Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

LOWE, WILLIAM T. (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * A Civic Duty, (ss) AHMM Apr 2001
• * Death from the Forest, (ss) AHMM Mar 2000
• * Favorite Uncle, (ss) AHMM Jan 1997
• * A Feeling for the Truth, (ss) AHMM Jul 1995
  • After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996
• * Freedom of Speech, (ss) AHMM May 1998
• * A Healing Fire, (ss) AHMM Sep 2000
• * The Land Healers [Rory Horn], (ss) AHMM Feb 1994
  • After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996
• * Love Our Lake, (ss) AHMM Dec 2002
• * A Member of the Family, (ss) AHMM Mar 1994
• * Murray and Mister Smart Nose, (ss) AHMM Jul 1994
  • After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996
• * Neither Rain Nor Snow Nor Pride Nor Greed, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998
• * A New Way Every Day, (ss) After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996
  • AHMM Feb 1998
• * A New Way Every Day [Hank Sessions], (ss) After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996
• * Nobody Steals a Gravestone, (ss) AHMM Sep 1998
• * One Crime Too Many, (ss) AHMM Feb 2001
• * A Pure Kind of Life, (nv) After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996
• * The Red Oaks [Hank Sessions], (ss) After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996
• * Second Nature, (ss) AHMM Sep 1990
• * The Smart Thing to Do [Hank Sessions], (ss) After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996
• * So Long, Lana Turner, (ss) AHMM Feb 1991
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
  • After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996
• * A Terrible Storm, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999
• * Treasure Hunters, (ss) AHMM May 2000
• * The Trouble on Brown Island, (ss) After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996
  • AHMM Jul/Aug 1997
• * A Very Special Group, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002
• * Your Law, Our Land [Rory Horn], (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1992
  • After the Summer People Leave, Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press 1996

LOWELL, AMY (1874-1925) (chron.)

• * Off the Turnpike, (pm) Men, Women and Ghosts, Macmillan 1916
  • AHMM Jan 1997

LOWELL, ROBERT (1917-1977) (chron.)

• * France, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Memories of West Street and Lepke, (pm) Life Studies 1956
  • The Killing Spirit, ed. Jay Hopler, The Overlook Press 1996

LOWENTHAL, RANDYE (1954- ); see pseudonym Randye Lordon (chron.)

LOWNDES, DOROTHY MARGARETTE SELBY (1871?-1950); see pseudonym Dolf Wyllarde (chron.)

LOWNDES, MARIE (Adelaide) BELLOC [Mrs. Frederick Sawrey Lowndes] (1868-1947) (chron.)

• * The Catherine Ruby, (nv)
  • Mystery and Detection #2 1934
• * The Chianti Flask, (na)
  • Mystery and Detection Aug 1935
• * Kind Miss Glint, (nv)
  • Mystery and Detection May 1935
• * The Lodger, (ex) McClure’s Jan 1911
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * The Lodger, (nv) McClure’s Jan 1911
  • More Murder on Cue, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Walker 1990
  • AHMM Oct 2007
• * Quietly...Comfortably, (nv) Harper’s Bazaar Apr 1930
  • Mystery and Detection Apr 1935
• * What Might Have Happened, (ss)
  • Mystery and Detection Jun 1935

LOWNDES, ROBERT A(ugustine) W(ard) (1916-1998) (chron.)

• * Wives in the Cement, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1961
• * You Die This Evening, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1961

LOWRY, DAN (chron.)

• * Blade, (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992

LOY, JAIME LEE (chron.)

• * Bury Your Mother, (ss) Trinidad Noir, ed. Lisa Allen-Agostini & Jeanne Mason, Akashic Books 2008

LOY, ROBERT (chron.)

• * Abou Roscoe Connor (May His Tribe Increase), (ss) AHMM Apr 1996
• * The Batman of Blytheville, (ss) AHMM May 1988
• * Buck McCoy Meets His Maker, (ss) AHMM Apr 1985
• * Casey’s Last Ride, (ss) AHMM Mar 1988
• * A Comedy of Terrors, (ss) AHMM Feb 1985
• * A Connecticut Yankee in the Vast Wasteland, (ss) AHMM Jul 1996
• * Jonathan Frederick Johnson III and the Boogeyman, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1994
• * The Last Crime Story, (ss) AHMM Nov 1990
• * Life, Death, and Other Trivial Concerns, (ss) AHMM Dec 1985
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine, and Sixty-four Megabytes of RAM, (ss) AHMM Jun 1995
• * Morocco, (ss) AHMM May 1996
• * The Mot Juste, (ss) AHMM Aug 1985
• * Music from a Sick Muse, (ss) AHMM Mar 2001
• * The Odyssey of Everyman, (nv) AHMM Mar 1995
• * Swami Ramananda and the Private Eye, (ss) AHMM Feb 1987

LU, ALVIN (1969- ) (chron.)

• * Le Rouge et le Noir, (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (Chinatown).

LUCAS, J. A. (chron.)

• * Swan Song, (ss) And Some of Them Are Dead, ed. Margaret Searles & Victoria Heckman, Deadly Alibi Press Ltd. 2002

LUCAS, JoANNE (chron.)

• * Butler in the Brink, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * A Feast for Fools, (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001
• * Fresno Heat, (vi) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * Jealous Jewels, (vi) Murderous Intent Sum 1996
• * Killer Tan, (vi) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * Nipped in the Nuptials, (ss) Gone Coastal, ed. Margaret Searles, Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006
• * Rainchecked, (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• * Three on a Match, (pm) Murderous Intent Fll 1997

LUCE, CAROL DAVIS (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Shattered Crystal, (ss) AHMM Mar 1994

LUCKE, MARGARET (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Dreaming of Dragons, (nv) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998
• * Identity Crisis, (ss) Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996

LUCKHARDT, BEN (chron.)

• * The Best Laid Plans..., (ss) Espionage Magazine Jun 1986

LUCKINBILL, RAY (chron.)

• * Reading the Will, (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002

LUDENS, ADRIAN W. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Anger Management, (vi) AHMM Jun 2008
  ___ Be It Ever So... Authentic, (vi) AHMM May 2008; winning entry in the November 2007 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

LUDOVICI, ANTHONY M. (1882-1971) (chron.)

• * What the East Wind Brought, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

LUDWICK, CALEB (chron.)

• * Underlay, (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2003

LUDWIG, EDWARD W(illiam) (1920-1990) (chron.)

• * My Victim, My Killer, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1984

LUDWIG, OTTO (chron.)

• * The Dead Man of St. Anne’s Chapel, (na) 1839
  • Early German and Austrian Detective Fiction, ed. Mary W. Tannert & Henry Kratz, McFarland 1999

LUDWIGSEN, WILL (chron.)

• * And Justice for Doll, (ss) AHMM Sep 2003
• * Bingo, (ss) AHMM May 2004
• * In Search Of, (ss) AHMM Jun 2008

LUFKIN, MARTHA B. G. (chron.)

• * A Diamond’s Way of Changing Hands, (ss) AHMM May 1995; revised, from 96 Inc.
• * A Lacking for Salt, (ss) AHMM Sep 1997
• * The Yam Pots the Art World Wanted, (nv) AHMM May 2007

LUKAC, M. STEPHEN (chron.)

• * Our Souls Abide on This Ocean’s Tide, (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

LUKE, DAVID (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * The Foundling, by Heinrich von Kleist, (ss) The Marquise of O & Other Stories, Penguin 1978
  • Dark Arrows, ed. Alberto Manguel, Penguin Canada 1985; tr. by Nigel Reeves
• * from “The Foundling”, by Heinrich von Kleist, (ex) The Marquise of O & Other Stories, Penguin 1978
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996; tr. by Nigel Reeves

LUKE, ERIC (chron.)

• * The Hour of Lead, (ss) Shades of Noir, ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc. 1996

LUKON, LAURA (chron.)

• * No Victim, No Crime, (ss) AHMM May 1985

LUMAN, P. T. (chron.)

• * Gangster’s Brand, (ss) Gun Molls Magazine Aug 1931
  • High Adventure #64 2002
  • Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, ed. Otto Penzler, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2007

LUMIANSKY, JANET (chron.)

• * The Mystery Crossword, (pz) EQMM Jun 1993, Jan 1994, Apr 1995

LUMLEY, BRIAN (1937- ) (chron.)

• * De Marigny’s Clock [Titus Crow], (ss) The Caller of the Black, Arkham 1971
  • Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999

LUMLEY, DOROTHY (1949- ); see pseudonym Jean Davidson (chron.)

LUNCH, LYDIA (chron.)

• * Petty Intrusion, (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

LUNDE, FRANCIS (chron.)

• * The Electrocution of Tunnel Number Three, (nv) Scientific Sprague, Scribner’s 1912
  • AHMM Jan 1987

LUNDGREN, MICHELLE (chron.)

• * What Has Evy Done?, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1980

LUNDIN, LEIGH (chron.)

• * 8 Across, (nv) AHMM Apr 2008

LUNQGUIST, JAMES (chron.)

• * Suicide Jockeys, (ss) AHMM May 1994

LUPICA, MIKE; [i.e., Michael Thomas Lupica] (1952- ) (chron.)

• * The Chair, (ss) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
• * Dream Street, (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• * Mrs. Cash, (nv) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * No Thing, (ss) The Mighty Johns, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
• * The Rematch, (nv) Murder Is My Racquet, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• * The Shot, (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

LUPOFF, RICHARD A(llen) (1935- ); see pseudonym Del Marston (books) (chron.)

• * Abel Chase and the Dark Star [Chase and Delacroix], (nv) Left Coast Crimes, ed. Valerie Feldman, Left Coast Crime 2004; also as “The Case of the Dark Star”.
• * Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin (ascribed to Jack Kerouac) [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996
• * The Adventure of the Voorish Sign [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003
• * Afterword, (aw)
  • The Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Gary Lovisi, Ramble House 2007
• * Benning’s School for Boys [Nick Train], (nv) The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006
• * Briefing Room (III), (cl) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
• * Briefing Room (IV), (cl) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• * Briefing Room (IX), (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * Briefing Room (VI), (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * Briefing Room (VII), (cl) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• * Briefing Room (X), (cl) Murderous Intent Sum, Fll 1999
• * Briefing Room (XII), (cl) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• * The Case of the Absent Aviatrix [Chase and Delacroix], (nv) Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * The Case of the Bilious Bookman [Chase and Delacroix], (nv) Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * The Case of the Dark Star [“Abel Chase and the Dark Star”; Chase and Delacroix], (nv) Left Coast Crimes, ed. Valerie Feldman, Left Coast Crime 2004
  • Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * The Case of the Martian Colossus [Chase and Delacroix], (nv) Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * The Case of the Missing Man [“Chase and the Missing Man”; Chase and Delacroix], (nv) Argosy Quarterly Spr 2005
  • Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * The Case of the Vampire’s Victim [“The Second Drug”; Chase and Delacroix], (nv) The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000
  • Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * Chase and the Missing Man [Chase and Delacroix], (nv) Argosy Quarterly Spr 2005; also as “The Case of the Missing Man”.
• * Chinese Gunboats, (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• * The Crash Club Killer, (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
• * Dogwalker, (ss) EQMM Apr 1996
• * Dreems.biz, (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006
• * Foreword: Avram Davidson, My Friend, This Stranger, (in)
  • The Investigations of Avram Davidson, Avram Davidson, St. Martin’s 1999
• * God of the Naked Unicorn [as by Ova Hamlet; Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Fantastic Aug 1976
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004
• * The Incident of the Impecunious Chevalier [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) My Sherlock Holmes, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2003; (M. Dupin).
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, ed. Nelson DeMille, Houghton Mifflin 2004
• * Introduction: Finding Chase and Delacroix, (in) Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix, Crippen & Landru 2008
• * Lindsey Chases a Ghost [Hobart Lindsey], (ss) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• * News from New Providence, (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999
• * Reading Woolrich, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Apr 1989
• * The Second Drug [Chase and Delacroix], (nv) The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000; also as “The Case of the Vampire’s Victim”.
• * Triptych, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1990
  • New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1990
• * You Don’t Know Me, Charlie, (nv) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993
  • Hardboiled #16 1993

_____, [ref.]

• * “Interview with Richard Lupoff” by J. Alec West, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1996

LUSTBADER, ERIC VAN (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Asia [Philip Marlowe], (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999
• * Dead Cat Bounce, (nv) Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1998
• * The Other Side of the Mirror, (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006