Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Stories, Listed by Author

POYNTER, BEULAH (chron.) (continued)
• * The Riddle of the Velvet Ladies, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1937
• * The Sacrifice, (ss) Mystery Magazine Jun 15 1918
• * The Strange Case of Mrs. St.Leon, (ss) Mystery Magazine Jan 15 1919
• * Taking Chances, (ss) Mystery Magazine Aug 1 1918
• * Tragedy at Pleasant Valley, (n.) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Apr 1933
• * Trapping the Jewel Smugglers, (ss) Mystery Magazine Jun 15 1922
• * Who Killed McNally?, (ss) Mystery Magazine Apr 1 1921
• * Who Was Guilty?, (nv) Mystery Magazine Dec 15 1918

POYNTER, SHIRLEY (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * The Argentine Ruby (with Beulah Poynter), (ss) Mystery Magazine Dec 15 1923

POZNAN, IRVING (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Dreaded Prisons, (ar) Pocket Detective Magazine Oct 1937

POZZESSERE, HEATHER GRAHAM (1953- ); married name of Heather Graham; (about) (chron.)

PRAIM, BALTIS (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * The Weed Killer Triangle, (ts) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 23 1937
• * The Wrong Spur of Blue Bonnets, (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 9 1938

PRATHER, RICHARD S(cott) (1921-2007) (chron.)
• * Babes, Bodies and Bullets [Shell Scott], (na) Cavalier Apr 1958
  • Shell Scott Mystery Magazine Jul 1966
• * The Barbecued Body [Shell Scott], (ss) Manhunt Dec 25 1954, as “Crime of Passion”.
  • Murder Dec 1956
  • Giant Manhunt #12 1958
• * The Best Motive [Shell Scott], (ss) Manhunt Jan 1953; also as “Death’s Head”.
  • Giant Manhunt #1 1953
  • Manhunt (UK) Aug 1953
  • Manhunt Detective Story Magazine (Australia) Oct 1953
  • Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine May 1961
• * Blood Ballot [Shell Scott], (na) Menace Nov 1954
  • Giant Manhunt #5 1955 (var.2)
  • Shell Scott Mystery Magazine Sep 1966
• * The Bloodshot Eye [Shell Scott], (na) Shell Scott Mystery Magazine Jun 1966
• * The Build-Up [Cash Barlow], (nv) Suspect Detective Stories Feb 1956
• * Butcher [Shell Scott], (ss) Manhunt Jun 1954
  • Tough Stories Magazine Jan 1956
• * The Case of the Three Wild Blondes [Shell Scott], (na) Cavalier Feb 1957; also as “Dead Giveaway”.
• * The Cautious Killers [Shell Scott], (na) Shell Scott Mystery Magazine Nov 1966
• * Code 197 [Shell Scott], (nv) Manhunt Jun 1955
  • Giant Manhunt #7 195? (var.1), #7 195? (var.2)
• * Crime of Passion [Shell Scott], (ss) Manhunt Dec 25 1954; also as “The Barbecued Body”.
  • Giant Manhunt #5 1955 (var.1), #5 1955 (var.2)
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1964
• * The Da Vinci Affair [Shell Scott], (na) Shell Scott Mystery Magazine Feb 1966
• * Dead Giveaway [Shell Scott], (na) Cavalier Feb 1957, as “The Case of the Three Wild Blondes”.
  • Shell Scott Mystery Magazine Mar 1966
• * Death’s Head [Shell Scott], (ss) Manhunt Jan 1953, as “The Best Motive”.
  • Manhunt Mar 1964
• * The Double Take [Shell Scott], (nv) Manhunt Jul 1953
  • Giant Manhunt #2 1953 (var.1), #2 1953 (var.2)
  • Manhunt (UK) Feb 1954
  • Manhunt Detective Story Magazine (Australia) Apr 1954
  • Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine Feb 1962
• * Film Strip [Shell Scott], (nv) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 1960
• * Gun Play [Shell Scott], (na) Shell Scott Mystery Magazine Aug 1966
• * Hard Rock Rumble [Shell Scott], (nv) Manhunt Jun 1953, as “Hot-Rock Rumble”.
  • Shell Scott Mystery Magazine May 1966
• * Hot-Rock Rumble [Shell Scott], (nv) Manhunt Jun 1953; also as “Hard Rock Rumble”.
  • Giant Manhunt #2 1953 (var.1), #2 1953 (var.2)
  • Manhunt (UK) Jan 1954
  • Manhunt Detective Story Magazine (Australia) Mar 1954
  • Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine Dec 1961
• * Kill the Clown [Shell Scott], (na) Manhunt Jun 1957
  • Giant Manhunt #11 1957
• * The Kubla Khan Caper [Shell Scott], (na) Shell Scott Mystery Magazine Apr 1966
• * Lie Down, Killer, (na) Justice Jul 1955
• * The Live Ones [Shell Scott], (ss) Escapade Jan 1957, as “Too Many Girls”.
  • Detective Story Magazine #8 1990
• * Murder’s Strip Tease [Shell Scott], (nv) Thrilling Detective Feb 1953
  • Thrilling Detective (UK) Jul 1953
• * Nudists Die Naked [Shell Scott], (na) Manhunt Aug 1955
  • Giant Manhunt #8 195? (var.2)
• * Pattern for Panic [Shell Scott], (na) Manhunt Jan 1954
  • Giant Manhunt #3 1954
  • Manhunt (UK) Aug 1954
  • Manhunt Detective Story Magazine (Australia) Sep, Oct 1954
  • Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine May, Jul 1962
• * The Rival Act, (ss) Manhunt Oct 1957
• * The Sleeper Caper [Shell Scott], (nv) Manhunt Mar 1953
  • Giant Manhunt #1 1953
  • Manhunt (UK) Oct 1953
  • Manhunt Detective Story Magazine (Australia) Dec 1953
  • Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine Jun 1961
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1965
• * The Spirit of the Convention, (ss) Accused Detective Story Magazine May 1956
• * Squeeze Play [Shell Scott], (ss) Manhunt Oct 1953
  • Manhunt (UK) Jun/Jul 1954
  • Manhunt Detective Story Magazine (Australia) Jul 1954
  • Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine Oct 1961
• * Too Many Girls [Shell Scott], (ss) Escapade Jan 1957; also as “The Live Ones”.
• * Trouble Shooter [Shell Scott], (na) Accused Detective Story Magazine Jan 1956
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1964
_____, [ref.]
• * “Footprints: Richard Prather, You Don’t Know Dick” by Ruth Jordan, (cl) Crimespree Magazine May/Jun 2007
• * “Interview with Richard S. Prather” by Michael Pettengell, (iv) The Armchair Detective Sum 1994

PRATT, ALLAN D. (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * The Chronology of the Travis McGee Novels, (ar) The Armchair Detective Spr 1980

PRATT, CHAPIN (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Crime by Suggestion, (ss) Clues Detective Stories Nov 1937

PRATT, CHARLES A. (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * The Dentist Deals in Death, (ss) True Gangster Stories Aug 1942
  • Private Detective (Canada) Dec 1943

PRATT, ELEANOR BLAKE ATKINSON COX (1899-1953?); see pseudonym Eleanor Blake; (about) (chron.)

PRATT, (Murray) FLETCHER (1897-1956); (about) (chron.)
• * The Chalet of Pere Charlot, (ts) International Detective Cases Mar 1937
• * Death Under the Microscope, (ts) International Detective Cases Apr 1936
• * Demi-Monde, (ts) International Detective Cases (UK) 1941
• * The Jewels of the Sacristan [Detective Vidocq, Apache], (ts) International Detective Cases Dec 1937
• * The Secret Syndicate, (ss) International Detective Cases Aug 1936

PRATT, JOHN (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * My Partner Maurice, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #25 1955

PRATT, [Sheriff] MARTIN T. (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Oregon’s Hitch Hike Murder, (ar) Real Detective Oct 1933

PRATT, THEODORE (George) (1901-1969) (chron.)
• * The Attack on the Armored Car, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Mar 1961
• * Bullets Preferred, (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine Mar 1959
• * The Careful Deception, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1964
• * Creeping Devil, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1970
• * Give Me Ten Days, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology #7 1980
• * Stranger in the House, (ss) Manhunt Jan 1957
  • Giant Manhunt #10 1957
• * Swindler’s Honeychild, (ss) Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories Nov 1959
• * Visit to the Zoo, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1968

PREBBLE, STUART (1951- ); (about) (chron.)
• * Killer Facts and Fiction, (ar) Crimespree Magazine #65 2017

PRECHT, OTTO J. (fl. 1930s); see pseudonym Vincent Hall (chron.)

PREECE, HAROLD (1906-1992); (about) (chron.)
• * Boulevard Buzzards, (ss) Black Mask Jul 1949
  • Black Mask (Canada) Jul 1949
• * The Unrepentant Lady, (ar) All-Story Detective Apr 1949
  • All-Story Detective (UK) #2 1949

PRENTICE, ANDREW (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Failed Poets, (iv) Crime Factory v2 #8 2011 [Lenny Bartulin]
• * The Intensity of the Process, (iv) Crime Factory v2 #11 2012 [Max Allan Collins]
• * Interview, (iv) Crime Factory v2 #14 2013 [Peter Corris]
• * Love/Hate: Blood’s a Rover (with Keith Rawson), (ar) Crime Factory Jul 2010

PRENTICE, J. A. (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Sand in a Jar, (ss) Pulp Modern Sum 2018

PRENTICE, JEAN (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * The Perfectionist, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1945

PRENTICE, RALPH (fl. 1930s-1950s); see pseudonym Morgan Lewis; (about) (chron.)

PRESCOTT, C. H. (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Paper Clues, (ss) Clues Detective Stories Mar 1938

PRESCOTT, GORDON R. (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * Never Hit Old Ladies, (vi) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine Mar 1966
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972
• * Sign of the Times, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1966

PRESCOTT, HARRY (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * The Heat Is On, (ss) Super-Detective Oct 1950

PRESCOTT, JOHN (Brewster) (1919-1999); (about) (chron.)
• * Boarders—Way!, (nv) Doc Savage Sum 1949
  • Street & Smith’s Mystery Detective (UK) Jul 1956
• * A Man for the Privateer, (ss) Doc Savage Win 1949
  • Street & Smith’s Mystery Detective (UK) Jan 1956

PRESCOTT, RUDOLPH J. (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * Clutch of the Half Hand, (ss) Murder Mysteries Jul 1929

PRESNELL, FRANK G(ilmore) (1906-1967); (about) (chron.)
• * Send Another Coffin, (n.) Morrow 1939
  • Detective Book Magazine Win 1939/’40

PRESS, CARL (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * The Flight Home, (ss) Thuglit Nov/Dec 2015

PRESSER, LEAH V. (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Two Ways to Dance, (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Spr 2002

PREST, THOMAS PECKETT (1810?-1859); (about) (chron.)
• * Sweeney Todd, (nv) The People’s Periodical and Family Library Nov 21 1846
  • Black Cat Mystery Magazine #2 1981

PRESTON, ALISON (1949- ) (chron.)
• * St. Alban’s, (ss) Mystery Tribune Fll 2018

PRESTON, DICK (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * Deadly Female, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 2 1929
• * The Priceless Eye, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 28 1929

PRESTON, DOUGLAS (1956- ); (about)
_____, [ref.]
• * “America’s Favorite Suspense Authors on the Rules of Fiction: The Dynamic Duo: Preston & Child” by Anthony J. Franze, (cl) Suspense Magazine Jan 2013
• * “‘Blue Labyrinth’: What’s Next for Pendergast?” by Jeff Ayers, (iv) Suspense Magazine Dec 2014
• * “Interview: Douglas Preston” by Andrew F. Gulli, (iv) The Strand Magazine #26 2008/’09
• * “Trap Readers Inside ‘The Obsidian Chamber’”, uncredited, (iv) Suspense Magazine Nov/Dec 2016

PRESTON, EDWARD (fl. 1960s); pseudonym of Edward Preston Guess, (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * The Renter, (ss) Bizarre Mystery Magazine Oct 1965

PRESTON, ERIC (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Amateur Scoop, (ss) Popular Detective Jun 1942
• * Heat on Ice, (ss) Exciting Detective Fll 1941
  • Detective Novels Magazine (Canada) Apr 1942
• * Murder by Installment, (ss) Detective Short Stories Nov 1941
• * Shakedown Bait, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Nov 1941

PRESTON, FOSTER; house pseudonym (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * The Texan Returns, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Nov 1935, as “Heat from Texas” by W. W. McKenna.
  • Private Detective Stories Jan 1938
• * Ticket to Death [Johnny Harding], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories May 1936, as “Lottery of Death” by Cary Moran.
  • Private Detective Stories Feb 1938

PRESTON, GEORGE HYDE (fl. 1900s-1920s) (chron.)
• * The Luck Penny, (ss) The Underworld Apr 1928

PRESTON, GUY (fl. 1930s-1960s) (chron.)
• * The Devil and the Cherub, (ss) The New Strand Jun 1962
• * Thirty, (ss) The Story-teller Feb 1933
  • Great Detective May 1933

PRESTON, HARRY J. (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * Don’t Monkey Around with Tigers, (ss) Mystery Digest May/Jun 1960
• * Enchanting Hobbies, (ss) Mystery Digest Nov/Dec 1960
• * Fifi, (ss) Mystery Digest Jan/Feb 1960
• * Include Me Out, (ss) Mystery Digest Mar/Apr 1960
• * The Merry Widow, (ss) Mystery Digest Mar/Apr 1962
• * Portrait of an “Actress”, (ss) Mystery Digest Jan/Feb 1962
• * The Ring of Doom, (ss) Mystery Digest May/Jun 1962