Brass Cupcake x 3

John D. MacDonald’s first novel

1950 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

1960 Gold Medal reissue

cover art by Barye Phillips

1974 UK hardcover from Robert Hale

The Lethal Sex x 2

1959 Dell paperback original anthology of short stories by women crime writers, an idea initiated by MacDonald

cover painting by Ron Lesser

1962 Fontana edition from the UK

cover art by John L. Baker

better image than previously posted

[post updated 10/8/25]

November 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1950

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “Slayers Burn Slow” (Jim Bennett)

Donn Mullally, “A Bullet for Baby”

T.T. Flynn, “Build-Up for Murder”*

Rufus Bakalor, “Homicidal Hobby”

Raymond Drennan, Jr., “Killer’s Luck”

John D. MacDonald, “Tri-Kill Cutie”

*reprint from 1941