cover art by H.C. Murphy
~ 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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