cover art by Norman Saunders
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Robert Martin, “Sheath Your Claws, Hellcat” (Jim Bennett)
R.M.F. Jones, “Holiday for a Harpy”
Scott O’Hara, “Blood on the Midway”
Robert Turner, “It’s Time to Squirm”
John Bender, “Rock-a-Bye Killer”
Tedd Thomey, “All Burned Up”
Alvin Yudkoff, “Derelict’s Dereliction”
[updated 5/8/25]
January 1950 issue
cover art by Norman Saunders
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~ D.L. Champion, “Death for a Dollar”, last of 26 Rex Sackler stories, same title as 3/44, also a Sackler, reprinted in Murder Costs Money: The Complete Black Mask Stories of Rex Sackler (Steeger, 2020), last of 30 stories in BM
~ Robert C. Dennis, “Stop, You’re Killing Me!”, ‘Rhodes, shamus’, 6th of 10 stories in BM
~ Bruno Fischer, “The Lady Grooms a Corpse”, last of 5 stories in BM
~ Philip Ketchum, “One Sunk Punk”, last of 3 stories in BM
~ Roy Lopez, “The Murder’s All Mine”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Robert Martin, “Dirge in Bolero Time”, 4th of 6 stories with ‘Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective, 6th of 8 stories in BM
~ Marian O’Hearn, “Swansong for an Ugly Duckling”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ Herb Schneiderman, “Homicide – According to Hoyle”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Tedd Thomey, “Come Hell or Hot Water”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Oil on board, 20.75 x 13.75 in. (sight) – not signed
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~ Rufe Bakai, “The Random Kee-Whango”, sole appearance in BM
~ John Bender, “The High Cost of Lying”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ Robert C. Dennis, “Glitter Street Nightmare”, ‘set in Hollywood’, 7th of 10 stories in BM
~ Dorothy Dunn, “Dead-End Darling”, ‘double-crosser’s comedown’, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Jim T. Pearce, “Always Leave Them Dying…”, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Albert Simmons, “Murder Is the Best Policy”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ Tedd Thomey, “Homicide Honeymoon”, ‘Mario Giovani, rookie cop’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ Robert P. Toombs, “A Kill for the Bride”, ‘Billed as a “Suspense-Packed Crime-Adventure Novelette”’, last of 3 stories in BM
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