Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Title

• The Spy Who Came Back from the Dead • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy Who Came in With a Cold • J. F. Peirce • (ss)
• The Spy Who Did Nothing • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy Who Didn’t Defect • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy Who Had Faith in Double-C • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy Who Knew the Future • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy Who Looked Back • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy Who Sat in Judgment • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy Who Spoke Mynah • Esther K. Schulz • (ss)
• The Spy Who Stayed Up All Night • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy Who Stepped Back in Time • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy Who Took a Vacation • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy Who Was Alone • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy Who Wasn’t Needed • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy Who Went to Camelot • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy Who Went to the Opera • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Spy with the Icicle Eye • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Spyder’s Plant • Jill Cogen & Gay Toltl Kinman • (ss)
• Spying Through Time • Joe Lewis • (ar)
• Spying Through Time • Rose Mary Sheldon • (ar)
• Spy’s Eyes • Florence Witkop • (ss)
• Spy’s Fate • Arnaldo Correa • (nv)
• The Spy’s Story • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Squad of One • Robert Stead • (pm)
• The Squadron in Scarlet • Donald E. Keyhoe • (ss)
• Square One • Loren D. Estleman • (ss)
• Square Peg, Round Hole • Larry Powell • (ss)
• Square Root • H. H. Morris • (ss)
• The Squaw • Bram Stoker • (ss)
• The Squeaking Wheel • Augusta Hancock • (ss)
• The Squealer • Topson Daniels • (ss)
• Squeamish • Tim Casson • (ss)
• The Squeeze • Michael Cassutt • (ss)
• The Squeeze • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• Squeeze Play • Paul Benjamin • (ex)
• Squeeze Play • Paul Bishop • (ss)
• Squeeze Play • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• Squeezer • Steve Rasnic Tem • (ss)
• Squinting at Death • Edward Marston • (ss)
• The Squire’s Story • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell • (ss)
• Sredni Vashtar • Saki • (ss)
• St. Expedite • O’Neil De Noux • (ss)
• St. Gabriel • Scott Wolven • (ss)
• St. Jimmy • Terence Faherty • (nv)
• St. John and the Dragon • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• St. Margaret’s Kitten • Doug Allyn • (nv)
• St. Nick • Jeremiah Healy • (nv)
• The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre • Edward Marston • (ss)
• St. Valentine’s Diamond • Jonathan Harrington • (na)
• Stab • Chris Adrian • (ss)
• Stabber’s Blues • Octavio Ramos, Jr. • (ss)
• Stacked Deck • Percy Spurlark Parker • (nv)
• Stacked Deck • Bill Pronzini • (nv)
• “A Staffordshire Murderer” • James Fenton • (pm)
• Stag Night • Marilyn Todd • (nv)
• Stag Party • Charles G. Booth • (na)
• Stag Party Girl • Lawrence Block • (na)
• Stage Mother • Patrick Scaffetti • (ss)
• Stage Struck • Marilyn Todd • (ss)
• Staging a Heist • Tim Myers • (ss)
• Stainless Steal • Mark Grenier • (pm)
• Stainless Steel • David Simon • (ss)
• The Stainless Steel Cart • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• The Stairs • Shizuko Natsuki • (ss)
• The Stairs of Sand • Peter Godfrey • (ss)
• Stairway to Nowhere • Joseph Commings & Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Stairwell Justice • Jay Brandon • (nv)
• The Stake • Sam Hill • (ss)
• A Stake of Holly • Lillian Stewart Carl • (nv)
• Stakeout • Dan J. Marlowe • (ss)
• Stakeout • Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• “Stakeout on Rush Street,” Chicago, Illinois, 1943 • Matthew V. Clemens & Max Allan Collins • (nv)
• Staley Fleming’s Hallucination • Ambrose Bierce • (vi)
• The Stalker • Mignon F. Ballard • (ss)
• The Stalker • Alfred A. Blanchard • (ss)
• The Stalker • Dorothy Gilman • (ss)
• Stalker • Ed Gorman • (ss)
• The Stalker • Faye Kellerman • (ss)
• The Stalker • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• The Stalker • Joyce Carol Oates • (ss)
• Stalker Goes A-Viking • Jordan Stoen • (ss)
• The Stalker of Biscayne Bay • Brett Halliday • (na)
• The Stalker of Biscayne Bay • James M. Reasoner & Livia J. Washburn • (na)
• Stalkers • Stuart R. Ball • (ss)
• Stalkers of the Dawn World • John Peter Drummond • (na)
• Stalking Amanda • Jochem Vandersteen • (ss)
• Stalking Horse • Susan B. Kelly • (ss)
• Stalling • Emily Schultz • (ss)
• The Stamp • Isaac Asimov • (ss)
• Stampede • Tom Condarcure • (ss)
• Stamping on Crime • Joyce Porter • (ss)
• Stan • Ron Collins & Mike Resnick • (ss)
• Stan the Killer • Georges Simenon • (nv)
• Stand Firm • Linda Hutton • (ss)
• Stand Like a Lion • M. W. Kieper • (ss)
• Stand Up and Die! • Mickey Spillane • (nv)
• The Stand-In • Cash Anthony • (ss)
• The Stand-In • Mike Barnes • (ss)
• Standing on Thin Skin • Oonya Kempadoo • (ss)
• Standing Orders • Lawrence William Pedrose • (ss)
• Stanley and Spook • Lilian Jackson Braun • (ss)
• The Stanway Cameo Mystery • Arthur Morrison • (nv)
• Star • Molly Brown • (ss)
• Star Bright • John Lutz • (ss)
• Star Crossed • Brandon Hebert • (ss)
• The Star Detective • Jack Romig • (ss)
• A Star for a Warrior • Manly Wade Wellman • (ss)
• Star of the Silver Screen • Janice Law • (ss)
• Star Pupil • Doug Allyn • (nv)
• Star Search • Nancy Baker Jacobs • (na)
• Star Struck • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• The Star Tavern • Adolf Streckfuss • (na)
• The Star Thief • Brendan DuBois • (ss)
• Star Trail to Glory • Edmond Hamilton • (na)
• Star-Crossed • Patricia A. McKillip • (ss)
• Starch • Mary Anna Evans & Lillian Sellers • (ss)
• Stardust Kill • Simon Brett • (ss)
• Staring at the Sun • Leonardo Padura • (ss)
• The Staring Killer • Robert Wallace • (na)
• The Staring Man • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• Stark on Film • Michael Carlson • (mr)
• Stark Terror at Tea-time • Lyn Hamilton • (ss)
• The Starkworth Atrocity • Edward D. Hoch • (nv)
• Stars • Naomi Walker • (ss)
• Stars, Won’t You Hide Me? • Ben Bova • (ss)
• Starstruck • Jon L. Breen • (nv)
• Starstruck at San Simeon • Janet Laurence • (nv)
• Start from Scratch • James M. Fox • (ss)
• Start with a Tree • Eric Wright • (ss)
• Starting Again • Geoffrey Hitchcock • (pm)
• Starting Over • Carol Anne Davis • (ss)
• Starved Rock • D. J. Bart • (ss)
• Stasi-17 • Ceri Jordan • (nv)
• State • M. Christian • (ss)
• State of Grace • Loren D. Estleman • (ss)
• The State of the Art • A. Heyst • (ss)
• State of the Art • Edward Wellen • (ss)
• The State Versus Adam Shelley • Benjamin M. Schutz • (ss)
• State Visit • Patricia McGerr • (ss)
• Stately Homes and the Impossible Shot • Arthur Porges • (ss)
• Stately Homes and the Invisible Giant • Arthur Porges • (ss)
• Stately Homes and the Invisible Slasher • Arthur Porges • (ss)
• The Statement • Seymour Shubin • (ss)
• Statement of a Scholar • E. H. W. Meyerstein • (ss)
• Statement of Clark Griffith IV • Ben Bova • (lk)
• Statement of Juanita Carlotta Maria Rivera y Molina • Ben Bova • (lk)
• Statement of Lawrence V. Karsh • Ben Bova • (lk)
• Statement of Steven Achernar Wright • Ben Bova • (lk)
• Statement of the Rt. Hon. Jill McD. Meyers • Ben Bova • (lk)
• A Statesman’s Touch • Robert Barnard • (ss)
• Statue of a Swine • Steven Nelson • (ss)
• The Statuette of Rhodes • John Maddox Roberts • (ss)
• Statutes and Judgements • Susie Maguire • (ss)
• Stay of Execution • Louise S. Brownlee • (ss)
• The Stay-at-Home Thief • Tim Myers • (ss)
• The Stay-Behinds • John Gardner • (ss)
• Staying Alive • William Oglesby • (ss)
• Staying Away from Amy • Jane Haddam • (nv)
• Steady As She Goes • Catherine Aird • (ss)
• Steady Money • Bob Tippee • (ss)
• Steak Tartare • Barbara D’Amato • (ss)
• The Stealer • Sam Pizzo • (ss)
• Stealing Junipers • Heidi Vanderbilt • (ss)
• Stealing Klatzman’s Diary • Kevin James Miller • (ss)
• The Stealing Progression • Tom Tolnay • (ss)
• Stealing the Dark • Jane Adams • (ss)
• Steam Engine Time: An Interview with Toni Kelner • Lisa D. Williamson • (iv)
• The Steam Pig • James McClure • (ex)
• The Steaming Gun • Ron Carlson • (ss)
• Steel and Flame • Morgan Robertson • (ss)
• Steel Clad Alibi! • Al James • (ss)
• Steel Corpse • Paul Chadwick • (ss)
• Steel Hands in Velvet Gloves: An Interview with Barbara Neely • Lisa D. Williamson • (iv)
• Steel in His Belly • William Marden • (ss)
• The Steel Jewels Mystery • Lee Priestley • (na)
• The Steel Valentine • Joe R. Lansdale • (ss)
• Steel Works • Chuck Bushnell • (ss)
• Steelwork • Gilbert Sorrentino • (ex)
• The Steep Dark Stairs • Ian Stuart • (ss)
• Stefan Mitras • Peter Turnbull • (ss)
• The Steinway Collection • Robert J. Randisi • (ss)
• Stella • Joy Hewitt Mann • (ss)
• Stella Crozier • Booth Tarkington • (nv)
• The Stench of Stella Ricci • Emilio Cubeiro • (ss)
• Step on a Crack • David Edgerley Gates • (nv)
• Step Up • Ralph Pezzullo • (ss)
• Step Up and Be Murdered! • Al Meadows • (nv)
• Stephen King Scares Up His Past • Marion Long • (bg)
• Stephen Longacre’s Greatest Match • Stephen Hunter • (nv)
• Steppin Up • Mark Billingham • (ss)
• Stepping Stone • Andrew H. Vachss • (ss)
• Stereopticon • Kevin Andrew Murphy • (ss)
• Stet • Barbara Paul • (ss)
• Stewberry • Charles J. Daudert • (ss)
• Stick-Shifted • Dixie J. Whitted • (pm)
• The Sticking Place • Todd Grimson • (ss)
• Sticks and Stones and the Chocolate Shop • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• Sticks on the Prowl • Charles Cutter • (ss)
• A Sticky Business • Charlotte MacLeod • (nv)
• The Stiff • Evelyn A. Olyarnik • (ss)
• Stiff Competition • John Ball • (br)
• Stiff Intruders • Richard Laymon • (ss)
• Stiff Sentence • Ardath F. Mayhar • (ss)
• Stiffed • David Slater • (ss)
• Stigmata • Bo Vilmos Widerberg • (ss)
• Still a Cop • James Holding • (ss)
• Still Kicking: An Interview with Anne George • Lisa D. Williamson • (iv)
• Still Life • Ed McBain • (ss)
• Still Life • Jas. R. Petrin • (nv)
• Still Life • Marian Thurm • (ss)
• Still Life With Goblet • Helen Macie Osterman • (ss)
• Still Life with Gold Frame • Rex Miller • (ss)
• Still Life with Orioles • James Powell • (ss)
• Still Life with Wolf • David A. Knadler • (nv)
• The Still Point of the Turning World • Patricia Highsmith • (ss)
• The Still Small Voice • Jas. R. Petrin • (ss)