Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Title

• Lost Legacy • Ralph Horner • (sl)
• Lost Luggage • Mick Herron • (ss)
• The Lost Mine • Agatha Christie • (ss)
• Lost Polars • Shelley Singer • (ss)
• Lost Priestess of the Nile • John Peter Drummond • (na)
• Lost Souls • Clive Barker • (ss)
• The Lost Special • Arthur Conan Doyle • (ss)
• Lost Star • C. Daly King • (ss)
• The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit • Michael Zadoorian • (ss)
• The Lost World of Time • Edmond Hamilton • (na)
• Lot 721/XY258 • R. L. Stevens • (ss)
• A Lot of Bottle • Jeffry Scott • (ss)
• A Lot of Hurt Feelings • William Bankier • (ss)
• A Lot of Sense • Joe L. Hensley • (ss)
• Lot’s Wife • F. Tennyson Jesse • (nv)
• Lottery • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Lottery • Tim Myers • (ss)
• Lottery Fever • Eleanor Michael • (ss)
• The Lottery Ticket • William Bankier • (ss)
• The Lottery Winner • Mary Higgins Clark • (na)
• Lotto • John Maddox Roberts • (ss)
• Lou Monahan, County Prosecutor • Andrew Klavan • (ss)
• Loud Mouf Mary • Katherine H. Brooks • (pm)
• Louie and the Library • Avram Davidson • (vi)
• Louise • Max Allan Collins • (ss)
• Louisville Slugger • Jas. R. Petrin • (ss)
• Louly and Pretty Boy • Elmore Leonard • (ss)
• The2006*ThsGuns Louvre Cafe • Mitchell Graham • (ss)
• Love • Martyn Waites • (ss)
• Love Affair • Julian Symons • (ss)
• Love Always, Mama • Maggie Wagner-Hankins • (nv)
• Love and Death in Africa • Joan S. Richter • (ss)
• Love and Justice • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • (ss)
• Love and Murder • O’Neil De Noux • (ss)
• Love And Other Crimes • Michael Malone • (nv)
• Love at First Byte • Kathy Hogan Trocheck • (nv)
• Love at Second Sight • Patricia Moyes • (ss)
• The Love Bugs Will Get You If You Don’t Watch Out • DeLoris Stanton Forbes • (nv)
• Love Can Be Murder • Jeffry Scott • (nv)
• Love Comes to Miss Lucy • Q. Patrick • (ss)
• The Love Detectives • Agatha Christie • (ss)
• Love Gone Wrong: The Story of Jean Harris, and Scarsdale Diet Doctor Herman Tarnower • Duncan Spencer • (ex)
• Love Her to Death • Gil Grayson • (ss)
• Love in the Lean Years • Donald E. Westlake • (ss)
• Love in Vain • Liza Cody • (ss)
• Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing • Gillian Roberts • (ss)
• Love Is Here to Stay • Isak Romun • (ss)
• Love Is Not All • Beatrice S. McCracken • (pm)
• The Love Letters of John Wayne Gacy • Deborah Rebollar • (ss)
• Love Lifted Me • R. D. Carroll • (ss)
• Love Match • Lisa Scottoline • (ss)
• Love Me and Die! • Vic Heston • (ss)
• Love Me for My Yellow Hair Alone • Carolyn Wheat • (ss)
• Love Me Hard! • George G. Revelle • (nv)
• The Love Motel • Shizuko Natsuki • (nv)
• Love Nest • Barbara Collins • (ss)
• Love Nest Loot • Barreaux • (cs)
• Love nor Money • David Delman • (ss)
• The Love of a Good Woman • Alice Munro • (nv)
• The Love of a Strong Man • Oz Spies • (ss)
• Love on First Bounce • Sharyn McCrumb • (ss)
• Love on Sunset Boulevard • Linda O. Johnston • (ss)
• Love Our Lake • William T. Lowe • (ss)
• The Love Rack • Max Allan Collins • (ss)
• A Love Story • Jas. R. Petrin • (ss)
• Love Thy Neighbor • Sarah Shankman • (ss)
• Love Will Tear Us Apart • Ray Banks • (ss)
• Love, But Not Too Much • Charlotte S. Hoffman • (ss)
• Love, Honor and Kill • Larry Becker & Cordner Nelson • (ss)
• Love-Lies-Bleeding • Barbara Cleverly • (ss)
• The Lovebirds • B. J. Daniels • (na)
• Lovelies Are for Lynching • Jim Arthur • (nv)
• Lovely • John Straley • (ss)
• The Lovely Be Damned • Steve Lawton • (ss)
• A Lovely Bride for Satan • Andrew Blake • (ss)
• Lovely Lady of Death! • Art Crockett • (nv)
• Lover • Jean Femling • (ss)
• Lover • Joyce Carol Oates • (ss)
• Lover Boy • Ed Gorman • (ss)
• Lover Come Back to Me • Catherine Morrell • (ss)
• Lovers Throughout All Eternity and Forevermore • Anthony Neil Smith • (ss)
• A Lover’s Understanding • Patricia Harrington • (ss)
• Love’s Cottage • Nancy Pickard • (ss)
• Love’s Labour’s Discover’d • Phyllis Ann Karr • (nv)
• Love’s Labour’s, Lost? • Peter T. Garratt • (ss)
• Loving the Monster • Mike Cipra • (ss)
• The Loving You Get • John Gardner • (ss)
• Low Ceiling for Nazi Hell-Hawks • Barry Barton • (na)
• Low Drama • Kim Harrington • (ss)
• The Low Road • B. J. West • (na)
• Low Tide • Dick Lochte • (nv)
• Lowball • Gary Phillips • (ss)
• The Lower Half • Edward C. Lynskey • (ss)
• Lower Than Black • O’Neil De Noux • (ss)
• Lower Wacker Blues • Brian Pinkerton • (ss)
• The Lower Wacker Hilton • Barbara D’Amato • (ss)
• The Lowland Beggar • Colleen Drippé • (ss)
• Lowlands • Kathryn Heyman • (ss)
• Lowly Death • Margaret Frazer • (ss)
• Loyal Love • Patricia Harrington • (vi)
• Loyalty • Scott Turow • (nv)
• Loyalty Lost • Colin Conway • (ss)
• Lucien’s Behavior • Dolores Hulse • (vi)
• Lucifer • P. J. Roberts • (ss)
• Lucille • Elizabeth Nunez • (ss)
• Luck • Marjorie L. C. Pickthall • (ss)
• Luck & Swords • Charles A. Gramlich • (ss)
• Luck and a Gun • Michael MacLean • (ss)
• Luck Be a Lady • Maggie Estep • (ss)
• Luck Is No Lady • Robert Bloch • (ss)
• The Luck of a Gypsy • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Luck of the Dead • Francis M. Nevins, Jr. • (ss)
• The Luck of the Draw • Len Jellema • (ss)
• The Luck of the Draw • Faye Kellerman, Ilana Kellerman & Rachel Kellerman • (ss)
• The Luckiest Man in the World • Rex Miller • (ss)
• The Luckiest Man in the World • Henry T. Parry • (nv)
• Lucky Bastard • Jason Starr • (ss)
• Lucky Bastard • Martyn Waites • (ss)
• Lucky Day • Mary Higgins Clark • (nv)
• Lucky Devil • Nancy Pickard • (ss)
• Lucky Dip • Liza Cody • (ss)
• Lucky Dog • Dick Lochte • (ss)
• Lucky Eight • Judith Van Gieson • (nv)
• Lucky Man • Ali Seay • (vi)
• Lucky Numbers • Mickey Friedman • (ss)
• Lucky Penny • Linda J. Barnes • (ss)
• The Lucky Piece • Isaac Asimov • (ss)
• Lucky Seven • Michael Bracken • (ss)
• Lucky Seven • Paul V. Fornatar • (ss)
• Lucky Stiff • Steve Kaye • (ss)
• Lucky Strike • Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz • (ss)
• Lucrezia and the Thief • Henry Slesar • (vi)
• Lucy • Pauline E. Dungate • (ss)
• Lucy Gets Lucky • Tim Myers • (ss)
• Lucy Had a List • John Sandford • (nv)
• The Lug Wrench • Berton Rouéché • (ss)
• The Lullaby Cheat • Kate Ross • (ss)
• Luminarias Make It Christmas-y • Janet LaPierre • (ss)
• A Lump of Sugar • Ellery Queen • (ss)
• Lunar Parasites • Raymond Z. Gallun • (ss)
• A Lunatic at Large • George A. Birmingham • (ss)
• Lunatic At Large • Jarlon Magee • (ss)
• The Lunatic Plague • Donald Wandrei • (nv)
• Lunch at Les Roseaux • Neil A. Schofield • (ss)
• The Luncheon • Sharyn McCrumb • (ss)
• Luncheon at Quills • Jeffry Scott • (ss)
• A Lurking Fear • H. R. F. Keating • (ss)
• Lust Claims a Bride • Bill Ryder • (ss)
• Lust for Kicks • Anthony Rain • (ss)
• Lust Holds the Gun! • Gil Grayson • (ss)
• Lust of the Undead • Jim Arthur • (ss)
• Lust of the Wicked! • Jack Oleck • (nv)
• Lust Slave! • Flip Lyons • (ss)
• Lust: A Sailor’s Slight Identity • Kathy Acker • (ss)
• The Lusting Ones • Leslie G. Sabo • (ss)
• Lust’s Lone Witness • Don Unatin • (nv)
• The Lutheran Who Lusted • Pat Dennis • (ss)
• Lydia • Darrell James • (ss)
• Lydia’s House • Virginia Mary Gillette • (ss)
• Lying • Janice Law • (ss)
• Lying Through Your Teeth • Eric B. Olsen • (ss)
• The Lying-in-State • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• Lying-in-the-Road Death • Toni L. P. Kelner • (ss)
• Lynaelle • Thomas M. Reid • (nv)
• A Lynching at Cobble Creek • Tom Condarcure • (ss)
• Lynching in Mixville • Livia J. Washburn • (ss)
• The Lyran Case • Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini • (vi)
• The Lyre’s Song • Marianne Wilski Strong • (ss)
• M As in Mayhem • Lawrence Treat • (ss)
• M Is for Mayo • William J. Pomidor • (nv)
• The M Route • Michael Gilbert • (nv)
• The M Word • Judith Kelman • (nv)
• M. le Médecin’s Wives • Judith Cutler • (ss)
• M.R. James • Charles Dickens • (ar)
• Ma Goose’s Crib Rhymes #1040: unearned income • Lee K. Russell • (pm)
• Ma Teresa and the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang • Jack C. Haldeman, II • (nv)
• Macallan Dagger Winners • Misc. • (ms)
• Macavity: The Mystery Cat • T. S. Eliot • (pm)
• The Macbeth Murder Mystery • James Thurber • (ss)
• Macbeth Revisited • Allison Ovenden • (ss)
• MacEvoy’s Revenge • Mike Ripley • (ss)
• The MacGuffin Theft Case • Steve Hockensmith • (nv)
• Machete • John Lutz • (ss)
• Machete • Barbara Parker • (ss)
• Machiavelli’s Corollaries • William John Watkins • (ss)
• The Machine Gun and the Mannequin • Janwillem van de Wetering • (ss)
• The Machine of Justice • Gerry Maddren • (ss)
• The Mackenzie Case • Viola Brothers Shore • (nv)
• MacNaughton or MacNeice • James Powell • (ss)
• Mac’s Gambit • William G. Tapply • (ss)
• Mad Dog • Dick Lochte • (nv)
• Mad Dog • Andrew H. Vachss • (ss)
• Mad Dog! • Jay Charby & Henry Slesar • (ss)
• Mad Hare • John C. Boland • (ss)
• The Mad Monks • W. Wirt • (ss)
• Mad Monkton • Wilkie Collins • (na)
• The Mad Scientist, J.G. • James Powell • (ss)
• The Mad Tea-Party • Ellery Queen • (nv)
• Madam Crowl’s Ghost • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu • (ss)
• Madam Sing’s Gold • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Madame Fleur • Lorin Emery • (ss)
• Madame Hermet • Guy de Maupassant • (ss)
• Madame Maigret’s Admirer • Georges Simenon • (nv)
• Madame Murder • John Grange • (na)
• Madame Murder • Victor Rousseau • (na)
• The Madame Naturals • Perry Paul • (ss)
• Madame President • Anne Perry • (ss)
• Madame Ruby • Dan A. Sproul • (ss)
• Madame Sara • Robert Eustace & L. T. Meade • (nv)
• Madame Secretary’s Lover Man • Jake Lamar • (ss)
• Madame Smitt • Georges Simenon • (ss)
• Maddened by Mystery; or, The Defective Detective • Stephen Leacock • (ss)
• Made in Egypt • Michael Pearce • (ss)
• Madeleine • Marion Arnott • (ss)
• Madman’s Chain • Gilbert Wright • (ss)
• Madmen’s Trek • Rod C. Walker • (ss)
• The Madness of Colonel Warburton (ascribed to Dashiell Hammett) • Carole Buggé • (nv)