Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

MASON, EDWARD J. (stories)

• The Garage Racketeers [with Geoffrey Webb] (ss) [Dick Barton]

MASON, IRIS (stories)

• A Friendly Gesture (vi) EQMM May 1996

MASON, JEANNE (books) (stories)

• Trinidad Noir [ed. with Lisa Allen-Agostini] (oa) Akashic Books 2008
• Introduction [with Lisa Allen-Agostini] (in) Trinidad Noir, ed. Lisa Allen-Agostini & Jeanne Mason, Akashic Books 2008

MASON, MORT (stories)

• Two Person Lake (ss) AHMM Oct 1988

MASON, PAM (stories)

• The Handsome Cabin Boy (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995

MASON, SARAH J(ill) (1949- ) (stories)

• Safe Deposit (ss) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
• With Thanks to Agatha Christie (ss) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999

MASON, TOM (1958- ) (books) (stories)

• Spicy Mystery Stories [ed.] (an) Malibu Graphics, Inc. 1990
• What Dunnit? (fw)

MASSARELLI, PETER (stories)

• Once Upon a Time (ss) EQMM Dec 1990

MASSEY, JOHN P. (stories)

• A Matter of Oil (ss) Mystery Stories #24 1941

MASSEY, SUJATA (Banerjee) (1969- ) (stories)

• “Interview with Sujata Massey” by Lisa D. Williamson (bg) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• Junior High Samurai (ss) Malice Domestic 10, Nevada Barr, Avon 2001 [Rei Shimura]
• The Convenience Boy (nv) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002
• The Deepest Blue (ss) Murder Most Crafty, ed. Maggie Bruce, Penguin US 2005
• Goodwood Gardens (ss) Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006; (Roland Park).
• Introduction (ss) Chesapeake Crimes III, ed. Donna Andrews & Marcia Talley, Wildside Press 2008
• The Mayor’s Movie (ss) Politics Noir: Dark Tales from the Corridors of Power, ed. Gary Phillips, Verso 2008

MASSIE, ELIZABETH (1953- ) (stories)

• If This Is December, Those Must Be Coconut Cranberry Cookies (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• The Next-Door Collector (nv) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006

MASTERMIND (stories)

• Introduction (in)

MASTERS, BAT; pseudonym of Bernard Buley (stories)

• The Phantom Jockey (ss)

MASTERS, BRIAN (stories)

• from Killing for Company (ex) 1985

MASTERS, EDGAR LEE (1869-1950) (stories)

• Amanda Baker (pm)

MASTERS, JOHN (1914-1983) (stories)

• from The Deceivers (ex)

MASTERS, MICHAEL W. (stories)

• Puff the Magic Dragon (nv) Espionage Magazine Dec 1986

MASTERS, PRISCILLA (1952- ) (stories)

• On the Safe Side (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2008

MASTERSON, J. (stories)

• Colorful Characters (pm) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005

MASTERSON, VAL; pseudonym of George A. Starbird, (1908-1994) (stories)

• Brand of the Quanahy Clan (na) The Masked Rider Western Magazine Mar 1936

MASTERSON, WHIT; pseudonym of Bill Miller & Robert Wade (stories)

• Seek Him in Shadows (na) Argosy Apr 1966
• What Happened to Timothy Owen? (na) Argosy Apr 1966; also as “Seek Him in Shadows”.

MASTERTON, GRAHAM (1946- ) (books) (stories)

• Charnel House (n.) New York: Pinnacle 1988
• The Gray Madonna (ss) Fear Itself, ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner 1995
• Underbed (nv) Dark Terrors 2, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, London: Gollancz 1996
• Cold Turkey (ss) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
• The Ballyhooly Boy (nv) Encre Noir Dec 1999
• Charnel House and Other Stories (co) Five Star 2002
• Introduction (in)

MASTROGIOVANNI, MAGDA KARI (stories)

• Waiter en Brochette (pm) EQMM Jul 2008; given as on p.107 in TOC.

MASUR, HAL; see under Masur, Harold Q. (stories)

MASUR, HAROLD Q. (1909-2005) (stories)

• The $2,000,000 Defense (ss) EQMM May 1958
• Silent Butler (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2 1960 [Scott Jordan]
• Murder Never Solves Anything (ss) EQMM Aug 1976 [Scott Jordan]
• Framed for Murder (nv) EQMM Jun 1977
• One Thing Leads to Another (ss) EQMM Apr 1978
• The Opinion (ss) EQMM May 1989

MATCHA, JACK (B.) (1919-2003) (stories)

• The Brass Ring (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1981

MATEJEK, GREG (stories)

• The Story That Won: Holding Up the Wall (vi) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999
• The Story That Won: A Case of Grave Robbing (vi) AHMM Oct 1999
• The Story That Won: Go, Poochie (vi) AHMM 2000

MATEJEK, RENE (stories)

• The Story That Won: Mis-Directions (vi) AHMM Nov 2007

MATER, BARBARA (stories)

• Wheels for the Dead (ss)

MATERA, LIA (1952- ) (books) (stories)

• Counsel for the Defense (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
• Destroying Angel (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
• Easy Go (ss) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
• The River Mouth (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
• Do Not Resuscitate (ss) Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley 1995
• Performance Crime (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
• Dead Drunk (ss) Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket 1996
• Irreconcilable Differences [ed.] (oa) HarperCollins 1999
• Dream Lawyer (nv) Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999 [Willa Jansson; Laura di Palma]
• If It Can’t Be True (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
• Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories (co) Five Star 2000
• Introduction (in)

MATHESON, RICHARD (Burton) (1926- ) (books) (stories)

• Fury on Sunday (n.) Lion Books 1953
• Someone Is Bleeding (n.) Lion Books 1953
• The Conqueror (ss) Bluebook May 1954
• The Frigid Flame (na) Justice Oct 1955; abridged from Someone Is Bleeding, Lion 1953.
• Ride the Nightmare (n.) New York: Ballantine 1959
• The Faces (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960
• Needle in the Heart (vi) EQMM Oct 1969
• CU: Mannix (ss) EQMM Apr 1991
• Noir: Three Novels of Suspense (om) G&G Books 1997

MATHESON, RICHARD CHRISTIAN (1953- ) (stories)

• Graduation (ss) Whispers Aug 1977

MATHEWS, FRANCINE (c1963- ); see pseudonym Stephanie Barron (stories)

MATHEWS, JACQUELINE E. (stories)

• Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle (pz) AHMM Mar, Sep 2004, Jan/Feb 2005
• Dying Words (pz) AHMM May 2004

MATHIESON, THEODORE (1913- ) (stories)

• Captain Cook: Detective (ss) EQMM Oct 1958; also as “The Scent of Murder”.
• The Scent of Murder (ss) EQMM Oct 1958
• Leonardo Da Vinci, Detective (ss) EQMM Jan 1959
• Alexander the Great, Detective (ss) EQMM Sep 1959; also as “Death of the King”.
• Death of the King (ss) EQMM Sep 1959
• Galileo, Detective (ss) EQMM Oct 1961
• The Chess Partner (ss) AHMM Jul 1971
• The First Colonial Murder (ss) EQMM Oct 6 1980
• The Man Who Shot Jesse James (ss) AHMM Oct 27 1980

MATSUMOTO, SEICHO; pseudonym of Matsumoto Kiyoharu, (1909-1992) (stories)

• The Secret Alibi (ss) EQMM Nov 3 1980
• The Humble Coin (ss) EQMM Jul 1982
• Beyond All Suspicion (ss)
• The Cooperative Defendant (nv)

MATTESON, H(erman) H(oward) (1876-1951) (stories)

• Hip and Thigh (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 7 1935

MATTESON, STEFANIE (Newton) (1946- ) (stories)

• Miss Chatterfield’s Chairs (nv) More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999
• The Perfect Use (ss) AHMM Feb 2000 [Andrew Wei]
• There Was a Balm in Gilead (ss) EQMM May 2000 [Andrew Wei]
• Death of a Penobscot Princess (ss) EQMM Jan 2002
• The Trouble with Harry (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003
• The Thirteenth Card (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003

MATTHEWS, (James) BRANDER (1852-1929) (stories)

• Sixteen Years Without a Birthday (ss)
• The Twinkling of an Eye (nv)

MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE; pseudonym of Marthayn Pelegrimas, (1948- ) (books) (stories)

• I’m Not That Kind of Girl (ss) Radio Void Aug 1989
• Niiice (ss) Radio Void 1992
• Backyard Burial (ss) Heart Attack 1993
• Gentle Insanities (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
• Flowers for Jennifer [with Robert J. Randisi] (vi) EQMM Dec 1994
• The Moving Statue of Ballinspittle (ss) For Crime Out Loud, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1995
• Promises Made and Broken (nv) Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996
• The Dirt Eaters (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996
• To Make a Rabbit Sing (ss) For Crime Out Loud, Vol. 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1996
• Belated Revenge (ss) Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet 1997
• Death of a Glamour Cat [with Robert J. Randisi] (nv) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
• I’m a Dirty Girl (ss) American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• Lethal Ladies II [ed. with Robert J. Randisi] (oa) Berkley 1998
• Dear Lottie (ss) Pirate Writings #17 1999; first appeared in audio format in Hear the Fear, ed. Marthayn Pelegrimas & Robert Randisi, Durkin Hayes Audio Book, 1997.
• Character Flaw (nv) Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000 [Robbie Stanton]
• The Tailor of Yuma (ss) Tin Stars, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 2000
• A Night at the Love Nest Resort [with Robert J. Randisi] (ss) Love and Death, ed. Carolyn Hart, Berkley Prime Crime 2001
• Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind (co) Five Star 2001
• Mayhem in the Midlands [ed. with Robert J. Randisi] (oa) Hats Off Books 2002
• The Cat’s Meow [with Robert J. Randisi] (nv) Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star 2003
• For the Benefit of Mr. Means (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• Dr. Sullivan’s Library (ss) Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005
• Deadly Housewives [ed.] (oa) Avon 2006
• The House of Deliverance (nv) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• Introduction: Dear Christine (in) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• Sweet Inspiration (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• And Then She Was Gone (ss) Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Pegasus Books 2007
• Introduction (in)

MATTHEWS, CLAYTON (Hartley) (1918-2004) (stories)

• The Handyman (ss) AHMM Apr 1967
• Sweet Alice (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1980
• Run, Rabbit, Run [with Leo Whitaker] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1981
• Bucknell’s Law (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1981
• The Caliber of Death (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1982
• Country Dance (ss) AHMM Jun 1986
• Granny’s Hoard [with Patricia Matthews] (ss) EQMM Aug 1986
• The Jacksboro Highway (ss) Red Herring Mystery Magazine Sum 1994
• The Other Woman [with Patricia Matthews] (ss) New Mystery v3 #1 1994
• The Potion (ss) New Mystery v4 #3 1996
• Trade-Off (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1997

MATTHEWS, JACQUELINE E. (stories)

• Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle (pz) AHMM Sep 2003
• Dying Words (pz) AHMM Nov 2003

MATTHEWS, PATRICIA (Anne Klein, née Ernst) (1927-2006) (stories)

• Granny’s Hoard [with Clayton Matthews] (ss) EQMM Aug 1986
• Old Habits (ss) EQMM Apr 1990
• The Other Woman [with Clayton Matthews] (ss) New Mystery v3 #1 1994

MATTHEWS, PATTY (stories)

• Going to Pot (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1981
• The Important Thing in Life (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982

MATTHEWS, SUSAN R(uth) (1954- ) (stories)

• Snake in the Grass (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

MATTINGLY, SHERRIEL (stories)

• The Pink Sweater (ss) Chesapeake Crimes II, ed. Donna Andrews & Maria Y. Lima, Quiet Storm Books 2005

MAUDE, AYLMER (1858-1938) (stories)

• God Sees the Truth, But Waits, by Leo Tolstoi (ss) 1872

MAUDE, LOUISE (stories)

• God Sees the Truth, But Waits, by Leo Tolstoi (ss) 1872

MAUGHAM, W(illiam) SOMERSET (1874-1965) (stories)

• A Point of Law (ss) The Strand Oct 1903
• from “Honolulu” (ex) Everybody’s Magazine Oct 1921
• The Taipan (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Oct 1922
• Before the Party (nv) Nash’s Magazine Dec 1922
• The Letter (nv) Hearst’s International Apr 1924
• A Friend in Need (ss) Cosmopolitans, London: Heinemann 1924
• Mr. Know-All (ss) Cosmopolitan Jan 1925
• Ashenden: The Traitor (nv) Cosmopolitan Sep 1927
• The Traitor (nv) Cosmopolitan Sep 1927 [Ashenden]
• The Hairless Mexican (na) Cosmopolitan Dec 1927 [Ashenden]
• Giulia Lazzari (nv) 1927 [Ashenden]
• The Facts of Life (ss) Cosmopolitan Apr 1939
• from The Letter (ex) 1952
• The Romantic Young Lady (ss)

MAULE, (Mollie) DONOVAN (1899-1982) (stories)

• Girl Out of the Night (ss) Mystery Stories #1 1936

MAULSBY, VERNON (stories)

• Eros Aura’s Stiletto Enigma (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Nov 2001

MAUPASSANT, (Henri René Albert) GUY de (1850-1893) (stories)

• The Drowned Man (ss) 1888
• Lost at Sea (ss) 1888; also as “The Drowned Man”.
• Who Knows? (ss) Apr 6 1890
• Two Fishers (ss) The Strand Apr 1891
• The Graveyard Sisterhood (ss) Selected Short Stories, Penguin 1971
• The Diamond Necklace (ss); Le Gaulois Feb 17, 1884.
• from “A Vendetta” (ex)
• The Hostelry (ss)
• Madame Hermet (ss)
• The Necklace (ss); also as “The Diamond Necklace”.
• Night (ss)
• The Olive Grove (nv) Short Stories, Everyman’s Library
• The Two Friends (ss)
• Vendetta (ss)
• Was It a Dream? (ss); “La Morte”.

MAUPIN, F. M. (stories)

• An American Visit (ss) AHMM Nov 1985

MAURO, BUZZ (stories)

• Empathy (pm) EQMM Dec 2006

MAUROIS, ANDRÉ; pseudonym of Emile Herzog, (1885-1967) (stories)

• The House (vi) Harper’s Jun 1931

MAVIANO, TREVOR (stories)

• Blood Money (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2003
• An Earful: What You Know (ed) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2003
• An Earful: Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy (ed) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2003
• An Earful: The Power of Negative Thinking (ed) Plots with Guns Sum 2003
• An Earful: Writing and Me (ed) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2003