Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

LEONARD, EDWARD (stories) (continued)
• The Yellow Feather (nv) Detective Story Magazine Mar 1 1924
• The Man with Paper Hands (nv) Detective Story Magazine Apr 5 1924
• Groping Fingers (nv) Detective Story Magazine May 10 1924
• The Wrong Handkerchief (nv) Detective Story Magazine Jun 7 1924
• Loaded Roses (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 21 1924
• The Scented Shadow (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 26 1924
• Behind the Velvet (nv) Detective Story Magazine Aug 16 1924
• The Actress and the Octopus (nv) Detective Story Magazine Aug 23 1924
• A Maid from Maiden Lane (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 7 1925
• The Plugged Nickel (nv) Detective Story Magazine Mar 28 1925
• Fools’ Tips (ss) The Detective Magazine May 8 1925
• Velvet Fingers (nv) Detective Story Magazine Jun 13 1925
• The Candy Baby (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 22 1925
• The Smugglers (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 12 1925
• The Invisible Woman (nv) Detective Story Magazine Sep 26 1925
• The Golden Widow (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 17 1925
• The Living Dead (nv) Detective Story Magazine Nov 14 1925
• The “Ringer” in the Bank (nv) Detective Story Magazine Dec 12 1925 [Henry Arthur Milton (The Ringer)]
• Sparkling Danger (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 20 1926
• Crooked Straight (nv) Detective Story Magazine May 8 1926
• Say It with Diamonds (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 14 1926
• The Gilded Death (nv) Detective Story Magazine Oct 9 1926
• Washed Out by the Tide (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 20 1926
• The White Ribbon (sl) Detective Story Magazine Jun 25 1927, etc.
• Killed to Order (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 24 1927
• The Book of Secrets (na) Detective Story Magazine Oct 15 1927
• The Man Hunter (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 10 1927
• Shipwrecked Jewels (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 25 1928
• The Stiffening Hand (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 31 1928
• The Fourth Offender (sl) Detective Story Magazine Jun 16 1928, etc.
• High Cost of Freedom (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 21 1928
• Dead-Line Flynn’s Angel (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 10 1928
• Satan’s Door (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1 1928
• The House of Stolen Jewels (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 29 1928
• Perfect Frame (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 5 1929
• House of Whispers (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 11 1929
• Madman’s Magic (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 17 1929
• A Perfect Disguise (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 31 1929
• The Shield of the Guilty (nv) Detective Story Magazine Oct 19 1929
• Sealed Lips (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 2 1929
• Poor Worm (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 22 1930
• Back Home (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 19 1930
• The Murder Trap (nv) All Star Detective Stories Apr 1930
• In Confidence from the Dead (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 10 1930
• Brand of the Fetters (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 14 1930

LEONARD, ELMORE (John, Jr.) (1925-2013) (stories)
• Three-Ten to Yuma (ss) Dime Western Magazine Mar 1953
• Excerpt from LaBrava (ex) Arbor House 1983
• Commentary on LaBrava (ar) The New Black Mask Quarterly No.2, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1985
• Karen Makes Out (nv) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996 [Karen Sisco]
• Sparks (ss) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
• Elmore’s Rules of Writing (ar) The New York Times Sep 16 2001
• The Only Good Syrian Foot Soldier Is a Dead One (ss) The Strand Magazine #39 2013

LEONARD, JAMES (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• Sex and Thugs and Rock ’n’ Roll (iv) Shots Sum 1998 [John B. Spencer]

LEONARD, JOSEPH (fl. 1980s) (stories)
• The Swap (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid-Dec 1989

LEONARD, LEONARD L. (fl. 1930s); pseudonym of Leonard L. Levinson, (fl. 1930s) & Leonard Neubauer, (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Wages of Innocence (ss) Collier’s May 6 1939

LEONARD, PAT (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Crimson Tangle of the Trapped Parson (ia) Flynn’s Detective Nov 1942
• The Bride’s in Heaven (ss) The Shadow Win 1949
• A Five-Pointed Clue (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Win 1949

LEONARD, PHILLIP (fl. 1970s); see pseudonym Philip Donald (stories)

LEONARD, RICHARD (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Wave Bands of Death (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 1941

LEONARD, WILFRED (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Murder by Radio (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories Jan 1942

LEONG, ERNEST (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• The Emperor’s Treasure (ss) Detective Story Magazine #7 1990

LEOPOLD, BRIAN (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• With One Stone (ss) Thuglit May/Jun 2013
• The Card Counter (ss) M Nov 2014

LEOTTA, ALLISON (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Discretion (ex) Touchstone 2012
• Writing a Thriller Based on Your Day Job (ar) Suspense Magazine Jun/Jul 2016

LEOTTA, JOAN (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
• The Dead Lady’s Coat (ss) Crimestalker Casebook Spr 2006
• The Dying Season (ss) Betty Fedora #4 2017

LEPOVETSKY, LISA (fl. 1980s-2010s) (stories)
• Joe Frog’s Place (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1994
• Finding the Wind (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1994
• Storyteller (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1995
• Here Be Monsters (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1995
• Picture Perfect (ss) Whispering Willow Premier Edition 1997
• Watch Your Step (ss) Whispering Willow Mysteries #1 Sleuth Edition 1997
• Noodling (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 2014

LEPPARD, STANLEY R. (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• The Hard Way (ss) Detective Tales Aug 1948

LE QUEUX, WILLIAM (Tufnell) (1864-1927) (stories)
• Donovan of Whitehall (ss) Donovan of Whitehall, Pearson 1917, as “Within Four Walls”. [Donovan]
• Within Four Walls (ss) Donovan of Whitehall, Pearson 1917; also as “Donovan of Whitehall”. [Donovan]
• The Scarlet Kimono (ss) The Grand Magazine Jan 1922
• The Man in the Round Spectacles (ss) The Grand Magazine Jul 1922
• The House of Souls (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine May 1926
• The Passport (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Aug 1926
• The House on Richmond Green (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Oct 1926
• The Affair of the Orange (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Nov 1926
• A Secret of the Underworld (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Dec 1926
• Chronicles of the Crimes Club, No. 1 (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Jan 1927
• Chronicles of the Crimes Club, No. 2 (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Feb 1927
• Chronicles of the Crimes Club, No. 3 (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Mar 1927
• The Peril of Helen Marklove, No. 1 (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Jul 1927
• The Peril of Helen Marklove, No. 2 (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Aug 1927
• The Great International Secret (n.) Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine Jun 1928, etc.

LERCH, R(oger) S(herman, Jr.) (1890-1953); see pseudonym L. R. Sherman (stories)
• Murder Howls at Night (nv) Detective Tales Oct 1937
• The Gray Wolf’s Fangs (nv) Thrilling Detective Dec 1938
• The Little Silver Corpses (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine May 1939
• Match for Mr. Satan (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Aug 1939
• The Case of the Eyeless Corpses (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Sep/Oct 1939
• The Test-Tube Murders (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Oct 1939
• Workshop of the Lightning-Maker (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Nov/Dec 1939 [Clay Breton]
• Frankenstein’s Twenty Cousins (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Jan/Feb 1940 [Clay Breton]
• Murder Sends a Valentine (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries May 1940
• Flesh for the Silver Venus (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Jul 1940
• Flowers Grow on Corpses (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Aug 1940
• Flesh for the Chinatown Dragon (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Sep 1940
• Hounds of the Vampire (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Nov 1940
• The Things from Underground (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Jan 1941

LERDALL-FITTERER, TERRY (Lynn) (1952-2019) (stories)
• Blank Check [with Katherine H. Brooks] (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 2002
• He Auto Be Ashamed (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2002
• Adios, Amigo! (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 2003
• Snored to Death (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 2004
• Photo Finish [with Katherine H. Brooks] (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2006
• Ice Cube Trey (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2006

LERMONTOFF, MICHAEL (Yurievich) (1814-1841) (stories)
• The Adversaries (ss)

LERNER, ERIC J. (1947- ) (stories)
• Pinkerton’s Secret (ex) Henry Holt 2008

LEROUX, GASTON (1868-1927) (stories)
• The Floating Prison (n.) Laurie 1922; translated from the French (Les Cages Flottantes, Paris, 1921).
• Chéri-Bibi, Mystery Man (n.) J. Long 1924 [Chéri-Bibi]
• The Puppet (sl) Flynn’s May 15 1926, etc.
• The Machine to Kill (sl) Flynn’s Weekly Jun 12 1926, etc.
• The Inn of Terror (nv) Weird Tales Aug 1929 [Capt. Michel]
• The Woman with the Velvet Collar (ss) [Capt. Michel]

LeROY, BEN(jamin M.) (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
• CH CH CH Changes (ar) Crimespree Magazine Jan/Feb 2006
• Editorials [with Ruth Jordan] (ed) Crimespree Magazine May/Jun 2006

LES TINA, DOROTHY (1917-2003); see pseudonym Sanford Vaid (stories)
• Nice Corpses Like Flowers (ss) Crack Detective Mar 1943

LESCROART, JOHN T. (1948- ) (stories)
• The Adventure of the Giant Rat of Sumatra by John H. Watson, M.D. (ss) Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Sum/Fll 1997

LESLIE, A.; pseudonym of A. Leslie Scott, (1893-1974); other pseudonym Bradford Scott (stories)
• The Breaks (ss) The Phantom Detective Sep 1935
• Fanged Death (ss) G-Men Oct 1935 [Dexter Hollis]
• Blood Madness (ss) G-Men Jan 1936 [Dexter Hollis]
• The Murder Fan (nv) Popular Detective Apr 1936
• The Living Dead (ss) Thrilling Mystery Oct 1936
• The Rocking Chair Feud (ss)

LESLIE, ARTHUR (fl. 1980s) (stories)
• Not Quite Dead (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1988

LESLIE, DAVID (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Mr. Foster’s Diary (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #17 1953

LESLIE, EUGENE (fl. 1930s-1950s) (stories)
• Focus for Death (cs) Hollywood Detective Jun 1949 [Queenie Starr]
• Ghostly Killer (cs) Super-Detective Oct 1949 [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)]
• Primeval Passions (cs) Hollywood Detective Oct 1949 [Queenie Starr]
• Death at the Party (cs) Hollywood Detective Dec 1949 [Queenie Starr]
• Brush with the Law (cs) Hollywood Detective Jan 1950 [Queenie Starr]
• Death Scene (cs) Hollywood Detective Feb 1950 [Queenie Starr]
• Doubling for a Moll (cs) Super-Detective Feb 1950 [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)]
• Death Directs (cs) Hollywood Detective Mar 1950 [Queenie Starr]
• Death on Display (cs) Super-Detective Mar 1950 [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)]
• Death on Tour (cs) Hollywood Detective Apr 1950 [Queenie Starr]
• Muscling-In on Doom (cs) Super-Detective Apr 1950 [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)]
• Death Is the Prize (cs) Super-Detective Jul 1950 [Ray Hale]

LESLIE, H. O. (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Personal Challenge (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1959

LESLIE, HAL FIELD (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
• Tickets (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Sep 1930
• Murderer’s Needle (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 25 1933
• Thirteenth Floor (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 8 1933
• Strength of the Meek (ss) The Shadow Magazine Sep 1 1933
• Skeleton Cabin (ss) Clues Detective Stories Jun 1935
• The Marsh of Missing Men (ss) The Feds Dec 1937

LESLIE, JEAN; [i.e., Jean Leslie Cornett] (1908-1994) (stories)
• One Cried Murder (n.) Doubleday 1945 [Peter Ponsonby]
• Two Faced Murder (n.) Doubleday 1946 [Peter Ponsonby]
• A Hair of the Dog (n.) Doubleday 1947
• Shoes for My Love (n.) Doubleday 1948
• Dead Man’s Shoes (ss) Thrilling Detective Fll 1952
• First Week in September (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1967

LESLIE, JOHN (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Creep Shadow (ss) Mystery Tales Mar 1938

LESLIE, O. H.; pseudonym of Henry Slesar, (1927-2002); other pseudonyms Sley Harson, Jeff Heller, John Murray & Jay Street (stories)
• Alibi on the Steve Allen Show (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956; see also under Henry Slesar.
• The Morning After (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1957
• Kill the Umpire (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1957
• A Foot in the Door (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1957
• I’m Dead, Honey (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1957
• Something Short of Murder (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1957
• Pen Pal [with Jay Folb] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1957
• I Promise to Kill (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1958
• Whodunit? (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1958
• Ignore All Requests (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1958
• Better than Murder (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1958
• You’ll Be Sorry When I’m Dead (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1959
• It Started Most Innocently (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1959
• Coroner’s Jury (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1959
• Curiosity Killed a— (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1959
• Last Drink (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1959
• Beware the Unloaded Weapon (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1959
• Terror Requires Preparation (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1960
• Key to a Skeleton Closet (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1960
• Welcome to Our Bank (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1960
• Faster Than an Honest Man (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1960
• A Child Was Lost (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1960
• Behind the Locked Door (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1961
• Stray Bullet (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1961
• Thoughts Before Murder (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1961
• Dead Give-Away (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1961
• Tony’s Death (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1964

LESLIE, RUTH (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• What Every Girl Should Know About Men (ar) Love Fiction Magazine Feb 1946
• Are You Afraid of the Past? (ar)

LESSER, MILTON; former name of Stephen Marlowe, (1928-2008) (stories)
• Trapped (ss) The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine Nov 1953
• Return to Terror (ss) Hunted Detective Story Magazine Apr 1956
• The Earthman (ss) Saturn, The Magazine of Science Fiction May 1957