
cover art by Albert Drake


another source dates this as #6, 195?, but the stories are from the June 1953 US edition. would need the title page of the UK copy to know the date. same cover art for both.

cover art by Samuel Cherry
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Peter Paige, “A Little Corpse Who Wasn’t There”
John Whiting, “Death Sends Orchids”
H.H. Stinson, “Rancho el Maniac”
D.L. Champion, “A Hound for Murder” (Mariano Mercado)


cover art by Norman Saunders
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Day Keene, “Mighty Like a Rogue”
R.M.F. Joses, “Fill Your Own Shroud” (Skip Tracer Carter)
John D. MacDonald, “Swing and Slay”
Richard E. Glendinning, “Please Omit Flowers”
Ric Hasse, “Not By Blood Alone”
Robert Turner, “One Sunday Mourning”



cover art by Norman Saunders – oil on board, 22 x 15 in.
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John D. MacDonald, “His Fatal Fling”
Hank Searls, “Keep Your Money Side Up” (Shamus Blair)
Jonathan Craig, “One Sweet Frame”
Mel Colton, “Corpse-Gathering Cutie” (Johnny Rock)
John Granger, “The Busy Body” (Gumshoe Rory)
H. Hassell Gross, “Death Was the Bride”
Frederick C. Davis, “Kill Me, Kate!”


cover art by Norman Saunders
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John D. MacDonald, “Yes, Sir, That’s My Slay-Babe!”
Albert Simmons, “She’ll Fool You Every Crime”
Robert Turner, “Dizzy Doll Blues”
Day Keene, “Claw into Your Coffin”
Richard Glendinning, “Two-Time Loser”
Ted Stratton, “The Graveyard is the Goal”
Zale Herrington, “Hussies Prefer Homicide”
