Tag: jack j. gottlieb

March 1, 1923 issue ~ cover art by A. Rose

March 1, 1923 issue

cover art by A. Rose

~ John Ayotte, “Okolehao”, ‘short-short, ‘A tragedy of Hawaii’, JA’s debut in BM’, 1st of 10 stories

~ Eustace Hale Ball, “The Trail of the Scarlet Fox”, part 4 of 6 parts with various subtitles, 4th of 13 appearances in BM

~ Black Mask Crime Review, ‘A Crime Expert’s Review of the Hall-Mills Tragedy; Article; anonymous;1st segment in this irregular, short-lived Department; no indexed beyond this point’

~ Crowley Conmarr, “Under the Hide of Tu Son”, ‘A Weird Tale’; 1st-person narrator; Chinese character’, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Jack J. Gottlieb, “With His Enemies’ Aid”, ‘A Mystery of the D.A.s office’, authors 8th and final story in BM

~ John Hanlon, “The Door”, ‘A Skit with Spirits’, last of 3 stories in BM

~ John Holden, “The Perfect Plan”, ‘Gerald Drago, embezzler’, author’s only story in BM

~ Francis James, “Sinister Images”, Prentice, Harvard-trained criminologist turned policeman (‘the young Central Office Man’) with Police Chief Shannon, 3rd of 4 parts, 5th of 20 appearances in BM

~ Roy L. McCardell, “Pieces of Men”, ‘daytime story’, last of 5 appearances in BM

~ Herman Petersen, “The Ghost Ship”, ‘Complete Mystery Novelette of the Cannibal Isles’, 6th of 20 stories in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “Old Clothes”, ‘fictitious names are given…changed a bit for necessary reasons’, 3rd of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 3rd of 49 total articles in BM

~ Gregory Stragnell, MD, “Our Dreams”, “short-lived Department devoted to ‘one of the newest sciences – psychoanalysis’; not indexed beyond this point”

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October 1922 issue

October 1922 issue

~ Carroll John Daly, “Dolly”, ‘1st person narrated mood piece…see p. 65 for editorial comment on story’, reprinted in Them That Lives By Their Guns: The Collected Hard-Boiled Stories of Race Williams, Vol. 1 (Altus Press, 2015), 1st of 71 appearances in BM

~ David Dart, “Parker Proves His Theory”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Frederick C. Davis, “Floating Pearls”, 2nd of 16 stories in BM

~ Mary Browne, “Man, Woman and the Iceman”, sole appearance in BM

~ Henry W. Fisher, “The Truth About the Belgrade Assassinations”, ‘Murders of King Alexander & Queen Dragna of Serbia in 1903’, 1st of 7 long pieces in BM

~ Jack J. Gottlieb, “Ling the Lucky”, ‘Chinese gunman Ling Yar in San Francisco’, author’s 6th of 8 stories

~ Francis F. Gregory, “A Pile of Dust”, author’s sole story in BM

~ Francis James, “The Sand Devil”, ‘billed as “A Complete Novelette of Mystery and Action…This weird story should be ready by daylight”; debut of Prentice, Harvard-trained criminologist, turned policeman’, 1st of 20 appearances in BM

~ Murray Leinster (pseud. of Will F. Jenkins), “The Wallet That Weighed Too Much”, 5th of 7 stories in BM

~ Herman Petersen, “A Gold-Digger’s Man” and “Half Across the World”, 3rd and 4th of 20 stories in BM

~ Howard P. Rockey, “False Witness”, last of 5 stories in BM

~ Robert Russell, “Suspiciously Good Behavior”, 1st of 3 stories in BM

~ Robert E(mmett) Sherwood, “Film Thrillers”, film-review series, short –lived department, not indexed beyond this issue

~ Ward Sterling, “The Concrete Facts About Thomas Hancock”, last of 16 stories under this name in BM [44th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Harold Ward and H.W. Starr]

~ J. Ainsworth Wood, “Beyond”, ‘brief-brief’, author’s only appearance in BM

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