Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

LINEBARGER, PAUL M(yron) A(nthony) (1913-1966); see pseudonym Cordwainer Smith (stories)

LINFORD, DEE; [i.e., Deverl Hess Linford] (1915-1971) (stories)
• Way-Station for Horse Thieves (nv) Dime Western Magazine Apr 1940
• The Gunsmoke ’Ha’ant of Black Butte (ss) Dime Western Magazine May 1940

LING, COD (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Vendetta (nv) Gangland Stories Jan/Feb 1932

LINGARD, ARTHUR PALMER (fl. 1910s) (stories)
• A Beggar Detective (ss) Mystery Magazine Jan 15 1919

LININGTON, (Barbara) ELIZABETH (1921-1988); see pseudonym Dell Shannon (stories)

LINK, WILLIAM (1933- ); see pseudonym Ted Leighton (stories)
• Whistle While You Work [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1954
• Child’s Play [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1959
• Shooting Script [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1959
• Operation Staying-Alive [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1959
• Robbery, Robbery, Robbery [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1959
• Memory Game [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1959, as by Ted Leighton.
• One Bad Winter’s Day [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1959
• Dear Corpus Delicti [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1960
• Who Is Jessica? [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1960
• No Name, Address, Identity [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1961
• The End of an Era [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1962
• Top-Flight Aquarium [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1962
• Exit Line [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1962
• The Man in the Lobby [with Richard Levinson] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1966
• Memory and Murder (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1996
• Artist’s Proof (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1996
• Queen, Two Jacks (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1997
• The Good Samaritan (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1997
• Crack in a Crystal Ball (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1997
• Where Do the Balloons Go? (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1998
• Sorcerer’s Apprentice (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1998
• Man on a Mission (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 2005
• Murder Medium Rare (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 2006
• Next of Kin (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 2006
• Account Closed (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 2007
• Santa with Sunglasses (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 2008
• The Good Father (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2008
• Duel (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2010
• The You-Gotta-Be-Kidding Kidnapping (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 2010 [Sally]
• Sally the Bookworm (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 2012 [Sally]
• Just Another Saturday Night (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2012
• Doctor, Doctor (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 2015
• The Goddaughter (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 2015

LINKLATER, J(oseph) Lane; pseudonym of Alexander William Watkins, (1892-1971) (stories)
• The Check (ss) Mystery Stories Aug 1928
• The Bull Cook’s Blankets (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 1 1928
• The Double Alibi (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 16 1929
• The Show Down (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Feb 1929
• One O’Clock in the Morning (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 16 1929
• The Captain’s Pajamas (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 23 1929
• The Third Burglary (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Mar 1929
• Two Dead Men (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 15 1929
• Bread Pudd’n (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 29 1929
• Midnight Murder (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Jun/Jul 1929
• Hello, Jim! (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 7 1929 [Hugo Oakes]
• Rough Stuff (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Sep 1929
• Court Costs Saved (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 5 1929 [Hugo Oakes]
• The Wild Man from Borneo (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 22 1930 [Hugo Oakes]
• The Watchful Woman (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 10 1930 [Hugo Oakes]
• Not One Clew (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 24 1930 [Hugo Oakes]
• Crazy People Are Smart (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 31 1930 [Hugo Oakes]
• The Second Message (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 28 1930
• The Seventh Green Murder (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 26 1930 [Hugo Oakes]
• The Lady Confesses (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 23 1930 [Hugo Oakes]
• You Know Too Much! (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 4 1930
• Three Old Crows (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 18 1930 [Hugo Oakes]
• A Pair of Shoes (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 15 1930 [Hugo Oakes]
• Dead Man’s Den (ss) Detective Action Stories Nov 1930
• The Shoe String Gag (ss) Gang World Nov 1930
• The Guy from Chi (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 13 1930
• Big Shot’s Chauffeur (ss) Gang World Dec 1930
• The Old Man Don’t Count (ss) Detective Action Stories Dec 1930
• Finishing Touches (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 3 1931 [Hugo Oakes]
• Devil’s Right of Way (nv) Detective Action Stories Jan 1931
• The Lone Gangster (ss) Gang World Jan 1931
• You Think of Things (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 7 1931 [Hugo Oakes]
• Room Number Three (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 28 1931
• On the Lam! (ss) Gang World Feb 1931
• You’ve Got It Coming (ss) Detective Action Stories Feb 1931
• Simple Folk (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 14 1931
• Women Always Mean Trouble (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 28 1931 [Hugo Oakes]
• Blood Money (ss) Gang World Mar 1931
• The Sidekick (ss) Detective Action Stories Mar 1931
• Arsenic in the Cocktail (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 4 1931 [Hugo Oakes]
• Four Cots in a Row (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 25 1931
• Mike Made a Mistake (ss) Gang World Apr 1931
• Sweet Alibi (ss) Detective Action Stories Apr 1931 [Sergeant “Hardboiled” Karney]
• Dead on the Bed (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 9 1931
• Death to Three (ss) Detective Action Stories May 1931 [Sergeant “Hardboiled” Karney]
• The Fifty Grand Fool (ss) Gang World May 1931
• The Show-Up (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 6 1931
• I’m the Guy (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 13 1931
• Just a Cheap Crook (ss) Gang World Jun 1931
• He Died Laughing (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 4 1931 [Hugo Oakes]
• The Big Shot Shoots (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 18 1931
• Graveside Gats (ss) Gang World Jul 1931
• There’s Dough in Dope (ss) Detective Action Stories Jul 1931
• Blond Baby in Black (ss) Gang World Aug 1931
• Suicide C.O.D. (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Aug 1931
• While the Mugs Made Merry (ss) Detective Action Stories Aug 1931 [Sergeant “Hardboiled” Karney]
• Murder Next Door (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 5 1931 [Hugo Oakes]
• Knife Thrust (nv) Gang World Sep 1931
• Show Me the Gun! (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 3 1931
• Find the Silencer (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 10 1931 [Hugo Oakes]
• No Noise after Ten (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 17 1931
• Gimme the Gats! (ss) Gang World Oct 1931
• The Slaughterhouse (ss) Detective Action Stories Oct 1931 [Sergeant “Hardboiled” Karney]
• Hell’s Witnesses (ss) Gang World Nov 1931
• Room No. 14 (ss) Detective Action Stories Nov 1931 [Sergeant “Hardboiled” Karney]
• The D.A. Punk (ss) Gang World Dec 1931
• Lady Slippers (ss) Underworld Romances Dec 1931
• Crooked Cops (ss) Gang World Jan 1932
• Hold My Cane (ss) Detective Action Stories Jan 1932
• Kill the Witness (ss) Detective Action Stories Feb 1932 [Sergeant “Hardboiled” Karney]
• A Rattler for Salina (ss) Gun Molls Magazine Feb 1932
• The Chamber of Death (ss) Detective Action Stories Mar 1932
• Inside Stuff (ss) Gang World Apr 1932
• Killer’s Trap (ss) Detective Action Stories Apr 1932
• The Smasher (ss) Gang World May 1932
• Ice on Time (ss) The Illustrated Detective Magazine Jul 1932
• You Never Can Tell (ss) The Illustrated Detective Magazine Aug 1932
• Noisy Death (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 15 1932
• The Second Floor Murder (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 19 1932 [Hugo Oakes]
• A Personal Question (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 17 1932
• Too Many Guns (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 29 1933
• Bodyguard (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 13 1933
• Plugging Party (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Oct 1933
• Number Five (ss) Clues Nov 1933
• The Dead Client (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 2 1933 [Hugo Oakes]
• How to Croak a Guy (ss) Black Book Detective Magazine Dec 1933
• Murder Below (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Dec 1933
• On the Brink (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 2 1934 [Hugo Oakes]
• Stir Shadow (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jan 1935
• Stopping All Cars (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 9 1935
• Death Gag (ss) Ten Detective Aces Feb 1935
• Murder in a Hurry (ss) Ten Detective Aces Mar 1935
• Straight Street (ss) Ten Detective Aces May 1935
• His Last Job (ss) Detective Tales Aug 1935
• The Lethal Letter (ss) Ten Detective Aces Aug 1935
• Sentence of Death (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 9 1935
• Bargain with Death (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 23 1935
• Dead Man’s Legs (ss) Detective Tales Nov 1935
• Murder for Charity (ss) Detective Tales Dec 1935
• Three Good Gunmen (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 11 1936
• The Graveyard Promoter (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jan 1936
• Breed of the Bull (ss) Ten Detective Aces Feb 1936
• Dead Before Dawn (ss) Detective Tales Feb 1936
• Burned Hands (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 23 1936
• The Face of Excitement (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 30 1936 [Paul C. Pitt]
• Angels of the Pit (ss) Detective Tales May 1936
• The Wager (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 27 1936 [Paul C. Pitt]
• The Perfect Victim (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 4 1936 [Paul C. Pitt]
• A Message from Philly (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 11 1936 [Paul C. Pitt]
• Murder to Music (ss) Detective Tales Jul 1936
• Something for the Sheriff (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 8 1936 [Paul C. Pitt]
• The Prescription (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 5 1936 [Paul C. Pitt]
• Hooded Heads (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 26 1936 [Paul C. Pitt]
• Mr. Dillping to Mr. Skutter (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 3 1936 [Paul C. Pitt]
• The Woman Brings Death (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 7 1936
• A Hundred a Minute (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 12 1936 [Paul C. Pitt]
• Meet Me in Jail (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 26 1936 [Paul C. Pitt]
• Look at the Corpse (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 6 1937
• Missing Money (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 27 1937 [Paul C. Pitt]
• The King Goes Mad (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 10 1937 [Paul C. Pitt]
• Killer’s Territory (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 24 1937 [Sad Sam Salter]
• Amateur Hero (ss) Detective Tales Apr 1937
• I Want That Killer (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 29 1937 [Sad Sam Salter]
• Jailbird’s Antidote (ss) Ten Detective Aces May 1937
• Behind the Killer (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 3 1937
• Underworld Mission (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 21 1937 [Sad Sam Salter]
• One More Alias (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 9 1937 [Paul C. Pitt]
• Epitaph in Mud (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jan 1938
• Dead on the Doorstep (ss) Double Detective Mar 1938
• Five Tickets to Hell (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 23 1938
• Golden Zombie (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 21 1939
• This Is My Murder (ss) Candid Detective Jan 1939
• Murder Comes High (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 24 1939
• The Widow’s Slippers (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Apr 1940
• Forty Phone Calls (ss) Detective Tales May 1940
• Killer in Camp (ss) Black Mask Oct 1940
• Million-Buck Masquerade (nv) Ten Detective Aces Dec 1940
• Mystery of the Mexicali Murders (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jan 1941
• Five Gray Seeds (ss) Black Mask Mar 1941
• Steel Twins (ss) The Masked Detective Spr 1941
• The Road to Hazard (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 26 1941 [Paul C. Pitt]
• Marriage with Murder (nv) Popular Detective Apr 1941
• So You’ve Got a Gat—So What? (ss) Detective Short Stories Apr 1941
• Spawn from Hell’s Midway (ss) Detective Yarns Apr 1941
• No Pedigrees for Killers (ss) Detective Tales May 1941
• Keep the Cadavers Coming (ss) Detective Short Stories Jun 1941
• Blood Is a Butcher’s Alibi (ss) The Angel Detective Jul 1941
• Last Night’s Murder (ss) Black Book Detective Jul 1941
• Golden Ghosts (ss) Detective Fiction Aug 20 1941 [Paul C. Pitt]
• The Case of the Restless Skulls (nv) New Detective Magazine Aug 1941
• Corpse Behind the 8 Ball (nv) 10-Story Detective Magazine Sep 1941
• One Man’s Poison (ss) Detective Short Stories Sep 1941
• One Peaceful Night (nv) Detective Fiction Nov 1 1941
• The Shadowy Line (ss) Black Mask Jan 1942
• Death Has a Voice (nv) Thrilling Mystery May 1942
• Homicide Landmark (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jul 1942
• If the Key Fits— (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1942
• It Rained That Night (ss) The Phantom Detective Jul 1942
• Death Takes the Bus (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Sep 1942
• The Packet Murder Case (na) Detective Novels Magazine Oct 1942
• Save Some for Yourself (ss) Exciting Mystery Oct 1942
• Satan’s Payroll (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Nov 1942
• The Third Witness (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jan 1943
• The Night for Murder (nv) Thrilling Detective Feb 1943
• A Copper for Breakfast (ss) Double Detective Mar 1943 [Paul C. Pitt]
• Hideouts Are Secret (ss) The Phantom Detective Mar 1943
• Killer’s Gift (ss) Popular Detective Apr 1943
• The Best Man Dies (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 1943
• Danger, Inc. (ss) New Detective Magazine Sep 1943
• The Night Was Dark (ss) Thrilling Mystery Fll 1943
• Our Friends Kill Us (ss) Thrilling Detective Sep 1943
• Bullets on the Menu (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Nov 1943
• Two Small Dogs (ss) Thrilling Detective Dec 1943
• Rehearsal for the Chair (ss) Thrilling Detective Mar 1944
• Too Hot for Murder (ss) Thrilling Mystery Spr 1944
• Privileged to Kill (nv) Thrilling Detective Apr 1944
• Three Tall Men (ss) Flynn’s Detective Fiction May 1944
• Four Sly Men (na) Popular Detective Jun 1944
• The Knife Was Large (ss) Detective Novel Magazine Aug 1944
• Blind Date (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Mar 1945
• A Little More Dope (ss) Black Book Detective Spr 1945