December 1939 issue ~ cover art by James Lunnon

December 1938 issue

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

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August 1939 issue

August 1939 issue

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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”

July 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1940 issue

T.T. Flynn, “The Bookie and the Blonde” (Mr. Maddox)

Leslie T. White, “One-Way Street”

Jan Dana, “The Murder Was a Pleasure” (Acme Indemnity Op)

John K. Butler, “The Man from Alcatraz” (Steve Midnight)

Hugh B. Cave, “He Didn’t Know Nothin’“ (Officer Coffey)

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December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

December 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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Hugh B. Cave, “Daughters of Dark Desire”

Maitland Scott, “House-Guest from Hell”

Paul Ernst, “They Wear Death’s Face”

Karl Hans Strobl, “Dead Woman’s Lodger”

John H. Knox, “Girl Into Mummy”

Arthur J. Burks, “Death—The Tempter”

Norvell W. Page, “Bodies in Bronze”

George Alden Edson, “Hotel of the Damned”

May 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

May 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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