ED LACY
"The Frozen Custard Caper" (Jan 1963)
"The Juicy Mango Caper" (Feb 1966) [Black Mask Dept]
"Break in the Routine" (June 1966)
"More Than One Way To Skin a Cat" (July 1968)

JOAN D. LADD
"Tiger in the Cellar" (Nov 1965) [Dept of 1st Stories]

ROBERT LADNER, JR.
"Choice of Evils" (June 1967) [Dept of 1st Stories]

R. A. LAFFERTY
"`Enfants Terribles'" (June 1971)

A. C. LAMPREY
"Gumshoe Glossary" (May 1965)
"Gumshoe Glossary: II" (Apr 1966)
"Gumshoe Glossary: III" (July 1968)

ALLEN LANG
"The Trail of the Catfish" (Jan 1962)
ALLEN KIM LANG
"Death in the Air" (Aug 1964)
"Murder in a Nudist Camp" (Apr 1966)

EDWIN LANHAM
"Asphodel" (May 1947)

RING LARDNER
"Stop Me - If You've Heard This One" (Jan 1963) (writ. 1929)

PAT WALLACE LATNER
"Trouble House" (Nov 1962) [Dept of 1st Stories]

BETHEL LAURENCE
"You Are Going to Die" (Aug 1956) (orig. title "The Call) (1951 reprint)

RICHARD LAYMON
"Desert Pickup" (Nov 1970) [Dept of 1st Stories]

STEPHEN LEACOCK
"An Irreducible Detective Story: Hanged by a Hair" (Oct 1951)

The League of Forgotten Men
#2 (Sept 1942): Ezra Stackpole Butterworth (see Hugh Pendexter)

The League of Forgotten Women
#1 (Nov 1943): Sophie Lang (see Frederick Irving Anderson)

JAMES LEASOR
"The Seventy-Sixth Face" (Sept 1967) (repr. from Vogue, 1965) (orig. title "Doctor Love Strikes Again") [Dr Jason Love]

JACK LEAVITT
"Two Women Too Many" (Feb 1969)
"Checkout Counter" (Oct 1970)

MAURICE LeBLANC
"The Lady with the Hatchet" (Mar 1943)
"A Gentleman" (May 1947)
"The Red Silk Scarf" (Dec 1951) (writ. 1913) [Arsene Lupin]

NORBERT LEDERER (see Lillian Day)

FRITZ LEIBER
"The Number of the Beast" (Jan 1966) (repr. from Galaxy?, 1958)

LEONARD L. LEONARD
"Wages of Innocence" (Mar 1947)

O. H. LESLIE
"Alibi on the Steve Allen Show" (May 1956)

ROY LESTER-POND
"Give a Man Rope" (Sept 1969) [Dept of 1st Stories]

MAURICE LEVEL
"The Maniac" (Jan 1949)
"The Confession" (Jan 1951)

FRED LEVON
"Help Me - If You Can" (Apr 1953) (orig. title "Turmoil") (repr. from Maclean's, 1948) [Dept of 1st Stories]

RICHARD O. LEWIS
"Falling Star" (May 1963)
"The Man Who Counted His Blessings" (July 1963)
"A Matter of Protection" (Jan 1964)
"The Importance of Sawing Wood" (July 1964)
"Killer At Large" (Dec 1964)
"Fire With Fire" (Feb 1965)
"Hoss Thief" (May 1965)
"Your Days Are Few" (Aug 1970)
"Showdown" (Feb 1971)

ROBERT LEWIS
"The Quigley Librarian" (July 1953) (repr. from Esquire, 1950)

SINCLAIR LEWIS
"The Post-Mortem Murder" (Mar 1951)
"The Ghost Patrol" (Apr 1953) (1917 reprint)
"The Willow Walk" (Mar 1961) (1918 reprint)

M. LINDSAY
"The Garnet Ring" (Nov 1944) (repr. from Ballou's "Dollar Monthly Magazine" May 1861 issue)

CLAYRE and MICHEL LIPMAN
"A Slice of Miss Wittles" (July 1961) (repr. from Malcom's?, 1954) (orig. title "The House in Judas Street")

ELEAZAR LIPSKY
"The Quality of Mercy" (Sept 1953)

LAEL J. LITTKE
"A Feline Felony" (Jan 1968)
"Mrs. Twiller Takes a Trip" (May 1970)
"The Bantam Phantom" (May 1971) (ghost story)

KENNETH LIVINGSTON
"The Missing Motive" (Jan 1949)

FRANCES and RICHARD LOCKRIDGE
"A Winter's Tale" (Feb 1961)
"The Accusing Smoke" (Aug 1961) (orig. title "Allergic to Murder"; 1959)
"Flair for Murder" (Oct 1965) [last story Frances, who died on 2-17-63, co-wrote]

JACK LONDON
"The Leopard Man's Story" (May 1943) (1903 reprint)
"A Piece of Life" (Mar 1954)
"The Mastery of Mystery" (June 1954) (repr. from Children of the Frost, 1902)
"King of the Lepers" (Aug 1956) (orig. title "Koolau the Leper") (repr. from book House of Pride and Other Stories, 1912)
"Lost Face" (Sept 1959) (1910 reprint)
"The Dead Do Not Come Back" (Feb 1961) (orig. title "The Eternity of Forms") (repr. from The Turtles of Tasman, 1916)
"The Dead Horse Trail" (June 1964) (orig. title "Which Make Men Remember") (repr. from The God of His Fathers and Other Stories, 1901)
"Just Meat" (Feb 1965) (1911 reprint)

CONWAY LONSTAR [see Norma Schier] "The Weapon from Nowhere" (Nov 1970)

LOUIS GREGORY LOW
"To the Last Detail" (Sept 1968) [Dept of 1st Stories]

CARY LUCAS
"Unknown Quantity" (Aug 1953) [Black Mask Dept]

MAGNUS LUDENS
"The Red Eggs" (Aug 1962) [Dept of 1st Stories]

FRITZI FRANZ LUMEN
“The Prayer Wheels” (June 1972) [Dept of 1st Stories]

EDGAR LUSTGARTEN
"Forbidden Fruit" (Jan 1963)

JOHN LUTZ
"Quid Pro Quo" (Aug 1967)
"The Insomniacs Club" (Sept 1968)
"The Real Shape of the Coast" (June 1971)

JACK LUZZATTO
"GAMES WITH NAMES: A Fun Quiz" (June 1965)

DANA LYON
"The Bitter Years" (Sept 1971)
“The Woman in the Stone House” (May 1972)

ROBIE MACAULEY
"The Barrington Quality" (Nov 1970)

LIBBY MacCALL
"Recipe for Murder" (Jan 1966) [Dept of 1st Stories]
"The PTA Mystery" (Oct 1966)

JOHN D. MacDONALD
"Triple Cross" (Apr 1954)
"Funny the Way Things Work Out" (Apr 1963)
"Never Quite Tough Enough" (Apr 1966) (orig. title "Fatal Accident") (1948 reprint) [Black Mask Dept]
"No Business for an Amateur" (Oct 1967) (orig. title "Dead to the World") (1947 reprint) [Black Mask Dept]
"Dead on Christmas Street" (Jan 1971) (1952 reprint)
"He Was Always a Nice Boy" (Mar 1971)

PHILIP MacDONALD
"The Wood-for-the-Trees" (June 1947) [Colonel Gethryn]
"Two Exploits of Harry the Hat" (Feb 1949)

(JOHN) ROSS MacDONALD (pseudonym)
"Wild Goose Chase" (July 1954)
"Murder Is a Public Matter" (Oct 1959) [Lew Archer]
"Bring the Killer to Justice" (Feb 1962) (copyright 1958) [Lew Archer]
"Midnight Blue" (July 1971) (copyright 1960) [Lew Archer]

WILLIAM MacHARG
"Broadway Murder" (Feb 1946)
"No Clues" (July 1946) (repr. from Collier's, 1940) [O'Malley]
"Lost Girl" (Jan 1948) (copyright 1940) [O'Malley]
"Manhattan Murder" (Aug 1965) (orig. title "The Fourth Girl") (1932 reprint) [O'Malley]
"East Side Homicide" (Apr 1966) (orig. title "The Checkered Suit") (1936 reprint) [O'Malley]
"Tell 'em at Headquarters" (Feb 1968) (orig. title "Soiled Diamonds") (1932 reprint) [O'Malley]
"Murder Makes It Worse" (Sept 1970) (1939 reprint) [O'Malley]

ARTHUR MACHEN
"The Cosy Room" (Mar 1949)

NEIL MacNEISH
"Lament for a Scholar" (June 1967)

LARRY MADDOCK
"The Death Wish" (Sept 1967)

FLOYD MAHANNAH
"Ask Maria" (June 1949) [Dept of 1st Stories]

TED MALONE
"The Case of the Ninety-Two Candles" (Feb 1947)

BARRY N. MALZBERG
"Beyond Sleep" (Nov 1970)
"Agony Column" (Dec 1971)
"Cornell" (Apr 1972) [in honor of Cornell Woolrich]

J. CADY MANDARINO
"Future Unlimited" (June 1970) [Dept of 1st Stories]

DON M. MANKIEWICZ
"Two Rolls, No Coffee" (Dec 1953) [Black Mask Dept]

DAVID X. MANNERS
"Killer's Keeper" (May 1949)

MARGARET MANNERS
"Squeakie's First Case" (May 1943)
"Squeakie's Second Case" (May 1945)
"Matter for a May Morning" (May 1946) [Squeakie]

WILLIAM MARCH
"The Bird House" (Feb 1954)

J. J. MARRIC (pen-name of John Creasey)
"Gideon's War" (May 1968) (orig. title "Crooks' Harvest"; 1962)
"Gideon and the Shoplifting Ring" (Nov 1969)
"Gideon and the Drunken Sailor" (Dec 1969)
"Gideon and the Teen-age Hooligans" (Mar 1970)
"Gideon and the Pickpockets" (Apr 1970)
"Gideon and the Young Toughs" (Aug 1970)
"Gideon and the Pigeon" (Feb 1971)
"Gideon and the Chestnut Vendor" (Feb 1972)
“Gideon and the Vintage Car Thefts” (May 1972)

NGAIO MARSH
"Death on the Air" (Jan 1948) (writ. late 1930s; her 1st detective short story)

ALFRED MARTINEZ
"Ace in the Hole" (May 1962) [Black Mask Dept]

OLGA MARX
"The Miracle on Fifth Avenue" (June 1963) [Dept of 1st Stories]
"Last Day in Paris" (May 1964) [her 2nd story]
"Something Rare and Beautiful" (Apr 1965)

A. E. W. MASON
"The Italian" (Apr 1949)

VAN WYCK MASON
"The Repeater" (Feb 1947)

HAROLD Q. MASUR
"Squealer's Reward" (June 1962)

BERKELY MATHER (pseudonym; British writer)
"Cri de Coeur" (Aug 1961) (copyright 1959)
"The Fish of My Uncle's Cat" (Nov 1961)
"Ma Tante Always Done Her Best" (Dec 1968) (copyright 1967)
"For Want of a Nail" (Apr 1969)
"Terror Ride" (Apr 1970)
"The Big Bite" (Dec 1970)
"The Rajah's Emeralds" (Apr 1971) (copyright 1960)
"Treasure Trove" (July 1971)
"No Questions Asked" (Apr 1972)

RICHARD MATHESON
"Needle in the Heart" (Oct 1969) (2pgs)
"Till Death Do Us Part" (Sept 1970) (2pgs)
“Leo Rising” (May 1972)

JOSEPH MATHEWSON
"A Stranger's Tale" (Mar 1967)

THEODORE MATHIESON
"Alexander the Great, Detective" (Sept 1959)
"Alexandre Dumas, Detective" (May 1961)
"Galileo, Detective" (Oct 1961)
“No Motive” (June 1972)

ROBIN MAUGHAM
“Follow the Sun” (Mar 1972)

W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
"Footprints in the Jungle" (Mar 1944) (repr. from book Ah King, 1927)
"The Dream" (Jan 1946)
"The Happy Couple" (Aug 1951)
"The Point of Honor" (Nov 1951)

GUY DE MAUPASSANT
Title Contest Story (Mar 1954) [winner announced in June issue, p. 15]
"Vendetta" (July 1964)

DAPHNE DU MAURIER
"The Old Man" (Feb 1953)

FLORENCE V. MAYBERRY
"The Motion Picture in Mrs. Leister's Mind" (Feb 1964)
"Out of the Dream Stumbling" (May 1964)
"A Lily in Chrissy's Hand" (July 1965)
"Bitter Vetch" (Mar 1968)
"Lost Soaring Dream" (Mar 1969)
"Not Lost Any More" (Sept 1969)
"Doll Baby" (Dec 1970)
"The Beauty in That House" (May 1971)
"The Lady of the Afghans" (Aug 1971)
"To Find a Millionaire" (Dec 1971)
"Screen Test" (Feb 1972)
"The Thing on the Beach" (July 1972)

ED McBAIN [also see Evan Hunter]
"Eighty Million Eyes" (May 1966) (1963 reprint) [87th Precinct]
"The Empty Hours" (May 1967) (copyright 1960 & 1962) [87th Precinct]
"Nightshade" (Aug 1970) [87th Precinct]

KENNETH J. McCAFFREY
"The Liberator" (Nov 1961) [Black Mask Dept]

HENRIETTE McCLELLAND
"The Perfect Secretary" (Nov 1961)
"The Finisher" (June 1962)

HELEN McCLOY
"Chinoiserie" (July 1946)
"Murder Is Everybody's Business" (Feb 1953)
"The Black Disk" (Apr 1961) (orig. title "The Nameless Clue"; 1941)
"The Shadows Outside" (June 1962) (orig. title "The Waiting Shadow"; 1952)
"Number Ten Q Street" (Sept 1963)
"Murder Ad Lib" (Nov 1964) [Dr. Basil Willing]
"Into Thin Air" (Feb 1965) [Dr. Basil Willing]
"Of Time and Murder" (July 1968) (orig. title "Better Off Dead"; 1949)
"The Pleasant Assassin" (Dec 1970) [Dr. Basil Willing]

JANE McCLURE
"Dark Interlude" (Sept 1952)

VINCENT McCONNOR
"Just Like Inspector Maigret" (Oct 1964) [George Drayton]
"The Honeymoon Murders" (Jan 1965) [George Drayton]
"Souffle Surprise" (Apr 1965)
"Old George and the Antiques Mystery" (Aug 1966) [George Drayton]
"Pauline or Denise?" (Nov 1966)
"The Man Who Collected Obits" (Feb 1967)

JOHNSTON McCULLEY
"Thubway Tham, Thvilian" (Mar 1944)

WILLIAM C. McDERMOTT
Translated Petrus Alphonsi's "Mr. Aid-for-the-Needy" (July 1961)

JAMES HOLT McGAVRAN
"Cat and Mouse" (Mar 1961)
"Horn of Plenty" (July 1961)

PAT McGERR
"Murder to the Twist" (Oct 1962)
"Justice Has a High Price" (Feb 1963)
"The Washington, D.C., Murders" (Sept 1963)
"Match Point in Berlin" (June 1968) [Selena Mead]
"This One's a Beauty" (Nov 1971)
“The Last Check” (Mar 1972)

WILLIAM P. McGIVERN
"Ordeal in Darkness" (Dec 1961)
"The Last Word" (Feb 1963) (orig. title "The Sound of Thunder"; 1952)

CHARLES McINTOSH
"Elementary, My Dear Job Seeker" (Nov 1965)

WILLINE McKEE
"Unnatural Evidence" (Jan 1970) [Dept of 1st Stories]

RUSSELL McLAUCHLIN
"Teatime in Baker Street" (Feb 1972) (repr. from The Baker Street Journal, c. 1950) [Sherlockiana]

JOHN F. McLAUGHLIN
"The Killing of Phil" (July 1961) [Dept of 1st Stories]

ROBERT McNEAR
"The Salad Maker" (Jan 1967)
"Philo's Gestation" (Nov 1968)
"The Green Gorevan" (Dec 1969)
"Detection Without Tears" (Apr 1970)
"Anatomy of Body Disposal" (Sept 1970)
"Death's Door" (May 1971) (repr. from Playboy, 1969)

H. C. McNEILE
"Thirteen Lead Soldiers" (Mar 1943)

LAUREL ANNE McVICKER [Mrs. Ned S. Goss]
"Acrostecs" (July 1969) [Dept of 1st Stories; 2pg. verse]

PATRICK MEADOWS
"Murder in a Locked Box" (Aug 1969)

RUTH MELCHER
"The Eye of Jehovah" (Oct 1961) [Dept of 1st Stories]

SHERWOOD BRADFORD MENKES
"The Waiting Room" (July 1964) (writ. 1948) [Dept of 1st Stories]

KENNETH MILLAR
"Find the Woman" (June 1946)

MARGARET MILLAR
"The Couple Next Door" (July 1954)
"The People Across the Canyon" (Oct 1962)

ARTHUR MILLER
"It Takes a Thief" (May 1953)

WADE MILLER
"A Bad Time of Day" (Sept 1956)

ROBERT P. MILLS
"Detective Directory" [boxed excerpts of book reviews] (June 1951; Dec 1951; Aug 1952; Jan 1953; Apr 1953; July 1953; Aug 1953; Nov 1953; June 1954; May 1956; Aug 1956)

THOMAS MILLSTEAD
"Crossing the Line" (Dec 1969)
"Meter Maid Meets Murder" (June 1970)

A. A. MILNE (creator of Winnie-the-Pooh)
"It Could Have Happened That Way" (May 1951)
"Murder at Eleven" (Mar 1954)
"Once a Murderer..." (Nov 1963) (1946 reprint; orig. title "The Wine Glass")

HARRY MINER
"Corpus Delicti" (Nov 1951)

Miniature Dime Novel (see Frank Tousey)

MR. X
"THE WILL-O'-THE-WISP MYSTERY; Part One: The Pawn" (Apr 1971)
"THE WILL-O'-THE-WISP MYSTERY; Part Two: The Rook" (May 1971)
"THE WILL-O'-THE-WISP MYSTERY; Part Three: The Knight" (June 1971)
"THE WILL-O'-THE-WISP MYSTERY; Part Four: The Bishop" (July 1971)
"THE WILL-O'-THE-WISP MYSTERY; Part Five: The Queen" (Aug 1971)
"THE WILL-O'-THE-WISP MYSTERY; Part Six: The King" (Sept 1971)

S. WEIR MITCHELL
"The Waters of Oblivion" (Jan 1944) (repr. from Little Stories)

CLEVELAND MOFFETT
"The Mysterious Card" (Nov 1963)

JACK MOFFITT
"The Necklace" (Feb 1946)

N. CASHATT MONSARRAT
"The Man with the Attache Case" (May 1964) [Dept of 1st Stories]

KYLE MONTGOMERY
"There Is No Dreaming" (Apr 1964) [Dept of 1st Stories]
"The Rules of the Game" (Nov 1964) (+ 2 drawings by author)

ARTHUR MOORE
"Dime Store Diamond" (Apr 1964) (aka "The 5-C's Caper"?)
"The Planting of Cousin Curly" (Aug 1964)
"The Great Glockenspiel Gimmick" (Oct 1965)
"The Hot Key Caper" (June 1966)

KENNETH MOORE
"Protection" (Jan 1967)

STELLA ANN MORAN [wife of William Patrick Moran, Jr.]
"No Place To Run" (Dec 1969) [Dept of 1st Stories]

WILLIAM PATRICK MORAN, JR. [husband of Stella Ann Moran]
"Skyjack" (Dec 1969) [Dept of 1st Stories]

ALBERTO MORAVIA
"Only the Death of a Man" (Oct 1967) (orig. title "The Secret"; 1959) (Translated by Helene Cantarella)

NIGEL MORLAND
"Flowers for an Angel" (Sept 1951)
"Introducing V. I. Pybus" (Dec 1963)

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
"The Mycroft Magic Square" (Mar 1943)
"A Scandal in Bohemia" (Jan 1944) (playlet script) [Sherlockiana]
"The Curious Case of Kenelm Digby" (July 1944) [Dove Dulcet] (repr. from book Tales From a Rolltop Desk, 1921)
"Codeine (7 Per Cent)" (Nov 1945) [Dove Dulcet, w/Sherlock Holmes' niece]
"The Consolable Widow" (May 1946)
"Dove Dulcet Hitches His Wagon - " (July 1947)
"Sky Writing" (Jan 1953) (copyright 1933) [Dove Dulcet]

McGARRY MORLEY
"Testimony of a Witness" (Mar 1971) [Dept of 1st Stories]
"Will Somebody Kindly Tell Me?" (Sept 1971) [Dept of 2nd Stories]

ARTHUR MORRISON
"The Flitterbat Lancers" (Apr 1954)

SONORA MORROW
"The Right Way and the Wrong" (Oct 1965) [Dept of 1st Stories]

JOHN D. MORSE
"Middle-Aged Fan's Lament" (Jan 1972) (short Detectiverse)
“Dear Ngaio Marsh” (May 1972) (Detectiverse)

HENRY MYERS
"Nothing So Hard As a Diamond" (May 1953)
"The Pale Sergeant" (Apr 1954)

THOMAS NARCEJAC
"The Police Are on the Stairs" (Feb 1951)
"The Red Orchid" (Jan 1961) (Translated by Lawrence G. Blochman) [Nero Wolfe pastiche]
"The Oliveira Affair" (Apr 1961) (Translated by Blochman) [Arsene Lupin]

OGDEN NASH
"They Don't Read De Quincey in Philly or Cincy" (May 1966) (repr. from Harper's Magazine, 1965)

DANIEL NATHAN
"The Adventures of Danny: The Boy and the Money Box" (Aug 1956) (early version in his book The Golden Summer, 1953; new introduction by J. Yaffe)

ROBERT NATHAN
"A Death in the Stadium" (Mar 1946) (repr. from Scribner's Magazine, 1927)

H. C. NEAL
"A Matter of Expert Opinion" (Dec 1961) [Dept of 1st Stories]
"The Pegasus Pilfer" (Nov 1962)

FREDERICK NEBEL
"Dead Date" (Apr 1946) (orig. title "Shake-Up") (repr. from Black Mask, 1932)
"Killer at Large" (Sept 1961)
"Needle in a Haystack" (Aug 1962)

EMILY NEFF
"The Love Sportsman" (May 1961)

EDITH NESBIT
"No. 17" (Aug 1951)

FRANCIS M. NEVINS, JR.
“Open Letter to Survivors” (May 1972)

A New York Detective (see Frank Tousey)

NEWTON NEWKIRK
"Origin of the Detective Business" (Oct 1951)

HELEN NIELSEN
"Cop's Day Off" (Aug 1961)
"The Hopeless Case" (June 1962)
"Death Scene" (May 1963)
"Witness for the Defense" (Sept 1963)
"The Breaking Point" (Aug 1965)
"The Chicken Feed Mine" (Dec 1966)
"No Legal Evidence" (Mar 1969)
"The Perfect Servant" (Nov 1971)

LARRY NIVEN
"The Deadlier Weapon" (June 1968)

CHARLES NORMAN
"The Final Touch" (Apr 1962)
"Simple Justice" (Mar 1965)

CHARLES G. NORRIS
"Mr. Briggs Was Right" (Mar 1946) (repr. from Collier's Magazine, 1926)

MARGARET NORRIS
"A Case of Identities" (Apr 1966) [Sherlockiana]

HENRY NORTON
"How Jacques Spent His Wedding Night" (Sept 1952)

STEPHEN R. NOVAK
"Never Overlook an Angle" (May 1966) [Dept of 1st Stories]