The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index by Name: Page 486

Lercher, Lisa (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * The Women’s Table, (ss) Noir Nation #2, September 2012; translated by Mary Tannert

Lerdall-Fitterer, Terry (Lynn) (1952-2019) (about) (chron.)
• * Adios, Amigo!, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 2003
• * Blank Check (with Katherine H. Brooks), (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2002
• * He Auto Be Ashamed, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2002
• * Ice Cube Trey, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2006
• * Photo Finish (with Katherine H. Brooks), (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2006
• * Snored to Death, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2004

Lermontoff, Michael (Yurievich) (1814-1841) (chron.)
• * The Adversaries, (ss) The Strand Magazine January 1891, as "A Fair Smuggler"
• Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #31, February 1967; translated from the Russian.
• * A Fair Smuggler, (ss) The Strand Magazine January 1891; translated from the Russian.
• Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #31, February 1967, as "The Adversaries"

Lerner, Edward M. (1949- ) (about) (chron.)
• * I’ve Got the World on a String, (ss) Galaxy’s Edge January 2019
• Black Cat Weekly #125, 2024

Lerner, Eric J. (1947- ) (about) (chron.)
• * Pinkerton’s Secret, (ex) Henry Holt, 2008
• Thrilling Detective (online) April 2008

Leroux, Gaston (1868-1927) (about) (chron.)
• * Chéri-Bibi, Mystery Man [Chéri-Bibi], (n.) J. Long, 1924
• Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine Jan, Feb, Mar 1928
• * The Floating Prison, (n.) Laurie, 1922
• Detective Story Magazine Jan 13, Jan 20, Jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 10, Feb 17 1923; translated from the French (Les Cages Flottantes, Paris, 1921) by Hannaford Bennett.
• The Thriller Library #520 Jan 21, #521 Jan 28, #522 Feb 4, #523 Feb 11, #524 Feb 18, #525 Feb 25, #526 Mar 4, #527 Mar 11 1939
• * The Inn of Terror [Capt. Michel], (nv) Weird Tales August 1929; translated from the French (“L’auberge épouvantable”, 1925) by Mildred Gleason Prochet.
• Startling Mystery Stories Winter 1966/1967
• * The Machine to Kill, (sl) Flynn’s Weekly Jun 12, Jun 19, Jun 26, Jul 3 1926
• * The Puppet, (sl) Flynn’s May 15, May 22, May 29, Jun 5 1926
• * The Woman with the Velvet Collar [Capt. Michel], (ss) Weird Tales October 1929; translated from the French (“La femme au collier de velours”, 1924).
• Startling Mystery Stories Spring 1969
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• * The Mystery of the Yellow Room, (br) The Armchair Detective January 1969, uncredited.

LeRoy, Ben(jamin M.) (fl. 2000s-2010s) (about) (chron.)
• * CH CH CH Changes, (ar) Crimespree Magazine #10, January/February 2006
• * Editorials (with Ruth Jordan), (ed) Crimespree Magazine #12, May/June 2006
• * Shawn Ryan of the Shield—Interviewed, (iv) Crimespree Magazine #17, March/April 2007 [Ref. Shawn Ryan]
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• * Ben LeRoy and Alison Dasho Interview by Steve Weddle, (iv) Crimespree Magazine #55, April 2014
• * Interview with Ben Leroy, (iv) Crimespree Magazine #23, March/April 2008, uncredited.

Lescroart, John T. (1948- ) (chron.)
• * The Adventure of the Giant Rat of Sumatra by John H. Watson, M.D., (ss) Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Summer/Fall 1997
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• * Interview: John Lescroart by Andrew F. Gulli, (iv) The Strand Magazine #30, February/May 2010
• * John Lescroart by Barry Forshaw, (iv) Crime Time v2 #1, 1998
• * John Lescroart and the Matrix by Anthony J. Franze, (ar) Suspense Magazine November 2012
• * On the Use of Prologues by Anthony J. Franze, (ar) Suspense Magazine January 2014
• * Standing the Test of Time, (iv) Suspense Magazine December 2011, uncredited.

Leslie, A.; pseudonym of A. Leslie Scott (1893-1974) (chron.)
• * Blood Madness [Dexter Hollis], (ss) G-Men January 1936
• * The Breaks, (ss) The Phantom Detective September 1935
• * Fanged Death [Dexter Hollis], (ss) G-Men October 1935
• * The Living Dead, (ss) Thrilling Mystery October 1936
• * The Murder Fan, (nv) Popular Detective April 1936
• * The Rocking Chair Feud, (ss)
• Thrilling Ranch Stories (Canada) December 1944
• Triangle Quarterly Fall 1945

Leslie, Arthur (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * Not Quite Dead, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1988

Leslie, David (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Mr. Foster’s Diary, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #17, 1953

Leslie, Eugene (fl. 1930s-1950s) (chron.)
• * Brush with the Law [Queenie Starr], (cs) Hollywood Detective January 1950
• * Death at the Party [Queenie Starr], (cs) Hollywood Detective December 1949
• * Death Directs [Queenie Starr], (cs) Hollywood Detective March 1950
• Hollywood Detective (UK) #2, 195?
• * Death Is the Prize [Ray Hale], (cs) Super-Detective July 1950
• Super-Detective (UK) #7, 1951
• * Death on Display [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)], (cs) Super-Detective March 1950
• * Death on Tour [Queenie Starr], (cs) Hollywood Detective April 1950
• * Death Scene [Queenie Starr], (cs) Hollywood Detective February 1950
• * Doubling for a Moll [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)], (cs) Super-Detective February 1950
• * Focus for Death [Queenie Starr], (cs) Hollywood Detective June 1949
• * Ghostly Killer [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)], (cs) Super-Detective October 1949
• * Muscling-In on Doom [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)], (cs) Super-Detective April 1950
• * Primeval Passions [Queenie Starr], (cs) Hollywood Detective October 1949

Leslie, H. O. (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Personal Challenge, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1959
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler Fall 1959 (var.1)

Leslie, Hal Field; [i.e., Harold Field Leslie] (1892-1962) (chron.)
• * The Marsh of Missing Men, (ss) The Feds December 1937
• * Murderer’s Needle, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly March 25 1933
• * Skeleton Cabin, (ss) Clues Detective Stories June 1935
• * Strength of the Meek, (ss) The Shadow Magazine September 1 1933
• * Thirteenth Floor, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly April 8 1933
• Black Mask (Canada) November 1945
• * Tickets, (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine September 1930
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• * [biographical sketch], (bg) Detective Fiction Weekly March 25 1933, uncredited.

Leslie, Jean (Eva) (1908-1994) (about) (chron.)
• * Dead Man’s Shoes, (ss) Thrilling Detective Fall 1952
• Thrilling Detective (UK) February 1953
• * First Week in September, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1967
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1990
• * A Hair of the Dog, (n.) Doubleday, 1947
• Two Complete Detective Books #57, July 1949
• * One Cried Murder [Peter Ponsonby], (n.) Doubleday, 1945
• Detective Book Magazine Spring 1946
• * Shoes for My Love, (n.) Doubleday, 1948
• Two Complete Detective Books #59, November 1949
• * Two Faced Murder [Peter Ponsonby], (n.) Doubleday, 1946
• Two Complete Detective Books #44, May 1947

Leslie, John (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Creep Shadow, (ss) Mystery Tales March 1938

Leslie, O. H.; pseudonym of Henry Slesar (1927-2002) (chron.)
• * Alibi on the Steve Allen Show, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956
• Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) #109, July 1956
• Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1988, as by Henry Slesar
• * Behind the Locked Door, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1961
• * Better than Murder, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1958
• * Beware the Unloaded Weapon, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1959
• * A Child Was Lost, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1960
• * Coroner’s Jury, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1959
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler Fll (var.2), Fll (var.4) 1959
• * Curiosity Killed a—, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1959
• * Dead Give-Away, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1961
• * Faster Than an Honest Man, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1960
• * A Foot in the Door, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1957
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) October 1957
• * Ignore All Requests, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1958
• * I’m Dead, Honey, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1957
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (UK) September 1957
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) December 1957
• * I Promise to Kill, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1958
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (UK) April 1958
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspense Magazine June 1958
• * It Started Most Innocently, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1959
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler Fall 1959 (var.2)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology #22, Fall 1986
• * Key to a Skeleton Closet, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1960
• * Kill the Umpire, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1957
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) #5, August 1957
• * Last Drink, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1959
• * The Morning After, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1957
• Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) #61, February 1958
• * My Robot, (ss) Fantastic February 1957, as by O. H. Leslie
• Black Cat Weekly #143, 2024, as by Henry Slesar
• * Pen Pal (with Jay Folb), (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1957
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (UK) December 1957
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspense Magazine September 1958
• * Something Short of Murder, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1957
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (UK) November 1957
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) #11, 1958
• * Space Brat, (ss) Fantastic January 1958, as by O. H. Leslie
• Black Cat Weekly #145, 2024, as by Henry Slesar
• * Stray Bullet, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1961
• * Terror Requires Preparation, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1960
• * Thoughts Before Murder, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1961
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler Fall 1961
• * Tony’s Death, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1964
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler Fll (var.1), Fll (var.3), Fll (var.4) 1965
• * Welcome to Our Bank, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1960
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Sampler Fall 1961
• * Whodunit?, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1958
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (UK) #11, July 1958
• * You’ll Be Sorry When I’m Dead, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1959

Leslie, Ruth (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Are You Afraid of the Past?, (ar) Complete Love Magazine August 1946
• Pocket Reader Series #127, Romance Stories 1950
• * What Every Girl Should Know About Men, (ar) Love Fiction Magazine February 1946
• Pocket Reader Series #130, Romance Stories 1950

Leslie, Walter (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * [front cover], (cv) Five Star Detective Stories August 1941
• * [front cover], (cv) World Wide Detective Stories Aug, Sep 1941

Lesser, Milton; former name of Stephen Marlowe (1928-2008) (about) (chron.)
• * The Earthman, (ss) Saturn, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1957
• * No-Risk Planet, (nv) Imagination March 1955, as by Milton Lesser
• Black Cat Weekly #9, October 28 2021, as by Stephen Marlowe
• * Pen Pal, (ss) Galaxy Science Fiction July 1951, as by Milton Lesser
• Black Cat Weekly #101, 2023, as by Stephen Marlowe
• * Picnic, (ss) Rocket Stories July 1953, as by Milton Lesser
• Black Cat Weekly #52, 2022, as by Stephen Marlowe
• * Return to Terror, (ss) Hunted Detective Story Magazine #9, April 1956
• * Revolt of the Outworlds, (na) Imagination December 1954, as by Milton Lesser
• Black Cat Weekly #10, November 4 2021, as by Stephen Marlowe
• * Slaves to the Metal Horde, (na) Imagination June 1954, as by Milton Lesser
• Black Cat Weekly #5, September 30 2021, as by Stephen Marlowe
• * Son of the Black Chalice [John Hastings], (na) Amazing Stories July 1952
• Black Cat Weekly #132, 2024
• * Trapped, (ss) The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #2, November 1953
• Verdict (UK) June/July 1954
• Pursuit—The Phantom Mystery Magazine April 1955
• * Tyrants of Time, (na) Imagination March 1954, as by Milton Lesser
• Black Cat Weekly #7, October 14 2021, as by Stephen Marlowe

Lesser, Ron (fl. 1960s-2010s) (about) (chron.)
• * [front cover], (cv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1962

Lesser, Thomas M(arc) (1943- ) (chron.)
• * Sins of the Preacher, (ss) Hardboiled #23, September 1997
• * The Victim’s Revenge, (vi) Hardboiled #27/28, December 2001

Lessig, Hugh (fl. 1990s-2020s) (chron.)
• * Clean Fill Wanted, (ss) Crime Factory v2 #17, 2015
• * The Gift of Wallace Random [Picasso Smith, Sr.], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) January 1999
• * Millstone [Picasso Smith, Jr.], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Summer 2001
• * Miranda’s Corner, (ss) Thuglit #15, January/February 2015
• * Muscle Memory, (nv) Switchblade Tech Noir 2019
• * PIN, (ss) Thuglit #6, July/August 2013
• * The Shade Tree Mechanic, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #80, 2023
• * Special Delivery [Alamo Barnes], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) April/May 2000
• * Victor Viral, (ss) Needle #7, Fall/Winter 2012
• * Whacking Scrooge [Picasso Smith, Jr.], (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Winter 2003

Lester, Elliott (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * A Crimson Price, (nv) Mystery Magazine #101, January 15 1922

Lester, Frank B. (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * The Case of the Watery Grave, (ar) John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1961

Lester, H. P. (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * The Strange Case of Mark Boren, (sa) Suspense, the Mystery Magazine March 1947 [Ref. E. Jack Neuman]; broadcast November 23, 1943 as “The Strange Death of Charles Umberstein”, script by E. Jack Neuman.

Lester, Irvin; pseudonym of Fletcher Pratt (1897-1956) (chron.)
• * Danger (with Fletcher Pratt), (ss) Amazing Stories July 1929
• Black Cat Weekly #25, 2022

Lester, Jack (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Snaring the Slayer Without a Motive, (ar) Real Detective December 1934

Lester, Kay (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Two Dames and a Comic, (ss) Saucy Movie Tales April 1937
• Pep Tec Tales November 1937

Lester, Kenneth (fl. 1960s-1990s) (chron.)
• * A Boy Names Tzu, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1994
• * Dance of the Hours, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1962
• * Death on the Rocks, (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) July 1961
• The Saint Mystery Magazine August 1962

Lester, R. Daniel (fl. 2000s-2020s) (about) (chron.)
• * Magpie and the Goose, (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine #27, Fall 2002
• * Nowhere to Go but Dead, (ss) Switchblade #7, November 2018

Lester, Raymond; pseudonym of Dahlia Trenchant (fl. 1910s-1930s) (chron.)
• * Double Six, (ss) Argosy Allstory Weekly November 20 1920
• The Underworld December 20 1927
• * For the Love of Pete, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 13 1930
• * In Quest of Vengeance, (ss) All-Story Weekly December 27 1919
• The Underworld December 5 1927
• * Saving His Money, (ss) Flynn’s September 20 1924