Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

WILSON, F. PAUL (stories) (continued)

• The Word (ss)

WILSON, GAHAN (1930- ) (stories)

• The Manuscript of Dr. Arness (ss) Playboy Aug 1966
• Yesterday’s Witch (ss) Witchcraft & Sorcery #9 1973
• Them Bleaks (ss) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991

WILSON, HAYES (stories)

• Please, No Strawberries (ss) EQMM Mar 10 1980

WILSON, J. (stories)

• Perfect Sphere, Perfect Futures (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001

WILSON, J. G. (stories)

• Cyanide for Two (ss) Scientific Detective May 1947

WILSON, JAMES (stories)

• The Story That Won: Hair of the Dog (vi) AHMM Jan 1995
• The Story That Won: The Stakeout (vi) AHMM May 1995

WILSON, JAY (stories)

• The Unsuspected (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 8 1958

WILSON, JOHN ANTHONY BURGESS (1917-1993); see pseudonym Anthony Burgess (stories)

WILSON, JOHN J. (stories)

• One Wise Man (ss) By the Chimney with Care, ed. Tont Burton, Wolfmont Publishing 2006

WILSON, JOHN MORGAN (stories)

• Anything for Olivia (ss) EQMM Mar 2003
• Edward at the Edge (ss) EQMM Jan 2005
• Serious Money (ss) EQMM Jul 2007

WILSON, L(eroy) A., JR. (1942- ) (stories)

• Jazreen (ss) AHMM Nov 1997
• The Cold Room (ss) AHMM Apr 1999
• Blood on the Water (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• Jacks (ss) AHMM Sep 2002
• The Road to Memphis (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• Conversation with L.A. Wilson, Jr. (iv) AHMM Apr 2004
• Heart of the Matter (ss) AHMM Apr 2004
• Runners On The Corners (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #48 2004
• Bleeding Hearts (nv) AHMM Oct 2004
• Dauphin Island (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007
• German Johnson and the Lost Horizon (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2007

WILSON, LAURA (1964- ) (stories)

• Best Eaten Cold (ss) EQMM Apr 2003
• Body Falling Through Space (ss) EQMM May 2003

WILSON, PAT (stories)

• Conspicuous Presumption [with Kris Wood] (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997
• Fish or Cut Bait [with Kris Wood] (ss) Dead in the Water, ed. Violette Malan & Therese Greenwood, RendezVous Press 2006

WILSON, ROBERT (1957- ) (stories)

• “Robert Wilson’s Instruments of Darkness” by Barry Forshaw (ar) Crime Time #23 2001

WILSON, ROBERT McNAIR (1882-1963); see pseudonym Anthony Wynne (stories)

WILSON, ROBIN (Scott) (1928- ) (stories)

• Not for Love nor Money (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005

WILSON, RUTH (stories)

• Too Many Brides (ss) 15 Mystery Stories Apr 1950

WILSON, SANDI (stories)

• The Blonde in Black (ss) Chesapeake Crimes II, ed. Donna Andrews & Maria Y. Lima, Quiet Storm Books 2005

WILSON, THOMAS (stories)

• Company (ss) EQMM Jun 1990

WILTZ, CHRISTINE (stories)

• Night Taxi (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (Lakeview).

WINCH, E. M. (1895-?) (stories)

• Buttons (ss) Pearson’s Magazine 1933

WINCHELL, PRENTICE (1895-1976); see pseudonym Stewart Sterling (stories)

WINCHESTER, SIMON (stories)

• Never Knew He Had It in Him (ss) EQMM Oct 1993

WINDFELDT, RUTH (stories)

• West Coast Mystery Scene (cl) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

WINDRATH, HELEN (books)

• Reader, I Murdered Him, Too [ed.] (an) The Women’s Press 1995

WINEGARDEN, JAMES R. (stories)

• Dream Rider (ss) The Mysterious Bruce, ed. Anon., The Brucedale Press 1997

WINGATE, (Martha) ANNE (Guice) (1943- ) (stories)

• Burglar Burgled (pm) EQMM Feb 1992
• I, Claudius Revisited (pm) EQMM Apr 1992
• Evelyn Lying There (ss) EQMM Mar 1993
• “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” Revisited (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998

WINGFIELD, R(odney) D(avid) (1928-2007) (stories)

• Just the Fax (ss) Fresh Blood 2, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1997

WINGS, MARY; [born Mary Lee Geller] (1949- ) (stories)

• Kill the Man for Me (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991
• Empty Arms (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• Hot Prowl (nv) 1994

WINKELMAN, BETTY J. (1936- ); see pseudonym Lauren Haney (stories)

WINKLER, MICHAEL C. (stories)

• Carpe Diem (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003

WINKLER, PETER M. (stories)

• The Christmas Murders (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1990

WINKS, ROBIN W. (1931?-2003) (stories)

• John Buchan: Stalking the Wilder Game (in)

WINSER, DAVID (1915-1944) (stories)

• The Boat Race Murder (ss)

WINSLOW, DON (1953- ) (stories)

• Douggie Doughnuts (nv) Men from Boys, ed. John Harvey, Heinemann 2003

WINSTON, C. (stories)

• The Pledge, by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (ex) London: Cape 1959

WINSTON, R. (stories)

• The Pledge, by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (ex) London: Cape 1959

WINTER, BEVIS (Peter) (1918-1985) (stories)

• The Ghoul (ss) Detective Crime Stories, Curtis Warren 1949
• Pickle Profit (ss) Detective Crime Stories, Curtis Warren 1949 [Sebastian Riffkin]

WINTER, DOUGLAS E. (1950- ) (stories)

• “Douglas E. Winter: Ratchetting Up the Prose” by Mark Campbell (iv) Crime Time #23 2001

WINTER, JAMES R. (stories)

• A Walk in the Rain (ss) Plots with Guns Jul/Aug 2001
• An interview with J. Michael Blue (iv) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2002
• Just Like Suicide (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2003
• Cold Cocked (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2003
• Full Moon Boogie (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2003
• Roofies (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2004 [Nick Kepler]

WINTERS, C. J. (books) (stories)

• Final Respects (ss) Beyond the Mundane: Unravelings, ed. Daniel J. Reitz, Mundania Press 2004
• How Tough Can It Be? (ss) Beyond the Mundane: Unravelings, ed. Daniel J. Reitz, Mundania Press 2004
• Local Mystery (ss) Beyond the Mundane: Unravelings, ed. Daniel J. Reitz, Mundania Press 2004
• Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology [with Jennifer DiCamillo] (oa) Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• Banshees of Baxter County [with Jennifer DiCamillo] (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• Busybodies and Dead Diamonds [with Jennifer DiCamillo] (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• Cat-ittude [with Jennifer DiCamillo] (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• Cemetery Competion [with Jennifer DiCamillo] (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• The Housekeeper and Primary Colors [with Jennifer DiCamillo] (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• In Bride Rock [with Jennifer DiCamillo] (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• Old Bones [with Jennifer DiCamillo] (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• Pyramid Travel [with Jennifer DiCamillo] (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008
• Who Died in Here? [with Jennifer DiCamillo] (ss) Deadknots, Paranormal Mystery Anthology, ed. C. J. Winters & Jennifer DiCamillo, Hard Shell Word Factory 2008

WINTERTON, PAUL (1908-2001); see pseudonym Andrew Garve (stories)

WIPRUD, BRIAN M. (c1961- ) (stories)

• When You’re Right (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006

WIRT, W. (stories)

• The Mad Monks (ss) Argosy Jul 7 1934

WISDOM, ROBERT (stories)

• The Light and the Dark (ss) DC Noir, ed. George Pelecanos, Akashic Books 2006; (Petworth, N.W).

WISE, WILLIAM (1923- ) (stories)

• Concerning Annette Fleury (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1986

WISHART, DAVID J(ohn) (1952- ) (stories)

• The Eleventh Labour (ss) The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002

WISHINGRAD, JAY (books) (stories)

• Legal Fictions [ed.] (an) The Overlook Press 1992
• Introduction (in)

WISHNIA, K(enneth) J(ohn) A(lexander) (1960- ) (stories)

• Lead and Leather (ss) EQMM Aug 2000 [Filomena Buscarsela]
• Under the Big Black Sun (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001 [Filomena Buscarsela]
• Just Like a Boy (ss) EQMM Aug 2001 [Filomena Buscarsela]
• Conversation with K.j.a. Wishnia (iv) AHMM Sep 2003
• Unusual Floral Organs (ss) AHMM Sep 2003
• All That Glitters (nv) AHMM Jun 2004 [Filomena Buscarsela]
• The Dope Show (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005
• Viernes Loco (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Corona).
• Dissed (ss) Politics Noir: Dark Tales from the Corridors of Power, ed. Gary Phillips, Verso 2008

WISMER, DONALD (Richard) (1946- ) (stories)

• Safe Harbor (nv) Tin Stars, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, NAL/Signet 1986

WISSMAN, RUTH (stories)

• Happy Honeymoon (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1983
• Annabel (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1983
• The Lake (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1984

WITCOVER, PAUL (stories)

• Jangletown [with Elizabeth Hand] (ss) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990 [Batman]

WITHROW, PATRICK (stories)

• Don’t Make Waves (ss) Dead in the Water, ed. Violette Malan & Therese Greenwood, RendezVous Press 2006

WITKOP, FLORENCE (stories)

• Spy’s Eyes (ss) EQMM Apr 1989

WITTEN, MATT(hew) (1956- ) (stories)

• Serve and Volley (nv) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001 [Jacob Burns]

WITTER, MARILYN (stories)

• Little Clues (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1981

WITTEVEEN, DAVID (stories)

• Ache (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

WODEHOUSE, [Sir] P(elham) G(renville) (1881-1975) (books) (stories)

• Death at the Excelsior (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1914
• The Education of Detective Oakes (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1914; also as “Death at the Excelsior”.
• Jeeves Takes Charge (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 18 1916 [Jeeves]
• Indiscretions of Archie (nv) 1921
• Aunt Agatha Takes the Count (ss) The Strand Apr 1922
• The Purity of the Turf (ss) Cosmopolitan Jul 1922
• Ukridge’s Accident Syndicate (ss) Cosmopolitan May 1923 [Ukridge]
• Without the Option (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 27 1925 [Jeeves]
• The Purification of Rodney Spelvin (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 22 1925 [Oldest Member]
• The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer (ss) Liberty Mar 12 1927
• About These Mystery Stories (ar) The Saturday Evening Post May 25 1929
• Jeeves and the Love that Purifies (ss) Cosmopolitan Nov 1929 [Jeeves]
• Jeeves and the Kid Clementina (ss) Cosmopolitan Jan 1930 [Jeeves]
• The Smile That Wins (nv) The American Magazine Oct 1931 [Adrian Mulliner]
• Strychnine in the Soup (nv) The Strand Mar 1932 [Adrian Mulliner]
• The Fiery Wooing of Mordred (ss) Cosmopolitan Dec 1934
• The Crime Wave at Blandings (na) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 10 1936 (+1)
• Ukridge Starts a Bank Account (ss) Playboy Jul 1967 [Ukridge]
• Wodehouse on Crime (co) Ticknor & Fields 1981
• Printer’s Error (pm)

WÖERTCHE, THOMAS (stories)

• World Mystery Report: Germany (ar) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003

WOHLFORTH, TIM (stories)

• Crip and Henrietta (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2001
• The Farmer (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2002
• Deadly Politics (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jul 2002
• Skulduggery (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2003
• Jesus Christ Is Dead (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2004
• The Port of Missing Men (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2004 [Jim Wolf]
• A Clean, Well-Lighted Place for Murder (ss) Shred of Evidence Nov 2004
• The Maseuse (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• Killer Fog (ss) Never Safe, ed. Anon., Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006

WOLF, MURRAY (stories)

• Kid Gang Girl (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

WOLF, PEARL (stories)

• What About Henry? (ss) Murder New York Style, ed. Randy Kandel, L & L Dreamspell 2007

WOLFE, ASHTON; variant of H. Ashton-Wolfe, (1881-?) (stories)

• The Knights of the Silver Dagger (nv)

WOLFE, GENE (Rodman) (1931- ) (stories)

• The Detective of Dreams (nv) Dark Forces, ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking 1980
• Avram Davidson: The Fish Unturned (ar) Weird Tales Win ’88 - 1989; also as “The Fish Unturned: Avram Davidson”.
• The Fish Unturned: Avram Davidson (ar) Weird Tales Win ’88 - 1989

WOLFE, SEBASTIAN (books)

• Black Nights [ed.] (an) Carroll & Graf 1993

WOLFE, THOMAS (Clayton) (1900-1938) (stories)

• Only the Dead Know Brooklyn (ss) New Yorker Jun 15 1935
• Justice Is Blind (ss)

WOLFE, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr.] (1931- ) (stories)

• from The Bonfire of the Vanities (ex) 1987

WOLFF, GEOFFREY (Ansell) (1937- ) (stories)

• The Duke of Deception (ss) 1979

WOLFF, TOBIAS (1945- ) (stories)

• The Liar (ss) Atlantic Monthly Feb 1980

WOLFF, VICTORIA (stories)

• Guilty Without Trial (ar) World’s Greatest Spy Stories, ed. Kurt Singer, W.H. Allen 1954

WOLFORTH, TIM (stories)

• The Wrench (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #31 2002
• Blood on Her Hands (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #39 2003

WOLFTON, BROEK (stories)

• Shirley, I Been Thinkin’ (pm) EQMM Apr 2002

WOLLER, SHIRLEY (stories)

• Halloween Promise (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

WOLVEN, SCOTT (1965- ) (books) (stories)

• Heavy Friends (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Win 2000
• The Copper Kings (HHC) (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2001
• Atomic Supernova (nv) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2002