Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

MARTIN, JUDITH; see pseudonym Miss Manners (chron.)

MARTIN, MERVYN (chron.)

• * Murder in Central Park, (ss) Vengeance Shorts #2 1946

MARTIN, NANCY (1939- ) (chron.)

• * Slay Belles, (na) Drop-Dead Blonde, ed. Anon., Signet 2005

MARTIN, PHYLLIS (Rodgers) (chron.)

• * Airport, (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * The Crushed Rose, (pm) Murderous Intent Win 1999
• * The Fallen Felon, (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * Inside Information, (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * The Rug Rat, (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999
• * A Trying Time, (pm) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

MARTIN, R. (chron.)

• * Black Chapel, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962

MARTIN, RAMDALL A. (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Foul-Weather Friends, (vi) AHMM Nov 2005

MARTIN, ROY PETER (1931- ); see pseudonym James Melville (chron.)

MARTIN, RUSS (chron.)

• * Closing Time, (ss) AHMM Feb 1984

MARTIN, RUSSELL (1961- ) (chron.)

• * The Literary Bookmaker, (ss) EQMM Mar 10 1980

MARTIN, SHARON E. (chron.)

• * Chump Money, (ss) AHMM Jul 1988

MARTIN, TROY KENNEDY (1932- ) (chron.)

• * Mobile Commandos, (nv)
  • More Great Tales of Crime & Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1994
  • The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

MARTIN, VIOLET FLORENCE (1862-1915); see pseudonym Martin Ross (chron.)

MARTINDALE, DAVID (chron.)

• * The Case of the Real Perry Mason, (iv) The Armchair Detective Fll 1990
• * Funny Business, (pm) EQMM Aug 1990
• * The Game’s Afoot!, (qz) The Armchair Detective Fll 1991
• * Mother Hood, (pm) EQMM Nov 1990

MARTINEAU, G. D. (chron.)

• * The Doubler, (ss) Mystery Stories #4 1936

MARTINEZ, CARLOS; pseudonym of Charles M. Martin (chron.)

• * The Devil’s Bookkeeper, (ss) Gun Molls Magazine Aug 1931
  • High Adventure #64 2002
  • Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, ed. Otto Penzler, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2007

MARTÍNEZ, LIZ (chron.)

• * Freddie Prinze Is My Guardian Angel, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Washington Heights).
• * Lights Out for Frankie, (ss) Queens Noir, ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books 2008; (Woodside).

MARTINEZ, MICHELE (chron.)

• * Ambition, (ss) Politics Noir: Dark Tales from the Corridors of Power, ed. Gary Phillips, Verso 2008
• * The Last Honest Man in Brooklyn, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• * The Long Shot, (nv) Murder at the Racetrack, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006

MARTINI, STEVE(n Paul) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * Poetic Justice, (nv) Legal Briefs, ed. William Bernhardt, New York: Doubleday 1998
  • A Century of Great Suspense Stories, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley 2001

MARTIN-JOHNSON, G. E. (chron.)

• * The Night of Invisible Danger [Mr. Minus], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1995
• * The Origin of Mr Minus [Mr. Minus], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1996

MARTYR, (Joseph) WESTON (1885-1966) (chron.)

• * Smith Versus Lichtensteiger, (ss)
  • Best Smuggling Stories, ed. John Welcome, Faber & Faber 1967

MARX, GROUCHO; [i.e., Julius Marx] (1895-1977) (chron.)

• * Some Clowning That Wasn’t in the Act [from Groucho and Me], (ar) 1959
  • Lying Cheating & Stealing, ed. Sara Nicklès, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 1997

MARZ, MICKI (chron.)

• * Miscast, (ss) Murder in Vegas, ed. Michael Connelly, Tor 2005

MASCHINOT, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Incident at Shoal Creek, (nv) AHMM Sep 1992

MASEFIELD, JOHN (Edward) (1878-1967) (chron.)

• * Davy Jones’s Gift, (ss) Country Life Nov 11 1905
  • AHMM Sep 2000
• * No man takes the farm [from “Lollingdon Downs”], (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * The Rider at the Gate, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995
• * Under Starter’s Orders, (pm) Right Royal 1920
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

MASEK, CARRIE S. (chron.)

• * Cybergeist, (ss) Beyond the Mundane: Unravelings, ed. Daniel J. Reitz, Mundania Press 2004

MASER, JILL (chron.)

• * The Cosmo Effect, (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006
• * High School Reunion, (ss) The EX Factor: Justified Endings to Bad EXes, ed. Michey Anderson, Koboca Publishing 2006

MASHBURN, KIRK; see under Mashburn, W. K., Jr. (chron.)

MASHBURN, W(allace) K(irkpatrick), Jr. (1900-1968) (chron.)

• * The Sword of Jean Lafitte, (ss) Weird Tales Dec 1927
  • Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery, ed. Peter Haining, London: Little Brown UK 1994

MASLIN, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * The Soft-Boiled Detective and “The Case of the Flapjacks That Flopped” (with Liza Donnelly), (cs) MHCMM Spr 1997
• * The Soft-Boiled Detective and “The Case of the Missing Ham” (with Liza Donnelly), (cs) MHCMM #1 1996

MASON, A(lfred) E(dward) W(oodley) (1865-1948) (chron.)

• * The Clock, (ss) Paget 1910
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
• * The Duchess and Lady Torrent, (nv) Harper’s Bazaar Sep 1926
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
• * The Ginger King [Insp. Gabriel Hanaud], (ss) The Strand Aug 1940
  • EQMM Aug 1950
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
• * Peiffer, (ss) The Four Corners of the World, London: Hodder & Stoughton 1917
  • The Oxford Book of Spy Stories, ed. Michael Cox, Oxford University Press 1996

MASON, A. J. (chron.)

• * Too Many Suspects, (sl) Detective Mystery Stories #54, #55 2004

MASON, BOBBIE ANN (1940- ) (chron.)

• * Nancy Drew Remembers (A Parody), (nv) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996

MASON, EDWARD J. (chron.)

• * The Garage Racketeers (with Geoffrey Webb) [Dick Barton], (ss)
  • Great Tales of Crime and Detection, ed. Peter Haining, Chartwell Books 1993
  • The Television Detectives’ Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Artus 1994

MASON, IRIS (chron.)

• * A Friendly Gesture, (vi) EQMM May 1996

MASON, JEANNE (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with Lisa Allen-Agostini), (in) Trinidad Noir, ed. Lisa Allen-Agostini & Jeanne Mason, Akashic Books 2008

MASON, MORT (chron.)

• * Two Person Lake, (ss) AHMM Oct 1988

MASON, PAM (chron.)

• * The Handsome Cabin Boy, (ss) Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press 1995

MASON, SARAH J(ill) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * Safe Deposit, (ss) Murder, They Wrote, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Elizabeth Foxwell, Boulevard Books 1997
• * With Thanks to Agatha Christie, (ss) Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder, ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley 1999

MASON, TOM (1958- ) (books) (chron.)

• * What Dunnit?, (fw)
  • Spicy Mystery Stories, ed. Tom Mason, Newbury Park, CA: Malibu Graphics, Inc. 1990

MASSARELLI, PETER (chron.)

• * Once Upon a Time, (ss) EQMM Dec 1990
  • Ellery Queen the World’s Leading Mystery Magazine Presents Readers’ Choice, ed. Janet Hutchings, Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines 199?

MASSEY, JOHN P. (chron.)

• * A Matter of Oil, (ss) Mystery Stories #24 1941

MASSEY, SUJATA (Banerjee) (1969- ) (chron.)

• * The Convenience Boy, (nv) Tart Noir, ed. Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Prime Crime 2002
• * The Deepest Blue, (ss) Murder Most Crafty, ed. Maggie Bruce, Penguin US 2005
• * Goodwood Gardens, (ss) Baltimore Noir, ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books 2006; (Roland Park).
• * Introduction, (ss) Chesapeake Crimes III, ed. Donna Andrews & Marcia Talley, Wildside Press 2008
• * Junior High Samurai [Rei Shimura], (ss) Malice Domestic 10, Nevada Barr, Avon 2001
• * The Mayor’s Movie, (ss) Politics Noir: Dark Tales from the Corridors of Power, ed. Gary Phillips, Verso 2008

_____, [ref.]

• * “Interview with Sujata Massey” by Lisa D. Williamson, (bg) Murderous Intent Spr 1999

MASSIE, ELIZABETH (1953- ) (chron.)

• * If This Is December, Those Must Be Coconut Cranberry Cookies, (aw) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006
• * The Next-Door Collector, (nv) Deadly Housewives, ed. Christine Matthews, Avon 2006

MASTERMIND (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1933

MASTERS, BAT; pseudonym of Bernard Buley (chron.)

• * The Phantom Jockey, (ss)
  • Murder At the Races, ed. Peter Haining, Orion 1995

MASTERS, BRIAN (chron.)

• * from Killing for Company, (ex) 1985
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996

MASTERS, EDGAR LEE (1869-1950) (chron.)

• * Amanda Baker, (pm)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

MASTERS, JOHN (1914-1983) (chron.)

• * from The Deceivers, (ex)
  • The Faber Book of Murder, ed. Simon Rae, Faber & Faber 1995

MASTERS, MICHAEL W. (chron.)

• * Puff the Magic Dragon, (nv) Espionage Magazine Dec 1986

MASTERS, PRISCILLA (1952- ) (chron.)

• * On the Safe Side, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2008

MASTERSON, J. (chron.)

• * Colorful Characters, (pm) EQMM Mar/Apr 2005

MASTERSON, VAL; pseudonym of George A. Starbird, (1908-1994) (chron.)

• * Brand of the Quanahy Clan, (na) The Masked Rider Western Magazine Mar 1936
  • Action Adventure Stories Jun 2004

MASTERSON, WHIT; pseudonym of Bill Miller & Robert Wade (chron.)

• * Seek Him in Shadows [“What Happened to Timothy Owen?”], (na) Argosy Apr 1966
  • EQMM Mar 10 1980
• * What Happened to Timothy Owen?, (na) Argosy Apr 1966; also as “Seek Him in Shadows”.

MASTERTON, GRAHAM (1946- ) (books) (chron.)

• * The Ballyhooly Boy, (nv) Encre Noir Dec 1999
  • Charnel House and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Charnel House, (n.) New York: Pinnacle 1988
  • Charnel House and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Cold Turkey, (ss) Cat Crimes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine 1997
• * The Gray Madonna, (ss) Fear Itself, ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner 1995
  • Charnel House and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Introduction, (in)
  • Charnel House and Other Stories, Five Star 2002
• * Underbed, (nv) Dark Terrors 2, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, London: Gollancz 1996
  • Charnel House and Other Stories, Five Star 2002

MASTROGIOVANNI, MAGDA KARI (chron.)

• * Waiter en Brochette, (pm) EQMM Jul 2008; given as on p.107 in TOC.

MASUR, HAL; see under Masur, Harold Q. (chron.)

MASUR, HAROLD Q. (1909-2005) (chron.)

• * The $2,000,000 Defense, (ss) EQMM May 1958
  • Law and Order, ed. Cynthia Manson, Berkley 1997
• * Framed for Murder, (nv) EQMM Jun 1977
  • Mystery in the Sunshine State, ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press 1999
• * Murder Never Solves Anything [Scott Jordan], (ss) EQMM Aug 1976
  • Ellery Queen’s A Multitude of Sins, ed. Ellery Queen, Curley 1986
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * One Thing Leads to Another, (ss) EQMM Apr 1978
  • Masters of Suspense, ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad 1992
• * The Opinion, (ss) EQMM May 1989
• * Silent Butler [Scott Jordan], (ss) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2 1960

MATCHA, JACK (B.) (1919-2003) (chron.)

• * The Brass Ring, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1981

MATEJEK, GREG (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ A Case of Grave Robbing, (vi) AHMM Oct 1999
  ___ Go, Poochie, (vi) AHMM 2000
  • AHMM Apr 2000
  
  ___ Holding Up the Wall, (vi) AHMM Jul/Aug 1999

MATEJEK, RENE (chron.)

• * The Story That Won:
  ___ Mis-Directions, (vi) AHMM Nov 2007

MATER, BARBARA (chron.)

• * Wheels for the Dead, (ss)
  • Mysteries from the Finger Lakes, Vol. 1, ed. Stephen Beals, Six Lakes Arts 1989

MATERA, LIA (1952- ) (books) (chron.)

• * Counsel for the Defense, (ss) Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1989
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * Dead Drunk, (ss) Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket 1996
  • Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition, ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1997
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
  • A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, New American Library 2002
• * Destroying Angel, (ss) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * Do Not Resuscitate, (ss) Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley 1995
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
• * Dream Lawyer [Willa Jansson; Laura di Palma], (nv) Diagnosis Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket 1999
  • Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories, Five Star 2000
  • The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge 2000
  • First Cases, Volume 4, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2002