Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

MEYERS, MAAN (chron.) (continued)

• * The Organ Grinder, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Lower East Side).
• * The Peculiar Events on Riverside Drive [Jack West], (nv) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001

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

• * Blonde Noire (with Annette 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
• * The Daffodil (with Annette Meyers), (nv) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003
• * The Girl, the Body, and the Kitchen Sink, (nv) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
• * Pickup, (nv) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * Snake Rag, (nv) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004
• * Why Do They Have to Hit?, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Yorkville).

MEYERS, RIC(hard Sam) (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Hard R, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2002
• * In Foggy London Town, (ar) The Armchair Detective Spr 1991
• * Philadelphia Story, (ar) The Armchair Detective Spr 1990
• * TAD at the Movies, (ar) The Armchair Detective Sum, Fll 1991
• * TAD on TV, (ar) The Armchair Detective Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1990, Win, Spr, Sum, Fll 1991
• * Whirlpool, Sizzle, and the Juice [Dick Tracy], (nv) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990
• * The Woman of Mystery!: Rebecca Eaton, (iv) The Armchair Detective Sum 1990

MEYERSTEIN, E(dward) H(arry) W(illiam) (1889-1952) (chron.)

• * The Bath, (ss) The Pageant, Simpkin Marshall 1934
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * The Pageant, (ss) The Pageant, Simpkin Marshall 1934
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * The Rival Poets, (nv) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * Statement of a Scholar, (ss) The Pageant, Simpkin Marshall 1934
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * The Triptych, (ss) The Pageant, Simpkin Marshall 1934
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * A Woman, a Dog and a Walnut Tree, (ss) The Pageant, Simpkin Marshall 1934
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

MICHAEL, ELEANOR (chron.)

• * Artistic Differences, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1998
• * A Case of the Blues, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Oct 2001
• * The Dark Lady, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #29 2002
• * Lottery Fever, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2000
• * Mi Casa, Su Casa, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1999
• * The Music Box, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories Mar 2001
• * Noe and Ark, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 2000
• * The Situation’s Red, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 2001
• * Snow on the Roof/Fire in the Furnace, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 2001
• * Teddy’s Cross, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 2000
• * They’re all alike, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2002
• * To Kill the Goose, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 2001
• * Two-Dog Night, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 2000

MICHAEL, ELLANE (chron.)

• * Under Cover of Darkness, (ss) AHMM Dec 1984

MICHAELS, BARBARA; pseudonym of Barbara G. Mertz, (1927- ) (chron.)

• * The Runaway, (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
  • Women on the Edge, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Donald I. Fine 1992
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998

MICHAELS, FRANK (chron.)

• * Mrs. Edgecliff, (ss) AHMM Aug 1992

MICHAELS, SAMANTHA; pseudonym (chron.)

• * The Keeper, (ss) EQMM Sep 1994

MICHALSKI, FREDDY (chron.)

_____, trans.

• * A Demon in My Head, by Jean-Hugues Oppel, (ss) Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999; tr. by Brad Spurgeon

MICHEL, FRANCIS (chron.)

• * Vicious Circle, (ss) Vengeance Shorts #1 1945

MICHLITSCH, J. (chron.)

• * How to Survive Downsizing, (ss) AHMM Jun 2007

MICKELBURY, PENNY (1948- ) (chron.)

• * From Night Songs, (ex) New York: Naiad Press 1995
  • Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday 1995
• * More Than One Way, (ss) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

MIDDLETON, RICHARD (Barham) (1882-1911) (chron.)

• * The Cry of a Century (with Edgar Jepson), (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * The Ghost Ship, (ss) The Century Apr 1912
  • AHMM Nov 1985
• * The Last Adventure, (ss)
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935
• * On the Brighton Road, (ss) The Ghost Ship, Unwin 1912
  • AHMM May 1994
• * The Wrong Turning, (ss) The Ghost Ship, Unwin 1912
  • Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

MIDDLETON, STANLEY (chron.)

• * Behind the Wall, (ss) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997

MIDDLETON, THOMAS (1570-1627) (chron.)

• * The Changeling (with William Rowley), (pl) 1623
  • Sweet Revenge, ed. Marvin Kaye, Fireside Theater 1992
• * from The Changeling (with William Rowley), (ex) 1622
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

MIÉVILLE, CHINA (Tom) (1972- ) (chron.)

• * An End to Hunger, (ss) New English Library Book of Internet Stories, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, NEL 2000
  • The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson 2003

MILANO, L. B. (chron.)

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

MILES, KEITH (1940- ); see pseudonyms Agent No. 5 & Edward Marston (books) (chron.)

• * By the Time You Read This, (ss) Missing Persons, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable 1999
• * Closedown, (ss) EQMM Jul 2006
• * Crash Tackle, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007
• * Fitting In, (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1997
• * Identity Cards, (ss) EQMM Jul 2008
• * Old Bag Dad, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004
• * On a Bicycle Made for Two, (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• * One of Us, (ss) EQMM Jun 2001
• * Piker’s Silence, (ss) EQMM Aug 2000
• * Slaughter in the Strand, (ss) The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002
• * The Spare Key, (ss) EQMM Feb 2006

MILICH, MELISSA (chron.)

• * Hide and Seek, (ss) AHMM Jun 1995

MILLAR, ALICE (chron.)

• * The Calls At Dinnertime, (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1999

MILLAR, ERIC J. (chron.)

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

MILLAR, KENNETH (1915-1983); see pseudonyms John Ross Macdonald & Ross Macdonald (books) (chron.)

MILLAR, MARGARET (Ellis, née Sturm) (1915-1994) (books) (chron.)

• * The Couple Next Door [Inspector Sands], (ss) EQMM Jul 1954
  • Twelve American Crime Stories, ed. Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 1998
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
  • The Couple Next Door, Crippen & Landru 2004
  • A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005
• * Last Day in Lisbon, (na) Five-Novels Monthly Feb 1943
  • The Couple Next Door, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * McGowney’s Miracle, (ss) Cosmopolitan Jul 1954
  • The Couple Next Door, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Mind Over Murder, (na) Detective Story Magazine Nov 1942
  • The Couple Next Door, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Notions, (ss) EQMM Dec 1987
  • The Couple Next Door, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The People Across the Canyon, (ss) EQMM Oct 1962
  • Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
  • The Couple Next Door, Crippen & Landru 2004
  • AHMM Nov 2005

_____, [ref.]

• * About the Author: Margaret Millar, (bg) The Unicorn Mystery Book Club News v3 #3 1950

MILLARD, RICHARD (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ In Over Her Head, (vi) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001

MILLER, ANDY (chron.)

• * Treasure Chest, (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2004

MILLER, BILL (1920-1961); see pseudonyms Whit Masterson & Wade Miller (chron.)

MILLER, CALVIN (Amasa) (1936- ) (chron.)

• * The Blue Tattoo, (rr) Carnage at Christhaven, ed. William Griffin, San Francisco, CA: Harper and Row 1989

MILLER, ELLEN (c1966- ) (chron.)

• * Practicing, (nv) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004

MILLER, G(eorge) WAYNE (1954- ) (chron.)

• * A Good Mature Woman, (ss) Hardboiled #10 1989
• * Since the Sky Blew Off, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1985
• * To Be Cold, Like Trees, (vi) AHMM Jul 1987
• * The Warden, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1985

MILLER, JOHN A. (1946- ) (chron.)

• * A Good Walk Spoiled, (ss) EQMM Dec 2003
• * Silcon Valley Serenade [unlicensed P.I.], (ss) EQMM Nov 2004

MILLER, JULIE (1960- ) (chron.)

• * A Midsummer Night’s Murder, (na) Cornered, ed. Anon., Silhouette Books 2005

MILLER, KARL (chron.)

• * Astringencies, (ar) Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute, ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica 1992

MILLER, KEVIN JAMES (chron.)

• * The Man in Room 665, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2002
• * Personal and Professional Reasons, (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2001
• * Stealing Klatzman’s Diary, (ss) Plots with Guns Win 2000
  • Plots with Guns: A Noir Anthology, ed. Anthony Neil Smith, Dennis McMillan 2005
• * The Taking of Martha Lorimar, (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2001

MILLER, LYNN K. (chron.)

• * The Piano Man, (ss) AHMM Oct 1997

MILLER, MAUDE (chron.)

• * The Last Word, (ss) AHMM Mar 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Out of Order, (nv) AHMM mid-Dec 1994

MILLER, MIKE (chron.)

• * Presenting—Moment of Drama, (ss) AHMM Jan 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1959, ed. Anon., H.S.D. Publications 1959

MILLER, R. H. (chron.)

• * A Personal Remembrabce of E.R. Hagemann, (ar)
  • Jo Gar’s Casebook, Raoul Whitfield, Black Mask Press/Crippen & Landru 2002

MILLER, REX; pseudonym of Rex Miller Spangberg, (1939-2004) (chron.)

• * The Cereal Killer [Dick Tracy], (nv) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990
• * Dead Standstill, (ss) AHMM Apr 1990
  • Murder on Main Street, ed. Cynthia Manson, New York: Barnes & Noble 1993
  • August Is a Good Time for Killing, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * The Lincoln-Kennedy Connection (with Fred L. King), (ss) Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * The Luckiest Man in the World, (ss) Masques #3, ed. J. N. Williamson 1989
  • Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * Non-Skid Jacks: The D.C.-Saigon Connection, (ss) Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1991
• * Sideways, (ss) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
• * Still Life with Gold Frame, (ss) Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1991
• * Walking to Paris, (ss) Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press 2003

MILLER, RONALD (chron.)

• * No Vacation for Murder [Velda Bellinghausen], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2004
• * The Thirteen Feathers [Velda Bellinghausen], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2003
• * Velda, Girl Detective, Meets the Strangler [Velda Bellinghausen], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Dec 2003; a complete, downloadable Better Little Book.
• * Velda’s First Case [Velda Bellinghausen], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Sum 2002

MILLER, RUSS (chron.)

• * Woodland Alley, (ss) Plots with Guns Fll 1999

MILLER, STEVE(n R.) (1950- ) (chron.)

• * A Night at the Opera (with Sharon Lee), (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

MILLER, SUE (1943- ) (chron.)

• * from The Good Mother, (ex)
  • Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories, ed. Fred R. Shapiro & Jane Garry, Oxford University Press 1998

MILLER, SUTRO (chron.)

• * The Man Who Hated Open Windows, (ss) Mystery Stories #25 1942

MILLER, VANCE (chron.)

• * The Clue of the Hunted Vampire, (ss) Vice Squad Detective 1933
  • Private Detective Stories Jul 2007

MILLER, WADE; pseudonym of Bill Miller & Robert Wade (chron.)

• * The Memorial Hour, (ss) EQMM Mar 1960
  • Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * We Were Picked As the Odd Ones, (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Jul 1960
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997

MILLER-GUTIERREZ, DEBBI (chron.)

• * Outside the Café, (ss) EQMM Nov 4 1981

MILLETT, LARRY; [i.e., Lawrence Millett] (1947- ) (chron.)

• * The Brewer’s Son, (ss) Twin Cities Noir, ed. Julie Schaper & Steven Horwitz, Akashic Books 2006; West 7th-Fort Road (St. Paul).

MILLHAUSER, STEVEN (1943- ) (chron.)

• * The Disappearance of Elaine Coleman, (ss) New Yorker Nov 22 1999