Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Title

• Behind the Screen, Chapter V • E. C. Bentley • (rr)
• Behind the Screen, Chapter VI, Mr. Parsons on the Case • Ronald A. Knox • (rr)
• Behind the Wall • Stanley Middleton • (ss)
• Behind the Wheel • Ron Ellis • (ss)
• Behold a Pale Horse • Richard E. Givan • (ss)
• Behold, Kra K’l! The Bohemian Demon of Gardenia Street • Richard F. McGonegal • (ss)
• Being a People Person • Candia McWilliam • (ss)
• Being Conscious • Dan Damkoehler • (ss)
• Being Frank • Ian Rankin • (ss)
• Being of Sound Mind • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• The Beka Street Irregulars • James Melville • (ss)
• Belated Revenge • Christine Matthews • (ss)
• Belfrey’s Bats • Percy Spurlark Parker • (ss)
• Belgrade, 1926 • Eric Ambler • (ex)
• Believing in Santa • Ron Goulart • (ss)
• Belinda and the Secret Weapon • Alan R. Gordon • (ss)
• Bell • Cynthia Hendershot • (ss)
• The Bell Tower • D. A. McGuire • (ss)
• Bell, Book, and Suburbia • M. H. Clark & Jeanne Leiter • (ss)
• Bell, Crook, and Vandal • Dan Crawford • (ss)
• The Bell-Tower • Herman Melville • (ss)
• Belladonna • Barbara Wilson • (ss)
• Belle Boyd, the Rebel Spy • Bill Crider • (ss)
• The Belle of the Ball Is Dead • Donald Olson • (ss)
• La Bellezza Delle Bellezze • Bill Pronzini • (nv)
• Belling the Cat • Maxine O’Callaghan • (ss)
• The Bellman Portrait • Robert Edward Eckels • (ss)
• Bellringers’ Overtime • Roz Kaveney • (na)
• Bells • Gary Arpin • (ss)
• The Bells of Christmas • Carol A. Cole • (ss)
• The Bell’s Toll • Charlotte Richards • (vi)
• Belly Laugh, or The Joker’s Trick or Treat • Joe R. Lansdale • (nv)
• Bellyboard Bump-Off! • Robert Leslie Bellem • (cs)
• The Beloved Object • Arthur Porges • (ss)
• The Belson Sisters—Didn’t They Die? • Layne Littlepage • (ss)
• Belter’s Mugging • Andrea Badenoch • (ss)
• Ben Blower’s Story • Charles F. Hoffman • (ss)
• A Bend in Time • Margaret Lewis • (ss)
• The Bend of the Road • Arthur T. Quiller-Couch • (ss)
• Beneath Black Bayou • Ronald Kelly • (ss)
• Beneath the Lilacs • Nevada Barr • (ss)
• Beneath the Sighs • Walter Satterthwait • (ss)
• Beneath Which Hour? • Peter Valentine Timlett • (ss)
• Benedict and Bianca • Alison White • (ss)
• Beneficent Diversions from the Crackdkins Diet • Donnell Alexander • (ss)
• A Beneficial Walk • Ursula Curtiss • (ss)
• Benefit of Clergy • Keith Taylor • (ss)
• The Benefit of the Doubt • Jack London • (nv)
• Benjamin’s Demise • Herschel Cozine • (pm)
• Benjamin’s Trap • Richard W. Moquist • (ss)
• Benning’s School for Boys • Richard A. Lupoff • (nv)
• Benny Rojas and the Rough Riders • Pablo Medina • (ss)
• Benny’s Space • Marcia Muller • (ss)
• A Bequest for Mr. Nugent • James Powell • (ss)
• Ber-Bulu • Dashiell Hammett • (ss)
• Bereaved • J. A. Konrath • (ss)
• Bereavement • Tom Piccirilli • (ss)
• Berenice • Edgar Allan Poe • (ss)
• Bermuda Short • Anne Stephenson • (ss)
• Bertie and the Boat Race • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• Bertie and the Christmas Tree • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• Bertie and the Fire Brigade • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• Bertie’s Mom • Jeremiah Healy • (ss)
• The Beryl Coronet • Arthur Conan Doyle • (nv)
• The Berzin Lecture • Anthony Price • (ss)
• The Best • Chris Rippen • (ss)
• Best Behaviour • Simon Brett • (ss)
• The Best Defense • Gary Alexander • (ss)
• Best Eaten Cold • Laura Wilson • (ss)
• The Best Friend • Alfred A. Blanchard • (ss)
• Best Friend • Germaine Roquevert • (ss)
• Best Friends • Barbara Owens • (ss)
• The Best in Online Mystery Fiction in 2004 • Sarah Weinman • (ar)
• Best in the Business • Tom Sweeney • (ss)
• The Best Laid Plans • Marshall Weighell • (ss)
• The Best Laid Plans... • Ben Luckhardt • (ss)
• The Best Laid Plants • Dabby Maloney • (ss)
• Best Man • Thomas Walsh • (nv)
• The Best Man in Town • Ernest Savage • (ss)
• Best Man Wins • Frederick Williams • (ss)
• The Best Meal • C. J. Henderson • (ss)
• Best of All • Marco Palmieri • (nv)
• The Best of Birtles • William Bankier • (ss)
• Best of Breed • Elaine Menge • (nv)
• The Best of Everything • Stanley Ellin • (nv)
• Best of Luck! • Vickie Dubois • (ss)
• The Best of the Rest • Otto Penzler • (in)
• The Best Policy • Ferenc Molnár • (ss)
• The Best Qualifications • Barbara McCarty • (ss)
• The Best Revenge • Brendan DuBois • (nv)
• The Best Revenge • Ernest Savage • (ss)
• Best Served Cold • Dean James • (nv)
• The Best Sort of Husband • Susan B. Kelly • (ss)
• The Best Suit • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• The Best Things in Life Are Someone Else’s • Darren Subarton • (ss)
• The Best Time for Planting • Ina Coelen • (ss)
• The Best TV Eyes of the Seventies • Robert J. Randisi • (ar)
• The Best-Friend Murder • Donald E. Westlake • (nv)
• Bestsellers Guaranteed • Joe R. Lansdale • (ss)
• The Bet • Marc Bilgrey • (ss)
• The Bet • Anton Chekhov • (ss)
• The Bet • Flip Jarrett • (ss)
• Bet on Red • Jeff Abbott • (nv)
• Bet Your Own Man • C. J. Henderson • (ss)
• Betamax • Ken Hollings • (ss)
• Betrayal • J. D. Carlson • (ss)
• Betrayal • Willi Chen • (ss)
• Betrayal • K. L. Jones • (vi)
• Betrayal • Nancy Livingston • (ss)
• Betrayed • John D. MacDonald • (nv)
• The Betrayers • Stanley Ellin • (ss)
• Betsy’s Butterfly • Joyce Harrington • (ss)
• Betsy’s Dictionary • Billie Lee Powers • (ss)
• Better a Cat • Charlotte MacLeod • (ss)
• A Better Chess Player • Kenneth Gavrell • (ss)
• Better Dead Than Wed • Gar Anthony Haywood • (ss)
• Better Hands • Dale Clark • (ss)
• Better Late Than Never • Christopher Maynard • (ss)
• Better Luck Next Time • Brad Zellar • (ss)
• Better Safe Than Sorry • Michael Avallone & Josh Pachter • (vi)
• Better Than Money • Jeffry Scott • (ss)
• Better to Arrive • Carol Anne Davis • (ss)
• The Better to Eat You With • John Helfers • (ss)
• Better to Forget • Susan Moody • (ss)
• Betting Slips • Robert Bee • (ss)
• Between a Cat and a Hard Place • Jimmy Vines • (ss)
• Between a Rock and a Hard Place • Gary R. Hoffman • (ss)
• Between Eight and Eight • C. S. Forester • (ss)
• Between Sisters • Kevin Anderson • (ss)
• Between the Covers:
• (cl) ~Murderous Intent Fll~01303~, ~Win 1999~01304~ • Margaret Chittenden
  ___ The Amateur Sleuth • Margaret Chittenden • (cl)
  ___ How to Get an Author to Visit Your Town • Margaret Chittenden • (cl)
  ___ To err is human—to forgive makes the reader divine • Margaret Chittenden • (cl)
  ___ Too Many Notes? • Margaret Chittenden • (cl)
  ___ What’s In a Name • Margaret Chittenden • (cl)
  ___ Who Does the Writer Write For? • Margaret Chittenden • (cl)
• Between the Dark and the Daylight • Tom Piccirilli • (ss)
• Between the Lines • Colin Dexter • (ss)
• Between the Pages • Paul V. Fornatar • (ss)
• Beverly Hills Blues • Charles Jay • (ss)
• Beware of Cat • Kurtis Roth • (ss)
• Beware of the Trains • Edmund Crispin • (ss)
• Beware the King of Clubs • Agatha Christie • (ss)
• Beware the Kraken • Eolake Stobblehouse • (ss)
• Beware, Vicious Little Minx with a Gun • T. P. Keating • (ss)
• Bewitched by Darkness • K. G. McAbee • (ss)
• The Bewitched Jacket • Dino Buzzati • (ss)
• Bewreathed • Margaret B. Maron • (ss)
• Beyond a Shadow • Susanne Shaphren • (ss)
• Beyond All Suspicion • Seicho Matsumoto • (ss)
• Beyond Dog • Pat Jordan • (nv)
• Beyond Endurance • Lee Schultz • (ss)
• Beyond Insulin • J. J. Connington • (ss)
• Beyond Justice • Robert Leslie Bellem • (nv)
• Beyond Reasonable Doubt • Robert C. Dennis • (ss)
• Beyond the Call of Beauty • Will Murray • (ss)
• Beyond the Last Blue Mountains • R. Thurston Hopkins • (ss)
• Beyond the Lost Man Mountains • Anne Weston • (nv)
• Beyond the Reef • Patricia Moyes • (ss)
• Beyond the Shadow of a Dream • Craig Rice • (nv)
• Beyond the Wall • Ambrose Bierce • (ss)
• Bianca and the Seven Sleuths • James Powell • (ss)
• Bible Belt • L. P. Klener • (ss)
• Bibliography • Gerald Kersh • (bi)
• Bibliography • David Skene-Melvin • (bi)
• Bibliography • Misc. • (bi)
• Bibliography: A 1995 Yearbook • Edward D. Hoch • (bi)
• Bibliography: A 1996 yearbook • Edward D. Hoch • (bi)
• Bibliography: A 1997 Yearbook • Edward D. Hoch • (bi)
• Bibliophile • Raymond Steiber • (ss)
• The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste • Dorothy L. Sayers • (ss)
• Bickmore Deals with the Duchess • J. S. Fletcher • (ss)
• Bier on the Rocks • Charles Ventura • (ss)
• The Big Bailout • R. T. Lawton • (ss)
• Big Bang • Ron Goulart • (ss)
• The Big Bite • Bill Pronzini • (nv)
• The Big Black Dildo • Simon Sheppard • (ss)
• The Big Blonde • Colin Conway • (ss)
• Big Blonde • Dorothy Parker • (nv)
• Big Boss of the Tank! • Elliot Gilbert • (ss)
• Big Boy, Little Boy • Simon Brett • (nv)
• Big BrainsÀBig Dough! • Ed Lacy • (ss)
• The Big Break • Lionel Booker • (ss)
• Big Bucks • Ernest Tidyman • (ex)
• The Big Bunco • William Bankier • (ss)
• Big City • Bill James • (ss)
• The Big Clock • Kenneth Fearing • (n.)
• The Big Dance • Tom Verde • (ss)
• The Big Day • Ed McBain • (ss)
• The Big Deal • William Logan • (ss)
• The Big Downtown • Jack McDevitt • (na)
• The Big Dream • Evan Hunter • (ss)
• The Big Empty • Judith L. Post • (ss)
• Big End Blues • Margaret Murphy • (ss)
• The Big Fairy Tale Sleep • Dominic Cadden • (ss)
• The Big Fish • Kim Newman • (nv)
• The Big Five • Joseph Wallace • (ss)
• The Big Five-O • Gillian Linscott • (ss)
• The Big Fix • Ray Mangum • (ss)
• Big Foot Stole My Wife! • Joan Hess • (nv)
• The Big Good-bye • Carroll Mayers • (ss)
• The Big Kick • Richard F. Watson • (ss)
• The Big Knockover • Dashiell Hammett • (na)
• The Big League • Stephen D. Rogers • (ss)
• The Big Lie • Peter Corris • (ss)
• The Big Lonely • William Bankier • (ss)
• The Big Money • Robert Arthur • (ss)
• The Big Nap • Jon L. Breen • (vi)
• The Big Novel • Natasha Cooper • (ar)
• The Big O • Vicki Hendricks • (ss)
• The Big One • Betty Ren Wright • (ss)
• Big Ranch • John Salter • (ss)
• The Big Road • Steve Hockensmith • (ss)
• The Big Rock Candy Mountains • Michael Collins • (ss)
• The Big Score • James Gordon White • (ss)
• The Big Sequel • William Sanders • (ar)