Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Chronological List

ZIRUL, ARTHUR (1924-2015) (stories)
• Fast Freddy and the Sure Thing (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid-Dec 1995
• Peace in Our Time (vi) Murderous Intent Win 1996
• Boy Scout (vi) Murderous Intent Spr 1996
• Have I Got a System for You (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1997
• Horseface Harry and the Treasure of Capone (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1998
• Killing That Awful Woman (ss) Over My Dead Body! #8 2000

ZISKIN, JAMES (fl. 2010s) (stories)
• A Bed of Roses (ss) The Strand Magazine #57 2019

ZISSMAN, JUDY; pseudonym of Judith Merril, (1923-1997); other pseudonym Eric Thorstein (stories)
• No Heart for Murder (ss) Crack Detective Stories Jul 1945
• The “Crank” Case (ss) Crack Detective Stories Jan 1946

ZITTEL, T. M. (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• The Baby Butchers (ss) The Underworld Magazine Nov 1931

ZITTER, SAM (fl. 1990s) (stories)
• The Face Is Familiar (ss) The Strand Magazine #1 1998
• Miami Rip-Off (ss) Over My Dead Body! #6 1999

ZOLOTOW, MAURICE (fl. 1940s-1970s) (stories)
• The Woman of Mystery (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Apr 1958

ZONE, RAY (1947-2012) (stories)
• Mean Streets Revisited (ar) Mystery May 1981
• The Psycho Man: An Interview with Robert Bloch (iv) Mystery Magazine Jul 1982

ZOOK, NICHOLAS (fl. 1940s-1950s) (stories)
• The Twisted Alibi (ss) Ten Detective Aces Nov 1948
• Murder’s Crystal Ball (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Feb 1949
• Man of Violence (ss) Ten Detective Aces Mar 1949
• The Pearl Button (ss) The Phantom Detective Win 1950
• Paid in Part (ss) 5 Detective Novels Magazine Spr 1950
• The Case of the Spying Spinster (ss) Thrilling Detective Dec 1951
• Luck of the Irisher (ss) Popular Detective Mar 1952
• Blaze of Glory (ss) 5 Detective Novels Magazine Win 1953

ZORBAS, ERNEST (fl. 1930s) (stories)
• The Tower Mystery (ss) Amazing Detective Tales Jul 1930

ZORN, BERTRAM (fl. 1910s) (stories)
• A Case of Bluff (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 20 1915
• Reforming Skinny (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 5 1915
• Black and White Checks (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 5 1916

ZORRO; pseudonym of Harold Ward, (1879-1950); other pseudonyms H. W. Starr & Ward Sterling (stories)
• 12 Must Die (na) Doctor Death Feb 1935 [Doctor Death]
• The Gray Creatures (na) Doctor Death Mar 1935 [Doctor Death]
• The Shriveling Murders (na) Doctor Death Apr 1935 [Doctor Death]
• Murder Music (na) Doctor Death May 1935 (unpublished) [Doctor Death]

ZORRO, SON of; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell, (fl. 1970s-2010s) (stories)
• Doctor Death Returns (na) Double Danger Tales #56 2002; see also under Steve Mitchell. [Doctor Death]

ZUKAS, P. WILLIAM (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
• Dead Alibi (ss) The Shadow Magazine Oct 1 1932

ZUMPE, LEE CLARK (fl. 1990s-2010s) (stories)
• In the Window (vi) SpineChiller v1 #1 1997
• Spill Blood (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Feb/Mar 2001
• An Unmentionable Affair (ss) Mysterious Suspense Stories #2 2016
• Attic Whisperer (pm) Mysterious Suspense Stories #3 2017
• In the Shadow of Red Wolf Mountain (ss) Mysterious Suspense Stories #3 2017
• Sirmione (ss) Mysterious Suspense Stories #3 2017

ZUNIC, JAMES (fl. 1970s) (stories)
• Who Is He? (ss) London Mystery Selection #113 1977

ZUROY, MICHAEL (1918-2007) (stories)
• I’ll Get Even (ss) Manhunt May 1955
• “Use Five Grand?” (ss) Manhunt Apr 1957
• Coffin for Felicia (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1957
• I’m Sorry You’re Dying (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1958
• The Painter (ss) Manhunt Feb 1958
• Loot (ss) Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories Nov 1958
• The Mayor and the Gangster (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959
• The Vicious Kid (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Jun 1959
• How Much to Kill? (ss) Manhunt Feb 1961
• Retribution (ss) Manhunt Apr 1961
• Say Please (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jun 1961
• Loving and Deadly (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1961
• Decay (ss) Manhunt Aug 1961
• The Ugly Woman (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Sep 1961
• Pure Vengeance (ss) Manhunt Oct 1961
• Daddy’s Girl (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1961
• Man-Trap (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Dec 1961
• Visit to the Big City (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1961
• The Cat Car (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb 1962
• Dirty Underwear (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Mar 1962
• The Jostlers (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1962
• The Shy Man and the Lemon Tarts (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1962
• Price of Life (ss) Manhunt Jun 1962
• Diminishing Wife (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1962
• Mooney versus Cat (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1962
• The Old Guard (ss) Manhunt Oct 1962
• You Can’t Win (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1962
• The Professionals (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1963
• Never Trust an Ancestor (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1963
• The Awful Experiment (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1963
• The Mule (ss) Manhunt Sep 1964
• The Raider (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1964
• The Fall (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1964
• The Return of Sam Lipkin (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1965
• Storm’s End (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1968
• The Experts (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1969
• The Room (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1969
• Daniel and the Hadley-Simpson (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1969
• The Bargain (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1969
• The Craftsman (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1969
• Who Sits in Judgment (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1969
• Two Tickets to Miami (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1970
• The Businessmen (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1970
• The Investor (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1970
• The Intelligent Discussion (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1970
• The Great Heist (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1971
• The Ache (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1971
• The Recorder (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1972
• The Reckoning (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1973
• The Dip and the Svengali (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1973
• The Testing (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1973
• Breaking Point (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1973
• The Extortionists (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1973
• A Brainy Caper (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1974
• The High (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1975

ZURRA, NIKOLAS (fl. 1940s) (stories)
• He Stuck to His Guns (ss) Double-Action Detective Jul 1940
• Murder Lust in ‘C’ (ss) Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940
• Amateur Night at the Morgue (na) Detective and Murder Mysteries Feb 1941
• Midnight Call (ss) Mystery Novels and Short Stories Mar 1941
• Little Man—Little Murder (ss) Detective Yarns Apr 1941

ZYDEK, FREDRICK (fl. 2000s) (stories)
• Dreaming My Way (pm) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Fll 2003

[A Bank Detective] (stories)
• The Mysterious Forgery (ss) Mystery Magazine May 1 1919

[A Barrister-at-Law] (stories)
• Circumstantial Evidence (ar) The Detective Magazine Jul 20 1923
• More About Reprieves (ar) The Detective Magazine Feb 1 1924
• The Alibi (ar) The Detective Magazine May 23 1924
• The Challenge (ar) The Detective Magazine Nov 21 1924

[A Barrister] (stories)
• Cross-Examination (ar) The Detective Magazine Jun 6 1924
• Summings-Up (ar) The Detective Magazine Sep 12 1924
• Men Who Matter at the Old Bailey (ar) The Detective Magazine Nov 21 1924
• The Dock (ar) The Detective Magazine Mar 27 1925
• Grim House (ss) Scotland Yard Apr 1931

[A British Agent] (stories)
• The Threat of Kalama (ss) Scotland Yard Mar 1931

[A British Nobleman] (stories)
• Why I Married an American Heiress (ts) Midnight Nov 11 1922

[A British Officer] (stories)
• The Fatal Clue (ss) Scotland Yard May 1931

[A British Official] (stories)
• Triple Claws (ss) Scotland Yard Mar 1931

[A Central Office Detective] (stories)
• Caught with the Goods (ss) Mystery Magazine Aug 15 1919

[A City Detective] (stories)
• Trailing an Auto Thief (ss) Mystery Magazine Feb 1 1920

[A Clubman] (stories)
• Monkey Man (ss) Scotland Yard Apr 1931

[A Consular Agent] (stories)
• One Day to Live (na) Scotland Yard Apr 1931
• Contraband (ss) Scotland Yard Jun 1931
• Red Mantle (ss) Scotland Yard Aug 1931

[A County Coroner] (stories)
• The Naked Man (ss) Scotland Yard Feb 1931

[A Crack Reporter] (stories)
• Dead Men Don’t Fly (nv) Scotland Yard Aug 1931

[A Customs Officer] (stories)
• Customs Worries (ar) The Detective Magazine Feb 16 1923
• Saccharin Smuggling (ar) The Detective Magazine Mar 2 1923
• Air Smugglers (ar) The Detective Magazine Jul 6 1923
• The Customs Waterguard (ar) The Detective Magazine Oct 12 1923

[A Far East Traveler] (stories)
• Blood of Buddha (ss) Scotland Yard Aug 1931

[A Fellow Newspaperman] (stories)
• Sky Scoop (ss) Scotland Yard Aug 1931

[A Flapper] (stories)
• “Treat ’Em Rough!” (ms) Midnight Oct 28 1922

[A Foreign Correspondent] (stories)
• Kidnapped! (nv) Scotland Yard Aug 1931

[A Gangster’s Wife] (stories)
• Whirlpool (sl) Mystery Jun 1934, etc.

[A Kimberley Truck Buster] (stories)
• “I.D.B.” (ar) The Detective Magazine Nov 9 1923

[A Lady Usher] (stories)
• The Doorman Shows Them In (ts) Midnight Nov 11 1922

[A Manicure Girl] (stories)
• What I Know About Married Men (ts) Midnight Aug 19 1922

[A Member of the Secret Service] (stories)
• The Problem of the Blazing Trunks (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Feb 1927

[A New York Journalist] (stories)
• Andrew L. Drummond (ar) Mystery Magazine Mar 1 1919, etc.
• Stories of Great Detectives (cl) Mystery Magazine Jun 15 1919

[A Parisian Detective] (stories)
• Detected by Chance (ss) Mystery Magazine Apr 15 1921

[A Philadelphia Detective] (stories)
• The Missing Sapphires (ss) Mystery Magazine Jan 15 1920

[A Police Official] (stories)
• The Girl Who Paid with Her Life (ar) The Illustrated Detective Magazine Sep 1931

[A Police Sergeant] (stories)
• The Gentleman Cracksman (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Apr 1927

[A Policeman] (stories)
• The Garden of Death (ss) Scotland Yard Feb 1931

[A Private Detective] (stories)
• The Clue of Silver (ss) Mystery Magazine Apr 1 1919
• Tell Me Who I Am (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Jul 1927

[A Private Investigator] (stories)
• Dynamite! (ar) Real Detective Jan 1933

[A Professional Faller] (stories)
• Why I Shall “Fall” No More! (ms) Midnight Oct 21 1922

[A Prominent Chicago Police Official] (stories)
• Black Sheep (ts) True Gang Life Apr 1936

[A Protestant Minister] (stories)
• My Nights Out (ts) Midnight Sep 2 1922

[A Reader] (stories)
• [letter] (lt) Clues Dec #2 1929

[A Resident Briton] (stories)
• The Suicides of Monte Carlo (ar) The Detective Magazine Dec 21 1923

[A Retired Detective] (stories)
• Taking a Long Chance (ss) Mystery Magazine Mar 15 1919

[A Revenue Officer] (stories)
• Spirit Thieves (ar) The Detective Magazine Mar 16 1923

[A Revenue Official] (stories)
• The King’s Warehousekeeper (ar) The Detective Magazine May 11 1923

[A Scotland Yard Detective] (stories)
• The Two Widows (ss) Mystery Magazine Apr 1 1919

[A Scotland Yard Man] (stories)
• Duty First! (ss) Scotland Yard Jun 1931

[A Secret Service Man] (stories)
• She Fooled the Detective (ss) Mystery Magazine May 1 1921
• Diamonds and Laces (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Apr 1925

[A Square Gambler] (stories)
• Answered by Gats (ss) Scotland Yard Apr 1931

[A Store Detective] (stories)
• Robbing the Big Stores (ar) Flynn’s Aug 29 1925

[A Victim] (stories)
• Foreign Political Police (ar) The Detective Magazine Jul 6 1923

[A Ward Detective] (stories)
• The Fatal Note-Book (ss) Mystery Magazine Feb 15 1920

[A World Traveler] (stories)
• Corkscrew (ss) Scotland Yard Mar 1931

[An Editor’s Wife] (stories)
• His Idol (ss) Mystery Magazine May 15 1919