The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index by Date: Page 511

Usticke, Bertram (fl. 1950s) (items)
• The Cook, (ss) London Mystery Selection #37, June 1958
• No Indictment, (ss) London Mystery Selection #39, December 1958
• The Third Place, (ss) London Mystery Selection #40, March 1959

Utechin, Nicholas (1952- ) (items)
• Do What You Like with Him!, Part 1: Pastiches, (ar) Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #38, 2000
• Do What You Like with Him!, Part 2: Parodies, (ar) Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #39, 2000

Utley, Steven (D.) (1948-2013) (about) (items)
• After the Killing, (ss) Mystery Monthly November 1976
• Never You Mind, (ss) Mystery Monthly February 1977
• Slices of Sylvia, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1980
• The Dinosaur Season, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1992
• Girlie (with A. Camille Renwick), (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2016

Uytdewilligen, Ryan (fl. 2020s) (items)
• The Dust Thief, (ss) Mystery Magazine December 2022

Uzzell, Onestus (Kilpatrick) (1904-1955) (items) (art)
• The Cruise of the Mentor, (ss) Murder Stories September/October 1931

V, Ram (fl. 2010s-2020s) (about) (items)
• The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, (cs) Mystery Tribune #17, January/February 2022

Vaccaro, Roger (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Satan’s Circle, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2021

Vace, Geoffrey; joint pseudonym of Geoffrey & Hugh B. Cave (fl. 1930s) (items); Geoffrey only wrote the 3 Chowkander King stories from Oriental Stories/Magic Carpet.
• The House of Evil, (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine November 1933 (by Hugh B. Cave)

Vachell, Horace Annesley (1861-1955) (items)
• The Shadow on the Blind, (ss) The Strand Magazine June 1917

Vachss, Andrew (Henry) (1942-2021) (about) (items)
• Placebo, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1989
• Value Received [Cross], (vi) Hardboiled #10, Spring 1989
• Cough, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1989
• Family Resemblance, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1990
• Mad Dog [Cross], (ss) The Armchair Detective Winter 1990
• White Alligator, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1990
• Cripple [Cross], (vi) Hardboiled Detective #10, December 1990
• Joyride, (vi) Cemetery Dance #7, 1991
• Warlord, (pl) New Mystery v1 #1, 1991
• A Tout’s Guide to Crime Fiction, (br) Hardboiled #13, March 1992
• Born Bad, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1992
• Alibi, (ss) Born Bad by Andrew H. Vachss, Black Lizard, 1994
• Chocolate Bar, (ss) Hardboiled #19, November 1994
• Perp Walk [Underground], (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1996
• Two-Way Radio [Cross], (ss) Hardboiled #24, July 1998
• Big Sister [Underground], (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1999
• Pigeon Drop [Cross], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1999
• Dope Fiend [Underground], (ss) Everybody Pays by Andrew Vachss, Vintage, 1999
• They’re All Alike, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2001
• A Piece of the City, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2003
• Choice of Weapons, (ss) The Strand Magazine #28, June/September 2009

Vagstad, Kristi (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Yankees on the Orient Express, (ar) The Armchair Detective Winter 1995

Vahey, John (George) Haslette (1881-1938) (about) (items)
• Fear, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine November 1923
• Mr. James Explains, (ss) The Detective Magazine #62, March 27 1925
• The Voice in the Wild, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine May 1925
• Nemesis, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine November 1925

Vaid, Sanford; pseudonym of Dorothy Les Tina & Wilson Tucker (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Drown or Die, (ss) Crack Detective January 1943

Vail, A. Worthington (fl. 1910s) (items)
• The Brand of Jealousy, (ss) Mystery Magazine #31, February 15 1919

Vail, Katherine (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Better Off Dead, (ss) The Phantom Detective Winter 1953

Vail, Steven (fl. 1970s) (items)
• Movies, (mr) Mystery Monthly June 1976, etc.

Vaill, C. B. H. (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items)
• Lucky, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly November 24 1934

Valade, Michael Steele (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Dead Man’s Hand, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2019

Valcoe, H. Felix; pseudonym of Harry F. Swartz (fl. 1940s) (items)
• An Aspirin for Murder, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly June 8 1940
• Death Had No Memory, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly July 13 1940
• Death Takes a Fall, (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly July 27 1940
• The Microscope Murder, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly August 24 1940
• Lawyer’s Fee, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly October 5 1940

Valdron, D(ennis) G. (fl. 1990s-2000s) (about) (items)
• Saint John Falling, (ss) Over My Dead Body! #7, Spring 2000

Vale, Derwent (fl. 1960s-1970s) (items)
• Target—Paris [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #81, June 1969
• Toni Takes the Pushers [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #82, September 1969
• Picture of Value [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #83, December 1969
• Red Rose in the Coffin [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #84, March 1970
• To Hijack a Lorry [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #85, June 1970
• Toni Wins at Roulette [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #86, September 1970
• Toni’s Odyssey [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #87, December 1970
• Toni Smuggles Chianti [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #88, March 1971
• Toni Rescues a Paul Klee [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #89, June 1971
• Toni Enraged [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #90, September 1971
• Ski for Your Life, Toni! [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #91, December 1971
• Toni’s Rendezvous on Galata Bridge [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #92, March 1972
• Toni Celebrates the Fifth Day of the Fifth Moon [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #93, June 1972
• Toni Works the Ullyses Trick [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #94, September 1972
• Toni Has Ten Seconds [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #95, December 1972
• Toni and Two Assassins [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #96, March 1973
• Toni Has a Pricking in Her Thumbs [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #97, June 1973
• Toni and the Saladins [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #98, September 1973
• Toni and Salvation [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #99, November 1973
• Toni in the Flea Market [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #100, March 1974
• Toni Takes a Hornet’s Nest [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #101, June 1974
• Toni or Somebody Else? [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #102, September 1974
• Toni and the Yellow Hats [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #103, December 1974
• Toni Makes the Punishment Fit the Crime [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #104, March 1975
• Toni Is Guilty of Graffiti [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #105, June 1975
• Toni Rides a Tiger [Toni Blake], (ss) London Mystery Selection #106, September 1975
• Toni Doesn’t Know Which Side She Is On [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #107, December 1975
• Checkmate and Checkmate, Says Toni [Toni Blake], (nv) London Mystery Selection #110, September 1976

Vale, Rena M(arie) (1898-1983) (about) (items)
• Timealide, (ss) Mystery Digest September/October 1960

Valentine, Arthur; pseudonym of Archibald Thomas Pechey (1876-1961) (items)
• The Adjusters [The Adjusters], (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction September 10 1927
• The Lightning Returns Co. [The Adjusters], (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction September 17 1927
• The Drayton Square Murder [The Adjusters], (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction September 24 1927
• Return of the Adjusters [The Adjusters], (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction March 10 1928
• The Other Man [The Adjusters], (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction May 12 1928
• The Wizard’s Safe [The Adjusters], (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly June 16 1928

Valentine, Don (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Dames Is Funny That Way, (ss) International Detective Magazine December 1933/January 1934

Valentine, John (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items)
• An Occupational Hazard, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1958
• Exit Edward, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1958
• Lavender, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1958
• The Intruder, (ss) London Mystery Selection #50, September 1961

Valentine, Kristen (fl. 2010s) (about) (items)
• Already Seen, (nv) Betty Fedora #1, 2015
• Introduction, (ed) Betty Fedora #2, 2015

Valentine, Leroi (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Valentine’s Venture, (ss) Mystery Time Spring/Summer 1998

Valentine, Mark (1959- ) (items)
• Carnacki-the Ghost Finder, (ar) Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #24, 1998 [Ref. William Hope Hodgson]
• The Other Detectives, (ar) Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #24, 1998 [Ref. William Hope Hodgson]
• The Golden Age of Crime Fiction, Part 7: Philip MacDonald—The Soul Shaker, (ar) Sherlock #65, 2005 [Ref. Philip MacDonald]
• Evil in the Blood, (ar) Sherlock #67, June 2006

Valeri, John B. (fl. 2010s-2020s) (about) (items)
• Revisiting Poirot, (iv) Suspense Magazine September/October 2016 [Ref. Sophie Hannah]
• On “Moral Defense” and Having Hope in Hollywood, (iv) Suspense Magazine November/December 2016 [Ref. Marcia Clark]
• “Chaos” Reigns, (iv) Suspense Magazine January/February 2017 [Ref. Patricia Cornwell]
• James Rollins on Science, Suspense & “The Seventh Plague”, (iv) Suspense Magazine January/February 2017 [Ref. James Rollins]
• Domestic Disturbance, (iv) Suspense Magazine March/April 2017 [Ref. Faye Kellerman]
• Greg Iles on “Mississippi Blood” & Wrapping Up His Natchez Burning Trilogy, (iv) Suspense Magazine March/April 2017 [Ref. Greg Iles]
• On “The End of Temperance Dare” & More, (iv) Suspense Magazine May/June 2017 [Ref. Wendy Webb]
• Raising the Bar, (iv) Suspense Magazine May/June 2017 [Ref. Adam Mitzner]
• Scripted Suspense, (iv) Suspense Magazine July/August 2017 [Ref. Tess Gerritsen]
• Lowcountry Bonfire, (iv) Crimespree Magazine #66, 2017 [Ref. Susan M. Boyer]
• Spiritual Awakening, (iv) Suspense Magazine January/February 2018 [Ref. Wendy Corsi Staub]
• On “The Tuscan Child” & Balancing Series and Standalone Fiction, (iv) Suspense Magazine March/April 2018 [Ref. Rhys Bowen]
• On “True Fiction” & His Literary Lineage, (iv) Suspense Magazine March/April 2018 [Ref. Lee Goldberg]
• Family Treason: Lis Wiehl on “Hunting Charles Manson”, (iv) Suspense Magazine May/June/July 2018 [Ref. Lis Wiehl]
• On “The Word Is Murder”, (iv) Suspense Magazine May/June/July 2018 [Ref. Anthony Horowitz]
• Hank Phillippi Ryan on “Trust Me”, (iv) Suspense Magazine August/September/October 2018 [Ref. Hank Phillippi Ryan]
• Recipe for Reinvention, (iv) Suspense Magazine August/September/October 2018 [Ref. Lucy Burdette]
• Christmas Cozy Caper, (iv) Suspense Magazine November/December 2018 [Ref. G. A. McKevett]
• The Edge of Cozy, (iv) Suspense Magazine November/December 2018 [Ref. Jon Land]
• The JFK Plot Thickens, (iv) Suspense Magazine January/February/March 2019 [Ref. Mark Shaw]
• Lawful Intent, (iv) Suspense Magazine April/May/June 2019 [Ref. Linda Fairstein]
• Segue to Suspense, (iv) Suspense Magazine April/May/June 2019 [Ref. Wendy Walker]
• Shadows of New York, (iv) Suspense Magazine April/May/June 2019 [Ref. Hilary Davidson]
• Storyteller for Hire, (iv) Suspense Magazine April/May/June 2019 [Ref. Max Allan Collins]
• On “Haunted House Murder” & the Evolution of Lucy Stone/Tinker’s Cove, (iv) Suspense Magazine July/August/September 2019 [Ref. Leslie Meier]
• On “The Cold Woods” of Northampton County, (iv) Suspense Magazine July/August/September 2019 [Ref. Karen Katchur]
• A Murderous Trio, (iv) Suspense Magazine October/November/December 2019 [Ref. Carlene O’Connor, Maddie Day & Alex Erickson]
• Ang Pompano on “When It’s Time for Leaving”, (iv) Suspense Magazine Spring 2020 [Ref. Ang Pompano]
• Delving Deep, (iv) Suspense Magazine Summer 2020 [Ref. Andrew Mayne]
• Vanessa Lillie on For the Best, (iv) Suspense Magazine Winter 2020 [Ref. Vanessa Lillie]

Valero, Rodolfo Pérez (fl. 2000s) (items)
• A Man Is Knocking at the Door, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2008

Valery, Jean (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Till Death Do Us Part, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine September 1961
• By Her Own Hand, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine March 1962

Valin, Jonathan (Louis) (1948- ) (items)
• Loser Takes All [Harry Stoner], (ss) The Armchair Detective Fall 1991

Valley, Richard (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Cross-Dressed to Kill, (ar) Sherlock #53, 2003
• Sherlock Holmes and The Voice of Terror, (ar) Sherlock #67, June 2006
• Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon, (ar) Sherlock #68, August 2006
• Sherlock Holmes—This Is Your Life, (iv) Sherlock #68, August 2006 [Ref. Nick Rennison]

Vamoor, Edzal (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Sober Lady, (ss) Speakeasy Stories October/November 1931

Van, Juliette (fl. 1910s-1920s) (items)
• At the Dragon’s Dip, (nv) The Black Mask April 15 1923
• The Disappearing Drivers, (ss) Detective Tales December 1923/January 1924

Van Aken, Robert C. (fl. 2000s) (items)
• The Last Chapter, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #43, December 2003

Vanardy, Varick; pseudonym of Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey (1861-1922) (items)
• By Process of Elimination, (ss) Detective Story Magazine June 24 1919
• The Holbrook Forgery, (ss) Detective Story Magazine July 22 1919
• A Message in Punctures, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 12 1919

Van Benthuysen, Larry (fl. 1950s) (items)
• The Clementine Caper, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1956

Van Beuren, Bianca (fl. 1910s) (items)
• The Forgotten Husband, (ss) Detective Story Magazine March 11 1919

Van Brakle, Jerome D. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• A Nose for News, (ss) All Detective Magazine July 1933

van Breda, Ans (fl. 1950s) (items)
• The Stomach of Parbat Valji, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #15, April/May 1952

Vance, Gerald (fl. 1940s-1950s); house pseudonym used by Randall Garrett (1927-1987), William P. McGivern (1922-1982), Robert Silverberg (1935- ) & Henry Slesar (1927-2002) (about) (items)
• Red-Heads Make Riots, (nv) Mammoth Detective August 1943

Vance, Greg “Warlock” (fl. 1980s-2010s) (items)
• The Adventure of the Yellow Sign, (ss) Strange Detective Stories #10, November 2016
• The Missing Narrative of Neptune, (ss) Strange Detective Stories #11, April 2017
• The Missing Trasure of Aztlan, (ss) Strange Detective Stories #11, April 2017

Vance, Jack; [i.e., John Holbrook Vance] (1916-2013); previously known as John Holbrook Vance; used pseudonym John Van See (about) (items)
• First Star I See Tonight, (ss) Malcolm’s March 1954, as by John Van See
• The House Lords, (ss) Saturn, Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy October 1957
• Murder Observed, (ss) Chase September 1964, as by John Holbrook Vance

Vance, Jill (fl. 2010s) (about) (items)
• Last Minute Trip, (ss) Suspense Magazine June 2014

Vance, John Holbrook; former name of Jack Vance (1916-2013) (items)
• Murder Observed, (ss) Chase September 1964

Vance, John W.; pseudonym of Lyle D. Gumm (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Dead Give Life, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine January 1938
• The Giver of Death, (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine June 1938

Vance, Kenneth C. (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Ghost Ship, (na) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine July 1942

Vance, Louis Joseph (1879-1933) (items)
• The Spider, (ss) Munsey’s Magazine September 1904
• The Scapegoat, (vi) Munsey’s Magazine June 1905
• The Lone Wolf [Michael Lanyard (The Lone Wolf)], (n.) Munsey’s Magazine March 1914, etc.
• The Gulp Stream [Van Suydam Smith], (ss) McCall’s October 1924, etc.
• Old Man Menace [Michael Lanyard (The Lone Wolf)], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post 1927, etc.
• His Last Fight, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine May 1929
• The Flash [Donlin], (nv) The Saturday Evening Post October 19 1929, etc.
• The White Terror [Michael Lanyard (The Lone Wolf)], (na) The Saint Mystery Magazine August 1965

Vance, Marguerite (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items)
• Murder Traps Two-Timing Lover, (ts) Love-Crime Detective August 1942
• Love-Tragedy of the Jealous Writer, (ts) Love-Crime Detective September 1942
• Snare of the Scheming Lovers, (ts) Love-Crime Detective December 1942

Vance, Reggie (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Horror from the Hills, (ss) Mystery Adventures Magazine January 1937

Vance, Richard (fl. 1930s) (items)
• D.A.’s Die Too!, (ss) Detective Book Magazine Spring 1938
• Mark of the Killer, (ss) Bull’s-Eye Detective Fall 1939

Vance, Steve(n Edward) (1952- ) (about) (items)
• Facedown, (ss) Suspense Magazine May/June 2017

Vance, Warlock; see under Greg Vance (items)

Vance, William E. (1911-1986); used pseudonym George Cassidy (about) (items)
• Everything’s Crooked, (ss) Popular Detective January 1953
• What Am I Doing?, (ss) Manhunt September 1953
• Occupational Hazard, (nv) The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #2, November 1953
• Dangerous Game, (ss) The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #3, March 1954
• The Hoods, (ss) Malcolm’s March 1954
• Time to Cry, (ss) The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #4, July 1954, as by George Cassidy
• Tip Off, (ss) The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #4, July 1954
• A Slight Case of Murder, (nv) Fifteen Detective Stories September 1954
• Clean Getaway, (ss) Manhunt October 1954
• Run Copper Run, (ss) The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #6, November 1954
• Cleanup Man, (ss) Menace January 1955, as by George Cassidy
• Mad Enough to Kill, (nv) Menace January 1955
• The Collaborator, (ss) Hunted Detective Story Magazine #2, February 1955
• The Murdered Mistress, (ss) Hunted Detective Story Magazine #2, February 1955, as by George Cassidy
• Deep Trouble, (nv) The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #8, March 1955
• Good Night, Mr. Holmes, (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine November 1956
• Murderer’s Manual, (na) Terror Detective Story Magazine #2, December 1956
• Too Much Woman, (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine February 1957
• Routine Pick-Up, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australia) November/December 1957
• Mr. Harband’s Girls, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1964
• Lust or Honor, (ss) Manhunt December 1966/January 1967

Van Cleave, Ryan G. (fl. 1990s-2000s) (items)
• Overland, (ss) Crimewave #6, 2002
• Bienvinidos a L.A., (ss) Crimewave #8, 2005

Van Court, Leo (fl. 1930s) (items)
• You Can’t Win, (ss) Double-Action Gang Magazine December 1938