October 1,1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

October 1, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

better image than previously posted

“The Corpse Was Cold” by John Lawrence

“The Die in Flame” (Ned Grantley) by Oscar Schisgall

“Stairway of Shadows” (Capt. B.J. Brady) by Leslie T. White

“The Golden Grave” (Craig Kennedy) by Arthur B. Reeve

photo and profile of Arthur B. Reeve included

May 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

May 1932 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

better image than previously posted

“Three-Ring Murder” (Dan McGrath) by T.T. Flynn

“Red Bullets” (Murphy of Ozark Lumberlands) by Edward Parrish Ware

“The Screeching Skull” (Jim Trent, PI) by J. Allan Dunn

“The Death Master” (Vee Brown) by Carroll John Daly

photo and profile of T.T. Flynn was included

December 1945 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

December 1945 issue

cover art by Milton Luros

better image than previously posted

Frederick C. Davis, “Death Can Wait” (Bill Brent)

Dale Clark, “Stay Close to Me”

Merle Constiner, “The Kitchen of Master Lefevre” (The Dean)

Julius Long, “Mostly for Murder” (C.D. Mort)

Robert C. Dennis, “Rear View of Hell”

July 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1940 issue

T.T. Flynn, “The Bookie and the Blonde” (Mr. Maddox)

Leslie T. White, “One-Way Street”

Jan Dana, “The Murder Was a Pleasure” (Acme Indemnity Op)

John K. Butler, “The Man from Alcatraz” (Steve Midnight)

Hugh B. Cave, “He Didn’t Know Nothin’“ (Officer Coffey)

better image than previously posted

April 1937 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

April 1937 issue

cover art by Malvin Singer

better image than previously posted

John K. Butler, “Gallows Ghost” (Tricky Enright)

John Lawrence, “The Corpse That Came to Call”

Leslie T. White, “Lullaby in Lead” (Duke Martindell)

Robert Sidney Bowen, “Dead Takes the Air” (Kip Lacey)

O.B. Myers, “The Black Room”

Malvin Singer, “She Found the Mutilated Forearm”

March 1938 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

March 1938 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Carroll John Daly, “A Corpse on the House” (Race Williams)

Raymond Chandler, “The King in Yellow” (Steve Grace, housedick) – first appearance of this story, one often reprinted

Frederick C. Davis, “Crimson Broadcast” (Keyhole Kerry)

William Edward Hayes, “Death by Enlargement”

Maxwell Hawkins, “Rx Murder”

October 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

“A Sleight Case of Murder” (Jeffrey Wren) by G.T. Fleming-Roberts

“Thanks for the Lovely Funeral” (Bill Brent) by Frederick C. Davis

“A Corpse Grows in Brooklyn” (Insp. Allhoff) by D.L. Champion

“Pool of Death” by Henry Norton

“Pass the Bullets, Miranda” by Ken Lewis

“Typical Killer” by Julius Long

April 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “Sheath Your Claws, Hellcat” (Jim Bennett)

R.M.F. Jones, “Holiday for a Harpy”

Scott O’Hara, “Blood on the Midway”

Robert Turner, “It’s Time to Squirm”

John Bender, “Rock-a-Bye Killer”

Tedd Thomey, “All Burned Up”

Alvin Yudkoff, “Derelict’s Dereliction”

[updated 5/8/25]

January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1943 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

T.T. Flynn, “Murder in a Dead Heat” (Mr. Maddox)

C.P. Donnell, Jr., ‘The Sweet Waters of Death” (Colonel Kaspir)

Cornell Woolrich, “The Body in Grant’s Tomb”

D.L. Champion, “The Grave Brings Silence”