Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

MÜLLNER, ADOLPH (stories)

• The Caliber (na) 1828

MULREY, ELIZABETH (stories)

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

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

• Herodes Redivivus (ss) The Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories, Dennis Dobson 1949
• The Tregannet Book of Hours (ss) The Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories, Dennis Dobson 1949

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

• Roman Holiday (na) Golden Fleece Oct 1938

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

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

MUNKITTRICK, R(ichard) K(endall) (1853-1911) (stories)

• The Sign of the “400” (vi) Puck Oct 24 1894; actually written by Roy L. McCardell. [Sherlock Holmes]

MUÑOZ, GABRIEL TRUJILLO (stories)

• Lucky Strike (ss)
• A Personal Matter (ss)

MUNRO, ALICE (1931- ) (stories)

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

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

MUNRO, JENNIFER D. (stories)

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

MUNRO, MIKE; pseudonym of Michael Mesrobian (stories)

• Desperate Measures (ss) EQMM Aug 2000

MUNRO, ROD (stories)

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

MUNSCH, ELAINE (stories)

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

MURAVYONA, IRINA (1952- ) (stories)

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

MURDER SQUAD (stories)

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

MURGUÍA, ALEJANDRO (stories)

• 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 (stories)

MURPHY, BRENDAN (stories)

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

MURPHY, DENNIS (stories)

• The Grafton Girls (nv) EQMM Jan 2003

MURPHY, DENNIS RICHARD (stories)

• Final Escape (pm) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004
• Sounds of Silence (ss) EQMM Dec 2004
• Dead in the Water (ss) Dead in the Water, ed. Violette Malan & Therese Greenwood, RendezVous Press 2006
• Fuzzy Wuzzy (ss) EQMM Aug 2006
• Everything in Its Place (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2007

MURPHY, DERRYL (1963- ) (stories)

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

MURPHY, JAMES M. (stories)

• 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 (stories)

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

MURPHY, JOE (stories)

• 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 (stories)

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

MURPHY, MARGARET (1959- ) (stories)

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

MURPHY, SHIRLEY ROUSSEAU (1928- ) (stories)

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

MURPHY, TIM (stories)

• Waiting to Die (ss) Hardboiled #29/30 2003

MURPHY, WARREN B(urton) (1933- ) (stories)

• About the Round Table (in) A Body Is Found, Wynwood Press 1990
• And One for the Little Girl (nv) A Body Is Found, Wynwood Press 1990
• Looking for Mister Green (nv) Missing in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1992 [Trace]
• Without a Trace (nv) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994
• A Cry from the Heart (ss) Justice in Manhattan, Adams Round Table, Stamford, CT: Longmeadow 1994
• Another Day, Another Dollar (ss) Murder on the Run, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 1998
• Murder at the Roundtable (ms) MHCMM Sum 2000
• Collaboration (ss) Murder Among Friends, The Adams Round Table, Berkley 2000
• Highly Irregular on Baker Street (nv) Mystery Street, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2001 [Trace]
• Motherly Love (nv) Murder in the Family, The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime 2002

MURRAY, CHRISTINE (stories)

• Can’t Buy Me Love (ss) Toronto Noir, ed. Janine Armin & Nathaniel G. Moore, Akashic Books 2008; (Union Station).

MURRAY, D(avid) L(eslie) (1888-1962) (stories)

• A Gift from the Nabob (ss) The Strand Dec 1941

MURRAY, DONNA HUSTON (1944- ) (stories)

• Heels (ss) Lethal Ladies, Nancy Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1996
• Mickey Pat (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1997
• Christmas Rain (ss) Lethal Ladies II, Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley 1998
• “An Interview with Donna Huston Murray” by Lisa D. Williamson (iv) Murderous Intent Win 1999

MURRAY, F. W. (stories)

• Odds Against McGill (ss) Mystery Stories #22 1941

MURRAY, GENE (stories)

• A Candy Store (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1980

MURRAY, LES (stories)

• Dog Fox Field (pm)

MURRAY, ROBERT; pseudonym of Robert Murray Graydon, (1890-1937) (stories)

• Hobo Fighter (ss) Mystery Stories #14 1939
• Christmas Eve (ss) Mystery Stories #15 1939

MURRAY, STEPHEN; pseudonym of Stephen Murray Hayes (stories)

• Eyepiece (ss) Winter’s Crimes 23, ed. Maria Rejt, London: Macmillan 1991
• The Case of the Gypsy’s Curse (nv) Winter’s Crimes 24, ed. Maria Rejt, London: Macmillan 1992
• Positive Vetting (ss) 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus 1992
• A Quiet Evening at Fountains (ss) Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992
• The Corpse in the Attic, by Gunnar Staalesen (ss) EQMM Oct 1994
• The Train (nv) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
• Wilfred’s Last Do (ss) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995
• Lord Peter’s Last Case (ss) EQMM Jan 1996
• Landfall (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005

MURRAY, WILL(iam Patrick) (1953- ) (stories)

• A Quarter for Crazy Eddie (ss) EQMM Oct 6 1980
• The Green Brassiere (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 1988
• The Rise and Fall of the Detective Pulp Magazine, Part I (ar) Detective Story Magazine Nov 1989
• The Rise and Fall of the Detective Pulp Magazine, Part II (ar) Detective Story Magazine Feb 1990
• Bone (nv) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990 [Batman]
• Seize the Night (na) The Further Adventures of Batman 2, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992 [Batman]
• The City That Could Not Breathe (na) The Further Adventures of Batman Volume 3, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1993 [Batman]
• Spider Snow (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1996 [The Sandman]
• The Thunder Bat (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1997 [The Sandman]
• Hag’s Head the Sandman (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb 1997 [The Sandman]
• Tiger Hunt (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Apr 1997
• The Crime of Transfiguration (ss) Future Crimes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW 1999
• The Catawampus Caper (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• Rags the Mighty (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000
• Beyond the Call of Beauty (ss) The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2004
• Observable Justice (nv) The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006

MURTHA, PAT W. (stories)

• The Missing Baba Ryun (ss) EQMM Jul 1986

MUSELLA, CHRISTOPHER (stories)

• Sweet Cherry: R.I.P. (ss) Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth, ed. Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock, Akashic Books 2008; (Sunset Park).

MUSSELMAN, M. M. (stories)

• Murder Rap (nv) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr 1930
• The Hop-head (nv) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Oct 1930

MUZAMEL, JACI (stories)

• Killer Traditions (ss) Racing Can Be Murder, ed. Brenda R. Stewart & Tony Perona, Blue River Press 2007

MYERS, AMY (1938- ) (books) (stories)

• Murdering Mr Boodle (nv) The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1995 [Auguste Didier]
• Aphrodite’s Trojan Horse (or Murder on Mount Ida) (nv) Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times 1996 [Aphrodite]
• The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer (ss) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997; also as “The Case of the Faithful Retainer”. [Sherlock Holmes]
• Who Killed Mamillius? or Unconsidered Trifles (ss) Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997
• The Case of the Faithful Retainer (ss) The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1997 [Sherlock Holmes]
• Murder at the Jubilee (ss) EQMM Mar 1998 [Auguste Didier]
• Footsteps in the Snow (ss) Shakespearean Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1998 [William Shakespeare]
• Murder at the Soirée (nv) Malice Domestic 7, Sharyn McCrumb, Avon 1998 [Auguste Didier]
• Who Killed Adonis? (ss) Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1998 [Aphrodite]
• Happy the Man... (ss) Royal Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1999
• Murder Strips Off (ss) The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2000 [Nick Didier]
• Tom Wasp and Anybody’s Child (ss) Scenes of Crime, ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd. 2000 [Tom Wasp]
• Who Killed Dido? (ss) Murder Through the Ages, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 2000 [Aphrodite]
• Murder, ’Orrible Murder (ss) EQMM Mar 2001 [Tom Wasp]
• Who Killed Pyramus? (ss) The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2002 [Aphrodite]
• A Case for Judge and Jury (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2002 [Tom Wasp]
• The Rightful King of England (ss) EQMM Nov 2002 [Auguste Didier]
• Murder by Ghost (ss) EQMM May 2003 [Auguste Didier]
• Granny Trotter’s Treasure (ss) Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2003
• Valentino’s Valediction (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004
• Murder in the Pineapple Pit (ss) EQMM Jun 2004 [Auguste Didier]
• The Last Sheaf (ss) EQMM Aug 2004
• The Pilgrim (ss) EQMM Jul 2005
• Gum’s Goer (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005
• That’s the Way He Did It (ss) EQMM Jan 2006
• Murder Unauthorized (ss) The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf 2006
• Murder, ’Orrible Murder (co) Crippen & Landru 2006
• Murder at the Picnic (ss) Murder, ’Orrible Murder, Crippen & Landru 2006; first published in German: Mord auf dem Bankett, Aufbau Verlag, 1997. [Auguste Didier]
• Where There’s a Will... (ss) EQMM Feb 2007
• Parson Pennywick and the Whirligig (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2007
• Tom Wasp and the Swell Mob (nv) The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2007 [Tom Wasp]
• Tom Wasp and the Dollyshop (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2008 [Tom Wasp]
• Murder of a Distressed Gentleman (ss) EQMM May 2008 [Auguste Didier]
• Tom Wasp and the Tower of London (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2008 [Tom Wasp]
• Counting Chickens (ss) EQMM Dec 2008
• Introduction (in)

MYERS, ANNETTE (stories)

• It’s Too Late, Baby (ss) A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir, ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press 2007

MYERS, BEVERLE GRAVES (stories)

• Foul Ball (ss) Shred of Evidence Feb 2003
• Sweet Smell of Success (ss) Who Died in Here?, ed. Pat Dennis, Penury Press 2004
• Conversation with Beverle Graves Myers (iv) AHMM Sep 2004
• The Franklin Fiasco (ss) AHMM Sep 2004 [Nicco Zianni]
• Windows to the Soul (ss) Shred of Evidence Nov 2004
• The Mozart Muddle (nv) AHMM Dec 2005 [Nicco Zianni]
• The Casanova Caper (ss) AHMM Apr 2006 [Nicco Zianni]
• The True Story of the Whirlaway Café (ss) Low Down and Derby, ed. Abigail Jones, Overmountain Press 2006
• Brimstone P.I. (ss) AHMM May 2007
• The Bookworm’s Demise (nv) AHMM Dec 2007 [Nicco Zianni]

MYERS, DAVID E. (stories)

• Assertiveness Training (vi) AHMM Apr 1989

MYERS, JOAN (stories)

• Copycat (ss) A Deadly Dozen, ed. Susan B. Casmier, Aljean Harmetz & Cynthia Lawrence, Uglytown 2000

MYERS, LAWRENCE D. (stories)

• I Saw (vi) EQMM Aug 1985

MYERS, LYNN F., JR. (books) (stories)

• The Matchstick and the Rubber Band (ss) Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton 1994
• Introduction: I, the Writer [with Max Allan Collins] (in) Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004
• A Tip of the Porkpie [with Max Allan Collins] (ms) Byline: Mickey Spillane, Crippen & Landru 2004

MYERS, O(scar) B. (stories)

• Jewels for the Dead (ss) The Mysterious Wu Fang Jan 1936

MYERS, TAMAR (Dawn) (1948- ) (stories)

• Chicken Catch a Tory (ss) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
• Porridge and Bess (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001 [Pennsylvania Dutch]

MYERS, TIM(othy L.) (stories)

• My Late Aunt Hattie (vi) AHMM Nov 1993
• Reaching the Limit (ss) Woman’s World Oct 4 1994
• Diamond Ring (ss) Mystery Time Spr 1995
• Drunken Jag (ss) Mystery Time Fll 1995
• The Set-up (ss) Woman’s World Nov 7 1995
• The Marriage Counselor (ss) Woman’s World Dec 12 1995
• The Bag Under the Bench (ss) Red Herring Mystery Magazine v2 #2 1995
• Anything for Her Children (ss) Murderous Intent Win/Spr 1996
• Detective’s Nursery Rhyme (pm) Mystery Time Spr 1996
• Under My Spell (ss) Woman’s World Jul 23 1996
• Credit Card Charges (ss) The Case WWW Oct 7 1996
• The Nightcap (ss) The Case WWW Oct 15 1996
• The Lottery (ss) The Case WWW Nov 18 1996
• Answers in the Stars (ss) Woman’s World Dec 16 1996
• Staging a Heist (ss) The Case WWW Dec 16 1996
• It Takes One to Know One (ss) Woman’s World Dec 30 1996
• The Match (ss) Red Herring Mystery Magazine v3 #1 1996
• Hide and Seek (ss) Whispering Willow Jan 2 1997