Tag: john d. macdonald

September 1948 issue ~ cover art by Peter Stevens

September 1948 issue

cover art by Peter Stevens

~ Terry O.K. Burleson, “Killer Bait”, ‘Modern Western’, only story in BM

~ D.L. Champion, “A Corpse Can’t Run”, ‘Dan Morgan, private eye’, 27th of 30 stories in BM

~ Barry Cord, “Shoot If You Must”, Steve Weston, shamus, only story in BM

~ R.M.F. Joses, “Side Bet on Death”, last of 3 with ‘Hollywood private snoop Duane, 1st person narrator’, this story set in Vegas, 3rd of 4 stories in BM

~ John H. Knox, “Goodbye, Enemy”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ John D. MacDonald, “The Case of the Carved Model”, ‘Sam Dermott, police dick’, 2nd of 6 stories in BM

~ H.H. Stinson, “Murder Is a Pleasure”, ‘Sam Terry, p.i., & partner, Sol Hirshberg; LA setting’, last of 27 stories in BM

©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

[cover updated 1/29/26, original art added 2/28/26]

April 1949 issue

April 1949 issue

cover art by Albert Drake?

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “Murder the Bum” (Stephen Abbott)

Frederick C. Davis, “The Merry Queen of Murder” (Thackeray Hackett)

John D. MacDonald, “The Corpse Belongs to Daddy” (Donald Cheyne)

James A. Kirch, “Shoot If You Must” (Brad Harkness)

Dorothy Dunn, “Oblivion for Me” (Hollis Dorsey)

Johanas L. Bouma, “Bury Your Own Dead” (Joe Bowers)

Stuart Friedman, “Angel in the Deathhouse” (Thad Preston)

Jack Winters, “Slayer at Sea” (Thomas Brain)

November 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “Slayers Go Solo” (Jim Bennett)

Frederick C. Davis, “You Kill Me, Honey!”

Hank Searls, “A Dish of Homicide”

Harold Q. Masur, “Widow in Waiting” (Scott Jordan)

Richard Glendenning, “Reach for Your Coffin”

John D. MacDonald, “The Durable Corpse”

Johnas L. Bouma, “Birth of a Killer”

April 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1952 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

John D. MacDonald, “The Man From Limbo”

William Campbell Gault, “There’s Got to be an Angle”

Frederick C. Davis, “The Deadly Double”

Westmoreland Gray, “One Head Shorter”

Rufus Bakalor, “Tailspin Cutie”

John Bender, “She Wouldn’t Stay Dead”

John Lawrence, “Music from Hell”

Coretta Slavsky, “Relax and Regret”

June 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders (note his name in reverse on the door)

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “A Shroud in Her Trousseau” (Jim Bennett)

Frederick C. Davis, “Up in Murder’s Room”

John D. MacDonald, “Too Many Sinners”

Russell Branch, “Mayhem in her Madness”

Francis Hamilton, “Cheez-it, the Cops”

Don Campbell, “A Sap Takes the Rap”

Jhan Robbins, “Tin-Lazy Houdini”

September 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

September 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Frederick C. Davis, “Sinner Take All”

John D. MacDonald, “Murder Run-Around”

Robert Martin, “Deadliest Dame in Town” (Jim Bennett)

Paul W. Fairman, “Spotlight on Slaughter”

E.A. Morris, “I’ll Laugh at Your Funeral”

Larry J. Marcus, “The Spider’s Web”

Harvey Weinstein, “Rendezvous with Blood”

Scott O’Hara, “Mad About Murder” (pen name of John D. MacDonald)

October 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1947 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “Death Gives a Permanent Wave” (PI Jim Bennett)

D.L. Champion, “Slaying Room Only!”

John D. MacDonald, “Oh, Give Me a Hearse”

Charles Larson, “Covet and Kill”

Richard E. Glendinning, “Invitation to Hell”

Paula Elliot, “Murder is Too Personal“

Frank Ward, “Nightmare Alley”