; ▁he ▁also ▁wrote ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁non f iction ▁articles ▁and ▁sold ▁hundreds ▁of ▁them ▁to ▁newsp apers ▁and ▁mag az ines . ▁Between ▁November ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁and ▁February ▁ 1 9 1 7 , ▁twenty ▁short ▁stories ▁by ▁V ick ers ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Nov el ▁Magazine . ▁About ▁this ▁time ▁he ▁published ▁his ▁first ▁book , ▁a ▁bi ography ▁of ▁Field ▁Marsh al ▁Frederick , ▁Earl ▁Roberts . ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁The ▁Rub ber ▁Trump et , ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁thirty - e ight ▁stories ▁featuring ▁the ▁fict it ious ▁Department ▁of ▁Dead ▁End s , ▁appeared ▁in ▁Pear son ' s ▁Magazine . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁he ▁edited ▁the ▁Crime ▁Writ ers ' ▁Association ' s ▁anth ology ▁of ▁short ▁stories ▁Some ▁Like ▁Th em ▁Dead . ▁The ▁Manchester ▁Even ing ▁News ▁called ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁collections , ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁half - do zen ▁successful ▁books ▁of ▁detect ive ▁short ▁stories ▁published ▁since ▁the ▁days ▁of ▁Sher lock ▁Hol mes ." ▁▁ ▁V ick ers ' s ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁adapted ▁for ▁film ▁and ▁TV , ▁including ▁Girl ▁in ▁the ▁News ▁( 1 9 4 0 ), ▁Vi ol ent ▁M oment ▁( 1 9 5 9 ) ▁and ▁three ▁episodes ▁of ▁Alfred ▁H itch cock ▁Pres ents ▁( Se ason ▁ 3 : ▁ 1 9 5 7 – 5 8 ). ▁ ▁Non - F iction ▁as ▁Roy ▁V ick ers ▁