Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

VANDERSTEEN, JOCHEM (stories)

• Stalking Amanda (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Jun 2000 [Noah Milano]

VAN DERVEER, MAX (stories)

• Vendetta (ss) AHMM Nov 1963
• The Open Door (ss) AHMM Oct 1967
• Sam, the Secret Weapon (nv) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967; also as “The Secret Weapon”. [Desiree Fleming]
• The Secret Weapon (nv) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967 [Desiree Fleming]

VANDE WATER, BILL (stories)

• Frederic Dannay, BSI (ar) The Tragedy of Errors and Others, Crippen & Landru 1999

van de WETERING, JANWILLEM (1931-2008); see pseudonym Seiko Legru (books) (stories)

• The Deadly Egg (ss) EQMM Mar 1979 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• The Machine Gun and the Mannequin (ss) EQMM mid-Jul 1982 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Inspector Saito and the Twenty-Sen Stamp (ss) EQMM Jan 1983 [Insp. Saito]
• Sure, Blue, and Dead, Too (ss) EQMM Jun 1983 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• The Sergeant and the Threatened Cat (ss) EQMM Aug 1983; also as “The Sergeant’s Cat”. [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• The Sergeant’s Cat (ss) EQMM Aug 1983 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• A Great Sight (ss) Top Crime, ed. Josh Pachter, St. Martin’s 1983
• A Tasty Tidbit (ss) EQMM Apr 1984
• There Goes Ravelaar (ss) EQMM Jan 1985 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Houseful of Mussels (ss) EQMM Apr 1985 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Six This, Six That (ss) EQMM Jul 1985 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Five Keys (ss) EQMM Nov 1985
• The Jughead File (ss) EQMM Nov 1985
• Messing About in Boats (ss) Inspector Saito’s Small Satori, Putnam 1985 [Insp. Saito]
• Letter Present (ss) EQMM Feb 1986 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Non-Interference (nv) Espionage Magazine Feb, Apr 1986 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• A Law Student (ss) EQMM Aug 1986 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Friends (ss) EQMM Nov 1988 [Jannie Jansen]
• Mangrove Mama (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1990 [Jannie Jansen]
• Hup Three (ss) EQMM Aug 1990 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• A Certain Mr. XYZ (ss) EQMM Dec 1990
• Mostly Me (ss) EQMM Apr 1991 [Jannie Jansen]
• The Queen’s Angel (ss) EQMM Dec 1991
• Heron Island (ss) EQMM Jan 1992 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Kimomo and Skull (ss) EQMM Feb 1995
• The Flowerprint Murder (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
• Happy Hermits (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1995
• Holiday Patrol (ss) EQMM Apr 1997 [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• The Amsterdam Cops (co) Soho Press 1999
• The Bongo Bungler (nv) [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]
• Lady Hillary (ss)
• The Letter in the Peppermint Jar (nv) [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier]

van DRUTEN, JOHN (William) (1901-1957) (stories)

• The Cat’s-Eye (ss) Atlantic Monthly Mar 1945

VAN GIESON, JUDITH (1941- ) (stories)

• Dead Man’s Curve (ss) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999 [Neil Hamel]
• Lightning Strikes Twice (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001 [Claire Reynier]
• Lucky Eight (nv) High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003

van GULIK, ROBERT (Hans) (1910-1967) (stories)

• He Came with the Rain (nv) Judge Dee at Work, Scribner’s 1967 [Judge Dee]
• The Murder on the Lotus Pond (ss) Judge Dee at Work, Scribner’s 1967 [Judge Dee]
• The Two Beggars (ss) Judge Dee at Work, Scribner’s 1967 [Judge Dee]

VAN HERTBRUGGEN, MADDY (stories)

• I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (vi) About Mysteries; Take a wild romp in this purely-for-fun flash mystery.

VANKIN, DEBORAH (stories)

• Viki, Flash, and the Pied-Piper of Shoebies (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005

VAN KIRK, JOHN (stories)

• With the Rich, a Little Patience (ss) EQMM Jan 2007

VAN LUSTBADER, ERIC; see under Lustbader, Eric Van (stories)

VAN NAME, MARK L. (stories)

• Happy Birthday [with Jack McDevitt] (ss) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990 [Batman]

VAN PELT, JAMES (1954- ) (stories)

• Once They Were Monarchs (ss) AHMM Dec 2000
• The Sound of One Foot Dancing (ss) AHMM Jan 2003
• Carrying the News for a Dead Paperboy (ss) AHMM Dec 2008

VAN RIPER, DONALD (stories)

• A Trifling Matter (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 1945

VAN WAVEREN, KAILI (stories)

• Maria’s Misfortune (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

VARDEMAN, ROBERT E(dward) (1947- ) (stories)

• Enduring Art (ss) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991

VARGAS, JULIETTE (stories)

• Act Normal (vi) Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1996

VARLEY, JOHN (Herbert) (1947- ) (stories)

• The Barbie Murders (nv) IASFM Jan/Feb 1978 [Anna-Louise Bach]

VASCO, JUSTO (stories)

• A Man of Honor (ss) New Mystery Win 1994; tr. by William I. Neuman

VAUGHAN, R. M. (stories)

• Brianna South (ss) Toronto Noir, ed. Janine Armin & Nathaniel G. Moore, Akashic Books 2008; (Yorkville).

VAUGHAN, RALPH E. (stories)

• Agent in Hell (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1988

VAUGHN, DAVID (stories)

• The Prosecutor of DuPrey (ss) EQMM Jan 1996

VAUGHN, EVELYN; pseudonym of Yvonne A. Jocks, (c1963- ) (stories)

• Veronica Mars: Girl. Detective. (ar) NptNoir 2007

VEDRIN, CANDII (stories)

• Mountain of Gold (ss) Gone Coastal, ed. Margaret Searles, Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006

VENABLES, TERRY (1943- ); see pseudonym P. B. Yuill (stories)

VENNEWITZ, LEILA (stories)

• In the Darkness, by Heinrich Böll (ss) The Stories of Heinrich Böll, London: Secker & Warburg 1986

VENOLA, JENNIFER (stories)

• Stuart Palmer, Writer: 21 June 1905 - 4 February 1968 (in)

VENTURA, CHARLES (stories)

• Bier on the Rocks (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Jun 1966 [Francis Bascom Ivy]

VERDE, TOM (stories)

• The Big Dance (ss) EQMM Apr 1992

VERMEULEN, JOHN (stories)

• Canon (ss) 2001; from Dodelijke Paringsdans, Books & Media Publishing, Belgium.
• Chalele (ss) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003; first published in Dodelijke Paringsdans (Deadly Mating Dance), B&MP, Deurne, 2002.
• The Corpse That Lost Its Head (ss) Playboy Oct 2003

VERMILLION, C. K. (stories)

• Switcheroo (ss) AHMM Feb 1999

VERNE, DEIRDRE (stories)

• None of the Above (ss) Murder New York Style, ed. Randy Kandel, L & L Dreamspell 2007

VERNON, GIGI (stories)

• The Maidservant’s Letter (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• One for the Road (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006
• The Story That Won: Solomon’s Wedding (vi) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007

VERNON, OLYMPIA (stories)

• Schevoski (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (University District).

VERSTRAETE, CHRISTINE A. (stories)

• The Case of the Disappearing Doggie (vi) About Mysteries; Gina and her cousin Mick decide to help little Tim find his lost dog — can you figure out where he is before they do?.

VESSELO, A(rthur) (1911-2000) (stories)

• I Am a Murderer [with E. H. Visiak] (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

VICKERS, ROY; pseudonym of William Edward Vickers, (1889-1965) (stories)

• A Classic Forgery (ss) The Exploits of Fidelity Dove, Hodder & Stoughton 1924 [Fidelity Dove]
• The Rubber Trumpet (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Sep 1934 [Department of Dead Ends]
• The Yellow Jumper (ss) EQMM Jun 1946 [Department of Dead Ends]
• The Eight Pieces of Tortoiseshell (nv) EQMM Jan 1947; also as “The Henpecked Murderer”. [Department of Dead Ends]
• The Henpecked Murderer (nv) EQMM Jan 1947 [Department of Dead Ends]
• Blind Man’s Bluff (nv) EQMM Dec 1947 [Department of Dead Ends]
• Dinner for Two (ss) EQMM Jan 1949 [Department of Dead Ends]
• Miss Paisley’s Cat (ss) EQMM May 1953
• Double Image (nv) EQMM Apr 1954
• Wife Missing (nv) EQMM Mar 1958 [Department of Dead Ends]

VICKERS, WILLIAM EDWARD (1889-1965); see pseudonym Roy Vickers (stories)

VICTOR, IAN; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell (stories)

• Presage (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1996
• The Seven Black Orisons (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1996

VIDAL, GORE; [i.e., Eugene Luther Vidal, Jr.] (1925- ) (stories)

• Dark Possession (pl) Visit to a Small Planet and Other Television Plays, Little, Brown 1956

VIDRO, ARTHUR (books) (stories)

• Introduction (in)

VIETS, ELAINE (1950- ) (stories)

• Red Meat (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
• Sex and Bingo (nv) High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003 [Helen Hawthorne]
• Wedding Knife (ss) Chesapeake Crimes, ed. Donna Andrews, Quiet Storm Books 2004
• Killer Blonde (na) Drop-Dead Blonde, ed. Anon., Signet 2005
• After the Fall (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006

VILLARD, MARC (stories)

• The Lookout (ss) Paris Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 2008

VILLIERS de l’ISLE-ADAM, (Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, Comte de) (1838-1889) (stories)

• A Torture by Hope (ss) The Strand Jun 1891

VINCENT, BEV (stories)

• What David Was Doing When the Lights Went Out (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004
• False Witness (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006
• Rule Number One (ss) The Blue Religion, ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown 2008

VINE, BARBARA; pseudonym of Ruth Rendell, (1930- ) (stories)

• A Dark-Adapted Eye (ex) 1986
• In the Time of His Prosperity (ss) London: Penguin 1995

VINES, JIMMY (stories)

• The Hot Seat (ss) AHMM Apr 1992
• Between a Cat and a Hard Place (ss) EQMM May 1993
• Goliath (ss) AHMM Sep 1994

VINEYARD, DAVID L. (stories)

• The Half-Smart Aleck Kid (ss) Hardboiled Detective #12 1991

VINK, RENÉE (1954- ) (stories)

• A Frail Young Life (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999

VINTEN, ROBYN (stories)

• The Man in the Hat (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995

VIS, JACOB (stories)

• The Mermaid (ss) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999

VISIAK, E. H.; pseudonym of Edward Harold Physick, (1878-1972) (stories)

• I Am a Murderer [with A. Vesselo] (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• The Legacy (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• Rescued (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

VIVELO, JACQUELINE (J.) (1943- ) (stories)

• Appalachian Blackmail (ss) AHMM Jan 1994

VLADO| MICHAEL (stories)

• “The Spy and the Gypsy” by Edward D. Hoch (ss) EQMM May 1991 [Jeffrey Rand; ]

VOBER, JOHN J. (stories)

• All Wet (pm) EQMM Nov 1990
• The Hanging Judge (pm) EQMM Nov 1990

VOGEL, ALVIN (stories)

• Spaceman (vi) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

VOGELE, KATHERINE (stories)

• Booksellers’ Best Bets (br) MHCMM Sum 2000

VOGL, A. J. (stories)

• The Paranoid Club (ss) EQMM Jan 1983

VOGLER, SARA (stories)

• Doing the Bank [with Jan Burchett] (ss) The Young Oxford Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Dennis Hamley, Oxford University Press 2003

VOGT, M(artha) DIANE (1952- ) (stories)

• Death’s Deceit (ss) North Florida Noir, ed. Michael Lister, Pottersville Press 2006
• Surviving Toronto (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

VOIGHT, ANASTASIA (stories)

• Charley Chan, Inc (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #44 2004

VOLK, STEPHEN (stories)

• Indicator (ss) Crimewave #7 2003

VOLKMAN, ERNEST (stories)

• The Intelligence Process (ar) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984, Feb, May 1985
• Interview: Frederick Forsyth (cl) Espionage Magazine May 1985
• Interview: Ernest Volkman (iv) Espionage Magazine Aug 1985
• The Real Story of ULTRA (ar) Espionage Magazine Apr 1986
• Ayatollah Khomeni, CIA Agent (ar) Espionage Magazine May 1987
• In Review: Books (cl) Espionage Magazine May, Jul, Sep 1987
• Top Secret: Inside the World of Espion (cl) Espionage Magazine May 1987
• The Red Three (ar) Espionage Magazine Jul 1987
• Top Secret (cl) Espionage Magazine Jul, Sep 1987
• Iran’s Former Top Spy Tells All (iv) Espionage Magazine Sep 1987

VOLSKY, PAULA (stories)

• The Bastard of Bologna (pl) 1992
• The Giant Rat of Sumatra (ascribed to H.P. Lovecraft) (nv) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996 [Sherlock Holmes]

von ALLMEN, STEWART (stories)

• The All-American [with Peter Crowther] (nv) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997

von KLEIST, HEINRICH (1777-1811) (stories)

• The Foundling (ss) The Marquise of O & Other Stories, Penguin 1978
• from “The Foundling” (ex) The Marquise of O & Other Stories, Penguin 1978

von PLANTA, ANNA (stories)

• Notes on the Stories (bi)

VON ROSPACH, CHARLES (stories)

• Going Straight [with Laurie Sefton] (ss) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992 [Batman]

VOURLIS, JOHN P. (stories)

• A Case of Insomnia (nv) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003 [Sherlock Holmes]

VUKCEVICH, RAY (1940- ) (stories)

• The Swan (ss) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001

VULLIAMY, ED (stories)

• Man of Dishonour (ar) The Guardian Nov 20 1993

WADDELL, JENNIFER (stories)

• Alice Holds the Cards [with Carole Nelson Douglas] (nv) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999