MacCall, Libby,
--The PTA Mystery, #275, October, 1966.
--Mrs. Henderson Talks to God, 1978. *

MacClure, D.,
--The Stone on Abdul's Head, #143, October, 1955.

MacDonald, Dori,
--The Pride of Mrs. Williams, #513, January, 1986.

MacDonald, John D., (1916-1986)
--The Homesick Buick, #82, September, 1950.
--Heads I Win, Tails You Lose, #115, June, 1953. (reprint)
--Triple Cross, #125, April, 1954.
--I Always Get the Cuties, #132, November, 1954. *
--Man in a Trap, 1958. *

MacDonald, Philip,
--Malice Domestic, #35, October, 1946. *
--Love Lies Bleeding, #84, November, 1950.
--The Man Out of the Rain, #130, September, 1954.
--Dream No More, #144, November, 1955. Edgar
--In the Course of Justice, #200, July, 1960.

Macdonald, (John) Ross, (Kenneth Millar)
--Wild Goose Chase, #128, July, 1954. (as by JRM)
--Murder Is a Public Matter, #191, October, 1959.
--Midnight Blue, July, 1971. (novelet)
--The Missing Sister Case, October, 1972.
--Guilt-Edged Blonde, February, 1974. (reprint)
--The Sinister Habit, #370, September, 1974. (novelet) (reprint ©1953)
--Gone Girl, May, 1977.
--also see Millar, Kenneth

MacHarg, William,
--The Important Point, #2, Winter, 1942. (reprint)
--Broadway Murder, #27, February, 1946.
--Lost Girl, #50, January, 1948.
--Manhattan Murder, #261, August, 1965. (reprint)
--Tell 'em at Headquarters, #291, February, 1968.

Mackay, Scott,
--The Little Black Knife, December, 1989.
--The Orphan, October, 1991.
--Pool of Discontent, #595-#596, March, 1992.
--The Grey-Mailing of Leonard Coombes, #601, August, 1992.
--The Habit of Neglect, #667, March, 1997.
--Last Inning, #678, February, 1998.
--The Collusionists, #709-#710, September-October, 2000.
--Unfixable, #719, July, 2001.
--The Christmas-Tree Farm, #725, January, 2002.
--Wasted Youth, #728, April, 2002.

Mackenzie, Ann,
--I Can't Help Saying Goodbye, 1978. *

Mackey, Joe,
--Silky Stoops to Conquer, #188, July, 1959.

Macleod, Norman,
--Twelve Knives, #138, May, 1955.

Maddren, Gerry,
--Even the Tough Retire, #532, July, 1987. (poem)
--The Machine of Justice, #659, July, 1996.

Maffei, Judith K.,
--I Can't Get Them Right, #415, June, 1978. (author's first publication)

Maffini, Mary Jane,
--But the Corpse Can't Laugh, #691, April, 1999.
--After Due Reflection, #707, July, 2000.
--Blind Alley, #723, November, 2001.

Mahannah, Floyd,
--Ask Maria, #67, June, 1949. (author's first publication)

Maiwald, Carl Wolfgang,
--Big Blast, August 12, 1981.

Malone, Ted,
--The Case of the Ninety-Two Candles, #39, February, 1947. (short short)

Malzberg, Barry N.,
--Cornell, #341, April, 1972.
--see Pronzini, Bill, and Barry N. Malzberg
--see Yasgur, Batya Swift, and Barry N. Malzberg

Mankiewicz, Don M.,
--Two Rolls, No Coffee, #121, December, 1953. * (reprint)

Mann, Antony,
--The Oedipus Variation, #732, August, 2002.
--Billy, Cutter, and the Cadilac, #735, November, 2002.

Manners, Margaret,
--Matter for a May Morning, #30, May, 1946.

Mansfield, Katherine,
--Poison, #85, December, 1950. (reprint)

Mañanitas, Edward,
--The Tenuous Thread, March, 1977. (author's first publication)

Maples, Richard,
--Narrow Chance, #483, September, 1983. (poem)
--Calculated Conspiracies, #484, October, 1983. (poem)

March, William,
--The Bird House, #123, February, 1954.

Marks, Heather F.,
--The Bride, #739, March, 2003. * (poem)

Marlowe, Dan J.,
--Two Birds with One Stone, #467, July, 1982.

Maron, Margaret,
--Virgo in Sapphires, #724, December, 2001. * (reprint from Astrokrimis, 2000.)
--The Dog That Didn't Bark, #736, December, 2002.

Marquis, Don,
--The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove, #129, August, 1954.

Marric, J. J., (John Creasey)
--Gideon's War, #294, May, 1968.
--Gideon and the Chestnut Vendor, #339, February, 1972.
--Gideon and the Vintage Car Thefts, #342, May, 1972.
--Gideon and the Innocent Shoplifter, 1975. *

Marsh, Ngaio,
--I Can Find My Way Out, 1946.
--Death on the Air, #50, January, 1948.

Marsh, W.,
--Life Begins at 2:15, #140, July, 1955.
--No Nickel and Dime Stuff, #144, November, 1955.

Marshall, Joseph R.,
--Murder in an Artists' Colony, #193, December, 1959.

Marston, Edward, (Keith Miles)
--The Hunchback and the Stammerer, #738, February, 2003.
--The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, #740, April, 2003.
--also see Miles, Keith

Martin, A. E.,
--The Scarecrow Murders, #53, April, 1948.

Martin, Bruce,
--Revenge, #605, November, 1992.

Martin, Carl,
--Fatherly Love, July, 1988.
--Something Ventured, #602, September, 1992.

Marx, Olga,
--Last Day in Paris, #246, May, 1964.

Mason, A. E. W.,
--The Ginger King, #81, August, 1950.

Mason, Iris,
--A Friendly Gesture, May, 1996. (author's first publication)

Mason, Van Wyck,
--The Repeater, #39, February, 1947.

Massarelli, Peter,
--Once Upon a Time, #576, December, 1990.

Masterson, Whit,
--Suddenly It's Midnight, #170, January, 1958.
--The Women in His Life, #175, June, 1958.

Masur, Harold Q.,
--The $2,000,000 Defense, #174, May, 1958.
--Squealer's Reward, June, 1962.
--Lawyer's Holiday, February, 1974.
--One Thing Leads to Another, #413, April, 1978.

Mather, Berkely,
--Treasure Trove, July, 1971.
--No Questions Asked, #341, April, 1972.

Matheson, Richard, (1926- )
--What Was in the Box, April, 1959. (aka Big Surprise)
--Needle in the Heart, October, 1969. (short short) (aka Therese)
--'Til Death Do Us Part, September, 1970. (short short)
--Leo Rising, #342, May, 1972.

Mathieson, Theodore,
--Captain Cook, Detective, #179, October, 1958.
--Hernando Cortez, Detective, #188, July, 1959.
--Alexander the Great, Detective, #190, September, 1959.
--Don Miguel de Cervantes, Detective, #192, November, 1959.
--Florence Nightingale, Detective, #200, July, 1960.
--Dan'l Boone, Detective, #202, September, 1960.
--No Motive, #343, June, 1972.

Matsumoto, Seicho,
--The Humble Coin, #467, July, 1982.

Matteson, Stefanie,
--There Was a Balm in Gilead, #705, May, 2000.
--Death of a Penobscot Princess, #725, January, 2002.

Matthews, Christine, and Robert J. Randisi,
--Flowers for Jennifer, #636, December, 1994.

Matthews, Clayton, and Patricia Matthews,
--Granny's Hoard, August, 1986.

Matthews, Patricia,
--Up, Up, and Away! August, 1986. (poem)
--Old Habits, #568, April, 1990.
--also see Matthews, Clayton, and Patricia Matthews

Maugham, Robin,
--Follow the Sun, #340, March, 1972.

Maugham, W. Somerset,
--The Dream, #26, January, 1946.
--The Happy Couple, #93, August, 1951.
--The Point of Honor, #96, November, 1951. (reprint)
--An Official Position, #176, July, 1958.
--A Point of Law, 1959. * (reprint from The Strand Magazine, October, 1903.)

Mayberry, Florence V.,
--Motion Picture in Mrs. Leister's Mind, #243, February, 1964.
--Out of the Dream Stumbling, #246, May, 1964.
--A Lily in Chrissy's Hand, #260, July, 1965.
--Bitter Vetch, #292, March, 1968.
--Screen Test, #339, February, 1972.
--So Lonely, So Lost, So Frightened, August, 1972. *
--Woman Trouble, 1973. *
--In the Secret Hollow, #361, December, 1973.
--No Tomorrows, #415, June, 1978.
--When Nothing Matters, 1979.
--Where Are the Birds? #469, August, 1982.
--Widow? June, 1985. *
--Miz Sammy's Honor, #599, June, 1992.
--The Stranger, #605, November, 1992.
--The Secret, #607, Mid-December, 1992.

Mayer, Eric,
--see Reed, Mary, and Eric Mayer

Mayers, Carroll,
--Perfect Pigeon, March, 1978. (short short)

McArthur, C.,
--The Hound, #738, February, 2003. (poem)

McBain, Ed, (Evan Hunter, 1926- )
--I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus, #713, January, 2000.
--A Little Sitdown, #741, May, 2003.
--also see Hunter, Evan

McClelland, Henriette,
--Coming, Mama, #202, September, 1960.

McClintick, Malcolm,
--Your Word Against Mine, #599, June, 1992.

McCloy, Helen, (1904-1993)
--Chinoiserie, July, 1946. * (novelet)
--Murder Is Everybody's Business, #111, February, 1953.
--The Silent Informer, #176, July, 1958.
--Number Ten Q Street, #238, September, 1963. *
--Murder Ad Lib, #252, November, 1964.
--A Case of Innocent Eavesdropping, March, 1978.

McComb, Ralph W.,
--Modest Operandi, #467, July, 1982.

McConnell, Charles R.,
--The Last of Johnny, March, 1978. (author's first publication)
--Waiting for Wayne, #472, November, 1982.
--Eddie's Luck, July, 1983.
--Deadly Carnival, #644, June, 1995.
--Deadly Copy, #739, March, 2003.

McConnor, Vincent,
--Just Like Inspector Maigret, #251, October, 1964.
--Old George and the Antiques Mystery, #273, August, 1966.
--Pauline or Denise? #276, November, 1966.

McCoy, Elizabeth,
--Heart's Desire, #413, April, 1978.

McCracken, Beatrice S.,
--Love Is Not All, #598, May, 1992.

McCrumb, Sharyn, (1948- )
--Not All Brides Are Beautiful, November, 1986.

McDade, T. M.,
--Jimson's Folly, #471, October, 1982.

McDermid, Val,
--Guilt Trip, November, 1996.
--The Girl Who Killed Santa Claus, January, 2002.
--The Wagon Mound, #732, August, 2002. *

Mcdonald, Gregory,
--The Robbery, May, 1984.

McGeer, Patricia,
--Murder to the Twist, #227, October, 1962.
--The Washington, D. C., Murders, #238, September, 1963.
--Match Point in Berlin, #295, June, 1968.
--Somebody's Telling the Truth, 1971. *
--The Last Check, #340, March, 1972.
--Winner Takes All, 1972. *
--In the Clear, #413, April, 1978. **
--Every Little Bit Helps, September 9, 1981.
--A Date in Helsinki, #471, October, 1982.
--Caribbean Clues, #487, January, 1984. *
--Fatal Corner, #492, June, 1984.

McGuire, D. A.,
--The Bell Tower, #644, June, 1995.
--Kendra, #668, April, 1997.

McInerney, C.,
--Job Application, March, 1978.

McInerny, Ralph,
--Unfrozen Stiff, #601, August, 1992.
--Copy Dog, #666, February, 1997.
--Exile, #669, May, 1997.
--Hole in Two, #672, August, 1997.
--Family Plot, #676, December, 1997.
--The Devil That Walks at Noonday, #732, August, 2002.

McIntosh, Charles,
--Elementary, My Dear Job Seeker, #264, November, 1965.

McIntyre, Peggy,
--Hand on My Shoulder, #180, November, 1958.

McKelway, St. Clair,
--The Shooting at Forty-Seven, #178, September, 1958. (reprint)

McKenna, Stephen,
--Local Rules, #73, December, 1949. (reprint)

McKinstry, Douglas,
--The Naughty Professor, #696-#697, September-October, 1999. (author's first publication)

McLauchlin, Russell,
--Teatime in Baker Street, #339, February, 1972.

McLaughlin, Avonne,
--The Black Widow, #514, February, 1986.

McMartin, Sean,
--The Beer Bust, #473, December, 1982.
--Mr. Psychologist, November, 1986.

McNear, Robert,
--The Salad Maker, June, 1967.

Meade, L. T., and Robert Eustace,
--The Man Who Disappeared, #54, May, 1948.

Meier, Leslie,
--Chocolate, #603-#604, October, 1992.

Meltsir, Aljean,
--Doublecross, #115, June, 1953. (author's first publication)

Melyan, Helene,
--The Dog Thief, April, 1987.

Menaker, Daniel,
--I Spy, #570, June, 1990. (reprint)

Menkes, Sherwood Bradford,
--The Waiting Room, #248, July, 1964.

Meyer, Sandra,
--Bloodbudgies and Carnivores, #683, July, 1998.

Miles, Keith, (aka Edward Marston)
--Piker's Silence, #708, August, 2000.
--One of Us, #718, June, 2001.
--also see Marston, Edward

Millar, Kenneth, (better known as Ross Macdonald)
--Find the Woman, #31, June, 1946. (author's first short story)
-- also see Macdonald, Ross

Millar, Margaret, (1915-1994)
--The Couple Next Door, #128, July, 1954. * Best of the Century
--The People Across the Canyon, #227, October, 1962.

Millay, Edna St. Vincent,
--The Murder in the Fishing Cat, #78, May, 1950. (reprint)

Miller, Arthur,
--It Takes a Thief, #114, May, 1953.

Miller, Wade,
--Invitation to an Accident, #140, July, 1955.

Miller, William,
--Green Ink, #361, December, 1973.

Miller-Gutierrez, Debbi,
--A Mousse of a Different Flavor, October 7, 1981.
--Outside the Café, November 4, 1981.

Millhiser, Marlys,
--The Mechanical Woman, May, 1996.

Mills, Robert P.,
--The Moaning at the Bar, #517, May, 1986. (short short)

Millstead, Thomas,
--Two-Bit Gangster, #133, December, 1954. (author's first publication)

Milne, A. A.,
--It Was a Long Time Ago, #80, July, 1950.
--A Perfectly Ordinary Case of Blackmail, #108, November, 1952. (reprint)
--Murder at Eleven, #124, March, 1954.
--Once a Murderer, #240, November, 1963.
--The Rape of the Sherlock, February, 1974. (reprint of author's first publication)

Minary, Ruth,
--The Mystery Crossword, #637, Mid-December, 1994. (puzzle)
--The Mystery Crossword, March, 1996. (puzzle)

Miner, Harry,
--Corpus Delicti, #96, November, 1951. (author's first publication)
--Due Process, #132, November, 1954.

Mitchell, James C.,
--Richie's Eyes, #644, June, 1995.

Mitchell, S. Weir,
--A Dilemma, #61, December, 1948. (short short, reprint)

Mochulski, Delores,
--Nilly Willy, #532, July, 1987. (poem)

Moffat, Gwen,
--Slow Burn, #677, January, 1998.
--A Kind of Culling, #719, July, 2001.
--The Survival of Miss Todd, #738, February, 2003. (aired on BBC radio in the 1960s)

Moffat, Len,
--The Raving, #678, February, 1998. (poem)

Moffett, Cleveland,
--The Mysterious Card, #240, November, 1963.

Moffitt, Jack,
--The Necklace, #27, February, 1946.

Molnár, Ferenc,
--The Most Dangerous Woman in the World, #73, December, 1949. (short short, reprint)

Monfredo, Miriam Grace,
--Gather Not Thy Rose, #600, July, 1992.

Monninger, Joseph,
--Python, #688, January, 1999.
--Pigeons, #706, June, 2000.

Monsarrat, N. Cashatt,
--The Man with the Attaché Case, #246, May, 1964.

Montgomery, Kyle,
--There Is No Dreaming, #245, April, 1964.
--The Rules of the Game, #252, November, 1964.

Moody, Susan,
--Poisoned Tongues, #570, June, 1990.
--Better to Forget, #689, February, 1999.

Moore, Arthur,
--Dime Store Diamond, #245, April, 1964.
--The Planting of Cousin Curly, #249, August, 1964.
--The Great Glockenspiel Gimmick, #263, October, 1965.

Moore, Richard A.,
--The Last Bank Robbery, #518, June, 1986.

Moquist, Richard,
--The Mystery of the Debtors' Prison, #689, February, 1999.

More, Aliceanne,
--Prey, #711, November, 2000. (author's first publication)

Morgan, Will,
--A Grim Tale, #695, August, 1999. (poem)

Morland, Nigel,
--Flowers, For an Angel, #94, September, 1951.
--Introducing V. I. Pybus, #241, December, 1963.
--Minithriller, #471, October, 1982.

Morley, Christopher,
--The Consolable Widow, #30, May, 1946.
--Sky Writing, #110, January, 1953.

Morrell, Catherine,
--Shaper's End, April, 1996. (author's first publication)

Morrell, David,
--The Dripping, August, 1972. * (author's first publication)

Morris, C.,
--It Might Be George, #144, November, 1955.

Morrison, Arthur,
--The Flitterbat Lancers, #125, April, 1954.

Morrow, Sonora,
--The Right Way and the Wrong, #263, October, 1965.

Morse, Don,
--Fatal Formula, #136, March, 1955. (poem)

Morse, Glorine,
--Killer Diller, July 15, 1981.

Morse, John D.,
--Detectiverse (Middle-Aged Fan's Lament), #338, January, 1972. (poem)
--Detectiverse (Dear Ngaio Marsh), #342, May, 1972. (poem)
--TV or Not TV, #391, June, 1976. (poem)

Mortimer, John, Character: Rumpole
--Rumpole and the Man of God, #481, Mid-July, 1983. *
--Rumpole and the Sporting Life, #524, December, 1986.
--Rumpole and the Younger Generation, August, 1987.
--Rumpole and the Female of the Species, August, 1989. (novelette)
--Rumpole and the Spirit of Christmas, Mid-December, 1989.
--Rumpole and the Quality of Life, July, 1990. (novelette)
--Rumpole and the Chambers Party, #576, December, 1990.
--Rumpole and the Right to Silence, July, 1991. (novelette)
--Rumpole for the Prosecution, #593, January, 1992. (novelette)
--Rumpole and the Dear Departed, #603-#604, October, 1992. (novelette)
--Rumpole and the Nanny Society, #670, June, 1997.
--Rumpole and the Absence of Body, #696-#697, September-October, 1999.
--Rumpole and the Actor Laddie, #706, June, 2000. *
--The Projected Death of Tickety-Boo, #716, April, 2001.
--Rumpole and the New Year's Resolutions, #737, January, 2003.

Mosiman, Billie Sue,
--The Growl, #530, May, 1987.

Moulding, Peter,
--Killing by Inches, #370, September, 1974. (author's first publication in U.S.)

Moyes, Patricia,
--Hit and Run, #467, July, 1982.
--The Honest Blackmailer, #470, September, 1982.
--The Small Train Robbery, #472, November, 1982.
--A Lonely Profession, #476, March, 1983.
--The Faithful Cat, #480, July, 1983.
--Flowers of the Dead, #490, April, 1984.
--The Faithful Cat, #563, December, 1989. (reprint)

Mullen, D. L.,
--A Christmas Carol (Sort of), #678, February, 1998. (poem)

Mullen, M. E.,
--Safe Money, #473, December, 1982.

Muller, Marcia, (1944- )
--The Holes in the System, June, 1996.
--The Last Open File, #666, February, 1997. *
--Solo, #668, April, 1997.

Mulligan, Hugh A.,
--Father Was Always Right, #136, March, 1955.

Mullins, Terry,
--The Convention, #569, May, 1990.
--Two Lengths Ahead of the Devil, #594, February, 1992.
--The Threat to the Cathedral, #595-#596, March, 1992.
--When the Bell Was Silent, #600, July, 1992.
--Witch Hunt, #603-#604, October, 1992.
--Topaz, #607, Mid-December, 1992.
--That's Just His Way, June, 1993.
--By Letter and Affection, #680, April, 1998.
--Horace and Homicide, #702, February, 2000.

Munro, Mike,
--Desperate Measures, #708, August, 2000.

Murphy, Dennis,
--The Grafton Girls, #737, January, 2003. (author's first publication)

Murphy, Eileen Ellen,
--Killer Type, #486, December, 1983. (poem)

Murphy, Jay,
--The Varmint Killer, September 9, 1981.

Murray, Stephen,
--Lord Peter's Last Case, January, 1996.

Murtha, Pat W.
--The Missing Baba Ryum, #519, July, 1986.

Myers, Amy,
--Murder at the Jubilee, #679, March, 1998.
--Murder, 'Orrible Murder, #715, March, 2001.
--A Case for Judge and Jury, #733-#734, September-October, 2002.
--The Rightful King of England, #735, November, 2002.
--Murder by Ghost, #741, May, 2003.

Myers, Henry,
--Nothing So Hard as a Diamond, #114, May, 1953.
--The Pale Sergeant, #125, April, 1954.