Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

POATE, ERNEST M. (stories) (continued)
• The Hand of Padded Death (ss) Black Book Detective Magazine Jun 1936
• Killer at Large (ss) Black Book Detective Magazine Jul 1936

POCKNELL, NIGEL (fl. 1960s-1970s) (stories)
• If Only Walls Could Talk (ss) London Mystery Selection #65 1965
• A Breath of Country Air (ss) London Mystery Selection #69 1966

POCOCK, CHARLES (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• The Midgets (vi) London Mystery Selection #89 1971

PODHASKI, HAROLD F. (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• The Silent Witness (ss) Mystery Magazine Dec 15 1921
• The Missing Evidence (ss) Mystery Magazine Jul 1 1922
• He Who Laughs Last (ss) Mystery Magazine Aug 15 1922
• Cleopatra’s Sister (ss) Mystery Magazine Nov 15 1922
• When Crooks Conspire (ss) Mystery Magazine Mar 1 1923
• The Secret of the Black Bag (sl) Mystery Magazine May 15 1923, etc.

PODOLSKY, [Dr.] EDWARD (1902-1965) (stories)
• Leave It to the Doctor (cl) Scotland Yard Mar 1931, etc.
• Rasputin, Poison Eater (ar) All Detective Magazine May 1933
• White Skin (ms) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 1 1933
• Little Fingers of Death (ar) All Detective Magazine Jul 1933
• The Scented Poison (ar) All Detective Magazine Nov 1933
• Strangling with Poison (ar) All Detective Magazine Dec 1933
• A Bitter Tonic and a Salt (ar) All Detective Magazine Jan 1934
• Whiffs of Death (ar) All Detective Magazine Feb 1934
• Dynamic Arsenic (ar) All Detective Magazine Mar 1934
• Preserved by Quicklime (ar) All Detective Magazine Apr 1934
• Clues from the Dust (cl) All Detective Magazine Jun 1934, etc.
• Death’s Signature (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 3 1935
• Ultraviolet Rays Identify Glass (ms) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 17 1935
• Murder from the Grave (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 24 1935
• The Detective Miracle-Worker (ms) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 9 1935
• The Glittering Typewriter Keys (ms) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 9 1935
• Cats’ Claws and Death (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 4 1936
• The Clue of the Handkerchief (ms) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 10 1936
• The Incriminating Shampoo (ms) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 21 1936
• Clues from a Walk (ms) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 28 1936
• The Glass-Eye Game (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 20 1937
• Science Catches the Criminal (ar) Fingerprints Detective #1 1945
• Experiments with Poison (ts) Police Journal

PODOLSKY, POLLY (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• End Game (ss) 1963

PODRUG, JUNIUS T. (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• Vendetta (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1973

POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849) (stories)
• The Fall of the House of Usher (ss) Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine Sep 1839
• The Man of the Crowd (ss) Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine Dec 1840
• The Murders in the Rue Morgue (nv) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Apr 1841 [C. Auguste Dupin]
• A Few Words on Secret Writing (ar) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Jul 1841; also as “Secret Writing”.
• Secret Writing (ar) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Jul 1841, as “A Few Words on Secret Writing”.
• Life in Death (ss) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Apr 1842; also as “The Oval Portrait”.
• The Oval Portrait (ss) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Apr 1842, as “Life in Death”.
• The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy (ss) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842; also as “The Masque of the Red Death”.
• The Masque of the Red Death (ss) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy”.
• The Pit and the Pendulum (ss) The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart 1842
• The Tell-Tale Heart (ss) The Pioneer Jan 1843
• The Black Cat (ss) United States Saturday Post and Chronicle Aug 19 1843
• Diddling (ar) Philadelphia Saturday Courier Oct 14 1843, as “Raising the Wind; or, Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences”.
• Raising the Wind; or, Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences (ar) Philadelphia Saturday Courier Oct 14 1843; also as “Diddling”.
• A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (ss) Godey’s Lady’s Book Apr 1844
• The Premature Burial (ss) Dollar Newspaper Jul 31 1844
• “Thou Art the Man” (ss) Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov 1844
• The Purloined Letter (nv) The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart 1844 [C. Auguste Dupin]
• The Cask of Amontillado (ss) Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov 1846 [Fortunato]

POE, MARIAN M. (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• Payback (ss) Mystery Time Spr/Sum 1998

POGE, N. WOOTEN; pseudonym of Norvell W. Page, (1904-1961) (stories)
• The Devil Muscles In (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Nov 1930
• The Sinister Alliance (nv) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Feb 1931
• The Husher (ss) The Underworld Magazine Mar 1931
• Two Spot (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Mar 1931
• Bulldog of the Law (nv) Detective-Dragnet Magazine May 1931 [Bulldog]
• Strangler’s Coup (ss) The Underworld Magazine Jun 1931
• Rented Murder (ss) The Underworld Magazine Jul 1931
• The Rat Trap (ss) The Underworld Magazine Aug 1931
• The Butterfly Murder (na) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Oct 1931 [Bulldog]
• The Rope Cure (nv) The Underworld Magazine Oct 1931
• The Boodle Ring (nv) The Underworld Magazine Jul 1932
• Redheads Always Win (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Aug 1935
• Forsaking All Else (ss) Detective Tales Sep 1935
• The Butterfly Clue (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jan 1936
• Manhattan Nocturne (ss) Detective Tales Apr 1936
• Between Two Loves (ss) Detective Tales Jun 1936
• The Studio Killer (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Oct 1936
• Blackmail Hotel (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Feb 1937
• Murder Date (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Mar 1937 [Bill Carter]
• Death Plays Knock-Knock (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1937 [Bill Carter]
• Silk Stocking Clue (ss) Spicy Detective Stories May 1937 [Bill Carter]
• Murder Dice (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jul 1937 [Bill Carter]
• Strait Jacket Solution (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Aug 1937
• The Clue of the Blue Stain (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Sep 1937
• “Carter Says It’s Murder” (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Oct 1937 [Bill Carter]
• Kissing Ghost (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Nov 1937
• Death Makes a Proposition (nv) Spicy Detective Stories Mar 1938 [Bill Carter]
• The Chinese Garden Murders (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1938 [Bill Carter]
• Murder’s Beauty Mask (ss) Detective Yarns Jun 1938
• G-Bride’s Murder Tryst (ss) Ace G-Man Stories Jul/Aug 1938
• The Redhead Kills (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jul 1938
• Señorita Bluebeard (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Sep 1938
• Some Like ’Em Hot (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jan 1939
• Murder Goes Barefoot (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Feb 1939 [Bill Carter]
• Murder: Strictly Private (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1939 [Bill Carter]
• Murder Goes Streamline (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jun 1939
• Kiss-Proof Murder (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Aug 1939

POHL, FREDERIK (George, Jr.) (1919-2013); see pseudonyms James MacCreigh & Scott Mariner (stories)
• A Hint of Henbane [with C. M. Kornbluth] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1961

POHL, KATHY (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• And the Winners Are... (ms) The Strand Magazine #35 2011/’12
• Partners in Crime: The 2011 Strand Critics Award Winners (ms) The Strand Magazine #38 2012/’13

POINDEXTER, WILLIAM E. (fl. 1920s-1950s) (stories)
• Fingerprints (ss) The Dragnet Magazine Apr 1929
• The Death Trail (sl) Gangster Stories Feb 1930, etc.
• Hair Trigger (ss) Racketeer Stories Mar 1930
• Winners Lose (ss) Gangster Stories Jun/Jul 1930

POLÁČKOVÁ, KÁČA [i.e., Káča Poláčková-Henley] (fl. 1960s-2010s) (stories)
• The Classic Semerák Case, by Josef Skvorecký (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1967; translated from the Czech (Smutek Porucika Boruvky, Prague, 1966). [Lt. Boruvka]

POLAND, JOHN (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• Eight Steps to Justice (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1 1923, as by John Baer.

POLICE REPORTER, A; pseudonym of Lester Dent, (1905-1959); other pseudonyms A C.I.D. Official, Harmon Cash, A Legation Attaché & A London Detective (stories)
• One Billion—Gold (na) Scotland Yard Jun 1931 [Curt Flagg]

POLICHAR, VALERIE E. (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
• Holding the Money (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Spr 2003
• Life at Sea (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Jul/Aug 2005

POLICY JOE (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• On the Spot! (ms) Public Enemy Feb 1936

POLING, JAMES W. (1907-1976) (stories)
• Rod Row (nv) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Oct 1930
• The Racket Buster (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Nov 1930
• Mighty Mugs (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Feb 1931
• Suicide Cottage (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Mar 1931
• Murder Mansion (nv) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Sep 1931 [Duke Ayres]
• Evidence to the Contrary (nv) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Nov 1931
• Steps of Death (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Nov 1931
• The Dance of Death (na) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Dec 1931 [Duke Ayres]
• The Divorce Decoy (na) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Jan 1932 [Duke Ayres]
• Cold Clues (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Feb 1932
• Murder Takes Brains (ss) The Illustrated Detective Magazine Feb 1932
• A Turn of the Wrist (ss) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Mar 1932
• House of Hate (nv) Detective-Dragnet Magazine May 1932 [Duke Ayres]
• The Scandal Scourge (ss) Ten Detective Aces Mar 1933
• Death Ice (ss) Thrilling Detective May 1933
• The Seven Skulls of Kali (na) Black Book Detective Magazine Oct 1936

POLISAR, LISA (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• The Last Sly Fox (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #33 2003

POLITO, JOHN KAVANAUGH (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• The Devil-Doll Murders (ss) Detective Book Magazine Spr 1947/’48
• The Devil’s Damsel (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jun 1947
• Terror Holds the Gun (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Dec 1947
• Better Off Buried (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1948
• The Unlamented Corpse (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Apr 1948
• Vacation from Violence (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1948
• Those Dames Are Dynamite! (na) Detective Tales Apr 1949
• Venus with Firearms (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1949

POLK, DUVAN (fl. 1950s-1960s) (stories)
• Revenge in the Canyon (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 18 1960

POLK, J. ALMON (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Inside (ss) Hardboiled #31 2004

POLK, JACK (fl. 1980s) (stories)
• On the CB (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 11 1980

POLK, L. (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Silence Is Golden (ms) Mammoth Detective Jan 1947
• Science at the Helm (ms) Mammoth Mystery Feb 1947

POLLACK, DOROTHY BELLE (1922?-2014) (stories)
• Won’t They Ever Learn? (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1988
• Better by Far, Than a Potion (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1989
• Route of All Evil (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1989
• Parsimony Doesn’t Pay (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1990
• Putting on the Brakes (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1990
• About Slamming Your Partner (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1991
• Brief Tale (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1991
• A Tale of Interest (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1991
• Such Things Will Happen (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1992

POLLAK, STEPHEN W. (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Frontier Fracas (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Apr 1955 [Aristide Chabrol]
• Split-Second Salvage (ss) The Evening Standard

POLLARD, A. M. (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• A Warning to the Curious (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #6 1950

POLLARD, JOSEPH PERCIVAL; see under Pollard, Percival (1869-1911) (stories)

POLLARD, (Joseph) PERCIVAL (1869-1911) (stories)
• Lingo Dan (ss) Lingo Dan, The Neale Pub. Co 1903 [Lingo Dan]

POLLEXFEN, CLAIRE D. (1884-1974) (stories)
• Three Gentlemen from the North (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Dec 1923
• Those in Occupation (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Feb 1924
• The House of the Vulture (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Mar 1924
• Within the Walls (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Apr 1924
• The Watch Tower (nv) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine May 1924
• The Call of the Horizon (n.) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Jun 1924, etc.
• The Tudor House (nv) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Jan 1925
• Condemned Property (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Jul 1925
• The Mark of the Beast (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Jul 1925
• The Book of Tsheng (nv) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Dec 1925
• Haven (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #14 1952
• Good Riddance (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #16 1953
• The Man with Long Fingers (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #18 1953
• Escape to Fear (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #20 1954
• Nocturne for a Débutante (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #23 1955

POLLOCK, CHANNING (1880-1946) (stories)
• Hold-Up (vi) Collier’s Nov 21 1931, as “Poor Little Man”.
• Poor Little Man (vi) Collier’s Nov 21 1931; also as “Hold-Up”.

POLLOCK, COURTENAY (Edward Maxwell) (1877-1943) (stories)
• Lashings Investigates (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine Oct 1927
• The Invoicing of Mr. Brodribb (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine Jul 1928

POLLOCK, GENE (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• The Time of His Life (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1964

POLOSKY, EDWARD (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Hundred Percenter (ss) Popular Detective Fll 1953

POLSKY, THOMAS (1908-1976) (stories)
• Curtains for the Editor (n.) Dutton 1939 [L. F. “Scoop” Griddle]
• Curtains for the Copper (n.) Dutton 1941

POMERLEAU, CYNTHIA (fl. 1980s) (stories)
• God Help Betty Canova (ss) Skullduggery Sum 1981

POMEROY, CLAIRE (fl. 1930s-1940s) (stories)
• Muscle Men (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 29 1931
• She Wanted Excitement (nv)

POMEROY, RONALD (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• Those Were the Days (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1978

POMIDOR, BILL; [i.e., William J. Pomidor] (1962- ) (stories)
• M Is for Mayo (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1991
• Old Habits Die Hard (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1992
• “B” Is for Bee (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1994