cover by John Drew
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Cornell Woolrich, “Graves for the Living”
William Hines, “Strangler’s Sweetheart”
Nat Schachner, “The Plague of Evil Love”
Loren Long, “Beast Wife”
George Alden Edson, “Horror’s Bridal Chamber”
G. T. Fleming-Roberts, “The Mad Sexton of Satan’s Chapel”
cover art J. George Janes
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~ Frank Collinson, “Death on the Prairie” [Part 2 of 2] ~ article does not appear in the US issue
~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Dark Alleys”, 66th of 73 Ed Jenkins stories, this one a spy story with Ngat T’oy and Soo Hoo Duck (‘Soo has a name for Jenkins – Sai Yan Pang Yeu: Man of the West Who is My Friend’)
~ Bill Gerry, “Autopsies Tell” [spelling in Hagemann], 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ Baynard H(ardwick) Kendrick, “Headless Angel”, 11th of 14 stories with Mikes Standish (Stan) Rice, ‘The Hungry’[?], all set in Florida, this one in a swamp
~ John Lawrence, “Death to Spare”, 5th of 14 stories in BM
~ Peter Paige, “I Guard Nudes”, ‘factual article; PP is guard at New York’s World’s Fair’, 1st of 12 stories in BM
~ Cornell Woolrich, “Crime by the Forelock”, 13th of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
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Leslie T. White, “The Crimson Counterfoil” (Duke Martindel)
John M. Gregory, “Track Racket” (Jim MacCauley)
John Lawrence, “A Burial is Arranged” (Cass Blue)
Russ Meservey, “The Fourth Pharaoh” (Pokerface)
Cornell Woolrich, “Murder in Wax” (Angelface)
O.B. Myers, “The Case of the Footless Corpse” (Breck)
January 1937 issue
cover art by Wilber Thomas
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~ Dwight V. Babcock, “State Narcotic Dick”, ‘Bromley and muggles (marijuana)’, 13th of 21 stories in BM
~ J.M. Bell, “The Blinking Eye”, short-short, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ Max Brand, “Bulldog”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ Raymond Chandler, “Try the Girl”, 4th and last Carmady story, first reprint and first book appearance Killer in the Rain (Hammish Hamilton, 3/26/64), last of 11 stories in BM
~ Theodore A. Tinsley, “Little Guy”, ‘18th (of 25) Jerry Tracy capers, columnist on the (NYC) Planet, ‘mixer with poor and rich, the crooked and the straight, trailer of trouble and happiness’, reprinted in Murder Maze: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Tracy, vol.2 (Steeger 2022), 19th of 26 stories in BM
~ Roger Torrey, “Murder Frame”, ‘Cassidy, cop, is framed’, 24th of 50 appearances in BM
~ Cornell Woolrich, “Shooting Going On”, ‘Hollywood murder’, 1st of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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John Lawrence, “Murder Must Go On!” (Marquis of Broadway)
Carl Clausen, “The Bell of Blackman’s Knob”
Cornell Woolrich, “Meet Me by the Mannequin”
D.L. Champion, “Turn in Your Badge!” (Insp. Allhoff)
Wyatt Blassingame, “The Coral Band”
cover art by Edgar A. Whitney
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~ Frederick C. Davis, “All Roads Closed”, ‘kidnapping & amnesia’, 9th of 16 stories in BM
~ Mindret Lord, “The Tattooed Tramp”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Roger Torrey, “Hay Time”, ‘11th (of 14) in Pat McCarthy series, with Marge Chalmers often his “sidekick”; he is ex-NYC cop, ex-agency man (Chicago & St. Louis) who dislikes cops’, 38th of 50 appearances in BM
~ Lawrence Treat, “Swampers’ Gold”, ‘pirate treasure’, 4th of 5 stories in BM
~ Edward S. Williams, “Bloody Answers”, ‘Corporal John Harmon, State Trooper, narrator’, 5th of 8 appearances in BM
~ Cornell Woolrich, “Men Must Die”, 12th of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop
cover art by Stockton Mulford
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~ W.T. Ballard, “Friends Sometimes Kill”, “Don Tomaso Sherman, narrator: 2nd DTS story”, 28th of 43 stories in BM
~ H.W. Guernsey, “Late Harvest”, ‘mushrooms, e.g. morel (nightshade)’, 2nd of 4 stories in BM
~ Baynard H(ardwick) Kendrick, “Burial Mound”, 4th of 14 stories with Mikes Standish (Stan) Rice, ‘The Hungry’[?], all set in Florida
~ Roger Torrey, “One Good Turn”, ‘Shean Connell, private peep; 3rd of 4 SC stories’, reprinted in Just Nice Girl: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Shean Connell, Vol. 1 (Steeger, 2025), 31st of 50 appearances in BM
~ Edward S. Williams, “Leave the Door Open”, ‘Peter Nelson, young MD, in the slums’, 3rd of 8 appearances in BM
~ Cornell Woolrich, “Cab, Mister?”, 7th of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop
a collection of short stories by Cornell Woolrich, writing as William Irish
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cover art by John Fleming Gould
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T.T. Flynn, “Saratoga Slay-Ride” (Mr. Maddox)
Frederick C. Davis, “Poison on Her Lips” (Keyhole Kerry)
Cornell Woolrich, “The Case of the Talking Eyes”
Jan Dana, “Storm Signal” (Acme Indemnity Op)
Denslow M. Dade, “Judgment Seat”
cover art by John Newton Howitt
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T.T. Flynn, “The Evil Brand” (Val Easton)
Eric Taylor, “Scarlet Wake” (Jim Kern)
Frederick Nebel, “Pardon My Murder” (Cardigan)
Max Brand, “The Unnumbered Door” (Dave Clovelly)
Cornell Woolrich, “Preview of Death” [revised into “Murder Before the Camera”] (Det. Galbraith)
Sam Powell, “Blood Storm”
SMB Noir 