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)
cover art by Tom Lovell
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Carroll John Daly, “Monogram in Lead” (Race Williams)
T.T. Flynn, “A Date at the Morgue”
John K. Butler, “The Walking Dead” (Rex Lonergan)
Robert Sidney Bowen, “The Man Who Was Two” (Kip Lacey)
John Lawrence, “Broadway Malady” (Marquis of Broadway)
a letter from JKB appeared on pgs. 123-124
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
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T.T. Flynn, “Dead Man’s Debt” (Mr Maddox)
Fred MacIsaac, “The Duchess of Diamonds” (Rambler Murphy)
William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Chief” (Needle Mike)
Herbert Koehl, “Thirty Grand”
John Lawrence, “Boomerang Blastout” (Marquis of Broadway)
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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John K. Butler, “Hacker’s Holiday” (Steve Midnight)
John Lawrence, “Gallows 9” (Marquis of Broadway)
D.L. Champion, “Suicide in Blue (Insp. Allhoff)
Roger Torrey, “Candidate for a Killing”
O.B. Myers, “Death Laughs at Locksmiths”
October 1, 1933 issue
cover art by William Reusswig
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“The Corpse Was Cold” by John Lawrence
“The Die in Flame” (Ned Grantley) by Oscar Schisgall
“Stairway of Shadows” (Capt. B.J. Brady) by Leslie T. White
“The Golden Grave” (Craig Kennedy) by Arthur B. Reeve
photo and profile of Arthur B. Reeve included
SMB Noir 