Day: June 1, 2026

August 15, 1923 issue

August 15, 1923 issue

cover art by H.C. Murphy

better image than previously posted

~John Ayotte, “The Devil’s Breath”, ‘Another of those fascinating Hawaiian tales’, 3rd of 10 stories in BM

~ Crowley Conmarr, “Fingers Clawing”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Clinton Foy, “The Fatal Sin”, ‘insane 1st-person narrator’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Gilbert Hammond, “Psycho-Whatchamacallit”, author’s sole story in BM

~ Howard R. Marsh, “The Sign at No. 278”, ‘billed as a ‘ten minute story’, set in Chinatown, San Francisco, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Herman Petersen, “The Black Gauntlet”, ‘advertised as “A Long Novelette of South Seas Adventure”’, 10th of 20 stories in BM

~ William Rollins, Jr., “The House of the Fiend Who Laughs”, ‘Daytime Story’, 4th of 23 stories in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “The Tap on the Door”, 13th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 14th of 49 total articles in BM

~ Willett Stockard, “The One-Man Mob”, 2nd of 5 stories in BM