Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Title

• The Theft of Incrementation • Charles Ardai • (ss)
• Theft of Leopold’s Badge • Edward D. Hoch • (nv)
• The Theft of McGregor’s Skunk • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of Nick Velvet • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of Nothing at All • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of Santa’s Beard • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Author’s Eraser • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Bald Man’s Comb • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Ball of Twine • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Banker’s Ashtray • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Barking Dog • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Bathroom Scale • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Bingo Card • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Birthday Cake • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Birthday Candles • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Blue-Ribbon Bass • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Blue-Ribbon Pie • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Bogus Bandit • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Campaign Poster • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Canceled Stamp • Edward D. Hoch • (nv)
• The Theft of the Cardboard Castle • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Christmas Stocking • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Clouded Tiger • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Dead Houseplant • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Doctor’s Chopsticks • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Double Elephant • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Empty Birdcage • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Empty Paint Can • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the English Language • Mae Z. Scanlan • (pm)
• The Theft of the Faded Flag • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Fire Pearl • Ann F. Woodward • (ss)
• The Theft of the Five-Pound Note • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Four of Spades • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Halloween Pumpkin • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Lopsided Cobweb • Edward D. Hoch • (nv)
• The Theft of the Lost Slipper • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Lucky Cigar • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Mafia Cat • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Mannequin’s Wig • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Matador’s Cape • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Overdue Library Book • Edward D. Hoch • (nv)
• The Theft of the Parrot’s Feather • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Persian Slipper • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Picture Postcards • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Theft of the Poet • Barbara Wilson • (ss)
• The Theft of the Red Balloon • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Rumpled Road Map • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Rusty Bookmark • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Sandwich Board • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Sherlockian Slipper • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Sliver of Soap • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Snake Charmer’s Basket • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Thanksgiving Turkey • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Unsold Manuscript • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Used Teabag • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Venetian Window • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the Wedding Doves • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of the White Queen’s Menu • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft of Twenty-Nine Minutes • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Theft That Wasn’t a Theft • J. F. Peirce • (ss)
• Their Silly Little Games • Theodore H. Hoffman • (ss)
• Thelma Smalley vs. Crime • Glenn Andrews • (ss)
• Them Bleaks • Gahan Wilson • (ss)
• THEM! • William Marshall • (nv)
• A Theme for Hyacinth • Julian Symons • (ss)
• Then Terror Came • Patrick Thomas • (ss)
• The Therapeutic Alliance • Mark Schorr • (ss)
• Therapy • Jonathan Kellerman • (ss)
• There Ain’t No Men in Heaven • Gary Lovisi • (ss)
• There Are Fantasies in the Park • Marion M. Markham • (ss)
• There Are Monsterim • John Weisman • (ss)
• There Are No Pockets in Our Graveclothes • Bertil Falk • (ss)
• There Are No Snakes in Hawaii • Juanita Sheridan • (na)
• There Are No Snakes in Ireland • Frederick Forsyth • (nv)
• There Are No Stars Over San Juan • Kenneth Gavrell • (nv)
• There Are No Waters in Trona • A. Heyst • (ss)
• There Are Smiles • Ring W. Lardner • (ss)
• There Are Some Days... • Frederick Forsyth • (nv)
• There Are Worse Places • Shepard Rifkin • (ss)
• There Goes Ravelaar • Janwillem van de Wetering • (ss)
• There Is a Man in Hiding • Charles B. Child • (ss)
• There Is No Crime on Easter Island • Nancy Pickard • (ss)
• There Is No Tomorrow • Ernest Savage • (ss)
• There oughta be a Law: An Interview with Harlan Coben • Lisa D. Williamson • (iv)
• There Was a Balm in Gilead • Stefanie Matteson • (ss)
• There Was a Man Dwelt By a Churchyard • M. R. James • (ss)
• There Was an Old Woman • Bill Crider • (ss)
• “There would have been murder” • Ian Morson • (nv)
• There, There • E. L. Wyrick • (nv)
• There’s a Girl for Me • Tom Tetzlaff • (vi)
• There’s an Explanation for Everything • H. R. F. Keating • (ss)
• There’s Death for Remembrance • Frances Lockridge & Richard Lockridge • (ss)
• There’s Death in Her Kiss! • Matthew F. Christopher • (nv)
• There’s Gold and Gold... • Angus Allan • (ss)
• There’s No Business Like Show Business • Lucille Schulberg Warner • (pm)
• There’s No Escape! • Flip Lyons • (ss)
• There’s No Escape! • Don Unatin • (ss)
• There’s Somebody Here Wants to Talk to You • Jay R. Bonansinga • (ss)
• There’s Something Wrong Out There • J. Madison Davis • (ss)
• Thérèse Raquin • Émile Zola • (ex)
• These Boys • John Whitworth • (pm)
• These Crowded Woods • Skye Kathleen Moody • (nv)
• These Hard Times • Jerry Jacobson • (nv)
• They All Ran After the President’s Wife • Mary Higgins Clark • (na)
• They Always Get You • Victor Gischler • (ss)
• They Can Only Hang You Once • Dashiell Hammett • (ss)
• They Can’t Hang a Dead Man • Blair Evans • (ss)
• They Could Not Kill Him • Donald Wandrei • (nv)
• They Get Tough Sometimes • Leslie Bussey • (ss)
• They Hang Thieves, Don’t They? • Michael Harrison • (ss)
• They Know Where I Live • Stanley J. Solomon • (ss)
• They Never Come Back • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• They Never Get Caught • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• They Never Listen • Michael Z. Lewin • (ss)
• They Only Kill Their Asters • Deborah Adams • (ss)
• They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? • Horace McCoy • (n.)
• They Shouldn’t Uv Hung Willie • Nedra Tyre • (ss)
• They Tell No Tales • Francis Chase, Jr. • (vi)
• They Will Do It • Jeffry Scott & Richard Simpson • (ss)
• They Won’t Get Hodge • Frank D. McConnell • (ss)
• They’d Die for Linda • William Campbell Gault • (ss)
• They’ll Never Find You • David Olson • (ss)
• They’re all alike • Eleanor Michael • (vi)
• They’re All Alike • Andrew H. Vachss • (ss)
• They’re Trying to Kill Me • Craig Rice • (ss)
• Thick-Headed • Walter Mosley • (nv)
• Thicker Than Water • Henry Slesar • (ss)
• The Thief • Walter Mosley • (ss)
• Thief • Rebecca Rule • (ss)
• The Thief of Christmas • Paul Bishop • (ss)
• The Thief of Nothing • Jeffry Scott • (nv)
• A Thief of Roses • Douglas R. Empringham • (ss)
• The Thief of Silver Spray • Kay Haugaard • (nv)
• A Thief of Time • Paul V. Fornatar • (ss)
• A Thief of Time • Tony Hillerman • (n.)
• The Thief of Twelfth Night • Carole Nelson Douglas • (ss)
• The Thief versus King Rhampsinitus • Herodotus • (vi)
• The Thief Who Played Dead • Gerald Kersh • (ss)
• Thief’s Brief Grief • William F. Smith • (pm)
• Thieves • Brendan DuBois • (ss)
• Thieves’ Bazaar • W. L. Heath • (ss)
• Thieves’ Honor • John Lutz • (ss)
• Thieves’ Justice • Mary H. Herbert • (nv)
• Thieves Like Us • Edward Anderson • (n.)
• A Thieving Update • Blanche Boshinski • (pm)
• Thighs • Melanie Fogel • (ss)
• The Thimble River Murder • Josephine Bell • (ss)
• Thin Ice • Meredith Suzanne Baird • (ss)
• The Thin Man • Dashiell Hammett • (uw)
• The Thin Man and the Flack • Dashiell Hammett • (ss)
• The Thin White Line • Jay A. Cohen • (ss)
• The Thing in the Back Garden • Celia Fremlin • (ss)
• The Thing in the Bottle • Ray Cummings • (ss)
• The Thing in the Hall • E. F. Benson • (ss)
• The Thing in the Pond • Paul Ernst • (ss)
• A Thing of the Past • John H. Dirckx • (nv)
• The Thing Under the Bed • Lane Olinghouse • (vi)
• The Thing with the Yellow Eyes • Steven G. Mitchell • (ss)
• Things • William Bunce • (ss)
• Things are all Right, Now • Antony Mann • (ss)
• Things Fall Apart • Tribe • (ss)
• Things Had Gone Badly • Patricia Highsmith • (ss)
• Things Have a Way of Working Themselves Out • J. Michael Blue • (ss)
• Things Just Happen • Bobby G. Warner • (ss)
• Things Not Seen • Martha Soukup • (nv)
• Things of This World; or, Angels Unawares • Randall Kenan • (nv)
• Things Remembered • Marisa De Franceschi • (ss)
• The Things That Are Caesar’s • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Things that Go Bump and Grind in the Night • S. S. Rafferty • (ss)
• Things That Made America Great:
  ___ The Fighting Yankee Earl • Morton Taney • (ss)
  ___ Liberty’s Bridge of Death • Morton Taney • (ss)
  ___ The Yankee Viper • Morton Taney • (ar)
• Things That Make Your Heart Beat Faster • Jennifer Anderson • (nv)
• The Things They Left Behind • Stephen King • (na)
• The Things We Do for Love • Jonathan Kellerman • (ss)
• Think Like a Schemer • Louis Weinstein • (nv)
• Think Pink • Edward C. Lynskey • (ss)
• Thinking • Marilyn Wallace • (ss)
• The Third Bullet • John Dickson Carr • (n.)
• The Third Coincidence • Edgar Wallace • (ss)
• Third Degree Fires • Leslie Charteris • (ss)
• The Third Door from the Left • Corey Ford • (ss)
• The Third Element • Margaret B. Maron • (nv)
• The Third Figure • Frank Aubrey • (ss)
• The Third Floor Flat • Agatha Christie • (ss)
• The Third Jury • David Braly • (ss)
• The Third Man • Graham Greene • (na)
• The Third Manny • Terence Faherty • (nv)
• Third Party • Jay McInerney • (ss)
• The Third Person • Henry James • (nv)
• The Third Sacred Well of the Temple • Avram Davidson • (ss)
• Third Santa from the Left • Gar Anthony Haywood • (ss)
• The Third Tip of the Triangle • Josef Skvorecký • (nv)
• The Third-Floor Closet • Jack Ritchie • (ss)
• Thirst • Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• A Thirst for Revenge • Emory Smith • (ss)
• Thirst for Vengeance • Charles D. Hammer • (ss)
• Thirteen • R. L. Stevens • (ss)
• The Thirteen Feathers • Ronald Miller • (ss)
• Thirteen Lead Soldiers • H. C. McNeile • (nv)
• The Thirteenth Card • Stefanie Matteson • (ss)
• The Thirteenth Dancer • Neil Jillett • (nv)
• The 13th Day (1953) • Ross Macdonald • (uw)
• The Thirteenth Mummy • Garnett Radcliffe • (na)
• The Thirtieth Amendment • Hugh Holton • (ss)