Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

McCUNE, PATRICIA (chron.)

• * The Blue Cap, (nv)
  • Everygirl’s Detective Stories, ed. A. L. Furman, Lantern Press 1961

McCURNIN, JOHN (chron.)

• * A Tulip in the Snow, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 5 1941
  • 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993

McDADE, DENNIS (chron.)

• * The Piano Man, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994

McDADE, THOMAS M. (1907-1996) (chron.)

• * Jimson’s Folly, (ss) EQMM Oct 1982

McDARIS, STEVEN (chron.)

• * Bowling Ball Blues, (ss) Hardboiled #19 1994

McDERMID, VAL (1955- ) (chron.)

• * The Consolation Blonde, (ss) Mysterious Pleasures, ed. Martin Edwards, London: Little, Brown 2003
  • The Adventure of the Missing Detective, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2005
  • The Best British Mysteries 2005, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2005
• * The Distant Echo, (ex) HarperCollins UK 2003
  • Crimewave #7 2003
• * Driving a Hard Bargain, (ss) Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House 1996
• * Foreword, (fw)
  • Murder Squad, ed. Malcolm Edwards, Flambard Press 2001
• * Foreword, (fw) A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir, ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press 2007
• * The Girl Who Killed Santa Claus, (ss) EQMM Jan 2002
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Third Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2002
• * Guilt Trip, (ss) No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press 1995
  • EQMM Nov 1996
  • Northern Blood III, ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise 1998
  • Cutting Edge, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * Heartburn, (ss) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995
• * Metamorphosis, (ss) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002
• * Sneeze for Danger, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005
• * A Traditional Christmas, (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995
• * The Wagon Mound, (ss) Australian Women’s Weekly 2002
  • EQMM Aug 2002
  • World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003
  • The Best British Mysteries, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby 2003
• * White Knights, Black Magic, (ss) Crime in the City, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press 2002
• * The Writing on the Wall, (ss) 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus 1994
  • Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999

_____, [ref.]

• * “Val McDermid” by Adrian Muller, (iv) Crime Time v2 #5 1999

McDEVITT, JACK; [i.e., John Charles McDevitt] (1935- ) (chron.)

• * The Adventure of the Southsea Trunk, (ss) Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders, Solaris 2008
• * The Big Downtown, (na) Down These Dark Spaceways, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2005
• * Happy Birthday (with Mark L. Van Name) [Batman], (ss) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990
  • Legends of the Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1997

McDEVITT, JOHN CHARLES; see under McDevitt, Jack (chron.)

MacDIARMID, HUGH; pseudonym of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978) (chron.)

• * Tom Mackie’s Trial, (vi) Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), London: Associated Newspapers 1935

McDONALD, ALAN (Patrick) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * The Delivery Man, (ss) Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury 1992

MACDONALD, CAROLINE (1948-1997) (chron.)

• * Sunday Drive, (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994

McDONALD, CRAIG (chron.)

• * Last Interview, (ss) Mississippi Review Jan 2005
  • The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2007
• * Rope-a-Dope, (ss)
  • Dublin Noir, ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books 2006

MacDONALD, DORI (chron.)

• * Oatmeal, (ss) EQMM May 1985
• * The Pride of Mrs. Williams, (ss) EQMM Jan 1986

MCDONALD, GREGORY (Burke Christopher) (1937-2008) (chron.)

• * The Robbery, (ss) EQMM May 1984

McDONALD, IAN (Neil) (1960- ) (chron.)

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• * The Room Over the Bathhouse, by Okamoto Kido [Inspector Hanshichi], (nv) The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanschichi, University of Hawai’i Press 2007; translated from the Japanese “Yuya no Nikei,” Bungei Kurabu, April 1917.
  • AHMM May 2008; in AHMM’s department “A Mystery Classic”;

MacDONALD, JAKE (chron.)

• * Becoming, (ss)
  • Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, ed. Don Bailey & Daile Unruh, Quarry 1991

MACDONALD, JAMES D(ouglas) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * Souvenirs (with Alan Rodgers), (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994
• * A Tremble in the Air, (ss) Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect 2004

MacDONALD, JOHN D(ann) (1916-1986); see pseudonym Scott O’Hara (chron.)

• * All That Blood Money Can Buy, (na) Detective Tales Apr 1952; also as “Murder for Money”.
• * Betrayed, (nv) The American Magazine Mar 1952
  • Women on the Edge, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Donald I. Fine 1992
  • Death by Espionage, ed. Martin Cruz Smith, Cumberland House 1999
• * Blurred View, (ss) This Week Feb 23 1964
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
• * Breathe No More, My Lovely, (ss) Detective Tales May 1950
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
• * College-Cut Kill, (na) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1950
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 2001
  • Pulp Masters, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 2001
• * Dead on Christmas Street, (nv) Colliers Dec 20 1952
  • EQMM Jan 1971
  • Mystery for Christmas, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1990
  • Merry Murder, ed. Cynthia Manson, Seafarer 1994
  • Murder Most Merry, ed. Abigail Browning, Gramercy 2002
• * Excerpt from A Flash of Green, (ex) 1962
  • Orange Pulp, ed. Maurice J. O’Sullivan & Steve Glassman, University Press of Florida 2000
• * Finders Killers!, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Jul 1953
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
• * The Homesick Buick, (ss) EQMM Sep 1950
  • World-Famous Great Mystery Stories, ed. Eleanor M. Edwards, Hart 1960
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
• * I Always Get the Cuties, (ss) EQMM Nov 1954
  • Law and Order, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
  • The Fifth Grave and Other Terrifying Tales of Homicide in the Heartland, ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press 1998
• * In a Small Motel, (nv) Justice Jul 1955
  • American Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
• * The Innocent Victims, (ss) Bluebook Nov 1953
  • Pure Pulp, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Carroll & Graf 1999
• * Jukebox Jungle, (nv) Black Mask Jul 1950
  • New Crimes 3, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1991
• * The Lady Is a Corpse!, (nv) Detective Tales Sep 1950
  • Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames, ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
• * The Man from Limbo, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1952
  • Hard-Boiled Detectives, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Gramercy Books 1992
• * Miranda, (nv) 15 Mystery Stories Oct 1950
  • Dark Crimes 2, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 1993
• * Murder for Money [“All That Blood Money Can Buy”], (na) Detective Tales Apr 1952
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Nor Iron Bars, (ss) Doc Savage Mar 1947
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001

MACDONALD, JOHN ROSS; pseudonym of Kenneth Millar, (1915-1983) (chron.)

• * The Beat-Up Sister [Lew Archer], (nv) Manhunt Oct 1953; also as “The Suicide”, by Ross Macdonald.
• * The Guilty Ones [Lew Archer], (nv) Manhunt Detective Story Monthly May 1953; also as “The Sinister Habit”, by Ross Macdonald.
• * The Imaginary Blonde [Lew Archer], (nv) Manhunt Feb 1953; also as “Gone Girl”, by Ross Macdonald.

McDONALD, MARGUERITE (chron.)

• * Murder by Moonlight, (ss) Cottage Country Killers, ed. Vicki Cameron & Linda Wiken, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House 1997

McDONALD, PHILIP (chron.)

• * Leaving Cadiz, (ss) AHMM Jun 1988

MacDONALD, PHILIP (1900-1980) (chron.)

• * Dream No More, (nv) EQMM Nov 1955
  • Ellery Queen’s Edgar Award Winners, ed. Anon., Robert Hale 1992
  • Simply the Best Mysteries, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf 1998
• * Malice Domestic, (ss) EQMM Oct 1946
  • Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Carroll & Graf 1991

MACDONALD, ROSS; pseudonym of Kenneth Millar, (1915-1983) (books) (chron.)

• * The Angry Man [Lew Archer], (nv) Strangers in Town, Crippen & Landru 2001
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Bearded Lady [as by Kenneth Millar; Lew Archer], (na) The American Magazine Oct 1948
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007; name of main character changed from original publication as Sam Drake to Lew Archer.
• * Change of Venue (1961) [Lew Archer], (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Count of Montevista (1964) [Lew Archer], (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Death by Water [Joe Rogers], (nv) Strangers in Town, Crippen & Landru 2001
• * Death by Water [Lew Archer], (nv) Strangers in Town, Crippen & Landru 2001
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007; name of main character changed from original publication as Joe Rogers to Lew Archer.
• * Death Mask (1959) [Lew Archer], (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Do Your Own Time (1963) [Lew Archer], (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Find the Woman [as by Kenneth Millar; Lew Archer], (nv) EQMM Jun 1946
  • Hollywood Kills, ed. Anon., Carroll & Graf 1993
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007; name of main character changed from original publication as Joe Rogers to Lew Archer.
• * Gone Girl [“The Imaginary Blonde”, as by John Ross Macdonald; Lew Archer], (nv) Manhunt Feb 1953
  • The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ed. Tony Hillerman, Houghton Mifflin 2000
  • A New Omnibus of Crime, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press 2005
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Guilt-Edged Blonde [as by John Ross Macdonald; Lew Archer], (ss) Manhunt Jan 1954
  • EQMM Feb 1974
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994
  • Hard-Boiled, ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1995
  • Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford 1996
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Heyday in the Blood (1952) [Lew Archer], (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Imagenary Blonde, (nv) Manhunt Feb 1953; also as “The Singing Pigeon”.
• * Lady Killer (1954) [Lew Archer], (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Little Woman (1954) [Lew Archer], (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Midnight Blue [Lew Archer], (nv) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960
  • EQMM Jul 1971
  • Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs 1988
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * 100 Pesos (1965) [Lew Archer], (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Singing Pigeon [“The Imagenary Blonde”], (nv) Manhunt Feb 1953
  • Pulp Friction, ed. Peter Haining, London: Souvenir Press 1996
• * The Sinister Habit [“The Guilty Ones”, as by John Ross Macdonald; Lew Archer], (nv) Manhunt Detective Story Monthly May 1953
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Sleeping Dog [Lew Archer], (ss) Argosy Apr 1965
  • EQMM Jan 1976
  • Crime Classics, ed. Rex Burns & Mary Rose Sullivan, Viking 1990
  • The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Carroll & Graf 1996
  • The Orion Book of Murder, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1996
  • Canine Crimes II, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Stolen Woman (1958) [Lew Archer], (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Strangers in Town [Lew Archer], (nv) Strangers in Town, Crippen & Landru 2001
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Strome Tragedy (1955) [Lew Archer], (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The Suicide [“The Beat-Up Sister”, as by John Ross Macdonald; Lew Archer], (nv) Manhunt Oct 1953
  • Sleuths of the Century, ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf 2000
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * The 13th Day (1953) [Lew Archer], (uw) The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007
• * Wild Goose Chase [as by John Ross Macdonald; Lew Archer], (nv) EQMM Jul 1954
  • The Archer Files, Crippen & Landru 2007

McDONALD, WILLIAM J. (chron.)

• * Kill with Kindness, (ss) AHMM Feb 1962
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler: Fall 1962 (b), ed. Lisa Belknap, Davis 1962

MACDONELL, A(rchibald) G(ordon) (1895-1941) (chron.)

• * The Murder in the Stalls [as by Neil Gordon], (ss) 20 Story Magazine Jul 1929
  • 12 Tales of Murder, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1998

McDONOUGH, YONA ZELDIS (chron.)

• * The Female PI Next Door, (bg) MHCMM Sum/Fll 1997; Carol Higgins Clark on Regan Reilly.

MACE, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

• * High-School Murder Gang, (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1960
• * Hot-Rods — Cool Death, (nv) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jan 1960

McELHATTON, GREG (chron.)

• * Chalk Circle, (ss) Treachery and Treason, ed. Laura Anne Gilman & Jennifer Heddle, Roc 2000

McELLHENNY, HAZE (chron.)

• * Clean Up (with Tribe), (ss) Plots with Guns Oct-Dec 2000
• * A Gallery from Haze , (il) Plots with Guns Oct-Dec 2000
• * Postcards from Vegas, (ss) Plots with Guns Jan/Feb 2001

McELROY, GHASKEY; pseudonym (chron.)

• * A Place to Hide, (ss) EQMM Nov 1995

McEWAN, IAN (Russell) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * from The Innocent, (ex) 1990
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * from: In the Beginning, a novel in progress, (ex) 1995
  • The Killing Spirit, ed. Jay Hopler, The Overlook Press 1996

MacEWEN, PAT (1954?- ) (chron.)

• * A Game of Cats and Queens, (ss) Crafty Cat Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 2000