Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

McGREGOR, H. R. (stories)

• The Confession (ss) Fresh Blood 3, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1999

McGREGOR, IONA (1929- ) (stories)

• Elspeth Buchan, Her Book (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995

McGREGOR, SHARON (stories)

• Salut! (pm) EQMM Nov 1990

MacGREGOR, T(rish) J(aneshutz) [i.e., Patricia Marie Janeshutz MacGregor] (1947- ) (stories)

• The Works (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
• Wild Card (ss) Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1992
• The House that Norma Bought (ss) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
• Portal (ss) The First Lady Murders, ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1999

McGUIRE, D. A. (stories)

• Wicked Twist (nv) AHMM Oct 1993 [Herbie Sawyer]
• Virtual Fog (nv) AHMM Jun 1994 [Herbie Sawyer]
• Yellow Jackets (nv) AHMM Apr 1995 [Herbie Sawyer]
• The Bell Tower (ss) EQMM Jun 1995
• Caterpillar Bones (nv) AHMM Jul 1995 [Herbie Sawyer]
• The Clammer (nv) AHMM Mar 1996 [Herbie Sawyer]
• The House on the Edge (nv) AHMM Jan 1997 [Herbie Sawyer]
• Kendra (ss) EQMM Apr 1997
• This House Has Secrets Still (nv) AHMM Oct 1997 [Herbie Sawyer]
• Nest of Eggs (nv) AHMM Apr 1998 [Herbie Sawyer]
• The Dreamers (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998 [Herbie Sawyer]
• The Jet Stone (nv) AHMM Dec 1998 [Carrie Drew; Jake Valari]
• The Black Stain (nv) AHMM Apr 1999 [Carrie Drew; Jake Valari]
• Tara’s Heart (nv) AHMM Sep 1999 [Carrie Drew; Jake Valari]
• Frenchie (nv) AHMM Jun 2000 [Herbie Sawyer]
• The Witches of Westfleet (nv) AHMM Sep 2000 [Herbie Sawyer]
• The Prism Box (nv) AHMM Jan 2001 [Herbie Sawyer]
• Full Moon High Tide (na) AHMM Apr 2001 [Herbie Sawyer]
• The Swimmers’ Club (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2002 [Herbie Sawyer]
• Death Kid (nv) AHMM Nov 2002 [Herbie Sawyer]
• The Trophy Room (ss) AHMM Jan 2003
• The Solomon (ss) AHMM Mar 2003 [Carrie Drew]
• The Rising Tide (ss) AHMM Apr 2003
• Catch Your Death (nv) AHMM Oct 2008 [Herbie Sawyer]

McGUIRE, DANA (stories)

• Till Death Do Us Part (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine May 1946

McGUIRE, NANCY L. (stories)

• “Real Life Sleuth: Surveillance and Undercover Expert Nancy L. McGuire” by G. Miki Hayden (bg) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
• Licorice Sticks and Icicle Picks (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999

MACHAN, MYRLE (stories)

• The Nightmare and the Dream (ss) Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1990

McHARDY, VINCENT (1955- ) (stories)

• I’ve Goy You on a String (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984

MacHARG, WILLIAM B(riggs) (1872-1951) (stories)

• Murder Makes It Worse (ss) Colliers Sep 23 1939 [O’Malley]

MACHEN, ARTHUR; pseudonym of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, (1863-1947) (stories)

• The Bowmen (ss) London Evening News Sep 29 1914
• Drake’s Drum (nf) Outlook Apr 26 1919
• Torture (ss) Ornaments in Jade, New York: A.A. Knopf 1924
• The Gift of Tongues (ss) T.P.’s and Cassell’s Weekly Dec 3 1927

MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLÒ; (1469-1527) (stories)

• from The Prince (ex)

McHUGH, MARY FRANCES (1899-1955) (stories)

• Encounter at Night (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

McHUGH, MAUREEN F. (1959- ) (stories)

• The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

McINERNEY, JAY (1955- ) (stories)

• Con Doctor (ss) Playboy Jan 1997
• Third Party (ss) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005

McINERNY, RALPH (Matthew) (1929- ); see pseudonym Monica Quill (books) (stories)

• In the Bag (ss) AHMM May 21 1980
• The Dutiful Son (nv) AHMM May 1988
• Breathing Free (ss) EQMM Jul 1988
• Killing Howard (ss) AHMM Aug 1989
• Unfrozen Stiff (ss) EQMM Aug 1992
• Paradise (ss) EQMM Jan 1995
• Mister Smithereens (ss) Malice Domestic 4, Carolyn G. Hart, Pocket 1995
• Occult Compensation (ss) Catholic Dossier Sep/Oct 1996 [Father Dowling]
• Hic Jacet (ss) Catholic Dossier Nov/Dec 1996 [Father Dowling]
• The Give Away (ss) Catholic Dossier Jan/Feb 1997 [Father Dowling]
• Copy Dog (ss) EQMM Feb 1997
• The Prodigal Son (ss) Catholic Dossier Mar/Apr 1997 [Father Dowling]
• The Coveted Correspondence (ss) Catholic Dossier May-Jun 1997
• Exile (ss) EQMM May 1997
• Queen Bee (ss) Catholic Dossier Jul/Aug 1997 [Father Dowling]
• Hole in Two (ss) EQMM Aug 1997
• Family Plot (ss) EQMM Dec 1997
• The Dunne Deal (ss) Catholic Dossier Jan/Feb 1998 [Father Dowling]
• The Base of the Triangle (ss) Catholic Dossier May-Jun 1998
• Cube Root of Ice (ss) New Mystery v6 #2 1999 [Father Dowling]
• Mutiny of the Bounty Hunter (ss) Death Cruise, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 1999
• Murder Most Divine: Ecclesiastical Tales of Unholy Crimes [ed. with Martin H. Greenberg] (an) Cumberland House 2000
• Murder Most Catholic: Divine Tales of Profane Crimes [ed.] (oa) Cumberland House 2002
• The Shorn Lamb (ss) Murder Most Catholic, ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House 2002
• The Devil That Walks at Noonday (ss) EQMM Aug 2002
• Fear and Trembling (ss) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005 [Father Roger Dowling]
• Introduction (in)
• Introduction: How I Took the Veil (in)

McINTOSH, CHARLES D. (stories)

• Revenge (ss) AHMM Feb 1988

McINTOSH, D. J. (stories)

• A View to Die For (ss) Bloody Words: the anthology, ed. Caro Soles & Cheryl Freedman, Baskerville Books 2003

McINTOSH, KINN HAMILTON (1930- ); see pseudonym Catherine Aird (books) (stories)

McINTYRE, CAROLE (stories)

• Burning Bright (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• Habit (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

MacINTYRE, F(eargus) GWYNPLAINE (1949- ) (stories)

• Death in the Dawntime (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995
• The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex (nv) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Murder as You Like It (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• The Weighing of the Heart (na) The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2002
• The Adventure of Exham Priory (ss) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003 [Sherlock Holmes]
• “O, Poisonous Weed!” (ss) The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2006
• Encounter in the Dark (nv) The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2007

McINTYRE, GINA (stories)

• Blues Dressed in Red (pr) Shades of Noir, ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc. 1996

McINTYRE, VONDA N(eel) (1948- ) (stories)

• The Adventure of the Field Theorems (nv) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995 [Sherlock Holmes]

MacISAAC, FRED(erick John) (1886-1940) (stories)

• Blond Cargo (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1936

McIVER, STUART (stories)

• Instant Replay (ss)

MACK, DEBBI (stories)

• Deadly Detour (ss) Chesapeake Crimes, ed. Donna Andrews, Quiet Storm Books 2004

McKAY, HILARY (stories)

• Double Rap (ss) The Young Oxford Book of Mystery Stories, ed. Dennis Hamley, Oxford University Press 2003

McKAY, RANDLE; pseudonym of Richard Wilmer Rowan, (1894-1964?) (stories)

• The Elevated Transit Mystery [with Lassiter Wren] (ss) The First Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1928
• The Evidence on the Japanned Box [with Lassiter Wren] (ss) The First Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1928
• Who Murdered Ellington Breese? [with Lassiter Wren] (ss) The First Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1928
• Unsolved: (untitled) [with Lassiter Wren] (pz) The Third Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1930
• Unsolved: The Gangster’s Valet [with Lassiter Wren] (pz) The Third Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1930
• Unsolved: The Inspector Marquard’s Quandary [with Lassiter Wren] (pz) The Third Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1930
• Unsolved: The Invitation to Crime [with Lassiter Wren] (pz) The Third Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1930

MACKAY, SCOTT (1957- ) (stories)

• Shutting Out the Pain (ss) EQMM Oct 1989
• The Little Black Knife (ss) EQMM Dec 1989
• The Orphan (ss) EQMM Oct 1991
• Pool of Discontent (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• The Grey-Mailing of Leonard Coombes (ss) EQMM Aug 1992
• Bad Design (ss) EQMM Sep 1995
• The Habit of Neglect (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
• Last Inning (ss) EQMM Feb 1998
• The Collusionists (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2000
• Unfixable (ss) EQMM Jul 2001
• The Christmas-Tree Farm (ss) EQMM Jan 2002
• Wasted Youth (ss) EQMM Apr 2002
• Silent Partner (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003 [Barry Gilbert]
• The Pines of Cuska (ss) AHMM Nov 2003 [Barry Gilbert]
• Damaged Goods (ss) EQMM May 2004 [Barry Gilbert]
• The Kanaima (ss) EQMM Jul 2004
• Numbers (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2004
• Shoes (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006
• Horse Friends (nv) AHMM Mar 2008

MACKAY, SHENA (1944- ) (stories)

• Curry at the Laburnums (ss) 1983
• The Curtain with the Knot in It (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 2, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1992

McKEE, ROBERT (stories)

• The Confession (ss) Eureka Literary Magazine Spr 2002

McKELLAR, CHRISTINE (stories)

• Bits and Pieces (ss) Las Vegas Noir, ed. Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce, Akashic Books 2008; (Green Valley).

McKEMMISH, JAN(nette) (1950-2007) (stories)

• Sensible Shoes (ss) Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993

McKENNEY, RUTH (stories)

• Dapper Johnny Brown (ss) Colliers May 17 1952

McKENSIE, RAY; pseudonym of Robert Silverberg, (1935- ) (stories)

• Naked in the Lake (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1958
• Mousetrapped (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Jun 1958
• Mobster on the Make (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1958
• When the Hoods Walked In (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1959
• Don’t Slap Kids (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1961

MACKENZIE, ANN (stories)

• I Can’t Help Saying Goodbye (ss) EQMM May 1978

MACKENZIE, ARMINE D. (stories)

• The Case of the Illustrious Predecessor (ss) West by One and by One, ed. Anon. (Poul Anderson), The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County 1965 [Sherlock Holmes]

MACKER, RICHARD; pseudonym of Reidar Thomassen (stories)

• Violence Against a Defenceless Woman (ss) EQMM Jun 2003; tr. by Jorunn Fergus & Michael Fergus
• A Deadly Joke (ss) EQMM Aug 2005; first published in Norwegian in Dødelig spark, Aschehoug 1986.; tr. by Jorunn Fergus & Michael Fergus
• The Killer Who Disappeared (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006; tr. by Jorunn Fergus & Michael Fergus
• The Live Weapon (ss) EQMM Aug 2007; tr. by Runar Fergus
• Direction from the Grave (ss) EQMM Dec 2008; Translated from the Norwegian; in the “Passport to Crime” section.; tr. by Runar Fergus

MACKEY, JOE (stories)

• Silky Collins Finds an Angle on Some Squares (ss) AHMM May 1959

MACKEY, SHARON J. (stories)

• Independence Day (ss) AHMM Oct 1996
• Halloween Turkey (ss) AHMM Nov 1996
• The Burden (ss) AHMM Sep 1997
• Dragons (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999
• Spiral Down (nv) AHMM Apr 2000
• King of Hearts (nv) AHMM Jun 2001
• Dress for Snow (nv) AHMM Oct 2004

McKIERNAN, DENNIS L(ester) (1932- ) (stories)

• Perfidy (vi) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

McKILLIP, PATRICIA A(nne) (1948- ) (stories)

• Star-Crossed (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997

McKIMMEY, JAMES (1923- ) (stories)

• A Money Season (ss) AHMM Sep 1966
• The Tormented (nv) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Aug 1967
• Treasure Hunt (ss) AHMM Aug 1971
• A Case of Missing Identity (ss) AHMM Mar 4 1981
• The Lie Detector (ss) AHMM Apr 29 1981
• A Proper Environment (ss) AHMM Nov 11 1981
• Dark Places (ss) AHMM Jul 1983
• The Lazy Valley Murder (nv) AHMM Dec 1983
• The Bus Stops Here (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1985
• It Runs in the Family (ss) AHMM Dec 1989
• Illusions (ss) AHMM Jun 1993
• Manhattan Chops (ss) AHMM Nov 1994

MACKIN, WILLIAM, JR. (stories)

• Why He Died (pm) EQMM Jun 1991

McKINSTRY, DOUGLAS (stories)

• The Naughty Professor (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1999
• The Trouble With Mona Randolph (ss)

McKINTY, ADRIAN (1967- ) (stories)

• The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday (ss)

McKNIGHT, BOB (1906-1981) (stories)

• The Informer (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1960

McKOY, HORACE (stories)

• from They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (ex) 1935

MacLAREN-ROSS, J(ulian) (1912-1964) (stories)

• The Episcopal Seal (ss) The Strand Nov 1948

McLAUGHLIN, J. P. (stories)

• Going Buggy (ss) AHMM Apr 1992

McLAUGHLIN, JOHN F. (stories)

• What the Hell (ss) AHMM Oct 14 1981
• The Rookie’s Predicament (ss) AHMM Nov 1984

McLAUGHLIN, JOSEPH (stories)

• The Divine Wind (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1983

McLAUGHLIN, PEG (stories)

• The Jester’s Foot (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1993

MACLAY, JOHN (B., Jr.) (1944- ) (stories)

• Locking Up (vi) Night Cry Fll 1986
• Exhibit D (ss) Haunts #18 1990
• Woman in Blue (ss) Tom Rudolph P.I., self published 1991 [Tom Rudolph]
• Tom Rudolph’s Last Tape (ss) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995 [Tom Rudolph]

MacLEAN, ALISTAIR (Stuart) (1922-1987) (stories)

• River of Death (ex)

McLEAN, DUNCAN (1964- ) (stories)

• Shoebox (ss) Bucket of Tongues, Secker & Warburg 1992

MacLEAN, MICHAEL (stories)

• Luck and a Gun (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2001
• The Revenge of Carlo Pulaski (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2002
• Little Holes (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Spr 2003