The FictionMags Index

Series List

Poirot, Hercule (continued)
• Sophie Hannah:
  • Closed Casket (ex) The Guardian May 5 2016; extract from novel Closed Casket, London, HarperCollins, Sept. 2016.
• Julian Symons:
  • Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule—? (ss) The Illustrated London News Apr 1987 [Sherlock Holmes]

Poison Wars
• Sam Hawke:
  • City of Lies (ex) Tor Jul 2018

Poker Boy
• Dean Wesley Smith:
  • Dead Even (ss) Christmas Guests, Writer’s Ink Press 2002
  • Gods Aren’t Funny (ss) Christmas Guests, Writer’s Ink Press 2002
  • The Old Girlfriend of Doom (ss) Christmas Guests, Writer’s Ink Press 2002
  • Luck Be a Lady (nv) Intelligent Design, ed. Denise Little, DAW 2009
  • The Smoke That Doesn’t Bark (ss) WMG Publishing Jul 11 2012
  • Fighting the Fuzzy-Wuzzy (ss) WMG Publishing Aug 3 2012
  • The Empty Mummy Murders (ss) WMG Publishing Oct 8 2012
  • Sighed the Snake (ss) WMG Publishing Oct 14 2012
  • Pink Shoes and Hot Chocolate (ss) WMG Publishing Oct 31 2012
  • Shootout in the Okey-Doke Casino (ss) WMG Publishing Nov 7 2012
  • Dried Up (ss) WMG Publishing Nov 18 2012
  • Not Saleable for Sale (ss) WMG Publishing Jan 4 2013
  • Nonexistent No More (ss) WMG Publishing Jan 5 2013
  • The War of Poker (ss) WMG Publishing Mar 18 2013
  • That Lost Riddle (ss) Fiction River #1 2013
  • Gambling Hell (ss) WMG Publishing Jun 15 2013
  • The Secrets of Yesterday (ss) Smith’s Monthly Oct 2013
  • A Night with a Forgotten God (ss) Smith’s Monthly Nov 2013
  • A Storm from the Relic (ss) Smith’s Monthly Dec 2013
  • The 13th Floor Problem (ss) Fiction River #5 2013
  • The Match (ss) Smith’s Monthly Jan 2014
  • You Forgive the Night’s Scream (ss) Smith’s Monthly Mar 2014
  • A Desert Shot (ss) Smith’s Monthly Apr 2014
  • The Slots of Saturn (n.) Smith’s Monthly Apr 2014
  • The Atlantis Fifty (nv) Fiction River #8 2014
  • They’re Back! (na) Fiction River #9 2014
  • Daddy Is an Undertaker (ss) Smith’s Monthly Dec 2014
  • Living Time (ss) Smith’s Monthly Jan 2015
  • For the Balance of a Heart (nv) Smith’s Monthly Mar 2015
  • Just Shoot Me Now! (ss) Smith’s Monthly Jun 2015
  • Leaking Away a Life (ss) Smith’s Monthly Mar 2016
  • Gods Have History (ss) Smith’s Monthly Apr 2016
  • The Library of Atlantis (ss) Smith’s Monthly Jul 2016
  • The Rude Improbable Presumptive (ss) Stories from July, WMG Publishing 2016
  • A Reason to Play a Hunch (ss) Smith’s Monthly Jan 2017

Poker, Juan
• Tom W. Blackburn:
  • Juan Poker’s Pilgrimage (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Jan 1943
  • Gun Game at Goleta Pass (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Jul 1943
  • Phantom Vaqueros (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Jan 1944
  • Juan Poker—Medico (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Mar 1944
  • Juan Poker—Courier of Death (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Jun 1944
  • Juan Poker—Gunsmoke Missionary (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Jul 1944
  • Juan Poker’s Bells of Doom (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Nov 1944
  • Juan Poker’s White Flag (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Apr 1945
  • Juan Poker Registrar of Death (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Jul 1945
  • Juan Poker’s Longhorn Army (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Feb 1946
  • Juan Poker Turns Cattle Agent (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Apr 1946
  • Juan Poker’s Horsethief Pards (nv) 10 Story Western Magazine Jul 1946
  • Juan Poker’s Ghost Hunt (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Feb 1947
  • Juan Poker’s Fire-Sale (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Feb 1948
  • Juan Poker’s Boomtown Bank (nv) 10 Story Western Magazine Sep 1948
  • Juan Poker’s Gallows Goal (nv) 10 Story Western Magazine Nov 1948

Polaris Patrol
• Donald Keith:
  • The Day We Explored the Future (ss) Boys’ Life Dec 1959
  • The Time Machine Flies Backwards (ss) Boys’ Life Feb 1960
  • How We Got the Mind-Reading Pills (ss) Boys’ Life Jun 1960
  • Our Time Machine at the Jamboree (ss) Boys’ Life Jul 1960
  • Marco Polo and Our Time Machine (ss) Boys’ Life Oct 1961
  • The Time Machine Slips a Cog (ss) Boys’ Life Feb 1962
  • The Message (ss) Boys’ Life Nov 1962
  • Mutiny in the Time Machine (sl) Boys’ Life Dec 1962, etc.
  • Time Machine Cracks a Safe (ss) Boys’ Life Jun 1964
  • Time Machine to the Rescue (ss) Boys’ Life Oct 1964
  • The Time Machine Gets Stuck (sl) Boys’ Life Feb 1965, etc.
  • The Time Machine Hunts a Treasure (sl) Boys’ Life Apr 1967, etc.
  • The Dog from the Time Machine (ss) Boys’ Life Dec 1968
  • The Time Machine and the Generation Gap (ss) Boys’ Life Sep 1970
  • The King and the Time Machine (ss) Boys’ Life Aug 1971
  • The Time Machine Cleans Up (ss) Boys’ Life Feb 1973
  • Santa Claus and the Time Machine (ss) Boys’ Life Dec 1973
• Keith Monroe:
  • The Time Machine Twins the Jamboree (ss) Boys’ Life Aug 1973
  • The Time Machine Fights Earthquakes (ss) Boys’ Life Nov 1974
  • The Time Machine Saves a Patriot (ss) Boys’ Life Apr 1975
  • The Time Machine Kidnaps a Parade (ss) Boys’ Life Jul 1976

Polglase
• G. Stanley Ellis:
  • Polglase and Nubbee Baksh (ss) The Weekly Tale-Teller Aug 24 1912
  • Polglase and the Ambuscade (ss) The Weekly Tale-Teller Dec 20 1913
  • Polglase Is Condemned (ss) The Weekly Tale-Teller Jan 10 1914

Police File
• Jonathan Craig:
  • Classification: Homicide (na) Manhunt Feb 1955
  • The Punisher (ss) Manhunt Mar 1955
  • The Baby Sitter (ss) Manhunt Jul 1955
  • Cast Off (ss) Manhunt Sep 1955
  • The Spoilers (nv) Manhunt Oct 1955
  • The Man Between (na) Manhunt Nov 1955
  • The Cheater (nv) Manhunt Jan 1956

Policy Sleuth, The see under Brewer, Bob

Polijn the Minstrel
• Dan Crawford:
  • Sing and Sing Loud (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1996
  • Words and Music (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1997
  • The Ghost in the Old Green Shoe (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2000
  • A Little Music, a Little Laughter (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 2001
  • Echoes from a Well (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2001
  • Bringing in Blossoms (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 2003
  • Yellow Leaves (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 2005
  • Emeralds? Oh, Those Emeralds (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 2007
  • The Last of the Magic (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2007
  • The Little Ones Have More Flavor (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2011

Polity
• Neal L. Asher:
  • Adaptogenic (nv) Threads #2 1994
  • Splatterjay (ss) Grotesque #8 1995
  • Putrefactors (ss) Zest #7 1999
  • Choudapt (nv) Sci-Fright #6 2000
  • Gridlinked (ex) infinity plus Apr 2001
  • The Sea of Death (ss) Interzone Jul 2001
  • Snow in the Desert (nv) Spectrum SF #8 2002
  • The Skinner (ex) Macmillan 2002
  • The Line of Polity (ex) Tor UK 2003
  • Garp & Geronamid (ss) Interzone Jul/Aug 2005
  • Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck (nv) Asimov’s Science Fiction Aug 2005
  • The Gabble (nv) Asimov’s Science Fiction Mar 2006
  • Alien Archaeology (na) Asimov’s Science Fiction Jun 2007

Polk, Hiram (The Shorthorn Kid)
• Hugh Pendexter:
  • The Shorthorn Kid (nv) Short Stories Sep 25 1928
  • Big Swimmin’ (nv) Short Stories Mar 25 1929
  • Trailin’ Home (nv) Short Stories Jun 10 1929

Pollard Twins
• Evelyn Van Buren:
  • The Twins and Miss Casey (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Nov 1914
  • The Dear Dunce (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Dec 1914
  • You Never Know (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Feb 1915
  • Mrs. Pollard’s Little Fling (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Apr 1915

Pollifax, Mrs. Emily
• Dorothy Gilman:
  • The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (n.) Star Weekly Sep 17 1966, etc.
  • The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (n.) Star Weekly Feb 14 1970, etc.

Pollok, William
• Gerald Grogan:
  • An International Incident (ss) The Pall Mall Magazine Nov 1913
  • The Soul of Velasquez (ss) The Pall Mall Magazine Dec 1913
  • The Unreliables (ss) The Pall Mall Magazine Feb 1914
  • The Stealers (ss) The Pall Mall Magazine Sep 1914

Polly Ann
• Patrick Vaux:
  • Boy Billy of the Polly Ann (ss) Boys’ Life May 1918
  • A Punch at the Enemy (ss) Boys’ Life Jul 1918

Polly of the Plains
• Joseph Sokoli:
  • Polly Returns (cs) Spicy Western Stories Nov 1936
  • Kidnaped! (cs) Spicy Western Stories Dec 1936
  • Lashed! (cs) Spicy Western Stories Jan 1937
  • Into the Net! (cs) Spicy Western Stories Feb 1937
  • Ultimatum! (cs) Spicy Western Stories Mar 1937
  • Ant-Hill Vengeance (cs) Spicy Western Stories Apr 1937
  • Polly of the Plains (cs) Spicy Western Stories May 1937, etc.
  • Quicksand! (cs) Spicy Western Stories Jun 1937
  • The Devil Is a Woman (cs) Spicy Western Stories Jul 1937
  • Machine Gun Strategy (cs) Spicy Western Stories Aug 1937
  • Freedom (cs) Spicy Western Stories Oct 1937
  • Trapped! (cs) Spicy Western Stories Nov 1937
  • Doomed! (cs) Spicy Western Stories Dec 1937

Polly, Kirah
• James Oppenheim:
  • Melting Ice (ss) McClure’s May 1915
  • Planted (ss) McClure’s Sep 1915
  • One Fair Daughter (ss) McClure’s Mar 1916

Polly, Mr.
• Clifford S. Raymond:
  • Bite of the Lamb (ss) The American Magazine Apr 1912

Polly-Too
• Kobold Knight:
  • Le Yachting (ss) Cassell’s Magazine Aug 1930
  • Le Cruising (ss) Cassell’s Magazine Sep 1930

Pollyooly
• Edgar Jepson:
  • Pollyooly and the Lump (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Aug 1910
  • The Siege (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Sep 1910
  • Love’s Messenger (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Oct 1910
  • Pollyooly Plays the Changeling (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Nov 1910
  • The Yellow Peril (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Dec 1910
  • The Duke’s Mistake (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Jan 1911
  • The Goddess from the ‘Bus (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Feb 1911
  • Pollyooly and the Lump (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Dec 1911
  • The Training of Royalty (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Feb 1912
  • When Pollyooly Handed a Surprise to the Unfuriated Swain (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Mar 1912
  • Pollyooly and the Prince (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Apr 1912
  • When the Cherubic Pollyooly Played Her Favorite Part (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Apr 1912
  • Pollyooly and the Lump (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) May 1912
  • Pollyooly and the Lump (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Jun 1912
  • Pollyooly and the Christmas Stocking (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Aug 1913; also as “The Christmas Stocking”.
  • The Course of True Love (ss) Garthoyle Gardens, Hutchinson 1913
  • Pollyooly and the Red Deepings (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Jan 1915
  • Pollyooly and the Lump (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Mar 1915

Polo, Eddie
• Geoffrey Gordon:
  • The Circus King (sl) The Marvel Aug 23 1919, etc.

Polo, Nick (about)
• Jerry Kennealy:
  • Polo at the Ritz (ss) New Mystery v2 #1 1994

Poloda (about)
• Edgar Rice Burroughs:
  • Beyond the Farthest Star (nv) The Blue Book Magazine Jan 1942

Polruan, Frank & Co.
• Maurice Everard:
  • The Secret of the Sargasso! (sl) The Boys’ Friend Mar 18 1922, etc.
  • Polruan’s Quest! (sl) The Boys’ Friend May 13 1922, etc.
  • Omar the Magnificent! (sl) The Boys’ Friend Aug 5 1922, etc.
  • South Seas Treasure! (sl) The Boys’ Friend Nov 25 1922, etc.
  • The Phantom Pirate! (sl) The Boys’ Friend Mar 3 1923, etc.
  • The Golden Buddha! (sl) The Boys’ Friend Jun 16 1923, etc.

Polter, O.K.
• Ben Conlon:
  • The Murder at Ten Thirty (nv) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine Aug 15 1931, as by Ralph Boston.
  • The Clew in the Sawdust (nv) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine Oct 1 1931, as by Ralph Boston.
  • Shadows in Shermanport (nv) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine Nov 1 1931, as by Ralph Boston.
  • Murder Mansion (nv) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine Jun 1 1932, as by Ralph Boston.
  • Side-Street Murder (ss) Top-Notch Oct 1933, as by Ralph Boston.

Pond, John
• Daniel French:
  • The Drop (vi) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine Mar 1967
  • The Contact (vi) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine May 1967
  • Counterplot (vi) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine Jun 1967
  • Rendezvous (vi) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine Oct 1967
  • Incognito (vi) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine Dec 1967
  • The Defector (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1968
  • Hostage (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1975

Pond, Mr.
• G. K. Chesterton:
  • The Three Horsemen (ss) Collier’s Apr 13 1935; also as “The Three Horsemen of Apocalypse”.
  • A Tall Story (ss) Collier’s Apr 27 1935
  • When Doctors Agree (ss) Harper’s Magazine Aug 1935
  • Ring of Lovers (ss) The Story-teller Dec 1935
  • The Crime of Captain Gahagan (ss) The Story-teller Jul 1936
  • The Terrible Troubadour (ss) The Story-teller Aug 1936
  • Pond the Pantaloon (ss) The Story-teller Sep 1936
  • The Unmentionable Man (ss) The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond, Cassell 1936

Ponder, C. O.
• Walter F. Ripperger:
  • Flowers on a Grave (nv) Double Detective Nov 1937
  • Murder in the Bag (nv) Double Detective Jun 1938
  • School for Murder (na) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 26 1938
  • Are You Planning to Die? (sl) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 7 1939, etc.

Ponder, Harry
• Edward D. Hoch:
  • Siege Perilous (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1971

Pons, Solar (about)
• August Derleth:
  • The Adventure of the Black Narcissus (ss) The Dragnet Magazine Feb 1929
  • The Adventure of the Missing Tenants (ss) The Dragnet Magazine Jun 1929
  • The Adventure of the Broken Chessman (ss) The Dragnet Magazine Sep 1929
  • The Adventure of the Late Mr. Faversham (ss) The Dragnet Magazine Dec 1929
  • The Adventure of the Limping Man (ss) Detective Trails Dec 1929
  • The Adventure of the Black Cardinal (nv) Gangster Stories Mar 1930
  • The Adventure of the Sotheby Salesman (ss) In Re: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft & Moran 1945
  • The Six Silver Spiders (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1950
  • The Adventure of the Proper Comma (ss) The Memoirs of Solar Pons, Mycroft & Moran 1951
  • The Adventure of the Tottenham Werewolf (nv) The Memoirs of Solar Pons, Mycroft & Moran 1951
  • The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm (ss) Three Problems for Solar Pons, Mycroft & Moran 1952; also as “The Case of the Remarkable Worm”.
  • The Adventure of the Swedenborg Signatures (ss) Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine Jun 1954
  • The Adventure of the Penny Magenta (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Nov 1954
  • The Case of the Lost Dutchman (nv) The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine Jan 1955
  • The Adventure of the Trained Cormorant (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Oct 1956
  • The Devil’s Footprints (ss) Double-Action Detective Stories #4 1956
  • The Adventure of the Triple Kent (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Apr 1957
  • Adventure of the Little Hangman (nv) The Saint Detective Magazine Sep 1957
  • The Dorrington Inheritance (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Mar 1958
  • The Adventure of the Stolen Hats (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine Jan 1959
  • The Adventure of the Mosaic Cylinders (nv) The Saint Mystery Magazine Aug 1959
  • The Adventure of the Cloverdale Kennels (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine Jun 1960
  • Others Deal in Death (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1961
  • The Adventure of the Blind Clairaudient (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Jun 1961
  • Adventures of the Sussex Archers (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1962
  • The Adventure of the Fatal Glance (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Feb 1963
  • The Adventure of the Whispering Knights (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine Sep 1963
  • The Adventure of the Haunted Library (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1963
  • The Adventure of the Intarsia Box (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1964
  • The Adventure of the Crouching Dog (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine Jul 1964
  • The Amateur Philologist (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1964
  • The Adventure of the Spurious Tamerlane (nv) The Saint Mystery Magazine Dec 1964
  • The China Cottage (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1965
  • The Adventure of the Missing Huntsman (nv) The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Aug 1965
  • The Adventure of the Innkeeper’s Clerk (ss) The Casebook of Solar Pons, Mycroft & Moran 1965
  • The Adventure of the Red Leech (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1966
  • Solar Pons and the Adventure of the Bishop’s Companion (ss) Mystery Monthly Jun 1976
• August Derleth & Mack Reynolds:
  • The Adventure of the Snitch in Time (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Jul 1953
  • The Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Jun 1955