SMB Noir

April 1922 issue

cover art by William Grotz

~ John Baer, “The Campaign for Vengeance”, ‘A Complete mystery novelette’, 16^th of 24 stories in BM

~ George Briggs, “The Too-Easy Alibi”, 1^st of 2 BM stories

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “A Track-and-a-Half”, 12^th of 14 stories in BM

~ J.S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher, “Exterior to the Evidence”, 1^st of 5 parts, ‘serial re-run of novel 1^st pub in London (1920) with same title’, 1^st of 6 appearances in BM

~ J.B. Hawley, “The Extra Dozen Eggs”, author’s last of 12 stories in BM

~ George B. Jenkins, Jr., “Appearances Are Deceiving”, 1^st of 5 stories in BM

~ Murray Leinster (pseud. of Will F. Jenkins), “Pink Ears”, and 2^nd of 7 stories under this name

~ Pettersen Marzoni, “The Light That Lies”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ R.T.M. Scott (Reginald Thomas Maitland), “The Trap”, ‘Secret Service Smith’, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

~ J.J. Stagg, “The Finger of Guilt”, 6th of 11 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Brand of Cain”, 1st of 3 stories in this issue (see Ward), 12th of 16 stories under this name in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “Hankenson’s Perfect Crime”, 2nd of 3 stories in this issue (see Ward), 13th of 16 stories under this name in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Man Who Was Two”, 3^rd story in this issue, 23rd of 29 stories under this name in BM [35^th, 36^th and 37th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

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