October 15, 1933 issue
T.T. Flynn, “The Bell-Tower Terror” (Tony Grenville)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “The Crimson Scorpion” (Small, Weston & Burke)
Maxwell Hawkins, “Mr. Murder, MD” (Det. Henderson Coe)
Edward Parrish Ware, “Talons of Doom” (Commissioner Durant)
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July 1938 issue
Carroll John Daly, “A Corpse for a Corpse” (Race Williams)
Will McMorrow, “The House with the Red Door)
D.L. Campion, “Footprints on a Brain” (Insp. Allhoff)
T.T. Flynn, “Mr. Maddox and the Gray Ghost”
Jan Dana, “Murder for Not Much”
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January 1938 issue
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
Carroll John Daly, “Book of the Dead” (Race Williams)
Raymond Chandler, “Red Wind” (John Dalmas)
Jan Dana, “To the Murder Born”
B.B. Fowler, “Lead Legacy”
George A. Shaftel, “Star-Crossed”
Dale Clark, “Stone-Blind Killer”
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“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. One nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husband’s necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.” – Chandler, “Red Wind”
cover art by Norman Saunders
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Peter Paige, “Cash Wale’s Brazen Ghost”
Frederick C. Davis, “Tall, Dark, and Deadly”
Robert Turner, “Murder on My Mitts”
John D. MacDonald, “High Walls of Hate”
Johanas L. Bouma, “Homicidal Harmony”
Fenton W. Earnshaw, “Murchison Got a Gun”
L.S. Goldsmith, “Black Spots of Doom”
June 1, 1935 issue
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cover art by Walter Baumhofer
Frederick Nebel, “A Couple of Quick Ones” (Cardigan)
Preston Grady, “Dead Man’s Chest” (Ross Paget)
John K. Butler, “The Corpse Parade” (Rex Lonergran)
John Lawrence, “Dangerous Dollars” (Cass Blue)
Richard Howells Watkins, “Hell’s Half Mile”
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cover art by Walter Baumhofer
“The Curse of Cardigan” (PI Cardigan), Frederick Nebel
“Rapped in Cellophane” (Mark Hall), J. Allan Dunn
“Murder on the Mississippi” (Rambler Murphy), Fred MacIsaac
“The House of Sudden Sleep” (Leon Pell), Hugh B. Cave
“Dead on her Feet” (Det. Smith), Cornell Woolrich
“Blood Orchids” (Dade), O.B. Myers
August 1948 issue
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cover art by Norman Saunders
Carroll John Daly, “Race Williams’ Double Date”
Paula Elliott, “Salt on a Siren’s Trail” (Boden)
John D. MacDonald, “Cavaliers Make Good Corpse”
Don James, “Quick Buck – Quick Kill”
Roderick Lull, “Gentleman’s Vengeance”
Ted Stratton, “Butterfly’s Bier”
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cover art by Walter Baumhofer
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Erle Stanley Gardner, “Hard as Nails” (Gilbert E. Best)
Norbert Davis, “The Gin Monkey” (Max Clark)
Donald Barr Chidsey, “The Corpse Clue” (Morton & McGarvey)
Frederick C. Davis, “Tracks of the Turtles” (Oke Oakley)
Oscar Schisgall, “Murder as the Crow Flies” (Phil Drury)
Michael Kennedy, “Bodyguard” (Det. Cassidy)
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cover art by Rafael DeSoto
Robert Reeves, “Over a Barrel” (Bookie Barnes)
John K. Butler, “The Corpse That Couldn’t Keep Cool” (Steve Midnight)
Norbert Davis, “Have One on the House ” (Bail Bond Dodd)
C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Pressure Island” (Colonel Kaspir)
Jan Dana, “Corpse of a Different Killer” (Acme Indemnity Op)
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