The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index by Date: Page 458

Rainey, William B.; pseudonym of Wyatt Blassingame (1909-1985) (items); later became a house name.
• The Dead Walk, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine January 1934
• Whispering Death, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine February 1934
• When the Rats Fed, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine April 1934
• The Black Pit, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine June 1934
• The Man Who Could Not Die, (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine November 1935
• Prey of the Beast-Woman, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine April 1936
• Brink of the Grave, (ss) Ace-High Detective Magazine August 1936
• Hands of Death, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories November 1936 (ghost written by Frank Gruber)
• One Thousand Witnesses, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories February 1937
• Statues Cannot Walk, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories March 1937
• Death Follows Desire, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories April 1937
• The Monster Seeks a Mate, (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine April 1937
• Death Is a Treasure, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories November 1937
• Search Warrant for Hell, (ss) Detective Tales January 1938
• Ship from Hell, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories March 1938
• Murder Takes a Bus, (ss) Detective Tales April 1938
• Nymph of Damnation, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine April 1938
• The Grain That Needed Blood, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories May 1938
• The Lady and the Corpse, (ss) Detective Tales June 1938
• The Killer Strikes Out, (ss) Detective Tales July 1938
• Trailer Camp Murder, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories July 1938
• A Corpse to Bed [Eddie Carveth], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories November 1938
• Baby Sends Bullets and Kisses, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories December 1938
• Blue Moon Murder [Eddie Carveth], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories February 1939
• Too Many Murderers, (nv) Detective Tales February 1939
• Weather Clear, Track Bloody, (ss) Detective Tales September 1939
• A Winning Ticket on Murder, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories November 1939
• The Garden of Violent Death, (nv) Black Mask January 1940
• Siren of Horror Hall, (ss) Strange Detective Mysteries March 1940
• I Am the Demon, (ss) Startling Mystery Magazine April 1940
• The Insane Corpse, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories April 1940
• Murder on Artificial Hill, (nv) Private Detective Stories July 1940
• Death in an Empty Jar, (ss) Private Detective Stories October 1940
• Prelude to Dying, (ss) Detective Tales December 1940
• The Black Voice of Death, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories January 1941
• Beautiful as Death, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories February 1941
• Valley of the Walking Dead, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories April 1941
• Pick Up a Murder, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories July 1941
• Once a Crook, (ss) Private Detective Stories August 1941
• The Corpse Goes Calling, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories September 1941
• An Artist at Murder, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories January 1942
• Maiden of Moonlight, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories May 1942
• Pallid Mistress, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories June 1942
• Cinderella Murders, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories July 1942
• It Could Be Murder [Eddie Carveth], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories August 1942
• Kiss the Bullets Goodbye [Eddie Carveth], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories October 1942
• Candidate for a Corpse, (nv) Speed Detective January 1943
• Don’t Get Killed Tonight [Eddie Carveth], (ss) Super-Detective January 1943
• Dimes, Diamonds and Death, (ss) Detective Tales March 1943

Rainford, Sheila (fl. 1960s) (items)
• The Fifth Name Plate, (vi) London Mystery Selection #51, November 1961

Rainone, Anthony (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)
• Hard Case Crime, (ar) Crimespree Magazine #7, July 2005
• Charlie Huston Interview, (iv) Crimespree Magazine #9, November/December 2005 [Ref. Charlie Huston]
• Black Orchid, (ar) Crimespree Magazine #12, May/June 2006
• On the Road, (cl) Crimespree Magazine #18, May/June 2007, etc.
• The Serial Talents of Steve Hamilton, (ar) Crimespree Magazine #20, September/October 2007 [Ref. Steve Hamilton]
• Rebecca Pawel Interview, (iv) Crimespree Magazine #22, January/February 2008 [Ref. Rebecca Pawel]
• And the Nominees Are…, (ar) The Strand Magazine #25, June/September 2008
• Tomb Guardian, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 2010

Raisbeck, Wilhelmena (fl. 1970s) (items)
• Sophie, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1977
• Death in a Small Hotel, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine August 1977

Raithel, Michael A. (fl. 2020s) (items)
• A Deadly Wind Does This Way Pass, (vi) Pulp Modern Flash November 23 2020
• Crime and Punishment, (ss) Pulp Modern Flash December 21 2021

Raleigh, Eleanor (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Tee for Two, (ss) The Saint Magazine May 1967

Raleigh, Hugh (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The Man Who Killed a Ghost, (ss) Ghost Stories August 1926; as told to Edwin A. Goewey

Raleigh, Jack (fl. 1930s) (items)
• “Poke ’Em”, (ss) The Underworld Magazine March 1930

Raleigh, Walter (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items)
• Trapping the Wily Smuggler, (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly March 2 1929
• The Strangest Police Station in the World, (ar) Detective Story Magazine October 5 1929
• The Wooden Kimona for Yours, (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine #18, December 1929
• Hands Up!, (ar) Scotland Yard #9, February 1931
• How the Chemist Pursues the Criminal, (ar) Complete Detective Novel Magazine #32, February 1931
• How I Became an Opium Smuggler, (ar) All Star Detective Stories March 1931
• The Thief Who Preferred the Same Jewel, (ar) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 30 1931

Ralph, Madelyn (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Ghost in the Bottle, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine July 1937

Ralph, Owen (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Vanishing Roadster, (ss) The Shadow Magazine June 15 1933
• Too Much Sand, (ss) The Shadow Magazine December 15 1933

Ralph, R. G. (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items)
• Raven House, (ss) Mystery Stories #3, 1936
• The Watchman, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #34, September 1957

Ralston, Albert (Burgess) (1943-2019); used pseudonyms Trevor Black & Len Gray (items)
• The Little Old Lady from Cricket Creek, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1969, as by Len Gray
• Miscarriage of Justice, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1969, as by Len Gray
• The Caper in Heather’s Revenge, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1970, as by Len Gray
• Guest Speaker, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1970, as by Len Gray
• An Incident at Devil’s Rock, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1971, as by Trevor Black
• Adventures of Herbie and Big Sal, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1971, as by Len Gray
• How I Murdered My Wife, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1971, as by Len Gray
• Repeated Story, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1972, as by Trevor Black
• Strangers, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1972, as by Len Gray
• My Brother, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1972, as by Trevor Black
• The Alliance, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1972, as by Trevor Black
• Albert and the Amateurs, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1973, as by Len Gray

Ralston, Barbara (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The Astral Lover, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine May 1927

Ralston, Gilbert (1928- ) (about) (items)
• Bottle Party, (ss) Suspense (UK) February 1960
• Destruction Is Always Arranged, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1960
• Murder Most Convenient, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1960
• A Very Cautious Boy, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1961
• “I Am Not a Thief, Mr. Kester”, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1961
• A Little Push from Cappy Fleers, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1961

Ralston, Peter (fl. 1930s); house pseudonym (items)
• Matched Pearls, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories August 1934, as by Norman A. Daniels

Ramage, J. M. (fl. 2010s) (items)
• The Spectre of Olšanské Hrbitovy, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2014

Rambeau, Katherine (fl. 1960s) (items)
• The Man in the Barn, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1969
• On the 6th Tee, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1969

Ramer, Edie (fl. 1980s-2000s) (items)
• Retribution, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1990
• Picking Daisies, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1991
• A Pregnant Pause, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1992
• Ripe for Death, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1993
• Guns, Lingerie & Holly, (ss) Red Herring Mystery Magazine v1 #3, 1994
• Street Life, (ss) Red Herring Mystery Magazine v2 #3, 1995
• The Cleanup Woman, (ss) Red Herring Mystery Magazine v3 #3, 1996
• A Sensible Murder, (ss) Over My Dead Body! #8, Winter 2000

Ramer, Jessica (fl. 2020s) (items)
• What Goofy Knew, (ss) Close to the Bone (online) November 7 2025

Ramey, Tom (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Ice Breaker, (ss) Close to the Bone (online) December 10 2024

Ramirez, Frank (1954- ) (items)
• Sunspots, (ss) Murderous Intent Winter 1999

Ramirez, Sandy T. (fl. 1990s-2000s) (items)
• Past Due, (ss) Over My Dead Body! #8, Winter 2000

Ramirez, Thomas P. (1926- ) (items)
• A Package for the President, (ar) Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine October 1955
• Schooled in Crime, (ts) Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine November 1955
• Thieves in the Night, (vi) Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1956
• The Cross Forks Incident, (ss) Manhunt February 1957
• A Night to Remember, (ss) Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1957
• New Answer to an Old Problem, (ar) Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine October 1957
• Breakfast on the House, (ar) Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1958
• Terror in a Rear View Mirror, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1968
• The Armadillo Patrol, (ss) New Mystery v3 #1, 1994

Rammel, Hal (fl. 1920s) (items)
• So Spake the Prophet, (ss) The Black Mask October 1926

Rammelkamp, Charles (fl. 1990s-2020s) (about) (items)
• What Dora’s Daughter Did, (pm) Retreats from Oblivion July 25 2018
• Noir, (pm) Retreats from Oblivion February 10 2019
• Training, (pm) Retreats from Oblivion December 31 2020
• Charged with Manslaughter in Her Boyfriend’s Suicide, (pm) Retreats from Oblivion November 23 2021
• Le Roi de la Porno, (pm) Retreats from Oblivion February 22 2022
• The Dance of the Bashful Bride, (pm) Retreats from Oblivion September 13 2023
• The Purple Pit Cigarette Girl, (pm) Retreats from Oblivion January 12 2024
• Hey Baby, (pm) Retreats from Oblivion May 30 2024

Rammer, Katja (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Heads Always Wins, Tails Never Loses, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #226, 2025

Ramming, Cindy (fl. 1990s) (items)
• The Case of the Dead Ringer, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1995

Ramón, Leslie (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items)
• Honest Little Fixer, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 23 1930

Ramone, Billy (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Petor, (ss) Close to the Bone (online) May 1 2026

Ramone, Marky; [born Marc Steven Bell] (1956- ) (about) (items)
• Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone, (ex) Touchstone, 2015

Ramos, Leticia V. (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items)
• Lunatic’s Dictionary, (ss) The Saint Mystery Library #5, 1959
• Land of the Vedas, (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) March 1962

Ramos, Manuel (Anthony) (1948- ) (items)
• Bad Haircut Day, (ss) Crimespree Magazine #9, November/December 2005
• Brian Azzarello Interview, (iv) Crimespree Magazine #9, November/December 2005 [Ref. Brian Azzarello]
• No Hablo Ingles, (ss) Hardluck Stories Spring 2006
• When the Air Conditioner Quit, (ss) Crimespree Magazine #51, May 2013

Ramos, Octavio, Jr. (fl. 1980s-2000s) (items)
• Stabber’s Blues, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #19, March 2001
• The Trail of Tears, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #25, April 2002

Rampo, Edogawa; see under Edogawa Rampo

Ramsay, Clyde H. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Greed, (vi) The Underworld Magazine May 1932
• Accidental Money, (ss) The Underworld Magazine December 1932

Ramsay, Ellen M. (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The Brimstone Cat, (nv) Weird Tales February 1927

Ramsdell, Jesse (Johnson) (fl. 1900s-1930s) (items)
• Crooked but Clever, (ss) Detective Book Magazine August 1930

Ramsden, Mark (1956- ) (about) (items)
• Four Signings and a Piss-up, (ar) Crime Time #10, 1997
• Partners in Crime (with Peter Dillon-Parkin), (iv) Crime Time #8, 1997 [Ref. Faye & Jonathan Kellerman]
• Jay Russell, (iv) Crime Time #12, 1998 [Ref. Jay Russell]
• Steve Martini, (iv) Crime Time #11, 1998 [Ref. Steve Martini]
• A Writers Diary, (ms) Crime Time v2 #1, 1998
• Music to Kill By… (with Mike Paterson & Frank Thielmann), (rv) Crime Time v2 #3, 1999

Ramsey, Cal (fl. 1940s) (items)
• No Commission for Murder, (ss) Private Detective December 1949

Ramsey, Gordon C. (fl. 1960s) (items)
• A Teacher Meets Agatha Christie, (ar) The Armchair Detective October 1967 [Ref. Agatha Christie]
• Criticism and the Detective Story, (ar) The Armchair Detective April 1968

Ramsey, Richard (fl. 1990s-2000s) (items)
• Didactic Mysteries (with Michael O’Hear), (ar) Murderous Intent Spring 1995

Ramsey, Sherry D. (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items)
• Addicted to Love, (ss) Mystery Weekly July 2016

Ranard, Donald A. (fl. 2020s) (items)
• A New and Better Me, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #188, 2025

Ranbern, James; pseudonym of John Lester Brennan (1920-2023) (items)
• Left Handed Man’s Bluff, (ss) London Mystery Selection #105, June 1975
• Battered Husband, (ss) London Mystery Selection #112, March 1977

Ranck, Edwin Carty (1879-1957) (about) (items)
• Coincidence, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 25 1917
• Personally Conducted, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 31 1920
• The Face That Stared Back at Blaisdell, (ss) The Black Mask August 1920
• Canine Revenge, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 21 1920
• Fingers from the Grave, (ss) The Black Mask September 1920
• The Straw Hat, (ss) Detective Story Magazine November 16 1920
• The Thing That Walked by His Side, (ss) Mystery Magazine #105, March 15 1922

Rand, Beaumont (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Throw the Fight, (ss) Switchblade #10, July 2019

Rand, D. (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Forgery Facts, (ms) Mammoth Detective November 1945

Rand, E. J. (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Married Amateur Sleuths, (ar) Crimespree Magazine #31, July/August 2009

Rand, Jennifer (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Confessor’s Park, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1997

Rand, Ken (1946-2009) (items)
• The Geezers, (ss) Murderous Intent Winter 1996

Rand, Kirk; pseudonym of Norman A. Daniels (1905-1995) (items)
• The Fifth Knife, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories November 1934
• Horror Hall, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories December 1934
• Hangman’s House, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories July 1935
• Broken Alibi, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories July 1936
• Strong Arm Copper, (ss) Detective Short Stories October 1938

Rand, Mark (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items)
• The Test of Time, (ss) Clues 2nd November 1928
• The Mysterious Guest, (ss) Clues 2nd June 1929
• The Man with the Wooden Foot, (ss) Clues 1st August 1929
• The Clutch of Circumstances, (ss) Clues 2nd March 1930

Rand, Mat (fl. 1930s-1950s); house pseudonym used by William R. Cox (1901-1988), Charles N. Heckelmann (1913-2005), E. B. Mann (1902-1989) & Robert A. W. Lowndes (1916-1998) (items)
• Vice Czar, (nv) Double-Action Gang Magazine February 1938
• Carnival Killer, (ss) Double-Action Gang Magazine April 1938
• The Big Fixer, (ss) Double-Action Gang Magazine June 1938
• Croaker’s Last Job, (ss) Detective Yarns June 1938
• Clip-Joint Chisellers, (ss) Ten Story Gang August 1938
• Black Doom, (na) Detective Yarns September 1938
• Flash Girl, (ss) Double-Action Gang Magazine September 1938
• Angels Don’t Need Escorts, (ss) Undercover Detective December 1938
• Broadway Phonies, (ss) Ten Story Gang January 1939
• The Vanishing Corpse, (ss) Detective Yarns February 1939
• Ashes of Gold, (ss) Detective Yarns April 1939
• Cream-Puff Pushover, (ss) Detective and Murder Mysteries July 1939
• Destiny Brings Corpses, (ss) Double-Action Gang Magazine July 1939
• Hell’s Hot Bed of Sin, (nv) Double-Action Detective July 1939
• A G-Man Comes to Town, (ss) Detective Yarns August 1939
• Rats Is Rats, (ss) Ten Story Gang August 1939
• Four Nights of Death, (ss) Double-Action Detective September 1939
• The Pain Worshiper, (nv) Mystery Novels and Short Stories September 1939
• True to Type, (ss) Detective Yarns October 1939
• College of the Crimson Corpses, (nv) Mystery Novels and Short Stories July 1940
• G-Man Trouble, (ss) Double-Action Detective July 1940
• The Devil Laughed Last, (nv) Gangland Detective Stories September 1940
• Murder Mad, (ss) Double-Action Detective October 1940
• Quiet Country, (ss) Famous Western October 1940
• Satan’s Serpent Valley, (nv) Mystery Novels and Short Stories November 1940
• Hello, Mr. Murderer, (ss) Detective Yarns February 1941
• Murder Is Reasonable, (ss) Mystery Novels and Short Stories March 1941
• Free to Kill, (ss) Detective Yarns April 1941
• Some Gold Is Bloody Red, (ss) Black Hood Detective September 1941
• Outlaw Guns, (na) Complete Cowboy October 1941 (by E. B. Mann)
• Corpse—a la Conga, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective (Canada) November 1941
• Artistic Murders Misfire, (ts) Hooded Detective January 1942
• Tiger Skin, (vi) True Gangster Stories February 1942
• Death on Demand, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective (Canada) March 1942
• Soldier—Die for Me, (ss) Crack Detective May 1942
• Two for the Killing, (ss) Crack Detective July 1943
• The Deadly Swimmer, (ss) Famous Detective Stories November 1950
• After You, Flatfoot!, (ss) Famous Detective Stories August 1951
• Voice of Experience, (ms) Smashing Detective Stories December 1952
• Clothes Make the Killer, (ss) Famous Detective Stories February 1955
• Jailbreak, (ss) Smashing Detective Stories May 1955
• Doubled for Death, (ss) Famous Detective Stories October 1955
• Sitting Duck, (ss) Smashing Detective Stories November 1955
• Candles for the Culprit, (ss) Famous Detective Stories February 1956
• Clean Fingers, (ss) Famous Detective Stories April 1956
• Corpses, Ad Lib, (ss) Smashing Detective Stories November 1956
• Malice at Midnight, (ss) Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories #12, September 1958
• The Toad’s Stool, (ss) unknown date