The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index by Name: Page 746

Spirn, Michele (fl. 1970s) (chron.)
• * Murder in the Pantry, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1974 [Ref. Agatha Christie]

Spitzer, James E. (fl. 2000s-2020s) (chron.)
• * If Only, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2024
• * The Lies and Fall of Pierre Menteur, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2007

Spitzer, Jim (fl. 2020s) (chron.)
• * The Rangoon Queen, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2024

Spitzer, Marc (fl. 1990s-2000s) (chron.)
• * Down, (ss) Hardboiled #25/26, April 2000
• * Prayers for the Dead, (ss) Hardboiled #21, January 1996

Spivak, Carol Chadwick (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Interview: Mildred Wirt Benson, (iv) The Strand Magazine #12, February/May 2004 [Ref. Mildred Wirt Benson]

Spivak, Lawrence E. (1900-1994) (chron.)
• * An Open Letters to Readers of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, (ms) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #51, February 1948
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• * Issue #578—Dedicated to Lawrence Spivak by The Editor(s), (ed) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1991

Spong, A. Noel (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * The Borrower, (ss) London Mystery Selection #36, March 1958
• * A Guiding Hand, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #34, September 1957

Spookston, Nathaniel A. (fl. 1970s) (chron.)
• * Something to Do with Jade, (ss) London Mystery Selection #104, March 1975

Spooner, Luke (A.) (fl. 2010s-2020s) (about) (chron.)
• * [front cover], (cv) M #1 May, #2 Nov 2014

Sposato, John (fl. 1970s-2000s) (about) (chron.)
• * [front cover], (cv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 2008

Sprague, Carter; pseudonym of Sam Merwin, Jr. (1910-1996) (chron.)
• * Climate—Disordered, (ss) Startling Stories March 1948, as by Carter Sprague
• Black Cat Weekly #55, 2022, as by Sam Merwin
• * A Poser for Poe, (ts) Detective Novel Magazine April 1946
• * A Present for Peter, (ss) Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1956
• Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australia) February 1957
• Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (UK) June 1957
• * The Triangular Blade, (nv) Thrilling Detective October 1946
• Thrilling Detective (UK) March 1947

Sprague, Daniel (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Benton’s Last Chance, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories July 1941

Sprague, Gretchen (Burnham) (1926-2003) (chron.)
• * Can You Hear Me?, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1992

Sprague, Ricky (fl. 2010s-2020s) (about) (chron.)
• * Backstory, (ss) Mystery Magazine June 2022
• * Barnie Brewster’s Body Begone Bureau, (ss) Mystery Magazine November 2022
• * The International (Marketing) Incident, (ss) Mystery Weekly January 2018
• * Real Life, Real Death (with Ed Gorman), (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2013

Sprague, Stanley (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Murder Off Key, (sa) Suspense, the Mystery Magazine March 1947 [Ref. Gene Russ Kearn]; broadcast November 15, 1945, script by Gene Russ Kearn.

Sprague, Wayne (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * The Gallows of Doom, (ss) Startling Detective Adventures #25, June 1930
• * Kansas City’s Wildcat, (ts) Startling Detective Adventures #26, July 1930

Sprang, Richard W(illiam) (1915-2000) (about) (chron.)
• * Colt Custodian, (ss) Western Trails March 1939
• Quick Trigger Westerns 195?
• * Corpse Call, (ss) True Gangster Stories August 1942
• * Double for Death, (ss) Black Hood Detective September 1941
• Slick Detective Yarns June 1951
• * Menace in Blondes, (ss) Hooded Detective November 1941
• Swan American Mags #7, 1948
• * Murder Calls the Game, (ss) Mystery Novels and Short Stories September 1941
• * Saboteur’s Swan Song, (ss) Crack Detective November 1942
• Swan American Mags #9, 1948
• * [illustration(s)], (il) Popular Detective April 1938

Spratt, C. R. (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Going Big Time, (ss) Hardboiled #27/28, December 2001

Sprecker, Alfred L. (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * The Mystery of the Three Pins, (ss) Action Stories May 1922
• Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine October 1922

Sprigg, C(hristopher) St. John (1907-1937) (about) (chron.)
• * Death at 8:30, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 25 1935
• * No Errors, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly June 29 1935
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• * Fatality in Fleet Street by Charles Shibuk, (br) The Armchair Detective February 1974

Spriggs-Gill, Barbara (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * Newton’s Other Law, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1987

Spring, Agnes Wright; [born Agnes Rebecca Wright] (1894-1988) (about) (chron.)
• * Trailing a Comet, (ss) Mystery Magazine #114, August 1 1922

Spring, (Robert) Howard (1889-1965) (about) (chron.)
• * Conversation in Baker Street [Sherlock Holmes], (fa) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #75, February 1950

Spring, Michelle; pseudonym of Michelle Stanworth (1951- ) (chron.)
• * Children and Violence: The Background to Standing in the Shadows, (ar) Crime Time v2 #1, 1998
• * The Dark Side of Cambridge, (ar) Crime Time v3 #1, 2000
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• * Investigating the Principal Factor by Christine Campbell, (iv) Shots Spring 2000
• * Michelle Spring: The Advantage of Sticking to One’s Principals by Gaynor Coules, (ar) Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #41, 2001
• * Michelle Spring: The Dark Past by Judith Gray, (iv) Crime Time v2 #5, 1999

Spring, Philip (fl. 1950s-1960s) (chron.)
• * Between Cyprus and Sleep, (ss) London Mystery Selection #59, December 1963
• * The Burning Babe, (ss) London Mystery Selection #49, May 1961
• * Dark Glasses, (vi) The London Mystery Magazine #32, March 1957
• * A Drink of Water, (ss) London Mystery Selection #66, September 1965
• * Evidence in Camera, (ss) London Mystery Selection #51, November 1961
• * Hide Her Drowsy Head, (ss) London Mystery Selection #63, December 1964
• * I’le Burne My Bookes, (ss) London Mystery Selection #78, September 1968
• * In Such a Questionable Shape, (ss) London Mystery Selection #74, September 1967
• * Labyrinth, (ss) London Mystery Selection #50, September 1961
• * The Long Green Tomb, (ss) London Mystery Selection #64, March 1965
• * Mistress of Death, (ar) The London Mystery Magazine #24, February 1955
• * Possessed, (ss) London Mystery Selection #52, March 1962
• * Sheep May Safely Graze, (ss) London Mystery Selection #48, March 1961
• * The Siren, (ss) London Mystery Selection #47, December 1960
• * Stop! Our Slips Are Showing, (ss) London Mystery Selection #75, December 1967
• * The Sword from the Mere, (ss) London Mystery Selection #58, September 1963
• * Walk Softly, Stranger, (ss) London Mystery Selection #68, March 1966

Spring, Willard (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Solar Speedway, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories March 1941

Springer, John E. (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * Eyes in the Night, (ss) Detective Story Magazine December 15 1923

Springer, Nancy (Connor) (1948- ) (about) (chron.)
• * American Curls, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 2003
• * Framed, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1999
• * Juggernaut, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2001
• * Milk of Human Blindness, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1996
• * Silent End, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2003
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• * Speaking with Nancy Springer by Darrell Schweitzer, (iv) 1988
• Black Cat Weekly #44, 2022

Springs, Walter H. (fl. 1940s-1960s) (chron.)
• * A Copper Gets the Bird, (ss) Exciting Detective March 1943

Sprinkle, Patricia Houck (1943- )
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• * Interview with Patricia Sprinkle by Maureen Robb, (iv) Crimespree Magazine #8, September 2005

Sproul, Dan A. (fl. 1980s-2000s) (chron.)
• * All About Heroes [Joe Standard], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1998
• * Cypress Dawn, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #35, April 2003
• * Daily Double Cross [Joe Standard], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 2002
• * Down and Out Stable [Joe Standard], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1999
• * Einstein’s Dog [Joe Standard], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2000
• * Good Deed, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #40, September 2003
• * Here’s to Melvin Pilcher [Joe Standard], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 2000
• * Holy Ghost, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 2000
• * Hunch [Joe Standard], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 2004
• * The Legacy, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1984
• * Madame Ruby, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1986
• * Major Problems, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1984
• * Miracles [Joe Standard], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 2001
• * Oh, Mona [Joe Standard], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2001
• * Praying to Dead Relatives, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1986
• * Princess Rolanda [Joe Standard], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1999
• * The Saga of Tommy Brokenbridge [Joe Standard], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 1999
• * The Scholar [Joe Standard], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1989
• * Sidney’s Curse, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1984
• * Snakebit [Joe Standard], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 2000
• * The Snakebit Principle, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1984
• * Spitting Into the Wind [Joe Standard], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1989
• * The Sure Thing [Joe Standard], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1989
• * The Sweetiepie Caper, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1985
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology #25, Summer 1988
• * Where Larceny Is a Way of Life, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1982
• * Winston Churchill, I Presume [Joe Standard], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1999

Sproul, Robert C. (fl. 1950s-1960s)
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• * Editor:
  * ___ Saturn, The Magazine of Science Fiction

Sproule, Dale L. (fl. 1980s-2010s) (about) (chron.)
• * Labor Relations, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1984

Sproule, R(eginald) St. Quentin (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * Forbidden Fruit, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine January 1926

Sproule, Robert (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * What Price Gloria, (sl) Gun Molls Magazine Dec 1931, Jan, Feb, Mar 1932

Spruce, Allen (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Swing-Time for a Killer, (ss) Detective Tales March 1938

Spruce, C. C. (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Dance Hall Doom, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories October 1935
• * Death in Times Square, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories November 1934
• * Night Life Blood, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories June 1934
• * Phantom Corpse, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories February 1935

Spurgeon, Brad (fl. 1990s-2000s) (chron.)
• * C’Est La Mort: France and the Crime Novel, (ar) The Armchair Detective Winter 1997
• * Metro-Police, (ar) Crime Time v2 #2, 1998
• * Murder in the Abbey, (ss) Murderous Intent Spring 1996
• * Ulysses Induced, (ss) Murderous Intent Summer 1999

Spurway, Maurice (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * The Sphinx, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #23, 1955

Squier, Emma-Lindsay; [Mrs. John Bransby] (1892-1941) (about) (chron.)
• * The Ghost Moose of Lilly Pad Carry, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine May 1927
• * A Reason for Murder, (ss) Mystery August 1935
• * Shanghaied, (ts) Mystery November 1932
• * Suicide Note, (ss) Mystery September 1935
• * Tiger Woman, (ss) Mystery July 1935

Squire, Marian Gailor (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Race with Death, (ss) Ten Detective Aces May 1937
• * Second Hell, (ss) Ten Detective Aces November 1936

Squires, Fredrick S(pencer) (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Careless Killer, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories April 1942
• * The Corpse Had One Shoe, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories December 1941
• Chief Detective Stories Winter 194?
• * Death Is an Apple, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories March 1942

Squires, Harry (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * The Blue Room, (ms) The Saint Magazine July 1984
• * Detective Fiction Quiz, (qz) The Saint Magazine June 1984
• * “Dial-a-Mystery” Debuts in Los Angeles, (ms) The Saint Magazine August 1984
• * Groovy Detective, (ms) The Saint Magazine June 1984
• * Justice in Arrears, (ms) The Saint Magazine August 1984
• * Sherlock Bones, (ms) The Saint Magazine July 1984
• * The Zero Factor, (ms) The Saint Magazine June 1984

Squires, Nina Brooks (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * [front cover], (cv) The Cozy Detective Mystery Magazine Spring 1998

Staab, Rochelle (fl. 2010s)
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• * Supernatural Success, (iv) Suspense Magazine November 2011

Staalesen, Gunnar (1947- ) (chron.)
• * The Corpse in the Attic, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1994; translated by Stephen Murray
• * Death Takes the Funicular [Kristian Jensen; Henrik Abel Olsen], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1996
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• * A Deep Dive Into Gunnar Staalesen’s “Big Sister” by Jerry Holt, (br) Mystery Tribune #6, Summer 2018
• * Gunnar Staalesen by Jerry Holt, (iv) Mystery Tribune #3, Fall 2017

Staat, Sherri C. (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * One-Way Streets, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1989

Staats, William H. (fl. 1930s-1940s) (chron.)
• * Rustler Man, (ss) Ranch Romances 1st February 1937
• Black Mask (UK) February 1939

Stabbert, Jonette (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * The Last Laugh, (vi) Mouth Full of Bullets #6, Winter 2007
• * The Trouble with Gladys, (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine #26, April/May/June 2002

Stabenow, Dana (Helen) (1952- )
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• * Dana Stabenow by Adrian Muller, (ar) Crime Time v3 #1, 2000

Stabler, Barton (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * [front cover], (cv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 2002, Nov 2003

Stace, Henry (fl. 1920s-1930s) (chron.)
• * The Vine, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine March 1923

Stacey, (Harold Charles) Barnard (1889-1973) (about) (chron.)
• * The Case of Susan Wragge, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine July 1928
• * The Man Who Went to the Devil, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine July 1925
• * Mrs Huegesson’s Pet, (ss) Mystery Stories #7, 1937

Stacey, Charlotte (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * After the Party’s Over, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2019
• * Surf’s Up, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 2015

Stacey, Edward L. (fl. 1950s-1960s) (chron.)
• * Don’t Bug Me Man!, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories January 1960
• * Love Me and Die!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories November 1958
• * Lust Leaves Ugly Scars, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories January 1960

Stacey, John Bennett (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * The Dangerous Decision, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1957
• Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australia) October 1957
• Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (UK) February 1958

Stacey, Joseph C.; [working name of Joseph Chester Stasulewicz] (1918-1981) (chron.)
• * Against the Law!, (ar) The Phantom Detective Summer 1952
• * The Allen Murder Case, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1942
• All Fiction Stories 1944, as "The Allen Murder Mystery"
• * The Allen Murder Mystery, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1942, as "The Allen Murder Case"
• All Fiction Stories 1944
• * Black Money, (ss) Scientific Detective September 1947
• * Breaking the Law Differently, (ms) Fifteen Detective Stories October 1954
• Detective Tales (UK) October 1956
• * The Case of the Canceled Wedding, (ar) Fifteen Detective Stories October 1953
• * Connoisseur of Murder, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1942
• Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine (UK) March 1942
• * Crime Does Not Pay, (ms) Fifteen Detective Stories April 1955
• * The Dead Must Be Buried, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1943
• Street & Smith’s Mystery Detective (UK) October 1956
• * Death Triangle, (ss) Scientific Detective October 1946
• * Did You Know—?, (cl) The Phantom Detective Spring 1952
• * Did You Know—?, (cl) Detective Tales June 1952
• Detective Tales (Canada) June 1952
• * False Colors, (ss) Scientific Detective August 1946
• * Fascinating Occurrences, (ms) Mobsters April 1953
• * Forbidden, (ar) Thrilling Detective June 1952
• * Funny Felonies, (hu) Detective Story Magazine May 1953
• * Gorilla Alibi, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine March 1947
• * The Impossible Adventure, (ar) Thrilling Detective Winter 1953
• * Lethal Laughs, (ms) Detective Tales February 1952
• * The March of Murder, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 1943; not the same as the story of almost the same title in the May 1945 issue.
• Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine (Canada) February 1944
• Street & Smith’s Mystery Detective (UK) September 1957
• * March of Murder, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 1945; not the same as the story of almost the same title in the October 1943 issue.
• Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine “Overseas Edition for Armed Forces” May 1945
• Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine (UK) November 1952
• * A Matter of 20 Grand, (ss) Scientific Detective December 1946
• * Me and His Majesty and Trouble, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1943
• Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine (UK) October 1943
• * The Mystery Quiz, (qz) Triple Detective Wtr, Sum 1953
• * Night and Death, (ss) Scientific Detective March 1947
• * Once Upon a Corpse, (ss) Scientific Detective September 1946
• * Panama Interlude, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1969
• * Pickled Pickerel, (ar) The Phantom Detective Fall 1952
• * Puzzles, (pz) Mystery Monthly January 1977
• * Right or Wrong?, (ar) Mobsters February 1953
• * Seeing Was Believing, (ar) The Phantom Detective Summer 1953
• * Some Must Die, (ss) Scientific Detective May 1947
• * To Follow with Death, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 1947
• * Too Many Suspects, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1944
• Street & Smith’s Mystery Detective (UK) May 1957
• * Trapped!, (ms) Detective Story Magazine July 1953
• * The Way to Murder, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1944
• Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine (UK) May 1951
• * What Is It?, (qz) Black Book Detective Winter 1953
• * When the Law Laughs, (ms) New Detective Magazine December 1951
• New Detective (UK) #7, 1952
• * While My Lady Slept, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 1945
• Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine (UK) May 1952
• * Who’s Who?, (qz) Triple Detective Summer 1954