September 1947 issue ~ cover art by Peter Stevens

September 1947 issue

cover art by Peter Stevens

~ 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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October 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1952 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Bert Sims, “Beautiful, Blue and Deadly”

Larry Holden, “Murder and the Mermaid” (Gil Gilchrist)

Mel Colton, “Something to Shoot About” (PI Steve Stone)

Dane Gregory, “Self-Out!” [reprinted from 1942, originally titled “Remember the Blood and Tears”]

Carroll John Daly, “Death Rehearsal” (Willie Bloto)

Dick Goggin, “Danny, Get Your Gun!”

Fletcher Flora, “Ghoul to Go!”

Julius Long, “Mr. Mouthpiece” (Barry Bodine)