August 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1952 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

John D. MacDonald, “Trap for a Tigress!”

Richard Deming, “Here’s Blood in My Eye!”

Albert Simmons, “Strictly Guilt-Edged”

Talmage Powell, “The Beautiful Miss Borgia”

Philip Ketchum, “The Good Neighbors”

Larry Holden, “Sing a Song of Murder”

Harry Widmer, “The Key”

Dane Gregory, “My Night to Kill” (reprint from 1941)

August 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1951 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/7/25]

October 1949 issue

October 1949 issue

better image than previously posted

Lauri Wirta, “Devil’s Island—New Style”

Ted Palmer: Popular Films

Talmage Powell, “Time of the Demon”

Frederick Blakeslee: Adventures into the Unknown

John D. MacDonald, “Last Rendezvous”

Day Keene, “The Laughing Dead”

Larry Holden, “Bloody Night!“

Margaret St. Clair, “Nightmare Lady”

Lix Agrabee, “The Corpse Came Back!“

Mayan & Jakobsson: Macabre Museum

Benjamin Siegel, “While the Killers Wait…”

Skippy Adelman, “The Crimson Pool”

William Campbell Gault, “Return to Terror”

The Editor: Mystery’s Dark Portals