MAGAZINES IN ENGLISH

Peter Cheyney wrote numerous pieces for many publications, including regular articles for Tit-Bits and short stories published in magazines and newspapers the world over. His first stories were published in the London Evening Standard and led directly to his first published novel (see Life Chapter 3). A sample of the specific publications are detailed here.

Many of the images and details from Tilley’s Vintage Magazines (see links)
• The Creasey Mystery Magazine
Dalrow Publishing Company, ed. Leslie Syddall
• vol 1, no.2, Sept 1956
The Humour of Huang Chen
(You Can’t Hit a Woman and Other Stories, Collins, 1937)

• vol 1, no.3, Oct 1956
The Rope
(MacKill’s Mystery Magazine, Dec 1952)

• vol 1, no.4, Dec 1956
Sleeping Car
(Information Received and Other Stories, Bantam Books, 1948, originally as The Sleeping Car)

• vol 1, no.6, Feb 1957
A Matter of Habit
(MacKill’s Mystery Magazine, Aug 1954)

• vol 1, no.9, May 1957
Philosopher
(MacKill's Mystery Magazine, Apr 1953, originally as The Philosopher)

• MacKill’s Mystery Magazine
Bread Upon the Waters
May 1953

Sleeping Car
v4 #2 1954

The Rope
Dec 1952

The Philosopher
Mar, Apr 1953

The Gangster
Jun 1953
• The Thriller Library Magazine
G-Men at the Yard
1937: Jun 26 (no.438)

Dames Don’t Care
1937: Jul 31 (no.443), Aug 7 (no.444), Aug 14 (no.445), Aug 21 (no.446), Aug 28 (no.447), Sept 4 (no.448), Sept 11 (no.449), Sept 18 (no.450)

• The Saint Detective Magazine
Love Can Be Deadly
Mar 1955

• John Bull
Esteban
23 July 1949
Account Overdue
24 September 1949
• Tit-Bits

Tit-Bits was a British weekly magazine founded by George Newnes on 22 October 1881, published until 18 July 1984, when it was taken over by Associated Newspaper’s Weekend, which closed in 1989.

With the emphasis on human interest stories concentrating on drama and sensation, it also featured short stories and full length fiction, including works by Rider Haggard, Isaac Asimov and, in 1900, the first humorous article by P. G. Wodehouse, Men Who Missed Their Own Weddings. Tit-Bit’s weekly circulation peaked in 1955 at 1,150,000.



Many issues of Tit-Bits featured writing by Peter Cheyney, including:

CHRISTMAS EXTRA 1932
EASY MONEY

OCT 27 1934
QUEEN OF THE DOPE RACKET

FEB 23 1935
IT HAPPENED AFTER MIDNIGHT - No.1:
A TAXI-DRIVER’S QUEER STORY TOLD TO PETER CHEYNEY

MARCH 16 1935
IT HAPPENED AFTER MIDNIGHT -
THE HALL-PORTER’S STORY TOLD TO PETER CHEYNEY

MARCH 23 1935
IT HAPPENED AFTER MIDNIGHT -
THE PROGRAMME-GIRL’S STORY TOLD TO PETER CHEYNEY

MARCH 30 1935
IT HAPPENED AFTER MIDNIGHT -
THE NURSE’S STORY TOLD TO PETER CHEYNEY



• Illustrated Magazine

APRIL 29 1939
ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE
ILLUSTRATED BY SINCLAIR CALOW.

APRIL 8 1939
ALONZO MACTAVISH DOES IT AGAIN - HE WALKED IN HER SLEEP

SEP 14 1940
ACCOUNT RENDERED

JUNE 23 1945
THE LADY IN TEARS

AUG 14 1943
DOUBLE ALIBI

NOV 7 1942
THEY KIDNAPPED CECILIA

DEC 19 1942
A SPOT OF MURDER

SEP 26 1942
ACE HIGH

JAN 23 1943
IN THE HALL

DEC 7 1940
CALLAGHAN'S SHOT IN THE DARK

FEB 3 1945
THE TELEPHONE TALKS

MARCH 7 1942
IT COMES OFF SOMETIMES


• Topical Times

SEPTEMBER 24 1938
THE KIDNAPPERS’ HIDE-OUT

AUGUST 27 1938
THE GUNMEN’S DINNER PARTY - SERIAL STORY
• Pictured below are six Peter Cheyney stories in the Star Weekly Complete Novel series, published as tabloid pull-outs by The Toronto Star, in the late 1940s and early 50s in Canada.