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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