The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Van Riper, Donald (items) (continued)
• Their Kid Pledge, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 29 1931
• Queer Justice, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine September 26 1931
• Not a Killer, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 14 1931
• The Fourth Man, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 28 1931
• The Invisible Shadow, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 26 1931
• Scared Stiff, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 23 1932
• Bottled Danger, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 13 1932
• Saps and a Dame, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 20 1932
• Indelible Clew, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 27 1932
• The Last Trick, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 12 1932
• The Stronger Arm, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 19 1932
• Shadow Clews, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine April 9 1932
• All Work—No Loot, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine April 16 1932
• Desperate Bargain, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine April 30 1932
• Acid Test, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 14 1932
• Slow Slipping, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 4 1932
• His Last Trick, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 18 1932
• A Fifth Hand, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 25 1932
• Shouting Conscience, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine July 2 1932
• Chained Fast, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine July 9 1932
• Forgotten Sign, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine July 30 1932
• One Chance to Live, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 6 1932
• Gambler’s Bargain, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 20 1932
• Course of Judgment, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 27 1932
• Red for Crime, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 25 1932
• Killers All, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 10 1932
• Black Bait, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 25 1933
• Boomerang, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 25 1933
• Coppers Twain, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 10 1933
• Winged Witness, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 10 1933
• Frail Avenging Hand, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine July 10 1933
• Mark of the Dollar, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 10 1933
• Beyond Dispute, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 25 1934
• Flaming Trap, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 25 1934
• The Moving Needle, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 10 1934
• Hour of Reckoning, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 25 1935
• One Honest Grand, (ss) Best Detective Magazine June 1935
• The Standing Dead, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine July 10 1935
• A Trifling Matter, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 1945
• There Comes a Time, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine September 1947
• Insured Risk, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 1948

Vansant, Wilbur M. (fl. 1890s) (items)
• The Tooth and the Diamond, (ss) The White Elephant April 1897

Van Scoyk, Bob (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Home from Camp, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1957

Van See, John; pseudonym of Jack Vance (1916-2013) (items)
• First Star I See Tonight, (ss) Malcolm’s March 1954

Van Siller, Hilda (1911-1982) (items)
• Echo of a Bomb [Richard Massey], (n.) Doubleday, 1943
• Under a Cloud [Pete Rector], (n.) Doubleday, 1944
• Somber Memory, (n.) Doubleday, 1945
• In the Night, (nv) Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly #9, 1947
• Paul’s Apartment, (n.) Doubleday, 1948

Van Tassel, Daniel R. (1941- ) (items)
• The Aries Obsession, (ex) Suspense Magazine October 2011

Van Tine, Kari (fl. 2000s) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 2001

Van Trenk, Frank (fl. 1910s) (items)
• Tracking a Bigamist, (ss) Mystery Magazine #32, March 1 1919

Van Tyne, Valentine (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items)
• The Blue Streak, (ss) The Dragnet Magazine July/August 1929
• Gangsters of the Skies, (sl) The Underworld Magazine August 1929, etc.
• The Hollingsford Murder, (nv) The Underworld Magazine October 1929
• “Junk” [Sky Gangsters], (na) The Underworld Magazine December 1929
• Looting the Metropole Vaults [Sky Gangsters], (sl) The Underworld Magazine January 1930, etc.
• Sky-Loot, (nv) The Underworld Magazine May 1930
• Thru Hell to Happiness, (ss) The Underworld Magazine June 1930
• The Mob Leader’s Gun Moll, (ss) The Underworld Magazine September 1930
• Moll Vengeance, (ss) The Underworld Magazine February 1931
• “Diamonds of Death”, (nv) Speakeasy Stories October/November 1931
• Out of the Past, (nv) Greater Gangster Stories June 1933
• Sucker Bait, (ss) The Underworld Magazine September 1934

van Vogt, A(lfred) E(lton) (1912-2000) (about) (items)
• Automaton, (ss) Other Worlds Science Stories September 1950
• The House That Stood Still, (n.) Greenberg Publishers, 1950

van Waldron, Barent (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Bluff, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly March 2 1935

Van Waveren, Kaili (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Maria’s Misfortune, (ss) Murdaland #1, 2007

Vanwinkle, Edmond H. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Trapped, (ss) Clues Detective Stories December 1937

Varak, Robert (fl. 1960s) (items)
• The Man in the Black Hat, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1965

Vardeman, David (fl. 2010s) (items)
• The Last Evil, (ss) Mystery Weekly November 2017

Vardre, Leslie; pseudonym of L. P. Davies (1914-1988) (items)
• The Sight of Blood, (ss) London Mystery Selection #44, March 1960
• The Wall of Time, (ss) London Mystery Selection #45, June 1960
• The Messenger, (ss) London Mystery Selection #46, September 1960
• Tea-Time, (ss) London Mystery Selection #47, December 1960
• The Man with No Face, (ss) London Mystery Selection #48, March 1961
• No School on Friday, (ss) London Mystery Selection #49, May 1961
• The Dream Pedlar, (ss) London Mystery Selection #51, November 1961
• Sleeping Beauty, (ss) London Mystery Selection #54, 1962
• Mermaid Beach, (ss) London Mystery Selection #55, December 1962
• Time in Hand, (ss) London Mystery Selection #56, March 1963
• Death of a Witch, (ss) London Mystery Selection #57, June 1963
• Bait, (ss) London Mystery Selection #58, September 1963
• The Sleeping Man, (ss) London Mystery Selection #59, December 1963
• Weeds, (ss) London Mystery Selection #60, March 1964
• The Alien, (ss) London Mystery Selection #61, June 1964
• “Sorry, Mr. Hepple”, (ss) London Mystery Selection #63, December 1964
• To Maidy—A Son, (ss) London Mystery Selection #64, March 1965
• The Monsters, (ss) London Mystery Selection #65, June 1965

Varg, Kurt (fl. 2000s) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2008

Varga, Martin (fl. 2010s) (about) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) The Big Click #1, March 2012

Vargas, Claudia (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)
• Murder on the Menu, (iv) Suspense Magazine September 2009
• Winchester Mystery House, (ar) Suspense Magazine October 2009
• All Aboard the Shipwreck at the Queen Mary, (iv) Suspense Magazine November 2009 [Ref. Matt Gavin]
• Exploring the Beauty and Mystery of Cabo San Lucas, (ar) Suspense Magazine February 2010
• Pasadena: A Beautiful Town with a Deadly Bridge, (ar) Suspense Magazine May 2010

Varnado, S(eaborn) L(owrey) (1929- ) (items)
• The History of Mystery, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 4 1981
• Sin of the Seine, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 4 1981

Varney, H. J. (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Detour to Crime, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories August 1941
• Marked for Murder, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories September 1941
• The Case of the Multiple Crimes, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories October 1941

Varnum, Vickie (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Play a Game of Darts, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1962

Varona, Ruben (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Crimes with Designation of Origin, (ar) Noir Nation #2, September 2012

Vasco, Justo (fl. 1990s) (items)
• A Man of Honor, (ss) New Mystery v2 #2, 1994; translated by William I. Neuman

Vassall, William F. (fl. 1910s) (items)
• Pearls and Canes, (ss) Detective Story Magazine January 20 1916
• The Broken Glass, (ss) Detective Story Magazine February 20 1916
• The Sultana Crescent, (ss) Detective Story Magazine March 5 1916
• Willing a Name, (ss) Detective Story Magazine March 20 1916
• The Basement Room, (ss) Detective Story Magazine April 5 1916
• For Her Boy, (ss) Detective Story Magazine June 20 1916
• The Firm’s Detective, (ss) Detective Story Magazine July 20 1916
• Hiding the Clews, (ss) Detective Story Magazine April 20 1917
• Murder by Proxy?, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 13 1918
• His Sacrifice, (ss) Detective Story Magazine February 18 1919

Vassi, Fred (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Brooklyn Gothic, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1965

Vassilakos, Jill (fl. 2020s) (items)
• The Message of Amun-Re, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2022

Vasu, Vance (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 2007
• [front cover], (cv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2010

Vatavuk, William M. (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Murder Among the Magnolias, (ar) Mystery Magazine April 1982

Vater, Tom (fl. 2010s-2020s) (about) (items)
• Sacred Skin: Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos, (ss) Noir Nation #2, September 2012
• Devil’s Road, (ss) Noir Nation #3, October 2013
• The Name’s Maier: Welcome to the Far East, (ar) Suspense Magazine Spring 2020

Vaughan, Benjamin (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The Cup of Vengeance, (ss) Midnight Mystery Stories #16, December 2 1922

Vaughan, Leslie (fl. 1950s) (items)
• The Saint, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #24, February 1955

Vaughan, Ralph (E.) (1954- ) (items)
• Agent in Hell, (ss) Detective Story Magazine #2, September 1988
• London After Midnight [Sherlock Holmes], (nv) Mystery Weekly October 2017
• The Adventure of the Abominable Inn [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Mystery Weekly October 2019
• The Adventure of the Five Sherlocks, (ss) Mystery Magazine October 2022

Vaughn, Clark (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Guns Are Made of Steel, (vi) Popular Detective February 1936
• A Call from the Dead, (ss) Thrilling Detective March 1936

Vaughn, David (fl. 1990s) (items)
• The Prosecutor of DuPrey, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1996

Vaughn, Harvey, Jr. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Double Murder, (ss) The Underworld Detective May 1935

Vavra, Jeffrey (fl. 2010s) (items)
• The Game’s the Thing, (ss) Suspense Magazine May 2011

Vega, Eddie (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items)
• Birth of a Nation, (ed) Noir Nation #1, August 2011
• After the First Crime, the First Tattoo, (ed) Noir Nation #2, September 2012
• A Search for Beauty, Dark and Brutal, (ed) Noir Nation #3, October 2013
• Interview with Joseph Trigoboff, (iv) Noir Nation #4, August 2014 [Ref. Joseph Trigoboff]
• The Truth of Fiction, (ed) Noir Nation #5, October 2014
• Dark Fiction, Poetry and Fake Labels, (ed) Noir Nation #7, April 2019
• Blots: A New Literary Form, (ed) Noir Nation #8, May 2020

Veigh, Daniel (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Blood Will Tell, (ss) Five Star Detective Stories April 1942

Veiller, Bayard (1869-1943) (about) (items)
• Still Within the Law, (sl) Mystery Magazine June 1 1926, etc.

Velasquez, Wendy (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items)
• Siren, (ss) Pulp Modern Summer 2012
• Crisis, (ss) Pulp Modern Winter 2013
• Devil’s Alley, (ss) Pulp Modern Fall 2022

Venable, Bill (fl. 1950s) (items)
• If at First, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Winter 1954

Venable, June (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Redemption, (ss) Great Mystery and Suspense Magazine Summer 2006

Venables, Paul (fl. 1950s) (items)
• “Rio De Sangre”, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #34, September 1957

Vendelmans, J. J. (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Just a Little Fun, (ms) Suspect Detective Stories August 1956

Veness, Maggie (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Gallup Away, (ss) Crimespree Magazine #44, November/December 2011

Venner, Norman (Josiah Barton) (1891-1929) (items)
• Blackmail, (ss) Mystery February 1933

Venning, Michael; pseudonym of Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig (1908-1957) (items)
• Jethro Hammer [Melville Fairr], (n.) Coward-McCann, 1944
• How Now, Ophelia [Melville Fairr], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #43, June 1947

Ventura, Charles (fl. 1960s); used pseudonym Robert Hart Davis (items)
• Murder Takes a World Cruise, (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1964
• Murder by Proxy [Francis Bascom Ivy], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine August 1965
• Killer’s Corridor [Francis Bascom Ivy], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1965
• Bier on the Rocks [Francis Bascom Ivy], (nv) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine June 1966
• Twenty-Four Hours to Live [Francis Bascom Ivy], (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine November 1966

Vera, Countess of Cathcart; see under Vera Lady Cathcart

Veraa, P. (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Mars Fell on Alabama, (ss) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers #18, December 2000/January 2001

Verburg, C. J. (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Scandal at the Savoy: The Monocle Murder [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Mystery Magazine October 2021

Verde, Charles (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Off the Record, (na) True Gang Life June 1938

Verde, Tom (fl. 1990s) (items)
• The Big Dance, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1992

Verdugo, David (fl. 2020s); used pseudonym Dave Hangman (about) (items)
• Migingo Island, (ss) Rock and a Hard Place #12, Fall 2024, as by Dave Hangman

Verkaaik, Ben (fl. 1990s) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1995

Verkoczy, Elizabeth (1933- ) (about) (items)
• The Haunted Realm of the Humber River, (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine #2, 1981
• Stanislaw’s Clocks, (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine #3, 1981

Verlaine, Pierre (fl. 1960s) (items)
• The Scoundrel, (ss) Mystery Digest January/February 1961

Verma, Suparn (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Scarlet Starlet, (ss) Noir Nation #3, October 2013

Vermaat, Carla (fl. 2000s) (items)
• A Long-Cherished Dream, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2009; adapted by Josh Pachter; translated by Josh Pachter

Vermes, Hal G.; [i.e., Adolphus Harold Georg Vermes] (1898-1965) (about) (items)
• Perfect Defense, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 1938
• A Murder Is Arranged, (ss) Clues Detective Stories June 1938
• The Camera Clicks, (ss) Clues Detective Stories August 1938
• Burning Cork, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1938
• Spider’s Web, (ss) Clues Detective Stories December 1938
• Stir Buggy, (ss) Ten Detective Aces March 1939
• Trouble Knocks Twice, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine April 1939
• Drums of the Dead, (ss) The Ghost Detective Fall 1940
• Checkmate, (ss) The Phantom Detective December 1940

Vermillion, C. K. (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Switcheroo, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1999

Vern, David (1914-1994); used pseudonyms Alexander Blade, Craig Ellis & David V. Reed (about) (items)
• Black Doom, (nv) Thrilling Mystery January 1940, as by David V. Reed
• The Servant of Death, (ss) Thrilling Mystery September 1940, as by David V. Reed
• Satan Lies Silent, (nv) Argosy April 15 1942, as by David V. Reed
• The Metal Monster Murders, (n.) Mammoth Detective November 1944, as by David V. Reed

Verne, Jules (Gabriel) (1828-1905) (about) (items)
• Eternal Adam, (na) Saturn, The Magazine of Science Fiction March 1957; translated by Willis T. Bradley
• The Ordeal of Doctor Trifulgas, (ss) Saturn, Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy July 1957; translated by Willis T. Bradley

Verner, Gerald; pseudonym of John Robert Stuart Pringle (1897-1980) (about) (items)
• The Ghost of Rufus Manners [Supt. Robert Budd], (na) The Thriller #307, December 22 1934
• The Whispering Man [Supt. Robert Budd], (na) The Thriller #322, April 6 1935
• The Haunted House Murders, (na) Thrilling Detective August 1935
• The Riddle of the Red Queen, (na) Detective Weekly #133, September 7 1935
• Clew in the Mud, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1935
• Fever Fright, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1936
• Wrong Arm of the Law, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 1936
• A Fatal Alibi, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 1936
• Blake of the Secret Service, (sl) Detective Weekly #176, July 4 1936, etc.
• The Sign of the Jockey, (sl) Detective Weekly #188, September 26 1936, etc.
• The River Men, (na) Wright & Brown, 1936
• The Black Widow [Supt. Robert Budd], (na) Detective Weekly #206, January 30 1937
• The Devil’s Footprint [Supt. Robert Budd], (na) Detective Weekly #221, May 15 1937
• The Sign of the Silver Horseshoe, (sl) Detective Weekly #231, July 24 1937, etc.
• The Clue of the Whispering Pines [Supt. Robert Budd], (na) Detective Weekly #234, August 14 1937
• The Beard of the Prophet [Supt. Robert Budd], (na) Detective Weekly #246, November 6 1937
• Mystery Mill, (nv) Mystery Stories #8, 1937
• Alias—’The Angel’, (sl) Detective Weekly #255, January 8 1938, etc.
• The Port of Murdered Men, (na) Detective Novels Magazine January/February 1938
• The Devil’s Brood, (na) Detective Weekly #285, August 6 1938
• The Football Pool Murders, (sl) Detective Weekly #318, March 25 1939, etc.
• The Seven Sleeping Men [Supt. Robert Budd], (na) The Thriller Library #571, January 13 1940
• Secret Weapon, (sl) Detective Weekly #377, May 11 1940, etc.
• The Next to Die [Trevor Lowe], (nv) Thrilling Detective January 1941
• The Rip Van Winkle Murders [Trevor Lowe], (nv) Thrilling Detective October 1942
• The House of the Goat [Supt. Robert Budd], (na)
• The Seal of Solomon [Supt. Robert Budd], (na)