
cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by William Grotz
~ John Baer, “The Campaign for Vengeance”, ‘A Complete mystery novelette’, 16th of 24 stories in BM
~ George Briggs, “The Too-Easy Alibi”, 1st of 2 BM stories
~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “A Track-and-a-Half”, 12th of 14 stories in BM
~ J.S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher, “Exterior to the Evidence”, 1st of 5 parts, ‘serial re-run of novel 1st pub in London (1920) with same title’, 1st of 6 appearances in BM
~ J.B. Hawley, “The Extra Dozen Eggs”, author’s last of 12 stories in BM
~ George B. Jenkins, Jr., “Appearances Are Deceiving”, 1st of 5 stories in BM
~ Murray Leinster (pseud. of Will F. Jenkins), “Pink Ears”, and 2nd of 7 stories under this name
~ Pettersen Marzoni, “The Light That Lies”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ R.T.M. Scott (Reginald Thomas Maitland), “The Trap”, ‘Secret Service Smith’, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ J.J. Stagg, “The Finger of Guilt”, 6th of 11 stories in BM
~ Ward Sterling, “The Brand of Cain”, 1st of 3 stories in this issue (see Ward), 12th of 16 stories under this name in BM
~ Ward Sterling, “Hankenson’s Perfect Crime”, 2nd of 3 stories in this issue (see Ward), 13th of 16 stories under this name in BM
~ Harold Ward, “The Man Who Was Two”, 3rd story in this issue, 23rd of 29 stories under this name in BM [35th, 36th and 37th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]
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~ Norman A. Daniels, “My Dying Day”, Rick Trent, ex-PI, ex-con, 1st person narrator, 2nd of 4 stories in BM
~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Don’t Look Behind You”, 4th of 8 stories in BM
~ John D. MacDonald, “Manhattan Horse Opera”, 1of 6 stories in BM
~ Tom Marvin, “Blood-Red and Beautiful”, 2nd of 3 stories in BM
~ Burt Sims, “To Each His Corpse”, ‘diminutive Clint Morgan, Hollywood eye’, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Fergus Truslow, “Murder Makes the Cock Crow”, ‘Malott & McCool, L.A. gamblers’, 4th of 6 stories in BM
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cover art by William Reusswig
better image than previously posted
T.T. Flynn, “The Jade Joss” (Val Easton v. Black Doctor)
Russ Meservey, “The Swamp Lake Horrors” (Link Nace)
Frederick Nebel, “Murder a la Carte” (Cardigan)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “The Cross-Stitch Killer” (Paul Pry)
Photo and profile of Russ Meservey appeared on pg. 123

July 1949 issue
cover art by Albert Drake
better image than previously posted
Mel Cotton, “No Time to Burn”
Bruce Cassiday, “Hellcat of Homicide Highway”
John D. MacDonald, “A Corpse-Maker Goes Courting”
Peter Paige, “Coffin Cure”
Johanas L. Bouma, “I’ll Be Killing You”
Robert Turner, “Kiss and Kill”