Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

WEISS, JEANETTE (chron.)

• * Behind Bars, (pm) EQMM Oct 1990
• * Family Dynamics, (pm) EQMM Oct 1991
• * Homes, Sweet Homes, (pm) EQMM Jun 30 1980
• * Media Favorite, (pm) EQMM Nov 1990

WEISZ, PIERRE (chron.)

• * from “Simenon and ‘Le Commissaire’”, (ex)
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

WELCH, E. N. (chron.)

• * Just an Unofficial Investigation, (ss) AHMM Feb 1987
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993

WELCOME, JOHN; pseudonym of John Needham Huggard Brennan, (1914- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Best Smuggling Stories, ed. John Welcome, Faber & Faber 1967

WELDON, FAY; [born Franklin Birkinshaw] (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Un Crime Maternel, (ss) 1991
  • Murder & Other Acts of Literature, ed. Michele Slung, St. Martin’s 1997

WELHAM, DAVID (chron.)

• * Waiting for the Assassin, (ss) Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991

WELK, MARY (chron.)

• * The Tell-Tale Glow, (vi) About Mysteries; A Modern Retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart.

WELK, MARY V. (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Hickory Dickory Doc, (ss) Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002

WELL, CHRIS (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Time Flies, (vi) AHMM Jan 2003

WELLEN, EDWARD (Paul) (1919- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Blind Alley, (vi) EQMM Jun 1978
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Stories #1, ed. Anon., Bonomo 1979
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Backup, (ss) Espionage Magazine Jun 1986
• * Balloons [Batman], (nv) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990
  • Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997
• * Born Victims, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Prime Crimes 2, ed. Eleanor Sullivan & Karen A. Prince, Davis 1984
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Death & Taxes, (vi) Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Death Dance, (vi) EQMM Mar 10 1980
• * Devil’s Pass, (ss) EQMM Jan 1978
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Experiment, (ss) AHMM Jan 1978
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Fair Exchange, (ss) EQMM Jul 1976
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Final Acquittal, (ss) AHMM Jun 1974
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Finger of Fate, (ss) F&SF Jun 1980
  • Tin Stars, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, NAL/Signet 1986
• * From Parts Unknown, (nv) 14 Vicious Valentines, ed. Rosalind M. Greenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Avon 1988
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Hangover, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1966
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * The House That Jack Built [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) 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
• * In Old Edinburgh, (vi) EQMM Apr 7 1980
• * Inside Evidence, (ss) EQMM Oct 1976
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * It Ain’t Hay, (ss) AHMM Feb 1976
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * The Last Mile, (ss) AHMM Sep 1977
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * A Lesson for Bodkin, (vi) AHMM Feb 3 1982
• * The Man from the Fifty-ninth, (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1983
• * Mrs. Grady’s Swan Song, (ss) EQMM Jun 1975
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * A Nice Save, (vi) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Nothing of the Kind, (vi) EQMM May 1985
• * Oddsmaker, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005
• * The Payoff, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1981
• * The Perfect Rotter, (ss) AHMM Jul 1976
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * The Plan of the Snake, (ss) EQMM Apr 1979
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Play Death, (vi) AHMM Apr 1974
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * The Postmaster & the Slave, (ss) Stamp World 1983
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * The Purist, (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984
• * Red Is the Color of My Truelove’s Blood, (ss) New Mystery v4 #4 1996
• * Rubout, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1976
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Sanity Clause, (ss) F&SF Jan 1975
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Slashaxe, (ss) EQMM Jan 1986
• * Spur the Nightmare, (nv) F&SF Mar 1983
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * State of the Art, (ss) Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Stork Trek (with Josh Pachter), (nv) AHMM Jul 1985
• * The Taste of Revenge, (ss) 1958
  • AHMM Feb 27 1980
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * The Time and the Place, (ss) AHMM Jan 2 1980
• * Trouble Light, (vi) AHMM May 1979
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Voiceover, (nv) Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Bluejay 1984
  • Tin Stars, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, NAL/Signet 1986
• * Waswolf, (ss) F&SF Sep 1987
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * Which One’s the Guilty One?, (ss) AHMM May 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * The Whisper of Gold, (ss) AHMM Jul 16 1980
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001
• * A Wreath for Justice, (ss) AHMM Jan 1975
  • Perps: A Short Story Collection, Five Star 2001

WELLER, ARCHIE (chron.)

• * All the Pretty Little Horses, (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993
• * Dead Roses, (nv) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
• * Songs of the Sea, (nv) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990

WELLES, (George) ORSON (1915-1985) (chron.)

• * It’s in the Bag [Harry Lime], (ss)
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994

WELLMAN, GORDON K. (chron.)

• * The Kidnappers, (nv) Mystery Stories #5 1936

WELLMAN, LARRY K. (chron.)

• * Family Tradition, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #43 2003
• * The Manhunt, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #48 2004
• * The Ringmaster, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #55 2004

WELLMAN, MANLY WADE (1903-1986) (chron.)

• * But Our Hero Was Not Dead [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Argosy Aug 9 1941
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
• * A Knife Between Brothers [David Return], (ss) EQMM Feb 1947
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Rouse Him Not [John Thunstone], (ss) Kadath Jul 1982
  • Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999
• * A Star for a Warrior [David Return], (ss) EQMM Apr 1946
  • EQMM Jan 1991
• * Vandy, Vandy [John], (ss) F&SF Mar 1953
  • Supernatural Sleuths, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Penguin/Roc 1996
• * The Witch’s Cat [as by Gans T. Field], (ss) Weird Tales Oct 1939
  • Mystery Cats 3, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1995
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001

WELLS, BASIL (Eugene) (1912-2003) (chron.)

• * 600 W, (ss) Crack Detective Jan 1945
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * All the Angles, (ss) Smashing Detective Stories Sep 1954
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Hiding Place, (ss) Smashing Detective Stories May 1956
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Satan Picks the Winner, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Dec 1947
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

WELLS, CAROLYN; [i.e., Carolyn Wells Houghton] (1869-1942) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Clothes-Line [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The Century May 1915
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994
• * Christabel’s Crystal, (ss) 1905
  • AHMM Sep 1997

WELLS, CHUCH (chron.)

• * The Counterfeit Murderer!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Jul 1958

WELLS, H(erbert) G(eorge) (1866-1946) (chron.)

• * The Cone, (ss) Unicorn Sep 18 1895
  • The Pan Book of Revenge Stories, ed. W. H. Cozens, London: Pan Books 1971
• * The Man Who Could Work Miracles, (ss) The Illustrated London News Jul 1898
  • AHMM Nov 1988
• * The Moth [“A Moth—Genus Novo”], (ss) Pall Mall Gazette Mar 28 1895
  • Mystery and Detection #1 1934
• * A Moth—Genus Novo, (ss) Pall Mall Gazette Mar 28 1895; also as “The Moth”.
• * Mr. Ledbetter’s Vacation, (ss) The Strand Oct 1898
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
• * Pollock and the Porroh Man, (ss) New Budget May 23 1895
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * The Red Room, (ss) The Idler Mar 1896
  • The Cat of Bast & Other Stories of Mystery, ed. William E. Thorner, Regency 1958
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991

WELSH, LOUISE (chron.)

• * God and Fortune, (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2004

WELTY, EUDORA (1909-2001) (chron.)

• * A Curtain of Green, (ss) A Curtain of Green and Other Stories, Harcourt Brace 1938
  • Garden of Deadly Delights, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * The Hitch-Hikers, (ss) The Southern Review Aut 1939
  • Murder & Other Acts of Literature, ed. Michele Slung, St. Martin’s 1997
• * Old Mr. Granada, (ss) The Southern Review Spr 1938; also as “Old Mr. Marblehall”.
• * Old Mr. Marblehall [“Old Mr. Granada”], (ss) The Southern Review Spr 1938
  • EQMM Mar 1985
  • Death on the Veranda, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994

WENDLAND, AUDREY (chron.)

• * Part of the Game, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984

WENSLEY, FREDERICK PORTER (chron.)

• * “Blodie Belgium”, (nf) Forty Years of Scotland Yard, Frederick Porter Wensley, Doubleday, Doran 1930
  • The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1933

WENTWORTH, K. D. (chron.)

• * Cat and Mouse, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Her Fair and Unpolluted Flesh, (nv) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000
• * No Place LIke Home, (ss) AHMM Oct 1993
• * The Ronnie, (ss) AHMM Aug 1991
  • Garden of Deadly Delights, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * Under the Weather, (ss) AHMM Oct 1995

WERNER, MARTIN (chron.)

• * Christmas Party, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1991
  • Murder Under the Mistletoe and Other Stories, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1992
  • Merry Murder, ed. Cynthia Manson, Seafarer 1994
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * Class Reunion, (ss) EQMM Jul 1993
• * A Little Game, (ss) EQMM Feb 1991
• * Money and Mrs. Markham, (ss) EQMM May 1991

WESSEL, JOHN (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Neighbors, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

WESSELHOEFT, CONRAD (chron.)

• * Teddy Roosevelt and the Great Adventure, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1983

WEST, B. J. (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in) Fog City Nocturne, ed. B. J. West, Apocryphile Press 2006
• * The Low Road [Chambers Nick], (na) Fog City Nocturne, ed. B. J. West, Apocryphile Press 2006
• * Queen of Hearts, King of Diamonds [Chambers Nick], (nv) Fog City Nocturne, ed. B. J. West, Apocryphile Press 2006

WEST, CHARLES (chron.)

• * Do You Think I’m Crazy?, (vi) Hardboiled #24 1998

WEST, CHARLES, Jr. (195?- ) (chron.)

• * Franz Kafka, Detective: The Bird of Ill Omen, (ss) EQMM Aug 18 1980

WEST, CHASSIE (L.) (1938- ) (chron.)

• * Nightmare in Nowhere, (na) Bark M for Murder, ed. Anon., Avon 2006

WEST, CHRISTOPHER (1954- ) (chron.)

• * The Melchester Murders, (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 4, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1994

WEST, CLAUDIA (chron.)

• * The Knockout in the Leopard Coat [Chambers Nick], (ss) Fog City Nocturne, ed. B. J. West, Apocryphile Press 2006

WEST, DALE (chron.)

• * Mirage Off Market [Chambers Nick], (nv) Fog City Nocturne, ed. B. J. West, Apocryphile Press 2006

WEST, J. ALEC (chron.)

• * Billie Sue Mosiman, (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
• * Ed Gorman, (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
• * The Full Moon Murders, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1996
• * Good Things Come in Small Packages—Even Mysteries, (ar) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
• * An Interview with Carolyn Hart, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
• * An Interview with Donald Westlake, (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• * An Interview with Joan Hess, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
• * Interview with Julie Smith, (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• * An Interview with M. K. Wren, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
• * An Interview with Penny Warner, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• * Interview with Richard Lupoff, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1996
• * An Interview with Robert B. Parker, (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * Interview with Sara Paretsky, (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• * An Interview with Sue Grafton, (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * Mysterious Essay—Failure at Five, (ar) Murderous Intent Sum 1996