Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

LITTLEWOOD, ALISON J. (stories)

• The Method Coach (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

LIVINGSTON, HERB (1916- ); see pseudonym H. B. Hickey (stories)

LIVINGSTON, NANCY; pseudonym of Jane Woolsey Foster, (1935-1994) (stories)

• Betrayal (ss) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
• Déjà Vu (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 3, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1993
• A Matter of Taste (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 4, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1994
• The Crime Writers’ Association (ar)
• Foreword (fw)

LLEWELLYN, SAM(son) (1948- ) (stories)

• Blood Knot (ex) London: Joseph 1991

LLOYD, ALLAN (stories)

• The Man Who Wiped Away Footprints (ss) EQMM Sep 1988
• Under a Plum Tree (ss) EQMM Nov 1989

LLYWELYN, MORGAN (1937- ) (stories)

• The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech (ascribed to Ernest Hemingway) (ss) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Woman in a Wheelchair (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999

LoBRUTTO, PATRICK (stories)

• The Little Problem of the Grosvenor Square Furniture Van (ascribed to Arthur Stanley Jefferson) (ss) The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1998 [Sherlock Holmes]

LOBSTER, RIF H.; pseudonym of Norma Schier, (1930-1995) (stories)

• The Adventure of the Boing! Ritual (ss) The Anagram Detectives, Mysterious Press 1979

LOCASCIO, PHIL (stories)

• The Sorcerer of Hooterville (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1997
• Bats (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1997
• Tangled Limbs (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Nov 1997

LOCHTE, DICK; [i.e., Richard Samuel Lochte] (1944- ) (books) (stories)

• Medford & Son (ss) EQMM Oct 1972
• Sad-Eyed Blonde (ss) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988 [Philip Marlowe]
• Sounds of Suspense [with Tom Nolan] (ar) The Armchair Detective Spr, Sum, Fll 1990, Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1991
• Vampire Dreams (ss) The Ultimate Dracula, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor & Megan Miller, Dell 1991
• Lucky Dog (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1992 [Leo Bloodworth; Serendipity Dahlquist]
• Mad Dog (nv) Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet 1993 [Leo Bloodworth]
• Murder at Mardi Gras (nv) Salon 1996 [J. J. Legendre]
• A Murder of Import (ss) Salon 1996 [J. J. Legendre]
• A Tough Case to Figure (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
• Get the Message (nv) Louisiana Literature Spr 1998 [Terry Manion]
• Rappin’ Dog (nv) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999 [Leo Bloodworth; Serendipity Dahlquist]
• Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder (co) Five Star 2000
• In the City of Angels (nv) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
• Catnip (nv) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
• Low Tide (nv) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• Diamond Dog (nv) Creature Cozies, ed. Jill Morgan, Berkley Prime Crime 2005
• The Death of Big Daddy (ss) EQMM Nov 2006
• Devil Dog (ss) Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Pegasus Books 2007
• Introduction (in)

LOCK, BOB (1949- ) (stories)

• The Christmas Present (vi) Red Herrings

LOCK, JOAN (1933- ) (stories)

• The Birdman of Bow Street (ar) Police Review 1984
• Give Us a Clue (ar) New Law Journal 1993
• A Regular Correspondent (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
• The Letter (ss) The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2007

LOCKE, GEORGE (Walter) (1936- ) (stories)

• A Nineteenth Century Debacle (ss) 1979

LOCKLEY, STEVE (stories)

• A Sea of Troubles (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• All for One and One for All (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

LOCKRIDGE, FRANCES (Louise Davis) (1896-1963) (stories)

• Pattern for Murder [with Richard Lockridge] (ss) 1955 [Pam & Jerry North]
• There’s Death for Remembrance [with Richard Lockridge] (ss) 1955; also as “Pattern for Murder”. [Pam & Jerry North]
• The Cat and the Killer [with Richard Lockridge] (ss) 1956; also as “The Searching Cats”. [Captain M.L. Heimrich]
• The Searching Cats [with Richard Lockridge] (ss) 1956 [Captain M.L. Heimrich]
• Cat of Dreams [with Richard Lockridge] (ss) 1958 [Captain M.L. Heimrich]
• Death and the Fiery-Eyed Cat [with Richard Lockridge] (ss) 1958; also as “Cat of Dreams”. [Captain M.L. Heimrich]
• The Scent of Murder [with Richard Lockridge] (ss) EQMM Aug 1960 [Captain M.L. Heimrich]

LOCKRIDGE, RICHARD (Orson) (1898-1982) (stories)

• Pattern for Murder [with Frances Lockridge] (ss) 1955 [Pam & Jerry North]
• There’s Death for Remembrance [with Frances Lockridge] (ss) 1955; also as “Pattern for Murder”. [Pam & Jerry North]
• The Cat and the Killer [with Frances Lockridge] (ss) 1956; also as “The Searching Cats”. [Captain M.L. Heimrich]
• The Searching Cats [with Frances Lockridge] (ss) 1956 [Captain M.L. Heimrich]
• Cat of Dreams [with Frances Lockridge] (ss) 1958 [Captain M.L. Heimrich]
• Death and the Fiery-Eyed Cat [with Frances Lockridge] (ss) 1958; also as “Cat of Dreams”. [Captain M.L. Heimrich]
• The Scent of Murder [with Frances Lockridge] (ss) EQMM Aug 1960 [Captain M.L. Heimrich]
• Preface (pr)

LOCKWOOD, JO (stories)

• Look of Eagles (ss) EQMM Jun 17 1981

LODGE, MARC (1946- ) (stories)

• The Formula (ss) AHMM Oct 1994

LODI, EDWARD (stories)

• Oubliette (ss) Hardboiled #19 1994

LOGAN, CATHERINE (stories)

• Duck Soup (ss) Espionage Magazine Oct 1986

LOGAN, MARGARET (1936- ) (stories)

• Con (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1998

LOGAN, WILLIAM; pseudonym of Larry M. Harris, (1933-2002) (stories)

• The Big Deal (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov 1957
• The Hypnotist (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959
• The Dead Can Kill! (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Sep 1959
• The Shootist (pm)

LOGGIE, JOY (stories)

• The Family Business (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• Backpacking with Bunyips (ss)
• Buried in Bulimba (ss)
• The Croc and the Blue Dreaming (ss)
• Deadly Holiday (ss)

LOGGINS, VERNON (stories)

• Twenty-One—Twenty-Two (ss) Story 1947

LOGUE, MARY (Louise) (1952- ) (stories)

• Blasted (ss) Twin Cities Noir, ed. Julie Schaper & Steven Horwitz, Akashic Books 2006; Kenwood (Minneapolis).

LOHSE, ELEANOR TERESE (stories)

• Something Lost And Something Found (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #33 2003

LOJKOVIC, ANTOINETTE (stories)

• Alternate Ending #1 (ms) EQMM Nov 1990

LONDON, JACK; [i.e., John Griffith London] (1876-1916) (stories)

• Moon-Face (ss) The Argonaut Jul 21 1902
• The Master of Mystery (ss) Out West Sep 1902
• The Leopard Man’s Story (ss) Leslie’s Magazine Aug 1903; collected in London’s Moon-Face and Other Stories, Macmillan, 1906. In AHMM’s department “A Mystery Classic”.
• Keesh: The Bear Hunter (ss) Holiday Magazine for Children Jan 1904; also as “The Story of Keesh”.
• The Story of Keesh (ss) Holiday Magazine for Children Jan 1904
• The Sun-Dog Trail (ss) Harper’s Monthly Dec 1905
• A Nose for the King (ss) The Black Cat Mar 1906
• The Benefit of the Doubt (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 12 1910
• The End of the Story (ss) Woman’s World Nov 1911; also as “The Fearless One”.
• The Fearless One (ss) Woman’s World Nov 1911

LONG, CHARLES A. (stories)

• REDDI or Not (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

LONG, FRANK BELKNAP (Jr.) (1903-1994) (stories)

• Bribe Money (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Jan 1968
• Woodland Burial (ss) Whispers III, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1981

LONG, GABRIELLE M(argaret) V(ere, née Campbell) (1886-1952); see pseudonyms Marjorie Bowen & Joseph Shearing (stories)

LONG, JULIUS (W.) (1907-1955) (stories)

• No Minimum for Murder (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1945

LONG, LAIRD D. (stories)

• House Call (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1999
• The Chiller (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1999
• Dirty Work (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Apr 1999
• Street Justice (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1999
• Shoot First—Any Questions? (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2002
• Around and Around (ss) Plots with Guns Sum 2003
• Cold Angel (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003
• Bridegoon (ss) Shred of Evidence Nov 2003
• Ice Sailor (ss) The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2006
• Three Blind Rats (ss) The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006

LONG, MARION (stories)

• Noir for the 90’s (bg) MHCMM Sum 1998; Michael Connelly on Harry Bosch.
• Answering to the Ultimate Authority (bg) MHCMM Fll 1998; Faye Kellerman on Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus.
• Looking on the Dark Side (bg) MHCMM Fll 1998; Donald E. Westlake on John A. Dortmunder.
• Jonathan Kellerman: Trying a More Therapeutic Approach (bg) MHCMM Sum 1999; on Alex Delaware.
• Minette Walters: Fishing for a Hero (bg) MHCMM Sum 1999; on Nick Ingram.
• Stephen King Scares Up His Past (bg) MHCMM Sum 2000; on Pete Riley.

LONG, MARTIN (Merrick) (1920-2002) (stories)

• The Night of the Eclipse (ss) Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1990
• The Merchant of Parramatta (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991
• The Tarpeian Way (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992

LONG, VIRGINIA (stories)

• The Providers (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984
• A Man Around the House (ss) AHMM Jun 1989

LONGHI, JON (stories)

• Fixed (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (The Haight-Ashbury).

LONGLEY, MICHAEL (stories)

• Fleance (pm)

LONGRIGG, ROGER (Erskine) (1929-2000) (stories)

• The Lavender Garter (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 1, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Scribners 1991

LONGWORTH, GAY (1970- ) (stories)

• Dead Alone (ex) HarperCollins UK 2003

LONGWORTH, JOHN (stories)

• The Bridge of Silence (ss) Mystery Stories #2 1936

LONGYEAR, BARRY B(rookes) (1942- ) (stories)

• Slaughterhouse (ss) AHMM Jul 1979

LOOMIS, CHARLES (stories)

• A La Sherlock Holmes (vi) The Four-Masted Catboat and Other Truthful Tales, New York: Century 1899

LOPATIN, JUDY (stories)

• The Here and Now (ss) Between C & D 1988

LOPRESTI, ROBERT (stories)

• The Dear Departed (ss) AHMM Jun 24 1981
• Burton’s Beat (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1981
• Stumped (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1981
• Killing Is Easy (ss) AHMM Nov 11 1981
• Company Man (ss) Espionage Magazine Jul 1987
• Hit and Run (ss) AHMM Feb 1990
• The Federal Case (ss) AHMM May 1991 [Marty Crow]
• Until I Do (ss) New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991
• Crow’s Feat (ss) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993 [Marty Crow]
• Four of a Kind (ss) AHMM May 1994 [Marty Crow]
• FYI: One MacGuffin to Go (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
• Uncle Victor’s First Case (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1996 [Uncle Victor]
• FYI: Don’t Ask (CL) Murderous Intent Sum 1996
• FYI: The Voice of Goodwin (cl) Murderous Intent Sum 1997
• Uncle Victor on Watch (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1997 [Uncle Victor]
• FYI: Sherlock Holmes VS the Fairies (cl) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• FYI 13: Two Not of a Kind (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• FYI 14: Ain’t That a Shamus (cl) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• Uncle Victor on a Roll (ss) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998 [Uncle Victor]
• FYI 15: You Have to Start Somewhere (cl) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• FYI 16: Dr Watson, in the Library, with a Machine Gun (cl) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• FYI 17 (cl) Murderous Intent Fll 1999
• FYI (cl) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• Shanks at Lunch (ss) AHMM Feb 2003 [Leopold Longshanks]
• Nailbiter (vi) AHMM Sep 2003
• Snake in the Sweetgrass (ss) AHMM Dec 2003
• A Bad Day for Pink and Yellow Shirts (ss) AHMM May 2004
• Shanks Goes Hollywood (ss) AHMM Apr 2005 [Leopold Longshanks]
• Shanks Gets Mugged (ss) AHMM Dec 2005 [Leopold Longshanks]
• Shanks on the Prowl (ss) AHMM May 2006 [Leopold Longshanks]
• The Hard Case (ss) AHMM Apr 2008
• Introduction (in)

LORD, EARLE N. (stories)

• The Maxnome Riddle (ss) AHMM May 1971

LORDON, RANDYE; pseudonym of Randye Lowenthal, (1954- ) (stories)

• The House on Marigold Hill (ss) EQMM Mar 1984
• The Settlement (ss) EQMM Jun 1985
• Do Unto Others (ss) New Mystery v2 #1 1994

LORE, ELANA (stories)

• Editor’s Notes (ed) Crime Digest Oct/Nov 1981, Jan/Feb, Sep/Oct 1982
• Comedy and Errors (ss) AHMM Jan 1987
• Birthright (nv) AHMM Sep 1987
• Moral Dilemma (ss) AHMM Oct 1987
• Double Crosses (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1987
• Ruthless Ralph (ss) AHMM Jul 1989
• Repo Joe (nv) AHMM Mar 1990

LORENS, M(argaret) K(eilstrup) (1945- ); see pseudonym Margaret Lawrence (stories)

LORENZ, JudyANN (stories)

• Full of Ugly Lies (ss) EQMM Oct 1989

LOTT, (R.) BRET(ley) (1958- ) (stories)

• Rose (nv) Shenandoah Sum 2000

LOUGH, GLENN DALE (1906-1991); see pseudonym Glenn Low (stories)

LOUGHRAN, ROB(ert J.) (stories)

• A Week Excuse for Murder (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 1998
• Kristine (vi) Hardboiled #27/28 2001, #29/30 2003

LOUIS, ERROL (stories)

• Fun-Time Monsters (ss) Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth, ed. Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock, Akashic Books 2008; (East Flatbush).

LOUREY, JESS (stories)

• The Locked Fish-Cleaning House Mystery (ss) Resort to Murder, ed. Anon., Nodin Press 2007

LOVECRAFT, H(oward) P(hillips) (1890-1937) (stories)

• The Unnamable (ss) Weird Tales Jul 1925
• The Horror at Red Hook (nv) Weird Tales Jan 1927

LOVEGROVE, JAMES (1965- ) (stories)

• Killer-Killer (ss) Crimewave #3 2000