Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Title

• The Adventure of the Second Generation • Ken Greenwald • (sa)
• The Adventure of the Second Scarf • Mark Aronson • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Second Stain • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Second Swag • Luke Sharp • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Second Violet • Daniel Stashower • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Shakespeare Cipher • David Ellis • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Short Fuse • Robert L. Fish • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Shoscombe Old Place • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Silver Buckle • Denis O. Smith • (nv)
• The Adventure of the Sinister House • August Derleth • (uw)
• The Adventure of the Six Napoleons • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Solitary Bride • E. Aldon Canoy • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Speckled Band • Arthur Conan Doyle • (nv)
• The Adventure of the St. Marylebone Ghoul • Bill Crider • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Suffering Ruler • H. R. F. Keating • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Suspect Servant • Barbara Roden • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Table Foot • Zero • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Tall Man • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ms)
• The Adventure of the Tangled Web • Michael Mallory • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Telltale Bottle • Ellery Queen • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Three Gables • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Three Garridebs • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Three Ghosts • Loren D. Estleman • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Three Students • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Touch of God • Peter Crowther • (nv)
• The Adventure of the Two Collaborators • James M. Barrie • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Two Mrs. MacGregors • Michael Mallory • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Ukrainian Foundling Orphans • Robert L. Fish • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet • Vincent Starrett • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Unique Holmes • Jon L. Breen • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Venomous Lizard • Bill Crider • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Viennese Musician • August Derleth • (nv)
• The Adventure of the Voorish Sign • Richard A. Lupoff • (nv)
• The Adventure of the Western Star • Agatha Christie • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Woman in Black • Ellery Queen • (pl)
• The Adventure of the Wooden Box • Leslie Klinger • (ss)
• The Adventure of The Worst Man in London • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Yellow Face • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Yellow House • Gratia Jones • (ss)
• The Adventure of the Young British Soldier • Bill Crider • (ss)
• The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman • Roberta Rogow • (nv)
• The Adventure of Vittoria, the Circus Belle • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Adventures in Babysitting • Ian Rankin • (ss)
• The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes • O. Henry • (ss)
• The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs • Robert Barr • (ss)
• The Adventures of Sir Henry Merrivale Introduction • Douglas G. Greene • (si)
• The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba • Dorothy L. Sayers • (nv)
• Adverse Selection • Mike Drummond • (ss)
• Advertising Hell • Peter Sellers • (nv)
• The Advertising Man Writes a Love Letter • Dashiell Hammett • (vi)
• Advice to the Lovelorn • Marilyn Wallace • (ss)
• Advice, Unlimited • Douglas Shea • (ss)
• The Affair at Coulter’s Notch • Ambrose Bierce • (ss)
• The Affair at Lahore Cantonment • Avram Davidson • (ss)
• The Affair at Little Wokeham • Freeman Wills Crofts • (ex)
• The Affair Lafayette • Geoffrey A. Landis • (ss)
• The Affair of Hogsbotham • Leslie Charteris • (na)
• An Affair of Inconvenience • Anne Perry • (ss)
• The Affair of the Assistants • Ann F. Woodward • (ss)
• The Affair of the Christmas Jewel • Barrie Roberts • (ss)
• The Affair of the Corridor Express • Victor L. Whitechurch • (ss)
• The Affair of the Counterfeit Countess • Craig Shaw Gardner • (ss)
• The Affair of the Forged Notes • Agatha Christie • (ss)
• The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box • Victor L. Whitechurch • (ss)
• An Affair of the Heart • Henry Slesar • (ss)
• The Affair of the Reluctant Witness • Erle Stanley Gardner • (nv)
• The Affair of the Three Turtles • Walter F. Ripperger • (ss)
• The Affair of the Twisted Scarf • Rex Stout • (nv)
• The Affair of the Weeping Child • Barrie Roberts • (ss)
• The Affair on the Roof • C. Daly King • (nv)
• The Affair with the Dragon Lady • Mickey Spillane • (ss)
• Affaire de Coeur • W. E. Johns • (ss)
• Affection Unlimited • Julian Symons • (ss)
• An Affinity for Machines • Lisa D. Williamson • (ss)
• Affirmative Action • Jon L. Breen • (ss)
• The Affray at the Kildare Street Club • Peter Tremayne • (ss)
• Afraid All the Time • Nancy Pickard • (ss)
• Afraid of a Gun • Dashiell Hammett • (ss)
• Afraid of the Dark • Nancy Pickard • (nv)
• Africa • Jenny Siler • (ss)
• African Christmas • Frauke Schuster • (ss)
• The African Tree Beavers • Michael Gilbert • (nv)
• Afrikati Ascending • Ray Johnson • (ss)
• After All These Years • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• After All These Years • Jeffry Scott • (ss)
• After All... • Hazel Holt • (ss)
• After Armageddon • Fredric Brown • (pm)
• After Big Noise in Hanoi • Edward C. Lynskey • (ss)
• After Dinner • D. Frances Young • (ss)
• After Due Reflection • Mary Jane Maffini • (ss)
• After Happily Ever • Gillian Roberts • (ss)
• After Hours at La Chinita • Barry Gifford • (ss)
• After I’m Gone • Donald E. Westlake • (nv)
• After Jamie • Pauline C. Smith • (ss)
• After Midnight • Michael Connelly • (ss)
• The After Peak • Malcolm Tarver • (ss)
• After the Burial • Nora H. Caplan • (ss)
• After the Event • Christianna Brand • (nv)
• After the Fall • Elaine Viets • (ss)
• After the Sega • Peter Lewis • (ss)
• After the Twelfth Chapter • Francis M. Nevins, Jr. • (ss)
• After the Verdict • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• After Twenty Years • O. Henry • (vi)
• After You’ve Gone • Alice Adams • (ss)
• After You’ve Gone • John Peyton Cooke • (ss)
• Afterburn • John Moralee • (ss)
• Aftermath • Rearden Connor • (ss)
• Aftermath • Ed Gorman • (nv)
• Aftermath • Jeremiah Healy • (nv)
• The Afternoon Blood Show • Jim Beaver • (nv)
• Afternoon Drive • Doris Miles Disney • (ss)
• An Afternoon in the Country • William J. Reynolds • (ss)
• Afternoon of a Playwright • James Thurber • (ss)
• Afterthought • Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• Afterward • Edith Wharton • (nv)
• Afterwards • Alida Baxter • (ss)
• Afterword • Adam-Troy Castro • (aw)
• Afterword • Max Allan Collins • (aw)
• Afterword • Carole Nelson Douglas • (aw)
• Afterword • Rosemary Edghill • (aw)
• Afterword • Shelley Gault • (aw)
• Afterword • Evan Hunter • (aw)
• Afterword • Paul Ingendaay • (aw)
• Afterword • Dean R. Koontz • (aw)
• Afterword • Ed McBain • (aw)
• Afterword • Marcia Muller • (aw)
• Afterword • Lillian S. Robinson • (aw)
• Afterword • Kathleen Symons • (aw)
• Afterword • George A. Vanderburgh • (aw)
• Afterword to the Talbot Stories • Joe R. Lansdale • (aw)
• Afterword: Birth of the Black Widowers • Isaac Asimov • (ar)
• Afterword: Crossing the Border • Barry N. Malzberg • (aw)
• Afterword: Impossible Crimes • Mike Ashley • (aw)
• Afterword: Moriarty and the Real Underworld • John Gardner • (ar)
• Afterword: Old-Time Detection • Arthur Griffiths • (aw)
• An Agacella Or • Rex Stout • (ss)
• Against the Season • Edward C. Lynskey • (ss)
• Agatha Christie and The Orient • Mathew Prichard • (ar)
• Agatha’s Stories • B. A. Pike • (ar)
• The Age of Desire • Clive Barker • (nv)
• The Age of Miracles • Melville Davisson Post • (ss)
• Age Will Tell • Russell Willer • (ss)
• Agent in Hell • Ralph E. Vaughan • (ss)
• An Agent Named Riddle • H. A. DeRosso • (ss)
• Agents • Dan Crawford • (ss)
• Agony Column • Barry N. Malzberg • (ss)
• The Agreement • Donald W. Hornbostel • (ss)
• The Agreement • J. A. Konrath • (ss)
• Ah, Paradise • Molly MacRae • (ss)
• Ah, Rash Deceiver! • John H. Dirckx • (nv)
• Ah, Sweet Stewart • Ann Walsh • (ss)
• Aha • Stephen Graham • (ss)
• Ai No Corrida • Mark Timlin • (ss)
• Ai Witness • Kate Thornton • (ss)
• Ailurophobia • B. W. Battin • (ss)
• Ainsley • Esther J. Holt • (ss)
• The Air of Day, the Air of Night • Ann F. Woodward • (ss)
• Airborne with a Borgia • Julian Symons • (ss)
• Airline Highway • O’Neil De Noux • (ss)
• Airport • Phyllis Martin • (pm)
• Aja • Kirsty Gunn • (nv)
• AJH Reviews • Allen J. Hubin • (br)
• Akitada’s First Case • I. J. Parker • (nv)
• The Alabama Tattoo • Daniel Sontup • (nv)
• Aladdin’s Curse • Jeffry Scott • (ss)
• Alan Moore • Barry Forshaw • (iv)
• Alas, My Love • Ron Goulart • (ss)
• The Albertine Notes • Rick Moody • (ss)
• Albert’s List • Michael Z. Lewin • (ss)
• Albuquerque Surprise • Chuck Bushnell • (ss)
• Alcatraz • Debbie Moon • (ss)
• Ale Celestial? • A. E. Coppard • (ss)
• Alectryon Slept • S. S. Rafferty • (nv)
• Alex Keegan • Peter Dillon-Parkin • (iv)
• Alex Pinto Hears the Bell • C. J. Sullivan • (ss)
• The Alexander Aberration • Skip Press • (ss)
• Alexander the Great, Detective • Theodore Mathieson • (ss)
• The Alexandrian Cat • Steven W. Saylor • (ss)
• Alfred Hitchcock on Television • David Steier • (ar)
• Alfred Hitchcock Photoquiz • Peter Christian • (pz)
• The Alfred Hitchcock Theater • Alfred Hitchcock • (ar)
• The Alfred Hitchcock Theater • Misc. Material • (ar)
• Alfred Karns, Accessory • T. M. Adams • (ss)
• Alfred Wascom’s Telephone Balloons • Bob Tippee • (ss)
• Algorithm 512 • John H. Dirckx • (ss)
• The Alias • Lawton O’Connor • (ss)
• Alias Roscoe Brent • Jay Fox • (ss)
• The Alibi • Isaac Asimov • (ss)
• The Alibi • Josephine Bell • (ss)
• The Alibi • Ed Gorman • (ss)
• Alibi • Gladys Mitchell • (ss)
• Alibi • Andrew H. Vachss • (ss)
• The Alibi • Valentine Williams • (ss)
• Alibi for Murder • Eugene C. Flinn • (ss)
• Alibi on the Steve Allen Show • Henry Slesar • (ss)
• Alice • P. E. Cook • (ss)
• Alice and the Agent of the Hun • Elizabeth Foxwell • (ss)
• Alice Holds the Cards • Carole Nelson Douglas & Jennifer Waddell • (nv)
• Alice Opens the Box • Denise Mina • (ss)
• Alice’s Cat • Jendi Reiter • (ss)
• Alien Influences • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • (nv)
• The Alien Who Became the Shadow • Rick Brooks • (ss)
• Alimentary, My Dear Watson • Lawrence Schimel • (ss)
• The Alimony Prison • Lou Manfredo • (ss)
• Ali’s Cat • Diane Arrelle • (ss)
• All a Matter of Balance • Jimmy Nail • (ss)
• All Aboard for Shanghai! • Leslie Charteris • (ss)
• All About Heroes • Dan A. Sproul • (ss)