Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

WODEHOUSE, P. G. (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Death at the Excelsior [“The Education of Detective Oakes”], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1914
  • EQMM May 1978
  • More Mystery Cats, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
  • Mysterious Menagerie, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1996
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * The Education of Detective Oakes, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1914; also as “Death at the Excelsior”.
• * The Fiery Wooing of Mordred, (ss) Cosmopolitan Dec 1934
  • Wodehouse on Crime, International Polygonics 1990
• * Indiscretions of Archie, (nv) 1921
  • Wodehouse on Crime, International Polygonics 1990
• * Jeeves and the Kid Clementina [Jeeves], (ss) Cosmopolitan Jan 1930
  • AHMM Oct 1984
• * Jeeves and the Love that Purifies [Jeeves], (ss) Cosmopolitan Nov 1929
  • AHMM Jul 1987
• * Jeeves Takes Charge [Jeeves], (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 18 1916
  • AHMM May 1993
• * Printer’s Error, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * The Purification of Rodney Spelvin, (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 22 1925
  • Wodehouse on Crime, International Polygonics 1990
• * The Purity of the Turf, (ss) Cosmopolitan Jul 1922
  • Wodehouse on Crime, International Polygonics 1990
• * The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer, (ss) Liberty Magazine Mar 12 1927
  • Wodehouse on Crime, International Polygonics 1990
• * The Smile That Wins [Adrian Mulliner], (nv) The American Magazine Oct 1931
  • Wodehouse on Crime, International Polygonics 1990
• * Strychnine in the Soup [Adrian Mulliner], (nv) The Strand Mar 1932
  • EQMM Feb 1952
  • Wodehouse on Crime, International Polygonics 1990
  • Murder at Teatime, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * Ukridge Starts a Bank Account [Ukridge], (ss) Playboy Jul 1967
  • EQMM Jun 1982
  • Wodehouse on Crime, International Polygonics 1990
• * Ukridge’s Accident Syndicate [Ukridge], (ss) Cosmopolitan May 1923
  • Wodehouse on Crime, International Polygonics 1990
• * Without the Option, (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 27 1925
  • Wodehouse on Crime, International Polygonics 1990

WÖERTCHE, THOMAS (chron.)

• * World Mystery Report: Germany, (ar)
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * World Mystery Report: Germany, (ar) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2004

WOHLFORTH, TIM (chron.)

• * A Clean, Well-Lighted Place for Murder, (ss) Shred of Evidence Nov 2004
• * Crip and Henrietta, (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2001
  • Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology, ed. Anthony Neil Smith, Dennis McMillan 2005
• * Deadly Politics, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jul 2002
• * The Farmer, (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2002
• * Jesus Christ Is Dead, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2004
• * The Maseuse, (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• * The Port of Missing Men [Jim Wolf], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2004
• * Skulduggery, (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2003

WOLF, MURRAY (chron.)

• * Kid Gang Girl, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

WOLFE, ASHTON; variant of H. Ashton-Wolfe, (1881-?) (chron.)

• * The Knights of the Silver Dagger, (nv)
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935

WOLFE, GENE (Rodman) (1931- ) (chron.)

• * Avram Davidson: The Fish Unturned, (ar) Weird Tales Win ’88 - 1989; also as “The Fish Unturned: Avram Davidson”.
• * The Fish Unturned: Avram Davidson [“Avram Davidson: The Fish Unturned”], (ar) Weird Tales Win ’88 - 1989
  • The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy, Avram Davidson, Owlswick 1991

WOLFE, THOMAS (Clayton) (1900-1938) (chron.)

• * Justice Is Blind, (ss)
  • Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992
• * Only the Dead Know Brooklyn, (ss) New Yorker Jun 15 1935
  • Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2005

WOLFE, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr.] (1931- ) (chron.)

• * from The Bonfire of the Vanities, (ex) 1987
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998

WOLFF, GEOFFREY (Ansell) (1937- ) (chron.)

• * The Duke of Deception, (ss) 1979
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

WOLFF, TOBIAS (1945- ) (chron.)

• * The Liar, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Feb 1980
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

WOLFF, VICTORIA (chron.)

• * Guilty Without Trial, (ar) World’s Greatest Spy Stories, ed. Kurt Singer, W.H. Allen 1954
  • The Secret Agent’s Badge of Courage, ed. Kurt Singer, Belmont 1961

WOLFORTH, TIM (chron.)

• * Blood on Her Hands, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #39 2003
• * The Wrench, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #31 2002

WOLFTON, BROEK (chron.)

• * Shirley, I Been Thinkin’, (pm) EQMM Apr 2002

WOLLER, SHIRLEY (chron.)

• * Halloween Promise, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

WOLVEN, SCOTT (1965- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Atomic Supernova, (nv) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2002
  • Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, Scribner 2005
• * Ball Lightning Reported, (ss)
  • Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, Scribner 2005
• * Barracuda, (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2004
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2005, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin 2005
• * Controlled Burn, (ss) Harpur Palate Win 2002
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003
  • Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, Scribner 2005
• * The Copper Kings (HHC), (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2001
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2002, ed. James Ellroy, Houghton Mifflin 2002
  • Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, Scribner 2005
• * Crank, (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2004
  • Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, Scribner 2005
• * Heavy Friends, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Win 2000
• * The High Iron, (ss)
  • Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, Scribner 2005
• * Outside Work Detail, (ss)
  • Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, Scribner 2005
• * Pinwheel, (nv) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• * El Rey, (ss)
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, ed. Nelson DeMille, Houghton Mifflin 2004
  • Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, Scribner 2005
• * The Rooming House, (ss)
  • Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, Scribner 2005
• * Taciturnity, (ss)
  • Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, Scribner 2005
• * Tigers, (nv)
  • Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, Scribner 2005
• * Underdogs, (ss)
  • Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, Scribner 2005
• * Vigilance, (nv)
  • Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, Scribner 2005
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006

WOLZIEN, VALERIE (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Just One Bite Won’t Kill You, (ss) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
• * Nosing Around for a Clue, (ss) Canine Crimes, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1998

WOMACK, STEVEN (James) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Like Alpo for Chocolate: A Short Story in Fragrances, (ss) Canine Crimes, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1998
• * www.deadbitch.com, (nv) A Confederacy of Crime, ed. Sarah Shankman, Signet 2001

WOO, X. L.; pseudonym of Xinglu Woo, (1937- ) (chron.)

• * An Old Portrait, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Sep 2002

WOO, XINGLU (1937- ); see pseudonym X. L. Woo (chron.)

WOOD, BOB (chron.)

• * Middle Man Out, (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1985

WOOD, ELLEN (Price) [Mrs. Henry Wood] (1814-1887); see under Wood, Henry, Mrs. (chron.)

WOOD, MRS. HENRY [i.e., Ellen Price Wood] (1814-1887); see under Wood, Ellen (chron.)

• * Abel Crew, (na)
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * The Ebony Box, (na) 1890
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987
• * The Mystery at Number Seven, (nv) Argosy (UK) Jan-Feb 1877
  • Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection, ed. Michael Cox, New York: Oxford University Press 1992
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006

WOOD, JONATHAN (chron.)

• * The Ear-Reddening Move of Shusaku, (ss) EQMM Jun 1987
• * Holes, (ss) EQMM Nov 1987

WOOD, KRIS (chron.)

• * Conspicuous Presumption (with Pat Wilson), (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997

WOOD, LYNN (chron.)

• * The Plain Brown Envelope, (ss) Mysterious Erotic Tales, ed. Anon., O’Mara 1996

WOOD, MONICA (chron.)

• * That One Autumn, (ss) Ernie’s Ark, Chronicle Books 2002
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003
• * Unlawful Contact, (ss) Manoa 1996
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker, Mariner Books 1997

WOOD, SIMON (chron.)

• * Crestfallen’s Getaway [Peter Crestfallen], (ss) Fedora II: More Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2003
  • Thrilling Detective (online) Dec 2003

WOOD, STUART (chron.)

• * Satan Claims a Bride, (nv) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Feb 1963

WOOD, TED; [i.e., Edward John Wood] (1931- ) (chron.)

• * The Case of the Weeping Suicide, (ss) Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1990
• * Murder at Angels One Niner, (ss) Criminal Shorts, ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada 1992
• * Murder at Louisburg, (ss) Cold Blood IV, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1992
• * Murder in the Green, (ss) Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1994
  • The Best of Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers & John North, Mosaic Press 1998
• * Pit Bull, (ss) Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1987
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000

_____, [ref.]

• * “Ted Wood, Hardboiled Canadian” by Marv Lachman, (ar) Hardboiled #6 1986

WOOD, WILLIAM (1931- ) (chron.)

• * from “Remarks on the Plea of Insanity”, (ms)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

WOODCOCK, GEORGE R. (chron.)

• * Another Life?, (pm) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992
• * Arthur Symons: Mediator of Modernism, (ar) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992
• * The Maze, (pm) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992

WOODFORD, JACK; pseudonym of Josiah Pitts Woolfolk, (1894-1971) (chron.)

• * The Detective Who Went Wrong, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929
• * The Invisible Death, (sl) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr 1930
• * The Perfect Gentleman, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929

WOODRELL, DANIEL (1953- ) (chron.)

• * The Echo of Neighborly Bones, (ss) Murdaland #1 2007
• * Two Things, (ss) Men from Boys, ed. John Harvey, Heinemann 2003

WOODRUFF, SANDRA (chron.)

• * Cat’s Paw, (ss) Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1987; also as “Catspaw”.
• * Catspaw [“Cat’s Paw”], (ss) Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1987
  • EQMM Oct 1990
  • More Mystery Cats, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001

WOODS, MAE (books) (chron.)

• * An Open and Shut Case, (ss) Murder on Sunset Boulevard, ed. Rochelle Krich, Michael Mallory & Lisa Seidman, Top Publications 2002
• * Preface, (pr)
  • Murder by 13, ed. Priscilla English, Lisa Seidman & Mae Woods, Crown Valley Press 1997

WOODS, PAULA L. (1953- ) (books) (chron.)

• * I’ll Be Doggone [Charlotte Justice], (ss) MHCMM Sum 1998
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995
• * Motherwit and Tea Cakes, (ss) Murder Most Crafty, ed. Maggie Bruce, Penguin US 2005

_____, reviews:

• * The Watching Detectives, (br) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997

WOODS, STUART (Chevalier) (1938- ) (chron.)

• * Chiefs, (ex)
  • Crime Digest Jan/Feb 1982

WOODWARD, ANN (F.) (chron.)

• * The Affair of the Assistants, (ss) AHMM Feb 2002
• * The Air of Day, the Air of Night, (ss) AHMM Apr 1998
• * The Burden of Pity, (ss) AHMM Dec 2004
• * The Chinese Person, (ss) AHMM Aug 1983
• * The Concrete Nothingness of the Letter Mu, (ss) AHMM Nov 1984
• * The Curly-Haired Wife, (ss) AHMM Oct 1983
• * Dai the Potter [Aoi Lady], (ss) AHMM Apr 2006
• * The Education of the Kamo Virgin, (ss) AHMM Feb 1992
• * Five Golden Ryo, (ss) AHMM Oct 1984
• * The Girl from Ishikawa, (ss) AHMM Oct 1 1980
• * An Inconsiderable Person, (ss) AHMM Dec 1989
• * The Journey of the Second Man, (ss) AHMM May 1987
• * The Lady of the Alley, (ss) AHMM Dec 1997
• * The Lamp Tree, (ss) AHMM Oct 1989
• * A Lesson from Purple [Lady Aoi], (ss) AHMM Dec 2006
• * Liftwing’s Young Wife, (ss) AHMM Dec 1987
• * Missing Since Monday, (ss) AHMM Aug 1996
• * The Night of the Monkey, (nv) AHMM Sep 1984
• * The Ninth Prince Sits and Talks, (ss) AHMM Feb 1994
• * Sweet as No Fruit Is Sweet, (ss) AHMM Dec 1985
• * The Theft of the Fire Pearl, (ss) AHMM Sep 1987
• * The Wearing of Purple, (ss) AHMM Apr 1990

WOODWARD, VICKY (chron.)

• * Gifted, (ss) AHMM Mar 2006
• * The Southpaw Bleus, (nv) AHMM Mar 2003

WOOLEY, JOHN (Steven) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * I Love a Mystery, (in)
  • Spicy Mystery Stories, ed. Tom Mason, Newbury Park, CA: Malibu Graphics, Inc. 1990