Category: mystery

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

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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”

October 21, 1939 issue ~ cover by Rudolph Belarski

October 21, 1939

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cover by Rudolph Belarski

Fred R. Miller, “Dead Man’s Blues”

Hugh B. Cave, “But Few Are Chosen”

Walter Ripperger , “Are You Planning to Die?” (Part 3 of 6; C.O. Ponder)

Joseph Fulling Fishman, “New Year Murder Riddle”

J. Lane Linklater, “Knife Thrust”, Gang World, September 1931

Stookie Allen – Copper!: Scientific Sherlock

Robert Leslie Bellem, “Night Beat”

Philip Ketchum, “Getaway Car”

M.E. Ohaver, “Solving Cipher Secrets”

March 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1944

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cover art by Rafael DeSoto

~ D.L. Champion, “Death for a Dollar”, 13th of 26 with Sackler, reprinted in Murder Costs Money: The Complete Black Mask Stories of Rex Sackler (Steeger, 2020), 15th of 30 stories in BM

~ Leslie Charteris, “Murder Goes to Market”, 2nd of 2 Saint stories, last appearance in BM

~ Dale Clark, “Hands Down”, 16th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 18th of 32 stories in BM

~ C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Clues in the Night”, 14th of 16 with Colonel Walter (Doc) Rennie, USA Medical Corps, 17th of 20 stories in BM

~ Clyde Morehead, “Tears for Little Willie”, ‘short-short’, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Ted Stratton, “Call the Undertaker”, ‘Trigg’, 1st of 2 stories in BM

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