Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

LAPIRA, VICKI (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• The Rendezvous (vi) Mystery Time Spr/Sum 2000

LaPLANT, DON (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Animal Control (ss) Thuglit Sep/Oct 2015

LaPLANTE, STEVEN (fl. 1980s) (stories)
• Business Sense (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1985

LAPRADE, GEORGE L. (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• The Weakest Link (ss) Tightrope! Aug 1960

LARCH, Mrs. C. A. (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• [letter] (lt) Clues Detective Stories Mar 1938

LARDNER, REX (1918-1998) (stories)
• Reasonable Facsimile (na) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960

LARDNER, RING(gold) W(ilmer) (1885-1933) (stories)
• Haircut (ss) Liberty Mar 28 1925
• There Are Smiles— (ss) Cosmopolitan Apr 1928
• Stop Me—If You’ve Heard This One (ss) Cosmopolitan Jul 1929
• Claude Diphthong, Student of Crime (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1954

LARDO, VINCENT (1931- ) (stories)
• Satan Rides the 5:15 (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2010

LARGE, JOHN (fl. 1970s-1990s) (stories)
• Frame and Fortune (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1975
• Credit Where Credit Is Due (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1977
• The Marksma’am (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1978
• A Dangerous Thing (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1984
• Wed Herring (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1984
• Street Smarts (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1988
• Passing Remark (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1989
• It Could Happen (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1989
• Of Vice and Men (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1990
• Undercover Cop (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1991
• Consultation (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1996

LARIAR, LAWRENCE; [born Lawrence Rosenblum] (1908-1981) (stories)
• Now You See Me (ss) Detective Tales May 1950

LARKIN, BOB (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• One Crime Begets Another (ss) Mystery Magazine May 15 1921

LARKIN, ROBERT E. (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Outsmarted (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 15 1936
• No Dice (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 25 1936
• You Can’t Win (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 20 1936
• Matched (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 27 1936
• Backfire (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 22 1936
• Suckers (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 24 1937
• The Breaks (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 20 1937
• No Laughing Matter (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 4 1937
• A Matter of Strategy (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 21 1938

LARKIN, SUSANNE (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• The Zucker Legacy (ss) Mystery Time Aut/Win 1998

LARKIN, [Detective] TOM (fl. 1910s) (stories)
• A Cryptogram Case (ss) Mystery Magazine Jun 15 1919

LARKIN, VINCENT (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• Alter Ego (ss) Whispering Willow Mysteries Bon Voyage Edition 1997

LARNER, JOHN (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Too Rotten to Kill (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Stories Feb 1958

LA ROE, C. WARDEN (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
• The Gay Deceiver (ss) Cabaret Stories Dec 1928

LARRY, BARBARA (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• The Picture (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Sep 1962
• The Red Spider (ss) London Mystery Selection #58 1963

LARSEN, LUANN (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Anybody’s Fool (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Sum 2003

LARSEN, TOM (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Sole Survivor (ss) Crime Factory v2 #6 2011
• Los Cantantes de Karaoke (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2018 [Wilson Salinas]
• El Gringo en la Camilla (ss) Mystery Tribune Sum 2018
• En Agua Caliente (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2018 [Wilson Salinas]
• El Padrino (The Godfather) (ss) Mystery Tribune Spr 2019

LARSON, AARON B. (fl. 1990s-2010s) (stories)
• The Empty Bar Mystery (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #13 2000
• On a Rail (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2002; The Story That Won.
• Sioux City Sue Sings the Blues (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #44 2004

LARSON, CHARLES (Lester) (1922-2006) (stories)
• The Thirteenth Step (vi) Detective Tales Aug 1941
• Dog Eat Dog (ss) Detective Tales Dec 1941
• Death Is a Traitor (ss) Ten Detective Aces Mar 1942
• Death House Bargain (ss) Ten Detective Aces May 1942
• The Last Prescription (ss) Ten Detective Aces Aug 1942
• Murder Begins at Home (ss) Ten Detective Aces Sep 1942
• The Blackout Deaths (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Nov 1942
• For Old Crime’s Sake (ss) Ten Detective Aces Dec 1942
• Crime’s Messenger (ss) Ten Detective Aces Feb 1943
• Mail Me My Tombstone (ss) Ten Detective Aces Apr 1943
• Eye for an Eye (ss) Detective Tales May 1943
• Speak No Evil (ss) The Shadow Jun 1943
• Rhapsody in Crimson (ss) The Shadow Aug 1943
• Slow—Murder Ahead (ss) Ten Detective Aces Aug 1943
• You Bring the Blood (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Dec 1943
• The Beckoning Bomb (ss) Ten Detective Aces Feb 1944
• Suicide Scenario (ss) Ten Detective Aces Apr 1944
• Report to the Captain (ss) Detective Tales Nov 1944
• Slay-Mates (ss) Popular Detective Dec 1944
• Where There’s a Will (ss) New Detective Magazine Jan 1945
• As You Sew (ss) Detective Book Magazine Sum 1945
• Ladies Die at Midnight (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1947
• The Murderer and the Mute (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jul 1947
• Covet and Kill (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1947
• Brat’s Brew on Murder (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1947
• Lethal Little Lady (ss) Detective Tales Mar 1949
• House of Terror (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Jun 1949
• Death Can Be Dynamite (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Aug 1949
• One Touch of Arsenic (nv) Detective Tales Sep 1949
• Clairvoyant Corpse (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1949
• My Crime—Your Punishment (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1949
• Welcome Homicide! (ss) Detective Tales Jan 1950
• The Man They Left to Die (ss) 15 Mystery Stories Apr 1950
• Come Die with Me (ss) New Detective Magazine May 1950
• Beyond the Secret Door (ss) 15 Mystery Stories Jun 1950
• Kill Once—Kill Twice! (ss) Detective Tales Jul 1950
• Walkers of the Night (ss) 15 Mystery Stories Aug 1950
• The Ghost That Loved Answell (ss) 15 Mystery Stories Oct 1950
• The Deadly Coincidence (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1951
• Boxer’s Rebellion (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1951
• Let ’Em Eat Poison (ss) Popular Detective Nov 1951
• Ambush (ss) New Detective Magazine Feb 1952
• See No Evil (nv) Popular Detective Jul 1952

LARSON, CHARLES (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• Sisters (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1992

LARSON, DON (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Pact for Plunder (nv) Lone Wolf Detective Magazine Apr 1940
• Hell-Bent for the Morgue (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jan 1941

LARSON, ELLEN (1953- ) (stories)
• When the Apricots Bloom (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2010
• Wildcraft (ss) M May 2014

LARSON, LEN (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Double Cross (ss) Star Detective Magazine Feb 1938

LARSON, MARVIN (Claire) (1925-2013) (stories)
• The Nude Above the Bar (ss) Manhunt Oct 1961

LARSON, RON (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• One Summer Night (pm) M May 2014

LARSON, SAM (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• The Deadline (ss) The Underworld Magazine Mar 1931

LA RUE, JEAN (fl. 1910s) (stories)
• An Extraordinary Exchange (ms) Mystery Magazine Nov 15 1917

LaRUE, TERESA DAVIS (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• All That You Deserve (ss) Mystery Time Spr/Sum 1996

LA RUSIC, ADAM (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• How Many Humans Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? (ss) Cosmic Crime Stories Jul 2011

LARYMORE, M. A. (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Third Time Lucky (ts) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Sep 1963

LASCAUX, PAUL; pseudonym of Paul Ott, (1955- ) (stories)
• The Copyist [with Richard Lifka, Thomas Przybilka, Stefan Slupetzky, Christoph Spielberg & Anke Gebert] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2006; translated from the German.; translated by Mary Tannert.

LASHLEY, DEBRA (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Right or Wrong (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2009; The Story That Won.

LASKER, JILL (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• Audition for Murder (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1979

LASKOWITZ, PEARL LIEBMAN (fl. 1980s) (stories)
• Not Even Death Did Them Part (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1989

LASKOWSKI, TARA (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• The Monitor (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 2014
• States of Matter (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2016
• Hostage (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov/Dec 2017
• The Case of the Vanishing Professor (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/Jun 2018
• The Long-Term Tenant (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2019

LA SPINA, (Fanny) GREYE (née Bragg) (1880-1969) (stories)
• The Seventh Step (ss) The Black Mask May 1920
• The Remorse of Professor Panebianco (ss) Weird Tales Jan 1925
• The Dead Wagon (nv) Weird Tales Sep 1927
• Satan’s Slave-Girdle (ss) Bull’s-Eye Detective Fll 1938
• Vampire Bite (ss) Bull’s-Eye Detective Spr 1939

LASTINE, D. H. (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• The Watchman (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1978

LATA, K. A. (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• A New Religion (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1996

LATHAM, DONALD (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Murder Maks a Difference (nv) Private Detective Stories Apr 1941

LATHAM, ERNEST (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• The Detective Instinct in Engineering (ar) The Detective Magazine Apr 27 1923
• Engineering Deductions (ar) The Detective Magazine Aug 3 1923

LATHAM, FRANCIS (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• On the Moor (ss) The New Strand Mar 1962

LATHAM, JOHN H(oward) (1917-2001) (stories)
• Two-Gun Poison (ss) Famous Western Win 1945
• Killer in the Sun (ss) Fifteen Western Tales May 1946

LATHAM, LONG JOHN; see under Latham, John H. (1917-2001) (stories)

LATHAM, P. F. (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Huntsman in the Snow (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Jul 1958
• Portrait of Barbara (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Nov 1958

LATHROP, HARLEY P. (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
• The Yellow Throwback (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 14 1922

LATHROP, R. L. (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Lady with a Corpse (na) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Aug 1947
• A Spoonful of Suicide (ss) Ten Detective Aces Mar 1948
• Fixed for Murder (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jul 1948

LATHROP, WILLIS F. (fl. 1910s-1920s) (stories)
• The Smell of Gasoline (ss) Mystery Magazine Oct 1 1918
• The Clue of Steel (ss) Mystery Magazine Mar 15 1920
• The Beggar’s Silk Sock (ss) Mystery Magazine Sep 1 1921

LATIMER, HARRISON B. (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Forty-Cent Tip (nv) Mammoth Detective Jan 1947
• ...But Is It Art? (nv) Mammoth Detective Feb 1947

LATIMER, JONATHAN (Wyatt) (1906-1983) (stories)
• Murder in the Madhouse (n.) Doubleday 1935 [Bill Crane]
• The Lady in the Morgue (n.) Doubleday 1936 [Bill Crane]
• The Dead Don’t Care (n.) Doubleday 1938 [Bill Crane]
• The Fifth Grave (na) Mystery Book Magazine Aug 1946

LATNER, LOU (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Blue Flame (ss) Popular Detective Sep 1936

LATNER, PAT WALLACE (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Trouble House (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1962

LATOSKI, TODD H. (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• “Mommy Dearest” (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1994; The Story That Won.

LATOUR, KENNETH (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• No. 728, His Wife, and the Warden (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 16 1922

LATRAGNA, CHRISTOPHER (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Well-Heeled Shooters (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 2015
• The Loneliest Night of the Week (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/Jun 2017
• A Lousy Little Grand (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2018

LA TRAY, CHRIS (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• From the Towers of Manhattan to the Jungles of the Sahara (iv) Crime Factory Jul 2010 [Charles Ardai]
• Romo Samson and the Grandmother Spider (ss) Pulp Modern Aut 2011
• A Blunderbuss for a Broken Heart (ss) Pulp Modern Win 2011/’12
• Buster Lee and the Chucklehead That Wouldn’t Stay Down (ss) Crime Factory Kung Fu Factory 2011
• A Dog Named Buddy (ss) Needle Win 2012

LAUDEN, S. W. (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• A Novella Idea (ar) Crimespree Magazine #66 2017

LAUFER, MARY (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• The Mystery of the Missing Money (ss) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2014

LAUGHLIN, ROBERT (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
• The Amityville Realtor (pm) M May 2014

LAUKKANEN, OWEN (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Dock Talk: How I Came to Write N.F.G. (ar) All Due Respect Mar 2014
• N.F.G. (ss) All Due Respect Mar 2014

LAURANCE, ALICE; pseudonym of Laura W. Haywood, (1938- ) (stories)
• We Interrupt This Magazine (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1978

LAURANCE, JOHN (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• The Franklin Syndicate (ar) Detective Story Magazine Mar 17 1923

LAUREN, JULIE (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• Jewels of Wisdom (cl) Futures Aug/Sep 1998, etc.

LAURENCE, BETHEL (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• The Call (ss) Today’s Woman Mar 1951; also as “You Are Going to Die”.
• You Are Going to Die (ss) Today’s Woman Mar 1951, as “The Call”.