Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Title

• The Mystery of the Missing Guy • William Bankier • (nv)
• The Mystery of the Missing Marsupial • Robert Halsted • (nv)
• The Mystery of the Missing Wash • Octavus Roy Cohen • (ss)
• The Mystery of the Octagon Room • Eimar O’Duffy • (ss)
• The Mystery of the Poisoned Kipper • Robert Benchley • (ss)
• The Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud • O. Henry • (ss)
• A Mystery of the Sand-Hills • R. Austin Freeman • (nv)
• The Mystery of the Sea-Eagle Tavern • Howard W. Macy • (na)
• The Mystery of the Sevenoaks Tunnel • Max Rittenberg • (ss)
• The Mystery of the Signals • Ernest Bramah • (nv)
• Mystery of the Silent Lake • Ingram Meyer • (nv)
• The Mystery of the Singing Mummies • Donald E. Keyhoe • (n.)
• The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express • Freeman Wills Crofts • (nv)
• The Mystery of the Steel Jewels • Lee Priestley • (na)
• The Mystery of the Taxi-Cab • Howel Evans • (ss)
• The Mystery of the Twins • O’Neil De Noux • (ss)
• Mystery of the Underground • John Oxenham • (nv)
• The Mystery of the Vanished Petition Crown • Ernest Bramah • (nv)
• The Mystery of the White Elephant • Joyce Porter • (ss)
• The Mystery of the Worm • John C. Pelan • (ss)
• The Mystery of Uncle Jeremy’s Household • Arthur Conan Doyle • (nv)
• The Mystery on Logan Lane • Eugene C. Flinn • (nv)
• Mystery on Stage • Tim Kelly • (ar)
• Mystery on the Air • Tom Nolan • (ar)
• Mystery Stew • Louis Weinstein • (pm)
• Mystery Stew: A Novel Recipe • Terry Hammond • (pm)
• The Mystery That Wouldn’t Stay Solved • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Mystery Trains: Crime Writers & the Railway • Ian A. Bell • (ar)
• Mystery Writers Word Puzzle • Ralph Roberts • (pz)
• Mystery/Suspense Home Entertainment • David Bruce • (cl)
• Mystery: The Best of 2001: An Introduction • Jon L. Breen • (in)
• Myth • Ruth Rendell • (ss)
• MZL in the Mystery Field: A Checklist • Michael Z. Lewin • (bi)
• MZL in the Mystery Field: A Checklist • Misc. Material • (bi)
• Naboth’s Vineyard • Melville Davisson Post • (ss)
• Nadigo • Stanley Cohen • (ss)
• Nailbiter • Robert Lopresti • (vi)
• Nails of the West • Therese Drippé • (ss)
• Naiveté • Steve Hockensmith • (ss)
• The Naked and the Dead • Lemuel Cork • (ss)
• The Naked and the Deadly • Lawrence Block • (na)
• The Naked Cab Driver • Robert Twohy • (nv)
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 1 • Philip José Farmer • (rr)
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 2: Seeing Red • Bill Knight • (rr)
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 3: Mad Mux • David Everson • (rr)
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 4: Lagoon Interlude • Jerry Klein • (rr)
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 5: The Bridges of McLean County • Julie Kistler • (rr)
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 6: Friends in Low Places • Nancy Atherton • (rr)
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 7: Prairie Dawgs • Steven Burgauer • (rr)
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 8: Get Your Motor Running • Joel Steinfeldt • (rr)
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 9: Morris the Explainer • Joseph Flynn • (rr)
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 10: Extra-Cellular Communications • Terry Bibo • (rr)
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 11: Off the Beaten Path • Garry Moore • (rr)
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 12: Porklips Nocturne • Tracy Albert Knight • (rr)
• Naked Came the Farmer, Chapter 13: Oh, Brother! • Dorothy Cannell • (rr)
• The Naked City • Joel Kostman • (ss)
• Naked City • William F. Nolan • (ss)
• Naked Flame • Cheryl Rogers • (ss)
• The Naked Giant • Wendy Hornsby • (ss)
• Naked in Darkness • Hugh B. Cave • (ss)
• Naked in the Lake • Ray McKensie • (nv)
• The Naked Killer • Charles D. Hammer • (ss)
• The Naked Lady of Whispering Gulch • O’Neil De Noux • (ss)
• The Naked Sun • Isaac Asimov • (n.)
• The Naked Truth • Ernest B. Brown • (nv)
• Naked Truths • Mary Jane Maffini • (ss)
• Naked Without Jewelry • Jay Folb • (ss)
• A Name for Herself • Alice Tufel • (ss)
• Name of Smith • Cyril Hare • (ss)
• The Name of the Game Is Tape • Dan J. Marlowe • (vi)
• The Name on the Wrapper • Margery Allingham • (nv)
• The Name-Catcher’s Tale • John T. Aquino • (ss)
• The Nameless Clue • Helen McCloy • (na)
• A “Nameless Detective” Checklist • Bill Pronzini • (bi)
• A “Nameless Detective” Checklist • Misc. Material • (bi)
• Nameless Enemy • Miriam Allen deFord • (ss)
• The Nameless Poison • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Names in the Black Book • Robert E. Howard • (nv)
• The Names of the Lost • Richard Currey • (ss)
• The Names of the Missing • Dennis Lehane • (ss)
• Nancy Drew Remembers (A Parody) • Bobbie Ann Mason • (nv)
• Naomi Schneider • Ed McBain • (ex)
• Napoleon Crazy • Takashi Atoda • (ss)
• Narrative in Black and White • Ciaran Carson • (pm)
• The Narrow House • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• A Narrow Squeak • Lawrence Doorley • (nv)
• The Narrow Way • R. Ellis Roberts • (ss)
• NASA Cherie • Paul A. Toth • (ss)
• Nasty Jay • Cortright McMeel • (ss)
• A Nasty Little Trick • Geoffrey Bush • (ss)
• Nat Wedgewood Trapped • Jack Fairfax-Blakeborough • (ss)
• Natasha Cooper: Picturesque Decay • Eve Tan Gee • (iv)
• A Natural Assumption • John Paxton Sheriff • (ss)
• Natural Causes • Dorothy Salisbury Davis • (ss)
• Natural Causes • David Dean • (ss)
• Natural Causes • Martin Edwards • (ss)
• Natural Death, Inc. • Max Allan Collins • (nv)
• Natural Justice • Richard E. Reeve • (ss)
• A Natural Murder • Alan Scholefield • (ss)
• Natural Powers • Margaret Lewis • (ss)
• Natural Selection • Ian Rankin • (ss)
• The Naturalist at Law • R. Austin Freeman • (nv)
• The Nature of the Beast • Lorraine Collins • (ss)
• The Nature of the Evidence • May Sinclair • (ss)
• Nature’s Own • Thomasina Weber • (ss)
• Naughty • Steve Hockensmith • (nv)
• The Naughty Professor • Douglas McKinstry • (ss)
• Naughty, Naughty • Wayne D. Dundee • (na)
• The Naval Treaty • Arthur Conan Doyle • (nv)
• The Navarro Sisters • David Edgerley Gates • (nv)
• The Nazi Spider Staffel • Tom Johnson • (ss)
• The Nazi Spider Staffel • Scott Morgan • (ss)
• Near-Death Experience • m. i. blue • (ss)
• The Nearest Missing Person • Louis J. Mayo • (ss)
• Nearly Perfect • A. A. Milne • (ss)
• Nearly Roadkill (an excerpt) • Kate Bornstein & Caitlin Sullivan • (ex)
• A Neat and Tidy Job • George Harmon Coxe • (ss)
• A Neat Little Murder • Elsin Ann Perry • (pm)
• A Neat, Cold Killing • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• The Neatest Trick of the Month • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• Neatness Counts • George Baxt • (ss)
• Neatness Doesn’t Count • Michael Stephenson • (ss)
• The Necessary Brother • Brendan DuBois • (nv)
• Necessary Evil • Loren D. Estleman • (ss)
• Necessary Women • Karin Slaughter • (ss)
• The Necessity of His Condition • Avram Davidson • (ss)
• The Neches River Gang • Ely R. Day • (ss)
• Neck • Roald Dahl • (ss)
• The Necklace • Sean Doolittle • (ss)
• The Necklace • Guy de Maupassant • (ss)
• The Necklace of Pearls • Dorothy L. Sayers • (ss)
• Necktie Party • Henry Gregor Felsen • (ss)
• Necrology • Misc. Material • (bg)
• The Necromancer’s Apprentice • Lillian Stewart Carl • (ss)
• The Need • James Sallis • (ss)
• The Need to Die! • Ellis Hart • (ss)
• A Needle for the Devil • Ruth Rendell • (ss)
• Needle in the Heart • Richard Matheson • (vi)
• Needle Match • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• Needle Taste • M. Christian • (ss)
• Needlecraft • Donald Olson • (ss)
• Needlepoint • R. C. Tuttle • (ss)
• Needs • Louise Guardino • (ss)
• Negative Evidence • Richard Dowling • (ss)
• Negatives • Nikki Baker • (nv)
• Negatives of Death • Norman A. Daniels • (na)
• The Neighbor Hood • Paul Bishop • (ss)
• Neighborhood Watch • Sinclair Browning • (ss)
• The Neighborly Clara Cates • Carolyn Jensen Watts • (ss)
• A Neighborly Gesture • Linda K. Wright • (ss)
• Neighbors • Hope Raymond • (ss)
• The Neighbors • Karen Skowron • (ss)
• Neighbors • John Wessel • (ss)
• Neighbors Are Complaining • James C. Lamanna, Jr. • (vi)
• Neighbourhood Fortress • Marion Halligan • (ss)
• Neighbourhood Watch • Colin Dexter • (ss)
• Neighbours • Martin Edwards • (ss)
• Neither Brute Nor Human • Isaac Asimov • (ss)
• Neither Pity, Love Nor Fear • Margaret Frazer • (nv)
• Neither Rain Nor Snow Nor Pride Nor Greed • William T. Lowe • (ss)
• Neither Rhyme Nor Riot • K. R. MacLeish • (ss)
• Neither Tarnished Nor Afraid • Gay Toltl Kinman • (ss)
• Nelvana of the Northern Lights and the Ice-Beam • Adrian Dingle • (cs)
• Nemesis • Anthea Fraser • (ss)
• Nero Wolfe and the Communist Killer • Rex Stout • (na)
• Nero Wolfe Devises a Stratagem • Rex Stout • (na)
• Nerve • Roger Graham • (ss)
• The Nerve • Steve Hamilton • (ss)
• The Nervous Finger • Ted Stratton • (ss)
• The Nervous Hoodlum • Brad Steiger • (ss)
• Nest • Peter Turnbull • (ss)
• The Nest Egg • Robert S. Williams • (nv)
• Nest of Eggs • D. A. McGuire • (nv)
• The Nest of Evil • Wallace Nichols • (ss)
• Nest of Vipers • Peter Turnbull • (ss)
• The Net • Jas. R. Petrin • (nv)
• Net Loss • Mark Grenier • (pm)
• A Net of Circumstances • Malcolm McClintick • (ss)
• Net Results • Katherine H. Brooks • (pm)
• Nethersled • Curt Fischer • (ss)
• Netmail • Brendan DuBois • (ss)
• Neutral About Cats • Jan Grape • (ss)
• The Neutral Zone • Kate Braverman • (ss)
• Never • Ron Goulart • (ss)
• Never • Frederick Highland • (ss)
• Never a Cross Word • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• Never Anything Good in the Mail • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• Never as Easy as It Looks • Robert Gray • (ss)
• Never Be Yellow • Edward Kempton • (ss)
• Never Bet on Death! • David Kasanof • (ss)
• Never Bite the Hand that... • Don Marshall • (ss)
• Never Come Back • Robert Colby • (nv)
• Never Forget • Tom Holt • (nv)
• Never Heard the Shot That Killed Him • Larry Hill • (ss)
• Never Hit Old Ladies • Gordon R. Prescott • (vi)
• Never Kill for Love • C. B. Gilford • (nv)
• Never Knew He Had It in Him • Simon Winchester • (ss)
• Never Leave Me, Dawn Patrol • William Bankier • (ss)
• Never Neck at Niagara • Edie Claire • (ss)
• Never on Santa • Mark Richard Zubro • (ss)
• Never Play Another Man’s Game • Robert Edward Eckels • (ss)
• Never Shake a Family Tree • Donald E. Westlake • (ss)
• Never Sleep With A Stranger • Al James • (nv)
• Never Take a Shave at a Shop Named Delilah’s • Henry F. Mazel • (ex)
• Never Too Good—to Die • J. Simmons Scheb • (ss)
• Never Too Late • John M. Floyd • (pm)
• Never Too Old • Toni Brown • (nv)
• Never too Old to Burn • David Goodis • (ss)
• Never Trust a Cop • W. T. Ballard • (ss)
• Never Trust a Dame • A. N. Glennon • (ss)
• Never Trust a Poison Dart Frog • Mike Befeler • (ss)
• Never Trust a Stripper • Mark Ryan • (ss)