christmas Story (ss) Hardboiled #9 1988

WYDRA, FRANK T(homas) (1939- ) (stories)

• Doorway to Heaven (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007 [Matt Jaxon]

WYLDE, THOMAS (Clarke) (1946- ) (stories)

• Graphic Proof (ss) AHMM Jul 1986

WYLLARDE, DOLF; pseudonym of Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes, (1871?-1950) (stories)

• Ellison’s Christmas Dinner (ss) Tropical Tales 1909

WYLLIE, MARION FIELDS (stories)

• The Skinflinter Mystery (ss) The Mysterious Bruce, ed. Anon., The Brucedale Press 1997

WYNDHAM, JOHN; pseudonym of John Beynon Harris, (1903-1969) (stories)

• Confidence Trick (ss) Fantastic Jul/Aug 1953

WYNN, DOUGLAS (stories)

• A Reasonable Doubt (ar) 1991
• Who Fired the Fatal Shots? (ar) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995

WYNN, ROBERT H. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Undercover (vi) AHMM Oct 1997

WYNN, STEVE (stories)

• “Hard-boiled Bard: The Pulp Legacy of Steve Wynn” by Gene Gregorits (ar) Plots with Guns Sum 2004

WYNNE, ANTHONY; pseudonym of Robert McNair Wilson, (1882-1963) (stories)

• The Cyprian Bees (ss) Flynn’s Detective Fiction Feb 6 1926 [Dr. Eustace Hailey]
• The Tinkle of the Bells (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Jun 1926 [Dr. Eustace Hailey]

WYNNE, DON (stories)

• The Pharaoh’s Chickens (sl) Detective Mystery Stories #49, #50, #51, #52, #53 2004

WYNNE-JONES, TIM(othy) (1948- ) (stories)

• What Happened to Baby Roo? (ss) Criminal Shorts, ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada 1992

WYRICK E(d) L. (stories)

• Cruel Choices (ss) EQMM Mar 1994
• There, There (nv) EQMM Feb 1999

WYSONG, PEGGY (stories)

• The Coroner’s Lament (pm) EQMM Jul 1997
• Corpus Delicious (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997
• Next to Godliness (pm) EQMM Jun 1998
• Easter Song (pm) EQMM Feb 1999
• Cleaning Up (pm) EQMM Jun 2000

X, MALCOLM (stories)

• from The Autobiography of Malcolm X [with Alex Haley] (ex)

XU XI (stories)

• Crying with Audrey Hepburn (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Times Square).

YAFFE, JAMES (1927- ) (books) (stories)

• Mom Knows Best (ss) EQMM Jun 1952 [Mom]
• Mom Makes a Bet (ss) EQMM Jan 1953 [Mom]
• Mom in the Spring (ss) EQMM May 1954 [Mom]
• Mom Sheds a Tear (nv) EQMM Oct 1954 [Mom]
• Mom Makes a Wish (ss) EQMM Jun 1955 [Mom]
• Mom Sings an Aria (ss) EQMM Oct 1966 [Mom]
• Mom and the Haunted Mink (ss) EQMM Mar 1967 [Mom]
• Mom Remembers (ss) EQMM Jan 1968 [Mom]
• My Mother the Detective (co) Crippen & Landru 1997 [Mom]
• Tribute to Fred Dannay (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• Mom Lights a Candle (ss) Crippen & Landru 2002 [Mom]
• Mom Lights a Candle (ss) Crippen & Landru Dec 2002 [Mom]
• Introduction (in)

YANCY, K. ANDERSON (stories)

• Delisa (ss) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001

YANKELOVITCH, A. P. (stories)

• Spellbound (ss) AHMM Nov 2000

YARBRO, CHELSEA QUINN (1942- ) (stories)

• Demon in a Lunchbox (ar) Mystery Mar 1981
• Do I Dare to Eat a Peach? (nv) Shadows #8, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday 1985
• Confession of a Madman (ss) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991

YARBROUGH, STEVE (1956- ) (stories)

• The Rest of Her Life (nv) The Missouri Review Dec 1997

YARNELL, DUANE (Alvin) (1914-1996) (stories)

• That Crazy Stupid Doll (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1958

YARRINGTON, CORNELIA SNIDER (stories)

• Lady Killer (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2001
• Good Grief (pm) EQMM Jun 2002
• The Haven? (pm) EQMM May 2004
• Cajun Dish Served Cold (pm) EQMM Nov 2004
• The Ultimate Terminal? (pm) EQMM Aug 2005

YASGUR, BATYA SWIFT (stories)

• Me and Mr. Harry (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1994
• Kaddish (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• Missing Baby (ss) EQMM Mar 1998
• Song Without Sound (ss) EQMM Apr 1998
• The Burning of the Temple (vi) EQMM May 1998
• Cat Medicine [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) EQMM Dec 1998
• Into the Kingdom of Memory (ss) EQMM May 2001
• Without a Trace (nv) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001

YATES, DONALD A. (stories)

• Death and the Compass, by Jorge Luís Borges (ss) Labyrinths, New Directions 1962
• Just Lather, That’s All, by Hernando Téllez (ss) Great Spanish Tales, Dell 1962
• The Sunday Bird, by Maria de Montserrat (vi) EQMM Aug 1988
• The Emperor of China, by Marco Denevi (vi) EQMM Aug 1992
• Written Mousetraps (pm) EQMM Nov 1992
• Continuation of the Parks, by Julio Cortázar (vi) EQMM Sep 1993
• The Telephone, by Augusto Mario Delfino (ss) EQMM Oct 1994
• The Siesta, by Edgar Brau (ss) EQMM Jun 2000
• A One-Minute Hound (pm) EQMM Feb 2002
• Guilty, by Luis Adrián Betancourt (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004
• Ramón Acuñas Time, by Isaac Aisemberg (ss) EQMM Jan 2005; first published in Mate en Dos Jugadas, Buenos Aires: Ediciones Corregidor, 1994.
• Victor Scarpazo, or The End of the Pursuit, by Marco Denevi (ss) EQMM May 2005; first published in Amarinta, o el poder, 1982.
• Remembering Fred Dannay (ar) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005

YATES, DORNFORD; pseudonym of Cecil William Mercer, (1885-1960) (stories)

• Blind Corner (ex) London: Hodder & Stoughton 1927
• The Real Thing (ss) The Windsor Magazine Apr 1937
• How Berry Ran Contraband Goods (nv)

YATES, RENATE (stories)

• The Perfect Murder (vi) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990

YEAGER, DORIAN (stories)

• Libation by Death (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1998

YEATTS, TABATHA (stories)

• One Up Day (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1999
• Final Deadline (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999

YEO, LOEL (stories)

• Inquest (ss) The Strand Apr 1932

YERMAKOV, NICHOLAS (Valentin) (1951- ); later as Simon Hawke; see under Hawke, Simon (stories)

YERXA, LEROY (1915-1946) (stories)

• O’Sheen Is Best Man (vi) Mammoth Detective Jan 1943
• O’Sheen’s Photo Finish (vi) Mammoth Detective Aug 1943
• O’Sheen’s Sweet Tooth (ss) Mammoth Detective Nov 1943
• O’Sheen Minds the Baby (ss) Mammoth Detective Feb 1944
• O’Sheen Sees Red (ss) Mammoth Detective May 1944

YIM, RENEE (stories)

• Skin Deep (ss) EQMM Jul 2007; [An entry in two different EQMM departments — Department of First Stories and Passport to Crime].; tr. by Mary Kennedy

YODER, JEREMY (stories)

• Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

YOLEN, JANE; [i.e., Jane Hyatt Yolen Stemple] (1939- ) (stories)

• For Love of Juoun (ss) More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993
• Irreconcilable Samenesses [with David W. Stemple] (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• Catnip [with Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple] (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

YORK, CAROL BEACH (1928- ) (stories)

• The Thursday Club (ss) AHMM Apr 1990

YORK, MICHAEL (stories)

• “Interview: Michael York” by Andrew Gulli (iv) The Strand Magazine #8 2002

YORKE, MARGARET; pseudonym of Margaret Beda Larminie Nicholson, (1924- ) (stories)

• Always Rather a Prig (ss) John Creasey’s Crime Collection, ed. Herbert Harris 1978
• Fair and Square (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• Threescore and Ten (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• The Wrath of Zeus (ss) EQMM May 1984
• Anniversary (ss) EQMM Nov 1986
• Gifts from the Bridegroom (ss) Winter’s Crimes 18, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1986
• Means to Murder (ss) A Classic English Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1990
• Widow’s Might (ss) EQMM Oct 1991
• A Small Excitement (ss) Winter’s Crimes 23, ed. Maria Rejt, London: Macmillan 1991
• The Last Resort (ss) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
• A Little Dose of Friendship (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 4, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1994
• Marbles (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
• Mugs (ss) A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1995
• Rum Business (nv) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997 [Patrick Grant]
• Highland Mist (ss) EQMM Aug 1998
• The Error of His Ways (ss) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998

YOUATT-PINE, BILL (stories)

• Transit (ss)

YOUMANS, CLAIRE (1952- ) (stories)

• Mortmain (nv) Women Before the Bench, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Prime Crime 2001

YOUMANS, GILBERT (stories)

• Mrs. Hudson Stays for Tea (ss) EQMM Jan 1986

YOUNG, ALAN K. (stories)

• The Secret Fate of Fitchew (ss) EQMM Jan 14 1980
• Auction at McKay’s Corners (ss) AHMM Apr 23 1980
• Carlotta Green (pm) EQMM Mar 1993

YOUNG, D. FRANCES (stories)

• After Dinner (ss) Mystery Stories #1 1936

YOUNG, DEBRA (stories)

• The Menace (ss) Hardboiled #15 1993

YOUNG, (Alexander Bell) FILSON (1876-?) (stories)

• from The Trial of Dr. Hawley Garvey Crippen (ex) 1920

YOUNG, HOMER E. (stories)

• Law & Disorder: Confessions (ar) The Saint Magazine Jul 1984

YOUNG, MIKE (stories)

• Letters to Leonard (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003

YOUNG, PAUL (stories)

• Don’t the Windows Look Nice (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1981

YOUNG, SAM (stories)

• Moot Questions (pm) EQMM Jan 1991

YOUNG, STUART (stories)

• Heartache (ss) The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003

YOUNGMAN-CARTER, P.; see under Carter, Youngman (stories)

YUILL, P. B.; pseudonym of Gordon M. Williams & Terry Venables (stories)

• Hazell and the Patriot (ss) Winter’s Crimes 9, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1977 [James Hazell]

YURI, MITSUHARA (stories)

• Eighteenth Summer (nv) EQMM Dec 2004; tr. by Beth Cary

ZACKEL, FREDERICK (stories)

• The Streets of San Francisco (pm) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• Barfight (ss) Plots with Guns Oct-Dec 2000
• Dark Red and Deadly (sl) Plots with Guns May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec 2001
• Frederick Zackel interviews Elmore Leonard (iv) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2001
• Lone Wolves and Lady Dicks (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2001

ZACKS, ROBERT (stories)

• Packed House (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1948

ZAGAT, ARTHUR LEO (1895-1949) (stories)

• Plague of the Golden Death (na) Secret Agent X Dec 1937
• Red Finger’s Murder Messenger (ss) Operator #5 Mar/Apr 1938 [Red Finger]

ZAHAVA, IRENE (1951- ) (books)

• The Third WomanSleuth Anthology [ed.] (oa) The Crossing Press 1990
• The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology [ed.] (oa) The Crossing Press 1991

ZAINFELD, AURELIAN T. (stories)

• Unearthly Tales (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 2000

ZANGWILL, ISRAEL (1864-1926) (stories)

• Cheating the Gallows (ss) The Idler Feb 1893

ZARIMBA, LANCE (stories)

• The Case of the Boogered Books (ss) Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002
• Problem Plumbing (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

ZELAZNY, ROGER (Joseph Christopher) (1937-1995) (stories)

• Final Dining (ss) Fantastic Feb 1963
• Home Is the Hangman (na) Analog Nov 1975 [Nemo]

ZELDES, LEAH A. (stories)

• A Study in Sussex (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995 [Sherlock Holmes]

ZELENCIK, LINDA M. (stories)

• A Blue Moon in June (ss) AHMM Oct 1995

ZELLAR, BRAD (stories)

• Better Luck Next Time (ss) Twin Cities Noir, ed. Julie Schaper & Steven Horwitz, Akashic Books 2006; Columbia Heights (Minneapolis).

ZELTSERMAN, DAVID (stories)

• A Long Time To Die (ss) New Mystery v1 #2 1992
• Next Time (ss) Hardboiled #22 1996
• Til Death Do You Part (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2002
• The Dover Affair (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2002/Win 2003 [Johnny Lane]
• Money Run (nv) EQMM Nov 2005
• Closing Time (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006
• Dave Stevens, I Presume? (ss) AHMM Mar 2007

ZEMAN, ANGELA (stories)

• The Witch and the Fishmonger’s Wife (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1993 [Mrs. Risk]
• The Witch and the Curse on Black Dan Harrington (ss) AHMM Aug 1994 [Mrs. Risk]
• The Witch and the Rock Star (nv) AHMM Jun 1995 [Mrs. Risk]
• The Witch and the Vampire (nv) AHMM Dec 1995 [Mrs. Risk]
• The Witch and Upright Maxwell (nv) AHMM Mar 1997 [Mrs. Risk]
• Hello? (nv) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999
• The Witch and Uncle Harry (nv) The Night Awakens, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 2000 [Mrs. Risk]
• Green Heat (nv) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003