Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

LEBLANC, MAURICE (Marie Emile) (1864-1941); Leblanc, M. Maurice (stories)

• Arsène Lupin in Prison (nv) The Exploits of Arsène Lupin, New York: Harper 1907 [Arsene Lupin]
• The Mysterious Railway-Passenger (ss) The Seven of Hearts, Macmillan 1908 [Arsene Lupin]
• Shadowed by Death (nv) 1913 [Arsene Lupin]
• At the Sign of Mercury (nv) Metropolitan Magazine Jul 1922 [Arsene Lupin]
• The Bridge That Broke (nv) [Arsene Lupin]
• The Red Silk Scarf (nv) [Arsene Lupin]

LeBOEUF, DANIEL (stories)

• The Story That Won: Looking Through Anothers Eyes (vi) AHMM Jan 1999
• The Story That Won: Improbable Events (vi) AHMM May 1999

LEBOWITZ, FRAN (stories)

• In Hot Pursuit (ss) 1974

LECARD, MARC (stories)

• Teardown (ss) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008

le CARRÉ, JOHN; pseudonym of David Cornwell, (1931- ) (stories)

• Dare I Weep? Dare I Mourn? (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 28 1967
• What Ritual Is Being Observed Tonight? (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 2 1968
• “John Le Carré, Under the Spyglass” by Stephen Hunter (iv) Espionage Magazine May 1987

LeCOMPTE, DELPHINE (stories)

• Three Tepid Shots, Two Decapitated Gulls, and a Crippled Taxidermist (ss) Expletive Deleted, ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books 2007

LEDBETTER, SUZANN (1953- ) (stories)

• How to Murder Your Mother-in-Law (nv) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• Mother Ledbetter’s Lunchbox Laws (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006

LEDERER, ESTER PAULINE FRIEDMAN; see pseudonym Ann Landers (stories)

LEDERER, HOWARD (stories)

• Introduction (in) Dead Man’s Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Harcourt 2007

LeDOUX, REMY (stories)

• Bank on It (vi) About Mysteries; There are some advantages to being behind the teller line — and you can bank on it!.

LEE, BOBBY (stories)

• The Domino Drug Bust: A Love Story (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1994
• The Day That Crenshaw Burned (ss) AHMM Jun 1995

LEE, DEBORAH (stories)

• Rind Justice (pm) EQMM Mar 1994
• Ticked Off (pm) EQMM Jan 1996
• Crash Diet (pm) EQMM Mar 1997

LEE, DEBORAH M. (stories)

• Crime of Fashion (pm) EQMM Apr 2002

LEE, EDWARD; pseudonym of Lee Edward Seymour, (1957- ) (stories)

• ICU (ss) 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense, ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon 1999

LEE, (Nelle) HARPER (1926- ) (stories)

• from To Kill a Mockingbird (ex) 1960

LEE, JAMES A. (stories)

• Justice (vi) Hardboiled #6 1986

LEE, JIM (stories)

• Droplets of My Sister’s Blood (ss) Hardboiled #18 1994
• Hate Crime (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000
• Henriqua’s Homegirls (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

LEE, LAURIE (1914- ) (stories)

• from Cider with Rosie (ex)

LEE, LINDA (Hope) (1947- ) (stories)

• Catching the Brass Ring (ss) Beyond the Mundane: Unravelings, ed. Daniel J. Reitz, Mundania Press 2004

LEE, MANFRED B(ennington) (1905-1971); see pseudonym Ellery Queen (books) (stories)

• “The Authorship of Three Late Ellery Queen Novels” by Douglas Dannay & Richard Dannay (ar) The Armchair Detective 1990
• “Avoiding Mr. Queen” by Peter Lovesey (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “Challenge to the Artist: The Comic Book Stories of Ellery Queen” by Mike W. Barr (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “Challenge to the Listener: Ellery Queen on the Air” by David S. Siegel (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “Ellery Queen—Man of God” by Steven Steinbock (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “Ellery Queen—One of the Most Popular Mystery Writers in Japan” by Hidetoshi Mori (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “Ellery Queen” by Jon L. Breen (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “EQMM” by Michael Gilbert (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “Fred Dannay and Manny Lee” by Hillary Waugh (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “The Impossible Mr. Queen” by Robert Adey (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “Queen’s Gambit: The Life and Times of Ellery Queen” by Ted Hertel, Jr. (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “Remembering My Hanai Father” by Richard A. Smith, M.D. (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “The Temple of His Word: Growing Up with Ellery Queen” by Rand B. Lee (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “A Tribute” by Edward D. Hoch (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “Twayblade” by Catherine Aird (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999
• “We May As Well Continue Being Carrollish: A Bow Before the Queen” by Bill Ruehlmann (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999

LEE, RAND B. (stories)

• The Temple of His Word: Growing Up with Ellery Queen (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999

LEE, ROBERT S. P. (stories)

• Chances Are (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2003

LEE, SHARON (1952- ) (stories)

• A Night at the Opera [with Steve Miller] (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

LEE, TANITH; [i.e., Tanith Lee Kaiine] (1947- ) (stories)

• Human Mystery (nv) More Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1999 [Sherlock Holmes]

LEE, WENDI; [i.e., Wendi Lee Weberg Beatty] (1956- ) (books) (stories)

• Auld Acquaintance [with Terry Beatty] (ss) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990 [Dick Tracy]
• Life of Riley (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Full-Body Santa [with Terry Beatty] (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• Indiscreet (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
• The Disappearance of Edna Guberman (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• Photo Swipe [with Terry Beatty] (ss) Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1995
• Miami (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1995
• Salad Days (ss) Noir Magazine Win 1995 [Angela Matelli]
• Check Up (ss) Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996
• Miles Deep (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
• Soft Day (ss) Murder Most Irish, ed. Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
• Wild Card (ss) Shades of Noir, ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc. 1996
• Red Feather’s Daughter (ss) How the West Was Read, vol. I, Durkin-Hayes Audio 1996
• The Right Thing to Do (ss) Shades of Noir #2, ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc. 1996
• Winston’s Wife (ss) The Fatal Frontier, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• The Other Woman (ss) Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet 1997
• “Cherchez la femme: Wendi Lee” by Lisa Williamson (bg) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
• Dust and Ashes (nv) How the West Was Read, vol. II, Durkin-Hayes Audio 1997
• Letting the Cat Out of the Bag (ss) Felonious Felines, ed. Carol & Ed Gorman, Five Star 2000
• Skiv (ss) Murder Most Celtic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• Dying for Sin (ss) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
• Stocking Stuffer (na) Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe, ed. Anon., Worldwide Mystery 2001 [Angela Matelli]
• Check Up and Other Stories (co) Five Star 2001
• Feis (nv) Check Up and Other Stories, Five Star 2001
• Desire in the First Degree [with Mary Kane Lane] (nv) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002

LEEDAHL, SHELLEY (stories)

• Spades (ss) Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991

LEEDS, WENDY (stories)

• What Are the Odds (ss) AHMM Jun 1998
• Borrowing Trouble (ss) AHMM Dec 1999

LEES, TIM (stories)

• Head Crimes (ss) Crimewave #6 2002

LE FANU, J(oseph Thomas) SHERIDAN (1814-1873) (stories)

• The Murdered Cousin (nv) Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery, James McGlashan 1851
• Schalken the Painter (nv) Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery, James McGlashan 1851; revised from an earlier story in Dublin University Magazine May ’39.
• Green Tea (nv) All the Year Round Oct 23-Nov 13 1869 [Martin Hesselius]
• Madam Crowl’s Ghost (ss) All the Year Round Dec 31 1870
• Carmilla (na) The Dark Blue Dec 1871 (+3) [Martin Hesselius]
• The Haunted House in Westminster (nv) Belgravia Jan 1872; also as “Mr. Justice Harbottle”. [Martin Hesselius]
• Mr. Justice Harbottle (nv) Belgravia Jan 1872 [Martin Hesselius]
• Sir Dominick Sarsfield (ss) All the Year Round Jul 6 1872; revised from “The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh”, Dublin University Magazine Mar 1838.
• Sir Dominick’s Bargain (ss) All the Year Round Jul 6 1872; also as “Sir Dominick Sarsfield”; revised from “The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh”, Dublin University Magazine Mar 1838.
• The Familiar (nv) In a Glass, Darkly, Bentley 1872; revised from “The Watcher”, Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery, James McGlashan, 1851. [Martin Hesselius]
• Laura Silver Bell (ss) Belgravia Annual 1872

LEGRU, SEIKO; pseudonym of Janwillem van de Wetering, (1931-2008) (stories)

• Inspector Saito and the Fox Girl (ss) AHMM Feb 4 1981 [Insp. Saito]
• A Small Oversight (ss) AHMM Jul 22 1981

LE GUIN, URSULA K(roeber) (1929- ) (stories)

• Texts (ss) American Short Fiction 1990

LEHANE, DENNIS (1965- ) (books) (stories)

• The Names of the Missing (ss) Mean Time, ed. Jerry Sykes, The Do-Not Press 1998
• Running Out of Dog (nv) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
• Gone Down to Corpus (ss) The Mighty Johns, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
• Until Gwen (nv) Men from Boys, ed. John Harvey, Heinemann 2003
• Coronado: Stories (co) William Morrow 2006
• Coronado: a play in two acts (pl)
• ICU (ss)
• Mushrooms (ss)

LEHMANN, R(udolf) C(hambers) (1856-1929) (stories)

• The Umbrosa Burglary (ss) Punch Nov 4 1893 [Picklock Holes]

LEIBER, FRITZ (Reuter, Jr.) (1910-1992) (stories)

• Power of the Puppets (ss) Thrilling Mystery Jan 1942
• The Dreams of Albert Moreland (nv) The Acolyte Spr 1945
• The Girl with the Hungry Eyes (ss) The Girl With the Hungry Eyes, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon 1949
• The Moriarty Gambit (ss) Chess Review Feb 1962 [Sherlock Holmes]

LEIGH, L. (stories)

• Swamped (nv) EQMM Aug 2006

LEIGH, VICKI (stories)

• The Story That Won: The Tenderloined, Pure-Broiled Boat (vi) AHMM Jul 1995

LEINSTER, MURRAY; pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins, (1896-1975) (stories)

• The Seventh Bullet (ss) The Danger Trail Mar 1926
• The Body in the Taxi (na) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Oct 1933 [The Black Bat]
• The Coney Island Murder (nv) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Nov 1933 [The Black Bat]
• The Hollywood Murders (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Dec 1933
• The Maniac Murders (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Feb 1934 [The Black Bat]
• Bargain for an Enemy (ss) Popular Detective Dec 1944
• Murderer’s Encore (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1953

LEISI, ERNST (stories)

• Lord Peter Wimsey, born 1890 (ar) Encounters with Lord Peter, ed. Christopher Dean, The Dorothy L. Sayers Society 1991; a slightly different German version appeared in Neue Zürcher Zeitung 10th Nov 1990.

LEITER, JEANNE (stories)

• Bell, Book, and Suburbia [with M. H. Clark] (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999

LEITZ, DAVID E. (stories)

• Eye Witness (ss) Canine Christmas, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1999

LELLENBERG, JON L. (1946- ) (books) (stories)

• The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [ed. with Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh] (oa) Carroll & Graf 1987 [Sherlock Holmes]
• And Now, a Word from Arthur Conan Doyle (ar) Baker Street Miscellanea Sum 1990 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Holmes for the Holidays [ed. with Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg] (oa) Berkley 1996 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The More Holmes for the Holidays [ed. with Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg] (oa) Berkley 1999 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Murder in Baker Street [ed. with Daniel Stashower & Martin H. Greenberg] (oa) Carroll & Graf 2001 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Murder, My Dear Watson [ed. with Daniel Stashower & Martin H. Greenberg] (oa) Carroll & Graf 2002
• A Sherlockian Library [with Daniel Stashower] (ar) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002
• Ghosts in Baker Street [ed. with Daniel Stashower & Martin H. Greenberg] (oa) Carroll & Graf 2006 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Foreword (fw)
• Introduction (in)

LE MARE, ANGELA (stories)

• Asking For It (ss)
• Herbie Naughton’s Nugget (ss)

LEMING, B. W. (stories)

• For Your Eyes Only (pm) EQMM May 1995

L’ENGLE, MADELEINE; pseudonym of Madelaine L’Engle Franklin, (1918-2007) (stories)

• The Pool (rr) Carnage at Christhaven, ed. William Griffin, San Francisco, CA: Harper and Row 1989

LEON, HENRY CECIL (1902-1976); see pseudonym Henry Cecil (stories)

LEONARD, ELMORE (John, Jr.) (1925- ) (books) (stories)

• Law of the Hunted Ones (nv) Western Story Magazine Dec 1952
• Three-Ten to Yuma (ss) Dime Western Magazine Mar 1953
• The Boy Who Smiled (ss) Gunsmoke Jun 1953
• The Tonto Woman (ss) Roundup, Western Writers of America, Doubleday 1982
• Freaky Deaky (ex) New York: Arbor House 1988
• “Hurrah for Capt. Early” (ss) New Trails, ed. John Jakes and Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday 1994
• The Odyssey (rr) The Miami Herald Tropic 1995
• Karen Makes Out (nv) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996 [Karen Sisco]
• “Regular Guys—and Gals—With a Twist” by Tom Nolan (bg) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
• Sparks (ss) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
• Hanging Out at the Buena Vista (ss) USA Weekend Jun 13 1999
• “Frederick Zackel interviews Elmore Leonard” by Frederick Zackel (iv) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2001
• Chichasaw Charlie Hoke (ss) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• Fire in the Hole (na) Contentville Press 2001 [Raylan Givens]
• When the Women Come Out to Dance (co) Morrow 2002
• Tenkiller (na) When the Women Come Out to Dance, Morrow 2002
• When the Women Come Out to Dance (ss) When the Women Come Out to Dance, Morrow 2002
• How Carlos Webster Changed His Name to Carl and Became a Famous Oklahoma Lawman (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003
• Louly and Pretty Boy (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005

LEONARD, JOSEPH (stories)

• The Swap (vi) EQMM mid-Dec 1989

LEONARD, SANDRA CEROW (stories)

• More Than Bourbon and Kentucky Fried Chicken (ss) Low Down and Derby, ed. Abigail Jones, Overmountain Press 2006

LEONE, DAN (stories)

• Family (ss) Literal Latté 2000

LEONG, ERNEST (stories)

• The Emperor’s Treasure (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1990
• Incense Sticks (ss) 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994