Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Title

• The Ballet Exercises • Gay Toltl Kinman • (ss)
• The Balloon of William Fuerst • Lowell B. Komie • (ss)
• Balloons • Edward Wellen • (nv)
• Balloons Will Be Released • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• The Balls Are in Place • Elliott Capon • (ss)
• The Ballyhooly Boy • Graham Masterton • (nv)
• Balmorality • Robert Barnard • (ss)
• The Balnay Report • Malcolm Gray • (ss)
• Baltic Bail-Out • Andrea C. Busch • (ss)
• The Baltman Bird’s-Eye View • James Powell • (ss)
• Bamboo Viper • David K. Harford • (nv)
• The Bamboozling of Mr. Gascoigne • E. Phillips Oppenheim • (nv)
• Bampot Central • Christopher Brookmyre • (ss)
• The Banality of Evil • Terence Ball • (nv)
• Bandit Who Caught a Killer • Roman A. Ranieri • (ss)
• The Bandit Wolves • Michael A. Black • (ss)
• The Bandit Wolves • Bruce Timm • (cv)
• The Banished Men • Keith Taylor • (nv)
• Bank Examiner • Richard E. Givan • (ss)
• Bank Holiday in Cambridge • Jürgen Ehlers • (ss)
• The Bank Job • James Holding • (ss)
• Bank Job • Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• Bank Job • Thomas S. Roche • (ss)
• The Bank Note Forger • C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne • (ss)
• Bank of America • Richard Lange • (ss)
• Bank on It • Remy LeDoux • (vi)
• Bank Shot • D. H. Reddall • (ss)
• Bank Shots • Sue DeNymme • (ss)
• Banner in Blood • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Banquet of Suspense • Linda Landrigan • (ed)
• The Banshee • Joyce Carol Oates • (ss)
• The Banshee • Peter Tremayne • (ss)
• The Banshee Gets Fucked Over • James McGowan • (ss)
• Banshees of Baxter County • Jennifer DiCamillo & C. J. Winters • (ss)
• The Banshee’s Warning • J. H. Riddell, Mrs. • (ss)
• Bantam Rooster • Hal Shaffer • (ss)
• The Banzai Pipeline • Clark Howard • (ss)
• A Bar Called Charley’s • Charles Ardai • (ss)
• Bar Fight • Jason Starr • (ss)
• Bar Sinister • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Barbarian • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• Barbarossa and Company • Kathryn Gottlieb • (nv)
• Barbecue Bob • Ron Goulart • (ss)
• Barbecued Bimbo • Susan Rogers Cooper • (ss)
• The Barber and His Wife • Dashiell Hammett • (ss)
• The Barber’s Toe • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Barbie Murders • John Varley • (nv)
• The Barclay Boys • Raleigh Bond • (ss)
• Bare Bones • Martin Edwards • (ss)
• Bare Essentials • Catherine Aird • (ss)
• The Barefaced Murder • Roger Torrey • (nv)
• Barefoot • Chris Rippen • (ss)
• Barfight • Frederick Zackel • (ss)
• Bargain for an Enemy • Murray Leinster • (ss)
• Bargain Getaway • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• Bargain in Blood • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• Barking at Butterflies • Evan Hunter • (ss)
• Barking at Butterflies • Ed McBain • (ss)
• Barking Dog • Charlotte Epstein • (ss)
• Barking Dogs • Terence M. Green • (ss)
• The Barking Dogs of Roca Torre • Madelyn DeLorier • (ss)
• Barney Killigan • Erle Stanley Gardner • (nv)
• Barnstorming • George L. Eaton • (ss)
• Barnstorming • Bud Overn • (ss)
• The Baroness • Amanda Cross • (ss)
• The Baroness’s Companion • Kerry Greenwood & Jenny Pausacker • (ss)
• Barracuda • Scott Wolven • (ss)
• The Barracudas • Judith O’Neill • (ss)
• Barratry • Jan Adkins • (nv)
• The Barred Door • Marion H. Mimms • (ss)
• Barry of Hollywood • Paul Guyot • (ss)
• The Bartender • G. M. Malliet • (ss)
• Bartenders May Come and Go • Brenda Melton Burnham • (ss)
• The Bartered Child • Charles Todd • (nv)
• Bartleby the Scrivener • Herman Melville • (nv)
• The Barton Hall Dwarf • Julian Symons • (ss)
• Base Corruption • Billie Sue Mosiman • (ss)
• The Base of the Triangle • Ralph McInerny • (ss)
• The Basement • Martin Edwards • (ss)
• The Basement Room • John Lutz • (ss)
• The Basher • Jason Starr • (ss)
• The Basics of Murder • Stephen Mertz • (ss)
• Bass Specialties • Bob Tippee • (ss)
• The Bastard of Bologna • Paula Volsky • (pl)
• Bat Comes to Tombstone • Nick Carr • (ss)
• The Bat House • Ray Naylor • (ss)
• Bat Man • Lew Merrill • (ss)
• Bat-Head Speed • Reed Farrel Coleman • (ss)
• The Bath • E. H. W. Meyerstein • (ss)
• The Bathroom • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• The Bathtub Mary • James T. Shannon • (ss)
• The Bathtub Murders • Robert Twohy • (ss)
• The Bathtub Oracle • Caroline Menzies • (ss)
• The Batman of Blytheville • Robert Loy • (ss)
• Batman: Beyond and Beyond • Peter Mann • (mr)
• Batman’s Helpers • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• Bats • Phil Locascio • (ss)
• Battered • Earl Staggs • (ss)
• The Battered Mailbox • Stanley Cohen • (ss)
• Battered Spouse • Jeremiah Healy • (ss)
• The Battle of Cameron Dam • Samuel Mines • (ts)
• The Battle of Louisburg • Gary Every • (ss)
• The Battle of the Lamp Posts • Fredric Brown • (pm)
• Battleground • John M. Floyd • (ss)
• The Battling Priests of Corpus Christi • Jervey Tervalon • (ss)
• Bauble • David Gerrold • (ss)
• Bay of Sorrows • Gaylord Dold • (ex)
• The Bay Side of Neptune Street • Leslie Alan Horvitz • (nv)
• Bay Wolf • Neil Gaiman • (pm)
• The Baytown Follies • William Bankier • (ss)
• Baytown’s Gain • William Bankier • (ss)
• Baytown’s Loss • William Bankier • (ss)
• The Bayville Killing • Audrey Peterson • (ss)
• Baz • Julian Rathbone • (ss)
• Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends • Linda Wagner • (ss)
• Be Lucky • Mat Coward • (ss)
• Be My Guest • Rachel Ingalls • (na)
• Be Your Own Best Friend • Alyson Hornsby & Wendy Hornsby • (ss)
• The Beach Butler • Ruth Rendell • (ss)
• Beach Sights • Bruce Blackadar • (ss)
• Beach, Boardwalk, and Murder • Mary Ellen Hughes • (ss)
• The Beach-Chair Detective • Cheryl Solimini • (br)
• Beach-Head • Katherine H. Brooks • (pm)
• The Beaches of Paraguay • Doug Allyn • (nv)
• The Beacon • Talmage Powell • (ss)
• Beanball • Dick Stodghill • (ss)
• The Bear Cottage • John Lutz • (ss)
• A Bear Hunt • William Faulkner • (ss)
• The Bearded Lady • Doug Allyn • (nv)
• The Bearded Lady • Ross Macdonald • (na)
• Bearded Wonders • Tim Heald • (ss)
• Beards Grow Slowly • Hugh B. Cave • (nv)
• Bearhug • Steven W. Avery • (ss)
• Bearing Gifts • Nicole Swengley • (ss)
• Bearing Witness • Donald Olson • (ss)
• Bears Watching • John C. Boland • (ss)
• Beast at the Door • Donald Olson • (ss)
• The Beast from the Western Steppes • Martin Limón • (ss)
• The Beast in the Woods • Ed Gorman • (ss)
• The Beast of Bubble City • William F. Nolan • (ss)
• The Beast of Guangming Peak • Michael Mallory • (nv)
• The Beast That Owned a Table • Jerry Page • (pm)
• The Beast with Five Fingers • William F. Harvey • (nv)
• The Beast Within • Margaret B. Maron • (ss)
• The Beast-Gods of Atlantis • John Peter Drummond • (na)
• Beasts in Buildings, Turning ’Round • J. N. Williamson • (nv)
• The Beat Goes On • Ray Banks • (ss)
• Beat Routine • Stan Washburn • (ss)
• Beat Your Neighbor Out of Doors • Jiro Akagawa • (nv)
• The Beat-Up Sister • John Ross Macdonald • (nv)
• The Beating • Terry Nudds • (ss)
• Beating on the Border • Robert W. Tinsley • (ss)
• Beating the High Cost of Living • Ron Brown • (vi)
• Beau Jest • Brynn Bonner • (ss)
• Beaubien • Deborah Morgan • (nv)
• Beaudry Rose • Gayle McGary • (ss)
• Beautiful • Jeffery Wilds Deaver • (ss)
• Beautiful But Dead • Brett Halliday • (na)
• Beautiful But Dead • James M. Reasoner • (na)
• A Beautiful Dame With Money • Talmage Powell • (ss)
• Beauty • Ed Gorman • (ss)
• Beauty Be Damned! • Talmage Powell • (nv)
• Beauty Is Only Skin Deep • Gallagher Gray • (nv)
• The Beauty King • Margery Allingham • (nv)
• The Beauty Mask • Arthur B. Reeve • (ss)
• Beauty More Stealthy • Eric Mayer & Mary Reed • (nv)
• Beauty with Cruelty • David Bowker • (nv)
• Because I Could Not Stop for Death • Ray Nayler • (ss)
• Because It Was There • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• Because the Constable Blundered • Francis M. Nevins, Jr. • (ss)
• Because We’re Friends • Irving Shulman • (ss)
• Because You’re a Cop • Peter Turnbull • (ss)
• Bech Noir • John Updike • (nv)
• The Beckoning Eye • Ron Butler • (ss)
• Becoming • Jake MacDonald • (ss)
• Becoming Men • Douglas Clegg • (ss)
• The Bed and Breakfast Burglar • Jill Giencke • (ss)
• Bed of Roses • Michael Bracken • (ss)
• Bed One • Paul V. Fornatar • (ss)
• Bedbug • Ed McBain • (ss)
• Bedbugs • Eric Wright • (ss)
• The Bedell Virgin • Ann Quinton • (ss)
• Bedeviled • Bill Pronzini • (nv)
• The Bedford Street Legacy • Annette Meyers • (ss)
• The Bedlam Bam • Lillian de la Torre • (ss)
• The Bedlam File • Brett Halliday • (na)
• The Bedlam File • James M. Reasoner • (na)
• Bedroom Set • Richard Grant • (ss)
• Bedtime for Pookie • Gary Lovisi • (ss)
• Bee Line • Tom Condarcure • (ss)
• Bee Sting • Robert Wallace • (ss)
• Beede and the Barefoot Body • Clyde Linsley • (ss)
• Beef Kills • Rosemarie Yu • (ss)
• The Beer Bust • Sean McMartin • (ss)
• The Beer Drinkers • Josh Pachter • (ss)
• Beer Wine Snacks • Fred Snyder • (ss)
• The Bees • Dan Chaon • (ss)
• The Beetle • Richard Marsh • (n.)
• Before Insulin • J. J. Connington • (ss)
• Before My Eyes • Ruthe Furie • (ss)
• Before She Kills • Fredric Brown • (nv)
• Before Something Happens • Donald Olson • (ss)
• Before the Adventures • Lenore Carroll • (ss)
• Before the Cock Crows • Brian Battison • (nv)
• Before the Law • Franz Kafka • (vi)
• Before the Party • W. Somerset Maugham • (nv)
• Before We Begin • Lawrence Block • (pr)
• Before You Leap • John Lutz • (nv)
• Beginner’s Luck • Gary Phillips • (ss)
• The Beginning • Richard E. Reeve • (vi)
• Behavior Therapy • Robert Petyo • (ss)
• The Beheading • Evan Hunter • (nv)
• Behind Bars • Jeanette Weiss • (pm)
• Behind Enemy Lines • John Helfers & Carol Rondou • (ss)
• Behind Murder’s Eight-Ball • Don James • (ss)
• Behind the Locked Door • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• Behind the Screen, Chapter I • Hugh Walpole • (rr)
• Behind the Screen, Chapter II • Agatha Christie • (rr)
• Behind the Screen, Chapter III • Dorothy L. Sayers • (rr)
• Behind the Screen, Chapter IV, In the Aspidistra • Anthony Berkeley • (rr)