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Frederick C. Davis, “Some Like ‘Em Dead”
Julius Long, “On the Homicide of the Street” (C.D. Mort)
Henry Norton, “Once Upon a Tomb” (Pinero Pershing)
William R. Cox, “Objective – Murder!” (Malachi Manatee)
Thorne Lee, “Death in the Groove”
April 1946 issue
cover art by Samuel Cherry
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D.L. Champion, “No Place Like Homicide” (Mariano Mercado)
Julius Long, “The Needle and the Hood” (C.D. Mort)
John Knox, “Home is Where the Hearse Is”
Richard Dermody, “The Doctor’s Double” (Doc Pierce)
Roland Phillips, “Murder Rides a Broomstick”
A. Boyd Correll, “Lethal Legacy”
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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D.L. Champion, “Death in the Sun” (Mariano Mercado)
C. William Harrison, “Killing is a Grave Business” (Hannibal Smith)
E. Hoffman Price, “Esprit De Corpse” (Lucky Nolan)
Stanley C. Vickers, “The Dolly Shaft Rebellion” (Jerry Slagle)
Julius Long, “Loaded for Murder” (C.D. Mort)
William R. Cox, “Shame on Malacci!” (Malachi Manatee)
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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T.T. Flynn, “Weather Fair – – Track Bloody (Mr. Maddox)
D.L. Champion, “Aaron Had a Rod” (Inspector Allhoff)
H.H. Stinson, “Keep ‘Em Dying”
Day Keene, “A Great Whirring of Wings”
Julius Long, “The Dead Don’t Tell”
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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T.T. Flynn, “Gee-Gee Doublecross” (Mr. Maddox)
C.William Harrison, “The Bones of Barnaby Bliss” (Hannibal Smith)
Dale Clark, “Better Late Than Cadaver” (High Price)
Julius Long, “Chicanery Row” (C.D. Mort)
Robert C. Dennis, “Dial Your Own Murder”
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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Dale Clark, “Stay, Fido, Stay” (Highland Park “High” Price)
Lawrence Treat, “Death on the Palette”
G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Dig a Grave for Me”
Alan Farley, “A Mouse in the Hand”
Julius Long, “C.D. for Corpus Delicti” (Clarence Darrow Mort)
Henry Norton, “No Tears for the Lady”
[updated 11/15/25]
cover art by Norman Saunders
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Bert Sims, “Beautiful, Blue and Deadly”
Larry Holden, “Murder and the Mermaid” (Gil Gilchrist)
Mel Colton, “Something to Shoot About” (PI Steve Stone)
Dane Gregory, “Self-Out!” [reprinted from 1942, originally titled “Remember the Blood and Tears”]
Carroll John Daly, “Death Rehearsal” (Willie Bloto)
Dick Goggin, “Danny, Get Your Gun!”
Fletcher Flora, “Ghoul to Go!”
Julius Long, “Mr. Mouthpiece” (Barry Bodine)
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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D.L. Champion, “The Day Nobody Died” (Inspector Allhoff)
Lawrence Treat, “Death’s Old Sweet Song” (Edward Asa Scott)
Julius Long, “The Corpse Belongs to Daddy”
Alan Farley, “Man’s Best Friend is His Murder”
Clyde Morehead, “The Remembering Skull”
Berna Morris, “Winter Violets”
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
“The Arm of Mother Manzoli” by Merle Constiner (with The Dean)
“The Big Four” by C.P. Donnel, Jr. (with Colonel Kaspir)
“Send Coffins for Seven” by Julius Long
“No Haunting Allowed” by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
[updated 5/14/25]
December 1945 issue
cover art by Milton Luros
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Frederick C. Davis, “Death Can Wait” (Bill Brent)
Dale Clark, “Stay Close to Me”
Merle Constiner, “The Kitchen of Master Lefevre” (The Dean)
Julius Long, “Mostly for Murder” (C.D. Mort)
Robert C. Dennis, “Rear View of Hell”
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