Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

MASTERS, EDGAR LEE (1869-1950) (chron.)

• * Amanda Baker, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

MASTERS, JOHN (1914-1983) (chron.)

• * from The Deceivers, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

MASTERS, MICHAEL W. (chron.)

• * Puff the Magic Dragon, (nv) Espionage Magazine Dec 1986

MASTERSON, J. (chron.)

• * Colorful Characters, (pm) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005

MASTERSON, VAL; pseudonym of George A. Starbird, (1908-1994) (chron.)

• * Brand of the Quanahy Clan, (na) The Masked Rider Western Magazine Mar 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories Jun 2004

MASTERSON, WHIT; pseudonym of Bill Miller & Robert Wade (chron.)

• * Seek Him in Shadows [“What Happened to Timothy Owen?”], (na) Argosy Apr 1966
  • EQMM Mar 10 1980
• * What Happened to Timothy Owen?, (na) Argosy Apr 1966; also as “Seek Him in Shadows”.

MASTERTON, GRAHAM (1946- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Ballyhooly Boy, (nv) Encre Noir Dec 1999
  • Charnel House and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Charnel House, (n.) New York: Pinnacle 1988
  • Charnel House and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Cold Turkey, (ss) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
• * The Gray Madonna, (ss) Fear Itself, ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner 1995
  • Charnel House and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Charnel House and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Underbed, (nv) Dark Terrors 2, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, London: Gollancz 1996
  • Charnel House and Other Stories, Five Star 2002

MASUR, HAL; see under Masur, Harold Q. (chron.)

MASUR, HAROLD Q. (1909-2005) (chron.)

• * The $2,000,000 Defense, (ss) EQMM May 1958
  • Law and Order, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
• * Framed for Murder, (nv) EQMM Jun 1977
  • Mystery in the Sunshine State, ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press 1999
• * Murder Never Solves Anything, (ss) EQMM Aug 1976
  • Ellery Queen’s A Multitude of Sins, ed. Ellery Queen, Curley 1986
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * One Thing Leads to Another, (ss) EQMM Apr 1978
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * The Opinion, (ss) EQMM May 1989
• * Silent Butler [Scott Jordan], (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2 1960

MATCHA, JACK (B.) (1919- ) (chron.)

• * The Brass Ring, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1981

MATEJEK, GREG (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ A Case of Grave Robbing, (vi) AHMM Oct 1999
  ___ Go, Poochie, (vi) AHMM 2000
  • AHMM Apr 2000
  
  ___ Holding Up the Wall, (vi) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999

MATER, BARBARA (chron.)

• * Wheels for the Dead, (ss)
  • Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 1, ed. Stephen Beals, Six Lakes Arts 1989

MATERA, LIA (1952- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Counsel for the Defense, (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * Dead Drunk, (ss) Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Destroying Angel, (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * Do Not Resuscitate, (ss) Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley 1995
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * Dream Lawyer [Willa Jansson; Laura di Palma], (nv) Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
  • First Cases, Volume 4, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002
• * Easy Go, (ss) Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime 1992
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * If It Can’t Be True, (ss) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * Performance Crime, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * The River Mouth, (ss) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004

MATHESON, RICHARD (Burton) (1926- ) (chron.)

• * The Conqueror, (ss) Bluebook May 1954
  • Blowout in Little Man Flats, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * CU: Mannix, (ss) EQMM Apr 1991
  • Silver Screams, ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern, Longmeadow 1994
• * The Faces, (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960
• * The Frigid Flame, (na) Justice Oct 1955; abridged from Someone Is Bleeding, Lion 1953.
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Needle in the Heart, (vi) EQMM Oct 1969
  • The Haunted Hour, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley Prime Crime 1995

MATHESON, RICHARD CHRISTIAN (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Graduation, (ss) Whispers Aug 1977
  • Murder Most Postal, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House 2001

MATHEWS, FRANCINE (c1963- ); see pseudonym Stephanie Barron (chron.)

MATHEWS, JACQUELINE E. (chron.)

• * Dying Words, (pz) AHMM May 2004
• * Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle, (pz) AHMM Mar, Sep 2004, Jan/Feb 2005

MATHIESON, THEODORE (1913- ) (chron.)

• * Alexander the Great, Detective, (ss) EQMM Sep 1959; also as “Death of the King”.
  • Once Upon a Crime II, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * Captain Cook: Detective, (ss) EQMM Oct 1958; also as “The Scent of Murder”.
• * The Chess Partner, (ss) AHMM Jul 1971
  • Win, Lose or Die, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * Death of the King [“Alexander the Great, Detective”], (ss) EQMM Sep 1959
  • Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996
• * The First Colonial Murder, (ss) EQMM Oct 6 1980
• * Galileo, Detective, (ss) EQMM Oct 1961
  • Once Upon a Crime II, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1996
• * Leonardo Da Vinci, Detective, (ss) EQMM Jan 1959
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1993
• * The Man Who Shot Jesse James, (ss) AHMM Oct 27 1980
• * The Scent of Murder [“Captain Cook: Detective”], (ss) EQMM Oct 1958
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995

MATSUMOTO, SEICHO; pseudonym of Matsumoto Kiyoharu, (1909-1992) (chron.)

• * Beyond All Suspicion, (ss)
  • EQMM Jan 1991
• * The Cooperative Defendant, (nv)
  • Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection, ed. Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor, Garland 1983
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000
• * The Humble Coin, (ss) EQMM Jul 1982
• * The Secret Alibi, (ss) EQMM Nov 3 1980

MATTESON, H(erman) H(oward) (1876-1951) (chron.)

• * Hip and Thigh, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 7 1935
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

MATTESON, STEFANIE (Newton) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Death of a Penobscot Princess, (ss) EQMM Jan 2002
• * Miss Chatterfield’s Chairs, (nv) More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books 1999
• * The Perfect Use [Andrew Wei], (ss) AHMM Feb 2000
• * There Was a Balm in Gilead [Andrew Wei], (ss) EQMM May 2000
• * The Thirteenth Card, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2003
• * The Trouble with Harry, (ss) Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley 2003

MATTHEWS, (James) BRANDER (1852-1929) (chron.)

• * Sixteen Years Without a Birthday, (ss)
  • The Mystery and the Detective, ed. Blanche Colton Williams, Appleton-Century 1938

MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE; pseudonym of Marthayn Pelegrimas, (1948- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Backyard Burial, (ss) Heart Attack 1993
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001
• * Belated Revenge, (ss) Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet 1997
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001
• * The Cat’s Meow (with Robert J. Randisi), (nv) Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star 2003
• * Character Flaw [Robbie Stanton], (nv) Shamus Game, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2000
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Dear Lottie [as by Marthayn Pelegrimas], (ss) Pirate Writings #17 1999; first appeared in audio format in Hear the Fear, ed. Marthayn Pelegrimas & Robert Randisi, Durkin Hayes Audio Book, 1997.
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001
• * 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
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001
• * The Dirt Eaters [as by Marthayn Pelegrimas], (ss) Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing 1996
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001
• * Dr. Sullivan’s Library, (ss) Greatest Hits, Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Flowers for Jennifer (with Robert J. Randisi), (vi) EQMM Dec 1994
• * For the Benefit of Mr. Means, (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005
• * Gentle Insanities, (ss) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001
  • Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002
• * The House of Deliverance, (nv) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• * I’m a Dirty Girl [as by Marthayn Pelegrimas], (ss) American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001
• * I’m Not That Kind of Girl [as by Marthayn Pelegrimas], (ss) Radio Void Aug 1989
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998
• * Introduction: Dear Christine, (in) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• * The Moving Statue of Ballinspittle, (ss) For Crime Out Loud, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1995
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001
• * A Night at the Love Nest Resort (with Robert J. Randisi), (ss) Love and Death, ed. Carolyn Hart, Berkley Prime Crime 2001
• * Niiice, (ss) Radio Void 1992
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001
• * Promises Made and Broken, (nv) Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001
• * Sweet Inspiration, (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• * The Tailor of Yuma [as by Marthayn Pelegrimas], (ss) Tin Stars, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 2000
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001
• * To Make a Rabbit Sing, (ss) For Crime Out Loud, Vol. 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1996
  • Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind, Five Star 2001

MATTHEWS, CLAYTON (Hartley) (1918- ) (chron.)

• * 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 Handyman, (ss) AHMM Apr 1967
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1967, ed. G. F. Foster, Davis 1967
• * The Jacksboro Highway, (ss) Red Herring Mystery Magazine Sum 1994
• * The Other Woman (with Patricia Matthews), (ss) New Mystery v3 #1 1994
• * The Potion, (ss) New Mystery v4 #3 1996
• * Run, Rabbit, Run (with Leo Whitaker), (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1981
• * Sweet Alice, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1980
• * Trade-Off, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1997

MATTHEWS, JACQUELINE E. (chron.)

• * Dying Words, (pz) AHMM Nov 2003
• * Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle, (pz) AHMM Sep 2003

MATTHEWS, PATRICIA (Anne Klein, née Ernst) (1927-2006) (chron.)

• * Granny’s Hoard (with Clayton Matthews), (ss) EQMM Aug 1986
• * Old Habits, (ss) EQMM Apr 1990
• * The Other Woman (with Clayton Matthews), (ss) New Mystery v3 #1 1994

MATTHEWS, PATTY (chron.)

• * Going to Pot, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1981
• * The Important Thing in Life, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1982

MATTHEWS, SUSAN R(uth) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * Snake in the Grass, (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

MAUDE, AYLMER (1858-1938) (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * God Sees the Truth, But Waits, by Leo Tolstoi, (ss) 1872
  • AHMM Jun 2001; tr. by Louise Maude

MAUDE, LOUISE (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * God Sees the Truth, But Waits, by Leo Tolstoi, (ss) 1872
  • AHMM Jun 2001; tr. by Aylmer Maude

MAUGHAM, W(illiam) SOMERSET (1874-1965) (chron.)

• * Ashenden: The Traitor, (nv) Cosmopolitan Sep 1927
  • AHMM Jun 1983
• * Before the Party, (nv) Nash’s Magazine Dec 1922
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994
• * The Facts of Life, (ss) Cosmopolitan Apr 1939
  • AHMM May 2002
• * A Friend in Need, (ss) Cosmopolitans, London: Heinemann 1924
  • EQMM Mar 24 1982
• * from “Honolulu”, (ex) Everybody’s Magazine Oct 1921
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from The Letter, (ex) 1952
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * Giulia Lazzari [Ashenden], (nv) 1927
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996