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Frederick C. Davis, “Some Like ‘Em Dead”
Julius Long, “On the Homicide of the Street” (C.D. Mort)
Henry Norton, “Once Upon a Tomb” (Pinero Pershing)
William R. Cox, “Objective – Murder!” (Malachi Manatee)
Thorne Lee, “Death in the Groove”
cover art by Malvin Singer
~ D.L. Champion, “Padlocked Pockets”, 23rd if 26 with Sackler, reprinted in Murder Costs Money: The Complete Black Mask Stories of Rex Sackler (Steeger, 2020), 25th of 30 stories in BM
~ Ed Edstrom, “Never Call the Cops”, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Bruno Fischer, “A Killer in the Crowd”, ‘1st-person; homicide lieutenant, NYPD’, 2nd of 5 stories in BM
~ William Campbell Gault, “The Constant Shadow”, 4th of 9 stories in BM
~ Henry Norton, “High Voltage Homicide”, ‘Lee Bassler, ‘phone company trouble-shooter’, last of 6 stories in BM
~ H.H. Stinson, “Murder’s No Libel”, last of 14 with Ken O’Hara, ‘now press agent for Hotel Diplomat’, 24th of 27 stories in BM
~ Michael Sutton, “Concerto for Guns”, ‘Johnny Dillon, LA private ‘tec, 1st person narrator‘, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
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cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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Dale Clark, “Stay, Fido, Stay” (Highland Park “High” Price)
Lawrence Treat, “Death on the Palette”
G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Dig a Grave for Me”
Alan Farley, “A Mouse in the Hand”
Julius Long, “C.D. for Corpus Delicti” (Clarence Darrow Mort)
Henry Norton, “No Tears for the Lady”
[updated 11/15/25]
October 1944 issue
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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“A Sleight Case of Murder” (Jeffrey Wren) by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
“Thanks for the Lovely Funeral” (Bill Brent) by Frederick C. Davis
“A Corpse Grows in Brooklyn” (Insp. Allhoff) by D.L. Champion
“Pool of Death” by Henry Norton
“Pass the Bullets, Miranda” by Ken Lewis
“Typical Killer” by Julius Long
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]
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