May 1945 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

May 1945 issue

cover art by Gloria Stoll

better image than previously posted

~ W.T. Ballard, “Dressed to Kill”, ‘Sleepy Payne, gambler, 1st-person narrator’, last of 43 stories in BM

~ Merle Constiner, “The Witch of Birdfoot Ranch”, ‘Sheriff Britten; hill-country setting’, 9th of 12 stories in BM

~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “The Creeps”, ‘William Payne, clumsy oaf; in a town that has ‘the creeps’, 3rd of 8 stories in BM

~ Julius Long, “Carnie Kill”, 5th of 17 stories with ‘Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1st -person narrator’, 10th of 23 stories in BM

~ James R. McKenna, “Caliente”, ‘short-short; horse racing; 1st person narrator‘, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ H.H. Stinson, “A Noose for Little Nemo”, ‘Sergeant Joe Terry, home on leave’, 20th of 27 stories in BM

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March 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1943 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

~ George Harmon Coxe, “Blood on the Lens”, part 3 of 3 of Murder for Two (novel published 1943), last of 27 stories with Flashgun Casey, last of 31 stories in BM

~ C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Conspiracy in Sunlight”, ‘Military Intelligence; set in WWII England’, 13th of 20 stories in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “The Incredible Mister Smith”, 72nd of 73 Ed Jenkins in Chinatown with Soo Hoo Duck, Ngat T’oy, 98th of 99 stories in BM

~ Philip Ketchum, “Coffin Number Three”, ‘death of an Army officer; WWII’, 2nd of 3 stories in BM

~ Henry Norton, “Slay, Fiddle, Slay”, ‘Steve Wiacheck, Polish-American worker’, 3rd of 6 stories in BM

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