Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Stories, Listed by Author

COLLIER, JOHN (chron.) (continued)
• * The Dog That Came to the Funeral, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1957
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) Aug 1957
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) Oct 1957
• * Down to Earth, (ss) The New Yorker May 5 1951, as “Interpretation of a Dream”.
  • Suspense (UK) Sep 1958
• * The Frog Prince, (ss) Presenting Moonshine, Viking 1941
  • Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales Jul 1960
• * Green Thoughts, (ss) Harper’s Magazine May 1931
  • Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales May 1960
• * Interpretation of a Dream, (ss) The New Yorker May 5 1951; also as “Down to Earth”.
• * The Lady on the Gray, (ss) The New Yorker Jun 16 1951
  • The London Mystery Magazine #16 1953
• * The Love Connoisseur, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1958
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) Feb 1959
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) Feb 1959
• * A Matter of Taste, (ss) The New Yorker Jan 7 1956
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1959
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) Jan 1960
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) Jan 1960
• * Straight and Narrow, (ss) Keyhole Mystery Magazine Aug 1960
• * Three Bears Cottage, (ss) Fancies and Goodnights, Doubleday 1951
  • Mystery Digest May 1958
• * The Touch of Nutmeg Makes It, (ss) The New Yorker May 3 1941
  • The London Mystery Magazine #17 1953

COLLIER, O. B. (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Hands Up!, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 25 1935

COLLIER, ZENA (fl. 1960s-1970s) (chron.)
• * Trial by Night, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1974

COLLINGS, LEWIS EDWARD (fl. 1910s-1920s) (chron.)
• * The Bigamist, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Dec 15 1923
• * A Boarding-house Mystery, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Mar 8 1924
• * Circumstantial Evidence, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Sep 15 1923
• * The Coward, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Dec 29 1923
• * The Drug Addict, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1 1923
• * The Fake Defense, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Oct 13 1923
• * The Fiction, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Nov 24 1923
• * The Frame-Up, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Nov 10 1923
• * He Stole His Own Watch, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Oct 6 1923
• * Humor in Court, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Sep 22 1923
• * The Innocent Man, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Aug 25 1923
• * Joked to Jail, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Oct 20 1923
• * A Mother’s Plea, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Oct 27 1923
• * Murder Will Out, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Nov 3 1923
• * The Mystery of the White Horse Tavern, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Sep 29 1923
• * Obstructing Justice, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Jan 19 1924
• * The Prisoner’s Wife, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Nov 17 1923
• * The Second Offender, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Dec 29 1923
• * The Swindler, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Dec 8 1923
• * Tombs Sketches:
  * ___ The Bigamist, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Dec 15 1923
  * ___ A Boarding-house Mystery, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Mar 8 1924
  * ___ Circumstantial Evidence, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Sep 15 1923
  * ___ The Coward, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Dec 29 1923
  * ___ The Drug Addict, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1 1923
  * ___ The Fake Defense, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Oct 13 1923
  * ___ The Fiction, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Nov 24 1923
  * ___ The Frame-Up, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Nov 10 1923
  * ___ He Stole His Own Watch, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Oct 6 1923
  * ___ Humor in Court, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Sep 22 1923
  * ___ The Innocent Man, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Aug 25 1923
  * ___ Joked to Jail, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Oct 20 1923
  * ___ A Mother’s Plea, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Oct 27 1923
  * ___ Murder Will Out, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Nov 3 1923
  * ___ The Mystery of the White Horse Tavern, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Sep 29 1923
  * ___ Obstructing Justice, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Jan 19 1924
  * ___ The Prisoner’s Wife, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Nov 17 1923
  * ___ The Second Offender, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Dec 29 1923
  * ___ The Swindler, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Dec 8 1923

COLLINS, ANDREW J. (fl. 1940s-1960s) (chron.)
• * All Cozy with a Corpse, (ss) Hollywood Detective Dec 1949
• * And a Time for Dying, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1960
• * Crime on My Hands, (ss) Scientific Detective Jun 1947
• * A Date with Death, (nv) Private Detective Stories May 1948
• * Deep in the Heart of Murder, (ss) Hollywood Detective Feb 1950
• * The Egg in the Bier, (nv) Thrilling Detective Jun 1947
  • Thrilling Detective (UK) Nov 1947
• * The Golden Harp, (ss) Scientific Detective Nov 1947
• * Homicide Hotbed, (sl) Scientific Detective Nov, Dec 1946
• * Mary Dies Tonight, (ss) Mammoth Mystery Aug 1946
• * Murder Waits Till Midnight, (ss) Scientific Detective Jul 1946
• * Shakedown Shamus, (ss) Thrilling Detective Apr 1947
• * A Short Bier for Bertha, (ss) Thrilling Detective Aug 1947
• * Sing a Song of Murder, (ss) Scientific Detective Mar 1948
• * Some Like ’Em Dead, (ss) Hollywood Detective May 1948
• * There’s Money in Murder, (ss) Scientific Detective Aug 1946
• * Thunder in Stony Flats, (nv) Black Book Detective Jan 1949
  • Black Book Detective (Canada) Jan 1949

COLLINS, CHARLES ALLSTON (1828-1873); (about) (chron.)
• * La Tete Noire, (ss)
  • Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Nov 1965

COLLINS, (Cuthbert) DALE (1897-1956); (about) (chron.)
• * The Adventure of Adventures, (ss) Mystery Magazine Jun 15 1926
• * The Affair of the Raven [Peter Lamb], (ss) Mystery Magazine Feb 15 1926
• * And the Fat Was in the Fire [Peter Lamb], (ss) The Sketch Oct 28 1925
  • Mystery Magazine Mar 15 1926
• * The Fruits of Innocence [Peter Lamb], (ss) The Sketch Oct 21 1925
  • Mystery Magazine Mar 1 1926
• * The Green Eye—and So On [Peter Lamb], (ss) The Sketch Nov 18 1925
  • Mystery Magazine May 1 1926
• * The Sidney Street Affair [Peter Lamb], (ss) Mystery Magazine Apr 15 1926
• * The Sinners’ Wages [Peter Lamb], (ss) The Sketch Nov 11 1925
  • Mystery Magazine Jul 1 1926
• * A Slight Misapprehension [Peter Lamb], (ss) The Sketch Oct 14 1925
  • Mystery Magazine Apr 1 1926

COLLINS, DEAN (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Tough Break, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Nov 10 1933

COLLINS, DOROTHY A. (fl. 1970s-1980s) (chron.)
• * Best Laid Scheme, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1979
• * Detectiverse:
  * ___ Murder on Demand, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1978
  * ___ Read On, Macduff, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1978
• * A Fish Story, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 11 1980
• * Found on the Cookbook Shelf, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1978
• * The Kitchen Floor, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1978
• * Murder on Demand, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1978
• * Read On, Macduff, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1978
• * To Be Blunt About It, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1979
• * A Type of Murder, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1979
• * Victorian Villain, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1979
• * What’s That Word?, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1979

COLLINS, Mrs. E. BURKE; pseudonym of Emma Augusta Brown Sharkey, (1849-1902) (chron.)
• * His Last Game, (ss) Poker Chips Oct 1896
  • Mystery Magazine Dec 1 1918

COLLINS, ELLE (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Android in a Wide-Brimmed Hat: The Use of Noir Tropes in Copernicus Jones: Robot Detective, (ar) The Big Click Nov 2015

COLLINS, FRED (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
_____, as told by
• * Talking Glass (as told to John Miller Gregory), (ss) Ghost Stories Apr 1927
  • Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Jun 1927

COLLINS, FREDERICK L(ewis) (1882-1950); (about) (chron.)
• * The Riddle of the Vanished King, (ss) Mystery Dec 1932

COLLINS, GEORGE (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
_____, as told by
• * The Haunted Loud Speaker (as told to K. A. W.), (ss) Ghost Stories Nov 1926, as “Through a Haunted Loud Speaker”.
  • Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Jul 1927
• * Through a Haunted Loud Speaker (as told to K. A. W.), (ss) Ghost Stories Nov 1926; also as “The Haunted Loud Speaker”.

COLLINS, GILBERT (Henry) (1890-1960); (about) (chron.)
• * The Idol, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Oct 1923

COLLINS, HUNT; pseudonym of Evan Hunter, (1926-2005); other pseudonyms John Abbott, Richard Marsten & Ed McBain (chron.)
• * A-Hanging We Will Go!, (ss) Smashing Detective Stories Sep 1952
  • Smashing Detective Stories (UK) #5 1952
• * Association Test, (ss) Manhunt Jul 1954
  • Verdict Detective Story Magazine #10 1955
  • The Phantom Suspense-Mystery Magazine v1 #1 195?
  • Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine May 1962
• * Attack, (ss) Manhunt Feb 1953
  • Giant Manhunt #1 1953
  • Manhunt (UK) Sep 1953
  • Manhunt Detective Story Magazine (Australia) Nov 1953
  • Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine Sep 1961
• * The Body Beautiful [Guthrie Lamb], (nv) Famous Detective Stories May 1952
  • Detective Stories #5 1953
• * Circumstantial Evidence, (ss) Manhunt Apr/May 1967
• * Dead Freight [Guthrie Lamb], (na) Famous Detective Stories Feb 1952
  • American Sleuth #1 1952
  • Crime Story Magazine Dec 1953, #7 195?
  • Famous Detective Stories (UK) #4 195?
• * Detour, (ss) Private Eye Dec 1953
• * Don’t Monkey with Murder!, (na) Smashing Detective Stories Jun 1953; see also under Anonymous.
  • Smashing Detective Stories (UK) #6 195?
• * Eye-Witness, (ss) 1952
  • Verdict Crime Detection Magazine Aug 1956
• * The Follower, (ss) Manhunt Jul 1953
  • Giant Manhunt #2 1953 (var.1), #2 1953 (var.2)
  • Manhunt (UK) Feb 1954
  • Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine Feb 1962
• * Joker, (ss) The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine Jan 1955
  • Pursuit—The Phantom Mystery Magazine Oct 1955
• * Kiss Me, Dudley, (ss) Manhunt Jan 1955
  • Giant Manhunt #6 1955 (var.1), #6 1955 (var.2)
• * The Molested, (ss) Manhunt Sep 1953
  • Giant Manhunt #2 1953 (var.1)
• * One Down, (ss) Manhunt Jun 1953
  • Giant Manhunt #2 1953 (var.1), #2 1953 (var.2)
  • Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine Jan 1962
• * The Smell of Blood, (ss) Private Eye Jul 1953
• * Sucker, (ss) Manhunt Dec 1953
  • Giant Manhunt #3 1954
  • Manhunt (UK) Apr 1954
  • Tough Stories Magazine Feb 1956
  • Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine Mar 1962
• * Wrong Number [Guthrie Lamb], (nv) Famous Detective Stories Aug 1952
  • Detective Stories v6 #10, v6 #9 1954

COLLINS, JOAN BARD (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * Play Your Hunches, (vi) Detective Story Magazine #2 1988
• * Road Test, (ss) Detective Story Magazine #4 1989

COLLINS, LAVINIA (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * Thirteen Were at Dinner, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Dec 1963

COLLINS, LES; pseudonym of Les Cole, (1926- ) (chron.)
• * Deadly Triangle, (ss) Manhunt Apr 1961

COLLINS, LORRAINE (fl. 1980s-1990s) (chron.)
• * Culture Shock, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1991
• * Exhibit A, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1988
• * God Bless Pedestrians, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1987
• * The Hand of God, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1987
• * The Hungry Ghost, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1986
• * The Nature of the Beast, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1988
• * A Nice Quiet Little Business, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid-Dec 1990
• * Only Clay, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1986
• * Only in America, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1986
• * Predators, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1985
• * The Second Chance, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1991
• * Song of the Open Road, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1987

COLLINS, MARTIN (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * Coffee for Two, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Sep 1962
• * Now We Can Really Go to Town, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Jul 1962
• * A Pair of Cuckoos, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Jan 1965

COLLINS, MARY (Garden) (1908-1983?) (chron.)
• * The Fog Comes, (n.) Scribner’s 1941
  • Two Complete Detective Books Fll 1941
• * Sirens in the Night, (na) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Apr 1943
  • Detective Story Annual 1944
  • Street & Smith’s Mystery Detective (UK) Feb 1957
• * The Sister of Cain, (n.) Scribner’s 1943
  • Craig Rice Crime Digest Aug/Sep 1945; adapted by Craig Rice

COLLINS, MAX ALLAN (Jr.) (1948- ); (about) (chron.)
• * The Big Run (with Mickey Spillane), (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2018
• * The Big Switch (with Mickey Spillane) [Mike Hammer], (ss) The Strand Magazine #26 2008/’09; developed by Max Allan Collins from a fragment found in Spillane’s files.
• * The Blonde Tigress [Nathan Heller], (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 2008
• * Completing Mickey Spillane, (ar) Crimespree Magazine #67 2018