Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Stories, Listed by Author

WATSON, RICHARD F. (chron.) (continued)
• * Window Peeper, (ss) Guilty Detective Story Magazine Sep 1959

WATSON, S. B. (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Child Fighter, (ss) Spinetingler Magazine Fll 2017

WATSON, SPENCER (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * The Stolen Fortune, (sl) The Thriller Jun 13, Jun 20, Jun 27 1936

WATT, JOHN F. (fl. 1940s-1950s); see pseudonyms Superintendent Maryin, John Robertson, Anne Scott & Harry Travers; probably John Sproul Fyfe Watt. (chron.)
• * Blonde Bait, (ss) Mystery Crime Cases Nov 1948
• * Date with Death, (ss) Dynamic Detective Cases Apr 1949
• * Murder on Highway 91, (ss) Thrilling Crime Stories #1 1948

WATT, JOHN SPROUL FYFE (1891-1964); see John F. Watt (fl. 1940s-1950s) ; (about) (chron.)

WATT, JOSEPH MELVILLE (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * Koonda Rabh, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Feb 1928
• * Marquandez and the Serpents, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Jan 1928

WATT, LESLIE B. (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Angels Are Always Welcome, (ss)
  • Swan American Mags #5 1948
• * A Packet of Stones, (ss) Vengeance Shorts #2 1946

WATT, MEL (fl. 1920s-1940s) (chron.)
• * At Everybody’s Mercy, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Feb 22 1930
• * Baby Face, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 22 1928
• * Beast of Blackness, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 18 1932
• * Behind Closed Doors, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Aug 10 1935
• * Behind the Stone Door, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Jan 24 1931
• * Beyond Arrest, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Dec 12 1931
• * Brilliant Traitor, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Aug 29 1931
• * Bring Him In!, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 6 1929
• * Case of the Veiled Lady, (ss) Crack Detective Stories Aug 1947
• * The Chair Is Not Cheated, (nv) Popular Detective Jun 1945
  • Popular Detective (Canada) Jun 1945
• * Checkmate!, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 16 1929
• * Circle of Vengeance, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Aug 30 1930
• * A Clew from the Sea, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 8 1930
• * Cloaks, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 4 1930
• * Cold Steele, (nv) All Detective Magazine Apr 1934
  • All Detective Magazine (UK) Aug 1934
• * Cold-Blooded, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 10 1935
• * Coward’s Way, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 14 1929
• * Crooked Candles, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 29 1928
• * The Dauntless Sin, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 23 1929
• * Dead Writing, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 21 1929
• * The Deadliest Pill, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Mar 12 1932
• * Death’s Family, (nv) Popular Detective Apr 1939
• * The Defense Rests, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jan 1939
• * The Devil’s Tapestry, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Mar 22 1930
• * The Diamond Street, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 13 1931
• * Divorce Denied, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 1936
• * Doubling in Crime, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 27 1929
• * Duval Plays Detective, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Sep 26 1931
• * Duval’s Gentleman Apache, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 13 1930
• * The Empty Chair, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Oct 3 1931
• * Fifty Million Laughs, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 11 1930
• * Foolproof Folly, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 15 1928
  • Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine Feb 1929
• * Frozen Assets, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jan 25 1935
• * Goat’s Laugh, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Oct 24 1931
• * Hands Tied, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 20 1932
• * His Iron Hand, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 1 1929
• * His Neat Lie, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 2 1929
• * His Substitute Son, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jul 10 1933
• * Home Sweet Homicide [Prof. “Mephisto” Jonathan Tack], (ss) Detective Tales Sep 1943
  • Detective Tales (Canada) Mar 1944
• * Hot Diamonds, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 12 1930
• * Hot Plant, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 10 1933
• * Hour of Horror, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jul 16 1932
• * The House of Evil, (ss) Super-Detective Stories Aug 1934
• * I’ll Catch Up with You, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Apr 1939
• * The Impossible Murder, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 1939
• * In the Tiger’s Clutch, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Oct 25 1933
• * Judas Kiss, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Oct 10 1934
• * Keep It Simple, (nv) Crack Detective Stories Nov 1944
• * Kidnaper’s Reward, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Nov 10 1933
• * Killer Come Back to Me, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1944
• * The Last Victim, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 20 1929
• * Mark of the Beast, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 10 1935
• * The Meticulous Murderer [Prof. “Mephisto” Jonathan Tack], (nv) Detective Tales Jun 1943
  • Detective Tales (Canada) Dec 1943
• * Monot Baits a Rat [Monot], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 26 1930
• * Monot Looks Beyond [Monot], (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 28 1929
• * More Than a King’s Ransom, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 25 1934
• * Or Would You Rather Be a Corpse?, (ss) Crack Detective Stories Feb 1948
• * Outwinking the Hoodwinker, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 4 1930
• * Rats Are Greedy, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Oct 25 1932
• * Rawhide Stretches, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Mar 1937
• * Revenge in Fire, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Aug 1939
• * The Ruthless Streak, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 6 1928
• * Shake-Down, (n.) Pocket Detective Magazine Oct 1937
• * Sinister Hand, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 15 1929
• * Sitting Death, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 13 1929
• * Slipping Despair, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 5 1929
• * Smiling Hop Head, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Apr 10 1934
• * The Soft Steps of Terror, (ss) Crack Detective Stories Jul 1945
• * Sparklers of Sin, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 27 1928
• * Specter Justice, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 7 1929
• * The Specter’s Revenge, (nv) Super-Detective Stories Jun 1934
• * Spite Girl, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 19 1929
• * Terror’s Reign, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 21 1931
• * Three Bad Apaches, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 26 1930
• * Three Times, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 6 1930
• * To a Nice Crook, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 8 1929
• * Too Big to Live, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jan 2 1932
• * Trail of the Octopus, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 28 1932
• * Trapped in Tape, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Mar 28 1931
• * Try and Prove It!, (nv) Crack Detective Stories Sep 1944
• * Whine of a Ghost, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 27 1932
• * White Hell, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Sep 10 1935
• * Why Tell?, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 12 1929
• * Winks of Doom, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 27 1929
• * The Woman Who Scorned, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Dec 25 1932
• * Words of Madness, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 3 1929
• * Wren, Wren, Go Away!, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 17 1930

WATT, WALTER O. (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Big Napoleon, (ss) Gun Molls Magazine Jun 1931

WATTERSON, E. S. (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * Outside the Law, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Aug 1929

WATTS, CAROLYN JENSEN (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * A Case for Clara Cates, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1985
• * Clara Cates and the Hatchett Murder, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1987
• * The Neighborly Clara Cates, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1988

WATTS, DONALD P. (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Estate, (ss) Out of the Gutter #5 2008

WATTS, DOROTHY A. G. (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Conversation Piece, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #32 1957

WATTS, JOHN V. (fl. 1920s-1940s) (chron.)
• * Sheriff Bob Does a Chore, (ss) Clues Jul #2 1930

WATTS, KENNETH (fl. 1970s) (chron.)
• * The Sounds of Summer, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1977

WATTS, SAMUEL KNOWLES (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * A Night to Remember, (ss) London Mystery Selection #78 1968

WATTS, TIMOTHY (1957- ) (chron.)
• * The Haircut, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1991

WAUGH, EVELYN (Arthur St. John) (1903-1966); (about) (chron.)
• * Mr. Crutwell’s Outing, (ss) Harper’s Bazaar May 1935; also as “Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing”.
• * Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing, (ss) Harper’s Bazaar May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing”.
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1951
  • Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Feb 1967
  • Ellery Queen’s Anthology #14 1968
• * Tactical Exercise, (ss) The Strand Magazine Mar 1947
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1966

WAUGH, HILLARY (Baldwin) (1920-2008) (chron.)
• * The Beneficiaries, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Anthology #51 1984
• * Galton and the Yelling Boys, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1970
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology #4 1979
• * Nothing but Human Nature, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1969
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology #1 1976
• * Some Explaining to Do, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1983
_____, [ref.]
• * “Interview: Hillary Waugh”, uncredited, (iv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1977

WAVERLY, PETER M. (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * Mr. Shelton, Beware!, (ss) London Mystery Selection #131 1981

WAXMAN, DAVID (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Tough as Diamonds, (ss) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine Spr 2009

WAXMAN, PERRY (fl. 1930s)
_____, ed.
• * Editor:
  ___ Black Bat Detective Mysteries

WAY, ISABEL STEWART; [i.e., Isabel Stewart Way Bonnard Thomson] (1904-1978); (about) (chron.)
• * Death Wears White Plumes, (na) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jan 1942
  • Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine (UK) Jan 1942
  • Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine (Canada) May 1942

WAY, LESTER (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Beloved Corpse, (ss) Leisure Detective #2 195?
• * Blonde Death-Strip, (nv) Leisure Detective #4 195?
• * Bridal Shrouds Are Black, (ss) Leisure Detective #5 195?
• * The Corpse Wore Scent, (nv) Leisure Detective #8 195?
• * A Girl Must Die, (nv) Leisure Detective #3 195?
• * No Kiss So Cold, (ss) Leisure Detective #1 195?
• * No Murder Planned, (ss) American Crime Magazine #1 1952
• * Only Warm Lips Live, (nv) Leisure Detective #7 195?
• * Sleep Before Slaughter, (nv) Action Detective Magazine #2 1952
• * Weeds for a Corpse, (nv) Action Detective Magazine #1 1952

WAY, NORMAN F. (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Framed, (ss) Detective Fiction Dec 1948
• * Time Off for Thrills, (ss) Detective Fiction Jan 1949
• * You Can’t Be Too Careful, (ss) Detective Fiction Feb 1949

WAYLAND, SHERMAN (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * The Hapsburg Emerald, (ss) Sizzling Detective Mysteries Sep 1935

WAYNE, ALBERT (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Rituals in Chaos, (ss) Pulp Modern Win 2013

WAYNE, ANTHONY (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Officer Jim Has His Troubles, (ss) Complete Detective Novel Magazine Mar 1931

WAYNE, CHARLES STOKES (1858-1920); see pseudonym Horace Hazeltine; (about) (chron.)
• * Diamonds and Emeralds, (ss) Clues Apr #2 1929

WAYNE, CURTIS; house pseudonym (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Through a Glass, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Oct 1935, as “The Magic of Zamber” by Colby Quinn.
  • Spicy Mystery Stories May 1941

WAYNE, DAVID (1914-1995); (about)
_____, [ref.]
• * “[photo of Jim Hutton and David Wayne as Ellery Queen and Inspector Queen in the 1975 TV series]”, uncredited, (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 2005

WAYNE, JOHN; house pseudonym (fl. 1930s-1940s) (chron.)
• * Blood for Sale, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Jun 1935, as “Fangs of the Bat” by Robert Leslie Bellem.
  • Spicy Mystery Stories Mar 1942
• * Bonafide Booty, (ss) Private Detective Stories Dec 1938, as “Pearls Before Swine” by Jerome Severs Perry.
  • Spicy Detective Stories May 1942
• * Death Rides High, (ss) Spicy-Adventure Stories May 1938, as “God of the Pit” by Lew Merrill.
  • Speed Mystery May 1943
• * Doped for Doom, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Sep 1937, as “Death by Design” by Arthur Wallace.
  • Spicy Detective Stories Jun 1942