cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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T.T. Flynn, “Weather Fair – – Track Bloody (Mr. Maddox)
D.L. Champion, “Aaron Had a Rod” (Inspector Allhoff)
H.H. Stinson, “Keep ‘Em Dying”
Day Keene, “A Great Whirring of Wings”
Julius Long, “The Dead Don’t Tell”
January 1942 issue
cover art by Milton Luros
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~ Walter C. Brown, “The Parrot That Wouldn’t Talk”, 1st of 4 Sgt. Dennis O’Hara, aka Sah-Jin – NYC Chinatown squad
~ D.L. Champion, “What’s Money?”, 6th of 26 with Sackler, 7th of 30 stories in BM
~ C.P. Donnell, Jr., “5 Shrieks at 10”, 7th of 16 with Colonel Walter (Doc) Rennie, USA Medical Corps psychiatrist, 7th of 20 stories in BM
~ J. Lane Linkletter, “The Shadowy Line”, last of 3 stories in BM
~ Robert Reeves, “Bail Bait”, 6th of 10 with PI Cellini Smith, 8th of 12 appearances in BM
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cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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D.L. Champion, “Mexican Slayride” (Mariano Mercado)
Dale Clark, “False Colors” (Plates O’Rion)
Merle Constiner, “The Affair of the Four Skeletons” (The Dean)
Mel Watt, “Killer Come Back to Me” (Sam Coad)
Bruno Fischer, “I’ll Slay You in My Dreams”
Ken Lewis, “Parlor, Bedroom and Death”
cover art by Norman Saunders
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Peter Paige, “Cash Wale’s Second Massacre!” (Cash Wale)
D.L. Champion, “Toast the Poison Princess” (A. Dasher)*
J.L. Bouma, “ – And Hope to Die!”
Charles Beckman, Jr., “How to Kill a Corpse”
Fletcher Flora, “ – Time to Kill – ”
Grover Brinkman, “Last Warning!”
Robert Sidney Bowen, “Dope in the Dark”
Dennis Wiegano, “Letter of the Law”
* “Toast the Poison Princess” reprinted from 1945
cover art by Paul Stevens
~ Terry O.K. Burleson, “Killer Bait”, ‘Modern Western’, only story in BM
~ D.L. Champion, “A Corpse Can’t Run”, ‘Dan Morgan, private eye’, 27th of 30 stories in BM
~ Barry Cord, “Shoot If You Must”, Steve Weston, shamus, only story in BM
~ R.M.F. Joses, “Side Bet on Death”, last of 3 with ‘Hollywood private snoop Duane, 1st person narrator’, this story set in Vegas, 3rd of 4 stories in BM
~ John H. Knox, “Goodbye, Enemy”, author’s only appearance in BM
~ John D. MacDonald, “The Case of the Carved Model”, ‘Sam Dermott, police dick’, 2nd of 6 stories in BM
~ H.H. Stinson, “Murder Is a Pleasure”, ‘Sam Terry, p.i., & partner, Sol Hirshberg; LA setting’, last of 27 stories in BM
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cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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John K. Butler, “Hacker’s Holiday” (Steve Midnight)
John Lawrence, “Gallows 9” (Marquis of Broadway)
D.L. Champion, “Suicide in Blue (Insp. Allhoff)
Roger Torrey, “Candidate for a Killing”
O.B. Myers, “Death Laughs at Locksmiths”
cover art by Milton Luros
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D.L. Champion, “The Corpse That Wasn’t There” (Insp. Allhoff)
Norbert Davis, “Come UP and Kill Me Some Time” (Bail Bond Dodd)
Cornell Woolrich, “Murder at Mother’s Knee” (Johnny Gaines)
T.T. Flynn, “Salt Water Slay-Ride”
Jan Dana, “Death with Father” (Acme Indemnity Op)
cover art attributed to Rafael DeSoto
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Robert Martin, “Death Under Par”
Thorne Lee, “Married to Murder”
D.L. Champion, “Suitable for Framing” (Mariano Mercado)
Ken Greene, “A Red-Headed Clue”
Larry Holden, “A Corpse to his Credit”
Arthur Leo Zagat, “Grim Reaper’s Model”
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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T.T. Flynn, “Trot Out Your Murder” (Mr. Maddox)
Peter Paige, “The Bullet From Nowhere” (Cash Wale)
D.L. Champion, “Coffee for a Killer” (Insp. Allhoff)
Jan Dana, “Cheese it – The Corpse” (Acme Indemnity Op)
John Earl Davis, “Try This on Your Knife”
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