Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

LEINO, CLARENCE (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Seasoned with Mercy (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1962

LEINS, TOM (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• The Repulsion Box (ss) Crime Factory v2 #19 2016
• The Stooge (ss) Switchblade Apr 2017

LEINSTER, MURRAY; pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins, (1896-1975) (stories)
• You Can’t Get Away with It (ss) All-Story Weekly Feb 2 1918
• Nerve (ss) Argosy All-Story Weekly Jun 4 1921
• The Day of the Dead (nv) The Black Mask Jul 1921
• One Small Smudge of Soot (ss) The Black Mask Mar 1922
• Pink Ears (ss) The Black Mask Apr 1922
• The Frankenstein Twins (ss) The Black Mask Jun 1922
• The Vault (ss) The Black Mask Aug 1922
• The Wallet That Weighed Too Much (ss) The Black Mask Oct 1922
• Vengeance of the Weak (ss) Midnight Mystery Stories Jan 27 1923
• Nerved with a Blank (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 31 1923
• Third Man’s It (ss) The Black Mask May 1924
• Eyes of the Eagle (ss) Flynn’s Apr 4 1925
• The Ending of El Jefe (ss) Black Mask Oct 1927
• The Cleverness of Baron DeCittabola (ss) Mystery Stories Nov 1927
• The Great Canal Street Robbery (ss) Mystery Stories Apr 1928
• The Killer at Thunder Mountain (ss) Mystery Stories May 1928
• The Skipper Knows Best (ss) Short Stories Dec 10 1928
• The Cow Creek Murder (ss) Mystery Stories Dec 1928
• The Man-Wolves (sl) Mystery Stories Feb 1929, etc.
• Brains (ss) Mystery Stories May 1929
• The Murdered Wax Figure (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 3 1929
• The Man Who Wouldn’t Squeal (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 17 1929
• Extra! City Gangsters Raid Dos Almas (nv) Triple-X Magazine Sep 1929; also as “The Second Avenue Kid”, by Will F. Jenkins.
• The Darkness on Fifth Avenue (na) Argosy Nov 30 1929 [Preston & Hines]
• Murder at the Sty (ss) Prize Detective Magazine Nov 1929
• The City of the Blind (nv) Argosy Dec 28 1929 [Preston & Hines]
• A Flyer in Old Masters (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Jan 1930
• The Storm That Had to Be Stopped (na) Argosy Mar 1 1930 [Preston & Hines]
• Murder Island (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 29 1930
• Goin’ Crazy (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 19 1930
• The Man Who Feared (sl) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 9 1930, etc.
• The Purple Warning (na) The Illustrated Detective Magazine Oct 1930
• Dead Man’s Isle (nv) All Star Detective Stories Mar 1931
• Gang War! (nv) Clues Aug 1931 [Major Jerry O’Madden]
• Murphy Makes a Pinch (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 19 1931
• Gats (ss) Clues Feb 1932
• Something New in Crime (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 18 1932
• Beats Big Shot’s Finger (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 15 1932
• Hot and Cold (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 4 1933
• Wharf Killer (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 25 1933
• Lethion [with Helen Jenkins] (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Apr 1933
• The Big Mob (nv) International Detective Magazine Jul 1933 [Major Jerry O’Madden]
• Cops Think Crooks Are Fools (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 5 1933
• The Body in the Taxi (nv) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Oct 1933 [The Black Bat]
• The Coney Island Murder (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Nov 1933 [The Black Bat]
• The Hollywood Murders (nv) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Dec 1933 [The Black Bat]
• Murder at the First Night (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Jan 1934 [The Black Bat]
• The Maniac Murders (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Feb 1934 [The Black Bat]
• Murder in the Family (n.) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Apr 1934
• The Warehouse Murders (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Apr 1934 [The Black Bat]
• North of Sixty-Three (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 26 1934
• M’ Fella Boy Firu (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 8 1934
• Village of Plenty Fella Hell (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 12 1935
• One-Fella Memena’a String (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 16 1935
• Last of the Big Shots (ss) Detective Tales Sep 1942
• Smart Guy (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1942
• Double for Murder (ss) Strange Detective Mysteries Nov 1942
• Mr. Thomas (ss) Thrilling Detective Jun 1943
• Indiscretion (ss) Thrilling Detective Aug 1943
• New Father (ss) Thrilling Detective Nov 1943
• Chuckles (ss) Popular Detective Dec 1943
• The Barber Shaves Himself (ss) Thrilling Detective Jan 1944
• Transfusion (ss) Popular Detective Feb 1944
• Payday (ss) Thrilling Detective Apr 1944
• Crime Wave (ss) The Phantom Detective Oct 1944 [Detective Sergeant Nolan]
• Bargain with an Enemy (ss) Popular Detective Dec 1944
• People Are Funny (ss) The Phantom Detective Dec 1944 [Detective Sergeant Nolan]
• One Corpse, Guaranteed! (nv) Famous Detective Stories Aug 1950
• Man-Trap (ss) Western Story Roundup Feb 1951
• Homicide’s Sweetheart (ss) Smashing Detective Stories Mar 1952
• Crazy (ss) Black Book Detective Win 1953
• Murderer’s Encore (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1953
• Death in the Jungle (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Jun 1958
• The Man in the Soft Hat (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1961
• The Mousy Man (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1962
• Party Line (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1962

LEIPER, ESTHER M. (fl. 1970s-2000s) (stories)
• [poem] (pm) Mystery Time Spr/Sum 2002

LEIPIAR, LOUISE (Margurite) (1899-1969); see pseudonym L. Major Reynolds (stories)

LEISTER, IRIS (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Matti (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2017; translated from the German.; translated by Mary Tannert.

LEITER, JEANNE (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• By the Light of the Moon (ss) Over My Dead Body! #1 1993

LEITFRED, ROBERT H(enry) (1891-1968) (stories)
• The Vanishing Ray (ss) Detective Tales Dec 1923/Jan ’24
• Shadows (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 19 1926
• Clutching Fingers (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 17 1927
• Listening Wires (ss) The Phantom Detective Jun 1934
• At the Last Moment (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 13 1935
• Fee in Advance (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 20 1935
• Escape (ss) Clues Detective Stories Feb 1936
• Too Dead to Die (nv) Black Book Detective Magazine Jun 1936 [Chris Larsen]
• Perfect Plan for Murder (ss) Black Book Detective Magazine Jul 1936
• The Triple-Cross (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 15 1936
• Waterfront Stick-Up (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 22 1936
• The Devil Laughed (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 10 1936
• Bring Him in Alive—or Cold! (nv) Black Book Detective Magazine Oct 1936 [Chris Larsen]
• Sweepstakes Payoff (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 14 1936
• Allison’s Last Pinch (ss) The Phantom Detective Dec 1936
• Black Death (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 10 1937
• The Runt Laughs Last (ss) Detective Book Magazine Spr 1939
• The Bridge to Hell (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 12 1941
• Date with the Electric Chair (ss) Popular Detective Jan 1951

LEITHEAD, J. EDWARD (fl. 1920s-1960s) (stories)
• Texas Troublemaker (na) Ranch Romances Sep #1 1939

LEKUS, MAX (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• The Clue of the Military Rain-coat (ts) International Detective Cases Dec 1937

LELIÈVRE, BENOÎT (c1983- ) (stories)
• Ordo ad Chao (ss) Needle Win 2012
• Autopsy of a Community Life (ss) Crime Factory v2 #10 2012
• On Honesty and Violence (iv) All Due Respect Oct 2014 [Hilary Davidson]

LELLAND, FRANK; pseudonym of A. M. Burrage, (1889-1956); other pseudonym Ex-Private X (stories)
• The Singing Clue (na) Detective Weekly Oct 14 1933 [Sexton Blake]
• Murder at Full Moon (na) Detective Weekly Mar 2 1935 [Sexton Blake]

LEMAITRE, GUSTAVE (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• Bonnot’s Band (ar) Flynn’s May 30 1925
• The Voice of the Apache (ar) Flynn’s Nov 28 1925

LeMAY, ALAN (Brown) (1899-1964) (stories)
• Circles in the Sky (nv) Detective Story Magazine Dec 30 1919
• Out of the Swamp (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 2 1920

LEMING, B. W. (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• For Your Eyes Only (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1995

LEMLY, WILLIAM C. (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Rugs and Oil (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Feb 1964

LEMMER, JOE (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Miss Terious (ct) Crimespree Magazine Jun/Jul 2004, etc.
• Miss Terious [with Sam Lemmer] (ct) Crimespree Magazine Oct/Nov 2004, etc.

LEMMER, SAM (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Miss Terious [with Joe Lemmer] (ct) Crimespree Magazine Oct/Nov 2004, etc.

LEMMON, JACK (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• A Sweet Deal (ss) Manhunt Dec 1962
• Fred’s Diggin’s (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1963

LEMMON, ROBERT S(tell) (fl. 1910s-1930s) (stories)
• Shifty Heels (ss) The Blue Book Magazine Jun 1923 [Lucky Elkins]

LEMO, M. (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• He Baffled Police (ss) Mystery Detective Stories (Canada) #3 194?

LeMOINE, RAY (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• War, Terror and Disaster in Pakistan (ar) Out of the Gutter #3 2007

LEMON, ROBERT G. (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• [letter] (lt) Clues Mar #2 1929

LENAHAN, BETTY (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• The Entrance Is Important (ms) Mystery Jan 1933
• The Dining Room of Our Little Colonial House (ar) Mystery Feb 1933
• Here’s Our Colonial Bedroom (ms) Mystery Apr 1933
• The Guest Room of Our Colonial House (ms) Mystery May 1933
• A Colonial Room for Your Children (ms) Mystery Jun 1933
• Buying That New Chair (ms) Mystery Sep 1933
• In Tune with the Times (ms) Mystery Feb 1934

LENARD, A. (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• Saving the Sheriff a Job (ss) Mystery Magazine Feb 1 1924

LENART, CHARLES (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• The Ninety-Nine Year Question (ss) Detective Tales Jun 1951
• The Third Degree (ss) Suspense Magazine Win 1952

LENDER, ANNA (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• A Parting Gift (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Spr 2004

LENDON, W. W. (fl. 1910s-1930s) (stories)
• The Funny Side of Police and Crime [with Arthur Moreland, Frederick Parker, Harry Woolley, René Bull, I. Butcher & Norman Keene] (ct) The Detective Magazine Dec 5 1924

LENNARTZ, ROBERT (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• Opening Lines (ms) Murderous Intent Win 1996

LENNOX, CARL (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Finger Lady (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Feb 1941
• Dressed to Kill (ss) Spicy Detective Stories May 1941

LENNOX, ERIC; house pseudonym (fl. 1930s-1940s) (stories)
• Murder on the Cuff (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jan 1938
• Double-Cross Getaway (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Apr 1938
• Seamstress to Satan (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jul 1938
• A Gentleman at Large (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Aug 1938
• Curse of San Morra (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Oct 1938
• Double Trouble Shooter (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Nov 1938; possibly a reprint of “Two Jumps Ahead” by John A. Saxon (Secret Agent X, May 1934). [Dan Graham]
• Mirror of Fate (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jan 1939
• Blackmail Boomerang (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Feb 1939
• The Slinking Clue (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Mar/Apr 1939
• Advertisement for Murder (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Apr/May 1939; possibly a reprint of “Murder Meteors” by Donald S. Aitken (Secret Agent X, October 1935). [Nelson Scott]
• Loot Liability (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine May/Jun 1939
• Killer of the Cragland (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jul 1939
• Phantom Looter (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Sep 1939
• Hot-Seat Cheaters (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Sep 1940
• League of Doom (nv) Lone Wolf Detective Magazine Oct 1940
• Hangnoose Cheat (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jan 1941
• The Corpse Maker (nv) Lone Wolf Detective Magazine Apr 1941
• Death-House Candidate (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Nov 1941

LENNOX, GREGORY (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Hostess for Murder (nv) Daredevil Detective Stories Nov 1941

LENNOX, ROBERT K. (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• The Price of Vanity (ss) The Black Mask May 1921

LENSNER, DAVID (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• Man on a Chessboard (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1976

LENZ, SIDNEY S. (1873-1960) (stories)
• Up the River (vi) Vanity Fair 1935

LEO, JULIE (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Use of the Awkward Hand (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine Win 2018/’19

LEOCHY, ISTVAN (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Anastasia? (ar) The Saint Magazine Jul 1967

LEON, GEORGE de LUCENAY (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• The Missing Ingredient (ss) London Mystery Selection #94 1972
• Vintage Murder (ss) Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine Aug 1975

LEON, HENRY CECIL (1902-1976); see pseudonym Henry Cecil (stories)

LEON, ROBERT (fl. 1950s-1960s) (stories)
• Right Thing to Do (ss) Manhunt Jun 1960
• Half Past Eternity (ss) Manhunt Apr 1962

LEONARD, A. G. K. (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Dream of Death (vi) London Mystery Selection #45 1960

LEONARD, BURGESS (fl. 1940s-1950s) (stories)
• No Grave for Freedom (ss) Doc Savage Jun 1944

LEONARD, CHARLES L.; pseudonym of M. V. Heberden, (1906-1965) (stories)
• Search for a Scientist (n.) Doubleday 1947
• Sinister Shelter (n.) Doubleday 1949 [Paul Kilgerrin]

LEONARD, EDWARD (fl. 1910s-1930s) (stories)
• Missed in Maiden Lane (nv) Detective Story Magazine Nov 12 1921
• By Candlelight (nv) Detective Story Magazine Nov 19 1921
• The House of Fear (na) Detective Story Magazine Jan 7 1922
• Carvalho, Mystery Solver (ar) Detective Story Magazine Feb 25 1922
• Plotted with Roses (nv) Detective Story Magazine Mar 4 1922
• The Mark of a Match (na) Detective Story Magazine Nov 25 1922
• The Laugh in the Cellar (na) Detective Story Magazine Mar 24 1923
• Ali Baba (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 9 1923
• Inky Tracks (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 21 1923
• The Mocking Bird (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 29 1923
• In His Own Noose (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 8 1923
• The Governor’s Hand (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 23 1924