cover art by John Fleming Gould
“It’s the McCoy” (Paul Pine) by Erle Stanley Gardner
“The Fugitive Skeleton” (Keyhole Kerry) by Frederick C. Davis
“The Judas Touch” (Acme Indemnity Op) by Jan Dana
“The Lady in the Lake” (John Dalmas) by Raymond Chandler
“One for the Book” by Walter C. Brown
better image than previously posted
May 1943 issue
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
Cornell Woolrich, “Mind over Murder”
W.T. Ballard, “A Heel of the First Water”
Dale Clark, “Death is from Taxes” (Plates O’Rion)
Duane Yarnell, “Murder is My Meat”
Frederick C. Davis, “Home Sweet Homicide” (Bill Brant)
Henry Norton, “Bait”
[updated 5/14/25]
~ Frederick C. Davis, “Flaming Angel”, ‘1st-person narrator; psychopathic murderer’, 13th of 16 stories in BM
~ Dean Evans, “Frame for a Dame”, 1st of 3 stories in BM
~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Something Dead Has Been Added”, ‘John Anthony Gwinn, Indianapolis reporter’, 7th of 8 stories in BM
~ Marvin J. Jones, “Sing a Song of Murder”, ‘Jimmy Bell, cop’, author’s only appearance in BM
~ John D. MacDonald, “Killing All Men”, 3rd of 6 stories in BM
~ Robert Martin, “Let’s All Swing Together”, 1st of 6 with ’debut of Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective’, 3rd of 8 stories in BM
~ Scott O’Hara, “Kiss the Corpse Good-By”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Edward van der Rhoer, “The High Cost of Dying”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
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[cover updated 1/29/26, original art added 3/1/26]
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