christopher b. booth

February 1922 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

February 1922 issue

cover art by William Grotz

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~ John Baer, “The Pearl-Handled Revolver”, 1^st story in issue

~ John Baer, “Written in Blood”, 2nd story, 13^th and 14^th of 24 stories in BM

~ Christopher B. Booth, “The Phelam Lodge Mystery”, 3^rd of 5 BM stories

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “24 Karat – But”, 10^th of 14 stories in BM

~ Arthur S. Garbett, “The Wet Hand”, 3rd of 4 stories in BM

~ J.B. Hawley, “The Hallowell Murder”, 10^th of 12 stories in BM

~ J. Burton Loftus, “At the Expense of James Cathew”, short-short, only appearance in BM

~ Lloyd Lonergan, “The Disappearing Judge”, 2^nd of 8 stories in BM

~ J.J. Stagg, “The Man in Box D”, 5th of 11 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Passing of Bloody Dan”, 1 of 2 stories in this issue (see Ward), 11th of 16 stories under this name in BM

~ Frederic J. Thorne, “The Multiple Mystery Story”, part 2 of 3, 9th of 10 stories in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Attorney for the Defense”, ‘short-short’, 2^nd of 2 stories in this issue (with Sterling), 21st of 29 stories under this name in BM [32^nd and 33rd of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

~ Charles S. Wolfe, “Unlucky Friday”, last of 3 stories in BM

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January 1934 issue

January 1934

July 1933 issue

July 1933

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”, 2^nd 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, 3^rd 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’, 2^nd 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’, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

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