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~ Charles Hilan Craig, “The Wanderer”, Western, only story to appear in BM
~ H.B. Davenport, “Weapons”, last of 2 stories in BM
~ Donald Feak, “Emeralds!”, ‘Pirates’, last 3 stories in BM
~ Henry W. Fisher, “Executioners I Have Met”, ‘4tht of 6 ‘true’ articles with various subtitles’
~ Charles M. Green [pseud. of Erle Stanley Gardner], “The Shrieking Skeleton”, 1st of 3 stories under this name, ESG’s debut in BM
~ Thomas de V. Harper, “A Melanesian Holiday”, ‘short-short’, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Francis James, “The Sand Devil”, Prentice, Harvard-trained criminologist turned policeman with Police Chief Shannon, 2nd of 4 parts, 11th of 20 appearances in BM
~ William Rollins, Jr., “The Wolf of the Du Mont Thiers”, ‘advertised as “A Strange Story of Strange People”’, 5th of 23 stories in BM
~ Charles Somerville, “The Loot Ship”, 21st of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 22nd of 49 total articles in BM
~ Emmett Welsh, “The Slippery Eel”, ‘billed as “A Complete Fast-Moving Novelette”; NYC police; oddly, in 15 Nov 1923 issue (p.42) author is listed as Robert E. Welch’, author’s sole appearance in BM
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~ Carroll John Daly, “One Night of Frenzy”, 10th of 71 appearances in BM
~ Harold De Polo, “Mr. Dugan’s Vocation”, 5th of 6 stories in BM
~ Marjory Stoneman Douglas, “White Midnight”, last of 4 parts, ‘South Seas setting’, author’s only story in BM
~ Edward Ettinger, “The Mystery of Perkins Farm”, 2nd and last story in BM
~ Arthur S. Garbett, “The Times Speeder”, ‘amateur sleuth, 1st-person narrator, novelette’, last of 4 stories in BM
~ Dashiell Hammett, “The House in Turk Street”, the Op [9th of 25], see sequel “The Girl with the Silver Eyes”, (6/1924), reprinted in The Big Book of the Continental Op (Vintage, 2017), reprinted in Zigzags of Treachery: The Complete Black Mask Cases of the Continental Op, Vol. 1 (Steeger, 2023), 15th of 51 stories in BM
~ L.M. Lish, “Poker”, ‘short-short’, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “The Seven Gold Figures”, 7th of 10 with ‘Captain Valentine, that ‘attractive European scalawag’, adventurer and rascal’, ‘see p.127 for letter from CSM‘, 23rd of 29 stories in BM
~ Charles Somerville, “A Reporter’s Clue”, 28th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 29th of 49 total articles in BM
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