Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Title

• The Awkward Customer • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• The Axe of Elisha • John F. Suter • (ss)
• An Axe to Grind • Curt Hamlin • (ss)
• Axefall • Peter A. Hough • (ss)
• Axl Against The Immortals • Jon Courtenay Grimwood • (ss)
• Ayatollah Khomeni, CIA Agent • Ernest Volkman • (ar)
• Ayesha, a Woman’s Name • Leobardo Saravia Quiroz • (ss)
• The Azalea War • Wyc Toole • (ss)
• The Azteck Opal • Rodrigues Ottolengui • (ss)
• B & B: Brackett & Bradbury: 1944 • Ray Bradbury • (in)
• The B Rules • Jacqueline Freimor • (ss)
• “B” Is for Bee • William J. Pomidor • (nv)
• The “B” Murders • Mike Taylor • (nv)
• B-B-B-Billy • Joel A. Dvoskin • (ss)
• Baba’s Bites • Chris Simms • (ss)
• The Babe Ruth Murder Case • Jon L. Breen • (ss)
• Babes and Bullets • Jim Davis & Ron Tuthill • (ss)
• Babies for Sale • Richard Foster • (na)
• Baby Blues • Barbara Fradkin • (ss)
• Baby Blues • Richard E. Reeve • (ss)
• The Baby in the Icebox • James M. Cain • (ss)
• Baby Needs a New Lover! • Flip Lyons • (ss)
• Baby Sister • Stephen Marlowe • (ss)
• The Baby Spoon • Patricia Highsmith • (ss)
• Baby, Lorraine Must Fall • Mike Drummond • (nv)
• Baby-sitting Ingrid • Larry Collins • (ss)
• The Babysitter • Ed Gorman • (ex)
• Babysitter • Dion Henderson • (ss)
• Babysitter • Joyce Carol Oates • (ss)
• The Babysitter’s Code • Laura Lippman • (ss)
• The Bachelor’s Wife • Judith Kelman • (nv)
• Back • John Baxter • (ss)
• Back for Christmas • John Collier • (ss)
• Back in Five Years • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• Back o’ Town Blues • David Fulmer • (ss)
• The Back of Beyond • Margaret Walker • (ss)
• The Back Page • Faye Kellerman • (ss)
• Back Stairs • Eileen Brosnan • (vi)
• Back to the Land • Mat Coward • (ss)
• Back Track • Mary Freeman • (nv)
• Back Where We’ve Never Been • William Bankier • (nv)
• Backfire • D. H. Reddall • (ss)
• Backgammon • Desmond Barry • (ss)
• Background • Vince Emery • (pr)
• Backing • Michael Z. Lewin • (nv)
• Backpacking with Bunyips • Joy Loggie • (ss)
• Backroom Boys • Peter Sellers • (ss)
• The Backslider • John Metcalfe • (ss)
• Backup • Edward Wellen • (ss)
• The Backward Look • Isaac Asimov • (ss)
• Backwash • Frederick Nebel • (nv)
• Backwater • Michael Z. Lewin • (nv)
• Backyard Burial • Christine Matthews • (ss)
• Bacon and Eggs • David Cook • (ss)
• The Bacteriological Detective • Arthur B. Reeve • (ss)
• Bad Bargain • Francis M. Nevins, Jr. • (ss)
• Bad Blood • Loren D. Estleman • (ss)
• Bad Blood • Keith McCarthy • (ss)
• Bad Blood • D. H. Reddall • (ss)
• Bad Boy • Tim Lamont • (ss)
• Bad Boys in Tinseltown • James Ellroy • (ar)
• The Bad Boyz Klub • Doug Allyn • (nv)
• Bad Brand • George A. Starbird • (nv)
• Bad Day at Picacho • Nick Carr • (ss)
• A Bad Day for All Concerned • James A. Noble • (ss)
• A Bad Day for Pink and Yellow Shirts • Robert Lopresti • (ss)
• A Bad Debt • Brendan DuBois • (ss)
• Bad Design • Scott Mackay • (ss)
• Bad Dreams • Douglas Hill • (ss)
• A Bad Example • Greg Hinze • (vi)
• The Bad Guys Out There • Daniel Sontup • (ss)
• Bad Habits • Barbara Owens • (ss)
• Bad Haircut • Mickey Friedman • (ss)
• A Bad Influence • Hugh Pentecost • (ss)
• Bad Moon Rising • Eddy Thomas • (ss)
• Bad News • Maxine O’Callaghan • (ss)
• The Bad Night • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• A Bad Night for Burglars • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• A Bad Night in Derbyville • Judith L. Post • (ss)
• A Bad Night in Kansas • David Holmstrom • (ss)
• The Bad Patch • Neil Jillett • (ss)
• A Bad Penny • Phyllis Diller • (ss)
• Bad Presents • David Belbin • (ss)
• Bad Review • Susan Dunlap • (ss)
• The Bad Samaritan • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Bad Seed • Barbara A. Custer • (ss)
• Bad Times • Gary Alexander • (ss)
• Bad to the Bone • W. R. Philbrick • (ss)
• Bad Weather • William J. Caroll, Jr. • (ss)
• A Bad Winter’s Day in Windsor • Gwendoline Butler • (ss)
• Bad, Good, and No Luck • Ben Satterfield • (nv)
• Bad-Heart • Brad Reynolds, S.J. • (ss)
• Badfellas • John M. Floyd • (pm)
• The Badger Game • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• The Badger Game • Jay Flynn • (ss)
• Badmen of the Cayugas • George A. Starbird • (na)
• Baffling Bluff • Alfred I. Tooke • (ss)
• A Bag of Grief • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• The Bag of Sand • Baroness Orczy • (ss)
• The Bag Under the Bench • Tim Myers • (ss)
• A Bagdad Reckoning • James Powell • (ss)
• The Bagel Murders • David A. Kaufelt • (ss)
• Baggage for Hire • Edmund Barker • (ss)
• The Bagged Man • Jeremiah Healy • (nv)
• Bagman • Christopher Stires • (ss)
• Bagworms • Francis M. Nevins, Jr. • (nv)
• Bahama Crisis • Desmond Bagley • (ex)
• Bahia del Sur • M. R. Drummond • (ss)
• Bail Hearing • Morris Hershman • (vi)
• Bail-Jumper • Paul Ernst • (ss)
• Bait • Henry A. Norton • (vi)
• Bait and Switch • Thea Hillman • (ss)
• Bait for a Rapist • Edward L. Perry • (ss)
• A Baited Trap • K. G. McAbee • (ss)
• Baker Dies • Geoffrey Bush & Edmund Crispin • (ss)
• A Baker Street Irregular • Carole Nelson Douglas • (ss)
• The Baker’s Dozen • Doris Hiller • (ss)
• The Balancing Man • Charles Ardai • (ss)
• Ball Lightning Reported • Scott Wolven • (ss)
• The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond • Charles Causley • (pm)
• The Ballad of Davey Robson • Raymond E. Banks • (ss)
• The Ballad of Gentleman Jem • Gillian Linscott • (ss)
• The Ballad of Reading Gaol • Oscar Wilde • (pm)
• The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela • Maureen F. McHugh • (ss)
• The Ballad of Sweet Lucy • Harry R. Hopkinson • (pm)
• A Ballad of the White Plague • P. C. Hodgell • (nv)
• The Ballet Exercises • Gay Toltl Kinman • (ss)
• The Balloon of William Fuerst • Lowell B. Komie • (ss)
• Balloons • Edward Wellen • (nv)
• Balloons Will Be Released • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• The Balls Are in Place • Elliott Capon • (ss)
• The Ballyhooly Boy • Graham Masterton • (nv)
• Balmorality • Robert Barnard • (ss)
• The Balnay Report • Malcolm Gray • (ss)
• The Baltman Bird’s-Eye View • James Powell • (ss)
• Bamboo Viper • David K. Harford • (nv)
• The Bamboozling of Mr. Gascoigne • E. Phillips Oppenheim • (nv)
• Bampot Central • Christopher Brookmyre • (ss)
• The Banality of Evil • Terence Ball • (nv)
• Bandit Who Caught a Killer • Roman A. Ranieri • (ss)
• The Bandit Wolves • Michael A. Black • (ss)
• The Bandit Wolves • Bruce Timm • (cv)
• The Banished Men • Keith Taylor • (nv)
• Bank Examiner • Richard E. Givan • (ss)
• Bank Holiday in Cambridge • Jürgen Ehlers • (ss)
• The Bank Job • James Holding • (ss)
• Bank Job • Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• Bank Job • Thomas S. Roche • (ss)
• The Bank Note Forger • C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne • (ss)
• Bank of America • Richard Lange • (ss)
• Bank on It • Remy LeDoux • (vi)
• Bank Shot • D. H. Reddall • (ss)
• Bank Shots • Sue DeNymme • (ss)
• Banner in Blood • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Banshee • Joyce Carol Oates • (ss)
• The Banshee • Peter Tremayne • (ss)
• The Banshee Gets Fucked Over • James McGowan • (ss)
• The Banshee’s Warning • J. H. Riddell, Mrs. • (ss)
• Bantam Rooster • Hal Shaffer • (ss)
• The Banzai Pipeline • Clark Howard • (ss)
• A Bar Called Charley’s • Charles Ardai • (ss)
• Bar Sinister • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Barbarian • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• Barbarossa and Company • Kathryn Gottlieb • (nv)
• Barbecue Bob • Ron Goulart • (ss)
• Barbecued Bimbo • Susan Rogers Cooper • (ss)
• The Barber and His Wife • Dashiell Hammett • (ss)
• The Barber’s Toe • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Barbie Murders • John Varley • (nv)
• The Barclay Boys • Raleigh Bond • (ss)
• Bare Bones • Martin Edwards • (ss)
• Bare Essentials • Catherine Aird • (ss)
• The Barefaced Murder • Roger Torrey • (nv)
• Barefoot • Chris Rippen • (ss)
• Barfight • Frederick Zackel • (ss)
• Bargain for an Enemy • Murray Leinster • (ss)
• Bargain Getaway • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• Bargain in Blood • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• Barking at Butterflies • Evan Hunter • (ss)
• Barking at Butterflies • Ed McBain • (ss)
• Barking Dog • Charlotte Epstein • (ss)
• Barking Dogs • Terence M. Green • (ss)
• The Barking Dogs of Roca Torre • Madelyn DeLorier • (ss)
• Barney Killigan • Erle Stanley Gardner • (nv)
• Barnstorming • George L. Eaton • (ss)
• Barnstorming • Bud Overn • (ss)
• The Baroness • Amanda Cross • (ss)
• The Baroness’s Companion • Kerry Greenwood & Jenny Pausacker • (ss)
• Barracuda • Scott Wolven • (ss)
• The Barracudas • Judith O’Neill • (ss)
• Barratry • Jan Adkins • (nv)
• The Barred Door • Marion H. Mimms • (ss)
• Bartenders May Come and Go • Brenda Melton Burnham • (ss)
• Bartleby the Scrivener • Herman Melville • (nv)
• The Barton Hall Dwarf • Julian Symons • (ss)
• Base Corruption • Billie Sue Mosiman • (ss)
• The Base of the Triangle • Ralph McInerny • (ss)
• The Basement • Martin Edwards • (ss)
• The Basement Room • John Lutz • (ss)
• The Basics of Murder • Stephen Mertz • (ss)
• Bass Specialties • Bob Tippee • (ss)
• The Bastard of Bologna • Paula Volsky • (pl)
• Bat Comes to Tombstone • Nick Carr • (ss)
• The Bat House • Ray Naylor • (ss)
• Bat Man • Lew Merrill • (ss)
• Bat-Head Speed • Reed Farrel Coleman • (ss)
• The Bath • E. H. W. Meyerstein • (ss)
• The Bathroom • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• The Bathtub Mary • James T. Shannon • (ss)
• The Bathtub Murders • Robert Twohy • (ss)
• The Batman of Blytheville • Robert Loy • (ss)
• Batman: Beyond and Beyond • Peter Mann • (mr)
• Batman’s Helpers • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• Bats • Phil Locascio • (ss)
• The Battered Mailbox • Stanley Cohen • (ss)
• Battered Spouse • Jeremiah Healy • (ss)
• The Battle of Cameron Dam • Samuel Mines • (ts)
• The Battle of Louisburg • Gary Every • (ss)
• The Battle of the Lamp Posts • Fredric Brown • (pm)
• Battleground • John M. Floyd • (ss)
• Bauble • David Gerrold • (ss)