
cover art by Peter Stevens
better image than previously posted


better image than previously posted
~ Curtis Cluff, “Leave Killings to the Cops”, last of 3 with Honolulu PI Johnny Ford, 1st person-narrator, 3rd of 4 stories in BM
~ Norman A. Daniels, “License to Kill “, Stacy Tucker, PI, last of 4 stories in BM
~ Richard Deming, “A Shot in the Arm”, Manville “Manny” Moon, 1st-person narrator, 2nd of 6 stories in BM
~ Paul W. Fairman, “Big-Time Operator”, ‘young guy (1st-person narrator) getting into the rackets, reprinted, The Hard-Boiled Detective (1977)’, author’s only appearance in BM
~ William Campbell Gault, “Don’t Bet on Death”, ‘Cary Vaughn & Ned Orlow, private eyes’, 7th of 9 stories in BM
~ W. Lee Herrington, [also published in BM as Alan Farley], “Bury Me Last”, ‘Barney Moffatt, D.A.’s office’, 3rd of 4 stories under this name in BM
~ Victor K. Ray, “Eeeney-Meeny-Money –Murder!”, ‘Bill Baldwin, nightclub bookkeeper, 1st person-narrator’, author’s only appearance in BM
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[images updated 6/11/25]

cover art by Norman Saunders
~ Richard Deming, “Big Shots Die Young”, Manville “Manny” Moon, 1st-person narrator, 4th of 6 stories in BM
~ Frank Gordon, “Last Kill and Testament”, ‘Alphonse Bertillon’, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ W. Lee Herrington, [also published in BM as Alan Farley], “Die, Die Again”, last of 4 stories under this name in BM
~ Edward A. Herron, “Death’s 43 Days”, ‘Yukon short-short’, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ John D. MacDonald, “Heritage of Hate”, 5th of 6 stories in BM
~ Larry J. Marcus, “Through the Murder Glass”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ Robert Martin, “Richest Man in Graveyard”, 3rd of 6 stories with ‘Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective‘, 5th of 8 stories in BM
~ Talmage Powell, “Her Dagger Before Me”, ‘Tampa (Florida) p.i. Lloyd’, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010), author’s only appearance in BM
~ Harold Preece, “Boulevard Buzzards”, ‘short-short; Paris in 1880’, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Robert P. Toombs, “These Dead Hands Reaching”, 1st of 3 stories in BM
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cover art by Peter Stevens
~ Curtis Cliff, “You’ll Never Die Rich”, 2nd of 3 with Honolulu PI Johnny Ford, 1st person-narrator, 2nd of 4 stories in BM
~ Richard Deming, “The Man Who Chose the Devil”, Manville “Manny” Moon, 1st person narrator, private eye with an artificial right leg due to WWII, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010), 1st of 6 stories
~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Pattern for Shrouds”, ‘Red Morgan, newspaper editor; politics & murder’, 5th of 8 stories in BM
~ W. Lee Herrington, [also published in BM as Alan Farley], “Your Funeral – Not Mine”, 2nd of 4 stories under this name in BM
~ Day Keene, “No Match for Murder”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ George F. Kull, “Death Is No Bargain”, Eddie Gates, private eye wearing glasses, 1st person narrator, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
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