Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Stories, Listed by Author

SWAIN, JOHN D. (chron.) (continued)
• * The Murderers’ Ball, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 9 1928
• * The Nest Egg [Dion], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 18 1922
• * Nimble Fingers, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Sep 1938
• * No Escape, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 6 1928
• * Officer X, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 10 1928
• * An Old, Old Tune, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 24 1926
• * Our Mr. Meeker, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 10 1925
  • Best Detective Magazine Nov 1934
• * Payable to Bearer, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jan 1938
• * Plenty of Rope, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1 1923
• * Pussy Foot, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 12 1930
• * The Red Lily, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 20 1929
• * Robbing the Roost [Dion], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 15 1922
• * The Seven-Fold Curse, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 23 1926
• * The Shadow, (ss) All-Story Weekly Mar 1 1919
  • The Underworld Jan 20 1928
• * Sign of the Evil Eye, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 5 1930
• * Sleeping Dogs [Dion], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 22 1922
• * Spending the Evening, (nv) Munsey’s Magazine Mar 1924
  • The Detective Magazine May 9 1924
• * Squeeze, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Jan 10 1931
• * Strangler’s Debt, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 30 1931
• * Stuffed Crooks, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 26 1929
• * Sucker Yegg, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 19 1925
• * Three Precious Minutes, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 9 1929
• * Three Wise Men, (ss) All-Story Weekly Jun 1 1918
  • The Underworld Dec 5 1927
• * Trick Man, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 2 1929
• * Uncle Billy and Some Aggravatin’ Snowbirds [Uncle Billy], (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 12 1923
• * Uncle Billy Gets Sociable [Uncle Billy], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 14 1923
• * Uncle Billy Holds the Bag [Uncle Billy], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 16 1923
• * Uncle Billy Invades Boston [Uncle Billy], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 28 1923
• * Wages of Sin, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 4 1928
• * When Crook Meets Crook, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 27 1927
• * White and Unmarried, (nv) The Underworld Jul 1927
  • Complete Underworld Novelettes Spr 1932
• * The Wishing-Well, (ss) Mystery Stories Oct 1928
• * Wolves in Sheiks’ Clothing, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Apr/May 1927
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• * “Popular Detective Story Writers: John D. Swain” by D. C. Hubbard, (cl) Detective Story Magazine Nov 26 1927

SWAIN, NED (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Murder Unlimited, (ss) Smashing Detective Stories Jan 1956

SWALLOW, RICHARD ALDEN (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Where Is the Infamous Katie Bender?, (ts) Real Detective Sep 1932

SWAN, B. R. (fl. 1970s) (chron.)
• * Dips Dilemma, (ss) London Mystery Selection #102 1974

SWAN, GEORGE (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * The Killer, (ss) The New Strand Mar 1962

SWAN, JANET LEA (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Jane Doe, (ss) Hardboiled #25/26 2000

SWAN, JOHN; pseudonym of Kerry J. Schooley, (1949-2010) (chron.)
• * Give the Woman Credit, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2001

SWANBERG, W. H. (fl. 1940s-1950s) (chron.)
• * My Pal, the Killer, (nv) Black Book Detective May 1949
  • Black Book Detective (Canada) May 1949
• * The Olympian, (ss) Triple Detective Sum 1950

SWANN, ANN (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Bamboozled, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 2009; The Story That Won.

SWANN, FRANCIS (1913-1983) (chron.)
• * I Still Scream, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1962

SWANN, JOLIE McLARREN; pseudonym of James Lincoln Warren, (1955- ) (chron.)
• * Inner Fire [Enola Fowler; Erica Wooding], (na) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2012

SWANN, MARGIE (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Sunday in Our Town, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1957
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) May 1958

SWANSON, CHARLES A. (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Buried Alive by a Silvertip, (ts) Black Mask (UK) Aug 1936

SWANSON, CYNTHIA (fl. 2010s); (about)
_____, [ref.]
• * “Designing Incredible Thrillers with an Architect’s Eye” by Amy Lignor, (iv) Suspense Magazine May/Jun/Jul 2018

SWANSON, DOUG(las) J(ules) (1953- ) (chron.)
• * Where Do You Hide the Body?, (ar) Crime Time #23 2001

SWANSON, LOGAN; pseudonym of Richard Matheson, (1926-2013) (chron.)
• * I’ll Make It Look Good, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1957
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspense Magazine Jun 1957

SWANSON, PETER (fl. 2010s); (about) (chron.)
• * The Sea Cliff, (ss) Suspense Magazine Jan/Feb 2018
• * The Yellow Book, (ss) The Strand Magazine #49 2016

SWANSON, STEVE (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Vampire on Ice, (ss) Hardboiled #34 2005

SWART, CARTER (Eaton) (1934- ) (chron.)
• * The Collectors, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1995
• * Death in the Arboretum, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries May 1995
• * Looking for Audrey, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #34 2003
• * A Million to One, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1995
• * Over the Hill, (ss) Hardboiled #18 1994
• * The Poisoned Playboy, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries May 1994
• * The Right Bait, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1981
• * Route 90, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #33 2003
• * See No Evil, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries May 1996
• * Silent Partner, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Sep 1994
• * Who Killed Harry, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #36 2003

SWART, CHARLES M. (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Man of the Week, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1957
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) Sep 1957

SWARTHOUT, GORDY (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * A Torpedo’s Romance, (ss) Gun Molls Magazine Apr 1932

SWARTWOOD, ROBERT (1981- ) (chron.)
• * Mr. Mockingbird Drive, (ss) Needle Win 2012
• * Persistence, (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Spr 2004

SWARTZ, HARRY F. (fl. 1940s); see pseudonym H. Felix Valcoe (chron.)

SWARTZ, JUSTIN (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Jack B. Quick, (ss) Hardboiled #47 2014

SWARTZ, MATT (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Step Right Up, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 2002; The Story That Won.

SWEAZY, LARRY D. (fl. 1990s-2000s) (chron.)
• * The Hunter, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries Jan 1995
• * Loretta’s Garden, (vi) Hardboiled #16 1993
• * The Quarry, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2008

SWEENEY, CHARLES L., Jr. (1918?-1994) (chron.)
• * A Certain Kind of Caper, (ss) Mantrap Jul 1956
• * The Death of Arney Vincent, (ss) Manhunt Jul 1955
  • Giant Manhunt #7 195? (var.1)
• * Decoy, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1957, as “Soft, White Body”.
  • Suspense (UK) Jan 1960
• * End of the Line, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1963
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (UK) Apr 1964
• * Final Stanza, (ss) Mantrap Oct 1956
• * Heater Is Dead, (ss) Mystery Digest Feb 1959
• * A Question of Values, (vi) Manhunt Jun 1960
• * The Root of All Evil, (ss) Mystery Digest Nov 1957
• * Seven Lousy Bucks, (ss) Manhunt Aug 1956
  • Giant Manhunt #9 195?
• * Shakedown, (ss) Manhunt Apr 1960
• * Soft, Sweet Sleep, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1962
• * Soft, White Body, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1957; also as “Decoy”.
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australia) Aug 1957
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (UK) Dec 1957
• * “Sorry, Mister...”, (ss) Manhunt Sep 1956
  • Giant Manhunt #9 195?

SWEENEY, E. F. (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Dead Dog, (ss) Switchblade Feb 2019

SWEENEY, [Ex-Chief Detective-Inspector] J(ohn) (1857-?) (chron.)
• * The Legitimist League, (ar) The Detective Magazine Dec 22 1922

SWEENEY, LEANN (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * Deadly Reflections, (ss) Whispering Willow Mysteries #1 Sleuth Edition 1997
• * Fatal Recall, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1995
• * Tailspin, (ss) Murderous Intent Win 1997

SWEENEY, NICK (fl. 1990s-2010s); (about) (chron.)
• * Just Looking, (ss) Mystery Weekly Jan 2016
• * Sam Buzzard, Private Eye, (ss) The Cozy Detective Mystery Magazine Fll 1998

SWEENEY, STEVEN J. (fl. 1980s-1990s) (chron.)
• * The Coup, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1992
• * Sweet Revenge, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1989
• * White-Collar Crime, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1990

SWEENEY, TERESA (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Bare Bulbs, (ss) Mystery Tribune Spr 2017
• * How to Plan the Perfect Murder, (ss) Mystery Tribune Sum 2017

SWEENEY, TOM (fl. 1990s-2010s) (chron.)
• * Between a Cop and a HardCase, (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Feb/Mar 2001
• * Delayed Call, (ss) Whispering Willow Mysteries #1 Sleuth Edition 1997
• * Griz, (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Fll 2003
• * The Last Good Cop, (ss) Hardluck Stories Special 2003
• * Snowbird (with Michael Bracken), (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2007
• * So Long Farewell, (ss) Crimespree Magazine Jan 2014

SWEENEY, W. A. (1895-?); (about) (chron.)
• * The Adventure of the Black Penitents, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Feb 1925
• * An Answered Prayer, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Dec 1925
• * The Café of Lost Men, (vi) The Illustrated Detective Magazine Apr 1932
• * Dr. Saltare, (ss) The Detective Magazine Apr 11 1924
• * In the Nut, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Oct 1924
• * The Shadow on the Blind, (ss) The Detective Magazine Apr 27 1923
• * Simplicity, (ar) The Detective Magazine Oct 10 1924

SWEENY, LIAM (fl. 2010s); (about) (chron.)
• * Felicity and High Midnight, (ss) Pulp Modern Sum 2015
• * God’s Country, (ss) All Due Respect Mar 2014
• * Rats, (ss) Switchblade Apr 2017
• * The Weatherman, (ss) Suspense Magazine Jun 2014
• * The Wrong Hammer, (ss) Thuglit Jan/Feb 2015

SWEET, CHARLES (fl. 1980s-2000s); see pseudonym Hal Charles (chron.)
• * The Black Death (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1982, as by Brett Halliday.
• * A Dark Night with a Blind Lady (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1985, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Day of Revenge (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1984, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Dead Ringer (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1984, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Deadly Memories (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1983, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Deadly Visions (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1985, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Death on Skull Mountain (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1983, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Death Stalks the Campus (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1983, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Death Takes a Pilgrimage (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Death Tops the Charts (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1985, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Devil Dust and Murder (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1984, as by Brett Halliday.
• * A Dirty Business (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1983, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Graven Image (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1983, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Hellhole (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1983, as by Brett Halliday.
• * The Hunting of Mike Shayne (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1983, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Key of Death (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1984, as by Brett Halliday.
• * Killing Time (with Hal Blythe) [Mike Shayne], (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1984, as by Brett Halliday.