Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

LIGHTNER, A. M. (chron.) (continued)

• * The Matador Murder, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1983

LILIENTHAL, DAVID ELI (Jr.) (1927- ); see pseudonym David Ely (chron.)

LIMA, MARIA Y. (books) (chron.)

• * The Butler Didn’t Do It, (ss) Chesapeake Crimes, ed. Donna Andrews, Quiet Storm Books 2004

LIMÓN, MARTIN (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Ascom City, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1992
• * The Beast from the Western Steppes, (ss) EQMM Feb 2005
• * The Blackmarket Detail, (ss) AHMM Jan 1991
  • Murder Takes a Holiday, ed. Cynthia Manson, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * Blood Write, (ss) AHMM Nov 1990
• * A Coffin of Rice, (ss) AHMM Jun 1990
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * The Cold Yellow Sea, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004
• * A Crust of Rice, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2005
• * Death of an Aztec Princess, (nv) AHMM Jun 2005
• * Dragon’s Teeth [George Sueno; Ernie Bascom], (nv) AHMM Oct 2005
• * The Filial Wife, (ss) AHMM Mar 2003
• * The Gray Asian Sky, (nv) AHMM Oct 1991
• * The Inn of the Marauding Swine, (ss) AHMM Sep 1994
• * The Inn of the Sleeping Dragon, (ss) AHMM Jan 1993
• * Inspector of the Five White Horses, (ss) AHMM Aug 1993
• * A Jar of Bean Paste [Kimiko], (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005
• * Lady of the Snow, (ss) AHMM Jun 1993
• * The Mists of the Southern Seas, (nv) AHMM Jun 1994
• * The Mysterious Mr. Kim, (ss) AHMM Apr 2002
• * Night of the Moon Goddess, (ss) AHMM Oct 1994
• * The Opposite of O [George Sueno; Ernie Bascom], (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2008
• * Payday, (ss) AHMM Feb 1998
• * A Piece of Rice Cake, (ss) AHMM Jun 1991
• * Princess of the Red Silk, (ss) EQMM Feb 2001
• * Pusan Nights, (ss) AHMM May 1991
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * Seoul Mourning, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• * Seoul Story, (ss) AHMM Jan 1992
• * A Tale of the Hermit Kingdom, (ss) AHMM Dec 1992
• * The Widow Po, (nv) AHMM Sep 2003
• * The Woman from Hamhung, (ss) AHMM Jul 1991
• * Yen, (ss) AHMM Jun 2000

_____, [ref.]

• * Conversation with Martin Limón, (iv) AHMM Jan/Feb 2004

LIMONCELLI, ROSANNE (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Up a Tree, (vi) AHMM Mar 1995

LINAWEAVER, BRAD(ford Swain) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Clutter, (ss) Psycho-Paths, ed. Robert Bloch, Tor 1991

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865) (chron.)

• * The Trailor Murder Mystery, (ar) Quincy, Illinois Whig Apr 15 1846
  • EQMM Mar 1952
  • Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Charles Ardai, Galahad 1991
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

LINDLEY, STEVE (chron.)

• * Death Takes Center Stage, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2008
• * An Exchange of Gifts, (ss) AHMM Apr 1985
• * Extended Family, (ss) AHMM Mar 1992
• * Friend and Mentor, (ss) AHMM Mar 1999
• * “Ghosts,” He Said, (nv) AHMM Feb 1995
• * Hallway Dog, (nv) AHMM Apr 1998
• * Hit and Run, (ss) AHMM Feb 1986
• * A Little Quiet Dignity, (ss) AHMM Jun 1987
• * The Mislaid Treasure of Dancing Bare, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1985
• * Night Work, (ss) AHMM Jan 1998
• * Santa’s Slaying, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1984
• * The Secret Brunette, (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• * Slow Thaw at Carlsen Bay, (nv) AHMM Jan 1996
• * The System, (ss) AHMM Jul 1985
• * The Void, (ss) AHMM Oct 2003
• * Yet One More Dying Message, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984

LINDSAY, PHILIP (1906-1958) (chron.)

• * from The Mainspring of Murder, (ex) 1958
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

LINDSEY, DAVID L(ance) (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Heat from Another Sun [Stuart Haydon], (ex) 1984
  • Lone Star Sleuths, ed. Bill Cunningham, Steven L. Davis & Rollo K. Newsom, University of Texas Press 2007

LINDSEY, JOHN; pseudonym of John St. Clair Muriel, (1909- ) (chron.)

• * You Wouldn’t Understand, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

LINDSKOLD, JANE M. (chron.)

• * The Road to Stony Creek, (nv) The Blue and the Gray Undercover, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Slaying the Serpent, (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001

LINEAWEAVER, MARION (chron.)

• * A Shroud with a Silver Lining, (ss) New Detective Magazine May 1950
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

LININGTON, (Barbara) ELIZABETH (1921-1988); see pseudonym Dell Shannon (chron.)

LINK, KELLY (Denise) (1969- ) (chron.)

• * Catskin, (nv) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

LINK, NINA B. (chron.)

• * The Cat Man, (ss)
  • Reader’s Digest Mystery Top-Picks, ed. Judith Hatch, Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader’s Digest Educational Division 1977

LINK, WILLIAM (1933- ) (chron.)

• * Account Closed, (ss) AHMM Nov 2007
• * Artist’s Proof, (ss) EQMM Aug 1996
• * Child’s Play (with Richard Levinson), (ss) AHMM Jan 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * Crack in a Crystal Ball, (ss) EQMM Nov 1997
• * The End of an Era (with Richard Levinson), (ss) AHMM Jan 1962; also as “New Columbo”.
  • The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes, ed. Peter Haining, Robinson 1998
• * The Good Father, (ss) EQMM May 2008
• * The Good Samaritan, (ss) EQMM Aug 1997
• * The Man in the Lobby (with Richard Levinson), (ss) AHMM Jun 1966
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * Man on a Mission, (ss) EQMM Nov 2005
• * Memory and Murder, (ss) AHMM Apr 1996
• * Murder Medium Rare, (ss) EQMM Aug 2006
• * New Columbo (with Richard Levinson) [“The End of an Era”], (ss) AHMM Jan 1962
  • Crime Movies 2, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1997
• * Next of Kin, (ss) AHMM Sep 2006
• * Queen, Two Jacks, (ss) EQMM May 1997
• * Santa with Sunglasses, (ss) EQMM Jan 2008
• * Sorcerer’s Apprentice, (ss) EQMM Feb 1998
• * Where Do the Balloons Go?, (ss) EQMM Jan 1998

LINKLATER, J. LANE; pseudonym of Alex Watkins, (1899?-1983?) (chron.)

• * Blind Date, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Mar 1945
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

LINSCOTT, GILLIAN (1944- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Late Orang Outang [Holmes Sherlock], (nv) Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2006
• * The Ballad of Gentleman Jem, (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• * The Big Five-O, (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
• * A Blessing of Frogs, (nv) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
• * The Day of Two Cars, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• * A Dead Language, (ss) EQMM Feb 1999
• * Death of a Dead Man, (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 3, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1993
  • More Murders for the Fireside, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Pan 1994
  • EQMM mid-Dec 1994
  • Murder Most British, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * Dialogue, (ss) Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
• * Drowned Ophelia, (ss) EQMM Jul 1996
• * For All the Saints, (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Gracious Silence, (ss) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
• * The Hansom for Mr. Holmes [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Murder in Baker Street, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Heart Scarab, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002
• * A Horse for My Kingdom, (ss) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000
• * Killing the Critic, (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• * The Marshalsea Handicap, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2007
• * Next Christmas at Dingley Dell, (nv) Death by Dickens, ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime 2004
• * Original Sin, (ss) Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
• * Poison Peach, (nv) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
  • Murder Most Delectable, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000
• * Poisoned with Politeness [Thomas Ludlow; Harry Leather], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Rock of Ages, (nv) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998
• * A Scandal in Winter [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley 1996
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004
• * Wingless Pegasus [Thomas Ludlow], (ss) EQMM Aug 1996
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006

LINSLEY, CLYDE (T., Jr.) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Beede and the Barefoot Body, (ss) Chesapeake Crimes III, ed. Donna Andrews & Marcia Talley, Wildside Press 2008

LINZEE, DAVID (Augustine Anthony) (1952- ); see pseudonym David August (chron.)

• * Bloody Island, (ss) AHMM Mar 2007
• * The Deep Pocket, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982

LIPARULO, ROBERT (1961- ) (chron.)

• * Kill Zone [Byron Stone], (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

LIPMAN, CLAYRE (1913-1979) (chron.)

• * My Last Book (with Michel Lipman), (ss) Twenty Great Tales of Murder, ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random 1951
  • The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1958
• * Priest Hole (with Michel Lipman), (ss)
  • Verdict Crime Detection Magazine Nov 1956

LIPMAN, LAURA (chron.)

• * Female Private Eyes, (ar) Crime Time #23 2001

LIPMAN, MICHEL (Martin) (1913- ) (chron.)

• * My Last Book (with Clayre Lipman), (ss) Twenty Great Tales of Murder, ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random 1951
  • The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi 1958
• * Priest Hole (with Clayre Lipman), (ss)
  • Verdict Crime Detection Magazine Nov 1956

LIPPMAN, JACKI (chron.)

• * Wedded Bliss, (pm) EQMM Nov 1990

LIPPMAN, LAURA (1959- ) (books) (chron.)

• * A.R.M. and the Woman, (ss) DC Noir, ed. George Pelecanos, Akashic Books 2006; (Chevy Chase, N.W. ).
• * The Babysitter’s Code, (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2003
  • Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology, ed. Anthony Neil Smith, Dennis McMillan 2005
• * Coda, (ss) Killer Year: Stories to Die For, ed. Lee Child, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008
• * The Crack Cocaine Diet (Or: How to Lose a Lot of Weight and Change Your Life in Just One Weekend), (ss) The Cocaine Chronicles, ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon, Akashic Books 2005
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006
• * Dear Penthouse Forum (a First Draft), (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
• * Easy As A-B-C, (ss) Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006; (Locust Point).
• * Femme Fatale, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Chesapeake Crimes, ed. Donna Andrews, Quiet Storm Books 2004
• * A Good **** Spoiled, (ss) Murder in the Rough, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
  • Expletive Deleted, ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books 2007
• * The Half Monty [Tess Monaghan], (sl) Thrilling Detective (online) Win 2000, Mar 2001
• * Hardly Knew Her, (ss) Dead Man’s Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table, ed. Otto Penzler, Harcourt 2007
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006
  • Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, ed. Otto Penzler, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2007
• * One True Love, (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2007, ed. Carl Hiaasen, Houghton Mifflin 2007
• * Orphans Court [Tess Monaghan], (ss) First Cases, Volume 3, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1999
• * Pony Girl, (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (Treme).
  • A Prisoner of Memory: And 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Pegasus 2008
• * Ropa Vieja, (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001
• * The Shoeshine Man’s Regrets [Tess Monaghan], (ss) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2005, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin 2005
• * The Honor Bar, (ss)
  • Dublin Noir, ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books 2006
• * What He Needed, (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002

LIPSCOMB, ADRIAN (chron.)

• * A Sort of the Truth, (ss) AHMM Aug 1991

LISPECTOR, CLARICE (1924-1977) (chron.)

• * Pig Latin, (vi) Soulstorm, New Directions 1974
  • New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993; tr. by Alexir Levitin

LISS, DAVID (1966- ) (chron.)

• * The Double Dealer [Banjamin Weaver], (ss) Thriller, ed. James Patterson, MIRA Books 2006

LISTER, MICHAEL (1968- ) (books) (chron.)

• * In a Spider’s Web [*Jimmy “Soldier” Riley], (ss) North Florida Noir, ed. Michael Lister, Pottersville Press 2006
• * Mitigating Circumstances, (ss) North Florida Noir, ed. Michael Lister, Pottersville Press 2006

LISTER, VANN ANSON (chron.)

• * Seven Graves for Sinbad, (ss) Night Cry Sum 1986; also as “The Seventh Grave”.
• * The Seventh Grave [“Seven Graves for Sinbad”], (ss) Night Cry Sum 1986
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991