October 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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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”

October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1935 issue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

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~ W.T. Ballard, “You Never Know About Women”, 1st of 7 with ‘Red Drake, undercover investigator for the State Racing Commission, 1st-person narrator’, 15th of 43 stories in BM

~ George Harmon Coxe, “Mr. Casey Flashgun Murder”, 14th of 27 with Flashgun Casey, 14th of 31 stories in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Crash and Carry”, 61th of 73 stories with Ed Jenkins, ‘The Phantom Crook’, 86th of 99 stories in BM

~ Preston Grady, “Massacre”, ‘Ned price, p.i., in South Carolina, 1st-person  narrator; smuggling & Chinese villain.’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Leslie T. White, “The City of Hell”, ‘four honest cops “put the Indian sign on a city of graft”’, author’s sole appearance in BM

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June 1, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Frederick Nebel, “A Couple of Quick Ones” (Cardigan)

Preston Grady, “Dead Man’s Chest” (Ross Paget)

John K. Butler, “The Corpse Parade” (Rex Lonergran)

John Lawrence, “Dangerous Dollars” (Cass Blue)

Richard Howells Watkins, “Hell’s Half Mile”

February 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1936 issue

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cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Richard B. Sale, “Murder to Order”(Penny Packer)

Preston Grady, “Mystery of the Vampire Bat”

Charlton L. Edholm, “Fox Trail”

Edmond Hamilton, “The Ramrod Key Killings”

James W. Routh, “The Frame”

Darrell Jordan, “The Perfect Set-Up”

Arthur J. Burks, “Death by Inches” (Duff Braden)

Forbes Parkhill, “Playboy”

Donald S. Aitken, “Millionaire Complex”

Norman A. Daniels, “The Painted Trail”

William G. Bogart, “Tapped Wires”