The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index by Date: Page 577

Watson, Frank (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Tar and Feathers, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine June 1956

Watson, George (fl. 1990s) (items)
• The Alien, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 1997

Watson, Henry S(umner) (1868-1933) (items)
• The Yellow Door (with Asa Steele), (ss) The Black Mask September 1921
• The Trap Thief (with Asa Steele), (ss) The Black Mask December 1921

Watson, Ian (1943- ) (about) (items)
• How We Came Back from Mars, (ss) Solaris Rising ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2011

Watson, J. C. (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items)
• Sentence of Death, (ss) The Shadow Detective Monthly June 1932
• A Safe Bet, (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine #65, December 1933

Watson, James A. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Fatal Tryst of Indiana’s “Joy Club” Queen, (ts) Startling Detective Adventures #99, October 1936; as told to Victor P. Rankin

Watson, [Dr.] John H. (items); fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories; the name is often used by other authors writing Sherlock Holmes pieces.
• The Adventure of the Conk-Singleton Papers [Sherlock Holmes], (pl) The Unicorn Mystery Book Club News v1 #9, 1949 (ghost written by John Dickson Carr), as by John H. Watson
• The Adventure of the Paradol Chamber [Sherlock Holmes], (pl) The Unicorn Mystery Book Club News v2 #3, 1949 (ghost written by John Dickson Carr), as by John H. Watson
• The Adventures of the Mad Midwife [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) The World of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine December 1977; as told to William Claymore
• From Watson’s Scrapbook (with Marvin Kaye), (ed) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine Winter 2008, etc.
• Dear Doctor Watson, (cl) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine December 2014
• From Watson’s Notebooks (with Carla Coupe), (ed) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #30, 2022, etc.

Watson, L. W.; pseudonym of Robert Leslie Bellem (1902-1968) (items)
• Blind Man’s Eyes, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories December 1935, as by Jerome Severs Perry
• Murder on the Rails, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories January 1936, as by Jerome Severs Perry

Watson, M. C. (fl. 1910s-1940s) (items)
• The Sunset Fish, (ss) The Master Thriller Series #28, 1939
• Mirage, (ss) The Master Thriller Series #30, 1939

Watson, Noel (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Spotlight on the Art Industry, (hu) The New Strand December 1961
• Spotlight on the Aspiring Novelist, (hu) The New Strand January 1962
• Spotlight on Sherlock Holmes, (hu) The New Strand March 1962
• Spotlight on the Springtime, (hu) The New Strand April 1962
• Spotlight on Advertising, (hu) The New Strand May 1962
• Spotlight on Marriage, (hu) The New Strand June 1962
• Spotlight on Spooks, (hu) The New Strand August 1962
• Spotlight on Safari, (hu) The New Strand September 1962
• Spotlight on Low Life, (hu) The New Strand October 1962
• Spotlight on Winter, (hu) The New Strand November 1962
• Spotlight on Christmas, (hu) The New Strand December 1962
• Spotlight on God’s Frozen People, (hu) The New Strand January 1963

Watson, Perry; pseudonym of Robert Leslie Bellem (1902-1968) (items)
• Numbers, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories July 1936, as by Ellery Watson Calder

Watson, Richard F.; pseudonym of Robert Silverberg (1935- ) (items)
• The Big Kick, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine October 1958
• Bloody Saturday, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories March 1959
• Keep Away from My Daughter, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine March 1959
• Blood in the Streets, (nv) Guilty Detective Story Magazine May 1959
• Window Peeper, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine September 1959

Watson, S. B. (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items)
• Child Fighter, (ss) Spinetingler Magazine Fall 2017
• Cutter, (ss) The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine October 2019
• Death for the Daffodils, (ss) Mystery Magazine April 2022
• The Eyes of St. Thomas, (ss) Mystery Magazine August 2024

Watson, Spencer (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Stolen Fortune, (sl) The Thriller #384, June 13 1936, etc.

Watt, Alexander Peter Fordham (1915-1965); used pseudonym Peter Fraser (items)
• The Missing Model, (ss) The Evening Standard December 13 1950, as by Peter Fraser
• Who’s Your Lady Friend?, (ss) The Evening Standard February 6 1951, as by Peter Fraser
• A Photographic Memory, (ss) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine April 1953, as by Peter Fraser
• Tooth for a Tooth, (ss) The Evening Standard October 13 1953, as by Peter Fraser
• The Earl’s Lipstick, (ss) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine December 1953, as by Peter Fraser
• The Bomb, (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #10, May 1965, as by Peter Fraser
• An Interesting Development, (ss) The Evening Standard, as by Peter Fraser

Watt, John F(armer) (1915-1968); used pseudonyms Superintendent Maryin, John Robertson, Anne Scott & Harry Travers (items)
• The Bandit of La Vellita, (ss) Phantom Detective Cases 1948, as by Harry Travers
• The Scarred Killer, (ss) Phantom Detective Cases 1948, as by Superintendent Maryin
• Murder on Highway 91, (ss) Thrilling Crime Stories #1, 1948
• Blonde Bait, (ss) Mystery Crime Cases November 1948
• Weekend of Horror, (ss) Mystery Crime Cases November 1948, as by Anne Scott
• Date with Death, (ss) Dynamic Detective Cases April 1949
• Death of the Party, (ss) Detective Stories v6 #11, 195?, as by John Robertson

Watt, Joseph Melville (fl. 1920s) (items)
• Marquandez and the Serpents, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories January 1928
• Koonda Rabh, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories February 1928

Watt, Leslie B. (fl. 1940s) (items)
• A Packet of Stones, (ss) Vengeance Shorts #2, 1946
• Angels Are Always Welcome, (ss)

Watt, Mel (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items)
• Foolproof Folly, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 15 1928
• Baby Face, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 22 1928
• The Ruthless Streak, (ss) Detective Story Magazine October 6 1928
• Sparklers of Sin, (ss) Detective Story Magazine October 27 1928
• Crooked Candles, (ss) Detective Story Magazine December 29 1928
• Why Tell?, (ss) Detective Story Magazine January 12 1929
• Checkmate!, (ss) Detective Story Magazine March 16 1929
• Bring Him In!, (ss) Detective Story Magazine April 6 1929
• The Last Victim, (ss) Detective Story Magazine April 20 1929
• Winks of Doom, (ss) Detective Story Magazine April 27 1929
• His Iron Hand, (ss) Detective Story Magazine June 1 1929
• To a Nice Crook, (ss) Detective Story Magazine June 8 1929
• Sinister Hand, (ss) Detective Story Magazine June 15 1929
• Sitting Death, (ss) Detective Story Magazine July 13 1929
• Doubling in Crime, (nv) Detective Story Magazine July 27 1929
• Words of Madness, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 3 1929
• Specter Justice, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 7 1929
• Coward’s Way, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 14 1929
• Monot Looks Beyond [Monot], (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 28 1929
• Slipping Despair, (ss) Detective Story Magazine October 5 1929
• Spite Girl, (ss) Detective Story Magazine October 19 1929
• His Neat Lie, (ss) Detective Story Magazine November 2 1929
• The Dauntless Sin, (ss) Detective Story Magazine November 23 1929
• Dead Writing, (ss) Detective Story Magazine December 21 1929
• Outwinking the Hoodwinker, (ss) Detective Story Magazine January 4 1930
• A Clew from the Sea, (ss) Detective Story Magazine February 8 1930
• At Everybody’s Mercy, (nv) Detective Story Magazine February 22 1930
• The Devil’s Tapestry, (nv) Detective Story Magazine March 22 1930
• Three Bad Apaches, (ss) Detective Story Magazine April 26 1930
• Wren, Wren, Go Away!, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 17 1930
• Hot Diamonds, (ss) Detective Story Magazine July 12 1930
• Monot Baits a Rat [Monot], (ss) Detective Story Magazine July 26 1930
• Circle of Vengeance, (nv) Detective Story Magazine August 30 1930
• Three Times, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 6 1930
• Duval’s Gentleman Apache, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 13 1930
• Cloaks, (ss) Detective Story Magazine October 4 1930
• Fifty Million Laughs, (nv) Detective Story Magazine October 11 1930
• Behind the Stone Door, (nv) Detective Story Magazine January 24 1931
• Terror’s Reign, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 21 1931
• Trapped in Tape, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 28 1931
• The Diamond Street, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 13 1931
• Brilliant Traitor, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 29 1931
• Duval Plays Detective, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine September 26 1931
• The Empty Chair, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 3 1931
• Goat’s Laugh, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 24 1931
• Beyond Arrest, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 12 1931
• Too Big to Live, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 2 1932
• Hands Tied, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 20 1932
• Whine of a Ghost, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 27 1932
• The Deadliest Pill, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 12 1932
• Trail of the Octopus, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 28 1932
• Beast of Blackness, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 18 1932
• Hour of Horror, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine July 16 1932
• Rats Are Greedy, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 25 1932
• The Woman Who Scorned, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 25 1932
• Hot Plant, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 10 1933
• His Substitute Son, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine July 10 1933
• In the Tiger’s Clutch, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 25 1933
• Kidnaper’s Reward, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 10 1933
• Smiling Hop Head, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine April 10 1934
• Cold Steele, (nv) All Detective Magazine April 1934
• More Than a King’s Ransom, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 25 1934
• The Specter’s Revenge, (nv) Super-Detective Stories June 1934
• The House of Evil, (ss) Super-Detective Stories August 1934
• Judas Kiss, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 10 1934
• Frozen Assets, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 25 1935
• Cold-Blooded, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 10 1935
• Mark of the Beast, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 10 1935
• Behind Closed Doors, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 10 1935
• White Hell, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine September 10 1935
• Divorce Denied, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 1936
• Rawhide Stretches, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1937
• Shake-Down, (n.) Pocket Detective Magazine October 1937
• The Defense Rests, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1939
• The Impossible Murder, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 1939
• Death’s Family, (nv) Popular Detective April 1939
• I’ll Catch Up with You, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine April 1939
• Revenge in Fire, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1939
• The Meticulous Murderer [Prof. “Mephisto” Jonathan Tack], (nv) Detective Tales June 1943
• Home Sweet Homicide [Prof. “Mephisto” Jonathan Tack], (ss) Detective Tales September 1943
• Killer Come Back to Me, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine September 1944
• Try and Prove It!, (nv) Crack Detective Stories September 1944
• Keep It Simple, (nv) Crack Detective Stories November 1944
• The Chair Is Not Cheated, (nv) Popular Detective June 1945
• The Soft Steps of Terror, (ss) Crack Detective Stories July 1945
• Case of the Veiled Lady, (nv) Crack Detective Stories August 1947
• Or Would You Rather Be a Corpse?, (ss) Crack Detective Stories February 1948

Watt, Walter O. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Big Napoleon, (ss) Gun Molls Magazine June 1931

Watters, Adam (fl. 2010s) (items)
• El Zopilote Mojado, (ss) The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine October 2017

Watterson, E. S. (fl. 1920s) (items)
• Outside the Law, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories August 1929

Watts, Carolyn Jensen (fl. 1980s) (items)
• A Case for Clara Cates, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1985
• Clara Cates and the Hatchett Murder, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1987
• The Neighborly Clara Cates, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1988

Watts, Donald P. (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Estate, (ss) Out of the Gutter #5, December 2008

Watts, Dorothy A. G. (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Conversation Piece, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #32, March 1957

Watts, John V(ernon) (c1900-?) (about) (items)
• Sheriff Bob Does a Chore, (ss) Clues 2nd July 1930

Watts, Kenneth (fl. 1970s) (items)
• The Sounds of Summer, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1977

Watts, Samuel Knowles (fl. 1960s) (items)
• A Night to Remember, (ss) London Mystery Selection #78, September 1968

Watts, Timothy (1957- ) (items)
• The Haircut, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1991

Waugh, Evelyn (Arthur St. John) (1903-1966) (about) (items)
• Mr. Crutwell’s Outing, (ss) Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935
• Tactical Exercise, (ss) The Strand Magazine March 1947

Waugh, Hillary (Baldwin) (1920-2008) (items)
• Edgars, Anyone?, (ar) The Armchair Detective October 1968
• Nothing but Human Nature, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1969
• Galton and the Yelling Boys, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1970
• Some Explaining to Do, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1983
• The Beneficiaries, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Anthology #51, Winter 1984

Waugh, Thomas D. (fl. 1970s) (items)
• The Missing Years of Nero Wolfe [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin], (ar) The Armchair Detective October 1971
• The Parables of H.C. Bailey, (ar) The Armchair Detective February 1973 [Ref. H. C. Bailey]

Waverly, Peter M. (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Mr. Shelton, Beware!, (ss) London Mystery Selection #131, December 1981

Waxman, David (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Tough as Diamonds, (ss) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine Spring 2009

Way, Isabel Stewart; [i.e., Isabel Stewart Way Bonnard Thomson] (1904-1978) (about) (items)
• Death Wears White Plumes, (na) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1942

Way, Lester (fl. 1940s-1950s) (items)
• No Murder Planned, (ss) American Crime Magazine #1, April 1952
• Sleep Before Slaughter, (nv) Action Detective Magazine #2, 1952
• Weeds for a Corpse, (nv) Action Detective Magazine #1, 1952
• Beloved Corpse, (ss) Leisure Detective #2, 195?
• Blonde Death-Strip, (nv) Leisure Detective #4, 195?
• Bridal Shrouds Are Black, (ss) Leisure Detective #5, 195?
• The Corpse Wore Scent, (nv) Leisure Detective #8, 195?
• A Girl Must Die, (nv) Leisure Detective #3, 195?
• No Kiss So Cold, (ss) Leisure Detective #1, 195?
• Only Warm Lips Live, (nv) Leisure Detective #7, 195?

Way, Norman F. (fl. 1940s-1950s) (items)
• Framed, (ss) Detective Fiction December 1948
• Time Off for Thrills, (ss) Detective Fiction January 1949
• You Can’t Be Too Careful, (ss) Detective Fiction February 1949

Wayland, Sherman (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Hapsburg Emerald, (ss) Sizzling Detective Mysteries September 1935

Wayne, Albert (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Rituals in Chaos, (ss) Pulp Modern Winter 2013

Wayne, Anthony (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Officer Jim Has His Troubles, (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine #33, March 1931

Wayne, Charles Stokes (1858-1920); used pseudonym Horace Hazeltine (about) (items)
• The Narrow Ledge, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) April 1911, as by Horace Hazeltine
• Diamonds and Emeralds, (ss) Clues 2nd April 1929

Wayne, Curtis (fl. 1930s); house pseudonym (items)
• The Magic of Zamber, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories October 1935, as by Colby Quinn

Wayne, John (fl. 1930s-1940s); house pseudonym used by Ken Matthews (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Fangs of the Bat, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories June 1935, as by Robert Leslie Bellem
• The Crimson Crone, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories December 1935, as by Robert Leslie Bellem
• Shadows Pass, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories February 1936, as by Robert Leslie Bellem
• Return of the Killer, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories April 1936, as by Arthur Wallace
• Symphony of Terror, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories April 1936, as by K. Y. Landes
• Cult of the Corpse, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories October 1936, as by Justin Case
• Death by Design, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories September 1937, as by Arthur Wallace
• Whose Body?, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories September 1937, as by Colby Quinn
• Dance of Death, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories October 1937, as by Leslie Martin
• Behind Hell’s Veil, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories November 1937, as by Rex Norman
• Girl in a Hurry, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories December 1937, as by Robert A. Garron
• Too Good Looking, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories December 1937, as by Robert A. Garron
• Hangman’s Return, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories February 1938, as by Colby Quinn
• God of the Pit, (ss) Spicy-Adventure Stories May 1938, as by Lew Merrill
• Immodest Corpse, (nv) Romantic Detective October 1938, as by James H. S. Moynahan
• Pearls Before Swine, (ss) Private Detective Stories December 1938, as by Jerome Severs Perry
• Bat Out of Hell, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories June 1939, as by Colby Quinn
• Corpse Parade, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories August 1939, as by E. Hoffmann Price
• Wedding Bells, (ss) Private Detective Stories March 1942
• With Benefit of Bullets, (ss) Super-Detective April 1942 (by Ken Matthews)
• Sauce for the Goose, (ss) Private Detective Stories July 1942
• Hours of Grace, (ss) Private Detective Stories October 1942
• To the Swift, (ss) Super-Detective December 1942
• Special Kill, (ss) Private Detective Stories March 1943