Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

LARDNER, RING(gold) W(ilmer) (1885-1933) (stories)

• Haircut (ss) Liberty Mar 28 1925
• There Are Smiles (ss) Cosmopolitan Apr 1928
• Stop Me—If You’ve Heard This One (ss) Cosmopolitan Jul 1929

LAREDO, JOSEPH (stories)

• from The Outsider, by Albert Camus (ex) 1942

LARGE, JOHN (stories)

• Of Vice and Men (pm) EQMM Oct 1990
• Undercover Cop (pm) EQMM Jun 1991
• Consultation (pm) EQMM Apr 1996

LARKIN, PHILIP (1922-1985) (stories)

• from Selected Letters (ex)

LARSEN, DOUG (stories)

• Ryerson’s Fate (nv) Analog Apr 1989

LARSEN, TOM (stories)

• Lids (ss)

LARSON, AARON B. (stories)

• If Only I Had (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1995
• Go West Young Man (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1997 [Haakon Jones]
• Brawl on the Brazos (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1997 [Haakon Jones]
• Snake in the Grass (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1999
• Stuff of Dreams (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 1999
• You Must Turn Right at Texas (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1999
• Galloping Golem (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1999
• Angel of the Bear Lodge Mountains (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1999
• Surf City, Here I Come (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1999
• Action on Arkham’s Boot Hill (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1999
• Hot Water, Cold Heart (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2000
• Vault of Vampires (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2000
• The Empty Bar Mystery (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 2000
• The Skull of L’ Bower Vanuys (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 2000
• Dakota Showdown (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 2000
• From Tome to Tomb (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2000
• The Locked Room Mystery (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2000
• My Peace/Piece of Mind (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 2001
• Swamp Thing-Think I Love You (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 2001
• Circus Show-Off (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2001
• Time Will Tell (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2002
• The Story That Won: On a Rail (vi) AHMM Dec 2002
• Sioux City Sue Sings the Blues (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #44 2004

LARSON, CHARLES (stories)

• Slay-Mates (ss) Popular Detective Dec 1944
• Sisters (ss) EQMM Jun 1992

LASCAUX, PAUL; pseudonym of Paul Ott, (1955- ) (stories)

• Fire Works (vi) 2001; translated from the collection Europa Stirbt: Kriminelle Geschichten, Verlag der Criminale.
• The Copyist [with Richard Lifka, Thomas Przybilka, Stefan Slupetzky, Christoph Spielberg & Anke Gebert] (ss) EQMM Dec 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert

LATA, K. A. (stories)

• A New Religion (vi) EQMM Feb 1996

LATIMER, JOHN (1937- ) (stories)

• “Jonathan Latimer: An Interview” by James R. McCahery (iv) Hardboiled #4 1986

LATIMER, JONATHAN (Wyatt) (1906-1983) (stories)

• Excerpt from The Dead Don’t Care (ex) 1937

LATNER, ALEXIS GLYNN (stories)

• Snake and Smiley (ss) Dead and Breakfast, ed. Lisa René Smith & Linda Houle, L & L Dreamspell 2007

LATOSKI, TODD H. (stories)

• The Story That Won: “Mommy Dearest” (vi) AHMM May 1994

LATOUR, JOSE (1940- ) (stories)

LATOUR, JOSÉ (stories)

• Golam (ss) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999
• Havanightmare (ss) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999

LAUGHLIN, CATHERINE (books) (stories)

• Market for Murder and Other Stories (co) Ginninderra Press 2005
• Blood and Bone (ss)
• The Daughter (ss)
• Every Wednesday (ss)
• The Literary Luncheon (ss)
• Market for Murder (ss)
• The Photographer (ss)
• The Room (ss)
• Strip Cleaner (ss)
• Suddenly, at Home [with May Kennedy] (ss)
• A Video to Die For (ss)

LAURENCE, JANET (1937- ) (stories)

• Come to Tea (ss) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
• Starstruck at San Simeon (nv) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
• Time Share (nv) Malice Domestic 8, Margret Maron, Avon 1999
• A Small Problem at the Gallery (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
• Foreword (fw)

LAURENTS, ERICA (stories)

• Some Reflections on the Death of Robert (ss) Mystery Apr 1982

LAURIE, MARJORIE (stories)

• The Olive Grove, by Guy de Maupassant (nv) Short Stories, Everyman’s Library

LAURIE, VICTORIA (stories)

• Blobde Sighted (na) Drop-Dead Blonde, ed. Anon., Signet 2005

LAURINI, MYRIAM (stories)

• Lost Dreams (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996; tr. by William I. Neuman

LAUS, WILLIAM F. (stories)

• Welcome to Westfield (vi) EQMM Jan 14 1980

LAUTERBACH, C. E. (stories)

• The Sky-Pilot (ss) West by One and by One, ed. Anon. (Poul Anderson), The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County 1965 [Sherlock Holmes]

LAUZIER, JEAN (stories)

• Secret Santa (ss) By the Chimney with Care, ed. Tont Burton, Wolfmont Publishing 2006

LAVAGNINO, TOM (stories)

• Hiding the Body (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994

LAVID, LINDA A. (stories)

• Kindred Spirits (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2002
• Casper’s Quarry (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2002

LAVIN, MARY; pseudonym of Mary Walsh, (1912-1996) (stories)

• The Yellow Beret (ss) New Yorker Aug 20 1960

LAW, JANICE; [i.e., Janice Law Trecker] (1941- ) (stories)

• Pigskill (ss) EQMM Jul 1993
• Resurrection (ss) EQMM Jun 1994
• A Meeting at the Cafe Visconti (ss) EQMM Mar 1995
• The Man Kali Visited (ss) AHMM Aug 1995
• Perfection (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• Star of the Silver Screen (ss) EQMM Dec 1996
• Lying (ss) EQMM Jul 1997
• Secrets (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997
• The Archaeologist’s Revenge (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1998
• Tabloid Press (ss) AHMM Feb 2000
• Blood in the Water (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2000
• The Helpful Stranger (ss) EQMM Apr 2001
• The Summer of the Strangler (ss) AHMM Oct 2001
• The Snake Charmer (ss) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001
• Lions on the Lawn (ss) EQMM Mar 2002
• The Blind Woman (ss) EQMM Aug 2002
• Ghost Writer (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002
• Listen to Your Mother (ss) EQMM Aug 2003
• The Girl Watcher (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• The Chant of the Powwow (ss) AHMM Sep 2005
• My Famous Relative (ss) AHMM Nov 2005
• The Commuter (ss) AHMM Apr 2006
• The Limner’s Masterpiece (ss) AHMM Mar 2007
• My Life in Crime (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2007
• Ideas in My Head (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2007
• Golden Years (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2008
• The Jailer (ss) EQMM Dec 2008

LAW, M. CLARK (stories)

• The Keyboard Strikes Back (ss) AHMM Dec 1993

LAWHEAD, ALICE SLAIKEU (1953- ) (stories)

• Nothing Good Ever Comes (rr) Carnage at Christhaven, ed. William Griffin, San Francisco, CA: Harper and Row 1989

LAWHEAD, STEPHEN R. (1950- ) (stories)

• Night of the Living Dead (rr) Carnage at Christhaven, ed. William Griffin, San Francisco, CA: Harper and Row 1989

LAWRENCE, B. L.; pseudonym of Lawrence Block, (1938- ) (stories)

• Sweet Little Racket (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959

LAWRENCE, BRIAN (stories)

• Morning Call (ss) 1996
• Nothing But the Best (ss) Felonious Felines, ed. Carol & Ed Gorman, Five Star 2000

LAWRENCE, CAROLINE (stories)

• Bread and Circuses (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003

LAWRENCE, CONRAD (stories)

• Thirty-Two Squares (ss) EQMM Jan 2002
• As the Saying Goes (nv) EQMM Feb 2007

LAWRENCE, CYNTHIA P. (books) (stories)

• Chop Chop (ss) AHMM Sep 1995
• The Sweet Singer of 33-A (ss) EQMM Mar 1999
• A Deadly Dozen [ed. with Susan B. Casmier & Aljean Harmetz] (oa) Uglytown 2000
• The Cat and Mouse Caper (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002
• Death to Donuts! (na) A Feast of Crime, ed. Anon., Worldwide 2005
• Introduction (in)

LAWRENCE, D(avid) H(erbert) (Richards) (1885-1930) (stories)

• The Woman Who Rode Away (nv) The Dial Jul-Aug 1925
• from The Prussian Officer (ex)
• from Women in Love (ex)

LAWRENCE, J. FARQUHARSON (stories)

• Dawn’s Disciple (ss) Mystery Stories #19 1939

LAWRENCE, JOHN (stories)

• A Burial Is Arranged (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1 1935

LAWRENCE, MARGARET; pseudonym of M. K. Lorens, (1945- ) (stories)

• Holy Dying (nv) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996
• The Cat-Whipper’s Apprentice (nv) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
• The Ghost Who Died Dancing (nv) Murder, They Wrote II, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1998
• The Last Pure Hour (ss) AHMM Oct 2005
• Winston and the New Millennium (ss) EQMM Jan 2006
• Cagebird (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006
• The Golden Fool (ss) EQMM Feb 2007

LAWRENCE, MARGERY [i.e., Margery Harriet Lawrence Towle] (1889-1969) (stories)

• The Man Who Came Back (ss) The Floating Cafe, Jarrolds 1936

LAWRENCE, MARTHA (stories)

• “An Interview with Martha Lawrence” by Lisa Williamson (iv) Murderous Intent Spr 1998

LAWRENCE, MARTHA C. (1956- ) (stories)

• A Little Light on the Subject (ss) MHCMM Spr 1997
• The Sea Cave (ss) Malice Domestic 10, Nevada Barr, Avon 2001
• Light on the Subject (ss) And Some of Them Are Dead, ed. Margaret Searles & Victoria Heckman, Deadly Alibi Press Ltd. 2002

LAWRENCE, MELANIE (stories)

• Stranger Song (ss) EQMM Jan 2000
• A Problem-Solving Breed (ss) EQMM Aug 2001

LAWRENCE, STARLING (stories)

• Desire Lines (ss) Story Spr 1996

LAWSON, ARTHUR (stories)

• Why I Didn’t Murder My Wife (ss) Double Detective Nov 1937

LAWSON, JAMES A.; pseudonym of James P. Olsen (stories)

• Werewolf’s Bride (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jan 1937

LAWTON, R. T. (stories)

• The French Currier (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Mar 2000
• Witness (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Jan 2001
• Shepherd of the Valley (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2001
• Once, Twice, Dead (ss) AHMM Sep 2001
• The Bond That Keeps (ss) AHMM May 2002 [Twin Brothers Bail Bond]
• The Bond Market (ss) AHMM Dec 2002 [Twin Brothers Bail Bond]
• The Big Bailout (ss) AHMM May 2003 [Twin Brothers Bail Bond]
• The Bond Servant (ss) AHMM Sep 2003 [Cletis Johnston]
• Flying Without a Parachute (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004
• The Other Bondsman (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2004 [Twin Brothers Bail Bond]
• In Bound (ss) AHMM Nov 2004
• Dark Eyes (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2005
• The Bond That Ties (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006 [Twin Brothers Bail Bond]
• Ransom (ss) AHMM Nov 2006 [the Armenian]
• False Keys (nv) AHMM Dec 2006
• The Bondstone (ss) AHMM May 2007 [Cletis Johnston]
• Of Wax and Watermarks (nv) AHMM Nov 2007
• Click, Click, Click (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2008
• The Length of a Straw (ss) AHMM Mar 2008
• The Bondholder (ss) AHMM May 2008 [Twin Brothers Bail Bond]
• Grave Trouble (ss) AHMM Dec 2008

LAWTON, STEVE (stories)

• The Lovely Be Damned (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Feb 1963

LAYBOURN, MARGARET (stories)

• The Story That Won: Dead Ringer (vi) AHMM mid-Dec 1994

LAYEFSKY, VIRGINIA (stories)

• Cat Dance (ss) AHMM Aug 13 1980
• This Place Belongs to You (ss) EQMM Jan 1991

LAYMON, RICHARD (Carl) (1947-2001) (stories)

• Desert Pickup (ss) EQMM Nov 1970
• Paying Joe Back (ss) EQMM Sep 1975
• Stiff Intruders (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1980
• Blarney (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1981
• Spooked (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981
• Eats (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1985
• Invitation to Murder (ss) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
• Kitty Litter (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Phil the Vampire (ss) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• Choppie (ss) Subterranean Gallery, ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 1999
• Boo (nv) October Dreams, ed. Richard Chizmar & Robert Morrish, CD Publications 2000

LAYMON, ROBERT (stories)

• Such a Good Writer (in)

LAYNG, CHARLES (stories)

• Cryptograms (cl) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr 1930

L’DERA, CARLOS (stories)

• Quiet Night in Turkeyville (ss) AHMM Aug 1987

LEACOCK, DINA; see pseudonym Diane Arrelle (stories)

LEACOCK, STEPHEN (Butler) (1869-1944) (stories)

• Maddened by Mystery; or, The Defective Detective (ss) Nonsense Novels, London: Lane 1911
• An Irreducible Detective Story (vi) Further Foolishness, New York: Lane 1916
• Pawn to King’s Four (ss) Happy Stories Just to Laugh At, New York: Dodd, Mead 1943

LEADER, MARY (Bartelt) (1948- ) (stories)

• Happy Forever (ss) AHMM Mar 1984

LEAKE, BURT (stories)

• The Red Falcon Returns (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1995 [Red Falcon]

LEARMOND, MICHAEL (stories)

• Graphic Design (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004

LEAVITT, JACK (stories)

• But What’s Done Is Done (pm) EQMM Nov 1990
• Heart Attack (ss) AHMM Dec 1996

LEBBON, TIM (stories)

• The Horror of the Many Faces (nv) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Body Lies (ss) Retro Pulp Tales, ed. Joe R. Lansdale, Subterranean Press 2006