Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Author

MEADOWS, AL (chron.)

• * Step Up and Be Murdered!, (nv) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Jul 1958

MEADOWS, JOEL (chron.)

• * 100 Bullets, (ms) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

MEADOWS, LEE E. (c1950- ) (chron.)

• * A Small Matter, (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

MEAKER, MARIJANE (Agnes) (1927- ); see pseudonyms M. E. Kerr & Vin Packer (chron.)

MEANS, DAVID (chron.)

• * Carnie, (ss) Witness 2000
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, ed. Lawrence Block, Houghton Mifflin 2001
• * Sault Ste. Marie, (ss) Harper’s Aug 2004
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2005, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin 2005

MEARS, GILLIAN (chron.)

• * Seascape, (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993

MECKLEM, TODD (1965- ) (chron.)

• * Fixing Mr. Foucher’s Fence, (ss) Young Blood, ed. Mike Baker, Zebra 1994
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

MEDAWAR, TONY (books) (chron.)

• * A Checklist of the Cockrill Mysteries, (bi) The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * A Checklist of the Sheringham and Moresby Mysteries in Anthony Berkeley Cox (with Arthur Robinson), (bi)
  • The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook, Anthony Berkeley, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * In and Out of Darkness, (in) The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2002
• * The Master of the Final Twist (with Arthur Robinson), (in)
  • The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook, Anthony Berkeley, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Suspense on the High Seas: John Dickson Carr (with James E. Keirans), (ar) The Armchair Detective Fll 1991

MEDD, E. POWYS (chron.)

• * The Hand from Earth, (ss) Mystery Stories #14 1939

MEE, HUAN; pseudonym of Charles H. Mansfield & W. E. Mansfield (chron.)

• * The Russian Cipher, (ss)
  • Espionage Magazine May 1987

MEFFERD, MIKE (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Eyes in the Back of His Head, (vi) AHMM Dec 1993

MÉGROZ, R(odolphe) L(ouís) (1891-1968) (chron.)

• * December, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * The Disappearance of George Wake, (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * The Fluke Cannon, (ss) Full Score, ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, London: Rich & Cowan 1933
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

MEIER, LESLIE (1948- ) (chron.)

• * Chocolate, (ss) EQMM Oct 1992
  • Mystery Cats 3, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1995
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * I Could Never Say No to Lloyd, (ss) EQMM Mar 1987
• * Local Knowledge, (ss) EQMM Jul 1990
• * Lost in the Mail, (ss) EQMM May 1993

MEIKLE, WILLIAM (chron.)

• * The Mouth, (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

MEINKE, PETER (chron.)

• * The Seduction Scene, (ss) EQMM Aug 18 1980

MEIXELL, STEVE (chron.)

• * The Ivan Ending, (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1999
• * The Stranger at the Funeral, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998

MEL WALDMAN (chron.)

• * Peace Games, (ss) Espionage Magazine Sep 1987

MELLING, JOHN KENNEDY (chron.)

• * ...and Finally, (ms) Crime Time v2 #5 1999
• * And Finally..., (ar) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• * To Read — Or Really Not to Read…, (ar) Crime Time #23 2001

MELTON, FRED (chron.)

• * Counting, (ss) Talking River Review Sum 2001
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2002, ed. James Ellroy, Houghton Mifflin 2002

MELTZER, BRAD (1970- ) (chron.)

• * The Empire Strikes Back, (ss) The Mighty Johns, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2002

MELVILLE, HERMAN (1819-1891) (chron.)

• * Bartleby the Scrivener, (nv) Putnam’s Monthly 1853
  • Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992
• * The Bell-Tower [as by Anon.], (ss) Putnam’s Monthly Aug 1855
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999
• * from Billy Budd, (ex) 1924
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998
• * The Paradise of Bachelors, (ss) 1855
  • Legal Fictions, ed. Jay Wishingrad, Overlook 1992

MELVILLE, JAMES; pseudonym of Roy Peter Martin, (1931- ) (chron.)

• * The Beka Street Irregulars, (ss) The Strand Magazine #5 2000
• * Dodgy, Very, (ss) Anglian Blood, ed. Robert Church & Martin Edwards, Rampant Horse Limited 1995
• * Gambling on Ganymede, (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 2, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1992
• * Mayhem at Mudchester, (ss) The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru 2006
• * Night Flight, (ss) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• * Otani Has a Haircut, (ss) New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1990
• * Programmed for Murder, (ss) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• * Santa-San Solves It, (ss) Crime at Christmas, ed. Jack Adrian, Equation 1988
  • The Oxford Book of Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Cross, Oxford University Press 2000

MELVILLE, JENNIE; pseudonym of Gwendoline Butler, (1922- ) (chron.)

• * Pray Tell Me, Sir, Whose Dog Are You?, (nv) Winter’s Crimes 22, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1990

MELYAN, HELENE (chron.)

• * A Deal in Gold, (ss) AHMM May 21 1980
• * The Diet, (vi) AHMM Oct 27 1980
• * The Dog Thief, (ss) EQMM Apr 1987
• * Writer’s Block, (ss) AHMM Jan 7 1981

MENAKER, DANIEL (chron.)

• * I Spy, (ss) New Yorker Apr 28 1980
  • EQMM Jun 1990

MENDES, BOB (1928- ) (chron.)

• * Fleeting Fashion, (ss) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003; first published in De Beste Misdaadverhalen in Vlaanderen (The Best Mystery Stories of Flandern), ed. Bob Mendes Manteau/De Standaard Uitgeverij, 2002.
• * Noble Causes, (ss) 2000; “Nobele Deleinden”, de Standaard 2000 (Dutch).
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Tooth Marks, (ss) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999

MENENDEZ, DALE H. (chron.)

• * The Last Hypocrite, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2002
• * Tremere, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2002

MENGE, ELAINE (chron.)

• * Boxes of Hell, (ss) AHMM Oct 2006
• * Greenspace, (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2003
• * Our Daughter Is in Heaven, (nv) AHMM Jun 2005
• * A Period of Adjustment, (nv) AHMM Apr 2004
• * Perpetual Care, (nv) AHMM Mar 2006

MENO, JOE (chron.)

• * Like a Rocket with a Beat, (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (Lawrence & Broadway).

MERCER, CECIL WILLIAM (1885-1960); see pseudonym Dornford Yates (chron.)

MEREDITH, D(oris) R. (1944- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Dearly Beloved, (ss) Murder Most Romantic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Denise Little, Cumberland House 2001
• * Highwater, (nv) Malice Domestic 3, Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1994
  • A Woman’s Place and Other Mysterious Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Incident on Sixth Street, (nv) Murder on Route 66, ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley 1999
  • A Woman’s Place and Other Mysterious Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Mummy No. 50, (ss) Mummy Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ballantine 1990
  • A Woman’s Place and Other Mysterious Tales, Five Star 2001
• * One Strike Too Many, (nv) Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley 1995
  • A Woman’s Place and Other Mysterious Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Retrospective, (ss) Texas Short Stories, ed. Billy Bob Hill, Browder Springs Publishing 1997
  • A Woman’s Place and Other Mysterious Tales, Five Star 2001
• * The Subject of Prosperity, (nv) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
  • A Woman’s Place and Other Mysterious Tales, Five Star 2001
• * Windkill, (nv) Malice Domestic 1, Elizabeth Peters, Pocket 1992
  • A Woman’s Place and Other Mysterious Tales, Five Star 2001
• * A Woman’s Place, (nv) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
  • A Woman’s Place and Other Mysterious Tales, Five Star 2001

MÉRIMÉE, PROSPER (1803-1870) (chron.)

• * The Blue Room, (ss)
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
  • AHMM Mar 1991

MERRIL, JUDITH; [originally Josephine Juliet Grossman] (1923-1997) (chron.)

• * I Could Kill You!, (ss) Smashing Detective Stories Mar 1952
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

MERRILL, LEW; pseudonym of Victor Rousseau Emanuel, (1879-1960) (chron.)

• * Bat Man, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1936
  • Pulp Review Jul 1992
• * Dwindling Death, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Oct 1942
  • High Adventure #80 2005
• * Synthetic Husband, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Sep 1937
  • Spicy Mystery Stories, ed. Tom Mason, Newbury Park, CA: Malibu Graphics, Inc. 1990

MERRIMAN, ALEX; pseudonym of Robert Silverberg, (1935- ) (chron.)

• * The Blonde and the Brute, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine May 1959

MERRITT, A(braham Grace) (1884-1943) (chron.)

• * The Pool of the Stone God [as by W. Fenimore], (ss) American Weekly Sep 23 1923
  • AHMM Feb 1988

MERTZ, BARBARA (Louise) G(ross) (1927- ); see pseudonyms Barbara Michaels & Elizabeth Peters (books) (chron.)

MERTZ, STEPHEN (1947- ) (chron.)

• * The Basics of Murder, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1980
• * The King of Horror, (ss) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994
• * Living Legend [Dick Tracy], (nv) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990
• * Take Two, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981
• * Talon’s Gift, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * The World of Mystery Fandom, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1981

MERWIN, MILES M. (chron.)

• * On the Books, (cl) Crime Digest Oct/Nov 1981, Jan/Feb, May/Jun, Sep/Oct 1982

MESROBIAN, MICHAEL; see pseudonym Mike Munro (chron.)

METCALFE, JOHN (1891-1965) (chron.)

• * The Backslider, (ss)
  • 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

MEXWELL, A. E. (chron.)

• * Crime Scene: The Shooting House, (ar) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984

MEYER, [Rev.] CHARLES (1947-2000) (chron.)

• * Churchkill, (ss) Espionage Magazine Dec 1986
• * Dead Ringer, (n.) Espionage Magazine Sep 1987
• * Divine Justice, (ss) Murder Most Catholic, ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House 2002

MEYER, INGRAM (chron.)

• * Don’t Hang a Dead Aunt, (ss) AHMM Feb 1983
  • Senior Sleuths, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley 1996
• * Ghost on the Window Sill, (ss) AHMM May 1983
• * The Hobby Fair Mystery, (ss) AHMM Sep 1983
• * Log Jam, (ss) AHMM Apr 1984
• * Mystery of the Silent Lake, (nv) AHMM Jun 1983
• * Professor Kreller’s Secret, (ss) AHMM Mar 1983
  • Mystery Cats 3, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1995
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001
• * The Snooper Got Caught, (ss) AHMM Dec 1983

MEYER, JAMIE (chron.)

• * Career Opportunities, (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

MEYER, MARTIN N. (chron.)

• * The Golden Parachute, (nv) AHMM Sep 1990
  • New England Crime Chowder, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, International Polygonics 1992

MEYER, PETER (chron.)

• * The Yale Murder, (ex)
  • Crime Digest Sep/Oct 1982

MEYER, SANDRA; see pseudonym Frances Joyce (chron.)

• * Bloodbudgies and Carnivores, (ss) EQMM Jul 1998

MEYERS, ANNETTE (Brafman) (1934- ); see pseudonym Maan Meyers (chron.)

• * The Bedford Street Legacy, (ss) Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996
• * Blonde Noire (with Martin Meyers), (ss) Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge 1997
  • Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002
• * Couldja Die, (ss) Vengeance Is Hers, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Signet 1997
• * The Daffodil (with Martin Meyers), (nv) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * Knife of the Party, (nv) Malice Domestic 4, Carolyn G. Hart, Pocket 1995
• * Mommy Would Have Loved It, (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994
• * Timor Mortis [Olivia Brown], (nv) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• * You Don’t Know Me, (ss) Flesh & Blood, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2001
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2002, ed. James Ellroy, Houghton Mifflin 2002

MEYERS, DIANA (chron.)

• * The Obituary Thefts, (ss)
  • Teen-age Detective Stories, ed. A. L. Furman, Lantern Press 1968

MEYERS, JAMIE (chron.)

• * Dear Dolores, (ss) Hardboiled #13 1992

MEYERS, M. K. (chron.)

• * Monkey Head, (ss) Chicago Noir, ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books 2005; (Grand & Western).

MEYERS, MAAN; pseudonym of Martin Meyers & Annette Meyers (chron.)

• * The Dutchman and the Wrongful Heir [Peter Tonneman], (nv) 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 High Constable and the Rochester Rappers, (nv) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998
• * The High Constable and the Visiting Author [Peter Tonneman], (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
  • First Cases, Volume 4, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002