Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Title

• Lightning Rider • Rick Mofina • (ss)
• Lightning Rod • Claudius Raye • (ss)
• Lightning Strikes Twice • Judith Van Gieson • (ss)
• The Lights Across the Lake • Patrick Scaffetti • (ss)
• The Lights at Crawford Hills • Brendan DuBois • (ss)
• Lights Out for Frankie • Liz Martínez • (ss)
• Like a Bone in the Throat • Lawrence Block • (nv)
• Like a Bug on a Windshield • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• Like a Dog in the Street • Lawrence Block • (nv)
• Like a Dog Returning... • Peter Tremayne • (ss)
• Like a Lady • Charlie Huston • (ss)
• Like a Lamb to the Slaughter • Lawrence Block • (nv)
• Like a Matter of Honour • Russel D. McLean • (ss)
• Like a Million Bucks • Roy Sorrels • (ss)
• Like a Rocket with a Beat • Joe Meno • (ss)
• Like a Stranger • Robert J. Randisi • (ss)
• Like a Terrible Scream • Etta Revesz • (ss)
• Like a Thief in the Night • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• Like Alpo for Chocolate: A Short Story in Fragrances • Steven Womack • (ss)
• Like an Arrangement • Bill James • (ss)
• Like Father • Frank Snyder • (ss)
• Like Father Like Son • Charles R. McConnell • (ss)
• Like Father, Like Daughter • Sandra Scoppettone • (ss)
• Like Father, Like Son • Richard T. Chizmar • (ss)
• Like Father, or Else • David Pierce • (vi)
• Like Kin • Brendan DuBois • (ss)
• Like Mother, Like Daughter • J. Michael Blue • (ss)
• Like to Die • Catherine Aird • (ss)
• Like Two Peas • Louise Guardino • (ss)
• Like, Clueless! • Will Ryan • (pm)
• A Likely Alibi • R. Ambardar • (ss)
• A Likely Yarn • Dixie J. Whitted • (pm)
• Lilac Time • Lesley Grant-Adamson • (nv)
• The Lilja Sigurdson • Jas. R. Petrin • (nv)
• Lily and Men • John Lutz • (ss)
• Lily and the Sockeyes • Sara Paretsky • (ss)
• Lily Pond • Vicki Feaver • (pm)
• Lime Soup • Gary Alexander • (ss)
• Liminal • Joseph Wallace • (ss)
• Limited Partnership • Carol Costa • (ss)
• The Limner’s Masterpiece • Janice Law • (ss)
• Limpopo • Sheila Kohler • (ss)
• Lin Jee • Mary A. Turzillo • (ss)
• Lin Po and Dragon’s Blood • B. H. Schrier • (ss)
• Lin Po and the Baboons • B. H. Schrier • (ss)
• Lin Po and the Deadwalker • B. H. Schrier • (ss)
• Lin Po and the Ghost Wedding • B. H. Schrier • (ss)
• The Lincoln-Kennedy Connection • Fred L. King & Rex Miller • (ss)
• Linda Barnes: Listening to Her Muse • Rosemary Herbert • (bg)
• Lindbergh—or Dillinger • Robert Henson • (nv)
• Lindsey Chases a Ghost • Richard A. Lupoff • (ss)
• Lindy’s Lights • A. M. Lightner • (ss)
• Lindy’s Luck • John M. Floyd • (ss)
• Line Engaged • Basil Copper • (ss)
• Line of Communication • Andrew Garve • (ss)
• Line of Duty • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• Line of Fire • Helen Nielsen • (ss)
• Line of Sight • Frederick Axtmann • (ss)
• Line of Succession • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Line-Up • The Police Reporter • (cl)
• Lines on the Mermaid Tavern • Michelle Knowlden • (ss)
• Lineup • Ted Carroll • (vi)
• The Lineup • Misc. • (bg)
• The Link • Julian Symons • (ss)
• The Lion of Draksville • Julian Rathbone • (nv)
• The Lion of the Chama • David Edgerley Gates • (nv)
• The Lion Party • H. C. Bailey • (nv)
• A Lion Rampant • Jean Davidson • (nv)
• Lions of the Night • Lee Duigon • (ss)
• Lions on the Lawn • Janice Law • (ss)
• Lions’ Roar: Jessica Speart’s Mysteries Raise Wildlife Awareness • G. Miki Hayden • (bg)
• The Lipkin-Wexler Affair • Louis Weinstein • (ss)
• The Lipstick • Mary Roberts Rinehart • (nv)
• The Liqueur Glass • Phyllis Bottome • (ss)
• The List • Steven Otfinoski • (ss)
• List of Photographs and Credits • Misc. • (ms)
• Listen • Liza Cody • (ss)
• Listen • Joe R. Lansdale • (ss)
• Listen and Listen Good • Marcia Biederman • (ss)
• Listen to Your Mother • Janice Law • (ss)
• Listen, My Children • Stuart M. Kaminsky • (ss)
• The Listener • Hugh Lessig • (ss)
• Listeners • Margaret Moore • (ss)
• The Listening • Celia Dale • (ss)
• The Listening Room • Robert J. Randisi • (nv)
• The Lit Chamber • John Buchan • (ss)
• The Literary Bookmaker • Russell Martin • (ss)
• A Literary Death • Martin H. Greenberg • (ss)
• Literary Larceny • William F. Smith • (pm)
• Literary Lives • Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg • (nv)
• The Literary Luncheon • Catherine Laughlin • (ss)
• The Litigants • John Lutz • (nv)
• The Litigants • Isaac Bashevis Singer • (ss)
• The Litterbug • J. D. Carlson • (ss)
• Little Apple Hard to Peel • Fredric Brown • (ss)
• A Little Bit of a Jigsaw Puzzle • Pauline C. Smith • (ss)
• A Little Bit of Heaven • Lisa D. Williamson • (ar)
• Little Bit of Heaven: Murder By The Book (Portland OR) • Lisa D. Williamson • (ar)
• A Little Bit of Heaven: Mysterious Galaxy • Lisa D. Williamson • (iv)
• A Little Bit of Heaven: Mystery Books in Bryn Mawr • Lisa D. Williamson • (ar)
• A Little Bit of the Boy • Thomasina Weber • (ss)
• A Little Bitty Tear Let Me Down • Brenda Robertson Stewart • (ss)
• Little Black Book • Avram Davidson • (vi)
• The Little Black Knife • Scott Mackay • (ss)
• Little Blue Pill • Ruth Jordan • (ss)
• Little Boy Blue • Julian Symons • (ss)
• Little Boy Lost • Q. Patrick • (ss)
• The Little Brass Bowl • Vera Searles • (ss)
• Little Caesar • W. R. Burnett • (ss)
• Little Caesar and the Pirates • Steven W. Saylor • (nv)
• Little Cat Feet • Les Roberts • (ss)
• The Little Christian • Rebecca Tope • (nv)
• Little Clues • Marilyn Witter • (vi)
• The Little Copplestone Mystery • Ngaio Marsh • (nv)
• A Little Dab’ll Do Ya • Brenda Robertson Stewart • (ss)
• The Little Dog • H. C. Bailey • (nv)
• The Little Dog Cried • John Dalton • (ss)
• A Little Dose of Friendship • Margaret Yorke • (ss)
• Little Fat Man • Peter Godfrey • (ss)
• A Little Fiction • Robert L. Iles • (ss)
• Little Friends and Big Junior • Bruce Scates • (ss)
• A Little Game • Martin Werner • (ss)
• The Little Girl and the Wolf • James Thurber • (vi)
• Little Girl Tells • Beth Brant • (ss)
• The Little Green Book • Jack Ritchie • (ss)
• Little Gun • John Earl Davis • (ss)
• Little Holes • Michael MacLean • (ss)
• Little Horses • Denise Angela Shawl • (ss)
• The Little House • H. C. Bailey • (nv)
• The Little House at Croix-Rousse • Georges Simenon • (ss)
• A Little Imagination • Trisha Sunholm • (ss)
• Little Jack Horner • Elliott Capon • (ss)
• A Little Job in Arkham • John Sunseri • (ss)
• Little Joe • James Thurber • (ss)
• Little Kind of Fellow • John McGhee • (ss)
• Little Known New Orleans Mysteries • O’Neil De Noux • (aw)
• The Little Lady from Servia • E. Phillips Oppenheim • (ss)
• A Little Learning • Simon Brett • (ss)
• A Little Learning • Lyn McConchie • (ss)
• Little Leo • Jerome Charyn • (ss)
• A Little Light Larceny • Arthur Moore • (ss)
• A Little Light on the Subject • Martha C. Lawrence • (ss)
• A Little Love Affair • Rex Stout • (ss)
• The Little Man in the Boat • Jeremiah Healy • (ss)
• Little Man—It’s Been a Busy Day • John W. Jakes • (ss)
• Little Miracles • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • (ss)
• Little Miss Know-All • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• Little Miss Muffet • Margaret Strong • (ss)
• A Little Missionary Work • Sue Grafton • (ss)
• A Little More Research • Joan Hess • (ss)
• Little Moscow • Mick Scully • (ss)
• A Little Music, a Little Laughter • Dan Crawford • (ss)
• The Little Mystery • E. C. Bentley • (ss)
• Little Note Nor Long Remember • Henry T. Parry • (ss)
• A Little Off the Top • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• Little Old Lady Passing By • Jean Bowden • (ss)
• Little Ones • Jenny Campbell & Ramsey Campbell • (ss)
• A Little Peccadiloo • Christine Green • (ss)
• A Little Place Off the Edgware Road • Graham Greene • (ss)
• The Little Problem of the Grosvenor Square Furniture Van (ascribed to Arthur Stanley Jefferson) • Patrick LoBrutto • (ss)
• A Little Publicity Never Hurts • Sybil Baker • (ss)
• A Little Push from Cappy Fleers • Gilbert Ralston • (ss)
• A Little Quiet Dignity • Steve Lindley • (ss)
• Little Red Corvette • Janet Dawson • (ss)
• Little Secrets • Michael MacLean • (ss)
• Little Sins • Michael MacLean • (ss)
• Little Sister • Mel Washburn • (ss)
• A Little Sitdown • Ed McBain • (ss)
• A Little Sprig of Malice • David Niall Wilson • (ss)
• Little Terror • Robert Barnard • (ss)
• A Little Thank-You • Simon Brett • (ar)
• Little Things • David Dean • (ss)
• The Little Things • Clark Howard • (ss)
• A Little Time Off • Kevin Nowak • (vi)
• The Little Tramp • Frank Snow • (ss)
• A Little Trouble • Gerald So • (ss)
• A Little Walk Home • Michael Armstrong • (nv)
• Little Woman (1954) • Ross Macdonald • (uw)
• The Little Women Mystery • Craig Sodaro • (pl)
• A Little Yarn • Linda E. Clopton • (ss)
• Live a Little! • Paul Eiden • (ss)
• Live and Learn • Gary Lovisi • (ss)
• Live Bait • Roland J. Green • (ss)
• Live Bait • Morris Hershman • (ss)
• Live Blonde—Dead Millionaire • Frank Kane • (nv)
• Live It Up, Bert • Patricia Derozier • (ss)
• The Live Ones • Richard S. Prather • (ss)
• Live Target • Fred Ebel • (ss)
• The Live Weapon • Richard Macker • (ss)
• The Liverpool Kiss • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Living and the Dead • Judith Cutler • (ss)
• The Living Corpse • Doug Flanders • (ss)
• The Living Daylights • Ian Fleming • (ss)
• Living Dead in Dallas • Charlaine Harris • (n.)
• A Living from Women • Robert Turner • (ss)
• Living Legend • Stephen Mertz • (nv)
• Living Next Door to Malace • Billie Rubin • (ss)
• Living the Lie • Marc Bilgrey • (ss)
• The Living Will of Rupert Ames • Arthur Montague • (ss)
• Living with Jimmy • Robert Barnard • (ss)
• Living with the Gilt • Judith Cutler • (ss)
• Liz Peters, PI • Elizabeth Peters • (ss)
• A Liza Cody Checklist • Misc. • (bi)
• Lizzie and the Wonder Boys: A Bit of Sun Before Midnight • Tracy Albert Knight • (ss)
• Lizzie Borden in the P.M. • Robert Henson • (nv)
• “Lizzie Borden took an ax” • Anonymous • (pm)
• Lizzie/Elizabeth • J. Braun & D. S. Irwin • (ss)
• Lizzie’s Lover • Ruth Rendell • (ss)
• Lo, Hear the Gentle Bloodhound! • James Thurber • (ar)
• Loaded • Ken Bruen • (ss)
• A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine, and Sixty-four Megabytes of RAM • Robert Loy • (ss)
• A Loaf of Quicksilver • Clayton Emery • (nv)
• Loaves and Fishes • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Lobo Loot • John W. Jakes • (ss)
• The Lobsenz Intrusion • Francis M. Nevins, Jr. • (ss)