harry c. hervey – SMB Noir

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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March 1921 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

March 1921 issue

cover art by William Grotz

better image than previously posted

~ John Baer, “The Great Fur Robberies”, 3^rd of 24 stories in BM

~ Hamilton Craigie, “A Question of Temperature”, 6^th of 7 solo stories in BM

~ Harold De Polo, “The Bass Lake Murder”, 2^nd of 6 stories in BM

~ Harry C. Hervey, Jr., “Mr. Sin”, ‘A Complete Novelette’, 7th of 8 appearances in BM

~ J.C. Kofoed, “The Odd Case of Mr. Hanka”, ‘Hanka, forger’, 8^th of 9 stories in BM

~ William R. Randall, “If the Coat Fits”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Vincent Starrett, “The Open Window, 2^nd of 4 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Golden Slipper Mystery”, 1^st of 2 stories in this issue (see Ward), 6th of 16 stories under this name in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Man in the Trunk”, 2^nd story in this issue, 12th of 29 stories under this name in BM [17^th and 18^th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

~ Arthur Seymour Witt, “The Recoil”, ‘”Duffy, The Soup”, old-time yegg’, 2^nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Cynthia Woolford, “The Pink Nails of Marylin Hart”, author’s sole appearance in BM

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June 1920 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

June 1920 issue – third issue

cover art by William Grotz

~ Hamilton Craigie, “The Dead Ringer”, 2nd of 7 solo stories in BM

~ Eric A. Darling, “That Thing on the Bed”, 1^st of 5 stories in BM

~ Schuyler Hamilton, “Run to Earth”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Clinton [aka Charles] Harcourt, “The Chest of Delicious Curves”, 2nd of 6 stories in BM

~ Harry C. Hervey, Jr., “The Black Menace”, 2nd of 8 appearances in BM

~ William H. Kofoed, “The Scarlet Mask”, 1st of 3 stories in BM [under this name?]

~ Maurice Level, “The Confession”, 2^nd of 2 stories in BM

~ H.T. MacKender, “The Coward”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “The Final Raid”, 2nd of 29 stories in BM

~ Charles F. Oursler and John I. Pearce, “The Hand of Judas”, authors’ only appearance in BM

~ Edward E. and Dorothy S. Rose, “The Night of November 7^th”, authors’ only appearance in BM

~ Valentine Williams, “The Mystery of the Brown Leather Suit-Case”, 2^nd of 2 stories in BM