Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Stories, Listed by Author

URQUHART, PAUL (chron.) (continued)
• * The Legacy of Terror, (ss) Detective Weekly Aug 17 1935
• * The Man They Couldn’t Kill, (ss) Detective Weekly Jun 8 1935
• * The Man who Sold Secrets, (na) Detective Weekly Oct 12 1935
• * Mr. Kilmer Sees Red [Sexton Blake], (n.) The Sexton Blake Library #396 1933; also as “Mr. Smith Gang Smasher”.
• * Mr. Smith Gang Smasher [Sexton Blake], (n.) The Sexton Blake Library #396 1933, as “Mr. Kilmer Sees Red”.
  • Detective Weekly Dec 25 1937
• * The Mystery at Moat Farm [Sexton Blake], (na) Detective Weekly Sep 15 1934
• * The Mystery of the 13th Chest [Sexton Blake], (n.) The Sexton Blake Library #315 1931; also as “The Riddle of the Royal Oak”, uncredited.
• * The Mystery of the Murdered Bookmaker, (na) Detective Weekly Feb 1 1936
• * The Mystery of the Red Barn [Sexton Blake], (na) Detective Weekly Apr 21 1934
• * Sinister Villa [Sexton Blake], (na) Detective Weekly May 12 1934
• * The Vicarage Murder Case [Sexton Blake], (na) Detective Weekly Feb 23 1935
• * Who Killed the Sergeant Major?, (ss) Detective Weekly Jul 20 1935

URWIN, JOHN THOMAS (fl. 1940s-1950s) (chron.)
• * For This Reason, (ss) Smashing Detective Stories Sep 1951
  • American Sleuth #7 1953
• * Guest Again, (vi) Crack Detective Stories May 1949
• * The Triumphant Exit of Cathcart Hagthorn, (vi) Famous Detective Stories Nov 1952
  • Famous Detective Stories (UK) #7 1953
• * What Do I Do Now?, (ss) Famous Detective Stories May 1951
  • Famous Detective Stories (UK) #5 1952
• * Wrong Guy, (ss) Smashing Detective Stories Mar 1952
  • Smashing Detective Stories (UK) #3 195?

USHER, FRANCES (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * Early Retirement, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1994

USHER, FRANK (Hugh) (1909-1976); see pseudonym Charles Franklin (chron.)

USHER, (John) GRAY (1903-1987); see pseudonym Christopher Grey (chron.)
• * The Butterfly Case, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1987
• * The Hungry Dragan, (ss) London Mystery Selection #60 1964

USHER, PETER (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Lifeline, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 2002

USHER, SHAUN (1937- ); see pseudonym Jeffry Scott (chron.)
• * Bygone Wars, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Anthology #53 1985
• * He Said I Could, (vi) London Mystery Selection #61 1964
• * Talk for Your Life, (ss) The Saint Magazine Jul 1984

USTICKE, BERTRAM (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * The Cook, (ss) London Mystery Selection #37 1958
• * No Indictment, (ss) London Mystery Selection #39 1958
• * The Third Place, (ss) London Mystery Selection #40 1959

USTINOV, [Sir] PETER (Alexander) (1921-2004)
_____, [ref.]
• * “Interview: Sir Peter Ustinov” by Andrew F. Gulli, (iv) The Strand Magazine #3 1999/2000

UTECHIN, NICHOLAS (1952- ) (chron.)
• * Do What You Like with Him!, Part 1: Pastiches, (ar) Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #38 2000
• * Do What You Like with Him!, Part 2: Parodies, (ar) Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #39 2000

UTLEY, STEVEN (D.) (1948-2013); (about) (chron.)
• * After the Killing, (ss) Mystery Monthly Nov 1976
• * The Dinosaur Season, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1992
• * Girlie (with A. Camille Renwick), (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2016
• * Never You Mind, (ss) Mystery Monthly Feb 1977
• * Slices of Sylvia, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1980

UZZELL, ONESTUS (Kilpatrick) (1904-1955) (chron.) (art)
• * The Cruise of the Mentor, (ss) Murder Stories Sep/Oct 1931

VACE, GEOFFREY (fl. 1930s); pseudonym of Geoffrey Cave, (fl. 1930s); sometimes used by his brother Hugh. (chron.)
• * The House of Evil, (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 1933

VACHELL, HORACE ANNESLEY (1861-1955) (chron.)
• * The Shadow on the Blind, (ss) The Strand Magazine Jun 1917
  • Detective Story Magazine Jan 28 1919

VACHSS, ANDREW (Henry) (1942- ) (chron.)
• * Alibi, (ss) Born Bad, Black Lizard 1994
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1995
• * Big Sister [Underground], (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1999
• * Born Bad, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1992
• * Chocolate Bar, (ss) Hardboiled #19 1994
• * Choice of Weapons, (ss) The Strand Magazine #28 2009
• * Cough, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1989
• * Cripple [Cross], (vi) Hardboiled Detective #10 1990
• * Dope Fiend [Underground], (ss) Everybody Pays, Vintage 1999
  • Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• * Family Resemblance, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1990
• * Joyride, (vi) Cemetery Dance #7 1991
  • Hardboiled #13 1992
• * Mad Dog [Cross], (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1990
• * Perp Walk [Underground], (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1996
• * A Piece of the City, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 2003
• * Pigeon Drop [Cross], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1999
• * Placebo, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1989
  • Mean Streets Feb 1991
• * They’re All Alike, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2001
• * Two-Way Radio [Cross], (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998; reprint from Das Magazin, in Switzerland; first appearance in English language.
• * Value Received [Cross], (vi) Hardboiled #10 1989
• * Warlord, (pl) New Mystery v1 #1 1991
• * White Alligator, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1990
_____, reviews:
• * A Tout’s Guide to Crime Fiction, (br) Hardboiled #13 1992
_____, [ref.]
• * “Andrew Vachss” by Wayne D. Dundee, (iv) Hardboiled #8 1987
• * “A Conversation with Andrew Vachss” by Gary Lovisi, (iv) A Shot in the Dark Mar 1995
• * “A Conversation with Andrew Vachss: Part II” by Gary Lovisi, (iv) A Shot in the Dark Jun 1995
• * “Review [of Blossom by Andrew Vachss]” reviewed by C. J. Henderson, (br) Detective Story Magazine #9 1990
• * “[photo of Andrew Vachss]” by Peter Papadopolous, (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1992

VAGSTAD, KRISTI (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * Yankees on the Orient Express, (ar) The Armchair Detective Win 1995

VAHEY, JOHN (George) HASLETTE (1881-1938); (about) (chron.)
• * Fear, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Nov 1923
• * Mr. James Explains, (ss) The Detective Magazine Mar 27 1925
• * Nemesis, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Nov 1925
• * The Voice in the Wild, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine May 1925

VAID, SANFORD (fl. 1940s); pseudonym of Dorothy Les Tina, (1917-2003) & Wilson Tucker, (1914-2006) (chron.)
• * Drown or Die, (ss) Crack Detective Jan 1943
  • Private Detective (Canada) Nov 1943

VAIL, A. WORTHINGTON (fl. 1910s) (chron.)
• * The Brand of Jealousy, (ss) Mystery Magazine Feb 15 1919

VAIL, KATHERINE (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Better Off Dead, (ss) The Phantom Detective Win 1953

VAIL, STEVEN (fl. 1970s) (chron.)
_____, reviews:
• * Movies, (mr) Mystery Monthly Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec 1976, Jan, Feb 1977

VAILL, C. B. H. (fl. 1930s-1940s) (chron.)
• * Lucky, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 24 1934

VALCOE, H. FELIX; pseudonym of Harry F. Swartz, (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * An Aspirin for Murder, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 8 1940
• * Death Had No Memory, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 13 1940
• * Death Takes a Fall, (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 27 1940
• * Lawyer’s Fee, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 5 1940
  • Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly May 1945
• * The Microscope Murder, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 24 1940

VALDRON, D(ennis) G. (fl. 1990s-2000s); (about) (chron.)
• * Saint John Falling, (ss) Over My Dead Body! #7 2000

VALE, DERWENT (fl. 1960s-1970s) (chron.)
• * Checkmate and Checkmate, Says Toni [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #110 1976
• * Picture of Value [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #83 1969
• * Red Rose in the Coffin [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #84 1970
• * Ski for Your Life, Toni! [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #91 1971
• * Target—Paris [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #81 1969
• * To Hijack a Lorry [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #85 1970
• * Toni and Salvation [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #99 1973
• * Toni and the Saladins [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #98 1973
• * Toni and the Yellow Hats [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #103 1974
• * Toni and Two Assassins [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #96 1973
• * Toni Celebrates the Fifth Day of the Fifth Moon [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #93 1972
• * Toni Doesn’t Know Which Side She Is On [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #107 1975
• * Toni Enraged [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #90 1971
• * Toni Has a Pricking in Her Thumbs [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #97 1973
• * Toni Has Ten Seconds [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #95 1972
• * Toni in the Flea Market [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #100 1974
• * Toni Is Guilty of Graffiti [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #105 1975
• * Toni Makes the Punishment Fit the Crime [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #104 1975
• * Toni or Somebody Else? [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #102 1974
• * Toni Rescues a Paul Klee [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #89 1971
• * Toni Rides a Tiger [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #106 1975
• * Toni Smuggles Chianti [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #88 1971
• * Toni Takes a Hornet’s Nest [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #101 1974
• * Toni Takes the Pushers [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #82 1969
• * Toni Wins at Roulette [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #86 1970
• * Toni Works the Ullyses Trick [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #94 1972
• * Toni’s Odyssey [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #87 1970
• * Toni’s Rendezvous on Galata Bridge [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #92 1972

VALE, RENA M(arie) (1898-1983); (about) (chron.)
• * Timealide, (ss) Mystery Digest Sep/Oct 1960

VALENTINE; pseudonym of Archibald Thomas Pechey, (1876-1961) (chron.)
• * The Adjusters [The Adjusters], (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Sep 10 1927
• * The Drayton Square Murder [The Adjusters], (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Sep 24 1927
• * The Lightning Returns Co. [The Adjusters], (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Sep 17 1927
• * The Other Man [The Adjusters], (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction May 12 1928
• * Return of the Adjusters [The Adjusters], (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Mar 10 1928
• * The Wizard’s Safe [The Adjusters], (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 16 1928

VALENTINE, AL (fl. 1940s)
_____, ed.
• * Editor:
  ___ Daredevil Detective Stories
  ___ Daring Detective (Canada)
  ___ World-Wide Detective Stories

VALENTINE, DON (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Dames Is Funny That Way, (ss) International Detective Magazine Dec 1933/Jan ’34

VALENTINE, JOHN (fl. 1950s-1960s) (chron.)
• * Exit Edward, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Oct 1958
  • John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) Jun 1959
• * The Intruder, (ss) London Mystery Selection #50 1961
• * Lavender, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Nov 1958
  • John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) Jul 1959
• * An Occupational Hazard, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Jul 1958
  • John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) Mar #1 1959

VALENTINE, KRISTEN (fl. 2010s); (about) (chron.)
• * Already Seen, (nv) Betty Fedora #1 2015
• * Introduction, (ed) Betty Fedora #2 2015
_____, ed.
• * Editor:
  ___ Betty Fedora: #1, 2015 -to- #4, 2017.

VALENTINE, LEROI (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * Valentine’s Venture, (ss) Mystery Time Spr/Sum 1998

VALENTINE, MARK (1959- ) (chron.)
• * Carnacki-the Ghost Finder, (ar) Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #24 1998; The Other Detectives.
• * Evil in the Blood, (ar) Sherlock #67 2006
• * The Golden Age of Crime Fiction, Part 7: Philip MacDonald—The Soul Shaker, (ar) Sherlock #65 2005

VALERI, JOHN B. (fl. 2010s); (about) (chron.)
• * “Chaos” Reigns, (iv) Suspense Magazine Jan/Feb 2017 [Patricia Cornwell]
• * Christmas Cozy Caper, (iv) Suspense Magazine Nov/Dec 2018 [G.A. McKevett]
• * Domestic Disturbance, (iv) Suspense Magazine Mar/Apr 2017 [Faye Kellerman]
• * The Edge of Cozy, (iv) Suspense Magazine Nov/Dec 2018 [Jon Land]