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February 1921 issue

February 1921 issue

cover art by William Grotz?

better image than previously posted

features image of cover from June 1920 issue – which was by Grotz

~ John Baer, “An Omen of Ill-Luck”, 2nd of 24 stories in BM

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “The Lizard”, 1st of 14 stories in BM

~ Harold De Polo, “There’s Always Something Lacking”, 1st of 6 stories in BM

~ Alexis Dolman, “An Admirable Man”, ‘short-short’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Carl Glick, “The Shot in the Dark”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ H.W. Haward, “Who Challoner?”, ‘the name may be Harward; in any case, possibly a pseud. of Harold Ward’, only appearance by this name in BM

~ Harry C. Hervey, Jr., “Can This Thing Be?”, 6th of 8 appearances in BM

~ Chauncey C. Hotchkiss, “ The Wrong Box”, author’s only story in BM

~ J.C. Kofoed, “Fear”, 7th of 9 stories in BM

~ J.J. Stagg, “The Mystery of the Stains”, author’s debut and 1st of 11 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Letter in Pedro’s Skull”, 1st of 2 stories in this issue (see Ward), 5th of stories under this name in BM

~ Arthur Tuckerman, “Cross-Channel”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Trego Circus Mystery”, 2nd story in this issue, 11th of 29 stories under this name in BM [15th and 16th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

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January 1921 issue ~ cover art by Archie Gunn

January 1921 issue

cover art by Archie Gunn

~ John Baer, “The Murder of An Te-Hai”, ‘NYC’s Chinatown’, 1st of 24 stories in BM

~ Frank Blighton, “An Automatic Alibi”, ‘bank fraud; 1st-person narrator’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Hamilton Craigie, “The Pendulum of Fate”, 5th of 7 solo stories in BM

~ Eric A. Darling, “The Malachite Jar”, 4th of 5 stories in BM

~ Stephen H. Edwards, “Detective Alias Thief”, ‘con men outwit banker, et al., in a small Montana town’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Clinton [aka Charles] Harcourt, “The White Face at the Cellar Window”, 4tf of 6 stories in BM

~ James Edward Hungerford, “By Fast Freight”, embezzlement in and around San Francisco, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Julian Kilman, “Playing a Hunch”, ‘Dave Lacey, just out of prison’, 4th of 6 stories in BM

~ J.C. Kofoed, “The Puzzling Affair in the Rue Tilsit”, ‘Complete Novelette; fired NYC cop murdered in Paris’, 6th of 9 stories in BM

~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “The Plan That Was Outlined by Monahan”, ‘young dip, yegg, & wire man’, 7th of 29 stories in BM

~ Harold Ward, “While the Blizzard Raged”, ‘people marooned with a murderer, 1st-person narrator’, 10th of 29 stories under this name in BM [14th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

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