The FictionMags Index

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MERSEREAU, JOHN (chron.) (continued)
• * Heart O’ the Hurricane, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine May 1 1927
• * In Self-Defense, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine Jan 1926
• * Jaws of the Desert (with Whitman Chambers), (sl) Top-Notch Magazine Oct 15, Nov 1, Nov 15, Dec 1, Dec 15 1923
• * The Jinx Goes Home, (ss) Short Stories May 25 1931
  • Short Stories (UK) early-Oct 1931
• * The Last Curse, (ss) Brief Stories Jun 1922
• * The Light Burners, (sl) Top-Notch Magazine Feb 1, Feb 15, Mar 1, Mar 15, Apr 1 1928
• * The Little Details, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine Dec 1926
• * The Man from Maricopa, (sl) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine Oct 1, Oct 15, Nov 1 1931
• * The Man from the Big Smokies, (ss)
  • Western Winners Jan 1936
• * The Metal of Men, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine Jun 1927
• * Off the Westbound Freight, (ss) Cowboy Stories Sep 1934
• * Out of the Past, (ss) West Jul 14 1928
• * A Pause in the Journey, (ss) Saucy Stories May 1924
  • Saucy Stories (UK) May 1924
• * Pawns in the Game, (na) Top-Notch Magazine Jun 15 1925
• * Pep Wanted, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine Jun 1 1926
• * Playing with Dynamite!, (ss) Fight Stories Sep 1928
• * Punch and Rudy, (nv) Argosy All-Story Weekly May 24 1924
• * Rats and Radios, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine Dec 1925
• * Settlin’ on the Lazy Katy, (ss) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Oct 1 1932
• * Sheriff Bill Speeds Up, (ss) Clues Jun 1934
• * The Stowaway, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine Mar 1926
• * The Stranger, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine Sep 1930
• * The Suicide Beat, (ss) Short Stories Sep 25 1931
  • Short Stories (UK) early-Feb 1932
• * Sure Enough Pizen, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine Feb 15 1927
• * The Swamp Master, (na) Top-Notch Magazine Mar 15 1927
• * Thunder Gorge (with Whitman Chambers), (sl) Top-Notch Magazine Aug 1, Aug 15, Sep 1, Sep 15, Oct 1 1923
• * To the Checkered Flag, (sl) Top-Notch Magazine Sep 15, Oct 1, Oct 15, Nov 1, Nov 15, Dec 1 1924
• * Wanted!, (ss) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine Aug 1 1932
• * Whispering Canyon, (sl) Top-Notch Magazine Feb 15, Mar 1, Mar 15, Apr 1, Apr 15, May 1 1925
• * White Man’s Grub, (ss) Western Story Magazine Aug 25 1923
  • Western Winners Aug 1935
• * The Widow’s Might, (ss) Brief Stories Jul 1922
• * [untitled], (bg) Brief Stories Jul 1923

MERSKY, PRINCE (chron.)
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• * Danse Macabre, by Alexander Alexandrovich Blok, (pm) Fantasy and Terror #10 1987

MERSON, BEN (fl. 1940s-1950s) (chron.)
• * The Anchor from Murmansk, (ss) Adventure Apr 1943
• * The Beard of the Profit, (ss) Liberty Sep 29 1945
• * The Brandywine Bender, (ss) Collier’s Dec 9 1944
• * The Cross-up, (ss) Liberty Sep 4 1943
• * Fantastic Plastic, (??) Collier’s Dec 6 1952
• * He Lives by His Own Lights, (??) Collier’s Sep 20 1952
• * Herman the Sherman, (ss) Collier’s Sep 18 1943
• * Holm Was Ever Like This, (??) Collier’s Apr 28 1951
• * How Safe Is Your Food Now?, (??) Collier’s Jul 18 1953
• * How to Smuggle a Cow, (??) Collier’s Feb 7 1953
• * How Traffic Lights Cause Accidents, (??) Collier’s Apr 18 1953
• * I Tripped in My Father’s Footsteps, (ss) Bluebook Jul 1954
• * In the Doghouse with Love, (ss) Liberty Aug 12 1944
• * Insurance Companies: What Do They Do with All That Money?, (??) Collier’s Aug 2 1952
• * Jungle Jenny, (ar) Collier’s Feb 3 1951
• * Love Takes a Bough, (ss) Liberty Jun 21 1947
• * The Menace of Measles, (??) Collier’s May 17 1952
• * The Mental Rental, (ss) Liberty Jul 28 1945
• * The Minister, the Rabbi and Their House of God, (ar) Collier’s Feb 17 1951
• * Mr. Persistance, (??) Collier’s Nov 27 1943
• * Nobody Can Keep Up with This Jones, (??) Collier’s Jan 12 1952
• * Progress Report on the War Against Cancer, (??) Collier’s Oct 4 1952
• * The Quack Hack, (??) Collier’s Jan 20 1945
• * The Reverse English, (ss) Liberty Feb 26 1944
• * So He Won $140,000, (ar) Collier’s Jun 11 1954

MERSON, BILLY (fl. 1920s-1930s) (chron.)
• * Nobody Knew Them Then, (ar) Pearson’s Weekly May 2 1936
• * Stage Struck, (bg) The Sovereign and Regent Magazine Jul, Aug, Sep 1925

MERSON, K. M. A. (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * My Friend Lavinia, (ss) Britannia and Eve Dec 1942

MERSON, KITTY (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Listen to Your Heart, (ss) Thrilling Love Jul 1939
• * To-Night Belongs to Me!, (ss) The Novel Magazine Jan 1934

MERTENS, DON (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Build the Mertens Commercial, (ar) Flying Aces May 1936
• * Carve a “Solid” Westland “Lysander”, (ms) Flying Aces Sep 1939
• * The DC-5—Latest Douglas Transport, (ar) Flying Aces Aug 1939
• * Presenting a “Solid” Model Plan of the “Seafox”, (ar) Flying Aces Jun 1939
• * Try a Solid Model Northrop A-17, (ar) Flying Aces Nov 1936

MERTON, ANDREW (chron.)
• * The Death of a Scholar, (pm) Alaska Quarterly Review Spr/Sum 2010
• * Your Date with Death, (pm) Alaska Quarterly Review Spr/Sum 2010

MERTON, ANN A. (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Sentimental Interlude, (ss) Intimate Love Stories #3 1948

MERTON, CHARLES K. (chron.)
• * When You See a Man Drowning, (ar) The Penny Pictorial Magazine Jul 29 1899

MERTON, GIDEON (chron.)
• * This Cutie Has Legs, (ss) Snappy Stories (UK) 1948

MERTON, HOLMES W. (chron.)
• * What Your Face Shows, (iv) National Brain Power Apr 1924

MERTON, J. S. (chron.)
• * Men and Women of the Month, (cl) Metropolitan Magazine Oct 1895

MERTON, JOHN (chron.)
• * The Race, (ss) The Weekly Tale-Teller Mar 6 1915

MERTON, LES (fl. 2010s); (about) (chron.)
• * The Empty Space Suit, (pm) Star*Line Mar/Apr 2010
• * Getting Laid, (pm) Shelter of Daylight Sum 2011
• * Lyonesse, (pm) Star*Line Jan/Mar 2012
• * Men-an-Tol, (ar) Star*Line Jan/Mar 2011
• * Men-an-Tol, (pm) Star*Line Jan/Mar 2011
• * Menhiryon-Kernow, (pm) Star*Line Jan/Mar 2011
• * River Bed Discovery, Mars, (pm) Star*Line Win 2014

MERTON, LOUISE (chron.)
• * A Speedy Answer, (ss) The Golden Argosy Mar 7 1885

MERTON, M. V. (chron.)
• * Ned, (ss) Peterson’s Magazine Aug 1890

MERTON, MARSHALL (chron.)
• * Earth Holes Worth Millions, (ar) Metropolitan Magazine Apr 1906

MERTON, MARY A. (chron.)
• * Grandma Hanley’s Experience, (ss) Ballou’s Dollar Monthly Magazine Jun 1862

MERTON, MARY R. (chron.)
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• * The Marble “Liberty”,, uncredited, (ss)
  • Romance Mar 1893

MERTON, RAYMOND (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Last Round, (ss) American Detective (Australia) #6 1953

MERTON, REGINALD (fl. 1910s-1930s) (chron.)
• * If, (pm) The Idler Sep 1910
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• * The Angel, by Leonid Andreyev, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Jan 1929
• * The Architect’s Wife, by Antonio de Trueba, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Aug 1929; also as “The Bridge of San Martin”.
• * Barbarossa, by Paul Heyse, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Jun 1929
• * Belisaire’s Prussian, by Alphonse Daudet, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Oct 1933; translated from the French.
• * The Blackbird, by Pierre Mille, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Aug 1933
• * Blind Geronimo and His Brother, by Arthur Schnitzler, (ss) The Argosy (UK) May 1929
• * The Bridge of San Martin, by Antonio de Trueba, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Aug 1929, as “The Architect’s Wife”.
  • Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Jun 1966
• * The Choice, by Kurt Münzer, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Nov 1928
• * A Christmas-tree and a Wedding, by Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevskii, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Jan 1935
• * The Darling, by Anton Chekhov, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Sep 1928
• * Dubrovski, by Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin, (nv) The Argosy (UK) Aug 1928; translated from the Russian.
• * An Easter Story, by Anatole Le Braz, (ss) The Argosy (UK) May 1931
• * The Executioner, by Honoré de Balzac, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Apr 1928; translated from the French (“El Verdugo”, La Mode, January 30, 1830).
• * Fame, by Henri Lavedan, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Mar 1930; translated from the French.
• * The Fatalist, by Michael Lermontoff, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Apr 1928
• * The Foreigner, by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, (ss) The Argosy (UK) May 1928
• * God Sees the Truth —But bides His time, by Leo Tolstoi, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Oct 1928
• * The Gold Coin, by François Coppée, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Jan 1936
• * The Goose-Boy, by Hermann Sudermann, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Jun 1928
• * The Honour of the Paper, by Carlo Linati, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Apr 1928
• * The House of Glass, by Camille Lemonnier, (vi) The Argosy (UK) Dec 1930
• * The Idol, by Claude Farrère, (ss)
  • The Golden Book Magazine Jun 1932
• * Illusion, by Ercole Rivalta, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Jun 1934
• * An Intervention, by Matilde Serao, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Jan 1930; translated from the Italian.
• * The Japanese Gown, by Carlo Linati, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Feb 1928
• * King Pedro of Castille, by Alexandre Dumas, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Jul 1928
• * The Last Flicker, by Léon Frapié, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Jul 1934
• * The Letter, by Enrico Castelnuovo, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Feb 1931
• * A Lieutenant and His Soldier-Servant, by Edmondo de Amicis, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Jun 1933
• * Mahmud’s Children, by V. Nemirovich-Danchenko, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Nov 1932
• * Père Zidore’s New Year Present, by Jean Aicard, (vi) The Argosy (UK) Feb 1929
• * A Piece of Bread, by François Coppée, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Sep 1933; translated from the French.
• * The Pro-Frenchman, by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Sep 1929
• * The Prophecy, by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Jun 1928; translated from the Spanish.
• * Secret Bonds, by Paul Bourget, (nv) The Argosy (UK) Jun 1931
• * The Street of Madama Lucrezia, by Prosper Mérimée, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Mar 1929
• * Ten Seconds, by Claude Farrère, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Oct 1929
• * A Torture by Hope, by Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, (ss) The Argosy (UK) Sep 1933; translated from the French (“La Torture par l’Espérance”, Nouveaux Contes Cruels, La Librairie Illustrée, 1888).

MERTON, SUSAN (chron.)
• * The Sheep and the Silver, (ts) The Blue Book Magazine Nov 1933

MERTON, THOMAS (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * Few Questions and Fewer Answers (Extracts from a Monastic Notebook), (ar) Harper’s Magazine Nov 1965

MERTON, V. MARSHALL (chron.)
• * Jerome—Candidate and Man, (ar) People’s Magazine Dec 1906

MERTON, WILLIAM B. (fl. 1860s) (chron.)
• * The Expiated Crime, (ss) Reynolds’s Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, Science, and Art Jan 9 1864

MERTUN, R. (fl. 1900s-1910s) (chron.)
• * Across the Ages, (pm) The Windsor Magazine Nov 1909
• * A Birthday Present, (pm) Pearson’s Magazine Nov 1912
• * The Calamity, (pm) The Windsor Magazine Sep 1910
• * The Castle, (pm) The Idler Jun 1910
• * A Coquette, (pm) The Windsor Magazine Feb 1910
• * A Farewell, (pm) The Red Magazine Jul 1 1914
• * “For getting you”, (pm) The Red Magazine Jan 15 1911
• * Her Answer, (pm) The Windsor Magazine Jun 1909
• * In the Editor’s Room, (pm) The Royal Magazine Dec 1911
• * The Inspiration, (pm) The Red Magazine Feb 1 1912
• * “The Ladies’ Mile”, (pm) The Royal Magazine Oct 1913
• * My Lady’s Hat, (pm) The Windsor Magazine Dec 1908
• * On the Departure Platform, (pm) The Novel Magazine Jul 1911
• * The Quest That Failed, (pm) The Red Magazine Mar 15 1913
• * Rondeau, (pm) The Windsor Magazine Nov 1911
• * St. Valentine, (pm) The Red Magazine Feb 15 1913
• * Strangers—Yet!, (pm) The Red Magazine Jan 1 1912
• * Trying, (pm) The Royal Magazine Apr 1912

MERTYN, GEORGE (chron.)
• * A Song (“Oh, for the days when our love was young...”), (pm) Peterson’s Magazine Nov 1877

MERTZ, BARBARA (Louise) G(ross) (1927-2013); see pseudonyms Barbara Michaels & Elizabeth Peters; (about) (chron.)
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• * “Temples, Tombs and Heiroglyphs” reviewed by P. Schuyler Miller, (br) Analog Aug 1964