Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

MULLER, MARCIA (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * The Broken Men [Sharon McCone], (na) Women Sleuths, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Academy Chicago 1985
  • Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
• * Cache and Carry (with Bill Pronzini) [Sharon McCone; Nameless private eye], (ss) Small Felonies, St. Martin’s 1988
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
• * Cattails, (ss) The Web She Weaves, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Morrow 1983
  • Deceptions, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
• * The Cracks in the Sidewalk, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Crime After Crime, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, St. Martin’s 1999
• * Deadly Fantasies [Sharon McCone], (ss) AHMM Apr 1989
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Home Sweet Homicide, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Walker 1991
  • Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991
  • Women of Mystery II, ed. Cynthia Manson, Carroll & Graf 1994
  • The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
  • A Century of Mystery 1980-1989, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, MJF Books 1997
  • The Best of Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Reader’s Digest 1998
  • Speaking of Greed, ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House 2001
• * Deceptions [Sharon McCone], (nv) A Matter of Crime v1, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1987
  • Deceptions, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
  • Women on the Edge, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Donald I. Fine 1992
  • Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993
  • Murder for Halloween, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press 1994
  • San Francisco Thrillers, ed. John Miller & Tim Smith, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1995
  • The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Dust to Dust, (ss) Specter!, ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House 1982
  • Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1991
  • Deceptions, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
  • Crimes of Passion, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Dying Time (with Bill Pronzini), (ss) Till Death Do Us Part, ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley 1999
• * E.J.’s Chicken Casserole, (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• * The File Closed [Sharon McCone], (ss) The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
  • EQMM Feb 1997
• * Final Resting Place [Sharon McCone], (ss) Justice for Hire, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1990
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1992
  • The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
  • The Eyes Still Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 1996
• * Forbidden Things, (nv) The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins 1994
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1995, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1995
• * He Said... She Said, (nv) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• * The Holes in the System [Sharon McCone; Rae Kelleher], (nv) EQMM Jun 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1996
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
  • Mystery’s Most Wanted, ed. Anon., St. Martin’s 1997
  • McCone and Friends, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * If You Can’t Take the Heat [Sharon McCone], (ss) MHCMM #1 1996
  • Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998
  • McCone and Friends, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Impostor, (nv) The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, ed. The Editors of the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Press 2001
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * Introduction, (in)
  • The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
  • McCone and Friends, Crippen & Landru 2000
  • Found Dead in Texas and Other Stories, Jan Grape, Five Star 2002
• * Introduction (with Bill Pronzini), (in)
  • Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
• * Irrefutable Evidence [Sharon McCone], (ss) EQMM Nov 2005
• * Knives at Midnight [Sharon McCone], (nv) Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket 1996
  • McCone and Friends, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Last Open File [Sharon McCone], (ss) The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
  • EQMM Feb 1997
  • Women of Mystery III, ed. Kathleen Halligan, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * The Lost Coast [Sharon McCone], (nv) Deadly Allies II, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday 1994
  • The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fourth Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1995
  • Love Kills, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2001
• * Merrill-Go-Round [Sharon McCone], (ss) The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Bill Pronzini, Barry N. Malzberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Arbor House 1981
  • The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
  • First Cases, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Dutton 1996
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
• * My Two Best Friends, (in)
  • Spadework, Crippen & Landru 1996
• * One Final Arrangement [Sharon McCone; Mick Savage], (ss) MHCMM Sum 1998
  • McCone and Friends, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Pickpocket [Sabina Carpenter], (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2007
  • A Prisoner of Memory: And 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Pegasus 2008
• * The Place That Time Forgot [Sharon McCone], (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • Deceptions, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
  • The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
• * Preface, (pr)
  • Deceptions, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
• * Recycle [Sharon McCone; Hy Ripinsky], (ss) MHCMM Sum 1999
  • McCone and Friends, Crippen & Landru 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
• * The Sanchez Sacraments [Elena Oliverez], (nv) The Ethnic Detectives, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Dodd, Mead 1985
  • Deceptions, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
• * Season of Sharing (with Bill Pronzini) [Sharon McCone; Nameless private eye], (ss) Crippen & Landru 2001
  • Scenarios: A “Nameless Detective” Casebook, Five Star 2003
• * Silent Night [Sharon McCone], (ss) Mistletoe Mysteries, Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1989
  • The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1990, ed. Edward D. Hoch, Walker 1990
  • The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
• * Solo [Sharon McCone], (ss) For Crime Out Loud, Vol. 2, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Niagara Falls, NY: Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1996
  • EQMM Apr 1997
  • Cutting Edge, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1998
  • McCone and Friends, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Somewhere in the City [Sharon McCone], (ss) The Armchair Detective Spr 1990
  • The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
  • Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * The Time of the Wolves, (ss) Westeryear, ed. Ed Gorman, M. Evans 1988
  • Deceptions, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
  • The Fatal Frontier, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * Up at the Riverside [Sharon McCone; Ted Smalley], (nv) Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins 1999
  • McCone and Friends, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * The Wall [Sharon McCone; Rae Kelleher], (na) Criminal Intent 1, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1993
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1994
  • McCone and Friends, Crippen & Landru 2000
• * Wild Mustard [Sharon McCone], (ss) The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press 1984
  • Deceptions, Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1991
  • The McCone Files, Crippen & Landru 1995
  • 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1997
  • A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women, ed. Elizabeth George, HarperCollins 2004

_____, [ref.]

• * “A Real McCone: Marcia Muller” by Bruce Taylor, (iv) The Armchair Detective Sum 1990

MULLER, RACHEL DUNSTAN (chron.)

• * The Cart Thief, (ss) AHMM May 2006

MULLINS, TERRY (chron.)

• * By Letter and Affection, (ss) EQMM Apr 1998
• * The Convention, (ss) EQMM May 1990
• * Hired Man, (ss) EQMM Aug 1989
• * Horace and Homicide [Cheiro Bay], (ss) EQMM Feb 2000
• * Internal Investigation, (ss) EQMM Jul 1990
• * Late Developments, (ss) EQMM Apr 1989
  • Bad Behavior, ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Gulliver 1995
• * The Man with Three Names, (ss) EQMM Sep 1990
• * Mandeville and The Staple, (ss) EQMM Mar 1995
• * No Apparent Malice, (ss) EQMM Mar 1993
• * People of Peace, (ss) EQMM Aug 1990
• * The Policeman, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1988
• * A Rabbit or a Skunk?, (ss) EQMM Nov 1988
• * Racial Incident, (ss) EQMM May 1989
• * Raven, (ss) EQMM Nov 1990
• * Routine Assignment, (ss) EQMM Feb 1989
• * The Small Bearded Man, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1989
• * Suicide Mission, (ss) EQMM Oct 1989
• * That’s Just His Way, (ss) EQMM Jun 1993
• * The Threat to the Cathedral, (ss) EQMM Mar 1992
• * Topaz, (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1992
• * Two Feet of Steel, (ss) EQMM Oct 1994
• * Two Lengths Ahead of the Devil, (ss) EQMM Feb 1992
• * Under Hypnosis, (ss) EQMM Aug 1993
• * When the Bell Was Silent, (ss) EQMM Jul 1992
• * Witch Hunt, (ss) EQMM Oct 1992
  • Once Upon a Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s 1994

MÜLLNER, ADOLPH (chron.)

• * The Caliber, (na) 1828
  • Early German and Austrian Detective Fiction, ed. Mary W. Tannert & Henry Kratz, McFarland 1999

MULREY, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * Passing Over, (ss) Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street 2003

MUNBY, A(lan) N(oel) L(atimer) (1913-1974) (chron.)

• * Herodes Redivivus, (ss) The Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories, Dennis Dobson 1949
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994; attributed to H.N.L. Munby on story and contents page.
• * The Tregannet Book of Hours, (ss) The Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories, Dennis Dobson 1949
  • AHMM Sep 1996

MUNDY, TALBOT; pseudonym of William Lancaster Gribbon, (1879-1940) (chron.)

• * Roman Holiday, (na) Golden Fleece Oct 1938
  • Pulp Vault #7 1990

MUNGER, KATY; [i.e., Kathleen G. Munger] (1956- ); see pseudonym Gallagher Gray (chron.)

• * The Man, (nv) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002

MUNKITTRICK, R(ichard) K(endall) (1853-1911) (chron.)

• * The Sign of the “400” [Sherlock Holmes], (vi) Puck Oct 24 1894; actually written by Roy L. McCardell.
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
  • The Game Is Afoot, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1994

MUÑOZ, GABRIEL TRUJILLO (chron.)

• * Lucky Strike, (ss)
  • Line of Fire: Detective Stories from the Mexican Border, ed. Leobardo Saravia Quiroz, San Diego State University Press 1996
• * A Personal Matter, (ss)
  • Line of Fire: Detective Stories from the Mexican Border, ed. Leobardo Saravia Quiroz, San Diego State University Press 1996

MUNRO, ALICE (1931- ) (chron.)

• * The Love of a Good Woman, (nv) New Yorker Dec 23 1996 (+1)

MUNRO, H(ector) H(ugh) (1870-1916); see pseudonym Saki (chron.)

MUNRO, JENNIFER D. (chron.)

• * Blood Sacrifice, (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

MUNRO, MIKE; pseudonym of Michael Mesrobian (chron.)

• * Desperate Measures, (ss) EQMM Aug 2000

MUNRO, ROD (chron.)

• * “Now, wha this tale o’ truth shall read...”, (ss) Encounters with Lord Peter, ed. Christopher Dean, The Dorothy L. Sayers Society 1991

MUNSCH, ELAINE (chron.)

• * If the Horseshoe Fits, (ss) Low Down and Derby, ed. Abigail Jones, Overmountain Press 2006

MURAVYONA, IRINA (1952- ) (chron.)

• * On the Edge, (ss) Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1996; “Na Kraiu”, Grani #167 1993.; tr. by Marian Schwartz

MURDER SQUAD (chron.)

• * Collage, (ss) Murder Squad, ed. Malcolm Edwards, Flambard Press 2001

MURGUÍA, ALEJANDRO (chron.)

• * The Other Barrio, (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (The Mission).

MURIEL, JOHN ST. CLAIR (1909- ); see pseudonyms Simon Dewes & John Lindsey (chron.)

MURPHY, BRENDAN (chron.)

• * An Exile’s Tale, (ss) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997

MURPHY, DENNIS (chron.)

• * The Grafton Girls, (nv) EQMM Jan 2003

MURPHY, DENNIS RICHARD (chron.)

• * Dead in the Water, (ss) Dead in the Water, ed. Violette Malan & Therese Greenwood, RendezVous Press 2006
• * Everything in Its Place, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007
• * Final Escape, (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004
• * Fuzzy Wuzzy, (ss) EQMM Aug 2006
• * Sounds of Silence, (ss) EQMM Dec 2004
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005

MURPHY, DERRYL (1963- ) (chron.)

• * Clink Clank, (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

MURPHY, JAMES M. (chron.)

• * Family Ties, (ss) Gone Coastal, ed. Margaret Searles, Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006
• * Mean Street, (ss) Never Safe, ed. Anon., Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006

MURPHY, JAY (chron.)

• * The Clay-McBride Feud, (ss) EQMM Feb 25 1981
• * The Varmint Killer, (ss) EQMM Sep 9 1981

MURPHY, JOE (chron.)

• * Rasputin’s Hoard, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Shiny, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000

MURPHY, KEVIN ANDREW (chron.)

• * Stereopticon, (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

MURPHY, MARGARET (1959- ) (chron.)

• * Big End Blues, (ss) Murder Squad, ed. Malcolm Edwards, Flambard Press 2001
• * A Certain Resolution, (ss) Murder Squad, ed. Malcolm Edwards, Flambard Press 2001
• * Epiphany, (ss) EQMM Feb 2007
• * False Light, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006

MURPHY, SHIRLEY ROUSSEAU (1928- ) (chron.)

• * Hoskin’s Cat, (ss) Murder Most Feline, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House 2002
• * Letters to the Editor, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Tomcat, (na) Motherhood Is Murder, ed. Anon., Avon 2003