Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

YOUNG, JUANA R. (stories)

• The Many Guises of the Contemporary Amateur Detective [with Nancy Ellen Talburt] (ar)

YOUNG, LAURA (stories)

• The Shoe Must Go On (ss) Low Down and Derby, ed. Abigail Jones, Overmountain Press 2006

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)

YU, ROSEMARIE (stories)

• Beef Kills (ss) Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth, ed. Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock, Akashic Books 2008; (East New York).

YUDKOFF, ALVIN (1923- ) (stories)

• Trail of Corpses (ss) Super-Detective Oct 1949

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)

• Cocaine and Blue Eyes (ex) Coward 1978 [Michael Brennen]
• 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

ZADOORIAN, MICHAEL (stories)

• The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit (ss) Detroit Noir, ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books 2007; (Woodward Avenue).

ZAFIRO, FRANK (stories)

• Three Days of Christmas (nv) By the Chimney with Care, ed. Tont Burton, Wolfmont Publishing 2006
• Core Issue (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006
• Helping Out (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006
• Take a Hand (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006
• Running to Darkness (ss) Never Safe, ed. Anon., Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006

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]

ZELDOVICH, LINA (stories)

• Murder in the Aladdin’s Cave (ss) Murder New York Style, ed. Randy Kandel, L & L Dreamspell 2007

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

ZELVIN, ELIZABETH (stories)

• Death Will Clean Your Closet (ss) Murder New York Style, ed. Randy Kandel, L & L Dreamspell 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
• Honorable Mentions (ms)

ZERO; pseudonym of Allan Ramsey (stories)

• The Adventure of the Table Foot (ss) The Bohemian Jan 1894

ZICH, VERONICA (stories)

• The Perfect World of Leota Skaggs (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1983

ZIEGENFUSS, ALAN JOHN (1952- ); see pseudonym Alan J. Warren (stories)

ZIEGLER, BOB (stories)

• Fame at Last (pm) EQMM May 1992

ZIELINSKI, LYNNE (stories)

• The Lawn Mower (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001

ZIMLER, ROBERT L. (stories)

• Takeout Order (nv) AHMM Mar 1988

ZIMRING, KIM J. (stories)

• The Story That Won:; winning entry in the May 2008 “Mysterious Photograph” contest: Unseasonal Greetings (vi) AHMM Nov 2008

ZINBERG, LEONARD S. (1911-1968); see pseudonyms Steve April & Ed Lacy (stories)

ZIRUL, ARTHUR (stories)

• Fast Freddy and the Sure Thing (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• Boy Scout (vi) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
• Have I Got a System for You (ss) AHMM Mar 1997
• Horseface Harry and the Treasure of Capone (ss) AHMM Mar 1998

ZITTER, SAM (stories)

• The Face Is Familiar (ss) The Strand Magazine #1 1998

ZOLA, ÉMILE (Édouard Charles Antoine) (1840-1902) (stories)

• Thérèse Raquin (ex) 1886
• from The Earth (ex)
• from Thérèse Raquin (ex)

ZONE, RAY (stories)

• Mean Streets Revisited (ar) Mystery May 1981

ZUBRO, MARK RICHARD (1948- ) (stories)

• Next Year, Kankakee (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Never on Santa (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• Mrs. Talucci’s Dinner (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• Tea for Two (nv) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996

ZUKOWSKI, SHARON c1954- ) (stories)

• The Amazing Technicolor Leisure Suit (ss) First Cases, Volume 4, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002 [Blaine Stewart]

ZULCH, SUSAN (stories)

• Always Prepaired (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1984

ZULKEY, CLAIRE (stories)

• The Great Billik (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (19th & Sacramento).

ZUMPE, LEE CLARK (stories)

• In the Window (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2002
• The Skull of Ustog (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 2002
• The Isle of Athol (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2002

ZUROY, MICHAEL (c1918- ) (stories)

• I’m Sorry You’re Dying (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1958
• The Mayor and the Gangster (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959
• Say Please (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1961
• Never Trust an Ancestor (ss) AHMM Jun 1963
• The Awful Experiment (ss) AHMM Nov 1963

ZWEIG, STEFAN (1881-1942) (stories)

• The Royal Game (nv) Woman’s Home Companion Mar 1944

[Editor] (stories)

• A Chat with the Chief (lt) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929, Apr 1930
• Official Business (cl) Popular Detective Dec 1944
• The Editor’s Case File (ed) Detective Story Magazine May, Sep 1988, Aug 1989, Jun 1990
• The Editor’s Casefile (ed) Hardboiled Apr 2000, #27/28 2001, #29/30 2003, #31, #32 2004, #33 2005

[various] (stories)

• World of Mystery (cl) Mystery Jan, Mar, May 1981
• Book Reviews (br) Mystery Mar 1981
• Current Holmes (br) Mystery Mar 1981
• Surveillance (br) Mystery May 1981
• New Book Reviews (br) New Mystery Jul/Aug 1991
• New Mystery Book Reviews (br) New Mystery v5 #2 1997, v6 #1 1998
• The Verdict (br) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• Hotdish Recipes (ms) Hotdish to Die For, Penury Press 2000
• Reviews (br) The Strand Magazine #10, #11 2003, #13, #14 2004