cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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Merle Constiner, “The Puzzle of the Terrified Dummy” (The Dean)
T.T. Flynn, “Post-Mortem at Pimlico” (Mr. Maddox)
Hugh B. Cave, “Ding Dong Belle” (Peter Kane)
Jan Dana, “Death in the Center” (Acme Insurance Op)
C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Fraulein Judas”
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
Frederick C. Davis, “The Green Ghoul” (Oke Oakley)
Donald Barr Chidsey, “The Scar Clue” (Morton & McGarvey)
Hugh B. Cave, “The Brand of Kane” (Peter Kane)
Fred MacIsaac, “Heir-Cooled” (Rambler Murphy)
Phillip Clark, “Three-Letter Kill”
Robert Sidney Bowen, “Key to Murder” (Ted James)
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cover art by James Lunnon
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~ Dwight V. Babcock, “Careless Killer”, 3rd of 7 Beeker stories, 17th of 21 stories in BM
~ Allen Beck, “Long Live the Dead”, ‘magician’, only story in BM
~ Hugh B. Cave, “Smoke in Your Eyes”, ‘unusually well-plotted’, 5th of 9 stories in BM
~ Frederick C. Davis, “Stop the Presses”, 2nd with reporter Murray Gifford, ‘see p. 51 for data on how FCD writes’, 6th of 16 stories in BM
~ M.P. Hall, “Ad Lib”, ‘short-short, radio broadcasting’, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Roger Torrey, “Concealed Weapon”, ‘10 (of 14) in Pat McCarthy series, with Marge Chalmers often his “sidekick”; he is ex-NYC cop, ex-agency man (Chicago & St. Louis) who dislikes cops’, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (Vintage, 2007), 37th of 50 appearances in BM
~ Donald Wandrei, “Come Clean”, last of 6 stories in BM
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop
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Carroll John Daly, “Gangman ’s Gallows” (Race Williams)
Raymond Chandler, “Trouble is My Business ” (John Dalmas)
Edward Ronns, “Three Doors to Doom”
O.B. Myers, “Fire and Ice”
Hugh B. Cave, “Deal from the Bottom”
D.L. Champion, “Laughter in Hell”
SMB Noir 
