The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Larson, Charles (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Sisters, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1992

Larson, Dave (fl. 2020s) (items)
• The New Guy, (ss) Close to the Bone (online) August 29 2022

Larson, Don (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Pact for Plunder, (nv) Lone Wolf Detective Magazine April 1940
• Hell-Bent for the Morgue, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine January 1941

Larson, Ellen (1953- ) (about) (items)
• When the Apricots Bloom, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2010
• Wildcraft, (ss) M #1, May 2014

Larson, George (S.) (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Knock, Knock, (ss) Dark Horses January 2026
• Winter Doldrums, (ss) Black Petals (online) April 2026
• The Shadowman, (ss) Close to the Bone (online) July 14 2026
• Mendota State, (ss) Close to the Bone (online) July 21 2026
• The Matinee, (ss) Close to the Bone (online) August 2 2026
• Chattering Teeth, (ss) Close to the Bone (online) August 30 2026

Larson, Len (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Double Cross, (ss) Star Detective Magazine February 1938

Larson, Marvin (Claire) (1925-2013) (about) (items)
• The Nude Above the Bar, (ss) Manhunt October 1961

Larson, Ron (fl. 2010s) (items)
• One Summer Night, (pm) M #1, May 2014

Larson, Sam (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Deadline, (ss) The Underworld Magazine March 1931

Larsson, Andreas (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Wait. Worry., (cv) Mystery Weekly July 2018

La Rue, Jean (fl. 1910s) (items)
• An Extraordinary Exchange, (ms) Mystery Magazine #1, November 15 1917

LaRue, Teresa Davis (fl. 1990s) (items)
• All That You Deserve, (ss) Mystery Time Spring/Summer 1996

La Rusic, Adam (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items)
• How Many Humans Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?, (ss) Cosmic Crime Stories #2, July 2011

Larymore, M. A. (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Third Time Lucky, (ts) John Creasey Mystery Magazine September 1963

Lascaux, Paul; pseudonym of Paul Ott (1955- ) (about) (items)
• The Copyist (with Anke Gebert, Richard Lifka, Thomas Przybilka, Stefan Slupetzky & Christoph Spielberg), (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2006; translated by Mary Tannert

Lashley, Debra (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Right or Wrong, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2009

Lasker, Jill (fl. 1970s) (items)
• Audition for Murder, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1979

Laskowitz, Pearl Liebman (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Not Even Death Did Them Part, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1989

Laskowski, Tara (fl. 2010s-2020s) (about) (items)
• The Monitor, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 2014
• States of Matter, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2016
• Hostage, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2017
• The Case of the Vanishing Professor, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2018
• The Long-Term Tenant, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2019
• The Tooth Fairy, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2023
• After Their Convictions, Six Murderers Reflect on How Killing Mr. Boddy Changed Their Lives (with Art Taylor), (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine #15, 2024
• The Ex-Files, (ss) Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy ed. Gay Toltl Kinman & Andrew McAleer, Down & Out Books, November 2024

Lasky, Art (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items)
• Angel of Death, (ss) Pulp Modern Flash April 15 2021

La Spina, (Fanny) Greye (née Bragg) (1880-1969) (items)
• The Seventh Step, (ss) The Black Mask May 1920
• The Remorse of Professor Panebianco, (ss) Weird Tales January 1925
• The Dead Wagon, (nv) Weird Tales September 1927
• Satan’s Slave-Girdle, (ss) Bull’s-Eye Detective Fall 1938
• Vampire Bite, (ss) Bull’s-Eye Detective Spring 1939

Lastine, D. H. (fl. 1970s) (items)
• The Watchman, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1978

Lata, K. A. (fl. 1990s) (items)
• A New Religion, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1996

Latane, John (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Super-Architect of Larceny, (ar) Super-Detective January 1947

Latham, Donald (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Murder Maks a Difference, (nv) Private Detective Stories April 1941

Latham, Ernest (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The Detective Instinct in Engineering, (ar) The Detective Magazine #12, April 27 1923
• Engineering Deductions, (ar) The Detective Magazine #19, August 3 1923

Latham, Francis (fl. 1960s) (items)
• On the Moor, (ss) The New Strand March 1962

Latham, John H(oward) (1917-2001) (about) (items)
• Two-Gun Poison, (ss) Famous Western Winter 1945
• Killer in the Sun, (ss) Fifteen Western Tales May 1946

Latham, Long John; see under John H. Latham

Latham, P. F. (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Huntsman in the Snow, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1958
• Portrait of Barbara, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1958

Lathrop, Harley P(hillip) (1881-1965) (about) (items)
• The Yellow Throwback, (ss) Detective Story Magazine October 14 1922

Lathrop, R. L. (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Lady with a Corpse, (na) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1947
• A Spoonful of Suicide, (ss) Ten Detective Aces March 1948
• Fixed for Murder, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine July 1948

Lathrop, Willis F. (fl. 1910s-1920s) (items)
• The Smell of Gasoline, (ss) Mystery Magazine #22, October 1 1918
• The Clue of Steel, (ss) Mystery Magazine #57, March 15 1920
• The Beggar’s Silk Sock, (ss) Mystery Magazine #92, September 1 1921

Latimer, Harrison B. (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Forty-Cent Tip, (nv) Mammoth Detective January 1947
• …But Is It Art?, (nv) Mammoth Detective February 1947

Latimer, Jonathan (Wyatt) (1906-1983) (items)
• Murder in the Madhouse [Bill Crane], (n.) Doubleday, 1935
• The Lady in the Morgue [Bill Crane], (n.) Doubleday, 1936
• The Dead Don’t Care [Bill Crane], (n.) Doubleday, 1938
• The Fifth Grave, (na) Mystery Book Magazine August 1946

Latner, Lou (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Blue Flame, (ss) Popular Detective September 1936

Latner, Pat Wallace (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Trouble House, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1962

Latoski, Todd H. (fl. 1990s) (items)
• “Mommy Dearest”, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1994

Latour, Kenneth (fl. 1920s) (items)
• No. 728, His Wife, and the Warden, (ss) Detective Story Magazine December 16 1922

Latragna, Christopher (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items)
• Well-Heeled Shooters, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2015
• The Loneliest Night of the Week, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2017
• A Lousy Little Grand, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2018
• Call It Sad, Call It Funny, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2020
• Let’s Keep the Party Polite, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2022
• The People All Said Beware, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2022
• Things Being How They Are, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2024
• A Rogues’ Christmas, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2025
• Before This Evening Is Over, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2025
• A Matter of Punctuation, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2026

La Tray, Chris (fl. 2010s) (about) (items)
• From the Towers of Manhattan to the Jungles of the Sahara, (iv) Crime Factory July 2010 [Ref. Charles Ardai]
• Romo Samson and the Grandmother Spider, (ss) Pulp Modern Autumn 2011
• A Blunderbuss for a Broken Heart, (ss) Pulp Modern Winter 2011/2012
• Buster Lee and the Chucklehead That Wouldn’t Stay Down, (ss) Crime Factory Kung Fu Factory 2011
• A Dog Named Buddy, (ss) Needle Winter 2012

Lau, John (fl. 2000s) (items)
• reStlEsS 2niTe, (ss) The Back Alley Webzine June 2007

Lauden, S. W. (fl. 2010s) (about) (items)
• A Novella Idea, (ar) Crimespree Magazine #66, 2017

Laufer, Mary (fl. 2010s) (items)
• The Mystery of the Missing Money, (ss) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine July/August 2014

Laughlin, Robert (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)
• The Amityville Realtor, (pm) M #1, May 2014

Laukkanen, Owen (fl. 2010s) (about) (items)
• Dock Talk: How I Came to Write N.F.G., (ar) All Due Respect #2, March 2014
• N.F.G., (ss) All Due Respect #2, March 2014

Laumer, (John) Keith (1925-1993) (about) (items)
• Worlds of the Imperium [Imperium], (n.) Ace, 1962
• The Walls, (ss) Amazing Stories March 1963

Laurance, Alice; pseudonym of Laura W. Haywood (1938- ) (items)
• We Interrupt This Magazine, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1978

Laurance, John (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The Franklin Syndicate, (ar) Detective Story Magazine March 17 1923

Lauren, Julie (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Jewels of Wisdom, (cl) Futures #4, August/September 1998, etc.

Laurence, Bethel (fl. 1950s) (items)
• The Call, (ss) Today’s Woman March 1951

Laurence, J. F. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Seven and Sociable, (ss) The Master Thriller Series #27, 1939

Laurence, John; pseudonym of John Laurence Pritchard (1885-1968) (about) (items)
• The Case of the King of Forgers, (ar) Detective Story Magazine August 17 1920
• The Man with the Nervous Twitch, (ar) Detective Story Magazine October 12 1920
• Double Murder, (ar) Detective Story Magazine October 26 1920
• The Amazing Murder of Jules Santon, (ar) Detective Story Magazine November 16 1920
• The Case of the Accidental Poisoner, (ar) Detective Story Magazine January 1 1921
• The Case of the Green Baize Masks, (ar) Detective Story Magazine February 19 1921
• The Case of the Chloroformed Jeweler, (ar) Detective Story Magazine March 26 1921
• The Robbery of the Gainsborough Duchess, (ar) Detective Story Magazine May 7 1921
• An Actor-Manager’s Last Appearance, (ar) Detective Story Magazine May 28 1921
• The Great Manhattan Bank Robbery, (ar) Detective Story Magazine July 2 1921
• The Robbery of the Southeastern Mail, (ar) Detective Story Magazine July 23 1921
• The Great Adams Express Robbery, (ar) Detective Story Magazine August 6 1921
• The Robbery of the Roman Coins, (ar) Detective Story Magazine August 20 1921
• The Great Cornhill Jewel Robbery, (ar) Detective Story Magazine October 15 1921
• The Theft of the Ellesmere Jewels, (ar) Detective Story Magazine November 5 1921
• The Mystery of the Sicilian Candle, (ar) The Detective Magazine #4, January 5 1923
• The Great Turf Frauds, (ar) Detective Story Magazine January 27 1923
• The Great Safe Mystery, (sl) Detective Story Magazine February 10 1923, etc.
• The Murder on the Egyptian Sphinx, (ar) The Detective Magazine #8, March 2 1923
• The Lure of the Tessier Millions, (ar) Detective Story Magazine March 31 1923
• The Humbert Swindle, (ss) Detective Story Magazine April 28 1923
• The Empty House, (sl) Detective Story Magazine May 19 1923, etc.
• Monte Carlo Wells, (ar) Detective Story Magazine August 11 1923
• The Gold-from-sea-water Swindle, (ar) Detective Story Magazine April 12 1924
• The Capuchin Monkey [Dr. Carmichael], (ss) The 20-Story Magazine January 1925
• The Mascots of Mah Jongg [Dr. Carmichael], (ss) The 20-Story Magazine March 1925
• The Woman in the Case [Dr. Carmichael], (ss) The 20-Story Magazine May 1925
• Double and Quits, (ss) The 20-Story Magazine August 1925
• Carmichael Up a Tree [Dr. Carmichael], (ss) Flynn’s September 12 1925
• Sailor’s Knots [Dr. Carmichael], (ss) Flynn’s October 10 1925
• Prints from the Grave [Dr. Carmichael], (ss) Flynn’s October 17 1925
• The Sweet Tooth [Dr. Carmichael], (ss) Flynn’s October 24 1925
• For Old Time’s Sake, (ss) Flynn’s January 16 1926
• The Money Shark, (sl) Crime Mysteries #1, August 19 1927, etc.
• Green Moss, (ss) Detective Story Magazine December 14 1929

Laurence, Tim (fl. 1930s) (items)
• [letter], (lt) Clues September 1931

Laurents, Erica (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Some Reflections on the Death of Robert, (ss) Mystery Magazine April 1982

Lauriston, Victor; [born William Edward Park] (1881-1973) (about) (items)
• Adam Winright’s Family Skeleton, (sl) Detective Story Magazine August 27 1918, etc.
• Dishonor Among Thieves, (ss) Detective Story Magazine February 4 1919
• The Will and the Deed, (ss) Detective Story Magazine June 10 1919
• Buried in Type (with A. L. McCready), (nv) Detective Story Magazine July 8 1919
• Against His Reason, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 12 1919
• Savings, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 17 1920
• The Dead Man’s Letter, (nv) The Black Mask November 1921
• Double Liability, (ss) Detective Story Magazine April 12 1924
• The Doctor Looks in the Glass, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 31 1924
• Six Shots, (nv) The Black Mask July 1924
• Mad Dog, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 13 1924
• What the Hands Told [Glory Adair], (nv) Flynn’s April 25 1925
• Sight and Sound, (nv) Mystery Magazine February 15 1926
• No Defense Whatever, (sl) Mystery Magazine May 1 1926, etc.
• Sand, (ss) Mystery Magazine November 1926
• The Man Who Shot Bill Powderly, (nv) Mystery Magazine December 1926
• A Sure-Enough Go-Getter, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 28 1927
• The Jackal, (ss) The Underworld October 20 1927
• William James Ramsay’s Grave, (ss) Mystery Stories March 1929

Laus, William F. (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Welcome to Westfield, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 14 1980

Lauterbach, Edward S. (fl. 1960s-2000s) (items)
• Who Goes Hang?, (br) The Armchair Detective October 1968 [Ref. Stanley Hyland]
• Lovecraft in the British Thriller, (ar) The Armchair Detective January 1969 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]
• Horror, Detection and Footnotes, (br) The Armchair Detective October 1969 [Ref. Alexander Laing]
• Wolfe and the Law, (ar) The Armchair Detective January 1970
• The Mysterious Card Unsealed, (ar) The Armchair Detective October 1970
• Smorgasbord Thriller, (ar) The Armchair Detective April 1971
• The Ian Fleming Collection, (br) The Armchair Detective October 1971 [Ref. Ian Fleming]
• Mystery and More Mystery, (br) The Armchair Detective April 1972 [Ref. Robert Arthur]
• Wise Detective Stories, (ar) The Armchair Detective April 1972
• Gibson’s Non-Shadow Detective, (ar) The Armchair Detective October 1972 [Ref. Walter B. Gibson]
• The Casebook of Lucius Leffing, (br) The Armchair Detective August 1973 [Ref. Joseph Payne Brennan]
• Annotating the Holmes Saga, (ar) The Armchair Detective February 1974 [Ref. Arthur Conan Doyle]
• The Case of the Snoring Skinflint, (br) The Armchair Detective February 1974 [Ref. Henry Slesar]
• Cork in the Doghouse, (br) The Armchair Detective February 1974 [Ref. Macdonald Hastings]
• The Bronze Mermaid, (br) The Armchair Detective May 1974 [Ref. Paul Ernst]
• Mansion of Evil, (br) The Armchair Detective May 1974 [Ref. Joseph J. Millard]
• The Case of His Headless Highness, (br) The Armchair Detective August 1974 [Ref. Henry Slesar]
• The Case of the Shaky Showman, (br) The Armchair Detective August 1974 [Ref. Henry Slesar]
• Death Among the Sunbathers, (br) The Armchair Detective August 1974 [Ref. E. R. Punshon]
• Our Heroes in Motley, (ar) The Armchair Detective June 1976
• The Crossword Puzzle Metaphor and Some Crossword Puzzle Mysteries (with Karen Lauterbach), (ar) The Armchair Detective April 1977

Lauterbach, Karen (fl. 1970s-2000s) (items)
• The Crossword Puzzle Metaphor and Some Crossword Puzzle Mysteries (with Edward S. Lauterbach), (ar) The Armchair Detective April 1977

Laux, Constance (1952- ); used pseudonym Casey Daniels (items)
• Ghost of a Chance, (ar) Crimespree Magazine #12, May/June 2006, as by Casey Daniels

Lauzier, Jean (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)
• Tyger, Tyger, (ss) Mouth Full of Bullets #5, Autumn 2007

Lavagnino, Tom (fl. 1990s-2000s) (items)
• Hiding the Body, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries September 1994

La Valley, Leslie D. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Hell’s Vestibule, (ss) The Underworld Magazine March 1931
• Rat Bait, (ss) Racketeer Stories March 1931
• On Devil’s Key, (ss) The Underworld Magazine May 1931
• Morgue Fodder, (ss) The Underworld Magazine September 1931
• Hot Way, (ss) Gangster Stories October 1931
• Boomerang Bullets, (nv) The Underworld Magazine January 1932
• Hell’s Book, (ss) The Underworld Magazine February 1932
• Big Shot Bait, (nv) Greater Gangster Stories April 1933
• “Face Up”, (nv) Greater Gangster Stories June 1933
• Justice Overdue, (ss) Strange Detective Stories December 1933
• Whistle of Doom, (ss) Star Detective Magazine October 1935

La Varre, William (J.) (1898-?) (items)
• The Golden Head, (ss) The Black Mask September 1925

Laver, James (1899-1975) (items)
• A Suit of Armour Gives a Lot of Cover [Did It Happen?], (vi) The Evening Standard April 16 1959

LaVerne, Sherry (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Death of a Stripper, (ss) Manhunt September 1957

Lavers, Anthony (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Menace on the Roads, (ss) London Mystery Selection #36, March 1958

Lavey, Lorenzo (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Alibi Snores, (ss) Clues Detective Stories August 1935

Lavigne, Leo (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Gone Today, Here Tomorrow, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1984

Lavigne, Meaux (fl. 1910s) (items)
• Gideon Rabshaw: Cleveland’s Chief of Detectives, (ar) Detective Story Magazine May 5 1917

Lavin, Dom(inic) J(ohn) (1874-1958) (about) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories December 1929/January 1930

Lavine, Emanuel H. (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items)
• The Goldfish Room, (ar) Real Detective February 1933

Lavinsky, Avram (fl. 2020s) (about) (items)
• The Stolen Half-Life of Alicia Desilva, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #113, 2023
• The Ion Beds Mystery, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #134, 2024
• The Revenant of the Forges, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #190, 2025
• The Bank Heist Before Armageddon, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2025
• Robin’s Hope, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #244, 2026
• Reflections Don’t Lie, (nv) Guilty Crime Story Magazine #17, Summer 2026