Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

LANE, M. HOWARD (fl. 1930s-1950s) (stories)
• Perfume of Death (ss) Thrilling Detective Jul 1937
• Opium Payoff (ss) Detective Yarns Dec 1938

LANE, R. E. (fl. 1980s) (stories)
• What Happened (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1985

LANE, ROBERT C. (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• A Class Operator (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1966
• Family Man (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1966

LANFORD, MICKEY; [i.e., M. A. Lanford] (fl. 1970s-1980s) (stories)
• Who Killed the Mistress of the Manor? (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1976
• Motivation in Any Language (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1977
• The Last Act (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1977
• Give Us This Day (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1978
• The Whose Zoo of Crime (pm) Black Cat Mystery Quarterly #4 1981

LANG, ALLEN KIM (1928- ) (stories)
• Body in Blue Jeans (nv) Mantrap Jul 1956
• The Sealed Envelope (nv) Manhunt Sep 1956
• Draw Your Breath in Pain (ss) Suspect Detective Stories Oct 1956
• Sweet Smell of Murder (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1957
• Mexico, with Lettuce (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1957
• The Penny-Ante Murders (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1958
• Room for Murder (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1958
• This Is a Watchbird Watching You (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1959
• Diamonds, Fly Away Home! (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1959
• Final Exam (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1959
• Death Above Water (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1960
• Never Aim a Boy (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1960
• The Trail of the Catfish (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1962
• Beauty and the Beasts (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1962
• Highway Man (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1963
• The Pink Envelope (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1964
• Squeeze Me Easy (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1964
• Death in the Air (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1964
• Two Deaths for a Dime (nv) The Saint Mystery Magazine Oct 1964
• The Mark of Cain (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1965
• Murder! Murder! Cha, Cha, Cha (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1966
• Murder in a Nudist Camp (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1966
• Candy from a Babe (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1966
• Murder Is a Gas (nv) The Saint Magazine Sep 1966
• Weed of Crime (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1968
• The Case of the KO’d Computer (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1971
• Hold a Mirror to Murder (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1972
• Fat Man’s Club (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1974
• Two Cheers for a Hero (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1979
• Acid Test (ss) Mystery Weekly Oct 2016

LANG, CHICK (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• For the Love of Opal (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Spr 2004
• Gabriel’s Horn (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Fll 2004
• According to Beauregard (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Win 2004
• Venus in Transit (ss) Hardluck Stories Spr 2005
• Hen Party (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine May/Jun 2005
• An Appreciative Audience (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Jul/Aug 2005
• At Walter’s Edge (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Sep/Oct 2005
• The Protégé (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Nov/Dec 2005
• Gnawing Suspicion (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Jan/Feb 2006
• Blood Moon, Blue Bayou (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Mar/Apr 2006
• Underwater (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine May/Jun 2006
• Like a Brother (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Jul/Aug 2006
• Sing Me to Death (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Jul/Aug 2006
• Pier Pressure (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Sep/Oct 2006
• Dead Man Lying (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Nov/Dec 2006
• Filet It Again, Sam (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Nov/Dec 2006
• Un Repas Malheureux (An Unhappy Meal) (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Jan/Feb 2007 (unpublished)
• Threads to Die For (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Jan/Feb 2007 (unpublished)
• The Totem Poll (vi) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Mar/Apr 2007 (unpublished)
• Two Plus Two Equals Dead (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Mar/Apr 2007 (unpublished)

LANG, EVELYN (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Death of a Columnist (ms) Mystery Feb 1933

LANG, [Rev.] GORDON (1893-1981) (stories)
• Mr. Justice Avory (ss) Mystery and Detection Sep 1935

LANG, J. T. (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Faithful Servant (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Oct 1964

LANG, JOHN (fl. 1920s-1940s) (stories)
• [letter] (lt) Clues Oct #1 1928
• Walk Upon the Waters (ss) Doc Savage Dec 1945

LANG, JOHN E. (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Sour Grapes (ss) Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine May 1947

LANG, PRESTON (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Rib Eye (ss) All Due Respect May 2015
• Nut Lobby (ss) Thuglit Jan/Feb 2016
• Rheo Bars (ss) Pulp Modern Spr 2016
• The Counselor (ss) Crime Syndicate Magazine May 2016
• The Sign (ss) Betty Fedora #3 2016
• North Creek Brown (ss) Switchblade Apr 2017
• Press It Down (ss) Switchblade Oct 2017
• Eleven Irritated People (ss) Pulp Modern Win 2017
• Breakup (ss) Betty Fedora #4 2017
• Lama Todd (vi) Switchblade Apr 2018

LANG, VALENTINE (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Gold Is King (nv) Black Book Detective Magazine Jan 1934 [Dan Kendall]
• Stroke of Death (nv) Black Book Detective Magazine Feb 1934 [Dan Kendall]
• The Turf Murder (na) Black Book Detective Magazine Mar 1934 [Dan Kendall]
• The Home-Run Murder (nv) Black Book Detective Magazine Apr 1934 [Dan Kendall]
• The Greystone Murder (nv) Black Book Detective Magazine Jun 1934

LANGBEIN, A. F. (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• The Irreconcilable Man (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Nov 1966

LANGDON, JOHN (Franklin Coasten) (1913-1980); see pseudonym Rex Russell (stories)

LANGE, GEORGE (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• City Hunters (ss) Manhunt May 1956
• A Date with Harry (ss) Manhunt Jul 1956
• A Time for Dying (nv) Murder Mar 1957

LANGE, WALTER (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• The Witness Chair (cl) Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1953

LANGELAAN, GEORGE (1908-1972) (stories)
• The Informer (ss) Suspense (UK) Oct 1958
• The Killer (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1959
• The Devil His Due (ss) Suspense (UK) May 1959
• Armchair Detective (ss) Suspense (UK) Nov 1959
• The Only Way Out (nv) Suspense (UK) Apr 1960
• I Rescued a Harem Wife (ts) Suspense (UK) Aug 1960
• Arabian Night (nv) Suspense (UK) Oct 1960
• Yes, I Like Villains! (ar) Suspense (UK) Jan 1961; Personality Platform.

LANGEN, GILBERT (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• The Deadly Dame (ss) True Gang Life Feb 1935

LANGER, H. C.; [i.e., Hedwig Langer] (1905-1969); see pseudonym Beech Allen (stories)
• Gang Justice (nv) Gangster Stories Feb 1930
• The Magistrate Racket (ss) Racketeer Stories Apr 1930
• Code of Gentleman Joe (ss) Complete Gang Novel Magazine Jun/Jul 1931
• Snitch Makes His Moll (ss) Complete Gang Novel Magazine Oct 1931
• Sweepstakes (ss) Complete Gang Novel Magazine Mar 1932
• Cheese It! (ss) Racketeer and Gangland Stories Jun 1932
• Double Jeopardy (ss) Racketeer and Gangland Stories Jul 1932
• Hell on Earth (ss) Greater Gangster Stories May 1934
• Death Is Spelled with a “P” (ss) Nick Carter Magazine Dec 1935, as by Milton Burns.

LANGFORD, ELIZABETH (fl. 1990s-2000s) (stories)
• For My Grandmother (pm) Futures Dec 1999/Jan 2000

LANGFORD, WILLIAM A. (fl. 1930s-1940s) (stories)
• Big-House Bait (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jan 1938
• The Devil’s Coronet (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Apr 1938
• The Haunting Clue (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Aug 1938
• Sound Defects (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Nov 1938; possibly a reprint of “Framed to Hang” by Howard Nile (Secret Agent X, November 1935). [Hank Landis]
• A Bluff in Time (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Feb 1939
• Portrait of Vengeance (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Apr/May 1939
• Shakedown Antidote (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Jun 1939
• The Phantom Clue (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Aug 1939
• Death on Parade (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Nov 1940

LANGILLE, CODY (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
• The Scratch (ss) Suspense Magazine Nov 2011

LANGLEY, CHARLES (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Crossing the Bar (vi) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Oct/Nov 2000
• I Remember Rollo (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Spr 2002
• A Family Matter (vi) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Mar/Apr 2007 (unpublished)

LANGLEY, ROBERT (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• A Question of Morality (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Nov 1958

LANGLINAIS, M. PEPPER (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• A.B.C. (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Fll 2004

LANGMAID, KENNETH (Joseph Robb) (1902-1985); see pseudonym Kenneth Laing (stories)

LANGTRY, DICK (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Sinister Playwright (ss) Stirring Detective and Western Stories Apr 1941
• The Hunchback Escapes (ss) Stirring Detective and Western Stories Jun 1941
• Police Vendetta (ss) Red Hood Detective Stories Jul 1941

LANHAM, BOB (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• Overruled (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1991

LANHAM, EDWIN (Moultrie) (1904-1979) (stories)
• Asphodel (ss) Collier’s Jun 10 1944

LANIER, M. S. (fl. 1910s) (stories)
• The Passing of Peter Quinn (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 20 1916

LANIER, ROGER (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Murderers Get No Sleep (na) World Wide Detective Stories Dec 1941

LANIGAN, SUSAN (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Gymnopedie No. 1 (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2012

LANKFORD, TERRILL (Lee) (1959- ) (stories)
• Detour Drive (nv) Hardboiled #40 2009
• Jenny’s Little Problems (ss) Hardboiled #42 2010
• Current Events (ss) Hardboiled #44 2012

LANKSTEAD, JAMES (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• The Long Walk Home (ss) London Mystery Selection #121 1979

LANNETTE (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• Footsteps (uw) New Mystery v6 #1 1998; fragment, High School Student Winner of the Monterey Bouchercon28 Mystery Writing Contest.

LANSDALE, JOE R(ichard Harold) (1951- ) (stories)
• The Full Count (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1978 [Ray Slater]
• Long Gone, Forever (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1978 [Ray Slater]
• One Blonde, Well Dead (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1979 [Ray Slater]
• Black as the Night [with Lewis Shiner] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1979 [John Talbot]
• Night Drive (ss) Skullduggery Apr 1980
• Three Dead Deadbeats [with Robert Fester] (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1980
• Escape Artist (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1980
• Huitzilopochtli (ss) Skullduggery Jun 1980
• The Mummy Buyer (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1981
• This Little Piggy [with Dan Lowry] (ss) Skullduggery Sum 1981
• A Right to Be Dead [with Bill Crider] (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine #3 1981
• The Soul Ghoul (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981
• Old Charlie (ss) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984
• Boys Will Be Boys (nv) Hardboiled #3 1985
• By Bizarre Hands (ss) Hardboiled #9 1988
• The Job (ss) Razored Saddles, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Patrick LoBrutto, Dark Harvest 1989
• Drive-In Date (ss) Night Visions 8, ed. Anon., Dark Harvest 1991
• Rumble Tumble (ex) Subterranean Press 1998 [Hap Collins & Leonard Pine]
• Santa at the Café (ss) The Strand Magazine #32 2010

LANSING, CAROL (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• The Crystal Gazer (ss) Ghost Stories Mar 1927 [Karmahahti]
• The Modern Kidnapper (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Aug 1927

LANSING, MORT; pseudonym of Edwin Truett Long, (1904-1945); other pseudonyms Dale Boyd, Charles Daw, Wallace Kayton, George T. Laird, Carl Moore, Cary Moran, Clint Morgan, Luke Terry & Edwin Truett (stories)
• Cherchez La Femme (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1935 [Johnny Harding]
• Gila God (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jun 1935; also as “The Devil’s Punchbowl”, by Max Neilson.
• Eyes of Maltha (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Sep 1935
• A Hundred Grand (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Oct 1935
• Cat That Killed (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Jan 1936
• Green Eyes (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories May 1936
• Cat’s Paw (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jun 1936; also as “C-Note Frame”, by Dale Boyd. [Mike Cockrell]
• Lunatic’s Limbo (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Sep 1936
• Killer’s Price (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Nov 1936 [Mike Cockrell]
• Winners’ Payoff (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Dec 1936 [Mike Cockrell]
• Hot Ice (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jan 1937; also as “Hot Brand”, by Max Neilson.
• 24 Hours to Go (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Feb 1937
• Murder for Exercise (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1937 [Johnny Harding]
• Behind the Green Door (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jun 1937
• Pair of Tramps (ss) Private Detective Stories Jun 1937

LANT, GUY (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• The Auction (ss) London Mystery Selection #79 1968

LANTIGUA, JOHN (1947- ) (stories)
• The Rafter (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 2003
• The Gentleman from Shanghai (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2015 [Willie Cuesta]
• The Jaguar at Sunset (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2016
• In the Time of the Voodoo (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/Jun 2017 [Willie Cuesta]
• The Avenging Angel (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2018
• The Cuban Prisoner (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2018 [Willie Cuesta]
• The Revenge of the Puma (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2019 [Willie Cuesta]

LaPAGLIA, JANE (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Roxy’s Corner (vi) Suspense Magazine Nov 2009

LaPERMA, JOSENA (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• The Flunky (ss) Mystery Digest Apr 1959

LaPIERRE, JANET (1933- ) (stories)
• Luminarias Make It Christmas-y (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1996
• Family Gathering (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1999
• Da Capo (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1999