Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

LANSDALE, JOE R. (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Introduction (with Karen Lansdale), (in)
  • Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
• * Introduction to the Slater Stories, (si)
  • Private Eye Action As You Like It, Crossroads Press 1998
• * The Job, (ss) Razored Saddles, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Pat LoBrutto, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1989
  • Hardboiled #17 1994
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Listen, (ss) Twilight Zone May/Jun 1983
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Long Gone, Forever [Ray Slater], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1978
  • Private Eye Action As You Like It, Crossroads Press 1998
• * Man Drowning (with Lewis Shiner) [John Talbot], (ss) Pulpsmith Fll 1983
  • Private Eye Action As You Like It, Crossroads Press 1998; original version.
• * The Mule Rustlers, (nv) The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2002, ed. James Ellroy, Houghton Mifflin 2002
• * The Mummy Buyer, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1981
• * Night They Missed the Horror Show, (ss) Silver Scream, ed. David J. Schow, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1988
  • Hardboiled, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
• * Old Charlie, (ss) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * On a Dark October, (ss) The Horror Show Spr 1984
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * One Blonde, Well Dead [Ray Slater], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1979
  • Private Eye Action As You Like It, Crossroads Press 1998
• * The Pit, (ss) The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction, ed. Ed Gorman, Black Lizard 1987
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2001
• * Screw Up (with Karen Lansdale), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• * The Soul Ghoul, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981
• * The Steel Valentine, (ss) By Bizarre Hands, Ziesing 1989
  • Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * Three Dead Deadbeats (with Robert Fester), (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1980
• * Veil’s Visit (with Andrew H. Vachss) [Hap Collins; Leonard Pine], (ss) Veil’s Visit, Subterranean Press 1999
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Walks, (ss) Cemetery Dance Fll 1997
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

_____, [ref.]

• * “In Praise of the Underappreciated: Lansdale (HHC)” by J. Michael Blue, (ar) Plots with Guns Oct-Dec 2000

LANSDALE, KAREN (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with Joe R. Lansdale), (in)
  • Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
• * Screw Up (with Joe R. Lansdale), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999

LANTIGUA, JOHN (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Heat Lightning, (ex) New York: Putnam 1987
  • San Francisco Thrillers, ed. John Miller & Tim Smith, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1995
• * The Jungle [Willie Cuesta], (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001
• * The Rafter, (ss) EQMM Jul 2003

LANUM, LARRY (chron.)

• * A Meaningful Act, (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2003

LaPIERRE, JANET (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Da Capo, (nv) EQMM Apr 1999
  • Crème de La Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * Family Gathering, (ss) EQMM Jan 1999
• * Luminarias Make It Christmas-y, (ss) EQMM Feb 1996
  • Cutting Edge, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * The Man Who Loved His Wife, (ss) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
• * Patience at Griffith Gulch, (nv) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
• * Sex, Lies, and Apple Pie, (ss) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999
• * Take Care of Yourself, (nv) Malice Domestic 1, Elizabeth Peters, Pocket 1992
• * The Woman Who Knew What She Wanted, (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992

LA PLANTE, LYNDA (1946- ) (chron.)

• * The Keeper of Souls [from Prime Suspect III], (ex)
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * Remain Nameless, (vi)
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * Victim or 5+3=4, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 24, ed. Maria Rejt, London: Macmillan 1992
  • Winter’s Crimes 24, Volume 1, ed. Maria Rejt, Chivers Press 1993

LaPLANTE, STEVEN (chron.)

• * Business Sense, (ss) EQMM Nov 1985

LA PUMA, SALVATORE (1929- ) (chron.)

• * The Boys of Bensonhurst, (ss) The Boys of Bensonhurst, University of Georgia Press 1987
  • Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2005

LARAMIE, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * The Taking of the King’s Knight, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1998
• * The Von Richthofen Incident, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1997

LARDNER, REX (chron.)

• * Reasonable Facsimile, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960

LARDNER, RING(gold) W(ilmer) (1885-1933) (chron.)

• * Haircut, (ss) Liberty Magazine Mar 28 1925
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * There Are Smiles, (ss) Cosmopolitan Apr 1928
  • AHMM Feb 1989

LAREDO, JOSEPH (chron.)

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• * from The Outsider, by Albert Camus, (ex) 1942
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

LARGE, JOHN (chron.)

• * Consultation, (pm) EQMM Apr 1996
• * Of Vice and Men, (pm) EQMM Oct 1990
• * Undercover Cop, (pm) EQMM Jun 1991

LARKIN, PHILIP (1922-1985) (chron.)

• * from Selected Letters, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

LARSEN, DOUG (chron.)

• * Ryerson’s Fate, (nv) Analog Apr 1989
  • Futurecrime, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Fine 1992

LARSEN, TOM (chron.)

• * Lids, (ss)
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, ed. Nelson DeMille, Houghton Mifflin 2004

LARSON, AARON B. (chron.)

• * Action on Arkham’s Boot Hill, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1999
• * Angel of the Bear Lodge Mountains, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1999
• * Brawl on the Brazos [Haakon Jones], (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1997
• * Circus Show-Off, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2001
• * Dakota Showdown, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2000
• * The Empty Bar Mystery, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 2000
• * From Tome to Tomb, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2000
• * Galloping Golem, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1999
• * Go West Young Man [Haakon Jones], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1997
• * Hot Water, Cold Heart, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2000
• * If Only I Had, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1995
• * The Locked Room Mystery, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2000
• * My Peace/Piece of Mind, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 2001
• * Sioux City Sue Sings the Blues, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #44 2004
• * The Skull of L’ Bower Vanuys, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 2000
• * Snake in the Grass, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1999
• * The Story That Won:
  ___ On a Rail, (vi) AHMM Dec 2002
• * Stuff of Dreams, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1999
• * Surf City, Here I Come, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1999
• * Swamp Thing-Think I Love You, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 2001
• * Time Will Tell, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2002
• * Vault of Vampires, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2000
• * You Must Turn Right at Texas, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1999

LARSON, CHARLES (chron.)

• * Sisters, (ss) EQMM Jun 1992
• * Slay-Mates, (ss) Popular Detective Dec 1944

LASCAUX, PAUL; pseudonym of Paul Ott, (1955- ) (chron.)

• * The Copyist (with Anke Gebert, Richard Lifka, Thomas Przybilka, Stefan Slupetzky & Christoph Spielberg), (ss) EQMM Dec 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert
• * Fire Works, (vi) 2001; translated from the collection Europa Stirbt: Kriminelle Geschichten, Verlag der Criminale.
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002

LATA, K. A. (chron.)

• * A New Religion, (vi) EQMM Feb 1996

LATIMER, JOHN (1937- ) (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Jonathan Latimer: An Interview” by James R. McCahery, (iv) Hardboiled #4 1986

LATIMER, JONATHAN (Wyatt) (1906-1983) (chron.)

• * Excerpt from The Dead Don’t Care, (ex) 1937
  • Orange Pulp, ed. Maurice J. O’Sullivan & Steve Glassman, University Press of Florida 2000

LATOSKI, TODD H. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ “Mommy Dearest”, (vi) AHMM May 1994

LATOUR, JOSE (1940- ) (chron.)

LATOUR, JOSÉ (chron.)

• * Golam, (ss) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999
• * Havanightmare, (ss) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999

LAUGHLIN, CATHERINE (books) (chron.)

• * Blood and Bone, (ss)
  • Market for Murder and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * The Daughter, (ss)
  • Market for Murder and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * Every Wednesday, (ss)
  • Market for Murder and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * The Literary Luncheon, (ss)
  • Market for Murder and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * Market for Murder, (ss)
  • Market for Murder and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * The Photographer, (ss)
  • Market for Murder and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * The Room, (ss)
  • Market for Murder and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * Strip Cleaner, (ss)
  • Market for Murder and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * Suddenly, at Home (with May Kennedy), (ss)
  • Market for Murder and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005
• * A Video to Die For, (ss)
  • Market for Murder and Other Stories, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory: Ginninderra Press 2005

LAURENCE, JANET (1937- ) (chron.)

• * Come to Tea, (ss) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
• * A Small Problem at the Gallery, (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
• * Starstruck at San Simeon, (nv) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
• * Time Share, (nv) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999

LAURENTS, ERICA (chron.)

• * Some Reflections on the Death of Robert, (ss) Mystery Apr 1982

LAURIE, MARJORIE (chron.)

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• * The Olive Grove, by Guy de Maupassant, (nv) Short Stories, Everyman’s Library
  • Sins of the Fathers, ed. Mark Bryant, Gollancz 1997

LAURIE, VICTORIA (chron.)

• * Blobde Sighted, (na) Drop-Dead Blonde, ed. Anon., Signet 2005

LAURINI, MYRIAM (chron.)

• * Lost Dreams, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996; tr. by William I. Neuman

LAUS, WILLIAM F. (chron.)

• * Welcome to Westfield, (vi) EQMM Jan 14 1980

LAUTERBACH, C. E. (chron.)

• * The Sky-Pilot [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) West by One and by One, ed. Anon. (Poul Anderson), The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County 1965

LAVAGNINO, TOM (chron.)

• * Hiding the Body, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994

LAVID, LINDA A. (chron.)

• * Casper’s Quarry, (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2002
• * Kindred Spirits, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2002

LAVIN, MARY; pseudonym of Mary Walsh, (1912-1996) (chron.)

• * The Yellow Beret, (ss) New Yorker Aug 20 1960
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000

LAW, JANICE; [i.e., Janice Law Trecker] (1941- ) (chron.)

• * The Archaeologist’s Revenge, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1998
• * The Blind Woman, (ss) EQMM Aug 2002
• * Blood in the Water, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2000
• * The Chant of the Powwow, (ss) AHMM Sep 2005
• * The Commuter, (ss) AHMM Apr 2006
• * Ghost Writer, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * The Girl Watcher, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• * The Helpful Stranger, (ss) EQMM Apr 2001
• * The Limner’s Masterpiece, (ss) AHMM Mar 2007
• * Lions on the Lawn, (ss) EQMM Mar 2002
• * Listen to Your Mother, (ss) EQMM Aug 2003
• * Lying, (ss) EQMM Jul 1997
• * The Man Kali Visited, (ss) AHMM Aug 1995
  • Women of Mystery III, ed. Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * A Meeting at the Cafe Visconti, (ss) EQMM Mar 1995
• * My Famous Relative, (ss) AHMM Nov 2005
• * Perfection, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• * Pigskill, (ss) EQMM Jul 1993
• * Resurrection, (ss) EQMM Jun 1994
• * Secrets, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997
  • Best American Mystery Stories 1998, ed. Sue Grafton, Houghton Mifflin 1998