Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

STERLING, STEWART (stories) (continued)
• The Corpse Who Wouldn’t Die (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Oct 1940 [Keat Burnside]
• Ben Pedley and the Human Torch (na) Detective Tales Nov 1940 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Coming of the Boneless Men (na) Strange Detective Mysteries Nov 1940 [Rod Keeney]
• The Glass Guillotine (na) Thrilling Detective Nov 1940 [Gil Vine]
• Coat of Many Killers (nv) Black Mask Dec 1940 [Special Squad]
• Buried by Proxy (na) Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1941 [Garry MacGregor]
• Case of the Growing Corpse (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Jan 1941 [Rod Keeney]
• Corpse on the Grill (nv) Detective Tales Jan 1941 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• The Legion of Terror (na) Dime Mystery Magazine Mar 1941
• The Platinum Pig (nv) Black Mask Mar 1941 [Special Squad]
• Two Tons of Murder (ss) Detective Book Magazine Spr 1941 [Steve Koski]
• The Corpse Sings a Torch Song (na) Detective Tales May 1941 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Murder Island (ss) Detective Book Magazine Sum 1941 [Steve Koski]
• Over My Dead Body (nv) Black Mask Jun 1941 [Special Squad]
• Five Alarm Funeral (na) Detective Tales Aug 1941 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Hell Fog (ss) Detective Book Magazine Fll 1941 [Steve Koski]
• Servant of the Axe (nv) Thrilling Mystery Sep 1941
• Don’t Bury Me at All (nv) Black Mask Nov 1941 [Special Squad]
• The Eyes of Death (na) G-Men Detective Nov 1941 [Dan Fowler]
• Laugh, Corpse, Laugh! (na) Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 1941 [Rod Keeney]
• Murder Melody (ss) Detective Book Magazine Win 1941/’42 [Steve Koski]
• Sing a Song of Suicide (nv) 10 Story Mystery Magazine Dec 1941
• Bull-Market for the Dying (na) Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1942
• Fuel for Satan’s Fires (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Jan 1942
• Keep the Body Warm (nv) Detective Tales Feb 1942 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Kindly Omit Flowers (nv) Black Mask Mar 1942 [Special Squad]
• The Nun Never Sleeps (ss) Detective Book Magazine Spr 1942 [Steve Koski]
• Assassin in Armor (nv) 10 Story Mystery Magazine Apr 1942
• Buttons for the Corpse Fund (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine May 1942 [Rod Keeney]
• Bring Back My Body to Me (nv) Big-Book Detective Magazine Jun 1942
• Murder Keeps a Date (ss) Detective Book Magazine Sum 1942 [Steve Koski]
• Blow the Man Down (nv) Black Mask Jul 1942 [Special Squad]
• Dead Man’s Chest (ss) Detective Book Magazine Fll 1942 [Steve Koski]
• Toast and Coffins (na) Detective Tales Sep 1942 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Cook a Dish of Homicide (nv) Detective Tales Nov 1942 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Murder in the Modern Mode (ss) Detective Short Stories Nov 1942
• Bullets, Back to Back (nv) Black Mask Dec 1942 [Special Squad]
• The Killer Lights a Candle (na) 5-Detective Mysteries Dec 1942/Jan ’43
• A Medal for the Corpse (ss) Detective Book Magazine Win 1942 [Steve Koski]
• Five Alarm Funeral (n.) Putnam 1942 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Old King Kill (ss) Mammoth Detective Jan 1943
• Dying Room Only (nv) Detective Tales Mar 1943 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Fingers of Fear (nv) Five-Novels Monthly Mar 1943
• The Demon Finds a Body (ss) Detective Book Magazine Sum 1943 [“Demon” Ames]
• Dead as a Duck (nv) Black Mask Jul 1943 [Special Squad]
• The Light That Brought Death (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Jul 1943
• Twice Burned—Once Shy! (ss) Detective Tales Jul 1943 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• A Kill for the Demon (ss) Detective Book Magazine Fll 1943 [“Demon” Ames]
• Homicide—Hot Off the Griddle (nv) Detective Tales Oct 1943 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Gray Dawn Over Broadway (ss) Detective Tales Dec 1943
• Down Among the Dead Men (n.) Putnam 1943 [Steve Koski]
• The Secret of Madam Zenobia (na) Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1944 [Gil Vine]
• Murder Deals a Hand (ss) Detective Book Magazine Win 1944 [“Demon” Ames]
• Where There’s Smoke... (na) Mammoth Detective Oct 1946 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Dead Wrong (n.) J.B. Lippincott 1947 [Gil Vine]
• A Breath of Suspicion (ss) G-Men Detective Jul 1948 [“Demon” Ames]
• Alibi Baby (ss) Popular Detective Sep 1948 [Steve Koski]
• A Matter of Evidence (ss) G-Men Detective Sep 1948 [“Demon” Ames]
• Never Come Mourning (ss) Detective Book Magazine Win 1948 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Dead Certain (na) Popular Detective Jan 1949 [Gil Vine]
• Fit to Kill (ss) Popular Detective Mar 1949
• Homicide Handicap (nv) Popular Detective May 1949 [Keene Madden]
• The Flaming Lady Murder (ss) Detective Book Magazine Sum 1949 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Gunmetal Finish (nv) Popular Detective Sep 1949 [Steve Koski]
• Assassins in Celluloid (na) G-Men Detective Win 1950 [Dan Fowler]
• The Galloping Corpses (nv) Popular Detective Jan 1950 [Keene Madden]
• Dead Giveaway (nv) Thrilling Detective Feb 1950 [Gil Vine]
• Shot with Luck (ss) Thrilling Detective Apr 1950
• Murder by Television (nv) Popular Detective Jul 1950 [Gil Vine]
• A Nice Night for Murder (nv) Popular Detective Sep 1950 [Steve Koski]
• The Frightened Faces (nv) Thrilling Detective Oct 1950 [Don Marko]
• Rough Party (ss) G-Men Detective Win 1951 [Steve Koski]
• The Smell of Fear (nv) Popular Detective Jan 1951 [Gil Vine]
• The Butcher Always Smiles (nv) Thrilling Detective Feb 1951 [Don Marko]
• S.S. Homicide (nv) G-Men Detective Spr 1951
• Innocent Party (nv) Thrilling Detective Apr 1951 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Blues in the Night (nv) Popular Detective May 1951 [Steve Koski]
• Inside Stuff (cl) Popular Detective Nov 1951, etc.
• Crime Confidential (ts) Black Book Detective Win 1952
• A Key for Any Lock (na) Triple Detective Win 1952 [Don Marko]
• Pieces of Hate (nv) Thrilling Detective Apr 1952 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• The Evil Hour (na) Popular Detective Sep 1952 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Hot, Willing—and Deadly (na) Black Book Detective Win 1953 [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)]
• Weapon Invisible (na) Triple Detective Win 1953 [Don Marko]
• The Beautiful and the Doomed (na) Popular Detective Jan 1953 [Myro Catin]
• The Lowdown (ts) 5 Detective Novels Magazine Spr 1953
• Model for Murder (nv) 5 Detective Novels Magazine Spr 1953 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• The Unsinkable Blonde (na) Popular Detective Mar 1953 [Steve Koski]
• The Lady’s Out for Blood! (na) Triple Detective Spr 1953 [Myro Catin]
• The Kiss-and-Kill Murders (nv) Popular Detective May 1953 [Don Marko]
• The Big Deal (nv) Private Eye Jul 1953
• Hot Number (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1953 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• The Corpse in 1214 (na) Popular Detective Fll 1953 [Gil Vine]
• The Screaming Blonde (na) Triple Detective Fll 1953 [Gil Vine]
• The Skeleton Crew (nv) 5 Detective Novels Magazine Fll 1953 [Steve Koski]
• Lead for Breakfast (na) Triple Detective Spr 1954
• The Hinges of Hell (n.) Ives Washburn 1955 [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley]
• Dead Right (na) Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine Feb 1956 [Gil Vine]
• The Well-Mannered Monster (ar) The Saint Detective Magazine May 1957
• Murder Comes to the Plaza Royal (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1957 [Gil Vine]
• Frankie and Various Johnnies (ar) The Saint Detective Magazine Apr 1958
• The Lady of Death (na) Triple Detective #1 2008; restored from “The Lady’s Out for Blood!” (Triple Detective, Spring 1953). [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)]
• The Axe Is Ever Thirsty (ss)
• Turning on the Heat (ms)

STERLING, WARD; pseudonym of Harold Ward, (1879-1950); other pseudonyms H. W. Starr & Zorro (stories)
• The Mystery of Devil’s Nest (ss) The Black Mask Jul 1920
• The Strange Story of Martin Colby (ss) The Black Mask Aug 1920
• The Devil Takes a Hand (ss) The Black Mask Sep 1920
• The Long Arm of God (ss) The Black Mask Sep 1920
• The Letter in Pedro’s Skull (ss) The Black Mask Feb 1921
• The Golden Slipper Mystery (ss) The Black Mask Mar 1921
• The Riddle of the Tattooed Men (ss) The Black Mask Apr 1921
• The Mystery of the Chessman (ss) The Black Mask Aug 1921
• The Whip of Death (ss) The Black Mask Nov 1921
• The Phantom Bullet (ss) The Black Mask Jan 1922
• The Passing of Bloody Dan (ss) The Black Mask Feb 1922
• The Brand of Cain (ss) The Black Mask Apr 1922
• Hankenson’s Perfect Crime (ss) The Black Mask Apr 1922
• Bram Dwyer’s Bonfire (ss) The Black Mask May 1922
• The Catspaw (ss) The Black Mask Aug 1922
• The Concrete Facts About Thomas Hancock (ts) The Black Mask Oct 1922
• A Matter of Soap (ss) The Dragnet Magazine May 1929
• The Living Corpse (ss) Murder Mysteries Jun 1929
• The Abel Murder Case (nv) The Dragnet Magazine Oct 1929
• The Color Clue (ss) Black Mask (UK) Sep 1931

STERN, ARTHUR K. (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• The Lady of the Louve (ss) Mystery Magazine Aug 1927

STERN, GIL (fl. 1970s-2010s) (stories)
• Get the Message? (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1974
• The Nude Murder Case (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1975
• Longshot (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1976
• Troubles by the Handful (cl) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 2006; The Story That Won.
• Bag of Tricks (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 2009; The Story That Won.
• Raise It High (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 2012; The Story That Won.

STERN, G(ladys) B(ronwyn) [born Gladys Bertha Stern; Mrs. Geoffrey Lisle Holdsworth] (1890-1973) (stories)
• A Link Still Missing (ss) London Express 1953

STERN, J. M. (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Bedtime Story (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956

STERN, MATTHEW (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• The Greatest Treasure (ss) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine May/Jun 2005

STERN, NATHAN (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Snare for Murder (ss) Daring Detective (Canada) May 1941

STERN, RICHARD MARTIN (1915-2001) (stories)
• Set Up for Murder (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 8 1959 (+1)

STERNE, LAURENCE (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
• Read the Papers, Chief (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 31 1925
• All but the Shoes (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 28 1925
• Mistakes Will Happen (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 20 1925
• Good Old Adolph! (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 18 1925
• Icebergs and Emeralds (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 10 1925
• A Lesson on the Double-Cross (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 17 1925
• Where Did I Meet That Fellow (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 6 1926
• Hard-Luck Horn (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 20 1926
• High-Flying Thieves (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 26 1926
• He Fell for the Stones (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 10 1926
• A Reasonable Doubt (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 31 1926
• Trappings in Darkness (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 28 1926
• Easier Money (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 11 1926
• The Legal Eagle (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 25 1926
• More Ways Than One (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 1 1927
• Fragrance and Frame-Ups (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 5 1927
• Man Trapper (ss) Best Detective Magazine Aug 1934
• [unknown story] (ss)

STERNE, R. J. (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• The Heavy Hand of the Law (ms) Racket-Buster Detective Oct 1949

STERNER, J. EKMAN (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• Who Shot Norton Prince? (na) Detective Trails Nov 1929

STERNIG, LARRY (1908-1999) (stories)
• Shooting Star (ss) Saucy Detective May 1937
• Headed for Hell (ss) True Gang Life Jun 1938
• Journal of Crime (ss) Ten Detective Aces Feb 1940
• Backstage Blackmail (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Nov 1940
• Mr. Meek Goes to Hell [with William Campbell Gault] (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jul 1944
• Three Strikes on Satan [with William Campbell Gault] (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Aug 1944
• The Weak’s Wages—Death [with William Campbell Gault] (ss) Ten Detective Aces Sep 1944 [Mickey Dolan]
• The Fatal Flower [with William Fredric Kruger] (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1945
• Danger Signal (ss) Thrilling Detective Aug 1945
• Midnight Edition Payoff (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Feb 1946
• Hot Cargo [with Anne Powers] (ss) Detective Book Magazine Spr 1946
• Day of the Ogre (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 1946
• Murder at Midnight (ss) Private Detective Apr 1950
• The Giveaway [with William Fredric Kruger] (ss) Smashing Detective Stories Jun 1952
• Time Out for Murder (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1980

STERNQUIST, J. W. (fl. 1980s) (stories)
• Ghost Writer (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1983

STERRETT, ELTON (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Death Doubles Back (nv) Murder Mysteries Feb 1935
• Seven Ride with Eaton (ss) Scarlet Gang Stories Mar 1936

STERRETT, JACK (fl. 1930s-1940s) (stories)
• Use a Gun or Forget It! (ss) Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly Oct 10 1942

STERZINGER, ANN (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
• You Are Watching (ss) The Big Click Jul 2013

STETSON, JOHN (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• They Call Me Insane (ss) Crime Confessions (UK) Jun 1948
• Frame Up (ss) Mystery Crime Cases Nov 1948

STETSON, WILLIAM (fl. 1980s-2000s) (stories)
• Deadly Dancer (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1981
• The Street of Fear (ss) Hardboiled #36 2007

STEUBEN, WILLARD (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Hi-Jack Gold (nv) True Gang Life Nov 1934
• The High Graders (nv) True Gang Life Jan 1935

STEVENS, B(onnie) K(lomp) (1951- ) (stories)
• True Detective (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1988 [Sgt. Gordon Bolt; Lt. Walt Johnson]
• True Confession (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1989 [Sgt. Gordon Bolt; Lt. Walt Johnson]
• An Ounce of Prevention (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1989
• Something to Chew On (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1990
• True Romance (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1990 [Sgt. Gordon Bolt; Lt. Walt Johnson]
• Final Jeopardy (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1991
• Night Vision (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid-Dec 1991 [Harriet Russo; Iphigenia Woodhouse]
• True Adventure (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1992 [Sgt. Gordon Bolt; Lt. Walt Johnson]
• Sideshow (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1993 [Harriet Russo; Iphigenia Woodhouse]
• True Crime (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1994 [Sgt. Gordon Bolt; Lt. Walt Johnson]
• Death in Small Doses (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1994 [Harriet Russo; Iphigenia Woodhouse]