The FictionMags Index

Index by Series/Imprint: Page 463

[]Vidlak, John “Watches”
• Frank Bennett:
• Cold Deck and Hot Lead, (ss) Ace-High Western Stories January 1947, as by Ben Frank
• The Cards Run Red, (nv) Masked Rider Western February 1947, as by Ben Frank

[]Vidocq, Detective, Apache
• Fletcher Pratt:
• The Jewels of the Sacristan, (ts) International Detective Cases December 1937

[]Vierling, Francesca
• Elaine Viets:
• His Funkalicious Majesty, (ss) 44 Caliber Funk ed. Gary Phillips & Robert J. Randisi, Moonstone, 2016

[]View from the Imperium
• Jody Lynn Nye:
• Imperium Imposter, (nv) Infinite Stars ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Titan, 2017

[]Vijay (about)
• Mithran Somasundrum:
• On Soi Arab, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2005
• Under Sapparn Put, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 2008
• The Farm in Ratchburi, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2010
• The Calculator, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2011

[]Viking Saga
• De Witt Newbury:
• The Warlock Swordsmith, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine April 1946
• The Man with the Red Beard, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine January 1947
• Tyr’s-Day for Fighting, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine May 1947
• The Collar of Jomale, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine November 1947
• The Mocking of King Harald, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine January 1949
• Cursing Is Bad Magic, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine April 1950
• A Good Club, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine July 1951

[]village of Àlá
• Dare Segun Falowo:
• We Are Born, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2017
• Ku’gbo, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2018

[]Villiers, Sam & Stephen
• Sidney Gowing:
• Britain Invaded, (sl) The Boys’ Friend #269, August 4 1906, etc., as by John Tregellis
• Britain at Bay!, (sl) The Boys’ Friend #286, December 1 1906, etc., as by John Tregellis
• Britain’s Revenge!, (sl) The Boys’ Friend #341, December 21 1907, etc., as by John Tregellis

[]Villon, Francois
• John Erskine:
• Master Villon Dines Out, (ss) Liberty June 15 1935
• Master Villon Lies, (ss) Liberty September 28 1935
• Master Villon Gives a Helping Hand, (ss) Liberty October 26 1935
• Master Villon Tells the Truth, (ss) Liberty November 23 1935
• Master Villon Has a Better Moment, (ss) Liberty April 25 1936
• Master Villon Desires a Quiet Life, (ss) Liberty June 27 1936
• Master Villon Meets a Woman, (ss) Liberty August 29 1936
• Master Villon Contemplates the Life of the Home, (ss) Liberty September 26 1936
• Master Villon Examines His Heart, (ss) Liberty October 31 1936
• Master Villon Thinks His Luck Has Turned, (ss) Liberty November 28 1936
• Master Villon Has No Luck at All, (ss) Liberty December 26 1936
• Master Villon Asks for Kindness, (ss) Liberty April 10 1937
• Master Villon Sees the Last of a Friend, (ss) Liberty May 29 1937
• Master Villon Tries to Slip Between Dangers, (ss) Liberty June 19 1937
• Master Villon Calls for Justice, (ss) Liberty June 26 1937
• Master Villon Look for What Is Gone, (ss) Liberty July 31 1937
• Master Villon Brings Up a Child, (ss) Liberty August 21 1937

[]Villon, François
• Wilbur Scott Peacock:
• Rogue’s Gambit, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine May 1946
• Harlequin Jest, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine June 1946
• The Relucant Rogue, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine July 1946
• Knave’s Progress, (na) The Blue Book Magazine August 1946
• A Rogue and His Lady, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine February 1947
• The Poet and the Prisoner, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine June 1947
• The Devil’s Disciple, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine September 1947
• The Street of the Wicked, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine March 1948
• The Vengeance of Villon, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine August 1948
• Rogue’s Ransom, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine April 1949
• François Villon, Moskeneer, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine May 1949
• Scapegallows Spoils, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine June 1950
• The Devil’s Game, (nv) The Blue Book Magazine November 1951

[]Vincart, Felice (The Leopard Lady)
• G. T. Fleming-Roberts:
• Legion of the Living Dead, (na) Secret Agent X September 1935, as by Brant House [Secret Agent X]
• Dividends of Doom, (na) Secret Agent X February 1936, as by Brant House [Secret Agent X]
• Steven G. Mitchell:
• The Choice, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories #19, December 1996, as by Brant House
• The Leopard Lady Strikes Back, (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories #20, January 1997, as by Brant House

[]Vincent, Peter Nelson Jellicoe
• R. L. Dearden:
• Peter’s Progress, (ss) The Novel Magazine June 1932
• Messrs. Grin and Bear-It, (ss) The Novel Magazine July 1932
• Something Good for Peter, (ss) The Novel Magazine August 1932
• The Truth About To-Morrow, (ss) The Novel Magazine September 1932
• Those Two Imposters, (ss) The Novel Magazine October 1932
• The Truth About the Navy, (ss) The Novel Magazine November 1932
• Kindred and Affinity, (ss) The Novel Magazine December 1932
• In the Offing—and Beyond, (ss) The Novel Magazine January 1933

[]Vin, Dareon & Blue
• Robert Zoltan:
• The Blue Lamp, (nv) Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #26, 2015
• A Night in the Library, (ss) Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #42, 2019
• The Book of Dark Sighs, (nv) Cirsova Spring 2021

[]Vindex, Captain
• Tracy French:
• Vengeance of Vindex, (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly December 29 1934
• Mask of Vindex, (na) Detective Fiction Weekly August 31 1935
• The Brand of Vindex, (co) Popular Publications (tp), November 2023

[]Vine, Gil (about)
• Prentice Winchell:
• Coffin Candidate, (nv) Thrilling Detective October 1939, as by Stewart Sterling
• Killer’s Carnival, (nv) Thrilling Detective July 1940, as by Stewart Sterling
• The Glass Guillotine, (na) Thrilling Detective November 1940, as by Stewart Sterling
• The Secret of Madam Zenobia, (na) Dime Mystery Magazine January 1944, as by Stewart Sterling
• Dead Wrong, (n.) J.B. Lippincott, 1947, as by Stewart Sterling
• Dead Certain, (na) Popular Detective January 1949, as by Stewart Sterling
• Dead Giveaway, (nv) Thrilling Detective February 1950, as by Stewart Sterling
• Murder by Television, (nv) Popular Detective July 1950, as by Stewart Sterling
• The Smell of Fear, (nv) Popular Detective January 1951, as by Stewart Sterling
• The Corpse in 1214, (na) Popular Detective Fall 1953, as by Stewart Sterling
• The Screaming Blonde, (na) Triple Detective Fall 1953, as by Stewart Sterling
• Dead Right, (na) Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1956, as by Stewart Sterling
• Murder Comes to the Plaza Royal, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine August 1957, as by Stewart Sterling

[]Vingo
• George Frank Worts:
• Vingo’s Mysterious Stranger, (nv) Argosy Allstory Weekly January 12 1924, as by Loring Brent
• Vingo’s Roving Romeo, (nv) Argosy Allstory Weekly June 21 1924, as by Loring Brent
• The Lost Orange Grove, (nv) Argosy Allstory Weekly October 25 1924, as by Loring Brent
• Vingo’s Lady Serpent, (nv) Argosy Allstory Weekly April 25 1925, as by Loring Brent
• Vingo’s Pirate Princess, (nv) Munsey’s Magazine November 1925, as by Loring Brent
• Florida’s Beautiful Dumb-Bell, (nv) Argosy Allstory Weekly February 13 1926, as by Loring Brent
• The Coldest Man in Florida, (nv) Munsey’s Magazine March 1926, as by Loring Brent
• Vingo’s Devil Girl, (nv) Argosy Allstory Weekly March 19 1927, as by Loring Brent
• Vingo’s Benevolent Bloodhounds, (nv) Argosy Allstory Weekly May 7 1927, as by Loring Brent
• Bringing the Boom to Vingo, (sl) Argosy Allstory Weekly August 13 1927, etc., as by Loring Brent
• The Bully of Biscayne Bay, (nv) Argosy Allstory Weekly October 1 1927, as by Loring Brent
• The Scandal on Kitikat Key, (sl) Argosy Allstory Weekly August 25 1928, etc., as by Loring Brent
• The Treasure on Skeleton Key, (na) Argosy November 2 1929, etc., as by Loring Brent

[]Vining, Mrs.
• Walter Jones:
• Mrs. Vining Intervenes, (ss) The Green Book Magazine June 1915
• The Heart-Breaker, (ss) The Green Book Magazine July 1915

[]Violet Wars, The
• Richard William Larson:
• Othermother, (ex) Orbit US, July 24 2018

[]Virga
• Karl Schroeder:
• Sun of Suns, (n.) Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2005, etc.
• Queen of Candesce, (n.) Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 2007, etc.
• The Hero, (nv) Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008

[]Virgil
• C. William Russette:
• Staying Dead, (ss) Masked Gun Mystery November 2010

[]Virginiak, Mr.
• William J. Carroll, Jr.:
• Mixed Agenda, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1992
• Car Trouble, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1995
• Burial Detail, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1995
• Attitude Thing, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2000
• Father’s Son, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 2001
• Height Advantage, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 2003

[]Virgin River
• Robyn Carr:
• Under the Christmas Tree, (n.) That Holiday Feeling, Mira, 2009

[]Viriconium
• M. John Harrison:
• The Lamia and Lord Cromis, (nv) New Worlds Quarterly ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1971
• Lamia Mutable, (ss) Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972
• Events Witnessed from a City, (ss) The Machine in Shaft Ten and Other Stories, Panther, 1975
• Viriconium Knights, (nv) Elsewhere ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981
• Strange Great Sins, (ss) Interzone #5, Autumn 1983
• Lords of Misrule, (ss) Savoy Dreams ed. Michael Butterworth & David Britton, Savoy, 1984
• Viriconium Nights, (co) Ace (pb), August 1984
• In Viriconium, (na) Viriconium Nights, Ace, 1984
• The Luck in the Head, (nv) Viriconium Nights, Ace, 1984
• A Young Man’s Journey to Viriconium, (nv) Interzone #12, Summer 1985
• Viriconium Nights (var. 1), (co) Gollancz (hc), November 1985
• The Dancer from the Dance, (nv) Viriconium Nights (var. 1), Gollancz, 1985

[]Virtual Light
• William Gibson:
• Idoru, (ex) Putnam, September 1996

[]Virtual
• Jay Russell:
• Virtual Uncertainty, (nv) Science Fiction Review #4, Summer 1991
• Ghosts of Departed Quantities, (nv) Waltzes and Whispers, Pumpkin Books, 1999

[]Virtues of War
• Bennett R. Coles:
• Twenty Excellent Reasons, (ss) Infinite Stars ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Titan, 2017

[]Visage, The
• Shawn Danowski:
• The Crime Club, (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories #11, April 1996, etc.
• Doom in the Hills, (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories #23, April 1997, etc.
• The Murder League, (sl) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories #35, April 1998, etc.

[]Vitek, Josef
• Charles Caldwell Dobie:
• Four Saturdays, (ss) Harper’s Magazine December 1916
• The Gift, (ss) Harper’s Magazine August 1917
• Gray Socks, (ss) Harper’s Magazine April 1919
• Christmas Cakes, (ss) Harper’s Magazine January 1920
• The Elder Brother, (ss) Harper’s Magazine February 1925
• The Daughter of a Princess, (ss) Harper’s Magazine June 1930

[]Vitos (The Robot Saga)
• Ray Cummings:
• Decadence, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1941
• Fugitive, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1942
• Regenaration, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1942

[]Vivanti, Dr. Paul
• Sydney Horler:
• The Order of the Octopus, (sl) Top-Notch Magazine April 1 1926, etc.
• Vivanti, (n.) Hodder, 1927
• The Curious Episode of the Swearing Ghost, (ss) The Worst Man in the World by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1929

[]Viv
• F. Tennyson Jesse:
• General Cargo, (ss) The London Magazine August 1912
• Haggett’s—and After, (ss) The London Magazine September 1912
• The Babes in St. John’s Wood, (ss) The London Magazine October 1912
• Spells, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine January 1913
• The Great Pavement Combine, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine February 1913
• A Skeleton Out of the Cupboard, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine August 1913
• I Get Me to a Nunnery, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine September 1913

[]Vlado, Michael
• Edward D. Hoch:
• The Luck of a Gypsy, (ss) The Ethnic Detectives ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Dodd, Mead, 1985
• Odds on a Gypsy, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1985
• Blood of a Gypsy, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1986
• The Gypsy Treasure, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1986
• Punishment for a Gypsy, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1987
• The Gypsy Wizard, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1987
• The Hostage Gypsies, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1987
• Murder of a Gypsy King, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1988
• Gypsy at Sea, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1988
• The Gypsy and the Pilgrims, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1989
• The Gypsy Bear, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1989
• The Crypt of the Gypsy Saint, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1990
• The Gypsy Delegate, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1990
• Funeral for a Gypsy, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1991
• The Spy and the Gypsy, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1991 [Jeffrey Rand]
• Return of the Gypsy, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1991
• The Iron Angel, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1992
• The Hiding Place, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1993
• The Puzzle Garden, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1994
• The Gypsy’s Paw, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1994
• The Butcher of Seville, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1995
• The Clockwork Rat, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1996
• Emperor of the Gypsies, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1997
• The Starkworth Atrocity, (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 1998
• The Wall Too High, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2000
• A Deal in Horses, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2001
• The Vampire Theme, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2002
• Iron Angel and Other Tales of the Gypsy Sleuth, (co) Crippen & Landru (tp), February 2003
• A Rope to Hang the World, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2004
• The Nameless Poison, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2006
• Gypsy Gold, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2007

[]Voice, The [Edward S. Williams] see under Dennis O’Ryley

[]Voice, The [Erwin K. Roberts]
• Erwin K. Roberts:
• Voice of Pain, (ss) Double Danger Tales #52, May 2002
• Snowy Night’s Tales of the Voice, (ss) Double Danger Tales #55, October 2002
• Grand Opening…Under Fire, (ss) Double Danger Tales #57, December 2002
• Plutonium Nightmare, (sl) Double Danger Tales #60, March 2003, etc.

[]Voidal
• Adrian Cole:
• All Things Dark and Evil, (nv) Weirdbook #13, 1978
• Thief of Thieves, (nv) Weirdbook #14, 1979
• The Ocean of Souls, (nv) Fantasy Crossroads #15, January 1979
• First Make Them Mad, (nv) Fantasy Tales #4, Spring 1979
• Astral Stray, (nv) Heroic Fantasy ed. Gerald W. Page & Hank Reinhardt, DAW, 1979
• The Universe of Islands, (nv) Airgedlámh Autumn 1980
• The Exile of Earthendale, (ss) Fantasy Tales #15, Winter 1985
• The Weaver of Wars, (nv) Weirdbook #23/24, 1988
• Oblivion Hand, (co) Wildside Press (tp), 2001
• The Lair of the Spydron, (nv) Oblivion Hand, Wildside Press, 2001
• Urge and Demiurge, (ss) Oblivion Hand, Wildside Press, 2001
• Well Met in Hell, (nv) Oblivion Hand, Wildside Press, 2001
• The Hoarder of Dangerous Secrets, (ss) Weirdbook #48, 2024

[]Void, Delta
• Tansy Rayner Roberts:
• Splashdance Silver, (ex) Bantam Australia, 1998
• Delta Void and the Unicorn Soup, (ss) AustrAlien Absurdities ed. Chuck McKenzie & Tansy Rayner Roberts, Agog! Press, 2001
• Delta Void and the Clockwork Man, (nv) Agog! Fantastic Fiction ed. Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2002
• Hobgoblin Boots, (nv) Scrybe Press, 2004
• Delta Void and the Stray God, (nv) Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #16, December 2004/January 2005
• Delta Void’s Day Off, (nv) Bounty, FableCroft, 2016
• Queen of Courtesans, (nv) Bounty, FableCroft, 2016