Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

WILLEFORD, CHARLES (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Pick-Up, (n.) Beacon Books 1955
  • Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s, ed. Robert Polito, The Library of America 1997

WILLER, RUSSELL (chron.)

• * Age Will Tell, (ss) Vengeance Shorts #1 1945

WILLIAMS, ALMA JO (chron.)

• * The Cornfield, (ss)
  • Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 2, ed. Stephen Beals, Chapel Street 1992

WILLIAMS, BLANCHE COLTON (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Mystery and the Detective, ed. Blanche Colton Williams, Appleton-Century 1938

WILLIAMS, CHARLES (1909-1975) (chron.)

• * Flight to Nowhere, (na) Manhunt Sep 1955
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996

WILLIAMS, CHARLES F. (chron.)

• * Crossfire, (ss) AHMM Jun 1987

WILLIAMS, CONRAD (1969- ) (chron.)

• * Crappy Rubsniff, (ss) Crimewave #6 2002
• * Footprint on Nowhere Beach, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003

WILLIAMS, DAVID (1926-2003) (chron.)

• * Adding Value, (ss) EQMM Aug 2004
• * And Broke His Crown, (ss) A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1995
  • EQMM Jan 1997
• * The Extortionately Dear Departed, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2000
• * The Final Chance, (ss) EQMM Apr 1999
• * Freeze Everybody, (nv) Winter’s Crimes 21, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1989
  • EQMM Aug 1993
• * The Gentlemanly Thing, (ss) EQMM Jul 1998
• * The Gift of the Gab, (ss) EQMM Nov 2001
• * In Charity with Her Neighbour, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1999
• * My Aunt Gloria’s Legacy, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005
• * A Nose for Murder, (ss) EQMM Jun 2002
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003
• * Not Any Thing That Is His, (ss) EQMM Apr 2002
• * The Other Woman, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 20, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1988
  • Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1992
• * A Public Service, (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 5, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1995
  • EQMM Oct 1995
• * The Rude Awakening of Sybil Flitch, (ss) EQMM Jun 2001
• * Second Best Man, (ss) EQMM May 1994
  • 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * Seeing Off George, (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• * Smoke Gets In..., (ss) A Classic English Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion 1990
• * Something to Declare, (ss) EQMM Sep 1988
• * Sweet Fruition, (ss) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
• * Take Two Husbands, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 24, ed. Maria Rejt, London: Macmillan 1992
  • EQMM Dec 1992
  • Winter’s Crimes 24, Volume 2, ed. Maria Rejt, Chivers Press 1993
• * Tricks of the Trade, (ss) EQMM Jun 1997

WILLIAMS, DENISE (chron.)

• * Strung Out (with Monica Ferris), (ss) Murder Most Crafty, ed. Maggie Bruce, Penguin US 2005

WILLIAMS, (George) EMLYN (1905-1987) (chron.)

• * from Beyond Belief, (ex) 1967
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

WILLIAMS, EWEN (chron.)

• * Night Call, (ss) Suspense Stories #3 1954

WILLIAMS, FREDERICK (chron.)

• * Best Man Wins, (ss)
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, ed. Nelson DeMille, Houghton Mifflin 2004

WILLIAMS, GORDON M(aclean) (1939- ); see pseudonym P. B. Yuill (chron.)

WILLIAMS, JOHN (chron.)

• * New Rose, (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (New Cross).

WILLIAMS, JOHN (L.) (1961- ) (chron.)

• * The North Star, (ss) Fresh Blood 2, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1997
• * Supposed to Be a Funeral, (nv) Blue Lightning, ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press 1998

WILLIAMS, JOHN (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “An Interview with John Williams” by Sarah Weinman, (iv) Plots with Guns Sum 2004

WILLIAMS, JOHN A. (chron.)

• * From The Man Who Cried I Am, (ex) 1967
  • Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995

WILLIAMS, JOY (chron.)

• * The Farm, (ss) Antæus 1982
  • EQMM Feb 1990

WILLIAMS, L. O. (chron.)

• * I’ve Been Looking for You, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1957

WILLIAMS, LINDA V(erLee) (1942- ); see pseudonym Linda Grant (chron.)

WILLIAMS, LUCY CHASE (chron.)

• * My Good Name [Sherlock Holmes], (vi) Mystery Mar 1981

WILLIAMS, MARY; [born Winifred Mary Harvey] (1903-2000) (chron.)

• * Christmas Rose, (ss) Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990

WILLIAMS, NIGEL (1948- ) (chron.)

• * from The Wimbledon Poisoner, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

WILLIAMS, PAIGE (chron.)

• * How to Lose $100, (tc)
  • The Best American Crime Writing 2006, ed. Mark Bowden, Harper Perennial 2006

WILLIAMS, PHILIP C(arlton) (books) (chron.)

• * Mission Bay Murder [Michael Thompson], (n.)
  • The Tartan Bay Murders/Mission Bay Murder, Knightsbridge 1990
• * The Tartan Bay Murders [Michael Thompson], (n.)
  • The Tartan Bay Murders/Mission Bay Murder, Knightsbridge 1990

WILLIAMS, ROBERT MOORE (1907-1977) (chron.)

• * At Last I’ve Found You, (ss) Mammoth Detective Oct 1946
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

WILLIAMS, ROBERT S. (chron.)

• * The Nest Egg, (nv) AHMM May 1999

WILLIAMS, ROSE (chron.)

• * With His Boots On, (ss)
  • Menace in the Mulga, ed. Peter Corris, Holland Park, Queensland: Crime Writers Queensland 2000

WILLIAMS, SIDNEY (chron.)

• * The Handbook for Urban Terror and Retribution, (ss) Plots with Guns Aug/Sep 2000
• * Miss Daisy and the Rosary Pea, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

WILLIAMS, SIDNEY G. (chron.)

• * Skull Rainbow (with Wayne Allen Sallee), (ss) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993

WILLIAMS, TIM L. (chron.)

• * And Ivy Leaves the Door Unlocked, (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

WILLIAMS, TIMOTHY (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Something About Teddy, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2003
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, ed. Nelson DeMille, Houghton Mifflin 2004

WILLIAMS, TIMOTHY (L.) (1967- ) (chron.)

• * The Breaks, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005

WILLIAMS, (George) VALENTINE (1883-1946) (chron.)

• * The Alibi, (ss)
  • Mystery and Detection Aug 1935
• * Circumstantial Evidence, (ss)
  • Mystery and Detection Sep 1935
• * The Pigeon Man, (ss) Blue Book Nov 1927
  • Cloak and Dagger, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Avenel 1988
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996

WILLIAMS, WALTER JON (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Red Elvis, (nv) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• * Womb of Every World, (na) Alien Crimes, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2007

WILLIAMSON, A(lice) M(uriel, née Livingston) [Mrs. C. N. Williamson] (1869-1933) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Jacobean House (with C. N. Williamson) [Christopher Race], (ss) The Strand Sep 1907
  • The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000

WILLIAMSON, BARBARA (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Shadows in the Attic, (ss) EQMM Aug 12 1981

WILLIAMSON, C(harles) N(orris) (1859-1920) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Jacobean House (with Alice M. Williamson) [*Christopher Race], (ss) The Strand Sep 1907
  • The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000

WILLIAMSON, CHET; [i.e., Chester Carlton Williamson] (1948- ) (chron.)

• * First Kill, (ss) Cold Shocks, ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon 1991
  • Hardboiled, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * Mushrooms, (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * The Personal Touch, (vi) Playboy Aug 1983
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * Season Pass, (ss) AHMM Oct 1984
• * Some Jobs Are Simple, (ss) The New Black Mask No.5, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1986
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994
• * The Undertaker’s Wedding, (ss) AHMM Mar 1986
  • Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum and Other Horror Stories, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Simon & Schuster 1994

WILLIAMSON, GERALD NEAL (1932- ); see under Williamson, J. N. (chron.)

WILLIAMSON, J. N.; [i.e., Gerald Neal “Jerry” Williamson] (1932-2005) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1996
• * Aspirations, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1985
• * Beasts in Buildings, Turning ’Round, (nv) Night Screams, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Drowning in the River of No Return, (ss) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
• * No Love Lost, (nv) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991
• * The Old Man Who Saw Newgrange, (ss) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
• * Origin of a Species, (nv) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * A Pie to Die For, (nv) Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1995
• * Risk Taking, (ss) Espionage Magazine Apr 1986

WILLIAMSON, JEFFREY T. (chron.)

• * The Perfect Beach, (ss) EQMM Dec 2006
• * Secondary Smoke, (ss) EQMM Aug 2002
• * Trenton Makes, the World Takes, (ss) EQMM Feb 2002

WILLIAMSON, LISA D. (chron.)

• * The Accidental Author: In Search of the Real Michael Mallory, (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• * An Affinity for Machines, (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996
• * Cherchez la femme: Wendi Lee, (bg) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
• * Easy Does It: An Interview with Lee Goldberg, (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * Home Cookin’, (ss) Out For Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1995
• * An Interview with Donna Huston Murray, (iv) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• * Interview with G.M. Ford, (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1999
• * An Interview with Illustrator Al Klosterman, (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * An Interview with James Lee Burke, (iv) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• * Interview with Joyce Christmas, (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1999
• * An Interview with Martha Lawrence, (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * An Interview with Mary Daheim, (iv) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• * Interview with Sujata Massey, (bg) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * Investigating the Beyond, (ar) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• * Killing with Kindness: An Interview with Patricia Rushford, (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * Less Is More, (ar) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * A Little Bit of Heaven, (ar) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * Little Bit of Heaven: Murder By The Book (Portland OR), (ar) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• * A Little Bit of Heaven: Mysterious Galaxy, (iv) Murderous Intent Fll 1999
• * A Little Bit of Heaven: Mystery Books in Bryn Mawr, (ar) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * Loony Cartoonist: An Interview with Stu Shiffman, (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * Moving Target: an Interview with L.L. Thrasher, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * Prescription for Success: An Interview with Robin Hathaway, (bg) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• * Profile of Phyllis Whitney and Lillian Jackson Braun, (bg) Murderous Intent Fll 1999
• * Steam Engine Time: An Interview with Toni Kelner, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• * Steel Hands in Velvet Gloves: An Interview with Barbara Neely, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * Still Kicking: An Interview with Anne George, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * There oughta be a Law: An Interview with Harlan Coben, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• * Up, up and away: An Interview with Connie Shelton, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998

WILLIS, CHRIS (chron.)

• * Holmes & Wimsey, (ar) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• * The Story of the Strand, (ar) The Strand Magazine #1 1998

WILLIS, DANIELLE (chron.)

• * Tiffany’s Shitty Night, (ss) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996

WILLIS, EDWARD HENRY; see under Willis, Ted (chron.)

WILLIS, GEORGE A(nthony) A(rmstrong) (1897-1976); see pseudonym Anthony Armstrong (chron.)

WILLIS, TED; [i.e., Edward Henry Willis] (1918-1992) (chron.)

• * The Man from the White Mountains, (ss) Winter’s Crimes 7, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan 1975
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
• * PC Crawford’s First Pinch, (nv)
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

WILLIS, W. H. (chron.)

• * The Metropolitan Protectives (with Charles Dickens), (ss)
  • Hunted Down, Charles Dickens, Peter Owen 1997

WILMOT, TONY (1935?- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Choose Your Poison, (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
• * The Finger of Suspicion, (ss) Weekend Extra 1985
  • Espionage Magazine Apr 1986
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Gourmet Crook Book, ed. Tony Wilmot, Everest Books 1976