The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v26 #3, Whole No. 142, September 1955] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) 15th Anniversary issue. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · For Men Only [Insp. Kyle] · Roy Vickers · nv 22 · Murder at the Poe Shrine · Nedra Tyre · ss 35 · The Most Exciting Show in Town · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly May 16 1936, as “Double Feature” 50 · Turtle Race · Paul W. Fairman · ss 60 · Star Witness · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss Dime Detective Magazine August 1 1934 70 · The Devil and Mr. Wooller · R. J. Tilley · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 77 · Double Your Money [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week September 30 1951, as “The Vanishing Wizard” 83 · What Did Poor Brown Do? · Mark Twain · ex from Following the Equator, American Pub. Co., 1897 90 · A Very Odd Case Indeed [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · vi probably first published in The (London) Evening Standard. 93 · The Man Who Made People Mad · Mark Van Doren · ss 105 · Killers Three (3) First Time Machine · Fredric Brown · vi; given as “The First Time Machine” in the Table of Contents. 106 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 108 · Dead Pigeon · Jules Archer · vi Esquire December 1951 111 · The Splinter · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v26 #4, Whole No. 143, October 1955] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Little Doctor and the Slipper Fiend [Dr. Jean Dollent] · Georges Simenon; translated by Frances Frenaye · nv translated from the French (“L’Amoureux aus Pantoufles”, Le Petit Docteur, Gallimard, 1943). 24 · Only the Guilty Run · Vin Packer · ss 32 · The Six China Figures [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 7 1923, as “The Affair at the Victory Ball” 44 · The Stone on Abdul’s Head · D. MacClure · ss 51 · “Well?” · Rebecca Weiner · ss 55 · A Man Like His Daddy · Brian O’Sullivan · vi 56 · Author’s Solution to “Merlini and the Lie Detector” · Clayton Rawson · ms; final paragraphs of the contest story from the July 1955 issue. 57 · The Wagstaff Pearls [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week September 21 1952 65 · Tabloid News · Louis Bromfield · ss Random House, 1930 77 · Looking for a Diamond [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 4 1954, as “Dog in the Night-Time” 81 · Two Can Play · Steve April · ss Collier’s June 7 1952 85 · Farewell to Kennedy · William Fay · ss The Elks Magazine 1950 98 · The Mystery of Keesh · Jack London · ss Holiday Magazine for Children January 1904, as “Keesh: The Bear Hunter” 105 · Merlini and the Vanished Diamonds [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss; short story omitting the last half page; an award was offered for the best conclusion; Rawson’s final paragraphs would be published in the January 1956 issue. 111 · A Test of Identity [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss probably first in The (London) Evening Standard. 114 · Remember Madame Clementine · Anthony Gilbert · ss 120 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 123 · The Perfectionist · Donald McNutt Douglass · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v26 #5, Whole No. 144, November 1955] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · Queen’s Quorum, 1951-1954 · Ellery Queen · ar 4 · De Mortuis · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 18 1942 10 · Dream No More · Philip MacDonald · nv 30 · Near the Back of Beyond [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss 43 · A Message to Herr Dietrich [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss 47 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 58 · Tom, Dick and Harry [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard August 6 1955 62 · Crazy Like a Fox [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · vi 65 · You Can’t Crack a Modern Safe · Frank Gruber · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 28 1938, as “Innocent Bystander” 81 · No Nickel and Dime Stuff · Willard Marsh · ss 85 · The Story of See Yup · Bret Harte · ss Cassell’s Magazine January 1898, as “See Yup”; abridged. 95 · Driver’s Seat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 25 1951, as “Lady, You’re Dead!” 100 · It Might Be George · Charlotte Morris · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 114 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 116 · The Cockroaches of Baghdad [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s November 29 1952, as “The Web Caught the Spider” 130 · Murder Was Their Business · Anthony Boucher · ss Shadow Mystery February/March 1947, as “The Retired Hangman”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v26 #6, Whole No. 145, December 1955] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Ghost of a Ghost [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 13 · Let Run, or Catch? · Mabel Seeley · ss 24 · £5000 for a Confession · L. J. Beeston · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1924 32 · Merlini and the Sound Effects Murder [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss; short story omitting the last half page; an award was offered for the best conclusion; Rawson’s final paragraphs would be published in the March 1956 issue. 38 · Your Word Against Mine · John F. Suter · nv 57 · One Way to Mexico · Louis Este · vi Esquire 1947, as “Bitter Medicine” 59 · Friday the 13th · Virginia Bernheim · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 65 · Marjorie Daw · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1873 81 · One Night to Be Dead Sure Of · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine April 1936, as “The Living Lie Down with the Dead” 100 · The Black Ledger [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week January 6 1952, as “The Mysterious Black Ledger” 106 · Hildegarde and the Spanish Cavalier [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 122 · Once Is Once Too Many [Arthur Crook] · Anthony Gilbert · ss 140 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 142 · Index to Volume 26—July-December 1955 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #1, Whole No. 146, January 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Ed Emshwiller) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Broker’s Special · Stanley Ellin · ss 13 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift” 17 · The Queer Fish · Kem Bennett · ss Argosy (UK) September 1955 27 · The Other Arrow · F. M. Barratt & Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 18 1952, as “Diagnosis Completed” 37 · The 24-Caret Heel · Cyril Hare · ss 44 · Cold Money [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 30 1952 49 · A Hansom in the Night [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss John Bull June 26 1954, as “Hansom for Raffles” 64 · Author’s Solution to “Merlini and the Vanished Diamonds” · Clayton Rawson · ms the final paragraphs to the contest story, October 1955. 65 · The Heel of Achilles O’Shay · Clayton Fox · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 74 · Weak Spot · W. C. King · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 81 · The Hawk and the Pullet · C. S. Montanye · ss Collier’s 1935 89 · Get Off My Back! · Saul Levinson · ss Man’s Life 1953, as “Hick Law” 98 · Roll Out the Barrel · Geoffrey Household · ss 1952 106 · Will You Always Be Helping Me? · Thomas Walsh · ss Woman’s Home Companion September 1940, as “Boy from Home” 118 · The Deadly Cycle · Arthur Gordon · ss 123 · The Hedge Between · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Conflict—Stories of Suspense Fall 1953, as “Meredith’s Murder”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #2, Whole No. 147, February 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Letter · Thomas Kyd · ss 12 · Find the Cook [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 14 1923, as “The Adventure of the Clapham Cook” 23 · Johnny Cinderella · Joseph Petracca · ss Collier’s October 25 1952 35 · The Lion’s Tooth [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 10 1955 39 · Not a Drum Was Heard · Ben Ames Williams · ss Collier’s June 12 1920 47 · The Big Kiss-Off · Ben Benson · ss 62 · Strictly from Hollywood · Steve April · vi Collier’s January 24 1953 65 · The Gentlest of the Brothers · David Alexander · ss 79 · The Missing Walnuts · Martin Gardner · vi Humpty Dumpty’s Magazine for Little Children February 1955 81 · Every Monday, a New Letter [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard November 1 1954, as “The Dogs of War” 85 · A Dog in the Daytime [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine December 1954, as “The Body in the Hall” 122 · It Could Happen to Anyone · Marc Brandel · ss 1955, as “The Hasty Act” 126 · A Woman of Principle [Insp. Peter Curwen] · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #3, Whole No. 148, March 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Man Who Explained Miracles [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · na The Housewife January 1956 (+2), as “Ministry of Miracles” 40 · The Dusty Drawer · Harry Muheim · ss Collier’s May 3 1952 52 · The Compleat Murderess · Virginia Jones · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 58 · Van Bibber’s Burglar [Van Bibber] · Richard Harding Davis · ss Gallegher, and Other Stories by Richard Harding Davis, Scribner, 1891 65 · Jack of Diamonds [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss 80 · Author’s Solution to “The Sound Effects Murder” · Clayton Rawson · ms the final paragraphs to the contest story, December 1955. 81 · Lucky Cop · Steve Fisher · ss 1939 possibly a reprint of Fisher’s “Lucky” (Detective Fiction Weekly, June 3, 1939). 90 · To Bury a Friend · Stanley Anton · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 101 · Of More Value than Sparrows [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss 1929 111 · Banks Are Never Wrong · John D. Hess · ss Esquire September 1952, as “The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks” 121 · On the Day of the Rose Show [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week December 7 1952, as “Revolvers and Roses” 127 · Murder on the Waterfront · Budd Schulberg · ss Collier’s October 1 1954 142 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #4, Whole No. 149, April 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · Complete List of the 56 Prize-Winning Stories in EQMM’s Eleventh Annual Contest · [uncredited] · ms 5 · The Black Kitten · A. H. Z. Carr · ss; first prize winner in the 11th annual contest. 17 · A Matter of Justice · Hugh Pentecost · na Collier’s May 2 1953 (+1), as “The Case of the Killer Dogs” 35 · Compliments of Caliph Bernie [Bernie Helper] · Charles Green · ss 44 · Mr. Brisher’s Treasure · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1899 52 · You Don’t Argue with the Captain · Donald McNutt Douglass · ss 61 · The Steinpilz Method · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955, as “Earth to Earth” 65 · Dangerous Widows [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week January 18 1953 73 · After All These Years [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard July 10 1954, as “A Long Time Ago” 76 · The Notary of Perigueux · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · ss Outre-Mer by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harper, 1835 82 · Chance Is Sometimes an Enemy · Frederick Nebel · ss Collier’s March 11 1939 95 · Death of an Outcast · Manuel Komroff · ss Esquire April 1939 103 · The Watcher · Emilee Berger · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 107 · The Fog Closes In · Martin Brooke · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 112 · Sing a Song of Sixpence [Edward Leithen; The Runagates Club] · John Buchan · nv Pall Mall Magazine February 1928 142 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #5, Whole No. 150, May 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dick Shelton) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Alibi on the Steve Allen Show · O. H. Leslie · ss 12 · The Sidewalk · Steve Allen · ss Fourteen for Tonight by Steve Allen, Henry Holt, 1955 17 · To Strike a Match · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week November 6 1938, as “The House of Three Candles” 23 · The Metal Ribbon [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 38 · Ice Storm · Jerome Barry · ss Collier’s January 10 1953 50 · Business Trip · Elliot West · ss Collier’s May 2 1953, as “The Assassin” 65 · Rogues’ Gallery · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s August 24 1935 69 · Crime of the Century · St. John Ervine · ss (r) 81 · Absent-Minded Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask April 1941, as “Cool, Calm and Detected” 98 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 100 · The Six Golden Nymphs [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss 116 · Gifts to My People · Michael Forrestier · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 125 · What’s His Line? [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard July 11 1955 129 · One of the Family · James Yaffe · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #6, Whole No. 151, June 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Blessington Method · Stanley Ellin · ss 14 · A Telegram for Miss Phipps [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · nv 37 · The Hollow Family · Theodore Mathieson · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 44 · A Victim Must Be Found · Henry Slesar · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 50 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 52 · The Shining Key · A. E. W. Mason · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine September 1926, as “The Key” 65 · Murder in the Rain [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week June 7 1953, as “The Rain Dripped Death” 74 · “Who Was My Quiet Friend?” · Bret Harte · ss The Sun September 9 1877 81 · Try It My Way · Frederick Nebel · ss 94 · Double Jeopardy · Cyril Hare · ss 97 · Journey Into Time [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · ss translated from the French (“Les Larmes de Bougie”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, November 22, 1936). 107 · Introduction to “The Boy and the Book” · Anthony Boucher · is 107 · The Boy and the Book [Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex from The Golden Summer, Little, Brown, 1953 119 · To Break the Weave · Walt Sheldon · ss 129 · “I Killed John Harrington” · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s June 12 1937, as “Light in Darkness”