Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

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LYNSKEY, EDWARD C. (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Out of Town a Few Days: 15 Frank Johnson Stories (Dallas, TX: BooksForABuck ePublishing, 2004, $2.99, 168pp, e-book) [Frank Johnson] Collection of 15 stories featuring PI Frank Johnson. (Contents)
McBAIN, ED; pseudonym of Evan Hunter, (1926-2005) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Learning to Kill (Harcourt 0151012229, Jul 2006, $25.00, 496pp, hc) (Contents)
* *McBain Duet, Driving Lessons and Petals, Two Novellas (Mystery Guild, 2001, hc) (Contents)
* *McBain’s Ladies Too (The Mysterious Press 0-445-40893-6, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.95, 308pp, pb) [87th Precinct] Collection of seven excerpts/short pieces featuring female characters from McBain’s 87th Precinct novels. (Contents)
* *Running from Legs and Other Stories (Five Star 0786226714, Aug 2000, $22.95, 225pp, hc) Details taken from the Allison & Busby pb, 2003, £6,99. 202 pp. (Contents)
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* *The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-93915-1, Oct ’99, $13.00, 457pp, tp) Best of the year anthology of 19 mystery stories from 1998. Series editor Otto Penzler. (Contents)
* *Transgressions (Tor/Forge 0-765-30851-7, May 2005, $27.95, 783pp, hc) Original anthology of 10 mystery novellas. (Contents)
McCAULEY, KIRBY, ed. (1941- )

* _Nightmare Town See entry under Dashiell Hammett.
McCLOY, HELEN (Worrell Clarkson) (1904-1992) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Pleasant Assassin and Other Cases of Dr. Basil Willing (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-07-8, Sep 2003, $17.00, 165pp, tp, cover by Gail Cross) [Basil Willing] Collection of 10 Basil Willing stories. Also in limited hc edition (-06-X). (Buy) (Contents)
McCRUMB, SHARYN (Elaine Atwood) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Bimbos & Zombies (SFBC #01176, May ’98 [Feb ’98], $10.98, 310pp, hc, cover by Jeff Walker) [Jay Omega] Omnibus of two mysteries about SF fandom: Bimbos of the Death Sun (TSR 1988) and Zombies of the Gene Pool (Simon & Schuster 1992). This special Mystery Guild edition has ISBN 1-56865-580-0; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* *Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories (Ballantine 0-345-41493-4, Sep ’97, $22.50, 326pp, hc) Collection of 24 stories, two original, most with the Southern Appalachian locales and themes of McCrumb’s “Ballad” mysteries. (Contents)
* *Malice Domestic 7 (Avon 0-380-79406-3, Sep ’98, $5.99, 242pp, pb) Original anthology of 13 “cosy” mystery stories presented by Sharyn McCrumb. (Contents)
MACDONALD, ROSS; pseudonym of Kenneth Millar, (1915-1983) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Archer Files (Crippen & Landru 978-1-932009-63-7, Jun 2007, $25.00, 350pp, tp, cover by Jeff Wong) [Lew Archer] The Complete Short Stories of Lew Archer, Private Investigator, Including Newly Discovered Case Notes. (Contents) [ed: Tom Nolan]
* *Strangers in Town (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-52-8, Mar 2001, $15.00, 164pp, tp) Original collection of three newly discovered mysteries. Also available in a limited hardcover edition (1-885941-51-X, $37.00) which includes a separate pamphlet, Winnipeg, 1929 by Ross Macdonald. (Buy) (Contents) [ed: Tom Nolan]
McINERNY, RALPH (Matthew), ed. (1929- ); see pseudonym Monica Quill (stories) (chron.)

* *Murder Most Catholic: Divine Tales of Profane Crimes (Cumberland House 1-58182-260-X, Jul 2002, $14.95, 244pp, tp) Original anthology of 14 stories. (Buy) (Contents)
* *Murder Most Divine: Ecclesiastical Tales of Unholy Crimes (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Cumberland House 1-58182-121-2, Dec 2000, $19.95, 348pp, hc) Anthology of 18 stories. (Contents)
McINTOSH, KINN HAMILTON (1930- ); see pseudonym Catherine Aird (stories) (chron.)
MacLEOD, CHARLOTTE (Matilda Hughes) (1922-2005) (stories) (chron.)

* *It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories (Five Star 0-7862-4174-8, Jun 2002, $25.95, 267pp, hc) Collection of 19 stories. (Buy) (Contents)
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* *Christmas Stalkings (The Mysterious Press 0-89296-437-5, Nov ’91, $17.95, 264pp, hc) Original anthology of 13 Christmas mystery stories. (Contents)
* _Christmas Stalkings (Mystery Guild #18792, Nov ’91, ($14.98), 185pp, hc) Reprint (Mysterious Press 1991) original anthology. Sold as a package with the first edition of the collection Thurber on Crime (Mysterious Press 1991).
McLOUGHLIN, TIM, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Brooklyn Noir (Akashic Books 1-888451-58-0, 2004, $15.95, 366pp, tp, cover by Renette Zimmerly) Original anthology of 20 stories set in Brooklyn. (Contents)
* *Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics (Akashic Books 1888451769, Jun 2005, $15.95, 300pp, tp) (Contents)
McSHERRY, FRANK D(avid), Jr., ed. (1927-1997) (chron.)

* _Death in Dixie (with Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh) (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0229-2, 1996, $4.98, 224pp, hc) Reprint (Rutledge Hill Press 1987 as Sunshine Crime) anthology of 13 southern mysteries.
MAGUIRE, SUSIE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Something Wicked (with Amanda Hargreaves) (Polygon 0-7486-6253-7, 1999, £9.99, 166pp, tp) Original anthology of Scottish crime fiction. (Contents)
MALLORY, MICHAEL, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Murder on Sunset Boulevard (with Lisa Seidman & Rochelle Majer Krich) See entry under Rochelle Majer Krich.
MALZBERG, BARRY N(athaniel) (1939- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Problems Solved (with Bill Pronzini) See entry under Bill Pronzini.
_____, ed. * _Crime and Crime Again (with Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Bill Pronzini.
MANGUEL, ALBERTO (Adrian), ed. (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

* +Dark Arrows: Great Stories of Revenge (Clarkson N. Potter 0-517-56259-6, 1987, $10.95, 311pp, tp) First American edition (Penguin Canada 1985). (Contents)
MANN, ANTONY (stories) (chron.)

* *Milo and I (Elastic Press 0-9543747-4-6, Dec 2003, £5.00, 115pp, tp) Crime collection. (Contents)
MANNERS, WILLIAM, ed. (1907-1994?) (stories) (chron.)

* *Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959 (H.S.D. Publications, 1959, 75¢, 128+128pp, digest) A rebinding of the March 1959 & May 1959 issues of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. (Contents)
* *Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960 (H.S.D. Publications, 1960, 75¢, 128+128pp, digest) A rebinding of the November 1959 & April 1960 issues of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. (Contents)
MANNS, LISA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Shades of Noir (Archon Gaming Inc. 1-889864-01-3, Dec ’96, $12.95, 180pp, tp) Original anthology of 10 stories for Noir, the Film Noir Role-Playing Game. (Contents)
MANSFIELD-KELLEY, DEANE, ed. (chron.)

* *The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (with Lois Marchino) (Longman 0321195019, Jul 2004, $51.40, 496pp, hc)
MANSON, CYNTHIA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Blood Threat & Fears: Thirty-Three Tales of Psychological Suspense (Barnes & Noble 1-56619-134-3, 1993, $9.98, 418pp, hc) Anthology of 33 stories from EQMM & AHMM. (Contents)
* *Canine Crimes (Jove 0-515-11250-X, Dec ’93, $4.50, 225pp, pb) Anthology of 14 mystery stories featuring dogs, all of which previously appeared in AHMM or EQMM. (Contents)
* *Canine Crimes II (Berkley 0-425-16038-6, Oct ’97, $5.99, 214pp, pb) (Contents)
* *Christmas Crimes (Signet 0-451-18649-4, Nov ’96, $5.99, 256pp, pb) (Contents)
* *Crime à la Carte (Signet 0-451-18052-6, Dec ’94 [Mar ’95], $4.99, 252pp, pb) (Contents)
* *Death on the Veranda (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0055-6, Dec ’94, $19.95, 283pp, hc) (Contents)
* *Futurecrime: An Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come (with Charles Ardai) (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-312-9, Jan ’92, $21.95, 323pp, hc, cover by Loretta Trezzo) Anthology of 15 sf/crime/thriller stories, with an introduction by the editors. There are three originals by C.J. Cherryh, George Alec Effinger, and Alan Dean Foster. (Contents)
* *Garden of Deadly Delights (Signet 0-451-18772-5, Apr ’96, $5.99, 256pp, pb) (Contents)
* *Grifters and Swindlers (Carroll & Graf, Jul ’93, $18.95, hc) Anthology of con-men stories from AHMM and EQMM. (Contents)
* *The Haunted Hour (with Constance Scarborough) (Berkley Prime Crime 0-425-15010-0, Oct ’95, $4.99, 245pp, pb) Anthology of 20 horror stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. (Contents)
* *High Adventure (with Charles Ardai) (Barnes & Noble 0-88029-826-X, 1992, $9.98, 593pp, hc) (Contents)
* *Kingpins: Tales from Inside the Mob (with Charles Ardai) (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-807-7, 1992, $18.95, 254pp, hc) Anthology of 17 stories from EQMM and AHMM. (Contents)
* *Law and Order (Berkley 0-425-15781-4, Apr ’97, $5.99, 262pp, pb) (Contents)
* *Merry Murder (Seafarer 0-8289-0883-4, Oct ’94, $7.98, 436pp, hc) Stories selected from Mystery for Christmas (Signet 1990), Murder at Christmas, (Signet 1991) and Murder Under the Mistletoe (Signet 1992). (Contents)
* *More Murder Most Cozy: More Mysteries in the Classic Tradition (Signet 0-451-17649-9, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $3.99, 254pp, pb) Anthology of eight traditional mystery stories. The editor is credited on the title page only. (Contents)
* *More Mystery Cats (Signet 0-451-17689-8, Sep ’93, $4.99, 253pp, pb) Anthology of 14 mystery stories about cats that originally appeared in EQMM and AHMM. Manson’s name does not appear on the cover, only the title page. (Contents)
* *Murder at Christmas (Signet 0-451-17204-3, Nov ’91, $4.99, 251pp, pb) Anthology of 10 stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. (Contents)
* *Murder at Teatime (Signet 0-451-18543-9, Jan ’96, $5.50, 269pp, pb) (Contents)
* *Murder by the Book (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0250-8, 1995, $21.95, 290pp, hc) Literary mysteries from EQMM and AHMM. (Contents)
* *Murder Intercontinental (with Kathleen Halligan) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0355-5, 1996, $24.00, 323pp, hc) (Contents)
* *Murder Most Cozy: Mysteries in the Classical Tradition (New York: Signet 0-451-17483-6, Jan ’93, $3.99, 254pp, pb) Anthology of nine stories that originally appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, with a foreword by Cynthia Manson. (Contents)
* _Murder Most Medical (with Cathleen Jordan) See entry under Cathleen Jordan.
* *Murder on Main Street (New York: Barnes & Noble 1-56619-041-X, Jul ’93, $9.98, 486pp, hc) Anthology of 40 small-town crime stories from EQMM & AHMM. (Contents)
* *Murder on Trial (Signet 0-451-17721-5, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $4.99, 256pp, pb) Anthology of 14 courtroom mystery stories that originally appeared in EQMM and AHMM. With an introduction by the editor. (Contents)
* *Murder Takes a Holiday (Barnes & Noble 0-88029-821-9, Jul ’92, $9.98, 643pp, hc) Anthology of 43 mystery stories from EQMM and AHMM. (Contents)
* *Murder to Music (with Kathleen Halligan) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0406-3, 1997, $24.00, 254pp, hc) (Contents)
* *Murder Under the Mistletoe and Other Stories (Signet 0-451-17441-0, Nov ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 250pp, pb) Anthology of 15 Christmas mystery stories. (Contents)
* *Mysterious Menagerie (Berkley 0-425-15232-4, Mar ’96, $5.99, 260pp, pb) (Contents)
* *Mystery Cats 3 (Signet 0-451-18293-6, Feb ’95, $4.99, 252pp, pb) Anthology of 16 mystery stories about cats that originally appeared in EQMM and AHMM. Manson’s name does not appear on the cover, only the title page. (Contents)
* *Mystery for Christmas (Signet 0-451-16909-3, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $4.95, 244pp, pb) Anthology of twelve mystery stories with a holiday setting, all of them from Ellery Queen’s or Alfred Hitchcock’s. (Contents)
* *Mystery for Halloween (Signet 0-451-17183-7, Oct ’91, $5.99, 255pp, pb) Anthology of 16 stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. (Contents)
* *New England Crime Chowder (with Charles Ardai) (International Polygonics 1-55882-127-9, Apr ’92, $12.95, 258pp, tp) Anthology of 14 stories from EQMM and AHMM. (Contents)
* *Senior Sleuths (with Constance Scarborough) (Berkley 0-425-15258-8, Apr ’96, $5.99, 274pp, pb) (Contents)
* *Silver Screams: Murder Goes Hollywood (with Adam Stern) (Longmeadow 0-681-00753-2, 1994, $8.95, 267pp, tp) (Contents)
* *Tales of Obsession (Signet 0-451-17998-6, Feb ’94, $4.99, 251pp, pb) Anthology of 14 mystery stories. Also in hc (Severn House 1994). (Contents)
* *Thou Shalt Not Kill: Father Brown, Father Dowling, and Other Ecclesiastical Sleuths (New York: Signet 0-451-17298-1, Jul ’92 [Aug ’92], $3.99, 255pp, pb) Anthology of ten stories featuring clerical sleuths tha originally appeared in AHMM and EQMM. With an introduction by Cynthia Manson. (Contents)
* *Win, Lose or Die (with Constance Scarborough) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0317-2, Jun ’96, $23.00, 256pp, hc) (Contents)
* *Women of Mystery (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-806-9, Apr ’92, $18.95, 260pp, hc) Anthology of 15 stories by women reprinted from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. (Contents)
* *Women of Mystery II (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0140-4, Sep ’94, $21.95, 321pp, hc) (Contents)
MARAVELIS, PETER, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *San Francisco Noir (Akashic Books 1888451912, Oct 2005, $14.95, 325pp, tp) (Contents)
MARCHINO, LOIS, ed. (chron.)

* _The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (with Deane Mansfield-Kelley) See entry under Deane Mansfield-Kelley.
MARCUS, LAURA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Twelve Women Detective Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-288036-5, 1997, $9.95, 230pp, tp) (Contents)
MARKS, JEFFREY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Canine Christmas (Ballantine 0-345-43657-1, Dec ’99, $5.99, 246pp, pb) Original anthology of 15 canine Christmas crimes. (Contents)
* *Canine Crimes (Ballantine 0-345-42411-5, Nov ’98, $5.99, 246pp, pb) Original anthology of 15 crime stories featuring dogs. (Contents)
MARKS, JEFFREY A., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Murder, Mystery and Malone See entry under Craig Rice.
MARLOWE, STEPHEN (1928- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Drum Beat: The Chester Drum Casebook (Five Star 0-7862-4315-5, Jun 2003, $25.95, 262pp, hc) Collection of five stories and a novel featuring Chester Drum. (Buy) (Contents)
MARON, MARGARET (B.) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Lieutenant Harald and the Treasure Island Treasure/My Mother, My Daughter, Me (Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1-56146-803-7, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $1.95, 47pp, pb) Collection of two mystery stories, the first featuring Maron’s procedural series character Lt. Sigrid Harald. Both stories originally appeared in AHMM in 1989 and 1990 respectively. Short story paperback #3. (Contents)
* *Malice Domestic 8 (Avon 0-380-79407-1, Apr ’99, $5.99, 242pp, pb) Original anthology of 13 “cosy” mystery stories presented by Margaret Maron. (Contents)
* *Shoveling Smoke (Crippen & Landru, 1997, $16.00, tp) Also available in a signed and limited (268 copies) hardcover edition ($40.00), containing an original or carbon typescript page from the author’s files of a story in this collection. (Contents)
* *Suitable for Hanging (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-11-6, Feb 2004, $17.00, 208pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) Collection of 20 stories. Also in limited hc edition (-10-8). (Buy) (Contents)
MARRIS, KATHRINE KRISTINE BECK (1950- ); see pseudonym K. K. Beck (stories) (chron.)
MARSH, (Edith) NGAIO (1895-1982) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh (Barnes & Noble 0-88029-786-7, 1992, $6.98, 249pp, hc) Reprint (International Polygonics 1989, revised 1991) collection. (Contents) [ed: Douglas G. Greene]
MARSTON, EDWARD; pseudonym of Keith Miles, (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Murder Ancient and Modern (Crippen & Landru 1-932009-39-6, Nov 2005, $18.00, 263pp, tp, cover by Gail Cross) Collection of 18 stories, two new. Also available in a limited hc edition (-38-8). (Contents)
MARTIN, MARCI, ed. (chron.)

* *A Way with Murder: An Anthology by Arizona Mystery Writers (with Jim Woods) (Xlibris Corporation 1413445497, May 2004, $34.99, 414pp, hc)
MASON, TOM, ed. (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Spicy Mystery Stories (Newbury Park, CA: Malibu Graphics, Inc. 0-944735-23-1, 1990, $9.95, 112pp, tp) Anthology of 10 stories reprinted from the 1930’s pulp Spicy Mystery Stories. (Contents)

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