July 1947 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

July 1947 issue

cover art by Malvin Singer

~ D.L. Champion, “Padlocked Pockets”, 23rd if 26 with Sackler, reprinted in Murder Costs Money: The Complete Black Mask Stories of Rex Sackler (Steeger, 2020), 25th of 30 stories in BM

~ Ed Edstrom, “Never Call the Cops”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Bruno Fischer, “A Killer in the Crowd”, ‘1st-person; homicide lieutenant, NYPD’, 2nd of 5 stories in BM

~ William Campbell Gault, “The Constant Shadow”, 4th of 9 stories in BM

~ Henry Norton, “High Voltage Homicide”, ‘Lee Bassler, ‘phone company trouble-shooter’, last of 6 stories in BM

~ H.H. Stinson, “Murder’s No Libel”, last of 14 with Ken O’Hara, ‘now press agent for Hotel Diplomat’, 24th of 27 stories in BM

~ Michael Sutton, “Concerto for Guns”, ‘Johnny Dillon, LA private ‘tec, 1st person narrator‘, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

June 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1947 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto, oil on board, 26 x 18.5 in.

better image than previously posted

H.H. Stinson, “A Window in My Coffin” (PI Kerry Monahan)

Peter Paige, “Death – On the House”

John D. MacDonald, “Suicidal Journey”

Ken Kessler, “Operation Murder”

Seymour Irving Richin, “Violence for Vicky”

Stanley C. Vickers, “Noose of Retribution”

Edward William Murphy, “Killings on the Conscience”