Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Title

• The Death Riddle of the Redwoods • J. William Hamilton • (ar)
• Death Rides the Blizzard • Robert Wallace • (na)
• Death Rides the Elevator • Lois H. Gresh & Robert E. Weinberg • (ss)
• Death Rides the Winner • Robert Wallace • (na)
• Death Rolls the Dice • Brett Halliday • (na)
• The Death Rose • Cornell Woolrich • (nv)
• Death Row Casanova • Edward C. Lynskey • (ss)
• The Death Row Pet Show • Doug Allyn • (nv)
• Death Scene • Helen Nielsen • (ss)
• Death Scene; or, The Moor of Venice • P. M. Carlson • (ss)
• Death Sentence • Jay Brandon • (nv)
• Death Ship • Bill Kirton • (ss)
• The Death Skull Murders • Robert Wallace • (na)
• Death Snow • Clark Howard • (ss)
• Death Song • Robert Campbell • (ss)
• The Death Song • Ray Cummings • (ss)
• Death Spins the Wheel • George Alden Edson • (ss)
• Death Stalks the Campus • Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet • (na)
• Death Stalks the Campus • Brett Halliday • (na)
• Death Stalks the Sound Stage • Thomson Burtis • (nv)
• Death Starts a Rumor • Charles B. Child • (ss)
• Death Stops the Coal • Laurence Donovan • (nv)
• Death Takes a Pilgrimage • Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet • (ss)
• Death Takes a Pilgrimage • Brett Halliday • (ss)
• Death Takes the Funicular • Gunnar Staalesen • (ss)
• Death Takes the Veil • Monica Quill • (nv)
• Death Threat • Eugene Cunningham • (ss)
• Death Threat • Susan Dunlap • (ss)
• Death Threat • Kandis Elliot • (pm)
• Death to Donuts! • Cynthia P. Lawrence • (na)
• The Death Toll • Susanna Gregory • (ss)
• Death Tops the Charts • Hal Blythe & Charles Sweet • (na)
• Death Tops the Charts • Brett Halliday • (na)
• Death Tramps the Ramp • Ted Stratton • (ss)
• Death Trance • Eli Farcus • (ss)
• The Death Triple • J. L. Pouvoir • (ss)
• Death Valley Girl • Stephen D. Rogers • (ss)
• Death Warmed Over • Charles A. Peterson • (ss)
• Death Was a Wedding Guest • Charles B. Child • (ss)
• Death Watch • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• Death Watch • J. Simmons Scheb • (ss)
• Death Watch! • Ray Dunham • (ss)
• Death Wears a Mask • Steven W. Saylor • (nv)
• Death Wears a Necktie • John Knoerle • (ss)
• Death Wish • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• Death Wish • Linda Cracknell • (ss)
• Death Wish • Brian Garfield • (ss)
• Death with a Stranger! • Jack Oleck • (ss)
• “Death” • Brian Cleeve • (ss)
• Death, Kabuki-Style • Ron Butler • (nv)
• Death, My Love • Michael Collins • (ss)
• Death, the Champ • George McNeil • (ss)
• Death-Hungry Fingers • Jay Folb • (ss)
• Death... and More Death • Bill Capron • (ss)
• Deathdream • Stephanie Kay Bendel • (ss)
• Deathless Prose • Ron Goulart • (ss)
• Deathlove • Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• Deathman • Ed Gorman • (ss)
• The Deaths • Joyce Carol Oates • (nv)
• Death’s Bright Angel • Curtiss T. Gardner • (ss)
• Death’s Bright Halo • Robert Leslie Bellem • (ss)
• Death’s Brother • Bill Crider • (ss)
• Death’s Dilemma • Geary Danihy • (nv)
• Death’s Dress Rehearsal • Robert Leslie Bellem • (nv)
• Death’s Five Faces • G. T. Fleming-Roberts • (na)
• The Death’s Ghastly Harvest • Maxentius Andor Scarlatti • (nv)
• Death’s Golden Hands • Tedd Thomey • (na)
• Death’s Gray Land • Isak Romun • (ss)
• Death’s Head Face • Richard Foster • (na)
• Death’s Loveless Caress • Bill Ryder • (nv)
• The Deaths of Lorna Garth • Talmage Powell • (ss)
• Death’s Old Sweet Song • George William Rae • (ss)
• Death’s Ragged Army • Emile C. Tepperman • (n.)
• Death’s Sandwich Man • James Powell • (ss)
• Deathtrap of Desire • Dan Malcolm • (nv)
• Deathwatch • Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• Deborah’s Judgment • Margaret B. Maron • (ss)
• The Debt • Alberto Manguel • (ss)
• The Debt • Patrick Picciarelli • (ss)
• Debt Blow • Dixie J. Whitted • (pm)
• The Debt Collector • Maurice Level • (ss)
• Debt of Honor • Doug Allyn • (ss)
• A Debt to Be Paid • Dick Stodghill • (ss)
• A Debt to the Devil • Jeremiah Healy • (nv)
• A Deceitful Way of Dying • Dick Stodghill • (nv)
• Deceiving Appearances • Donald Olson • (ss)
• December • R. L. Mégroz • (ss)
• December Deathwatch • Sherrie Brown & Gene KoKayKo • (nv)
• December First • John Freeland • (ss)
• A Decent Price for a Painting • James Holding • (ss)
• Deception of the Thrush • Will Christopher Baer • (ss)
• Deceptions • Ken Denbow • (nv)
• Deceptions • Edward D. Hoch • (nv)
• Deceptions • Marcia Muller • (nv)
• Decimation • Tony Hickie • (ss)
• The Decision • Joe L. Hensley • (ss)
• Decision • Helen Nielsen • (ss)
• Decision of the Umpire • Troy Soos • (ss)
• Decision to Kill • Robert Merrill Lambert • (ss)
• Decisions, Decisions • James Bigwood • (pm)
• The Decisive Moment • Jeffry Scott • (ss)
• Deck the Halls with... Murder • Marcia Kiser • (ar)
• Decks of Death • G. Wayman Jones • (ss)
• The Decline and Fall of Norbert Tuffy • Ron Goulart • (ss)
• Decline of the English Murder • George Orwell • (ar)
• The Decoy • Algernon Blackwood • (ss)
• Decoy • Michael Gilbert • (nv)
• Decoy • Ronald Kollgaard • (ss)
• Decoy for Death • Alan Lance • (nv)
• Decoys • Terry Devane • (nv)
• Decoys • Jeremiah Healy • (nv)
• Deduction, 1996 • R. L. Stevens • (ss)
• The Deed of the Deft-Footed Dragon • Avram Davidson • (ss)
• Deeds and Descendants • Pat Noad • (ss)
• Deeds of Valor • Clark Howard • (na)
• Deep and Crisp and Even • James R. McCahery • (na)
• The Deep Blue Sea • Ina Bouman • (ss)
• Deep Dark Green • John Connolly • (ss)
• Deep Down Under • Thomas Sullivan • (ss)
• The Deep End • Simon P. McCaffery • (ss)
• A Deep Hole • Ian Rankin • (ss)
• Deep in the Forest • H. de Vere Stacpoole • (ss)
• Deep Lock • Clark Howard • (nv)
• The Deep Pocket • David Linzee • (ss)
• Deep Six • S. G. Johnson • (ss)
• Deep Six • Edward C. Lynskey • (ss)
• The Deep Sleep • Aleksander Hemon • (ss)
• Deep Sleep • David Thomas • (ss)
• Deep Water • John C. Boland • (ss)
• Deep Water Dreams • Suzanne Jones • (ss)
• Deep, Without Pity • Lewis Shiner • (nv)
• Deeper and Deeper • John Lutz • (vi)
• The Deepest Blue • Sujata Massey • (ss)
• The Deepest South • Paco Ignacio Taibo, II • (ss)
• Deeply Dead • Charlaine Harris • (ss)
• The Deer • Archie V. Taylor • (ss)
• Deer River Lily • Andrew J. Burton • (ss)
• The Deer that Ate a Diamond • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Defence • John Baker • (nv)
• A Defence of Detective Stories • G. K. Chesterton • (ar)
• Defender of the Faith • Carol Anne O’Marie • (ss)
• The Defenestration of Aba Sid • Robert Girardi • (na)
• The Defenestration of Prague • Josh Pachter • (nv)
• The Defense Calls Jerry Brogan • Jon L. Breen • (ss)
• Defensive Moves • William Bankier • (ss)
• The Definite Article • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• Definitely, a Crime of Passion • Mary Higgins Clark • (nv)
• “Definitive Therapy” • F. Paul Wilson • (nv)
• Defrauding the Cat • Catherine Dain • (ss)
• Déjà Vu • Doug Allyn • (ss)
• Déjà Vu • Stephanie Kay Bendel • (ss)
• Déjà Vu • Geri Spencer Hunter • (ss)
• Déjà Vu • Nancy Livingston • (nv)
• Déjà Vu All Over Again • John A. Broussard • (ss)
• Deke’s Clown • Steve Barancik • (ss)
• DeKok and the Death of a Rottweiler • Baantjer • (ss)
• DeKok and the Hammer Blow • Baantjer • (ss)
• Delayed Verdict • R. C. Tuttle • (ss)
• The Delgreco File • Robert Petyo • (ss)
• Delia and the Avengers • Maureen Freely • (ss)
• A Deliberate Form of Frenzy • Daniel Stashower • (ss)
• Deliberate Men • Lea Cash-Domingo • (ss)
• A Delicate Balance • Judith Lea Koretsky • (ss)
• Delicate Balance • Bob Tippee • (ss)
• A Delicate Mission • Michael Collins & Gayle Lynds • (ss)
• A Delicate Situation • Lane Marsh • (ss)
• The Delinquent and the Doll • Talmage Powell • (ss)
• Delisa • K. Anderson Yancy • (ss)
• Deliver — or Else • Oscar Schisgall • (ss)
• The Deliveress • Storm Constantine • (nv)
• The Delivery • Joseph Payne Brennan • (ss)
• The Delivery • Robert Calfee • (ss)
• The Delivery Man • Alan McDonald • (ss)
• Delmonico • Daniel Handler • (ss)
• Delta Double-Deal • Noreen Ayres • (nv)
• Dem Bones, Bem Bones • Greg Fallis • (nv)
• Dementia 101 • Hugh Lessig • (ss)
• Demise of the Cicada Killer • Susan Pruitt • (ss)
• Demolition, Inc. • Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• Demon in a Lunchbox • Chelsea Quinn Yarbro • (ar)
• A Demon in My Head • Jean-Hugues Oppel • (ss)
• The Demon in the Belfry • Hildegarde Tolman Teilhet • (ar)
• Demon Lover • Suzanne Jones • (ss)
• The Demon of E Staircase • Charles Sheffield • (ss)
• Demonology • Gary Lovisi • (ss)
• Demons • Doug Allyn • (vi)
• Denbow’s Code • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• Denise Danks • Mark Campbell • (iv)
• Denise Doesn’t Live Here • Lorly Auld • (vi)
• Dennis Lynds Remembered • Gayle Lynds • (ar)
• The Denton Boudoir Mystery • Gelett Burgess • (nv)
• Dents • Peter Sellers • (ss)
• Departing Shot • J. D. Hunt • (ss)
• Deputy Cat • Jerri M. Oakes • (ss)
• Deputy Down • Jeremiah Healy • (ss)
• A Derby Horse • Michael Innes • (ss)
• Derelict Decoy • Robert W. Mills • (na)
• Dereliction of Duty • Henry T. Parry • (vi)
• Derringer • Paul Bishop • (ss)
• Descend at Fort Square • J. Richard Reed • (ss)
• The Descendants of Frost • Louis Weinstein • (ss)
• A Descent into the Maelström • Edgar Allan Poe • (ss)
• Desdemona’s Daughter • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Desdemona’s Handkerchief • Marilyn Wallace • (ss)
• The Desecration of the Temple • John F. Suter • (ss)
• Desert Deceit • Betty Webb • (na)
• Desert Detective • Jack Woolgar • (ss)
• Desert Flower • Scott Morgan • (ss)
• Desert Kill • David Braly • (nv)
• The Desert Killers • Nick Carr • (ss)
• The Desert Limited • Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• Desert Pickup • Richard Laymon • (ss)
• Desert Snow • David Waskin • (nv)
• The Deserter • E. Phillips Oppenheim • (ss)
• Design for Destruction • Edward Churchill • (na)
• Design for Dying • Anthony Boucher • (ss)
• Design for Dying • Leigh Brackett • (nv)
• Designated Murderer • Jon L. Breen • (ss)