Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

VICKERS, ROY (chron.) (continued)

• * Double Image, (nv) EQMM Apr 1954
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • EQMM Sep 1991
• * The Eight Pieces of Tortoiseshell [Department of Dead Ends], (nv) EQMM Jan 1947; also as “The Henpecked Murderer”.
• * The Henpecked Murderer [“The Eight Pieces of Tortoiseshell”; Department of Dead Ends], (nv) EQMM Jan 1947
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
• * Miss Paisley’s Cat, (ss) EQMM May 1953
  • Mystery Cats, ed. Anon., Signet 1991
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * The Rubber Trumpet [Department of Dead Ends], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Sep 1934
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
• * Wife Missing [Department of Dead Ends], (nv) EQMM Mar 1958
  • Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection, ed. Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor, Garland 1983
• * The Yellow Jumper [Department of Dead Ends], (ss) EQMM Jun 1946
  • Ellery Queen’s Anthology Volume 1, ed. Ellery Queen, London: May Fair 1959

VICKERS, WILLIAM EDWARD (1889-1965); see pseudonym Roy Vickers (chron.)

VICTOR, IAN; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell (chron.)

• * Presage, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1996
• * The Seven Black Orisons, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1996

VIDAL, GORE; [i.e., Eugene Luther Vidal, Jr.] (1925- ) (chron.)

• * Dark Possession, (pl) Visit to a Small Planet and Other Television Plays, Little, Brown 1956
  • The Red-Headed League and Other Mystery Plays, ed. Katherine Robinson, Scholastic 1986

VIDRO, ARTHUR (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist, T. S. Stribling, Crippen & Landru 2004

VIETS, ELAINE (1950- ) (chron.)

• * After the Fall, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006
• * Killer Blonde, (na) Drop-Dead Blonde, ed. Anon., Signet 2005
• * Red Meat, (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004
• * Sex and Bingo [Helen Hawthorne], (nv) High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004

VILLIERS de l’ISLE-ADAM, (Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, Comte de) (1838-1889) (chron.)

• * A Torture by Hope, (ss) The Strand Jun 1891
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999; as by Viscount de Lisle in table of contents

VINCENT, BEV (chron.)

• * What David Was Doing When the Lights Went Out, (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

VINE, BARBARA; pseudonym of Ruth Rendell, (1930- ) (chron.)

• * A Dark-Adapted Eye, (ex) 1986
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * In the Time of His Prosperity, (ss) London: Penguin 1995
  • EQMM Aug 2005

VINES, JIMMY (chron.)

• * Between a Cat and a Hard Place, (ss) EQMM May 1993
  • Mystery Cats 3, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1995
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * Goliath, (ss) AHMM Sep 1994
• * The Hot Seat, (ss) AHMM Apr 1992

VINEYARD, DAVID L. (chron.)

• * The Half-Smart Aleck Kid, (ss) Hardboiled Detective #12 1991

VINK, RENÉE (1954- ) (chron.)

• * A Frail Young Life, (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999

VINTEN, ROBYN (chron.)

• * The Man in the Hat, (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995

VIS, JACOB (chron.)

• * The Mermaid, (ss) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999

VISIAK, E. H.; pseudonym of Edward Harold Physick, (1878-1972) (chron.)

• * I Am a Murderer (with A. Vesselo), (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * The Legacy, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * Rescued, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

VIVELO, JACQUELINE (J.) (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Appalachian Blackmail, (ss) AHMM Jan 1994
  • Christmas Crimes, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002

VLADO| MICHAEL (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Spy and the Gypsy” by Edward D. Hoch [Jeffrey Rand; ], (ss) EQMM May 1991

VOBER, JOHN J. (chron.)

• * All Wet, (pm) EQMM Nov 1990
• * The Hanging Judge, (pm) EQMM Nov 1990

VOGEL, ALVIN (chron.)

• * Spaceman, (vi) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

VOGELE, KATHERINE (chron.)

_____, reviews:

• * Booksellers’ Best Bets, (br) MHCMM Sum 2000

VOGL, A. J. (chron.)

• * The Paranoid Club, (ss) EQMM Jan 1983

VOGLER, SARA (chron.)

• * Doing the Bank (with Jan Burchett), (ss) The Young Oxford Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Dennis Hamley, Oxford University Press 2003

VOGT, M. DIANE (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Surviving Toronto, (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

VOIGHT, ANASTASIA (chron.)

• * Charley Chan, Inc, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #44 2004

VOLK, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * Indicator, (ss) Crimewave #7 2003
  • The Best British Mysteries 2005, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2005

VOLKMAN, ERNEST (chron.)

• * Ayatollah Khomeni, CIA Agent, (ar) Espionage Magazine May 1987
• * In Review: Books, (cl) Espionage Magazine May, Jul, Sep 1987
• * The Intelligence Process, (ar) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984, Feb, May 1985
• * Interview: Frederick Forsyth, (cl) Espionage Magazine May 1985
• * Iran’s Former Top Spy Tells All, (iv) Espionage Magazine Sep 1987
• * The Real Story of ULTRA, (ar) Espionage Magazine Apr 1986
• * The Red Three, (ar) Espionage Magazine Jul 1987
• * Top Secret, (cl) Espionage Magazine Jul, Sep 1987
• * Top Secret: Inside the World of Espion, (cl) Espionage Magazine May 1987

_____, [ref.]

• * Interview: Ernest Volkman, (iv) Espionage Magazine Aug 1985

VOLSKY, PAULA (chron.)

• * The Bastard of Bologna, (pl) 1992
  • Sweet Revenge, ed. Marvin Kaye, Fireside Theater 1992
• * The Giant Rat of Sumatra (ascribed to H.P. Lovecraft) [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996

von ALLMEN, STEWART (chron.)

• * The All-American (with Peter Crowther), (nv) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997

von KLEIST, HEINRICH (1777-1811) (chron.)

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

von PLANTA, ANNA (chron.)

• * Notes on the Stories, (bi)
  • Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith, Patricia Highsmith, W.W. Norton & Company 2003

von ROSENKRANZ, PALLE; see under Rosenkrantz, Baron Palle (chron.)

VON ROSPACH, CHARLES (chron.)

• * Going Straight (with Laurie Sefton) [*Batman], (ss) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992
  • Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997

VOURLIS, JOHN P. (chron.)

• * A Case of Insomnia [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003

VUKCEVICH, RAY (1940- ) (chron.)

• * The Swan, (ss) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001

VULLIAMY, ED (chron.)

• * Man of Dishonour, (ar) The Guardian Nov 20 1993
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

WADDELL, JENNIFER (chron.)

• * Alice Holds the Cards (with Carole Nelson Douglas), (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999

WADE, HENRY; pseudonym of Henry L. Aubrey-Fletcher, (1887-1969) (chron.)

• * Duello [Insp. (Chief Insp.) Poole], (ss) The London Magazine Apr 1930
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996

WADE, MARYAM (chron.)

• * The Red Leech, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1985

WADE, ROBERT (Allison) (1920- ); see pseudonyms Whit Masterson & Wade Miller (chron.)

WADLEIGH, CHERYL (chron.)

• * Just the Luck, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

WAGMAN, DIANA (chron.)

• * What You See, (ss) Los Angeles Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2007

WAGNER, CHARLES (1957- ) (chron.)

• * Home Preserves, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1985

WAGNER, E. J. (chron.)

• * Bright Scissors, Sharp as Pain, (ss) EQMM Sep 1988
• * Cook’s Choice, (ss) EQMM Oct 1990

WAGNER, ESTHER (chron.)

• * Contemporary Gothic [“Miss Weird-O”], (ss) EQMM Dec 1960
  • More Ms. Murder, ed. Marie Smith, London: Xanadu 1991
• * Miss Weird-O, (ss) EQMM Dec 1960; also as “Contemporary Gothic”.

WAGNER, JOYCE (chron.)

• * Edna & Carole, (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996

WAGNER, KARL EDWARD (1945-1994) (chron.)

• * But You’ll Never Follow Me, (ss) Borderlands, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon 1990
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991

WAGNER, LINDA (chron.)

• * Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends, (ss) The Third WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press 1990
• * That’s All, Folks, (ss) The Fourth WomanSleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA 1991

WAGNER-HANKINS, MAGGIE (chron.)

• * The Body, (nv) AHMM Jul 1995
• * Love Always, Mama, (nv) AHMM May 1987
• * Separate Vacations, (ss) AHMM Nov 1991
• * The Unbelievable Dream of Hettie Flagg, (ss) AHMM Feb 1987
• * Witch and Cousin, (ss) AHMM Dec 1992
  • Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum and Other Horror Stories, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Simon & Schuster 1994

WAHLÖÖ, PER; [i.e., Peter Wahlöö] (1926-1975) (chron.)

• * Cop Killer (with Maj Sjöwall), (ex) London: Gollancz 1975
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993; tr. by Thomas Teal

WAHLSTROM, RALPH L. (chron.)

• * Getting Burned, (vi) EQMM Feb 1984

WAINHOUSE, AUSTRYN (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * from Philisophy in the Bedroom, by Marquis de Sade, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995; tr. by Richard Seaver

WAINWRIGHT, JOHN (William) (1921- ) (chron.)

• * Final Demand, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 14, ed. Hilary Watson, London: Macmillan 1982
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996

WAITES, JOAN (chron.)

• * Three Killings and a Favor, (ss) Murder on Sunset Boulevard, ed. Rochelle Krich, Michael Mallory & Lisa Seidman, Top Publications 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003

WAITES, MARTYN (1963- ) (chron.)

• * Just Pretend, (nv) Plots with Guns Sum 2004
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Love, (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Dagenham).
• * Lucky Bastard, (ss) Fresh Blood 3, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1999

WAKEFIELD, H(erbert) RUSSELL (1888-1964) (chron.)

• * Damp Sheets, (ss) The Sketch Oct 30 1929
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * An Echo, (ss) They Return At Evening, Phillip Allan 1928
  • Mystery and Detection #1 1934
• * The Frontier Guards, (ss) The Illustrated London News Nov 25 1929
  • The Cat of Bast & Other Stories of Mystery, ed. William E. Thorner, Regency 1958
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
  • AHMM Feb 1991
• * Professor Pownall’s Oversight [“The Unseen Player”], (ss) The Royal Magazine Mar 1928
  • Sinister Gambits, ed. Richard Peyton, Souvenir Press 1991
• * The Unseen Player, (ss) The Royal Magazine Mar 1928; also as “Professor Pownall’s Oversight”.

WAKEFIELD, PAULA (chron.)

• * The Fur Boot, (nv) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992

WALDECK, THEODORE J. (chron.)

• * Certain, Sudden Death! [from On Safari, Viking 1940], (ss)
  • Masterpieces of Adventure, ed. Louis Morris, Hart 1966

WALDMAN, MEL (chron.)

• * General Tom, (vi) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984
• * Halloween Mask, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 1989
• * Rabbi of Berlin, (ss) Espionage Magazine Aug 1985
• * The Red Angel, (ss) Hardboiled #10 1989
• * The Victim, (vi) Hardboiled Detective #11 1991
• * Werewolf, (ss) Espionage Magazine Apr 1986

WALDO, SIDNEY (chron.)

• * Higher Education, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 16 1936
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993