Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

WOOLRICH, CORNELL (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * The Penny-a-Worder, (nv) EQMM Sep 1958
  • Tonight, Somewhere in New York: The Last Stories and an Unfinished Novel, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * The Phantom of the Subway [“You Pays Your Nickel”], (nv) Argosy Aug 22 1936
  • EQMM Jun 1983
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992
• * The Poor Girl, (na)
  • Tonight, Somewhere in New York: The Last Stories and an Unfinished Novel, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Post-Mortem, (nv) Black Mask Apr 1940
  • The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus, Penguin USA 1998
• * Rear Window [“It Had to Be Murder”, as by William Irish], (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1942
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
  • Crime Movies, ed. Peter Haining, Severn House 1996
  • The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus, Penguin USA 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * Rear Window and Four Short Novels, (co) New York: Ballantine 1984; also as “Rear Window and Other Stories”.
• * Rear Window and Other Stories [“Rear Window and Four Short Novels”], (co) New York: Ballantine 1984
  • The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus, Penguin USA 1998
• * Three Kills for One, (nv) Black Mask Jul 1942; also as “Two Murders, One Crime”.
  • Night & Fear, Carroll & Graf 2003
• * Three O’Clock, (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 1 1938
  • The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus, Penguin USA 1998
• * Through a Dead Man’s Eye, (nv) Black Mask Dec 1939
  • Night & Fear, Carroll & Graf 2003
• * Tonight, Somewhere in New York, (uw)
  • Tonight, Somewhere in New York: The Last Stories and an Unfinished Novel, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Too Nice a Day to Die, (ss) The Dark Side of Love, Walker 1965
  • Tonight, Somewhere in New York: The Last Stories and an Unfinished Novel, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Two Murders, One Crime [“Three Kills for One”], (nv) Black Mask Jul 1942
  • Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters, ed. Otto Penzler, Quercus 2006
  • Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, ed. Otto Penzler, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2007
• * Waltz Into Darkness [as by William Irish], (n.) J.B. Lippincott 1947
  • The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus, Penguin USA 1998
• * What the Well Dressed Corpse Will Wear [Inspector Evans], (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1944; also as “The Body of a Well-Dressed Woman”.
• * You Bet Your Life, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 25 1937
  • Night & Fear, Carroll & Graf 2003
• * You Pays Your Nickel, (nv) Argosy Aug 22 1936; also as “The Phantom of the Subway”.

_____, [ref.]

• * “Reading Woolrich” by Richard A. Lupoff, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Apr 1989

WOOTON, CARL (chron.)

• * Harmony’s Song, (ss) EQMM Sep 1988

WOOTTON, ADRIAN (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • Black Friday, David Goodis, London: Serpent’s Tail 2006

WORCESTER, WAYNE (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Sweet Rewards [Dr. Watson; Sherlock Holmes], (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM (1770-1850) (chron.)

• * from The Prelude, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

WORTH, L. S. (chron.)

• * Marijuana Vice Trap, (ss) Vice Squad Detective 1933
  • Private Detective Stories Jul 2007

WORTS, GEORGE F(rank) (1892-1967); see pseudonym Loring Brent (chron.)

WOTTON, MABEL E. (chron.)

• * My First Patient, (ss) A Pretty Radical and other stories 1890
  • 12 Mystery Stories, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998

WOZNICK, LEIGH (chron.)

• * The Mystery Crossword, (pz) EQMM Mar, Apr, Nov 1993, May 1994, Nov 1995, Jan 1996, Jun 1998
• * The Mystery Crossword: Outis? or The Father of Mystery, (pz) EQMM Jun 2000

WREN, LASSITER (chron.)

• * The Elevated Transit Mystery (with Randle McKay), (ss) The First Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1928
  • The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1933
• * The Evidence on the Japanned Box (with Randle McKay), (ss) The First Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1928
  • The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1933
• * Unsolved:
  ___ The Gangster’s Valet (with Randle McKay), (pz) The Third Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1930
  • AHMM Feb 1990
  
  ___ The Inspector Marquard’s Quandary (with Randle McKay), (pz) The Third Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1930
  • AHMM May 1990
  
  ___ The Invitation to Crime (with Randle McKay), (pz) The Third Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1930
  • AHMM Apr 1990
  
  ___ (untitled) (with Randle McKay), (pz) The Third Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1930
  • AHMM Mar 1990
• * Who Murdered Ellington Breese? (with Randle McKay), (ss) The First Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1928
  • The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1933

WREN, M. K.; pseudonym of Martha Kay Renfroe, (1938- ) (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “An Interview with M. K. Wren” by J. Alec West, (iv) Murderous Intent Sum 1997

WREN, P(ercival) C(hristopher) (1885-1941) (chron.)

• * The Dead Hand, (ss) Stepsons of France, Murray 1917
  • Mystery, ed. A. K. Barton, London: Dent 1937
• * Presentiments, (ss) Good Gestes, Murray 1929
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994

WRIGHT, BETTY REN (1927- ) (chron.)

• * The Big One, (ss) AHMM Apr 23 1980
• * Born-Again Killer, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1980
• * The Lazarus Light, (ss) The Saint Magazine Jul 1984
• * Morning Song, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982
• * The Survivor, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1982
• * The Way It Was, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1983

WRIGHT, CHRIS (chron.)

• * Murder at the Snakepit Ball, (ss) Racing Can Be Murder, ed. Brenda R. Stewart & Tony Perona, Blue River Press 2007

WRIGHT, DAPHNE (1951- ); see pseudonym Natasha Cooper (chron.)

WRIGHT, E. E. (chron.)

• * Stolen Gun, Stolen Life, (ss) Hardboiled #5 1986

WRIGHT, ERIC (1929- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Bedbugs, (ss) Das Magazin Apr 26 1996
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Boatman [“Start with a Tree”], (ss) Paper Guitar, ed. Karen Muhallen 1995
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Casebook of Dr. Billingsgate, (ss) New Mystery, ed. Jerone Charyn, Dutton 1993
• * Caves of Ice, (ss) EQMM Mar 2002
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Cure, (ss) Fingerprints, ed. Beverley Beetham-Endersby, Toronto: Irwin 1984
  • Bloody York, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1996
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Duke, (ss) 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1993
  • Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Duty Free, (ss) Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1994
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Hephaestus, (ss) Cold Blood II, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1989
  • The Best of Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers & John North, Mosaic Press 1998
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Introduction, (in)
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Introduction (with Howard Engel), (in)
  • Criminal Shorts, ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada 1992
• * An Irish Jig, (ss) The Globe and Mail Dec 22 2001
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Jackpot [“Looking for an Honest Man”], (ss) Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1987
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Kaput, (ss) Mistletoe Mysteries, Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1989
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Lady from Prague, (ss) Cold Blood IV, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1992
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * The Lady of Shalott [Insp. Charlie Salter], (na) A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Licensed Guide, (ss) Criminal Shorts, ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada 1992
  • Over the Edge, ed. Peter Sellers & Robert J. Sawyer, Pottersfield Press 2000
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Lodgings for the Night, (ss) A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
  • Lodgings for the Night, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Looking for an Honest Man, (ss) Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1987; also as “Jackpot”.
  • Arthur Ellis Awards, ed. Peter Sellers, Canada: Quarry Press 1999
• * One of a Kind, (ss) Secret Tales of the Arctic Trails, ed. David Skene-Melvin, Simon & Pierre 1997
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Reunion, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005
• * Start with a Tree, (ss) Paper Guitar, ed. Karen Muhallen 1995; also as “The Boatman”.
• * Twins, (ss) A Suit of Diamonds, ed. Anon., Collins 1990
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Two in the Bush, (ss) Christmas Stalkings, ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1991
  • Arthur Ellis Awards, ed. Peter Sellers, Canada: Quarry Press 1999
  • A Killing Climate, Crippen & Landru 2003
• * Undercover, (ss) Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995

WRIGHT, GILBERT (Munger) (1901-?) (chron.)

• * Madman’s Chain, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 5 1955
  • AHMM Apr 1998

WRIGHT, JOSEPH E. (1928- ) (chron.)

• * Telly’s Question, (ss) EQMM Dec 1989

WRIGHT, KEITH (1948- ) (chron.)

• * From the Cradle, (ss) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997
• * The Missing Link, (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996

WRIGHT, LINDA K. (chron.)

• * American Gothic, (vi) After Hours Sum 1990
  • Out For Blood: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1995
• * A Neighborly Gesture, (ss) Out For More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women, ed. Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith M. Redding, Chicago: Third Side Press 1996
• * The Play’s the Thing, (ar) Murderous Intent Spr 1998
• * Psycho Sherlock Meets Watson’s Ghost, (ar) Murderous Intent Sum 1997

WRIGHT, NANCY MEANS (c1938- ) (chron.)

• * Fire and Ice, (na) Crimes of Passion, ed. Anon., Worldwide Mystery 2002

WRIGHT, RICHARD (Nathaniel) (1908-1960) (chron.)

• * The Man Who Killed a Shadow [France, 1946], (ss) 1949
  • Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995

WRIGHT, SEAN M. (chron.)

• * An Irregular History [Sherlock Holmes], (ar) Mystery Mar 1981

WRIGHT, SEWELL PEASLEE (1897-1970) (chron.)

• * A Shriek in the Night, (ss) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr/May 1929

WRIGHT, STEVE; [i.e., Stephen William Wright] (1951- ) (chron.)

• * And Then She Kissed Him, (nv) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993
• * Mr. Brown Beats Inflation, (ss) Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993; based on “The Qantas Bomb Hoax” case.
• * The Three of Spades, (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
• * Winston Goes Straight, (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991

WRIGHT, THOMAS (1859-1936) (chron.)

• * A Sea Above the Sky, (nf) Ten Thousand Wonderful Things, ed. Edmund Fillingham King, Routledge
  • Mystery Stories, ed. Helen Cresswell, Kingfisher 1996

WU, WILLIAM F(ranking) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * The Hungry Ghost of Panamint, (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998

WUESCHER, KIM (chron.)

• * Getting Away with Murder, (ss)
  • Detective Mystery Stories #46 2004

WYANT, DEVONA R. (chron.)

• * A Lead Pipe Cinch, (pm) EQMM Aug 2002

WYCKOFF, JAMES (chron.)

• * The Door Between, (ss) Story #1, ed. Whit Burnett & Hallie Burnett, David McKay 1951
  • The Tough Ones, ed. Whit Burnett & Hallie Burnett, Popular Library Eagle 1954

WYCKOFF, WILL (chron.)

• * A Christmas Story, (ss) Hardboiled #9 1988
• * A Night Out, (ss) Hardboiled #8 1987

WYDRA, FRANK T(homas) (1939- ) (chron.)

• * Doorway to Heaven [Matt Jaxon], (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
• * My Funny Valentine [Gabe Sparks], (nv) EQMM Aug 2007
• * Street Justice, (ss) AHMM Oct 2007

WYLDE, THOMAS (Clarke) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Graphic Proof, (ss) AHMM Jul 1986

WYLLARDE, DOLF; pseudonym of Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes, (1871?-1950) (chron.)

• * Ellison’s Christmas Dinner, (ss) Tropical Tales 1909
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara 1990

WYLLIE, MARION FIELDS (chron.)

• * The Skinflinter Mystery, (ss) The Mysterious Bruce, ed. Anon., The Brucedale Press 1997

WYNDHAM, JOHN; pseudonym of John Beynon Harris, (1903-1969) (chron.)

• * Confidence Trick, (ss) Fantastic Jul/Aug 1953
  • AHMM May 1999

WYNN, DOUGLAS (chron.)

• * A Reasonable Doubt, (ar) 1991
  • Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992
• * Who Fired the Fatal Shots?, (ar) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995

WYNN, ROBERT H. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Undercover, (vi) AHMM Oct 1997

WYNN, STEVE (chron.)

_____, [ref.]

• * “Hard-boiled Bard: The Pulp Legacy of Steve Wynn” by Gene Gregorits, (ar) Plots with Guns Sum 2004

WYNNE, ANTHONY; pseudonym of Robert McNair Wilson, (1882-1963) (chron.)

• * The Cyprian Bees [Dr. Eustace Hailey], (ss) Flynn’s Detective Fiction Feb 6 1926
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987
• * The Tinkle of the Bells [Dr. Eustace Hailey], (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Jun 1926
  • AHMM Sep 1998

WYNNE, DON (chron.)

• * The Pharaoh’s Chickens, (sl) Detective Mystery Stories #49, #50, #51, #52, #53 2004

WYNNE-JONES, TIM(othy) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * What Happened to Baby Roo?, (ss) Criminal Shorts, ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada 1992