Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

LUSTBADER, ERIC VAN (chron.) (continued)

• * Slow Burn, (na) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
• * The Uncertainty Principle, (ss) Dead Man’s Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Harcourt 2007

LUSTGARTEN, EDGAR (Marcus) (1907-1978) (chron.)

• * Forbidden Fruit, (ss) EQMM Jan 1963; also as “Scotland Yard”.
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998
• * The Murder of Stanford White, (ss)
  • The Gourmet Crook Book, ed. Tony Wilmot, Everest Books 1976
• * Scotland Yard [“Forbidden Fruit”], (ss) EQMM Jan 1963
  • Crime Movies 2, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1997

LUTH, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * The Walking Stick, (ss) EQMM Mar 1995

LUTZ, BARBARA (chron.)

• * Traveling Alone (with John Lutz), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999

LUTZ, JOHN (Thomas) (1939- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Abridged, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1968
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * The Basement Room, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1973
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * The Bear Cottage, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1981
• * Before You Leap [Al Nudger], (nv) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
  • The Nudger Dilemmas: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Bingo, (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
  • Blowout in Little Man Flats, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * Buried Treasure, (ss) AHMM Aug 1982
• * But Once a Year, (ss) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
• * The Case of the Canine Accomplice, (ss) AHMM Mar 3 1982; also as “It’s a Dog’s Life”.
  • Canine Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Jove 1993
• * The Chess Players, (ss) EQMM May 1994
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Chop Suey, (ss) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004
• * Close Calls, (ss) AHMM Nov 1978
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * A Crazy Business, (ss) Feline and Famous, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fell 1994
• * The Crooked Picture, (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Nov 1967
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #3 1973
• * Dear Dorie, (ss) AHMM Sep 16 1981
• * Death by the Numbers, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov/Dec 1977
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Deeper and Deeper, (vi) EQMM Sep 1982
• * Dilemma, (ss) Unholy Orders, ed. Serita Stevens, Columbine 2000
• * DNA, (ss) For Crime Out Loud, Vol. 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1996
  • Endless Road and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Dogs and Fleas, (ss) Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket 1996
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Double Murder, (ss) AHMM Jan 7 1981
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Endless Road, (ss) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999
  • Endless Road and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Explosive Cargo, (ss) AHMM Oct 1977
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * The Explosives Expert, (ss) AHMM Sep 1967
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Fair Shake, (ss) AHMM Apr 1968
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Finicky, (ss) Cat Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1991
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
• * Flotsam and Jetsam [Al Nudger], (nv) The New Black Mask No.8, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1987
  • The Nudger Dilemmas: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Christine Matthews, Five Star 2001
• * Games for Adults, (ss) AHMM Dec 1971
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * The Gentleman on the Titanic, (ss) EQMM Nov 1999
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * A Glimpse of Evil, (ss) AHMM Mar 26 1980
• * Going, Going, (ss) The Executioner Mystery Magazine Apr 1975
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * A Handgun for Protection, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1974
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
  • Speaking of Lust, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Heat, (ss) EQMM Sep 1985
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Hector Gomez Provides, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1985
  • Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * High Stakes, (ss) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Master’s Choice, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 1999
• * Hobson’s Choice, (ss) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Image, (ss) Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999
  • Endless Road and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * The Infernal Machine [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf 1987
  • The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [revised], ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Jon L. Lellenberg, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * The Insomniacs Club, (ss) EQMM Sep 1968
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Stories #1, ed. Anon., Bonomo 1979
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * It’s a Dog’s Life [“The Case of the Canine Accomplice”], (ss) AHMM Mar 3 1982
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990
• * King of the Kennel, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1968
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Kitty, (ss) Cat Crimes III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
• * The Landscape of Dreams, (ss) EQMM Mar 24 1982
• * The Last to Know, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1985
• * The Laundry Room, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Upper West Side).
• * The Lemon Drink Queen, (nv) AHMM Feb 1974
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Life Sentence, (ss) Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine Aug 1975
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Lily and Men, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * The Litigants [Al Nudger], (nv) Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000
  • The Nudger Dilemmas: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Machete, (ss)
  • Mystery in the Sunshine State, ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press 1999
• * Mail Order, (ss) AHMM Apr 1975
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * The Man in the Morgue [Al Nudger], (ss) AHMM Feb 1978
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
  • The Nudger Dilemmas: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Men Without Motives, (ss) Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine Aug 1975
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * The Midnight Train, (ss) AHMM Mar 1968
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Moon Children, (ss) Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine May 1975
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Mortal Combat, (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981
• * Night Chase, (ss) New Mystery v1 #2 1992
• * Night Crawlers, (ss) For Crime Out Loud, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1995
  • EQMM Apr 1997; originally read on audio tape in For Crime Out Loud, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1995.
  • Best American Mystery Stories 1998, ed. Sue Grafton, Houghton Mifflin 1998
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998; given as “Nightcrawlers” in toc.
• * Nighthawks, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004
• * Not Just a Number, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1976
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Old Saying [Dick Tracy], (ss) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990
• * On Judgment Day, (ss) Espionage Magazine Aug 1985
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Only One Way to Land [Al Nudger], (nv) AHMM Oct 1983
  • The Nudger Dilemmas: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Open and Shut, (ss) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
• * The Other Side of Reason, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1974
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * El Palacio, (nv) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
• * Political Decision, (ss) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999
• * The President’s Cat Is Missing, (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
• * Prospectus on Death, (ss) AHMM Jul 1971
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Pure Rotten, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1977
  • Murder Most Postal, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001
• * The Real Shape of the Coast, (ss) EQMM Jun 1971
  • August Is a Good Time for Killing, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * The Return of D.B. Cooper, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1982
• * Ride the Lightning [Al Nudger], (ss) AHMM Jan 1985
  • The New Edgar Winners, Mystery Writers of America, New York: Wynwood Press 1990
  • P.I. Files, ed. Loren D. Estleman & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy 1990
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
  • Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • The Edgar Award Book, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
  • The Fifth Grave and Other Terrifying Tales of Homicide in the Heartland, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
  • American Crime Stories, ed. John Escott, Oxford Bookworms 2001
  • The Nudger Dilemmas: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * The Right to Sing the Blues [Al Nudger], (nv) AHMM May 1983
  • Death on the Veranda, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • Murder to Music, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Death in Dixie, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1997
  • The Nudger Dilemmas: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * The Romantics [Al Nudger], (nv) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
  • The Nudger Dilemmas: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * S.O.S., (ss) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
  • Endless Road and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Safe and Loft, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2008
• * The Second Shot, (ss) EQMM Sep 1984
• * Second Story Sunlight [Alo Nudger], (nv) Most Wanted, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * Shell Game, (ss) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * Shock, (ss) Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage 1996
• * Slay Belle, (ss) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993
• * So Young, So Fair, So Dead, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1973
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
• * Someone Else [Fred Carver], (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1992
  • First Cases, Volume 3, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1999
• * Something for the Dark, (vi) AHMM Nov 1977
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Something Like Murder, (ss) EQMM Jan 1978
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Split Personalities, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1984
• * Star Bright [Philip Marlowe], (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988
  • Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, ibooks 1999
• * Stutter Step, (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• * Swan Song, (ss) Once Upon a Crime, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1998
• * Tango Was Her Life, (ss) Death Dance, ed. Trevanian, Cumberland House 2002
• * That Kind of World, (ss) AHMM Jul 16 1980
• * Thieves’ Honor, (ss) AHMM Dec 1966
  • Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * The Thunder of Guilt [Al Nudger], (ss) Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1986
  • The Nudger Dilemmas: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Tiger, Tiger (with Bill Pronzini), (ss) Mystery Sep 1981
• * Time Exposure [Al Nudger], (ss) AHMM Jun 1982
  • The Nudger Dilemmas: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Toad Crossing (with David August), (ss) AHMM Jul 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Crime After Crime, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, St. Martin’s 1999
• * Tough, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1980
• * Traveling Alone (with Barbara Lutz), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• * Trickle Down, (ss) AHMM Oct 1985
• * The Truth of the Matter, (n.) New York: Pocket Books 1971
  • Endless Road and Other Stories, Five Star 2003
• * Twice Removed, (ss) Espionage Magazine Feb 1985
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Typographical Error [Al Nudger], (ss) The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1984
  • The Nudger Dilemmas: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Understanding Electricity, (ss) AHMM Aug 1975
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Until You Are Dead, (ss) AHMM Jan 30 1980
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
• * Veterans, (ss) Murder Most Confederate, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You [Al Nudger], (ss) AHMM Nov 1982; also as “What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt You”.
  • The Eyes Still Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1996
  • The Nudger Dilemmas: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt You [“What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You”; Al Nudger], (ss) AHMM Nov 1982
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Home Sweet Homicide, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Walker 1991
• * When Opportunity Knocks, (ss) AHMM Dec 15 1980
• * Where Is Harry Beal? [Al Nudger], (ss) AHMM Aug 1979
  • First Cases, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Dutton 1996
  • The Nudger Dilemmas: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * White Mustangs, (ss) Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Winds of Change, (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
  • Until You Are Dead, Five Star 1998
  • Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999
• * With Anchovies, (ss) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
• * The Wounded Tiger, (ss) The Diners Club Magazine 1963
  • AHMM May 21 1980
• * You Belong to Me, (nv) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996