Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Stories, Listed by Author

MAYHAR, ARDATH F. (chron.) (continued)
• * Stiff Sentence, (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004
• * The Wallow, (ss) Noir: The Illustrated Crime Fiction Quarterly Fll 1995

MAYHEW, HENRY (1812-1887); (about) (chron.)
• * The Victorian Underworld [from London Labour and the London Poor], (ar) 1851
  • London Mystery Selection #46, #47 1960, #49 1961

MAYNAR, HARRY (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Needle for the Kill, (ss) American Detective (Australia) #22 1954
• * Trouble Comes Treble, (ss) American Detective (Australia) #20 1954

MAYNARD, LAWRANCE M(arion) (1899-1982); (about) (chron.)
• * Accelerated Justice, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 2 1929
• * Confidence Rackets, (ts) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 30 1930
• * Crime Behind Prison Walls, (ar) Real Detective Dec 1931
• * My Life in Prison, (ar) Real Detective Aug 1931
• * The Night Shift, (ss) Cabaret Stories Mar 1929
• * On the Make, (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly May 9 1931
• * Protection, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 19 1929
• * Shakedown Artists, (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 26 1929
• * Thieves and Cannons, (nv) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Aug 1930

MAYNARD, R. T.; house pseudonym (fl. 1930s-1940s) (chron.)
• * After Death, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Dec 1939, as “The Sealed Eye” by Curtis Blount.
  • Spicy Mystery Stories Jul 1942
• * Bad Blood, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jan 1938, as “Murder Means Fry” by James A. Lawson.
  • Super-Detective Feb 1943
• * Crazy Like a Fox, (nv) Super-Detective Dec 1942
• * A Date with Death, (nv) Private Detective Stories Oct 1942
  • Private Detective (Canada) Dec 1943
• * Deader Than You Think [Elmer Henry Royce], (nv) Super-Detective Jun 1943
• * Death Spurs, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Dec 1936, as “Lady of the Moonlight” by E. Hoffmann Price.
  • Speed Mystery Mar 1943
• * Death Straight down, (ss) Super-Detective Jun 1942
• * Decoy of Death, (nv) Private Detective Stories Nov 1937, as “Loaded with Luck” by C. A. M. Donne.
  • Spicy Detective Stories Sep 1942
• * Detour to Death, (ss) Super-Detective Stories Jul 1934, as “Doubles in Death” by James P. Olsen.
  • Speed Detective Jun 1943
• * Easy Lettuce, (ss) Romantic Detective Oct 1938, as “Double Kick-Back” by Robert Leslie Bellem.
  • Speed Detective May 1943
• * Hate Never Dies, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Nov 1942
• * He Who Kills Last, (ss) Private Detective Stories May 1943
• * In Search of Poison, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jul 1936, as “The Death Kiss” by Willis Vachel Keith.
  • Spicy Detective Stories Jul 1942
• * Killer’s Trademark, (ss) Private Detective Stories Nov 1942
  • Private Detective (Canada) Feb 1944
• * A Man Can Kill [Jeff Dargan], (nv) Super-Detective Aug 1942
• * Murder Follows [“Handsome” Harry Stevens], (nv) Private Detective Stories May 1938, as “Vacation from Hell” by A. E. Ullman.
  • Spicy Detective Stories Jun 1942
• * Murder the Bum!, (nv) Private Detective Stories Mar 1943
• * Noiseless Death, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jan 1938, as “Breath of Life” by Willis Vachel Keith.
  • Spicy Detective Stories Dec 1942
• * Outside Chance, (ss) Private Detective Stories Sep 1942
• * Partners in Crime, (ss) Private Detective Stories Aug 1942
  • Private Detective (Canada) Dec 1942
• * Picture of Death, (nv) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1938, as “Lock Your Doors” by Robert A. Garron.
  • Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1942
• * Prescription for Death [Elmer Henry Royce], (ss) Hollywood Detective Apr 1944
• * The Second Killing, (ss) Spicy-Adventure Stories May 1938, as “Ogre of the Okanogan” by Wyreck Brent.
  • Speed Mystery May 1943
• * Three Time Loser, (ss) Private Detective Stories Jan 1943
  • Private Detective (Canada) Apr 1943
• * Wrong Killing, (ss) Private Detective Stories Jul 1942

MAYNARD, STORME (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Cliff Hanger, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2014; The Story That Won.

MAYNARD-SMITH, JULIAN (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * The Man Is Back: An Interview with Joseph Wambaugh, (iv) Crime Time #51 2007

MAYO, HUBERT D. (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Requital, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 25 1932

MAYO, LOUIS J. (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * The Nearest Missing Person, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1988

MAYO, MATTHEW P. (fl. 2000s-2010s) (chron.)
• * Get Teague, (ss) Needle Win 2010
• * Kin, (ss) Out of the Gutter #5 2008

MAYOR, BARBARA (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Careers, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 2007

MAYR, DALLAS WILLIAM (1946-2018); see pseudonym Jack Ketchum; (about)

MAYSI, KADRA (1890-1969); (about) (chron.)
• * The Crab, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Feb 1930
• * The Decalogue in Hell Hole Swamp, (ss) Mystery Stories Aug 1928
• * God’s Vicar Upon Earth, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Nov 1929
• * The Inn of Death, (ar) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Jul 1930
• * The Octopus, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Oct 1929
• * The Scrub Bucket, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Aug 1929
• * The Snake Doctor, (na) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Jun/Jul 1929
• * South Carolina Seventeen, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Sep 1929
• * The Witch Doctor, (ss) Mystery Stories Sep 1928

MAZEL, HENRY F. (1945- ); (about) (chron.)
• * Never Take a Shave at a Shop Named Delilah’s, (ex) Thrilling Detective (online) Nov 1998; from the forthcoming novel Murderously Incorrect, Crime & Again Press, 1999.

MAZROFF, DAVID (fl. 1950s-1970s) (chron.)
• * Albert Anastasia: “Butcher from Brooklyn”, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1969
• * Bugsy Siegel: Gangster Lover, Killer, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1972
• * Cop on the Run [Rick Harper], (nv) Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine May 1974
• * Crazy Joe Gallo: The Gun-Mad Gangster, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1975
• * The Death Merchants: Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1968
• * Death of a Don, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1976
• * The Devil and Carlo Gambino, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1975
• * Diamonds Are a Thief’s Best Friend, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1971
• * The Dirty Killings of Pittsburgh Phil, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1974
• * The Disappearing Trucks [Rick Harper], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1973
• * The Eminent Mr. Adonis: Corruptor, Gangster, Killer, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1974
• * The Evil Circle of Abe Reles, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1974
• * The Execution of Barbara Graham, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1971
• * The Fall of Al “Scarface” Capone: America’s Most Infamous Gangster, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1970
• * Frank Costello: Minister of the Underworld, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1974
• * Frank Nitti: Al Capone’s Capo Killer, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1971
• * Fred Burke—Killer of Killers, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1970
• * The Hanging of Gerald Chapman, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1972
• * The Hunt for Pretty Boy Floyd, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1968
• * Hymie Weiss: The Hood Who Swore to Kill Capone, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1968
• * The Inside Story of the St. Valentine’s Massacre, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1968
• * Jack “Legs” Diamond: The Cobra of the Underworld, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1969
• * John Dillinger: Robber, Raider, Renegade, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1968
• * Johnny Torrio: Chicago’s Most Feared Murder Monster, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1969
• * The Kansas City Story: Mobsters, Mayhem and Murder, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1970
• * The Killers of Santa Cruz, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov/Dec 1977
• * The Killing of Candy Lamont, (nv) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Dec 1961
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1967
• * The Killing of Joe the Boss, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1973
• * The Last Days of Al Capone, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1977
• * The Last Days of Big Jim Colosimo, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1974
• * Louis “Lepke” Buchalter: Last of the Mass Murderers, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1969
• * Lucky Luciano: The Murderous Gangster, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1969
• * “Ma Barker”: The Devil’s Daughter, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1968
• * Mad Owney Madden, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1975
• * The Murderers Five, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1970
• * Mysterious Meyer Lansky, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1972
• * Nucky Johnson: The Man Who Stole Atlantic City, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1971
• * Paul “The Waiter” Ricca: The Quiet Killer, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1973
• * The Rogue and Funny Girl: The Saga of Nicky Arnstein, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1972
• * The Snatch of Shirley Kale [Rick Harper], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1973
• * This Was Al Capone: The Mastermind of Crime, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1970
• * To Kill a Cop [Mike Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1972, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Tough Tony Accardo: Mr. Big of Chicago, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1973
• * Vincent Teresa: Bum on the Run, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1975
• * Vindictive Vito Genovese: America’s Crime Boss, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1969
• * Violent Mickey Cohen, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1973
• * Violent Vincent Coll: Mad Dog of the Underworld, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1968
• * Virginia Hill: The Underworld Enigma, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1968
• * Who Killed Johnny Roselli?, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1977
• * Who Killed Vivian Gordon?, (ar) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1973

MAZUK, HARLEY (1948- ); (about) (chron.)
• * Courvoisier and Coca Tea, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2015
• * Ice [Frank Swiver], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2012
• * The Road from Manzanar, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2019
• * The Road Les Traveled [Frank Swiver], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 2013
• * The Tall Blonde with the Hot Boiler [Frank Swiver], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 2011

MAZZIO, JOANN (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * Mirages, (ss) Whispering Willow Mysteries #1 Sleuth Edition 1997

MEACHAM, GRANT (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Homicide House, (cl) Detective Tales Jun 1952
  • Detective Tales (Canada) Jun 1952

MEAD, ALEX (fl. 1970s) (chron.)
• * Dead on Time, (ss) London Mystery Selection #107 1975

MEAD, HAROLD (Charles Hugh) (1910-1997); (about) (chron.)
• * Faces in the Dark, (ss) Suspense (UK) Apr 1961

MEAD, TOM (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Invisible Death, (ss) Mystery Weekly Dec 2018

MEAD, WALT (fl. 1930s-1940s) (chron.)
• * Know Your West!, (ia) Ranch Romances Sep #1 1939
  • Big Double Feature Magazine v1 #1 1940

MEADE, FREDERICK (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * A Man for Murder, (ss) Private Detective Stories Apr 1942
• * Murder Made Up, (ss) Private Detective Stories Nov 1941

MEADE, HERBERT (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * The Mystery Shot, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Aug 1926

MEADE, HUBERT (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * Siva’s Bullet, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Oct 1926

MEADE, JIM (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
_____, as told by
• * Jim Meade’s Ghost (as told to Eugene A. Clancy), (ss) Ghost Stories Sep 1926, as “Jim Meade’s $50,000 Ghost”.
  • Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Aug 1927
• * Jim Meade’s $50,000 Ghost (as told to Eugene A. Clancy), (ss) Ghost Stories Sep 1926; also as “Jim Meade’s Ghost”.

MEADE, L(illie) T(homas); pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, (1844-1914); (about) (chron.)
• * The Horror of Studley Grange (with Clifford Halifax) [Doctor Halifax], (ss) The Strand Magazine Jan 1894, as by The Author(s) of “The Medicine Lady”.
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1973
• * Madame Sara (with Robert Eustace) [Madame Sara], (nv) The Strand Magazine Oct 1902
  • The Armchair Detective Spr 1979; Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives.
• * The Man Who Disappeared (with Robert Eustace), (nv) The Strand Magazine Dec 1901
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1948

MEADE, NORMAN G. (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * The Scientific Detective at Work No. 1, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Mar 1 1924
• * The Scientific Detective at Work No. 2, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Mar 8 1924
• * The Scientific Detective at Work No. 3, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Mar 15 1924
• * The Scientific Detective at Work No. IV, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Mar 29 1924

MEADE, PATRICK (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Rimau!, (ts) Black Mask (UK) Aug 1935

MEADER, (V.) KENT (fl. 1920s-1930s) (chron.)
• * The Enigma of the Purple Death, (ss) Detective Tales Mar 1924
• * Master of Terror Lodge, (n.) Dime Mystery Book Magazine Mar 1933