Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Stories, Listed by Author

PRESTON, HARRY J. (chron.) (continued)
• * Sunday Morning, (ss) Mystery Digest Nov/Dec 1962
• * The Wife Swapping Club, (ss) Mystery Digest Sep/Oct 1962

PRESTON, JIM (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
_____, as told by
• * The Man Who Paid (as told to Will Whitmore), (ss) Ghost Stories Oct 1926
  • Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Feb 1927

PRESTON, LINDSAY (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Takedown (with Jeff Buck & Jon Land, (ex) Forge 2016
  • Suspense Magazine Apr 2016

PRESTON, MAR (fl. 1990s-2010s); (about) (chron.)
• * An Act of Mercy, (ss) Naked Kiss v1 #1 1994
• * The Man Who Loved Birds, (ss) The Big Click May 2012

PRESTON, P. R. (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Chinese Approve Opium Suppression, (ms) Mammoth Detective Aug 1944
• * A New Criminal Whimsey, (ar) Mammoth Detective May 1944

PRESTON, PAUL (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * Animal Detectives, (ar) The Detective Magazine Aug 17 1923
• * The Funny Burglar, (ar) The Detective Magazine Nov 23 1923
• * The Romance of Stolen Pictures, (ar) The Detective Magazine Jun 22 1923
• * Tricks That Are Vain, (ar) The Detective Magazine Dec 7 1923

PRESTON, STANLEY (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * Pageant at Pummleton, (ss) The New Strand Feb 1962

PRESTON, WILLIAM S. (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * The Praying Bandit, (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 2 1929

PRESTOWE, PAUL (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * In the Bag, (ss) The Phantom Detective Mar 1948
  • The Phantom Detective (Canada) Mar 1948

PRETYMAN, MAUREEN (Kate Heard) (1899-1961); see pseudonym Maureen Sarsfield; (about) (chron.)

PRÉVOST, MARCEL (1862-1941); (about) (chron.)
• * The Crisis in Modesty, (ms) Midnight Aug 26 1922

PRIBUS, MARILYN (fl. 1970s-1980s) (chron.)
• * The Calender Chest, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1979
• * Occupant Box 253, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1 1980

PRICE, (Alan) ANTHONY (1928-2019); (about)
_____, [ref.]
• * “The Labyrinth Maker: The Espionage Fiction of Anthony Price” by William Reynolds, (ar) The Armchair Detective Fll 1986

PRICE, BILL (fl. 1950s-1970s) (chron.)
• * Destination Murder, (ss) London Mystery Selection #86 1970

PRICE, COLE (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Low Tide, (ss) Manhunt Nov 1955
• * Widow’s Choice, (ss) Manhunt Apr 1956
  • Giant Manhunt #8 195? (var.3)

PRICE, E(dgar) HOFFMANN (“Trooper”) (1898-1988); see pseudonym Hamlin Daly; see house pseudonym Martin McCall; (about) (chron.)
• * Black Light, (ss) Speed Detective Jan 1943
  • Private Detective (Canada) May 1943
• * Borrowed Blood, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Nov 1936
• * The Breath of Doom, (nv) Super-Detective Stories Nov 1934
• * Breath of Satan, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1939
• * The Bride of the Peacock [Pierre d’Artois], (na) Weird Tales Aug 1932
  • Startling Mystery Stories Win 1967/’68
• * Brunette Beautician [Jeff Dargan], (nv) Private Detective Stories May 1944
• * The Burden of Proof, (ss) Speed Detective Apr 1943
• * A Burning Clue, (ss) Ten Detective Aces May/Jun 1933
• * The Case of the Hidden Bride [Honest John Carmody], (ss) Private Detective Stories Jun 1942
  • Private Detective (Canada) Jun 1943
• * The Claw of Iblis [Pâwang Ali], (nv) Clues Detective Stories Jul 1935
• * Clip Joint, (nv) Double-Action Gang Magazine Sep 1938
  • Private Detective (Canada) May 1942
• * Corpse Parade, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Aug 1939; also as “Haiti Magic”, by John Wayne.
• * Counterfeit Murder [Cliff Cragin], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jul 1942
• * The Crooked Square [Davis P. Barrett], (ss) Strange Detective Stories Feb 1934
• * Crystal Clues, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Aug 1936
• * The Dark Gent, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories May 1939
• * Date in the Desert, (ss) Hollywood Detective Sep 1944
• * Daughter of the Gods, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jun 1939
• * Dawn of Discord (with Clark Ashton Smith), (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Oct 1940, as by E. Hoffmann Price; completely rewritten by Price from an original story by Smith.
• * Dead Before He Died, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Oct 1938
• * Dead Man’s Gold, (na) Detective Novels Magazine Feb 1939
• * Dead Man’s Hunch [Jeff Dargan], (nv) Private Detective Stories Dec 1937; also as “Rosette of Death”, by Walter Cook.
• * Dead Phones Talk [Honest John Carmody], (ss) Super-Detective Aug 1943
• * Death Drives Faster, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1953
  • Black Mask Detective (UK) Nov 1953
• * Death for a Dime, (nv) Popular Detective Aug 1942
• * Death in New Mexico, (nv) Popular Detective Aug 1943
  • Popular Detective (Canada) Mar 1944
• * Death on the Delta [Jeff Dargan], (nv) Private Detective Stories Nov 1937
• * Death Rides an Elephant [Pâwang Ali], (nv) Clues Detective Stories Sep 1935
• * Death Takes the Wheel [Cliff Cragin], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Feb 1938
• * Death Walks in the Hills, (ss) Romantic Detective Feb 1939
• * Death Wears a Mask [Honest John Carmody], (ss) Private Detective Stories Sep 1940
• * Death’s Backyard [Cliff Cragin], (na) Private Detective Stories Feb 1944
• * Death’s Black Roses [Cliff Cragin], (na) Private Detective Stories Sep 1937
• * Defense Rests, (ss) Private Detective Stories Nov 1938
• * Desert Magic, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1936
• * The Destroying Demon, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Aug 1936
• * The Devil’s Crypt [Pierre d’Artois; Davis P. Barrett], (nv) Strange Detective Stories Jan 1934
• * Diamonds of Death [Cliff Cragin], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1935
• * Doll House Murder, (nv) Speed Detective May 1943
• * Double Catspaw, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Dec 1936; also as “Speak of the Devil”, by Randolph Barr.
• * Draft Dodger, (ss) Speed Detective Jul 1944
• * The Dragon’s Shadow [Pâwang Ali], (nv) Clues Detective Stories Apr 1935
• * Dumb and Bald-Headed [Honest John Carmody], (ss) Private Detective Stories Sep 1938
• * Each Slew a Slayer [Pâwang Ali], (nv) Clues Detective Stories Mar 1936
• * Esprit de Corpse, (na) Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1945
• * Exiles of Hyper-Space, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Mar 1942
• * Extradite a Corpse, (na) Private Detective Stories Aug 1943
• * Fangs of Doom [Dr. Zeng Tse-Lin], (nv) Thrilling Mystery Nov 1941
  • Exciting Detective (Canada) Apr 1942
• * The Fifty Grand Murder, (na) Super-Detective Stories Mar 1934
• * Flame of the Devil, (nv) Star Detective Magazine Aug 1937
• * Flaming Vengeance, (nv) Popular Detective Jun 1935
  • Popular Detective (Canada) Jun 1935
• * Flowers of Doom, (ss) Super-Detective Stories Jan 1935
• * Frozen Blood, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Mar 1936
• * Fugitives from the Future, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Mar 1941
• * The Garden of Evil, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Jul 1935; also as “Dead Center”, by William Decatur.
• * Garden of Ghosts, (ss) The Phantom Detective Jul 1935
• * Half-Goddess, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Sep 1937
• * The Hand of Fathma, (ss) The Underworld Magazine Sep 1934
• * The Hand of Hassan [Glenn Farrell], (nv) All Detective Magazine Sep 1933
• * The Hand of Subramanya [Pâwang Ali], (nv) Clues Detective Stories Jan 1936
• * The Hands of Janos, (ss) Speed Mystery Mar 1944
• * Hands of the Dead, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jun 1937
• * He Pulled a Gun, (ss) Candid Detective Nov 1938
• * Headless Corpse [Cliff Cragin], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1937
• * Honest John [Honest John Carmody], (ss) Private Detective Stories May 1938
• * I’ll Be Slaying You, (nv) Black Mask Nov 1945
  • Black Mask (UK) Mar 1946
• * Imposter’s Rendezvous [Cliff Cragin], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Feb 1935
• * In the Dark-Room, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 27 1933
  • Ace G-Man Stories (Canada) Jul 1945
• * Keeper of the Gateway, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Sep 1936
• * Killer in Waiting, (nv) Detective Fiction Feb 1951
  • New All-Action Stories #17 1952
• * The King’s Peacock, (nv) Clues Dec 1933
• * Kisses for Vengeance [Jeff Dargan], (nv) Private Detective Stories Jul 1937
• * Lady of the Moonlight, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Dec 1936; also as “Death Spurs”, by R. T. Maynard.
• * Land of Living Flame, (nv) Speed Mystery Mar 1943
• * Lilies of Vengeance [Pâwang Ali], (na) Clues Detective Stories Nov 1935
• * The Line Is Dead, (na) Smashing Detective Stories Dec 1951
  • Smashing Detective Stories (UK) #4 195?
• * Live Bait, (ss) Alibi Apr 1934
• * Man Without Memory, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1942
• * The Mark of Tai Fang, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1936; see also under Carl Pearson.
• * Master of Death, (ss) Star Detective Magazine Oct 1935
• * Master of Living Death, (ss) Detective Short Stories Nov 1937
• * Million Dollar Doom, (na) Super-Detective Stories Aug 1934
• * Million Dollar Legs, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Dec 1934
• * Mojave Madness, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jul 1937
• * Most Dicks Go Out for Murder, (nv) Detective Short Stories Apr 1941
• * Mummies to Order, (ss) Thrilling Mystery Jan 1940
• * Murder in Florida [Honest John Carmody], (nv) Thrilling Detective Dec 1940
  • 5 Detective Novels Magazine Sum 1953
• * Murder on the Half-Shell, (nv) Thrilling Detective Dec 1936
• * The Murder Room (with Otis Adelbert Kline), (nv) New Detective Magazine May 1935
• * Murder Salvage [Honest John Carmody], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Apr 1941
• * My Body Lies Over the Ocean, (na) Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1945
  • Detective Story Magazine (UK) Dec 1953
• * Naga’s Kiss, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Aug 1935
• * Nailed with Silver [Jeff Dargan], (nv) Private Detective Stories Jun 1937
• * Oasis of Death, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Nov 1938
• * The Old Gods Eat (with Clark Ashton Smith), (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1941, as by E. Hoffmann Price; completely rewritten by Price from an original story, “The House of Monoceros”, by Smith.
• * The Pâwang Moves [Pâwang Ali], (nv) Clues Detective Stories Jun 1936
• * The Phantom and the Daggers of Kali [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)], (na) The Phantom Detective Apr 1940, as by Robert Wallace.
• * Pit of Madness, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Apr 1936; also as “A Girl and the Devil”, by Paul Hanna.
• * Posed for Murder [Cliff Cragin], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jan 1936; also as “Lethal Legacy”, by Hamlin Daly.
• * Prayer for My Enemy, (sl) Real Detective May, Jun 1933
• * Prayer to Satan, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories May 1942
• * Prince of Corpse-Makers, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries (Canada) Nov 1943
• * Private Graveyard, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jul 1935; also as “The Wrong Key”, by John Phillips.
• * Prune Picking Patriot [Honest John Carmody], (ss) Hollywood Detective Dec 1943
• * Queen of Heaven [Cliff Cragin], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Sep 1936
• * Queens—Upside Down [Cliff Cragin], (nv) Private Detective Stories Nov 1942
  • Private Detective (Canada) Feb 1944
• * Rat Poison [Honest John Carmody], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jan 1940
• * Red Headed Alibi, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Oct 1934
• * Reefer Spawn, (nv) Double-Action Gang Magazine Dec 1938
• * Resurrected Atoms, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Apr 1941
• * Revolt of the Damned, (ss) Spicy-Adventure Stories Mar 1937
  • Double-Action Gang Magazine Jun 1938
• * Satan’s Daughter, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Jan 1936
• * Sawdust Queen, (ss) Speed Detective Feb 1943
• * Scourge of the Dragon, (nv) Gold Seal Detective Dec 1935
• * Sealed Death [Cliff Cragin], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jan 1937
• * Selene Slays by Night, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Aug 1940
• * Seven Isn’t Lucky, (nv) Argosy Mar 8 1941
  • Strange Detective Mysteries (Canada) Mar 1945
• * Shadow Captain, (nv) Speed Mystery Jul 1943
• * Shot in the Dark [Cliff Cragin], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jun 1937
• * Silver Peacock [Glenn Farrell], (nv) All Detective Magazine May 1933
• * Son of Satan, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Dec 1937
• * Sonya Gets a Drink!, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Dec 1938
• * Spirit Madness, (ss) Strange Detective Stories Nov 1933
• * Spirit Murder [Cliff Cragin], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Dec 1935
• * Stalking Horse [Cliff Cragin], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Feb 1939
• * Tailor Made Dummy, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Jul 1936; also as “Lost Blood”, by Frank Decker.
• * Tell It to the F.B.I. [Honest John Carmody], (ss) Private Detective Stories Aug 1942
  • Private Detective (Canada) Dec 1942
• * They Do It with Mirrors, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jul 1937
• * The Thin Girl, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jan 1939
• * 3 Graves in the Desert, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Apr 1940
• * Three Little Bears, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Oct 1942
• * Tomb Dweller, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories Dec 1935; also as “In a Crystal”, by William Decatur; also as “The Killing Hour”, by Paul Stevens.
• * Tong War (with Ralph Milne Farley), (na) True Gang Life May 1935
• * Triangle with Variations, (ss) Droll Stories Jun 1924
  • Spicy Detective Stories Aug 1935