Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

McBAIN, ED (books) (chron.) (continued)

• * The Fallen Angel [as by Evan Hunter], (ss) Ladies Home Journal Jun 1955
  • Running from Legs and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * The Fat Lady [from Ice], (ex) New York: Arbor House 1983
  • McBain’s Ladies Too, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * First Offense [as by Evan Hunter], (nv) Manhunt Dec 1955
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * The Girl [from Doll], (ex) New York: Delacorte 1965
  • McBain’s Ladies Too, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * Good and Dead, (nv) Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine Jun 1975
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * Happy New Year, Herbie [as by Evan Hunter], (ss) Good Housekeeping Jan 1963
  • Running from Legs and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * Hillary Scott [from Ghosts], (ex) New York: Viking 1980
  • McBain’s Ladies Too, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus, (ss) EQMM Jan 2001
• * Improvisation, (nv) Dangerous Women, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2005
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006
• * The Innocent One [as by Richard Marsten], (ss) Manhunt Detective Story Monthly Aug 1953
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * The Interview [as by Evan Hunter], (ss) Playboy 1971
  • Running from Legs and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
  • Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
• * Introduction, (in)
  • McBain’s Ladies Too, The Mysterious Press 1990
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1999, ed. Ed McBain, Houghton Mifflin 1999
  • Running from Legs and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * Introduction, (in) Transgressions, ed. Ed McBain, Forge Books 2005
• * Kid Kill [as by Evan Hunter], (ss) Manhunt Apr 1953
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * Kiss Me, Dudley [as by Hunt Collins], (ss) Manhunt Jan 1955
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * The Last Spin [as by Evan Hunter], (ss) Manhunt Sep 1956
  • Running from Legs and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * Leaving Nairobi, (nv) AHMM Jun 2003
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books 2006
• * A Little Sitdown, (ss) EQMM May 2003
• * Merely Hate [87th Precinct], (na) Transgressions, ed. Ed McBain, Forge Books 2005
  • Transgressions, Vol. 3, ed. Ed McBain, Forge Books 2006
  • Wolf Woman Bay and 9 More of the Finest Crime and Mystery Novellas of the Year!, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2007
• * The Merry, Merry Christmas [as by Evan Hunter], (ss) Manhunt Dec 1957
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * The Molested [as by Hunt Collins], (ss) Manhunt Detective Story Monthly Sep 1953
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * Monsters, (ss) Murder for Halloween, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press 1994
• * Naomi Schneider [from Eight Black Horses], (ex) New York: Arbor House 1985
  • McBain’s Ladies Too, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * On the Sidewalk, Bleeding [as by Evan Hunter], (ss) Manhunt Jul 1957
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * Oona Blake [from ’Til Death], (ex) New York: Simon & Schuster 1959
  • McBain’s Ladies Too, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * Petals, (na)
  • McBain Duet, Driving Lessons and Petals, Two Novellas, Mystery Guild 2001
• * The Pregnant Hooker [from Ice], (ex) New York: Arbor House 1983
  • McBain’s Ladies Too, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * The Prisoner [as by Evan Hunter], (ss) The Last Spin and other stories, Constable 1960
  • Running from Legs and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * Reruns, (ss) TV Guide Jan 11-17 1997
• * Runaway [as by Richard Marsten], (nv) Manhunt Detective Story Monthly Feb 1954
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * Running from Legs, (nv) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, 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
  • Running from Legs and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * Sadie When She Died, (nv) AHMM Jan 1973
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995
• * See Him Die [as by Evan Hunter], (nv) Manhunt Detective Story Monthly Jul 1955
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * The Sharers [as by Evan Hunter], (ss) Playboy Nov 1967
  • Running from Legs and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * Small Homicide [as by Evan Hunter], (ss) Manhunt Jun 1953
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * Still Life [as by Evan Hunter], (ss) Manhunt Aug 1953
  • Learning to Kill, Harcourt 2006
• * Storm [87th Precinct], (na) 1960
  • Crimes of Passion, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * Terminal Misunderstanding [as by Evan Hunter], (ss) Playboy Jan 1971
  • Running from Legs and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * A Very Merry Christmas, (ss) 1957
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
• * The Victim, (ss) Running from Legs and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
  • Running from Legs and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Second Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2001
• * Virginia Dodge [from Killer’s Wedge], (ex) New York: Simon & Schuster 1959
  • McBain’s Ladies Too, The Mysterious Press 1990
• * Where or When, (ss) The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet 1998

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• * “Front and Center at the 87th Precinct” by Rosemary Herbert, (bg) MHCMM Sum 1998
• * “Interview: Ed McBain” by David Harlequin, (iv) Mystery Jan 1981
• * “The Poet of Pulp: How Ed McBain Made the Precinct House a Respectable Place” by Pete Hamill, (ar) New Yorker Jan 10 2000

McBRIDE, ANITA (chron.)

• * Down the Lonesome Road, (ss) AHMM Feb 1987
• * The Poison Flowers, (ss) AHMM Apr 1984

MacBRIDE, STUART (chron.)

• * Daphne McAndrews and the Smack-Head Junkies, (ss) Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press 2006

McBRIDE, SUSAN (1964- ) (chron.)

• * Stormy Weather, (ss) Mayhem in the Midlands, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, Hats Off Books 2002

McBURNIE, KAREN (chron.)

• * C&W (with Jon Hammer) [*Batman], (nv) The Further Adventures of Batman Volume 3, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1993

McCABE, CAMERON; pseudonym of Ernest Borneman, (1915-1995) (chron.)

• * The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor, (ex) London: Gollancz 1937
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

M’CABE, JAMES D., Jr. (chron.)

• * Seventy Miles an Hour, (ss)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * The Telltale Eye [as by A Traveller], (ss)

McCABE, PAT(rick) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * The Killing of Mrs Nugent [from The Butcher Boy], (ex) 1992
  • Great Irish Stories of Murder and Mystery, ed. Peter Haining, Barnes & Noble 2000
• * Who Do You Know in Heaven?, (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Aldgate).

McCAFFERTY, (Barbara) TAYLOR (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Computer Error, (ss) AHMM May 1989
• * Double-Talk (with Beverly Taylor Herald), (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
• * The Dying Light, (nv) Malice Domestic 3, Nancy Pickard, Pocket 1994
• * Even Steven, (ss) Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket 1993
• * Foolproof, (ss) Canine Crimes, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1998
• * For Protection, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• * Motion Sickness, (ss) AHMM Jun 1987
• * O Little Hound of Bethlehem, (ss) Canine Christmas, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1999
• * Old Flame, (ss) AHMM Sep 1987
  • Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum and Other Horror Stories, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Simon & Schuster 1994
• * Playing Dolls, (ss) AHMM Feb 1990
• * Tommajean, Tommajean, (ss) AHMM Sep 1986

McCAFFERY, SIMON P. (chron.)

• * Attack of the Fifty Foot Cafeteria Woman, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1995
• * The Deep End, (ss) AHMM Dec 1991
  • The Haunted Hour, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley Prime Crime 1995
• * Strawberry Moon, (ss) AHMM Jun 1994
• * Wave Goodbye, (ss) AHMM Oct 1999

McCAFFREY, ANNE (Inez) (1926- ) (chron.)

• * Rescue Run, (na) Analog Aug 1991
  • High Adventure, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Barnes & Noble 1992

McCAHERY, JAMES (R.) (1934-1995) (chron.)

• * Deep and Crisp and Even, (na) Murder Most Merry, ed. Anon., Zebra 1994
• * Jonathan Latimer: An Interview, (iv) Hardboiled #4 1986
• * More Than Meets the Eye, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 1989

McCAHERY, JIM (chron.)

• * The Wine Club, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1988

McCALL, J. F. (chron.)

• * The Perfectionist, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972

McCALL, LINDA LANE (1941- ); see pseudonym Gabriella Diamond (chron.)

McCALL, LINNEY TEAGUE; pseudonym of K. A. Gannon (chron.)

• * The Gift of Prester John, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1999

McCALL, MARTIN; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * The Cruise of the Savage [by E. Hoffmann Price; Matalaa, The White Savage], (na) Red Star Adventures Aug 1940
  • Action Adventure Stories #59 1999
• * Savage Jeopardy [by E. Hoffmann Price; Matalaa, The White Savage], (na) Red Star Adventures Oct 1940
  • Action Adventure Stories #92 2001
• * Treasure of the Savage [by E. Hoffmann Price; Matalaa, The White Savage], (na) Red Star Adventures Jan 1941
  • Action Adventure Stories #67 2000
• * The White Savage [by E. Hoffmann Price; Matalaa, The White Savage], (na) Red Star Adventures Jun 1940
  • Action Adventure Stories #51 1999

McCAMMON, ROBERT R(ick) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * On a Beautiful Summer’s Day, He Was [Batman], (ss) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990

McCANDLESS, D. B. (chron.)

• * The Corpse in the Crystal, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 30 1937
  • Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, ed. Otto Penzler, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2007
• * He Got What He Asked For, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 16 1937
  • Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, ed. Otto Penzler, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2007

McCANN, PETE (chron.)

• * A Challenge for the Killer!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Apr 1958
• * Hell School!, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Oct 1960

McCANN, SHIRLEY (chron.)

• * Payback, (ss) AHMM Jan/Feb 2005

McCARDELL, ROY L(arcom) (1870-?) (chron.)

• * The Sign of the “400” [Sherlock Holmes], (vi) Puck Oct 24 1894

McCARRON, JON MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Namith’s Mission, (ss) Danger City, ed. Jess Dukes, Mike Segretto & Jeffrey Dinsmore, Contemporary Press 2005

McCARRY, CHARLES (1930- ) (chron.)

• * The Hand of Carlos, (ss) The Armchair Detective Fll 1992
  • The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, ed. Otto Penzler, Dove Books 1998

McCARTHY, AGNES (chron.)

• * The Thresher Papers, (ss)
  • Reader’s Digest Mystery Top-Picks, ed. Judith Hatch, Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader’s Digest Educational Division 1977

McCARTHY, DETECTIVE SERGEANT DAN (chron.)

• * Man Hunters, (ss) Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Apr/May 1927

McCARTHY, KEITH (chron.)

• * Bad Blood [Beverley Wharton], (ss) EQMM Jun 2006
• * Mandelbrot’s Patterns, (nv) AHMM Dec 2007
• * The Peculiar Death of Daniel Hunt [John Eisenmenger; Helena Flemming], (ss) AHMM Oct 2006

McCARTHY, KEVIN (chron.)

• * Something to Work With, (ss) Plots with Guns Nov/Dec 2002

McCARTHY, SHAUN (Lloyd) (1928-2001); see pseudonym Desmond Cory (chron.)

McCARTY, BARBARA (chron.)

• * The Best Qualifications, (ss) AHMM Oct 1997
• * Disposing of Uncle Rocco, (ss) AHMM Feb 1998
• * Saving Aunt Sophy, (ss) AHMM Jan 2000

McCARTY, RUTH M. (chron.)

• * Not My Son, (ss) Undertow, ed. Skye Alexander, Kate Flora & Susan Oleksiw, Level Best Books 2003

MCCARVER, SAM(uel C.) (1927- ) (chron.)

• * The Loch Ness Mystery [John Darnell], (nv) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001

McCAULEY, CAROLE SPEARIN (1939- ) (chron.)

• * Done, (pm) Murderous Intent Spr 1999; also as “Done In”.
• * Done In [“Done”], (pm) Murderous Intent Spr 1999
  • Murderous Intent Sum 1999

McCAULEY, ROSS (chron.)

• * Singapore Assassin, (ss) AHMM Jan 1990

McCHONCHIE, LYN (chron.)

• * Wolf in the Fold, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1997

McCLARY, THOMAS CALVERT (1909-1972) (chron.)

• * One Gun, One Bullet, (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Feb 1966
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual Sum 1971; given in toc as “One Man, One Bullet”

McCLEERY, DIANNE CHAPMAN (chron.)

• * Mitzi, (ss) AHMM Dec 1996

McCLENDON, LISE (Webb) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * The End of the World (As We Know It), (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

McCLIMANS, LAUREL (chron.)

• * A Few Lights Short of a Strand, (ss) AHMM Jan 1994
• * Was It Guru for You, Too?, (ss) AHMM Nov 1994

McCLINTICK, MALCOLM (1942- ) (chron.)

• * Fingering a Killer, (ss) AHMM Win 1989
• * The Invisible Man, (ss) EQMM May 1985
• * Kelso at the Red Dragon, (ss) AHMM Mar 1986
• * Kelso at the Voodoo Museum, (nv) AHMM Feb 1997