Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

WRIGHT, ERIC (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Two in the Bush, (ss) Christmas Stalkings, ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1991
  • Arthur Ellis Awards, ed. Peter Sellers, Canada: Quarry Press 1999
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Undercover, (ss) Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995

WRIGHT, GILBERT (Munger) (1901-?) (chron.)

• * Madman’s Chain, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 5 1955
  • AHMM Apr 1998

WRIGHT, JOSEPH E. (1928- ) (chron.)

• * Telly’s Question, (ss) EQMM Dec 1989

WRIGHT, KEITH (1948- ) (chron.)

• * From the Cradle, (ss) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997
• * The Missing Link, (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996

WRIGHT, LINDA K. (chron.)

• * American Gothic, (vi) After Hours Sum 1990
  • Out For Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1995
• * A Neighborly Gesture, (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996
• * The Play’s the Thing, (ar) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * Psycho Sherlock Meets Watson’s Ghost, (ar) Murderous Intent Sum 1997

WRIGHT, NANCY MEANS (chron.)

• * Fire and Ice, (na) Crimes of Passion, ed. Anon., Worldwide Mystery 2002

WRIGHT, RICHARD (Nathaniel) (1908-1960) (chron.)

• * The Man Who Killed a Shadow [France, 1946], (ss) 1949
  • Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995

WRIGHT, SEAN M. (chron.)

• * An Irregular History [Sherlock Holmes], (ar) Mystery Mar 1981

WRIGHT, SEWELL PEASLEE (1897-1970) (chron.)

• * A Shriek in the Night, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929

WRIGHT, STEVE; [i.e., Stephen William Wright] (1951- ) (chron.)

• * And Then She Kissed Him, (nv) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993
• * Mr. Brown Beats Inflation, (ss) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993; based on “The Qantas Bomb Hoax” case.
• * The Three of Spades, (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
• * Winston Goes Straight, (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991

WRIGHT, THOMAS (1859-1936) (chron.)

• * A Sea Above the Sky, (nf) Ten Thousand Wonderful Things, ed. Edmund Fillingham King, Routledge
  • Mystery Stories, ed. Helen Cresswell, Kingfisher 1996

WU, WILLIAM F(ranking) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * The Hungry Ghost of Panamint, (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998

WUESCHER, KIM (chron.)

• * Getting Away with Murder, (ss)
  • Detective Mystery Stories #46 2004

WYANT, DEVONA R. (chron.)

• * A Lead Pipe Cinch, (pm) EQMM Aug 2002

WYCKOFF, JAMES (chron.)

• * The Door Between, (ss) Story #1, ed. Whit Burnett & Hallie Burnett, David McKay 1951
  • The Tough Ones, ed. Whit Burnett & Hallie Burnett, Popular Library Eagle 1954

WYCKOFF, WILL (chron.)

• * A Christmas Story, (ss) Hardboiled #9 1988
• * A Night Out, (ss) Hardboiled #8 1987

WYDRA, FRANK T(homas) (1939- ) (chron.)

• * Doorway to Heaven [Matt Jaxon], (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007

WYLDE, THOMAS (Clarke) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Graphic Proof, (ss) AHMM Jul 1986

WYLLARDE, DOLF; pseudonym of Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes, (1871?-1950) (chron.)

• * Ellison’s Christmas Dinner, (ss) Tropical Tales 1909
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990

WYLLIE, MARION FIELDS (chron.)

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

WYNDHAM, JOHN; pseudonym of John Beynon Harris, (1903-1969) (chron.)

• * Confidence Trick, (ss) Fantastic Jul/Aug 1953
  • AHMM May 1999

WYNN, DOUGLAS (chron.)

• * A Reasonable Doubt, (ar) 1991
  • Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992
• * Who Fired the Fatal Shots?, (ar) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995

WYNN, ROBERT H. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Undercover, (vi) AHMM Oct 1997

WYNN, STEVE (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Hard-boiled Bard: The Pulp Legacy of Steve Wynn” by Gene Gregorits, (ar) Plots with Guns Sum 2004

WYNNE, ANTHONY; pseudonym of Robert McNair Wilson, (1882-1963) (chron.)

• * The Cyprian Bees [Dr. Eustace Hailey], (ss) Flynn’s Detective Fiction Feb 6 1926
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987
• * The Tinkle of the Bells [Dr. Eustace Hailey], (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Jun 1926
  • AHMM Sep 1998

WYNNE, DON (chron.)

• * The Pharaoh’s Chickens, (sl) Detective Mystery Stories #49, #50, #51, #52, #53 2004

WYNNE-JONES, TIM(othy) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * What Happened to Baby Roo?, (ss) Criminal Shorts, ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada 1992

WYRICK E(d) L. (chron.)

• * Cruel Choices, (ss) EQMM Mar 1994
• * There, There, (nv) EQMM Feb 1999

WYSONG, PEGGY (chron.)

• * Cleaning Up, (pm) EQMM Jun 2000
• * The Coroner’s Lament, (pm) EQMM Jul 1997
• * Corpus Delicious, (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997
• * Easter Song, (pm) EQMM Feb 1999
• * Next to Godliness, (pm) EQMM Jun 1998

X, MALCOLM (chron.)

• * from The Autobiography of Malcolm X (with Alex Haley), (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

XU XI (chron.)

• * Crying with Audrey Hepburn, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Times Square).

YAFFE, JAMES (1927- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • My Mother the Detective, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * Mom and the Haunted Mink [Mom], (ss) EQMM Mar 1967
  • My Mother the Detective, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * Mom in the Spring [Mom], (ss) EQMM May 1954
  • My Mother the Detective, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * Mom Knows Best [Mom], (ss) EQMM Jun 1952
  • My Mother the Detective, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * Mom Lights a Candle [Mom], (ss) Crippen & Landru Dec 2002
  • Mystery: The Best of 2002, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2003
• * Mom Makes a Bet [Mom], (ss) EQMM Jan 1953
  • My Mother the Detective, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * Mom Makes a Wish [Mom], (ss) EQMM Jun 1955
  • My Mother the Detective, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * Mom Remembers [Mom], (ss) EQMM Jan 1968
  • My Mother the Detective, Crippen & Landru 1997
  • Mystery Midrash, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 1999
  • Murder Is No Mitzvah: Short Mysteries about Jewish Occasions, ed. Abigail Browning, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004
• * Mom Sheds a Tear [Mom], (nv) EQMM Oct 1954
  • My Mother the Detective, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * Mom Sings an Aria [Mom], (ss) EQMM Oct 1966
  • Murder to Music, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • My Mother the Detective, Crippen & Landru 1997
• * Tribute to Fred Dannay, (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999

YANCY, K. ANDERSON (chron.)

• * Delisa, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001

YANKELOVITCH, A. P. (chron.)

• * Spellbound, (ss) AHMM Nov 2000

YARBRO, CHELSEA QUINN (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Confession of a Madman, (ss) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991
• * Demon in a Lunchbox, (ar) Mystery Mar 1981
• * Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?, (nv) Shadows #8, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday 1985
  • Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990

YARBROUGH, STEVE (1956- ) (chron.)

• * The Rest of Her Life, (nv) The Missouri Review Dec 1997
  • Best American Mystery Stories 1998, ed. Sue Grafton, Houghton Mifflin 1998

YARNELL, DUANE (Alvin) (1914-1996) (chron.)

• * That Crazy Stupid Doll, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1958

YARRINGTON, CORNELIA SNIDER (chron.)

• * Cajun Dish Served Cold, (pm) EQMM Nov 2004
• * Good Grief, (pm) EQMM Jun 2002
• * The Haven?, (pm) EQMM May 2004
• * Lady Killer, (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2001
• * The Ultimate Terminal?, (pm) EQMM Aug 2005

YASGUR, BATYA SWIFT (chron.)

• * The Burning of the Temple, (vi) EQMM May 1998
• * Cat Medicine (with Barry N. Malzberg), (ss) EQMM Dec 1998
• * Into the Kingdom of Memory, (ss) EQMM May 2001
• * Kaddish, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
  • Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Mystery Midrash, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 1999
  • Murder Is No Mitzvah: Short Mysteries about Jewish Occasions, ed. Abigail Browning, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004
• * Me and Mr. Harry, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1994
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1995, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1995
• * Missing Baby, (ss) EQMM Mar 1998
• * Song Without Sound, (ss) EQMM Apr 1998
• * Without a Trace, (nv) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001

YATES, DONALD A. (chron.)

• * A One-Minute Hound, (pm) EQMM Feb 2002
• * Remembering Fred Dannay, (ar) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005
• * Written Mousetraps, (pm) EQMM Nov 1992

_____, trans.

• * Continuation of the Parks, by Julio Cortázar [1956], (vi) EQMM Sep 1993
• * Death and the Compass, by Jorge Luís Borges [1945], (ss) Labyrinths, New Directions 1962
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
• * The Emperor of China, by Marco Denevi [1960], (vi) EQMM Aug 1992
• * Guilty, by Luis Adrián Betancourt, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004
• * Just Lather, That’s All, by Hernando Téllez, (ss) Great Spanish Tales, Dell 1962
  • EQMM Oct 1967
  • Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995
• * Ramón Acuñas Time, by Isaac Aisemberg, (ss) EQMM Jan 2005; first published in Mate en Dos Jugadas, Buenos Aires: Ediciones Corregidor, 1994.
• * The Siesta, by Edgar Brau, (ss) EQMM Jun 2000
• * The Sunday Bird, by Maria de Montserrat, (vi) EQMM Aug 1988
• * The Telephone, by Augusto Mario Delfino [1984], (ss) EQMM Oct 1994
• * Victor Scarpazo, or The End of the Pursuit, by Marco Denevi, (ss) EQMM May 2005; first published in Amarinta, o el poder, 1982.

YATES, DORNFORD; pseudonym of Cecil William Mercer, (1885-1960) (chron.)

• * Blind Corner [Chapter 1], (ex) London: Hodder & Stoughton 1927
  • Crime: Free Classic Crime Sampler, ed. Anon., House of Stratus 2001
• * How Berry Ran Contraband Goods, (nv)
  • Best Smuggling Stories, ed. John Welcome, Faber & Faber 1967
• * The Real Thing, (ss) The Windsor Magazine Apr 1937
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998

YATES, RENATE (chron.)

• * The Perfect Murder, (vi) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990

YEAGER, DORIAN (chron.)

• * Libation by Death, (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1998
  • A New York State of Crime, ed. Anon., Worldwide Library 1999

YEATTS, TABATHA (chron.)

• * Final Deadline, (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• * One Up Day, (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

YEO, LOEL (chron.)

• * Inquest, (ss) The Strand Apr 1932
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991

YERMAKOV, NICHOLAS (Valentin) (1951- ); later as Simon Hawke; see under Hawke, Simon (chron.)

YERXA, LEROY (1915-1946) (chron.)

• * O’Sheen Is Best Man, (vi) Mammoth Detective Jan 1943
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * O’Sheen Minds the Baby, (ss) Mammoth Detective Feb 1944
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * O’Sheen Sees Red, (ss) Mammoth Detective May 1944
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * O’Sheen’s Photo Finish, (vi) Mammoth Detective Aug 1943
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * O’Sheen’s Sweet Tooth, (ss) Mammoth Detective Nov 1943
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

YIM, RENEE (chron.)

• * Skin Deep, (ss) EQMM Jul 2007; [An entry in two different EQMM departments — Department of First Stories and Passport to Crime].; tr. by Mary Kennedy

YODER, JEREMY (chron.)

• * Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble, (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

YOLEN, JANE; [i.e., Jane Hyatt Yolen Stemple] (1939- ) (chron.)

• * Catnip (with Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple), (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * For Love of Juoun, (ss) More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993
• * Irreconcilable Samenesses (with David W. Stemple), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999

YORK, CAROL BEACH (1928- ) (chron.)

• * The Thursday Club, (ss) AHMM Apr 1990

YORK, MICHAEL (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Interview: Michael York” by Andrew Gulli, (iv) The Strand Magazine #8 2002