Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

LEWIN, MICHAEL Z. (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Friends of the Garrick, (ss) The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Gains and Losses [Lunghi Detective Agency], (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 3, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1993
  • EQMM Jul 1994
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Gunpoint [Lunghi Detective Agency], (ss) EQMM Dec 2000
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Hand That Feeds Me [Rover (a dog)], (ss) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Hit, (ss) EQMM Oct 1994
  • Murder by the Book, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * If the Glove Fits, (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2001
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * In Mitigation, (ss) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993
  • EQMM Sep 1995
• * In the beginning was a story..., (in)
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Jane Case, (ss) AHMM May 2005
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
• * Mr. Hard Man, (ss) The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Night Shift [Lt. Leroy Powder], (ss) EQMM Jul 2001; first published in Japan in Hayakawa Mystery Magazine, 1999.
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Oil and Water, (ss) EQMM May 1999
• * Pay Phone [Lunghi Detective Agency], (ss) AHMM Mar 2001
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Rainey Shines, (ss) EQMM Jul 1993
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Reluctant Detective, (ss) The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1984
  • The Edgar Award Book, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Silent Testimony, (ss) AHMM Mar 3 1982
• * Story Notes, (ms)
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Stranger, (ss) EQMM Sep 1993
  • Royal Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Students of Disaster, (ss) Match Me Sydney!, ed. Anon., No Exit Press 1989
  • EQMM Jan 1994
• * Suicide Note, (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1994
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * They Never Listen [Garth; Annette], (ss) EQMM May 2007
• * Travel Plans [Lunghi Detective Agency], (ss) AHMM Apr 1994
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Truth, (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• * Wedding Bells [Lunghi Detective Agency], (ss) New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1990
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * What a Woman Wants, (ss) Murder for Halloween, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press 1994
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Wheeze, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
• * Whodunnit?, (pm) EQMM Jul 2003
• * Wrong Number, (ss) Crime Wave, ed. Swedish Academy of Detection, Collins 1981
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * You Pay for Everything, (ss) EQMM Dec 1992
  • The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories, Crippen & Landru 2001

_____, [ref.]

• * MZL in the Mystery Field: A Checklist, (bi)

LEWIS, ANTHONY R(ichard) “TONY”; (1941- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Illegal Alien [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * Loss of Phase, (ss) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992

LEWIS, BRENDA RALPH (chron.)

• * The Inti Mystery, (ss) Purnell’s Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Anon., Bristol: Purnell 1982

LEWIS, C(ecil) DAY (1904-1972) (chron.)

• * Sex-Crime, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

LEWIS, DAVE (chron.)

• * Dicks and Janes: A Hardboiled Quiz (with Bob Napier), (qz) The Not So Private Eye #11 1983
  • Hardboiled Detective #12 1991

LEWIS, JOE (chron.)

• * Historically Spying..., (ar) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984
• * Spying Through Time, (ar) Espionage Magazine Feb, May, Aug, Nov 1985, Feb, Apr, Jun, Oct 1986

LEWIS, KEN (chron.)

• * If the Shoe Fits, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1945
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Parlor, Bedroom, and Death, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1944
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

LEWIS, MARGARET (chron.)

• * A Bend in Time, (ss) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995
• * Death In Hard Covers, (ss) Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992
• * Natural Powers, (ss) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991

LEWIS, MARVIN (chron.)

• * Get Up the Money, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine May 1959

LEWIS, MARY CHRISTIANNA MILNE (1907-1988); see pseudonym Christianna Brand (books) (chron.)

LEWIS, MICHAEL (Arthur) (1890-1970) (chron.)

• * Liar’s Poker, (ex) W.W. Norton 1989
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

LEWIS, OSCAR (chron.)

• * The Phosphorescent Bride, (ar) 1924
  • San Francisco Thrillers, ed. John Miller & Tim Smith, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1995

LEWIS, (Geoffrey) PETER (1928- ) (chron.)

• * After the Sega, (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
• * Blood Brothers, (nv) Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992
• * Borrower of the Night, (ss) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995
• * Country Pursuits, (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998
• * Ground Zero, (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• * Medicinal Purposes, (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
• * Scots Bluid, (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996

LEWIS, RICHARD O. (chron.)

• * A Woman’s Intuition, (ss) AHMM Apr 1967
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1967

LEWIS, SHELLY (chron.)

• * Interview: Aaron Marc Stein, (iv) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980
• * Interview: Dorothy Salisbury Davis, (iv) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

LEWIS, (Harry) SINCLAIR (1885-1951) (chron.)

• * The Post-Mortem Murder, (nv) The Century May 1921
  • Nobel Crimes, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1992

LEWIS, TONY; see under Lewis, Anthony R. (chron.)

LEWITT, SHARIANN (1954- ) (chron.)

• * The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1998

LEYDIN, BETH; pseudonym , Australian writer of children’s books. (chron.)

• * A Fine Summer’s Evening, (vi) EQMM Dec 1999

LEYNER, MARK (1956- ) (chron.)

• * Oh, Brother, (ss) Tooth Imprints on a Corndog, Harmony Books 1995
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001

LICKISS, REBECCA (chron.)

• * The Cat and the Petticoat, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

LIDDIL, BOB (chron.)

• * Murder Under Glass, (nv) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992

LIEBE, CHARLES HAVEN (1880-1957); see pseudonym Hapsburg Liebe (chron.)

LIEBE, HAPSBURG; pseudonym of Charles Haven Liebe, (1880-1957) (chron.)

• * Flophouse Court, (ss) Ten Detective Aces Sep 1933
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

LIFKA, RICHARD (chron.)

• * The Copyist (with Anke Gebert, Paul Lascaux, Thomas Przybilka, Stefan Slupetzky & Christoph Spielberg), (ss) EQMM Dec 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert

LIFTON, MIKE (chron.)

• * Marked for Death!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957
• * The Roots of Hell!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Jul 1958
• * The Terrible Passion!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Oct 1957

LIGHTNER, A. M.; [i.e., Alice Martha Lightner Hopf] (1904-1988) (chron.)

• * The Case of the Malodorous Loot, (ss)
  • Teen-age Detective Stories, ed. A. L. Furman, Lantern Press 1968
• * Full Circle, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1984
• * Lindy’s Lights, (ss) Espionage Magazine Nov 1985
• * The Matador Murder, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1983

LILIENTHAL, DAVID ELI (Jr.) (1927-1981); see pseudonym David Ely (chron.)

LIMÓN, MARTIN (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Ascom City, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1992
• * The Beast from the Western Steppes, (ss) EQMM Feb 2005
• * The Blackmarket Detail, (ss) AHMM Jan 1991
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * Blood Write, (ss) AHMM Nov 1990
• * A Coffin of Rice, (ss) AHMM Jun 1990
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * The Cold Yellow Sea, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• * A Crust of Rice, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2005
• * Death of an Aztec Princess, (nv) AHMM Jun 2005
• * Dragon’s Teeth [George Sueno; Ernie Bascom], (nv) AHMM Oct 2005
• * The Filial Wife, (ss) AHMM Mar 2003
• * The Gray Asian Sky, (nv) AHMM Oct 1991
• * The Inn of the Marauding Swine, (ss) AHMM Sep 1994
• * The Inn of the Sleeping Dragon, (ss) AHMM Jan 1993
• * Inspector of the Five White Horses, (ss) AHMM Aug 1993
• * A Jar of Bean Paste [Kimiko], (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005
• * Lady of the Snow, (ss) AHMM Jun 1993
• * The Mists of the Southern Seas, (nv) AHMM Jun 1994
• * The Mysterious Mr. Kim, (ss) AHMM Apr 2002
• * Night of the Moon Goddess, (ss) AHMM Oct 1994
• * Payday, (ss) AHMM Feb 1998
• * A Piece of Rice Cake, (ss) AHMM Jun 1991
• * Princess of the Red Silk, (ss) EQMM Feb 2001
• * Pusan Nights, (ss) AHMM May 1991
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * Seoul Mourning, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• * Seoul Story, (ss) AHMM Jan 1992
• * A Tale of the Hermit Kingdom, (ss) AHMM Dec 1992
• * The Widow Po, (nv) AHMM Sep 2003
• * The Woman from Hamhung, (ss) AHMM Jul 1991
• * Yen, (ss) AHMM Jun 2000

_____, [ref.]

• * Conversation with Martin Limón, (iv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004

LIMONCELLI, ROSANNE (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Up a Tree, (vi) AHMM Mar 1995

LINAWEAVER, BRAD(ford Swain) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Clutter, (ss) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865) (chron.)

• * The Trailor Murder Mystery, (ar) Quincy, Illinois Whig Apr 15 1846
  • EQMM Mar 1952
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

LINDLEY, STEVE (chron.)

• * An Exchange of Gifts, (ss) AHMM Apr 1985
• * Extended Family, (ss) AHMM Mar 1992
• * Friend and Mentor, (ss) AHMM Mar 1999
• * “Ghosts,” He Said, (nv) AHMM Feb 1995
• * Hallway Dog, (nv) AHMM Apr 1998
• * Hit and Run, (ss) AHMM Feb 1986
• * A Little Quiet Dignity, (ss) AHMM Jun 1987
• * The Mislaid Treasure of Dancing Bare, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1985
• * Night Work, (ss) AHMM Jan 1998
• * Santa’s Slaying, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1984
• * The Secret Brunette, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• * Slow Thaw at Carlsen Bay, (nv) AHMM Jan 1996
• * The System, (ss) AHMM Jul 1985
• * The Void, (ss) AHMM Oct 2003
• * Yet One More Dying Message, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984

LINDSAY, PHILIP (1906-1958) (chron.)

• * from The Mainspring of Murder, (ex) 1958
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

LINDSEY, JOHN; pseudonym of John St. Clair Muriel, (1909- ) (chron.)

• * You Wouldn’t Understand, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

LINDSKOLD, JANE M. (chron.)

• * The Road to Stony Creek, (nv) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Slaying the Serpent, (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001

LINEAWEAVER, MARION (chron.)

• * A Shroud with a Silver Lining, (ss) New Detective Magazine May 1950
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

LININGTON, (Barbara) ELIZABETH (1921-1988); see pseudonym Dell Shannon (chron.)

LINK, KELLY (Denise) (1969- ) (chron.)

• * Catskin, (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

LINK, NINA B. (chron.)

• * The Cat Man, (ss)
  • Reader’s Digest Mystery Top-Picks, ed. Judith Hatch, Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader’s Digest Educational Division 1977

LINK, WILLIAM (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Artist’s Proof, (ss) EQMM Aug 1996
• * Child’s Play (with Richard Levinson), (ss) AHMM Jan 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * Crack in a Crystal Ball, (ss) EQMM Nov 1997