The FictionMags Index

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Vendavo
• Christopher Evans:
  • Artefacts (nv) Interzone Spr 1988
  • Transmutations (nv) Interzone Nov 1991

Vengeful Dragon
• Glen Cook:
  • Ghost Stalk (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1978 [Dread Empire]
  • Call for the Dead (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Jul 1980 [Dread Empire]

Venhez
• Nictzin Dyalhis:
  • When the Green Star Waned (nv) Weird Tales Apr 1925
  • The Oath of Hul Jok (nv) Weird Tales Sep 1928

Veniss
• Jeff VanderMeer:
  • The Sea, Mendeho, and Moonlight (ss) Visions Spr 1990
  • Detectives and Cadavers (ss) Science Fiction Review #9 1992
  • A Heart for Lucretia (ss) The Silver Web #9 1993
  • Quin’s Shanghai Circus (ex) Interzone Oct 1997
  • Quin’s Shanghai Circus (ss) Interzone Oct 1997
  • Balzac’s War (nv) The Third Alternative #14 1997

Venner, Owl-Eye
• Richard Sale:
  • A Breath of Murder (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 20 1934
  • Death on a Thousand Legs (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 22 1934
  • Killer of the Zoo (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 20 1935
  • Derringer (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 11 1939
  • Dead Man’s Float (ss) Thrilling Detective Apr 1939

Venus (about)
• Edgar Rice Burroughs:
  • The Pirates of Venus (n.) Argosy Sep 17 1932, etc.
  • Lost on Venus (n.) Argosy Mar 4 1933, etc.
  • The Pirates of Venus—Prologue (ex) The Passing Show Sep 30 1933
  • Carson of Venus (n.) Argosy Jan 8 1938, etc.
  • Slaves of the Fish Men (na) Fantastic Adventures Mar 1941
  • Goddess of Fire (na) Fantastic Adventures Jul 1941
  • The Living Dead (na) Fantastic Adventures Nov 1941
  • War on Venus (na) Fantastic Adventures Mar 1942

Venus Equilateral
• George O. Smith:
  • QRM—Interplanetary (nv) Astounding Oct 1942
  • Calling the Empress (nv) Astounding Jun 1943
  • Recoil (nv) Astounding Nov 1943
  • Lost Art (nv) Astounding Dec 1943
  • Off the Beam (nv) Astounding Feb 1944
  • The Long Way (nv) Astounding Apr 1944
  • Beam Pirate (nv) Astounding Oct 1944
  • Firing Line (nv) Astounding Dec 1944
  • Special Delivery (nv) Astounding Mar 1945
  • Pandora’s Millions (nv) Astounding Jun 1945
  • Identity (nv) Astounding Nov 1945

Veralour, Mrs.
• F. Harris Deans:
  • The Ghost of Youth (ss) The Sketch Mar 3 1909
  • What Mrs. Veralour Said (ss) The Sketch Apr 5 1911
  • The Matchmakers (ss) The Sketch Jun 21 1911

Vereley, Paul, Schoolboy Ventriloquist
• William Benjamin Home-Gall:
  • The Schoolboy Ventriloquist (nv) The Boys’ Friend Mar 8 1902, uncredited.
  • The Rival Cadets (nv) The Boys’ Friend May 10 1902, uncredited.
  • “Off Duty” (nv) The Boys’ Friend Jul 5 1902, uncredited.
  • The Great Triple Alliance (nv) The Boys’ Friend Oct 18 1902, uncredited. [Dick Dorne; Schoolboy Acrobats]
• Reginald Wray:
  • The Battle of Yareton Manor (nv) The Boys’ Friend Feb 6 1904 [Dick Dorne; Schoolboy Acrobats]
  • The Boy Ventriloquist (sl) The Boys’ Friend Jul 11 1908, etc.

Vergil
• Avram Davidson:
  • The Phoenix and the Mirror (na) Fantastic May 1966
  • Vergil and the Caged Bird (ss) Amazing Stories Jan 1987
  • Sea-Scene, or, Vergil and the Ox-Thrall (ss) Asimov’s Science Fiction Feb 1993
  • Vergil and the Dukos: Hic Inclusus Vitam Perdit or, The Imitations of the King (ss) Asimov’s Science Fiction Sep 1997
• Avram Davidson & Michael Swanwick:
  • Vergil Magus: King Without Country (nv) Asimov’s Science Fiction Jul 1998

Veritas
• Robert Reed:
  • Veritas (na) Asimov’s Science Fiction Jul 2002
  • Truth (na) Asimov’s Science Fiction Oct/Nov 2008
  • The Esteemed (na) Asimov’s Science Fiction Jan/Feb 2019

Verity, Mr.
• Peter Antony:
  • Before and After (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #16 1953
• J. M. Caffyn:
  • Before and After, Part II: Mr. Verity’s Investigation (vi) The London Mystery Magazine #17 1953

Vermilion
• R. E. Hamilton:
  • Vermilion Sings (ss) West Sep 3 1927
  • Vermilion in Disguise (ss) West Jun 26 1929
  • Vermilion Makes Medicine (ss) West Nov 13 1929
  • Vermilion Gets a Shave (ss) West Oct 14 1931
  • Vermilion Plants a Brand (ss) West Mar 30 1932
  • Vermilion Sells the Mare (ss) West Aug 31 1932

Vermilion Sands
• J. G. Ballard:
  • Prima Belladonna (ss) Science Fantasy #20 1956
  • Mobile (ss) Science Fantasy #23 1957; also as “Venus Smiles”.
  • Studio 5, The Stars (nv) Science Fantasy #45 1961
  • The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista (nv) Amazing Stories Mar 1962
  • The Singing Statues (ss) Fantastic Jul 1962
  • The Screen Game (nv) Fantastic Oct 1963
  • Cry Hope, Cry Fury! (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Oct 1967
  • The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Dec 1967
  • Say Goodby to the Wind (ss) Fantastic Aug 1970

Verner, Richard, heuristician
• Christopher Anvil:
  • The Problem Solver and the Spy (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1965
  • The Problem Solver and the Hostage (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1966
  • Missile Smasher (ss) Analog Jul 1966
  • The Problem Solver and the Killer (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1966
  • Key to the Crime (ss) Shell Scott Mystery Magazine Sep 1966
  • The Problem Solver and the Defector (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1966
  • The Murder Trap (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine Jan 1967
  • The Uninvited Guest (ss) Analog Mar 1967
  • The Problem Solver and the Burned Letter (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1967
  • The Hand from the Past (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1972

Vernon, John
• John Martin:
  • The Vernons’ Vow: No. 1 - Balaclava, 1854 (ss) The Triumph Nov 20 1937

Vernon, Val
• Ken Cooper:
  • No Holiday for Death (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jun 1940
• Paul Summers:
  • A Dog’s Death (ss) Private Detective Dec 1949
• Arthur Wallace:
  • The Case of the Dead Pigeon (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jan 1937; also as “Exit Dying”, by Frank Decker.
  • Murder Begets Murder (ss) Spicy Detective Stories Jan 1940
  • Blue Ribbon Murder (ss) Private Detective Stories May 1940

Vernon, Vi
• Helen Gibbons:
  • Vi Vernon of the Fair (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1923
  • Vi Vernon on the Farm (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1925

Veronica
• Phyllis Eadon:
  • Personality and Veronica (ss) The Blue Magazine Jan 1923
  • Philosophy and Veronica (ss) The Blue Magazine Feb 1923
  • Veronica Comes Out (ss) The Blue Magazine Mar 1923
  • Veronica in London (ss) The Blue Magazine Apr 1923
  • Veronica and Socialism (ss) The Blue Magazine May 1923
  • Veronica’s Good Deed (ss) The Blue Magazine Jun 1923
  • Veronica’s Ghost (ss) The Blue Magazine Jul 1923

Veronica
• Ralph Wotherspoon:
  • Veronica in the Dark (vi) Gaiety Dec 1923
  • “Doog” & Veronica (ss) Gaiety Mar 1924
  • Veronica Calls on the Editor (ss) Gaiety May 1924
  • Veronica Does the Trick (ss) Gaiety Mar 1925
  • Veronica’s Cheque (ss) Gaiety Jul 1927
  • Veronica and the Designing Female (ss) Gaiety Sep 1927
  • Veronica and the Peculiar Duel (ss) Gaiety Oct 1927
  • Veronica’s Bargain (ss) Gaiety Nov 1927

Verrell, Richard (Blackshirt)
• Bruce Graeme:
  • The Voice on the Phone (ss) The New Magazine (UK) Dec 1924
  • Blackshirt, II: (ss) The New Magazine (UK) Jan 1925
  • Blackshirt, III: (ss) The New Magazine (UK) Feb 1925
  • Blackshirt, IV: (ss) The New Magazine (UK) Mar 1925
  • Blackshirt, V: (ss) The New Magazine (UK) Apr 1925
  • Blackshirt, VI: (ss) The New Magazine (UK) May 1925
  • Blackshirt (sl) T. Fisher Unwin 1925
  • Blackshirt Returns (ss) The New Magazine (UK) Jun 1926
  • “Catch Me, If You Can!” (ss) The New Magazine (UK) Jul/Aug 1926
  • Blackshirt the Second, III (ss) The New Magazine (UK) Sep 1926
  • The Girl on the ’Phone (ss) The New Magazine (UK) Oct 1926
  • Blackshirt the Second, V (ss) The New Magazine (UK) Nov 1926
  • The Pendant (ss) The New Magazine (UK) Dec 1926
  • Into the Underworld (ss) The New Magazine (UK) Jan 1927
  • Back from the Underworld (ss) The New Magazine (UK) Feb 1927
  • Blackshirt Again!, I (nv) The New Magazine (UK) Dec 1928
  • The Laughing Pearl (nv) Cassell’s Magazine Dec 1932
  • Blackshirt at Bay (na) The Thriller Mar 30 1935
  • Blackshirt’s Double Cross (na) The Thriller May 4 1935
  • Winner Takes All (ss) The Thriller Sep 28 1935
  • The Snatch Racket (ss) The Thriller Jan 4 1936
  • Negative Clue (ss) The Creasey Mystery Magazine Feb 1957
  • Chequemate (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine May 1958

Verriker, Dick
• H. Wedgwood Belfield:
  • The Loss of the Lumber King (ss) Chums Apr 17 1927
  • The Knife of Ning Poo (ss) Chums May 22 1927
  • The Red Eye of Grat (ss) Chums May 29 1927
  • Pirate Cut Pirate (ss) Chums Jun 5 1927

Vertir & Kuikin
• Charles Coleman Finlay:
  • For Want of a Nail (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Mar 2003
  • After the Gaud Chrysalis (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Jun 2004
  • The Slug Breeder’s Daughter (ss) Subterranean #2 2005

Vespasia, Lady
• Anne Perry:
  • An Affair of Inconvenience (ss) Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Fll 1998

Vessel of KalaDene, The
• Shona Kinsella:
  • The Day the Kyragua Came (ss) BFS Horizons #5 2017

Via
• Eando Binder:
  • Via Jupiter (na) Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1942
• Gordon A. Giles:
  • Via Etherline (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1937
  • Via Asteroid (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1938
  • Via Death (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1938
  • Via Venus (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1939
  • Via Pyramid (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Jan 1940
  • Via Sun (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Mar 1940
  • Via Mercury (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1940
  • Via Catacombs (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Nov 1940
  • Via Intelligence (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 1940

Viagens Interplanetary
• L. Sprague de Camp:
  • The Animal-Cracker Plot (ss) Astounding Jul 1949
  • The Queen of Zamba (n.) Astounding Aug 1949, etc. [Anthony Fallon]
  • Finished (ss) Astounding Nov 1949
  • The Colorful Character (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 1949
  • The Inspector’s Teeth (ss) Astounding Apr 1950
  • Summer Wear (ss) Startling Stories May 1950
  • Git Along! (ss) Astounding Aug 1950
  • Wide-Open Planet (nv) Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories Sep/Oct 1950
  • The Hand of Zei (n.) Astounding Oct 1950, etc.
  • Getaway on Krishna (nv) 10 Story Fantasy Spr 1951
  • The Continent Makers (na) Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr 1951
  • Ultrasonic God (nv) Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories Jul 1951
  • The Virgin of Zesh (na) Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1953
  • The Tower of Zanid (n.) Science Fiction Stories May 1958, etc. [Anthony Fallon]

Vibulenius, Gaius
• David A. Drake:
  • Ranks of Bronze (ss) Galaxy Science Fiction Aug 1975
  • Ranks of Bronze (ex) Baen 1986

Vic & Blood
• Harlan Ellison:
  • A Boy and His Dog (nv) New Worlds Science Fiction Apr 1969
  • Eggsucker (nv) Ariel v2 1977
  • Run, Spot, Run (ss) Mediascene Preview Sep/Oct 1980

Vic the Ventriloquist
• Mark Darran:
  • Vic the Ventriloquist (nv) The Boys’ Friend Dec 9 1905
  • The Grip of Want (nv) The Boys’ Friend Feb 10 1906
  • On the Edge of the Cliff (nv) The Boys’ Friend Feb 24 1906
  • The Adventures of Victor Dare and Old Benjy (nv) The Boys’ Friend Mar 17 1906

Vickers, Dave
• Franklin H. Martin:
  • Murder on Set 13 (nv) Black Aces May 1932 [Gerald Paxton]
  • “No Dice” (nv) Black Aces Jun 1932 [Gerald Paxton]
  • Mad Dog (nv) Black Aces Jul 1932 [Gerald Paxton]
  • Kick In, Big Shot! (ss) Detective Book Magazine Spr 1939 [Gerald Paxton]

Vickers, Frank
• J. H. Stafford:
  • Himalayan Hell (ss) Air Stories (UK) Jun 1937
  • Faireys Can Fight (ss) Air Stories (UK) Jul 1937
  • Raiders of the Frontier (ss) Air Stories (UK) Sep 1937
  • Finger of Death (ss) Air Stories (UK) Oct 1937

Vickers, Lynn (G77 of the FBI)
• Bryan James Kelley:
  • The Red Raiders (na) Public Enemy Dec 1935
  • The Voice of Murder (na) Public Enemy Feb 1936
  • Pirates of the Air Mail (na) Public Enemy Mar 1936
  • Master of Madness (na) Public Enemy Apr 1936
  • Murder in Hollywood (na) Public Enemy May 1936
  • The Key to Murder (na) Public Enemy Jun 1936
  • The Political Convention Murders (na) Federal Agent Aug 1936
  • The Death Dealer (nv) Federal Agent Oct 1936
  • Fangs of the Cobra (na) Federal Agent Jan 1937

Vickers, Tex
• Herbert Macrae:
  • Colossus the Mysterious (sl) The Triumph Feb 3 1934, etc.

Vickers, Val
• Curtiss T. Gardner:
  • Sorcery in the Death House (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Sep 1943
  • Satan’s Insidious Chessmen (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1944
  • In Bed We Die (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Jul 1944