Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

LEMING, B. W. (chron.)

• * For Your Eyes Only, (pm) EQMM May 1995

L’ENGLE, MADELEINE; pseudonym of Madelaine L’Engle Franklin, (1918-2007) (chron.)

• * The Pool, (rr) Carnage at Christhaven, ed. William Griffin, San Francisco, CA: Harper and Row 1989

LEON, HENRY CECIL (1902-1976); see pseudonym Henry Cecil (chron.)

LEONARD, ELMORE (John, Jr.) (1925- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Boy Who Smiled, (ss) Gunsmoke Jun 1953
  • The Fatal Frontier, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Chichasaw Charlie Hoke, (ss) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
  • When the Women Come Out to Dance, Morrow 2002
• * Fire in the Hole [Raylan Givens], (na) Contentville Press 2001
  • When the Women Come Out to Dance, Morrow 2002
• * Freaky Deaky, (ex) New York: Arbor House 1988
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
  • Pulp Friction, ed. Peter Haining, London: Souvenir Press 1996
• * Hanging Out at the Buena Vista, (ss) USA Weekend Jun 13 1999
  • When the Women Come Out to Dance, Morrow 2002
• * How Carlos Webster Changed His Name to Carl and Became a Famous Oklahoma Lawman, (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003
• * “Hurrah for Capt. Early”, (ss) New Trails, ed. John Jakes and Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday 1994
  • When the Women Come Out to Dance, Morrow 2002
• * Karen Makes Out [Karen Sisco], (nv) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996
  • MHCMM #1 1996
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998
  • When the Women Come Out to Dance, Morrow 2002
• * Law of the Hunted Ones, (nv) Western Story Magazine Dec 1952
  • High Adventure #29 1996
• * Louly and Pretty Boy, (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006
• * The Odyssey, (rr) The Miami Herald Tropic 1995
  • Naked Came the Manatee, ed. Tom Schroder, Putnam’s 1997
• * Sparks, (ss) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
  • MHCMM Sum 1999
  • When the Women Come Out to Dance, Morrow 2002
• * Tenkiller, (na) When the Women Come Out to Dance, Morrow 2002
• * Three-Ten to Yuma, (ss) Dime Western Magazine Mar 1953
  • EQMM Jan 1993
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
  • Murder on the Railways, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * The Tonto Woman, (ss) Roundup, Western Writers of America, Doubleday 1982
  • When the Women Come Out to Dance, Morrow 2002
• * When the Women Come Out to Dance, (ss) When the Women Come Out to Dance, Morrow 2002
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003
  • A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005

_____, [ref.]

• * “Frederick Zackel interviews Elmore Leonard” by Frederick Zackel, (iv) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2001
• * “Regular Guys—and Gals—With a Twist” by Tom Nolan, (bg) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997

LEONARD, JOSEPH (chron.)

• * The Swap, (vi) EQMM mid-Dec 1989

LEONARD, SANDRA CEROW (chron.)

• * More Than Bourbon and Kentucky Fried Chicken, (ss) Low Down and Derby, ed. Abigail Jones, Overmountain Press 2006

LEONE, DAN (chron.)

• * Family, (ss) Literal Latté 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, ed. Lawrence Block, Houghton Mifflin 2001

LEONG, ERNEST (chron.)

• * The Emperor’s Treasure, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1990
• * Incense Sticks, (ss) 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

LEPOVETSKY, LISA (chron.)

• * Final Reunion, (ss) Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1998
• * Finding the Wind, (ss) EQMM Sep 1994
• * Here Be Monsters, (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
  • Death in Dixie, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1997
• * Joe Frog’s Place, (ss) EQMM Apr 1994
• * Scanning for Dollars, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Storyteller, (ss) EQMM Jul 1995

LE QUEUX, WILLIAM (Tufnell) (1864-1927) (chron.)

• * The Brass Butterfly, (ss) Revelations of the Secret Service 1911
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996
• * The Purple Death, (ss)
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * The Red Ring, (ss) Adventure Nov 1910
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006
• * The Secret of the Fox Hunter, (nv) Secrets of the Foreign Office 1903
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006

LERDALL-FITTERER, TERRY (chron.)

• * Ice Cube Trey, (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006
• * Photo Finish (with Katherine H. Brooks), (pm) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006

LEROUX, GASTON (1868-1927) (chron.)

• * A Terrible Tale, (ss) The Windsor Magazine 1925
  • Murder on the Menu, ed. Peter Haining, New York: Carroll & Graf 1992

LeROY, BENJAMIN M. (chron.)

• * Floating, (ss) North Florida Noir, ed. Michael Lister, Pottersville Press 2006
• * Letters from Home, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006

LERSCH, JEAN (chron.)

• * Sacrifice, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

LESCROART, JOHN T. (1948- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Giant Rat of Sumatra by John H. Watson, M.D., (ss) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
  • Best American Mystery Stories 1998, ed. Sue Grafton, Houghton Mifflin 1998
• * The Cover Story Is Always a Lie, (nv) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * A Friendly Little Game, (nv) Dead Man’s Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Harcourt 2007
• * The Portal (with M. J. Rose), (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006
• * Sacrifice Hit, (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

_____, [ref.]

• * “John Lescroart” by Barry Forshaw, (iv) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

LESLIE S. KLINGER (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Adventure of the Red Circle” by Arthur Conan Doyle [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Strand Mar-Apr 1911

LESLIE, A.; pseudonym of A. Leslie Scott (chron.)

• * Fanged Death, (ss) G-Men Oct 1935
  • High Adventure #83 2005

LESLIE, ARTHUR (chron.)

• * Not Quite Dead, (nv) AHMM Apr 1988

LESLIE, H. O. (chron.)

• * Personal Challenge, (ss) AHMM Jan 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959

LESLIE, JEAN; [i.e., Jean Leslie Cornett] (1908-1994) (chron.)

• * First Week in September, (ss) AHMM Sep 1967
  • AHMM Oct 1990
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993

LESLIE, O. H.; pseudonym of Henry Slesar, (1927-2002) (chron.)

• * Coroner’s Jury, (ss) AHMM May 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * It Started Most Innocently, (ss) AHMM Mar 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959

LESLIE, PETER (Meyrick Johnston) (1922- ) (chron.)

• * What’s a Ghoul Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, (ss) 1969
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

LESSER, TOM (chron.)

• * Sins of the Preacher, (ss) Hardboiled #23 1997
• * The Victim’s Revenge, (vi) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

LESSIG, HUGH (chron.)

• * Dementia 101, (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2004
• * Four-Day Rental, (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2002
• * The Gift of Wallace Random [Picasso Smith, Jr.], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Jan 1999
• * The Listener, (ss) Plots with Guns Feb/Mar 2000
• * Millstone [Picasso Smith, Jr.], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2001
• * My Destiny, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2002
• * Oasis, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2001
• * Ready for Retirement, (ss) Plots with Guns Fll 1999
• * Special Delivery [Alamo Barnes], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Apr/May 2000
• * Whacking Scrooge [Picasso Smith, Jr.], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Dec 2003

LESTER, KENNETH (chron.)

• * A Boy Names Tzu, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1994

LETHEM, JONATHAN (Allen) (1964- ) (chron.)

• * The One About the Green Detective, (ss) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996
• * Tugboat Syndrome, (ss) The Paris Review Sum 1999
  • Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2005

LEUCI, BOB; [i.e., Robert Leuci] (1940- ) (chron.)

• * All-American Boy, (ss) EQMM Jun 1995
• * The Ghetto Never Sleeps, Mister Policeman, (ss) Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth, ed. Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock, Akashic Books 2008; (Atlantic Yards).
• * Gray Eyes, (ss) New Mystery v4 #2 1996
• * A Killer Overhead, (nv) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
  • Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005

LEUCI, ROBERT; see under Leuci, Bob (chron.)

LEVACK, SIMON (chron.)

• * The Coming of the Gods [Aztec], (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006
• * The Double Life of a Human Sacrifice, (vi) The Sunday Times (London) Dec 24 2000; winner of the 2000 Crime Writers’ Association ‘Debut Dagger’ competition.
• * Four Hundred Rabbits [Yaotl], (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2008
• * The Girl from the Pleasure House [Cemiquiztli Yaotl], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008
• * Jade Skirt [Aztec], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006
• * One of Our Barbarians [Yaotl], (ss) EQMM Jan 2008

LeVALLEY, JACK (chron.)

• * Will of the Wind, (ss)
  • Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 1, ed. Stephen Beals, Six Lakes Arts 1989

LeVALLEY, NORMAN (chron.)

• * Hitchcock the Anthologer, (ar) Mystery May 1981

LEVAVI, LEA (chron.)

• * Post Mortem, (pm) EQMM Dec 1991

LEVEL, MAURICE (1875-1926) (chron.)

• * The Confession, (ss) Black Mask Jun 1920
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * The Debt Collector, (ss) Tales of Mystery and Horror, McBride 1920
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * The Test, (ss) Crises, London: A.M. Philpot 1920
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

LEVI, PAOLO (1919-199?) (chron.)

• * The Ravine, (ss) The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000; from Buon Sangue Italiano, 1977.; tr. by Denis Godliman

LEVI, PRIMO (1919-1987) (chron.)

• * For Adolf Eichmann, (pm) Jul 20 1960
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995; tr. by Ruth Feldman & Brian Swann

LEVI, STEVEN C. (chron.)

• * The Materializing Corpse, (ss) AHMM Nov 1997

LEVIE, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * Sunshine and Shadow (with Rex Levie), (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1980

LEVIE, REX (Dean) (1937?- ) (chron.)

• * Sunshine and Shadow (with Elizabeth Levie), (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1980

LEVIN, DOUG (chron.)

• * Wilson’s Man, (ss) EQMM Jan 2008

LEVIN, IRA (1929-2007) (chron.)

• * A Kiss Before Dying, (ex) New York: Simon & Schuster 1953
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

LEVIN, TOBE (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * Saturday Night Fever, by Helga Anderle, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996

LEVINE, DANIEL GOULD (chron.)

• * Joy, (ss) EQMM May 2004

LEVINE, LAURA (chron.)

• * The Dangers of Candy Canes, (na) Candy Cane Murder, ed. Anon., Kensington 2007

LEVINE, PAUL (J.) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Biscayne Blues, (rr) The Miami Herald Tropic 1995
  • Naked Came the Manatee, ed. Tom Schroder, Putnam’s 1997
• * Solomon & Lord Drop Anchor, (ss) Miami Noir, ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books 2006

LEVINE, PETER (1967- ) (chron.)

• * The Pious Poisoner, (ss) Scientific Detective Jun 1947

LEVINE, V. A. (chron.)

• * Extreme Shock [Casimiro Lowry], (nv) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Aug 1967
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #3 1973

LEVINSON, [Dr.] PAUL (1947- ) (chron.)

• * The Chronology Protection Case [*Phil D’Amato], (nv) Analog Sep 1995
  • Supernatural Sleuths, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Penguin/Roc 1996

LEVINSON, RICHARD (Leighton) (1934-1987) (chron.)

• * Child’s Play (with William Link), (ss) AHMM Jan 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * The End of an Era (with William Link), (ss) AHMM Jan 1962; also as “New Columbo”.
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998
• * The Man in the Lobby (with William Link), (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
• * New Columbo (with William Link) [“The End of an Era”], (ss) AHMM Jan 1962
  • Crime Movies 2, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1997

LEVINSON, ROBERT S. (1941- ) (chron.)

• * Absolutely Live in Person, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• * All I Ever Wanted to Be, (ss) AHMM May 2006
• * And the Winner Is—, (ss) Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Pegasus Books 2007