The General Fiction Magazine Index

Index: Items by Author: Page 853

Verral, Charles Spain (1904-1990) (chron.)
• * Color Blind, (nv) Argosy February 24 1934
• * Dark Shadows, (nv) Argosy March 25 1933
• * Money Player, (nv) Argosy February 27 1932
• * The Sharpshooter, (nv) Argosy April 2 1932
• * Tough Going, (nv) Argosy January 27 1934

Verrier (chron.)
• * A Plagiarism, (ss) Short Stories August 1900; translated from the French by Jane Grosvenor Cooke.

Verrier, Robert (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * The Giant Blue Azalea, (ss) The Cornhill Magazine December 1935
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine February 1936

Verrill, A(lpheus) Hyatt (1871-1954) (about) (chron.)
• * Chips from the Whaleships’ Logs, (ar) Adventure May 1951
• * The Honest Buccaneer, (pm) Adventure January 1951

Very, Jones (1813-1880) (about) (chron.)
• * The Silent, (pm) The Golden Argosy December 22 1883

Very, Lydia L. A. (chron.)
• * March, (pm) The Argosy #587, March 3 1894

Véry, Pierre (1900-1960) (about) (chron.)
• * Arrest of a Killer, (ss) Lilliput September 1937

Vesco, Renato (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * The Truth About Flying Saucers, (ar) Argosy August 1969; as told to John Ashton

Vesey, Sage O.; pseudonym of Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937) (chron.)
• * Aunt Betsy, (ss) Short Stories May 1911
• * The Ghost Plumber’s Courtship, (ss) Short Stories June 1911
• * Harrod’s Synthetic Bingo, (ss) Short Stories February 1911
• * The Ivory Miniature, (ss) Short Stories December 1910
• * Sir Algernon Saint-Montmorency, (ss) Short Stories April 1911

Vesey, T. M. (chron.)
• * The Phantom Flare, (ts) The Blue Book Magazine December 1925

Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian (Seymour) (1900-1981) (about) (chron.)
• * Over the Sticks?, (ar) Lilliput March 1949
• * The Sport of Kings, (ar) Lilliput June 1948
• * Strangers in the Land, (ar) Lilliput September 1954

Vespa, Mary (fl. 1970s) (chron.)
• * Charles Bronson—Man of Action, (ar) Argosy February 1975 [Ref. Charles Bronson]

Vesselo, A(rthur) (1911-2000) (chron.)
• * “Man Proposes—”, (vi) The 20-Story Magazine #140, February 1934

Vesseur, M. H. (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * New Grass, (vi) Longshot Island v1, 2016

Vest, George V. (chron.)
• * Eulogy on the Dog, (ar) The Scrap Book March 1906

Vestal, Stanley; pseudonym of Walter Stanley Campbell (1887-1957) (chron.)
• * Grass Money, (ss) Adventure September 1 1932
• * Sitting Bull, (ar) Adventure Jan 15, Feb 1, Feb 15 1932
• * Squaw Pig, (ss) Adventure April 15 1933
• * Strong Heart, (ss) Adventure February 1 1933
_____, as told to
• * The Battle of the Little Bighorn, (ar) The Blue Book Magazine September 1933; as told by Chief Joseph White Bull
• * Sioux in Ambush, (ar) The Blue Book Magazine August 1933; as told by Chief Joseph White Bull

Vetter, Ernest G. (chron.)
• * Death Was Our Escort, (ex) Prentice-Hall, 1944
• The Blue Book Magazine February 1945

Vetter, V. Claire (fl. 1900s) (chron.)
• * That Lagarcioso Affair, (ss) Gunter’s Magazine May 1908

Veuillot, L. (chron.)
• * The Nightingale, (ss) Short Stories September 1893; translated by Gustave Beauseigneur

Vezhinov, Pavel; [born Nikola Delchev Gugov] (1914-1983) (about) (chron.)
• * It Happened on a Dark Night, (ss) 1957
• Argosy (UK) August 1967
• * My Father, (nv) Argosy (UK) October 1966

Viaud, Louis Marie Julien (1850-1923); used pseudonym Pierre Loti (chron.)
• * The Idyll of an Old Couple, (ss) , as by Pierre Loti
• The Golden Book Magazine #113, May 1934, as by Pierre Loti
• * Madame Chrysantheme Goes to Bed, (ex) , as by Pierre Loti
• The Golden Book Magazine #101, May 1933, as by Pierre Loti; from Madame Chrysantheme 1887.
• * The Wall Opposite, (ss) Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907, as by Pierre Loti
• The Famous Story Magazine January 1926, as by Pierre Loti
• The Famous Story Magazine (UK) May 1926, as by Pierre Loti

Vicente, Gil (c1465-c1536) (about) (chron.)
• * Song (“If thou art sleeping, maiden…”), (pm)
• The Golden Book Magazine #105, September 1933; translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Vicker, Ray (fl. 1940s-1950s) (chron.)
• * Gold Bait for Wolves, (ss) North•West Romances Spring 1947

Vickers, Harold (fl. 1910s-1920s) (chron.)
• * Half-Way to Heaven, (nv) Live Stories July 1916

Vickers, Roy; pseudonym of William Edward Vickers (1889-1965) (chron.)
• * The Clue-Proof Murders, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine December 1934
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine October 1936
• * The Cowboy of Oxford Street, (ss) Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine July 1936
• * An Edwardian Gentleman, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine October 1934, as "The Starting-Handle Murder"
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine December 1935
• * The Fish Pond, (ss) Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine May 1936
• * The Holburn Murder, (ss) Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine April 1936
• * Molly the Marchioness, (ss) Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine February 1936
• * Nothing but Diamonds, (sl) Short Stories Aug 10, Aug 25, Sep 10, Sep 25 1934
• Short Stories (UK) late Dec  1934, early Jan , mid Jan , early Feb  1935
• * On the Train to Euston, (na) Complete Stories 1st March 1931
• * The Parrot’s Beak, (ss) Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine June 1936; slightly revised from the story of the same name (The Daily Mail, October 23, 1929) which did not feature the Department of Dead Ends.
• * The Rubber Trumpet, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine September 1934
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine October 1935
• * The Starting-Handle Murder, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine October 1934
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine December 1935, as "An Edwardian Gentleman"
• * The Terror of Tongues, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine March 1935
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine March 1936
• * The Three-Foot Grave, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine November 1934
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine January 1936

Vickers, Stanley C. (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * It Had to Be Fog, (ss) Adventure March 1944
• * No Chance to Be a Hero, (ss) Adventure December 1943

Vickers, William Edward (1889-1965); used pseudonym Roy Vickers (chron.)
• * The Clue-Proof Murders, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine December 1934, as by Roy Vickers
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine October 1936, as by Roy Vickers
• * The Cowboy of Oxford Street, (ss) Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine July 1936, as by Roy Vickers
• * An Edwardian Gentleman, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine October 1934, as "The Starting-Handle Murder", by Roy Vickers
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine December 1935, as by Roy Vickers
• * The Fish Pond, (ss) Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine May 1936, as by Roy Vickers
• * The Holburn Murder, (ss) Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine April 1936, as by Roy Vickers
• * Molly the Marchioness, (ss) Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine February 1936, as by Roy Vickers
• * Nothing but Diamonds, (sl) Short Stories Aug 10, Aug 25, Sep 10, Sep 25 1934, as by Roy Vickers
• Short Stories (UK) late Dec  1934, early Jan , mid Jan , early Feb  1935, as by Roy Vickers
• * On the Train to Euston, (na) Complete Stories 1st March 1931, as by Roy Vickers
• * The Parrot’s Beak, (ss) Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine June 1936, as by Roy Vickers; slightly revised from the story of the same name (The Daily Mail, October 23, 1929) which did not feature the Department of Dead Ends.
• * The Rubber Trumpet, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine September 1934, as by Roy Vickers
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine October 1935, as by Roy Vickers
• * The Terror of Tongues, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine March 1935, as by Roy Vickers
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine March 1936, as by Roy Vickers
• * The Three-Foot Grave, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine November 1934, as by Roy Vickers
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine January 1936, as by Roy Vickers

Vickery, Mary A. (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * Why Are We Single at Twenty-Five?, (cn) Complete Novel Magazine #13, May 1926

Vickrey, Claude C. (chron.)
• * Crash Dive, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine May 1929

Victor, Harvey (chron.)
• * What’ll We Celebrate?, (ar) Argosy December 1962

Victor, Josephine; pseudonym of Josephine Gunczler (1885-1963) (chron.)
• * Nine-Tenths Luck, (ss) Munsey’s Magazine February 1922

Victoria (fl. 1950s) (art) (chron.)
• * Lilliput’s Christmas Card, (pi) Lilliput December 1953/January 1954

Victoria, Queen (1819-1901) (about) (chron.)
• * Crowning a Queen, (ex) from The Girlhood of Queen Victoria, Longmans, Green, 1912
• Argosy (UK) June 1953

Vidal, Peire [born mid-12th century] (about) (chron.)
• * Song of a Troubadour, (pm)
• The Golden Book Magazine #113, May 1934

Vidocq, François Eugène (1775-1857) (chron.)
• * Jean Monette, (ex)
• The Scrap Book January 1910; from Memoires of Vidocq.

Vidor, King (Wallis) (1894-1982) (about) (chron.)
• * Southern Storm, (ss) Esquire May 1935
• Fiction Parade July 1935

Vielé, Herman Knickerbocker (1856-1908) (about) (chron.)
• * The Inn of the Silver Moon, (n.) Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1901
• The Golden Book Magazine #37 Jan, #38 Feb, #39 Mar 1928
• The Golden Book Magazine (UK) Feb, Mar, Apr 1928
• * Off Finistere, (pm) Ainslee’s Magazine August 1903
• * The Story of Ignatius, the Almoner, (ss) Ainslee’s Magazine January 1903

Vielé-Griffin, Francis (1864-1937) (about) (chron.)
• * Song, (pm)
• The Golden Book Magazine #29, May 1927; translated by A. Pauline Locklin

Viertel, Berthold (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Hollywood Marriage, (vi) Lilliput December 1938
• * The Son, (ss) Lilliput July 1938

Vietor, Maxwell (1880-1950); used pseudonym Victor Maxwell (chron.)
• * The Biggest Thing in Life, (nv) Street & Smith’s Complete Magazine November 1935, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Both Women Lose, (nv) Street & Smith’s Complete Stories July 22 1934, as by Victor Maxwell
• * The Carefully Laid Plan, (ss) The Popular Magazine February 20 1918, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Check and Double Check, (ss) Railroad Man’s Magazine January 1931, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Cougar, (nv) The Popular Magazine December 7 1915, as by Victor Maxwell
• The Popular Magazine 2nd July 1930, as by Victor Maxwell
• * The Courtship of Rod Darmer, (ss) Street & Smith’s Complete Stories September 24 1934, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Crazy Like a Fox, (nv) Street & Smith’s Complete Stories September 3 1934, as by Victor Maxwell
• * The Deadhead Passenger, (ss) Railroad Stories November 1933, as by Victor Maxwell
• * A Deal in Bonds, (ss) The Popular Magazine October 7 1917, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Doubling the Double Cross, (ss) The Popular Magazine June 7 1917, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Easy Money and Good, (ss) Street & Smith’s Complete Stories November 26 1934, as by Victor Maxwell
• * A Good, Smart Girl, (nv) Street & Smith’s Complete Magazine July 1935, as by Victor Maxwell
• * “Honest Jawn”, (ss) The Popular Magazine May 20 1917, as by Victor Maxwell
• * I Remember When, (ss) Railroad Man’s Magazine February 1930, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Justified Piracy, (ss) The Popular Magazine December 20 1917, as by Victor Maxwell
• * The Language of Flowers, (nv) Street & Smith’s Complete Stories April 1 1935, as by Victor Maxwell
• * The Little Girl Who Got Lost, (nv) The Popular Magazine January 20 1916, as by Victor Maxwell
• * The Making of a Hero, (ss) The Popular Magazine July 20 1928, as by Victor Maxwell
• * The Man on Number 2 Boiler (with Harold Bradley Say), (ss) The Popular Magazine February 7 1926, as by Victor Maxwell & Harold Bradley Say
• * Mushrooms and Airships, (ss) The Popular Magazine September 20 1917, as by Victor Maxwell
• * No Imagination, (ss) The Popular Magazine September 7 1917, as by Victor Maxwell
• * No Show at All, (ss) The Popular Magazine April 7 1917, as by Victor Maxwell
• The Popular Magazine 1st February 1930, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Not a Chance in 10,000, (nv) The Popular Magazine February 20 1917, as by Victor Maxwell
• * One Thing Leads to Another, (nv) Street & Smith’s Complete Stories May 20 1934, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Opals Are Unlucky, (ss) The Popular Magazine April 20 1917, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Our City’s Greatest Asset, (ss) The Popular Magazine March 20 1917, as by Victor Maxwell
• * The Payoff Comes Last, (ss) Street & Smith’s Complete Magazine June 1935, as by Victor Maxwell
• * The Perfect Alibi, (ss) The Popular Magazine September 7 1916, as by Victor Maxwell
• * A Personal Vengeance, (ss) The Popular Magazine June 20 1917, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Red Lantern Oil, (ss) Railroad Stories August 1932, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Rolling Sixty-Five or Better, (ss) Short Stories October 10 1931, as by Victor Maxwell
• Short Stories (UK) mid February 1932, as by Victor Maxwell
• * The Side-Rod Bender, (ss) Railroad Man’s Magazine February 1931, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Stolen Corpse, (nv) Street & Smith’s Complete Stories November 5 1934, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Strong Men Are as Babes, (nv) Street & Smith’s Complete Stories April 22 1935, as by Victor Maxwell
• * When Little Things Count, (ss) The Popular Magazine October 7 1916, as by Victor Maxwell
• * Why Arabia Kissed Me, (nv) The Popular Magazine August 20 1916, as by Victor Maxwell

Vigour, John (fl. 1930s-1950s) (chron.)
• * Blood of the Ship, (ss) Adventure November 1951

Vikelas, Demetrius (1835-1908) (about) (chron.); name also given as Demetrius Bikelas
• * The Priest Narcissus, (ss) Short Stories October 1891; translated from the Greek.

Vila, Joseph (chron.)
• * Curious Incidents of the Race-track, (ar) Munsey’s Magazine July 1908
• * The Great Revival of Outdoor Sport, (ia) Munsey’s Magazine October 1919

Vilag, N. (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * I Put It to You, (pi) Lilliput February 1950

Vilas, Faith von Valkenburgh (fl. 1920s-1940s) (chron.)
• * Courtesan, (pm) Silhouettes
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine February 1937

Viljoen, [General] Ben(jamin) J(ohannis) (1868-1917) (about) (chron.)
• * Pathos and Humor of War Time, (ar) Adventure December 1916
• * Red Days in South Africa, (ar) Adventure 1st January 1918
• * The Story of a Piebald Horse, (ar) Adventure May 1916

Viller, Fredrik; pseudonym of Christian Sparre (1859-1936) (chron.)
• * The Black Tortoise, (na) The Junior Munsey May 1901 (+4)
• Short Stories February 1914

Villers, André (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Well-Dressed Turkey, (ss) Argosy (UK) January 1954; translated by J. E. Malcolm

Villesivik, J.
_____, as told to
• * Ordeal on Birch Creek (with L. Villesivik), (ar) Argosy March 1962; as told by William C. Watson

Villesivik, L.
_____, as told to
• * Ordeal on Birch Creek (with J. Villesivik), (ar) Argosy March 1962; as told by William C. Watson

Villiers, Alan (John Murray) (1903-1982) (about) (chron.)
• * High Lights of the New Books:
  * ___ II. Sons of Sinbad, (ex) Scribner's, 1940
  • The Blue Book Magazine May 1941
• * “I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight!”, (pi) Argosy May 1959
• * Little Ships Are Safest, (ar) Adventure July 1938
• * “The Lonely Sea and the Sky…”, (ar) Argosy June 1958
• * Man Overboard!, (ts) The Blue Book Magazine July 1932
• * Sons of Sinbad, (ex) Scribner's, 1940
• The Blue Book Magazine May 1941
• * They Raced the Winds, (ar) Argosy November 1955

Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, (Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, Comte de) (1838-1889) (about) (chron.)
• * The Adventure of Tse-i-la, (ss)
• Short Stories January 1891; from The Epoch.; translated by A. C. Townsend
• * The Bandits, (ss)
• The Argosy (UK) June 1935
• * The Future Eve, (n.) Argosy Allstory Weekly Dec 18, Dec 25 1926, Jan 1, Jan 8, Jan 15, Jan 22 1927; translated from the French (L’Eve Future, 1886) by Florence Crewe-Jones.
• * In Search of Manhood, (ss)
• The Argosy (UK) May 1934; translated by Dorothy M. Richardson
• * A Torture by Hope, (ss) The Argosy (UK) September 1933; translated from the French (“La Torture par l’Espérance”, Nouveaux Contes Cruels, La Librairie Illustrée, 1888) by Reginald Merton.
• * A Torture by Hope, (ss) Short Stories July 1894; translated from the French (“La Torture par l’Espérance”, Nouveaux Contes Cruels, La Librairie Illustrée, 1888) by Mary J. Safford, M.D..
• * A Torture by Hope, (ss) The Strand Magazine June 1891
• The Golden Book Magazine #11, November 1925; translated from the French (“La Torture par l’Espérance”, Nouveaux Contes Cruels, La Librairie Illustrée, 1888) by M. P. Shiel.
• * Véra, (ss)
• The Argosy (UK) April 1935; translated by Phyllis Mégroz
_____, [ref.]
• * Villiers de l’Isle-Adam and the Parnassians, (bg) The Argosy (UK) May 1934

Villiers-Stuart, Gerald (1869-1951) (about) (chron.)
• * The Golden Deluge, (ss) The Grand Magazine October 1910
• The Cavalier September 21 1912
• * The Hoarded Memory, (nv) The Grand Magazine November 1911
• Ainslee’s February 1912
• * The Jester, (ss) The Grand Magazine May 1911
• Ainslee’s March 1912
• * The Little Palace in the Stars, (ss) The Grand Magazine October 1912
• Ainslee’s March 1913

Villon, François (1431-1463) (chron.)
• * Ballade, (pm)
• Argosy (UK) March 1953; translated by Barry Cork
• * Ballade, (pm)
• The Golden Book Magazine #102, June 1933; translated by John Payne
• * The Ballade of Dead Ladies, (pm)
• Ainslee’s November 1925; translated from the French (“Ballade des Dames du Temps Jadis”, Le Testament, 1461).
• * Ballad of Dead Ladies, (pm)
• The Famous Story Magazine May 1926; translated from the French (“Ballade des Dames du Temps Jadis”, Le Testament, 1461).
• The Famous Story Magazine (UK) September 1926
• * Ballad of Dead Ladies, (pm) Poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Roberts Brothers, 1870
• The Golden Book Magazine #22, October 1926; translated from the French (“Ballade des Dames du Temps Jadis”, Le Testament, 1461) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
• * Ballad of the Gibbet, (pm)
• The Blue Book Magazine July 1946; translated by Andrew Lang
• * Ballad of the Women of Paris, (pm)
• The Famous Story Magazine October 1926
• The Famous Story Magazine (UK) February 1927
• * Ballad of Things Known and Unknown, (pm)
• The Golden Book Magazine #1, January 1925
• * Ballad of Things Known and Unknown, (pm) The Golden Book Magazine #69, September 1930 (translated)
• * A Double Ballade of Good Counsel, (pm)
• The Blue Book Magazine September 1947; translated by Algernon Charles Swinburne
• * To Death, of His Lady, (pm) Poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Roberts Brothers, 1870
• The Golden Book Magazine #33, September 1927; translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Villreal, F. (fl. 1910s) (chron.)
• * [letter], (lt) All-Story Weekly August 3 1918

Vilmar, E. (chron.)
• * Victor’s Trick, (ss) Short Stories March 1900; translated from the German by C. B. Gilbert.

Vinal, Harold (1891-1965) (about) (chron.)
• * Aspiration, (pm) Munsey’s Magazine January 1920
• * Mistress of the Swan, (pm) Voices
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine February 1936
• * Old Ships, (pm) Everybody’s October 1924
• * On Hearing a Brahms Symphony, (pm) Better Verse
• Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine February 1938
• * Scarecrow, (pm) Munsey’s Magazine August 1926
• * A Twilight Vision, (pm) Munsey’s Magazine November 1919