Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

PRINGLE, ALFRED (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• The Poisoned Eye (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Oct 1930
• A Trigger Talks (ss) Ten Detective Aces Mar 1936

PRINGLE, DON (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Don’t Look Now (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1952
• Menace at Midnight (ss) Mobsters Feb 1953
• Death Works Overtime (ss) Thrilling Detective Fll 1953

PRINGLE, JOHN ROBERT STUART (1897-1980); see pseudonyms Donald Stuart & Gerald Verner (stories)

PRISONER 89437 (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Reason Unknown (ts) Popular Detective Sep 1952

PRITCHARD, HUBERT (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• The Piggly Wiggly Heist (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1958

PRITCHARD, JOHN LAURENCE (1885-1968); see pseudonym John Laurence (stories)

PRITCHARD, WILLIAM T(homas) (1906-1985); see pseudonym William Dexter (stories)

PRITCHETT, JILL (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Corner Booth (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2003

PRITCHIE, NEIL (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Dog in the Furnace (ss) Mystery Tales Oct 1959

PRIZEL, YURI (1949?- ) (stories)
• A Reader’s Plea (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 3 1980
• Learn Murder by Mail (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1982

PROBASCO, EVERETT (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• How I Captured Topeka’s Girl Bandit (ts) Startling Detective Adventures Apr 1930

PROBYN, HUGH (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• In for Good (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Aug 1962
• The Mirebeau Special (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Oct 1962
• On a Plate (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Nov 1962
• Trouble in Antarragon (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Spr 1963

PROCHET, MILDRED GLEASON (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• The Inn of Terror, by Gaston Leroux (nv) Weird Tales Aug 1929 [Capt. Michel]

PROCTER, MAURICE (1906-1973) (stories)
• The Bowstring Murder (ss) Collier’s Nov 1 1952; also as “The Million Dollar Mystery”.
• The Million Dollar Mystery (ss) Collier’s Nov 1 1952, as “The Bowstring Murder”.
• No Place for Magic (ss) Butcher, Baker, Murder-Maker, ed. George Harmon Coxe, Knopf 1954; also as “The Policeman and the Lamp”.
• The Policeman and the Lamp (ss) Butcher, Baker, Murder-Maker, ed. George Harmon Coxe, Knopf 1954, as “No Place for Magic”.
• Man in Ambush (n.) Hutchinson 1958 [Insp. (Chief Insp.) Harry Martineau]
• Diamonds for the Million (nv) Collier’s
• The Grasshopper Murders (n.)

PROCTER, R. H. (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• A Senior Moment (cl) Futures Apr/May 2000, etc.
• Beauty (ar) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Oct/Nov 2000

PROCTOR, A. A. (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
• Unfortunate Gold (ss) The Black Mask Apr 1926

PROCTOR, BEN; pseudonym of Robert Leslie Bellem, (1902-1968); other pseudonyms John Archer, Reeves L. Black, Walter Bronson, Ellery Watson Calder, Harley L. Court, Rex Daly, Allan Henry, Fred Horton, Jerome Hyams, Richard Lyle, Lee Martin, James W. Marvin, Hugh McKnight, R. L. Morris, Jerome Severs Perry, Frank Roberts, L. N. Snyder, Richard Lathrop Steed, Hamilton Washburn, L. W. Watson, Perry Watson & Harcourt Weems (stories)
• Confidential Report (ss) French Night Life Stories May 1935, as “Cache and Carry” by Jerome Severs Perry.

PROCTOR, LISA (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• In the Land of the Great Spirit [with O. G. Whitney] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1973

PROCTOR, NICHOLAS STEPHEN (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• People in Hell Want Ice and Water (ss) Crimewave #10 2008

PROCTOR, THALIA (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Events at Crime in Store (ms) Crime Time #26 2002
• Across the Pond [with Annie R. Chernow] (ms) Crimespree Magazine Jun/Jul 2004
• Sherlock Holmes (ar) Crimespree Magazine Mar 2005

PRONZINI, BILL; [i.e., William John Pronzini] (1943- ); see pseudonyms Jack Foxx, William Jeffrey & John Barry Williams (stories)
• You Don’t Know What It’s Like (ss) Shell Scott Mystery Magazine Nov 1966
• Night Freight (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1967
• The Long Knives Wait (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1967
• Opportunity (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1967
• The Running Man (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1968
• The Ethical Eye (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1968
• A Quiet Night (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1968
• Who’s Afraid of Sherlock Holmes? (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1968
• The Bomb Expert (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1968
• Words Do Not a Book Make (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1968
• The Perfect Crime (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1968
• You Can’t Fight City Hall, Pete (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1968
• Sometimes There Is Justice (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1968 [Nameless Private Eye]
• The Accident (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1968
• A Lot on His Mind (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1968
• Waiting, Waiting... (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1968
• Don’t Spend It All in One Place (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1968
• Retirement (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1969
• The Snatch (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1969 [Nameless Private Eye]
• You Can Never Really Know (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1969
• The Almost-Perfect Hiding Place (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1969
• A Cold Day in November (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1969 [Nameless Private Eye]
• A Nice Place to Visit But... (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1969
• Cain’s Mark (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1970
• The Crank (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1970 [Nameless Private Eye]
• Death of a Nobody (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1970 [Nameless Private Eye]
• The Way the World Spins (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1970 [Nameless Private Eye]
• There’s One Born Every Minute (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1970
• A Dip in the Poole (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1970
• The Jade Figurine (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1971 [Dan Connell]
• Perfect Timing (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1971
• Ice—and Snow (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1971
• Muggers’ Moon (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1971
• The Imperfect Crime (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1971
• I Know a Way (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1971
• The Pattern (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1971
• Skeletons Go Forth (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1971
• The Desperate Ones (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1971 [Carmody]
• The Killing (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1971
• The Assignment (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1972 [Nameless Private Eye]
• Danger—Michael Shayne at Work [with Jeffrey M. Wallmann] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1972, as by Brett Halliday. [Mike Shayne]
• The Amateur Touch (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1972
• All the Same (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1972
• Majorcan Assignment (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1972 [Nameless Private Eye]
• I Ought to Kill You [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1972
• I Don’t Understand It (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1972
• The Web (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1973 [Carmody]
• Sacrifice (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1973
• The Follower (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1973
• The Methodical Cop (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1973
• The Scales of Justice (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1973 [Nameless Private Eye]
• Buttermilk (ss) Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine Nov 1973
• Proof of Guilt (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1973
• The Riverboat Gold Robbery (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1974
• Memento Mori (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1974
• The Half-Invisible Man [with Jeffrey M. Wallmann] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1974
• Here Lies Another Blackmailer (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1974
• It’s Not a Coffin (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1974
• A Matter of Life and Death [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1974
• The Pawns of Death [with Jeffrey M. Wallmann] (na) Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine Aug 1974, as by Robert Hart Davis. [Charlie Chan]
• Unchained (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1974
• Dog Story [with Michael J. Kurland] (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1974
• Up to Snuff (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1974
• For Love (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1975
• The Storm Tunnel (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1975
• Free-Lance Operation (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1975 [Carmody]
• Private Eye Blues (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1975 [Nameless Private Eye]
• Once a Thief [with Jeffrey M. Wallmann] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1975
• Quicker Than the Eye [with Michael J. Kurland] (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1975 [Christopher Steele]
• Vanishing Act [with Michael J. Kurland] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1976 [Christopher Steele]
• If You Play with Fire... (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1976
• Putting the Pieces Back (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1976
• Problems Solved [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1976
• The Arrowmont Prison Riddle (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1976
• A Matter of Survival [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1976
• Sweet Fever (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1976
• Smuggler’s Island (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1977
• The Saga of the Phoenix That Probably Should Never Have Arisen (ar) The Armchair Detective Apr 1977
• What Kind of Person Are You? [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1977
• The Dark Side (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1977
• The Last Plagiarism [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1977
• Night Rider [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1977
• Under the Skin (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1977
• Birds of a Feather [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1978
• A Cold Foggy Day (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1978
• Strangers in the Fog (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1978
• Bank Job (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1978
• The Same Old Grind (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1978
• Caught in the Act (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1978
• His Name Was Legion (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1979
• Murder Is My Business [with Barry N. Malzberg] (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1979
• Final Exam [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1979
• The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1979 [Nameless Private Eye]
• Rebound [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1979
• Thin Air (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1979 [Nameless Private Eye]
• Million-to-One Shot [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1979
• Black Wind (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1979
• A Nice Easy Job (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1979 [Nameless Private Eye]
• A Craving for Originality (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 17 1979
• Where Have You Gone, Sam Spade? (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 30 1980 [Nameless Private Eye]
• Strikes [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Skullduggery Jan 1980
• Times Change (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 11 1980
• Blazing Guns of the Rio Rangers [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 27 1980
• The Worst Mystery Novel of All Time (ar) The Armchair Detective Spr 1980
• Demolition, Inc. [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Skullduggery Apr 1980
• Dead Man’s Slough (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 21 1980 [Nameless Private Eye]
• Two Weeks Every Summer (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 2 1980
• The Dispatching of George Ferris (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 23 1980
• Bill Pronzini: A Checklist [with Francis M. Nevins, Jr.] (bi) The Armchair Detective Fll 1980
• Demolition, Inc. [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1981; revised from Skullduggery, April 1980.
• The Terrarium Principle (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 22 1981
• The Hanging Man (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 12 1981
• House Call [with Jeffrey M. Wallmann] (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 19 1981
• Tiger, Tiger [with John Lutz] (ss) Mystery Magazine Sep 1981
• Coyote and Quarter Moon [with Jeffrey M. Wallmann] (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981
• Stacked Deck (nv) The New Black Mask No.8, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1987
• Wooden Indian (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1989
• Liar’s Dice (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1992
• Shade Work (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1993
• A Taste of Paradise (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1994
• Out of the Depths (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1994
• One Night at Dolores Park (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1995 [Nameless Private Eye]
• Home Is the Place Where (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1995 [Nameless Private Eye]
• Bomb Scare (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1995 [Nameless Private Eye]
• Man on the Run (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1996
• The Monster (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1996
• Zero Tolerance (ss) Spadework, Crippen & Landru 1996 [Nameless Private Eye]
• The Horseshoe Nail (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1997 [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter]
• Worried Mother Job (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1998; originally read on audio tape (For Crime Out Loud, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1995). [Nameless Private Eye]
• Medium Rare (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 1998 [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter]
• Flood (ss) Duo, Five Star [2] 1998
• The Highbinders (nv) Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services, Crippen & Landru 1998 [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter]
• The Big Bite (ss) Shots Win 1999 [Nameless Private Eye]
• I Think I Will Not Hang Myself Today (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2000
• The Man Who Loved Mystery Stories [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) The Strand Magazine #5 2000