Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Title

• Phobia • William F. Hallstead • (ss)
• The Phoenician Bauble • Isaac Asimov • (ss)
• The Phone Call • Roman A. Ranieri • (ss)
• Phone Call • Berton Rouéché • (ss)
• Phone Call from the Dead • Kenneth Gavrell • (nv)
• Phone Tap • Robert Turner • (ss)
• The Phony Ph.D. • Isaac Asimov • (ss)
• The Phosphorescent Bride • Oscar Lewis • (ar)
• Photo Finish • Katherine H. Brooks & Terry Lerdall-Fitterer • (pm)
• Photo Finish • Mary H. Folger • (ss)
• Photo Finish • Sara Paretsky • (ss)
• Photo Opportunity • Larry Segriff • (ss)
• Photo Swipe • Terry Beatty & Wendi Lee • (ss)
• The Photographer • Catherine Laughlin • (ss)
• The Photographer and the Arsonist • James Holding • (ss)
• The Photographer and the Butcher • James Holding • (ss)
• The Photographer and the Final Payment • James Holding • (ss)
• The Photographer and the Jockey • James Holding • (ss)
• The Photographer and the Letter • James Holding • (ss)
• The Photographer and the Lover • Susan Oleksiw • (ss)
• The Photographer and the Sailor • James Holding • (ss)
• Photographer’s Model • T. C. H. Jacobs • (ss)
• The Photographic Miracle • Ashley Curtis • (nv)
• The Photography of the Dearest Defunct • Reginald Bretnor • (ss)
• Photoplay • Herbert Cohen • (nv)
• Phreak • Denise Danks • (ss)
• Phut Phat Concentrates • Lilian Jackson Braun • (ss)
• Physical Energy • H. R. F. Keating • (ss)
• Physician Heal Thyself • Stephen D. Rogers • (vi)
• Pia and the King of Siam • Janet Berliner • (ss)
• The Piano • Jas. R. Petrin • (ss)
• The Piano Bar • Rachel Cann • (ss)
• The Piano Man • Dennis McDade • (ss)
• The Piano Man • Lynn K. Miller • (ss)
• The Pianos of the Steinachs • Patricia Highsmith • (nv)
• Pick and Grim • Michael Shea • (ss)
• Pick Me Up • David J. Schow • (ss)
• Pick of the Litter • Judith L. Post • (ss)
• Pick-Off Play • Troy Soos • (nv)
• Pick-Up • Charles Willeford • (n.)
• Pick-Up on Noon Street • Raymond Chandler • (ex)
• Picking Daisies • Edie Ramer • (ss)
• Picking Up • Ernest Savage • (ss)
• The Pickpocket • Christopher Cook • (ss)
• The Pickpocket • Mickey Spillane • (ss)
• The Pickup • Peggy Wurtz Fisher • (ss)
• Pickup • Martin Meyers • (nv)
• Pickups & Shotguns • Loren D. Estleman • (ss)
• The Picnic People • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray • Oscar Wilde • (ex)
• A Picture of Guilt • Hugh B. Cave • (ss)
• Picture Palace • Loren D. Estleman • (ss)
• The Picture Puzzle • Edward Lucas White • (ss)
• Pictures • Kenneth M. Austin • (ss)
• The Pictures Come and Go • Carol Boyd-Hall • (ss)
• Pictures in a Book • Dick Stodghill • (nv)
• Pictures in the Stars • Livia J. Washburn • (nv)
• Pictures on the Wall • Paul V. Fornatar • (ss)
• Pie Powder • John Hall • (nv)
• A Pie to Die For • J. N. Williamson • (nv)
• A Piece of Cake • Christianna Brand • (ss)
• A Piece of Cake • Russell James • (ss)
• A Piece of Cake • Ron Montana • (ss)
• A Piece of Cake • Donald Olson • (ss)
• A Piece of Ground • Helen Nielsen • (ss)
• Piece of Mind • Jennifer Roberson • (ss)
• A Piece of Rice Cake • Martin Limón • (ss)
• A Piece of String • Ahmed A. Khan • (ss)
• A Piece of the Action • Carroll Mayers • (ss)
• A Piece of the Auction • Jon L. Breen • (ss)
• A Piece of the City • Andrew H. Vachss • (ss)
• A Piece of Work • Jas. R. Petrin • (ss)
• Pieces • Jeff Johnston • (ss)
• Piecework • David Grace • (ss)
• Piecework • Andrew H. Vachss • (vi)
• Pierre Chambrun’s Dilemma • Hugh Pentecost • (ss)
• The Pietro Andromache • Sara Paretsky • (nv)
• Pig Latin • Clarice Lispector • (vi)
• The Pig Man • Les Roberts • (ss)
• Le Pigeon • DeLoris Stanton Forbes • (ss)
• The Pigeon • Michael C. McPherson • (ss)
• The Pigeon • Judith L. Post • (ss)
• Pigeon Blood • Gary Alexander • (ss)
• The Pigeon Drop • Michael A. Black • (ss)
• Pigeon Drop • Andrew H. Vachss • (ss)
• The Pigeon Man • Valentine Williams • (ss)
• The Pigeon on the Sill • Herman Landon • (ss)
• The Pigeon Pluckers • Arthur Moore • (ss)
• Pigeon-Holed • Carol Anne Davis • (ss)
• Pigeons • Joseph Monninger • (ss)
• Piggy Eyes • Iain Rowan • (ss)
• The Piggyback Slurp Affair • Mike Taylor • (ss)
• Pigs • Antony Mann • (ss)
• Pigskill • Janice Law • (ss)
• Pigtown Will Shine Tonight • Jack Bludis • (ss)
• Piker’s Silence • Keith Miles • (ss)
• The Pikestaffe Case • Algernon Blackwood • (nv)
• The Pilgrim • Amy Myers • (ss)
• The Pilgrim’s Tale • Cherith Baldry • (ss)
• The Pin • Raoul F. Whitfield • (vi)
• A Pin to See the Peepshow • F. Tennyson Jesse • (ex)
• Pinatubo’s Wake • Herb Henson • (nv)
• Pinch-Hitter • Max Allan Collins • (nv)
• The Pines of Cuska • Scott Mackay • (ss)
• The Pink Caterpillar • Anthony Boucher • (ss)
• The Pink Colonnade • T. S. Stribling • (ss)
• The Pink Edge • George Dilnot & Frank Froest • (ss)
• The Pink Murder Case • Christopher Ward • (ss)
• Pink Sapphires • Suzanne Jones • (ss)
• Pinned Down • Alan Ritner Anderson • (nv)
• Pinning the Rap • O’Neil De Noux • (ss)
• A Pint of Revenge • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• Pinwheel • Scott Wolven • (nv)
• The Pinwheel Dream • Barbara Callahan • (ss)
• The Pioneer Strain • Loren D. Estleman • (ss)
• Pioneer Woman • Louis Weinstein • (nv)
• The Pioneers • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• Pioneers • Michael Wilding • (ss)
• The Pious Poisoner • Peter Levine • (ss)
• Piranha to Scurfy • Ruth Rendell • (na)
• The Pirate • Gene Fehler • (pm)
• The Pirate of Death Valley • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Pirate of Millionaires’ Cove • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Pirate of the Round Pond • Lord Dunsany • (nv)
• Pirates • John Maddox Roberts • (ss)
• Pirates from Hell • Dale DeV. Kier • (ss)
• Pirate’s Moon • William F. Nolan • (nv)
• Pirates of the Air Mail • Bryan James Kelley • (na)
• Pirates of Yellowstone • C. J. Box • (ss)
• The Pirtle Problem • Brenda Melton Burnham • (ss)
• The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach • Dorothy L. Sayers • (ss)
• The Pisces Club • James Ambuehl • (ss)
• Pistol • Hal Ellson • (ss)
• Pistol-Packing Premiere • Robert Leslie Bellem • (na)
• The Pit • Joe R. Lansdale • (ss)
• Pit and the Pendulum • John Gregory Betancourt • (ss)
• The Pit and the Pendulum • Edgar Allan Poe • (ss)
• Pit Bull • Ted Wood • (ss)
• Pit of Madness • E. Hoffmann Price • (ss)
• Pit on the Road to Hell • John Gregory Betancourt • (nv)
• Pitter-Patter • Ed Dumonte • (ss)
• Pity • Richard Wilbur • (pm)
• Piu Mosso • Barry N. Malzberg • (ss)
• Pizza Man • Lucius Shepard • (ss)
• A Place Called Welcome • Dickson Thorpe • (ss)
• A Place for Gold • John F. Suter • (ss)
• A Place for Nathan • Nancy Taylor Rosenberg • (ss)
• A Place of Her Own • Joyce Harrington • (ss)
• The Place of Pain • M. P. Shiel • (ss)
• The Place That Time Forgot • Marcia Muller • (ss)
• A Place to Grow • Timothy Childs • (ss)
• A Place to Hide • Ghaskey McElroy • (ss)
• A Place to Rest • Rob Kantner • (ss)
• A Place to Sheep • Nick Carr • (ss)
• A Place to Visit • Stephen Marlowe • (ss)
• Placebo • Andrew H. Vachss • (ss)
• A Plague of Lawyers • Peter Turnbull • (ss)
• Plague of the Golden Death • Brant House • (na)
• Plague of the Golden Death • Arthur Leo Zagat • (na)
• A Plain and Honest Death • William J. Pomidor • (nv)
• The Plain Brown Envelope • Lynn Wood • (ss)
• Plain Burger, Small Fries • Frances Evlin • (ss)
• Plain Murder • C. S. Forester • (ex)
• Plain Sight • Brian Muir • (ss)
• Plain Vanilla Wrapper • Edward C. Lynskey • (ss)
• The Plan of the Snake • Edward Wellen • (ss)
• Plane Common Sense • David M. Pierce • (ss)
• Plant Engineering • Nancy Kress • (ss)
• The Plant Lady • Michael Beres • (ss)
• Plantagenet • Jeff Brown • (ss)
• Plants Like Baroque Music • Kenneth Gavrell • (nv)
• Plastic • Kate Gallison • (ss)
• The Plastic Jungle • Joyce Harrington • (ss)
• Plastic Paddy • George P. Pelecanos • (nv)
• Plateau • Clark Howard • (nv)
• The Plater • Ann Cleeves • (ss)
• The Platte River Murders • J. D. Carlson • (ss)
• Play a Deadly Game • J. Tegner • (ss)
• Play a New Game • Kent Robinson • (ss)
• Play Death • Edward Wellen • (vi)
• Play It by Fear • George Baxt • (ss)
• Play It Cool • Dan Malcolm • (ss)
• Play Lover for Me • George Baxt • (ss)
• Play Nice • J. E. Ashley • (ss)
• Play Nice • Barbara Paul • (ss)
• Play Your Hunches • Joan Bard Collins • (vi)
• Playback • Ian Rankin • (ss)
• Playground • Daniel Ransom • (vi)
• The Playhouse Murder • Hal Charles • (ss)
• Playing Away • Phil Lovesey • (vi)
• Playing Ball with Ozzie • James A. Noble • (ss)
• Playing Dolls • Taylor McCafferty • (ss)
• Playing for Keeps • Hal Charles • (ss)
• Playing It by Ear • William Beechcroft • (ss)
• Playing It Cool • Simon Brett • (ss)
• Playing Mother • Ceri Jordan • (ss)
• Playing the Game • John M. O’Toole • (ss)
• Playing with Fire • Stephen D. Rogers • (ss)
• Playland • Jackie Walsh • (ss)
• Playmates • Gary Brown • (ss)
• The Play’s the Thing • Linda K. Wright • (ar)
• The Playwrights • Michael Hemmingson • (ss)
• The Plea • Susan Keating Glaspell • (ss)
• The Plea Bargain • Peter Turnbull • (ss)
• Plea-sing Bargain • Dixie J. Whitted • (pm)
• The Pleasant Assassin • Helen McCloy • (ss)
• The Pleasant Hills Murders • Percy Spurlark Parker • (ss)
• Please Don’t Help the Bear • Ron Goulart • (ss)
• Please Forgive Me • Henry Kane • (ss)
• Please, No Strawberries • Hayes Wilson • (ss)
• Pleasure for Pleasure • Carleton Carpenter • (ss)
• A Pleasure to Deal With • Ann Bayer • (ss)
• The Pledge • Friedrich Dürrenmatt • (ex)
• Pledge Night • William F. Hallstead • (ss)
• The Plot Against Santa Claus • James Powell • (nv)
• Plot Counterplot • Carl Hoffman • (nv)
• Plot It Yourself • Joe Gores • (ss)
• The Plot Thickens • William F. Smith • (pm)
• The Plough Horse • Pauline C. Smith • (ss)
• Plucked • Frank Finch • (nv)