Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Title

• A Visitor from Down Under • L. P. Hartley • (ss)
• The Visitor in the Chamber • Steven G. Mitchell • (ss)
• A Visitor to Mombasa • James Holding • (ss)
• The Vista O’Shea • Gerald Tomlinson • (ss)
• The Vital Clue • Donald Olson • (ss)
• The Vital Element • Talmage Powell • (ss)
• Vivat Regina • Michael Gilbert • (nv)
• Vivian by Moonlight • Medora Sale • (ss)
• The Vivisector Vivisected • Ronald Ross • (ss)
• Vocalities • James Sallis • (ss)
• A Voice Behind Him • Fredric Brown • (ss)
• Voice from the Grave • Renee Kessler • (ss)
• A Voice from the Sea • Donald Olson • (ss)
• The Voice in the Night • William Hope Hodgson • (ss)
• The Voice Is Jacob’s Voice • Kerry Greenwood • (ss)
• Voice Mail • Janet Dawson • (ss)
• The Voice of a Child • Stuart M. Kaminsky • (ss)
• The Voice of an Angel • J. W. Whitehead • (ss)
• The Voice of Murder • Bryan James Kelley • (na)
• The Voice of the Turtle • Neil A. Schofield • (ss)
• The Voice of War • Arthur J. Burks • (ss)
• The Voice that Said ‘Good-night’ • Roland Pertwee • (ss)
• Voiceover • Edward Wellen • (nv)
• Voices • Barbara Callahan • (ss)
• Voices • Brenda Joziatis • (ss)
• Voices in Dead Man’s Well • Donald Honig • (ss)
• Voices in the Coalbin • Mary Higgins Clark • (ss)
• Voices in the Wind • Gary Brandner • (ss)
• Voices of Booboo Hill • Joyce Belmont • (ss)
• The Void • Steve Lindley • (ss)
• Voir Dire • Jeremiah Healy • (nv)
• The Volcano Effect • Elijah Ellis • (ss)
• The Volkswagen Heart • G. L. Tassone • (ss)
• Volo te habere... • Margaret Frazer • (ss)
• The Voluntary Insane • George Crabbe • (pm)
• The Volunteer • Mark Schorr • (ss)
• The Volvo • Nancy Sweetland • (ss)
• The Von Richthofen Incident • Michael Laramie • (ss)
• Voodoo • Rhys Bowen • (ss)
• Voodoo Death • Gregor Robinson • (ss)
• Voodoo Doll—$1.98 • Henry Slesar • (ss)
• The Vorpel Blade • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Vortex • Gary Lovisi • (ss)
• The Voyeur • Jeffery Wilds Deaver • (ss)
• Voyeur Night • Robert Hood • (ss)
• VRM-547 • William R. Thompson • (ss)
• Vulcan’s Widow • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Vulture Capital • Mark Coggins • (ex)
• Vulture Coast • Lester Dent • (ss)
• Vulture in the Mist • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Vulture Within • George Baxt • (ss)
• Vulture: A Tale of the Penguin • Steve Rasnic Tem • (na)
• Vultures Gather • Brian Mooney • (nv)
• The Vultures of Malabar • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Wade in the Balance • William Bankier • (ss)
• The Wager • Robert L. Fish • (ss)
• The Wages of Innocence • John H. Dirckx • (ss)
• The Wagon Mound • Val McDermid • (ss)
• Wahine O’ Ka Hoe • Mark E. Troy • (ss)
• Waif of the Winds • Jim Ingraham • (ss)
• Wailing Reed • Janice Steinberg • (ss)
• Wait for Me • Thomas Dwyer • (vi)
• Wait for the Wind • Charles Grippo • (ss)
• Wait Until Morning • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Wait Watcher • Al Ronowski • (pm)
• Waitin’ for Sweet Saphronia Mae • Chris Hayden • (ss)
• Waiting • Esther J. Holt • (ss)
• Waiting • Jim Knapp • (ss)
• Waiting • Derek Nikitas • (ss)
• Waiting All My Life • Donald Olson • (ss)
• Waiting for Alaina • O’Neil De Noux • (ss)
• Waiting for Gallo • Charlie Stella • (ss)
• Waiting for Gateau • Claudia Bishop • (nv)
• Waiting for Godstow • Martin Edwards • (ss)
• Waiting for Mr. Right • Andrew Taylor • (ss)
• Waiting for Mrs. Ryder • Edward D. Hoch • (nv)
• Waiting for Nemesis • Robert Barnard • (ss)
• Waiting for Pixie • Mignon F. Ballard • (ss)
• Waiting for Rusty • William Cole • (ss)
• Waiting for the Assassin • David Welham • (ss)
• Waiting for the Police • Celia Fremlin • (ss)
• Waiting for Victor • Del Stone, Jr. • (ss)
• Waiting for Wayne • Charles R. McConnell • (ss)
• The Waiting Game • Pat Stadley • (ss)
• Waiting on Lowella • Carol Cail • (ss)
• Waiting to Die • Tim Murphy • (ss)
• The Waiting Woman • Brynn Bonner • (ss)
• Wake the Dead • Janet O’Daniel • (ss)
• Wake Up, Little Suzie • Ed Gorman • (nv)
• The Wakeford Abyss • John Connolly • (ss)
• Waldemar Strvzeski • Georges Simenon • (ss)
• Walk Across My Grave • Norbert Davis • (ss)
• A Walk in the Afternoon • Nick Carr • (vi)
• A Walk in the Park • John L. French • (nv)
• A Walk in the Park • Amy Grech • (ss)
• A Walk in the Park • J. M. Taylor • (ss)
• A Walk in the Rain • James R. Winter • (ss)
• A Walk in the Snow • Dave Gross • (nv)
• Walk Right In... • Claudia Bishop • (fw)
• Walk Softly, Strangler • Robert Hart Davis • (na)
• A Walk to the Paradise Garden • June Thomson • (ss)
• Walk with a Wizard • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Walker • Patrick O’Brian • (ss)
• Walkie-Talkie • Michael Mallory • (ss)
• Walking After Midnight • Ray Banks • (ss)
• Walking Around Money • Donald E. Westlake • (na)
• Walking Blues • Liza Cody • (ss)
• The Walking Dead • E. Hoffmann Price • (ss)
• Walking Fingers • Linda Finn • (ss)
• Walking Lonesome • Stringfellow Forbes • (ss)
• The Walking Stick • Michael Luth • (ss)
• Walking to Paris • Rex Miller • (ss)
• Walks • Joe R. Lansdale • (ss)
• The Wall • Rhys Bowen • (ss)
• The Wall • Marcia Muller • (na)
• The Wall • Lisa Angowski Rogak • (ss)
• The Wall • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• The Wall Game • Herbert Harris • (ss)
• The Wall Too High • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Wallet • Gary Alexander • (ss)
• Walling Up the Calls • James A. Noble • (ss)
• Walls Came Tumbling • Billie Sue Mosiman • (ss)
• Wally the Dumb • W. Glenn Duncan • (ss)
• Walpurgis Night • Bram Stoker • (ss)
• Walrus and the Ladies • Nick Carr • (ss)
• Walrus and the Queen • Nick Carr • (ss)
• Walrus Cuts a Deal • Nick Carr • (ss)
• Walrus Gets a Surprise • Nick Carr • (ss)
• Walrus Meets Saguaro Sandy • Nick Carr • (ss)
• Walrus Takes a Ride • Nick Carr • (ss)
• Walter’s Leg • Ruth Rendell • (ss)
• The Waltz • Dorothy Parker • (ss)
• Waltz Into Darkness • Cornell Woolrich • (n.)
• The Waltz of the Jewel Snatcher • Chris Coover • (nv)
• Wanda Wilcox Is “Trapped!” • Eddie Muller • (ss)
• The Wanderer • Walter Mosley • (ss)
• Wandering Willie’s Tale • Walter Scott • (ex)
• Wanderson’s Waste • Joseph Payne Brennan • (nv)
• “Wangeroog, de Schone...” • Jürgen Ehlers • (ss)
• The Want-Ad Murders • Frances M. Deegan • (nv)
• Wanted • M. Christian • (ss)
• Wanted - Dead and Alive • Stephen Marlowe • (ss)
• War Can Be Murder • Mike Doogan • (nv)
• War Crime • Bill James • (ss)
• War Crimes • G. Miki Hayden • (nv)
• War Cry of Death • C. K. M. Scanlon • (na)
• War Game • Philip K. Dick • (ss)
• War Games • James M. Reasoner • (ss)
• War Games: Revisited • Duane Crowley • (ar)
• War Hath Made All Friends • Edward Marston • (ss)
• War Hawk • Scott Morgan • (na)
• The War in Wonderland • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The War Is Over • Robert Petyo • (ss)
• War Rations • Martin Edwards • (ss)
• War Stories: Righteous Shoot • Bill Crenshaw • (nv)
• The War that Never Was • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The War Which Never Ends • Guy Graybill • (ar)
• The Warden • G. Wayne Miller • (ss)
• Warden of Death • Emile C. Tepperman • (ss)
• The Wardrobe • A. M. Burrage • (ss)
• Warlord • Andrew H. Vachss • (pl)
• The Warlord’s Widow • Doug Allyn • (ss)
• Warm and Dry • Edgar Wallace • (ss)
• A Warm Nest • Shirley Kennett • (ss)
• A Warning in Red • E. Conway & Victor L. Whitechurch • (ss)
• Warning Signs • Jan Christensen • (ss)
• Warning: This House Protected • Pamela K. Schossau • (ss)
• Warrant to Search • Donald Olson • (ss)
• Warren Road • Peter Sellers • (ss)
• The Warrior • Nick Carr • (ss)
• Warrior’s Wings • Scott Morgan • (nv)
• Was Crippen a Murderer? • Anthony Berkeley • (ar)
• Was It a Dream? • Guy de Maupassant • (ss)
• Was It Guru for You, Too? • Laurel McClimans • (ss)
• Wash and Wear • David Dumitru • (ss)
• Wash Away My Sin • Peggy Jaegly • (ss)
• Wash Gently, Hang Dry • Timothy Sheard • (ss)
• Washday Blues • Kate Flora • (ss)
• Washington Avenue • Carolina Garcia-Aguilera • (nv)
• Washman • Pinckney Benedict • (ss)
• The Wasp • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• Wasps • James Gray • (ss)
• Waste • Kathleen Buckley • (ss)
• Wasted Youth • Scott Mackay • (ss)
• A Wastrel’s Romance • R. Austin Freeman • (nv)
• Waswolf • Edward Wellen • (ss)
• The Watch • Quentin Tarantino • (ss)
• Watch for It • Joe Gores • (ss)
• The Watch Night Bell • Anne Perry • (ss)
• Watch the Birdie • David Justice • (ss)
• Watch the River • Shirlann Hamel • (ss)
• Watch Yourself at All Times • Clements Jordan • (ss)
• Watch-Cat • Ardath F. Mayhar • (ss)
• Watchbird • Robert Sheckley • (nv)
• The Watchdog • Barbara A. Smith • (ss)
• Watched Like Birds • Barbara Hafen • (ss)
• Watcher • Joe L. Hensley • (ss)
• The Watcher Behind the Curtain • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• The Watcher from the Grave • J. F. Gonzalez • (nv)
• The Watchers • Jo Bannister • (ss)
• A Watchful Eye • John M. Floyd • (ss)
• The Watching Detectives • Paula L. Woods • (br)
• Watching the Detectives • Edward C. Lynskey • (ss)
• Watching You • Mark Agee • (ss)
• Water • Sally Gunning • (ss)
• Water Dog God • Brad Watson • (ss)
• Water from the Moon • Carolyn Wheat • (nv)
• Water Hazard • Stephen Collins • (nv)
• Water in a Tea Cup • Dick Stodghill • (ss)
• Water Wears the Stones • Tom Piccirilli • (ss)
• The Water-Walker • Fredric Brown • (vi)
• Watercolor Dreams • Deborah Wiles • (nv)
• Water’s Edge • Robert Bloch • (ss)
• Watson’s Mournful Reveries • Harlan L. Umansky • (pm)
• The Watts Lions • Walter Mosley • (ss)
• Wave Goodbye • Simon P. McCaffery • (ss)
• The Wave of Death • Richard Foster • (na)
• The Wax Dragon • Erle Stanley Gardner • (na)
• Waxing Moon • Tim Myers • (ss)
• Way Down in Egypt’s Land • Lillian Stewart Carl • (nv)
• The Way It Is • Ronald S. Wilkinson • (vi)