
April 1936 – first of only 5 copies
cover art by H.L. Parkhurst


~ Norman A. Daniels, “My Dying Day”, Rick Trent, ex-PI, ex-con, 1st person narrator, 2nd of 4 stories in BM
~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Don’t Look Behind You”, 4th of 8 stories in BM
~ John D. MacDonald, “Manhattan Horse Opera”, 1of 6 stories in BM
~ Tom Marvin, “Blood-Red and Beautiful”, 2nd of 3 stories in BM
~ Burt Sims, “To Each His Corpse”, ‘diminutive Clint Morgan, Hollywood eye’, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Fergus Truslow, “Murder Makes the Cock Crow”, ‘Malott & McCool, L.A. gamblers’, 4th of 6 stories in BM
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

cover art by William Reusswig
better image than previously posted
T.T. Flynn, “The Jade Joss” (Val Easton v. Black Doctor)
Russ Meservey, “The Swamp Lake Horrors” (Link Nace)
Frederick Nebel, “Murder a la Carte” (Cardigan)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “The Cross-Stitch Killer” (Paul Pry)
Photo and profile of Russ Meservey appeared on pg. 123

July 1949 issue
cover art by Albert Drake
better image than previously posted
Mel Cotton, “No Time to Burn”
Bruce Cassiday, “Hellcat of Homicide Highway”
John D. MacDonald, “A Corpse-Maker Goes Courting”
Peter Paige, “Coffin Cure”
Johanas L. Bouma, “I’ll Be Killing You”
Robert Turner, “Kiss and Kill”