Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Stories, Listed by Author

VAN TYNE, VALENTINE (chron.) (continued)
• * “Junk” [Sky Gangsters], (na) The Underworld Magazine Dec 1929
• * Looting the Metropole Vaults [Sky Gangsters], (sl) The Underworld Magazine Jan, Feb 1930
• * The Mob Leader’s Gun Moll, (ss) The Underworld Magazine Sep 1930
• * Moll Vengeance, (ss) The Underworld Magazine Feb 1931
• * Out of the Past, (nv) Greater Gangster Stories Jun 1933
• * Sky-Loot, (nv) The Underworld Magazine May 1930
• * Sucker Bait, (ss) The Underworld Magazine Sep 1934
• * Thru Hell to Happiness, (ss) The Underworld Magazine Jun 1930

van VOGT, A(lfred) E(lton) (1912-2000); (about) (chron.)
• * Automaton, (ss) Other Worlds Science Stories Sep 1950; also as “Dear Automaton”.
• * Dear Automaton, (ss) Other Worlds Science Stories Sep 1950, as “Automaton”.
  • Suspense Magazine Fll 1951
• * The House That Stood Still, (n.) Greenberg Publishers 1950
  • Detective Book Magazine Win 1951/’52

van WALDRON, BARENT (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Bluff, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 2 1935

VAN WAVEREN, KAILI (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Maria’s Misfortune, (ss) Murdaland #1 2007

VANWINKLE, EDMOND H. (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Trapped, (ss) Clues Detective Stories Dec 1937

VAQUIER, JEAN PIERRE (1879-1924); (about)
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• * “The Bluebeard of Byfleet” by Stanley Bishop, (ar) The Strand Magazine Mar 1943

VARAK, ROBERT (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * The Man in the Black Hat, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1965

VARDEMAN, DAVID (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * The Last Evil, (ss) Mystery Weekly Nov 2017

VARDRE, LESLIE; pseudonym of L. P. Davies, (1914-1988); other pseudonyms Leo Berne, Robert Blake, Richard Bridgeman, Morgan Evans, Ian Jefferson, Lawrence Peters, Thomas Philips, G. K. Thomas & Rowland Welch (chron.)
• * The Alien, (ss) London Mystery Selection #61 1964
• * Bait, (ss) London Mystery Selection #58 1963
• * Death of a Witch, (ss) London Mystery Selection #57 1963
• * The Dream Pedlar, (ss) London Mystery Selection #51 1961
• * The Man with No Face, (ss) London Mystery Selection #48 1961
• * Mermaid Beach, (ss) London Mystery Selection #55 1962
• * The Messenger, (ss) London Mystery Selection #46 1960
• * The Monsters, (ss) London Mystery Selection #65 1965
• * No School on Friday, (ss) London Mystery Selection #49 1961
• * The Sight of Blood, (ss) London Mystery Selection #44 1960
• * Sleeping Beauty, (ss) London Mystery Selection #54 1962
• * The Sleeping Man, (ss) London Mystery Selection #59 1963
• * “Sorry, Mr. Hepple”, (ss) London Mystery Selection #63 1964
• * Tea-Time, (ss) London Mystery Selection #47 1960
• * Time in Hand, (ss) London Mystery Selection #56 1963
• * To Maidy—A Son, (ss) London Mystery Selection #64 1965
• * The Wall of Time, (ss) London Mystery Selection #45 1960
• * Weeds, (ss) London Mystery Selection #60 1964

VARGAS, CLAUDIA (fl. 2000s-2010s) (chron.)
• * All Aboard the Shipwreck at the Queen Mary, (iv) Suspense Magazine Nov 2009 [Matt Gavin]
• * Exploring the Beauty and Mystery of Cabo San Lucas, (ar) Suspense Magazine Feb 2010
• * Murder on the Menu, (iv) Suspense Magazine Sep 2009
• * On Location:
  * ___ Exploring the Beauty and Mystery of Cabo San Lucas, (ar) Suspense Magazine Feb 2010
  * ___ Pasadena: A Beautiful Town with a Deadly Bridge, (ar) Suspense Magazine May 2010
  * ___ Winchester Mystery House, (cl) Suspense Magazine Oct 2009
• * Pasadena: A Beautiful Town with a Deadly Bridge, (ar) Suspense Magazine May 2010
• * Winchester Mystery House, (ar) Suspense Magazine Oct 2009

VARGAS, FRED; pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau, (1957- )
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• * “Don’t Trust the Name: Fred Vargas” by Judith Gray, (ar) Crime Time #37 2004

VARNADO, S(eaborn) L(owrey) (1929- ) (chron.)
• * Detectiverse:
  * ___ The History of Mystery, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 4 1981
  * ___ Sin of the Seine, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 4 1981
• * The History of Mystery, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 4 1981
• * Sin of the Seine, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 4 1981

VARNEY, H. J. (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * The Case of the Multiple Crimes, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories Oct 1941
• * Detour to Crime, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories Aug 1941
• * Marked for Murder, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories Sep 1941

VARNUM, VICKIE (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * Play a Game of Darts, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1962

VASCO, JUSTO (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * A Man of Honor, (ss) New Mystery v2 #2 1994; translated by William I. Neuman.

VASSALL, WILLIAM F. (fl. 1910s) (chron.)
• * The Basement Room, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 5 1916
• * The Broken Glass, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 20 1916
• * The Firm’s Detective, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 20 1916
• * For Her Boy, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 20 1916
• * Hiding the Clews, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 20 1917
• * His Sacrifice, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 18 1919
• * Murder by Proxy?, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 13 1918
• * Pearls and Canes, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 20 1916
• * The Sultana Crescent, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 5 1916
• * Willing a Name, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 20 1916

VASSI, FRED (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * Brooklyn Gothic, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1965

VATAVUK, WILLIAM M. (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * Murder Among the Magnolias, (ar) Mystery Magazine Apr 1982

VAUGHAN, BENJAMIN (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * The Cup of Vengeance, (ss) Midnight Mystery Stories Dec 2 1922

VAUGHAN, LESLIE (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * The Saint, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #24 1955

VAUGHAN, RALPH (E.) (1954- ) (chron.)
• * Agent in Hell, (ss) Detective Story Magazine #2 1988
• * London After Midnight [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Mystery Weekly Oct 2017

VAUGHN, CLARK (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * A Call from the Dead, (ss) Thrilling Detective Mar 1936
• * Guns Are Made of Steel, (vi) Popular Detective Feb 1936

VAUGHN, DAVID (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * The Prosecutor of DuPrey, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1996

VAUGHN, HARVEY, Jr. (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Double Murder, (ss) The Underworld Detective May 1935

VAVRA, JEFFREY (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * The Game’s the Thing, (ss) Suspense Magazine May 2011

VEIGH, DANIEL (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Blood Will Tell, (ss) Five Star Detective Stories Apr 1942

VEILLER, BAYARD (1869-1943); (about) (chron.)
• * Still Within the Law, (sl) Mystery Magazine Jun 1, Jun 15, Jul 1 1926

VELASQUEZ, WENDY (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Crisis, (ss) Pulp Modern Win 2013
• * Siren, (ss) Pulp Modern Sum 2012

VELEZ, MARISA (fl. 2000s-2010s); see pseudonym Isabel Roman

VENABLE, JUNE (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Redemption, (ss) Great Mystery and Suspense Magazine Sum 2006

VENABLES, PAUL (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * “Rio De Sangre”, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #34 1957

VENDELMANS, J. J. (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Just a Little Fun, (ms) Suspect Detective Stories Aug 1956

VENESS, MAGGIE (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Gallup Away, (ss) Crimespree Magazine Nov/Dec 2011

VENNER, NORMAN (Josiah Barton) (1891-1929) (chron.)
• * Blackmail, (ss) Mystery Feb 1933

VENNEWITZ, LEILA (1912-2007) (chron.)
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• * Like a Bad Dream, by Heinrich Böll, (ss) Harper’s Magazine Oct 1965
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1967

VENNING, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig, (1908-1957); other pseudonym Craig Rice (chron.)
• * How Now, Ophelia [Melville Fairr], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1947
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) Apr 1949
• * Jethro Hammer [Melville Fairr], (n.) Coward-McCann 1944
  • Speed Mystery Sep 1945

VENTURA, CHARLES (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * Bier on the Rocks [Francis Bascom Ivy], (nv) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine Jun 1966
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972
• * Killer’s Corridor [Francis Bascom Ivy], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1965
• * Murder by Proxy [Francis Bascom Ivy], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1965
• * Murder Takes a World Cruise, (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1964
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (UK) Oct 1964
  • Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1978
• * Twenty-Four Hours to Live [Francis Bascom Ivy], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1966

VERA, COUNTESS of CATHCART; see under Cathcart, Vera Lady (1892-?) (chron.)

VERAA, P. (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Mars Fell on Alabama, (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Dec 2000/Jan ’01

VERDE, CHARLES (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Off the Record, (na) True Gang Life Jun 1938

VERDE, TOM (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * The Big Dance, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1992

VERKOCZY, ELIZABETH (1933- ); (about) (chron.)
• * The Haunted Realm of the Humber River, (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine #2 1981
• * Stanislaw’s Clocks, (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine #3 1981

VERLAINE, PIERRE (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * The Scoundrel, (ss) Mystery Digest Jan/Feb 1961

VERMAAT, CARLA (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * A Long-Cherished Dream, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 2009; translated from the Dutch (“Een Lang Gekoesterde Droom”) with the ending rewritten by Pachter.; translated by Josh Pachter; adapted by Josh Pachter.

VERMES, HAL G. (fl. 1930s-1940s) (chron.)
• * Burning Cork, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Dec 1938
• * The Camera Clicks, (ss) Clues Detective Stories Aug 1938
• * Checkmate, (ss) The Phantom Detective Dec 1940
• * Drums of the Dead, (ss) The Ghost Detective Fll 1940
• * A Murder Is Arranged, (ss) Clues Detective Stories Jun 1938
• * Perfect Defense, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 1938
• * Spider’s Web, (ss) Clues Detective Stories Dec 1938
• * Stir Buggy, (ss) Ten Detective Aces Mar 1939
• * Trouble Knocks Twice, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Apr 1939

VERMILLION, C. K. (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * Switcheroo, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1999

VERN, DAVID (1924-1989); see pseudonym David V. Reed (chron.)

VERNE, JULES (Gabriel) (1828-1905); (about) (chron.)
• * Eternal Adam, (na) Saturn, The Magazine of Science Fiction Mar 1957; translated from the French (“L’Eternel Adam Dans Quelques Vingt Mille Ans”, La Revue de Paris, October 1, 1910).; translated by Willis T. Bradley.
• * The Ordeal of Doctor Trifulgas, (ss) Saturn, The Magazine of Science Fiction Jul 1957; translated from the French (“Frritt-Flacc”, Le Figaro Illustré, 1884/5).; translated by Willis T. Bradley.

VERNER, GERALD; pseudonym of John Robert Stuart Pringle, (1897-1980); (about) ; other pseudonym Donald Stuart (chron.)
• * Alias—’The Angel’, (sl) Detective Weekly Jan 8, Jan 15, Jan 22, Jan 29, Feb 5, Feb 12, Feb 19, Feb 26, Mar 5, Mar 12, Mar 19, Mar 26, Apr 2, Apr 9 1938
• * The Beard of the Prophet [Supt. Robert Budd], (na) Detective Weekly Nov 6 1937
• * The Black Widow [Supt. Robert Budd], (na) Detective Weekly Jan 30 1937
• * Blake of the Secret Service, (sl) Detective Weekly Jul 4, Jul 11, Jul 18, Jul 25, Aug 1, Aug 8, Aug 15, Aug 22, Aug 29, Sep 5, Sep 12, Sep 19 1936
• * Clew in the Mud, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Dec 1935