cover art by Albert Drake
Frederick C. Davis, “Man About Murder”
T.T. Flynn, “I’ll Bet Your Life!” (Mr. Maddox)
Robert Martin, “Doctor of Doom”
Richard Dermody, “Cupid for Cash” (Doc Pierce)
Dean Evans, “Dreams Get Blasted, Too”
Russell Branch, “A Corpse Had Cold Feet”
[updated 5/12/25]
better image than previously posted
cover art by Norman Saunders
~ Frederick C. Davis, “Swing Low, Sweet Casket”, 15th of 16 stories in BM
~ Dean Evans, “Hot-Rod Homicide”, 2nd of 3 stories in BM
~ John P. Foran, “Epitaph for an Eager Beaver”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ Fred Lane, “Slayer at Sea”, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Hank Searls, “Drop Dead Twice”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ Walter Snow, “Boozer Take All”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Bryce Walton, “Skid-Row Slaughter”, author’s sole appearance in BM
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~ Robert Arthur, “The Coroner’s Hand”, ‘reprint, not originally BM’, 2nd of 2 appearances in BM
~ Robert C. Dennis, “I Thee Kill”, 9th of 10 stories in BM
~ Dean Evans, “Scandal-Time Gal”, last of 3 stories in BM
~ Frederick L. Nebel, “The Green Widow”, ’Sgt. Brinkhaus, reprint from “Detective Fiction Weekly”, 11 Feb 1933’, last of 67 (66 originals) stories in BM
~ Richard Sale, “Banshee”, ‘reprint; not from BM’
~ Robert Turner, “For the Rest of Your Death”, last of 4 stories in BM
~ Cornell Woolrich, “He Looked Like Murder”, ‘reprint; not from BM; orig. pub., Detective Fiction Weekly, 8 Feb 1941’, last of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM
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