Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

PITTARO, EVA (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
• The Immortalizer (ss) Mystery Magazine Jan 15 1922
• Surgery’s Masterpiece (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 29 1922
• Labeled “Accident” (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 27 1922
• All Modern Improvements (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 8 1922
• Two Who Starved (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 10 1923

PITTINGER, VIRGINIA (1929-1991) (stories)
• Dark Pursuit (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1963

PITTMAN, DEAN BLAIR (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Strange Power (ss) Mystery Digest Jan/Feb 1961

PITTMAN, ELOISE COOPER (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Your Turn to Die (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1959

PITTS, R. R. (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Death in Silence (ss) The Underworld Magazine Aug 1933
• The Impromptu Murder (vi) Popular Detective Mar 1935

PITTS, TOM (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Grocery Run (ss) Crime Factory v2 #13 2013
• The Hill (ss) Pulp Modern Win 2015

PITZER, MEL (fl. 1930s-1950s) (stories)
• A Military Mutt (ss) The Phantom Detective Dec 1943
• Death Laughs Last (ss) The Phantom Detective Aug 1944

PITZER, R(obert) C(laiborne) (1879-1962) (stories)
• Understudy (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Feb 1932
• Old Clothes for Crooks (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 25 1932
• Dead Strangers (n.) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Jan 1934
• Fingerprints (nv) Complete Underworld Novelettes Sum 1934

PIWARSKI, JOHN (1969- ) (stories)
• Another Sleepless Night (vi) Hardboiled #16 1993
• Boosters (ss) Hardboiled #25/26 2000

PIZZO, SAM (fl. 1980s-1990s) (stories)
• For the Taking (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1986
• Hit Man (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1987
• The Stealer (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1995
• The Whole Nine Yards (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1996
• Wild Horses (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1996
• So Far So Good (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1999

PIZZOLATO, MATTHEW (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Pack of Wolves (ss) Pulp Modern Aut 2011

PLACET, LEROI (1901-1970); see pseudonym Louis Paul (stories)

PLAIN, GILL (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Ian Rankin: A Bibliography (ar) Crime Time #28 2002
• “I’m Sorry About the Gun, Mum”: The Turn to Violence in Lesbian Crime Fiction (ar) Crime Time #32 2003
• Locating Sue Grafton (ar) Crime Time #33 2003
• The Anglicised Marlowe: John Mills in Town on Trial (ar) Crime Time #50 2006

PLAIN, JOHN M. (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Hero’s Return (vi) The New Strand Jan 1963

PLAKE, MIKE (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• What Really Happened in Farnsburg (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1978

PLANT, NEIL (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• The Steps (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Apr 1962

PLATE, ROBERT (fl. 1940s-1960s) (stories)
• Red Water (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 1947
• Brusky’s Fault (ss) Manhunt Sep 1956
• Stoolie (ss) Mantrap Oct 1956
• A Guy Named Mabel (ss) Murder Mar 1957
• Victim Number Six (ss) Manhunt Mar 1957
• Night Job (ss) Manhunt Apr 1957
• Dear Dull John (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1957
• Yellow Stripe (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1958
• Hot Rod Revenge (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Mar 1959
• A Lost Evening (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1959
• Murders Are Such a Nuisance (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1959
• Killers Strike Twice (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1959
• The Bodyguard (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec 1959
• You’ll Die Twice (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1960
• He Won’t Talk (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1960
• The Rocket’s Red Glare (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Feb 1963

PLATT, CHARLOTTE (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Strong-armed and Dangerous (ss) Switchblade Stiletto Heeled 2019

PLATT, DANA (fl. 1930s-1940s) (stories)
• The Double-Crossing Beard (ss) All Detective Magazine Feb 1933
• The Professor Takes a Ride (ss) All Detective Magazine Sep 1933
• The Sphinx Laughs (ss) All Detective Magazine Jun 1934
• As Simple as Dying (ss) Detective and Murder Mysteries Jul 1939

PLATT, WALTER (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• A Case Against Circumstantial Evidence (ms) Mammoth Detective Sep 1942

PLEWS, SARA (fl. 1980s-1990s) (stories)
• Murder by the Tubful (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1986

PLIMMER, DENIS (1914-1981) (stories)
• Death Over Galleon Hall (nv) Daredevil Detective Stories Feb 1942
• Mr. Potter Finds a Clue (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories Aug 1942 [Mr. Potter]
• Mr. Potter and the Prophet Isaiah (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories Oct 1942 [Mr. Potter]

PLOTZ, CHARLES M. (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• The Good Lord Will Provide [with Lawrence Treat] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1973

PLOTZ, RICHARD (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• A Matter of Kicks [with Lawrence Treat] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1979

PLOWMAN, ALFRED (fl. 1900s-1920s) (stories)
• The Letter in the Mail (ss) People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine Jun 1913
• As Shown by the Evidence (ss) People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine Dec 1913

PLUCK, THOMAS (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Rain Dog (ss) Crimespree Magazine Jul/Aug 2011
• Legacy of Brutality (ss) Pulp Modern Aut 2011
• Six Feet Under God (ss) Grift Magazine #1 2012
• Lefty (ss) Crime Factory v2 #10 2012
• Gumbo Weather (ss) Needle Fll/Win 2012
• Firecracker (ss) Hardboiled #47 2014
• The Last Detail (ss) Thuglit Sep/Oct 2015
• Mannish Water (ss) Betty Fedora #2 2015
• Deadbeat (ss) Down & Out: The Magazine v1 #1 2017

PLUM, MARK (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
• John Smith Interferes (ss) Mystery Stories Feb 1928 [John Smith]
• Snow Men (ss) Mystery Stories Apr 1928
• The Royal Flush (ss) Mystery Stories May 1928
• Behind the Bunker (nv) Mystery Stories Aug 1928
• The Murders in Astor Place (ss) Mystery Stories Sep 1928
• The World Series Murder (ss) Mystery Stories Nov 1928
• That Hallowe’en (ss) Mystery Stories Dec 1928
• The Duchessa’s Emeralds (ss) Mystery Stories Feb 1929
• The Hatpin (ss) Mystery Stories Mar 1929
• The Hammer (nv) Mystery Stories Apr 1929 [John Smith]
• The Invisible Murderer (ss) Mystery Stories May 1929
• False Clues (ss) Prize Detective Magazine Mar 1930
• The Dead Man Smiles (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Apr 1931

PLUM, MARY (Esther Van Patten) (1892-1982) (stories)
• Murder Overheard (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 15 1934
• The Laugh at Midnight (ss) Mystery Mar 1935
• The Tragedy of the Bluebloods (ss) Mystery Apr 1935
• Hidden Gold (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 15 1935
• State Department Cat (n.) Doubleday 1945

PLUMLEY, LADD (fl. 1910s-1920s) (stories)
• Not—Two of a Kind (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 5 1916

PLUMMER, C. EMSLEY (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• The Sceptic (ss) Vengeance Shorts #1 1945

PLUMMER, STEVE (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Any Port in a Storm (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2000; The Story That Won.

PLUMMER, T(homas) ARTHUR (1883-1961) (stories)
• The Flat Next Door (sl) Flynn’s Jan 10 1925, etc.
• The House of Silence (na) The Thriller Mar 30 1929, as “The Silent Six”.
• The Silent Six (na) The Thriller Mar 30 1929; also as “The House of Silence”.
• Silent Sentinels (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 10 1930

PLUNKETT, CYRIL (Joseph) (1905-1966); see pseudonym Jerome Kinnear (stories)
• Rod Rule (ss) The Dragnet Magazine Jan 1930
• Moll Madness (ss) The Dragnet Magazine Feb 1930
• Great Kid (ss) Racketeer Stories Mar 1930
• The Moll Racket (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Sep 1930
• Stoolie (ss) Gangland Stories Dec 1930
• Framed Lady (ss) Gun Molls Magazine Jan 1931
• In the Bag (ss) The Underworld Magazine Feb 1931
• The Big Six (ss) The Underworld Magazine Jun 1931
• The High Hot (ss) The Underworld Magazine Aug 1931
• Mr. O (ss) The Shadow Detective Monthly May 1932
• The Eyes of the Dragon Throne (na) International Detective Magazine Dec 1933/Jan ’34
• Crooked Fingers (ss) The Underworld Magazine Mar 1935
• The Walls Were Hungry (ss) Thrilling Mystery Jul 1936
• Snowmen Must Smoke (vi) Popular Detective Nov 1936
• Warned—Too Soon (ss) Ace Detective Magazine Dec 1936
• Cops Aren’t Kidnaped (ss) Clues Detective Stories Jan 1937
• Twenty Clocks for Death (ss) Ten Detective Aces Feb 1937
• Hell Cat (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 17 1937
• Zero Power (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 1 1937
• Murder Tumor (ss) Detective Tales May 1937
• Doom on the River (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jun 1937
• Crooked Cinderella (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 3 1937
• Night Beat (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 31 1937
• Life Begins at Seventy (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 7 1937
• Life’s Market Price (ss) Detective Tales Aug 1937
• Curtain Call (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 4 1937
• The Way to Doom (ss) Popular Detective Sep 1937
• Death’s Dark Alley (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 30 1937
• Death Rings the Phone (ss) Special Detective Nov 1937
• Murder Message (ss) Clues Detective Stories Dec 1937
• Nurses Never Nap (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 1 1938 [Sherry Lane]
• The Song That Death Sang (ss) Detective Short Stories Feb 1938
• Death’s Chessboard (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 12 1938
• Cat Killer (ss) Thrilling Detective Mar 1938
• The Ogre from the Depths (ss) Clues Detective Stories Mar 1938
• Snow (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 2 1938
• Dark Blind (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 23 1938
• Half a Crime (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1938
• Signed by Death (ss) Clues Detective Stories Apr 1938
• Whisper Murder to the Moon (ss) Detective Short Stories Apr 1938
• Date with Destiny (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 14 1938
• Of Mice and Murder (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 28 1938
• Detour for the Damned (ss) Detective Tales May 1938
• Muddled Magic (ss) Ten Detective Aces May 1938
• Death Writes “30” (ss) Detective Yarns Jun 1938
• Fear’s Fiancées (ss) Mystery Tales Jun 1938
• Proxy for Death (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 2 1938
• Never Borrow, Never Die (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 16 1938
• Hell Stretch (ss) Detective Short Stories Jul 1938
• Light a Match for Murder (ss) Detective Tales Jul 1938
• Crook’s Tour (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 20 1938 [Dr. Basil Doom]
• The Devil’s Racetrack (nv) Detective Yarns Sep 1938
• Funeral Furlough (ss) Detective Tales Sep 1938
• Death Doctors the Books (ss) Popular Detective Oct 1938
• The Picture Death Drew (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1938
• Stand-In for Murder (ss) Double-Action Detective Oct 1938
• As the Crow Flies (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 12 1938
• Killers Don’t Scream (ss) Star Detective Magazine Nov 1938
• Lead Medicine (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1938
• Steer Guy (ss) Black Book Detective Magazine Nov 1938
• Bullet Promotion (ss) Detective Tales Dec 1938
• Death Is on the Road (ss) Undercover Detective Dec 1938
• Death Wears Black (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 14 1939
• Quick-Triggered Copper (ss) Double-Action Detective Jan 1939
• Stand-In for Justice (ss) Clues Detective Stories Jan 1939
• The Hooded Horde (nv) Detective and Murder Mysteries Mar 1939
• Scarehead Hero (ss) Detective Tales Mar 1939
• Heroes Are Suckers (ss) Detective Tales Apr 1939
• Murder Marked (ss) Detective Novels Magazine Apr 1939
• Web of Doom (ss) Popular Detective Apr 1939
• Muffled Murder (ss) Popular Detective Jun 1939
• Life Stretch (ss) Clues Detective Stories Jul 1939
• Murder Masquerade (ss) Detective and Murder Mysteries Jul 1939
• Death Walks in Circles (nv) Popular Detective Aug 1939
• Don’t Trifle with a Gatman! (ss) Detective and Murder Mysteries Sep 1939
• Blue Midnight (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 7 1939
• Convict’s Holiday (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1939
• Death’s Dark Driveway (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 16 1939
• Labeled for Hell (nv) Clues Detective Stories Feb 1940
• Bullets for Your Birthday (ss) Double Detective Apr 1940
• It’s Great to Be a Cop (ss) The Phantom Detective May 1940
• My Turn to Murder (ss) Detective Tales May 1940
• Command to Kill (ss) Red Star Detective Jun 1940
• Shadowy Lane (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Aug 1940
• Heiress of Doom (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Sep 1940
• The Gods Died Laughing (ss) Double Detective Oct 1940
• Strange Laughter (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1940
• Foxes Go to Furriers (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Nov 1940
• To Hell with Death (ss) Detective Novels Magazine Dec 1940
• More Deadly than the Male (ss) Detective Tales Jan 1941
• Silent Night (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 8 1941
• Ten Riddle Fingers (ss) Detective Yarns Feb 1941; see also under Jerome Kinnear.
• Sing a Song of Suicide (ss) Mystery Novels and Short Stories Mar 1941
• Boy Meets Gun-Girl (ss) Detective Short Stories Apr 1941
• Fifth-Column Frameup (ss) Ten Detective Aces May 1941
• Unforgotten Fear (ss) Detective Tales May 1941
• Call to All Cops (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 7 1941
• Death on the Hour (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 19 1941
• Accent on Death (ss) The Phantom Detective Jul 1941
• Whatcha Know, Joe? (ss) The Masked Detective Win 1942
• I’ll Come to Your Funeral (nv) Clues Detective Stories Jan 1942
• Sweet Mystery of Death (ss) Detective Short Stories Jan 1942
• Horror Is My House (ss) Detective Short Stories Apr 1942
• Strictly Sinister (nv) Thrilling Detective Apr 1942
• I Have to See the Killer (ss) Detective Short Stories Jul 1942
• Trigger Test (ss) Detective Short Stories Sep 1942
• Make It Look like Suicide (ss) Detective Short Stories Nov 1942
• Dabblers in Death (ss) Detective Short Stories Jan 1943
• Too Much Murder (ss) Detective Short Stories Apr 1943
• Blood Money Is Always Red (ss) Detective Tales Aug 1943
• Side Door to Hell (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Sep 1943