Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

MEREDITH, GRACE (stories) (continued)
• As Is (pm) Pocket Reader Series #112 1948

MEREDITH, JOHN (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• Deja Vu (vi) London Mystery Selection #121 1979

MEREDITH, KRISTINE E. (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• [poem] (pm) Mystery Time Spr/Sum 1994, etc.
• Harvest Moon (ss) Mystery Time Aut/Win 1994

MEREDITH, LARRY EUGENE (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• Conjured (ss) Startling Mystery Stories Mar 1971

MEREDITH, R. R.; house pseudonym (fl. 1940s-1950s) (stories)
• The Medico of Swift River (na) Street & Smith’s Romantic Range Nov 1942 (+2)

MEREDITH, SCOTT; [born Arthur Scott Feldman] (1923-1993); see pseudonym John Van Praag; see house pseudonym Roy Carroll (stories)

MERGENDAHL, CHARLES (Henry) (1919-1959) (stories)
• The Hunted (ss) Esquire Apr 1949
• It Could Happen to Anyone (ss) Collier’s Aug 20 1954
• Premonition (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1957
• Secret Recipe (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1958
• Points Unknown (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1958
• Do-It-Yourself (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1958

MÉRIMÉE, PROSPER (1803-1870) (stories)
• The Blue Room (ss) The Novels, Tales and Letters of Prosper Mérimée, Frank S. Holby 1905; translated from the French (“La Chambre Bleue”, L’Indépendance Belge, September 6 & 7, 1871).

MERRICK, GUY (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Night Prowl (ss) American Crime Magazine #18 1954

MERRICK, SARA NEWCOMB (1844-?) (stories)
• Circumstantial Evidence Kills (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 30 1919

MERRICK, STEVEN (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• The Clock (ss) Suspense (UK) Mar 1961

MERRIFIELD, RICHARD F. (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
• Skyscraper Suicide (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Jul 1932 [Elmer Giffard]
• Singapore Poison (ss) Black Book Detective Magazine Jun 1933

MERRIGAN, COURT (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
• The City of Screams (ss) Grift Magazine #1 2012
• The Gleaner’s Union (ss) Thuglit Sep/Oct 2012
• The Scabrous Exploits of Cyrus & Galina Van, Hellbent West During the Third Year of the Harrows, 1876 (ss) Needle Fll/Win 2012
• Playing at Savior (nv) Crime Factory v2 #13 2013
• Nine Flatbeds (ss) Needle Spr 2014
• Discretion (nv) Switchblade Apr 2018

MERRIL, JUDITH; [originally Josephine Juliet Grossman] (1923-1997); see pseudonyms Eric Thorstein & Judy Zissman (stories)
• Dry Dust (ss) Double Action Western Feb 1948, as by Eric Thorstein.
• I Could Kill You! (ss) Smashing Detective Stories Mar 1952
• Fare to the Chair (ss) Famous Detective Stories Aug 1952
• One Death to a Customer (nv) The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Jun 1961, as “One to a Customer”.
• One to a Customer (nv) The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Jun 1961; also as “One Death to a Customer”.
• Muted Hunger (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine Oct 1963

MERRILEES, FRANCIS; [i.e., Frank Merrilees?] (1917?-2004?) (stories)
• Monsieur Vaudin’s Guest (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #26 1955
• The Kindly Professor (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #28 1956

MERRILL, FINCH (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• The Night Is Black (ss) American Detective (Australia) #30 1955

MERRILL, LEW; pseudonym of Victor Rousseau Emanuel, (1879-1960); other pseudonyms Arthur Branscombe, Eugene Branscombe, H. M. Egbert, George Munson, Victor Rousseau, Hugh Speer & Clive Trent (stories)
• Brothers in Blood (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Dec 1935
• Bat Man (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1936
• Astral Murder (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Mar 1936
• Zang the Creator (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Apr 1936
• Dead Man’s Shoes (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jun 1936
• Devil Doctor (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jul 1936
• Cat Woman (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Aug 1936
• Beyond the Veil (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Sep 1936
• Return of the Beast (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Oct 1936; also as “Fruits of Betrayal”, by John Phillips.
• Daughter of Death (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Nov 1936
• Tidewater (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Dec 1936
• Hell’s Robots (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1937
• Curse of the Ogilvy’s (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Mar 1937
• Girl from Spain (ss) Saucy Detective Mar 1937
• Witch’s Sabbath (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Apr 1937
• Shadow Man (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories May 1937
• Lilith (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jun 1937
• Bride of the Sun (nv) Spicy-Adventure Stories Aug 1937; also as “Sealed in Death”, by George Freeman Tracy.
• Girl of the Night (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Aug 1937
• Synthetic Husband (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Sep 1937; also as “Too Bad to Kill”, by Stan Warner.
• I’ll Buy Your Appetites (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Oct 1937; also as “More Precious than Rubies”, by Stan Warner.
• Maid of Osiris (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Dec 1937
• Bright Isle of Enchantment (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1938
• Soul Asleep (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Apr 1938
• God of the Pit (ss) Spicy-Adventure Stories May 1938; also as “Death Rides High”, by John Wayne.
• The Time-Twister (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories May 1938
• Thunderstone (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jun 1938
• Mad Charioteers (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Aug 1938
• Point of Eternity (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Oct 1938
• Liddle Red-Head (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Feb 1939
• Water Witch (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Apr 1939
• Face in the Crystal (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jun 1939
• Gallows Buster (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Aug 1939
• Curse of Killarney (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Oct 1939
• Witch’s Island (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1940
• Vision of Death (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jun 1940
• Giant from Babel (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Aug 1940
• The Lifted Veil (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Dec 1940
• Isle of the Gods (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jan 1941
• Lobster Girl (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Mar 1941
• Ghosts of Time (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Apr 1941
• Spell of the Serpent (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jul 1941
• The God from Beyond (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Sep 1941
• Farrell’s Double (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Oct 1941
• Arc of Death (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Nov 1941
• Future in Reverse (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Dec 1941
• Girl from the Nebula (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Jan 1942
• When It Grew Cold (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1942
• Jinx (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Mar 1942
• Vampire (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jul 1942
• The Sin-Eater (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Sep 1942
• Dwindling Death (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Oct 1942
• Twisted Time (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Nov 1942
• Steel of Death (nv) Speed Mystery Feb 1943
• House of Death (ss) Speed Mystery May 1943 [Dr. Gabriel]
• Claws of the Statue (ss) Speed Mystery Jul 1943
• Fog Over Kiska (ss) Speed Mystery Sep 1943
• Like a Tiger (nv) Speed Mystery Nov 1943
• ’Fraid-Cat Hero (ss) Speed Mystery Jan 1944
• The Judas Bottle (ss) Speed Mystery Mar 1944
• The Seeing Eye (ss) Private Detective Stories Apr 1944
• Lady Luck (ss) Speed Mystery May 1944
• Hell’s Castle (ss) Speed Mystery Jul 1944
• Refugee Ship (ss) Speed Detective Jul 1944
• Broccoli Burlesque (ss) Super-Detective Sep 1944
• Daniel Webster Said (ss) Speed Mystery Sep 1944
• Brain-Buster (ss) Private Detective Stories Nov 1944
• This Was Grandison (ss) Speed Mystery Nov 1944
• Matched Slugs (ss) Speed Detective Dec 1944
• Sailing—Midnight (ss) Hollywood Detective Dec 1944
• The Tell-Tale Arm (ss) Private Detective Stories Dec 1944 [Adam Somervell]
• Turnover in Tannersville (ss) Super-Detective Dec 1944
• Cyanide (ss) Super-Detective Jan 1945
• Killer Car (ss) Speed Mystery Jan 1945
• Planted Fingerprints (ss) Private Detective Stories Jan 1945
• Canine Verdict (ss) Super-Detective Mar 1945
• Home-Town Soldier (nv) Private Detective Stories Apr 1945
• Typed (ss) Super-Detective Apr 1945 [Adam Somervell]
• Unwritten Law (ss) Hollywood Detective May 1945
• Button, Button (ss) Private Detective Stories Jun 1945
• Frame-Up (ss) Super-Detective Jun 1945
• Hot Stuff (ss) Speed Mystery Jun 1945
• Postponed Verdict (ss) Private Detective Stories Aug 1945
• War Time (ss) Hollywood Detective Aug 1945
• Proxy Murder (ss) Private Detective Stories Sep 1945 [Adam Somervell]
• Split Seams (ss) Super-Detective Sep 1945
• No Witnesses (ss) Super-Detective Nov 1945
• September Peaches (ss) Super-Detective Jan 1946
• Goat in the Stable (ss) Speed Detective Feb 1946
• Nailed (ss) Private Detective Stories Feb 1946
• Bell-Bottom Trousers (ss) Super-Detective Mar 1946
• Rye and Die (nv) Private Detective Stories Mar 1946 [Adam Somervell]
• Sword-Slasher (ss) Speed Detective May 1946
• Old-Fashioned Lady (ss) Super-Detective Jul 1946
• Murder House (ss) Super-Detective Sep 1946 [Adam Somervell]
• Brushless Cream (ss) Super-Detective Nov 1946 [Adam Somervell]
• Terror by Night (ss) Private Detective Stories Nov 1946 [Dr. Gabriel]

MERRILL, PAULA (fl. 1970s-1980s) (stories)
• Crash! (ss) London Mystery Selection #122 1979
• Advice from Eva (ss) London Mystery Selection #127 1980
• Mrs. Kirton’s Visitor (ss) London Mystery Selection #129 1981

MERRILL, ROBERT (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• The White Domino (as told to Urann Thayer) (ss) Ghost Stories Jul 1928

MERRILL, ROBERT LAMBERT (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• The Beautiful Lies (ss) The Shadow Nov 1945

MERRIMAN, ALEX; pseudonym of Robert Silverberg, (1935- ); other pseudonyms Ed Chase, Dirk Clinton, Charles D. Hammer, Calvin M. Knox, Dan Malcolm, Ray McKensie, Eric Rodman, Mark Ryan & Richard F. Watson (stories)
• The Blonde and the Brute (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine May 1959
• I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec 1959
• Hot-Rod Hellcats (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1960

MERRIMAN, HALE (fl. 1910s-1930s) (stories)
• Jinx Town (ss) The Black Mask Oct 1924
• The Thing (nv) Mystery Novels Magazine Aug 1936

MERRISON, CLIVE (1945- ) (stories)
• Remembering Michael (ar) Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #41 2001

MERRITT, A(braham Grace) (1884-1943); see pseudonym W. Fenimore (stories)
• The Pool of the Stone God (ss) The American Weekly Sep 23 1923, as by W. Fenimore.
• Creep, Shadow! (n.) Argosy Sep 8 1934 (+6) [Dr. Lowell]

MERRITT, ETHEL MAY (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• [letter] (lt) Clues Detective Stories Apr 1938

MERRITT, SHEILA (fl. 1980s-2010s) (stories)
• Women of Mystery (ar) Mystery Magazine Jul 1982

MERRITT, VANDORE (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• [letter] (lt) Clues Nov 1931

MERRITT, WILLIAM (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• Ask the Agent (cl) Futures Aug/Sep 1998, etc.

MERROW, GILBERT (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• The Man Who Crossed the Road (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1962

MERROW, SCOTT (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• The Ghost of Billy the Kid (ss) Mystery Weekly Dec 2016

MERSEREAU, JOHN (1898-1989) (stories)
• “Gentleman” Joe’s Litany (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 19 1922
• Sheriff Bill Speeds Up (ss) Clues Jun 1934
• Gas Chamber (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Jun 1956

MERTON, RAYMOND (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Last Round (ss) American Detective (Australia) #6 1953

MERTON, REGINALD (fl. 1910s-1930s) (stories)
• The Architect’s Wife, by Antonio de Trueba (ss) The Argosy (UK) Aug 1929; also as “The Bridge of San Martin”.
• The Bridge of San Martin, by Antonio de Trueba (ss) The Argosy (UK) Aug 1929, as “The Architect’s Wife”.

MERTZ, STEPHEN (1947- ) (stories)
• The Busy Corpse (ss) The Executioner Mystery Magazine Aug 1975
• W. T. Ballard: An Interview (iv) The Armchair Detective Jan 1979 [W.T. Ballard]
• The Death Blues (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1979
• Captain Shaw’s Hard-Boiled Boys (ar) The Armchair Detective Sum 1979
• The Basics of Murder (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1980
• The World of Mystery Fandom (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1981
• Take Two (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981

MERWIN, MILES M. (fl. 1980s) (stories)
• On the Books (cl) Crime Digest Oct/Nov 1981, etc.

MERWIN, SAM(uel Kimball), Jr. (1910-1996); see pseudonyms Carter Sprague & Amanda Welldon (stories)
• The Plague at Burdon Corners (nv) Popular Detective Dec 1938
• Murder for Syndication (na) Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1939
• Murder March of the Toy Soldiers (na) Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1939
• Physician, Heal Thyself (nv) Thrilling Mystery Jul 1940
• The Game of Death (ss) Thrilling Detective Dec 1940
• A Matter of Policy (na) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1941
• Caviar for the Killer (na) Dime Detective Magazine May 1941
• The Strange Shape of Murder (na) G-Men Detective Jul 1941 [Dan Fowler]
• Talent for Trouble (nv) Thrilling Detective Aug 1941
• The Threat of the Violent Men (na) The Masked Detective Fll 1941, as by C. K. M. Scanlon. [Rex Parker (The Masked Detective)]
• The Twentieth Hole (ss) Thrilling Mystery Nov 1941
• Off the Beam (ss) Thrilling Adventures Dec 1941
• Week-End Squall (ss) Thrilling Detective Dec 1941
• Three Left Hands (ss) Thrilling Mystery Jan 1942
• Triple Play (ss) Popular Detective Feb 1942
• Disturb the Dead (ss) Thrilling Mystery Mar 1942; see also under Robert Wallace.
• Death Meets the Ski Train (nv) Exciting Detective Spr 1942
• They’re Not So Tough (ss) Thrilling Detective Apr 1942
• White Heat (ss) Popular Detective Apr 1942
• U-Turn (ss) Thrilling Detective May 1942
• Killer, Keep Moving (ss) Thrilling Mystery Jul 1942
• Paper Chase (ss) Popular Detective Aug 1942
• Lobster Blonde (ss) G-Men Detective Sep 1942
• Night Out for Suki (ss) Exciting Detective Fll 1942
• A Problem in Plates (ss) Thrilling Detective Nov 1942
• Reception for Death (na) Detective Novels Magazine Dec 1942
• The Witness Died in Bed (ss) Thrilling Detective Dec 1942
• Coming—The Day of Wrath (ar) Exciting Mystery Win 1943