Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Title

• Last of Kin • Jo Bannister • (ss)
• The Last of Laura Dane • Jane Dentinger • (ss)
• The Last of Lord Jitters • David Beaty • (ss)
• The Last of Miss Trimm...? • Donald Olson • (ss)
• The Last of Mrs. Maybrick • Q. Patrick • (ar)
• The Last of the Bad Girls • David Handler • (nv)
• The Last of the Highwaymen • Philip Rooney • (nf)
• The Last of the Magic • Dan Crawford • (ss)
• The Last of the Midnight Gardeners • Tony Wilmot • (ss)
• The Last of the Rosenthals • Peter Turnbull • (nv)
• The Last of the Rossiters • Thomas Walsh • (ss)
• The Last One to Cry • Clark Howard • (nv)
• The Last One to Know • William Bankier • (ss)
• The Last Open File • Marcia Muller • (ss)
• The Last Page • John H. Dirckx • (nv)
• The Last Party • Dorothy Salisbury Davis • (ss)
• The Last Passenger • Francis M. Nevins, Jr. • (ss)
• The Last Passenger • Ena Lucía Portela • (ss)
• The Last Payoff • Cleo C. Bresett, Jr. • (ss)
• The Last Peep • Janet Evanovich • (nv)
• The Last Pick • Jason Starr • (ss)
• The Last Picture Show • Alfred A. Blanchard • (ss)
• The Last Pin • Howard Wandrei • (ss)
• The Last Plagiarism • Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• The Last Private Eye • Clark Howard • (nv)
• The Last Pure Hour • Margaret Lawrence • (ss)
• The Last Quarter • Mary Braund • (ss)
• The Last Radical • Libby Fischer Hellmann • (ss)
• The Last Recall • Henry Beard • (nv)
• The Last Reel • Gary R. Bush • (nv)
• The Last Reel • George Emmett • (ss)
• Last Rendezvous • Jean L. Backus • (ss)
• The Last Rendezvous • Joan S. Richter • (nv)
• Last Request • Audree Distad • (ss)
• Last Resort • Peter Sellers • (ss)
• The Last Resort • Margaret Yorke • (ss)
• The Last Reunion • Doug Allyn • (nv)
• The Last Reunion • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• The Last Revival • Clark Howard • (ss)
• Last Ride • Mickey Spillane • (ss)
• The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob • Skip Hollandsworth • (tc)
• Last Right • Zoë Sharp • (ss)
• Last Rites • Linda Grant • (nv)
• Last Rites • Adam Hall • (ss)
• Last Rites • Walter Mosley • (ss)
• The Last Romantic • Raymond Steiber • (ss)
• The Last Rose • L. A. Taylor • (ss)
• Last Round • Robert Leslie Bellem • (ss)
• Last Round • Bill Crenshaw • (ss)
• The Last Round • C. J. Sullivan • (ss)
• The Last Sara • Susan B. Kelly • (ss)
• The Last Sheaf • Amy Myers • (ss)
• The Last Short Story • Christianna Brand • (ss)
• The Last Sly Fox • Lisa Polisar • (ss)
• The Last Snow-Flake in Texas • Liz Evans • (ss)
• The Last Speakers of Oubykh • Stuart Symons • (ss)
• The Last Spin • Evan Hunter • (ss)
• The Last Spin • Ed McBain • (ss)
• Last Stand • Livia J. Washburn • (ss)
• The Last Stanza • Jeremiah Healy • (ss)
• Last Stop • Daniel Shields • (ss)
• Last Stop, Ditmars • Tori Carrington • (ss)
• The Last Story • Charles Ardai • (ss)
• The Last Straw • Jane Rice • (ss)
• Last Straws • Jeffrey Bush • (ss)
• The Last Stretch • Max Brand • (ss)
• The Last Supper • Carol Lea Benjamin • (ss)
• The Last Supper • James P. Hanley • (ss)
• The Last Supper • Joseph L. Koenig • (ss)
• Last Tangle in Motown • J. Edward Ames • (ss)
• Last Tango in Tokyo • Ed Gorman • (ss)
• The Last Temptation of Tony the C. • Christopher Fahy • (ss)
• Last Testament • Carol Amen • (ss)
• The Last Testament of Mercol Tanus • Jeff Diescher • (ss)
• Last the Best • William Beechcroft • (ss)
• Last Things • Darrell Schweitzer • (ss)
• The Last Time • Andrew Klavan • (ss)
• The Last Time • Donald Olson • (ss)
• The Last Time • Julian Symons • (ss)
• The Last Time I Saw Anook • Derek Muk • (ss)
• The Last Time I Saw Buddy Swing • Austin Bay • (ss)
• Last Time Out • Rolle R. Rand • (ss)
• Last Times • F. Tennyson Jesse • (nv)
• The Last to Know • Elizabeth Foxwell • (ss)
• The Last to Know • Joan Hess • (ss)
• The Last to Know • Karl Koweski • (ss)
• The Last to Know • John Lutz • (ss)
• The Last Train Robbery • Donald W. Hornbostel • (ss)
• The Last Trapshoot • Tricia Currans-Sheehan • (ss)
• Last Trip to Badger Valley • Mike Cohen • (ss)
• The Last Trump • Jeffry Scott • (ss)
• The Last Vigil • Marianne Wilski Strong • (ss)
• The Last Visitor • Paul V. Fornatar • (ss)
• The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship • Gabriel García Márquez • (ss)
• Last Will and Testament • Patricia Hall • (ss)
• The Last Witness • Robert Colby • (ss)
• The Last Witness • Rex Stout • (na)
• The Last Word • Paul Bishop • (aw)
• The Last Word • Leslie Charteris • (aw)
• The Last Word • Maude Miller • (ss)
• The Last Word • James M. Reasoner • (ss)
• The Last Word on Noir • Paul Duncan & Woody Haut • (ar)
• The Last Writes • Marilyn Dineen • (pm)
• The Last, Best Chance • Suzanne Jones • (ss)
• Last-Minute Shopping • Donald E. Westlake • (ss)
• Lasting Impact • John H. Dirckx • (ss)
• Late and Soon, Getting and Spending • Dan Crawford • (ss)
• Late Developments • Terry Mullins • (ss)
• The Late Eugene Aram • Henry A. Hering • (ss)
• The Late Mr. Smythe • Hugh B. Cave • (ss)
• Late Night Fright • Billy James Kirk • (pm)
• The Late Richard Dadd, 1817-1886 • Michael Hofmann • (pm)
• Late September Dogs • Gene KoKayKo • (nv)
• The Late Unlamented • Jonathan Craig • (nv)
• The Later Edition • Victor Bridges • (ss)
• The Latin Beat • Loren D. Estleman • (ss)
• Latin Blood • Robert Leslie Bellem • (ss)
• Laud • David Black • (nv)
• Laugh That Off • Erle Stanley Gardner • (na)
• Laugh Till You Die • Frank Anmar • (ss)
• The Laughing Chef • Ron Goulart • (ss)
• The Laughing Death Patrol • Scott Morgan • (na)
• Laughing Masks • Dashiell Hammett • (nv)
• Laughter • Charles Caldwell Dobie • (ss)
• Laughter Before Dying • Nedra Tyre • (ss)
• Laughter in the Shadows • Michael O’Hear • (ar)
• The Laughter of Emmett Grigg • Jeffry Scott • (ss)
• The Launching of Suellen Singleton • Tonita S. Gardner • (ss)
• The Laundromat • Ricky D. Cooper • (ss)
• The Laundromat Affair • Percy Spurlark Parker • (ss)
• The Laundry Room • Michael Beres • (ss)
• The Laundry Room • John Lutz • (ss)
• Laura • Saki • (ss)
• Laura Davis • Jean Averaud • (ss)
• Laura Norder • John Mortimer • (ss)
• Laura Silver Bell • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu • (ss)
• Laurie’s Pet • Tommy Griffin • (ss)
• The Lavalier • Carl Jacobi • (ss)
• Lavender • Walter Mosley • (na)
• The Lavender Garden • Jackie Walsh • (ss)
• The Lavender Garter • Roger Longrigg • (ss)
• Lavender Lady • Barbara Callahan • (ss)
• Law & Disorder:
  ___ Confessions • Homer E. Young • (ar)
  ___ Old Salt • Robert L. Snow • (ar)
  ___ Teletype • Robert L. Snow • (ar)
• Law and Order • Jas. R. Petrin • (nv)
• The Law Is the Law • Liam O’Flaherty • (ss)
• The Law Laughs Last • Frederick Nebel • (nv)
• The Law of Diminishing Returns • Gary Alexander • (ss)
• The Law of the Eye • Pieke Biermann • (ss)
• Law of the Hunted Ones • Elmore Leonard • (nv)
• The Law of the Jungle • Carl Hiaasen • (rr)
• A Law Student • Janwillem van de Wetering • (ss)
• Law Without Law • Frederick Nebel • (nv)
• Lawless Neptune • Alafair Burke • (ar)
• The Lawlessness West of the Pecos • Jan Grape • (ss)
• Lawn and Order • Carole Nelson Douglas • (nv)
• The Lawn Mower • Lynne Zielinski • (ss)
• Lawn Sale • Peter Robinson • (ss)
• Lawyers’ Tongues • Thomas Adcock • (ss)
• Lay Your Head on My Pilose • Alan Dean Foster • (ss)
• Laying Down to Die • Robert J. Randisi • (nv)
• Layover • Ed Gorman • (ss)
• The Lazarus Gate • George C. Chesbro • (ss)
• The Lazarus Light • Betty Ren Wright • (ss)
• Lazy Man • Richard Forrest • (ss)
• Lazy Susan • Nancy Pickard • (ss)
• The Lazy Valley Murder • James McKimmey • (nv)
• A Lazy Woman • Peter Turnbull • (ss)
• Lead and Leather • K. J. A. Wishnia • (ss)
• A Lead Pipe Cinch • Devona R. Wyant • (pm)
• Lead...Follow • Jacques Toes • (ss)
• The Leaf-Sweeper • Muriel Spark • (ss)
• The League of the Iron Cross • Norman A. Daniels • (na)
• The League of the Iron Cross • C. K. M. Scanlon • (na)
• The Lean Man • Roger Pocock • (ss)
• Leap Day • Francis M. Nevins, Jr. • (ss)
• Leap of Faith • Eric Mayer & Mary Reed • (ss)
• Leap of Faith • Anne Riffenburgh • (ss)
• The Leaping Lover • Kage Baker • (nv)
• Learn Murder by Mail • Yuri Prizel • (vi)
• The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head • Dorothy L. Sayers • (nv)
• Learning Magic • Janni Lee Simner • (ss)
• Leave It to McNabb • Reg Bellury • (ss)
• Leave It to the River • P. M. Hubbard • (ss)
• Leave No Wake • Joel Arnold • (ss)
• Leaving Cadiz • Philip McDonald • (ss)
• Leaving Cornucopia • D. C. Brod • (ss)
• Leaving Nairobi • Ed McBain • (nv)
• Leaving Seven Sisters • Simon Avery • (ss)
• Lector Returns • Anonymous • (ms)
• Ledgers • Neil A. Schofield • (ss)
• Lee Ann • Walter Satterthwait • (ss)
• The Leech of Folkestone • Richard Harris Barham • (nv)
• Left Dead Center • Mike Semenoff • (ss)
• Left for Dead • Rob Kantner • (ss)
• A Left-Handed Profession • Albert F. Nussbaum • (ss)
• The Left-Handed Thief • Anonymous • (ss)
• Leftovers • Dan Crawford • (vi)
• Leg Man • Erle Stanley Gardner • (nv)
• A Leg Up • David Dietrich • (ss)
• Leg Work • Lon Prater • (ss)
• The Legacy • Isaac Asimov • (ss)
• Legacy • Douglas Dannay & Richard Dannay • (ar)
• Legacy • Terence M. Green • (ss)
• Legacy • Jeremiah Healy • (nv)
• The Legacy • Martha Hoke • (ss)
• Legacy • Suzanne Jones • (ss)
• The Legacy • Dan A. Sproul • (nv)
• The Legacy • E. H. Visiak • (ss)
• The Legacy • Alan J. Warren • (nv)
• Legacy from a Bad Actor • William Bankier • (ss)
• The Legacy Hounds • Hulbert Footner • (nv)
• Legacy of an Editor • Janet Hutchings • (ar)
• Legacy of Danger • Patricia McGerr • (ss)
• The Legacy of Ledgemont Inn • Linda Houle • (ss)
• A Legacy of Questions • Joan S. Richter • (ss)
• The Legacy of Rachel Howells • Michael Doyle • (nv)
• Legal Aid • Frank O’Connor • (ss)
• A Legal Maneuver • Chuck Bushnell • (ss)