Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Title

• Arson Plus • Dashiell Hammett • (ss)
• Art & Craft • Donald E. Westlake • (ss)
• Art for Art’s Sake • Rex Stout • (ss)
• Art in the Blood • Brian M. Stableford • (nv)
• Art Is Anything You Can Get Away With • Stefan Jackson • (ss)
• The Art of Death • Victor Gischler • (ss)
• The Art of Fiction • Barry N. Malzberg • (ss)
• The Art of Leaving Completely • Simon Avery • (ss)
• Art, Marriage and Death • Liza Cody • (ss)
• Art-Loving Mr. Lister Lands a Fake... • Julian Symons • (ss)
• The Artful Touch • Charles Dickens • (vi)
• Arthur Ellis Award Winners and Nominees • Peter Sellers • (ms)
• Arthur Symons: Mediator of Modernism • George R. Woodcock • (ar)
• Arthur’s Indiscretion • Philomena Benedetto • (ss)
• Arthur’s Story • Stephanie Kay Bendel • (ss)
• The Artist of Death • Donald Wandrei • (nv)
• Artistic Differences • Eleanor Michael • (ss)
• Artistic License • Edward Marston • (ss)
• The Artists • Misc. Material • (bg)
• Artist’s Proof • William Link • (ss)
• Arts and Crafts • Mary Jo Adamson • (ss)
• The Arts of the Enemy • David Langford • (ss)
• As Breathing • Marcus Sakey • (ss)
• As Cold As Doom! • Gil Grayson • (nv)
• As Dark as Christmas Gets • Lawrence Block • (nv)
• As Good as a Rest • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• As Good as Gold • Colin Dexter • (nv)
• As Hot as Hell • Vic Heston • (ss)
• As It Was in the Beginning • Mary Higgins Clark • (in)
• As My Wimsey Takes Me • Terence Faherty • (ss)
• As Near to Lust as Flame to Smoke • Andy Lane • (ss)
• As Seen on TV • Dan Fesperman • (ss)
• As Silent as Doom • Arnold English • (ss)
• As Simple as ABC • Ellery Queen • (nv)
• As Strange a Maze as E’er Men Trod • David Langford • (ss)
• As the Angels in Heaven • Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff • (ss)
• As the Saying Goes • Conrad Lawrence • (nv)
• As We Forgive • Paul V. Fornatar • (ss)
• As Well to Be Hanged • Emmy Lou Schenk • (ss)
• As Ye Sow So Shall Ye... • Don Marshall • (ss)
• Ascom City • Martin Limón • (ss)
• Ash • Charles Garvie • (vi)
• Ash Wednesday • Maureen Jennings • (ss)
• Ash Wednesday • Kent Westmoreland • (ss)
• Ashenden: The Traitor • W. Somerset Maugham • (nv)
• Ashes of Murder • Ray Cummings • (ss)
• Ashes to Ashes • Linda Grant • (nv)
• Ashes to Ashes • Beth Meacham • (nv)
• Ashputtle • Peter Straub • (nv)
• Asia • Eric Van Lustbader • (ss)
• Ask a Silly Question • Donald E. Westlake • (ss)
• Ask Me Another • Frank Gruber • (ss)
• Asking for It • Rose Dawn Bradford • (ss)
• Asking for It • Hy Conrad • (ss)
• Asking For It • Angela Le Mare • (ss)
• Aspirations • J. N. Williamson • (ss)
• Assassin • Fletcher Flora • (ss)
• The Assassin • David Ray • (pp)
• Assassination—Middle East • Joseph Commings • (nv)
• The Assassination of Bulldog Dowd • John H. Dirckx • (ss)
• The Assassination of Michael Shayne • Brett Halliday • (nv)
• The Assassination of Michael Shayne • James M. Reasoner • (nv)
• Assassins • Christopher Reich • (ss)
• Assassin’s Assassin • John Keating • (ss)
• The Assassins’ Club • Nicholas Blake • (ss)
• The Assassins’ League • Brant House • (na)
• The Assassin’s List • Andrew S. Taylor • (ss)
• The Assassin’s Shroud • G. T. Fleming-Roberts • (ss)
• Assault of the Yow-Ling Jewels • Viki S. Rollins • (ss)
• Assertiveness Training • David E. Myers • (vi)
• The Assignment • Michelle Giles • (vi)
• The Assignment • Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• Assignment in Geneva • Ernest Savage • (ss)
• Assignment in Prague • Joan S. Richter • (ss)
• Assignment: Enigma • Anthony Circus • (ss)
• Assignment: Labyrinth • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Assignment: Marriage • Charlotte MacLeod • (ss)
• Assignment: Vienna • Josh Pachter • (nv)
• The Assistant Murderer • Dashiell Hammett • (ss)
• Association Test • Ed McBain • (ss)
• The Ass’s Head • Phyllis Ann Karr • (nv)
• Astringencies • Karl Miller • (ar)
• The Astrologer Who Predicted His Own Murder • Peter Tremayne • (ss)
• The Astronomical Scarf • Ruth Rendell • (ss)
• Asu • Josh Pachter • (ss)
• Asylum • John Harvey • (ss)
• At a Rest Stop South of Portland • Robert Twohy • (ss)
• At a Window Facing West • Kim Antieau • (ss)
• At Death’s Door • Perry Brass • (ss)
• At Eighteen Dollars a Copy • Mary Mullen • (pm)
• At Last • Frank Philipp • (ss)
• At Last I’ve Found You • Robert Moore Williams • (ss)
• At Last Some Heart • Tom Thornton • (mr)
• At Last, You Bitch • Graham Ison • (ss)
• At Loubles • Kitty Fitzgerald • (ss)
• At My Father’s Funeral • Joel Helgerson • (ss)
• At One Stride Comes the Dark • Tom Piccirilli • (ss)
• At Scorpiant Towers • Robert Twohy • (ss)
• At the “Century of Progress” • Sara Paretsky • (ss)
• At the Crossroads • Agatha Christie • (ss)
• At the Drop of a Hat • Denise Hamilton • (ss)
• At the Eleventh Hour • M. P. Shiel • (nv)
• At the End of the Path • Eve Fisher • (ss)
• At the End of the Trail • Frank Philipp • (ss)
• At the Fork of the Roads • Aleister Crowley • (ss)
• At the Hop • Bill Crider & Judy Crider • (nv)
• At the House of Gentle Wind • Ellis Peters • (nv)
• At the Lulu-Bar Motel • Colin Dexter • (ss)
• At the Mill • Thomas Hardy • (pm)
• At the Old Swimming Hole • Sara Paretsky • (nv)
• At the Paradise Motel, Sparks, Nevada • Joyce Carol Oates • (ss)
• At the Pistol’s Point • E. W. Hornung • (ss)
• At the Root • Pierre Comtois • (ss)
• At the Sign of Mercury • Maurice Leblanc • (nv)
• At the Tent of Holofernes • Peter Tremayne • (nv)
• At Willow-Walk-Behind • James Powell • (ss)
• At Work and Play with Fred Dannay • Francis M. Nevins, Jr. • (ar)
• The Athens Solution • Brad Thor • (ss)
• Atlantic City • Adam Lloyd Baker • (ss)
• An Atlantic Romance • Josef Skvorecký • (nv)
• Atmosphere for Murder • Greg Goldsmith • (nv)
• Atomic Supernova • Scott Wolven • (nv)
• Atossa • Paul G. Reeve • (nv)
• The Attaché Case • Ernest Savage • (ss)
• Attack of the Fifty Foot Cafeteria Woman • Simon P. McCaffery • (ss)
• The Attackers • Matthew F. Christopher • (ss)
• An Attempt at Murder • Karel Capek • (ss)
• The Attic • William P. Dillon • (ss)
• Attitude • Morris Hershman • (ss)
• The Attitude Adjuster • David Morrell • (nv)
• Attitude Adjustment • Violette Malan • (ss)
• Attitude Thing • William J. Carroll, Jr. • (nv)
• An Attractive Family • Robert Arthur • (ss)
• Au Purr • Esther M. Friesner • (ss)
• Auction at McKay’s Corners • Alan K. Young • (ss)
• Audacious Perversion • Mark Sanderson • (ex)
• An Audible Click: The Short Stories of Rafael Sabatini • Jesse F. Knight • (in)
• Audio World • Ellen Cheshire • (ar)
• Audiocrime • Brian Ritterspak • (rv)
• Audited and Found Correct • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story • Paul Auster • (ss)
• Augie and the Fatal Fascination • Charles A. Peterson • (ss)
• Augie and the Ketchup King • Charles A. Peterson • (ss)
• Augie and the Mommy’s Curse • Charles A. Peterson • (ss)
• Augie and the Ruby Slippers • Charles A. Peterson • (ss)
• Augie and the White Sheep • Charles A. Peterson • (ss)
• August 3, 1892 • Dixie J. Whitted • (pm)
• August Body • Bill Crenshaw • (ss)
• August Heat • William F. Harvey • (ss)
• August Is a Good Time for Killing • Joyce Harrington • (ss)
• August Is the Lamb of Winter • Michelle Marcotte • (ss)
• Auld Acquaintance • Terry Beatty & Wendi Lee • (ss)
• Auld Lang Syne • Ian Rankin • (ss)
• Auld Lang What? • Barbara Paul • (nv)
• Aunt Agatha Leaving • Susan Kenney • (nv)
• Aunt Agatha Takes the Count • P. G. Wodehouse • (ss)
• Aunt Dolly • Ardath F. Mayhar • (ss)
• Aunt Dust • Lana Robertson Hayes • (ss)
• Aunt Edna’s Cats • Del Stone, Jr. • (ss)
• Aunt Emma’s Defense • Barbara Collins • (ss)
• Aunt Grace and the Time Warp • Jeffrey Bush • (ss)
• Aunt Hattie’s Dolls • Edie Hanes • (vi)
• Aunt Mary’s Coffin Caper • Del Tinsley • (ss)
• Aunt Rutabaga • Arthur Porges • (ss)
• Aunt Sara’s Favors • Judith L. Post • (ss)
• The Aura of an Alpha Wolf • Jeremiah Healy • (ss)
• Aurora Australis • Neil Jillett • (ss)
• Austen and Jausten: The Twins of Time • Ray Bradbury • (ss)
• The Austin Murder Case • Jon L. Breen • (ss)
• Austrailian Halloween • P. J. Roberts • (nv)
• Australian-American Collaboration in the Fight Against World Terrorism • Richard Hall • (ss)
• The Auteur Theory • Jon L. Breen • (ss)
• The Authentic Rose • Terence Faherty • (nv)
• The Author • Jeremiah Healy • (ss)
• Author Biographies • Misc. Material • (bg)
• Author Notes • Misc. Material • (bg)
• Author! Author! • James Holding • (pm)
• Author! Author! or Lights! Camera! Action! • Carl Brookins • (ar)
• Authoress of Death • Vicki Shaull Carleton • (ss)
• Authors’ Biographies • Misc. Material • (bg)
• Authors Bios • Misc. Material • (bg)
• Authors’ Bios • Misc. Material • (bg)
• Author’s Foreword • Ed Gorman • (fw)
• Author’s Introduction • Peter Godfrey • (in)
• Author’s Note • Mary Higgins Clark • (aw)
• Author’s Note • Max Allan Collins • (pr)
• Author’s Note • Martin Edwards • (pr)
• Author’s Note • Sharyn McCrumb • (pr)
• Author’s Note • Sara Paretsky • (pr)
• The Authorship of Three Late Ellery Queen Novels • Douglas Dannay & Richard Dannay • (ar)
• Autoerotic • William Marden • (ss)
• The Autogóndola Invention • Avram Davidson • (na)
• The Automation Mystery • Lloyd Biggle, Jr. • (ss)
• The Automaton Police • Charles Dickens • (ss)
• An Autumn Migration • Sharyn McCrumb • (ss)
• Autumn Tethers • Tracy Albert Knight • (nv)
• Available Light • Matt Mayer • (ss)
• “Avenge, O Lord, Thy Slaughtered Saints” • Emilie Griffin • (rr)
• The Avenger • Anonymous • (pl)
• The Avenging Chance • Anthony Berkeley • (ss)
• The Avenging Corpse • Barreaux • (cs)
• Avenging Miriam • Peter Sellers • (ss)
• The Avenging of Ann Leete • Marjorie Bowen • (ss)
• The Avenging of Jessica • William Allen Hall • (ss)
• Avernus • Naomi Walker • (ss)
• Avitar • John F. Dobbyn • (ss)
• Avoiding Mr. Queen • Peter Lovesey • (ar)
• Avram Davidson: The Fish Unturned • Gene Wolfe • (ar)
• “Aw, Let the Kid Hit” • Michael Avallone • (ss)
• Awakening • Jean Hooper • (ss)
• Award Winners & Nominees • Frances Taira • (pz)
• Awards • Misc. Material • (bi)
• Away for Safekeeping • Susan Dunlap • (ss)
• Away with the Fairies • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• The Awful Experiment • Michael Zuroy • (ss)