Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Title

• Auction at McKay’s Corners • Alan K. Young • (ss)
• Audacious Perversion • Mark Sanderson • (ex)
• An Audible Click: The Short Stories of Rafael Sabatini • Jesse F. Knight • (in)
• Audio World • Ellen Cheshire • (ar)
• Audiocrime • Brian Ritterspak • (rv)
• Audited and Found Correct • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story • Paul Auster • (ss)
• Augie and the Fatal Fascination • Charles A. Peterson • (ss)
• Augie and the Ketchup King • Charles A. Peterson • (ss)
• Augie and the Mommy’s Curse • Charles A. Peterson • (ss)
• Augie and the Ruby Slippers • Charles A. Peterson • (ss)
• Augie and the White Sheep • Charles A. Peterson • (ss)
• August 3, 1892 • Dixie J. Whitted • (pm)
• August Body • Bill Crenshaw • (ss)
• August Heat • William F. Harvey • (ss)
• August Is a Good Time for Killing • Joyce Harrington • (ss)
• August Is the Lamb of Winter • Michelle Marcotte • (ss)
• Auld Acquaintance • Terry Beatty & Wendi Lee • (ss)
• Auld Lang Syne • Ian Rankin • (ss)
• Auld Lang What? • Barbara Paul • (nv)
• Aunt Agatha Leaving • Susan Kenney • (nv)
• Aunt Agatha Takes the Count • P. G. Wodehouse • (ss)
• Aunt Dolly • Ardath F. Mayhar • (ss)
• Aunt Dust • Lana Robertson Hayes • (ss)
• Aunt Edna’s Cats • Del Stone, Jr. • (ss)
• Aunt Emma’s Defense • Barbara Collins • (ss)
• Aunt Grace and the Time Warp • Jeffrey Bush • (ss)
• Aunt Hattie’s Dolls • Edie Hanes • (vi)
• Aunt Mary’s Coffin Caper • Del Tinsley • (ss)
• Aunt Rutabaga • Arthur Porges • (ss)
• Aunt Sara’s Favors • Judith L. Post • (ss)
• The Aura of an Alpha Wolf • Jeremiah Healy • (ss)
• Aurora Australis • Neil Jillett • (ss)
• Austen and Jausten: The Twins of Time • Ray Bradbury • (ss)
• The Austin Murder Case • Jon L. Breen • (ss)
• Austrailian Halloween • P. J. Roberts • (nv)
• Australian-American Collaboration in the Fight Against World Terrorism • Richard Hall • (ss)
• The Auteur Theory • Jon L. Breen • (ss)
• The Authentic Rose • Terence Faherty • (nv)
• The Author • Jeremiah Healy • (ss)
• Author Biographies • Misc. • (bg)
• Author Biography • Misc. • (bg)
• Author Notes • Misc. • (bg)
• Author! Author! • James Holding • (pm)
• Author! Author! or Lights! Camera! Action! • Carl Brookins • (ar)
• Authoress of Death • Vicki Shaull Carleton • (ss)
• Authors’ Biographies • Misc. • (bg)
• Authors Bios • Misc. • (bg)
• Authors’ Bios • Misc. • (bg)
• Author’s Foreword • Ed Gorman • (fw)
• Author’s Introduction • Peter Godfrey • (in)
• Author’s Note • Mary Higgins Clark • (aw)
• Author’s Note • Max Allan Collins • (pr)
• Author’s Note • Martin Edwards • (pr)
• Author’s Note • Sharyn McCrumb • (pr)
• Author’s Note • Sara Paretsky • (pr)
• The Authorship of Three Late Ellery Queen Novels • Douglas Dannay & Richard Dannay • (ar)
• Autoerotic • William Marden • (ss)
• The Autogóndola Invention • Avram Davidson • (na)
• The Automation Mystery • Lloyd Biggle, Jr. • (ss)
• The Automaton Museum • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Automaton Police • Charles Dickens • (ss)
• An Autumn Migration • Sharyn McCrumb • (ss)
• Autumn Tethers • Tracy Albert Knight • (nv)
• Available Light • Matt Mayer • (ss)
• “Avenge, O Lord, Thy Slaughtered Saints” • Emilie Griffin • (rr)
• The Avenger • Anonymous • (pl)
• The Avenging Chance • Anthony Berkeley • (ss)
• The Avenging Corpse • Barreaux • (cs)
• Avenging Miriam • Peter Sellers • (ss)
• The Avenging of Ann Leete • Marjorie Bowen • (ss)
• The Avenging of Jessica • William Allen Hall • (ss)
• Avernus • Naomi Walker • (ss)
• Avitar • John F. Dobbyn • (ss)
• Avoid Agony • Shailly Agnihotri • (ss)
• Avoiding Mr. Queen • Peter Lovesey • (ar)
• Avram Davidson: The Fish Unturned • Gene Wolfe • (ar)
• “Aw, Let the Kid Hit” • Michael Avallone • (ss)
• Awaiting the Dawn • Marilyn Todd • (nv)
• Awakening • Jean Hooper • (ss)
• Award Winners & Nominees • Frances Taira • (pz)
• Awards • Misc. • (bi)
• Away for Safekeeping • Susan Dunlap • (ss)
• Away with the Fairies • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• The Awful Experiment • Michael Zuroy • (ss)
• The Awkward Customer • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• The Axe of Elisha • John F. Suter • (ss)
• An Axe to Grind • Curt Hamlin • (ss)
• Axefall • Peter A. Hough • (ss)
• Axl Against The Immortals • Jon Courtenay Grimwood • (ss)
• Ayatollah Khomeni, CIA Agent • Ernest Volkman • (ar)
• Ayesha, a Woman’s Name • Leobardo Saravia Quiroz • (ss)
• The Azalea War • Wyc Toole • (ss)
• The Azteck Opal • Rodrigues Ottolengui • (ss)
• B & B: Brackett & Bradbury: 1944 • Ray Bradbury • (in)
• The B Rules • Jacqueline Freimor • (ss)
• “B” Is for Bee • William J. Pomidor • (nv)
• The “B” Murders • Mike Taylor • (nv)
• B-B-B-Billy • Joel A. Dvoskin • (ss)
• Baba’s Bites • Chris Simms • (ss)
• The Babe Ruth Murder Case • Jon L. Breen • (ss)
• Babes and Bullets • Jim Davis & Ron Tuthill • (ss)
• Babies for Sale • Richard Foster • (na)
• Babs • Scott Phillips • (ss)
• Baby Blues • Barbara Fradkin • (ss)
• Baby Blues • Richard E. Reeve • (ss)
• The Baby in the Icebox • James M. Cain • (ss)
• Baby Needs a New Lover! • Flip Lyons • (ss)
• Baby Sister • Stephen Marlowe • (ss)
• The Baby Spoon • Patricia Highsmith • (ss)
• Baby, Lorraine Must Fall • Mike Drummond • (nv)
• Baby-sitting Ingrid • Larry Collins • (ss)
• The Babysitter • Ed Gorman • (ex)
• Babysitter • Dion Henderson • (ss)
• Babysitter • Joyce Carol Oates • (ss)
• The Babysitter’s Code • Laura Lippman • (ss)
• The Bachelor’s Wife • Judith Kelman • (nv)
• Back • John Baxter • (ss)
• Back for Christmas • John Collier • (ss)
• Back in Five Years • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• Back in the Saddle • Victoria Heckman • (ss)
• Back o’ Town Blues • David Fulmer • (ss)
• The Back of Beyond • Margaret Walker • (ss)
• The Back Page • Faye Kellerman • (ss)
• Back Stairs • Eileen Brosnan • (vi)
• Back to the Land • Mat Coward • (ss)
• Back Track • Mary Freeman • (nv)
• Back Where We’ve Never Been • William Bankier • (nv)
• Backfire • D. H. Reddall • (ss)
• Backgammon • Desmond Barry • (ss)
• Background • Vince Emery • (pr)
• Backing • Michael Z. Lewin • (nv)
• Backpacking with Bunyips • Joy Loggie • (ss)
• Backroom Boys • Peter Sellers • (ss)
• Backseat • C. Ellett • (ss)
• The Backslider • John Metcalfe • (ss)
• Backup • Edward Wellen • (ss)
• The Backward Look • Isaac Asimov • (ss)
• Backwash • Frederick Nebel • (nv)
• Backwater • Michael Z. Lewin • (nv)
• Backyard Burial • Christine Matthews • (ss)
• Bacon and Eggs • David Cook • (ss)
• The Bacteriological Detective • Arthur B. Reeve • (ss)
• Bad Bargain • Francis M. Nevins, Jr. • (ss)
• Bad Blood • Loren D. Estleman • (ss)
• Bad Blood • Keith McCarthy • (ss)
• Bad Blood • D. H. Reddall • (ss)
• Bad Boy • Tim Lamont • (ss)
• Bad Boys in Tinseltown • James Ellroy • (ar)
• The Bad Boyz Klub • Doug Allyn • (nv)
• Bad Brand • George A. Starbird • (nv)
• Bad Business • Anton Chekhov • (ss)
• Bad Day at Picacho • Nick Carr • (ss)
• A Bad Day for All Concerned • James A. Noble • (ss)
• A Bad Day for Pink and Yellow Shirts • Robert Lopresti • (ss)
• A Bad Debt • Brendan DuBois • (ss)
• Bad Design • Scott Mackay • (ss)
• Bad Dreams • Douglas Hill • (ss)
• A Bad Example • Greg Hinze • (vi)
• The Bad Guys Out There • Daniel Sontup • (ss)
• Bad Habits • Joyce Carol Oates • (ss)
• Bad Habits • Barbara Owens • (ss)
• Bad Haircut • Mickey Friedman • (ss)
• A Bad Influence • Hugh Pentecost • (ss)
• Bad Men of the Cayugas • George A. Starbird • (na)
• Bad Moon Rising • Eddy Thomas • (ss)
• Bad News • Maxine O’Callaghan • (ss)
• The Bad Night • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• A Bad Night for Burglars • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• A Bad Night in Derbyville • Judith L. Post • (ss)
• A Bad Night in Kansas • David Holmstrom • (ss)
• The Bad Patch • Neil Jillett • (ss)
• A Bad Penny • Phyllis Diller • (ss)
• Bad Presents • David Belbin • (ss)
• Bad Review • Susan Dunlap • (ss)
• The Bad Samaritan • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Bad Seed • Barbara A. Custer • (ss)
• Bad Times • Gary Alexander • (ss)
• Bad to the Bone • W. R. Philbrick • (ss)
• Bad Weather • William J. Caroll, Jr. • (ss)
• A Bad Winter’s Day in Windsor • Gwendoline Butler • (ss)
• Bad, Good, and No Luck • Ben Satterfield • (nv)
• Bad-Heart • Brad Reynolds, S.J. • (ss)
• Badfellas • John M. Floyd • (pm)
• The Badger Game • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• The Badger Game • Jay Flynn • (ss)
• Baffling Bluff • Alfred I. Tooke • (ss)
• A Bag of Grief • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• The Bag of Sand • Baroness Orczy • (ss)
• The Bag Under the Bench • Tim Myers • (ss)
• A Bagdad Reckoning • James Powell • (ss)
• The Bagel Murders • David A. Kaufelt • (ss)
• Baggage Claim • Patricia King • (ss)
• Baggage for Hire • Edmund Barker • (ss)
• The Bagged Man • Jeremiah Healy • (nv)
• Bagman • Christopher Stires • (ss)
• Bagworms • Francis M. Nevins, Jr. • (nv)
• Bahama Crisis • Desmond Bagley • (ex)
• Bahia del Sur • M. R. Drummond • (ss)
• Bail Hearing • Morris Hershman • (vi)
• Bail-Jumper • Paul Ernst • (ss)
• Bait • Henry A. Norton • (vi)
• Bait and Switch • Thea Hillman • (ss)
• Bait for a Rapist • Edward L. Perry • (ss)
• A Baited Trap • K. G. McAbee • (ss)
• Baja • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Baker Dies • Geoffrey Bush & Edmund Crispin • (ss)
• Baker Street Browsings • Kim Newman • (br)
• A Baker Street Irregular • Carole Nelson Douglas • (ss)
• The Baker’s Dozen • Doris Hiller • (ss)
• The Balancing Man • Charles Ardai • (ss)
• Ball Lightning Reported • Scott Wolven • (ss)
• The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond • Charles Causley • (pm)
• The Ballad of Davey Robson • Raymond E. Banks • (ss)
• The Ballad of Gentleman Jem • Gillian Linscott • (ss)
• The Ballad of Reading Gaol • Oscar Wilde • (pm)
• The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela • Maureen F. McHugh • (ss)
• The Ballad of Sweet Lucy • Harry R. Hopkinson • (pm)
• A Ballad of the White Plague • P. C. Hodgell • (nv)