July 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1945 issue

~ Frances Beck, “Dig Down Deep”, only story in BM

~ Anthony Boucher [pseud. of William Anthony Parker White], “The Catalyst”, only story by Boucher in BM

~ D.L. Champion, “Spend, Killer, Spend”, 18th of 26 with Rex Sackler, reprinted in Murder Costs Money: The Complete Black Mask Stories of Rex Sackler (Steeger, 2020), 20th of 30 stories in BM

~ Dale Clark, “Open and Shut”, 21st of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 24th of 32 stories in BM

~ Julius Long, “The Witch of Endor County”, 6th of 17 stories with ‘Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1st -person narrator’, 11th of 23 stories in BM

~ Henry Norton, “Here’s Homicide”, ‘Barney & Brownie, writers of a smash-hit radio whodunnit show with same name’, 5th of 6 stories in BM

~ Michael Sutton, “Jail Will Be Lonely”, Steve Duncan, hotel bouncer, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Fergus Truslow, “Death on Ice”, ‘Hendricks, rookie cop in L.A’, 1st of 6 stories in BM

©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

September 1945 Canadian issue

[updated and corrected 1/29/26]

July 1945 ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

July 1945 issue 

cover art by Gloria Stoll

G.T. Fleming -Roberts, “Lady Killer!“  

D.L. Champion, “Yuma Appointment”

Frances Beck, “The Last, Long Ride”

Cyril Plunkett, “Second Kill”

Henry Norton, “Cadaver Wanted—Dead or Alive!“

Frances M. Deegan, “Torch Song”

Robert C. Dennis, “Crabtree’s Favorite Corpse”

Francis K. Allan, “Stand-in for Death”

Day Keene, “Murder on My Mind”