Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

MARSTON, EDWARD (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Botanist at Bay, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2005
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * The Comical Revenge, (ss) Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
  • The Best British Mysteries IV, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2006
• * The Corbett Correspondence (with Peter Lovesey), (ss) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
• * Corpus Christi, (ss) Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Domesday Deferred, (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Force of Habit, (ss) The Strand Magazine #11 2003
• * George’s Last Christmas, (ss) The Strand Magazine Christmas 2001
• * A Gift from God, (ss) Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House 2000
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * The Hunchback and the Stammerer, (ss) EQMM Feb 2003
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Murder and Miracles, (ss) Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Murder at Anchor, (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Murder Mid-Atlantic, (ss) Malice Domestic 6, Anne Perry, Pocket 1997
• * Mute Witness, (ss) The Strand Magazine #13 2004
• * Nothing Like a Dame, (ss) The Strand Magazine #9 2002
• * Perfect Shadows, (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Psalm for a Dead Disciple, (nv) Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * The Radical Dandy, (ss) Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Sea Horse, (ss) Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Sea Voices [as by Keith Miles], (ss) The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Anon., London: Cape 1975
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Second Fiddle, (ss) The Strand Magazine #5 2000
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * The Shoulder-Blade of a Ram, (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Skip, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• * Slaughter in the Strand [as by Keith Miles], (ss) The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Squinting at Death, (ss) Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime 2002
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, (ss) EQMM Apr 2003
  • The Best British Mysteries 2005, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2005
• * War Hath Made All Friends, (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998
  • Murder Ancient and Modern, Crippen & Landru 2005
• * Yes or No, (ss) The Strand Magazine #10 2003

MARTIN, ALLANA (chron.)

• * The Christmas Bonus, (na) How Still We See Thee Lie, ed. Anon., Worldwide 2002

MARTIN, BRUCE (1922- ) (chron.)

• * Revenge, (pm) EQMM Nov 1992
• * Y2K Exit, (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999

MARTIN, CARL; pseudonym of Albert F. Nussbaum, (1935-1996) (chron.)

• * Don’t Play with Strangers, (ss) EQMM Feb 1988
• * Fatherly Love, (ss) EQMM Jul 1988
• * Found Money, (ss) EQMM Dec 1988
• * In Review: Videos, (cl) Espionage Magazine Jul 1987
• * A Slightly Less Dangerous Insanity, (ss) EQMM Sep 1988
• * Something Ventured, (ss) EQMM Sep 1992
  • Murder by the Book, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1995

MARTIN, CAROL MYERS (chron.)

• * Death by Default, (ss) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• * Diamonds in the Rough, (ss) AHMM Dec 9 1981
• * Not a Whipperwill Called, (ss) AHMM Jan 6 1982
• * A Stranger Calls, (ss) EQMM Apr 22 1981

MARTIN, CHARLES M.; see pseudonym Carlos Martinez (chron.)

MARTIN, CHELLE (chron.)

• * Big, Beautiful Woman in Love, (vi) About Mysteries; This big, beautiful woman in love can really knock ’em dead....

MARTIN, DONALD; pseudonym of Donald Honig, (1931- ) (chron.)

• * Blood Red Wine, (ss) AHMM May 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959
• * Footprints in a Ghost Town, (ss) AHMM Nov 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1960, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1960
• * Meditations Upon a Murder, (ss) AHMM Mar 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. William Manners, H.S.D. Publications 1959

MARTIN, F. H. (chron.)

• * Billion Dollar Murders, (nv) Federal Agent Sep 1937
  • High Adventure #53 2000

MARTIN, FRANKLIN H. (chron.)

• * The Cauliflower Kill, (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Feb 1934
  • High Adventure Nov 2005
• * Double Exposure, (nv) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Nov 1933
  • High Adventure #67 2002
• * Twelfth Apostle, (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Dec 1933
  • High Adventure #62 2002

MARTIN, JUDITH; see pseudonym Miss Manners (chron.)

MARTIN, MERVYN (chron.)

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

MARTIN, NANCY (1939- ) (chron.)

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

MARTIN, PHYLLIS (Rodgers) (chron.)

• * Airport, (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * The Crushed Rose, (pm) Murderous Intent Win 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

MARTIN, R. (chron.)

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

MARTIN, RAMDALL A. (chron.)

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

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

MARTIN, RUSS (chron.)

• * Closing Time, (ss) AHMM Feb 1984

MARTIN, RUSSELL (1961- ) (chron.)

• * The Literary Bookmaker, (ss) EQMM Mar 10 1980

MARTIN, SHARON E. (chron.)

• * Chump Money, (ss) AHMM Jul 1988

MARTIN, TROY KENNEDY (1932- ) (chron.)

• * Mobile Commandos, (nv)
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

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

MARTINDALE, DAVID (chron.)

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

MARTINEAU, G. D. (chron.)

• * The Doubler, (ss) Mystery Stories #4 1936

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

• * The Devil’s Bookkeeper, (ss) Gun Molls Magazine Aug 1931
  • High Adventure #64 2002

MARTÍNEZ, LIZ (chron.)

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

MARTINEZ, MICHELE (chron.)

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

MARTINI, STEVE(n Paul) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Poetic Justice, (nv) Legal Briefs, ed. William Bernhardt, New York: Doubleday 1998
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001

MARTIN-JOHNSON, G. E. (chron.)

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

MARTYR, (Joseph) WESTON (1885-1966) (chron.)

• * Smith Versus Lichtensteiger, (ss)
  • Best Smuggling Stories, ed. John Welcome, Faber & Faber 1967

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

• * Some Clowning That Wasn’t in the Act [from Groucho and Me], (ar) 1959
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

MARZ, MICKI (chron.)

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

MASCHINOT, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Incident at Shoal Creek, (nv) AHMM Sep 1992

MASEFIELD, JOHN (Edward) (1878-1967) (chron.)

• * Davy Jones’s Gift, (ss) Country Life Nov 11 1905
  • AHMM Sep 2000
• * No man takes the farm [from “Lollingdon Downs”], (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * The Rider at the Gate, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Under Starter’s Orders, (pm) Right Royal 1920
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

MASEK, CARRIE S. (chron.)

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

MASHBURN, W. K(irk), Jr. (1900-1968) (chron.)

• * The Sword of Jean Lafitte, (ss) Weird Tales Dec 1927
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994

MASLIN, MICHAEL (chron.)

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

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

• * The Clock, (ss) Paget 1910
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
• * The Duchess and Lady Torrent, (nv) Harper’s Bazaar Sep 1926
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
• * The Ginger King [Insp. Hanaud], (ss) The Strand Aug 1940
  • EQMM Aug 1950
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
• * Peiffer, (ss) The Four Corners of the World, London: Hodder & Stoughton 1917
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996

MASON, A. J. (chron.)

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

MASON, BOBBIE ANN (1940- ) (chron.)

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

MASON, EDWARD J. (chron.)

• * The Garage Racketeers (with Geoffrey Webb) [Dick Barton], (ss)
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994

MASON, IRIS (chron.)

• * A Friendly Gesture, (vi) EQMM May 1996

MASON, MORT (chron.)

• * Two Person Lake, (ss) AHMM Oct 1988

MASON, PAM (chron.)

• * The Handsome Cabin Boy, (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995

MASON, SARAH J(ill) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * 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) (chron.)

• * What Dunnit?, (fw)
  • Spicy Mystery Stories, ed. Tom Mason, Newbury Park, CA: Malibu Graphics, Inc. 1990

MASSARELLI, PETER (chron.)

• * Once Upon a Time, (ss) EQMM Dec 1990
  • Ellery Queen the World’s Leading Mystery Magazine Presents Readers’ Choice, ed. Janet Hutchings, Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines 199?

MASSEY, JOHN P. (chron.)

• * A Matter of Oil, (ss) Mystery Stories #24 1941

MASSEY, SUJATA (Banerjee) (1969- ) (chron.)

• * 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).
• * Junior High Samurai [Rei Shimura], (ss) Malice Domestic 10, Nevada Barr, Avon 2001

_____, [ref.]

• * “Interview with Sujata Massey” by Lisa D. Williamson, (bg) Murderous Intent Spr 1999

MASSIE, ELIZABETH (1953- ) (chron.)

• * 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 (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1933

MASTERS, BAT; pseudonym of Bernard Buley (chron.)

• * The Phantom Jockey, (ss)
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

MASTERS, BRIAN (chron.)

• * from Killing for Company, (ex) 1985
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996