Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Title

• Still Water • Graham Powell • (ss)
• Still Waters • Brendan DuBois • (ss)
• Still Waters • Sue Pike • (ss)
• The Sting • Flann O’Brien • (vi)
• The Sting • Kit Sloane • (ss)
• The Sting of Death • Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet • (nv)
• The Sting of Death • Brett Halliday • (nv)
• The Sting of the Hoop Snake • James Powell • (ss)
• The Sting of the Hornet • Dale Clark • (nv)
• Sting of the Scorpion • Richard Sale • (ss)
• The Stinging Tree • Marele Day • (ss)
• The Stir Outside the Cafe Royal • Clarence Rook • (ss)
• Stitched Up • Carol Anne Davis • (ss)
• Stitches in Time • Debbie De Louise • (ss)
• The Stockbroker’s Clerk • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Stocking • Ramsey Campbell • (ss)
• Stocking Stuffer • Wendi Lee • (na)
• Stolen • David Dean • (ss)
• Stolen Affections • Jeffrey Marks & Lawrence Schimel • (ss)
• The Stolen Blenkinsop • Arthur Morrison • (ss)
• Stolen Careers • William Bankier • (ss)
• The Stolen Cigar-Case • Bret Harte • (ss)
• The Stolen Cross • Walter F. Ripperger • (ss)
• Stolen Goods • Donald Olson • (ss)
• The Stolen Grandfather • Hayford Peirce • (ss)
• Stolen Gun, Stolen Life • E. E. Wright • (ss)
• A Stolen Life • Martin Edwards • (ss)
• The Stolen Peach Stone • Sax Rohmer • (ss)
• The Stolen Romney • Edgar Wallace • (ss)
• The Stolen Rubens • Jacques Futrelle • (ss)
• The Stolen Saint Simon • Michael J. Kurland • (nv)
• Stolen Star • William Campbell Gault • (ss)
• The Stolen Story • Johnston McCulley • (ss)
• Stolen Thunder • Erle Stanley Gardner • (nv)
• The Stolen Venus • Darrell Schweitzer • (ss)
• The Stolen White Elephant • Mark Twain • (nv)
• Stolen Woman (1958) • Ross Macdonald • (uw)
• Stone Boy That Kicked the Blood Clot Around • J. Edward Ames • (ss)
• Stone Cold • Andrea Kane • (na)
• Stone Cold Christmas • Doug Allyn • (ss)
• Stone Cold Killah • Gary Phillips • (nv)
• The Stone Cutter • Gary Lovisi • (ss)
• The Stone House • Donald Olson • (ss)
• The Stone Killer • Brenda Melton Burnham • (ss)
• The Stone Man • John F. Suter • (ss)
• The Stone of Ageless Evil • Rex Norman • (nv)
• A Stone of Destiny • Jean Davidson • (ss)
• The Stone of the Edmundsbury Monks • M. P. Shiel • (ss)
• A Stone of the Heart • John Brady • (n.)
• The Stone Sculptress • Nick Carr • (sl)
• The Stone Wall • Steve Sherman • (ss)
• The Stone-worker’s Tale • Margaret Frazer • (nv)
• Stonehenge Solstice • Gary Every • (ss)
• Stoner • William F. Nolan • (ss)
• Stones • Ken Bruen • (ss)
• Stones • Steve Rasnic Tem • (ss)
• The Stones of Merytaten • Geoffrey Bush • (ss)
• Stonestar • Reginald Hill • (ss)
• Stonewalls • Jeffrey Robert Bowman • (ss)
• Stonewall’s Ghost • Jack Cope • (ss)
• The Stooge • Phil Lovesey • (nv)
• The Stooge Audition • Dan Stumpf • (ss)
• Stool Pigeon • Leo Corby • (pm)
• The Stool Pigeon • F. X. Fallon • (ss)
• Stop at Nothing • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Stop Killing Me • Hal Dresner • (ss)
• Stop Me—If You’ve Heard This One • Ring W. Lardner • (ss)
• Stop Thief! • Elizabeth Ferrars • (ss)
• Stop!!! • Elsin Ann Perry • (ss)
• Stop, Thief (Robber, Crook)! • Emily Newland • (pm)
• Stop, Thief! • Barbara D’Amato • (ss)
• Stop, Thief! • Daniel Sontup • (ss)
• Stopping by Woods • Betty Jochmans • (pm)
• Stork Trek • Josh Pachter & Edward Wellen • (nv)
• Storm • Ed McBain • (na)
• Storm Damage • Joseph Hansen • (nv)
• Storm in a Tea Shoppe • Carola Dunn • (ss)
• A Storm on the 103rd Floor • D. R. Schanker • (ss)
• Storm Over Longvalley • Jessica Callow • (nv)
• Storm Surge • Meenakshi Gigi Durham • (ss)
• Storm Warning • Robert DiFrancesco • (ss)
• Storm Warning • Barbara White-Rayczek • (ss)
• Storm Warnings • Nancy Pickard • (ss)
• Storm Window • William Bankier • (ss)
• Stormy Weather • Lisa Alther • (nv)
• Stormy Weather • Mickey Friedman • (ss)
• Stormy Weather • Susan McBride • (ss)
• Stormy, Mon Amour • Vicki Hendricks • (ss)
• Story Attributions • Misc. • (bi)
• A Story for Christmas • H. R. F. Keating • (ss)
• Story from a Dark Street • Peter Turnbull • (ss)
• A Story Goes with It • Damon Runyon • (ss)
• Story Notes • Michael Z. Lewin • (ms)
• Story Notes • Misc. • (bi)
• The Story of a Conscience • Ambrose Bierce • (ss)
• The Story of a Dead Man • Leslie Charteris • (na)
• Story of a Detective “Expert” • Anonymous • (ss)
• The Story of Baelbrow • E. Heron & H. Heron • (ss)
• The Story of Captain Nobody • Steve Barancik • (ss)
• A Story of Don Juan • V. S. Pritchett • (ss)
• The Story of Keesh • Jack London • (ss)
• The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle • Charles Dickens • (ss)
• The Story of the Greek Slave • Frederick Marryat • (ss)
• The Story of the Jew’s Breastplate • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Story of the Lost Special • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Story of the Man with the Watches • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith • E. Heron & H. Heron • (ss)
• The Story of the Strand • Chris Willis • (ar)
• Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders • Robert Louis Stevenson • (nv)
• A Story on Page One • Richard L. Hobart • (ss)
• Story Structure and Veronica Mars • Geoff Klock • (ar)
• The Story That Won:; winner of the April 2008 “Mysterious Photograph” contest:
  ___ Band on the Run • Frances Lowe • (vi)
  ___ Dry Run • Chris Laing • (vi)
• The Story That Won:; winner of the January/February 2008 “Mysterious Photograph” contest:
  ___ Keen Anticipation • Brian Spencer • (vi)
• The Story That Won:; winning entry in the June 2008 “Mysterious Photograph” contest:
  ___ Going Underground • Katherine Chappell • (vi)
• The Story That Won:; winning entry in the May 2008 “Mysterious Photograph” contest:
  ___ Unseasonal Greetings • Kim J. Zimring • (vi)
• The Story That Won:
  ___ A-Mazed • Kay Ellis • (vi)
  ___ The Adventures of Susan and Sally • Kathleen Erskine • (pm)
  ___ The Agony of De-Feet • Charles Schaeffer • (vi)
  ___ The Alien • George Watson • (vi)
  ___ Aliens • Frank Peirce • (vi)
  ___ Allemande Left & Right • Diane C. Perrone • (vi)
  ___ Anger Management • Adrian W. Ludens • (vi)
  ___ Anticipating Your Visit • Robert V. Kesling • (vi)
  ___ Any Port in a Storm • Steve Plummer • (vi)
  ___ Bait and Tackle • Joyce Huff • (vi)
  ___ Bank Robbing 101 • Thomas Buice • (vi)
  ___ Bats and Balls • Arthur P. Cosing • (vi)
  ___ Be It Ever So... Authentic • Adrian W. Ludens • (vi)
  ___ Bedtime Story • Stephen D. Rogers • (vi)
  ___ Bench Press • R. E. Donald • (vi)
  ___ The Big Dog Laughed • Eileen Rystrom • (vi)
  ___ Big Plans • S. Lee Pool • (vi)
  ___ Bird Shot • Diane Perrone • (vi)
  ___ Birth of a Cry Wolfe Complex • Thomas Buice • (vi)
  ___ Bleeding Black • Rebecca Pawel • (vi)
  ___ Bones of Contention • John J. Owens • (vi)
  ___ Brain Food • Francis C. Biddy • (vi)
  ___ A Brilliant Reduction • Richard F. Stoll • (vi)
  ___ Buffalo Wings • Benjamin H. Foreman • (vi)
  ___ Bunny Laundering • Doug Turnbull • (vi)
  ___ Buried Treasure • Jim Reed • (vi)
  ___ Burned Out • Michael Green • (vi)
  ___ The Bust • Jan Streilein • (vi)
  ___ Bye, Bye, Birdie • Lane Olinghouse • (vi)
  ___ Career Change • Benjamin H. Foreman • (vi)
  ___ A Case of Grave Robbing • Greg Matejek • (vi)
  ___ The Case of the Barking Trees • Virginia Thompson • (vi)
  ___ Castaways • Gene Greenawalt • (vi)
  ___ A Chair-itable Theft • Charlotte Richards • (vi)
  ___ Close But No Cigar • Don Porter • (vi)
  ___ Confessor’s Park • Jennifer Rand • (vi)
  ___ Connoisseur Diamond • Benjamin H. Foreman • (vi)
  ___ Cream in His Coffee • James A. Stewart • (vi)
  ___ Criminology: 202 • Jan Streilein • (vi)
  ___ Dead Ahead • David Owens • (vi)
  ___ The Dead Lettercarrier Office • David A. Rooney • (vi)
  ___ The Dead Ride Free • Dale L. Baker • (vi)
  ___ Dead Ringer • Margaret Laybourn • (vi)
  ___ Dead Wrong • Donna Thomas • (vi)
  ___ Desire Under the Elm • Robert V. Kesling • (vi)
  ___ Desperate Measures • Monte J. Anderson • (vi)
  ___ Detective 2000 • Virginia Thompson • (vi)
  ___ Detective Dan’s Dilemma • John Thomen • (vi)
  ___ Detective Work • Randall J. Covill • (vi)
  ___ Dial “S” for Spy • Debra Ann Fiorini • (vi)
  ___ Down the Primrose Path • David A. Rooney • (vi)
  ___ End of the Line • Paul Kostrach • (vi)
  ___ The Entrepreneur • Don Porter • (vi)
  ___ Eyes in the Back of His Head • Mike Mefferd • (vi)
  ___ Ez Pickins • John F. Besnard • (vi)
  ___ Fables from the Forest’s Edge #14 • Joy Hewitt Mann • (vi)
  ___ False Arrest • E. Holden O’Hearn • (pm)
  ___ Fixation • Richard Lynch • (vi)
  ___ Fog-Get It! • Arthur P. Cosing • (vi)
  ___ Foiled Again • Michael C. McPherson • (vi)
  ___ For Sale by Owner • Norman E. Glovsky • (vi)
  ___ For Whom the Bell Dings • Lesa Neace • (vi)
  ___ Forgettable • Sandra Woelfl Paulson • (vi)
  ___ Foul-Weather Friends • Ramdall A. Martin • (vi)
  ___ Fraud • Candida B. Korman • (vi)
  ___ The Friends of Eddy Poet • Kathleen A. Grover • (vi)
  ___ The Further Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain • J. F. Peirce • (vi)
  ___ The Gargoyle • E. B. Parkell • (vi)
  ___ Gathering Moss • Jan Streilein • (vi)
  ___ Gentleman Gerald Meets His Match • Robert V. Kesling • (vi)
  ___ German Chocolate • John Thomen • (vi)
  ___ GITTHEMESSAGE?GOTIT! • Frank Peirce • (vi)
  ___ Go to Plan B • Kristine Harley • (vi)
  ___ Go, Poochie • Greg Matejek • (vi)
  ___ Going It Alone • Rose Parrish • (vi)
  ___ Good Old Days • Rick Noetzel • (vi)
  ___ Gunfight at Tabletop Rim • James E. Hagerty • (vi)
  ___ Hair of the Dog • James Wilson • (vi)
  ___ Hands Down • Garry Harding • (vi)
  ___ The Hard Way • Gloria Florence • (vi)
  ___ Health Hazard • Del Tinsley • (vi)
  ___ The Heist • John Sheppird • (vi)
  ___ High Jinks • Douglas R. Empringham • (vi)
  ___ High Protein Diet • Susan Osborn • (vi)
  ___ The Higher You Go • William Cofflin • (vi)
  ___ His Proper Place • Virginia Thompson • (vi)
  ___ Holding Up the Wall • Greg Matejek • (vi)
  ___ Hot Deal • Debbie Shayne • (vi)
  ___ How’d Your Mama Dress You Today? • Thom Johnston • (vi)
  ___ I Dream of Jeanie • Richard Tanner, II • (vi)
  ___ Improbable Events • Daniel LeBoeuf • (vi)
  ___ In Over Her Head • Richard Millard • (vi)
  ___ In Plain Sight • Benjamin H. Foreman • (vi)