Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Title

• The Valuation • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• Value for Money • Julian Symons • (ss)
• The Value of Detective Stories • G. K. Chesterton • (ar)
• Value Received • Andrew H. Vachss • (vi)
• Vampire • Joseph Monninger • (ss)
• The Vampire • Joyce Carol Oates • (nv)
• Vampire Dollars • William F. Nolan • (nv)
• Vampire Dreams • Dick Lochte • (ss)
• Vampire Genes • W. S. Bachman • (ss)
• The Vampire in the Iron Mask • Joseph Commings • (nv)
• The Vampire Man • Percy Spurlark Parker • (ss)
• The Vampire of the Village • G. K. Chesterton • (ss)
• The Vampire Theme • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Vampires Next Door • Peter Sellers • (ss)
• Van der Valk and the False Caesar • Nicolas Freeling • (vi)
• The Van Winkle Loaf • James Powell • (nv)
• The Vandal • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• Vandals • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• Vandy, Vandy • Manly Wade Wellman • (ss)
• Vanished • Edward C. Lynskey • (ss)
• Vanished • Chris Niles • (ss)
• Vanished As She Sang • Clayton Emery • (nv)
• The Vanished Crown • Ernest Bramah • (nv)
• The Vanished Ships • Ta Huang Chi • (ss)
• The Vanished Steamboat • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Vanishing Act • Michael J. Kurland & Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• The Vanishing Diamond • John Rhode • (nv)
• The Vanishing Diamonds • M. McDonnell Bodkin • (nv)
• The Vanishing of Jock McHale’s Hat • Kerry Greenwood • (ss)
• The Vanishing of the Atkinsons • Eric Brown • (ss)
• The Vanishing of Velma • Edward D. Hoch • (nv)
• Vanishing Point • Hugh B. Cave • (ss)
• Vanishing Point • Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• The Vanishing Prince • G. K. Chesterton • (nv)
• The Vanishing Trick • Julian Symons • (ss)
• The Vanishing Vampire • Robert Leslie Bellem • (na)
• The Vanishing Virgin • Robert J. Randisi • (ss)
• The Vanishing Weapon • Ginger Johnson • (nv)
• Vanitas • James S. Dorr • (ss)
• The Vanity of Martin Roscoe • Ian Stuart • (ss)
• The Vanning Case • Joseph Payne Brennan • (ss)
• Vanquishing the Infidel • Eileen Dreyer • (nv)
• Variations on a Game • Patricia Highsmith • (ss)
• Variations on a Scheme • Jack Ritchie • (ss)
• The Varmint Killer • Jay Murphy • (ss)
• The Vasty Deep • Peter T. Garratt • (nv)
• The Vatican Cellars • Andre Gidé • (ex)
• Vault of Vampires • Aaron B. Larson • (ss)
• VC Wife • Lawrence L. Stewart • (sl)
• The Veiled Lady • Agatha Christie • (ss)
• The Veiled Lodger • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Veiled Woman • Howard Browne • (na)
• The Veiled Woman • Mickey Spillane • (na)
• Veil’s Visit • Joe R. Lansdale & Andrew H. Vachss • (ss)
• Velda, Girl Detective, Meets the Strangler • Ronald Miller • (ss)
• Velda’s First Case • Ronald Miller • (ss)
• The Veldt • Ray Bradbury • (ss)
• Vendetta • Zulfiqar Ali • (ss)
• Vendetta • Jay Fox • (ss)
• Vendetta • Guy de Maupassant • (ss)
• Vendetta • Max Van Derveer • (ss)
• Vengeance • James G. Dancer • (nv)
• Vengeance Doll! • Al James • (ss)
• Vengeance from Beyond • Jan Grape • (ss)
• Vengeance Is Hers: An Introduction • Max Allan Collins • (in)
• The Vengeance of a Skull • Cyril Tourneur • (ex)
• Vengeance to Show in the Third • Michael Bracken • (ss)
• The Vengeance Trail • Steve Kaye • (ss)
• Veni, Vidi, Video • Bill Crenshaw • (nv)
• Venturing Out • Stephen P. Kelner, Jr., Ph.D. • (ss)
• Venus in Pearls • John Maddox Roberts • (ss)
• Venus of the Mysteries • Frederick Highland • (ss)
• Venus Rising • Nevada Barr • (ss)
• Venus’s-Flytrap • Ruth Rendell • (ss)
• Vera Ray • Watt Dell • (cs)
• A Verbal Communication • Nicolas Freeling • (ss)
• The Verbatim Reply • James Powell • (ss)
• The Verdict • Margaret Haffner • (ss)
• Verdict • Nancy Pickard • (ss)
• The Verdict • Lawrence Treat • (ss)
• The Verdict • Misc. Material • (br)
• The Verdict • various • (br)
• Verdict of Three • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• Verdict of Twelve • Raymond Postgate • (ex)
• Veronica’s Husband • William Bankier • (ss)
• Veronica’s Veil • Monica Quill • (nv)
• The Vertebrae of a Long Snake • Izak Bouwer • (nv)
• Vertical Adventure • Paul V. Fornatar • (ss)
• The Vertical Line • Freeman Wills Crofts • (ss)
• Vertigo • Alec Coppel & Samuel W. Taylor • (ex)
• Vertigo • Alfred Hitchcock • (ex)
• A Very Careful Man • Shizuko Natsuki • (ss)
• A Very Commonplace Murder • P. D. James • (ss)
• A Very Desirable Residence • P. D. James • (ss)
• The Very Gentle Murders • Ray Bradbury • (ss)
• The Very Hard Sell • Helen Nielsen • (ss)
• The Very Last One • William Ruud • (ss)
• A Very Merry Christmas • Ed McBain • (ss)
• A Very Ordinary Murder • Robert Twohy • (ss)
• A Very Rough Element • Jean Bowden • (ss)
• Very Slick and Very Deadly • Ted Fitzgerald • (ss)
• A Very Small Rasher • Richard Forrest • (ss)
• A Very Special Day • Margaret Norris • (ss)
• A Very Special Group • William T. Lowe • (ss)
• A Very Special House • Donald Olson • (ss)
• A Very Special Killer • Jay Street • (ss)
• A Very Special Talent • Margaret B. Maron • (ss)
• The Vestibule • Nick Carr • (ss)
• Veterans • John Lutz • (ss)
• VI. The Master • Jack Adrian • (si)
• Vice Cross Vice • Sylvester French • (ss)
• Vicious Circle • Francis Michel • (ss)
• Victim • Mario Fratti • (pl)
• The Victim • Carl Hoffman • (ss)
• The Victim • P. D. James • (nv)
• The Victim • Ed McBain • (ss)
• The Victim • Nan Mix • (vi)
• Victim • Jessica Patraw • (pm)
• The Victim • Mel Waldman • (vi)
• Victim by Consent • Nora Deloach • (ss)
• A Victim Must Be Found • Henry Slesar • (ss)
• Victim No. 5 • Harry Stephen Keeler • (ss)
• Victim or 5+3=4 • Lynda La Plante • (ss)
• Victimless Crime • Stephen D. Rogers • (pm)
• The Victim’s Revenge • Tom Lesser • (vi)
• Victor • W. H. Auden • (pm)
• Victor Lynch the Forger (ascribed to Theodore Dreiser) • Terry McGarry • (nv)
• Victor Scarpazo, or The End of the Pursuit • Marco Denevi • (ss)
• Victoria • Ogden Nash • (ss)
• Victoria • Mark Timlin • (nv)
• The Victorian Hangman • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Victorian Values • H. R. F. Keating • (ss)
• Victoria’s House • Fred Carmichael • (pl)
• The Video Fan • John Soennichsen • (ss)
• Video Nasty • Roger Forsdyke • (ss)
• Video Reviews • Pete Taylor • (mr)
• A Video to Die For • Catherine Laughlin • (ss)
• Video, Nasty • Ian Rankin • (ss)
• Videocrime • Barry Forshaw • (mr)
• A Viennese Romance • Stefan Slupetzky • (vi)
• The View • Brian Garfield • (ss)
• The View from Murder One • Maxim Jakubowski • (ms)
• The View From Third Street • Chuck Bushnell • (ss)
• A View of Dying • Jerry Jacobson • (ss)
• A View of the Sea • Carmen Iarrera • (ss)
• A View to Die For • D. J. McIntosh • (ss)
• The Vig • Jack Dolphin • (nv)
• Vigil • Katherine H. Brooks • (pm)
• The Vigil • Terence Faherty • (ss)
• The Vigil of Death • James Powell • (nv)
• The Vigil Table • Miriam Grace Monfredo • (ss)
• Vigilance • Scott Wolven • (nv)
• Vigilante • David Braly • (ss)
• Vigilante • H. A. DeRosso • (ss)
• Vigilante Law • Dick Stodghill • (nv)
• Vigilantes • R. C. Tuttle • (ss)
• Viki, Flash, and the Pied-Piper of Shoebies • Deborah Vankin • (ss)
• Viking Blood • Dennis Lynds • (nv)
• The Villa Marie Celeste • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• The Village Blacksmith Murder • Alan Sewart • (ar)
• Village Chorus • Clements Jordan • (ss)
• The Village Crime • Ron Butler • (ss)
• Village of the Dead • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Village Vampire and the Oboe of Death • Dean James • (nv)
• The Village Vampire and the Yuletide Yorkie • Dean James • (nv)
• A Villainous Company • Susanna Gregory • (nv)
• Villainy in the Village • Robert P. Mills • (ss)
• Vince’s Dragon • Ben Bova • (ss)
• The Vindication of Pharo Grindle • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran • Dorothy L. Sayers • (nv)
• Vindictive Woman • F. J. Smith • (ss)
• A Vine on a House • Ambrose Bierce • (ss)
• The Vinegaroon • Nick Carr • (ss)
• Vintage Corner: Day Keene (1904-1969) • Paul Buck • (bg)
• Violation • William F. Nolan • (ss)
• Violence Against a Defenceless Woman • Richard Macker • (ss)
• The Violence Peddlers • Michael Gilbert • (nv)
• Violence, Strong Language, Sexual Situations • Ron Goulart • (ss)
• Violent Crimes • Michael A. Black • (ss)
• The Violent Impulse • Henry H. Guild • (ss)
• The Violent Lovers! • J. Tecor • (ss)
• The Violent Persuader! • Bill Ryder • (nv)
• Violet • Hal Ellson • (ss)
• Violet Crime • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Violet Farm • H. C. Bailey • (nv)
• Violets in the Rain • Esther Jane Neely • (ss)
• The Viotti Stradivarius • Lillian de la Torre • (ss)
• Viper • Suzanne Jones • (ss)
• The Viper Conspiracy • Brett Halliday • (na)
• The Viper Conspiracy • James M. Reasoner • (na)
• Virgil Tibbs and the Cocktail Napkin • John Ball • (ss)
• Virgil Tibbs and the Fallen Body • John Ball • (ss)
• Virginia Dodge • Ed McBain • (ex)
• The Virgin’s Circlet • Kate Ellis • (ss)
• Virgo in Sapphires • Margaret B. Maron • (ss)
• The Virgoan and the Taurean • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• Virtual Fog • D. A. McGuire • (nv)
• A Virtual God • Matthew Warner • (nv)
• Virtually Alive • Peter James • (ss)
• Virtually Lucid Lucy • Ian Watson • (ss)
• Virus • Caitlin Burke • (ss)
• The Virus • Rick Jankowski • (ss)
• Viscery • Sandy Balzo • (ss)
• Visions Unwanted • Lance Curry • (ss)
• The Visit • J. D. Shaw • (ss)
• A Visit from St. Nicholas • Ron Goulart • (ss)
• The Visit of Uncle Ushiro • Nan Hamilton • (ss)
• Visit to a Chat Room • Timothy F. Dempsey • (ss)
• A Visit to Aunt Oppy • David L. Travis • (ss)
• A Visit to Rip-Off City • William Bankier • (ss)
• A Visit to Saint Nicholas • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• A Visit to the Gendarmerie • DeLoris Stanton Forbes • (ss)
• The Visitation • Frederick Highland • (ss)
• Visitation • Richard F. McGonegal • (ss)
• The Visiting Professor of Estonian • Stuart Symons • (ss)
• The Visitor • Takashi Atoda • (ss)
• The Visitor • Gladys Mitchell • (ss)
• The Visitor • Monica Quill • (ss)