The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index by Date: Page 609

Williams, Ralph L. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Chances, (ss) The Shadow Detective Monthly May 1932

Williams, Regina (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Angela’s Dream, (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine #31, Fall 2003

Williams, Riley (fl. 1940s) (items)
• The Corpse with the Missing Finger, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine February 1940

Williams, Robert Frayne (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Snow Birds, (ss) Mobs August 1930
• A Soft Touch, (ss) Gangland Stories August/September 1930

Williams, Robert Moore (1907-1977); used pseudonym Alexander Blade (about) (items)
• The Incredible Slingshot Bombs, (ss) Amazing Stories May 1942
• The Impossible Invention, (ss) Astonishing Stories June 1942
• At Last I’ve Found You, (vi) Mammoth Detective October 1946
• “Aw, Hell, I’ll Walk!”, (ss) Mammoth Detective January 1947
• Murder Takes the Acid Test, (ss) Mammoth Mystery February 1947
• Too Many Have Died, (ss) Mammoth Detective March 1947
• Somebody Wants You Dead, (na) Mammoth Detective April 1947
• So Much Can Go Wrong, (na) Mammoth Mystery April 1947
• Murder Is So Final, (nv) Mammoth Detective May 1947
• “I Won’t Take It!”, (ss) Mammoth Detective August 1947

Williams, Robert S. (fl. 1990s) (items)
• The Nest Egg, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1999

Williams, Roddy (fl. 1980s-2000s) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) Crimewave #3, 2000
• [illustration(s)], (il) Crimewave #4, 2000

Williams, Roy A. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Voice from the Grave, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 7 1932
• The Whistle on the Pigeon’s Tail, (ss) International Detective Magazine July 1933

Williams, Roy J. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• [letter from Omaha, NE], (lt) Detective Fiction Weekly June 14 1930

Williams, Ted (fl. 1920s) (items)
• Ghosts and Grafters, (ss) Detective Tales October 1 1922

Williams, Tennessee; pseudonym of Thomas Lanier Williams (1911-1983) (about) (items)
• The Vine, (ss) Hard Candy: A Book of Stories by Tennessee Williams, New Directions, 1954
• Crazy Night, (ss) The Strand Magazine #42, February/May 2014
• The Eye That Saw Death, (ss) The Strand Magazine #45, February/May 2015
• The Summer Woman, (ss) The Strand Magazine #64, 2021
• The Strangers, (pl) The Strand Magazine #77, 2025

Williams, Thomas Lanier (1911-1983); used pseudonym Tennessee Williams (items)
• The Vine, (ss) Hard Candy: A Book of Stories by Tennessee Williams, New Directions, 1954, as by Tennessee Williams
• Crazy Night, (ss) The Strand Magazine #42, February/May 2014, as by Tennessee Williams
• The Eye That Saw Death, (ss) The Strand Magazine #45, February/May 2015, as by Tennessee Williams
• The Summer Woman, (ss) The Strand Magazine #64, 2021, as by Tennessee Williams
• The Strangers, (pl) The Strand Magazine #77, 2025, as by Tennessee Williams

Williams, Tim(othy) L. (1967- ) (items)
• The Breaks [Charlie Raines], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2005
• And Ivy Leaves the Door Unlocked, (nv) Murdaland #1, 2007
• Exposure [Charlie Raines], (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2008
• Suicide Bonds [Charlie Raines], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2009
• Half-Lives [Charlie Raines], (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2011
• Promissory Notes, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2013
• Where That Morning Sun Goes Down, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2013
• The Last Wrestling Bear in West Kentucky, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2014
• The Greenhouse Effect, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2015
• What We Barter, the Things We’ll Trade, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2016
• All That Dark Water Moving, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2016
• Renters, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2017
• Wendell and Joni and Dianne and Me, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2017

Williams, G(eorge) Valentine (1883-1946) (about) (items)
• The Mystery of the Missing Finger, (ss) The Black Mask May 1920
• The Mystery of the Brown Leather Suitcase, (ss) The Black Mask June 1920
• The Secret Agent, (ss) Detective Story Magazine November 26 1921
• The Orange Divan [Insp. Manderton], (sl) The Country Gentleman 1923
• Final Payments, (ss) Detective Story Magazine February 2 1924
• The Briar, (ss) The Detective Magazine #61, March 13 1925
• The Continuity Girl, (ss) McClure’s September 1926
• The Alibi, (ss) The London Magazine January 1927
• Circumstantial Evidence, (ss) The Knife Behind the Curtain by Valentine Williams, Hodder, 1930
• The Gold Comfit Box [Adolphe Grundt], (sl) Hodder & Stoughton, 1932
• Crime on the Air, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1937

Williams, Vinnie (fl. 1940s-1950s) (items)
• A Matter of the Tax Payers’ Money, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #71, October 1949
• Dodie and the Boogerman, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1955
• The Catch Dog, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1957

Williams, Walter (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The Lost Glove, (ss) Mystery Magazine #78, February 1 1921

Williams, Walter Jon (1953- ) (about) (items)
• Lethe [College of Mystery], (nv) Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1997
• The Last Ride of German Freddie, (na) Worlds That Weren’t ed. Laura Anne Gilman, Roc, August 2002

Williams, Will (fl. 1990s) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1996
• [front cover], (cv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1996
• [front cover], (cv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1996

Williams, William H. (?-1986); used pseudonym Marc Brody (items)
• [unknown story], (nv) unknown date, as by Marc Brody

Williams, William Wash (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Pippo the Brute, (ss) The Underworld Magazine February 1930

Williams, Yve; [née Morris] (1974- ); used pseudonym Alex Barclay (about) (items)
• My Top Ten Psychological Thrillers, (ar) Crime Time #51, 2007, as by Alex Barclay

Williamson, Alice M(uriel) [née Livingston] [Mrs. C. N. Williamson] (1869-1933) (about) (items)
• The Sea Could Tell, (na) The Daily Mail August 9 1902
• Mysterious Hidden Hall (with C. N. Williamson), (sl) Detective Story Magazine July 9 1921, etc.
• The Case of Ann Arthur, (nv) Five-Novels Monthly March 1930

Williamson, Barbara (1942- ) (items)
• The Thing Waiting Outside, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1977
• That’s Not My Name, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1979
• The Toy Killer, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979
• Shadows in the Attic, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981

Williamson, Betty (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)
• The Safe Side, (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine #25, Spring 2002
• A Day at the Zoo, (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine #32, Winter 2003

Williamson, Bob (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items)
• A Deal Is a Deal, (ss) Mystery Weekly May 2016
• Minuet at the Silver Goose, (ss) Mystery Weekly November 2020
• Roses for Beth, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2024

Williamson, Brian (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) Mystery Tribune #11, Fall 2019

Williamson, C(harles) N(orris) (1859-1920) (about) (items)
• Mysterious Hidden Hall (with Alice M. Williamson), (sl) Detective Story Magazine July 9 1921, etc.

Williamson, C. N., Mrs.; see under Alice M. Williamson

Williamson, Chet; [i.e., Chester Carlton Williamson] (1948- ) (items)
• The Wrong Way, (ss) Skullduggery Summer 1981
• Season Pass, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1984
• The Undertaker’s Wedding, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1986
• Some Jobs Are Simple, (ss) The New Black Mask No.5 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986
• First Kill, (ss) Cold Shocks ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon, August 1991

Williamson, Geoffrey (1897-1976); used pseudonym Alan Hastings (about) (items)
• The Lynx-Eyed Man, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine #18, July 1924, as by Alan Hastings
• Such Keen Readers in the Customs Shed—They Need to Be, (ts) John Creasey Mystery Magazine March 1959

Williamson, Gerald Neal; see under J. N. Williamson

Williamson, Heather (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Calabash Press Puts Quality First, (ar) The Sherlock Holmes Gazette #13, 1995

Williamson, J. N.; [i.e., Gerald Neal “Jerry” Williamson] (1932-2005) (items)
• Bopping It in Bohemia, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1961
• Ten Months’ Blunder, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1961
• Time to Murder, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1966
• They Never Even See Me, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1970
• The Shivaree (with Dennis Hamilton), (ss) Mystery Monthly November 1976
• The Golden Years, (ss) Mystery Monthly December 1976
• Statement of the Accused, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1977
• Aspirations, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1985

Williamson, Jack; [i.e., John Stewart Williamson] (1908-2006) (about) (items)
• The Alien Intelligence, (na) Science Wonder Stories July 1929 (+1)
• The Second Shell, (nv) Air Wonder Stories November 1929
• The Prince of Space, (na) Amazing Stories January 1931
• In the Scarlet Star, (nv) Amazing Stories March 1933
• Grey Arms of Death, (nv) Thrilling Mystery December 1935
• Death’s Cold Daughter, (nv) Thrilling Mystery September 1936
• Spider Island, (nv) Thrilling Mystery April 1937
• The Mark of the Monster, (nv) Weird Tales May 1937
• The Devil in Steel, (ss) Thrilling Mystery July 1937
• After World’s End, (na) Marvel Science Stories February 1939
• The Green Girl, (n.) Avon, 1950

Williamson, Jeffrey T. (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Trenton Makes, the World Takes, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2002
• Secondary Smoke, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2002
• The Perfect Beach, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2006

Williamson, Lisa D. (fl. 1990s-2000s) (items)
• Spotlight on Lisa Scottoline, (iv) Murderous Intent Winter 1997 [Ref. Lisa Scottoline]
• Spotlight on Elena Santangelo, (bg) Murderous Intent Spring 1997 [Ref. Elena Santangelo]
• Wendi Lee, (bg) Murderous Intent Summer 1997 [Ref. Wendi Lee]
• The Accidental Author: In Search of the Real Michael Mallory, (iv) Murderous Intent Fall 1997 [Ref. Michael Mallory]
• On the Trail of the Real G. Miki Hayden, (iv) Murderous Intent Winter 1998 [Ref. G. Miki Hayden]
• The Real Meg Chittenden, (ar) Murderous Intent Winter 1998 [Ref. Margaret Chittenden]
• An Interview with Illustrator Al Klosterman, (iv) Murderous Intent Spring 1998 [Ref. Alfred R. Klosterman]
• An Interview with Martha Lawrence, (iv) Murderous Intent Spring 1998 [Ref. Martha C. Lawrence]
• Killing with Kindness: An Interview with Patricia Rushford, (iv) Murderous Intent Spring 1998 [Ref. Patricia Rushford]
• Loony Cartoonist: An Interview with Stu Shiffman, (iv) Murderous Intent Spring 1998 [Ref. Stu Shiffman]
• Steam Engine Time: An Interview with Toni Kelner, (iv) Murderous Intent Summer/Fall 1998 [Ref. Toni L. P. Kelner]
• There Oughta Be a Law: An Interview with Harlan Coben, (iv) Murderous Intent Summer/Fall 1998 [Ref. Harlan Coben]
• Up, up and away: An Interview with Connie Shelton, (iv) Murderous Intent Summer/Fall 1998 [Ref. Connie Shelton]
• Ghosts: An Interview with Jan Burke, (iv) Murderous Intent Winter 1998 [Ref. Jan Burke]
• An Obsession with Identity: An Interview with Burl Barer, (iv) Murderous Intent Winter 1998 [Ref. Burl Barer]
• Easy Does It: An Interview with Lee Goldberg, (iv) Murderous Intent Spring 1999 [Ref. Lee Goldberg]
• Interview with Sujata Massey, (bg) Murderous Intent Spring 1999 [Ref. Sujata Massey]
• Less Is More, (ar) Murderous Intent Spring 1999
• A Little Bit of Heaven, (cl) Murderous Intent Spring 1999
• Prescription for Success: An Interview with Robin Hathaway, (bg) Murderous Intent Spring 1999 [Ref. Robin Hathaway]
• Moving Target: An Interview with L.L. Thrasher, (iv) Murderous Intent Summer 1999 [Ref. L. L. Thrasher]
• Mystery Books in Bryn Mawr, (ar) Murderous Intent Summer 1999
• Steel Hands in Velvet Gloves: An Interview with Barbara Neely, (iv) Murderous Intent Summer 1999 [Ref. Barbara Neely]
• Still Kicking: An Interview with Anne George, (iv) Murderous Intent Summer 1999 [Ref. Anne George]
• Interview with G.M. Ford, (iv) Murderous Intent Fall 1999 [Ref. G. M. Ford]
• Interview with Joyce Christmas, (iv) Murderous Intent Fall 1999 [Ref. Joyce Christmas]
• Mysterious Galaxy, (ar) Murderous Intent Fall 1999
• Profile of Phyllis Whitney and Lillian Jackson Braun, (bg) Murderous Intent Fall 1999 [Ref. Lilian Jackson Braun & Phyllis A. Whitney]
• An Interview with Donna Huston Murray, (iv) Murderous Intent Winter 1999 [Ref. Donna Huston Murray]
• An Interview with James Lee Burke, (iv) Murderous Intent Winter 1999 [Ref. James Lee Burke]
• An Interview with Mary Daheim, (iv) Murderous Intent Winter 1999 [Ref. Mary Daheim]
• Investigating the Beyond, (ar) Murderous Intent Winter 1999
• Murder by the Book (Portland OR), (ar) Murderous Intent Winter 1999

Williamson, N. Howard (fl. 1930s) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) International Detective Cases December 1936
• [illustration(s)], (il) International Detective Cases January 1937

Williamson, W. A. (fl. 1900s-1930s) (items)
• The Singular Case of William McBride, (ss) Detective Tales February 1923

Williamson, W. H. (fl. 1890s-1930s) (items)
• Footprints on the Cliff, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 25 1923
• The Dangerous Woman, (ar) Detective Story Magazine December 22 1923
• What Should Beattie Do?, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 20 1924

Williard, Gregg (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Beni, (ss) Dark Yonder #1, Winter 2023

Willie the Sock (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Listen You, (cl) Gang World December 1933, etc.

Willing, C. C. (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items)
• Suicide Strategy, (ss) Ten Detective Aces July 1940

Willis, Charles (fl. 1930s) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Thriller #364, January 25 1936
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Thriller #368, February 22 1936
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Thriller #369, February 29 1936
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Thriller #370, March 7 1936
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Thriller #373, March 28 1936
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Thriller #374, April 4 1936
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Thriller #375, April 11 1936
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Thriller #376, April 18 1936
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Thriller #386, June 27 1936

Willis, Chris (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Holmes & Wimsey, (ar) The Strand Magazine #1, Fall 1998 [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers]
• The Story of the Strand, (ar) The Strand Magazine #1, Fall 1998

Willis, Colby (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Stanley Ellin: In Memoriam, (ob) The Armchair Detective Winter 1987 [Ref. Stanley Ellin]

Willis, George; pseudonym of Howard Wandrei (1909-1956) (items)
• Exit Willy Carney, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories September 1935, as by H. W. Guernsey

Willis, George A(nthony) A(rmstrong) (1897-1976); used pseudonym Anthony Armstrong (items)
• Ten Minute Alibi (with Herbert Shaw), (sl) Methuen, 1934, as by Anthony Armstrong & Herbert Shaw
• Interlude in Curzon St., (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly June 4 1938, as by Anthony Armstrong
• Gentian Blue, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly June 18 1938, as by Anthony Armstrong
• From Seven O’Clock to Victoria, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly August 13 1938, as by Anthony Armstrong
• The Case of Mr. Pelham, (ss) Esquire November 1940, as by Anthony Armstrong
• One-Way Street [Detective Inspector Painton], (ss) 1946, as by Anthony Armstrong
• The Plate in the Camera [Detective Inspector Painton], (ss) The Strand Magazine December 1947, as by Anthony Armstrong
• Chance Encounter, (ss) The Evening Standard February 13 1951, as by Anthony Armstrong
• King Beltane’s Problem, (ss) The New Strand August 1962, as by Anthony Armstrong

Willis, L. A. (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Mules, (ss) Hardboiled #37, March 2008

Willitts, E. H. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Red-Headed Corpse, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories June 1934

Willkie, Wendell L(ewis) (1892-1944) (about) (items)
• Who Wants to Murder the Dollar?, (ms) unknown date

Willoughby, Buster (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Spelled with a K, (ss) Thuglit #2, November/December 2012
• McFerrin and Black, (ss) Thuglit #8, November/December 2013

Willoughby, John (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items)
• Keough, The Conman, (ar) Flynn’s May 23 1925
• Friend Against Friend, (ss) Flynn’s August 22 1925
• Crimsoned Millions, (sl) Flynn’s Weekly October 2 1926, etc.
• Bodies for Sale, (ss) Two-Books Detective Magazine Autumn 1933
• Thief in Fancy Dress, (ss) Two-Book Detective Magazine May 1934

Willrich, Chris (fl. 1990s-2020s) (about) (items)
• A Wizard of the Old School [Persimmon Gaunt & Imago Bone], (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2007

Wills, Cameron (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Personal, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1966

Wills, Claude (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Gold in Them Mountin’s, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 17 1931
• Seeing Della Home, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 9 1932
• Lady Detectif, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 26 1932

Wills, George (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Killers Often Make Money, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories November 1937

Willson, Dixie; [i.e., Lucille Reininger Willson Lampert Hayden] (1890-1974) (items)
• Mystery Lane, (sl) The Illustrated Detective Magazine March 1931, etc.

Willson, K. B. (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Pulse, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #185, 2025

Willson, William A. (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Murder on the Expressway, (vi) Red Herring Mystery Magazine v1 #2, 1994

Willys, Earl (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Cardinal Error, (ss) Clues Detective Stories July 1935

Willyum, Robert (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items)
• [cartoon(s)], (ct) Clues Detective Stories October 1938
• [cartoon(s)], (ct) Clues Detective Stories November 1938
• [cartoon(s)], (ct) Clues Detective Stories March 1939
• [cartoon(s)], (ct) Clues Detective Stories July 1939
• [cartoon(s)], (ct) Clues Detective Stories June 1940