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VEGA, EMILITA de

• Hilda Ralston: (stories)
  • The Messalina of Mexico (ss) Scarlet Adventuress Oct 1935

VEGAN AGENTS

• James H. Schmitz: (stories)
  • Space Fear (nv) Astounding Mar 1951

VELVET, CAPT.

• Edgar Franklin: (stories)
  • Captain Velvet’s Welcome (sl) The Cavalier Jan 3, Jan 10, Jan 17, Jan 24 1914
  • Captain Velvet’s Revolt (sl) The Cavalier Apr 25, May 2, May 9 1914; ended: May 16, 1914 All Story Cavalier.
  • Captain Velvet’s Gamble (sl) All-Story Cavalier Weekly Dec 19, Dec 26 1914, Jan 2, Jan 9 1915
  • Captain Velvet’s Farewell (sl) All-Story Weekly Sep 18, Sep 25 1915

VELVET, NICK

• Edward D. Hoch: (stories)
  • The Theft of the Clouded Tiger (ss) EQMM Sep 1966
  • The Theft from the Onyx Pool (ss) EQMM Jun 1967
  • The Theft of the Toy Mouse (ss) EQMM Jun 1968
  • The Theft of the Brazen Letters (ss) EQMM Nov 1968
  • Dead Man’s Song (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1969; also as “Theft of the Sacred Music”.
  • Theft of the Sacred Music (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1969
  • The Theft of the Wicked Tickets (ss) EQMM Sep 1969
  • Theft of the Silver Lake Serpent (ss) Argosy (UK) Jan 1970
  • The Theft of the Laughing Lions (ss) EQMM Feb 1970
  • The Theft of the Coco Loot (ss) EQMM Sep 1970; also as “Theft of the Convict’s Calendar”.
  • Theft of the Convict’s Calendar (ss) EQMM Sep 1970
  • The Theft of the Blue Horse (ss) EQMM Nov 1970
  • The Theft of the Dinosaur’s Tail (ss) EQMM Mar 1971
  • The Theft of the Satin Jury (ss) EQMM Jun 1971
  • The Theft of the Leather Coffin (ss) EQMM Nov 1971
  • The Theft of the Mafia Cat (ss) EQMM May 1972
  • The Theft of the Foggy Film (ss) EQMM Nov 1972
  • The Theft of the Cuckoo Clock (ss) EQMM Sep 1973
  • The Theft of the General’s Trash (ss) EQMM May 1974
  • The Theft of the Legal Eagle (ss) EQMM Jul 1974
  • The Theft of the Admiral’s Snow (ss) EQMM Apr 1976
  • The Theft of Nothing at All (ss) EQMM May 1977
  • The Theft of the Family Portrait (ss) EQMM Mar 1978
  • The Theft of the Turquoise Telephone (ss) EQMM Aug 1978
  • The Theft of the Banker’s Ashtray (ss) EQMM Feb 11 1980
  • The Theft of the Empty Paint Can (ss) EQMM May 2005
  • The Theft of the Rumpled Road Map (ss) EQMM Aug 2005
  • The Theft of the Blue-Ribbon Pie (ss) EQMM Jun 2006
  • The Theft of the Five-Pound Note (ss) EQMM Jan 2007

VENUS EQUILATERAL

• George O. Smith: (stories)
  • Calling the Empress (nv) Astounding Jun 1943
  • Recoil (nv) Astounding Nov 1943
  • Off the Beam (nv) Astounding Feb 1944
  • Beam Pirate (nv) Astounding Oct 1944

VENUS EQUILATORIAL

• George O. Smith: (stories)
  • QRM—Interplanetary (nv) Astounding Oct 1942
  • Pandora’s Millions (nv) Astounding Jun 1945

VENUS SERIES

• Edgar Rice Burroughs: (stories)
  • The Pirates of Venus (sl) Argosy Sep 17 1932 (+5)
  • Lost on Venus (sl) Argosy Mar 4, Mar 18, Apr 1 1933; subtitled “Sentenced to Death”; subtitled “The Raiders from Kormor”; subtitled “The Way to Freedom”; subtitled “Where the Dead Walked”.
  • The Pirates of Venus - Prologue (ex) The Passing Show Sep 30 1933; an advance excerpt from and commentary upon the serial to start in the next issue.

VERDE, ISOLDE

• Clive Stewart: (stories)
  • I Will Repay (ss) Scarlet Adventuress Mar 1936

VERDUN, POLLY

• Don James Johnston: (stories)
  • Death Angel (ss) Scarlet Adventuress Jul 1936

VERNER, RICHARD

• Christopher Anvil: (stories)
  • The Murder Trap (ss) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Jan 1967

VERNIER, BEULAH

• David Roberts: (stories)
  • The Other Way Out (ss) Scarlet Adventuress Dec 1935

VERTIR

• Charles Coleman Finlay: (stories)
  • The Slug Breeder’s Daughter (ss) Subterranean #2 2005 [Kuikin]

VIAGENS INTERPLANETARY

• L. Sprague de Camp: (stories)
  • Git Along! (ss) Astounding Aug 1950
  • The Tower of Zanid (sl) Science Fiction Stories May 1958 [Anthony Fallon]

VIC & BLOOD

• Harlan Ellison: (stories)
  • A Boy and His Dog (nv) New Worlds Apr 1969

VICKERS, LYNN , G77 of the FBI

• Brian James Kelley: (stories)
  • Master of Madness (na) Public Enemy Apr 1936
  • Murder in Hollywood (na) Public Enemy May 1936
• Bryan James Kelley: (stories)
  • The Voice of Murder (na) Public Enemy Feb 1936
  • Pirates of the Air Mail (na) Public Enemy Mar 1936
  • The Key to Murder (na) Public Enemy Jun 1936
  • Fangs of the Corba (na) Federal Agent Jan 1937

VIJAY

• Mithran Somadundrum: (stories)
  • Under Sapparn Put (ss) AHMM Jun 2008

VINDEX

• Tracy French: (stories)
  • Vengeance of Vindex (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 29 1934
  • Mask of Vindex (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 31 1935

VINE, GIL

• Stewart Sterling: (stories)
  • Murder by Television (nv) Popular Detective Jul 1950
  • The Corpse in 1214 (na) Popular Detective Fll 1953

VINEGER BILL

• Ray Palmer Tracy: (stories)
  • The Well of the Big Wind (nv) West Apr 1937

VIVANTI, DR. PAUL

• Sydney Horler: (stories)
  • Vivanti (na) 1927

VIVANTI, PAUL

• Sydney Horler: (stories)
  • The Order of the Octopus (sl) Top-Notch Mar 1 1926

VLADO, MICHAEL

• Edward D. Hoch: (stories)
  • The Nameless Poison (ss) EQMM May 2006
  • Gypsy Gold (ss) EQMM Dec 2007

VOICE

• Erwin K. Roberts: (stories)
  • Snowy Night’s Tales of the Voice (ss) Double Danger Tales #55 2002
  • Grand Opening ... Under Fire (ss) Double Danger Tales #57 2002
  • Plutonium Nightmare (sl) Double Danger Tales #60, #61, #62 2003

VON BEK

• Michael Moorcock: (stories)
  • The City in the Autumn Stars (ex) Time Centre Times v1 #1 1985; draft Chapter Eighteen

von GENTHNER, BARON

• Quentin Reynolds: (stories)
  • Berlin Dinner Party (ss) Colliers Mar 28 1936; also as “The Bluebeard Murderer”.
  • The Bluebeard Murderer (ss) Colliers Mar 28 1936
  • The Man Who Dreamed Too Much (ss) The Strand Sep 1936
  • Blood-Brothers (ss) 1936; copyright 1936, Crowell-Collier, probably from Collier’s where Reynolds was Associate Editor and which published at least one other von Genthner story.

VON SCHMITT, ELSA

• Allen Beckford: (stories)
  • The Lorelei of Haiti (ss) Scarlet Adventuress May 1936

WADE, “RUSTY”

• Frank Richardson Pierce: (stories)
  • Talons of the Hawk (ss) Air Trails May 1929
  • Frozen Controls (ss) Air Trails Jun 1929
  • The Sunrise Pilot (ss) Air Trails Jul 1929
  • Sky Trappers (ss) Air Trails Aug 1929
  • Winged Conspiracy (ss) Air Trails Sep 1929
  • Frozen Wings (ss) Air Trails Jan 1930
  • The Yellow Hawk (sl) Air Trails Apr, May 1930
  • Clipped Wings (ss) Air Trails Jun 1930

WADE, GRANT

• Frank E. Marks: (stories)
  • Strip Acts Don’t Pay! (ss) Saucy Movie Tales Jul 1936

WADE, HILDA

• Grant Allen: (stories)
  • The Episode of the Gentleman Who Had Failed for Everything (ss) The Strand Apr 1899
  • The Episode of the Wife Who Did Her Duty (ss) The Strand May 1899
  • The Episode of the Man Who Would Not Commit Suicide (ss) The Strand Jun 1899
  • The Episode of the Guide who knew the Country (ss) The Strand Dec 1899
  • Hilda Wade,: (ss) The Strand Apr 1899

WADE, SMOKE

• Anonymous: (stories)
  • Bullets for the Baron (ss) G-8 Feb 1944
• Robert J. Hogan: (stories)
  • Wager Flight (ss) Street & Smith’s Air Trails Aug 1931
  • Fly ’Em Cowboy! (ss) Street & Smith’s Air Trails Sep 1931
  • Aces in Dutch (ss) Street & Smith’s Air Trails Oct 1931
  • Sixgun Eagle (ss) Battle Aces Aug 1932
  • The Cowboy Flight (ss) Battle Birds Jul 1933
  • The Death Circus (ss) Battle Birds Aug 1933
  • Dynamite Devils (ss) Dare-Devil Aces Feb 1934
  • The Jail Buzzard (nv) Dare-Devil Aces Dec 1936
  • Bullets for the Baron (ss) G-8 Feb 1944

WADE, THUNDER JIM

• Henry Kuttner: (stories)
  • Thunder Jim Wade (n.) Thrilling Adventures May 1941
  • The Hills of Gold (nv) Thrilling Adventures Jun 1941
  • The Poison People (nv) Thrilling Adventures Jul 1941
  • Waters of Death (n.) Thrilling Adventures Sep 1941
• Charles Stoddard: (stories)
  • Thunder Jim Wade (n.) Thrilling Adventures May 1941
  • The Hills of Gold (nv) Thrilling Adventures Jun 1941
  • The Poison People (nv) Thrilling Adventures Jul 1941
  • Waters of Death (n.) Thrilling Adventures Sep 1941

WADE, TOM

• George Harmon Coxe: (stories)
  • Buried Evidence (nv) Black Mask Jul 1935; also as “Guns in Action”.
  • Guns in Action (nv) Black Mask Jul 1935

WAGSTAFFE, MICHAEL

• Michael Arlen: (stories)
  • The Crooked Coronet (ss) The Strand Dec 1934; also as “Legend of the Crooked Coronet”.
  • Legend of the Crooked Coronet (ss) The Strand Dec 1934

WAINRIGHT

• Allan K. Echols: (stories)
  • The Angel and the Gun Hand (ss) West May 1948

WALE, CASH

• Peter Paige: (stories)
  • Wanted: Dead and Alive (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1941
  • Death Is from Hunger (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1942
  • A Corpse for Cinderella (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1942

WALKER

• Melville Davisson Post: (stories)
  • The Expert Detective (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Oct 1920
  • The “Mysterious Stranger” Defense (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jun 1921

WALKER, AMOS

• Loren D. Estleman: (stories)
  • Trust Me (ss) AHMM Jun 2007
  • Needle (ss) AHMM Oct 2007

WALKER, DIXIE

• Francis James: (stories)
  • Stampede (ss) Lariat Story Magazine Jun 1927

WALKER, MR.

• Ernest Dudley: (stories)
  • Mr. Walker Sees the Show (ss) Illustrated Jan 20 1940
  • A Wild Night for Mr. Walker (ss) Illustrated Feb 3 1940
  • Confidentially, Mr Walker (ss) Illustrated Feb 17 1940
  • Mr. Walker Gets a Haircut (ss) Illustrated May 18 1940
  • Mr. Walker in Ringland (ss) Illustrated Jun 29 1940
  • Mr. Walker, the Good Samaritan (ss) Illustrated Nov 16 1940

WALLACE, CLINT

• Allan R. Bosworth: (stories)
  • Pull Leather-or Die (ss) Texas Rangers Dec 1940; Clint Wallace Strives to Prove He Has No Yellow Streak!.
  • Pull Leather—or Die (ss) Texas Rangers Dec 1940

WALLINGFORD, JAMES RUFUS

• George Randolph Chester: (stories)
  • Getting Rich Quick (sl) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 5, Oct 12 1907
  • Profitable Benevolence (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 7 1907
  • Selling a Patent (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 18, Jan 25 1908
  • A Traction Transaction (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 8 1908
  • A Corner in Farmers (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 29 1908
  • A Fortune in Smoke (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 14 1908
  • Easy Money (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 14 1908
  • The Triple Cross (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 5 1908
  • Spoiling the Egyptians (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 26 1908
  • Whipsawed! (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 16 1909
  • The Bubble Bank (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 30, Feb 6 1909
  • Straight Business (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 27 1909
  • Get Rich Quick Wallingford (ss) Cosmopolitan Oct 1911
  • Down with Graft (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 13 1912
  • Wallingford Trims a Rich Preserve (ss) Nash’s Magazine Apr 1913
  • Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (ss) Nash’s Magazine May 1913, Jul, Aug 1914; this story actually lacks a real title - “Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford” is the series title.
  • A Deal in Sunlight (ss) Nash’s Magazine Jun 1913
  • A Matter of Ingenuity (ss) Nash’s Magazine Jul 1913
  • An Inspired Confidence (ss) Nash’s Magazine Aug 1913
  • The Son of Wallingford [with Lillian Eleanor Chester] (sl) Lloyd’s Story Magazine Nov 1921; last episode of a serial about a man’s attempts to better himself.
• Lillian Eleanor Chester: (stories)
  • The Son of Wallingford [with George Randolph Chester] (sl) Lloyd’s Story Magazine Nov 1921; last episode of a serial about a man’s attempts to better himself.

WALLY, HARDTACK and

• George Pattullo: (stories)
  • Hardtack and Wally (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 17 1924
  • The Opener of Ways (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 14 1924
  • The Tie That binds (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 28 1924

WALRUS and WISHBONE

• Joe Archibald: (stories)
  • Bowlaigs and Biskits (ss) Western Trails Jan 1930
  • Brains and Bullets (ss) Western Trails Mar 1930
  • Buzzards’ Ballots (ss) Western Trails Aug 1931
  • Up Pops the Deputy (ss) Western Trails Oct 1931
  • Fowl Play (ss) Western Trails Nov 1931
  • Loco Lodge (ss) Western Trails Jan 1932
  • Spook Wranglers (ss) Western Trails Mar 1932
  • Haywire Hombres (ss) Western Trails Apr 1932
  • It Pays Tuh Advertise! (ss) Western Trails Jun 1932
  • Breakin’ Intuh Jail! (ss) Western Trails Sep 1932
  • Salivatin’ Satan (ss) Western Trails Oct 1932
  • Poleetical Pilgrims (ss) Western Trails Nov 1932
  • Big Game Hombres (ss) Western Trails Dec 1932
  • Weed ’Em an’ Weep! (ss) Western Trails Jan 1933

WALSH, JIMMY

• Steve McNeil: (stories)
  • Kayo by Request (ss) 12 Sports Aces Nov 1939

WALSH, LT. MARTY

• Octavus Roy Cohen: (stories)
  • My Love Wears Black (sl) Colliers Nov 1 1947
  • More Beautiful Than Murder (sl) Colliers Jul 10 1948
  • Let Me Kill You Sweetheart (nv) The Saint Detective Magazine Oct/Nov 1953
  • The Bridal-Night Murder (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Sep 1956