September 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

September 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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~ D.L. Champion, “Blackmail Backfire”, 25th of 26,‘Red Sackler & Joey Graham’, 29th of 30 stories in BM

~ Frederick C. Davis, “Let Me Kill You Sweetheart”, 14th of 16 stories in BM

~ James Hall, “Back Door to Hell”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Hiawatha Jones, “Murder Express”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Louis L’Amour, “Collect from a Corpse”, noted author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Phil Richards, “The Slay’s the Thing”, ‘James Greer, ex-playwright’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Robert P. Toombs, “Not Necessarily Dead”, 2nd of 3 stories in BM

~ Robert Turner, “Man’s Best Friend”, ‘A dog named Satan’, 1st of 4 stories in BM

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December 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Frederick C. Davis, “Death Wears Red Heels” (Bill Brent)

T.T. Flynn, “Calamity Lou” (Mr. Maddox)

D.L. Champion, “The Vanishing American” (Mariano Mercado)

Fergus Truslow, “Knit One – Kill Two”

Julius Long, “Nobody Cried”

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June 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1944

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Day Keene, “Sweet Tooth of Murder”

Frederick C. Davis, “Boomerang Scoop” (Bill Brent)

D.L. Champion, “Shake Well Before Dying” (Insp. Allhoff)

Nelson A. Hutton, “Killer’s Dead End”

Georges Carousso, “The Potter’s Hand” 

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