cover art by William Reusswig
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Carroll John Daly, “As Midnight Strikes” (Vee Brown)
J. Allan Dunn, “The Saffron Shadow” (Fang Li)
Frederick Nebel, “The Dead Don’t Die” (Cardigan)
John Lawrence, “The Torso Trap” (Sam Beckett)
cover art attributed Malvin Singer, Walter Baumhofer, or Tom Lovell?
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Leslie T. White, “Matches in Hell” (Tod Naughton, arson dick)
Frederick Nebel, “The Sign of Murder” (Cardigan)
Frederick C. Davis, “The Case of the Silent Giantess” (Carter Cole, MD)
John Lawrence, “The Dope in the Death House (Colin Barr)
William E. Barrett, “The Blue Barrel” (Dean Culver, underworld gossip columnist)
cover art by John Newton Howitt
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Frederick Nebel, “Not So Tough” (Cardigan)
Fred MacIsaac, “Murder Reel” (Rambler Murphy)
J. Paul Suter, “Dead and Buried” (Horatio Humberton)
John Lawrence, “Guilty Party” (Cass Blue)
Edward S. Williams, “Seven Days Missing” (Det. Vance)
Dwight V. Babcock, “Pearls Without Publicity” (Kirk Daniels & Marcia Winters)
Anson Hatch, “Phantom Footsteps (Det. Larry Gilden)
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
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T.T. Flynn, “The Nightingale Sings Death” (Bill Jennings)
Frederick C. Davis, “Maestro of Murder” (Keyhole Kerry)
John Lawrence, “Body About Town” (Marquis of Broadway)
O.B. Myers, “Second-Hand Coffin” (Chief Carmody)
Cyril Plunkett, “Half a Crime”
cover art by John Fleming Gould
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John Lawrence, “Death in Round Numbers” (Marquis of Broadway)
William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Combination” (Needle Mike)
James Duncan, “A Mere Half Million”
William Edward Hayes, “The Corpse in the Darkroom”
Cyril Plunkett, “Lead Medicine”
cover art by William Reusswig
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Erle Stanley Gardner, “Time for Murder” (George Brokay)
John Lawrence, “The Scarlet Casket (Sam Beckett)
Leslie T. White, “The Zodiac Clue” (Bart Shane)
Jan Dana, “Panamint Oil”
George Alden Edson, “The Death Club” (Larry Sall)
April 1932 issue ~ 6th issue
cover art by William Reusswig
J. Allan Dunn, “The Fire Fiend”
Carroll John Daly, “The Call to Kill” (Vee Brown)
Frederick Nebel, “Murder on the Loose” (Cardigan)
John Lawrence, “The Scarlet Comet” (Paul Bryant, PI)
Norman H. White, Jr., “Buoy of Doom” (Benton Ellwell)
profile and photo of Lawrence on pg. 122
profile and photo of White on pg. 123
December 1940 issue
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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Carroll John Daly, “The Strange Case of Iva Grey” (Connelly)
Cleve F. Adams, “Murder While You Wait” (Conner O’Melveny)
John Lawrence, “Nothing for Christmas” (Marquis of Broadway)
Merle Costiner, “You’re in My Way (The Dean)
Fletcher D. Slater, “Red Light” (Eddie West)
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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~ Francis K. Allan, “That Second Answer”, ‘Shamus Tim Hall of Hall & Branch, NYC; info on FKA, p.8’, 1st of 2 stories in BM, but only original appearance
~ D.L. Champion, “Murder By the Ears”, 10th of 26 with Rex Sackler, reprinted in Murder Costs Money: The Complete Black Mask Stories of Rex Sackler (Steeger, 2020), 11th of 30 stories in BM
~ C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Blood on the Book”, 11th of 16 with Colonel Walter (Doc) Rennie, USA Medical Corps, 11th of 20 stories in BM
~ John Lawrence, “Detour to Death”, last of 14 appearances in BM
~ Curt Siodmak, “Donovan’s Brain”, 2nd of 3 parts, serialization of the novel published in 1943, only 3 appearances in BM by the author and director
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
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Frederick C. Davis, “Blood from the Parrot” (Oke Oakley)
John Lawrence, “The Barking Body” (Cass Blue)
T.T. Flynn, “House of Dread” (Jerry Prince)
William Edward Hayes, “Murder in the Private Car” (Det. Dan Howell)
Edward S. Williams, “Call It Suicide” (Det. Haldane)
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