Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

LOWNDES, MARIE (Adelaide) BELLOC [Mrs. Frederick Sawrey Lowndes] (1868-1947) (stories)

• The Lodger (ex) McClure’s Jan 1911
• Quietly...Comfortably (nv) Harper’s Bazaar Apr 1930
• The Catherine Ruby (nv)
• The Chianti Flask (na)
• Kind Miss Glint (nv)
• What Might Have Happened (ss)

LOWNDES, ROBERT A(ugustine) W(ard) (1916-1998) (stories)

• You Die This Evening (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1961
• Wives in the Cement (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1961

LOWRY, DAN (stories)

• Blade (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992

LOY, JAIME LEE (stories)

• Bury Your Mother (ss) Trinidad Noir, ed. Lisa Allen-Agostini & Jeanne Mason, Akashic Books 2008

LOY, ROBERT (stories)

• A Comedy of Terrors (ss) AHMM Feb 1985
• Buck McCoy Meets His Maker (ss) AHMM Apr 1985
• The Mot Juste (ss) AHMM Aug 1985
• Life, Death, and Other Trivial Concerns (ss) AHMM Dec 1985
• Swami Ramananda and the Private Eye (ss) AHMM Feb 1987
• Casey’s Last Ride (ss) AHMM Mar 1988
• The Batman of Blytheville (ss) AHMM May 1988
• The Last Crime Story (ss) AHMM Nov 1990
• Jonathan Frederick Johnson III and the Boogeyman (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1994
• The Odyssey of Everyman (nv) AHMM Mar 1995
• A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine, and Sixty-four Megabytes of RAM (ss) AHMM Jun 1995
• Abou Roscoe Connor (May His Tribe Increase) (ss) AHMM Apr 1996
• Morocco (ss) AHMM May 1996
• A Connecticut Yankee in the Vast Wasteland (ss) AHMM Jul 1996
• Music from a Sick Muse (ss) AHMM Mar 2001

LU, ALVIN (1969- ) (stories)

• Le Rouge et le Noir (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (Chinatown).

LUCAS, J. A. (stories)

• Swan Song (ss) And Some of Them Are Dead, ed. Margaret Searles & Victoria Heckman, Deadly Alibi Press Ltd. 2002

LUCAS, JoANNE (stories)

• Jealous Jewels (vi) Murderous Intent Sum 1996
• Three on a Match (pm) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• Butler in the Brink (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• Fresno Heat (vi) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• Killer Tan (vi) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• Rainchecked (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• A Feast for Fools (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001
• Nipped in the Nuptials (ss) Gone Coastal, ed. Margaret Searles, Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006

LUCE, CAROL DAVIS (1943- ) (stories)

• Shattered Crystal (ss) AHMM Mar 1994

LUCKE, MARGARET (1947- ) (stories)

• Identity Crisis (ss) Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996
• Dreaming of Dragons (nv) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998

LUCKHARDT, BEN (stories)

• The Best Laid Plans... (ss) Espionage Magazine Jun 1986

LUCKINBILL, RAY (stories)

• Reading the Will (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002

LUDENS, ADRIAN W. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Be It Ever So... Authentic (vi) AHMM May 2008; winning entry in the November 2007 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.
• The Story That Won: Anger Management (vi) AHMM Jun 2008

LUDOVICI, ANTHONY M. (1882-1971) (stories)

• What the East Wind Brought (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

LUDWICK, CALEB (stories)

• Underlay (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2003

LUDWIG, EDWARD W(illiam) (1920-1990) (stories)

• My Victim, My Killer (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1984

LUDWIG, OTTO (stories)

• The Dead Man of St. Anne’s Chapel (na) 1839

LUDWIGSEN, WILL (stories)

• And Justice for Doll (ss) AHMM Sep 2003
• Bingo (ss) AHMM May 2004
• In Search Of (ss) AHMM Jun 2008

LUFKIN, MARTHA B. G. (stories)

• A Diamond’s Way of Changing Hands (ss) AHMM May 1995; revised, from 96 Inc.
• A Lacking for Salt (ss) AHMM Sep 1997
• The Yam Pots the Art World Wanted (nv) AHMM May 2007

LUKAC, M. STEPHEN (stories)

• Our Souls Abide on This Ocean’s Tide (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

LUKE, DAVID (stories)

• The Foundling, by Heinrich von Kleist (ss) The Marquise of O & Other Stories, Penguin 1978
• from “The Foundling”, by Heinrich von Kleist (ex) The Marquise of O & Other Stories, Penguin 1978

LUKE, ERIC (stories)

• The Hour of Lead (ss) Shades of Noir, ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc. 1996

LUKON, LAURA (stories)

• No Victim, No Crime (ss) AHMM May 1985

LUMAN, P. T. (stories)

• Gangster’s Brand (ss) Gun Molls Magazine Aug 1931

LUMIANSKY, JANET (stories)

• The Mystery Crossword (pz) EQMM Jun 1993, Jan 1994, Apr 1995

LUMLEY, BRIAN (1937- ) (stories)

• De Marigny’s Clock (ss) The Caller of the Black, Arkham 1971 [Titus Crow]

LUMLEY, DOROTHY (1949- ); see pseudonym Jean Davidson (stories)

LUNCH, LYDIA (stories)

• Petty Intrusion (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

LUNDE, FRANCIS (stories)

• The Electrocution of Tunnel Number Three (nv) Scientific Sprague, Scribner’s 1912

LUNDGREN, MICHELLE (stories)

• What Has Evy Done? (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1980

LUNDIN, LEIGH (stories)

• 8 Across (nv) AHMM Apr 2008

LUNQGUIST, JAMES (stories)

• Suicide Jockeys (ss) AHMM May 1994

LUPICA, MIKE; [i.e., Michael Thomas Lupica] (1952- ) (stories)

• The Shot (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• Dream Street (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• The Chair (ss) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
• No Thing (ss) The Mighty Johns, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
• The Rematch (nv) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• Mrs. Cash (nv) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006

LUPOFF, RICHARD A(llen) (1935- ); see pseudonym Del Marston (books) (stories)

• God of the Naked Unicorn (nv) Fantastic Aug 1976 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Reading Woolrich (ar) Detective Story Magazine Apr 1989
• Triptych (nv) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1990
• You Don’t Know Me, Charlie (nv) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993
• Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin (ascribed to Jack Kerouac) (ss) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Crash Club Killer (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
• Dogwalker (ss) EQMM Apr 1996
• “Interview with Richard Lupoff” by J. Alec West (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1996
• Briefing Room (III) (cl) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
• Briefing Room (IV) (cl) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• Chinese Gunboats (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• Briefing Room (VI) (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• Briefing Room (VII) (cl) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• Lindsey Chases a Ghost (ss) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998 [Hobart Lindsey]
• News from New Providence (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999
• Briefing Room (IX) (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• Briefing Room (X) (cl) Murderous Intent Sum, Fll 1999
• Briefing Room (XII) (cl) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• The Case of the Vampire’s Victim (nv) The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000 [Chase and Delacroix]
• The Second Drug (nv) The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000; also as “The Case of the Vampire’s Victim”. [Chase and Delacroix]
• One Murder at a Time: The Casebook of Lindsey & Plum (co) Wildside Press 2001
• The Incident of the Impecunious Chevalier (nv) My Sherlock Holmes, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2003; (M. Dupin). [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Adventure of the Voorish Sign (nv) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Abel Chase and the Dark Star (nv) Left Coast Crimes, ed. Valerie Feldman, Left Coast Crime 2004; also as “The Case of the Dark Star”. [Chase and Delacroix]
• The Case of the Dark Star (nv) Left Coast Crimes, ed. Valerie Feldman, Left Coast Crime 2004 [Chase and Delacroix]
• The Case of the Missing Man (nv) Argosy Quarterly Spr 2005 [Chase and Delacroix]
• Chase and the Missing Man (nv) Argosy Quarterly Spr 2005; also as “The Case of the Missing Man”. [Chase and Delacroix]
• Dreems.biz (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006
• Benning’s School for Boys (nv) The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006 [Nick Train]
• Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix (co) Crippen & Landru 2008 [Chase and Delacroix]
• The Case of the Absent Aviatrix (nv) Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix, Crippen & Landru 2008 [Chase and Delacroix]
• The Case of the Bilious Bookman (nv) Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix, Crippen & Landru 2008 [Chase and Delacroix]
• The Case of the Martian Colossus (nv) Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix, Crippen & Landru 2008 [Chase and Delacroix]
• Introduction: Finding Chase and Delacroix (in) Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix, Crippen & Landru 2008
• Afterword (aw)
• Foreword: Avram Davidson, My Friend, This Stranger (in)

LUSTBADER, ERIC VAN (1946- ) (stories)

• Asia (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988 [Philip Marlowe]
• Dead Cat Bounce (nv) Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1998
• Slow Burn (na) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
• The Other Side of the Mirror (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006
• The Uncertainty Principle (ss) Dead Man’s Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Harcourt 2007

LUSTGARTEN, EDGAR (Marcus) (1907-1978) (stories)

• Forbidden Fruit (ss) EQMM Jan 1963; also as “Scotland Yard”.
• Scotland Yard (ss) EQMM Jan 1963
• The Murder of Stanford White (ss)

LUTH, MICHAEL (stories)

• The Walking Stick (ss) EQMM Mar 1995

LUTZ, BARBARA (stories)

• Traveling Alone [with John Lutz] (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999

LUTZ, JOHN (Thomas) (1939- ) (books) (stories)

• The Wounded Tiger (ss) The Diners Club Magazine 1963
• Thieves’ Honor (ss) AHMM Dec 1966
• The Explosives Expert (ss) AHMM Sep 1967
• The Crooked Picture (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Nov 1967
• The Midnight Train (ss) AHMM Mar 1968
• Fair Shake (ss) AHMM Apr 1968
• The Insomniacs Club (ss) EQMM Sep 1968
• Abridged (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1968
• King of the Kennel (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1968
• The Real Shape of the Coast (ss) EQMM Jun 1971
• Prospectus on Death (ss) AHMM Jul 1971
• Games for Adults (ss) AHMM Dec 1971
• The Truth of the Matter (n.) New York: Pocket Books 1971
• So Young, So Fair, So Dead (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1973
• The Basement Room (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1973
• The Lemon Drink Queen (nv) AHMM Feb 1974
• A Handgun for Protection (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1974
• The Other Side of Reason (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1974
• Going, Going (ss) The Executioner Mystery Magazine Apr 1975
• Mail Order (ss) AHMM Apr 1975
• Moon Children (ss) Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine May 1975
• Life Sentence (ss) Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine Aug 1975
• Men Without Motives (ss) Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine Aug 1975
• Understanding Electricity (ss) AHMM Aug 1975
• Not Just a Number (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1976
• Pure Rotten (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1977
• Explosive Cargo (ss) AHMM Oct 1977
• Death by the Numbers (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov/Dec 1977
• Something for the Dark (vi) AHMM Nov 1977
• Something Like Murder (ss) EQMM Jan 1978
• The Man in the Morgue (ss) AHMM Feb 1978 [Al Nudger]
• Close Calls (ss) AHMM Nov 1978
• Where Is Harry Beal? (ss) AHMM Aug 1979 [Al Nudger]
• Until You Are Dead (ss) AHMM Jan 30 1980
• A Glimpse of Evil (ss) AHMM Mar 26 1980
• That Kind of World (ss) AHMM Jul 16 1980
• Tough (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1980
• When Opportunity Knocks (ss) AHMM Dec 15 1980
• Mortal Combat (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981
• Double Murder (ss) AHMM Jan 7 1981
• The Bear Cottage (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1981
• Dear Dorie (ss) AHMM Sep 16 1981
• Tiger, Tiger [with Bill Pronzini] (ss) Mystery Sep 1981
• The Case of the Canine Accomplice (ss) AHMM Mar 3 1982; also as “It’s a Dog’s Life”.
• It’s a Dog’s Life (ss) AHMM Mar 3 1982
• The Landscape of Dreams (ss) EQMM Mar 24 1982
• Time Exposure (ss) AHMM Jun 1982 [Al Nudger]
• Buried Treasure (ss) AHMM Aug 1982
• Deeper and Deeper (vi) EQMM Sep 1982
• What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You (ss) AHMM Nov 1982; also as “What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt You”. [Al Nudger]
• What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt You (ss) AHMM Nov 1982 [Al Nudger]
• The Return of D.B. Cooper (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1982
• The Right to Sing the Blues (nv) AHMM May 1983 [Al Nudger]
• Only One Way to Land (nv) AHMM Oct 1983 [Al Nudger]
• Split Personalities (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1984
• High Stakes (ss) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984
• The Second Shot (ss) EQMM Sep 1984
• Winds of Change (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984
• Typographical Error (ss) The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1984 [Al Nudger]
• Ride the Lightning (ss) AHMM Jan 1985 [Al Nudger]
• Twice Removed (ss) Espionage Magazine Feb 1985
• The Last to Know (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1985
• Hector Gomez Provides (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1985
• On Judgment Day (ss) Espionage Magazine Aug 1985
• Heat (ss) EQMM Sep 1985
• Trickle Down (ss) AHMM Oct 1985
• The Thunder of Guilt (ss) Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1986 [Al Nudger]
• Flotsam and Jetsam (nv) The New Black Mask No.8, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1987 [Al Nudger]
• The Infernal Machine (ss) The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf 1987 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Star Bright (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988 [Philip Marlowe]
• Old Saying (ss) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990 [Dick Tracy]
• Someone Else (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990 [Fred Carver]
• Finicky (ss) Cat Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1991
• Open and Shut (ss) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
• White Mustangs (ss) Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991
• Before You Leap (nv) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992 [Al Nudger]
• Kitty (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Night Chase (ss) New Mystery v1 #2 1992