Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

SPENCE, R. G. (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Girl at War (nv) Super-Detective Aug 1943

SPENCER, BRIAN (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Keen Anticipation (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2008; The Story That Won.

SPENCER, CATHY (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• In the Playground (ss) Suspense Magazine Apr 2012

SPENCER, CHARLES (1955- ) (stories)
• Charles Spencer (ar) Crime Time #24 2001

SPENCER, CHARLES C. (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Cracking Rods (ss) The Underworld Magazine Jun 1933

SPENCER, DONN (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Gilt Complex [with Eve Spencer] (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Oct 1963

SPENCER, DUNCAN (fl. 1980s) (stories)
• Love Gone Wrong: The Story of Jean Harris, and Scarsdale Diet Doctor Herman Tarnower (ex) Signet 1981

SPENCER, EDMUND (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• What the Detective Knew (ss) The Detective Magazine Feb 13 1925

SPENCER, EVE (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Gilt Complex [with Donn Spencer] (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Oct 1963

SPENCER, G. R. (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• The Polite Mr. Payne (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1967

SPENCER, GARTH R. (fl. 1940s-1950s) (stories)
• Night of April 17 (nv) 5 Detective Novels Magazine Fll 1951
• Happy Ending (ss) Mystery Digest Sep 1957

SPENCER, JOHN (Barry) (1944-2002) (stories)
• Stitch (ex) Do-Not Press 1999

SPENCER, LAURIE (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Closeout (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Apr/May/Jun 2002

SPENCER, LEWIS (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• The Colour of Zuni (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Nov 1926

SPENCER, MARILYN J. (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Something Ventured (ss) Mystery Time Spr/Sum 2001

SPENCER, MATT (fl. 1990s-2010s) (stories)
• Useful Instincts (ss) Hardluck Stories Win 2007

SPENCER, NICK (fl. 1980s-2010s) (stories)
• The Mamba Tale (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1984
• The Drum Story (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1988
• A Death in the Village (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2015

SPENCER, RAY (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Melody of Madness (ss) 15 Mystery Stories Aug 1950

SPENCER, ROSS H(arrison) (1921-1998) (stories)
• Murder Mystery (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1982

SPENCER, SHIRLEY (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
• What Handwriting Reveals (cl) Detective Story Magazine Feb 19 1927, etc.
• Handwriting No. 6 (cl) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Sep 10 1935

SPENCER, STEPHEN (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• A Matter of a Tenner (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Dec 1957

SPENCER, VICTOR (fl. 1930s-1940s); pseudonym of Jack Schiff, (1909-1999) (stories)
• Death’s Double Play (ss) Popular Detective Jun 1938
• Concrete Evidence (ss) The Phantom Detective Jul 1938
• Heir to Doom (ss) Detective Novels Magazine Feb 1940
• Spies by Proxy (ss) G-Men Detective Jul 1940

SPENCER-FLEMING, JULIA (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Interview with Zoe Sharp (iv) Crimespree Magazine Sep 2005
• The Column with No Name (cl) Crimespree Magazine Jan/Feb 2006
• Spencer-Fleming for Hire (cl) Crimespree Magazine Mar/Apr 2006, etc.

SPERACIO, MARIO (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Vigilance of Spring (pm)

SPERO, LEOPOLD (1887-1970) (stories)
• A Hanging Matter (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine May 1924

SPERRY, HENRY TREAT (1903-1938) (stories)
• Dream Monster (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Aug 1935
• One Man Squad (ss) Detective Tales Nov 1935
• Gunless Cop (ss) Detective Tales Dec 1935
• Last Call for McQuade (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1936
• Those Who Are About to Die— (ss) Detective Tales Mar 1936
• Hell’s Gangplank (ss) Detective Tales Apr 1936
• Death’s Floor Show (ss) Detective Tales May 1936; also as “Murder’s Mate”.
• Murder’s Mate (ss) Detective Tales May 1936, as “Death’s Floor Show”.
• Terror’s Dark Pool (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine May 1936
• Murder Makes My Bed (ss) Detective Tales Jun 1936
• Circe’s Lover (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Jul 1936
• They Also Serve (ss) Detective Tales Jul 1936
• Dark Path to Glory (ss) Detective Tales Sep 1936
• Milady’s Black Bondage (ss) Ace Mystery Sep 1936
• Caverns of the Damned (na) Dime Mystery Magazine Oct 1936
• Thumbnail Sketches (ms) Dime Mystery Magazine Oct 1936
• Satan’s Glassworks (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Dec 1936
• Warden’s Wife (ss) Detective Tales Mar 1937
• Witnesses Wanted (ss) Detective Tales Jun 1937
• The Hunger Without a Name (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Jul 1937
• Last Laugh for the Dying (vi) Detective Tales Jul 1937
• No Trumpets for the Brave (ss) Ace G-Man Stories Jul/Aug 1937
• “Vaccinated” by G-Men (ms) Federal Agent Jul 1937
• The Woman from Hell (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 1937
• You Can’t Kill a Corpse (ss) Detective Tales Nov 1937
• The Cat and the Corpse (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Dec 1937
• Playthings for Madmen (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1938
• A Corpse Stole My Wife (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Feb 1938
• The Game of Love and Death (ss) Star Detective Magazine Feb 1938
• Shoot Fast, G-Man (ss) Detective Short Stories Feb 1938
• Listen to the Devil’s Drums (nv) Mystery Tales Mar 1938
• Horror House (ss) Detective Short Stories Apr 1938
• Monster of His Making (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Apr 1938
• The Experiment of Dr. Sardi (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine May 1938
• Teach Me to Kill! (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Jun 1938
• Goddess of the Half-World Brood (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Jul 1938
• Woman-Haters Revenge (ss) Detective Short Stories Jul 1938
• A Kiss for the Damned (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Aug 1938
• Murder on the Wing (ss) Top-Notch Detective Sep 1938
• Brotherhood of Destruction (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 1938
• Dweller in Darkness (ss) Mystery Tales Nov 1938
• Twelve Blue Corpses (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Nov/Dec 1938

SPEYER, EDWARD (1884-?) (stories)
• Alias Bad Luck (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 21 1925

SPEYERER, JAY (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• Class Act (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1992

SPICER, BETTY COE; [born Betty Helena Coe] (1913-1994) (stories)

SPICER, E. J. (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• Smiling Jimmy (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Aug 21 1926

SPIEGELMAN, PETER (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• An Author’s Education (ar) Crimespree Magazine Mar/Apr 2007
• Red Cat (ex) Knopf 2007 [John March]

SPIELBERG, CHRISTOPH (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• The Copyist [with Anke Gebert, Paul Lascaux, Richard Lifka, Thomas Przybilka & Stefan Slupetzky] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2006; translated from the German.; translated by Mary Tannert.

SPIES, VIC(tor Carlyle) (fl. 1930s-1940s) (stories)
• The Case at Sand Wash Underpass (ar) All Star Detective Stories Jan 1932
• Death at the Springs (ss) Black Mask (UK) Dec 1932

SPIESS, JAN; [i.e., Jan Spiess Cook] (1898-1972) (stories)
• The Movie Murder Mystery (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Dec 1936
• The Man on the Hour (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 1937

SPILLANE, DASHIELL CHANDLER (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• The Duck That Slew the Golden Goose (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Mar/Apr 2006

SPILLANE, FRANK MORRISON; see under Spillane, Mickey (1918-2006) (stories)

SPILLANE, MICKEY; [i.e., Frank Morrison Spillane] (1918-2006) (stories)
• Last Ride (ss) Marvel Mystery Comics (comic) Jun 1942
• Everybody’s Watching Me (na) Manhunt Jan 1953, etc.
• The Girl Behind the Hedge (nv) Manhunt Oct 1953; also as “The Lady Says Die”. [Inspector Early]
• The Lady Says Die (nv) Manhunt Oct 1953, as “The Girl Behind the Hedge”. [Inspector Early]
• The Pickpocket (ss) Manhunt Dec 25 1954
• I Came to Kill You (na) Manhunt Jan 1964
• Dead Street [with Max Allan Collins] (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2007
• There’s a Killer Loose! [with Max Allan Collins] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 2008
• The Big Switch [with Max Allan Collins] (ss) The Strand Magazine #26 2008/’09; developed by Max Allan Collins from a fragment found in Spillane’s files. [Mike Hammer]
• A Long Time Dead [with Max Allan Collins] (ss) The Strand Magazine #31 2010 [Mike Hammer]
• So Long, Chief [with Max Allan Collins] (ss) The Strand Magazine #39 2013 [Mike Hammer]
• Fallout [with Max Allan Collins] (ss) The Strand Magazine #44 2014/’15 [Mike Hammer]
• A Dangerous Cat [with Max Allan Collins] (ss) The Strand Magazine #48 2016 [Mike Hammer]
• The Punk [with Max Allan Collins] (ss) Mystery Tribune Spr 2018
• The Big Run [with Max Allan Collins] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2018

SPILLMAN, R. (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Small Boy: 1910 (ar) The New Strand Dec 1962

SPILMAN, RICHARD (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• [poem] (pm) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Spr 2004

SPILSBURY, Dr. BERNARD (1877-1947) (stories)
• Science—Ally and Antagonist (ar) The Detective Magazine Nov 24 1922

SPILSTEAD, H. L. (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• The Paper Brothers (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #31 1956

SPINALE, JOHN V. (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Cell Phone Anthology (pm) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Fll 2003

SPINDLER, ERICA (1957- ) (stories)
• Justice for Sara (ex)

SPINELLI, SYLVESTER (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• [letter] (lt) Clues Detective Stories Sep 1938

SPINGARN, LAWRENCE P(erry) (1917- ) (stories)
• Bad Medicine (ss) Terror Detective Story Magazine Oct 1956
• Was It Worth It, Mr. Markell? (ss) Manhunt Apr 1957

SPIRN, MICHELE (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• Murder in the Pantry (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1974

SPITZER, JAMES E. (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• The Lies and Fall of Pierre Menteur (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 2007; The Story That Won.

SPITZER, MARC (fl. 1990s-2000s) (stories)
• Prayers for the Dead (ss) Hardboiled #21 1996
• Down (ss) Hardboiled #25/26 2000

SPIVAK, CAROL CHADWICK (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Interview: Mildred Wirt Benson (iv) The Strand Magazine #12 2004

SPIVAK, LAWRENCE E. (1900-1994) (stories)
• An Open Letters to Readers of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (ms) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1948

SPONG, A. NOEL (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• A Guiding Hand (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #34 1957
• The Borrower (ss) London Mystery Selection #36 1958

SPOOKSTON, NATHANIEL A. (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• Something to Do with Jade (ss) London Mystery Selection #104 1975

SPRAGUE, CARTER; pseudonym of Sam Merwin, Jr., (1910-1996); other pseudonym Amanda Welldon (stories)
• A Poser for Poe (ts) Detective Novel Magazine Apr 1946
• The Triangular Blade (nv) Thrilling Detective Oct 1946
• A Present for Peter (ss) Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1956

SPRAGUE, DANIEL (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Benton’s Last Chance (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories Jul 1941

SPRAGUE, GRETCHEN (Burnham) (1926-2003) (stories)
• Can You Hear Me? (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1992

SPRAGUE, RICKY (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Real Life, Real Death [with Ed Gorman] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2013
• The International (Marketing) Incident (ss) Mystery Weekly Jan 2018

SPRAGUE, STANLEY (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Murder Off Key (ss) Suspense, the Mystery Magazine Mar 1947; broadcast November 15, 1945, script by Gene Russ Kearn.

SPRAGUE, WAYNE (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• The Gallows of Doom (ss) Startling Detective Adventures Jun 1930
• Kansas City’s Wildcat (ts) Startling Detective Adventures Jul 1930

SPRANG, RICHARD W(illiam) (1915-2000) (stories)
• Double for Death (ss) Black Hood Detective Sep 1941
• Murder Calls the Game (ss) Mystery Novels and Short Stories Sep 1941
• Menace in Blondes (ss) Hooded Detective Nov 1941
• Corpse Call (ss) True Gangster Stories Aug 1942
• Saboteur’s Swan Song (ss) Crack Detective Nov 1942

SPRATT, C. R. (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Going Big Time (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001

SPRECKER, ALFRED L. (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• The Mystery of the Three Pins (ss) Action Stories May 1922

SPRIGG, C(hristopher) St. JOHN (1907-1937) (stories)
• Death at 8:30 (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 25 1935
• No Errors (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 29 1935

SPRIGGS-GILL, BARBARA (fl. 1980s) (stories)
• Newton’s Other Law (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1987

SPRING, AGNES WRIGHT; [born Agnes Rebecca Wright] (1894-1988) (stories)
• Trailing a Comet (ss) Mystery Magazine Aug 1 1922

SPRING, HOWARD (1889-1965) (stories)
• Conversation in Baker Street (fa) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1950 [Sherlock Holmes]

SPRING, MICHELLE; pseudonym of Michelle Stanworth, (1951- ) (stories)
• Children and Violence: The Background to Standing in the Shadows (ar) Crime Time v2 #1 1998
• The Dark Side of Cambridge (ar) Crime Time v3 #1 2000

SPRING, PHILIP (fl. 1950s-1960s) (stories)
• Mistress of Death (ar) The London Mystery Magazine #24 1955
• Dark Glasses (vi) The London Mystery Magazine #32 1957
• The Siren (ss) London Mystery Selection #47 1960
• Sheep May Safely Graze (ss) London Mystery Selection #48 1961
• The Burning Babe (ss) London Mystery Selection #49 1961