Category: crime fiction

April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

April 1936

better image than previously posted

cover art by Malvin Singer

Carroll John Daly, “Just Another Stiff” (Race Williams)

Fred MacIsaac, “Cat’s-Paw for Murder” (Rambler Murphy)

Frederick Nebel, “Lead Poison” (Cardigan)

Cornell Woolrich, “The Living Lie Down with the Dead”

Robert Sidney Bowen, “The Flying Diamond”

July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1950

better image than previously posted

cover art by Norman Saunders

~ Charles J. Beckman, “Satan’s Step-Daughter”, cop Mike O’Connell, only story in BM

~ Harmon Bellamy, “Shutterbug’s Long Shot”, only story in BM

~ Owen Couey, “Bring Your Own Body”, only story in BM

~ Westcott D. Gouldner, “All Work and No Slay”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ John D. MacDonald, “Jukebox Jungle”, last of 6 stories in BM

~ Robert Martin, “Lost in the Shrouds”, 5th of 6 stories with ’Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective’, 7th of 8 stories in BM

~ Hank Searls, “Nice Girls Don’t Murder”, ‘Pete Butler, San Francisco private eye’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Robert Turner, “Nine Kills to Paradise”, 2nd of 4 stories in BM

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[post updated 6/1/24]