The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 5, Whole No. 16, May 1944] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · One Hour [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask April 1 1924 17 · Affaire Ziliouk [Monsieur Froget] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the French (Les 13 Coupables, 1932). 23 · The Mystery of the Blue Jar · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine July 1924 39 · The Nail and the Requiem [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · nv Mystery March 1935, as “The Affair on the Roof” 56 · The Man Who Dreamed Too Much [Baron von Genthner] · Quentin Reynolds · ss The Strand Magazine September 1936 72 · The Man Who Read Too Many Detective Stories · Henry Hasse · ss; given as “The Man Who Read Too Many” in the Table of Contents. 77 · The Doctor and the Lunatic · Richard Connell · ss Mystery July 1935 91 · Mr. and Mrs. Abbey’s Difficulties · E. M. Forster · ss Abinger Harvest by E. M. Forster, 1936 99 · The Man in the Velvet Hat [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · ss 116 · Cabin B-13 · John Dickson Carr · pl first broadcast on Suspense, CBS radio, March 16, 1943.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 5, Whole No. 17, July 1944] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Adventure of the Marked Man [Sherlock Holmes] · Stuart Palmer · ss 20 · The Baby in the Icebox · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury January 1933 35 · The Curious Case of Kenelm Digby [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · nv The Bookman March 1921 (+1) 55 · Criminological Data · John L. Cooney · pz 56 · Seeing Is Believing · Sergeant Russell S. Hughes · ss 74 · A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & M. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1933 85 · Murder While You Wait · Fredric Brown · ss 97 · The Imponderables [Careful Jones] · “Pat Hand” · ss 104 · Guess Who?: Dr. Gideon Fell · Talbot C. Hatch · qz 106 · The Man Who Murdered in Public [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1934, as “The Clue-Proof Murders” 122 · The Adventure of the Wounded Lieutenant [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 5, Whole No. 18, September 1944] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Labors of Hercules: The Nemean Lion, or The Case of the Kidnaped Pekinese [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Strand Magazine November 1939, as “The Nemean Lion”; given as “The Kidnaped Pekinese” on the cover and “The Case of the Kidnaped Pekinese” in the Table of Contents. 22 · Postiche [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator August 1935 39 · The Fingernail · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Tales July 1941, as “The Customer’s Always Right” 46 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930 51 · The Guest · Cyril Plunkett · ss 69 · Lost Star [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · ss 82 · The Seventh Drink [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss 97 · The Open Window [Flavio Minetti] · Charles Caldwell Dobie · nv Harper’s Magazine August 1918 115 · The Hangman Won’t Wait [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · pl first broadcast on Suspense, CBS radio, February 9, 1943.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 5, Whole No. 19, November 1944] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · William Wilson’s Racket [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine February 1941, as by Carter Dickson 16 · The Gutting of Couffignal [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask December 1925 40 · The Meanest Man in Europe [Fidelity Dove] · Roy Vickers · ss The Exploits of Fidelity Dove by David Durham, Hodder & Stoughton, 1924, as by David Durham 50 · P. Moran, Deductor [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · ss 67 · Death on the South Wind · Valma Clark · ss 83 · Arsène Lupin vs. Colonel Linnaus [Arsène Lupin] · Anthony Boucher · ss 91 · The Garnet Ring · M. Lindsay · ss Ballou’s Dollar Monthly Magazine May 1861; slightly condensed. 97 · Death at the Porthole [Cliff Chandler] · Baynard Kendrick · ss Country Home Magazine 1938 108 · The Alibi · “Pat Hand” · ss 111 · The News in English · Graham Greene · ss This Week April 14 1940 119 · The Stickpin [Máximo Roldán] · Antonio Helú; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the Spanish (Continental (Mexico), 1928). 128 · Index to Volume 5 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v6, #20, January 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 3 · The Chobham Affair · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine December 1930 13 · Death on Pine Street [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask September 1924, as “Women, Politics & Murder” 33 · The Case of the Drug Peddler [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine June 1940, as “The Horses of Diomedes” 46 · Rumor, Inc. [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss 57 · A Victim of Amnesia · Arthur Somers Roche · ss The Elks Magazine September 1923 69 · Just an Old-Fashioned Murder [Sheriff Jeremy Dodd] · Ben Wilson · ss 77 · The Finger Man [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · ss 92 · The Ace of Spades [Careful Jones] · “Pat Hand” · ss 98 · The Testimony of Dr. Farnsworth [Dr. Mark Farnsworth] · Francis Leo Golden · ss 111 · A Matter of Form [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine May 1940

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v6, #21, March 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Gay Falcon [Gay Stanhope Falcon] · Michael Arlen · nv The Strand Magazine January 1940 22 · The Mathematics of Murder [Inspector Evans] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine March 1944, as “What the Well-Dressed Corpse Will Wear” 38 · The Case of the Emerald Sky [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 10 1940 46 · The Riddle of the Twelve Amethysts [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 60 · Cul de Sac [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss 73 · Dr. Sam: Johnson and Monboddo’s Ape Boy [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 89 · The Murder of Lady Twickinham · Ed (Archie) Gardner · pl first broadcast on the Chase & Sanborn show starring Gracie Fields, NBC radio, June 18, 1944. 92 · The Assassins’ Club [Nigel Strangeways] · Nicholas Blake · ss Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939, as “A Slice of Bad Luck” 99 · The Prince Who Was a Thief · Theodore Dreiser · ss Chains by Theodore Dreiser, 1927 115 · The Curious Incident of the Dog · Ralph Norman Weber · vi 118 · Something to Do with Figures · Miriam Allen deFord · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v6, #22, May 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Empty Flat [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine May 1939, as by Carter Dickson 18 · Leg Man [Burgess] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine August 1943 39 · The Meaning of the Act [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine September 1939 52 · The Stripper [Sister Mary Ursula, OMB] · H. H. Holmes · ss 62 · Rogues’ Gallery · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s August 24 1935 65 · Pattern for Murder · Herzl Fife · ss 75 · The Liqueur Glass · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Smart Set March 1915 81 · Guess Who?: Henry Poggioli · Talbot C. Hatch · qz 83 · The Case of the Merry Andrew [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine July 1936, as “The Cowboy of Oxford Street” 96 · The Quick and the Dead · Owen Cameron · ss 99 · The Statement of the Accused [Garron] · Jacques Futrelle · ss The Story-teller August 1910, as “The Mystery of Room 666” 111 · Squeakie’s Second Case [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v6, #23, July 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Mystery of the Chief of Police [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 20 · Delayed Verdict [Evan Keith] · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss Collier’s December 20 1941 32 · The Alarm Bell · Donald Henderson · ss 38 · Smash and Grab [Constable John Bragg] · Henry Wade · ss Here Comes the Copper by Henry Wade, Constable, 1938 50 · Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer · S. J. Perelman · ss The New Yorker December 16 1944; satire on the hard-boiled private eye. 57 · Mr. Bearstowe Says [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Saturday Book #3, 1943 72 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week March 5 1917 based on material from the play “Trifles”. 89 · P. Moran, Fire-Fighter [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · ss 107 · The Tenth Clue [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask January 1 1924

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 6, No. 24, September 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The White Pillars Murder · G. K. Chesterton · ss English Life January 1925, as “Dr. Hyde, Detective, and the White Pillars Murder” 17 · Pastorale · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1928 24 · The Labors of Hercules: The Stymphalian Birds, or The Case of the Vulture Women [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week September 17 1939, as “The Vulture Women”; given as “The Vulture Women” on the cover and “The Case of the Vulture Women” in the Table of Contents. 36 · The Wax-Work Cadaver [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 50 · Two Sharp Knives · Dashiell Hammett · ss Collier’s January 13 1934 62 · Will You Walk Into My Parlor? · John Dickson Carr · pl 74 · What, No Butler? · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s August 5 1933 84 · The Whistling Corpse · Ben Hecht · ss 88 · The Problem of the Emperor’s Mushrooms [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss 98 · The Adventure of Mr. Montalba, Obsequist [Mr. Mycroft] · H. F. Heard · nv 115 · Perkins’ “First Case” [Willis Perkins] · Philip Wylie · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v6, #25, November 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Mean Man’s Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 27 · Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 42 · Codeine (7 Per Cent) [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · ss 47 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 1: Karmesin, Murderer [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The People December 24 1944, as “Inscrutable Providence” 53 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 2: Karmesin, Jewel Thief [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Spring 1939, as “Karmesin and the Raving Lunatic” 57 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss 69 · A Medieval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express January 1 1870, as “An Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance” 75 · The Footsteps That Ran [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran” 88 · The Green Elephant · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Smart Set October 1923 97 · The Case of the Pinchbeck Locket [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 3 1940 102 · The Eye [Cliff Chandler] · Baynard Kendrick · ss 111 · White Carnations [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Collier’s February 10 1945 128 · Index to Volume 6—1945 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v7, #26, January 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Mystery of the Sock and the Clock [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 20 · The Labors of Hercules: The Girdle of Hippolyta, or The Case of the Missing Schoolgirl [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week September 10 1939, as “The Disappearance of Winnie King”; given as “The Case of the Missing Schoolgirl” on the cover and in the Table of Contents. 30 · Ultra Violent [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss Argosy January 1945 42 · Strictly Diplomatic [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine December 1939, as by Carter Dickson 56 · The Priest · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker April 7 1945 65 · The Magic Hat [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine October 1938, as “The Hat Trick” 80 · The Stolen Christmas Box [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 97 · The Dream · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan May 1924 104 · The Parrot’s Beak [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine June 1936 slightly revised from the story of the same name (The Daily Mail, October 23, 1929) which did not feature the Department of Dead Ends. 111 · Squeeze Play [William S. Gray] · Leonard Thompson · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v7, #27, February 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss 16 · The Earring · William Irish · nv Flynn’s Detective Fiction February 1943, as “The Death Stone” by Cornell Woolrich 41 · The Labors of Hercules: The Hydra of Lernea, or The Case of the Gossipers [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week September 3 1939, as “Invisible Enemy”; given as “The Case of the Gossipers” on the cover and in the Table of Contents. 54 · The Comic Opera Murders [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss 66 · Cummings Monk [Cummings King Monk] · M. P. Shiel · ss The Pale Ape by M. P. Shiel, T. Werner Laurie, 1911, as “He Wakes an Echo”; slightly condensed. 79 · Broadway Murder [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s October 8 1938 86 · The Necklace · Jack Moffitt · ss [Ref. Guy de Maupassant] a sequel to “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. 99 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 104 · Like Count Palmieri [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss 116 · Mr. Simpson Goes to the Dogs [Mr. Simpson] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Strand Magazine June 1934

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v7, #28, March 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Farewell to the Faulkners · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 21 · The House in Turk Street [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask April 15 1924 37 · The Crime Collector · William Lindsay Gresham · ss 42 · The Perfect Plan · James Hilton · ss Britannia and Eve September 1933 57 · P. Moran and the Poison Pen [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · ss 75 · A Death in the Stadium · Robert Nathan · ss Scribner’s Magazine September 1927 78 · The Riddle of the Black Museum [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 92 · The Garden of Smoke · Gilbert K. Chesterton · ss The Story-teller October 1919 108 · Mr. Briggs Was Right · Charles G. Norris · ss Collier’s October 30 1926 111 · The Man Who Was Murdered by a Bed [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v7, #29, April 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · A Star for a Warrior [David Return] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss 21 · The Labors of Hercules: The Cretan Bull, or The Case of the Family Taint [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week September 24 1939, as “Midnight Madness”; given as “The Case of the Family Taint” on the cover and in the Table of Contents. 33 · Conscience · Elmer Rice · vi Collier’s February 11 1928 36 · Perkins’ Second “First Case” [Willis Perkins] · Philip Wylie · ss Collier’s April 25 1931, as “Perkins Takes the Case” 47 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 51 · Dead Date [“Tough Dick” Donahue] · Frederick Nebel · nv Black Mask August 1932, as “Shake-Up” 72 · Watson Was a Woman · Rex Stout · hu The Saturday Review of Literature March 1 1941 78 · The Truth About Watson · Kurt Steel · hu 84 · Waiting for the Police · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss Waiting for the Police and Other Stories by J. Jefferson Farjeon, Polybooks, 1943 90 · The Hunting of Hemingway [Nick & Dave Glennan] · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 21 1934 108 · P. Moran, Diamond-Hunter [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · nv