
cover art by Graves Gladney

April 1933 – second issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould
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T.T. Flynn, “The Devil’s Derby” (Mr. Maddox)
Raymond Chandler, “Pearls are a Nuisance”
Fred MacIsaac, “Murder at the Beauty Show” (Rambler Murphy)
John Lawrence, “Old Wives’ Tale” (Marquis of Broadway)
Dale Clark, “Mercy Killing”
with a simple listing of his name on the cover, along with those of his colleagues, the editors could not have been aware that they were publishing one of Raymond Chandler’s masterpieces. The Big Sleep had been published just two months before, on February 6.

cover art by Walter Baumhofer
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Hugh B. Cave, “Satan’s Mistress”
John H. Knox, “The Dead Demand Tribute”
Wyatt Blassingame, “They Thirst by Night”
Arthur J. Burks, “Women of Stone”
Chandler H. Whipple, “White Lady of Hell”
Ray Cummings, “Moonlight and Jungle”
Paul Ernst, “Her Spirit Lover”