Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

McKAY, HILARY (chron.)

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

McKAY, RANDLE (chron.)

• * The Elevated Transit Mystery (with Lassiter Wren), (ss) The First Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1928
  • The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1933
• * The Evidence on the Japanned Box (with Lassiter Wren), (ss) The First Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1928
  • The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1933
• * Unsolved:
  ___ The Gangster’s Valet (with Lassiter Wren), (pz) The Third Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1930
  • AHMM Feb 1990
  
  ___ The Inspector Marquard’s Quandary (with Lassiter Wren), (pz) The Third Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1930
  • AHMM May 1990
  
  ___ The Invitation to Crime (with Lassiter Wren), (pz) The Third Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1930
  • AHMM Apr 1990
  
  ___ (untitled) (with Lassiter Wren), (pz) The Third Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1930
  • AHMM Mar 1990
• * Who Murdered Ellington Breese? (with Lassiter Wren), (ss) The First Baffle Book, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1928
  • The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1933

MACKAY, SCOTT (1957- ) (chron.)

• * Bad Design, (ss) EQMM Sep 1995
• * The Christmas-Tree Farm, (ss) EQMM Jan 2002
• * The Collusionists, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2000
• * Damaged Goods [Barry Gilbert], (ss) EQMM May 2004
• * The Grey-Mailing of Leonard Coombes, (ss) EQMM Aug 1992
• * The Habit of Neglect, (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
• * The Kanaima, (ss) EQMM Jul 2004
• * Last Inning, (ss) EQMM Feb 1998
  • Arthur Ellis Awards, ed. Peter Sellers, Canada: Quarry Press 1999
• * The Little Black Knife, (ss) EQMM Dec 1989
  • Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991
• * Numbers, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2004
• * The Orphan, (ss) EQMM Oct 1991
• * The Pines of Cuska [Barry Gilbert], (ss) AHMM Nov 2003
• * Pool of Discontent, (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• * Shoes, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2006
• * Shutting Out the Pain, (ss) EQMM Oct 1989
• * Silent Partner [Barry Gilbert], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003
• * Unfixable, (ss) EQMM Jul 2001
• * Wasted Youth, (ss) EQMM Apr 2002

MACKAY, SHENA (1944- ) (chron.)

• * Curry at the Laburnums, (ss) 1983
  • Revenge, ed. Kate Saunders, Faber & Faber 1991
• * The Curtain with the Knot in It, (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 2, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1992

McKEE, ROBERT (chron.)

• * The Confession, (ss) Eureka Literary Magazine Spr 2002
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, ed. Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin 2003

McKEMMISH, JAN(nette) (1950- ) (chron.)

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

McKENNEY, RUTH (chron.)

• * Dapper Johnny Brown, (ss) Colliers May 17 1952
  • More Ms. Murder, ed. Marie Smith, London: Xanadu 1991

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

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

MACKENZIE, ANN (chron.)

• * I Can’t Help Saying Goodbye, (ss) EQMM May 1978
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
  • Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum and Other Horror Stories, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Simon & Schuster 1994

MACKENZIE, ARMINE D. (chron.)

• * The Case of the Illustrious Predecessor [Sherlock Holmes], (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

MACKER, RICHARD; pseudonym of Reidar Thomassen (chron.)

• * 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
• * Violence Against a Defenceless Woman, (ss) EQMM Jun 2003; tr. by Jorunn Fergus & Michael Fergus

MACKEY, JOE (chron.)

• * Silky Collins Finds an Angle on Some Squares, (ss) AHMM May 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959

MACKEY, SHARON J. (chron.)

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

McKIERNAN, DENNIS L(ester) (1932- ) (chron.)

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

McKILLIP, PATRICIA A(nne) (1948- ) (chron.)

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

McKIMMEY, JAMES (1923- ) (chron.)

• * The Bus Stops Here, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1985
• * A Case of Missing Identity, (ss) AHMM Mar 4 1981
• * Dark Places, (ss) AHMM Jul 1983
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Illusions, (ss) AHMM Jun 1993
• * It Runs in the Family, (ss) AHMM Dec 1989
• * The Lazy Valley Murder, (nv) AHMM Dec 1983
• * The Lie Detector, (ss) AHMM Apr 29 1981
  • Murder on Trial, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
• * Manhattan Chops, (ss) AHMM Nov 1994
• * A Money Season, (ss) AHMM Sep 1966
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1967
• * A Proper Environment, (ss) AHMM Nov 11 1981
• * The Tormented, (nv) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Aug 1967
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual Sum 1971
• * Treasure Hunt, (ss) AHMM Aug 1971
  • AHMM Oct 1990

MACKIN, WILLIAM, Jr. (chron.)

• * Why He Died, (pm) EQMM Jun 1991

McKINSTRY, DOUGLAS (chron.)

• * The Naughty Professor, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1999
• * The Trouble With Mona Randolph, (ss)
  • Detective Mystery Stories #46 2004

McKINTY, ADRIAN (chron.)

• * The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday, (ss)
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006

McKNIGHT, BOB (1906-1981) (chron.)

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

McKOY, HORACE (chron.)

• * from They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, (ex) 1935
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

MacLAREN-ROSS, J(ulian) (1912-1964) (chron.)

• * The Episcopal Seal, (ss) The Strand Nov 1948
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999

McLAUGHLIN, J. P. (chron.)

• * Going Buggy, (ss) AHMM Apr 1992

McLAUGHLIN, JOHN F. (chron.)

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

McLAUGHLIN, JOSEPH (chron.)

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

McLAUGHLIN, PEG (chron.)

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

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

• * Exhibit D, (ss) Haunts #18 1990
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Locking Up, (vi) Night Cry Fll 1986
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
• * Tom Rudolph’s Last Tape [Tom Rudolph], (ss) Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995
• * Woman in Blue [Tom Rudolph], (ss) Tom Rudolph P.I., self published 1991
  • Hardboiled #15 1993

MacLEAN, ALISTAIR (Stuart) (1922-1987) (chron.)

• * River of Death, (ex)
  • Crime Digest Sep/Oct 1982

McLEAN, DUNCAN (1964- ) (chron.)

• * Shoebox, (ss) Bucket of Tongues, Secker & Warburg 1992
  • Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999

MacLEAN, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Little Holes, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Spr 2003
• * Little Sins, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Jan 2006
  • The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2007
• * Luck and a Gun, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2001
• * McHenry’s Gift, (ss)
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006
• * The Revenge of Carlo Pulaski, (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2002

McLEAN, RUSSEL D. (chron.)

• * Coughing John, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005
• * The Death of Ronnie Sweets, (ss) AHMM Jun 2004
• * Dudman’s Word, (ss) AHMM Dec 2004
• * Regrets, (nv) AHMM Dec 2005

MacLEISH, K. R. (chron.)

• * Double Jeopardy, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998
• * Neither Rhyme Nor Riot, (ss) AHMM Jun 1997
• * Stumbled on a Solution, (ss) AHMM Jan 2000

MacLEOD, CHARLOTTE (Matilda Hughes) (1922-2005) (books) (chron.)

• * Assignment: Marriage, (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Jan 1967
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Better a Cat [“The High Price of Cat Food”], (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Aug 1966
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Button in the Bag, (ss) Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1990
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1992
• * Clean Slate, (ss) Yankee Nov 1963
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Counterfeit Christmas, (nv) Christmas Stalkings, ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1991
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Courtship of Miles Peabody, (ss) Yankee Dec 1965; also as “The Felonious Courtship of Miles Peabody”.
• * A Cozy for Christmas, (nv) Mistletoe Mysteries, Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1989
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Dastardly Dilemma of the Vicious Vaudevillian, (ss) Grab Bag, Avon 1987
  • Criminal Shorts, ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada 1992
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Father Knew Best [“The Martinet”], (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) May 1967
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Felonious Courtship of Miles Peabody [“The Courtship of Miles Peabody”], (ss) Yankee Dec 1965
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Fifty Acres of Prime Seaweed [“The Unlikely Demise of Cousin Claude”], (ss) AHMM Feb 1985
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Force of Habit [“Quietly, by Night"], (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Jul 1965
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The High Price of Cat Food, (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Aug 1966; also as “Better a Cat”.
• * Homecoming, (ss) Grab Bag, Avon 1987
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * It Was an Awful Shame, (ss) 1986
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Journey for Lady G., (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Apr 1966
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Lady Patterly’s Lover, (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Sep 1965
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * A Long Time Sitting, (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
  • Cat Crimes I, II, III, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, MJF Books 1998
• * The Martinet, (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) May 1967; also as “Father Knew Best”.
• * Mine to Love, (ss) Good Housekeeping Aug 20 1966; also as “More Like Martine”.
• * Monique, (ss) Grab Bag, Avon 1987
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * More Like Martine [“Mine to Love”], (ss) Good Housekeeping Aug 20 1966
  • Crimes of Passion, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Mysterious Affair of the Beaird-Wynnington Dirigible Airship, (nv) AHMM Feb 1986
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * The Perplexing Puzzle of the Perfidious Pigeon Poisoner, (nv) Malice Domestic 1, Elizabeth Peters, Pocket 1992
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
• * Plumbing the Depths, (ss) Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997
• * Quietly, by Night, (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) Jul 1965; also as “Force of Habit”.
• * Rest You Merry, (ss) Grab Bag, Avon 1987
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
  • Very Merry Mysteries, ed. Anon., Mystery Guild 2003
• * A Snatch in Time, (ss) Yankee Dec 1963
  • It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * A Sticky Business, (nv) A Suit of Diamonds, ed. Anon., Collins 1990
• * A Tale of a Tub [Strongitharm Goodheart], (ss)
  • The Best of Cold Blood, ed. Peter Sellers & John North, Mosaic Press 1998
• * The Unlikely Demise of Cousin Claude, (ss) AHMM Feb 1985; also as “Fifty Acres of Prime Seaweed”.
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Home Sweet Homicide, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Walker 1991
  • Mysterious Menagerie, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1996
• * Why the C Was Boiling Hot, (ss) Cold Blood IV, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1992

McLEOD, MILT (chron.)

• * Salvation, (ss) EQMM Oct 1995

MACLEOD, NORMAN (1812-1872) (chron.)

• * The Doctor’s Ghost, (ss)
  • The Cat of Bast & Other Stories of Mystery, ed. William E. Thorner, Regency 1958
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991