Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

MEGGS, T. L. (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Let Me Live (ss) Sure-Fire Detective (Canada) Dec 1941

MEGNA, FRANK (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Sucker Punch (ss) Black Mask v37 #3 2019

MEHROTRA, RATI (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
• The Indestructable Drop (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Spr 2002
• The Man Who Came in My Window (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Spr 2003

MEHTA, VED (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Sunset (ar) The Atlantic Monthly Jun 1961

MEIER, LESLIE (1948- ) (stories)
• I Could Never Say No to Lloyd (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1987
• Local Knowledge (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1990
• Chocolate (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1992
• Lost in the Mail (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1993

MEIGHAN, JAMES (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• On Cue (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Sep 1931

MEINKE, PETER (1932- ) (stories)
• The Seduction Scene (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 18 1980

MEIXELL, STEVE (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• The Stranger at the Funeral (ss) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998
• The Ivan Ending (ss) Murderous Intent Fll 1999

MELCHER, RUTH (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• The Eye of Jehovah (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1961

MELHUISH, D. (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Blood Emeralds (ss) Sure-Fire Detective (Canada) Dec 1941

MELIA, EDWARD (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• A Ride (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 6 1930
• Cops Always Come Twice (ss) Complete Detective Feb 1939

MELL, EVELYNE (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Wedding Eve (ss) Yankee Romance Shorts #8 1943

MELLEN, MARK (fl. 1910s-1930s) (stories)
• Not Respectable Enough [with Travis Hoke] (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 26 1924
• The Hole in the Frame [with Travis Hoke] (ss) Flynn’s Feb 14 1925
• The Man Who Owned Manhattan Island [with J. R. Thompson] (ss) True Detective Mysteries Nov 1925
• The Man with Two Faces (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine May 1926
• In the Grip of Edgar the Great (as told by Anita Fitzgerald) (ss) Ghost Stories Aug 1926
• The Ghost Who Stole a Bride (as told by Stanley Denton) (ss) Ghost Stories Oct 1926
• He Had 1,000 Bank Accounts [with J. R. Thompson] (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Nov 1926
• The Lawyer Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead (ss) Ghost Stories Dec 1926, as “One Lawyer Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead”, as told by Jim Higgins.
• The Soul of Black Tobias (as told by George Higby) (ss) Ghost Stories Feb 1927
• “Living or Dead, I’m Your Wife” (as told by F. C.) (ss) Ghost Stories Mar 1927
• Duty Free (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Nov 1928
• First Past the Post (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Sep 1929
• Held for Ransom [with John Forbes] (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Sep 1929
• Sauce for One (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Oct 1929
• The Amateur Slicker (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Nov 1929
• Between Two Fires (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Dec 1929
• Jimmy Ziegler, “Wise Guy” (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Feb 1930
• The Shake-down (nv) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Mar 1930
• Did You Fall for My Line? (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 12 1930
• The Detective Who Chased Himself (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine May 1930
• The Spindle Racket (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 5 1930
• Ivory Finds the Gimmick (ts) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 12 1930 [Ivory O’Toole]
• Ivory Gets the Edge (ts) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 19 1930 [Ivory O’Toole]
• Huckley Buck (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 26 1930
• Whose Hand? (n.) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Jul 1930
• Ivory Gets Wise (ts) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 2 1930 [Ivory O’Toole]
• The Bail-Bond Racket (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Aug 1930
• Shuffling the Shells (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 27 1930
• Bramwell Learns Solitaire (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Sep 1930
• The Great Manhattan Bank Robbery (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Oct 1930
• Ivory O’Toole, Wise Grifter (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine May 1931 [Ivory O’Toole]
• Ivory O’Toole, Wise Guy (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Jun 1931; probably not the same as the story of the same name in the August 1931 issue. [Ivory O’Toole]
• Ivory O’Toole, Wise Hombre (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Jul 1931 [Ivory O’Toole]
• Ivory O’Toole, Wise Guy (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Aug 1931; probably not the same as the story of the same name in the June 1931 issue. [Ivory O’Toole]
• Ivory O’Toole’s Partner (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Sep 1931 [Ivory O’Toole]
• Ivory Saves a Life (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Oct 1931 [Ivory O’Toole]
• Grafters of the Turf (ar) Real Detective Jul 1932
• Ivory Meets a Con Man (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Jul 1932 [Ivory O’Toole]
• The Sport of Knaves (ar) Real Detective Aug 1932
• Solved by Silence (ss) Prison Life Stories Sep 1935

MELLENY, H. L. (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• [letter] (lt) Clues Detective Stories Jul 1939

MELLING, JOHN KENNEDY (fl. 1990s-2000s) (stories)
• Can Murder Be Funny? (ar) Crime Time #3 1996
• And Finally (cl) Crime Time #4 1996, etc.
• Butler’s London (ar) Crime Time #8 1997
• The Shining Example (ob) Crime Time #9 1997 [Margaret Millar]
• Breese Books (ar) Crime Time v2 #2 1998
• Elegant Death: Gwendoline Butler (iv) Crime Time #21 2000
• The Au Pair Writers (ar) Crime Time #25 2001
• The Early Celluloid Sleuths (ar) Crime Time #24 2001
• From Vertigo to Les Diaboliques: Boileau-Narcejac (ar) Crime Time #24 2001
• Serendipity (ar) Crime Time #22 2001
• To Read—or Really Not to Read... (ar) Crime Time #23 2001
• Hitchcock, Crime and I (ar) Crime Time #27 2002
• Holmes’ Rivals’ Arrival (ar) Crime Time #26 2002
• Breese Books (cl) Crime Time v2 #2 1998
• The Early Celluloid Sleuths (cl) Crime Time #24 2001
• Hitchcock, Crime and I (cl) Crime Time #27 2002
• Holmes’ Rivals’ Arrival (cl) Crime Time #26 2002
• Serendipity (cl) Crime Time #22 2001
• To Read—or Really Not to Read... (cl) Crime Time #23 2001

MELLISS, BOLTON (fl. 1940s-1970s) (stories)
• The Man from Out There, by Georges Simenon (ss) 1944
• The Prisoners, by Jacques Catalan (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1976; translated from the French (“Les Prisonniers”, Mystère, Feb 1976).; translated with Suzie deSurvilliers.
• Inspector Maigret Smokes His Pipe, by Georges Simenon (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1977; translated from the French (“La Fenêtre Ouverte”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, November 8, 1936).; translated with Suzie deSurvilliers. [Insp. Jules Maigret]

MELLON, MARK A. (fl. 1990s-2010s) (stories)
• Death of a One-Percenter (ss) Thuglit Mar/Apr 2014
• Forbidden Branson (ss) Crimespree Magazine Nov 2014
• Prodigal Son (ss) Suspense Magazine Nov/Dec 2016

MELO, JOÃO (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Soot (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2016; translated from the Portuguese.; translated by Clifford E. Landers.

MELO, PATRICIA (1962- ) (stories)
• Fly Me to the Moon (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2011; translated from the Portuguese.; translated by Clifford E. Landers.

MELODY, DAVID (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
• For Sale (ss) Big Pulp Spr 2008

MELROSE, BILL (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• The Dog with the Luminous Nose (ar) The Sherlock Holmes Gazette #10 1994

MELSBURGER, ED (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• The Last “Job” of Bill LaTrasse (ar) Real Detective Apr 1934

MELTON, T. E. (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• The Mansion of Weird Apparitions (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Feb/Mar 1926

MELTSIR, ALJEAN (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Doublecross (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1953

MELVILLE, JAMES; pseudonym of Roy Peter Martin, (1931-2014) (stories)
• The Beka Street Irregulars (ss) The Strand Magazine #5 2000 [Supt. Tetsuo Otani]
• Inspector Ganesh Ghote (ar) Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #40 2000; The Other Detectives.

MELYAN, HELENE (fl. 1970s-1980s) (stories)
• Night and Day (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1979
• Writing Was Her Life (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1979
• Estate Sale (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1979
• A New Scam (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1979
• A Deal in Gold (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 21 1980
• The Diet (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 27 1980
• Writer’s Block (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 7 1981
• The Dog Thief (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1987

“MEMBER of the JUDICIAL BENCH, A” (stories)
• Criminals Can Be Cured in Clinics instead of Cells (ar)

MEMBLATT, BRUCE (fl. 1990s-2010s) (stories)
• First Dream (ss) Suspense Magazine Nov 2009
• What Killed Harry? (ss) Suspense Magazine Feb 2010

MEMLING, CARL (fl. 1940s-1950s) (stories)
• Crime in the Crystal (ss) Crack Detective Stories Feb 1948
• Death Is My Sponsor (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jun 1948
• Jackpot of My Dreams (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jul 1948
• The Statue (ss) Ten Detective Aces Sep 1948
• As Good as Dead (ss) Ten Detective Aces Nov 1948
• Nemesis with No Face (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Dec 1948
• A Slay Ride for Santa (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jan 1949
• Hell’s Hireling (ss) Ten Detective Aces Mar 1949
• Conclave with Corpses (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Apr 1949
• The Corpse Ate Hearty (ss) Ten Detective Aces May 1949
• The Color of Murder (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jul 1949
• To Hades on a Wheel Chair (ss) Ten Detective Aces Sep 1949
• The Burglar Alarm (ss) Famous Detective Stories Jun 1950

MEMORY, F(rederic) W(illiam) (fl. 1910s-1920s); see pseudonyms Frederick Clifton, Frederick A. Felton & Acton Lane (stories)
• Making Birmingham’s Police (ar) The Detective Magazine Oct 12 1923
• The Manchester Police (ar) The Detective Magazine Nov 9 1923
• The Evolution of the Liverpool Police (ar) The Detective Magazine Nov 23 1923
• The Chief Police Forces of Wales (ar) The Detective Magazine Dec 7 1923
• The Staffordshire Police (ar) The Detective Magazine Dec 21 1923
• The Police Force of Newcastle-on-Tyne (ar) The Detective Magazine Jan 4 1924
• The Glasgow Police (ar) The Detective Magazine Jan 18 1924
• Women Police (ar) The Detective Magazine Feb 1 1924
• Observation (ar) The Detective Magazine Jan 2 1925
• A Detective on Crooks (ar) The Detective Magazine Jan 30 1925

MENAGE, ELAINE (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Smart Pigs and Sour Gas (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2008

MENAKER, DANIEL (fl. 1970s-2010s) (stories)
• I Spy (ss) The New Yorker Apr 28 1980

MENDENHALL, HARLAN (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Midwest Manhunt (ss) Startling Detective Feb 1944

MENDENHALL, KITTY; [i.e., Katherine McCord Mendenhall] (1921-2008) (stories)
• Scarlet O’Herring’s Birthday (pm) Red Herring Mystery Magazine v2 #2 1995

MENDENHALL, ROBERT J. (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
• Officer Down (ss) Crimespree Magazine Nov/Dec 2010
• The Hard Way (ss) Cosmic Crime Stories Jan 2011

MENDEZ, IRMA (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• The Spooky House (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1947

MENDIK, XAVIER (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Urban Violence: The 1970s Films of Michael Winner (ex) Noir Publishing 2001

MENDOZA (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• True Crime Story (ts) Underworld (UK) Spr 1952

MENDOZA (fl. 1950s-1960s) (stories)
• [cartoon] (ct) Suspense (UK) Jun 1960

MENDREK, WILLIAM (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Till Crime Do Us Part (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1964

MENGE, ELAINE (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
• Greenspace (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2003
• A Period of Adjustment (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 2004
• Our Daughter Is in Heaven (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 2005
• Perpetual Care (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 2006
• Boxes of Hell (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 2006
• Best of Breed (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2008
• Scavenger (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2009
• Lost in a Strange Neighborhood (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 2011
• Death on the Range (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2012
• Soul Thief (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 2013
• Sugar Vat (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2015
• Close Scrutiny (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 2016

MENKES, SHERWOOD BRADFORD (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• The Waiting Room (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1964

MENTINK, DANA (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Eye of All Good Fortune (ss) Great Mystery and Suspense Magazine Sum 2007

MENZIES, CAROLINE (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• The Bathtub Oracle (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2007

MERCER, RALPH J. (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Louder Than Guns (ss) Ten Detective Aces May 1948

MERCHANT, JUDITH (1976- ) (stories)
• Monopoly (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2010; translated from the German.; translated by Mary Tannert.
• Annette Writes a Ballade (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 2012; translated from the German.; translated by Mary Tannert.

MERCURE, BONNIE (1972?- ) (stories)
• The Hunter (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Aug/Sep 2001

MERCURIO, JOHN (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• The Mask of Change (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2013

MEREDITH, ANDREW (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• The Patchen Avenue Gang (ar) Mobsters Feb 1953
• Pickpocket Problem (ms) Top Detective Annual 1953

MEREDITH, FRANK (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• In the Lap of the Gods (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine Jan 1928

MEREDITH, GRACE (fl. 1910s-1950s) (stories)
• Winter Morning (pm) Street & Smith’s Romantic Range Apr 1943
• Wherever (pm) Street & Smith’s Romantic Range Mar 1944
• Desert Twilight (pm) Street & Smith’s Romantic Range Sep 1944