Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

LOVESEY, PETER (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Keeping Fit, (ss) EQMM Mar 1983
• * The Kiss of Death [Peter Diamond], (ss) Crippen & Landru 2000
  • The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Lady in the Trunk, (ss) A Classic English Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1990
  • The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories, London: Warner Futura 1995
• * The Locked Room, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 10, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan 1978; also as “Behind the Locked Door”.
• * The Man Who Ate People, (ss) The Man Who..., ed. H. R. F. Keating, Macmillan 1992
  • EQMM Oct 1992
  • The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories, London: Warner Futura 1995
• * The Man Who Jumped for England, (ss) Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
  • EQMM Jun 2005
  • Murder on the Short List, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * A Man with a Fortune [“How Mr. Smith Traced His Ancestors”], (ss) The Mystery Guild Anthology, ed. John Waite, Constable 1980
  • EQMM Nov 3 1980
  • Crimes of Passion, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • A Century of Mystery 1980-1989, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, MJF Books 1997
• * The Mighty Hunter, (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 5, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1995
  • EQMM Jan 1996
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose, Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1998
• * The Model Con, (nv) Woman’s Realm Summer Special 1994
  • The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories, London: Warner Futura 1995
• * A Monologue for Mystery Lovers, (pm) EQMM Feb 1999
• * The Munich Posture [Dorothy Mayotte Rigby], (ss) The Rigby File, ed. Tim Heald 1989
  • Murder on the Short List, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * Murder by Christmas Tree, (ss) The Observer Dec 20 1992
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose, Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1998; included with the limited edition.
• * Murder in Store, (ss) Woman’s Own Dec 21 1985
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose, Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1998
• * Murdering Max, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2001
  • The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Needle Match, (ss) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
  • Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
  • Murder on the Short List, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * Never a Cross Word, (ss) You: The Mail on Sunday Jun 11 1995
  • EQMM Feb 1997
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose, Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1998
• * The Odstock Curse, (ss) Murder for Halloween, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press 1994
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose, Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1998
• * One Bad Apple, (ss) EQMM Nov 2001
• * Oracle of the Dead, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1988
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * A Parrot Is Forever, (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose, Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1998
• * Pass the Parcel, (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 3, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1993
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1994
  • The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories, London: Warner Futura 1995
  • Christmas Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * Passion Killers, (ss) EQMM Jan 1994
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose, Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1998
• * The Perfectionist, (ss) The Strand Magazine #4 2000
  • The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime, Crippen & Landru 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003
• * The Pomeranian Poisoning, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 19, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1987; also as “The Zenobia Hatt Prize”.
  • The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories, London: Warner Futura 1995
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002; revised, 2001
• * Popping Round to the Post, (ss) The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006
  • EQMM Nov 2007
  • Murder on the Short List, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * Private Gorman’s Luck, (ss) Butchers and Other Stories of Crime, Macmillan 1985
  • EQMM Jul 1985
• * The Problem of Stateroom 10, (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000
  • The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime, Crippen & Landru 2001
  • EQMM Dec 2001
• * The Proof of the Pudding, (ss) A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1995
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose, Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1998
• * The Pushover, (ss) EQMM Jun 1995
  • Murder Most British, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Mystery’s Most Wanted, ed. Anon., St. Martin’s 1997
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose, Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1998
• * Quiet Please—We’re Rolling, (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
  • EQMM Dec 1996
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose, Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1998
• * Razor Bill [Sergeant Cribb], (ss) Sherlock #60 2004
  • Murder on the Short List, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * Say That Again, (ss) The Ideas Experiment, PawPaw Press 2006
  • EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
  • Murder on the Short List, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * Second Strings, (ss) The Strand Magazine #13 2004
  • Murder on the Short List, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * The Secret Lover, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 17, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1985
  • EQMM Mar 1988
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
• * The Sedgemoor Strangler, (nv) Criminal Records, ed. Otto Penzler, Orion 2000
  • The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Shock Visit, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 22, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1990; also as “The Valuation”.
  • The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories, London: Warner Futura 1995
• * Showmen, (ss) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
  • EQMM Mar 2000
  • The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Stalker, (ss) The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Star Struck, (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime, Crippen & Landru 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * The Staring Man, (ss) Butchers and Other Stories of Crime, Macmillan 1985
  • EQMM Oct 1985
• * Supper with Miss Shivers [“The Christmas Present”], (ss) Woman’s Own Dec 24 1990
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1991
  • Murder Under the Mistletoe and Other Stories, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1992
  • Merry Murder, ed. Cynthia Manson, Seafarer 1994
  • The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories, London: Warner Futura 1995
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * Taking Possession, (ss) EQMM Nov 1982
• * The Usual Table, (ss) The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001
  • The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * The Valuation [“Shock Visit”], (ss) Winter’s Crimes 22, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1990
  • EQMM Feb 1990
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Vandals, (ss) Woman’s Own Dec 29 1984
  • EQMM Dec 1985
• * The Virgoan and the Taurean, (ss) John Creasey’s Crime Collection, ed. Herbert Harris 1983
  • EQMM Jul 1983
• * The Wasp [“Where Is Thy Sting?”], (ss) Winter’s Crimes 20, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1988
  • EQMM Nov 1988
  • Under the Gun, ed. Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg, NAL 1990
  • More Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1994
• * Wayzgoose [Peter Diamond], (nv) A Dead Giveaway, Warner Futura 1995
  • EQMM May 1997
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose, Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1998
• * Where Is Thy Sting?, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 20, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1988; also as “The Wasp”.
  • The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories, London: Warner Futura 1995
  • Murder on Deck!, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998
• * Window of Opportunity, (ss) Sunday Express Magazine Apr 6-12 2003
  • EQMM Nov 2004
  • Murder on the Short List, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * The Word of a Lady, (ss) EQMM Jul 2000
  • The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * You May See a Strangler, (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 2, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1992
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1993, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1993
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1993
  • The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories, London: Warner Futura 1995
• * Youdunnit, (ss) New Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1989
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1989
  • The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories, London: Warner Futura 1995
  • EQMM Sep/Oct 2001
• * The Zenobia Hatt Prize [“The Pomeranian Poisoning”], (ss) Winter’s Crimes 19, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1987
  • EQMM Aug 1988

_____, [ref.]

• * Mystery Novels and Stories by Peter Lovesey: A Checklist, (bi)
• * A Peter Lovesey Checklist, (bi)
  • Murder on the Short List, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * “Peter Lovesey: Making Peace with the Past” by Tom Nolan, (bg) MHCMM Sum 1999

LOVESEY, PHIL(ip Lear) (1963- ) (chron.)

• * Blitzed, (ss) EQMM Jun 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * The Contract, (ss) EQMM May 1994
• * Court Out, (ss) EQMM Jun 1998
• * Double Event, (ss) EQMM Sep 1995
• * One Bad Apple, (ss) Scenes of Crime, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd. 2000
• * Playing Away, (vi) EQMM Apr 1998
• * A Publisher’s Dream, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1998
• * The Schemer’s Holiday, (ss) EQMM Nov 1996
• * The Stooge, (nv) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• * Stranglehold, (ss) Fresh Blood 2, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1997
• * Trust Me, (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
• * Under the Knife, (ss) EQMM Jan 1999
  • Crème de La Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2000

LOVETT, SARAH (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Buried Treasure, (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999

LOVISI, GARY (Anthony) (1952- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Missing Detective [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005
  • The Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Ramble House 2007
• * Bedtime for Pookie, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #36 2003
• * Blood in Brooklyn, (ex) No Exit Press 1999
  • Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• * The Conquerors, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1998
• * A Conversation with Thomas Boyle, (iv) Hardboiled #18 1994
• * Demonology [Joe Dillon], (ss) Hardboiled #17 1994
• * Dogs Know [Vic Powers], (ss) 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Dry Run, (ss) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991
• * The Editor’s Case File, (ed) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1988, Apr, Nov 1989
  • Hardboiled Detective #10 1990
  • Detective Story Magazine Feb, Sep 1990
  • Hardboiled Detective #11, #12 1991
  • Hardboiled #13, #14 1992, #16 1993, #22 1996, #23 1997, #24 1998
• * Enough Rope, (ss) 1991
  • The Fatal Frontier, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Fast, (ss) Hardboiled Detective #11 1991
• * The First Annual Mystery and Detective and Sherlockian Expo, (ar) Hardboiled Detective #12 1991
• * For the Fear of Fear, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1998
• * Fun in Philly: Bouchercon XX, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Jun 1990
• * Hawkman, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Nov 2001
• * I Used to Support the Police, (ss) Plots with Guns Jun/Jul 2000
• * In Dark Glasses, (ss) Hardboiled #11 1990
• * Interview with John L. French, (iv) Hardboiled Detective #11 1991
• * Live and Learn, (ss) Hardboiled #19 1994
• * The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson [Sherlock Holmes], (na) Gryphon Double Novel #3, ed. Anon., Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books 1992
  • The Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Ramble House 2007
• * Money and Dope [Vic Powers], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 1989
• * Mrs. Milligan’s Cat, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * The Mummy of Quelang, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1996
• * Mycroft’s Great Game [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) My Sherlock Holmes, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2003; (Mycroft Holmes).
  • The Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Ramble House 2007
• * New Blood, (vi) 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * New on the Market, (cl) Hardboiled #13, #14 1992, #15, #16 1993, #17, #18, #19 1994, #20 1995, #22 1996, #23 1997, #24 1998, Apr 2000, #27/28 2001, #29/30 2003, #31, #32 2004, #33 2005
• * Not Much Joy in Prison, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2003
• * The Old Guard, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Aug 2001
• * Presidential Year, (ss) Hardboiled #14 1992
• * A Rat Must Chew [Vic Powers], (ss) Hardboiled #23 1997
• * Secrets, (ss) Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * Service, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * Shadowlife, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1999
• * Sherlock Holmes In: The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books 1992
• * She’s a Dinosaur, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Apr 2002
• * The Snow Maid, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1999
• * The Stone Cutter, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1999
• * There Ain’t No Men in Heaven, (ss) Hardboiled #21 1996
• * The Treasure of Sheor Khot, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 2001
• * Vortex, (ss) 1992
  • Hardboiled, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
• * Writing the Sherlockian Pastiche: The Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, (in)
  • The Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Ramble House 2007

_____, reviews:

• * Books to Be on the Lookout For, (br) Hardboiled #21 1996

LOW, GLENN; pseudonym of Glenn Dale Lough, (1906-1991) (chron.)

• * Frozen Food—For Thought, (ss) Mammoth Detective Jan 1947
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Hot Justice, (vi) Mammoth Detective Nov 1946
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

LOWDER, CHRISTOPHER (A. J.) (1945- ); see pseudonym Jack Adrian (books) (chron.)

LOWDER, JAMES (1963- ) (chron.)

• * The Club Rules, (nv) Realms of Mystery, ed. Philip Athans, Lake Geneva: TSR 1998
• * The Weeping Masks [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003

LOWE, FRANCES (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:; winner of the April 2008 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.
  ___ Band on the Run, (vi) AHMM Sep 2008

LOWE, JONATHAN (F. S.) (1958- ) (chron.)

• * What’s Eating You?, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2003

LOWE, TOWER (chron.)

• * The California Killer, (ss) AHMM May 1985

LOWE, WILLIAM T. (1920- ) (books) (chron.)

• * 400 Pieces of Cheese, (ss) After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996
• * All Indians Are Warriors [Rory Horn], (ss) AHMM Nov 1991
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996
  • After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996
• * The Bust of the Year [Hank Sessions], (ss) AHMM Nov 1994
  • After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996