September 1939 issue ~ cover art by John Fleming Gould

September 1939 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould

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T.T. Flynn, “Saratoga Slay-Ride” (Mr. Maddox)

Frederick C. Davis, “Poison on Her Lips” (Keyhole Kerry)

Cornell Woolrich, “The Case of the Talking Eyes”

Jan Dana, “Storm Signal” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Denslow M. Dade, “Judgment Seat”

May 1951 issue

May 1951 issue

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~ Millard H. Cannon, “For Customers Only”, short-short, only appearance in BM

~ Donald Barr Chidsey, “Dead Horses Don’t Count”, last of 6 appearances in BM

~ Richard Deming, “Pay Up or Die”, Manville “Manny” Moon, 1st person narrator, last of 6 stories, author’s last appearance in BM

~ Charles Larson, “Eye for an Eye”, reprint, not from BM

~ Hank Napheys, “Homicide Furlough”, ‘reprint, not from BM’

~ Robert H. Rohde, “Millions of Cops”, ‘reprint, not from BM’

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “Murder in the Ring”, ‘boxing, gamblers, racketeers, with Primo-Carnera-like boxer; reprinted from Dec ’30 issue

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