Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

WHITEHOUSE, A. G. J.; see under Whitehouse, Arch (chron.)

WHITEHOUSE, ANNE (chron.)

• * The Unsolved Case, (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1991

WHITEHOUSE, ARCH; working name of Arthur George Joseph Whitehouse, (1895-1979) (chron.)

• * Sky-Gun Scorn [The Griffin], (nv) Flying Aces Nov 1939
  • Action Adventure Stories #126 2003
• * Zeppelins Vanish, (ss) Flying Aces Sep 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories Oct 2003

WHITEHOUSE, ARTHUR GEORGE JOSEPH (1895-1979); see under Arch Whitehouse (chron.)

WHITELEY, ALIYA (chron.)

• * Geoffrey Says, (ss) Shred of Evidence Nov 2004
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005

WHITE-RAYCZEK, BARBARA (chron.)

• * Storm Warning, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1997

WHITFIELD, RAOUL (Falconia) (1896-1945) (books) (chron.)

• * About Kid Deth, (nv) Black Mask Feb 1931
  • Pulp Fiction: The Villains, ed. Otto Penzler, Quercus 2007
  • Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, ed. Otto Penzler, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2007
• * The Amber Fan [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Jul 1933
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Black Sampan [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Jun 1932
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Caleso Murders [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Dec 1930
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The China Man [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Mar 1932
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Climbing Death [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Jul 1932
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Death in the Pasig [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Mar 1930
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Enough Rope [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Jul 1930
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Great Black [Jo Gar], (ss) Cosmopolitan Aug 1937
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Javanese Mask [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Dec 1931
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Magician Murder [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Nov 1932
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Man from Shanghai [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Apr 1933
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Mistral, (ss) Adventure Dec 15 1931
  • EQMM Apr 22 1981
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
• * The Mystery of the Fan-Backed Chair [Jo Gar], (ss) Cosmopolitan Feb 1935
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Pin, (vi) The Cauldron Dec 1922
  • EQMM Apr 1985
• * Red Hemp [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Apr 1930
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Shooting Gallery [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Oct 1931
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Siamese Cat [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Apr 1932
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Signals of Storm [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Jun 1930
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Silence House [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Jan 1931
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002
• * Sinners’ Paradise, (nv) Breezy Stories 1929
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2001
• * West of Guam [as by Ramon Decolta; Jo Gar], (ss) Black Mask Feb 1930
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002

_____, [ref.]

• * “Ramon Decolta a.k.a. Raoul Whitfield, and His Diminutive Brown Man: Jo Gar, the Island Detective” by E. R. Hagemann, (ar) The Armchair Detective
• * “Raoul Whitfield, A Star with the Mask” by E. R. Hagemann, (ar) The Armchair Detective

WHITNEY, PHYLLIS A(yame) (1903-2008) (books) (chron.)

• * Mysteries of Manners, Labors of Love, (in) Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket 1996

_____, [ref.]

• * “Profile of Phyllis Whitney and Lillian Jackson Braun” by Lisa D. Williamson, (bg) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

WHITNEY, POLLY (1948- ) (chron.)

• * The Death Ferry, (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * Etiquette Lesson, (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• * Hard Labor Creek, (ss) EQMM Jul 1998
• * The Invisible Sky, (ss) Canine Crimes, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1998
• * Research:
  ___ And Now The Hard Part, (cl) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
  ___ How I Found the Unhappy Triad and Learned to Plan My Accidents, (cl) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
  ___ It’s a Dirty Job, But... May I Have This Rock?, (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
  ___ The Short Happy Life of an Amateur Meteorologist, (cl) Murderous Intent Sum 1996

WHITTAKER, DEBORAH (chron.)

• * Dead Cat Bounce, (nv) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998

WHITTALL, NOEL (chron.)

• * Seating Bob, (ss) EQMM Aug 1995

WHITTED, DIXIE J. (chron.)

• * August 3, 1892, (pm) EQMM Sep 1993
• * Debt Blow, (pm) EQMM Dec 1992
• * Foregone Collusion, (pm) EQMM Oct 1992
• * Gratitude, (pm) EQMM Nov 1991
• * A Likely Yarn, (pm) EQMM Jul 1993
• * Plea-sing Bargain, (pm) EQMM Sep 1992
• * Pre-Mortem, (pm) EQMM Mar 1993
• * Promotion Notion, (pm) EQMM Apr 1993
• * Stick-Shifted, (pm) EQMM Mar 1992

WHITTINGTON, HARRY (Benjamin) (1915-1989) (chron.)

• * So Dead My Love, (na) New York: Ace 1953
  • Pulp Masters, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001

WHITWORTH, A. W. (chron.)

• * The Perfect Shot, (ss) Espionage Magazine Jun 1986

WHITWORTH, JOHN (chron.)

• * Blood Ties, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Games, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * The Pure Essence, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * These Boys, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

WHOLFORTH, TIM (chron.)

• * The Ranters, (ss) Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys, ed. Michael Bracken, Wildside Press 2001

WHYTHE, GEORGE (chron.)

• * Murder…and Be Happy!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Aug 1957

WIATER, STANLEY (Steven) (1953- ) (chron.)

• * The Toucher, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1981

WIDEM, ALLEN M. (chron.)

• * Charlie’s Spring Break, (nv) AHMM Sep 1989
• * Just Wanted to Let You Know, (ss) AHMM Oct 1991
• * One Monday Afternoon, (ss) AHMM Feb 1996
• * The Ubiquitous Uncle, (ss) AHMM Sep 1988

WIDERBERG, BO VILMOS (chron.)

• * Stigmata, (ss) Hardboiled #23 1997

WIECEK, MIKE (chron.)

• * A Brother’s Gift, (ss) By the Chimney with Care, ed. Tont Burton, Wolfmont Publishing 2006
• * A Death in Ueno, (ss) AHMM Mar 2005
• * The Emperor’s Tomb, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jun 2002
• * The End of the Train, (nv) AHMM Jun 2007
• * Event Risk, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008
• * The Good Daughter, (ss) AHMM Dec 2000
• * The Last Letter, (ss) AHMM Jan 2002
• * The New Lawyer, (vi) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001
  • The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Soldiers, (ss) AHMM Jun 2008
• * Wasting Assets, (nv) AHMM Sep 2007

WIEGAND, DENNIS (chron.)

• * Nobody Loves a Cop, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1952
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997

WIESNER, KAREN (1969- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Blind Revenge (with Christine Spindler), (nv) Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume 1, Hard Shell Word Factory 2006
• * Broken Wings (with Christine Spindler), (nv) Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume 1, Hard Shell Word Factory 2006
• * Bugs (with Christine Spindler), (nv) Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume 1, Hard Shell Word Factory 2006
• * Fixated (with Christine Spindler), (nv) Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume 1, Hard Shell Word Factory 2006
• * Obsessions (with Christine Spindler), (nv) Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume 1, Hard Shell Word Factory 2006

WIGGLESWORTH, GAYLE (chron.)

• * I Love a Parade!, (ss) Dead and Breakfast, ed. Lisa René Smith & Linda Houle, L & L Dreamspell 2007

WIGNALL, KEVIN (chron.)

• * The Concept, (nv) EQMM Aug 2005
• * A Death, (ss) EQMM Dec 2008
• * Hal Checks Out, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006
• * The Preacher, (ss) Expletive Deleted, ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books 2007
• * Retrospective, (ss) Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
• * The Death of Jeffers, (ss)
  • Dublin Noir, ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books 2006
• * The Window, (ss) EQMM Jan 2004

WIKEN, LINDA (books) (chron.)

• * Hear No Evil, (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997

WIKLUND, ERIC (chron.)

• * Hole in the Boat, (ss)
  • Mystery in the Sunshine State, ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press 1999

WILBER, RON (chron.)

• * Force of Instinct, (cv) Detective Story Magazine May 1988
• * Sheena’s Jungle [Sheena], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1996
• * Sheikh’s Beach, (cv) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1988
• * Tangled Web, (cv) Detective Story Magazine Jun 1990
• * You Can’t Take It with You, (cv) Detective Story Magazine Aug 1989

WILBUR, RICHARD (Purdy) (1921- ) (chron.)

• * Pity, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

WILBUR, ROBERT (chron.)

• * Schizophrenia and Violence, (ss) Hardboiled #23 1997

WILCOX, STEPHEN F. (1951- ) (chron.)

• * Bit Players, (ss) AHMM Mar 1986
• * The Haunted Chair, (ss) AHMM Apr 1986
  • The Haunted Hour, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley Prime Crime 1995
• * One Toke Over the Line, (ss) AHMM Oct 1995
• * Reasonable Doubts, (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
• * Tripwire, (ss) AHMM Jun 1986

WILDE, OSCAR (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) (1854-1900) (chron.)

• * The Ballad of Reading Gaol, (pm) Smith’s Magazine Feb 13 1898
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935
• * The Birthday of the Infanta, (ss) The Happy Prince and Other Tales, London: David Nutt 1888
  • A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen, ed. Anon., London: Daily Express 1934
• * The Canterville Ghost, (nv) Court and Society Review Feb 23 1887 (+1)
  • AHMM Apr 1983
• * from “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”, (pm) Smith’s Magazine Feb 13 1898
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * from Salome, (ex) 1894
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from The Picture of Dorian Gray, (ex) Lippincott’s Jul 1890
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * Lady Alroy, (ss) The World May 25 1887; also as “The Sphinx Without a Secret”.
• * The Picture of Dorian Gray [Dorian Gray], (ex) Lippincott’s Jul 1890
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993
• * The Sphinx Without a Secret [“Lady Alroy”], (ss) The World May 25 1887
  • The Cat of Bast & Other Stories of Mystery, ed. William E. Thorner, Regency 1958
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991

WILDE, PERCIVAL (1887-1953) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Fallen Angels, (nv) The Popular Magazine Oct 20 1924
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987

WILDER, ERIC (chron.)

• * Prairie Justice, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #55 2004

WILDING, MICHAEL (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Pioneers, (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990
• * See You Later, (ss) Australian Horror Stories, ed. Bill Wannan, Melbourne: O’Neil Ross 1983
  • Her Most Bizarre Sexual Experience, Norton 1991

WILES, DEBORAH (chron.)

• * Watercolor Dreams, (nv) Southern Nights, ed. Anon., Southern Star Publishing 2001

WILHELM, KATE; [i.e., Katie Gertrude Meredeth Wilhelm Knight] (1928- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Christ’s Tears [Charlie Meiklejohn; Constance Leidl], (na) EQMM Apr 1996
  • Cutting Edge, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Casebook of Constance and Charlie, Volume 2, St. Martin’s 2000
• * The Dark Door [Charlie Meiklejohn; Constance Leidl], (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1988
  • Casebook of Constance and Charlie, Volume 2, St. Martin’s 2000
• * Fox in the Briars, (na) EQMM Oct 1994
• * The Gorgon Field [Charlie Meiklejohn; Constance Leidl], (na) IASFM Aug 1985
  • Isaac Asimov’s Detectives, ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams, Ace 1998
• * The Grievance, (ss) MHCMM Spr 1997
• * The Hamlet Trap [Charlie Meiklejohn; Constance Leidl], (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1987
  • Casebook of Constance and Charlie, Volume 1, St. Martin’s 1999
• * His Deadliest Enemy, (nv) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004