Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Stories, Listed by Author

CRITTENDEN, HARRIET (fl. 1940s-1950s) (chron.)
• * Arsenic for the Lady, (ss) 15 Story Detective Jun 1950
  • 15 Story Detective (Canada) Jun 1950
• * Good Company, (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1952
• * I Am the Brains, Mr. Hoover, (ss) Detective Tales Dec 1944
  • Detective Tales (Canada) Jun 1945

CRITZ, CARTER; house pseudonym (fl. 1930s-1950s) (chron.)
• * Alas, Poor Horace, (ss) Thrilling Detective Jun 1952
• * Animal Assistants, (cl) Popular Detective Nov 1951
• * Between Two Killers, (ss) G-Men Detective Win 1950
• * Bullets, (ar) Popular Detective Sep 1950
• * The Coffin Nail, (ts) Thrilling Detective Nov 1931
• * The Cursed Millions [by Norman A. Daniels], (ss) Black Book Detective Jun 1948
• * Death of the Red Virgin, (ms) Popular Detective Jul 1952
  • Popular Detective (UK) #9 195?
• * Dust as a Clue, (ar) Thrilling Detective Jan 1933
  • The Masked Detective Mar 1933
• * Fake Burglaries, (ar) Popular Detective Jul 1950
  • Popular Detective (Canada) Jul 1950
• * The FBI to the Rescue, (ar) Popular Detective Sep 1952
  • New Detective (UK) #12 1953
• * The Fence, (ar) Popular Detective May 1950
• * The Homicidal Hound, (ar) Triple Detective Win 1953
• * Identifying the Body, (ar) Popular Detective May 1949
• * Ingenuity Plus, (ms) Popular Detective Jan 1952
• * The “Inside” of Detective Work, (cl) Popular Detective Nov 1948, Mar 1949, Nov 1950
• * The “Inside” of Detective Work:
  * ___ Bullets, (cl) Popular Detective Sep 1950
  * ___ Fake Burglaries, (cl) Popular Detective Jul 1950
  • Popular Detective (Canada) Jul 1950
  * ___ The Fence, (cl) Popular Detective May 1950
  * ___ Identifying the Body, (cl) Popular Detective May 1949
• * Not According to Doyle, (ss) Popular Detective Nov 1947
• * The Ratskin Cap, (ts)
  • Thrilling Detective (UK) Aug 1952
• * Simple Tricks Foil Crooks, (ms) Popular Detective May 1952
• * Six-Legged Lawbreaker, (ar) Black Book Detective Spr 1951
• * The Strange Case of Mr. Pitts, (ar) Popular Detective Jan 1953
  • Popular Detective (UK) #12 195?
• * Strange Guardian [by Norman A. Daniels], (ss) Detective Mystery Novel Magazine Win 1948
• * Thirty Thousand Suspects, (ss) Detective Mystery Novel Magazine Sum 1948
• * Weigh in for Murder, (ss) Thrilling Detective Feb 1948
• * The Welsher, (ms) Popular Detective Nov 1952
• * What—Not Again!, (ms) Black Book Detective Win 1953

CROCKETT, ART (c1918-1990) (chron.)
• * As Hot as Ginger, (nv) Web Detective Stories Oct 1960
• * The Blazing Blonde, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Sep 1959
• * The Bleeder, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1977
• * Brains Can Kill You, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1959
• * A Bullet for Baby! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1961
• * Buy Me That Gun!, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Jun 1959
• * Carnival of Lust! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Jul 1962
• * Cross Me and Die!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Feb 1959
• * Dance of the Dying Doll!, (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Jul 1959
• * Darling It’s Murder!, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Nov 1959
• * Death Couldn’t Reach Me!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Stories Apr 1958
• * Death Wears Black Lace, (ss) Web Detective Stories Aug 1960
• * Don’t Cheat on Passion!, (ss) Web Detective Stories Feb 1960
• * Drive Straight to Hell!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Sep 1958
• * Dumb Rookie, (ss) Web Detective Stories May 1961
• * The Evil Ones!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Feb 1959
• * The Fast Line, (ss) Manhunt Dec 1956
  • Giant Manhunt #10 1957
• * Framed by a Fickle Frail, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1963
• * Goddess of Death Alley!, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Mar 1960
• * Her Heel from Hell!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Sep 1959
• * Her Taunts Meant Terror!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jul 1959
• * Heroin Honey!, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Sep 1962
• * Hot Dame with a Cooler, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1960
• * Hot Dame, Cold Slab [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1963
• * Hot Lead Honey!, (ss) Keyhole Detective Story Magazine Sep 1962
• * I Am the Monster, (nv) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Dec 1961
• * I’d Die for Her!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Apr 1959
• * I’ll Sin Once More!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Stories Aug 1957
• * Kill Me with Kisses! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Oct 1960
• * Killers Have No Faces! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Aug 1960
• * Lovely Lady of Death! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1962
• * Loyalty Test, (ss) Pursued Sep/Oct 1957
• * Lust Be My Destiny!, (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Dec 1959
• * Lust Steals the Scene!, (ss) Web Detective Stories Jun 1960
• * Lust Town!, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Jan 1961
• * Lust Without Pity!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958
• * Madness Creeps Slowly!, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Jan 1960
• * Motive, Motive..., (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1977
• * Murder Begins at Home, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1959
• * Murder Wears a Bikini! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Jul 1961
• * Murder’s Bad Luck, (ss) Web Detective Stories Jan 1961
• * Murder’s Lovely Standin!, (ss) Web Detective Stories Jul 1959
• * Name Your Poison [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1962
• * Punks on a Tear!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Nov 1958
• * Redheaded Bait!, (ss) Keyhole Detective Story Magazine Jan 1962
• * Requiem for a Hood!, (ss) Keyhole Detective Story Magazine Apr 1962
• * Ring in My Corpse!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1959
• * Rumble Doll!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Mar 1960
• * She Devil!, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Jun 1960
• * She Wanted Me Dead, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Stories Feb 1958
• * Skull Game!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Jul 1960
• * Slay Ride!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1960
• * So Dies a Tramp, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Sep 1960
• * So Lethal My Love! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1961
• * Soft Flesh Can Be Deadly, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories Nov 1962
• * Strippers Are Murder! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories Sep 1961
• * T.N.T. Temptress! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories Dec 1960
• * Tease Me and Die!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Stories Oct 1957
• * Temptress from the Black Pit, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Oct 1962
• * Terror Town!, (ss) Web Detective Stories Dec 1959
• * Too Hot to Handle!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Aug 1958
• * Vengeance of the Devil’s Mistress, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine Jul 1962
• * Wake of a Killer, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1959

CROCKETT, CHARLOTTE (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * Crossword Puzzle, (pz) Black Cat Mystery Quarterly #4 1981

CROCKETT, DAVE (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Death Grip, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1952
  • Detective Tales (UK) Dec 1952

CROFT, BERNARD (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Afternoon at Avignon, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #23 1955
• * Don’s Delight, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #26 1955

CROFT, MICHAEL (fl. 1970s) (chron.)
• * Death Took the Call, (ss) Mystery Monthly Jun 1976
• * Illegal Entry, (ss) Mystery Monthly Sep 1976

CROFT, W. E. R. (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * All the Way Back, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 1 1927
  • Best Detective Magazine Jun 1937
• * The Mocking Clew, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 21 1927
• * Ready to His Hand, (ss) Crime Mysteries Aug 19 1927
• * A Toast to the Victim, (ss) Crime Mysteries Sep 16 1927
• * Under the Stain, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 4 1927

CROFT-COOKE, RUPERT (1903-1979); see pseudonym Leo Bruce; (about) (chron.)
• * Bateman’s, (ar) The New Strand May 1962
• * Brain Wave, (ss) Pharaoh and His Waggons and other stories, Jarrolds 1937
  • Popular Detective Stories Jan 1950
• * In a Naughty World, (ss) The New Strand Apr 1962
• * Tangerine Night, (ss) The New Strand Jul 1962

CROFTS, FREEMAN WILLS (1879-1957) (chron.)
• * The Affair at Little Wokeham [Insp. Joseph French], (ex) Hodder & Stoughton 1943
  • Crime Time #23 2001
• * The Broken Windscreen [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Many a Slip, Hodder 1955; also as “The Broken Windshield”.
• * The Broken Windshield [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Many a Slip, Hodder 1955, as “The Broken Windscreen”.
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1962
• * Crime on the Footplate [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard 1950
  • The Saint Detective Magazine Aug 1956
• * Ebb Tide, (ss) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine v4 #4 1954
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) Aug 1954
• * The 8.12 from Waterloo [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1952
• * Fingerprints, (ss) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1954
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) Apr 1954
• * The Footbridge [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1953
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) Dec 1953
• * The Greuze, (nv) Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1921; also as “The Greuze Girl”.
• * The Greuze Girl, (nv) Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1921, as “The Greuze”.
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1949
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) Nov 1950
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1987
• * Gull Rock [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1953
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) Oct 1953
• * The Hunt Ball [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Holly Leaves Nov 21 1937
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1943
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) Aug 1948
• * The Hunt Ball Murder, (ss) Todd 1943
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1953
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) Feb 1954
• * Ingots of Gold, (sl) Flynn’s Weekly Aug 7, Aug 14, Aug 21, Aug 28 1926
• * The Medicine Bottle [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1953
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) Sep 1953
• * Mr. Sefton, Murderer, (ss) Mr. Sefton, Murderer, Polybooks 1944
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1953
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) Nov 1953
• * A New Zealand Tragedy, (ar) The Anatomy of Murder, The Detection Club, Bodley Head 1936
  • Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly May 1947
• * The Oversight [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1951
• * The Raincoat [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine v4 #4 1954
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) Aug 1954
• * The Ruined Tower [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1953
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) Jan 1954
• * The Suitcase [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1953
  • MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) Feb 1953
• * The Sunken Suitcase [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Dec 1955
  • The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) Jul 1957
  • The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Sep 1957
• * Tea at Four [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Many a Slip, Hodder 1955
  • The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Sep 1963
• * Two Birds with One Spanner [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1953
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) Aug 1953
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) Oct 1953
• * The Two Bottles [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard
  • The Saint Detective Magazine Mar 1955
  • The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) Apr 1956
  • The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Jun 1956
• * The Two Calls, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Mar 1960
• * Unbreakable Alibi [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1953
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) May 1953
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) Jul 1953
• * The Vertical Line, (ss) The Illustrated London News Nov 20 1935
  • Detective Fiction Weekly May 23 1936
  • Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly #9 1947
_____, [ref.]
• * “My Favourite Crime Authors 6: Freeman Wills Crofts” by Philip Scowcroft, (ar) A Shot in the Dark Sep 1995

CROGHAN, BRYAN (fl. 1950s-1960s) (chron.)
• * Flight Westward, (ss) The Phantom Detective Win 1952

CROMARTY, (Robert?) NOEL (1920?-2001?); (about) (chron.)
• * The Silversmith, (vi) London Mystery Selection #81 1969
• * Uncommon in That Part of the Country, (ss) London Mystery Selection #80 1969

CROMBIE, MICHAEL; possibly a pseudonym of James Ronald, (1905-1972) (chron.)
• * Death Goes A-Riding, (ss) The Illustrated Detective Magazine Aug 1932

CROMPTON, RICHARD E. (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * Detectiverse:
  * ___ With Drawl, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1984
• * With Drawl, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1984

CRONIN, GEORGE (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Everybody Knows, (ss) Hardboiled #44 2012

CRONIN, JAMES E. (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * The Man Who Found the Money, (ss) Manhunt Feb 1954
  • Giant Manhunt #3 1954
  • Manhunt (UK) Sep 1954

CRONIN, JERRY (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * It’s All Relative, (ss) Mystery Weekly Aug 2018

CRONKHITE, LISA M. (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * A Change in Plans, (vi) Suspense Magazine Feb 2010