The FictionMags Index

Chronological List

KESSLER, KARL W. (stories) (continued)

• More About Mary (??) Snappy Stories Sep #2 1918

KESSLER, KEN (stories)

• The Vanishing Gun (ss) Ten Detective Aces Nov 1942
• The Crimson Thread (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Feb 1946
• Make Way for a Lifer (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jul 1946
• The Worm in the Root (ss) Dime Mystery Magazine Sep 1946
• Prescription for Death (ss) Mammoth Mystery Oct 1946

KESSLER, LUCY LEONARD (stories)

• letter (lt) Weird Tales Dec 1934

KESSLER, LYLE (1940- ) (stories)

• Liked Full Moon (lt) Famous Fantastic Mysteries Jun 1953

KESSLER, MAX (stories)

• Those Black Gold Prarie Pirates (na) .44 Western Magazine Sep 1947

KESSLER, RUTH (stories)

• Dumb Bunny (ss) Ideal Love (UK) 1942

KESTER, RAY (stories)

• Generosity (pm) Telling Tales Sep #1 1924

KESTER, VAUGHAN (1869-1911) (stories)

• The Bad Man of Las Vegas (vi) Munsey’s Jan 1900

KESTERSON, DAVID B. (stories)

• The “Closed Portal[s] of Happiness” in Washington Square (ar) South Carolina Review Fll 1994, Fll 1995

KESTING, THEODORE (stories)

• Horse of a Different Color (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 28 1944

KETCHAM, LARRY (stories)

• letter (lt) Startling Stories Aug 1952

KETCHAM, PHILIP (stories)

• The Clay Pigeon (ss) Short Stories Sep 1950; The fish will be biting tomorrow. Any fisherman can tell you that. Tomorrow the fish will always be biting—if you’ve used the right bait.

KETCHUM, ARTHUR (stories)

• The Sisters (pm) Munsey’s Nov 1899
• Lad’s Love (pm) Cosmopolitan Jan 1900
• The End of the Quest (pm) Munsey’s Jul 1900
• In the Night (pm) The Smart Set Jul 1900
• Wise Folly (pm) National Magazine Jul 1900
• The Pines (pm) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Sep 1900
• The Silent Garden (pm) Munsey’s Oct 1900
• Barbara (pm) The Smart Set Apr 1901
• The Song of the Bugles (pm) Ainslee’s Jun 1902
• “In Such a Night” (pm) The Smart Set Feb 1903
• After a Playing of Grieg (pm) The Smart Set Mar 1903
• The Country of Heart’s Desire (pm) The Smart Set Apr 1903
• Anniversary (pm) The Windsor Magazine Jun 1905
• The Tidings (pm) The Windsor Magazine Apr 1906
• Holiday (pm) The Smart Set Jan 1915
• Candle-Lighting Song (pm) Grit Jan 11 1931

KETCHUM, JACK; pseudonym of Dallas William Mayr, (1946- ) (stories)

• Dust of the Heavens (ss) Brutarian #20 1996
• “An Interview with Jack Ketchum” by Michael D. Noble (iv) Dark Discoveries Sum 2004

KETCHUM, LESTER (stories)

• Under the Whist Table (ss) The Wave Dec 22 1894
• A Wanderer’s Christmas (ss) The Wave Dec 22 1894

KETCHUM, MARTY (stories)

• Letter (lt) Magazine of Horror Jul 1968

KETCHUM, PHILIP (L.) (1902-1969); see pseudonyms Carl McK. Saunders & Mack Saunders (stories)

• Double Reward (ss) Quick Trigger Western Nov 1929
• The Saga of Sandy Dowd (ss) Western Outlaws Feb 1930
• Red Reckoning (ss) Clues Jun 1934
• The Devil’s Agent (ss) Cowboy Stories Jul 1934
• Old Man Hardesty (ss) Top-Notch Dec 1934
• I.O.U. $25.00 (nv) Top-Notch Feb 1935
• The Bribe (ss) Top-Notch Mar 1935
• Wanted - A Past (nv) Top-Notch Apr 1935
• Two for the Book (nv) Top-Notch May 1936
• A Man’s Job (ss) Top-Notch Nov 1936
• Death Is the Dealer (ss) Clues Detective Stories Jan 1937
• Private War (ss) Clues Detective Stories Mar 1937
• Blood-Mounted Star (ss) Western Aces Apr 1937
• Two Through the Heart (ss) Cowboy Stories May 1937
• Death Sets the Stage (ss) Clues Detective Stories Jun 1937
• Rangers Don’t Relent (nv) Western Aces Jun 1937
• Corpse Maker (ss) Detective Short Stories Aug 1937
• Man Size (ss) Cowboy Stories Aug/Sep 1937
• Man-Size (ss) Cowboy Stories Aug/Sep 1937; The Mexican kid from the river bottoms wanted to do a real man’s job.
• The Rails Move West (nv) Top-Notch Sep/Oct 1937
• Main Line West (nv) Argosy Nov 6 1937
• On to Oregon (nv) All-American Fiction Nov 1937
• Ribbon of Steel (nv) Argosy Dec 25 1937
• Show or Die—Prairie Rats! (ss) 1937
• A Kerry Comes Home (ss) Argosy Feb 12 1938
• Trigger Trio (nv) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Feb 12 1938
• Galleons for Panama (nv) Argosy Feb 19 1938
• Gunman’s Bargain (ss) Thrilling Adventures Feb 1938
• Quick-trigger Tenderfoot (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Mar 5 1938
• Powder Smoke Justice (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Mar 12 1938
• Guns Across the Range (nv) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Mar 19 1938
• Guns for Kansas (ss) All-American Fiction Mar/Apr 1938
• Not By Gun-Play (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Apr 16 1938
• A Rose for Mad Anthony (nv) Argosy Apr 16 1938
• Gun Law Justice (nv) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Apr 30 1938
• Prodigal’s Powdersmoke Redemption (nv) Complete Western Book Magazine Apr 1938
• Deputy for a Day (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 7 1938
• Dead Men Don’t Pay Off (nv) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 21 1938
• Trial by Lead (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 28 1938
• Four Aces—All Spades (ss) All-American Fiction May/Jun 1938
• When It Snowed in Hell (ss) Dime Western Magazine Jun 1938
• Dry Ranges Make Gunman (nv) Star Western Jul 1938
• Pattern for Murder (ss) Detective Short Stories Jul 1938
• Make Way for the Longhorns (nv) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Aug 13 1938
• Colony of the Doomed (nv) Argosy Sep 10 1938
• Quick Grave Boom-Camp (nv) 10 Story Western Magazine Sep 1938
• Six-Gun Rendezvous (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Dec 31 1938
• Between Life and Massacre (ss) 1938
• The Axe Bites Deep (nv) Argosy Feb 25 1939
• Vandal (nv) Argosy Mar 18 1939
• Murder from A to Z (ss) Double Detective Mar 1939
• The Town in Hell’s Backyard (nv) 10 Story Western Magazine Mar 1939 [Jeff Bannister]
• A Sword for Leif the Lucky (nv) Argosy Apr 15 1939
• A Whisper from Alcatraz (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 15 1939
• Paths of Conquest (nv) Argosy May 13 1939
• Stooge for Murder (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly May 20 1939
• West of Water (ss) Argosy Jun 3 1939
• Delay at Antioch (nv) Argosy Jun 10 1939
• Scourge of the Severn (nv) Argosy Jul 8 1939
• Tribute to None (nv) Argosy Jul 29 1939
• The Valiant Arm (nv) Argosy Aug 19 1939
• The Knife (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 2 1939
• Storm Over Claybank (ss) Argosy Sep 16 1939
• “England, Farewell” (ss) Argosy Oct 14 1939
• Forever England (nv) Argosy Dec 23 1939
• Assignment from the Grave (ss) Detective Tales Apr 1940
• Portrait of Death (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 1 1940
• Wolf of the North (nv) Argosy Jul 20 1940
• Glory Trail (ss) Thrilling Adventures Jul 1940
• Traitor’s Arrow (nv) Argosy Aug 10 1940
• The Flag (vi) Liberty Aug 31 1940
• Death Lights a Fuse (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 7 1940
• Gunman on Borrowed Time (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Nov 1940
• Where Vengeance Rides (nv) Five-Novels Monthly Nov 1940
• Debutante on the Spot (nv) Ten Detective Aces Dec 1940
• Prison Champion for a Lost Range (na) Star Western Dec 1940; “Lou Bannerman, fugitive and disgraced lawman, knew that his last chance for life had gone --- when he heard that he had kidnapped the girl he loved, and pumped a hot lead slug in the back of the one man who had trusted him...”
• The Yampa Gun-Ghost (nv) 10 Story Western Magazine Dec 1940
• Don’t Spare the Corpses (nv) Ten Detective Aces Jan 1941
• Sing a Song of Sixguns (nv) 10 Story Western Magazine Jan 1941
• They Left Their Dead Behind Them (nv) Dime Western Magazine Jan 1941
• Valley of Vengeance (nv) Five-Novels Monthly Jan 1941
• Three Took the Trail (nv) Five-Novels Monthly Mar 1941
• Powdersmoke Heritage (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Apr 1941
• War on Christmas Creek (nv) All Western Magazine May 1941
• Ghost of the Rimrocks (nv) Wild West Weekly Jul 12 1941
• Man-Sized Button (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Jul 19 1941
• Caravan to Hell (nv) Five-Novels Monthly Jul 1941
• Get Your Gun (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Aug 16 1941
• Water for Mesa (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Sep 20 1941
• Trouble-Buster Bill (nv) Five-Novels Monthly Sep 1941
• Counterfeit Hero (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Dec 1941
• Eddie Makes a Delivery (ss) 10 Story Western (Canada) Dec 1941
• Wolf of the Toltecs (na) Street & Smith’s Western Story Jan 3 1942
• Bait for a Killer (ss) Flynn’s Detective Fiction Jan 24 1942
• A Rope, a Gun, or a Windmill (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Feb 28 1942
• Six-Gun Stop-Over (ss) Western Tales Feb 1942
• Make Way for the Woollies (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Mar 28 1942
• A Noose for a Bandit (ss) All Western Magazine Mar 1942
• Doc Dan’s Sixgun Operation (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Jun 1942
• Justice in Gunsmoke (nv) Five-Novels Monthly Jun 1942
• Stampede on Spanish Valley (ss) All Western Magazine Jun 1942
• Hot Lead for Bait (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Jul 25 1942
• The Devil Builds a Fence (nv) Five-Novels Monthly Aug 1942
• The Man from Nowhere (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Oct 31 1942
• Murder Takes Priority (na) 5-Detective Mysteries Oct/Nov 1942
• The Blind Spot (na) 5-Detective Mysteries Dec 1942-Jan 1943
• The Corpse Laughs Last (ss) Ten Detective Aces Dec 1942
• The Law of the Gun (ss) Fifteen Western Tales Dec 1942
• Trail to Yesterday (nv) Short Stories Jan 10 1943
• Homesteader for Hire (nv) Five-Novels Monthly Jan 1943
• Tarnished Shield (ss) Detective Tales Jan 1943
• The Iron Road (nv) Short Stories Feb 10 1943
• Battle Song (nv) Fifteen Western Tales Mar 1943
• Coffin #3 (nv) Black Mask Mar 1943
• Now That I Am Dead (na) 10 Story Mystery Magazine Apr 1943
• String Out—For Hell! (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Apr 1943
• Death Comes Smiling (nv) Short Stories May 25 1943
• The Rio Kid’s Last Ride (nv) Fifteen Western Tales Jul 1943
• The Hearse Was Late (na) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Aug 1943
• An Outcast Rides the Boothill Watch (nv) Star Western Aug 1943
• The Long Road (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Nov 1943
• War Song of the Highlands (nv) Argosy Nov 1943
• There Are More to Die (na) Short Stories Mar 10 1944
• The Long Shadow (nv) Short Stories Jul 10 1944
• I’ll Be Killing You (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jul 1944
• Captain Long Knife (nv) Action Stories Fll 1944; “First of a Great New Series.” [John Morgan]
• The Quick and the Dead (ss) Fifteen Western Tales Nov 1944
• Squatters’ Rights Are Gun-Rights (na) Star Western Nov 1944
• The Third Ladder (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Nov 1944
• The Saga of Jingo Carter (ss) Short Stories Mar 10 1945
• A Grave for El Diablo (nv) Fifteen Western Tales Jul 1945
• Hang a Polecat High (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Jul 1945
• Man Law at Red Cliff (nv) 10 Story Western Magazine Nov 1945 [Steve Baker]
• Five Years to Die (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Jan 1946
• To Hell with the Carpet-Bag Brigade! (na) New Western Magazine Feb 1946
• No Badge for a Gun-Hawk (ss) Street & Smith’s Western Story Mar 1946
• Owlhoot Man (na) Action Stories Spr 1946
• Greenhorn Strategist (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Apr 1946
• Born for Boot-Hill (nv) Action Stories Sum 1946
• The Man from Outside (nv) Leading Western Jun 1946
• Boothill Payoff (ss) Fifteen Western Tales Sep 1946
• The Doc Prescribes Death (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Oct 1946
• The Long Game (ss) Fifteen Western Tales Oct 1946
• Come and Get It, Nester! (nv) 10 Story Western Magazine Nov 1946
• Come Home to the Hangnoose! (ss) Star Western Dec 1946
• Better Fog, Cowboy! (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Jan 1947
• Satan Take the Odds! (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Feb 1947
• The Blank Wall (nv) Short Stories Mar 25 1947
• Wild Guns Calling (ss) Fifteen Western Tales Mar 1947
• Stage Line West (ss) Ranch Romances Apr #3 1947
• Pablo’s Well (ss) Short Stories Apr 10 1947
• Last Ride of the Boothill Troopers (na) Ace-High Western Stories Apr 1947
• Owlhoot Deputy (ss) Fifteen Western Tales Apr 1947
• Fool’s Law for Devil’s Fork (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine May 1947
• Fighting Clan’s Yellow Blood (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Jun 1947
• Nester, Walk Soft - or Die! (ss) Big-Book Western Magazine Jun 1947
• The Pointing Fingers (nv) Short Stories Jul 25 1947
• The Call of the Badlands (ss) Fifteen Western Tales Jul 1947
• Remember Bloody Thursday! (ss) Star Western Jul 1947
• Death Names the Long 7 Heir (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Aug 1947
• House of Homicide (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1947
• One-Thousand Rifles for the Damned (nv) Star Western Aug 1947
• Death for the Outcast Riders (na) 10 Story Western Magazine Sep 1947 [Chet Hannigan]
• Salute to the Past (ss) .44 Western Magazine Sep 1947
• The Grey Stallion (ss) Short Stories Oct 25 1947
• Boothill Can Wait! (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Nov 1947
• Strangers Die Sudden! (na) Fifteen Western Tales Nov 1947
• The Hand-Gun Hurricane (na) .44 Western Magazine Mar 1948
• Boomtown Gets a Gun Ghost (nv) 10 Story Western Magazine May 1948
• A Man Can Die Free! (ss) .44 Western Magazine Sep 1948
• Give Us a Man to Kill! (ss) .44 Western Magazine Oct 1948
• No-Gun Killer (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine Oct 1948
• While Bullets Wait (ss) Fifteen Western Tales Nov 1948
• The Indian (ss) Blue Book Feb 1949
• One Bullet—on the House (ss) Fifteen Western Tales Feb 1949
• The Edge of Dawn (ss) Short Stories Mar 10 1949
• Edged in Red (ss) Short Stories Apr 1949
• Bullet Foolish (ss) Fifteen Western Tales May 1949
• The Calloway Clan Dies Tonight! (ss) 10 Story Western Magazine May 1949
• Murder’s Problem (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jun 1949; This arithmetic teacher runs into trouble when he tries to add up a homicide score.
• Pattern for Peace (ss) Triple Western Jun 1949
• The Ragged Edge (ss) Short Stories Jul 1949
• Deadline (ss) Zane Grey’s Western Magazine Aug 1949
• Three Blind Rats (ss) All-Story Detective Aug 1949
• Gold Pastures (ss) Ranch Romances Sep #2 1949
• Meat for the Man-Hunter (ss) Ace-High Western Stories Sep 1949
• Woman in a Hurry (ss) Short Stories Sep 1949
• The Courting of Molly (ss) Ranch Romances Oct #2 1949
• The Man from Cold Stony (ss) Big-Book Western Magazine Oct 1949
• The Long View (ss) Ranch Romances Nov #1 1949
• Abilene Gun-Date (ss) .44 Western Magazine Dec 1949
• Death Rides West (ss) All-Story Western Jan 1950