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”, 3rd of 24 stories in BM

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

~ Harold De Polo, “The Bass Lake Murder”, 2nd 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’, 8th of 9 stories in BM

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

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

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

~ Harold Ward, “The Man in the Trunk”, 2nd story in this issue, 12th of 29 stories under this name in BM [17th and 18th 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’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

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

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Clean Break into The Killing

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1955. First Edition. In publisher’s trial dust jacket, date stamped March 1, 1955, on the bottom of the front flap.

Basis for Stanley Kubrick’s breakthrough 1956 film “The Killing,” starring Sterling Hayden in one of his defining roles.

1956 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire

1988 Black Lizard reissue – cover art by Kirwin

1956 United Artists – written and directed by Stanley Kubrick