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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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 H.J. Ward
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sometimes referred to as the October 1935 “A” cover. the “B” cover was the November 1935 issue with the same stories – except the cover story – in a different order, but the cover was thought more “lurid…
cover art by Norman Saunders
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