cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
Tag: robert martin
May 1949 issue
cover art attributed to both Norman Saunders and Peter Stevens
~ Ed Barcelo, “Suicidal Slay Ride”, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Bruno Fischer, “Five O’Clock Menace”, ‘1st-person narrator in barber’s chair, reprinted, The Hard-Boiled Detective (1977)’, 4th of 5 stories in BM
~ John P. Foran, “Copper, Come Back to Me”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ John D. MacDonald, “Murder in One Syllable”, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010), 4th of 6 stories in BM
~ Robert Martin, “Death’s Glass Slipper”, 2nd of 6 stories with ‘Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective’, 4th of 8 stories in BM
~ Marian O’Hearn, “Diary of a Deadly Dame”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ Fergus Truslow, “Pardon My Poison Platters”, ‘the record business’, last of 6 stories in BM
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop
[updated 3/1/26]
March 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
H.H. Stinson, “Slay Binge” (Pete Rousseau)
Robert Martin, “G.I. Doublecross” (Jim Bennett)
Dale Clark, “Corpse on Parade” (High Price)
Thorne Lee, “The Whisperer”
Ralph Eldred, “Death Watch”
Ken Lewis, “This May Hurt a Little”
1955 Bantam paperback – cover art by Mitchell Hooks
pseudonym of Lee Roberts
1954 Dodd Mead hardcover, this the later 1955 Bantam paperback
cover art by Mitchell Hooks
April 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
September 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake
cover art by Albert Drake
Frederick C. Davis, “Man About Murder”
T.T. Flynn, “I’ll Bet Your Life!” (Mr. Maddox)
Robert Martin, “Doctor of Doom”
Richard Dermody, “Cupid for Cash” (Doc Pierce)
Dean Evans, “Dreams Get Blasted, Too”
Russell Branch, “A Corpse Had Cold Feet”
[updated 5/12/25]
March 1948 issue ~ cover art by Peter Stevens
February 1949 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake
cover art by Albert Drake
better image than previously posted
Andrew Holt, “Some Like ‘Em Cold!” (Shamus Reed)
Russell Bender, “Here’s Lead in Your Teeth”
Robert Martin, “Homicidal Honey” (Lee Fiske)
Michael O’Hillard, “Sinner’s Haven” (P.I. Thorne)
William P. McGivern, “One Lesson in Larceny”
Frederick C. Davis, “Don’t Talk, Chump!”
February 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders
cover art by Norman Saunders
better image than previously posted
Robert Martin, “Death Under Glass” (Lee Fisk)
Hank Searls, “For Tomorrow We Die”
Talmage Powell, “Nobody’s Darling”
Frederick C. Davis, “Furlough for Murder” (reprint from 1943)
Larry Holden, “Prelude for Wake”
Don James, “G-String Kill”
John Bender, “In Jail By Christmas” (published in 1941 as “Prelude to an Operation”)
Ray Darby, “According to Plan”
March 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
T.T. Flynn, “Mr. Maddox’s Murder Parlay” (Mr. Maddox)
Fenton W. Earnshaw, “Slaughter in a Sarong” (Shamus Larkin)
John D. MacDonald, “I’ll Drown You in My Dreams”
Robert Martin, “Just a Corpse at Twilight”
Shane Darcy, “Dames Like Killing Too”
Harry Mason, “Death for Dessert”
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