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]
cover art by William Reusswig
T.T. Flynn, “Torture Tavern” (Val Easton vs. Black Doctor)
Ralph Oppenheim, “The Death Lady” (Glen Kelsey, PI)
Frederick Nebel, “Scrambled Murder” (Cardigan)
Edward Parrish Ware, “The Gallows Cure”
cover art by Malvin Singer
better image than previously posted
John K. Butler, “The Secret of the Wax Lady” (Tricky Enright)
Edward S. Williams, “Money in the Trees” (Paul Dana)
J.A.L. Chambliss, “A Corpse in the Rough” (Sid Harrison)
William Edward Hayes, “The Strip-Tease Murders” (Pete Niles)
Thorp McClusky, “Phantom Fingerprint”
O.B. Myers, “Death Takes the Winner”
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
Peter Paige, “The Riddle of Pap Rio” (Cash Wale)
H.H. Stinson, “The Good-Murder Policy” (Pete Rousseau)
D.L. Champion, “One Killer Too Many” (Insp. Allhoff)
Frederick C. Davis, “All This and Homicide Too” (Sam Squire of the Drumm Agency)
cover art by Norman Saunders
better image than previously posted
Hank Searls, “Auld Land Crime”
Richard F. Glendinning, “Sitting Duck Running Wild”
Frederick C. Davis, “Tune in on Murder” (Keyhole Kerry), reprinted from 1936
Mel Cotton, “Her Perfect Frame” (Shamus Buster)
Morris Cooper, “The Grave Killer”
Corretta Slavsky, “Checkmated!”
Robert Turner, “Slay, Maestro, Slay!”
December 1940 issue
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
Carroll John Daly, “The Strange Case of Iva Grey” (Connelly)
Cleve F. Adams, “Murder While You Wait” (Conner O’Melveny)
John Lawrence, “Nothing for Christmas” (Marquis of Broadway)
Merle Costiner, “You’re in My Way (The Dean)
Fletcher D. Slater, “Red Light” (Eddie West)
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
Merle Constiner, “The Puzzle of the Terrified Dummy” (The Dean)
T.T. Flynn, “Post-Mortem at Pimlico” (Mr. Maddox)
Hugh B. Cave, “Ding Dong Belle” (Peter Kane)
Jan Dana, “Death in the Center” (Acme Insurance Op)
C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Fraulein Judas”
cover art by Albert Drake
better image than previously posted
Thorne Lee, “The Hill to Die”
Hank Napheys, “The Bloodbank Killings” (reprint from 1943)
John Bender, “Room for Murder”
Alvin Yudkoff, “Stand-in for Death”
Robert Turner, “Slay Belles”
cover art by Rafael de Soto
better image than previously posted
Peter Paige, “The Cash Wale Massacre” (Case Wale)
John Knox, “The Half-World — and Moonrake”
John Whiting, “Killers Prefer Blondes”
Robert Turner, “To Love, Honor – and Betray”
Ken Greene, “Crime on My Hands”
John D. MacDonald, “My Mission is Murder”
cover art by John Fleming Gould
better image than previously posted
D.L. Champion, “Cover the Corpse’s Eyes” (Insp. Allhoff)
Cornell Woolrich, “Charlie Won’t Be Home Tonight”
Sam Merwin, Jr., “Murder for Syndication”
Jan Dana, “The Second Loop” (Acme Indemnity Op)
Leslie T. White, “Me and My Shadow” (Omar MacKenzie)
[updated 2/2/26]
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