Wade, Henry, (Major Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, Bart.)
--Smash and Grab, #23, July, 1945.

Wagner, Esther,
--Miss Weird-O, #205, December, 1960.

Wahlstrom, Ralph L.,
--Getting Burned, February, 1984. (author's first publication)

Walker, Alice,
--"Really, Doesn't Crime Pay?" Mid-December, 1986. (reprint)

Wallace, Edgar,
--The Man Next Door, September, 1942.
--Old Lady Who Changed Her Mind, #31, June, 1946. (reprint)
--The Man Who Sang in Church, #73, December, 1949.
--Diamond Cut Diamond, #238, September, 1963.
--The Father Christmas Job, #290, January, 1968.

Wallace, Penelope,
--The Traveling Medicine Chest, #471, October, 1982.
--Truth to Tell, #605, November, 1992.

Waller, Leslie,
--The Restless Ones, #203, October, 1960.

Wallmann, Jeffrey,
--see Pronzini, Bill, and Jeffrey Wallmann

Wallston, Robert,
--The Children of Alda Nuova, August, 1961.

Walsh, David Michael,
--The Sister Hoods, November, 1996. * (poem)

Walsh, Jackie,
--The Lavender Garden, #601, August, 1992.

Walsh, Thomas,
--Danger in the Shadows, #95, October, 1951.
--Before the Act, #119, October, 1953. (reprint)
--The Night Calhoun Was Off Duty, #125, April, 1954.
--You Can't Change Sides, #135, February, 1955.
--Callahan in Buttons, #141, August, 1955.
--Dear Lady, #172, March, 1958.
--A Chump to Hold the Bag, #173, April, 1958.
--Girl in Danger, #175, June, 1958. (aka A Girl Like Miss Henesie, 1945.)
--Terror in His Heart, #177, August, 1958.
--Always a Stranger, #190, September, 1959.
--Lady Cop, #193, December, 1959.
--Homecoming, #229, December, 1962. (reprint)
--The Killer Instinct, 1977. *
--Chance After Chance, November, 1977. Edgar
--Stakeout, March, 1978.
--The Closed Door, May, 1978.
--Paul Broderick's Man, 1979.
--The Way It Looks, July 23, 1980. *
--Leon's Last Job, October 7, 1981.
--Sitting Duck, #467, July, 1982.

Walters, Minette,
--The Tinder Box, #700, December, 1999.
--English Autumn - American Fall, #712, December, 2000.

Walton, Bryce,
--Chance for Freedom, August 12, 1981.

Warner, Lucille Schulberg,
--Contrition, #566, February, 1990.

Warner, N. Scott,
--Nice, Well-Meaning Folk, #515, March, 1986.

Washburn, L. J.,
--Medicine Tongue, #621, December, 1993.
--Double Take, December, 1995. *
--The Wireless Bluff, #677, January, 1998.

Wasylyk, Stephen,
--The Rescue of Omar Ganski, February, 1977.
--The Krowten Corners Crime Wave, March, 1978.
--One Hour of Doom, June 30, 1980.
--Middle-of-the-Night Call, October 6, 1980.
--The Katzenbacher Principle, #473, December, 1982.
--A Pint of Revenge, #600, July, 1992.
--Spousal Secrets, April, 1993.
--Parental Discretion, June, 1993.
--Anomalies, October, 1993.
--Maternal Instinct, April, 1994.
--Marital Maneuvers, #677, January, 1998.
--Generational Conflicts, #686, November, 1998. (last story)

Watts, Timothy,
--The Haircut, April, 1991.

Waugh, Evelyn,
--Mr. Loveday's Little Outing, #94, September, 1951.
--Tactical Exercise, #275, October, 1966.

Weales, Gerald,
--Fate and Aunt Lucyanne, #179, October, 1958.

Webb, Richard W.,
--see Patrick, Q.

Weber, Ralph Norman,
--The Curious Incident of the Dog, #21, March, 1945. (author's first publication)
--The Head in the Barrel, #108, November, 1952. (short short)
--The Survivor, #123, February, 1954.

Weeks, William Rawle,
--As the Hunter Feels, #178, September, 1958.

Weikart, Jim,
--Harry's Tax Charity Case, June, 1996.

Weil, Barbara Joyce,
--No Gold Watch, #481, Mid-July, 1983. (poem)

Weil, Thomas E., Jr.,
--Let the Seller Beware, #565, January, 1990.

Weiner, Rebecca,
--"Well?," #143, October, 1955.

Weinstein, Louis,
--Clean Sweep for Lou, #469, August, 1982.

Weir, Charlene M.,
--From the Fear of Our Enemies, #293, April, 1968.

Weld, Brooke,
--The Bag Man, #252, November, 1964.

Wellen, Edward,
--The Assassin, #343, June, 1972. (short short)
--A Huddle of Armchairs, #351, February, 1973.
--The Prisoner, #361, December, 1973.
--The Adventure of the Blind Alley, #415, June, 1978.
--The Man from the Fifty-Ninth, #481, Mid-July, 1983.
--Slashaxe, #513, January, 1986.

Wellman, Manly Wade,
--A Star for a Warrior, #29, April, 1946.
--A Knife Between Brothers, #39, February, 1947.

Wells, Carolyn,
--The Shakespeare Title-Page Mystery, #94, September, 1951.

Wells, H. G.,
--A Deal in Ostriches, #96, November, 1951. (reprint, short short)

Wells, J. W.,
--His First Bow, #97, December, 1951.

West, Richard,
--Hard Bargain, #117, August, 1953.

Westerlund, Vi,
--She'll Getcha, Mid-December, 1986. (poem)

Westlake, Donald E.,
--Just the Lady We're Looking For, #250, September, 1964.
--This Is Death, November, 1978. (as In At the Death, in The 13th Ghost Book, 1977.)
--The Girl of My Dreams, April, 1979. (The Midnight Ghost Book, 1978.)
--Re Porter, #467, July, 1982.
--After I'm Gone, #492, June, 1984.
--Too Many Crooks, #584, June, 1991. * (reprint from Playboy, August, 1989.) Edgar

Wharton, Edith,
--A Bottle of Perrier, #61, December, 1948. (reprint)

Wheat, Carolyn,
--Tales Out of School, June, 1996.

Wheeler, Hugh C.,
--see Patrick, Q.

White, Alison,
--The Ice Man, #621, December, 1993.
--The Looker, #672, August, 1997.
--Plumage, #694, July, 1999.
--The Bluebird, #702, February, 2000.
--The End of the Pier, #706, June, 2000.
--Mental Exercise, #720, August, 2001.

White, Edward Lucas,
--The Snout, #53, April, 1948.

White, Jonathan,
--Semper Felix, February, 1984. (poem)

White, Phyllis,
--The Deed for the Will, November, 1983. (poem)
--Stop Me If You've Heard This, #492, June, 1984. (poem)
--Prologue in Baker Street, #513, January, 1986.
--221B, Mid-December, 1986. (poem)

White, R. L.,
--In the Cool Clearing, February, 1973. (author's first publication)

Whitehead, J. W.,
--A Dark Corner, #562, November, 1989.
--A Great Society of Cars and Men, #566, February, 1990.
--Keeping It Under Control, #569, May, 1990.
--The Right Thing, #570, June, 1990.
--The White Mansion, #599, June, 1992.
--The Key Boy, #694, July, 1999.
--Manhunt, #702, February, 2000.

Whitehill, Joseph,
--The Day of the Last Rock Fight, #127, June, 1954. (author's first publication)
--Stay Away from My Mother, #141, August, 1955.

Whitfield, Raoul,
--Dead Men Tell Tales, #54, May, 1948.
--The Rainbow Murders Begin, #63, February, 1949.
--White Duck, #64, March, 1949.
--Yellow Death, #65, April, 1949.
--Red Dawn, #66, May, 1949.
--Blue Glass, #67, June, 1949. (reprint)
--They Got the Wrong Guy, #96, November, 1951. (reprint)
--A Woman Can Kill, #115, June, 1953. (reprint)

Whitman, Walt,
--One Wicked Impulse! #122, January, 1954.

Whitney, Polly,
--Hard Labor Creek, #683, July, 1998.

Whitted, Dixie J.,
--Stick-Shafted, #595-#596, March, 1992. (poem)
--To the Parole Board, #595-#596, March, 1992. (poem)
--Plea-Sing Bargain, #602, September, 1992. (poem)
--Foregone Collusion, #603-#604, October, 1992. (poem)
--Debt Blow, #606, December, 1992. (poem)

Whitted, J. C.,
--The Inconclusive Clue, #261, August, 1965. (author's first publication)

Wiegand, Dennis,
--The Street of the Buzzards, #123, February, 1954.

Wigder, Hilda,
--Bringing the Point Home, November, 1986.

Wiggin, John,
--Death on the Offbeat, #53, April, 1948.

Wilcox, Stephen F.,
--Reasonable Doubts, #667, March, 1997.

Wilde, Percival,
--P. Moran, Fire-Fighter, #23, July, 1945.
--P. Moran and the Poison Pen, #28, March, 1946.
--P. Moran, Diamond-Hunter, #29, April, 1946.
--The Witness, #53, April, 1948.
--P. Moran, Personal Observer, #93, August, 1951.

Wilhelm, Kate, (1928- )
--Reforming Ellie, #621, December, 1993.
--Christ's Tears, April, 1996.
--An Imperfect Gift, #695, August, 1999.
--Rules of the Game, #733-#734, September-October, 2002.

Wilkinson, Richard Hill,
--Tex, the Cowboy Detective, #247, June, 1964. (short short) (reprint)

Wilkinson, Ronald S.,
--The Way It Is, August 12, 1981.

Williams, Ben Ames,
--Habit, February, 1946. (overseas edition)
--His Honor, #40, March, 1947. (reprint)
--Dry-Kye, #55, June, 1948.

Williams, David,
--Take Two Husbands, #606, December, 1992.
--And Broke His Crown, #665, January, 1997.
--Tricks of the Trade, #670, June, 1997. *
--The Gentlemanly Thing, #683, July, 1998.
--The Final Chance, #691, April, 1999.
--In Charity with Her Neighbor, #696-#697, September-October, 1999.
--The Extortionately Dear Departed, #709-#710, September-October, 2000.
--The Rude Awakening of Sybil Flitch, #718, June, 2001.
--The Gift of the Gab, #723, November, 2001.
--Not Any Thing That Is His, #728, April, 2002.
--A Nose for Murder, #730, June, 2002.

Williams, Joy,
--The Farm, #566, February, 1990.

Williams, Vinnie,
--A Matter of the Tax Payers's Money, October, 1949. (author's first publication)
--Dodie and the Boogerman, #139, June, 1955.

Williamson, Barbara,
--Shadows in the Attic, August 12, 1981.

Williamson, J. N.,
--They Never Even See Me, 1970. *
--Statement of the Accused, March, 1977.

Williamson, Jeffrey T.,
--Trenton Makes, the World Takes, #726, February, 2002.
--Secondary Smoke, #732, August, 2002.

Wilson, Ben,
--Not on the Program, #30, May, 1946.
--Message in Code, #50, January, 1948.

Wilson, John Morgan,
--Anything for Olivia, #739, March, 2003. (short short)

Wilson, Laura,
--Best Eaten Cold, #740, April, 2003. (short short)
--Body Falling Through Space, #741, May, 2003.

Wilson, Thomas,
--Company, #570, June, 1990.

Wingate, Anne,
--Burglar Burgled, #594, February, 1992.
--I, Claudius Revisited, #597, April, 1992.
--Account Settled, #601, August, 1992.

Winn, Walter J.,
--An Old Japanese Custom, #169, December, 1957.
--Death in Saigon, #274, September, 1966.

Wishnia, K. J. A.,
--Lead and Leather, #708, August, 2000.
--Just Like a Boy, #720, August, 2001.

Witham, E. C.,
--The Silver Spurs, #114, May, 1953.

Wodehouse, P. G., (1881-1975)
--Mr. McGee's Big Day, #84, November, 1950.
--Strychnine in the Soup, February, 1952. (novelet)
--Jeeves and the Stolen Venus, #189, August, 1959. *
--Death at the Excelsior, May, 1978. * (reprint of The Education of Detective Oakes, from Pearson's Magazine, December, 1914.)
--Ukridge Starts a Bank Account, June, 1982.

Wolfton, Broek,
--Shirley, I Been Thinkin', #728, April, 2002. (poem)

Wolson, Morton,
--The Attacker, #122, January, 1954.

Woollcott, Alexander,
--Moonlight Sonata, #82, September, 1950.
--Rien Ne Va Plus, #116, July, 1953. (short short, reprint)

Woolrich, Cornell, (aka William Irish)
--Dime a Dance, #1, Fall, 1941. (Black Mask, February, 1938.)
--After-Dinner Story, September, 1943. (Black Mask, January, 1938.)
--The Mathematics of Murder, #21, March, 1945. (as What the Well Dressed Corpse Will Wear, in Dime Detective, March, 1944.)
--Leg Man, May, 1945. (Dime Detective, August, 1943.)
--The Earring, February, 1946. (as The Death Stone, in Detective Fiction Weekly, February, 1943.)
--If the Dead Could Talk, July, 1946. (Black Mask, February, 1943.)
--Angel Face, December, 1946. (as Face Work, in Black Mask, October, 1937.)
--You Take Ballistics, #39, February, 1947. (reprint)
--Steps Going Up, #41, April, 1947. (reprint) (aka Men Must Die)
--That's Your Own Funeral, #51, February, 1948. (reprint) (aka Your Own Funeral)
--The Night Reveals, August, 1948. (reprint)
--Johnny on the Spot, #60, November, 1948. (reprint)
--The Body in Grant's Tomb, #61, December, 1948. (reprint)
--Speak to Me of Death, #64, March, 1949. (reprint)
--Somebody on the Phone, #65, April, 1949. (reprint)
--Momentum, #66, May, 1949. (reprint) (aka Murder Always Gathers Momentum, in Detective Fiction Weekly, December 14, 1940.)
--Collared, #67, July, 1949. (reprint)
--Blind Date, October, 1949. (reprint) (aka The Corpse and the Kid)
--Mystery in Room 913: The Suicide Room, #73, December, 1949. (reprint)
Woolrich, Cornell, (continued)
--The Hummingbird Comes Home, March, 1950. (reprint)
--The Night I Died, #79, June, 1950. (reprint)
--Cab, Mister? #82, September, 1950. (reprint)
--The Heavy Sugar, #85, December, 1950. (reprint)
--Through a Dead Man's Eye, March, 1951. (reprint)
--Death in Round Three, #92, July, 1951. (reprint from Pocket Detective, April, 1937.)
--Charlie Won't Be Home Tonight, #94, September, 1951. (reprint from Dime Detective, July, 1939.)
--All at Once, No Alice, #96, November, 1951. (reprint from Argosy, March 2, 1940.)
--Goodbye, New York, #112, March, 1953. (reprint)
--Dormant Account, #114, May, 1953. (reprint)
--Cinderella and the Mob, #116, July, 1953. (reprint)
--The Loophole, #118, September, 1953. (reprint) (as Three Kills for One, in Black Mask, July, 1942.)
--The Last Bus Home, #123, March, 1954. (reprint) (aka Of Time and Murder)
--Dead Shot, #127, June, 1954. (reprint) (aka Picture Frame, 1944.)
--Debt of Honor, #131, October, 1954. * (reprint) (aka I.O.U. - One Life)
--Something That Happened in Our House, #133, December, 1954. (reprint) (aka Murder at Mother's Knee)
Woolrich, Cornell, (continued)
--Meet Me by the Mannequin, #135, February, 1955. (reprint)
--Invitation to Sudden Death, #136, March, 1955. (reprint) (aka Blue Is for Bravery)
--Death at the Burlesque, #139, June, 1955. (reprint) (as The Fatal Footlights, in Detective Fiction Weekly, June 14, 1941.)
--The Most Exciting Show in Town, #142, September, 1955. (as Double Feature, in Detective Fiction Weekly, May 16, 1936.)
--One Night to Be Dead Sure Of, #145, December, 1955. (reprint) (aka The Living Lie Down with the Dead, 1936.)
--The Absent-Minded Murder, May, 1956. (reprint) (as Cool, Calm and Detected, in Black Mask, April, 1941.)
--The Ice Pick Murders, September, 1956. (reprint) (aka Death in Duplicate)
--Wait for Me Downstairs, January, 1957. (reprint) (aka Finger of Doom)
--Endicott's Girl, #171, February, 1958. (reprint)
--Don't Bet on Murder, #172, March, 1958. (reprint) (aka You Bet Your Life)
--Hurting Much? #175, June, 1958. (reprint) (aka Death Sits in the Dentist's Chair)
--The Penny-a-Worder, #178, September, 1958. * (first new story for EQ)
--The Inside Story, February, 1959. (reprint) (aka Murder Story)
--Blonde Beauty Slain, March, 1959. *
--Dead Roses, #190, September, 1959. (reprint) (aka The Death Rose)
Woolrich, Cornell, (continued)
--Hot Water, June, 1961. (reprint)
--The Singing Hat, October, 1961. (reprint) (aka The Counterfeit Hat)
--Money Talks, January, 1962.
--One Drop of Blood, April, 1962.
--The Cape Triangular, February, 1963. (Detective Fiction Weekly, April 16, 1938.)
--I'll Never Play Detective Again, #236, July, 1963. (reprint)
--Working Is for Fools, #244, March, 1964. (reprint) (aka Dilemma of the Dead Lady)
--Steps ... Coming Near, #245, April, 1964. (as by William Irish)
--When Love Turns, #247, June, 1964.
--Adventures of a Fountain Pen, #251, October, 1964. (reprint) (aka Dipped in Blood)
--Murder After Death, #253, December, 1964.
--Just Enough to Cover a Thumbnail, #265, December, 1965. (as C-Jag, in Black Mask, October, 1940.)
--It Only Takes a Minute to Die, #272, July, 1966.
--All It Takes Is Brains, #277, December, 1966. (reprint) (aka The Crime on St. Catherine Street)
--The Talking Eyes, #281, April, 1967. (reprint) (aka The Case of the Talking Eyes)
--Divorce - New York Style (Part 1), #283, June, 1967.
--Divorce - New York Style (Conclusion), #284, July, 1967.
--For the Rest of Her Life, #294, May, 1968.
--Rear Window, #303, February, 1969. * (reprint) (as It Had to Be Murder, in Dime Detective, February, 1942.) Cinema: Rear Window, 1947.
Woolrich, Cornell, (continued)
--New York Blues, December, 1970. *
--Only One Grain More, #341, April, 1972.
--also see Irish, William

Wright, Joseph E.,
--Telly's Question, December, 1989.

Wuorio, Eva-Lis,
--Look to Your Skeletons, #189, August, 1959.

Wyant, Devona R.,
--A Lead Pipe Cinch, #732, August, 2002. (poem)

Wylie, Philip,
--Perkins' "First Case," #24, September, 1945.
--Perkin's Second "First Case," #29, April, 1946.
--Perkins Finds $3,400,000, #50, January, 1948.
--Ten Thousand Blunt Instruments, #80, July, 1950.
--The Blizzard Murder Case, #243, February, 1964.
--Not Easy to Kill, #263, October, 1965.
--The Paradise Canyon Mystery, #273, August, 1966.

Wyrick, E. L.,
--There, There, #689, February, 1999.

Wysong, Peggy,
--The Coroner's Lament, #671, July, 1997. (poem)
--Corpus Delicious, #673-#674, September-October, 1997. (poem)
--Next to Godliness, #681, June, 1998. (poem)
--Easter Song, #689, February, 1999. (poem)
--Cleaning Up, #706, June, 2000. (poem)