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The Master Thriller Series [#24, Tales of Outlawry, April 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

· The Man Who Came Back · W. Robert Mills · ss

· The Moon Lady · J. C. Bristow-Noble · ss

· Hi-Jackers of the Hooghli · M. J. Ware · ss

· The Dupe · Noel Bowes · ss

· Red Sky at Night · George Gibson · ss

· Sergeant Farrel of Singapore · Robert Murray · ss

· High Tension · W. G. Curtis · ss

· The Dreaming Death [Dan Brice] · Sinclair Gluck · nv Argosy October 2 1937

The Master Thriller Series [#25, Tales of the Grand Dominion, May 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

· Goblin Trail · J. Allan Dunn · nv Argosy June 15 1935

· Fool of Fool’s Creek · Francis Fox · ss

· The Simple Savage · Bernard Aylwin · ss

· When the Clock Struck [Minturn] · J. Allan Dunn · ss Detective Fiction Weekly March 12 1932

· Sea Triumph · Robert E. Pinkerton · ss

· Murder Without Motive · Eric Frank Russell · ss

· You Never Know Tomorrow · Francis Dickie · ss

· Double Cross · Richard Aston · ss

· War Notes of a Canadian Nurse · M. B. Olint · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#26, Tales of the Far Frontiers, June 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

· The Soul of Peshawar · W. J. Blackledge · ss

· Crackshot Joe · Michael Terry · ss

· Yellow Sparks · Richard Howell Watkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 4 1938

· Jungle Terror · Robert Murray · ss

· Murder at Lone Wolf · Leslie McFarlane · ss

· Golden Lilies · Oscar Cook · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine September 1922

· Out of the Storm · Geoffrey H. Clark · ss

· General Average · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#27, Tales of the Underworld #2, July 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

· Madhouse in the Rain · Walter Ripperger · ss

· Juda · Nicholas Stewart · ss

· Inverse Justice · W. Robert Mills · ss

· Seven and Sociable · J. F. Laurence · ss

· The Will · N. Trevor Williams · ss

· The Temple of the Goddess · Robert Murray · ss

· No Time · John Storme · ss

· The White House · Rhona Thomsett · ss

· A Bit Queer · J. B. Henderson · ss

· The Fate of Five · Richard Howells Watkins · nv Argosy July 30 1938

The Master Thriller Series [#28, The Far-Flung Coasts of Crime, August 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

· The Man from the Sea · John Moffat · ss

· The Sunset Fish · M. C. Watson · ss

· Home in Ballast · Walter Havighurst · ss

· The Stronger Ju-Ju · John Hugoe · ss

· Derelict · Frederick Graves · ss

· Sea Payment · W. T. M. Hughes · ss

· Among Rumrunners and Hijackers · Terence McGovern · ss

· Death Flings a Gauntlet · Percy Joseph Delanoye · ss

· The Mate of the Rawlmoor · George Holmes · ss

· Shooting the Works · Alan Raymond · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#29, Tales of the Foreign Legion #5, September 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

· The Legion Strikes Back · Buddleigh Netton · ss

· Sands of Destiny · Francis A. Waterhouse · ss

· Memoirs of an ex-Legionnaire · Major J. Dempsey · ss

· The Fountain of Blood · Ex-Legionnaire 75.345 · ss

· The Lost Company · Raoul Dulac · ss

· Escape from the Penal Battalion · Roy Baker · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#30, Tales of the Jungle #2, October 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

· In Peril from Rogue Elephants · George Hogan Knowles · ss

· No Return Ticket · Eric Allen · ss

· Kismet · P. K. Sen-Gupta · ss

· Mirage · M. C. Watson · ss

· Tabarmaq · Merton Gould · ss

· Lord of the Outback · Beatrice Parsons · ss

· Paws of the Leopard · Kenneth Walker · ss

· Tiger Woman · B. E. Henderson · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#31, Tales of Gangsters and `G'-Men, November 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

· The Mystery of the Saratoga · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss

· The Rat’s Bequest · C. H. L. Cramer-Roberts · ss

· Poacher’s Doom · Harrison McElwaine · ss

· Guesswork · Maurice Lincoln · ss

· Yellow Men · G. D. Skelton · ss

· The Light Must Burn · B. M. Parsons · ss

· Antonio the Audacious · Geo. James · ss

· The Jest of Asaf Khan · Edward Ross · ss

· I’ll Get the Picture · Rence Featherstone · ss

· A Man of Great Honour · Frederick Growes · ss

· The Left-Handed Rat · Walter Ripperger · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#32, Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, December 1939] (1/-, 96pp+, pulp)

3 · The Curator Chats · J. Ennarke · na

36 · Revanoff’s Fantasia · Henry Rawle · ss

41 · The Man Tiger · Juba Kennerley · ss

52 · The Corpse Sat Up · G. D. Skelton · ss; given as by G. D. Shelton in the Table of Contents.

58 · Vigilance at Night · W. M. Cole · vi

61 · Verge of the Two Worlds · Roland Armitage · ss

72 · Long Grey Fields · Paul Rorke · ss

76 · “Except He Be Sent for…” · A. J. Bull · ss

85 · The Flute · Roger Graham · ss

90 · The Woman with the Scythe · Robert E. Nicholson · ss

Mean Streets (about)
Australian crime/mystery magazine that ran mostly non-fiction but usually had one or two stories per issue, several of them US reprints. Note that the following listing has been compiled from a number of different, partial, sources and is probably incomplete.

Editors:

Stuart Coupe - Editor: Mean Streets.

Mean Streets [#1, October 1990] ($5.00, A4)
Details taken from AustLit.

8 · Pose Scantily, My Sweet: The Carter Brown Cover Girls · Stuart Coupe · iv

20 · The House of Ruby [Cliff Hardy] · Peter Corris · ss

32 · Old Crime in New Form: Australian Thrillers Today · Stephen Knight · ar

36 · The Cover Story · Paul Laidler · ar

44 · Detective City · Peter Corris · hu

48 · Phantom Books: The Australian Series · Graeme Flanagan · bi

52 · Iceman [Vic Powers] · Gary Lovisi · ss

56 · The Life and Crimes of Marele Day · Stuart Coupe · iv [Ref. Marele Day]

60 · Book Reviews · Various · rc

Mean Streets [#2, February 1991] ($5.00, A4)
Details taken from AustLit, supplemented by information from Mike Ashley.

· Placebo · Andrew Vachss · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1989

26 · Terms of Arrangement · John Munro · ss

35 · Jon Cleary’s Murder Song · Stuart Coupe · iv [Ref. Jon Cleary]

42 · Jenny Rowe: Clues to the Puzzle · Stuart Coupe · iv [Ref. Jennifer Rowe]

52 · A Drop in the Ocean [Barry Donovan] · Steve Wright · ex Pan Macmillan Australia, 1991

56 · Book Reviews · Various · rc

64 · Death to a Downbeat · Stuart Coupe · ar

Mean Streets [#3, May 1991] ($5.00, A4)
Details taken from AustLit, supplemented by information from Mike Ashley.

8 · The Rivals of Carter Brown: K.T. McCall · Graeme Flanagan · ar [Ref. K. T. McCall]

26 · Still Waiting for Holly? · Stuart Coupe · iv

32 · The Wallace Interview · Chris Forehan, Barry Webster & Rick McLean · iv

42 · David Frost · John Miner · bg [Ref. David Frost]

56 · Book Reviews · Various · rc

· Bread Ahead [Jack Hagee] · C. J. Henderson · ss
revised from chapter one of No Free Lunch, Diamond Books, 1990.

· Deadlock · Kel Richards · ss; a story modelled on Asimov’s Black Widowers.

· Granny Gumption Solves a Murder [Granny Gumption] · C. J. Henderson & Charles Hoffman · vi Hardboiled Detective #11, April 1991

Mean Streets [#4, September 1991] ($5.00, A4)
Details taken from AustLit, supplemented by information from Mike Ashley.

16 · Corris on Crawley · Stuart Coupe · iv

48 · Kickback [Wyatt Wareen] · Garry Disher · ex

54 · Book Reviews · Various · rc

· Shooting Match [Joe Hannibal] · Wayne D. Dundee · nv Hardboiled #3, Winter 1985/1986

Mean Streets [#5, February 1992] ($5.00, A4)
Details taken from AustLit.

4 · Bee Keepers · John Howard Reid · lt

21 · Claire McNab: Murder She Writes · Peter Mitchell · iv [Ref. Claire McNab]

24 · Arthur Upfield Made Crime Pay · Pamela Ruskin · ar [Ref. Arthur Upfield]

46 · Death Shall Be Dead [Phryne Fisher] · Kerry Greenwood · ss

52 · Book Reviews · Various · rc

Mean Streets [#6, May 1992] ($5.00, A4)
Details taken from AustLit.

44 · Rosie Bosanky: Australia’s First Female Private Eye? · Michael J. Tolley · ar

46 · The Misplaced Corpse · A. E. Martin · ex NSW Bookstall, 1944

54 · Book Reviews · Various · rc

Mean Streets [#7, August 1992] ($5.00, A4)
Details taken from AustLit, supplemented by information from Mike Ashley.

· First Kill · Chet Williamson · ss Cold Shocks ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon, 1991

34 · Jean Bedford Turns to Crime · Stuart Coupe · iv

46 · Return Ticket · Pauline Smith · ss

49 · Book Reviews · Various · rc

Mean Streets [#8, March 1993] ($5.00, A4)
Details taken from AustLit, supplemented by information from Mike Ashley.

10 · Whipping Boy · Stuart Coupe · iv

· Identity Crisis · Thomas Monteleone · ss Terrors ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1982

40 · The Jay Tapes · Rick McLean & Chris Forehan · iv

56 · Book Reviews · Various · rc

Mean Streets [#9, July 1993] ($5.00, A4)
Details taken from AustLit.

16 · No Looking Back · Stuart Coupe · iv

42 · Force and Fraud by Ellen Davitt: Australia’s First Crime Novel · Lucy Sussex · bg [Ref. Ellen Davitt]

46 · Lodging in a Christian Family · Ellen Davitt · ex from Force and Fraud, The Australian Journal 1865

48 · A Bazaar · Ellen Davitt · ex from Force and Fraud, The Australian Journal 1865

52 · Book Reviews · Various · rc The Australian Journal 1865

Mean Streets [#10, December 1993] ($5.00, A4)
Details taken from AustLit.

22 · Mr. Brown Beats Inflation · Steve Wright · ss Case Reopened ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia, 1993; based on “The Qantas Bomb Hoax” case.

31 · Crime in Time and Space · Zoran Bekric & Brian Forte · ar

43 · The Big Fairy Tale Sleep · Dominic Cadden · ss Crosstown Traffic ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press, 1993

49 · Book Reviews · Various · rc

· Playing with Fire: Dan J. Marlowe, Al Nussbaum and Earl Drake · Josef Hoffmann · ar [Ref. Dan J. Marlowe]

Mean Streets [#11, May 1994] ($6.00, A4)
Details taken from AustLit.

3 · In Defence of Wilson · Kerry Greenwood · ex

44 · [untitled] · Gerard Gleeson · ex

47 · Book Reviews · Various · rc

64 · Sport ’n’ Crime · Stuart Coupe · ar

Mean Streets [#12, December 1994] ed. Stuart Coupe ($6.00, 64pp+, A4)

42 · Safe with Mother · Neils Rasmussen · ss

Mean Streets [#13, May 1995] ed. Stuart Coupe ($6.00, 64pp+, A4)
No fiction.

Mean Streets [#14, September 1995] ed. Stuart Coupe ($6.00, A4)
No fiction.

Mean Streets [#15, December 1995] ed. Stuart Coupe ($6.00, 56pp+, A4)
given as “#14, September 1995” on the cover.

40 · Port Vila Blues [Wyatt Wareen] · Garry Disher · ex

Mean Streets [#16, February 1996] ed. Stuart Coupe ($6.00, 56pp+, A4)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

1 · Hello Everyone and Welcome to Issue 16 of Mean Streets · Stuart Coupe · ed

3 · Letters · The Readers · lc

4 · On the Case · [uncredited] · ms

8 · Get Shorty · Stuart Coupe · iv [Ref. Elmore Leonard]

10 · Barry Maitland · Stuart Coupe · iv [Ref. Barry Maitland]

14 · The Secret War · Gary Lovisi · iv [Ref. Andrew Vachss]

22 · Marcia Muller · Adrian Muller · iv [Ref. Marcia Muller]

28 · 1995: A Criminally Good Year · Stuart Coupe · ar

32 · Dave Warner: The Boy from Bicton · Paul Magee · iv [Ref. Dave Warner]

34 · Pulp Friction · Stuart Coupe · ar The Sydney Morning Herald [Ref. Alan Yates]

40 · Reviews · Stuart Coupe · rc

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