March 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1949 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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T.T. Flynn, “Mr. Maddox’s Murder Parlay” (Mr. Maddox)

Fenton W. Earnshaw, “Slaughter in a Sarong” (Shamus Larkin)

John D. MacDonald, “I’ll Drown You in My Dreams”

Robert Martin, “Just a Corpse at Twilight”

Shane Darcy, “Dames Like Killing Too”

Harry Mason, “Death for Dessert”

October 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Carroll John Daly, “Race Williams Cooks a Goose”

John D. MacDonald, “Target for Tonight”

William P. McGivern, “Hunt Her in Hell”

Raymond Drennan, Jr., “He Woke Up Dying”

Preston Grady, “Killing’s Too Easy”

Charles Larson, “My Crime – Your Punishment”

January 1942 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

January 1942 issue

cover art by Milton Luros

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~ Walter C. Brown, “The Parrot That Wouldn’t Talk”, 1st of 4 Sgt. Dennis O’Hara, aka Sah-Jin – NYC Chinatown squad

~ D.L. Champion, “What’s Money?”,  6th of 26 with Sackler, 7th of 30 stories in BM

~ C.P. Donnell, Jr., “5 Shrieks at 10”, 7th of 16 with Colonel Walter (Doc) Rennie, USA Medical Corps psychiatrist, 7th of 20 stories in BM

~ J. Lane Linkletter, “The Shadowy Line”, last of 3 stories in BM

~ Robert Reeves, “Bail Bait”, 6th of 10 with PI Cellini Smith, 8th of 12 appearances in BM

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