Category: crime fiction

October 1938 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

October 1938 issue

cover art by J. George Janes

better image than previously posted

~ Russell Bender, “Body-Guard to Death”, ‘Jake Connolly’, 2nd of 3 stories in BM

~ Frederick C. Davis, “This Way to the Morgue”, 1st of 2 with reporter Murray Gifford, 5th of 16 stories in BM

~ Frank Gruber, “Forced Landing”, 6th of 10 with ‘Oliver Quade, The Human Encyclopedia’, ‘Quade in Hollywood; see p.5 for letter from FG on Oliver Q.’, 9th of 14 stories in BM

~ Baynard H(ardwick) Kendrick, “The Death Pool”, 7th of 14 stories with Mikes Standish (Stan) Rice, ‘The Hungry’[?], all set in Florida

~ Roger Torrey, “Gardenia Kill”, ‘9th (of 14) in Pat McCarthy series, with Marge Chalmers often his “sidekick”; he is ex-NYC cop, ex-agency man (Chicago & St. Louis) who dislikes cops’, 36th of 50 appearances in BM

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June 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1953 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Peter Paige, “Cash Wale’s Second Massacre!” (Cash Wale)

D.L. Champion, “Toast the Poison Princess” (A. Dasher)*

J.L. Bouma, “ – And Hope to Die!”

Charles Beckman, Jr., “How to Kill a Corpse”

Fletcher Flora, “ – Time to Kill – ”

Grover Brinkman, “Last Warning!”

Robert Sidney Bowen, “Dope in the Dark”

Dennis Wiegano, “Letter of the Law”

* “Toast the Poison Princess” reprinted from 1945

July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

John D. MacDonald, “Dead Men Don’t Scare”

Talmage Powell, “Forget-Me-Not Killer”

Frederick C. Davis, “If the Noose Fits”

Robert Turner, “Murder in Her Wake”

Van MacNair, Jr., “White-Collar Stiff”

Russell Branch, “So Sorry – So Dead”

Scott O’Hara, “Five-Star Fugitive” (pen name of MacDonald’s)

September 1948 issue ~ cover art by Peter Stevens

September 1948 issue

cover art by Peter Stevens

~ Terry O.K. Burleson, “Killer Bait”, ‘Modern Western’, only story in BM

~ D.L. Champion, “A Corpse Can’t Run”, ‘Dan Morgan, private eye’, 27th of 30 stories in BM

~ Barry Cord, “Shoot If You Must”, Steve Weston, shamus, only story in BM

~ R.M.F. Joses, “Side Bet on Death”, last of 3 with ‘Hollywood private snoop Duane, 1st person narrator’, this story set in Vegas, 3rd of 4 stories in BM

~ John H. Knox, “Goodbye, Enemy”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ John D. MacDonald, “The Case of the Carved Model”, ‘Sam Dermott, police dick’, 2nd of 6 stories in BM

~ H.H. Stinson, “Murder Is a Pleasure”, ‘Sam Terry, p.i., & partner, Sol Hirshberg; LA setting’, last of 27 stories in BM

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[cover updated 1/29/26, original art added 2/28/26]