Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

WALDROOP, MATT CURTIS (chron.)

• * The Magic Pebble, (ss) Espionage Magazine Jun 1986

WALKER, ALICE (Malsenior) (1944- ) (chron.)

• * How Did I Get Away with Killing One of the Biggest Lawyers in the State? It Was Easy., (ss) You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down, Harcourt Brace & Co. 1980
  • Murder & Other Acts of Literature, ed. Michele Slung, St. Martin’s 1997
• * “Really, Doesn’t Crime Pay?”, (ss) In Love & Trouble, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1986
• * The Revenge of Hannah Kemhuff, (ss) Ms. Jul 1973
  • Revenge, ed. Kate Saunders, Faber & Faber 1991

WALKER, DALE L. (1935- ) (chron.)

• * A Deal in Dust, (ss) AHMM Mar 26 1980
• * Death of an Old Man, (ss) AHMM Jan 7 1981

WALKER, DAVID (Harry) (1911-1992) (chron.)

• * Summertime Adventure, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 2 1955
  • AHMM Mar 1998

WALKER, IAN (chron.)

• * The Broken Bolt Mystery, (ss) The Mysterious Bruce, ed. Anon., The Brucedale Press 1997

WALKER, MARGARET (Abigail) (1915- ) (chron.)

• * The Back of Beyond, (ss) Crimewave #2 1999

WALKER, NAOMI; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell (chron.)

• * Avernus, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1996
• * Did I Ever Tell You My Biker Story, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1997
• * Plutonian Shore, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1997
• * Stars, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1997
• * Tombstone Blues, (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1997

WALKER, PETER (1937- ) (chron.)

• * A Quick Word with Eddie Bunker, (iv) Crime Time v2 #1 1998

WALKER, PETER N(orman) (1936- ); see pseudonym Nicholas Rhea (chron.)

• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995
• * The Manhunt of Dalby Forest, (ar) Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992
• * The Unknown Lady of Sutton Bank, (ar) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995

WALKER, ROBERT W(ayne) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Heart Throb, (ss)
  • Mystery in the Sunshine State, ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press 1999
• * Pet Project, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006

WALKER, ROD C. (chron.)

• * Madmen’s Trek, (ss) Jungle Stories Sum 1950
  • High Adventure #71 2003

WALKER, ROSEMARY (chron.)

• * Just a Bit of Fun, (ss) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995

WALL, DON(ald) (chron.)

• * Animal Sounds, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1981

WALLACE, ALEXANDER (1900- ) (chron.)

• * Blood for the Juju, (nv) Jungle Stories Sum 1950
  • High Adventure #71 2003

WALLACE, ARTHUR (chron.)

• * Dungeon of the Blind, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jul 1935
  • Spicy Mystery Stories, ed. Tom Mason, Newbury Park, CA: Malibu Graphics, Inc. 1990

WALLACE, CHRISTINA (chron.)

• * Relevé (with Patricia Wallace), (ss) Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House 1996

WALLACE, CLIFFORD; pseudonym of Sydney J. Bounds, (1920-2006) (chron.)

• * Terror Stalks the Sceance Room, (ss) Suspense Stories #2 1954

WALLACE, (Richard Horatio) EDGAR (1875-1932) (chron.)

• * The Abductor [Four Just Men], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 29 1927
  • Mystery and Detection Aug 1935
• * The Buoy That Did Not Light [Felix Jenks], (ss) The Grand Magazine Jan 1923
  • Crime for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1991
• * The Chobham Affair [“A Christmas Present for His Wife”], (ss) The Strand Dec 1930
  • EQMM Jan 1945
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
• * A Christmas Present for His Wife, (ss) The Strand Dec 1930; also as “The Chobham Affair”.
• * Clues [Supt. Minter], (ss) Mystery Magazine Jun 1 1926
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * Code No. 2, (ss) The Strand Apr 1916
  • EQMM Spr 1942
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Sinister Spies, ed. Anon., Random House 1982
• * The Dangerous Reptile [John G. Reeder], (ss) The Grand Magazine 1925; also as “The Green Mamba”.
• * The Four Just Men [Four Just Men], (n.) 1905
  • Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * The Four Just Men [Chapter 1], (ex) Tallis 1905
  • Crime: Free Classic Crime Sampler, ed. Anon., House of Stratus 2001
• * The Ghost of John Holling [Felix Jenks], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 8 1924; also as “Mystery Liner”.
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998
• * The Green Mamba [“The Dangerous Reptile”; John G. Reeder], (ss) The Grand Magazine 1925
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * The Happy Travelers [Four Just Men], (ss)
  • Mystery and Detection Jun 1935
• * The Investors [John G. Reeder], (ss) The Grand Magazine 1925
  • AHMM May 1996
• * The Kidnapping of Inspector Mander [Ringer], (ss)
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * The Man of the Night, (ss) The Weekly Tale-Teller Oct 15 1910
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994
• * The Man Who Hated Earth Worms [Four Just Men], (ss) The Strand Jul 1921
  • Mystery Stories #5 1936
• * The Man Who Was Acquitted [Four Just Men], (ss) The Law of the Four Just Men, Hodder & Stoughton 1921
  • Mystery and Detection Apr 1935
• * The Man with the Canine Teeth [Four Just Men], (ss) The Strand Jun 1921
  • Mystery and Detection #2 1934
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
• * The Missing Romney, (ss) Weekly News Dec 27 1919
  • AHMM Nov 1982
  • The Art of the Impossible, ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey, Xanadu 1990
• * Mr. Collingrey, MP [Heine], (ss) The Adventures of Heine, Ward Lock 1919
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996
• * The Murder at the ‘Port Helm’, (ss) Penny Illustrated Paper Dec 17 1910 (+1)
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998
• * Mystery Liner [“The Ghost of John Holling”; Felix Jenks], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 8 1924
  • Crime Movies, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1996
• * The Poetical Policeman [“The Strange Case of the Night Watchman”; John G. Reeder], (ss) The Grand Magazine
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
• * The Shadow Man [John G. Reeder], (na) The Thriller Jan 30 1932
  • The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1933
• * The Slane Mystery [Four Just Men], (ss) 1931
  • Mystery and Detection Oct 1935
• * The Slave-Maker, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Dec 1933
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * The Stolen Romney, (ss) Weekly News Dec 27 1919
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • AHMM Nov 1982
• * Straight from the Horse’s Mouth [Educated Evans], (ss)
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * The Strange Case of the Night Watchman [John G. Reeder], (ss) The Grand Magazine; also as “The Poetical Policeman”.
• * The Strangeness of Joab Lashmere, (ss) Lloyd’s Story Magazine Sep 1922
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * The Third Coincidence [Four Just Men], (ss)
  • Mystery and Detection Sep 1935
• * The Treasure Hunt [John G. Reeder], (ss) The Grand Magazine Dec 1924
  • AHMM Apr 1987
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * Warm and Dry [Supt. Minter], (ss) 1975
  • EQMM Nov 1976
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992

WALLACE, JAMIE (chron.)

• * Driven to Kill, (ss) A Deadly Dozen, ed. Susan B. Casmier, Aljean Harmetz & Cynthia Lawrence, Uglytown 2000

WALLACE, JOHN (1892-1968) (chron.)

• * Death on the Bounce, (ss) Black Book Detective May 1941
  • High Adventure #69 2003

WALLACE, JOSEPH (chron.)

• * Dead Man, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• * Liminal, (ss) Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006; (Security Boulevard-Woodlawn).

WALLACE, MARILYN (Weiss) (1941- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Advice to the Lovelorn, (ss) Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley 1995
• * The Collaboration, (ss) Love and Death, ed. Carolyn Hart, Berkley Prime Crime 2001
• * The Cutting Edge, (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991
• * Desdemona’s Handkerchief, (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991
  • Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1997
• * Foreword (with Robert J. Randisi), (fw)
  • Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
• * His Tears, (ss) Malice Domestic 3, Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1994
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998
• * The Oath, (ss) Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999
• * Reunion, (ss) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
• * The Sentence, (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998
• * Splitting, (ss) A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2003
• * A Tale of Two Pretties, (ss) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1997
• * Thinking, (ss) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999
• * Wish I May, Wish I Might, (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1993

WALLACE, PATRICIA; [i.e., Patricia Wallace Estrada] (1949- ) (chron.)

• * Destiny, (ss) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
• * The Hot Hand (with Andrew Estrada), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• * Relevé (with Christina Wallace), (ss) Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House 1996

WALLACE, PENELOPE (1923-1997) (chron.)

• * Goodbye Jenny, (vi) Police Review
  • 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• * Joe, (ss) AHMM Jan 6 1982
• * My Friend Sam, (ss) EQMM May 1993
  • Mysterious Menagerie, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1996
• * Police, Please, (vi) EQMM Nov 1993
• * The Traveling Medicine Chest, (vi) 1981
  • EQMM Oct 1982
• * Truth to Tell, (ss) John Creasey’s Crime Collection, ed. Herbert Harris 1986
  • EQMM Nov 1992
• * The World According to Uncle Albert, (ss) AHMM Sep 8 1980
  • Murder by the Book, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995

WALLACE, ROBERT; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * Cartel of Death [by Tom Johnson; Phantom Detective], (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1995
• * The Case of the Poison Formula, (na) The Phantom Detective Dec 1945
  • Action Adventure Stories May 2004
• * Cavalcade of Death [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (nv) The Phantom Detective Aug 1937
  • Action Adventure Stories #108 2001
• * The Chain of Death [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Mar 1939
  • Action Adventure Stories #100 2001
• * The Crime Castle [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (nv) The Phantom Detective Dec 1934
  • Action Adventure Stories #113 2002
• * Death in the Desert [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Jun 1943
  • Action Adventure Stories Aug 2004
• * Death Rides the Blizzard [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Nov 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories #25 1998
• * Death Rides the Winner [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Aug 1946
  • Action Adventure Stories Jan 2005
• * The Death Skull Murders [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective May 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories #62 1999
• * Double Stamped Doom [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Oct 1937
  • Action Adventure Stories #48 1999
• * Empire of Terror [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Oct 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories #8 1997
  • High Adventure #57 2001
• * The Front Page Murders [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Jun 1938
  • Action Adventure Stories Oct 2004
• * The Grim Shadow of Hate [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (ex) The Phantom Detective Jun 1941
  • High Adventure #75 2004
• * The Grim Shadow of Hate [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Jun 1941
  • Action Adventure Stories #73 2000
  • High Adventure #74 2004
• * The Hanging Shadow, (ss) Popular Detective Dec 1944
• * Harvest of Death [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective May 1937
  • Action Adventure Stories #16 1997
• * The Henchmen of Death [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Mar 1937
  • Action Adventure Stories #32 1998
• * The House of Murders [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Feb 1935
  • High Adventure #68 2003
• * The Medieval Murders, (ss) The Phantom Detective Jul 1942
  • Action Adventure Stories Feb 2004
• * Merchant of Murder [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Oct 1934
  • Action Adventure Stories Dec 2004
• * Murder at the Circus [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective May 1939
  • Action Adventure Stories #41 1999
• * Murder at the Worlds Fair [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Jun 1939
  • Action Adventure Stories #55 1999