Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

McINERNY, RALPH (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * Unfrozen Stiff, (ss) EQMM Aug 1992

McINTOSH, CHARLES D. (chron.)

• * Revenge, (ss) AHMM Feb 1988

McINTOSH, D. J. (chron.)

• * 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) (chron.)

McINTYRE, CAROLE (chron.)

• * 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- ) (chron.)

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

McINTYRE, GINA (chron.)

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

McINTYRE, VONDA N(eel) (1948- ) (chron.)

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

MacISAAC, FRED(erick John) (1886-1940) (chron.)

• * Blond Cargo, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1936
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

McIVER, STUART (chron.)

• * Instant Replay, (ss)
  • Mystery in the Sunshine State, ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press 1999

MACK, DEBBI (chron.)

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

McKAY, HILARY (chron.)

• * 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?) (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
• * Horse Friends, (nv) AHMM Mar 2008
• * 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

McKELLAR, CHRISTINE (chron.)

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

McKEMMISH, JAN(nette) (1950-2007) (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
  • Passports to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 2006; tr. by Jorunn Fergus & Michael Fergus
• * Direction from the Grave, (ss) EQMM Dec 2008; Translated from the Norwegian; in the “Passport to Crime” section.; tr. by Runar 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
• * 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 (1967- ) (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 Secrets, (ss) EQMM Nov 2007
• * Little Sins [nameless P.I.], (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) Thuglit (online) 2005
  • 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
• * Davey’s Daughter [Sam Bryson], (ss) AHMM Sep 2008
• * The Death of Ronnie Sweets, (ss) AHMM Jun 2004
• * Dudman’s Word, (ss) AHMM Dec 2004
• * Like a Matter of Honour, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2006
• * Pedro Paul, (ss) Expletive Deleted, ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books 2007
• * Regrets, (nv) AHMM Dec 2005
• * What Friends Are For, (ss) AHMM Apr 2008

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 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 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