The FictionMags Index

Series List

Lansing, Major
• William L. Fieldhouse:
  • The Colonel Won’t Attend (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1979
  • The Spy Came D.O.A. (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1979
  • Slick Murder (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1979
  • A Drink Before Dying (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1979
  • The Tattered Corpse (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1979
  • The Conference Kill (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1979
  • Tracy’s Last Party (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1979
  • The Two-Star Corpse (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1980
  • “SM—” (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1980
  • The Reaper’s Scythe (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1980
  • Murder Under the Christmas Tree (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1980
  • Murder in Bonn (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1981
  • Ape Murder (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981
  • Deadly Medicine (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1982
  • Murder Behind the Bar (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1982
  • Kill Lansing (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1982
  • Million Dollar Murder (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1982
  • Cestus (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1982

Lantern of Lost Worlds
• Carleton Grindle & Gerald W. Page:
  • The Captain of the Tempest (ss) Planetary Stories #5 2006
• Gerald W. Page:
  • A Friendly Game at Trooper Keith’s (ss) Planetary Stories #5 2006
• Gerald W. Page & Kenneth Pembrooke:
  • Mission to Madness (na) Planetary Stories #5 2006

Lantz, Tony
• Clarence Mullen:
  • Bullets for Ballots (na) Crack Detective Stories Mar 1949 [Eddie Wright]

Lanyard, Michael (The Lone Wolf)
• Anonymous:
  • The Lone Wolf Returns (ss) Boy’s Cinema Jun 13 1936; adapted from the movie (Melvyn Douglas).
• Louis Joseph Vance:
  • The Lone Wolf (n.) Munsey’s Magazine Mar 1914
  • The False Faces (sl) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 13 1917, etc.
  • The Lone Wolf Returns (sl) Cosmopolitan Feb 1923, etc.
  • Old Man Menace (ss) The Saturday Evening Post 1927
  • The Lone Wolf’s Son (na) Redbook Magazine Feb 1931, etc.
  • The White Terror (na) The Saint Mystery Magazine Aug 1965

Lanyard, Stephen
• Robert H. Leitfred:
  • White Death (na) Aces Aug 1931
  • Treason Flight (na) Aces Mar 1932

Lapidowitz
• Bruno Lessing:
  • With the Best Intention (ss) Cosmopolitan Mar 1912 [Ghetto Life]
  • Lapidowitz’s List (ss) Cosmopolitan Apr 1912 [Ghetto Life]
  • Lapidowitz Lapses (ss) Cosmopolitan Aug 1912 [Ghetto Life]
  • “Him That Hath Not” (ss) Nash’s Magazine Sep 1912 [Ghetto Life]
  • Bimberg’s Night Off (ss) Cosmopolitan Dec 1912 [Ghetto Life]
  • Lapidowitz Meets Greek (ss) Cosmopolitan Feb 1913 [Ghetto Life]
  • Knight Takes Queen (ss) Cosmopolitan Mar 1913 [Ghetto Life]
  • Scrog (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Apr 1913 [Ghetto Life]
  • Lapidowitz (sl) Cosmopolitan Jul 1913, etc.
  • Lapidowitz’s Partner (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Sep 1913 [Ghetto Life]
  • The Gentle Sex (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Oct 1913 [Ghetto Life]
  • “Ich Gebibble” (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Feb 1914 [Ghetto Life]
  • A Long Story Short (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Jun 1914 [Ghetto Life]
  • Lapidowitz Peddles (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Jul 1914 [Ghetto Life]
  • The Big Deal (ss) Nash’s Magazine Sep 1914 [Ghetto Life]
  • The Terefah Chicken (ss) Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine Jan 1915 [Ghetto Life]
  • When a Man’s Lucky (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Mar 1915 [Ghetto Life]
  • And the World Goes ’Round (ss) Hearst’s Magazine May 1915 [Ghetto Life]
  • The Gabbai’s Scheme (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Jul 1915 [Ghetto Life]
  • The Lodge Ball (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Aug 1915 [Ghetto Life]
  • The Unwelcome Guest (ss) Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine Aug 1915 [Ghetto Life]
  • In His Old Age (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Sep 1915 [Ghetto Life]
  • Julius, the Incorrigible (ss) Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine Oct 1915 [Ghetto Life]
  • Lapidowitz Lunches (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Dec 1915 [Ghetto Life]
  • Lapidowitz Dines Out (ss) Hearst’s International Jul 1922 [Ghetto Life]
  • Lapidowitz Meets Two Gonifs (ss) Hearst’s International Nov 1922 [Ghetto Life]
  • Love Laughs at Lapidowitz (ss) Cosmopolitan May 1924
  • Lapidowitz in Love (ss) Cosmopolitan Jun 1924
  • Lapidowitz Witnesses (ss) Cosmopolitan Jul 1924
  • Lapidowitz’s Baby (ss) Cosmopolitan Aug 1924
  • Five Men with Whiskers (ss) Cosmopolitan Sep 1924
  • Dumplings for Two (ss) Cosmopolitan Oct 1924
  • Lapidowitz Spills the Beans (ss) Cosmopolitan Aug 1925

Laramie Kid, The
• Bart Cassidy:
  • Wagon-Train Treachery (nv) Frontier Stories Sum 1937
  • The Laramie Kid (ss) Frontier Stories Fll 1937

Lareena
• Cedric Walker:
  • Manhunt (ss) New Worlds Science Fiction Spr 1951
  • The Scapegoats (ss) New Worlds Science Fiction Aut 1951

La Reyne, Madame
• Barnard Stacey:
  • The Woman with the Strange Shadow (ss) The 20-Story Magazine Apr 1930
  • The Painted Theft (ss) The 20-Story Magazine May 1930
  • The Ransomed Romance (ss) The 20-Story Magazine Jun 1930

Lariat Lucy
• R. Morton:
  • Rope for Killers (cs) Fighting Western Jan 1949
  • Bullets for Brands (cs) Fighting Western Apr 1949
  • Tenderfoot Killers (cs) Fighting Western Aug 1949
  • Mystery of Ghost Ledge (cs) Fighting Western Dec 1949
  • Looping a Killer (cs) Fighting Western Feb 1950
  • Back-Firing Bullets (cs) Fighting Western Mar 1950
  • Brand of Death (cs) Fighting Western Apr 1950
  • The Counterfeit Killer (cs) Fighting Western Jul 1950
• Wally Wood:
  • Flaming Justice (cs) Fighting Western May 1950

Larigan, Jeff
• Hugh Pentecost:
  • The Cassandra Club (na) The American Magazine Oct 1947; also as “The Trail of the Crescent Moons”. [Alan Quist]
  • An Element of Risk (na) The American Magazine May 1948; also as “The Girl Who Lived Dangerously”. [Alan Quist]

Lark, Tony
• Peter Paige:
  • Meet Me in Death Alley (ss) Detective Tales May 1947
  • Softly Creep and Softly Kill! (na) Detective Tales Aug 1947
  • The Sweetest Corpse in Town! (na) Detective Tales Apr 1948

Larkin, Bob
• Erle Stanley Gardner:
  • Accommodatin’ a Lady (ss) The Black Mask Sep 1924
  • Without No Reindeer (ss) The Black Mask Dec 1924
  • Painless Extraction (ss) The Black Mask May 1925
  • Ham, Eggs an’ Coffee (nv) The Black Mask Aug 1925
  • Goin’ Into Action (nv) The Black Mask Feb 1926
  • Scum of the Border (ss) Black Mask Jun 1929
  • All the Way (nv) Black Mask Jul 1929
  • Spawn of the Night (nv) Black Mask Aug 1929
  • Hanging Friday (ss) Black Mask Sep 1929
  • On Two Feet (ss) Black Mask Oct 1932

Larkin, Dick
• Alan Hathway:
  • Crush-Out (ss) The Whisperer Mar 1937
  • Menace Masquerades (ss) The Whisperer Jun 1937

Larkin, Max
• John Christopher:
  • Tree of Wrath (ss) Worlds Beyond Jan 1951; also as “The Tree”.
  • Balance (ss) New Worlds Science Fiction Spr 1951; also as “In the Balance”, by C. S. Youd.
  • Breaking Point (ss) New Worlds Science Fiction May 1952
  • The Prophet (ss) New Worlds Science Fiction Mar 1953
  • Decoy (ss) The Twenty-Second Century, Grayson 1954
• C. S. Youd:
  • Colonial (nv) Astounding Apr 1949

Larry
• Isaac Asimov:
  • The Thirteenth Day of Christmas (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1977

Larsen, Chris
• Robert H. Leitfred:
  • Too Dead to Die (nv) Black Book Detective Magazine Jun 1936
  • Bring Him in Alive—or Cold! (nv) Black Book Detective Magazine Oct 1936

Larsen, Inspector
• Frederick Nebel:
  • The Mystery at Pier 7 (nv) Detective Action Stories Sep 1931 [Sergeant Brinkhaus]
  • The Crooked Spot (ss) Detective Action Stories Oct 1931 [Sergeant Brinkhaus]
  • Whispers of Death (nv) Detective Action Stories Dec 1931 [Sergeant Brinkhaus]
  • The X Circle (nv) Detective Action Stories Jan 1932 [Sergeant Brinkhaus]
  • The Crimson Fist (nv) Detective Action Stories Mar 1932 [Sergeant Brinkhaus]

Larson & Corman
• Arthur Porges:
  • The Topper (ss) Analog Feb 1963
  • Controlled Experiment (ss) Analog Aug 1963

Larson, “Arrow”
• Leroy Yerxa:
  • Death Rides at Night (nv) Amazing Stories Aug 1942
  • Phantom Transport (nv) Amazing Stories Feb 1943

Lash, Lynn
• Lester Dent:
  • The Sinister Ray (na) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Mar 1932
  • The Mummy Murders (na) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Dec 1932

La Shelle & Stanley circus
• Philip C. Stanton:
  • The Ringmaster’s Double Rôle (ss) The Popular Magazine May 1906
  • The Clown and the Catacombs (ss) The Popular Magazine Jun 1906
  • An Unscheduled Ascension (ss) The Popular Magazine Jul 1906
  • The Elephant Trainer and the Emperor (ss) The Popular Magazine Aug 1906
  • The Human Arrow (ss) The Popular Magazine Sep 1906

Lashford, George Stanborough
• Allan Updegraff:
  • Promoting Lashford (ss) The New Magazine (US) Dec 1910
  • Lashford’s Return (ss) The New Magazine (US) Jan 1911
  • Lashford’s T.R. and P.I. (ss) The New Magazine (US) Mar 1911

Lashore, Monty
• Edwin Balmer:
  • The Adventure of Vera Semenitcheff (ss) The Blue Book Magazine Jul 1920
  • The Adventure of the Three Terrorists (ss) The Blue Book Magazine Aug 1920

Laskin, South Dakota
• Eve Fisher:
  • Grownups Are All Alike (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1997
  • The Four Roasters (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1999
  • Nude with Snow Geese (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2002
  • Houdini (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 2003
  • Drifts (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2006
  • Sophistication (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2007
  • Public Immunity (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 2007
  • The Lagoon (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 2008
  • The Porcupine Tree (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2009
  • The Mound Builders (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 2009
  • Death of a Good Man (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 2009
  • Certified (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2010
  • A Time to Mourn (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2011
  • No Fences (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2011
  • Wind Power (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2012
  • The Headless Horseman (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2015
  • Iron Chef (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 2016

Lassie
• Eric Knight:
  • Lassie Come-Home (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 17 1938

Lassiter, Jake (about)
• Paul Levine:
  • Bum Rap (ex) Thomas & Mercer 2015 [Steve Solomon; Victoria Lord]

Last Chancers see under Warhammer 40,000: Last Chancers

Last Reef
• Gareth Lyn Powell:
  • The Last Reef (nv) Interzone Feb 2006

Last Unicorn
• Peter S. Beagle:
  • Two Hearts (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Oct/Nov 2005
  • The Green-Eyed Boy (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Sep/Oct 2016

LaStanza, Dino Francis (about)
• O’Neil De Noux:
  • The Desire Streetcar (ss) Pulphouse Fiction Spotlight Jul 1992
  • Why (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1993
  • Airline Highway (ss) Hardboiled #16 1993
  • Lower Than Black (ss) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Constable 1993
  • Old Foister, A Folk Tale: The Man with Moon Hands (ss) New Mystery v1 #3 1993; also as “The Man with Moon Hands”.
  • An Auld Lang Syne to Forget (ss) Shots Sum 1998
  • Murder at Suicide Oak (ss) Crime Time v2 #3 1999
  • The Nimble Burglar (ss) LaStanza, Pontalba 1999
  • Love and Murder (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 2001 [John Raven Beau]

Latham, Grace
• Leslie Ford:
  • Three Bright Pebbles (sl) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 20 1938, etc.

Latimer, Charles
• Eric Ambler:
  • A Coffin for Dimitrios (n.) 1939
  • The Intercom Conspiracy (n.) Atheneum 1969

Latin, Max (about)
• Norbert Davis:
  • Watch Me Kill You! (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1941
  • Don’t Give Your Right Name (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1941
  • Give the Devil His Due (nv) Dime Detective Magazine May 1942
  • You Can Die Any Day (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1942
  • Charity Begins at Homicide (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1943

Lattimer, Ray
• Don Wilcox:
  • Wives in Duplicate (ss) Amazing Stories Aug 1939
  • When the Moon Died (nv) Amazing Stories Sep 1939

Laube, Baron
• Arthur J. Burks:
  • The Swagger-Stick Baron (nv) Air Trails Feb 1930
  • Wings of China (nv) Air Trails Oct 1930; not the same as the story of the same name in the November 1928 issue of Air Stories.
  • The High Hatter (nv) George Bruce’s Squadron Feb 1934
  • Blizzard Wings (nv) George Bruce’s Squadron Mar 1934
  • The Flying Robin Hood (nv) George Bruce’s Squadron Apr 1934

Laughing Crook, The see under Jones, Jeremiah