g.t. fleming-roberts

May 1945 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

cover art by Gloria Stoll

~ W.T. Ballard, “Dressed to Kill”, ‘Sleepy Payne, gambler, 1^st-person narrator’, last of 43 stories in BM

~ Merle Constiner, “The Witch of Birdfoot Ranch”, ‘Sheriff Britten; hill-country setting’, 9^th of 12 stories in BM

~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “The Creeps”, ‘William Payne, clumsy oaf; in a town that has ‘the creeps’, 3^rd of 8 stories in BM

~ Julius Long, “Carnie Kill”, 5th of 17 stories with ‘Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1^st -person narrator’, 10th of 23 stories in BM

~ James R. McKenna, “Caliente”, ‘short-short; horse racing; 1^st person narrator‘, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ H.H. Stinson, “A Noose for Little Nemo”, ‘Sergeant Joe Terry, home on leave’, 20^th of 27 stories in BM

©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

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Frederick C. Davis, “Clinic for Corpses” (Bill Brent)

Norbert Davis, “Charity Begins at Homicide” (Max Latin)

C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Beef to the Heels” (Colonel Kaspir)

H.S.M. Kemp, “Between 11:00 and 11:15”

G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “There’s One in Every Graveyard”

Richard Dermody, “Painless Operation”

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Frederick C. Davis, “Thirteen Shrouds” (Thackeray Hackett)

G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Feather in Your Coffin” (Jeffrey Wren)

Ted Stratton, “Hickory, Dickory Death” (Tom Morgan)

Ed Schmid, “A Likely Story”

John D. MacDonald, “Female of the Species”

cover art by Albert Drake

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