Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Title

• Boondoggle • Jane Ann Tun • (ss)
• Boosters • John Piwarski • (ss)
• Boot Hill Epitaph • Nick Carr • (ss)
• Boot Scoot • Diana Deverell • (ss)
• The Bootleggers • Teddy Keller • (ss)
• Boots • Antonia Fraser • (ss)
• The Booty and the Beast • Day Keene • (ss)
• Boozanne, Lemme Be • Vicki Hendricks • (ss)
• The Border Crossing • Keith Combs • (ss)
• The Border-Line Case • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• A Borderline Case • Rufus King • (ss)
• Borders • Nancy Jane Moore • (ss)
• Bordersnakes • James Crumley • (ex)
• Boredom • Henry Slesar • (ss)
• Borgia by Blood • Claire Griffen • (ss)
• The Borgia Heirloom • Julian Symons • (ss)
• Born Again • H. H. Morris • (ss)
• Born Bad • Jeffery Wilds Deaver • (nv)
• Born Bad • Andrew H. Vachss • (ss)
• Born Failure • Patricia Highsmith • (ss)
• Born Gambler • Thomas Walsh • (ss)
• The Born Natural • Brynn Bonner • (ss)
• Born Untimely • Francis H. Sibson • (ss)
• Born Victim • Jeffry Scott • (ss)
• Born Victims • Edward Wellen • (ss)
• Born-Again Killer • Betty Ren Wright • (ss)
• Borough of Cemeteries • Irwin Shaw • (ss)
• Borrowed Bullets • Erle Stanley Gardner • (nv)
• Borrower of the Night • Peter Lewis • (ss)
• Borrowing Trouble • Wendy Leeds • (ss)
• The Boscombe Valley Mystery • Arthur Conan Doyle • (nv)
• Boss • Michael Z. Lewin • (vi)
• Boss Man • P. N. Elrod • (ss)
• Boss of the Big House! • Harlan Ellison • (ss)
• Boston Blackie’s Mary • Jack Boyle • (nv)
• Botanist at Bay • Edward Marston • (ss)
• Both Feet • Teri Holbrook • (ss)
• Bothered • Gil Brewer • (ss)
• The Bothersome Business of the Dutch Nativity • Derek Wilson • (nv)
• The Bottle • Nick Carr • (ss)
• The Bottle • Henry Slesar • (ss)
• Bottle Caps • Michael W. Scholl • (ss)
• The Bottle Dungeon • Antonia Fraser • (nv)
• The Bottle from the Cork • Jeffry Scott • (ss)
• The Bottle Imp • Robert Louis Stevenson • (nv)
• A Bottle of Gin • Robert Bloch • (ss)
• A Bottle of Wine • Arnold Marmor • (ss)
• The Bottle Party • H. C. Bailey • (nv)
• Bottled in Blonde • Hugh B. Cave • (ss)
• Bottom Deal • Robert Gregory Brown • (ss)
• The Bottom Line • James Grady • (ss)
• Bottom Line • Henry Slesar • (ss)
• Bottom of the Sixth • Alan Gordon • (ss)
• Bottom Walker • James Powell • (ss)
• Bottom Waltz • G. F. O’Sullivan • (ss)
• Bottomed Out • Robert Twohy • (ss)
• Bottoms Up • Patrick Scaffetti • (ss)
• Bouchercon Bound • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Bouchercon Report • Ann Byerly • (ar)
• The Bouchercon World Mystery Convention • Misc. • (ar)
• Boundary Dispute • John A. Broussard • (ss)
• Bourne Again • Stephen D. Rogers • (ss)
• The Bourne Again Bridge • Stephen D. Rogers • (ss)
• A Bout of Insomnia • Barbara W. Malenky • (ss)
• A Bout of Regret • Michael Redhill • (ss)
• The Bow of Wrath • Gerald Tomlinson • (ss)
• Bow Tide • Jayne Barnard • (ss)
• The Bowl of Night • Rosemary Edghill • (n.)
• Bowling Ball Blues • Steven McDaris • (ss)
• The Bowmen • Arthur Machen • (ss)
• The Box • Stephen Gallagher • (ss)
• The Box • Peter Rabe • (n.)
• The Boxdale Inheritance • P. D. James • (nv)
• The Boxer • Martin Edwards • (ss)
• The Boxer • Gladys Mitchell • (ss)
• Boxes • Paul Griner • (ss)
• Boxes of Hell • Elaine Menge • (ss)
• Boxes Within Boxes • Dorothy Simpson • (ss)
• Boxing Day • Nick Hassam • (ss)
• The Boxing Day Bother • Patricia Guiver • (ss)
• The Boxing Day Killer • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Boxing Unclever • Robert Barnard • (ss)
• A Boy and His Camera • Jery Tillotson • (ss)
• A Boy and His Dog • Manuel Vásquez Montalbán • (ss)
• The Boy and Man Booker • Reginald Hill • (nv)
• Boy Inside the Man • Sarah Weinman • (ss)
• A Boy Names Tzu • Kenneth Lester • (ss)
• Boy Scout • Arthur Zirul • (vi)
• Boy Scout Dough • R. J. Comer • (ss)
• The Boy Who Chased Seagulls • Michael Armstrong • (ss)
• The Boy Who Collected Poisons • Ruth Rendell • (nv)
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf • Richard Harding Davis • (ss)
• The Boy Who Cried Wolfe • Loren D. Estleman • (ss)
• The Boy Who Disappeared Clouds • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• The Boy Who Smiled • Elmore Leonard • (ss)
• The Boy Wonder of Real Estate • James Michael Ullman • (nv)
• Boyhood Dreams • Paul V. Fornatar • (ss)
• The Boys • Kathryn Ptacek • (ss)
• The Boys of Bensonhurst • Salvatore La Puma • (ss)
• Boys Will Be Boys • Joe R. Lansdale • (nv)
• Brace Yourself • Russell James • (nv)
• The Bracelet • Henry Slesar • (ss)
• A Bracelet at Bruges • Arnold Bennett • (ss)
• The Brady’s and the Black Hounds or, The Mystery of the Midas Mine • Anonymous • (nv)
• The Brady’s and the Texas Oil King or, Seeking a Clew in the Southwest • Anonymous • (nv)
• The Brady’s at Fort Yuma or, The Mix-up with the King of Mexico • Anonymous • (nv)
• The Brady’s Behind the Bars! or, Working on Blackwell’s Island • Anonymous • (nv)
• Brain Drain • Tom Condarcure • (ss)
• Brain Teaser • A. R. Cooper • (ss)
• Brains Can Kill You • Art Crockett • (ss)
• Brains Can’t Talk • Zane Gill • (ss)
• A Branch of the Service • Graham Greene • (ss)
• Brand New Boyfriend • Carol Anne Davis • (ss)
• Brand New Dead • Derek Raymond • (ss)
• Brand of Cain • Dan Gordon • (ss)
• Brand of Delinquency • Lee Shaklee • (ss)
• The Brand of Kane • Hugh B. Cave • (nv)
• Brand of the Black Bat • Norman A. Daniels • (nv)
• Brand of the Black Bat • G. Wayman Jones • (na)
• Brand of the Quanahy Clan • Val Masterson • (na)
• Branded • Gary Phillips • (ss)
• Brandy for the Parson • Geoffrey Household • (nv)
• The Brasher Girl • Ed Gorman • (nv)
• The Brass Butterfly • William Le Queux • (ss)
• The Brass Cat Is Not for Sale • William Bankier • (ss)
• The Brass Man • James Powell • (ss)
• Brass Monkey • Reginald Hill • (ss)
• The Brass Ring • Jack Matcha • (ss)
• The Brave Little Costume Designer • Les Roberts • (ss)
• Brave New Murder • H. R. F. Keating • (ss)
• Brawl on the Brazos • Aaron B. Larson • (nv)
• Brazilian Fairy Tale • Mario Kesh Navar • (ss)
• Bread Ahead • C. J. Henderson • (ss)
• Bread and Circuses • Caroline Lawrence • (nv)
• The Bread of Affliction • Michael A. Kahn • (nv)
• Bread Upon the Waters • Robert Edward Eckels • (ss)
• Break a Neck, Break a Leg: The Mystery on Stage • Tim Kelly • (ar)
• Break and Enter • Martin Simpson • (ss)
• Break Time • John Riley • (ss)
• Break-Out • Donald E. Westlake • (ss)
• Break-Up • Susan Sonde • (ss)
• Breakfast at Ojai • Robert Twohy • (nv)
• Breakfast at The Kawnbawza • Isak Romun • (ss)
• Breakfast Date • S. K. Hodson • (ss)
• Breakfast in the House of the Rising Sun • Caitlín R. Kiernan • (nv)
• Breakfast Television • Robert Barnard • (ss)
• The Breaking • Sue Sussman • (ss)
• Breaking and Entering • Henry Slesar • (ss)
• Breaking and Exiting • William G. Tapply • (ss)
• Breaking Free • William Bankier • (ss)
• Breaking In • Daniel Hatadi • (ss)
• Breakneck • Jon L. Breen • (vi)
• Breakout • Gary Alexander • (ss)
• Breakout from Mistletoe Five • James Powell • (ss)
• The Breaks • Tim L. Williams • (ss)
• Breasts • Amalia Pistilli • (ss)
• The Breath of Bast • P. N. Elrod • (ss)
• A Breath of New Life • Patrick Scaffetti • (ss)
• A Breath of Subtle Air • Tracy Albert Knight • (ss)
• Breathe Deep • Donald E. Westlake • (ss)
• Breathe In • Mat Coward • (ss)
• Breathe No More, My Lovely • John D. MacDonald • (ss)
• Breathing a Fine Stone Mist • Robert Gray • (ss)
• Breathing Free • Ralph McInerny • (ss)
• Breathless Beauty • Ellis Peters • (nv)
• Breezy Reasons It Out • Thomas Topham • (ss)
• Breia’s Diamond • Cat Collins • (nv)
• Brenda, My Star • Jim Fusilli • (ss)
• A Brendan DuBois Checklist • Misc. • (bi)
• Brent’s Experiment • William Bankier • (ss)
• Brer Foxx Rides Again • Sherrard Gray • (nv)
• Brethren of the Sea • Joan Druett • (ss)
• The Brewer’s Son • Larry Millett • (ss)
• Brianna South • R. M. Vaughan • (ss)
• Brian’s Story • Jim Nisbet • (ss)
• Bribe Money • Frank Belknap Long • (ss)
• Bribery and Corruption • Ruth Rendell • (ss)
• The Brick • Natasha Cooper • (ss)
• The Brick Overcoat • Jeffry Scott • (ss)
• The Brick Thing • Jack Fredrickson • (ss)
• The Bricklayer’s Wife • Donald Olson • (ss)
• Bridal Flowers • Dorothy Cannell • (nv)
• The Bride • Heather F. Marks • (pm)
• The Bride Cried Murder • Mignon G. Eberhart • (ss)
• A Bride for the Killer • Richard Deming • (na)
• A Bride in the Bath • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• Bride of Air and Darkness • Dan Crawford • (ss)
• The Bride of Hangstone Hill • Jeffry Scott • (ss)
• Bride of Mister Hand • Steven Nelson • (ss)
• Bride of the Rats • Donald Wandrei • (nv)
• Bride of Violence • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• Bridegoon • Laird D. Long • (ss)
• Bridey’s Caller • Judith O’Neill • (ss)
• The Bridge • Rex Grayson • (ss)
• The Bridge • Darrell James • (ss)
• The Bridge Club • Mignon F. Ballard • (ss)
• Bridge Game • Bryce Walton • (ss)
• The Bridge of Silence • John Longworth • (ss)
• The Bridge of Traded Dreams • James Powell • (ss)
• The Bridge That Broke • Maurice Leblanc • (nv)
• A Bridge Too Far • Zoë Sharp • (ss)
• A Brief History of the Bloody Tower of London • John Farman • (ar)
• Brief Nudity • Ron Goulart • (ss)
• Brief Tale • Dorothy Belle Pollack • (pm)
• Briefing Room (III) • Richard A. Lupoff • (cl)
• Briefing Room (IV) • Richard A. Lupoff • (cl)
• Briefing Room (IX) • Richard A. Lupoff • (cl)
• Briefing Room (VI) • Richard A. Lupoff • (cl)
• Briefing Room (VII) • Richard A. Lupoff • (cl)
• Briefing Room (X) • Richard A. Lupoff • (cl)
• Briefing Room (XII) • Richard A. Lupoff • (cl)
• Bright Eyes • Joy Hewitt Mann • (ss)
• Bright Hope, Dark Soul • Kathleen Dougherty • (ss)
• Bright Paint and the White-Faced Man • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• Bright Scissors, Sharp as Pain • E. J. Wagner • (ss)
• Bright White Star • Dick Francis • (ss)
• Brighten Vendetta • Eli Farkas • (ss)
• Briley Boy • Robert Mailer Anderson • (ss)
• Brillo • Ben Bova & Harlan Ellison • (nv)