Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Chronological List

MacLEAN, MICHAEL (stories) (continued)

• McHenry’s Gift (ss) Thuglit (online) 2005
• Little Sins (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Jan 2006 [nameless P.I.]
• Little Secrets (ss) EQMM Nov 2007

McLEAN, RUSSEL D. (stories)

• The Death of Ronnie Sweets (ss) AHMM Jun 2004
• Dudman’s Word (ss) AHMM Dec 2004
• Coughing John (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005
• Regrets (nv) AHMM Dec 2005
• Like a Matter of Honour (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2006
• Pedro Paul (ss) Expletive Deleted, ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books 2007
• What Friends Are For (ss) AHMM Apr 2008
• Davey’s Daughter (ss) AHMM Sep 2008 [Sam Bryson]

MacLEISH, K. R. (stories)

• Neither Rhyme Nor Riot (ss) AHMM Jun 1997
• Double Jeopardy (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1998
• Stumbled on a Solution (ss) AHMM Jan 2000

MacLEOD, CHARLOTTE (Matilda Hughes) (1922-2005) (books) (stories)

• Clean Slate (ss) Yankee Nov 1963
• A Snatch in Time (ss) Yankee Dec 1963
• Force of Habit (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Jul 1965
• Quietly, by Night (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Jul 1965; also as “Force of Habit”.
• Lady Patterly’s Lover (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Sep 1965
• The Courtship of Miles Peabody (ss) Yankee Dec 1965; also as “The Felonious Courtship of Miles Peabody”.
• The Felonious Courtship of Miles Peabody (ss) Yankee Dec 1965
• Journey for Lady G. (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Apr 1966
• Mine to Love (ss) Good Housekeeping Aug 20 1966; also as “More Like Martine”.
• More Like Martine (ss) Good Housekeeping Aug 20 1966
• Better a Cat (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Aug 1966
• The High Price of Cat Food (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Aug 1966; also as “Better a Cat”.
• Assignment: Marriage (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Jan 1967
• Father Knew Best (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine May 1967
• The Martinet (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine May 1967; also as “Father Knew Best”.
• Fifty Acres of Prime Seaweed (ss) AHMM Feb 1985
• The Unlikely Demise of Cousin Claude (ss) AHMM Feb 1985; also as “Fifty Acres of Prime Seaweed”.
• The Mysterious Affair of the Beaird-Wynnington Dirigible Airship (nv) AHMM Feb 1986
• It Was an Awful Shame (ss) 1986
• The Dastardly Dilemma of the Vicious Vaudevillian (ss) Grab Bag, Avon 1987
• Homecoming (ss) Grab Bag, Avon 1987
• Monique (ss) Grab Bag, Avon 1987
• Rest You Merry (ss) Grab Bag, Avon 1987
• A Cozy for Christmas (nv) Mistletoe Mysteries, Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1989
• Button in the Bag (ss) Cold Blood III, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1990
• A Sticky Business (nv) A Suit of Diamonds, ed. Anon., Collins 1990
• Christmas Stalkings [ed.] (oa) The Mysterious Press 1991
• Counterfeit Christmas (nv) Christmas Stalkings, ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1991
• The Perplexing Puzzle of the Perfidious Pigeon Poisoner (nv) Malice Domestic 1, Elizabeth Peters, Pocket 1992
• A Long Time Sitting (ss) Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine 1992
• Why the C Was Boiling Hot (ss) Cold Blood IV, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1992
• Plumbing the Depths (ss) Funny Bones, ed. Joan Hess, Signet 1997
• It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories (co) Five Star 2002
• A Tale of a Tub (ss) [Strongitharm Goodheart]

McLEOD, MILT (stories)

• Salvation (ss) EQMM Oct 1995

MACLEOD, NORMAN (1812-1872) (stories)

• The Doctor’s Ghost (ss)

McLOUGHLIN, TIM (books) (stories)

• Brooklyn Noir [ed.] (oa) Akashic Books 2004
• Introduction: Love & Crime (in) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004
• When All This Was Bay Ridge (ss) Brooklyn Noir, ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books 2004
• Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics [ed.] (an) Akashic Books 2005
• Scared Rabbit (ss) New Orleans Noir, ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books 2007; (Irish Channel).
• Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth [ed. with Thomas Adcock] (oa) Akashic Books 2008
• Introduction [with Thomas Adcock] (in) Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth, ed. Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock, Akashic Books 2008
• Snapshots (ss) Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth, ed. Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock, Akashic Books 2008; (Kings County Supreme Court).

McMAHAN, RICK (1967- ) (stories)

• Book Reviews (br) Hardboiled #15 1993
• The All-American Cop Review (br) Hardboiled #16 1993
• Crossfire (ss) Hardboiled #16 1993
• In a Bad Way (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000
• The Case of the Purloined Derby Dog (ss) Low Down and Derby, ed. Abigail Jones, Overmountain Press 2006
• The Cold (ss) Death Do Us Part, ed. Harlen Coben, Back Bay Books 2006

McMARTIN, SEAN (stories)

• Mr. Psychologist (ss) Extension 1962
• Conduct Unbecoming (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1980
• The Beer Bust (ss) EQMM Dec 1982
• Bitter Cold for May (ss) AHMM Oct 1986
• The Last Oasis (ss) AHMM Nov 1995

McMEEL, CORTRIGHT (stories)

• Istanbul (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2004
• Fighter (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2004
• Nasty Jay (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

McMILLAN, DENNIS (stories)

• The “Feedum & Weap” Stories (ar) The Water Walker, Dennis McMillan 1990

McMILLAN, WAYNE (stories)

• Kansas City Connection (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 17 1941

McMILLEN, JEAN (stories)

• Sarah’s Story (ss) Chesapeake Crimes, ed. Donna Andrews, Quiet Storm Books 2004

McMINN, ROBERT (stories)

• Grace (ss) City of Crime, ed. David Belbin, Five Leaves Publications 1997

McMORROW, VIRGINIA G. (stories)

• Making the Point (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2003
• Losing Odds (ss) Shred of Evidence Aug 2004
• A Pain in the Neck (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2005

McNAB, CLAIRE; pseudonym of Claire Carmichael, (1940- ) (stories)

• High-Rating Death (ss) More Crimes for a Summer Christmas, ed. Stephen Knight, North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1991
• Animal Act (ss) Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime, ed. Sara Paretsky, Signet 2007

MACNAB, JOHN; pseudonym of David Edgerley Gates, (1947- ) (stories)

• Dead Giveaway (ss) AHMM Feb 27 1980

McNALLY, JOE (stories)

• South (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Elephant & Castle).

McNARY, HERBERT L(ouis) (stories)

• Murder in Bronze (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jul 1933

MacNEAL, JAMES (stories)

• Perfection (ss)

McNEAR, ROBERT (1930-1985) (stories)

• The Green Gorevan (ss) EQMM Dec 1969

McNEELY, THOMAS H. (stories)

• Sheep (nv) Atlantic Monthly Jun 1999

McNEIL, GEORGE (stories)

• Death, the Champ (ss) The Phantom Detective Feb 1935

McNEILE, H(erman) C(yril) (1888-1937); see pseudonym Sapper (stories)

• Thirteen Lead Soldiers (nv) The Strand Dec 1937 [Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond]

MacNICHOL, KENNETH (1887-?); see pseudonym O. M. Cabral (stories)

MACOMBER, PATRICIA LEE (stories)

• Death Did Not Become Him [with David Niall Wilson] (nv) Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Ballantine Del Rey 2003 [Sherlock Holmes]

McPHEE, JENNY (stories)

• Mrs. Lange’s Party (ss) Zoetrope All-Story Win 1999

McPHERSON, JAMES ALAN (1943- ) (stories)

• An Act of Prostitution (ss)

McPHERSON, MICHAEL C. (1949- ) (stories)

• The Pigeon (ss) Hardboiled #6 1986
• The Story That Won: Foiled Again (vi) AHMM mid-Dec 1990
• The Story That Won: The Last Laugh (vi) AHMM Mar 1991
• Chute Out (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Jan 1994
• A Swapping of Wings (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Jan 1994

MacPHERSON, TOM (stories)

• A Spin of the Bottle (ss) AHMM Apr 1960

McQUILLAN, KARIN (1950- ) (stories)

• Bikini Girls (ss) Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1991

MacRAE, MOLLY (stories)

• My Trouble (ss) AHMM Jan 1990
• Speaking Terms (ss) AHMM Apr 1991
• Missing Something (ss) AHMM May 2000
• Ah, Paradise (ss) AHMM Nov 2000
• No Can Do (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 2001
• It Takes Two (ss) AHMM Feb 2002
• Fandango by Flashlight (ss) AHMM Dec 2005
• Cookies [with Stephen Johnston] (ss) AHMM Jun 2008

McROBERTS, KERRY; house pseudonym (stories)

• Gold of the Gestapo (nv) Popular Detective Dec 1940 [The Eagle]

MacROBERTS, NANCY (stories)

• The Broadhurst Formula (ss)

MacSHANE, FRANK (1927-1999) (stories)

• He Made Words Dance: The Centenary of Raymond Chandler (bg) Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988

McSHERRY, FRANK D(avid), JR. (1927-1997) (books)

• Death in Dixie [ed. with Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh] (an) Rutledge Hill Press 1987

M’sing, MIKE (stories)

• Geronimo’s Colt (ss) AHMM May 1982

McVAUGH, JENIFER (stories)

• Overdue (ss) AHMM Jun 1990

McWHORTER, AUDREY (stories)

• Talk Me to Death (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001

McWHORTER, CHARLES C. (stories)

• Letter to the Editor (pm) EQMM Jul 23 1980

McWILLIAM, CANDIA (1955- ) (stories)

• How You Look at It (ss) Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999
• Being a People Person (ss)

MACY, HOWARD W. (1843-?); possible pseudonym of Philip S. Warne (stories)

• The Mystery of the Sea-Eagle Tavern (na) New York Weekly Dec 2 1872-Jan 6, 1873

MADDREN, GERRY; [i.e., Geraldine S. Maddren] (c1924- ) (stories)

• The Shuffle (ss) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980
• The Four Knights (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1982
• Such a Good Neighborhood (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1983
• Traveling Light (ss) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984
• The Machine of Justice (ss) EQMM Jul 1996

MADIA, BOB (stories)

• Light Sleeper (vi) Hardboiled Detective #10 1990
• Karma (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

MADRIGAL, PAOLO (stories)

• My War (ss) Murdaland #1 2007; tr. by Caleb Jacobsen-Sive

MAFFINI, MARY JANE (1947- ) (stories)

• Naked Truths (ss) Cold Blood V, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic 1994
• Cotton Armour (ss) The Ladies Killing Circle, ed. Vicki Cameron & Audrey Jessup 1995
• Full Moom, Blue Lake (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997
• But the Corpse Can’t Laugh (ss) EQMM Apr 1999
• After Due Reflection (ss) EQMM Jul 2000
• Blind Alley (ss) EQMM Nov 2001
• Cocktails with the Corpse (ss) Death Dines In, ed, Claudia Bishop & Dean James, Berkley 2004

MAFFINI, VICTORIA (stories)

• Tit for Tat (ss) Dead in the Water, ed. Violette Malan & Therese Greenwood, RendezVous Press 2006

MAGARSHACK, DAVID (1899-1977) (stories)

• from “The Execution of Tropmann”, by Ivan Turgenev (ex)

MAGDZIAK, EDWARD J., JR. (stories)

• The Story That Won: The Solitary Rider (vi) AHMM Nov 1991

MAGE, JACQLYN (stories)

• The Flame of New Orleans [with Ann Phillips] (nv) Southern Nights, ed. Anon., Southern Star Publishing 2001

MAGEE, EDITH (stories)

• The Story That Won: See Mary (vi) AHMM Apr 1990

MAGEE, JARLON (stories)

• Lunatic At Large (ss) Hardboiled #31 2004

MAGEE, ROSEMARY M. (stories)

• Suchness (ss) EQMM May 2008

MAGILL, MARCUS; pseudonym of Brian Merrikin Hill, (1896-?) (stories)

• Flat To Let (ss) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

MAGINN, WILLIAM (1793-1842) (stories)

• The Man in the Bell (ss) Blackwood’s Nov 1821

MAGNUS, PETER (stories)

• Faithful Unto Death (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1981

MaGOWAN, JOHN H. (stories)

• Darker than Just Before the Dawn (ss) AHMM Mar 1993

MAGSON, ADRIAN (stories)

• Procedure (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004
• Stuff Happens (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2006

MAGUIRE, SUSIE (books) (stories)

• Something Wicked [ed. with Amanda Hargreaves] (oa) Polygon 1999
• Statutes and Judgements (ss) Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999

MAHFOUZ, NAGUIB (1911-2006) (stories)

• By a Person Unknown (ss) The Time and the Place and Other Stories, American University in Cairo Press 1991

MAIDA, PATRICIA D. (stories)

• From “The Puzzle-Game” [with Nicholas B. Spornick] (ar)

MAILER, NORMAN (Kingsley) (1923-2007) (stories)

• The Greatest Thing in the World (ss) The Harvard Advocate Apr 1941
• The Locust Cry (ss) 1963
• from An American Dream (ex) New York: The Dial Press 1965
• from The Executioner’s Song (ex) Boston: Little Brown 1979

MAINE, CHARLA; pseudonym (stories)

• Penumbra (ss) Gone Coastal, ed. Margaret Searles, Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006
• Life Is a Cabernet (ss) Never Safe, ed. Anon., Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc. 2006

MAINS, KAREN BURTON (1943- ) (stories)

• In the Women’s Room (rr) Carnage at Christhaven, ed. William Griffin, San Francisco, CA: Harper and Row 1989

MAINWARING, DANIEL (Geoffrey Homes) (1902-1977) (stories)

• Fruit Tramp (ss) Harper’s Jul 1934

MAITLAND, JOHN (stories)

• Inchy’s Forty-Grand Alibi (ss) Detective Tales Jul 1948

MAJOR, J. MICHAEL (stories)

• Into Their Own Hands (ss) Hardboiled #21 1996
• In the Snow (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1998
• Checking Things Out (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Aug 1998

MAK, DERWIN (stories)

• Seventy-two Virgins (ss) Thou Shalt Not..., ed. Lee Allen Howard, Dark Cloud Press 2006

MALAN, V. A. (stories)

• Brush Off (ss) Bloody Words: the anthology, ed. Caro Soles & Cheryl Freedman, Baskerville Books 2003

MALAN, VIOLETTE (books) (stories)

• Attitude Adjustment (ss) Crime Spree, ed. Sandy DeLuca and Trey R. Barker, December Girl Press 2001
• Dead in the Water [ed. with Therese Greenwood] (oa) RendezVous Press 2006
• Boom Time at Buffalo Pound (ss) Dead in the Water, ed. Violette Malan & Therese Greenwood, RendezVous Press 2006

MALCOLM, DAN; pseudonym of Robert Silverberg, (1935- ) (stories)

• Deathtrap of Desire (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1958
• Wizard With a Switchblade (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1959
• Too Easy Pickup (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959