Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Title

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Old Rex • Joy V. Smith • (ss)
Old Saying • John Lutz • (ss)
An Old School Friend • Robin Hathaway • (ss)
The Old Shell Collector • H. R. F. Keating • (nv)
The Old Shell Game • Al Kuhfeld • (ss)
Old Soldiers • Brendan DuBois • (ss)
Old Soldiers • Clark Howard • (ss)
The Old Spies Club • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
The Old Squad • Dick Stodghill • (ss)
The Old Story • Liza Cody • (ss)
Old Straight Shooter • John Scott Douglas • (ss)
Old Sultan • Mat Coward • (ss)
Old Times • Alick Newman • (ss)
Old Times Remembered • David D. Jones • (ss)
Old Tin Sorrows • Glen Cook • (n.)
Old Tricks Do the Trick • Stephen D. Rogers • (pm)
The Old Truck • Nora Lyon • (ss)
The Old Ways • Ed Gorman • (ss)
Old Ways • Barbara W. Malenky • (ss)
The Old Wife’s Tale • Gillian Roberts • (ss)
Old Willie • William P. McGivern • (ss)
The Old Woman and the Sea • James W. Hall • (rr)
The Old Woman Who Lived with a Bear • Avram Davidson • (nv)
Old Wounds Cut the Deepest • Robert Petyo • (ss)
Old Year Tramp • Kate Grilley • (ss)
Old-Timers’ Game • Jon L. Breen • (ss)
Older Than the Rocks • Gwendoline Butler • (ss)
The Oldest Established, Permanent Floating • Mary Monica Pulver • (ss)
The Oldest Killer • Michael Collins • (ss)
Oldest Living Serial Killer Tells All • John R. Platt • (ss)
Oldest Profession • Robert Turner • (ss)
The Oldest Trick in the Book • John H. Dirckx • (ss)
The Oldest Trick in the World • Michael Stephenson • (ss)
Oleander • Dan Crawford • (ss)
The Oleander • Miriam Allen deFord • (ss)
The O’Leary Conspiracy • Jack Ritchie • (ss)
Olga Mesmer • Watt Dell • (cs)
Oliphants Can Remember • Susan Moody • (ss)
The Olive Grove • Guy de Maupassant • (nv)
Olúo • Arnaldo Correa • (ss)
The Ominous Stroll • David Braly • (ss)
Omit Flowers • Morris Hershman • (ss)
OMJAGOD • James Grady • (nv)
On “Scowrer” • Anthony Boucher • (ar)
On a Beautiful Summer’s Day, He Was • Robert R. McCammon • (ss)
On a Bicycle Made for Two • Keith Miles • (ss)
On a Clear Day, You Can See Night • Dan Crawford • (vi)
On a Dark October • Joe R. Lansdale • (ss)
On a Day Unknown • Anthony Boucher • (ar)
On a Day When I’m Brave • William Bankier • (ss)
On a Dead Man’s Chest • Michael Gilbert • (nv)
On a Gray Day • Lenora K. Rogers • (vi)
On a Halt Horse • Dan Crawford • (vi)
On a Roll • Alfred A. Blanchard • (ss)
On a Winning Streak • Tom Nolan • (bg)
On Account of Darkness • Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini • (ss)
On Christmas Day in the Morning • Margery Allingham • (ss)
On Death Row • Steven Peters • (ss)
On Different Tracks • Michael Scott Cain • (ss)
On Duty with Inspector Field • Charles Dickens • (ss)
On File • Richard Walton • (cl)
On File: Churchill’s Little Chickens • Richard Walton • (cl)
On File: Daughter of Delilah • Richard Walton • (cl)
On File: The Black Madonna • Richard Walton • (cl)
On File: The Spider and the Fly • Richard Walton • (cl)
On Judgment Day • John Lutz • (ss)
On Killymoon • Ron Carlson • (ss)
On Lookout • Barbara Owens • (ss)
On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts • Thomas de Quincey • (ar)
On My Honor • Barbara D’Amato • (n.)
On My Mark • Stephen D. Rogers • (pm)
On Our Cover • Ed Emshwiller • (ms)
On Our Cover • Milton Glasser • (ms)
On Our Cover • Misc. • (ms)
On Our Cover: A Profile of Maria Bello • Steven E. Steinbock • (bg)
On Our Cover: The Work of John Salter • John Salter • (bg)
On Our Cover: The Work of John Salter • Misc. • (bg)
On Pilgrimage • Terence Faherty • (nv)
On Principle • Henry Cecil • (ss)
On Reading the Daughter of Time for the Third Time as Well • Neil Cameron • (pm)
On Saturday the Siren Sounds at Noon • Ann Petry • (ss)
On Service • Stanley Pelgrave Brown • (ss)
On Slay Down • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
On Soi Arab • Mithran Smasundrum • (ss)
On the Battlements • Antonia Fraser • (ss)
On the Beach • Chas. J. Thorpe • (ss)
On the Black Dahlia Case • David Goodis • (ar)
On the Bog • Patrick O’Brian • (ss)
On the Books • Miles M. Merwin • (cl)
On the Border • Lucius Shepard • (nv)
On the Brighton Road • Richard Middleton • (ss)
On the CB • Jack Polk • (ss)
On the Centenary of Ellery Queen • Jon L. Breen • (ar)
On the Down Low: How a Buffy Fan Fell in Love with Veronica Mars • Lynne Edwards • (ar)
On the Edge • John Freeland • (ss)
On the Edge • Irina Muravyona • (ss)
On the Heir • Hal Blythe • (ss)
On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth • Thomas de Quincey • (ar)
On the Late Massacre in Piedmont • John Milton • (pm)
On the Later Tales • Edgar W. Smith • (ar)
On the Prod • Livia J. Washburn • (nv)
On the Psychiatrist’s Couch • Reginald Hill • (ss)
On the Rocks • Joe L. Hensley • (ss)
On the Rocks • J. A. Konrath • (ss)
On the Safe Side • Priscilla Masters • (ss)
On the Sea: A Sailor’s Story • Anton Chekhov • (ss)
On the Sidewalk Bleeding • Evan Hunter • (ss)
On the Sidewalk, Bleeding • Ed McBain • (ss)
On the Street Again • Dan Crawford • (nv)
On the Take • Carolyn Wheat • (ss)
On the Trail of Jack the Ripper • Paul Begg • (ar)
On the Turning Up of Unidentified Black Female Corpses • Toi Derricotte • (pm)
On the Upgrade Curve • Phyllis Benson • (ss)
On the Venus Run • Grayson M. Stephens • (ss)
On the Way to the Store • Anne Weston • (ss)
On the Wings of Angel • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • (nv)
On the Wire • Andrew Helfer • (ss)
On Trial • David Aivaz • (pm)
On Viewing the Olivier Version of the Tragedy of Richard III for the Third Time • Neil Cameron • (pm)
On Windy Ridge • Margaret B. Maron • (ss)
On Wings of Disaster • Arnold Evan Ewart • (na)
On Wings of Love • Carol Anne Davis • (ss)
Once a Writer... • Robert Cenedella • (ss)
Once Aboard the Eagle • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
Once Burned • S. J. Rozan • (nv)
Once Burned—Twice Shy • John F. Dobbyn • (ss)
Once in a Lifetime • Margery Allingham • (ss)
Once More the Butler • Ted Singer • (ss)
Once More, Lazarus • Héctor Tobar • (nv)
Once They Were Monarchs • James Van Pelt • (ss)
Once to Every Woman • Carolyn Darling • (ss)
Once Upon a Midnight Dreary • Carmen Fisher • (ss)
Once Upon a Time • Amanda Cross • (ss)
Once Upon a Time • Peter Massarelli • (ss)
Once Upon a Time • Peter Turnbull • (ss)
Once Upon a Time... • William F. Nolan • (ss)
Once Upon a Train • Stuart Palmer & Craig Rice • (nv)
Once, Twice, Dead • R. T. Lawton • (ss)
The Once-in-a-Lifetime Dress • Caryl Brahms • (ss)
The One • Helen Nielsen • (nv)
The One About the Green Detective • Jonathan Lethem • (ss)
One After Another • M. Christian • (ss)
The One and Only • Morris Hershman • (ss)
The One and Only East • Isaac Asimov • (ss)
One Bad Apple • Mel D. Ames • (nv)
One Bad Apple • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
One Bad Apple • Phil Lovesey • (ss)
One Bag of Coconuts • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
One Beautiful Body • Gillian Roberts • (ss)
The One Best Bet • Samuel Hopkins Adams • (nv)
One Big Happy Family • Lionel Booker • (ss)
One Big Pest • Mark Fewell • (ss)
One Blonde, Well Dead • Joe R. Lansdale • (nv)
One Can of Peaches • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
One Casualty War • Jack Petree • (ss)
One Clue • Raymond Steiber • (vi)
One Cold Dish • S. M. Harding • (ss)
One Consideration with Another • William Bankier • (ss)
One Crime Too Many • William T. Lowe • (ss)
One Day at a Time • William Bankier • (ss)
One Day at a Time • Darrell James • (ss)
One Day in August • Dorothy Hunt Schofield • (ss)
One Day of Fear • Philip Weck • (ss)
One Dead Canary • David Delman • (ss)
One Dead Ruptured Duck • Daniel Sontup • (ss)
One Deadly Sin • Anthony Marsh • (ss)
One Doll Too Many • F. J. Smith • (ss)
One Dollar Jackpot • Michael Connelly • (nv)
One Down • Carroll Mayers • (ss)
One Drop of Blood • Cornell Woolrich • (nv)
One Eye Open • Jeremiah Healy • (ss)
One Final Arrangement • Marcia Muller • (ss)
One Foot in Hell! • Bill Ryder • (ss)
One for the Home Team • Kim Harrington • (ss)
One for the Monet • David Stuart Davies • (ss)
One for the Road • Pat Dennis • (ss)
One for the Road • Robert DiFrancesco • (ss)
One for the Road • Dennis Palumbo • (nv)
One for the Road • Gigi Vernon • (ss)
One for Virgil Tibbs • John Ball • (ss)
One Good One • Chuck Hogan • (ss)
One Good Turn • Leon Griffiths • (ss)
One Good Turn • J. A. Jance • (nv)
One Gun, One Bullet • Thomas Calvert McClary • (ss)
One Hand One Bounce • Mat Coward • (ss)
One Hit Wonder • Gabrielle Kraft • (ss)
One Hot Saturday • Blanche Boshinski • (ss)
One Hour • Dashiell Hammett • (ss)
One Hour to Doom • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
One Hundred Candles • Raymond Steiber • (ss)
One Hundred in the Dark • Owen Johnson • (nv)
100 Pesos (1965) • Ross Macdonald • (uw)
One Husband Too Many! • Arnold English • (ss)
One in Every Family • Betty Nathan • (ss)
One Jump Ahead • Donald Olson • (ss)
One Last Hit • Nick Andreychuk • (ss)
One Last Picture • Sherita Saffer Campbell • (ss)
One Life Too Many • Donald Olson • (ss)
One Luckless Hour • E. Phillips Oppenheim • (ss)
One Man Invasion of Mexico • Jules Archer • (ar)
One Man’s Ceiling • Tom Corcoran • (ss)
One Man’s Family • Richard H. Hardwick • (ss)
One Man’s Meat • William F. Smith • (pm)
One Man’s Money, Another Man’s Trash • James A. Noble • (ss)
One Man’s Opinion • Ernest Savage • (ss)
One Man’s Poison • Curt Hamlin • (ss)
The $1,000,000.00 Card • Lou Wedemar • (ss)
One Mississippi • Joseph Raiche • (ss)
One Moment of Madness • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
One Monday Afternoon • Allen M. Widem • (ss)
One Month in 1907 • Frank M. Robinson • (ss)
One More Circus • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
One More Clue • Craig Rice • (nv)
One More Drink for the Runway • O. S. Flanagan • (ss)
One More for the Road • Robert Knightly • (ss)
One Morning They’ll Hang Him • Margery Allingham • (ss)

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