SMB Noir

February 1921 issue

cover art by William Grotz?

better image than previously posted

features image of cover from June 1920 issue – which was by Grotz

~ John Baer, “An Omen of Ill-Luck”, 2^nd of 24 stories in BM

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “The Lizard”, 1^st of 14 stories in BM

~ Harold De Polo, “There’s Always Something Lacking”, 1^st of 6 stories in BM

~ Alexis Dolman, “An Admirable Man”, ‘short-short’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Carl Glick, “The Shot in the Dark”, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

~ H.W. Haward, “Who Challoner?”, ‘the name may be Harward; in any case, possibly a pseud. of Harold Ward’, only appearance by this name in BM

~ Harry C. Hervey, Jr., “Can This Thing Be?”, 6th of 8 appearances in BM

~ Chauncey C. Hotchkiss, “ The Wrong Box”, author’s only story in BM

~ J.C. Kofoed, “Fear”, 7^th of 9 stories in BM

~ J.J. Stagg, “The Mystery of the Stains”, author’s debut and 1^st of 11 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Letter in Pedro’s Skull”, 1st of 2 stories in this issue (see Ward), 5th of stories under this name in BM

~ Arthur Tuckerman, “Cross-Channel”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Trego Circus Mystery”, 2^nd story in this issue, 11th of 29 stories under this name in BM [15^th and 16th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

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