Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

LINK, WILLIAM (chron.) (continued)

• * The End of an Era (with Richard Levinson), (ss) AHMM Jan 1962; also as “New Columbo”.
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998
• * The Good Samaritan, (ss) EQMM Aug 1997
• * The Man in the Lobby (with Richard Levinson), (ss) AHMM Jun 1966
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * Man on a Mission, (ss) EQMM Nov 2005
• * Memory and Murder, (ss) AHMM Apr 1996
• * Murder Medium Rare, (ss) EQMM Aug 2006
• * New Columbo (with Richard Levinson) [“The End of an Era”], (ss) AHMM Jan 1962
  • Crime Movies 2, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1997
• * Next of Kin, (ss) AHMM Sep 2006
• * Queen, Two Jacks, (ss) EQMM May 1997
• * Sorcerer’s Apprentice, (ss) EQMM Feb 1998
• * Where Do the Balloons Go?, (ss) EQMM Jan 1998

LINKLATER, J. LANE; pseudonym of Alex Watkins, (1899?-1983?) (chron.)

• * Blind Date, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Mar 1945
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

LINSCOTT, GILLIAN (1944- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Late Orang Outang [Holmes Sherlock], (nv) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006
• * The Ballad of Gentleman Jem, (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• * The Big Five-O, (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
• * A Blessing of Frogs, (nv) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
• * The Day of Two Cars, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• * A Dead Language, (ss) EQMM Feb 1999
• * Death of a Dead Man, (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 3, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1993
  • More Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1994
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1994
  • Murder Most British, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * Dialogue, (ss) Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
• * Drowned Ophelia, (ss) EQMM Jul 1996
• * For All the Saints, (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Gracious Silence, (ss) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * The Hansom for Mr. Holmes [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Murder in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Heart Scarab, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002
• * A Horse for My Kingdom, (ss) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000
• * Killing the Critic, (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• * Next Christmas at Dingley Dell, (nv) Death by Dickens, ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime 2004
• * Original Sin, (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
• * Poison Peach, (nv) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
  • Murder Most Delectable, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * Poisoned with Politeness [Thomas Ludlow; Harry Leather], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Rock of Ages, (nv) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998
• * A Scandal in Winter [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1996
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004
• * Wingless Pegasus [Thomas Ludlow], (ss) EQMM Aug 1996
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006

LINZEE, DAVID (Augustine Anthony) (1952- ); see pseudonym David August (chron.)

• * Bloody Island, (ss) AHMM Mar 2007
• * The Deep Pocket, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982

LIPARULO, ROBERT (1961- ) (chron.)

• * Kill Zone [Byron Stone], (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

LIPMAN, CLAYRE (1913-1979) (chron.)

• * My Last Book (with Michel Lipman), (ss) Twenty Great Tales of Murder, ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random 1951
  • The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1958
• * Priest Hole (with Michel Lipman), (ss)
  • Verdict Crime Detection Magazine Nov 1956

LIPMAN, LAURA (chron.)

• * Female Private Eyes, (ar) Crime Time #23 2001

LIPMAN, MICHEL (Martin) (1913- ) (chron.)

• * My Last Book (with Clayre Lipman), (ss) Twenty Great Tales of Murder, ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random 1951
  • The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1958
• * Priest Hole (with Clayre Lipman), (ss)
  • Verdict Crime Detection Magazine Nov 1956

LIPPMAN, JACKI (chron.)

• * Wedded Bliss, (pm) EQMM Nov 1990

LIPPMAN, LAURA (1959- ) (books) (chron.)

• * A.R.M. and the Woman, (ss) DC Noir, ed. George Pelecanos, Akashic Books 2006; (Chevy Chase, N.W. ).
• * The Babysitter’s Code, (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2003
  • Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology, ed. Anthony Neil Smith, Dennis McMillan 2005
• * The Crack Cocaine Diet (Or: How to Lose a Lot of Weight and Change Your Life in Just One Weekend), (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006
• * Dear Penthouse Forum (a First Draft), (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• * Easy As A-B-C, (ss) Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006; (Locust Point).
• * Femme Fatale, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• * A Good **** Spoiled, (ss) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * The Half Monty [Tess Monaghan], (sl) Thrilling Detective (online) Win 2000, Mar 2001
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006
• * One True Love, (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• * Orphans Court [Tess Monaghan], (ss) First Cases, Volume 3, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1999
• * Ropa Vieja, (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• * The Shoeshine Man’s Regrets [Tess Monaghan], (ss) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2005, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin 2005
• * The Honor Bar, (ss)
  • Dublin Noir, ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books 2006
• * What He Needed, (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002

LIPSCOMB, ADRIAN (chron.)

• * A Sort of the Truth, (ss) AHMM Aug 1991

LISPECTOR, CLARICE (1924-1977) (chron.)

• * Pig Latin, (vi) Soulstorm, New Directions 1974
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993; tr. by Alexir Levitin

LISS, DAVID (1966- ) (chron.)

• * The Double Dealer [Banjamin Weaver], (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

LISTER, VANN ANSON (chron.)

• * Seven Graves for Sinbad, (ss) Night Cry Sum 1986; also as “The Seventh Grave”.
• * The Seventh Grave [“Seven Graves for Sinbad”], (ss) Night Cry Sum 1986
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991

LITTELL, JONATHAN (1967- ) (chron.)

• * Of Strange Loops and Black Valentines, (ar) Espionage Magazine Sep 1987

LITTKE, LAEL J. (1929- ) (chron.)

• * A Feline Felony, (ss) EQMM Jan 1968
  • Mystery Cats 3, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1995
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001

LITTLE, BENTLEY (1960- ) (chron.)

• * Connie, (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999

LITTLE, DENISE (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Murder Most Romantic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Denise Little, Cumberland House 2001

LITTLEPAGE, LAYNE (1950- ) (chron.)

• * The Belson Sisters—Didn’t They Die?, (ss) AHMM Jun 1987

LIVINGSTON, HERB (1916- ); see pseudonym H. B. Hickey (chron.)

LIVINGSTON, NANCY; pseudonym of Jane Woolsey Foster, (1935-1994) (chron.)

• * Betrayal, (ss) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
• * The Crime Writers’ Association, (ar)
  • 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• * Déjà Vu, (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 3, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1993
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992
• * A Matter of Taste, (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 4, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1994

LLEWELLYN, SAM(son) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Blood Knot [Chapter 1], (ex) London: Joseph 1991
  • Crime: Free Classic Crime Sampler, ed. Anon., House of Stratus 2001

LLOYD, ALLAN (chron.)

• * The Man Who Wiped Away Footprints, (ss) EQMM Sep 1988
• * Under a Plum Tree, (ss) EQMM Nov 1989

LLYWELYN, MORGAN (1937- ) (chron.)

• * The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech (ascribed to Ernest Hemingway) [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996
• * Woman in a Wheelchair, (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999

LoBRUTTO, PATRICK (chron.)

• * The Little Problem of the Grosvenor Square Furniture Van (ascribed to Arthur Stanley Jefferson) [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1998

LOBSTER, RIF H.; pseudonym of Norma Schier, (1930-1995) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Boing! Ritual, (ss) The Anagram Detectives, Mysterious Press 1979
  • EQMM Feb 1993

LOCASCIO, PHIL (chron.)

• * Bats, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1997
• * The Sorcerer of Hooterville, (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1997
• * Tangled Limbs, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1997

LOCHTE, DICK; [i.e., Richard Samuel Lochte] (1944- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Catnip, (nv) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
• * The Death of Big Daddy, (ss) EQMM Nov 2006
• * Diamond Dog, (nv) Creature Cozies, ed. Jill Morgan, Berkley Prime Crime 2005
• * Get the Message [Terry Manion], (nv) Louisiana Literature Spr 1998
  • Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * In the City of Angels, (nv) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * Low Tide, (nv) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, ed. Nelson DeMille, Houghton Mifflin 2004
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004
• * Lucky Dog [Leo Bloodworth; Serendipity Dahlquist], (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1992
  • Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * Mad Dog [Leo Bloodworth], (nv) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
  • Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * Medford & Son, (ss) EQMM Oct 1972
  • Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Murder at Mardi Gras [J. J. Legendre], (nv) Salon 1996
  • Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * A Murder of Import [J. J. Legendre], (ss) Salon 1996
  • Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * Rappin’ Dog [Leo Bloodworth; Serendipity Dahlquist], (nv) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999
  • Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * Sad-Eyed Blonde [Philip Marlowe], (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999
  • Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * Sounds of Suspense (with Tom Nolan), (ar) The Armchair Detective Spr, Sum, Fll 1990, Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1991
• * A Tough Case to Figure, (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
  • Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000
• * Vampire Dreams, (ss) The Ultimate Dracula, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor & Megan Miller, Dell 1991
  • Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder, Unity, ME: Five Star 2000

LOCK, BOB (1949- ) (chron.)

• * The Christmas Present, (vi) Red Herrings
  • 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994

LOCK, JOAN (chron.)

• * The Birdman of Bow Street, (ar) Police Review 1984
  • 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * Give Us a Clue, (ar) New Law Journal 1993
  • 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * A Regular Correspondent, (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997

LOCKE, GEORGE W(alter) (1936- ) (chron.)

• * A Nineteenth Century Debacle [privately printed and issued in the first 100 copies of Locked Room Murders and Other Impossible Crimes by Robert Adey], (ss) 1979
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990

LOCKLEY, STEVE (chron.)

• * All for One and One for All, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * A Sea of Troubles, (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997

LOCKRIDGE, FRANCES (Louise Davis) (1896-1963) (chron.)

• * The Cat and the Killer (with Richard Lockridge) [Captain M.L. Heimrich], (ss) 1956; also as “The Searching Cats”.
• * Cat of Dreams (with Richard Lockridge) [“Death and the Fiery-Eyed Cat”; Captain M.L. Heimrich], (ss) 1958
  • EQMM May 1960
  • More Mystery Cats, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * Death and the Fiery-Eyed Cat (with Richard Lockridge) [Captain M.L. Heimrich], (ss) 1958; also as “Cat of Dreams”.
• * Pattern for Murder (with Richard Lockridge) [“There’s Death for Remembrance”; Pam & Jerry North], (ss) 1955
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997