Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

VAN RIPER, DONALD (stories) (continued)
• The Burglar and the Blonde (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 17 1930
• The Unkindest Blow (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 24 1930
• The Missing Circle (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 31 1930
• His Fast One (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 14 1930
• Not Just Bait (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 21 1930
• Eleven Raving Fools (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 28 1930
• Tangled Lives (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 5 1930
• Framing Himself (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 12 1930
• Death Warrant (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 19 1930
• Killer’s Ticket (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 26 1930
• Wanted, a Hero (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 2 1930
• Clearing His Title (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 9 1930
• Just a Rubber Stamp (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 30 1930
• Lure of the Spider (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 6 1930
• Broken Whisper (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 13 1930
• No More Lies (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 18 1930
• One Hour’s Grace (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 8 1930
• Golden Emblem (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 15 1930
• Hero to Order (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 22 1930
• Dying Lips (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 6 1930
• Sinister Shadow (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 13 1930
• Holiday Pickings (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 3 1931
• Hot Crime (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 17 1931
• Miser’s Gold (ar) Detective Story Magazine Jan 17 1931
• The Fixer (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 7 1931
• A Matter of Honor (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 14 1931
• Harbor Rat (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 28 1931
• Burning Reminder (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Mar 7 1931
• Metal Monster (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Mar 14 1931
• Too Many Cars (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Mar 28 1931
• Conway’s Beat (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Apr 4 1931
• Switch Back (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 23 1931
• Their Kid Pledge (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Aug 29 1931
• Queer Justice (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Sep 26 1931
• Not a Killer (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Nov 14 1931
• The Fourth Man (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Nov 28 1931
• The Invisible Shadow (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Dec 26 1931
• Scared Stiff (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jan 23 1932
• Bottled Danger (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 13 1932
• Saps and a Dame (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 20 1932
• Indelible Clew (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 27 1932
• The Last Trick (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Mar 12 1932
• The Stronger Arm (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Mar 19 1932
• Shadow Clews (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Apr 9 1932
• All Work—No Loot (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Apr 16 1932
• Desperate Bargain (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Apr 30 1932
• Acid Test (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 14 1932
• Slow Slipping (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 4 1932
• His Last Trick (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 18 1932
• A Fifth Hand (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 25 1932
• Shouting Conscience (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jul 2 1932
• Chained Fast (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jul 9 1932
• Forgotten Sign (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jul 30 1932
• One Chance to Live (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Aug 6 1932
• Gambler’s Bargain (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Aug 20 1932
• Course of Judgment (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Aug 27 1932
• Red for Crime (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Oct 25 1932
• Killers All (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Dec 10 1932
• Black Bait (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jan 25 1933
• Boomerang (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 25 1933
• Coppers Twain (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Mar 10 1933
• Winged Witness (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 10 1933
• Frail Avenging Hand (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jul 10 1933
• Mark of the Dollar (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Aug 10 1933
• Beyond Dispute (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jan 25 1934
• Flaming Trap (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Oct 25 1934
• The Moving Needle (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Dec 10 1934
• Hour of Reckoning (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 25 1935
• One Honest Grand (ss) Best Detective Magazine Jun 1935
• The Standing Dead (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jul 10 1935
• A Trifling Matter (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Oct 1945
• There Comes a Time (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Sep 1947
• Insured Risk (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 1948

VANSANT, WILBUR M. (fl. 1890s) (stories)
• The Tooth and the Diamond (ss) The White Elephant Apr 1897

VAN SCOYK, BOB (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Home from Camp (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1957

VAN SEE, JOHN; pseudonym of Jack Vance, (1916-2013) (stories)
• First Star I See Tonight (ss) Malcolm’s Mar 1954

VAN SILLER, HILDA (1911-1982); see pseudonym Van Siller (stories)

VAN TASSEL, DANIEL R. (1941- ) (stories)
• The Aries Obsession (ex) Suspense Magazine Oct 2011

VAN TRENK, FRANK (fl. 1910s) (stories)
• Tracking a Bigamist (ss) Mystery Magazine Mar 1 1919

VAN TYNE, VALENTINE (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
• The Blue Streak (ss) The Dragnet Magazine Jul/Aug 1929
• Gangsters of the Skies (sl) The Underworld Magazine Aug 1929, etc.
• The Hollingsford Murder (nv) The Underworld Magazine Oct 1929
• “Junk” (na) The Underworld Magazine Dec 1929 [Sky Gangsters]
• Looting the Metropole Vaults (sl) The Underworld Magazine Jan 1930, etc. [Sky Gangsters]
• Sky-Loot (nv) The Underworld Magazine May 1930
• Thru Hell to Happiness (ss) The Underworld Magazine Jun 1930
• The Mob Leader’s Gun Moll (ss) The Underworld Magazine Sep 1930
• Moll Vengeance (ss) The Underworld Magazine Feb 1931
• Diamonds of Death (ss) Speakeasy Stories Oct/Nov 1931
• Out of the Past (nv) Greater Gangster Stories Jun 1933
• Sucker Bait (ss) The Underworld Magazine Sep 1934

van VOGT, A(lfred) E(lton) (1912-2000) (stories)
• Automaton (ss) Other Worlds Science Stories Sep 1950; also as “Dear Automaton”.
• Dear Automaton (ss) Other Worlds Science Stories Sep 1950, as “Automaton”.
• The House That Stood Still (n.) Greenberg Publishers 1950

van WALDRON, BARENT (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Bluff (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 2 1935

VAN WAVEREN, KAILI (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Maria’s Misfortune (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

VANWINKLE, EDMOND H. (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Trapped (ss) Clues Detective Stories Dec 1937

VARAK, ROBERT (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• The Man in the Black Hat (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1965

VARDEMAN, DAVID (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• The Last Evil (ss) Mystery Weekly Nov 2017

VARDRE, LESLIE; pseudonym of L. P. Davies, (1914-1988); other pseudonyms Leo Berne, Robert Blake, Richard Bridgeman, Morgan Evans, Ian Jefferson, Lawrence Peters, Thomas Philips, G. K. Thomas & Rowland Welch (stories)
• The Sight of Blood (ss) London Mystery Selection #44 1960
• The Wall of Time (ss) London Mystery Selection #45 1960
• The Messenger (ss) London Mystery Selection #46 1960
• Tea-Time (ss) London Mystery Selection #47 1960
• The Man with No Face (ss) London Mystery Selection #48 1961
• No School on Friday (ss) London Mystery Selection #49 1961
• The Dream Pedlar (ss) London Mystery Selection #51 1961
• Sleeping Beauty (ss) London Mystery Selection #54 1962
• Mermaid Beach (ss) London Mystery Selection #55 1962
• Time in Hand (ss) London Mystery Selection #56 1963
• Death of a Witch (ss) London Mystery Selection #57 1963
• Bait (ss) London Mystery Selection #58 1963
• The Sleeping Man (ss) London Mystery Selection #59 1963
• Weeds (ss) London Mystery Selection #60 1964
• The Alien (ss) London Mystery Selection #61 1964
• “Sorry, Mr. Hepple” (ss) London Mystery Selection #63 1964
• To Maidy—A Son (ss) London Mystery Selection #64 1965
• The Monsters (ss) London Mystery Selection #65 1965

VARGAS, CLAUDIA (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
• Murder on the Menu (iv) Suspense Magazine Sep 2009
• Winchester Mystery House (ar) Suspense Magazine Oct 2009
• All Aboard the Shipwreck at the Queen Mary (iv) Suspense Magazine Nov 2009 [Matt Gavin]
• Exploring the Beauty and Mystery of Cabo San Lucas (ar) Suspense Magazine Feb 2010
• Pasadena: A Beautiful Town with a Deadly Bridge (ar) Suspense Magazine May 2010

VARNADO, S(eaborn) L(owrey) (1929- ) (stories)
• The History of Mystery (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 4 1981
• Sin of the Seine (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 4 1981

VARNEY, H. J. (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Detour to Crime (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories Aug 1941
• Marked for Murder (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories Sep 1941
• The Case of the Multiple Crimes (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories Oct 1941

VARNUM, VICKIE (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Play a Game of Darts (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1962

VASCO, JUSTO (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• A Man of Honor (ss) New Mystery v2 #2 1994; translated by William I. Neuman.

VASSALL, WILLIAM F. (fl. 1910s) (stories)
• Pearls and Canes (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 20 1916
• The Broken Glass (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 20 1916
• The Sultana Crescent (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 5 1916
• Willing a Name (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 20 1916
• The Basement Room (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 5 1916
• For Her Boy (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 20 1916
• The Firm’s Detective (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 20 1916
• Hiding the Clews (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 20 1917
• Murder by Proxy? (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 13 1918
• His Sacrifice (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 18 1919

VASSI, FRED (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Brooklyn Gothic (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1965

VATAVUK, WILLIAM M. (fl. 1980s) (stories)
• Murder Among the Magnolias (ar) Mystery Magazine Apr 1982

VAUGHAN, BENJAMIN (fl. 1920s) (stories)
• The Cup of Vengeance (ss) Midnight Mystery Stories Dec 2 1922

VAUGHAN, LESLIE (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• The Saint (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #24 1955

VAUGHAN, RALPH (E.) (1954- ) (stories)
• Agent in Hell (ss) Detective Story Magazine #2 1988
• London After Midnight (nv) Mystery Weekly Oct 2017 [Sherlock Holmes]

VAUGHN, CLARK (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Guns Are Made of Steel (vi) Popular Detective Feb 1936
• A Call from the Dead (ss) Thrilling Detective Mar 1936

VAUGHN, DAVID (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• The Prosecutor of DuPrey (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1996

VAUGHN, HARVEY, Jr. (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Double Murder (ss) The Underworld Detective May 1935

VAVRA, JEFFREY (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• The Game’s the Thing (ss) Suspense Magazine May 2011

VEIGH, DANIEL (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• Blood Will Tell (ss) Five Star Detective Stories Apr 1942

VEILLER, BAYARD (1869-1943) (stories)
• Still Within the Law (sl) Mystery Magazine Jun 1 1926, etc.

VELASQUEZ, WENDY (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Siren (ss) Pulp Modern Sum 2012
• Crisis (ss) Pulp Modern Win 2013

VENABLE, JUNE (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Redemption (ss) Great Mystery and Suspense Magazine Sum 2006

VENABLES, PAUL (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• “Rio De Sangre” (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #34 1957

VENDELMANS, J. J. (fl. 1950s) (stories)
• Just a Little Fun (ms) Suspect Detective Stories Aug 1956

VENESS, MAGGIE (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• Gallup Away (ss) Crimespree Magazine Nov/Dec 2011

VENNER, NORMAN (Josiah Barton) (1891-1929) (stories)
• Blackmail (ss) Mystery Feb 1933

VENNEWITZ, LEILA (1912-2007) (stories)
• Like a Bad Dream, by Heinrich Böll (ss) Harper’s Magazine Oct 1965

VENNING, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig, (1908-1957); other pseudonym Craig Rice (stories)
• Jethro Hammer (n.) Coward-McCann 1944 [Melville Fairr]
• How Now, Ophelia (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1947 [Melville Fairr]

VENTURA, CHARLES (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• Murder Takes a World Cruise (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1964
• Murder by Proxy (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1965 [Francis Bascom Ivy]
• Killer’s Corridor (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1965 [Francis Bascom Ivy]
• Bier on the Rocks (nv) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine Jun 1966 [Francis Bascom Ivy]
• Twenty-Four Hours to Live (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1966 [Francis Bascom Ivy]

VERA, COUNTESS of CATHCART; see under Cathcart, Vera Lady (1892-?) (stories)

VERAA, P. (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Mars Fell on Alabama (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Dec 2000/Jan ’01

VERDE, CHARLES (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• Off the Record (na) True Gang Life Jun 1938

VERDE, TOM (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• The Big Dance (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1992

VERKOCZY, ELIZABETH (1933- ) (stories)
• The Haunted Realm of the Humber River (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine #2 1981
• Stanislaw’s Clocks (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine #3 1981

VERLAINE, PIERRE (fl. 1960s) (stories)
• The Scoundrel (ss) Mystery Digest Jan/Feb 1961

VERMAAT, CARLA (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• A Long-Cherished Dream [with Josh Pachter] (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 2009; translated from the Dutch (“Een Lang Gekoesterde Droom”) with the ending rewritten by Pachter.; translated by Josh Pachter.