Category: mystery

July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1950

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cover art by Norman Saunders

~ Charles J. Beckman, “Satan’s Step-Daughter”, cop Mike O’Connell, only story in BM

~ Harmon Bellamy, “Shutterbug’s Long Shot”, only story in BM

~ Owen Couey, “Bring Your Own Body”, only story in BM

~ Westcott D. Gouldner, “All Work and No Slay”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ John D. MacDonald, “Jukebox Jungle”, last of 6 stories in BM

~ Robert Martin, “Lost in the Shrouds”, 5th of 6 stories with ’Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective’, 7th of 8 stories in BM

~ Hank Searls, “Nice Girls Don’t Murder”, ‘Pete Butler, San Francisco private eye’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Robert Turner, “Nine Kills to Paradise”, 2nd of 4 stories in BM

©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

[post updated 6/1/24]

March 1941 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

March 1941

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cover art by Graves Gladney

Norman A. Daniels, “Line-Up Murder”

Kenneth Robeson (Paul Ernst), “House of Death”  (Richard Henry Benson /The Avenger)

May, 1939 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

May, 1939

cover art by J. George Janes

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~ Carroll John Daly, “Murder Made Easy”, ‘Clay Holt’, 68th of 71 appearances in BM

~ Frank Gruber, “Funny Man”, 8th of 10with ‘Oliver Quade, The Human Encyclopedia’, ’Quade in Hollywood; see p. 5 for letter from FG on OG’, 12th of 14 stories in BM

~ H. Randolph Peacock, “Bare Facts”, ‘nudist camp setting; epistolary style’, last of 4 stories in BM

~ Stewart Sterling (pseud. of Prentice Winchell), “Strictly for Suckers”, 1st of 3 stories with Vince Mallie, debut in BM, 1st of 12 stories

~ Emile C. Tepperman, “Death of Sale”, ‘vacuum cleaner salesman’, last of 3 stories in BM

~ K. Webster, “Prison Break”, 2nd of 3 stories in BM

©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

[post updated 4/25/25]

April 23, 1938 issue

April 23, 1938

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Frederick C. Painton, “Midnight Call”

Charles Alexander, “Devil in the Left Barrel”

Roger Torrey, “You Only Hang Once”

Samuel Taylor, “The Girl from Yesterday”

Convict 12627, “They Talk Like This”

Cyril Plunkett, “Dark Blind”

Stookie Allen: Illustrated Crimes

Arden X. Pangborn, “Rules and Regulations”

Dale Clark, “Murder Wholesale”

B.B. Fowler, “Future Indicative”