Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

LaCOUR, M. M. (stories)

• Duck Soup (ss) AHMM Oct 1985
• The Case of the Lost Collie (ss) AHMM Aug 1986

LACY, ED; pseudonym of Leonard S. Zinberg, (1911-1968) (stories)

• We Are All Suspect (ss) Sleuth Mystery Magazine Dec 1958
• Less Lives Than a Cat (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1959
• Big BrainsÀBig Dough! (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Sep 1959
• Ghost Beat (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Jan 1961
• Mask of Terror (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Jan 1961
• So Young to Die (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine May 1961
• Curtain Speech (ss) AHMM Feb 1962
• Fade Out—Fade In (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Jun 1967
• The “Method” Sheriff (ss) AHMM Sep 1967
• Murder, He Says? (ss) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967
• Who Will Miss Arthur? (ss) AHMM Oct 1967

LADNIER, CURT (stories)

• Old Heroes Never Die (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1995

LA FARGE, OLIVER (Hazard Perry) (1901-1963) (stories)

• La Spécialité de M. Duclos (ss) New Yorker Apr 29 1950

LAFFITTE, FRANK (stories)

• Holy War (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1986

LaFORGE, REBECCA L. (stories)

• The Marriage Didn’t Take (pm) EQMM Dec 1990

LAIKEN, DEIDRE (stories)

• An Act of Loving Kindness (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990

LAIMO, MICHAEL (stories)

• The Policy (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1998

LAING, CHRIS (stories)

• The Story That Won:; winner of the April 2008 “Mysterious Photograph” contest: Dry Run (vi) AHMM Oct 2008

LAKE, DERYN; pseudonym of Dinah Lampitt, (1937- ) (stories)

• Death at Strawberry Hill (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999 [John Rawlings]
• Green Tarts (ss) The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2006

LAKE, M. D.; pseudonym of James Allen Simpson, (1934- ) (stories)

• Kim’s Game (ss) Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 1993
• With Flowers in Her Hair (nv) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
• Tea for Two (ss) Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997
• The Tunnel (nv) Love and Death, ed. Carolyn Hart, Berkley Prime Crime 2001
• A.B.C.D.E.A.T.H. (ss) Malice Domestic 10, Nevada Barr, Avon 2001

LAKIN, RITA (stories)

• The Woman Who Hated the Bronx (ss) Bronx Noir, ed. S. J. Rozan, Akashic Books 2007; (Elder Avenue).

LAMANNA, JAMES C., JR. (stories)

• Neighbors Are Complaining (vi) EQMM Sep 10 1980

LAMAR, JAKE (1961- ) (stories)

• Elle et Moi: le Sacrifice (ss) Paris Noir, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent’s Tail 2008
• Madame Secretary’s Lover Man (ss) Politics Noir: Dark Tales from the Corridors of Power, ed. Gary Phillips, Verso 2008

LAMARR, M. N. (stories)

• The Cobra Woman (ss) Scientific Detective Annual 1944

LAMB, G. F. (stories)

• From Coffin to Rolls-Royce (ss)

LAMB, J. DAYNE (1949- ) (stories)

• A Christmas Question (nv) Murder Under the Tree, ed. Anon., Zebra 1993
• Too Little Room at the Inn (nv) Murder Most Merry, ed. Anon., Zebra 1994

LAMB, J(ames) J(oseph) (1931- ) (stories)

• The Hit (ss) New Mystery v1 #3 1993

LAMBE, PATRICK J. (stories)

• Union Card (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2004
• Shooting Incident (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2004
• The Most Dangerous Animal in Louisiana (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2004
• Overtime Opportunities (ss) Shred of Evidence Feb 2005
• The New Prosperity (ss)

LAMBERT, LESLIE HARRISON (1883-1940); see pseudonym A. J. Alan (stories)

LAMBERT, ROBERT MERRILL (stories)

• Decision to Kill (ss) Scientific Detective Dec 1946

LAMBURN, NELL (stories)

• Summer in the Country (ss) 1980
• Tom’s Thatch (ss) EQMM Jul 1986
• Charity Child (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1986
• Taking Care of Miss Mollie (ss) EQMM May 1987
• Nodons’ Dog (ss) EQMM Oct 1987
• Jack’s Place (ss) EQMM Mar 1988
• Jimmy’s Day (ss) EQMM Mar 1991
• Home Is Where the Heart Is (ss) EQMM Jan 1994

LaMEE, LARRY R. (stories)

• Birth of a Mystery Writer (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984

LAMONT, TIM (stories)

• Bad Boy (ss) EQMM Feb 1992

LAMPITT, DINAH (1937- ); see pseudonym Deryn Lake (stories)

LAMSLEY, TERRY (stories)

• The Stunted House (ss) Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999

LANCE, ALAN (stories)

• Decoy for Death (nv) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jan 1960

LAND, CHARLES (stories)

• The Queen’s Necklace (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1985
• The Hidden Camera (ss)

LANDERS, ANN; pseudonym of Ester Pauline Friedman Lederer (stories)

• And the 3d biggest lie is... (ms) 1989

LANDERS, CLIFFORD E. (stories)

• Angels of the Marquees, by Rubem Fonseca (ss) EQMM Aug 2003; originally published in Brazilian Portugese, 1998.
• Winning the Game, by Rubem Fonseca (ss) EQMM Aug 2004; translated from the Brazilian Portuguese in Criaturas Pequeñas, 2002.
• Teresa, by Rubem Fonseca (vi) EQMM Nov 2008; translated from the Portuguese. In the “Passport to Crime” section.

LANDIS, GEOFFREY A(lan) (1955- ) (stories)

• The Affair Lafayette (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1988
• A Quiet Evening by Gaslight (vi) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

LANDON, HERMAN (1882-?) (stories)

• The Pigeon on the Sill (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Mar 1927

LANDRIGAN, LINDA (books) (stories)

• Editor’s Notes (ed) AHMM Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 2002, Apr, May, Jun...
• Editor’s Notes: Charms and Satisfactions for Readers of Short Stories (ed) AHMM Dec 2004
• Editor’s Notes: Criminous News (ed) AHMM Mar 2005
• Editor’s Notes: Out of the Ordinary? (ed) AHMM Apr 2005
• Editor’s Notes: How to and How not to (ed) AHMM May 2005
• Editor’s Notes: Crime Notes (ed) AHMM Jun 2005
• Editor’s Notes: Double Issue, Double Trouble! (ed) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005
• Editor’s Notes: The Nature of Crime (ed) AHMM Sep 2005
• Editor’s Notes: The Veil of Crime (ed) AHMM Oct 2005
• Editor’s Notes: A Cauldron of Crime (ed) AHMM Nov 2005
• Editor’s Notes: Fifty Years of Crime (ed) AHMM Dec 2005
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense [ed.] (an) Pegasus Books 2006
• Editor’s Notes: First Place in Mystery (ss) AHMM Apr 2008
• Editor’s Notes: Pride Goeth... (ed) AHMM May 2008
• Editor’s Notes: Farewell to a Master (ed) AHMM Jun 2008
• Editor’s Notes: Now the Novella (ed) AHMM Jul/Aug 2008
• Editor’s Notes: Just Deserts (ed) AHMM Sep 2008
• Editor’s Notes: The Post-Awards Issue (ed) AHMM Oct 2008
• Editor’s Notes: Characters Apart (ed) AHMM Nov 2008
• Banquet of Suspense (ed) AHMM Dec 2008
• Introduction (in)

LANDRY, NOMA (stories)

• Small Dilemma (pm) EQMM Mar 1990

LANDVIK, LORNA (1954- ) (stories)

• Introduction (in) Resort to Murder, ed. Anon., Nodin Press 2007

LANE, ANDY; [i.e., Andrew Lane] (1963- ) (stories)

• As Near to Lust as Flame to Smoke (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
• The Gaze of the Falcon (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999

LANE, FRANK (stories)

• Death on the Fourteenth Floor (vi) Murderous Intent Fll 1997

LANE, JOEL (Richard) (1963- ) (books) (stories)

• Birmingham Noir [ed. with Steve Bishop] (oa) Tindal Street 2003
• This Night Last Woman (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

LANE, JOHN (stories)

• The Long, Red Night (ss) Detective Tales May 1950

LANE, KENNETH WESTMACOTT (1893-1954); see pseudonym Keith West (stories)

LANE, MARY KANE (stories)

• Desire in the First Degree [with Wendi Lee] (nv) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002

LANE, R. E. (stories)

• What Happened (vi) EQMM Jun 1985

LANG, ALLEN KIM (1928- ) (stories)

• Draw Your Breath in Pain (ss) Suspect Detective Stories Oct 1956

LANG, GORDON (stories)

• Mr. Justice Avory (ss)

LANG, JOHN PATRICK (stories)

• Ross Thomas: A Thumbnail Sketch (bg) Murderous Intent Fll 1997

LANGE, RICHARD (stories)

• Bank of America (ss)

LANGER, ADAM (stories)

• Bobby Kagan Knows Everything (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (Albion & Whipple).

LANGFORD, DAVID (Rowland) (1953- ) (stories)

• The Arts of the Enemy (ss) Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992
• The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech (ss) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997 [Sherlock Holmes]
• As Strange a Maze as E’er Men Trod (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998

LANHAM, BOB (stories)

• Overruled (pm) EQMM Dec 1991

LANIER, VIRGINIA (1930-2003) (stories)

• Red Shirt and Black Jacket (nv) Canine Christmas, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1999

LANKFORD, TERRILL (Lee) (1959- ) (stories)

• Detour Drive (nv) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001

LANNETTE (stories)

• Footsteps (uw) New Mystery v6 #1 1998; fragment, High School Student Winner of the Monterey Bouchercon28 Mystery Writing Contest.

LANSDALE, JOE R(ichard Harold) (1951- ) (books) (stories)

• The Full Count (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1978 [Ray Slater]
• Long Gone, Forever (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1978 [Ray Slater]
• One Blonde, Well Dead (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1979 [Ray Slater]
• Black as the Night [with Lewis Shiner] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1979 [John Talbot]
• Three Dead Deadbeats [with Robert Fester] (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1980
• Escape Artist (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1980
• The Mummy Buyer (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1981
• The Soul Ghoul (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981
• Listen (ss) Twilight Zone May/Jun 1983
• Man Drowning [with Lewis Shiner] (ss) Pulpsmith Fll 1983 [John Talbot]
• By the Hair of the Head (ss) Shadows #6, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday 1983
• On a Dark October (ss) The Horror Show Spr 1984
• Old Charlie (ss) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984
• Bestsellers Guaranteed (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1985
• Boys Will Be Boys (nv) Hardboiled #3 1985
• An All American Hero (ss) Espionage Magazine Feb 1986
• The God of the Razor (ss) Grue #5 1987
• The Pit (ss) The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction, ed. Ed Gorman, Black Lizard 1987
• By Bizarre Hands (ss) Hardboiled #9 1988
• Night They Missed the Horror Show (ss) Silver Scream, ed. David J. Schow, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1988
• The Job (ss) Razored Saddles, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Pat LoBrutto, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1989
• The Steel Valentine (ss) By Bizarre Hands, Ziesing 1989
• Belly Laugh, or The Joker’s Trick or Treat (nv) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990 [Batman]
• Drive-In Date (ss) Night Visions 8, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
• Incident On and Off a Mountain Road (nv) Night Visions 8, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
• Dark at Heart [ed. with Karen Lansdale] (oa) Dark Harvest 1992
• The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance (nv) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
• The Two-Bear Mambo (ex) 1995 [Hap Collins; Leonard Pine]
• Walks (ss) Cemetery Dance Fll 1997
• Private Eye Action As You Like It [with Lewis Shiner] (co) Crossroads Press 1998
• Death by Chili (ss) Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999 [Hap Collins; Leonard Pine]
• Screw Up [with Karen Lansdale] (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• Veil’s Visit [with Andrew H. Vachss] (ss) Veil’s Visit, Subterranean Press 1999 [Hap Collins; Leonard Pine]
• “In Praise of the Underappreciated: Lansdale (HHC)” by J. Michael Blue (ar) Plots with Guns Oct-Dec 2000
• The Mule Rustlers (nv) The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001
• Retro Pulp Tales [ed.] (oa) Subterranean Press 2006
• Introduction (in) Retro Pulp Tales, ed. Joe R. Lansdale, Subterranean Press 2006
• Afterword to the Talbot Stories (aw)
• Introduction [with Karen Lansdale] (in)
• Introduction to the Slater Stories (si)

LANSDALE, KAREN (books) (stories)

• Dark at Heart [ed. with Joe R. Lansdale] (oa) Dark Harvest 1992
• Screw Up [with Joe R. Lansdale] (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• Introduction [with Joe R. Lansdale] (in)

LANTIGUA, JOHN (1947- ) (stories)

• Heat Lightning (ex) New York: Putnam 1987
• The Jungle (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001 [Willie Cuesta]
• The Rafter (ss) EQMM Jul 2003

LANUM, LARRY (stories)

• A Meaningful Act (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2003

LaPIERRE, JANET (1933- ) (stories)

• The Man Who Loved His Wife (ss) Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
• Take Care of Yourself (nv) Malice Domestic 1, Elizabeth Peters, Pocket 1992
• The Woman Who Knew What She Wanted (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
• Luminarias Make It Christmas-y (ss) EQMM Feb 1996
• Patience at Griffith Gulch (nv) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
• Family Gathering (ss) EQMM Jan 1999
• Da Capo (nv) EQMM Apr 1999
• Sex, Lies, and Apple Pie (ss) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999

LA PLANTE, LYNDA (1946- ) (stories)

• Victim or 5+3=4 (ss) Winter’s Crimes 24, ed. Maria Rejt, London: Macmillan 1992
• The Keeper of Souls (ex)
• Remain Nameless (vi)

LaPLANTE, STEVEN (stories)

• Business Sense (ss) EQMM Nov 1985

LA PUMA, SALVATORE (1929- ) (stories)

• The Boys of Bensonhurst (ss) The Boys of Bensonhurst, University of Georgia Press 1987

LARAMIE, MICHAEL (stories)

• The Von Richthofen Incident (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1997
• The Taking of the King’s Knight (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1998

LARDNER, REX (1918-1998) (stories)

• Reasonable Facsimile (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960