March 1921 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

March 1921 issue

cover art by William Grotz

better image than previously posted

~ John Baer, “The Great Fur Robberies”, 3rd of 24 stories in BM

~ Hamilton Craigie, “A Question of Temperature”, 6th of 7 solo stories in BM

~ Harold De Polo, “The Bass Lake Murder”, 2nd of 6 stories in BM

~ Harry C. Hervey, Jr., “Mr. Sin”, ‘A Complete Novelette’, 7th of 8 appearances in BM

~ J.C. Kofoed, “The Odd Case of Mr. Hanka”, ‘Hanka, forger’, 8th of 9 stories in BM

~ William R. Randall, “If the Coat Fits”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Vincent Starrett, “The Open Window, 2nd of 4 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Golden Slipper Mystery”, 1st of 2 stories in this issue (see Ward), 6th of 16 stories under this name in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Man in the Trunk”, 2nd story in this issue, 12th of 29 stories under this name in BM [17th and 18th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

~ Arthur Seymour Witt, “The Recoil”, ‘”Duffy, The Soup”, old-time yegg’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Cynthia Woolford, “The Pink Nails of Marylin Hart”, author’s sole appearance in BM

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October 1920 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

October 1920 issue

cover art by William Grotz

better image than previously posted

~ Christopher B. Booth, “The Curse of Chester Whitaker”, 2nd of 5 BM stories

~ Hamilton Craigie, “Above Suspicion”, 3rd of 7 solo stories in BM

~ Eric A. Darling, “The Man in the Astrakhan Coat”, Parisian amateur sleuth Dale Owen, 3rd of 5 stories in BM

~ Thomas A. Hanley, “The Mysterious Terror”, ‘horror tale, featuring a beast, The Unnamable’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ J.B. Hawley, “The Man O’Leary Couldn’t Catch”, ‘NYPD Lt. O’Leary & jewel thief’, 2nd of 12 stories in BM

~ Albert MacCray, “In the Shadows of the Jungle”, ‘set in Borneo; Chinese, et al.’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Charles McDonnel, “The Crimson Scars”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Roylston Markham, “The Scar of the Gibbering Imp”, ‘short-short‘, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “The Safe in the Library”, ‘crookdom, complete with criminal argot’, 5th of 29 stories in BM

~ Lewis H. Moulton, “The Voice of the Dead Man”, ‘short-short’, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Anthony M. Rud, “The Silver Screw”, ‘”Complete Mystery Novelette”; set in Ivory Coast (Africa)’, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Man Who Returned”, 7th of 29 stories under this name in BM [11th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

~ Samuel Wilcox, “The Witness”, ‘short-short’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Arthur Seymour Witt, “The Crawling Crime”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

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