Day: January 24, 2025

October 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

“A Sleight Case of Murder” (Jeffrey Wren) by G.T. Fleming-Roberts

“Thanks for the Lovely Funeral” (Bill Brent) by Frederick C. Davis

“A Corpse Grows in Brooklyn” (Insp. Allhoff) by D.L. Champion

“Pool of Death” by Henry Norton

“Pass the Bullets, Miranda” by Ken Lewis

“Typical Killer” by Julius Long

The Moving Target x 3

March 1950 Pocket paperback, first printing

cover painting by Harvey Kidder

first in the long-running and deservedly respected Lew Archer series by Kenneth Millar, aka Ross Macdonald. After using his father’s name as the pen name for this novel, he was forced by John D. MacDonald to alter it for future novels, and Ross Macdonald was born.

1959, third printing

cover art by Jerry Allison

September 18, 2013

1990 Warner edition

cover art by Gary Kelley

[updated 9/6/25 ~ all copies mine]

April 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “Sheath Your Claws, Hellcat” (Jim Bennett)

R.M.F. Jones, “Holiday for a Harpy”

Scott O’Hara, “Blood on the Midway”

Robert Turner, “It’s Time to Squirm”

John Bender, “Rock-a-Bye Killer”

Tedd Thomey, “All Burned Up”

Alvin Yudkoff, “Derelict’s Dereliction”

[updated 5/8/25]