Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

MAVIANO, TREVOR (stories) (continued)

• An Earful from Maviano (ed) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2003, May/Jun 2004
• The PWG Interviews with: Sean Doolittle (iv) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2003
• An Earful from Maviano: A Very Noir Year (ed) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2004
• An Earful: Stranger Than Fiction (ed) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2004
• The PWG Interviews: Eddie Muller (iv) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2004
• The PWG Interview with Mark T. Conard (iv) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2004
• An Earful from Maviano: The Brit Issue? (ed) Plots with Guns Sum 2004
• An Earful from Maviano: Noir Is Life, Life Is Noir (ed) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2004

MAWR, NOEL DORMAN (stories)

• From Villain to Vigilante (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1991

MAXWELL, A. E.; pseudonym of Ann Maxwell & Evan Maxwell (stories)

• True Crime: The Man in Ed Cates’ Grave (ar) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984

MAXWELL, ANN (Elizabeth Lowell) (1944- ); see pseudonym A. E. Maxwell (stories)

MAXWELL, CLAYTON (stories)

• Public Enemies (cs) G-Men Oct 1935

MAXWELL, EVAN (1943- ); see pseudonym A. E. Maxwell (stories)

MAXWELL, GLYN (Meurig) (1962- ) (stories)

• The Uninvited (pm)

MAY, FREDERICK (stories)

• All Passion Spent, by Luigi Pirandello (ss) 1965

MAYBERRY, FLORENCE V. (stories)

• A Goodbye Sound (ss) EQMM May 1974
• Alone with the Witches (ss) EQMM Oct 1976
• The Grass Widow (ss) EQMM Aug 1977
• When Nothing Matters (ss) EQMM Dec 1979
• The Girl Downstairs (ss) EQMM Jan 28 1981
• Lady in the Black Cape (ss) EQMM May 1982
• Where Are the Birds? (ss) EQMM Aug 1982
• The Hallucination (ss) EQMM Jan 1983
• Widow? (ss) EQMM Jun 1985
• Miz Sammy’s Honor (ss) EQMM Jun 1992
• The Stranger (ss) EQMM Nov 1992
• The Secret (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1992
• Smiling Joe and the Twins (nv) EQMM Sep 1993

MAYER, ANN (stories)

• Murder They Wrote [with Margaret Weis] (pm) EQMM Aug 1991

MAYER, ERIC (1950- ) (stories)

• A Byzantine Mystery [with Mary Reed] (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993 [John the Eunuch]
• The Obo Mystery [with Mary Reed] (ss) EQMM Jun 1995
• A Mithraic Mystery [with Mary Reed] (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995 [John the Eunuch]
• Beauty More Stealthy [with Mary Reed] (nv) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996 [John the Eunuch]
• The Lady Fish Mystery [with Mary Reed] (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1996
• A Shadow That Dies [with Mary Reed] (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• Fortune’s Other Steward [with Mary Reed] (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
• Leap of Faith [with Mary Reed] (ss) EQMM Nov 1998 [John the Eunuch]
• Even Kings Die [with Mary Reed] (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999
• A Lock of Hair for Proserpine [with Mary Reed] (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999 [John the Eunuch]
• Death on the Trans-Mongolian Railway [with Mary Reed] (ss) EQMM Mar 2000 [Inspector Dorj]
• And All That He Calls Family [with Mary Reed] (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001 [John the Eunuch]
• Chosen of the Nile [with Mary Reed] (nv) The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002 [Herodotus]
• The Finger of Aphrodite [with Mary Reed] (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003 [John the Eunuch]
• The Oracle of Amun [with Mary Reed] (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2005 [Herodotus]
• Locked in Death [with Mary Reed] (ss) The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006 [Inspector Dorj]
• The Three-legged Cat of Great Clatterden [with Mary Reed] (nv) The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2007

MAYER, MATT (stories)

• Available Light (ss) Shades of Noir, ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc. 1996

MAYERS, CARROLL (stories)

• The Big Good-bye (ss) Killers Mystery Story Magazine Nov 1956
• Peep Show (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1957
• The Second Key (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1958
• Cora and Twenty Grand (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Jun 1958
• You Can’t Kill Me (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1960
• Cheap Little Tramp (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1961
• A Piece of the Action (ss) AHMM Aug 1963
• The Trouble with Blackmail (ss) AHMM Sep 1966
• The Cure (ss) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Oct 1967
• Private Enterprise (ss) AHMM Oct 1967
• Don’t Call It Blackmail (ss) AHMM Jan 30 1980
• Reform Movement (ss) AHMM Mar 26 1980
• Dream Heist (ss) AHMM Jul 16 1980
• A Slight Change of Plan (ss) AHMM Aug 13 1980
• The Setup (vi) AHMM Feb 4 1981
• One Down (ss) AHMM Apr 1 1981
• Murro’s Other Enterprises (ss) AHMM Sep 16 1981

MAYERSON, EVELYN (c1930- ) (stories)

• The Lock & Key (rr) The Miami Herald Tropic 1995

MAYHAR, ARDATH (Frances Hurst) (1930- ) (stories)

• Knit Lady (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1984
• You Can’t Fool a Wife (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1984
• No Olive Branch (ss) Espionage Magazine Apr 1986
• Ratings War (ss) Espionage Magazine May 1987
• Lonesome Canefield Blues (ss) New Mystery Jul/Aug 1991
• The Creek, It Done Riz (ss) Cold Blood, ed. Richard T. Chizmar, Ziesing 1991
• Aunt Dolly (ss) Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1992
• Fungus Grows in the Dark (ss) Hardboiled #17 1994
• A Most Genteel Pursuit (ss) AHMM Feb 1995
• The Mug (ss) Hardboiled #22 1996
• Watch-Cat (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• Jigsaw (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• The Face in the Fog (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003
• Stiff Sentence (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004

MAYNARD, CHRISTOPHER (stories)

• Better Late Than Never (ss) Purnell’s Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Anon., Bristol: Purnell 1982

MAYNARD, R. T.; house pseudonym (stories)

• Crazy Like a Fox (ss) Super-Detective Dec 1942

MAYO, GWEN (stories)

• Fool’s Gold (ss) Low Down and Derby, ed. Abigail Jones, Overmountain Press 2006

MAYO, LOUIS J. (stories)

• The Nearest Missing Person (ss) EQMM May 1988

MAYOR, ARCHER (Huntington) (1950- ) (stories)

• Instinct (nv) The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001

MAYOR, BARBARA (stories)

• Careers (pm) EQMM Jan 2007

MAYR, DALLAS WILLIAM (1946- ); see pseudonym Jack Ketchum (stories)

MAZEL, HENRY F. (1947- ) (stories)

• Never Take a Shave at a Shop Named Delilah’s (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Nov 1998; from Murderously Incorrect, Crime and Again Press, 1999. [Alex Rada]

MEACHAM, BETH (Ann) (1951- ) (stories)

• Ashes to Ashes (nv) More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnic & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993
• A Spark in the Darkness (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

MEADE, L(illie) T(homas); pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, (1844-1914) (stories)

• The Horror of Studley Grange [with Clifford Halifax] (nv) The Strand Jan 1894 [Doctor Halifax]
• The Arrest of Captain Vandaleur [with Robert Eustace] (ss) The Harmsworth Magazine Jul 1894
• Mr. Bovey’s Unexpected Will [with Robert Eustace] (ss) The Harmsworth Magazine Apr 1899
• The Death Chair [with Robert Eustace] (nv) The Strand Jul 1899 [Dr. Paul Cato; Dr. Chetwynd]
• The Outside Ledge [with Robert Eustace] (ss) The Harmsworth Magazine Oct 1900 [Florence Cusack]
• The Man Who Disappeared [with Robert Eustace] (nv) The Strand Dec 1901
• Madame Sara [with Robert Eustace] (nv) The Strand Oct 1902 [Madame Sara]
• The Face in the Dark [with Robert Eustace] (ss) The Harmsworth London Magazine Jul 1903

MEADOWS, AL (stories)

• Step Up and Be Murdered! (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Jul 1958

MEADOWS, JOEL (stories)

• 100 Bullets (ms) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

MEADOWS, LEE E. (c1950- ) (stories)

• A Small Matter (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

MEAKER, MARIJANE (Agnes) (1927- ); see pseudonyms M. E. Kerr & Vin Packer (stories)

MEANEY, JOHN (stories)

• Via Vortex (nv) Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders, Solaris 2008

MEANS, DAVID (stories)

• Carnie (ss) Witness 2000
• Sault Ste. Marie (ss) Harper’s Aug 2004
• The Spot (ss) New Yorker Aug 21 2006

MEARS, GILLIAN (stories)

• Seascape (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993

MECKLEM, TODD (1965- ) (stories)

• Fixing Mr. Foucher’s Fence (ss) Young Blood, ed. Mike Baker, Zebra 1994

MEDAWAR, TONY (books) (stories)

• Suspense on the High Seas: John Dickson Carr [with James E. Keirans] (ar) The Armchair Detective Fll 1991
• A Checklist of the Cockrill Mysteries (bi) The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• In and Out of Darkness (in) The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• 13 to the Gallows [with John Dickson Carr & Val Gielgud] (co) Crippen & Landru 2008
• Afterword (aw) 13 to the Gallows, Crippen & Landru 2008
• Appendix 2: Notes for the Curious (ms) 13 to the Gallows, Crippen & Landru 2008
• Suspense on Stage (in) 13 to the Gallows, Crippen & Landru 2008
• A Checklist of the Sheringham and Moresby Mysteries in Anthony Berkeley Cox [with Arthur Robinson] (bi)
• The Master of the Final Twist [with Arthur Robinson] (in)

MEDD, E. POWYS (stories)

• The Hand from Earth (ss) Mystery Stories #14 1939

MEDINA, PABLO (1948- ) (stories)

• Johnny Ventur’s Seventh Try (ss) Havana Noir, ed. Achy Obejas, Akashic Books 2007
• Benny Rojas and the Rough Riders (ss) Las Vegas Noir, ed. Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce, Akashic Books 2008; (West Las Vegas).

MEE, HUAN; pseudonym of Charles H. Mansfield & W. E. Mansfield (stories)

• The Russian Cipher (ss)

MEFFERD, MIKE (stories)

• The Story That Won: Eyes in the Back of His Head (vi) AHMM Dec 1993

MÉGROZ, R(odolphe) L(ouís) (1891-1968) (stories)

• The Fluke Cannon (ss) Full Score, ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, London: Rich & Cowan 1933
• December (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• The Disappearance of George Wake (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

MEIER, LESLIE (1948- ) (stories)

• I Could Never Say No to Lloyd (ss) EQMM Mar 1987
• Local Knowledge (ss) EQMM Jul 1990
• Chocolate (ss) EQMM Oct 1992
• Lost in the Mail (ss) EQMM May 1993
• Candy Canes of Christmas Past (na) Candy Cane Murder, ed. Anon., Kensington 2007

MEIKLE, WILLIAM (stories)

• The Mouth (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

MEINKE, PETER (stories)

• The Seduction Scene (ss) EQMM Aug 18 1980

MEIXELL, STEVE (stories)

• The Stranger at the Funeral (ss) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• The Ivan Ending (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

MEJIDES, MIGUEL (stories)

• Nowhere Man (ss) Havana Noir, ed. Achy Obejas, Akashic Books 2007

MEL WALDMAN (stories)

• Peace Games (ss) Espionage Magazine Sep 1987

MELLING, JOHN KENNEDY (stories)

• And Finally... (ar) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• ...and Finally (ms) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• To Read — Or Really Not to Read… (ar) Crime Time #23 2001

MELLON, MICHELLE (stories)

• The Good Life (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

MELTON, FRED (stories)

• Counting (ss) Talking River Review Sum 2001

MELTZER, BRAD (1970- ) (stories)

• The Empire Strikes Back (ss) The Mighty Johns, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002

MELVILLE, HERMAN (1819-1891) (stories)

• Bartleby the Scrivener (nv) Putnam’s Monthly 1853
• The Bell-Tower (ss) Putnam’s Monthly Aug 1855
• The Paradise of Bachelors (ss) 1855
• from Billy Budd (ex) 1924

MELVILLE, JAMES; pseudonym of Roy Peter Martin, (1931- ) (stories)

• Santa-San Solves It (ss) Crime at Christmas, ed. Jack Adrian, Equation 1988
• Otani Has a Haircut (ss) New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1990
• Gambling on Ganymede (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 2, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1992
• Programmed for Murder (ss) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• Night Flight (ss) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• Dodgy, Very (ss) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995
• The Beka Street Irregulars (ss) The Strand Magazine #5 2000
• Mayhem at Mudchester (ss) The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006

MELVILLE, JENNIE; pseudonym of Gwendoline Butler, (1922- ) (stories)

• Pray Tell Me, Sir, Whose Dog Are You? (nv) Winter’s Crimes 22, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1990

MELYAN, HELENE (stories)

• A Deal in Gold (ss) AHMM May 21 1980
• The Diet (vi) AHMM Oct 27 1980
• Writer’s Block (ss) AHMM Jan 7 1981
• The Dog Thief (ss) EQMM Apr 1987

MENAGE, ELAINE (stories)

• Smart Pigs and Sour Gas (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2008

MENAKER, DANIEL (stories)

• I Spy (ss) New Yorker Apr 28 1980

MENDEL, MARGARET (stories)

• A Voice to Remember (ss) Murder New York Style, ed. Randy Kandel, L & L Dreamspell 2007

MENDES, BOB (1928- ) (stories)

• Tooth Marks (ss) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999
• Noble Causes (ss) 2000; “Nobele Deleinden”, de Standaard 2000 (Dutch).
• Fleeting Fashion (ss) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003; first published in De Beste Misdaadverhalen in Vlaanderen (The Best Mystery Stories of Flandern), ed. Bob Mendes Manteau/De Standaard Uitgeverij, 2002.

MENENDEZ, DALE H. (stories)

• Tremere (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2002
• The Last Hypocrite (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2002

MENGE, ELAINE (stories)

• Greenspace (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2003
• A Period of Adjustment (nv) AHMM Apr 2004
• Our Daughter Is in Heaven (nv) AHMM Jun 2005