Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

WEST, J. ALEC (chron.) (continued)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ The Replacement Thief, (vi) AHMM Feb 1994

WEST, JANET (chron.)

• * In Defense of the Lone Ranger!, (pm) EQMM Jan 1994

WEST, KEITH; pseudonym of Kenneth Westmacott Lane, (1893-1954) (chron.)

• * A Gentleman Repays a Loan, (ss) Cosmopolitan Jul 1931
  • AHMM Oct 1995

WEST, KERRY E. (chron.)

• * Shame, (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005

WEST, PAUL (Noden) (1930- ) (chron.)

• * General Bellomo, (ss) Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992

WEST, REBECCA; adopted name of Cecily Isabel Fairfield Andrews, (1892-1983) (chron.)

• * from “The Salt of the Earth”, (ex) 1935
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * Greenhouse with Cyclamens I, (nv)
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998

WEST, WILLIAM KYER (chron.)

• * Hector’s Passing, (nv) AHMM Sep 1988

WESTERMANN, JOHN (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Rumors of Gravity, (ss) The Mighty Johns, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002
• * The Secret, (nv) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * Trauma Bells Are Ringing, (ss) New Mystery v6 #2 1999

WESTERVELT, LAURA WATSON (chron.)

• * A Matter of Time, (ss) AHMM Feb 1985
• * Truck Stop, (ss) AHMM Jul 1984

WESTGARD, STEN (chron.)

• * Gunsafe, (ss) Crimewave #4 2000
• * Shovel Them Under and Let Me Work, (ss) Crimewave #3 2000

WESTLAKE, DONALD E(dwin Edmund) (1933- ); see pseudonym Sam Holt (books) (chron.)

• * After I’m Gone [Abe Levine], (nv) EQMM Jun 1984
  • Law and Order, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
• * Arrest, (ss) Manhunt Jan 1958
  • Opening Shots, ed. Lawrence Block, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * Art & Craft [John Dortmunder], (ss) Playboy Aug 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
  • Thieves’ Dozen, Mysterious Press 2004
• * Ask a Silly Question [John Dortmunder], (ss) Playboy Feb 1981
  • Thieves’ Dozen, Mysterious Press 2004
• * The Best-Friend Murder [Abe Levine], (nv) AHMM Dec 1959
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2005
• * Break-Out, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1961
  • Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 1960
• * Breathe Deep, (ss) Playboy Jul 1985
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
  • High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003
  • A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005
• * The Burglar and the Whatsit, (ss) Playboy Dec 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
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Come Again?, (nv) The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * Cool O’Toole, (ss) AHMM Sep 1966
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1967
• * The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution [as by Richard Stark], (ss) AHMM Sep 1960
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * The Death of a Bum [Abe Levine], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1965
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * Devilishly, (ss) Signature, the Diner’s Club Magazine Aug 1966
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * The Devil’s Printer, (ss) Mystery Digest Sep 1958
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Domestic Intrigue, (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Jul 1966
  • AHMM Jun 16 1980
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Home Sweet Homicide, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Walker 1991
• * The Dortmunder Workout, (ss)
  • Thieves’ Dozen, Mysterious Press 2004
• * An Empty Threat, (ss) Manhunt Feb 1960
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Thurber on Crime, James Thurber, The Mysterious Press 1991
• * Fresh Out of Prison, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1960; also as “You Put on Some Weight”.
• * Fugue for Felons [John Rumsey], (nv)
  • Thieves’ Dozen, Mysterious Press 2004
• * The Girl of My Dreams, (ss) The Midnight Ghost Book, ed. James Hale 1978
  • EQMM Apr 1979
  • Blood Threat & Fears, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
• * Give Till It Hurts [John Dortmunder], (ss) New York: The Mysterious Bookshop 1993
  • Thieves’ Dozen, Mysterious Press 2004
• * Good Night! Good Night!, (ss) AHMM Dec 1960
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * A Good Story, (ss) Playboy Oct 1984
  • MHCMM #1 1996
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Horse Laugh [John Dortmunder], (ss) Playboy Jun 1986
  • Thieves’ Dozen, Mysterious Press 2004
• * In at the Death, (ss) The Thirteenth Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins 1977; also as “This Is Death”.
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2000, ed. Donald E. Westlake, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * Introduction: Dortmunder and Me, in Short, (in)
  • Thieves’ Dozen, Mysterious Press 2004
• * Introduction: The New Edgar Winners, (in)
  • The New Edgar Winners, Mystery Writers of America, New York: Wynwood Press 1990
• * Jumble Sale [John Dortmunder], (ss) The Armchair Detective Sum 1994
  • Thieves’ Dozen, Mysterious Press 2004
• * Just the Lady We’re Looking For, (ss) EQMM Sep 1964
  • Grifters and Swindlers, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Last-Minute Shopping, (ss) New York Times Book Review Dec 5 1993
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1994, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1994
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Love in the Lean Years, (ss) Playboy Feb 1992
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1993, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1993
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * A Midsummer Daydream [John Dortmunder], (ss) Playboy May 1990
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1991, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1991
  • Thieves’ Dozen, Mysterious Press 2004
• * The Mother of Invention, (ss) Dapper Feb 1966; also as “The Mother of Invention Is Worth a Pound of Cure”.
• * The Mother of Invention Is Worth a Pound of Cure [“The Mother of Invention”], (ss) Dapper Feb 1966
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Never Shake a Family Tree, (ss) AHMM Mar 1961
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
  • Never Shake a Family Tree, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press 1998
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Now What? [John Dortmunder], (ss) Playboy Dec 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
  • Thieves’ Dozen, Mysterious Press 2004
• * One on a Desert Island, (ss) AHMM Jun 1959
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Ordo, (na) Enough!, Evans 1977
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Pulp Masters, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Party Animal [John Dortmunder], (ss) Playboy Dec 1992
  • Thieves’ Dozen, Mysterious Press 2004
• * Re Porter, (ss) EQMM Jul 1982
• * The Risk Profession, (nv) Amazing Mar 1961
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Seeds and Sand, (pm) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992
• * Sinner or Saint, (nv) Mystery Digest Dec 1958
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Skeeks, (ss) Playboy Jun 1995
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Sniff, (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine May 1967
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * The Sweetest Man in the World, (ss) EQMM Mar 1967
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * Take It Away, (ss) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997
  • The Plot Thickens, ed. Mary Higgens Clark, Pocket 1997
  • 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
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999
• * The Tarnished Knight, (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1990
• * This Is Death [“In at the Death”], (ss) The Thirteenth Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins 1977
  • EQMM Nov 1978
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Mystery for Halloween, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1991
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
  • Simply the Best Mysteries, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
• * Too Many Crooks [John Dortmunder], (ss) Playboy Aug 1989
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1990, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1990
  • EQMM Jun 1991
  • 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
  • The Edgar Award Book, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
  • Master’s Choice, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 1999
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
  • Thieves’ Dozen, Mysterious Press 2004
• * The Ultimate Caper: The Purloined Letter, (ss) The New York Times May 11 1975
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
  • Murderous Schemes, ed. Donald E. Westlake, New York: Oxford University Press 1996
• * Walking Around Money, (na) Transgressions, ed. Ed McBain, Forge Books 2005
• * The Winner, (ss) Nova 1, ed. Harry Harrison, Delacorte 1970
  • Sci-Fi Private Eye, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc 1997
• * You Put on Some Weight [“Fresh Out of Prison”], (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1960
  • A Good Story and Other Stories, Five Star 1999

_____, [ref.]

• * “An Interview with Donald Westlake” by J. Alec West, (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• * “Looking on the Dark Side” by Marion Long, (bg) MHCMM Fll 1998

WESTMORELAND, KENT (chron.)

• * Ash Wednesday [Burleigh Drummond], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Apr 2001
• * Kent Westmoreland Interviews Robert Skinner, (iv) Plots with Guns Jul/Aug 2001
• * A Relatively Small Sum of Money, (ss) Blue Murder May 1999

WESTON, ANNE (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Chestnut Vendor, (nv) AHMM Oct 2002
• * Beyond the Lost Man Mountains, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• * By the Monkey-Ladder Vine, (nv) AHMM Apr 2004
• * The Devil Takes a Trip, (ss) AHMM Apr 2000
• * The Girl from Wore-Out Canyon, (ss) AHMM Nov 1999
• * The Horse with White Stockings, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999
• * The Master of Animals [Efrain], (nv) AHMM Apr 2006
• * The Mudslide, (ss) AHMM Dec 2001
• * On the Way to the Store, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998
• * When the Pig Got Lost, (ss) AHMM Oct 1998

WESTON, CAROLYN (1921-2001) (chron.)

• * Poor, Poor Ophelia, (ex) New York: Random House 1972
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

WESTON, JOHN (chron.)

• * Tongue of Terror, (ss) Vengeance Shorts #2 1946

WESTRICK, TIMOTHY A. (chron.)

• * Families, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

WETJEN, ALBERT RICHARD (1900-1948) (chron.)

• * In the Wake of Shark Gotch [Shark Gotch], (ss) Mystery Stories #13 1938
• * The Shark Strikes [Shark Gotch], (ss) Action Stories Feb 1928
  • Pulp Vault #12/13 1992

WEYMAN, STANLEY J(ohn) (1855-1928) (chron.)

• * Gerald, (ss) The English Illustrated Magazine Mar 1887
  • 12 Mystery Stories, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998

WHARTON, EDITH (Newbold, née Jones) (1862-1937) (chron.)

• * Afterward, (nv) The Century Jan 1910
  • AHMM Nov 2000
• * A Journey, (ss) Greater Inclination, Scribner 1899
  • Murder & Other Acts of Literature, ed. Michele Slung, St. Martin’s 1997
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998

WHAT, LESLIE (chron.)

• * The Happy Homewrecker, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

WHEAT, CAROLYN (1946- ) (books) (chron.)

• * “A” Is for Adams, (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999
  • Tales Out of School, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Accidents Will Happen, (ss) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996
  • Tales Out of School, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Adventure of the Angel’s Trumpet [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1996
  • Tales Out of School, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Adventure of the Rara Avis, (nv) Murder, My Dear Watson, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2002
• * The Black Hawthorn, (ss) Danger in D.C., ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine 1993
  • Tales Out of School, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * A Bus Called Pity, (ss) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999
• * The Case of the Rajah’s Emerald [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) More Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1999
• * Cat Lady, (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
  • Tales Out of School, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Cousin Cora, (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • Tales Out of School, Crippen & Landru 2000
  • Master’s Choice Volume II, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2000
• * Crime Scene, (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
  • Tales Out of School, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Cruel and Unusual, (nv) Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket 1996
  • Tales Out of School, Crippen & Landru 2000
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Flake Piece, (ss) 1988
  • Tales Out of School, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Ghost Station, (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1992, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1992
  • Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • August Is a Good Time for Killing, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
  • Tales Out of School, Crippen & Landru 2000
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004