The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index by Date: Page 521

Sterling, Ward; pseudonym of Harold Ward (1879-1950) (items)
• The Mystery of Devil’s Nest, (ss) The Black Mask July 1920
• The Strange Story of Martin Colby, (ss) The Black Mask August 1920
• The Devil Takes a Hand, (vi) The Black Mask September 1920
• The Long Arm of God, (ss) The Black Mask September 1920
• The Letter in Pedro’s Skull, (ss) The Black Mask February 1921
• The Golden Slipper Mystery, (ss) The Black Mask March 1921
• The Riddle of the Tattooed Men, (ss) The Black Mask April 1921
• The Mystery of the Chessman, (ss) The Black Mask August 1921
• The Whip of Death, (ss) The Black Mask November 1921
• The Phantom Bullet, (ss) The Black Mask January 1922
• The Passing of Bloody Dan, (ss) The Black Mask February 1922
• The Brand of Cain, (ss) The Black Mask April 1922
• Hankenson’s Perfect Crime, (ss) The Black Mask April 1922
• Bram Dwyer’s Bonfire, (ss) The Black Mask May 1922
• The Catspaw, (ss) The Black Mask August 1922
• The Concrete Facts About Thomas Hancock, (ts) The Black Mask October 1922
• A Matter of Soap, (ss) The Dragnet Magazine May 1929
• The Living Corpse, (ss) Murder Mysteries June 1929
• The Abel Murder Case, (nv) The Dragnet Magazine October 1929
• The Color Clue, (ss) Black Mask (UK) September 1931

Stern, Arthur K. (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The Lady of the Louve, (ss) Mystery Magazine August 1927

Stern, Gil (fl. 1970s-2010s) (items)
• Get the Message?, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1974
• The Nude Murder Case, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1975
• Longshot, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1976
• Troubles by the Handful, (ar) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 2006
• Bag of Tricks, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 2009
• Raise It High, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 2012

Stern, G(ladys) B(ronwyn) (1890-1973) (about) (items)
• A Link Still Missing [Did It Happen?], (ss) The Evening Standard November 22 1955

Stern, J. M. (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Bedtime Story, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1956

Stern, Matthew (fl. 2000s) (items)
• The Greatest Treasure, (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine May/June 2005

Stern, Nathan (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Snare for Murder, (ss) Daring Detective (Canada) May 1941

Stern, Richard Martin (1915-2001) (about) (items)
• Set Up for Murder, (nv) The Saturday Evening Post August 8 1959 (+1)

Sterne, Laurence (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items)
• Read the Papers, Chief, (ss) Detective Story Magazine January 31 1925
• All but the Shoes, (ss) Detective Story Magazine February 28 1925
• Mistakes Will Happen, (ss) Detective Story Magazine June 20 1925
• Good Old Adolph!, (ss) Detective Story Magazine July 18 1925
• Icebergs and Emeralds, (ss) Detective Story Magazine October 10 1925
• A Lesson on the Double-Cross, (ss) Detective Story Magazine October 17 1925
• Where Did I Meet That Fellow, (ss) Detective Story Magazine March 6 1926
• Hard-Luck Horn, (ss) Detective Story Magazine March 20 1926
• High-Flying Thieves, (ss) Detective Story Magazine June 26 1926
• He Fell for the Stones, (ss) Detective Story Magazine July 10 1926
• A Reasonable Doubt, (ss) Detective Story Magazine July 31 1926
• Trappings in Darkness, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 28 1926
• Easier Money, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 11 1926
• The Legal Eagle, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 25 1926
• More Ways Than One, (ss) Detective Story Magazine January 1 1927
• Fragrance and Frame-Ups, (ss) Detective Story Magazine March 5 1927
• Man Trapper, (ss) Best Detective Magazine August 1934
• [unknown story], (ss)

Sterne, R. J. (fl. 1940s) (items)
• The Heavy Hand of the Law, (ms) Racket-Buster Detective October 1949

Sterne, Stephen (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Unlucky in Love, (ar) Dime Detective Magazine August 1953

Sterner, J. Ekman (fl. 1920s) (items)
• Who Shot Norton Prince?, (na) Detective Trails November 1929

Sternig, Larry (1908-1999) (items)
• Shooting Star, (ss) Saucy Detective May 1937
• Headed for Hell, (ss) True Gang Life June 1938
• Journal of Crime, (ss) Ten Detective Aces February 1940
• Backstage Blackmail, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine November 1940
• Mr. Meek Goes to Hell (with William Campbell Gault), (ss) Ten Detective Aces July 1944
• Three Strikes on Satan (with William Campbell Gault), (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine August 1944
• The Weak’s Wages—Death [Mickey Dolan] (with William Campbell Gault), (ss) Ten Detective Aces September 1944
• The Fatal Flower (with William Fredric Kruger), (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine January 1945
• Danger Signal, (ss) Thrilling Detective August 1945
• Clutch of Morpheus, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Winter 1946
• Midnight Edition Payoff, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine February 1946
• Hot Cargo (with Anne Powers), (ss) Detective Book Magazine Spring 1946
• Day of the Ogre, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1946
• Murder at Midnight, (ss) Private Detective April 1950
• The Giveaway (with William Fredric Kruger), (ss) Smashing Detective Stories June 1952
• Time Out for Murder, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1980

Sternquist, J. W. (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Ghost Writer, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1983
• Mike Shayne Mystery Makers, (bg) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1983

Sterrett, Elton (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Death Doubles Back, (nv) Murder Mysteries February 1935
• Seven Ride with Eaton, (ss) Scarlet Gang Stories March 1936

Sterrett, Jack; [i.e., John Moore Sterrett] (1902-1976) (about) (items)
• The Thirteenth Notch, (ss) Western Aces August 1938
• Use a Gun or Forget It!, (ss) Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly October 10 1942

Sterzinger, Ann (fl. 2000s-2010s) (about) (items)
• You Are Watching, (ss) The Big Click #9, July 2013

Stetson, John (fl. 1940s) (items)
• They Call Me Insane, (ss) Crime Confessions (UK) June 1948
• Frame Up, (ss) Mystery Crime Cases November 1948

Stetson, William (fl. 1980s-2000s) (items)
• Deadly Dancer, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1981
• Mike Shayne Mystery Makers, (bg) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1981
• The Street of Fear, (ss) Hardboiled #36, January 2007

Steuben, Willard (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Hi-Jack Gold, (nv) True Gang Life November 1934
• The High Graders, (nv) True Gang Life January 1935

Stevens, B(onnie) K(lomp) (1951- ) (items)
• True Detective [Lt. Walt Johnson; Sgt. Gordon Bolt], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1988
• True Confession [Lt. Walt Johnson; Sgt. Gordon Bolt], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1989
• An Ounce of Prevention, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1989
• Something to Chew On, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1990
• True Romance [Lt. Walt Johnson; Sgt. Gordon Bolt], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1990
• Final Jeopardy, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1991
• Night Vision [Iphigenia Woodhouse; Harriet Russo], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991
• True Adventure [Lt. Walt Johnson; Sgt. Gordon Bolt], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1992
• Sideshow [Iphigenia Woodhouse; Harriet Russo], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1993
• True Crime [Lt. Walt Johnson; Sgt. Gordon Bolt], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1994
• Death in Small Doses [Iphigenia Woodhouse; Harriet Russo], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1994
• True Love [Lt. Walt Johnson; Sgt. Gordon Bolt], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1995
• Butlers in Love [Iphigenia Woodhouse; Harriet Russo], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1996
• True Story [Lt. Walt Johnson; Sgt. Gordon Bolt], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1997
• Death on a Budget [Leah Abrams], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1998
• The Devil Hath Power [Iphigenia Woodhouse; Harriet Russo], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1998
• True Suspects [Lt. Walt Johnson; Sgt. Gordon Bolt], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1998
• Death on the List [Leah Abrams], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1999
• A Wild Justice [Iphigenia Woodhouse; Harriet Russo], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 2000
• Honor Among Thieves, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2000
• True Colors [Lt. Walt Johnson; Sgt. Gordon Bolt], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 2002
• Death of the Guilty Party [Leah Abrams], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2002
• More Deadly to Give [Iphigenia Woodhouse; Harriet Russo], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2003
• True Blue [Lt. Walt Johnson; Sgt. Gordon Bolt], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2005
• Death on a Diet [Leah Abrams], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2006
• Table for None [Iphigenia Woodhouse; Harriet Russo], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2008
• Adjuncts Anonymous, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 2009
• True Test [Lt. Walt Johnson; Sgt. Gordon Bolt], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2010
• Interpretation of Murder [Jane Ciardi], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 2010
• Death in Rehab [Leah Abrams], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2011
• Thea’s First Husband, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 2012
• All That Glisters, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2013
• Murder Will Speak [Iphigenia Woodhouse], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2013
• True Enough: Bolt’s Last Case [Lt. Walt Johnson; Sgt. Gordon Bolt], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 2014
• A Joy Forever, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 2015
• Still Life in South Dakota, (nv) Mystery Weekly January 2016
• The Last Blue Glass, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 2016
• Death Under Construction [Leah Abrams], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2017
• Things Past, (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine #2, Spring 2018
• One-Day Pass, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2018
• The Tourist, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2019

Stevens, Carlyle (fl. 1940s) (items)
• A Date to Die, (ss) Complete Detective Stories June 1941

Stevens, Charles Conger (fl. 1910s) (items)
• Laughing Death, (ss) Detective Story Magazine October 22 1918

Stevens, (Edward) Dalton (1878-1939) (about) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Real Detective October 1933
• [front cover], (cv) Real Detective December 1933
• [front cover], (cv) Detective Fiction Weekly March 17 1934
• [front cover], (cv) Detective Fiction Weekly April 14 1934

Stevens, Doward (fl. 2010s) (items)
• The Methuselah Root, (vi) Suspense Magazine June 2013
• The HVAC Man, (ss) Suspense Magazine August 2013

Stevens, E. V. (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Countess of Hades, (ar) Dime Detective Magazine December 1948

Stevens, Frances Moyer Ross (1895-1948); used pseudonym Christopher Hale (about) (items)
• Trouble Upstairs, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly November 16 1940, as by Christopher Hale

Stevens, Gene (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Blow Against Crime, (ms) New Detective Magazine April 1951

Stevens, Gregory P. (fl. 1970s) (items)
• Sick Day, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1978

Stevens, Hal (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Doubling for Chiko, (ss) Speakeasy Stories October/November 1931

Stevens, Henry; pseudonym of A. D. Kelly (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Action in a Wheel Chair, (ss) The Shadow Magazine February 1 1934

Stevens, Hilary (fl. 1970s) (items)
• Reflections in a Window, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1975
• Eyewitness, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1976

Stevens, J(an) B.; see under Jan Stevens

Stevens, James (Floyd) (1892-1971) (about) (items)
• Ferry Trip, (ss) Every Week July 14 1935

Stevens, James (R.) (1936-2008?) (items)
• Requiem for a Junkie, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine September 1961

Stevens, Jan (B.) (fl. 2000s-2020s) (about) (items)
• The Lake, (ss) Mystery Tribune #6, Summer 2018
• The Hand Print, (ss) Mystery Tribune #9, Spring 2019
• The Nametag, (ss) Thriller Magazine v2 #1, 2019
• The Mask, (ar) Noir Nation #8, May 2020
• A Reliable Belt, (ss) Thriller Magazine v3 #1, 2020
• Saddest Recipe Cookbook (with Paul J. Garth, Lindsey Heatherly & Shira Rosan), (ms) Rock and a Hard Place #5, Winter/Spring 2021, as by Paul J. Garth, Lindsey Heatherly, S. J. Rozan & Jan Stevens
• A Meeting at the Dew Drop Inn, (ss) Mystery Weekly July 2021
• Q&A with Curtis Ippolito, Author of “Burying the Newspaper Man”, (iv) Mystery Tribune #16, August/September 2021 [Ref. Curtis Ippolito]
• A Conversation with Edgar Award-Winning Author Joe R. Lansdale, (iv) Mystery Tribune #17, January/February 2022 [Ref. Joe R. Lansdale]
• A Conversation with 2022 Anthony Finalist Mark Westmoreland, (iv) Mystery Tribune #19, January/February 2023 [Ref. Mark Westmoreland]
• A Conversation with Zakariah Johnson, Author of “Egg on Her Face”, (iv) Mystery Tribune #20, July/August 2023 [Ref. Zakariah Johnson]
• The Short Fuse, (ss) Thriller Magazine v5 #1, 2024

Stevens, Jeffry (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Last Rites, (ms) Mammoth Detective September 1946

Stevens, K. E. (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Crash Diet, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1984

Stevens, Mark (fl. 2010s-2020s) (about) (items)
• A Bitter Thing, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2019
• Spoofed, (ss) Mystery Tribune #16, August/September 2021

Stevens, Marshall (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Sign Post, (ss) Detective Fiction February 1949

Stevens, Paul (fl. 1920s-1930s); house pseudonym used by Paul Chadwick (1902-1972), George C. Jenks (1850-1929), Richard Parmenter (fl. 1920s-1930s) & Ernie Phillips (1897-1988) (items)
• Tomb Dweller, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories December 1935, as by E. Hoffmann Price

Stevens, Peter (Sterne) (1920-2001) (about) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Black Mask November 1947
• [front cover], (cv) Black Mask March 1948
• [front cover], (cv) Black Mask May 1948
• [front cover], (cv) Black Mask November 1948
• [front cover], (cv) Black Mask January 1949

Stevens, R. L.; pseudonym of Edward D. Hoch (1930-2008) (items)
• The Physician and the Opium Fiend, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1971
• Thirteen, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1971
• Just Something That Happened, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1972
• Lot 721/XY258, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1972
• The Forbidden Word, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1972
• The Legacy, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1972
• The Most Dangerous Man [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1973
• The Lot’s Wife Caper, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Anthology #25, Spring/Summer 1973
• King’s Knight Gambit Declined, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1973
• Nothing to Chance, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1974
• The Great American Novel, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1975
• A Deal in Diamonds, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1975
• The Three Travellers, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1976
• Here Be Dragons, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1976
• Five Rings in Reno, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1976
• The Price of Wisdom, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1977
• EQMM Number 400, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1977
• The Crime of the Century, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1977
• Innocent Victim, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1978
• The Missing Money, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1978
• The Case of the Barking Beagle, (ss) Hers 1979, as by R. L. Stevens
• Deduction, 1996, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 6 1980
• Just Passing Through, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1982

Stevens, Robert A. (fl. 1990s-2000s) (items)
• Assariam, (ss) Red Herring Mystery Magazine v2 #3, 1995
• Reflections of Jennifer, (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers #19, February/March 2001
• Meanie Weanie, (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers #21, June/July 2001
• Boat Bums, (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine July/August 2006
• Terra Bella, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Spring 2009

Stevens, Ron (fl. 1950s) (items)
• King of the Meat Cleavers, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1956

Stevens, Serita Deborah (1949- ) (items)
• Cagney & Lacey, (ex) 1985

Stevens, Shane (1941- ) (items)
• The Final Adventure, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1969

Stevens, Taylor (fl. 2000s-2010s) (about) (items)
• The Doll [Vanessa Michael Monroe], (ex) Crown, 2013

Stevens, W(illiam) D(odge) (1870-1942) (about) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Street & Smith’s Mystery Magazine September 1940

Stevenson, Adrienne (fl. 2020s) (items)
• I Smell a Mystery, (ss) Mystery Magazine April 2023

Stevenson, Burton E(gbert) (1872-1962) (items)
• The Holladay Case, (na) Detective Story Magazine January 8 1921
• The Impossible Murder, (na) Mystery March 1933