Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Series List

WILLING, DR. BASIL

• Helen McCloy: (books) (stories)
  • Through a Glass, Darkly (nv) EQMM Sep 1948
  • The Singing Diamonds (nv) EQMM Oct 1949
  • The Case of the Duplicate Door (ss) Mystery Puzzle of the Month 1949
  • Thy Brother Death (ss) This Week 1955
  • The Murder Stops the Music (ss) This Week 1957
  • Murder Ad Lib (ss) EQMM Nov 1964
  • The Pleasant Assassin (ss) EQMM Dec 1970
  • A Case of Innocent Eavesdropping (ss) EQMM Mar 1978
  • Murphy’s Law (ss) EQMM May 1979
  • That Bug That’s Going Around (ss) EQMM Aug 1979
  • The Pleasant Assassin and Other Cases of Dr. Basil Willing (co) Crippen & Landru 2003

WILSON, SUPT. HENRY

• G. D. H. Cole: (stories)
  • In a Telephone Cabinet [with Margaret Cole] (nv) 1923; also as “The Owl at the Window”.
  • The Owl at the Window [with Margaret Cole] (nv) 1923
  • Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday [with Margaret Cole] (nv) Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday 1928
  • A Lesson in Crime [with Margaret Cole] (ss) A Lesson in Crime, Collins 1933
• Margaret Cole: (stories)
  • In a Telephone Cabinet [with G. D. H. Cole] (nv) 1923; also as “The Owl at the Window”.
  • The Owl at the Window [with G. D. H. Cole] (nv) 1923
  • Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday [with G. D. H. Cole] (nv) Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday 1928
  • A Lesson in Crime [with G. D. H. Cole] (ss) A Lesson in Crime, Collins 1933

WIMSEY, LORD PETER

• Dorothy L. Sayers: (books) (stories)
  • The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager’s Will (nv) Pearson’s Magazine Jul 1925
  • The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Oct 1925
  • The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Feb 1926
  • The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag (ss) 20 Story Magazine May 1926
  • The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head (nv) Pearson’s Magazine Jun 1926
  • The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers (ss) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928
  • The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba (nv) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928; also as “The Cave of Ali Baba”.
  • The Cave of Ali Baba (nv) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928
  • The Footsteps That Ran (ss) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928
  • The Man with No Face (nv) 1928
  • A Matter of Taste (ss) 1928
  • The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach (ss) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928
  • The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face (nv) 1928
  • The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran (ss) Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz 1928
  • The Queen’s Square (ss) 1932
  • The Image in the Mirror (nv) Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz 1933
  • The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey (nv) Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz 1933
  • The Necklace of Pearls (ss) Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz 1933
  • Absolutely Elsewhere (ss) The Strand Feb 1934
  • Striding Folly (ss) The Strand Jul 1935
  • The Haunted Policeman (nv) Harper’s Bazaar Feb 1938
  • In the Teeth of the Evidence (ss) In the Teeth of the Evidence, London: Gollancz 1939
  • Talboys (nv) 1972
  • Lord Peter (co) Borgo 1991
  • The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste (ss)
  • The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention (ss)

WINE, MOSES

• Roger L. Simon: (stories)
  • Director’s Cut (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Spr 2003

WINSLOW, RICK

• Kurtis Roth: (stories)
  • Eight (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

WINTER, DEL

• Duane Swierczynski: (books) (stories)
  • Secret Dead Men (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Jan 1999

WINTHROP, EDWIN

• Kim Newman: (books) (stories)
  • Angel Down, Sussex (na) Interzone Nov 1999 [Catriona Kaye; Diogenes Club]
  • Seven Stars Episode Two: The Magician and the Matinee Idol (ex) Dark Detectives, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer 1999 [Catriona Kaye]

WINTRIPP, KIER

• David Dun: (stories)
  • Spirit Walker (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

WITHERS, HILDEGARDE

• Stuart Palmer: (books) (stories)
  • The Riddle of the Dangling Pearl (nv) Mystery Nov 1933
  • The Riddle of the Flea Circus (nv) Mystery Dec 1933
  • The Riddle of the Forty Costumes (nv) Mystery Jan 1934
  • The Riddle of the Brass Band (nv) Mystery Mar 1934
  • The Riddle of the Yellow Canary (ss) Mystery Apr 1934
  • The Riddle of the Blueblood Murders (nv) Mystery Jun 1934
  • The Riddle of the Forty Naughty Girls (ss) Mystery Jul 1934
  • The Riddle of the Hanging Men (nv) Mystery Sep 1934
  • The Riddle of the Marble Blade (nv) Mystery Nov 1934
  • The Riddle of the Whirling Lights (nv) Mystery Jan 1935
  • Green Ice (ss) The Chicago Tribune Apr 13 1941
  • The Riddle of the Snafu Murder (ss) EQMM Nov 1945
  • Snafu Murder (ss) EQMM Nov 1945; also as “The Riddle of the Snafu Murder”.
  • The Riddle of the Tired Bullet (ss) EQMM Mar 1948
  • Once Upon a Train [with Craig Rice] (nv) EQMM Oct 1950 [John J. Malone]
  • Hildegarde Withers Is Back (nv) EQMM Apr 1968
  • The Riddle of the Jack of Diamonds (ss)
• Craig Rice: (books) (stories)
  • Once Upon a Train [with Stuart Palmer] (nv) EQMM Oct 1950 [John J. Malone]

WOLF, JIM

• Tim Wohlforth: (stories)
  • The Port of Missing Men (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2004

WOLFE, NERO

• Rex Stout: (books) (stories)
  • Help Wanted, Male (nv) The American Magazine Aug 1945 [Archie Goodwin]
  • The Affair of the Twisted Scarf (nv) The American Magazine Sep 1950 [Archie Goodwin]
  • The Twisted Scarf (nv) The American Magazine Sep 1950; also as “The Affair of the Twisted Scarf”. [Archie Goodwin]
  • The Cop Killer (na) The American Magazine Feb 1951 [Archie Goodwin]
  • Nero Wolfe and the Communist Killer (na) The American Magazine Jan 1952; also as “Nero Wolfe Devises a Stratagem”. [Archie Goodwin]
  • Nero Wolfe Devises a Stratagem (na) The American Magazine Jan 1952 [Archie Goodwin]
  • This Will Kill You (nv) The American Magazine Sep 1952; also as “The World Series Murder”. [Archie Goodwin]
  • The World Series Murder (nv) The American Magazine Sep 1952 [Archie Goodwin]
  • The Body in the Hall (na) The American Magazine Dec 1954; also as “A Dog in the Daytime”. [Archie Goodwin]
  • A Dog in the Daytime (na) The American Magazine Dec 1954 [Archie Goodwin]
  • The Last Witness (na) The American Magazine May 1955; also as “The Next Witness”. [Archie Goodwin]
  • The Next Witness (na) The American Magazine May 1955 [Archie Goodwin]
  • Christmas Party (na) Colliers Jan 4 1957 [Archie Goodwin]
  • The Christmas Party Murder (na) Colliers Jan 4 1957; also as “Christmas Party”. [Archie Goodwin]
  • Fourth of July Picnic (na) Look Jul 9 1957 (+2) [Archie Goodwin]
  • Labor Union Murder (na) Look Jul 9 1957 (+2); also as “Fourth of July Picnic”. [Archie Goodwin]
  • Poison à la Carte (na) Three at Wolfe’s Door, Viking 1960 [Archie Goodwin]
  • Death of a Demon (na) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 10 1961 (+2); also as “The Gun Puzzle”. [Archie Goodwin]
  • The Gun Puzzle (na) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 10 1961 (+2) [Archie Goodwin]

WONG, MR.

• Lee Fredericks: (stories)
  • Chinese Puzzle (ss) G-Men Detective Mar 1937
  • Mr. Wong in Panama (ss) G-Men Detective Mar 1939
  • Mr. Wong Travels East (ss) G-Men Detective Jul 1939
  • Mr. Wong Goes Fishing (ss) G-Men Detective Mar 1940
  • Treason in Oil (ss) G-Men Detective Mar 1941
• Dan Ross: (stories)
  • Mr. Wong and the Fatal Phobia (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Aug 1966
  • Mr. Wong Disagrees (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967

WONG, RICHARD

• Lee Fredericks: (stories)
  • The Blue Lotus (ss) G-Men Detective Jan 1937

WOO, APRIL

• Leslie Glass: (stories)
  • For Sale (nv) High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2003

WOODBINE, ARNIE

• Loren D. Estleman: (books) (stories)
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolfe (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008 [Claudius Lyon]

WOODHOUSE, IPHIGENIA

• B. K. Stevens: (stories)
  • Table for None (nv) AHMM May 2008 [Prof. Woodhouse]

WOODHOUSE, PROF.

• B. K. Stevens: (stories)
  • Table for None (nv) AHMM May 2008 [Iphigenia Woodhouse]

WOODHOUSE, PROFESSOR

• B. K. Stevens: (stories)
  • More Deadly to Give (ss) AHMM May 2003

WRAYNE, DAPHNE

• Archibald Pechey: (stories)
  • The Man Who Scared the Bank (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1928

WU FANG

• Robert J. Hogan: (stories)
  • The Case of the Scarlet Feather (n.) The Mysterious Wu Fang Oct 1935
  • The Case of the Yellow Mask (n.) The Mysterious Wu Fang Nov 1935
  • The Case of the Suicide Tomb (n.) The Mysterious Wu Fang Dec 1935
  • The Case of the Green Death (n.) The Mysterious Wu Fang Jan 1936
  • The Case of the Black Lotus (n.) The Mysterious Wu Fang Feb 1936

WYATT, JOLIE

• Barbara Burnett Smith: (stories)
  • Mistletoe from Purple Sage (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1997

WYLA, MARTIN

• Marianne Wilski Strong: (stories)
  • A Private Battle (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2008

YAOTL

• Simon Levack: (stories)
  • One of Our Barbarians (ss) EQMM Jan 2008
  • Four Hundred Rabbits (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2008

YAOTL, CEMIQUIZTLI

• Simon Levack: (stories)
  • The Girl from the Pleasure House (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2008

YEAGER, GABEY

• David Delman: (stories)
  • One Dead Canary (ss) EQMM Aug 1997
  • Charley the Rat (ss) EQMM Aug 1998

YELLICH, DET. SGT.

• Peter Turnbull: (stories)
  • Widow Presumptive (ss) EQMM Jul 2003 [Insp. George Hennessey]
  • Once Upon a Time (ss) EQMM Feb 2006 [Insp. George Hennessey]
  • The Plea Bargain (ss) EQMM May 2006 [Insp. George Hennessey]
  • Deadman’s Wood (ss) EQMM Jul 2006 [Insp. George Hennessey]
  • The Estate (ss) EQMM Aug 2007 [Insp. George Hennessey]
  • The Mummy (ss) EQMM Dec 2007 [Insp. George Hennessey]

YELLICH, SERGEANT

• Peter Turnbull: (stories)
  • Take Death Easy (ss) EQMM Dec 2008 [Chief Inspector George Hennessy]

YEN SIN, DR.

• Donald E. Keyhoe: (stories)
  • The Mystery of the Golden Skull (n.) Dr. Yen Sin Jul 1936
  • The Mystery of the Singing Mummies (n.) Dr. Yen Sin Sep 1936

YORK, ANTON

• Peter Turnbull: (stories)
  • The Last of the Rosenthals (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 1999
  • The Woodcarver (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004

ZALESKI, PRINCE

• M. P. Shiel: (stories)
  • The S.S. (nv)
  • The Stone of the Edmundsbury Monks (ss)

ZAMBRA, SEBASTIAN

• Headon Hill: (stories)
  • The Sapient Monkey (ss) The Million Oct 22 1892

ZAPT, MAMUR

• Michael Pearce: (stories)
  • The Mamur Zapt and His House of Doves (nv) A Suit of Diamonds, ed. Anon., Collins 1990
  • The Mamur Zapt and the Kodaker’s Eye (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
  • The Mamur Zapt and the Catherine Wheel (nv) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
  • Made in Egypt (ss) The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002

ZERO, CAPTAIN

• G. T. Fleming-Roberts: (stories)
  • City of Deadly Sleep (n.) Captain Zero Nov 1949
  • The Mark of Zero (n.) Captain Zero Jan 1950
  • The Golden Murder Syndicate (n.) Captain Zero Mar 1950

ZIANNI, NICCO

• Beverle Graves Myers: (stories)
  • The Franklin Fiasco (ss) AHMM Sep 2004
  • The Mozart Muddle (nv) AHMM Dec 2005
  • The Casanova Caper (ss) AHMM Apr 2006
  • The Bookworm’s Demise (nv) AHMM Dec 2007

ZOLOTOW, MARTIN

• Brian A. Hopkins: (stories)
  • The Tumbleweed Rustlers Snack and Save (ss) Crime Spree, ed. Sandy DeLuca and Trey R. Barker, December Girl Press 2001

ZOOM, SIDNEY

• Erle Stanley Gardner: (books) (stories)
  • Willie the Weeper (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 29 1930
  • “My Name Is Zoom!” (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 12 1930
  • Borrowed Bullets (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 21 1931
  • Higher Up (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 19 1931
  • The First Stone (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 24 1931
  • The Green Door (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 20 1932
  • Cheating the Chair (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 17 1932
  • Inside Job (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 7 1933
  • Lifted Bait (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 21 1933
  • Stolen Thunder (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly May 19 1934
  • The Casebook of Sidney Zoom (co) Crippen & Landru 2006