Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

LEWIS, MILES MARSHALL (stories)

• Numbers Up (ss) Bronx Noir, ed. S. J. Rozan, Akashic Books 2007; (Baychester).

LEWIS, OSCAR (stories)

• The Phosphorescent Bride (ar) 1924

LEWIS, (Geoffrey) PETER (1928- ) (stories)

• Blood Brothers (nv) Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992
• Borrower of the Night (ss) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995
• Scots Bluid (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
• Country Pursuits (ss) Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998
• After the Sega (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
• Ground Zero (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• Medicinal Purposes (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003

LEWIS, RICHARD O. (stories)

• A Woman’s Intuition (ss) AHMM Apr 1967

LEWIS, SHELLY (stories)

• Interview: Aaron Marc Stein (iv) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980
• Interview: Dorothy Salisbury Davis (iv) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

LEWIS, (Harry) SINCLAIR (1885-1951) (stories)

• The Post-Mortem Murder (nv) The Century May 1921

LEWIS, TERRY (stories)

• Plea Bargin (ss) North Florida Noir, ed. Michael Lister, Pottersville Press 2006

LEWIS, TONY; see under Lewis, Anthony R. (stories)

LEWITT, SHARIANN (1954- ) (stories)

• The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes (nv) The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1998 [Sherlock Holmes]

LEYDIN, BETH; pseudonym , Australian writer of children’s books. (stories)

• A Fine Summer’s Evening (vi) EQMM Dec 1999

LEYNER, MARK (1956- ) (stories)

• Oh, Brother (ss) Tooth Imprints on a Corndog, Harmony Books 1995

LICKISS, REBECCA (stories)

• The Cat and the Petticoat (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

LIDDIL, BOB (stories)

• Murder Under Glass (nv) Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992

LIEBE, CHARLES HAVEN; [born Charles William Liebe] (1880-1957); see pseudonym Hapsburg Liebe (stories)

LIEBE, HAPSBURG; pseudonym of Charles Haven Liebe, (1880-1957) (stories)

• Flophouse Court (ss) Ten Detective Aces Sep 1933

LIEBROSS, AUDREY (stories)

• Sisters and Brothers (ss) Chesapeake Crimes, ed. Donna Andrews, Quiet Storm Books 2004

LIFKA, RICHARD (stories)

• The Copyist [with Thomas Przybilka, Stefan Slupetzky, Christoph Spielberg, Anke Gebert & Paul Lascaux] (ss) EQMM Dec 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert

LIFTON, MIKE (stories)

• The Terrible Passion! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Oct 1957
• Marked for Death! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec 1957
• The Roots of Hell! (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Jul 1958

LIGHT, LAWRENCE (stories)

• Make Me Rich (ss) WlSNoir 2007; (257 W. 36th Street).

LIGHTNER, A. M.; [i.e., Alice Martha Lightner Hopf] (1904-1988) (stories)

• The Matador Murder (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1983
• Full Circle (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1984
• Lindy’s Lights (ss) Espionage Magazine Nov 1985
• The Case of the Malodorous Loot (ss)

LILIENTHAL, DAVID ELI (Jr.) (1927- ); see pseudonym David Ely (stories)

LIMA, MARIA Y. (books) (stories)

• The Butler Didn’t Do It (ss) Chesapeake Crimes, ed. Donna Andrews, Quiet Storm Books 2004
• Chesapeake Crimes II [ed. with Donna Andrews] (oa) Quiet Storm Books 2005

LIMÓN, MARTIN (1948- ) (stories)

• A Coffin of Rice (ss) AHMM Jun 1990
• Blood Write (ss) AHMM Nov 1990
• The Blackmarket Detail (ss) AHMM Jan 1991
• Pusan Nights (ss) AHMM May 1991
• A Piece of Rice Cake (ss) AHMM Jun 1991
• The Woman from Hamhung (ss) AHMM Jul 1991
• The Gray Asian Sky (nv) AHMM Oct 1991
• Seoul Story (ss) AHMM Jan 1992
• Ascom City (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1992
• A Tale of the Hermit Kingdom (ss) AHMM Dec 1992
• The Inn of the Sleeping Dragon (ss) AHMM Jan 1993
• Lady of the Snow (ss) AHMM Jun 1993
• Inspector of the Five White Horses (ss) AHMM Aug 1993
• The Mists of the Southern Seas (nv) AHMM Jun 1994
• The Inn of the Marauding Swine (ss) AHMM Sep 1994
• Night of the Moon Goddess (ss) AHMM Oct 1994
• Seoul Mourning (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• Payday (ss) AHMM Feb 1998
• Yen (ss) AHMM Jun 2000
• Princess of the Red Silk (ss) EQMM Feb 2001
• The Mysterious Mr. Kim (ss) AHMM Apr 2002
• The Filial Wife (ss) AHMM Mar 2003
• The Widow Po (nv) AHMM Sep 2003
• The Cold Yellow Sea (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• Conversation with Martin Limón (iv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• A Crust of Rice (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2005
• The Beast from the Western Steppes (ss) EQMM Feb 2005
• Death of an Aztec Princess (nv) AHMM Jun 2005
• A Jar of Bean Paste (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005 [Kimiko]
• Dragon’s Teeth (nv) AHMM Oct 2005 [George Sueno; Ernie Bascom]
• The Opposite of O (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2008 [George Sueno; Ernie Bascom]

LIMONCELLI, ROSANNE (stories)

• The Story That Won: Up a Tree (vi) AHMM Mar 1995

LINAWEAVER, BRAD(ford Swain) (1952- ) (stories)

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

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865) (stories)

• The Trailor Murder Mystery (ar) Quincy, Illinois Whig Apr 15 1846

LINDLEY, STEVE (stories)

• Yet One More Dying Message (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984
• Santa’s Slaying (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1984
• An Exchange of Gifts (ss) AHMM Apr 1985
• The Mislaid Treasure of Dancing Bare (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1985
• The System (ss) AHMM Jul 1985
• Hit and Run (ss) AHMM Feb 1986
• A Little Quiet Dignity (ss) AHMM Jun 1987
• Extended Family (ss) AHMM Mar 1992
• “Ghosts,” He Said (nv) AHMM Feb 1995
• Slow Thaw at Carlsen Bay (nv) AHMM Jan 1996
• Night Work (ss) AHMM Jan 1998
• Hallway Dog (nv) AHMM Apr 1998
• Friend and Mentor (ss) AHMM Mar 1999
• The Secret Brunette (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• The Void (ss) AHMM Oct 2003
• Death Takes Center Stage (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2008

LINDSAY, PHILIP (1906-1958) (stories)

• from The Mainspring of Murder (ex) 1958

LINDSEY, DAVID L(ance) (1944- ) (stories)

• Heat from Another Sun (ex) 1984 [Stuart Haydon]

LINDSEY, JOHN; pseudonym of John St. Clair Muriel, (1909- ) (stories)

• You Wouldn’t Understand (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

LINDSKOLD, JANE M. (stories)

• Slaying the Serpent (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• The Road to Stony Creek (nv) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001

LINEAWEAVER, MARION (stories)

• A Shroud with a Silver Lining (ss) New Detective Magazine May 1950

LININGTON, (Barbara) ELIZABETH (1921-1988); see pseudonym Dell Shannon (stories)

LINK, KELLY (Denise) (1969- ) (stories)

• Catskin (nv) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

LINK, NINA B. (stories)

• The Cat Man (ss)

LINK, WILLIAM (1933- ) (stories)

• Child’s Play [with Richard Levinson] (ss) AHMM Jan 1959
• The End of an Era [with Richard Levinson] (ss) AHMM Jan 1962; also as “New Columbo”.
• New Columbo [with Richard Levinson] (ss) AHMM Jan 1962
• The Man in the Lobby [with Richard Levinson] (ss) AHMM Jun 1966
• Memory and Murder (ss) AHMM Apr 1996
• Artist’s Proof (ss) EQMM Aug 1996
• Queen, Two Jacks (ss) EQMM May 1997
• The Good Samaritan (ss) EQMM Aug 1997
• Crack in a Crystal Ball (ss) EQMM Nov 1997
• Where Do the Balloons Go? (ss) EQMM Jan 1998
• Sorcerer’s Apprentice (ss) EQMM Feb 1998
• Man on a Mission (ss) EQMM Nov 2005
• Murder Medium Rare (ss) EQMM Aug 2006
• Next of Kin (ss) AHMM Sep 2006
• Account Closed (ss) AHMM Nov 2007
• Santa with Sunglasses (ss) EQMM Jan 2008
• The Good Father (ss) EQMM May 2008

LINKLATER, J. LANE; pseudonym of Alex Watkins, (1899?-1983?) (stories)

• Blind Date (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Mar 1945

LINSCOTT, GILLIAN (1944- ) (stories)

• Death of a Dead Man (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 3, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1993
• The Big Five-O (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
• Drowned Ophelia (ss) EQMM Jul 1996
• Wingless Pegasus (ss) EQMM Aug 1996 [Thomas Ludlow]
• A Scandal in Winter (nv) Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1996 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Poison Peach (nv) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
• Killing the Critic (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• Poisoned with Politeness (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997 [Thomas Ludlow; Harry Leather]
• Original Sin (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
• The Ballad of Gentleman Jem (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• Rock of Ages (nv) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998
• Dialogue (ss) Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
• A Dead Language (ss) EQMM Feb 1999
• For All the Saints (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999
• A Horse for My Kingdom (ss) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000
• The Hansom for Mr. Holmes (ss) Murder in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2001 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Heart Scarab (nv) The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002
• Gracious Silence (ss) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
• Next Christmas at Dingley Dell (nv) Death by Dickens, ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime 2004
• The Day of Two Cars (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• A Blessing of Frogs (nv) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005
• The Adventure of the Late Orang Outang (nv) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006 [Holmes Sherlock]
• The Marshalsea Handicap (ss) The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2007

LINSLEY, CLYDE (T., Jr.) (1942- ) (stories)

• Beede and the Barefoot Body (ss) Chesapeake Crimes III, ed. Donna Andrews & Marcia Talley, Wildside Press 2008

LINZEE, DAVID (Augustine Anthony) (1952- ); see pseudonym David August (stories)

• The Deep Pocket (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982
• Bloody Island (ss) AHMM Mar 2007

LIPARULO, ROBERT (1961- ) (stories)

• Kill Zone (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006 [Byron Stone]

LIPMAN, CLAYRE (1913-1979) (stories)

• My Last Book [with Michel Lipman] (ss) Twenty Great Tales of Murder, ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random 1951
• Priest Hole [with Michel Lipman] (ss)

LIPMAN, LAURA (stories)

• Female Private Eyes (ar) Crime Time #23 2001

LIPMAN, MICHEL (Martin) (1913- ) (stories)

• My Last Book [with Clayre Lipman] (ss) Twenty Great Tales of Murder, ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random 1951
• Priest Hole [with Clayre Lipman] (ss)

LIPPMAN, JACKI (stories)

• Wedded Bliss (pm) EQMM Nov 1990

LIPPMAN, LAURA (1959- ) (books) (stories)

• Orphans Court (ss) First Cases, Volume 3, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1999 [Tess Monaghan]
• The Half Monty (sl) Thrilling Detective (online) Win 2000, Mar 2001 [Tess Monaghan]
• Ropa Vieja (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• What He Needed (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002
• The Babysitter’s Code (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2003
• The Shoeshine Man’s Regrets (ss) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004 [Tess Monaghan]
• Dear Penthouse Forum (a First Draft) (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• The Crack Cocaine Diet (Or: How to Lose a Lot of Weight and Change Your Life in Just One Weekend) (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005
• A.R.M. and the Woman (ss) DC Noir, ed. George Pelecanos, Akashic Books 2006; (Chevy Chase, N.W. ).
• Baltimore Noir [ed.] (oa) Akashic Books 2006
• Easy As A-B-C (ss) Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006; (Locust Point).
• A Good **** Spoiled (ss) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• Femme Fatale (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• One True Love (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
• Hardly Knew Her (ss) Dead Man’s Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Harcourt 2007
• Pony Girl (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (Treme).
• Coda (ss) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008
• Foreword (fw)
• Introduction (in)
• The Honor Bar (ss)

LIPSCOMB, ADRIAN (stories)

• A Sort of the Truth (ss) AHMM Aug 1991

LISPECTOR, CLARICE (1924-1977) (stories)

• Pig Latin (vi) Soulstorm, New Directions 1974

LISS, DAVID (1966- ) (stories)

• The Double Dealer (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006 [Banjamin Weaver]

LISTER, MICHAEL (1968- ) (books) (stories)

• North Florida Noir [ed.] (oa) Pottersville Press 2006
• In a Spider’s Web (ss) North Florida Noir, ed. Michael Lister, Pottersville Press 2006 [Jimmy “Soldier” Riley]
• Mitigating Circumstances (ss) North Florida Noir, ed. Michael Lister, Pottersville Press 2006

LISTER, VANN ANSON (stories)

• Seven Graves for Sinbad (ss) Night Cry Sum 1986; also as “The Seventh Grave”.
• The Seventh Grave (ss) Night Cry Sum 1986

LITTELL, JONATHAN (1967- ) (stories)

• Of Strange Loops and Black Valentines (ar) Espionage Magazine Sep 1987

LITTKE, LAEL J. (1929- ) (stories)

• A Feline Felony (ss) EQMM Jan 1968

LITTLE, BENTLEY (1960- ) (stories)

• Connie (ss) Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf 1999

LITTLE, DENISE (books) (stories)

• Murder Most Romantic: Passionate Tales of Life and Death [ed. with Martin H. Greenberg] (oa) Cumberland House 2001
• Introduction (in)

LITTLEPAGE, LAYNE (1950- ) (stories)

• The Belson Sisters—Didn’t They Die? (ss) AHMM Jun 1987