Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Stories, Listed by Author

LANGELAAN, GEORGE (chron.) (continued)
• * The Informer, (ss) Suspense (UK) Oct 1958
• * The Killer, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1959
• * The Only Way Out, (nv) Suspense (UK) Apr 1960
• * Yes, I Like Villains!, (ar) Suspense (UK) Jan 1961; Personality Platform.

LANGELLA, FRANK (A., Jr.) (1938- ); (about)
_____, [ref.]
• * “[photo of Frank Langella as Sherlock Holmes]”, uncredited, (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1988

LANGEN, GILBERT (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * The Deadly Dame, (ss) True Gang Life Feb 1935

LANGER, H. C.; [i.e., Hedwig Langer] (1905-1969); see pseudonym Beech Allen (chron.)
• * Cheese It!, (ss) Racketeer and Gangland Stories Jun 1932
• * Code of Gentleman Joe, (ss) Complete Gang Novel Magazine Jun/Jul 1931
• * Death Is Spelled with a “P”, (ss) Nick Carter Magazine Dec 1935, as by Milton Burns.
• * Double Jeopardy, (ss) Racketeer and Gangland Stories Jul 1932
• * Gang Justice, (nv) Gangster Stories Feb 1930
• * Hell on Earth, (ss) Greater Gangster Stories May 1934
• * The Magistrate Racket, (ss) Racketeer Stories Apr 1930
• * Snitch Makes His Moll, (ss) Complete Gang Novel Magazine Oct 1931
• * Sweepstakes, (ss) Complete Gang Novel Magazine Mar 1932

LANGFORD, ELIZABETH (fl. 1990s-2000s) (chron.)
• * For My Grandmother, (pm) Futures Dec 1999/Jan 2000

LANGFORD, WILLIAM A. (fl. 1930s-1940s) (chron.)
• * Big-House Bait, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jan 1938
• * A Bluff in Time, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Feb 1939
• * Death on Parade, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Nov 1940
• * The Devil’s Coronet, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Apr 1938
• * The Haunting Clue, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Aug 1938
• * The Phantom Clue, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Aug 1939
• * Portrait of Vengeance, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Apr/May 1939
• * Shakedown Antidote, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Jun 1939
• * Sound Defects [Hank Landis], (ss) Variety Detective Magazine Nov 1938; possibly a reprint of “Framed to Hang” by Howard Nile (Secret Agent X, November 1935).

LANGILLE, CODY (fl. 2000s-2010s); (about) (chron.)
• * The Scratch, (ss) Suspense Magazine Nov 2011

LANGLEY, CHARLES (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Crossing the Bar, (vi) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Oct/Nov 2000
• * A Family Matter, (vi) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine Mar/Apr 2007 (unpublished)
• * I Remember Rollo, (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Spr 2002

LANGLEY, ROBERT (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * A Question of Morality, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Nov 1958
  • John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) Jul 1959

LANGLINAIS, M. PEPPER (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * A.B.C., (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Fll 2004

LANGMAID, KENNETH (Joseph Robb) (1902-1985); see pseudonym Kenneth Laing (chron.)

LANGTRY, DICK (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * The Hunchback Escapes, (ss) Stirring Detective and Western Stories Jun 1941
• * Police Vendetta, (ss) Red Hood Detective Stories Jul 1941
• * Sinister Playwright, (ss) Stirring Detective and Western Stories Apr 1941

LANHAM, BOB (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * Overruled, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1991

LANHAM, EDWIN (Moultrie) (1904-1979) (chron.)
• * Asphodel, (ss) Collier’s Jun 10 1944
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1947
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) Aug 1948
  • Ellery Queen’s Anthology #10 1966

LANIER, M. S. (fl. 1910s) (chron.)
• * The Passing of Peter Quinn, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 20 1916

LANIER, ROGER (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Murderers Get No Sleep, (na) World Wide Detective Stories Dec 1941

LANIGAN, SUSAN (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Gymnopedie No. 1, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2012

LANKFORD, TERRILL (Lee) (1959- ); (about) (chron.)
• * Current Events, (ss) Hardboiled #44 2012
• * Detour Drive, (nv) Hardboiled #40 2009
• * Jenny’s Little Problems, (ss) Hardboiled #42 2010
_____, [ref.]
• * “Books to Be on the Lookout For: Terrill Lee Lankford” reviewed by Gary Lovisi, (br) Hardboiled #38 2008

LANKSTEAD, JAMES (fl. 1970s) (chron.)
• * The Long Walk Home, (ss) London Mystery Selection #121 1979

LANNETTE (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * Footsteps, (uw) New Mystery v6 #1 1998; fragment, High School Student Winner of the Monterey Bouchercon28 Mystery Writing Contest.

LANSBURY, ANGELA (1925- )
_____, [ref.]
• * “Angela: A Chat with Angela Lansbury, Star of Stage, Screen and Television” by Pete Christian, (ar) Mystery Magazine Jul 1981
• * “[photo of Angela Lansbury]” by Peter Papadopolous, (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1989

LANSDALE, JOE R(ichard Harold) (1951- ) (chron.)
• * Black as the Night (with Lewis Shiner) [John Talbot], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1979
• * Boys Will Be Boys, (nv) Hardboiled #3 1985
• * By Bizarre Hands, (ss) Hardboiled #9 1988
• * Drive-In Date, (ss) Night Visions 8, ed. Anon., Dark Harvest 1991
  • Hardboiled #15 1993
• * Escape Artist, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1980
• * The Full Count [Ray Slater], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1978
• * Huitzilopochtli, (ss) Skullduggery Jun 1980
• * The Job, (ss) Razored Saddles, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Patrick LoBrutto, Dark Harvest 1989
  • Hardboiled #17 1994
• * Long Gone, Forever [Ray Slater], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1978
• * The Mummy Buyer, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1981
• * Night Drive, (ss) Skullduggery Apr 1980
• * Old Charlie, (ss) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984
• * One Blonde, Well Dead [Ray Slater], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1979
• * A Right to Be Dead (with Bill Crider), (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine #3 1981
• * Rumble Tumble [Hap Collins & Leonard Pine], (ex) Subterranean Press 1998
  • Crime Time v2 #3 1999
• * Santa at the Café, (ss) The Strand Magazine #32 2010
• * The Soul Ghoul, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981
• * This Little Piggy (with Dan Lowry), (ss) Skullduggery Sum 1981
• * Three Dead Deadbeats (with Robert Fester), (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1980
_____, [ref.]
• * “The Bard of East Texas” by Cameron Ashley, (ar) Crime Factory Mar 2003
• * “Drive-ins and Steam Shovels” by Mark Campbell, (iv) Crime Time #43 2005
• * “Honky Tonk Samurai” reviewed by Steve Steinbock, (br) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 2016
• * “Interview with Joe R. Lansdale” by Tom Piccirilli, (iv) The Big Click Mar 2012
• * “Joe R. Lansdale” by Barry Forshaw, (iv) Crime Time #12 1998
• * “Late Night Screening” by Liam José, (iv) Crime Factory Horror Factory 2012
• * “Mike Shayne Mystery Makers”, uncredited, (bg) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1981
• * “Pulp Fictions: Steve Holland talks to Joe R. Lansdale!” by Steve Holland, (iv) Crime Time #2 1996
• * “Salute to Joe Lansdale” by Russell James, (ar) Crime Time #43 2005
• * “Texas Gothic” by Mark Timlin, (ar) A Shot in the Dark Sep 1995

LANSING, CAROL (fl. 1920s); (about) (chron.)
• * The Crystal Gazer [Karmahahti], (ss) Ghost Stories Mar 1927
  • Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine May 1927
• * The Modern Kidnapper, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Aug 1927

LANSING, JOHN; house pseudonym
_____, [ref.]
• * “Meet the Fourth Gunman” by Patrick Whitehurst, (iv) Suspense Magazine May/Jun/Jul 2018

LANSING, MORT; pseudonym of Edwin Truett Long, (1904-1945); other pseudonyms Dale Boyd, Charles Daw, Wallace Kayton, George T. Laird, Carl Moore, Cary Moran, Clint Morgan, Luke Terry & Edwin Truett (chron.)
• * Behind the Green Door, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jun 1937
• * Cat That Killed, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Jan 1936
• * Cat’s Paw [Mike Cockrell], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jun 1936; also as “C-Note Frame”, by Dale Boyd.
• * Cherchez La Femme [Johnny Harding], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1935
• * Eyes of Maltha, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Sep 1935
• * Gila God, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jun 1935; also as “The Devil’s Punchbowl”, by Max Neilson.
• * Green Eyes, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories May 1936
• * Hot Ice, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jan 1937; also as “Hot Brand”, by Max Neilson.
• * A Hundred Grand, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Oct 1935
• * Killer’s Price [Mike Cockrell], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Nov 1936
• * Lunatic’s Limbo, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Sep 1936
• * Murder for Exercise [Johnny Harding], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1937
• * Pair of Tramps, (ss) Private Detective Stories Jun 1937
• * 24 Hours to Go, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Feb 1937
• * Winners’ Payoff [Mike Cockrell], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Dec 1936

LANT, GUY (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * The Auction, (ss) London Mystery Selection #79 1968

LANTIGUA, JOHN (1947- ); (about) (chron.)
• * The Avenging Angel, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2018
• * The Cuban Prisoner [Willie Cuesta], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2018
• * The Gentleman from Shanghai [Willie Cuesta], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2015
• * In the Time of the Voodoo [Willie Cuesta], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/Jun 2017
• * The Jaguar at Sunset, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2016
• * The Rafter, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 2003
• * The Revenge of the Puma [Willie Cuesta], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2019

LaPAGLIA, JANE (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Roxy’s Corner, (vi) Suspense Magazine Nov 2009

LaPERMA, JOSENA (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * The Flunky, (ss) Mystery Digest Apr 1959

LAPHAM, DAVID (1970- )
_____, [ref.]
• * “Stray Bullets” by Paul Duncan, (ar) Crime Time #4 1996

LaPIERRE, JANET (1933- ) (chron.)
• * Da Capo, (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1999
• * Family Gathering, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1999
• * Luminarias Make It Christmas-y, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1996

LAPIRA, VICKI (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * The Rendezvous, (vi) Mystery Time Spr/Sum 2000

LaPLANT, DON (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Animal Control, (ss) Thuglit Sep/Oct 2015

LaPLANTE, STEVEN (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * Business Sense, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1985

LAPRADE, GEORGE L. (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * The Weakest Link, (ss) Tightrope! Aug 1960

LARCH, Mrs. C. A. (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * [letter], (lt) Clues Detective Stories Mar 1938

LARDNER, REX (1918-1998) (chron.)
• * Reasonable Facsimile, (na) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960

LARDNER, RING(gold) W(ilmer) (1885-1933); (about) (chron.)
• * Claude Diphthong, Student of Crime, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1954
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) Aug 1954
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) Oct 1954
• * Haircut, (ss) Liberty Mar 28 1925
  • Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly Aug 1945
• * Stop Me—If You’ve Heard This One, (ss) Cosmopolitan Jul 1929
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1963
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) May 1963
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) Jul 1963
• * There Are Smiles—, (ss) Cosmopolitan Apr 1928
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1989

LARDO, VINCENT (1931- ) (chron.)
• * Satan Rides the 5:15, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2010

LARGE, JOHN (fl. 1970s-1990s) (chron.)
• * Consultation, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1996
• * Credit Where Credit Is Due, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1977
• * A Dangerous Thing, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1984
• * Detectiverse:
  * ___ Credit Where Credit Is Due, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1977
  * ___ A Dangerous Thing, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1984
  * ___ Frame and Fortune, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1975
  * ___ The Marksma’am, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1978
  * ___ Wed Herring, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1984