October 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Carroll John Daly, “Race Williams Cooks a Goose”

John D. MacDonald, “Target for Tonight”

William P. McGivern, “Hunt Her in Hell”

Raymond Drennan, Jr., “He Woke Up Dying”

Preston Grady, “Killing’s Too Easy”

Charles Larson, “My Crime – Your Punishment”

June 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1953 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Peter Paige, “Cash Wale’s Second Massacre!” (Cash Wale)

D.L. Champion, “Toast the Poison Princess” (A. Dasher)*

J.L. Bouma, “ – And Hope to Die!”

Charles Beckman, Jr., “How to Kill a Corpse”

Fletcher Flora, “ – Time to Kill – ”

Grover Brinkman, “Last Warning!”

Robert Sidney Bowen, “Dope in the Dark”

Dennis Wiegano, “Letter of the Law”

* “Toast the Poison Princess” reprinted from 1945

July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

John D. MacDonald, “Dead Men Don’t Scare”

Talmage Powell, “Forget-Me-Not Killer”

Frederick C. Davis, “If the Noose Fits”

Robert Turner, “Murder in Her Wake”

Van MacNair, Jr., “White-Collar Stiff”

Russell Branch, “So Sorry – So Dead”

Scott O’Hara, “Five-Star Fugitive” (pen name of MacDonald’s)

November 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “Slayers Go Solo” (Jim Bennett)

Frederick C. Davis, “You Kill Me, Honey!”

Hank Searls, “A Dish of Homicide”

Harold Q. Masur, “Widow in Waiting” (Scott Jordan)

Richard Glendenning, “Reach for Your Coffin”

John D. MacDonald, “The Durable Corpse”

Johnas L. Bouma, “Birth of a Killer”

June 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1952 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Frank Ward, “The Deadliest Bride in Town!”

Fredric Brown, “To Slay a Man About a Dog!”

Larry Holden, “The Expendable Ex”

Joel Townsley Rogers, “When the Devil God Smiled”

R.M.F. Joses, Tee Lady Takes a Powder”

Frank Huepper, “Tough Guy” (Shannon)

Joseph V. Hickey, “Three for the Kill”

Dave Crockett, “Death Grip”

Dennis Wiegand, “Nobody Loves a Cop”