Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

WEST, J. ALEC (stories) (continued)

• An Interview with Joan Hess (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
• An Interview with M. K. Wren (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
• An Interview with Donald Westlake (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• Interview with Julie Smith (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• Interview with Sara Paretsky (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• An Interview with Sue Grafton (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• An Interview with Penny Warner (iv) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• An Interview with Robert B. Parker (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1999

WEST, JACQUELINE (stories)

• Curtain Call (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

WEST, JANET (stories)

• In Defense of the Lone Ranger! (pm) EQMM Jan 1994

WEST, KEITH; pseudonym of Kenneth Westmacott Lane, (1893-1954) (stories)

• A Gentleman Repays a Loan (ss) Cosmopolitan Jul 1931

WEST, KERRY E. (stories)

• Shame (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005

WEST, PAUL (Noden) (1930- ) (stories)

• General Bellomo (ss) Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992

WEST, REBECCA; adopted name of Cecily Isabel Fairfield Andrews, (1892-1983) (stories)

• from “The Salt of the Earth” (ex) 1935
• Greenhouse with Cyclamens I (nv)

WEST, WILLIAM KYER (stories)

• Hector’s Passing (nv) AHMM Sep 1988

WESTERMANN, JOHN (1952- ) (stories)

• Trauma Bells Are Ringing (ss) New Mystery v6 #2 1999
• Rumors of Gravity (ss) The Mighty Johns, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
• The Secret (nv) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006

WESTERVELT, LAURA WATSON (stories)

• Truck Stop (ss) AHMM Jul 1984
• A Matter of Time (ss) AHMM Feb 1985

WESTGARD, STEN (stories)

• Shovel Them Under and Let Me Work (ss) Crimewave #3 2000
• Gunsafe (ss) Crimewave #4 2000

WESTLAKE, DONALD E(dwin Edmund) (1933- ); see pseudonym Sam Holt (books) (stories)

• Arrest (ss) Manhunt Jan 1958
• The Devil’s Printer (ss) Mystery Digest Sep 1958
• Sinner or Saint (nv) Mystery Digest Dec 1958
• One on a Desert Island (ss) AHMM Jun 1959
• The Best-Friend Murder (nv) AHMM Dec 1959 [Abe Levine]
• An Empty Threat (ss) Manhunt Feb 1960
• Fresh Out of Prison (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1960; also as “You Put on Some Weight”.
• You Put on Some Weight (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1960
• The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution (ss) AHMM Sep 1960
• Good Night! Good Night! (ss) AHMM Dec 1960
• Never Shake a Family Tree (ss) AHMM Mar 1961
• The Risk Profession (nv) Amazing Mar 1961
• Break-Out (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1961
• Just the Lady We’re Looking For (ss) EQMM Sep 1964
• The Death of a Bum (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1965 [Abe Levine]
• The Mother of Invention (ss) Dapper Feb 1966; also as “The Mother of Invention Is Worth a Pound of Cure”.
• The Mother of Invention Is Worth a Pound of Cure (ss) Dapper Feb 1966
• Domestic Intrigue (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Jul 1966
• Devilishly (ss) Signature, the Diner’s Club Magazine Aug 1966
• Cool O’Toole (ss) AHMM Sep 1966
• The Sweetest Man in the World (ss) EQMM Mar 1967
• Sniff (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine May 1967
• The Winner (ss) Nova 1, ed. Harry Harrison, Delacorte 1970
• The Ultimate Caper: The Purloined Letter (ss) The New York Times May 11 1975
• In at the Death (ss) The Thirteenth Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins 1977; also as “This Is Death”.
• Ordo (na) Enough!, Evans 1977
• This Is Death (ss) The Thirteenth Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins 1977
• The Girl of My Dreams (ss) The Midnight Ghost Book, ed. James Hale 1978
• Ask a Silly Question (ss) Playboy Feb 1981 [John Dortmunder]
• Re Porter (ss) EQMM Jul 1982
• After I’m Gone (nv) EQMM Jun 1984 [Abe Levine]
• A Good Story (ss) Playboy Oct 1984
• Breathe Deep (ss) Playboy Jul 1985
• Horse Laugh (ss) Playboy Jun 1986 [John Dortmunder]
• Too Many Crooks (ss) Playboy Aug 1989 [John Dortmunder]
• The Tarnished Knight (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1990
• A Midsummer Daydream (ss) Playboy May 1990 [John Dortmunder]
• Love in the Lean Years (ss) Playboy Feb 1992
• Party Animal (ss) Playboy Dec 1992 [John Dortmunder]
• Seeds and Sand (pm) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992
• Last-Minute Shopping (ss) New York Times Book Review Dec 5 1993
• Give Till It Hurts (ss) New York: The Mysterious Bookshop 1993 [John Dortmunder]
• Jumble Sale (ss) The Armchair Detective Sum 1994 [John Dortmunder]
• Skeeks (ss) Playboy Jun 1995
• Murderous Schemes: An Anthology of Classic Detective Stories [ed.] (an) Oxford University Press 1996
• The Burglar and the Whatsit (ss) Playboy Dec 1996
• Take It Away (ss) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
• “An Interview with Donald Westlake” by J. Alec West (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• “Looking on the Dark Side” by Marion Long (bg) MHCMM Fll 1998
• A Good Story and Other Stories (co) Five Star 1999
• Now What? (ss) Playboy Dec 1999 [John Dortmunder]
• Art & Craft (ss) Playboy Aug 2000 [John Dortmunder]
• The Best American Mystery Stories 2000 [ed.] (an) Houghton Mifflin 2000
• Come Again? (nv) The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001
• Thieves’ Dozen (co) Mysterious Press 2004
• Walking Around Money (na) Transgressions, ed. Ed McBain, Forge Books 2005 [John Dortmunder]
• The Dortmunder Workout (ss)
• Foreword (fw)
• Fugue for Felons (nv) [John Rumsey]
• Introduction (in)
• Introduction: Dortmunder and Me, in Short (in)
• Introduction: The New Edgar Winners (in)

WESTMORELAND, KENT (stories)

• A Relatively Small Sum of Money (ss) Blue Murder May 1999
• Ash Wednesday (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Apr 2001 [Burleigh Drummond]
• Kent Westmoreland Interviews Robert Skinner (iv) Plots with Guns Jul/Aug 2001

WESTON, ANNE (stories)

• On the Way to the Store (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998
• When the Pig Got Lost (ss) AHMM Oct 1998
• The Horse with White Stockings (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999
• The Girl from Wore-Out Canyon (ss) AHMM Nov 1999
• The Devil Takes a Trip (ss) AHMM Apr 2000
• Beyond the Lost Man Mountains (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• The Mudslide (ss) AHMM Dec 2001
• The Adventure of the Chestnut Vendor (nv) AHMM Oct 2002
• By the Monkey-Ladder Vine (nv) AHMM Apr 2004
• The Master of Animals (nv) AHMM Apr 2006 [Efrain]

WESTON, CAROLYN (1921-2001) (stories)

• Poor, Poor Ophelia (ex) New York: Random House 1972

WESTON, JOHN (stories)

• Tongue of Terror (ss) Vengeance Shorts #2 1946

WESTRICK, TIMOTHY A. (stories)

• Families (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

WETJEN, ALBERT RICHARD (1900-1948) (stories)

• The Shark Strikes (ss) Action Stories Feb 1928 [Shark Gotch]
• In the Wake of Shark Gotch (ss) Mystery Stories #13 1938 [Shark Gotch]

WEYMAN, STANLEY J(ohn) (1855-1928) (stories)

• Gerald (ss) The English Illustrated Magazine Mar 1887

WHARTON, EDITH (Newbold, née Jones) (1862-1937) (stories)

• A Journey (ss) Greater Inclination, Scribner 1899
• Afterward (nv) The Century Jan 1910

WHAT, LESLIE (1955- ) (stories)

• The Happy Homewrecker (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

WHEAT, CAROLYN (1946- ) (books) (stories)

• Flake Piece (ss) 1988
• Crime Scene (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
• Cousin Cora (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
• Three-Time Loser (ss) The Armchair Detective Fll 1990 [Cass Jameson]
• Ghost Station (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991
• Life, For Short (ss) Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991
• Cat Lady (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• The Black Hawthorn (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
• Undercover (ss) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994
• Accidents Will Happen (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996
• Tales out of School (ss) EQMM Jun 1996 [Randall Toller]
• Cruel and Unusual (nv) Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket 1996
• The Adventure of the Angel’s Trumpet (nv) Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1996 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Love Me for My Yellow Hair Alone (ss) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
• On the Take (ss) Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998
• “A” Is for Adams (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999
• A Bus Called Pity (ss) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999
• Murder on Route 66 [ed.] (oa) Berkley 1999
• Murder on the Mother Road (in) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999
• Too Many Midnights (ss) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999
• The Case of the Rajah’s Emerald (nv) More Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1999 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Show Me the Bones (ss) Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999
• The Time of His Life (ss) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
• Oh, To Be in England! (ss) Malice Domestic 9, Joan Hess, Avon 2000
• Remembered Zion (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000
• Tales Out of School (co) Crippen & Landru 2000
• Women Before the Bench [ed.] (oa) Prime Crime 2001
• The Only Good Judge (nv) Women Before the Bench, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Prime Crime 2001 [Cass Jameson]
• The Remarkable Worm (nv) Murder in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2001 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Adventure of the Rara Avis (nv) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002
• The Princess and the Pickle (ss) White House Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Cumberland House 2002
• What the Dormouse Said (nv) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
• A Long and Constant Courtship (nv) Death by Dickens, ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime 2004
• Water from the Moon (nv) Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004 [Sherlock Holmes]
• A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap (nv) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006 [Holmes Sherlock]
• Carolyn Wheat: A Checklist (bi)
• Introduction (in)
• The Metal Blessed to Kill (ss) [Randall Toller]

WHEATLEY, DENNIS (Yeats) (1897-1977) (stories)

• Death at Three-Thirty (ss)

WHEELER, HUGH CALLINGHAM (1912-1987); see pseudonyms Q. Patrick & Patrick Quentin (stories)

WHETSTONE, RAYMOND (stories)

• I’ll See You in Hell (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec 1958

WHITAKER, ALEXANDRA (stories)

• The Trespasser (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002

WHITAKER, LEO (stories)

• Run, Rabbit, Run [with Clayton Matthews] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1981
• The Red Boxes (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1986

WHITAKER, MALACHI; pseudonym of Mary Whitaker, (1895-1976) (stories)

• The Flying Pig (ss)

WHITAKER, MARY (1895-1976); see pseudonym Malachi Whitaker (stories)

WHITAKER, RODNEY (William) (1931-2005); see pseudonym Trevanian (books) (stories)

WHITBOURN, JOHN (1958- ) (stories)

• Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Most Men (ss) Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990 [Binscombe]

WHITE, ALISON (stories)

• The Ice Man (ss) EQMM Dec 1993
• The Looker (ss) EQMM Aug 1997
• The Bluebird (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
• The End of the Pier (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998
• Plumage (ss) Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
• A Busy Afternoon (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
• Secrets (ss) Scenes of Crime, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd. 2000
• Mental Exercise (ss) EQMM Aug 2001
• Benedict and Bianca (ss) EQMM Feb 2005
• Another Man’s Crime (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005

WHITE, BRUCE (stories)

• Company for a Corpse! (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Jul 1959

WHITE, DAVID (stories)

• Ukiyo: The Floating World (ss) AHMM Dec 1991
• God Bless the Child (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Feb/Mar 2000
• Closure (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2002/Win 2003
• Get Miles Away (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2003; also available as an audio download.; an exclusive audio encore. [Jackson Donne]
• God’s Dice (nv) Thrilling Detective (online) Spr 2004 [Jackson Donne]
• Darkness on the Edge of Town (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2004 [Jackson Donne]
• Reptile Smile (ss) Shred of Evidence Feb 2005
• Acquainted with the Night (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2005
• My Father’s Gun (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• Righteous Son (ss) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008

WHITE, EDWARD LUCAS (1866-1934) (stories)

• The Picture Puzzle (ss) Lukundoo, Doran 1927

WHITE, ETHEL LINA (1876-1944) (stories)

• Cheese (nv) 1941

WHITE, FRED(erick) M(errick) (1859-?) (books) (stories)

• By Woman’s Wit (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Jul 1900 [Newton Moore]
• The Mazaroff Rifle (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Aug 1900 [Newton Moore]
• In the Express (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Sep 1900 [Newton Moore]
• The Almedi Concession (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Oct 1900 [Newton Moore]
• The Other Side of the Chess-Board (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Nov 1900 [Newton Moore]
• Three of Them (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Dec 1900 [Newton Moore]
• The Romance of the Secret Service Fund (co) Battered Silicon Dispatch Box 2003 [Newton Moore]

WHITE, GLORIA (stories)

• Murder on the Run (ex) New York: Dell 1991

WHITE, HAL (stories)

• The Payoff (ss) Double Detective Jul 1940

WHITE, JAMES GORDON (stories)

• The Big Score (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1984

WHITE, JON (1946-2004) (stories)

• A Letter from Mycroft Holmes (vi) 1968

WHITE, KEN (stories)

• Down the Road in Old Number Seven (nv) AHMM Jan 1985

WHITE, LESLIE T(urner) (1903-1967) (stories)

• Chosen to Die (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1 1934
• The City of Hell! (nv) Black Mask Oct 1935
• Merchant of Menace (ss) 1944

WHITE, PHYLLIS; [Mrs. William A. P. White] (1915-2000) (stories)

• Loser Weeper (pm) EQMM Nov 1990