harold ward – SMB Noir

August 1921 issue

August 1921 issue

~ John Baer, “Circumstantial Evidence and Guilt”, 7^th of 24 stories in BM

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “Glass Jade”, 4^th of 14 stories in BM

~ Ford Douglas, “The ‘Plant’”, 3^rd of 4 stories in BM

~ Arthur S. Garbett, “The Wax Witness”, 1st of 4 stories in BM

~ J.B. Harris-Burland, “Barbour’s New Book”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ J.B. Hawley, “Footprints”, 5^th of 12 stories in BM

~ J.L. Martin, “The Tip on the Market”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Vincent Starrett, “The Case of the Shoeless Man”, last of 4 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Mystery of the Chessmen”, 1 of 2 stories in this issue (see Ward), 8th of 16 stories under this name in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Ship on Dunbar’s Breast”, 2^nd story in this issue, 16th of 29 stories under this name in BM [23^rd and 24^th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

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November 22, 2014

July 1922 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

July 1922 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

~ John Baer, “Have A Smoke?”, 20^th of 24 stories in BM

~ George Briggs, “By His Own Hand –“, 2^nd of 2 BM stories

~ T.B. Burt, “Red Hot”, 2^nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Frederick Ames Coates, “The Accident”, 4^th of 5 stories in BM

~ J.S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher, “Exterior to the Evidence”, 4th of 5 parts, ‘serial re-run of novel 1^st pub in London (1920) with same title’, 4^th of 6 appearances in BM

~ Jack J. Gottlieb, “Crimsoned Baubles”, 4^th of 8 stories in BM

~ Harry C. Hervey, Jr., “The Devil at the Helm”, ‘A Complete Novelette’, last of 8 appearances in BM

~ George B. Jenkins, Jr., “Two Faultless Crimes”, 4th of 5 stories in BM

~ Lloyd Lonergan, “In the Grip of the Everglades”, 8^th and final story in BM

~ Fred B. Mann, “An Affair of Honor”, ‘short-short’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Howard P. Rockey, “When Lightning Strikes”, 2nd of 5 stories in BM

~ J.J. Stagg, “Post-Mortem Murder”, 9th of 11 stories in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Mystery of the Mary Ann”, 24th of 29 stories under this name in BM [39^th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

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December 1921 issue

December 1921 issue

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~ Meredith Beyers, “The Dark Brown Dress”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “Hear Not, See Not. Speak Not Evil”, 1^st story in this issue

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “Fit for a King”, 2^nd story in this issue, 7^th and 8^th stories in BM

~ Elizabeth (Bessie) Dudley, “Ananias Ltd”, ‘A Chinese among the characters’, 3rd of 4 stories in BM

~ John B. Hart, “In Full Payment”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ J.B. Hawley, “The Mystery of the One-Legged Man”, 8^th of 12 stories in BM

~ Pettersen Marzoni, “Fear”, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

~ David Morrison, “Thornton Smiled Significantly”, 2^nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Harry M. Sutherland, “The Weeping Killer”, short-short, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ John D. Swain, “The Man Who Knew Too Much”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Frederic J. Thorne, “The Prisoner Speaks”, ‘A Complete Mystery Novelette’, 7th of 10 stories in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Woman Who Cursed a Man”, 19th of 29 stories under this name in BM [29th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

~ Henry S. Watson and Asa Steele, “The Trap Thief”, 2^nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Charles S. Wolfe, “The Finishing Touch”, 1^st of 3 stories in BM

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April 1922 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

April 1922 issue

cover art by William Grotz

~ John Baer, “The Campaign for Vengeance”, ‘A Complete mystery novelette’, 16^th of 24 stories in BM

~ George Briggs, “The Too-Easy Alibi”, 1^st of 2 BM stories

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “A Track-and-a-Half”, 12^th of 14 stories in BM

~ J.S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher, “Exterior to the Evidence”, 1^st of 5 parts, ‘serial re-run of novel 1^st pub in London (1920) with same title’, 1^st of 6 appearances in BM

~ J.B. Hawley, “The Extra Dozen Eggs”, author’s last of 12 stories in BM

~ George B. Jenkins, Jr., “Appearances Are Deceiving”, 1^st of 5 stories in BM

~ Murray Leinster (pseud. of Will F. Jenkins), “Pink Ears”, and 2^nd of 7 stories under this name

~ Pettersen Marzoni, “The Light That Lies”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ R.T.M. Scott (Reginald Thomas Maitland), “The Trap”, ‘Secret Service Smith’, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

~ J.J. Stagg, “The Finger of Guilt”, 6th of 11 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Brand of Cain”, 1st of 3 stories in this issue (see Ward), 12th of 16 stories under this name in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “Hankenson’s Perfect Crime”, 2nd of 3 stories in this issue (see Ward), 13th of 16 stories under this name in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Man Who Was Two”, 3^rd story in this issue, 23rd of 29 stories under this name in BM [35^th, 36^th and 37th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

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January 1921 issue ~ cover art by Archie Gunn

January 1921 issue

cover art by Archie Gunn

~ John Baer, “The Murder of An Te-Hai”, ‘NYC’s Chinatown’, 1^st of 24 stories in BM

~ Frank Blighton, “An Automatic Alibi”, ‘bank fraud; 1^st-person narrator’, 2^nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Hamilton Craigie, “The Pendulum of Fate”, 5^th of 7 solo stories in BM

~ Eric A. Darling, “The Malachite Jar”, 4^th of 5 stories in BM

~ Stephen H. Edwards, “Detective Alias Thief”, ‘con men outwit banker, et al., in a small Montana town’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Clinton [aka Charles] Harcourt, “The White Face at the Cellar Window”, 4tf of 6 stories in BM

~ James Edward Hungerford, “By Fast Freight”, embezzlement in and around San Francisco, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Julian Kilman, “Playing a Hunch”, ‘Dave Lacey, just out of prison’, 4th of 6 stories in BM

~ J.C. Kofoed, “The Puzzling Affair in the Rue Tilsit”, ‘Complete Novelette; fired NYC cop murdered in Paris’, 6^th of 9 stories in BM

~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “The Plan That Was Outlined by Monahan”, ‘young dip, yegg, & wire man’, 7th of 29 stories in BM

~ Harold Ward, “While the Blizzard Raged”, ‘people marooned with a murderer, 1^st-person narrator’, 10th of 29 stories under this name in BM [14th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

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February 1922 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

February 1922 issue

cover art by William Grotz

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~ John Baer, “The Pearl-Handled Revolver”, 1^st story in issue

~ John Baer, “Written in Blood”, 2nd story, 13^th and 14^th of 24 stories in BM

~ Christopher B. Booth, “The Phelam Lodge Mystery”, 3^rd of 5 BM stories

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “24 Karat – But”, 10^th of 14 stories in BM

~ Arthur S. Garbett, “The Wet Hand”, 3rd of 4 stories in BM

~ J.B. Hawley, “The Hallowell Murder”, 10^th of 12 stories in BM

~ J. Burton Loftus, “At the Expense of James Cathew”, short-short, only appearance in BM

~ Lloyd Lonergan, “The Disappearing Judge”, 2^nd of 8 stories in BM

~ J.J. Stagg, “The Man in Box D”, 5th of 11 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Passing of Bloody Dan”, 1 of 2 stories in this issue (see Ward), 11th of 16 stories under this name in BM

~ Frederic J. Thorne, “The Multiple Mystery Story”, part 2 of 3, 9th of 10 stories in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Attorney for the Defense”, ‘short-short’, 2^nd of 2 stories in this issue (with Sterling), 21st of 29 stories under this name in BM [32^nd and 33rd of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

~ Charles S. Wolfe, “Unlucky Friday”, last of 3 stories in BM

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October 1920 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

October 1920 issue

cover art by William Grotz

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~ Christopher B. Booth, “The Curse of Chester Whitaker”, 2^nd of 5 BM stories

~ Hamilton Craigie, “Above Suspicion”, 3rd of 7 solo stories in BM

~ Eric A. Darling, “The Man in the Astrakhan Coat”, Parisian amateur sleuth Dale Owen, 3^rd of 5 stories in BM

~ Thomas A. Hanley, “The Mysterious Terror”, ‘horror tale, featuring a beast, The Unnamable’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ J.B. Hawley, “The Man O’Leary Couldn’t Catch”, ‘NYPD Lt. O’Leary & jewel thief’, 2^nd of 12 stories in BM

~ Albert MacCray, “In the Shadows of the Jungle”, ‘set in Borneo; Chinese, et al.’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Charles McDonnel, “The Crimson Scars”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Roylston Markham, “The Scar of the Gibbering Imp”, ‘short-short‘, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “The Safe in the Library”, ‘crookdom, complete with criminal argot’, 5th of 29 stories in BM

~ Lewis H. Moulton, “The Voice of the Dead Man”, ‘short-short’, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

~ Anthony M. Rud, “The Silver Screw”, ‘”Complete Mystery Novelette”; set in Ivory Coast (Africa)’, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Man Who Returned”, 7th of 29 stories under this name in BM [11th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

~ Samuel Wilcox, “The Witness”, ‘short-short’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Arthur Seymour Witt, “The Crawling Crime”, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

April 1921 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

April 1921 issue

cover art by William Grotz

~ John Baer, “Partners in Crime”, 4^th of 24 stories in BM

~ Hamilton Craigie, “The Lap of the Lady”, shop lifting and female impersonation, last of 7 solo stories in BM

~ Eric A. Darling, “The Pigtail of Wi-Wing-Ho”, ‘Chinese; diamond hidden in pigtail’, last of 5 stories in BM

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “The Second Safe”, ‘safe-cracker, narrator’, 2^nd of 14 stories in BM

~ Ford Douglas, “The Mardi Gras Souvenir”, ‘”Complete Mystery Novelette”, 1^st-person narrator’, 1^st of 4 stories in BM

~ Gaius Drew, “Murder Magic”, ‘Benson the Houseman’, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

~ Clinton [aka Charles] Harcourt, “The Hold-Up on Napoleon Boulevard”, ‘Barney Fagan, thief’, 5th of 6 stories in BM

~ Marc Edmond Jones, “Death’s Bridegroom”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “What the Moonlight Revealed”, 8th of 29 stories in BM

~ Hubert de Tavanne Roussel, “The Stained Paper”, ‘short-short’, and “The Yellow Stripe”, ‘set in the Kalahari Desert (South Africa)’, 2^nd and 3rd of 7 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Riddle of the Tattooed Men”, 1st of 2 stories in this issue (see Ward), 7th of 16 stories under this name in BM

~ John D. Swain, “Mahogany Brogues”, ‘cocaine addict kills bully on NYC subway’, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

~ Harold Ward, “Under the Crimson Skull”, ‘two detectives & Cora Morgan, “government operative’, 2^nd story in this issue, 13th of 29 stories under this name in BM [19^th and 20th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

May 1921 issue ~ cover art by Archie Gunn

May 1921 issue

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cover art by Archie Gunn

~ John Baer, “The Struggle in the Dark”, 5^th of 24 stories in BM

~ Walter De Leon, “Marked By the Moon”, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

~ Paul Everman, “A Call at Carnagy’s”, ‘short-short’, 3rd of 4 stories in BM

~ Clinton [aka Charles] Harcourt, “The Reflection in the Mirror”, last of 6 stories in BM

~ Julian Kilman, “The Fugitive”, 5th of 6 stories in BM

~ William H. Kofoed, “The Foot on the Skylight”, last of 3 stories in BM [under this name?]

~ Robert K. Lennox, “The Price of Vanity”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Lloyd Lonergan, “The Hunch”, 1^st of 8 stories in BM

~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “ The Telegram”, and “Told By a Card”, 2 stories in this issue, 9th and 10^th of 29 stories in BM

~ Angus Perkerson, “Ether”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Hubert de Tavanne Roussel, “The Trap”, ‘short-short’, 4th of 7 stories in BM

~ Anthony M. Rud, “The Farson Enigma”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Harold Ward, “Out of the Jaws of Death”, ‘short-short’, 14th of 29 stories under this name in BM [21st of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

April 15, 1923 issue ~ cover art by John Decker

April 15, 1923 issue

cover art by John Decker

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~ Raymond J. Brown, “Phantom Bullets”, part 2 of 5, only work in BM

~ Ray Cummings and Gabrielle [2^nd wife], “Haunted”, only story by this pair in BM

~ Carroll John Daly, “It’s All in the Game”, ‘1^st-person narrator, preying on “leading lights of the underworld” e.g., Ed, The Killer’, 3rd of 71 appearances in BM

~ Drayton Dunster, “The Fruit of the Tomb”, ‘A Cemetery Tale’, 5^th of 9 stories in BM

~ H.M. Hamilton, “Vanishing Gold”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “The Vengeance of the Dead”, 6th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 6^th of 49 total articles in BM

~ Joe Taylor, “The Meanest Thief”, ‘brief-brief’, 7^th piece of 13 tales in BM

~ Joe Taylor and G[eorge] W. Sutton, Jr., “Burnt Hands”, part 2 of 2 (subtitled, “A Splinter of Steel”), ‘GWS was then editor of BM’, 2nd of 2 appearances by this team in BM

~ Juliette Van, “At the Dragon’s Dip”, ‘Billed as “A Complete Double-Length Detective Mystery Novelette”’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Turning of the Worm”, last of 29 stories under this name in BM [last of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

~ J.A. Young, “The Meanest Thief”, ‘brief-brief’, author’s sole appearance in BM