Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

McCRUMB, SPENCER (stories)

• Typewriter Man [with Laura McCrumb & Sharyn McCrumb] (ss) Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House 1996

McCUBBIN, CHRIS (stories)

• The Duck and the Detective (ar) NptNoir 2007

McCUE, LILLIAN (Bueno) (1902-1993); see pseudonym Lillian de la Torre (stories)

McCULLEY, JOHNSTON (1883-1958) (books) (stories)

• The Great Green Ring (na) Detective Story Magazine Jan 14 1919
• Slave of Mystery (na) Detective Story Magazine Mar 25 1919
• The Only Way (nv) Detective Story Magazine Apr 1 1919
• The Stolen Story (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 16 1919
• The Obvious Clew (na) Detective Story Magazine May 28 1921
• Run to Ground (na) Detective Story Magazine Sep 3 1921
• Trap of the Mongoose (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 27 1933 [The Mongoose]
• The Green Ghost (nv) Thrilling Detective Mar 1934 [Green Ghost]
• Killer’s Canon (na) The Masked Rider Western Magazine Apr 1934
• The Crimson Clown Returns (ss) Popular Detective Oct 1944 [Delton Prouse (The Crimson Clown)]
• Thubway Tham’s Raffle Ticket (ss) Black Book Detective May 1949 [Thubway Tham]
• Thubway Tham’s Bomb Scare (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Jan 1960 [Thubway Tham]
• Slave of Mystery and Other Tales of Suspense from the Pulps (co) Wildside Press 2006

McCULLOUGH, DAVID WILLIS (stories)

• A Nice Old-fashioned Funeral (ss) Murder Most Delicious, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1995

McCUNE, PATRICIA (stories)

• The Blue Cap (nv)

McCURNIN, JOHN (stories)

• A Tulip in the Snow (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 5 1941

McDADE, DENNIS (stories)

• The Piano Man (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994

McDADE, THOMAS M. (1907-1996) (stories)

• Jimson’s Folly (ss) EQMM Oct 1982

McDARIS, STEVEN (stories)

• Bowling Ball Blues (ss) Hardboiled #19 1994

McDERMID, VAL (1955- ) (stories)

• The Writing on the Wall (ss) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• Guilt Trip (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
• Heartburn (ss) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995
• A Traditional Christmas (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995
• Driving a Hard Bargain (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
• “Val McDermid” by Adrian Muller (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• The Girl Who Killed Santa Claus (ss) EQMM Jan 2002
• Metamorphosis (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002
• The Wagon Mound (ss) Australian Women’s Weekly 2002
• White Knights, Black Magic (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• The Consolation Blonde (ss) Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
• The Distant Echo (ex) HarperCollins UK 2003
• Sneeze for Danger (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005
• Foreword (fw) A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir, ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press 2007

McDEVITT, JACK; [i.e., John Charles McDevitt] (1935- ) (stories)

• Happy Birthday [with Mark L. Van Name] (ss) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990 [Batman]
• The Big Downtown (na) Down These Dark Spaceways, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2005
• The Adventure of the Southsea Trunk (ss) Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders, Solaris 2008

McDEVITT, JOHN CHARLES; see under McDevitt, Jack (stories)

MacDIARMID, HUGH; pseudonym of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978) (stories)

• Tom Mackie’s Trial (vi) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

McDONALD, ALAN (Patrick) (1949- ) (stories)

• The Delivery Man (ss) Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992

MACDONALD, CAROLINE (1948-1997) (stories)

• Sunday Drive (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994

McDONALD, CRAIG (stories)

• Last Interview (ss) Mississippi Review Jan 2005
• Rope-a-Dope (ss)

MacDONALD, DORI (stories)

• Oatmeal (ss) EQMM May 1985
• The Pride of Mrs. Williams (ss) EQMM Jan 1986

MCDONALD, GREGORY (Burke Christopher) (1937-2008) (stories)

• The Robbery (ss) EQMM May 1984

McDONALD, IAN (Neil) (1960- ) (stories)

• The Room Over the Bathhouse, by Okamoto Kido (nv) The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanschichi, University of Hawai’i Press 2007; translated from the Japanese “Yuya no Nikei,” Bungei Kurabu, April 1917. [Inspector Hanshichi]

MacDONALD, JAKE (stories)

• Becoming (ss)

MACDONALD, JAMES D(ouglas) (1954- ) (stories)

• Souvenirs [with Alan Rodgers] (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• A Tremble in the Air (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

MacDONALD, JOHN D(ann) (1916-1986); see pseudonym Scott O’Hara (stories)

• Nor Iron Bars (ss) Doc Savage Mar 1947
• Breathe No More, My Lovely (ss) Detective Tales May 1950
• College-Cut Kill (na) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1950
• Jukebox Jungle (nv) Black Mask Jul 1950
• The Homesick Buick (ss) EQMM Sep 1950
• The Lady Is a Corpse! (nv) Detective Tales Sep 1950
• Miranda (nv) 15 Mystery Stories Oct 1950
• Betrayed (nv) The American Magazine Mar 1952
• All That Blood Money Can Buy (na) Detective Tales Apr 1952; also as “Murder for Money”.
• The Man from Limbo (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1952
• Murder for Money (na) Detective Tales Apr 1952
• Dead on Christmas Street (nv) Colliers Dec 20 1952
• Finders Killers! (nv) Detective Story Magazine Jul 1953
• The Innocent Victims (ss) Bluebook Nov 1953
• I Always Get the Cuties (ss) EQMM Nov 1954
• In a Small Motel (nv) Justice Jul 1955
• Excerpt from A Flash of Green (ex) 1962
• Blurred View (ss) This Week Feb 23 1964

MACDONALD, JOHN ROSS; pseudonym of Kenneth Millar, (1915-1983) (stories)

• The Imaginary Blonde (nv) Manhunt Feb 1953; also as “Gone Girl”, by Ross Macdonald. [Lew Archer]
• The Guilty Ones (nv) Manhunt Detective Story Monthly May 1953; also as “The Sinister Habit”, by Ross Macdonald. [Lew Archer]
• The Beat-Up Sister (nv) Manhunt Oct 1953; also as “The Suicide”, by Ross Macdonald. [Lew Archer]

McDONALD, MARGUERITE (stories)

• Murder by Moonlight (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997

McDONALD, PHILIP (stories)

• Leaving Cadiz (ss) AHMM Jun 1988

MacDONALD, PHILIP (1900-1980) (stories)

• Malice Domestic (ss) EQMM Oct 1946
• Dream No More (nv) EQMM Nov 1955

MACDONALD, ROSS; pseudonym of Kenneth Millar, (1915-1983) (books) (stories)

• Find the Woman (nv) EQMM Jun 1946 [Lew Archer]
• The Bearded Lady (na) The American Magazine Oct 1948 [Lew Archer]
• Gone Girl (nv) Manhunt Feb 1953 [Lew Archer]
• The Imagenary Blonde (nv) Manhunt Feb 1953; also as “The Singing Pigeon”.
• The Singing Pigeon (nv) Manhunt Feb 1953
• The Sinister Habit (nv) Manhunt Detective Story Monthly May 1953 [Lew Archer]
• The Suicide (nv) Manhunt Oct 1953 [Lew Archer]
• Guilt-Edged Blonde (ss) Manhunt Jan 1954 [Lew Archer]
• Wild Goose Chase (nv) EQMM Jul 1954 [Lew Archer]
• Midnight Blue (nv) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960 [Lew Archer]
• Sleeping Dog (ss) Argosy Apr 1965 [Lew Archer]
• Strangers in Town (oc) Crippen & Landru 2001
• The Angry Man (nv) Strangers in Town, Crippen & Landru 2001 [Lew Archer]
• Death by Water (nv) Strangers in Town, Crippen & Landru 2001 [Joe Rogers]
• Strangers in Town (nv) Strangers in Town, Crippen & Landru 2001 [Lew Archer]
• The Archer Files (co) Crippen & Landru 2007 [Lew Archer]
• Change of Venue (1961) (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007 [Lew Archer]
• The Count of Montevista (1964) (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007 [Lew Archer]
• Death Mask (1959) (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007 [Lew Archer]
• Do Your Own Time (1963) (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007 [Lew Archer]
• Heyday in the Blood (1952) (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007 [Lew Archer]
• Lady Killer (1954) (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007 [Lew Archer]
• Little Woman (1954) (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007 [Lew Archer]
• 100 Pesos (1965) (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007 [Lew Archer]
• Stolen Woman (1958) (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007 [Lew Archer]
• The Strome Tragedy (1955) (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007 [Lew Archer]
• The 13th Day (1953) (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007 [Lew Archer]

McDONALD, WILLIAM J. (stories)

• Kill with Kindness (ss) AHMM Feb 1962

MACDONELL, A(rchibald) G(ordon) (1895-1941) (stories)

• The Murder in the Stalls (ss) 20 Story Magazine Jul 1929

McDONOUGH, YONA ZELDIS (stories)

• The Female PI Next Door (bg) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997; Carol Higgins Clark on Regan Reilly.

MACE, CHRISTOPHER (stories)

• Hot-Rods — Cool Death (nv) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jan 1960
• High-School Murder Gang (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1960

McELHATTON, GREG (stories)

• Chalk Circle (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

McELLHENNY, HAZE (stories)

• Clean Up [with Tribe] (ss) Plots with Guns Oct-Dec 2000
• A Gallery from Haze (il) Plots with Guns Oct-Dec 2000
• Postcards from Vegas (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2001

McELROY, GHASKEY; pseudonym (stories)

• A Place to Hide (ss) EQMM Nov 1995

McEWAN, IAN (Russell) (1948- ) (stories)

• from The Innocent (ex) 1990
• from: In the Beginning, a novel in progress (ex) 1995

MacEWEN, PAT (1954?- ) (stories)

• A Game of Cats and Queens (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

McFADDEN, EDWARD J., III (stories)

• Hearing Gunshots (vi) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Jan 1994

McFADYEAN, MELANIE (stories)

• Helen’s Story (vi) Independent on Sunday Sep 13 1992

McFALL, PATRICIA (1949- ) (stories)

• The Just Missed Blonde (nv) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001 [Lane Terry]
• The Foreigner’s Watch (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004
• The Resurrection of Daniel Mason (nv) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005 [Lane Terry]

MacFARLANE, RICHARD (stories)

• Mini-Scam (ss) AHMM Mar 1985

McFETRIDGE, G. D. (stories)

• My Brother’s Keeper (ss) Hardboiled #33 2005

MacFIE, JAMES (stories)

• The Immortal Voice (ss) Mystery Stories #20 1939

McGARRY, AL (stories)

• Happy Birthday (ss) AHMM Apr 1967
• One Way Ticket (ss) AHMM Sep 1982

McGARRY, TERRY (1962- ) (stories)

• Victor Lynch the Forger (ascribed to Theodore Dreiser) (nv) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996 [Sherlock Holmes]
• The Case of the Ancient British Barrow (ss) The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1998 [Sherlock Holmes]

McGARY, GAYLE (stories)

• Speak No Evil (ss) Murder by 13, ed. Priscilla English, Lisa Seidman & Mae Woods, Crown Valley Press 1997
• The Cats and Jammer (ss) A Deadly Dozen, ed. Susan B. Casmier, Aljean Harmetz & Cynthia Lawrence, Uglytown 2000
• Beaudry Rose (ss) Murder on Sunset Boulevard, ed. Rochelle Krich, Michael Mallory & Lisa Seidman, Top Publications 2002

McGERR, PATRICIA (1917-1985) (stories)

• Legacy of Danger (ss) 1963
• Match Point in Berlin (nv) EQMM Jun 1968 [Selena Mead]
• This One’s a Beauty (ss) EQMM Nov 1971 [Captain Rogan]
• Nothing But the Truth (ss) EQMM May 1973
• Hide-and-Seek—Russian Style (nv) EQMM Apr 1976 [Selena Mead]
• In the Clear (ss) EQMM Apr 1978
• Chain of Terror (nv) EQMM Oct 1979
• State Visit (ss) EQMM Nov 3 1980
• Every Litter Bit Helps (ss) EQMM Sep 9 1981
• The Bloody Mustache (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1982
• Where’s Your Sense of Humor? (ss) EQMM May 1982
• A Date in Helsinki (ss) EQMM Oct 1982
• We Have Your Wife (ss) EQMM Apr 1983
• Caribbean Clues (ss) EQMM Jan 1984 [Selena Mead]
• Fatal Corner (ss) EQMM Jun 1984
• Numbers Game (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1984
• Double Identity (ss) EQMM Mar 1985

McGHEE, JOHN (stories)

• Little Kind of Fellow (ss)

McGINTY, SUE (stories)

• Metaphor for Murder (ss) And Some of Them Are Dead, ed. Margaret Searles & Victoria Heckman, Deadly Alibi Press Ltd. 2002
• Dark Benediction (ss) Never Safe, ed. Anon., Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006

McGIVERN, WILLIAM P(eter) (1922-1982) (stories)

• Everybody Has to Die (ss) Mammoth Detective Sep 1947
• Death Comes Gift-Wrapped (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1948
• Old Willie (ss) Manhunt May 1953

McGLYNN, RAYMOND (stories)

• Father Giovanni (ss) AHMM Aug 1996

McGONEGAL, RICHARD F. (stories)

• Mysterious Ways (ss) AHMM Feb 1988
• Behold, Kra K’l! The Bohemian Demon of Gardenia Street (ss) AHMM May 1989
• The Grin Reaper (ss) AHMM Nov 1989
• Probable Cause (ss) AHMM Jan 1991
• Suitable for Framing (nv) AHMM Sep 1991
• Unnatural Causes (ss) AHMM Aug 1994
• Crossover (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #51 2004
• Visitation (ss) AHMM May 2005
• Takedown (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007

McGOUGH, ROGER (1937- ) (stories)

• Fart (pm)

McGOWAN, JAMES (stories)

• Remember (ss) Plots with Guns Jul/Aug 2001
• Blaming Doctor Spock (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2001
• The Banshee Gets Fucked Over (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2003

McGOWN, JILL (1947-2007) (stories)

• A Fine Art (ss) Winter’s Crimes 20, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1988

McGRATH, ROBERT L. (stories)

• Payment Received (ss) AHMM Sep 1966

McGRAW, JEFF(rey J.) (1953?- ) (stories)

• Ross Malone: Next of Kin (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984

MacGREGOR, DAVID (A.) (stories)

• The Curious Demise of Theodore Henderson (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1982
• The Adventure of the Mysterious Benefactor (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1984 [Sherlock Holmes]

McGREGOR, DON (1945- ) (stories)

• Detectives Inc.: A Terror of Dying Dreams [with Gene Colan] (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Dec 1999; excerpt from the classic P.I. graphic novel, and a peek at what went on behind the scenes in its creation.