ED LACY

A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ed Lacy (1911-1968)

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Articles, Sketches and Humorous Pieces

Novels

Walk Hard—Talk Loud
Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1940
This novel was printed as by Len Zinberg and was adapted into a stage play by Abram Hill in 1944. The show had its debut at the American Negro Theater in Harlem, New York City.

What D'Ya Know for Sure
Published by Doubleday, 1947
This novel was printed as by Len Zinberg and reissued by Avon in 1949 under the title Strange Desires.

Hold with the Hares
Published by Doubleday, 1948
This novel was printed as by Len Zinberg.

The Woman Aroused
Published by Avon, 1951

Sin in Their Blood
Published by Eton Books, 1952
This novel was reprinted in the UK by T. V. Boardman in 1959 under the title Death in Passing.

Strip for Violence
Published by Eton Books, 1953

Route 13
Published by Funk & Wagnalls, 1954
This novel was printed under the pseudonym Steve April.

Enter Without Desire
Published by Avon, 1954

Go for the Body
Published by Avon, 1954

The Best That Ever Did It
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1955
This novel was reprinted by Perma Books in 1956 under the title Visa to Death.

The Men From The Boys
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1956

Room to Swing
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1957
This is the first of two novels that feature the private investigator Toussaint Moore.

Lead With Your Left
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1957
This is the first of two novels that feature the police detective David Wintino. Lead With Your Left is an expanded version of "Keep an Eye on the Body", a novella that was originally printed in the November 1956 issue of Mercury Mystery-Book Magazine.

The Short Night
Published by Hillman Books, 1957
This novel was printed under the pseudonym Russell Turner.

Breathe No More My Lady
Published by Avon, 1958

Shakedown for Murder
Published by Avon, 1958
This novel was reprinted the same year in the UK by T. V. Boardman under the title Devil for the Witch.

Be Careful How You Live
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1959
This novel is an expanded version of "Time Wounds All Heels", a novella that was originally printed in the December 1958 issue of Mercury Mystery Magazine. In its revised form and under the new title Be Careful How You Live it was published in book form by Harper & Brothers in 1958 and reprinted by Pyramid Books in 1960 under the title Dead End.

Blonde Bait
Published by Zenith Books, 1959

A Deadly Affair
Published by Hillman Books, 1960

The Big Fix
Published by Pyramid Books, 1960

Bugged for Murder
Published by Avon, 1961
The author's original title for this novel was Time Running In, which he much preferred!

South Pacific Affair
Published by Belmont Books, 1961

The Freeloaders
Published by Berkley, 1961

The Sex Castle
Published by Paperback Library, 1963
This novel was reprinted by Paperback Library in 1969 under the title Shoot It Again.

Sleep in Thunder
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1964
This novel was written for the "young adult" market and tells the story of a young Puerto Rican boy living in New York City. Sleep in Thunder is a joy to read and one of the best things Lacy ever wrote.

Moment of Untruth
Published by Lodestone, 1964
This is the second of two novels that feature the private investigator Toussaint Moore. Moment of Untruth is an expanded version of "The Death of El Indio", a short story that was originally printed in the October 1961 issue of Manhunt.

Pity the Honest
Published by T. V. Boardman, 1964
This novel appeared in the UK first, as part of the publisher's "American Bloodhound Mystery" series of books. A US reprint edition was issued by Macfadden-Bartell in 1965.

Harlem Underground
Published by Pyramid Books, 1965
This is the first of two novels that feature the police detective Lee Hayes.

Double Trouble
Published by T. V. Boardman, 1965
This is the second of two novels that feature the police detective David Wintino. It appeared in the UK first, as part of the publisher's "American Bloodhound Mystery" series of books. A US reprint edition was issued by Lancer Books in 1967.

The Hotel Dwellers
Published by Harper & Row, 1966

In Black & Whitey
Published by Lancer Books, 1967
This is the second of two novels that feature the police detective Lee Hayes.

The Napalm Bugle
Pyramid Books, 1968

The Big Bust
Published by Pyramid Books, 1969

Collections

Two Hot to Handle
Published by Paperback Library, 1963
This book is an omnibus edition that contains the short novels Murder in Paradise and The Coin of Adventure. Abridged versions of these stories had previously appeared in the July 1962 and January 1963 issues of Argosy magazine.

Death by the Numbers
Published by Wonder eBooks, 2012
This ebook contains the following short stories and novelette: "Death by the Numbers", "Mask of Terror" and "The Death of El Indio".

Lead With Your Left/The Best That Ever Did It
Published by Stark House Press, 2020
This book is an omnibus edition that contains an introduction by Bud Elder and the novels Lead With Your Left and The Best That Ever Did It.

Three on the Run
Published by iktaPOP Media, 2022
This ebook is an omnibus edition that contains the novels Dead End, Blonde Bait and Room to Swing with introductions to each of these by D. Jason Fleming.

Breathe No More, My Lady/Shakedown for Murder
Published by Stark House Press, 2024
This book is an omnibus edition that contains an introduction by Cullen Gallagher and the novels Breathe No More, My Lady and Shakedown for Murder.

Short Fiction

"Gamboling Gertie"
Gayety, June 1933 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"A Four-Square Guy"
Blast: A Magazine of Proletarian Short Stories, October/November 1934 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Lynch Him!"
Fiction Parade, July 1935 (this short story is reprinted here as by Len Zinberg; original source publication details unknown)

"Falling in Your Blood"
10 Story Book, October 1936 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"A Leaner"
Story, November 1936 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Little Guy"
10 Story Book, November 1936 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Strange Story"
Silk Stocking Stories, September 1937 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"A Peaceful Death"
Esquire, January 1938 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"For His Kids"
Coronet, October 1938 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"The Unknown Bum"
10 Story Book, October 1939 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"The Flatfooted Angel"
Esquire, April 1940 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Up Queer Street"
Esquire, September 1940 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"The Crazy Torpedo"
Esquire, February 1941 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"A Girl to Fight for Morale"
Foreign Service, July 1942

"Timing"
Sir!, October 1942 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Hello Mama"
Sir!, November 1942 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Come-Back"
Fight Stories, February 1943

"Time for Challenging"
Story, May/June 1943 (this novella is printed here as by Steve April)

"Mia and the Mortar"
Sir!, September 1943 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Pay Telephone"
Popular Detective, October 1943 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Tiger on the Loose"
Thrilling Sports, Winter 1944 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Come On, Baby"
The New Yorker, January 15, 1944 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Caramels"
The New Yorker, July 1, 1944 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"The Critics"
The New Yorker, August 19, 1944 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"The Army Way"
Adventure, November 1944 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg & Norman Rose)

"Embrace Me-At My Mother's Knee"
The New Yorker, March 24, 1945 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Feud"
The New Yorker, August 4, 1945 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"A Guy Just Has to Learn"
The New Yorker, October 6, 1945 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

" 'Don't Call Me Yellow!' "
Fight Stories, Winter 1945/1946

"The Colonel Eats His Words"
G.I. Joe: The Voice of the Veteran, January 1946 (this short story is printed here as by Cpl. Len Zinberg)

"The Brushoff"
The New Yorker, February 16, 1946 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Something's Going to Happen"
The New Yorker, June 22, 1946 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"What Your Going For?"
The New Yorker, October 19, 1946 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Slam the Door"
The New Yorker, November 9, 1946 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"On with the New"
The New Yorker, December 28, 1946 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"The Convert"
The New Yorker, February 1, 1947 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"I Guy Can Always Learn Something"
The New Yorker, March 15, 1947 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Death in a Squared Ring"
Blue Book Magazine, April 1947 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)
The Creasey Mystery Magazine, June 1957 (this short story is reprinted here as by Len Zinberg)

"Break His Heart"
This Week (a Sunday supplement magazine syndicated to newspapers in the USA), January 11, 1948 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Loudmouth"
Fight Stories, Summer 1948

" 'Call Me Killer' "
Fight Stories, Winter 1948/1949 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Man Who Wouldn't Say Uncle"
Esquire, March 1949 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Lights! Camera! Action!"
Esquire, March 1949 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"From This Date Forward"
Esquire, July 1949 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Lucky Marlin"
Esquire, November 1949 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Right Thing"
Best Short Stories by Afro-American Writers, ed. Nick Aaron Ford & H. L. Faggett, Meador Publishing Company, 1950
This short story originally appeared in a post-war edition of the Afro-American newspaper; issue date unknown.

"Blood Money"
Esquire, April 1950 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Champ of the Catskills"
Fight Stories, Spring 1950 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Lost Paradise"
Esquire, January 1951 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Unarmed Sniper"
Black Book Detective, Spring 1951 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"The Real Sugar"
Esquire, April 1951
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1957
Reveille, October 31, 1970

"The Paradise Package"
Esquire, June 1951

"Perdido"
Argosy, December 1951

"Two Can Play"
Collier's, June 7, 1952 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1955 (this short story is reprinted here under the pseudonym Steve April)
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (British edition), October 1955 (this short story is reprinted here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Strictly from Hollywood"
Collier's, January 24, 1953 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1956 (this short story is reprinted here under the pseudonym Steve April)
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (British edition), February 1956 (this short story is reprinted here under the pseudonym Steve April)
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), April 1956 (this short story is reprinted here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Private Business"
The Evening Standard, February 20, 1953 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Bribe"
The Weekly Overseas Mail, June 25-29, 1953 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)
This short story, published by Associated Newspapers in the British magazine The Weekly Overseas Mail, is almost certainly a syndicated reprint of an earlier tale (perhaps appearing here under a different title). I have not, to date, been able to ascertain the original title and publication details.

"Flame in His Heart"
The Star, July 25, 1953 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Too Shy for Romance"
The Star, July 28, 1953 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Riot in Reverse"
The Evening Standard, September 3, 1953 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Drug Store Cowboy"
Answers, September 5, 1953 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"The Copper"
Answers, February 11, 1956

"Dance, Ballerina!"
Escapade, May 1956 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"The Smell of Murder"
Suspect Detective Stories, August 1956

"Fatso"
The Weekend Mail, August 9-13, 1956 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)
This short story, published by Associated Newspapers in the British magazine The Weekend Mail, is almost certainly a syndicated reprint of an earlier tale (perhaps appearing here under a different title). I have not, to date, been able to ascertain the original title and publication details.

"G-String Alibi"
The London Mystery Magazine, No. 30, September 1956

"Keep an Eye on the Body"
Mercury Mystery-Book Magazine, November 1956
An expanded version of this novella, which features the police detective David Wintino, was published in book form by Harper & Brothers in 1957 under the title Lead With Your Left.

"One Case a la Carte"
Terror Detective Story Magazine, December 1956 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Man Who Would Rule the World"
The Creasey Mystery Magazine, March 1957 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Finders-Killers"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 1957
Alfred Hitchcock's Suspense Magazine, June 1957
Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Make You Weak in the Knees, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, The Dial Press, 1981
Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology, No. 10, Spring/Summer 1982 (this edition is a reprint of Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Make You Weak in the Knees)
Alfred Hitchcock: Portraits of Murder, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad Books, 1988

"College Copper"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1957 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (British edition), April 1957 (this short story is reprinted here under the pseudonym Steve April)
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), June 1957 (this short story is reprinted here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Devil in Black Lace"
Mystery Digest, July 1957

"Be a Tiger"
Rugged, August 1957 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

" 'A Kid Like That ...' "
The London Mystery Selection, No. 37, June 1958

"Making Time in the Sun"
Jem, August 1958 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Listen to the Night"
Mercury Mystery Magazine, August 1958
Mercury Mystery Magazine (British edition), May 1963

"The High-Pressure Way"
The London Mystery Selection, No. 38, September 1958 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"As Cockeyed as Truth"
Sleuth Mystery Magazine, October 1958

"Life Sentence"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 1958
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1959 (this Mystery Sampler edition contains the December 1958 issue of Sleuth Mystery Magazine and the December 1958 issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine bound together)

"What Malcolm Wanted"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 1958 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Russell Turner)
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1959 (this Mystery Sampler edition contains the December 1958 issue of Sleuth Mystery Magazine and the December 1958 issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine bound together)

"The Horizontal Problem"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 1958 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Mark Haggstrom)
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1959 (this Mystery Sampler edition contains the December 1958 issue of Sleuth Mystery Magazine and the December 1958 issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine bound together)

"How Heavy is Green?"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, November 1958

"Time Wounds All Heels"
Mercury Mystery Magazine, December 1958
An expanded version of this novella was published in book form by Harper & Brothers in 1959 under the title Be Careful How You Live. The novel-length version was reprinted by Pyramid Books in 1960 as Dead End.

"We Are All Suspect"
Sleuth Mystery Magazine, December 1958
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1959 (this Mystery Sampler edition contains the December 1958 issue of Sleuth Mystery Magazine and the December 1958 issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine bound together)

"Pick-Up"
Mystery Digest, January 1959

"The Liar and the Loot"
Mystery Digest, February 1959

"Less Lives Than a Cat"
Off Beat Detective Stories, March 1959

"Stickler for Details"
Mercury Mystery Magazine, April 1959
A Pride of Felons, ed. The Gordons (a pseudonym for Gordon & Mildred Gordon), Jean Leslie & Thomas B. Dewey, Macmillan, 1963

"Blood Won't Wash Out"
Off Beat Detective Stories, May 1959

"The Case of the Bad Cop"
Mystery Tales, June 1959

"Killer Nymph"
Mystery Tales, June 1959

"Big Brains—Big Dough!"
Off Best Detective Stories, September 1959

"The Brain of Unreality"
Bestseller Mystery Magazine, November 1959

"Bagged"
Bestseller Mystery Magazine, March 1960 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Money Master"
Bestseller Mystery Magazine, May 1960 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"You're My Knife!
Off Beat Detective Stories, May 1960

"Freeze Creep!"
Two-Fisted Detective Stories, June 1960

"Crime Doesn't Pay—Enough"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, August 1960
Murders of the Half-Skull, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1970
Reveille, January 29—February 4, 1972 (this short story is reprinted here under the title "Crime Doesn't Pay Enough")

"Burn for Me, Darling!"
Off Beat Detective Stories, September 1960

"Mask of Terror!"
Two-Fisted Detective Stories, December 1960
Man, July 1961
Death by the Numbers (ebook), Wonder eBooks, 2012

"Ghost Beat!"
Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine, January 1961

"An Estimate of Rita"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, February 1961
Weekend, June 21-25, 1961 (this short story is reprinted here under the title "Two Dates for Rita")
A Hearse of a Different Color, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1972

"The Extra Pill"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, April 1961 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"So Young to Die"
Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine, May 1961

"Mademoiselle from Marseilles"
Monsieur, June 1961 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Only for One Night"
Climax, June 1961 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Rich Green Earth"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, June 1961 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Death by the Numbers"
Manhunt, August 1961
With Malice Toward All, ed. Robert L. Fish, Putnam, 1968
Death by the Numbers (ebook), Wonder eBooks, 2012

"The Death of El Indio"
Manhunt, October 1961
Death by the Numbers (ebook), Wonder eBooks, 2012
An expanded version of this short story, which features the private detective Toussaint Moore, was published in book form by Lodestone in 1964 under the title Moment of Untruth.

"Home Free"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, November 1961
Murders I Fell in Love With, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1969
This novelette was used to make up the first four chapters of the 1963 novel The Sex Castle.

"And Steal No More!"
Keyhole Detective Story Magazine, January 1962

"Curtain Speech"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, February 1962
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1962 (this Mystery Sampler edition contains the August 1961 and February 1962 issues of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine bound together)
This One Will Kill You, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1971 (this anthology was ghost edited by Peter Haining)
This is the first of four short stories that feature the police detective David Wintino, who is also the lead character in the novels Lead With Your Left (1957) and Double Trouble (1965).

"The Lonely Beach"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, March 1962

"The Square Root of Death"
The Saint Mystery Magazine (British edition), March 1962
The Saint Mystery Magazine, October 1964

"As Red as Blood!"
Off Beat Detective Stories, April 1962

"Lucky Catch"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 1962
This Day's Evil and Other Tales of Suspense, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Four Square Books, 1967 (this anthology was ghost edited by Peter Haining)
Down by the Old Bloodstream, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1971

"Hard-Nose Bull!"
Off Beat Detective Stories, July 1962

"Murder in Paradise"
Argosy, July 1962
An expanded version of this novelette was published in book form by Paperback Library in 1963 as part of the omnibus edition Two Hot to Handle.

"The Smell of Roses"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, August 1962

"I Did It for—Me"
The Saint Mystery Magazine, September 1962
The Saint Mystery Magazine (British edition), February 1963

"No Luck for a Sucker!"
Off Beat Detective Stories, September 1962

"The Rich Get Rich"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September 1962

"Island of Lust!"
Keyhole Detective Story Magazine, September 1962 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Russell Turner)

"The Passion to Kill!"
Off Beat Detective Stories, November 1962

"Coin of Adventure"
Argosy, January 1963
An expanded version of this novelette was published in book form by Paperback Library in 1963 as part of the omnibus edition Two Hot to Handle.

"The Frozen Custard Caper"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1963
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (British edition), May 1963
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), July 1963

"Bad Idea"
Trapped Detective Story Magazine, February 1963 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Plump Stripper"
Monsieur, February 1963 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Devil You Know ..."
The Saint Mystery Magazine, April 1963
The Saint Mystery Magazine (British edition), October 1963

"The Swinging Sheriff"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 1963
Alfred Hitchcock's Hard Day at the Scaffold, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1967

"Fangs of Death"
Off Beat Detective Stories, May 1963

"Strong Arm of the Law"
Weekend, May 15-21, 1963
This short story, published by Associated Newspapers in the British magazine Weekend, is a syndicated reprint of an earlier tale that first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine under a different title. I have not, to date, been able to identify which story, but I suspect it's "The Swinging Sheriff"!

"All Over Rocks"
The London Mystery Selection, No. 57, June 1963 (this novelette is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Death, the Black-Eyed Denominator"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September 1963
Meet Death at Night and Other Tales of Terror, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Four Square Books, 1967 (this anthology was ghost edited by Peter Haining)
Alive and Screaming, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1980

"Tuxedo Junction"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 1963

"Twist of Justice"
Reveille, October 3-9, 1963 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)
This short story, published by I.P.C. Magazines in the British magazine Reveille, is almost certainly a syndicated reprint of an earlier tale (perhaps appearing here under a different title). I have not, to date, been able to ascertain the original title and publication details.

"Murder, Caribbean Style!"
Argosy, November 1963

"A Cruise to Hell"
Manhunt, July 1964

"Hollow Hero"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, July 1964

"Say 'Cheese' "
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, August 1964
The Best of Fiends, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1972
This is the second of four short stories that feature the police detective David Wintino, who is also the lead character in the novels Lead With Your Left (1957) and Double Trouble (1965).

"My Lady's Malady"
Chase, September 1964

"The Lady is a Trap"
Reveille, November 19-25, 1964 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)
This short story, published by I.P.C. Magazines in the British magazine Reveille, is almost certainly a syndicated reprint of an earlier tale (perhaps appearing here under a different title). I have not, to date, been able to ascertain the original title and publication details.

"Red Light"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 1964

"The Unpredictable Factor"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1964 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

" 'The Specialists' "
Manhunt, January 1965

"Saint Coincidence"
The London Mystery Selection, No. 64, March 1965

"The Hick Fuzz"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, April 1965

"Horn of Justice"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 1965
Weekend, July 7-13, 1965 (this short story is reprinted here under the title "Shot in the Dark")
The Australian Women's Weekly, December 1, 1965
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1966 (this Mystery Sampler edition contains the May 1965 and January 1966 issues of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine bound together)
Boys and Ghouls Together, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1974

"The Angle"
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine, June 1965

"The Little Things"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July 1965
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1965 (this Mystery Sampler edition contains the June and July 1965 issues of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine bound together)
Alfred Hitchcock's Noose Report, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1966

"Town Cop"
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine, August 1965

"Country Cop"
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine, August 1965 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Clam Albatross"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September 1965

"Hello, Dolly ..."
The London Mystery Selection, No. 66, September 1965

"Die Now, Pay Later"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 1965

"My Cop Runneth Over"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, November 1965 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1966 (this Mystery Sampler edition contains the November 1965 and February 1966 issues of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine bound together)

"Amen!"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 1965
Coffin Break, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1974

"The Dull Snap"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, December 1965

"The Judges"
The London Mystery Selection, No. 67, December 1965

"The Juicy Mango Caper"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1966

"Sic Transit"
The Saint Mystery Magazine (British edition), February 1966
The Saint Mystery Magazine, March 1966

" 'But You Don't Know Me!' "
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, February 1966 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual, No. 1, Summer 1971 (this short story is reprinted here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Missing Link"
The London Mystery Selection, No. 68, March 1966

"The Listening Cone"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 1966
Death Can Be Beautiful, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1972

"The Straight Line"
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine, April 1966

" '... Who Married Dead Old Dad' "
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, April 1966

"Five Minutes Ago"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 1966

"How the Cookie Crumbled ..."
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, May 1966

"Break in the Routine"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1966

"Easy Dough"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, June 1966

"The Crime Scholarship"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, June 1966 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Pussy Cat Caper"
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine, July 1966

"You Send Me"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, July 1966

"Double and Re-Double"
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine, July 1966 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Citizen"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, July 1966 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Eunuch"
The Saint Magazine, August 1966
The Saint Magazine (British edition), August 1966

"Paradise Nightmare"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, August 1966

"Dial 'H' for Holdup"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, August 1966 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Curacao Caper"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, September 1966 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Road Out"
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine, October 1966 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Ancestral Muscle"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, November 1966

"My Finger's on the Scales"
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine, November 1966

"Murder-Care"
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, December 1966 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Store Cop"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January 1967
Behind the Death Ball, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1974

"Heir to Murder"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 1967
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1967 (this Mystery Sampler edition contains the March and April 1967 issues of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine bound together)
Speak of the Devil, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1975

"Hooked"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, April 1967 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Undertaker's Assistant"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, May 1967

"Fade Out—Fade In"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, June 1967
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual, No. 1, Summer 1971

"The Can Opener"
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, June 1967

"You Can't Win 'Em (at) All"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, August 1967
Murder Racquet, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1975
Alfred Hitchcock's Crimewatch, ed. Cathleen Jordan, The Dial Press, 1984
Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology, No. 18, Summer 1984 (this edition is a reprint of Alfred Hitchcock's Crimewatch)

"The 'Method' Sheriff"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September 1967
Alfred Hitchcock's Rogues' Gallery, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1978
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense, ed. Linda Landrigan, Pegasus Books, 2006

"The Greatest Snatch in History"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1967 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Deadliest Game in the World"
Sensation, Vol. 4, No. 3, September/October/November 1967 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg

"The Weekend Was Murder"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, October 1967 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Murder, He Says?"
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, October 1967
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual, No. 2, 1972

"The Legal Bind"
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, October 1967 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"Who Will Miss Arthur?"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 1967
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1968  (this Mystery Sampler edition contains the October 1967 and February 1968 issues of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine bound together)
Murderers' Row, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1975

"The Hollywood Doll Game"
Pagan, Vol. 5, No. 2, October/November/December 1967 (this short story is printed here as by Len Zinberg)
Beauty Bazaar, Vol. 3. No. 2, August/September/October, 1971 (this short story is reprinted here as by Len Zinberg)

"The Gun Ladies"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, November 1967

"The Conch Horse Caper"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, December 1967

"The Miracle Motive"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 1967 (this short story is printed here under the pseudonym Steve April)

"The Fear Salesman"
The London Mystery Selection, No. 76, March 1968

"Doll of Death"
The London Mystery Selection, No. 77, June 1968

"The Taut Alibi"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, June 1968
This is the third of four short stories that feature the police detective David Wintino, who is also the lead character in the novels Lead With Your Left (1957) and Double Trouble (1965).

"More Than One Way to Skin a Cat"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1968

"The Clean-Cut Murder"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, October 1968

"Night Games"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, November 1968

"Making the Murder Scene"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, January 1969

"A Singular Quarry"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January 1969
Rolling Gravestones, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1971

"Don't Make It a Federal Case"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, March 1969
This is the fourth of four short stories that feature the police detective David Wintino, who is also the lead character in the novels Lead With Your Left (1957) and Double Trouble (1965).

"Time to Kill"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, August 1969

"A Hitch in the Plan"
Reveille, December 5, 1970
This short story, published by I.P.C. Magazines in the British magazine Reveille, is almost certainly a syndicated reprint of an earlier tale (perhaps appearing here under a different title). I have not, to date, been able to ascertain the original title and publication details.

"Bully in Uniform"
Reveille,  December 19, 1970
This short story, published by I.P.C. Magazines in the British magazine Reveille, is almost certainly a syndicated reprint of an earlier tale (perhaps appearing here under a different title). I have not, to date, been able to ascertain the original title and publication details.

Articles, Sketches and Humorous Pieces

"Home is Where ..."
The New Republic, October 25, 1943 (this war sketch is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"Welcome Home"
Yank, 1945 (issue date unknown; this war sketch is printed here as by Len Zinberg)

"The World of the Pug"
The American Mercury, 1951 (issue date unknown)

"The Naked Blanco"
Argosy, April 1961

"I Dunit"
P.S., August 1966
This article, in which the author talks about his career as a writer and the publishing world in general, is available to read online here.

"The Incidence of Coincidence"
The Mystery Writers' Annual, No. 21, 1967 (this publication was presented on April 21, 1967 at the yearly Edgar Allan Poe Awards Dinner held at the Hotel Biltmore in New York City)

Sources and Acknowledgements:
In the process of compiling this bibliography, as well as referring to my own collection of literature and the research I have done at the British Library Newspaper Library, a number of online sources were consulted, not the least of which was Philip Stephensen-Payne's Galactic Central website, the home of William G. Contento's Fictionmags Index.

Further Reading:
There are so many excellent articles, reviews and blog posts about this author's life and work that have been published on the internet. My favourite is Edward C. Lynskey's essay, which originally appeared in the August 2004 issue of Mystery File. It is available to read online here.
Roger Martin, who has done extensive research on Zinberg, wrote a French-language biography of the author. Ed Lacy: Un inconnu nommé Len Zinberg, published in 2022, is available from Amazon. Martin has also translated a number of Lacy's novels, which have been reprinted in France. Listing all of these and any other publications wherein the author's writings appear in translation is beyond the scope of this webpage.

Addenda:
It should be noted that the list of articles, sketches and humorous pieces that I have presented on this webpage is far from complete. Throughout the Second World War, Zinberg's writing appeared frequently in The New Republic and Yank (for which publication he served as a correspondent), over and above the two war sketches that I have listed here. Between 1944 and 1947, he contributed numerous pieces to The New Yorker, with, it should be noted, a question mark over whether each contribution should be categorised as a sketch or a short story. Incidentally, this is a situation I am familiar with, having encountered it while researching fiction in early twentieth century newspapers at the British Library in London. Those works by Zinberg that I know of in The New Yorker I have, in accordance with how they are listed at The Fictionmags Index, included in the Short Fiction section of this webpage. Moreover, my understanding is that many articles, sketches, and indeed short stories by the author were published in the 1930s and 1940s in the Pittsburgh Courier, Afro-American and the Communist magazine New Masses.
Lacy's real name was, of course, Leonard S. Zinberg. The Ed Lacy byline was the one he used most often in his career as a published writer. All of the works listed in the sections above appeared under this penname, unless otherwise noted.

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