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Meara, Ailene

* Children’s Page - Tottie’s Valentine, (ss) The Ladies’ Home Journal March 1889

* March Winds, (ss) The Ladies’ Home Journal March 1890

Meara, Mike

* [letter], (lt) Zimri #2 Jan/Feb 1972, #4^12 1973
* [letter], (lt) Trap Door #27 Dec 2010, #28 Dec 2011, #29 Dec 2012

Meara, Patricia

* [letter], (lt) Zimri #2, January/February 1972

Meares, Cecil H.

* Among the Unknown Tribes—II, (ar) The Wide World Magazine (US) #146, June 1910

Meares, Elizabeth

* No Man’s Land, (ss) Pacific Quarterly Moana July 1979

Meares, John

* Cash and Carry, (ss) London Mystery Selection #100, March 1974

Mearns, Hugh

* Our Own, Our Native Speech, (ar) McClure’s Magazine October 1916

Mearns, Hughes

* The Shareholder, (ss) The New Magazine (UK) #70, January 1915

Mearns, J. R.

* The Burglary at Faustel Eversleigh, (ss) London Society September 1866, as by J. R. Mearns

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine #199, December 1866, uncredited.

* Oysters and Dredgers, (ms) Once a Week December 15 1866

Mearns, S. N.

* The Blaeberry Hollow, (ss) The Cornhill Magazine #944, August 1938

Mearns, William Hughes

* The Boy in the Blue Blickey, (ar) The Saturday Evening Post January 25 1913

* The Changing Elementary Schools, (ar) The Saturday Evening Post January 4 1913

* The High School: Its Manners and Customs, (ar) The Outlook July 13 1912

* The Land-Babies: Caring for Children Who Leave School, (ar) The Saturday Evening Post March 1 1913

* Our Medieval High Schools, (ar) The Saturday Evening Post March 2 1912

* Six Million Workers: The Public School and the Self-Supporting Woman, (ar) The Saturday Evening Post March 22 1913

Mears, Alec

* I Saw Quantrill’s Raiders (with William Heuman), (ar) Adventure April 1964, as by George G. Kramer & Alec Mears

Mears, Charles

* Deja Vu, (ss) Meta SF September 1982

* The Mystery of the Tortoise and the Hare, (ss) Child Life August/September 1978

Mears, Charles W.

* Just So, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine November 15 1913

* The Sale of the Safety-Valve, (ss) National Magazine February 1905

Mears, Gillian

* Another Country, (ss) Australian Short Stories #19, 1987

* Bird O Circle, (ss) Australian Short Stories #62, 1998

* Bridecake, (ss) Australian Short Stories #50, 1995

* Hard Copy, (bg) Australian Short Stories #48, 1994

* Kiss the Moon, (ss) Australian Short Stories #26, 1989

* The Midnight Shift, (ss) Australian Short Stories #13, 1986

* Mothers and Old Lovers, (ss) Australian Short Stories #20, 1987

* Relics of the Past, (ss) Australian Short Stories #21, 1988

* Scapegrace, (ss) Australian Short Stories #48, 1994

* This and the Giver, (ss) Australian Short Stories #33, 1991

* Welcome Home, (ss) Australian Short Stories #28, 1989

Mears, Harold

* How the Navy Carries the Army, (ar) The Windsor Magazine September 1916

* Nature Study at the Front, (ar) The Windsor Magazine April 1917

Mears, Helen

* Ah! Sweet Mystery…, (ss) The New Yorker December 2 1939

* Realm of Illusion; Autumn’s for Chrysanthemum-Viewing, (ss) The New Yorker December 11 1943

* Realm of Illustion; Good for Stomach and Bowels, (ss) The New Yorker November 27 1943

* Year of the Wild Boar, (ex) J.B. Lippincott, 1942

The Blue Book Magazine December 1942

Mears, Madge

* Jimmy’s Father, (ss) The Windsor Magazine March 1917

Mears, Marianna

* Capture, (pm) Indigenous Fiction #2, January 1999

Mears, Marjorie

* After You Marry the Man, (ar) The Woman Today May 1935

* The Death Warrant, (ts) The Illustrated Detective Magazine May 1930

* The Poisoned Chocolates, (ts) The Illustrated Detective Magazine November 1930

* The Talkative Doctor, (ts) The Illustrated Detective Magazine August 1930

* Who Killed Dolly Reynolds?, (ar) The Illustrated Detective Magazine September 1931

Mears, Mary Frances

* Uncle Ike and Aunt Jane, (ss) The Catholic World November 1933

Mears, Mary M.

* Accordin’ to Solomon, (ss) McClure’s Magazine January 1898

* Accross the Bridges, (ss) Harper’s Monthly Magazine #614, July 1901

* American Girls, (ar) National Magazine June 1899

* Forbidden Thing, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine April 1920

* How We Were Lost on the Roof of Milan Cathedral, (ar) National Magazine August 1899

* The Marrying of Esther, (ss) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine #567, August 1897

* Nan, (ss) The Forum July 1915

* A Platonic Pair, (ss) Munsey’s Magazine February 1896

* A Realized Romance, (ss) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine #563, April 1897

* The Syringa Boundary, (ss) Woman’s Home Companion August 1900

* A Trip for Three:
* ___ American Girls, (ar) National Magazine June 1899
* ___ II. How We Were Lost on the Roof of Milan Cathedral, (ar) National Magazine August 1899
* ___ III, (ar) National Magazine November 1899
* The Ubiquitous Mollie, (ss) McClure’s Magazine March 1901

The Idler January 1902

Mears, Michael Scott

* Going Home, (pm) Galactic Citizen #3, Summer 1993

* The Handmade Starship, (ss) Galactic Citizen #4, Autumn 1993

* In a Castle…, (pm) Galactic Citizen #2, Winter 1993

* The Maturation Factor, (ss) Galactic Citizen #6, Summer 1994

* Subversion, (pm) Galactic Citizen #2, Winter 1993

* Tyranny and Mutation, (ss) Galactic Citizen #3, Summer 1993

Mears, Preston Kennard

* Drum Beats of Terror, (ss) Ghost Stories July 1931

* Mwaba’s Amulet, (ss) Ghost Stories October/November 1931

* The Man in the Cat Mask, (vi) The Literary Hatchet #13, December 2015

* The Taxidermist’s Daughter, (vi) The Literary Hatchet #10, December 2014

Mears, Rebecca Russell

* Justifying the Means, (ar) Futures #7, February/March 1999

* The Naked Truth, (ss) Futures #11, October/November 1999

Mears, Stefon

* Ask the Cats, (vi) Fireside Magazine #11, March 2014

* Bang, (pm) Strange Horizons March 11 2013

* Black Phantom, Gray Op, (ss) Fiction River #29, 2018

* Conjure Man, (ss) Strange Horizons February 1 2016

* Elf Help Seminar, (ss) Fiction River #33, 2020

* Gun Running on Vacation, (nv) Fiction River #35, 2021

* Here I Will Dance, (ss) Fiction River #22, April 2017

* Lazarus Coughed, (ss) Fiction River #34, 2020

* Paradox. Lost., (ss) Fiction River #18, July 2016

* Quest for Beer, (ss) Fiction River #21, January 2017

* The Secret of Catnip, (ss) Fiction River #31, 2019

* Vamp Until Doomsday, (ss) Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #10, 2021

* Villainous Aspirations, (nv) Fiction River #26, November 2017

Mears, Yvonne

* Just Around the Bend, (ss) Australian Short Stories #39, 1992

* Speedwell, (ss) Australian Short Stories #53, 1996

Mearson, Charles

* The Masked Bandit (with Harry Rickard), (ss) Complete Novel Magazine #35, March 1928

* The Two-Gun Woman (with Harry Rickard), (ss) Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Magazine #53, September 1929

Mearson, Lyon

* An Accident, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly May 13 1922

* The Ace of Spades, (ss) Midnight Mystery Stories December 9 1922

* The Acting of Mamie, (ss) Argosy September 20 1919

* Advance Orders, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine July 15 1917

* After the Manner of the Scandinavians, (ss) All Around Magazine February 1917

* The Aphasia of Tommy, (vi) People’s August 1917

* The Apple of Eden, (pm) Live Stories July 1916

* Arithmetic, (pm) All-Story Weekly July 24 1915

* The A to H Worm, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly October 16 1920

* Back Stage, (ss) The Argosy October 20 1917

* Back to Main Street, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly October 29 1921

* Bashful Billy, (ss) People’s Favorite Magazine September 25 1917

* Battling Kid Boggs, (ss) Argosy August 30 1930

* Beyond the Last Frontier, (ss) The Argosy December 1 1917

* Big Town Trail, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine April 1 1919

* Blonde Hussy, (vi) Liberty August 1 1936

* Blood Royal, (ss) All-Story Weekly April 7 1917

* Brother of the Snows, (vi) People’s December 1915

* Business of Paying the Rent, (pm) All-Story Weekly May 29 1915

* The Call, (pm) All-Story Weekly October 23 1915

* Can You Beat It?, (pm) Top-Notch Magazine November 1 1916

* Compassion, (pm) All-Story Weekly November 17 1917

* Concerning the Bringing-Up of Mothers, (pm) All-Story Weekly June 14 1919

* The Crape Hanger, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly July 30 1921

* The Cruise of the Football Fan, (pm) Top-Notch Magazine November 1 1915

* Cypid vs. Hymen, (pm) All-Story Weekly March 4 1916

* The Daily Task, (pm) All Around Magazine January 1917

* Dame Fashion Supplants the Wind, (pm) Ainslee’s April 1916

* Dead Men’s Diamonds, (ss) Midnight Mysteries November 18 1922

* The Definition of Love, (pm) Snappy Stories 2nd April 1917

* Dictated but Not Heard, (ss) Cosmopolitan April 1931

Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine #457, June 1931

* Did He Deceive Her?, (pm) Macfadden Fiction-Lovers Magazine February 1925

* Dismissing Miss Sumter, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly May 14 1921

* Ditching a Dame, (hu) Real February 1953

* Dollars and Drinks, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly November 18 1922

* The Dream-Wraith, (pm) All-Story Weekly September 4 1915

* The Drinker’s Lament, (pm) All-Story Weekly January 6 1917

* Eleven Strokes, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine September 1927

* Enchanted Crimson, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine July 15 1921

* Encounter at Noon, (vi) Liberty May 21 1938

The Passing Show #340, September 24 1938

* An Episode Under the Terror, (ss) Liberty February 7 1942

* Epitaph, (pm) All-Story Weekly November 27 1915

* The Eternal Laugh, (pm) All Around Magazine October 1916

* Evening in Paris, (ss) Esquire November 1939

* A Fable, (vi) Smith’s Magazine May 1917

* Fate Plays Trumps, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly November 26 1921

* Fathers Have Rights, Too, (pm) Macfadden Fiction-Lovers Magazine January 1925

* The Faultfinder, (ss) The Novel Magazine #202, January 1922

* Fifty-Fifty, (vi) Smith’s Magazine April 1917

* The Fleet’s Out, (vi) Liberty December 12 1936

* Follow Through!, (pm) All-Story Weekly August 21 1915

* A Fools Paradise, (ss) People’s Favorite Magazine August 10 1917

* For a Little Boy Who Died, (pm) Smith’s Magazine May 1916

* Force of Habit, (ss) Ace-High Magazine April 1922

* Freaks of Fate, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly June 18 1921

* The French They Are a Funny Race, (ss) Liberty December 9 1944

* French Version, (hu) Esquire September 1938

* A Game Loser Speaks, (pm) All-Story Cavalier Weekly March 13 1915

* The Gentle Art of Banditting, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly January 21 1922

* The Ghost of the Sideshow, (na) Ghost Stories Nov, Dec 1928, Jan, Feb, Mar 1929

* Golden Hair, (pm) All-Story Weekly February 5 1916

* Golf and Life, (pm) Top-Notch Magazine March 15 1916

* The Great Tradition, (ss) Ace-High Magazine November 1921

* Gypsy Dance, (pm) All Around Magazine September 1916

* Hate Is Stronger than Love, (ss) Liberty October 9 1943

* Her Father’s Blood, (ss) Chicago Ledger July 21 1923

* He Wanted Freedom, (ss) Collier’s April 1 1939

* Hired Burglars, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly June 3 1922

* His Own Game, (nv) Top-Notch Magazine September 1 1921

* His Own Law, (ss) Crack-Shot Western August 1940

* His Summer Sport, (pm) Top-Notch Magazine August 1 1917

* His Winter Sport, (pm) Top-Notch Magazine December 15 1916

* A Hole in the Water, (vi) Liberty November 7 1936

* Horrible Harry’s Glass Jaw, (ss) The Argosy January 26 1918

* House That Anne Built, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly July 1 1922

* The House Where Once She Dwelt, (pm) Smith’s Magazine January 1916

* A Hundred Thousand in Gold, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly April 15 1922

* I Am a Morning Putterer, (ar) For Men Only December 1937

* Ice-Cold Cash, (ss) Ace-High Magazine January 1934

* If Your Wife Has a Complex, (ar) Metropolitan Magazine June 1923

* The Ill Wind (with Manning Joseph Rubin), (ss) People’s Favorite Magazine November 25 1917

* An Imperfect Day, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine January 15 1917

* In Camp, (pm) Top-Notch Magazine March 1 1917

* In the Key of E Flat, (ss) People’s Favorite Magazine October 10 1917

* I Resolve—, (pm) All-Story Weekly December 30 1916

* I Wonder What He Sees in Her, (ss) Harper’s Bazaar

Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine January 1938

* Kill or Cure, (ss) Wide-Awake Magazine February 25 1916

* A Kiss at Dawn, (pm) Ainslee’s February 1917

* The Lay of the Lost Minstrel, (ss) Liberty December 13 1941

* Life, (ss) The Grand Magazine #151, September 1917

* Life—A Cross Section, (ss) People’s July 1917

* The Lilac Normanna, (ss) People’s June 1917

The Novel Magazine #149, August 1917

* The Limper, (ss) All-Story Weekly October 11 1919

* Lines to an Idol, (pm) All-Story Cavalier Weekly March 6 1915

* The Long Worm, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly February 18 1922

* The Lost Hour, (nv) Argosy Allstory Weekly December 24 1921

* Love in a Pantechnicon, (ss) Liberty December 10 1938

* Love Song, (pm) Romance January 1916

* The Loyal Fan, (pm) Top-Notch Magazine April 15 1917

* The Luck Lizard, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly August 20 1921

* The Man Indomitable, (nv) Top-Notch Magazine November 1 1921

* Man, the Master, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly March 25 1922

* The Man Without Hands, (sl) Argosy Allstory Weekly Aug 25, Sep 1, Sep 8, Sep 15, Sep 22, Sep 29 1923

* Marital Love, (pm) All-Story Weekly January 29 1916

* Marius and the Honor System [Marius], (ss) For Men Only March 1938

* Marius Meets a Mirage [Marius], (ss) For Men Only September 1937

* The Masked Marvel, (vi) People’s May 1916

* A Meeting, (ss) People’s October 1916

* The Memory of a Kiss, (pm) Snappy Stories 1st March 1917

* Mickies, (pm) All Around Magazine August 1916

* Milady Wins, (ss) Snappy Stories 1st June 1916

* Morning of a Juryman, (ss) The New Yorker September 14 1935

Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine December 1935

* Mr. Perkins Passes By, (ss) The New Yorker November 1 1930

* Myrtilla’s Dream, (pm) All-Story Weekly June 3 1916

Argosy Allstory Weekly September 12 1925

* The Mysterious Heart, (ss) Snappy Stories 2nd August 1916

* Never Again, (pm) Top-Notch Magazine December 1 1918

* Night Club Code, (ss) Speakeasy Stories August/September 1931

* The Night Wind, (pm) All Around Magazine July 1916

* No Doubt of It, (pm) Top-Notch Magazine October 15 1915

* No More Women, (ss) Liberty December 4 1943

* Nothing Better, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine August 1 1917

* Oh, So Easy!, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine December 1 1917

* The One-Cylinder Laugh, (ss) People’s September 1916

* Out of the Night, (ss) Midnight October 7 1922

The Sovereign Magazine #39, February 1923

* Out of the Picture (with Monte W. Sohn), (ss) All Around Magazine February 1917

* Pawn of the Unseen, (n.) Ghost Stories Oct, Nov, Dec 1926, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr 1927

* Peter Prime, Patriot:
* ___ No. III.—In the Key of E Flat, (ss) People’s Favorite Magazine October 10 1917
* Phantom Getaway, (ss) Secret Agent X March 1939

* The Philosopher, (pm) All-Story Weekly September 25 1915

* Phyllida, (pm) Smith’s Magazine February 1916

* Pierre Helps, (ss) All-Story Weekly June 16 1917

* The Poem in the Ledger, (ss) The Golden Mag. #3, August 1926

* A Pressed Rose, (pm) All-Story Weekly December 18 1915

* The Principle of the Thing, (vi) People’s June 1916

* Proposals, (ss) The New Magazine (UK) #127, October 1919

* Rest-in-Peace Coffin, (ss) People’s Favorite Magazine August 25 1917

* The Riddle of Love, (pm) Snappy Stories 1st April 1917

* Ring in the Soup, (ss) Liberty March 18 1939

* Rondeau in Contentment, (pm) All Around Magazine February 1917

* Rondeau of Any Soldier, (pm) Harper’s Magazine #824, January 1919

* A Rude Awakening, (pm) Top-Notch Magazine December 1 1918, as by Noyl Nosream

* The Ruined City, (pm) All-Story Weekly July 1 1916

* Rules of Sportsmanship, (ss) The Corner Magazine #31, March 1925

* The Rules of the Game, (ss) Fighting Romances from the West and East March 1926

* A Rum Story, (pm) All Around Magazine December 1916

* The Sadness of M. Roualt, (ss)

Argosy (UK) January 1942

* Scarlet Rage, (ss) Argosy and Railroad Man’s Magazine March 1 1919

* Silver Fox, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly July 9 1921

* Sinister, (ss) Ace-High Magazine September 1921

* Slipping Him the Razz, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine December 1 1921

* A Song in Bohemia, (ss) All-Story Weekly July 8 1916

* The Square Triangle, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine October 15 1917

* Star or Student?, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine January 1 1922

* Strategy, (vi) Smith’s Magazine October 1917

* The Street of the Red Bridge, (ss) People’s February 1917

* Then You’ll Remember Me, (pm) Smith’s Magazine June 1916

* There with the Part, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine March 15 1917

* They Knew What They Wanted, (pm) Macfadden Fiction-Lovers Magazine March 1925

* They Never Would Be Missed, (hu) Midnight November 4 1922

* They Slipped It to Little Billy, (vi) People’s Favorite Magazine November 10 1917

* Through Scarlet Darkness, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine October 15 1921

The Sovereign Magazine #36, November 1922

* Through the Stilly Night, (pm) All Around Magazine February 1917

* Till Death Do Us Join, (pm) Live Stories March 1916

* The Times Do Change, (pm) Munsey’s Magazine April 1917

* Time to Pack Up, (pm) Top-Notch Magazine June 1 1917

* To a Better Half, (pm) All-Story Weekly November 6 1915

* To a Wife, (pm) All-Story Weekly July 22 1916

* To Myrtilla, (pm) All-Story Weekly August 28 1915

* Transients of Bohemia, (pm) All-Story Weekly October 9 1915

Thrills December 1927

* The Truth, (pm) Munsey’s Magazine June 1915

* The Turn of the Flea, (ss) People’s December 1916

* Two Last Straws, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly September 24 1921

* Two to One on Grandma, (vi) Liberty October 17 1942

* The Uses of Ad-verse-ity, (ss) Midnight Mystery Stories January 13 1923

* The Victory, (vi) Snappy Stories 2nd April 1916

* The Villain Thinks Out Loud, (pm) Argosy Allstory Weekly November 5 1921

* Die Wacht am Montmartre [Café Blanc], (vi) Snappy Stories 1st September 1916

* The Way of a Maid, (pm) All-Story Weekly October 16 1915

* Wearing ’Em, (ss) Hardboiled October 1936

* Wearing of the Blue, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly October 8 1921

* When I Come Back, (pm) Metropolitan Magazine November 1923

* When the Clock Struck Thirteen, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine December 15 1921

* Whispering Spirits, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine July 1 1919

* The Wife of Brainless, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly August 12 1922

* The Wild Woman, (ss) Argosy and Railroad Man’s Magazine May 24 1919

* Wind Along the Waste, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly December 10 1921

* With a Bow to de Maupassant, (ss) Cosmopolitan February 1935

Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine #505, June 1935

* With Variations, (vi) Snappy Stories 1st May 1916

* The Woman Is Paid, (vi) Saucy Stories August 1917

* The Woman Pays, (pm) Snappy Stories 1st February 1916

* The Woman Speaks, (pm) Ainslee’s June 1917

* Women Are Funny That Way, (??) Collier’s April 27 1935

* Women Are the Same All Over, (hu) Real December 1952

* Work—In Several Reels, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly March 11 1922

* X = the Husband, (ss) Liberty April 27 1940

* Body and Soul, (ss) Ghost Stories Jun, Jul 1927; as told by Raoul Hichins

* The Curse of the One-Eyed Buddha, (na) Ghost Stories Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1927; as told by Laurence Martinson

* The Mirror That Swallowed Shadows, (ss) Ghost Stories May, Jun 1928; as told by Stephen Autrey

* Murder Haunted, (ss) Ghost Stories April 1928; as told by George Carton

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