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Updated July 28, 1997

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1996 Short Story Author Index (M-R)

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Index Main // (A-D) // (E-L) // (M-R) // (S-Z)

If you want to see what your favorite writer has been up to, search below. Links from story titles go to the comment/review page for that work on my site here. A link from an author's name takes you directly to his/her home page. A link from a publication title takes you to its home page. A * in the dash between title and publication (like -*- this) means that there have been comments posted on that story.

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MMMMM (69)

• Angus MacDonald
  • "In Transit" -- Tomorrow: April '96
• James D. MacDonald
  • "Ecdysis" (with Debra Doyle) -- OtherWere
• Arthur Machen
  • "The Great Return" (reprint) -- The Chronicles of the Holy Grail
• F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
  • "Reliquary" -- The Chronicles of the Holy Grail
• Ian R. MacLeod
  • "Swimmers Beneath the Skin" -- Asimov's: Oct/Nov '96
  • "Verglas" -- F&SF: Oct/Nov
• A.R. Major
  • "Totem Cat" -- CatFantastic IV
• Barry N. Malzberg
  • "Homage to Custom" (with Kathe Koja) -- Twists of the Tale: Cat Horror Stories
  • "Ursus Triad, Later" (with Kathe Koja) -- Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex
• Julia S. Mandala
  • "Eat at Ro's" -- MZB's Fantasy: Spring '96
• Pete D. Manison
  • "Lover in Chrome" -- Tomorrow: August '96
  • "No Blood On My Hands" -- Analog: August '96
  • "The Shadow Captain" -- Analog: March '96
• Daniel Marcus
  • "Blue Period" -- War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches
  • "Prairie Godmother" -- Asimov's: February '96
  • "Those Are Pearls that Were His Eyes" -- Asimov's: July '96
• Nye Marnach
  • "Praxitales" -- Absolute Magnitude: Winter '96
• Jackie Marshall
  • "Past Reckoning" -- Doctor Who: Decalogue 3
• Anya Martin
  • "Still Life with Peckerwood" (with Philip Nutman) -- The Ultimate Haunted House
• Carrie Martin
  • "Eighty Shen" -- MZB's Fantasy: Summer '96
• George R.R. Martin
  • "Blood of the Dragon" -*- Asimov's: July '96 (Hugo nominee)
• Michael A. Martin
  • "Spelunking at the Cavern" -*- F&SF: June '96
• Roger Martin
  • "The Other Gift" -- MZB's Fantasy: Spring '96
• Adrienne Martine-Barnes
  • "Winter Tales" -- Return to Avalon
• Lisa Mason
  • "The Hanged Man" -- The Shimmering Door
• Brandon Massey
  • "Dead to the World" -- Tomorrow: June '96
• Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch
  • "United Powers" -- MZB's Fantasy: Autumn '96
• Phil Masters
  • "Platonic Solid" -- Interzone: June '96
• Richard Christian Matheson
  • "Oral" -- Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex
• Francis J. Matozzo
  • "Second Sight" -- Century: Jan/Feb '96
• Patricia Matthews
  • "At the Bottom of the Garden" -- F&SF: Oct/Nov '96
• Marc Matz
  • "The Golden Hour" -- Tomorrow: April '96
• Ardath Mayhar
  • "A Painterly Effect" -- MZB's Fantasy: Autumn '96
• Bruce McAllistar
  • "Captain China" -- Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex
• Paul J. McAuley
  • "The Temptation of Dr. Stein" -- Asimov's: January '96
• Anne McCaffrey
  • "Bird in the Hand" -- Space Opera
  • "The Golden Years" -- Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear
  • "The N Auntie" -- David Copperfield's Beyond Imagination
• Wil McCarthy
  • "Jarvik Hearts" -- Future Net
• Rob McCleary
  • "Nixon in Space" -- CRANK! #6: Winter '96
• Lyn McConchie
  • "Deathsong" -- CatFantastic IV
  • "Swan Song" -- Space Opera
• Ashley McConnell
  • "Gift of the Silver Fox" -- The Ultimate X-Men
• Jack McDevitt
  • "Deus Tex" -- Realms of Fantasy: February '96
  • "Holding Pattern" -- Realms of Fantasy: December '96
  • "Time Travelers Never Die" -- Asimov's: May '96 (Hugo nominee)
• Ian McDonald
  • "The Further Adventures of Baron Munchausen: The Gulf War" -- Interzone: July '96
• Jamie McEwan
  • "Tempering" -*- Tomorrow: November '96
• Terry McGarry
  • "Senseorship" -- Pirate Writings: Winter '96
  • "The Serpent Within" -- MZB's Fantasy: Autumn '96
  • "Syrinx" -- Aboriginal SF: Spring '96
• Maureen F. McHugh
  • "The Cost To Be Wise" -- Starlight 1 (Hugo nominee)
  • "Strings" -*- SF Age: November '96
• Jan McKaye
  • "Last Train To Clarksville" -- Pirate Writings: Fall '96
• Dennis L. McKiernan
  • "The Sorceror's Apprentice" -- The Shimmering Door
• Patricia McKillip
  • "The Witches of Junket" -- Sisters in Fantasy 2
• Christopher McKitterick
  • "The Recursive Man" -- Tomorrow: April '96
• Dean McLaughlin
  • "Always, There's Somebody Doesn't Get the Word" -- Analog: June '96
• Sean McMullen
  • "Slow Famine" -- Interzone: May '96
• Cynthia McQuillin
  • "Daelith's Bargain" -- Sword & Sorceress XIII
  • "Space Station Annie" -- Space Opera
• Beth Meacham
  • "Pyre" -- Sisters in Fantasy 2
• John Meaney
  • "A Bitter Shade of Blindsight" -- Interzone: August '96
• Robert A. Metzger
  • "Slabtown" -- Aboriginal SF: Fall '96
• Adam Meyer
  • "The Pusher" -- Pirate Writings: Fall '96
• Tim Meyers
  • "Like A Thief In The Night" -- Pirate Writings: Fall '96
• Yves Meynard
  • "Johann Havel's Marvelous Machine" -- ON SPEC: Summer '96
  • "Principles of Animal Eugenetics" -- Tomorrow: April '96
  • "Rose of the Desert" -- Tomorrow: November '96
  • "Tobacco Words" -- Tomorrow: February '96
• Lynn Michals
  • "Personal Need" -- Sword & Sorceress XIII
• Leslie Ann Miller
  • "Sun Dancer" -- Sword & Sorceress XIII
• P. Andrew Miller
  • "Patchwork Magic" -- Sword & Sorceress XIII
• Catherine Mintz
  • "Stone Jungle" -- Interzone: June '96
• Syne Mitchell
  • "Double Blind" -- Sword & Sorceress XIII
  • "New Leaves" -- MZB's Fantasy: Summer '96
• Steven Moffat
  • "Continuity Errors" -- Doctor Who: Decalogue 3
• Elizabeth Moon
  • "Accidents Don't Just Happen -- They're Caused" -- Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear
• Lilith Moon
  • "Contacts" -- Interzone: August '96
• Michael Moorcock
  • "Sir Milk and Blood" -- Michael Moorcock's Pawn of Chaos
• George Moore
  • "Peronnik the Fool" (reprint) -- The Chronicles of the Holy Grail
• Daniel Keys Moran
  • "On Sequoia Time" -- Asimov's: September '96
  • "Roughing It During the Martian Invasion" (with Jodi Moran) -- War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches
• Jodi Moran
  • "Roughing It During the Martian Invasion" (with Daniel Keys Moran) -- War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches
• A.R. Morlan
  • "No Heaven Will Not Ever Heaven Be" -- Twists of the Tale: Cat Horror Stories
• Billie Sue Mosiman
  • "Shining On" -- Future Net
• Kevin Andrew Murphy
  • "Dead and Gone" -- The Shimmering Door
• Pat Murphy
  • "Iris Versus The Black Knight" -- F&SF: Oct/Nov '96
• Frieda Murray
  • "To Speak With Men and Angels" (with Roland Green) -- Michael Moorcock's Pawn of Chaos

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NNNNN (17)

• William Nabors
  • "Where's the Luck?" -- Realms of Fantasy: December '96
• Resa Nelson
  • "The Silver Shoes" -- SF Age: March '96
• R. Neube
  • "Son of the Road" -- Asimov's: July '96
• Leland Neville
  • "Roadmaster" -- Pirate Writings: Fall '96
• Kim Newman
  • "Abdication Street" (with Eugene Byrne) -- Interzone: March '96
  • "Citizen Ed" (with Eugene Byrne) -- Interzone: November '96
• Sharan Newman
  • "Dumping Ra" -- Sisters in Fantasy 2
• Lyn Nichols
  • "The Seeing Pool" -- Adventures of S&S: Winter '96
• David Nickle
  • "Love Means Forever" -- ON SPEC: Spring '96
• Gregory Nicoll
  • "The Ratz in the Halls" -- The Ultimate Haunted House
• José R. Nieto
  • "Ripples" -- The Ultimate Super-Villains
• Ann Nocenti
  • "Who Do You Want Me to Be?" -- The Ultimate Super-Villains
• G. David Nordley
  • "Fugue on a Sunken Continent" -- Analog: November '96
  • "The Kubota Effect" -- Analog: May '96
  • "Martian Valkyrie" -- Analog: January '96
• Andre Norton
  • "Auôur the Deepminded" -- Warrior Enchantress
  • "Noble Warrior, Teller of Fortunes" -- CatFantastic IV
• Patricia Duffy Novak
  • "Sofia's Well" -- Adventures of S&S: Summer '96
• Warren C. Norwood
  • "Heavenside Song" -- Space Opera
• Philip Nutman
  • "Still Life with Peckerwood" (with Anya Martin) -- The Ultimate Haunted House
• Jody Lynn Nye
  • "Calling Them Home" -- Space Opera
  • "Souvenirs and Photographs" -- Future Net
  • "What? And Give Up Showbusiness?" -- OtherWere
  • "What's the Magic Word?" -- Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear

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OOOOO (9)

• E. Jay O'Connell
  • "A Burning Green" -- Pirate Writings: Summer '96
• Mike O'Driscoll
  • "The Future of Birds" -- Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex
• Joyce Carol Oates
  • "The Dream-Catcher" -- Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex
  • "Nobody Knows My Name" -- Twists of the Tale: Cat Horror Stories
• Charles Oberndorf
  • "Oracle" -- Asimov's: September '96
• Lance Olsen
  • "Pirate Feed" -- Interzone: October '96
• Jerry Oltion
  • "Abandon in Place" -*- F&SF: December '96 (Hugo nominee)
  • "The Plight Before Christmas" -- F&SF: January '96
  • "The Spectral Stardrive" -*- Analog: November '96
  • "There Goes the Neighborhood" -- F&SF: August '96
  • "Unfinished Business" -- Analog: October '96
• Robert Onopa
  • "Camping in the Biosphere Reserve" -- F&SF: May '96
• Rebecca Ore
  • "Going Back to Colchis" -- Warrior Enchantress
  • "Stone Whorl, Flint Knife" -- Sisters in Fantasy 2
• Alan Rice Osborn
  • "The Tale of the Virtual Cat" (with Heather Gladney and Don Clayton) -- CatFantastic IV

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PPPPP (22)

• Janet Pack
  • "One With Jazz" -- CatFantastic IV
• Stuart Palmer
  • "Meritorious Windows" -- Aboriginal SF: Summer '96
• Susan Palwick
  • "G.I. Jesus" -- Starlight 1
• Mary C. Pangborn
  • "Roundelay" -- Space Opera
• John Park
  • "Retrieval" -- Tomorrow: April '96
• Paul Park
  • "The Last Homosexual" -- Asimov's: June '96
• Craig Parker
  • "Dear Mother" -- Pirate Writings: Summer '96
• Richard Parks
  • "A Time for Heroes" -- The Shimmering Door
  • "They Call Him King" -- Adventures of S&S: Winter '96
• Norman Partridge
  • "An Eye for an Eye" -- The Ultimate Haunted House
• Barbara Paul
  • "Fatal Error 1000" -- Future Net
  • "Swimming the Moat" -- Castle Fantastic
• Diana L. Paxson
  • "Earthen Mound" -- Warrior Enchantress
  • "The Kin of Rig" -- The Shimmering Door
  • "Lady of Avalon" -- Return to Avalon
  • "Twilight" -- Sword & Sorceress XIII
  • "Volsi" -- Sisters in Fantasy 2
• Michael H. Payne
  • "How the First Question Mark Was Built" -- Tomorrow: August '96
  • "Why I'm Traveling With a Talking Cow" -- MZB's Fantasy: Winter '96
• Brooks Peck
  • "Memories of Marie's Shoe" -- Future Net
• Tom Piccirilli
  • "Caucasus" -- Talebones #3: April '96
  • "Extreme Closeup -- Frame Blood-Red" -- Pirate Writings: Summer '96
  • "Lap Me in Soft Airs" -- Talebones #5: October '96
  • "On Oswald Ave." -- Pirate Writings: Winter '96
  • "Twilight In the Room of Fathers" -- Pirate Writings: Spring '96
• Hayford Pierce
  • "The Ore-Ball Express" -- Analog: August '96
• Steven Piziks
  • "Fatherhood" -- MZB's Fantasy: Winter '96
• Brian Plante
  • "Daddy's Home" -- Pirate Writings: Fall '96
  • "Forever" -- Pirate Writings: Summer '96
  • "High Five" -- Absolute Magnitude: Fall '96
  • "Milking Belle" -- Pirate Writings: Winter '96
• Jerry Pournelle
  • "Higher Education" (Part One of Four) (with Charles Sheffield) -- Analog: February '96
  • "Higher Education" (Part Two of Four) (with Charles Sheffield) -- Analog: March '96
  • "Higher Education" (Part Three of Four) (with Charles Sheffield) -- Analog: April '96
  • "Higher Education" (Part Four of Four) (with Charles Sheffield ) -- Analog: May '96
• Chris Power
  • "Don't Go Near the Water" (with Terri Beckett) -- Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear
• Bill Pronzini
  • "Roadblock" -- Pirate Writings: Winter '96
• Tom Purdom
  • "Cider" -*- Asimov's: January '96
• Richard Purtill
  • "The Counterfeit Maiden" -- MZB's Fantasy: Winter '96

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QQQQQ (1)

• Arthur Quiller-Couch
  • "The Legend of Sir Dinar" (reprint) -- The Chronicles of the Holy Grail

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RRRRR (32)

• Ken Rand
  • "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" -- Talebones #3: April '96
  • "With Forked Tongue" -- Talebones #4: July '96
• Stephanie Randolph
  • "Dragon Slayer" (with Carey Daniels) -- MZB's Fantasy: Winter '96
• Daniel Ransom
  • "Lover Boy" -- Future Net
• Melanie Rawn
  • "Of the Death of Kings" -- Warrior Enchantress
  • "Salve, Regina" -- Return to Avalon
• Kit Reed
  • "Whoever" -- Asimov's: December '96
• Robert Reed
  • "334 Manchester Lane" -- SF Age: July '96
  • "The Apollo Man" -- Asimov's: February '96
  • "Chrysalis" -*- Asimov's: September '96
  • "Decency" -- Asimov's: June '96 (Hugo nominee)
  • "First Tuesday" -- F&SF: February '96
  • "Killing the Morrow" -- Starlight 1
  • "Little Miss Trashcan" -- Aboriginal SF: Spring '96
  • "Once Green" -- Tomorrow: August '96
  • "Water Colors" -- Tomorrow: April '96
• Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • "Freedom" -- Future Net
• Laura Resnick
  • "The Lily Maid of Astoloat" -- Return to Avalon
  • "Qadishtu" (with Kathy Chwedyk) -- Warrior Enchantress
  • "Wall Street Wizards" -- The Shimmering Door
• Mike Resnick
  • "disIllusions" (with Lawrence Schimel) -- Adventures of S&S: Winter '96
  • "The Inn of the Hairy Toad" -- Adventures of S&S: Spring '96
  • "The Land of Nod" -- Asimov's: June '96 (Hugo nominee)
  • "Merdinus" (with Linda Dunn) -- Castle Fantastic
  • "The Most Beautiful Girl Alive" (with Nicholas A. DiChario) -- The Shimmering Door
  • "The Roosevelt Dispatches" -- War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches
  • "The Roosevelt Dispatches" -- F&SF: March '96
  • "The Starving Children on Mars" (with Louise Rowder) -- Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear
• Raul S. Reyes
  • "Raven" -- MZB's Fantasy: Summer '96
• Alastair Reynolds
  • "Spirey and the Queen" -- Interzone: June '96
• Ted Reynolds
  • "The Hammerpond Park Burglary" -*- Analog: October '96
• Mark Rich
  • "The Beauty Monster" -- SF Age: September '96
  • "Exfoliation" -- Talebones #2: January '96
  • "Foggery" -- Analog: November '96
  • "The Glass Smile" -- Pirate Writings: Winter '96
  • "Human Lives Saved" -- Analog: February '96
• Carrie Richerson
  • "The Harrowing" -- F&SF: December '96
• Jennifer Roberson
  • "A Wolf Upon the Wind" -- Warrior Enchantress
  • "Guinevere's Truth" -- Return to Avalon
• Gareth Roberts
  • "Fegovy" -- Doctor Who: Decalogue 3
• Ray Roberts
  • "The Jewel of NaCaan" -- Adventures of S&S: Summer '96
• Spider Robinson
  • "Orphans of Eden" -- Analog: August '96
• Thomas S. Roche
  • "The Tenth Painting" -- The Shimmering Door
• Marsheila Rockwell
  • "Lesser Known Myths of Greece #9: Maera the Minoan" -- MZB's Fantasy: Summer '96
• Robert Rodi
  • "An Extra Smidgeon of Eternity" -- The Sandman Book of Dreams
• Steven Rogers
  • "Amazon Gold" -- Warrior Enchantress
• Robert E. Rogoff
  • "Yellow Sport Coats" -- CRANK! #6: Winter '96
• Grey Rollins
  • "Something On My Mind" -- Analog: September '96
  • "When There's a Will, There's a Way" -- Analog: February '96
• Tracey S. Rosenberg
  • "Snow Like Wool, Frost Like Ashes" -- MZB's Fantasy: Autumn '96
• Mary Rosenblum
  • "Gas Fish" -- Asimov's: February '96 (Hugo nominee)
  • "Yesterdays" -*- Asimov's: December '96
• Chuck Rothman
  • "Revisions" -- Aboriginal SF: Spring '96
• Louise Rowder
  • "The Starving Children on Mars" (with Mike Resnick) -- Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear
• Nicholas Royle
  • "Skin Deep" -- Twists of the Tale: Cat Horror Stories
• Joette M. Rozanski
  • "The Werewolf's Final Lesson" -- Sword & Sorceress XIII
• Joanna Russ
  • "Invasion" -- Asimov's: January '96
• Patricia Russo
  • "La Donna Triste" -- MZB's Fantasy: Winter '96

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