Category: crime fiction

January 1943 issue

January 1943 issue

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Day Keene, “Rhapsody in Blood”

Francis K. Allan, “The Dead Are Not Beautiful”

Frederick C. Davis, “Corpses in the Rain”

Fredric Brown, “A Lock of Satan’s Hair”

Robert Turner, “Music for the Murder Maestro”

March 1, 1923 issue ~ cover art by A. Rose

March 1, 1923 issue

cover art by A. Rose

~ John Ayotte, “Okolehao”, ‘short-short, ‘A tragedy of Hawaii’, JA’s debut in BM’, 1st of 10 stories

~ Eustace Hale Ball, “The Trail of the Scarlet Fox”, part 4 of 6 parts with various subtitles, 4th of 13 appearances in BM

~ Black Mask Crime Review, ‘A Crime Expert’s Review of the Hall-Mills Tragedy; Article; anonymous;1st segment in this irregular, short-lived Department; no indexed beyond this point’

~ Crowley Conmarr, “Under the Hide of Tu Son”, ‘A Weird Tale’; 1st-person narrator; Chinese character’, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Jack J. Gottlieb, “With His Enemies’ Aid”, ‘A Mystery of the D.A.s office’, authors 8th and final story in BM

~ John Hanlon, “The Door”, ‘A Skit with Spirits’, last of 3 stories in BM

~ John Holden, “The Perfect Plan”, ‘Gerald Drago, embezzler’, author’s only story in BM

~ Francis James, “Sinister Images”, Prentice, Harvard-trained criminologist turned policeman (‘the young Central Office Man’) with Police Chief Shannon, 3rd of 4 parts, 5th of 20 appearances in BM

~ Roy L. McCardell, “Pieces of Men”, ‘daytime story’, last of 5 appearances in BM

~ Herman Petersen, “The Ghost Ship”, ‘Complete Mystery Novelette of the Cannibal Isles’, 6th of 20 stories in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “Old Clothes”, ‘fictitious names are given…changed a bit for necessary reasons’, 3rd of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 3rd of 49 total articles in BM

~ Gregory Stragnell, MD, “Our Dreams”, “short-lived Department devoted to ‘one of the newest sciences – psychoanalysis’; not indexed beyond this point”

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March 1939 issue ~ cover art by Edgar A. Whitney

March 1939 issue

cover art by Edgar A. Whitney

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~ Dwight V. Babcock, “Renegade in Rio”, 4th of 7 Beeker stories, ‘see p. 31 for note on “Beek”’, 18th of 21 stories in BM

~ William E. Brandon, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”, ‘actually has sympathetic black character’, 2nd of 7 stories in BM

~ Kenneth A. Fowler, “Escape”, ‘short-short’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Take It or Leave It”, ‘3rd and last Pete Wennick story’, 93rd of 100 appearances in BM

~ Frank Gruber, “The Sad Serbian”, ‘small-time con man in Chi.’, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (Vintage, 2007), 11th of 14 stories in BM

~ Elmer E. Meadows, “Alias Mr. Fate”, ‘Jewish boy in NYC’s ghetto’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ H.H. Stinson, “You Gotta Live Right”, ‘Arizona’, 11th of 27 stories in BM

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Temple Field aka Raoul Whitfield

Field, Temple (pseudonym of Raoul Whitfield). KILLERS’ CARNIVAL. New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated Publishers, [1932]. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-274 [275-278: blank], publisher’s red cloth stamped in black, top edge stained gray, other edges rough trimmed. First edition. A violent tough guy novel of murder and revenge on the mean streets of New York City, first published in six parts in BLACK MASK. The dedication is one of the best in hard-boiled fiction: “This book is warningly dedicated to all them fellers whose rackets are so tough they figure guns are sweeter things to pack around then umbrellas.” Hubin, p. 282. A clean, tight, very good copy in price-clipped dust jacket with wear and shallow fraying and short tear, several with small internal tape mends, along top and bottom edges. Quite presentable overall. From the library of a well-known mystery writer with his library stamp on the front paste-down.