The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index by Date: Page 384

Melville, James; pseudonym of Roy Peter Martin (1931-2014) (items)
• The Beka Street Irregulars [Supt. Tetsuo Otani], (ss) The Strand Magazine #5, 2000
• Inspector Ganesh Ghote, (ar) Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #40, 2000 [Ref. H. R. F. Keating]

Melyan, Helene (fl. 1970s-1980s) (items)
• Night and Day, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1979
• Writing Was Her Life, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1979
• Estate Sale, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1979
• A New Scam, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1979
• A Deal in Gold, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 21 1980
• The Diet, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 27 1980
• Writer’s Block, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 7 1981
• The Dog Thief, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1987

Memblatt, Bruce (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items)
• First Dream, (ss) Suspense Magazine November 2009
• What Killed Harry?, (ss) Suspense Magazine February 2010

Memling, Carl (1918-1969) (about) (items)
• Crime in the Crystal, (ss) Crack Detective Stories February 1948
• Death Is My Sponsor, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine June 1948
• Jackpot of My Dreams, (ss) Ten Detective Aces July 1948
• The Statue, (ss) Ten Detective Aces September 1948
• As Good as Dead, (ss) Ten Detective Aces November 1948
• Nemesis with No Face, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine December 1948
• A Slay Ride for Santa, (ss) Ten Detective Aces January 1949
• Hell’s Hireling, (ss) Ten Detective Aces March 1949
• Conclave with Corpses, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine April 1949
• The Corpse Ate Hearty, (ss) Ten Detective Aces May 1949
• The Color of Murder, (ss) Ten Detective Aces July 1949
• To Hades on a Wheel Chair, (ss) Ten Detective Aces September 1949
• The Burglar Alarm, (ss) Famous Detective Stories June 1950

Memmott, Aaron (fl. 2010s) (about) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) The Strand Magazine #38, November 2012/January 2013

Memory, F(rederic) W(illiam) (1882-1941); used pseudonyms Frederick Clifton, Frederick A. Felton & Acton Lane (items)
• Risks Detectives Run, (ar) The Detective Magazine #5, January 19 1923, as by Acton Lane
• Is the Detective Properly Paid?, (ar) The Detective Magazine #8, March 2 1923, as by Frederick A. Felton
• The Human Side of the Detective, (ar) The Detective Magazine #9, March 16 1923, as by Frederick A. Felton
• Humbugging the Detective, (ar) The Detective Magazine #13, May 11 1923, as by Frederick A. Felton
• The Irish Scotland Yard, (ar) The Detective Magazine #13, May 11 1923, as by Frederick Clifton
• The Card Index Detective, (ar) The Detective Magazine #16, June 22 1923, as by Frederick Clifton
• Humours of Detective Life, (ar) The Detective Magazine #17, July 6 1923, as by Acton Lane
• A Police Code, (ar) The Detective Magazine #23, September 28 1923, as by Frederick Clifton
• Making Birmingham’s Police, (ar) The Detective Magazine #24, October 12 1923
• Police, (ar) The Detective Magazine #25, October 26 1923, as by Frederick Clifton
• The Manchester Police, (ar) The Detective Magazine #26, November 9 1923
• The Evolution of the Liverpool Police, (ar) The Detective Magazine #27, November 23 1923
• The Chief Police Forces of Wales, (ar) The Detective Magazine #28, December 7 1923
• The Staffordshire Police, (ar) The Detective Magazine #29, December 21 1923
• The Police Force of Newcastle-on-Tyne, (ar) The Detective Magazine #30, January 4 1924
• The Glasgow Police, (ar) The Detective Magazine #31, January 18 1924
• Women Police, (ar) The Detective Magazine #32, February 1 1924
• Observation, (ar) The Detective Magazine #56, January 2 1925
• A Detective on Crooks, (ar) The Detective Magazine #58, January 30 1925

Menage, Elaine (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Smart Pigs and Sour Gas, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2008

Menaker, Daniel (fl. 1970s-2010s) (about) (items)
• I Spy, (ss) The New Yorker April 28 1980

Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis) (1880-1956) (about) (items)
• The Face in the Diaper (with George Jean Nathan), (ms) The Smart Set March 1923

Mendenhall, Harlan (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Midwest Manhunt, (ss) Startling Detective #187, February 1944

Mendenhall, Kitty; [i.e., Katherine McCord Mendenhall] (1921-2008) (items)
• Scarlet O’Herring’s Birthday, (pm) Red Herring Mystery Magazine v2 #2, 1995

Mendenhall, Robert J. (1955- ) (about) (items)
• Officer Down, (ss) Crimespree Magazine #39, November/December 2010
• The Hard Way, (ss) Cosmic Crime Stories January 2011

Méndez, Irma (fl. 1940s) (items)
• The Spooky House, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #49, December 1947

Mendik, Xavier (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Urban Violence: The 1970s Films of Michael Winner, (ex) Noir Publishing, 2001 [Ref. Michael Winner]

Mendoza (fl. 1950s) (items)
• True Crime Story, (ts) Underworld (UK) Spring 1952

Mendoza (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items)
• [cartoon(s)], (ct) Suspense (UK) June 1960

Mendrek, William (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Till Crime Do Us Part, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1964

Menge, Elaine (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items)
• Greenspace, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2003
• A Period of Adjustment, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 2004
• Our Daughter Is in Heaven, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 2005
• Perpetual Care, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 2006
• Boxes of Hell, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2006
• Best of Breed, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2008
• Scavenger, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2009
• Lost in a Strange Neighborhood, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 2011
• Death on the Range, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2012
• Soul Thief, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 2013
• Sugar Vat, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2015
• Close Scrutiny, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2016
• Plein Air, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2020
• Sip and Float, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2023

Menkes, Sherwood Bradford (fl. 1960s) (items)
• The Waiting Room, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1964

Mentink, Dana (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Eye of All Good Fortune, (ss) Great Mystery and Suspense Magazine Summer 2007

Menzies, Caroline (fl. 2000s) (items)
• The Bathtub Oracle, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2007

Meola, John (Constantino) (1916-1993) (about) (items)
• [illustration(s)] (with Harvé Stein), (il) Detective Action Stories October 1936
• [illustration(s)] (with Harvé Stein), (il) Detective Action Stories February/March 1937

Merak, A. J.; pseudonym of John S. Glasby (1928-2011) (items)
• A Place of Madness, (nv) Out of This World v1 #1, 1954, as by A. J. Merak
• Things of the Dark, (nv) Supernatural Stories #2, 1954, as by A. J. Merak
• The Reincarnate, (nv) Supernatural Stories #8, 1955, as by A. J. Merak
• The Three Green Sisters, (nv) Supernatural Stories #10, 1957, as by A. J. Merak
• A Pattern of Evil, (nv) Supernatural Stories #28, 1959, as by A. J. Merak
• Something About Spiders, (nv) Supernatural Stories #45, 1961, as by A. J. Merak
• Howl at the Moon, (nv) Supernatural Stories #79, 1963, as by A. J. Merak

Mercer, Ralph J. (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Louder Than Guns, (ss) Ten Detective Aces May 1948

Merchant, Judith (1976- ) (items)
• Monopoly, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2010; translated by Mary Tannert
• Annette Writes a Ballade, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2012; translated by Mary Tannert

Mercier, Matthew (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items)
• If You See Something…, (ss) Mystery Tribune #13, July/August 2020
• The House That Poe Built, (ar) Mystery Tribune #18, August/September 2022 [Ref. Edgar Allan Poe]

Mercure, Bonnie (1972?- ) (items)
• The Hunter, (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers #22, August/September 2001

Mercurio, John (fl. 2010s) (items)
• The Mask of Change, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2013

Meredeth, Hal; pseudonym of Harry Blyth (1852-1898) (about) (items)
• A Confidential Report [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers September 12 1908 (error, actually by John William Staniforth)
• My Lord the Baby [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers September 26 1908 (in error)
• On His Majesty’s Service [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers November 7 1908 (in error)
• A Knotty Problem [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers November 28 1908 (error, actually by John William Staniforth), uncredited.
• The House on the Cliff [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers February 6 1909 (in error)
• The Ancient Monk [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers February 13 1909 (in error)
• The Blue Line [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers March 13 1909 (in error)
• The Amateur Burglar [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers April 3 1909 (in error)
• The Empty Tin [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers April 10 1909 (in error)
• Py Ponk [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers April 17 1909 (in error)
• The White Mouse [Sexton Blake], (nv) Answers May 15 1909 (in error)
• The Man in the Blue Blouse [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers July 3 1909 (in error)
• Poker Work [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers July 9 1909 (in error)
• The Black Pearl of Bahrein [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers August 28 1909 (in error)
• The Old Print Mystery [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers November 20 1909 (in error)
• A Back-Room Mystery [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers January 15 1910 (in error)
• The Great Auk’s Egg Affair [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers March 9 1910 (in error)
• The Clue of the Ash [Sexton Blake], (ss) Answers April 8 1911 (in error)

Meredith, Andrew (fl. 1950s) (items)
• The Patchen Avenue Gang, (ar) Mobsters February 1953
• Footprints on the Ceiling, (ar) The Phantom Detective Summer 1953
• Pickpocket Problem, (ms) Top Detective Annual 1953

Meredith, Frank (fl. 1920s) (items)
• In the Lap of the Gods, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine January 1928

Meredith, Grace (fl. 1910s-1950s) (items)
• Winter Morning, (pm) Street & Smith’s Romantic Range April 1943
• Wherever, (pm) Street & Smith’s Romantic Range March 1944
• Desert Twilight, (pm) Street & Smith’s Romantic Range September 1944
• As Is, (pm) Pocket Reader Series #112, Romance Stories 1948

Meredith, John (fl. 1970s) (items)
• Deja Vu, (vi) London Mystery Selection #121, June 1979

Meredith, Kristine E. (fl. 1990s) (items)
• [poem], (pm) Mystery Time Spring/Summer 1994, etc.
• Harvest Moon, (ss) Mystery Time Autumn/Winter 1994

Meredith, Larry Eugene (fl. 1960s-1970s) (items)
• Conjured, (ss) Startling Mystery Stories March 1971

Meredith, R. R. (fl. 1940s-1950s); house pseudonym used by Richard Hill Wilkinson (1904-1975) (items)
• The Medico of Swift River, (na) Street & Smith’s Romantic Range November 1942 (+2) (by Richard Hill Wilkinson)

Meredith, Scott; [born Arthur Scott Feldman] (1923-1993); used pseudonyms Roy Carroll & John Van Praag (items)
• Death Bait, (ss) Super-Detective June 1949, as by John Van Praag
• The Extra Killer, (ss) Hollywood Detective February 1950, as by John Van Praag
• Too Many People, (ss) Famous Detective March 1950, as by John Van Praag
• Editor, (mg) Manhunt January 1953, etc., as by John McCloud

Mergendahl, Charles (Henry) (1919-1959) (about) (items)
• The Hunted, (ss) Esquire April 1949
• It Could Happen to Anyone, (ss) Collier’s August 20 1954
• Premonition, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1957
• Secret Recipe, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1958
• Points Unknown, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1958
• Do-It-Yourself, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1958

Meribout, Mounia Lakehal (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items)
• The Well, (ss) Cosmic Crime Stories June 2021

Meridee, Alfredo (fl. 2010s) (items)
• The Keys, (ss) Noir Nation #6, September 2017

Mérimée, Prosper (1803-1870) (about) (items)
• The Blue Room, (ss) The Novels, Tales and Letters of Prosper Mérimée by Prosper Mérimée, Frank S. Holby, 1905

Merino, Deb (fl. 2020s) (items)
• A Son Needs His Mother, (ss) Rock and a Hard Place #5, Winter/Spring 2021

Merrick, Guy (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Night Prowl, (ss) American Crime Magazine #18, 1954

Merrick, Sara Newcomb (1844-?) (items)
• Circumstantial Evidence Kills, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 30 1919

Merrick, Steven (fl. 1960s) (items)
• The Clock, (ss) Suspense (UK) March 1961

Merrifield, Richard F(orrester) (1905-1977) (about) (items)
• Skyscraper Suicide [Elmer Giffard], (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine July 1932
• Singapore Poison, (ss) Black Book Detective Magazine June 1933

Merrigan, Court (fl. 2000s-2010s) (about) (items)
• The City of Screams, (ss) Grift Magazine #1, Spring 2012
• The Gleaner’s Union, (ss) Thuglit #1, September/October 2012
• The Scabrous Exploits of Cyrus & Galina Van, Hellbent West During the Third Year of the Harrows, 1876, (ss) Needle #7, Fall/Winter 2012
• Slog On, (ss) Noir Nation #2, September 2012
• Playing at Savior, (nv) Crime Factory v2 #13, 2013
• Nine Flatbeds, (ss) Needle Spring 2014
• Discretion, (nv) Switchblade #5, April 2018

Merril, Judith; [originally Josephine Juliet Grossman] (1923-1997); used pseudonyms Eric Thorstein & Judy Zissman (about) (items)
• No Heart for Murder, (ss) Crack Detective Stories July 1945, as by Judy Zissman
• The “Crank” Case, (ss) Crack Detective Stories January 1946, as by Judy Zissman
• Dry Dust, (ss) Double Action Western February 1948, as by Eric Thorstein
• I Could Kill You!, (ss) Smashing Detective Stories March 1952
• Fare to the Chair, (ss) Famous Detective Stories August 1952
• One to a Customer, (nv) The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) June 1961
• Muted Hunger, (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine October 1963

Merrilees, Francis; [i.e., Frank Merrilees?] (1917?-2004?) (items)
• Monsieur Vaudin’s Guest, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #26, September 1955
• The Kindly Professor, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #28, March 1956

Merrill, Finch (fl. 1950s) (items)
• The Night Is Black, (ss) American Detective (Australia) #30, 1955

Merrill, Lew; pseudonym of Victor Rousseau Emanuel (1879-1960) (items)
• Brothers in Blood, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories December 1935
• Bat Man, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories February 1936
• Astral Murder, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories March 1936
• Zang the Creator, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories April 1936
• Dead Man’s Shoes, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories June 1936
• Devil Doctor, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories July 1936
• Cat Woman, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories August 1936
• Beyond the Veil, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories September 1936
• Return of the Beast, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories October 1936
• Daughter of Death, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories November 1936
• Tidewater, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories December 1936
• Hell’s Robots, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories February 1937
• Curse of the Ogilvy’s, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories March 1937
• Girl from Spain, (ss) Saucy Detective March 1937
• Witch’s Sabbath, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories April 1937
• Shadow Man, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories May 1937
• Lilith, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories June 1937
• Bride of the Sun, (nv) Spicy-Adventure Stories August 1937, as by Lew Merrill
• Girl of the Night, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories August 1937
• Synthetic Husband, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories September 1937
• I’ll Buy Your Appetites, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories October 1937
• Maid of Osiris, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories December 1937
• Bright Isle of Enchantment, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories February 1938
• Soul Asleep, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories April 1938
• God of the Pit, (ss) Spicy-Adventure Stories May 1938, as by Lew Merrill
• The Time-Twister, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories May 1938
• Thunderstone, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories June 1938
• Mad Charioteers, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories August 1938
• Point of Eternity, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories October 1938
• Liddle Red-Head, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories February 1939
• Water Witch, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories April 1939
• Face in the Crystal, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories June 1939
• Gallows Buster, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories August 1939
• Curse of Killarney, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories October 1939
• Witch’s Island, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories February 1940
• Vision of Death, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories June 1940
• Giant from Babel, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories August 1940
• The Lifted Veil, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories December 1940
• Isle of the Gods, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories January 1941
• Lobster Girl, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories March 1941
• Ghosts of Time, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories April 1941
• Spell of the Serpent, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories July 1941
• The God from Beyond, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories September 1941
• Farrell’s Double, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories October 1941
• Arc of Death, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories November 1941
• Future in Reverse, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories December 1941
• Girl from the Nebula, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories January 1942
• When It Grew Cold, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories February 1942
• Jinx, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories March 1942
• Vampire, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories July 1942
• The Sin-Eater, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories September 1942
• Dwindling Death, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories October 1942
• Twisted Time, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories November 1942
• Steel of Death, (nv) Speed Mystery February 1943
• House of Death [Dr. Gabriel], (ss) Speed Mystery May 1943
• Claws of the Statue, (ss) Speed Mystery July 1943
• Fog Over Kiska, (ss) Speed Mystery September 1943
• Like a Tiger, (nv) Speed Mystery November 1943
• ’Fraid-Cat Hero, (ss) Speed Mystery January 1944
• The Judas Bottle, (ss) Speed Mystery March 1944
• The Seeing Eye, (ss) Private Detective Stories April 1944
• Lady Luck, (ss) Speed Mystery May 1944
• Hell’s Castle, (ss) Speed Mystery July 1944
• Refugee Ship, (ss) Speed Detective July 1944
• Broccoli Burlesque, (ss) Super-Detective September 1944
• Daniel Webster Said, (ss) Speed Mystery September 1944
• Brain-Buster, (ss) Private Detective Stories November 1944
• This Was Grandison, (ss) Speed Mystery November 1944
• Matched Slugs, (ss) Speed Detective December 1944
• Sailing—Midnight, (ss) Hollywood Detective December 1944
• The Tell-Tale Arm [Adam Somervell], (ss) Private Detective Stories December 1944
• Turnover in Tannersville, (ss) Super-Detective December 1944
• Cyanide, (ss) Super-Detective January 1945
• Killer Car, (ss) Speed Mystery January 1945
• Planted Fingerprints, (ss) Private Detective Stories January 1945
• Canine Verdict, (ss) Super-Detective March 1945
• Home-Town Soldier, (nv) Private Detective Stories April 1945
• Typed [Adam Somervell], (ss) Super-Detective April 1945
• Unwritten Law, (ss) Hollywood Detective May 1945
• Button, Button, (ss) Private Detective Stories June 1945
• Frame-Up, (ss) Super-Detective June 1945
• Hot Stuff, (ss) Speed Mystery June 1945
• Postponed Verdict, (ss) Private Detective Stories August 1945
• War Time, (ss) Hollywood Detective August 1945
• Proxy Murder [Adam Somervell], (ss) Private Detective Stories September 1945
• Split Seams, (ss) Super-Detective September 1945
• No Witnesses, (ss) Super-Detective November 1945
• September Peaches, (ss) Super-Detective January 1946
• Goat in the Stable, (ss) Speed Detective February 1946
• Nailed, (ss) Private Detective Stories February 1946
• Bell-Bottom Trousers, (ss) Super-Detective March 1946
• Rye and Die [Adam Somervell], (nv) Private Detective Stories March 1946
• Sword-Slasher, (ss) Speed Detective May 1946
• Old-Fashioned Lady, (ss) Super-Detective July 1946
• Murder House [Adam Somervell], (ss) Super-Detective September 1946
• Brushless Cream [Adam Somervell], (ss) Super-Detective November 1946
• Terror by Night [Dr. Gabriel], (ss) Private Detective Stories November 1946