
better image than previously posted

August 1959 issue
cover art by Robert Maguire?
better image than previously posted
Ed Lacy, “Killer Nymph”
Fletcher Flora, “Redheads on the Rocks”
Gil Brewer, “Harlot House”
Alex Austin, “The Only Junkie in Town”
Talmage Powell, “A Cell to Go Home To”
C.B. Gilford, “Die Slow, Sucker”
H.A. DeRosso, “Stakeout”
Simon Danghy, “The Devil to Slay”
Thomas Elliot, “Sailor Boy”

James T. Farrell, “The Old Flame”
Frank Kane, “Lead Ache” (Johnny Liddell)
Richard Deming, “The Blonde in the Bar”
Jack Webb, “Broken Doll“

August 1948 issue
better image than previously posted
cover art by Norman Saunders
Carroll John Daly, “Race Williams’ Double Date”
Paula Elliott, “Salt on a Siren’s Trail” (Boden)
John D. MacDonald, “Cavaliers Make Good Corpse”
Don James, “Quick Buck – Quick Kill”
Roderick Lull, “Gentleman’s Vengeance”
Ted Stratton, “Butterfly’s Bier”

[updated 5/11/25]