Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

MARTIN, JUDITH; see pseudonym Miss Manners (stories)

MARTIN, MARCI (books)

• A Way with Murder: An Anthology by Arizona Mystery Writers [ed. with Jim Woods] (an) Xlibris Corporation 2004

MARTIN, MERVYN (stories)

• Murder in Central Park (ss) Vengeance Shorts #2 1946

MARTIN, NANCY (1939- ) (stories)

• Slay Belles (na) Drop-Dead Blonde, ed. Anon., Signet 2005

MARTIN, PHYLLIS (Rodgers) (stories)

• Airport (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• The Fallen Felon (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• Inside Information (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• The Rug Rat (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• A Trying Time (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• The Crushed Rose (pm) Murderous Intent Win 1999

MARTIN, R. (stories)

• Black Chapel (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962

MARTIN, RAMDALL A. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Foul-Weather Friends (vi) AHMM Nov 2005

MARTIN, ROY PETER (1931- ); see pseudonym James Melville (stories)

MARTIN, RUSS (stories)

• Closing Time (ss) AHMM Feb 1984

MARTIN, RUSSELL (1961- ) (stories)

• The Literary Bookmaker (ss) EQMM Mar 10 1980

MARTIN, SHARON E. (stories)

• Chump Money (ss) AHMM Jul 1988

MARTIN, TROY KENNEDY (1932- ) (stories)

• Mobile Commandos (nv)

MARTIN, VIOLET FLORENCE (1862-1915); see pseudonym Martin Ross (stories)

MARTINDALE, DAVID (stories)

• Funny Business (pm) EQMM Aug 1990
• The Case of the Real Perry Mason (iv) The Armchair Detective Fll 1990
• Mother Hood (pm) EQMM Nov 1990
• The Game’s Afoot! (qz) The Armchair Detective Fll 1991

MARTINEAU, G. D. (stories)

• The Doubler (ss) Mystery Stories #4 1936

MARTINEZ, CARLOS; pseudonym of Charles M. Martin (stories)

• The Devil’s Bookkeeper (ss) Gun Molls Magazine Aug 1931

MARTÍNEZ, LIZ (stories)

• Freddie Prinze Is My Guardian Angel (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Washington Heights).

MARTINEZ, MICHELE (stories)

• The Long Shot (nv) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006
• The Last Honest Man in Brooklyn (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006

MARTINI, STEVE(n Paul) (1946- ) (stories)

• Poetic Justice (nv) Legal Briefs, ed. William Bernhardt, New York: Doubleday 1998

MARTIN-JOHNSON, G. E. (stories)

• The Night of Invisible Danger (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1995 [Mr. Minus]
• The Origin of Mr Minus (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1996 [Mr. Minus]

MARTYR, (Joseph) WESTON (1885-1966) (stories)

• Smith Versus Lichtensteiger (ss)

MARX, GROUCHO; [i.e., Julius Marx] (1895-1977) (stories)

• Some Clowning That Wasn’t in the Act (ar) 1959

MARZ, MICKI (stories)

• Miscast (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

MASCHINOT, MICHAEL (stories)

• Incident at Shoal Creek (nv) AHMM Sep 1992

MASEFIELD, JOHN (Edward) (1878-1967) (stories)

• Davy Jones’s Gift (ss) Country Life Nov 11 1905
• Under Starter’s Orders (pm) Right Royal 1920
• No man takes the farm (pm)
• The Rider at the Gate (pm)

MASEK, CARRIE S. (stories)

• Cybergeist (ss) Beyond the Mundane: Unravelings, ed. Daniel J. Reitz, Mundania Press 2004

MASHBURN, W. K(irk), JR. (1900-1968) (stories)

• The Sword of Jean Lafitte (ss) Weird Tales Dec 1927

MASLIN, MICHAEL (stories)

• The Soft-Boiled Detective and “The Case of the Missing Ham” [with Liza Donnelly] (cs) MHCMM #1 1996
• The Soft-Boiled Detective and “The Case of the Flapjacks That Flopped” [with Liza Donnelly] (cs) MHCMM Spr 1997

MASON, A(lfred) E(dward) W(oodley) (1865-1948) (stories)

• The Clock (ss) Paget 1910
• Peiffer (ss) The Four Corners of the World, London: Hodder & Stoughton 1917
• The Duchess and Lady Torrent (nv) Harper’s Bazaar Sep 1926
• The Ginger King (ss) The Strand Aug 1940 [Insp. Hanaud]

MASON, A. J. (stories)

• Too Many Suspects (sl) Detective Mystery Stories #54, #55 2004

MASON, BOBBIE ANN (1940- ) (stories)

• Nancy Drew Remembers (A Parody) (nv) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996

MASON, EDWARD J. (stories)

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

MASON, IRIS (stories)

• A Friendly Gesture (vi) EQMM May 1996

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).

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

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)

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
• 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- ) (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

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- ) (stories)

• The Conqueror (ss) Bluebook May 1954
• The Frigid Flame (na) Justice Oct 1955; abridged from Someone Is Bleeding, Lion 1953.
• The Faces (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960
• Needle in the Heart (vi) EQMM Oct 1969
• CU: Mannix (ss) EQMM Apr 1991

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)

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
• Introduction (in)

MATTHEWS, CLAYTON (Hartley) (1918- ) (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