
1954 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Barye Phillips

cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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Stewart Sterling, “Bull-Market for the Dying”
Francis K. Allan, “Am I the Corpse’s Keeper?“
William R. Cox, “Beware the Black Queen” (Tom Kincaid)
Wayne Rogers, “Murder Town”
Dane Gregory, “All at Once—No Wednesday!“
Russell Gray, “Death Hitch-Hikes South”
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Frederick C. Davis, “Some Like ‘Em Dead”
Julius Long, “On the Homicide of the Street” (C.D. Mort)
Henry Norton, “Once Upon a Tomb” (Pinero Pershing)
William R. Cox, “Objective – Murder!” (Malachi Manatee)
Thorne Lee, “Death in the Groove”


cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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D.L. Champion, “Death in the Sun” (Mariano Mercado)
C. William Harrison, “Killing is a Grave Business” (Hannibal Smith)
E. Hoffman Price, “Esprit De Corpse” (Lucky Nolan)
Stanley C. Vickers, “The Dolly Shaft Rebellion” (Jerry Slagle)
Julius Long, “Loaded for Murder” (C.D. Mort)
William R. Cox, “Shame on Malacci!” (Malachi Manatee)


November 1943 issue
cover art by Gloria Stoll
Day Keene, “The Man from Hell”
Russell Gray, “I’ll Slay You Later”
Joe Kent, “Suicide Symphony”
William R. Cox, “Murder in Cinema City” (Tom Kincaid)
Francis K. Allan, “Mail from the Murdered”
Stuart Friedman, “Vengeance of the Voodoo Dancers”