The FictionMags Index

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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 2, March 1943] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path” 13 · A Minute Mystery: The Case of the Globe-Trotter [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz 14 · The Marionettes · O. Henry · ss The Black Cat April 1902 26 · His Heart Could Break [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv 45 · A Minute Mystery: The Case of the Book Thieves [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz 46 · Thirteen Lead Soldiers [Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond] · H. C. McNeile · ss The Strand Magazine December 1937, as by Sapper 62 · The Lady with the Hatchet [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · ss MacLean’s April 15 1922 81 · The Adventure of the Fire-Bug [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl; given as “The Fire-Bug” on the cover and in the Table of Contents. 95 · A Minute Mystery: The Case of the Stolen Formula [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz 96 · Philo Gubb’s Greatest Case [Philo Gubb] · Ellis Parker Butler · ss The Red Book Magazine April 1915 111 · They Can Only Hang You Once [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Collier’s November 19 1932 123 · A Minute Mystery: The Case of the Libyan Manhunt [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz 124 · The Mycroft Magic Square [Sherlock Holmes] · Christopher Morley · pz

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 3, May 1943] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Thistle Down [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton, 1939 16 · QL 696.C9 [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · nv 29 · The Leopard Man’s Story · Jack London · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly August 1903 33 · Dark Journey · Francis Iles · ss News Chronicle April 30 1934 (+4) 49 · Murder at the Opera [Sally Cardiff] · Vincent Starrett · nv Real Detective October 1934 (+1), as “The Bloody Crescendo” 78 · A Minute Mystery: The Case of the Dead Detective [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz 79 · The Adventure of the Man Who Could Double the Size of Diamonds [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl; given as “The Man Who Could Double the Size of Diamonds” on the cover and in the Table of Contents. first broadcast May 5, 1940. 92 · A Minute Mystery: The Case of the Careless Visitor [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz 93 · The Hunt Ball [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss Holly Leaves November 21 1937 104 · The Picture Collector · Franklin P. Adams · vi Liberty December 18 1937 106 · A Minute Mystery: The Case of the Death Car [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz 107 · Squeakie’s First Case [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · nv 127 · Guess Who?: Sir Henry Merrivale · Talbot C. Hatch · qz

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 4, July 1943] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Proverbial Murder [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · nv 22 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Osgood, 1882 38 · His Brother’s Keeper · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1922 48 · D.I.C. (Department of Impossible Crimes) [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss; given as “Department of Impossible Crimes” on the cover and in the Table of Contents. 63 · The Blast of the Book [Father Brown] · Gilbert K. Chesterton · ss Liberty August 26 1933, as “The Five Fugitives” 76 · Letter from Another World [Eigil Holst] · Baron Palle Rosenkrantz; translated by Grace Isabel Colbron · ss translated from the Danish (Schjulte Kraefter, 1909). 86 · The Dirty Dogs’ Club [Dirty Dogs’ Club] · P. C. Wren · ss abridged from “A Franc’s Worth of Gas” (Rough Shooting, Murray, 1938). 93 · Guess Who?: J.G. Reeder · Talbot C. Hatch · qz 95 · The Aldine Folio Murders · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv The Dolphin 1940 115 · The Adventure of the Murdered Ship [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 4, No. 12, September 1943] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Ministering Angel [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine November 1938, as “Trent and the Ministering Angel” 19 · After-Dinner Story [Hardecker] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask January 1938 42 · The Three Rembrandts [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the French (Les 13 Mystères, 1932). 48 · The Verdict · Frank Swinnerton · ss London Calling 1943 54 · P. Moran, Shadow [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · ss 68 · Bottleneck · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s February 27 1937 72 · The Gold Goose Scientist · Harry Irving Greene · ss The Black Cat June 1903 80 · Black Murder [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss 93 · The Bunch of Violets [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Strand Magazine July 1924 114 · The Adventure of the Blind Bullet [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl; given as “The Blind Bullet” on the cover and in the Table of Contents.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 4, No. 13, November 1943] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Locked Room [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine July 1940 19 · A Point in Morals · Ellen Glasgow · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May 1899 30 · The Rubber Trumpet [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1934 46 · Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv 65 · The Secret of Fort Bayard [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the French (“Le Secret du Fort Bayard”, Détective, November 21, 1929 & December 5, 1929). 71 · The Killer · Cyril Plunkett · ss 78 · The Signed Masterpiece [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston; Sophie Lang] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv McClure’s Magazine June/July 1921 99 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936 107 · The Topaz Cuff-Button · [uncredited] · ss The New York Detective Library February 18 1888, as by A New York Detective 113 · The Adventure of the One-Legged Man [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl 127 · Index to Volume 4 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 5, No. 14, January 1944] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · If Christmas Comes [Tony Key] · Steve Fisher · ss Detective Fiction Weekly December 25 1937 18 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s January 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands” 36 · No Corpse—No Murder [Dirty Dogs’ Club] · P. C. Wren · ss Rough Shooting by P. C. Wren, John Murray, 1938 51 · The Hound · William Faulkner · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1931 63 · The Showdown [Careful Jones] · “Pat Hand” · vi 66 · The Flying Death · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ss McClure’s Magazine January 1903 (+1) 85 · Death in the Doghouse · Cornelius A. Tilghman · ss 96 · Guess Who? · Talbot C. Hatch · qz 98 · The Djinn Murder · Fredric Brown · ss 111 · The Waters of Oblivion · S. Weir Mitchell · ss The Century Magazine May 1902 116 · A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes] · Christopher Morley · pl [Ref. Arthur Conan Doyle] based on the story by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 5, No. 15, March 1944] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Footprints in the Jungle · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan January 1927 33 · The Lady from Dubuque [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss New York Sunday News December 27 1942, as “The Puzzle of the Scorned Woman” 43 · Safe as Houses [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine January 1940 57 · Mr. Kiroshibu’s Ashes [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss 72 · The Watchman · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s February 22 1936 76 · The Silver Pencil [Insp. Joly] · Arthur Sherburne Hardy · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine June 1912 91 · Mortmain · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 97 · Dr. Sam: Johnson and Prince Charlie’s Ruby [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 112 · Thubway Tham, Thvilian [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss 124 · The Judge Laughed Last · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask February 15 1924, as “The New Racket”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 5, 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, 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, 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, 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 #3295, 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

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v7, #30, May 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Handcuffs Don’t Hold Ghosts [Tommy Hambledon] · Manning Coles · nv 26 · Night Shots [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask February 1 1924 40 · The Consolable Widow · Christopher Morley · ts 54 · Roses Round the Door · Thomas Burke · ss Britannia and Eve January 1941 62 · Matter for a May Morning [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · ss 80 · Not on the Program · Ben Wilson · vi This Week June 21 1942 82 · Close Shave [William S. Gray] · Leonard Thompson · ss 100 · Tea for Two · Laurie York Erskine · ss Collier’s February 15 1936 105 · Free and Easy [Jim Hanvey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The Red Book Magazine April 1926

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v7, #31, June 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · An Error in Chemistry [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss 20 · Four and Twenty Blackbirds [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Collier’s November 9 1940 30 · Goodbye, Goodbye! [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv 48 · They Never Get Caught · Margery Allingham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1934 64 · The Yellow Jumper [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss 79 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 83 · The Rival Dummy · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty August 18 1928 91 · The Old Lady Who Changed Her Mind [Oliver Rater] · Edgar Wallace · ss Pall Mall Magazine September 1927 100 · Guess Who? · Talbot C. Hatch · qz 102 · Find the Woman [Joe Rogers] · Kenneth Millar · nv 120 · Round Trip · Whitfield Cook · ss The American Mercury 1940 128 · Index to Volume 7—1946 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v8, #32, July 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Chinoiserie · Helen McCloy · nv 25 · The Mystery of the Paper Wad [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 42 · If the Dead Could Talk · Cornell Woolrich · ss Black Mask February 1943 54 · The Man Who Shot the Fox · G. K. Chesterton · ss Hearst’s Magazine March 1921 68 · The Case of the Three Bicyclists [Monsieur Froget] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the French (Les 13 Coupables, 1932). 74 · Dead Heat · Lillian Day & Norbert Lederer · ss 80 · Footprints [Jasper Shrig] · Jeffery Farnol · ss Britannia and Eve May 1929 92 · No Clues [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s June 20 1936 99 · Witness for the Prosecution · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss 104 · Guess Who?: Dr. Gideon Fell · Talbot C. Hatch · qz 113 · The Case of the Honest Murderer [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v8, #33, August 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · I Can Find My Way Out [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh · nv 25 · Snob’s Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss 42 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934 53 · The Doctor’s Double [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 1937, as “The Riddle of the Doctor’s Double” 64 · The Flying Highwayman [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 78 · The Green Goods Man [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News November 21 1932, as “The Very Green Goods Man” 93 · Tip-Off · Richard Connell · vi Collier’s December 3 1932 96 · The Watchers and the Watched [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · nv 116 · Something Like Salmon [Sergeant Thomas Aquinas Cormaney] · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Detective Fiction Weekly August 19 1933 128 · Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Announces a $6,000 Short Story Contest · [uncredited] · cn

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v8, #34, September 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Main Death [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Black Mask June 1927 21 · Strange Jest [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week November 2 1941 30 · The Blue Hat [Pat & Jean Abbott] · Frances Crane · ss 44 · The Adventure of the Three R’s [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss 60 · The Devil in the Summer-House · John Dickson Carr · pl first broadcast by the BBC on October 14, 1940. This is the shorter version without Dr. Fell which was broadcast on the CBS Suspense program, November 3, 1942. 73 · The Cat’s Eye · John van Druten · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1945 90 · The Unlocked Room [Mr. Riddle (The Fix-It Man)] · Hazel Hills · ss 100 · Human Interest Stuff · Brett Halliday · ss Adventure September 1938, as by Davis Dresser 110 · Count Jalacki Goes Fishing [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v8, #35, October 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Malice Domestic · Philip MacDonald · ss 20 · The Hairy One · Dashiell Hammett · ss Sunset: The Pacific Monthly March 1925, as “Ber-Bulu” 30 · The Crimson Letters [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine August 1938, as “The Longer View” 45 · The Safe of the S.S.S. [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the French (Les 13 Mystères, 1932). 50 · The Affair at the Circle T [Prof. Huntoon Rogers] · Clifford Knight · ss 62 · Miss Hinch · Henry Sydnor Harrison · nv McClure’s Magazine September 1911 78 · The Man Who Played the Market [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss 94 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 98 · The Adventure of the Dead Cat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss 112 · A Note to Count Jalacki [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v8, #36, November 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Lesson in Anatomy [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · nv 22 · Brush Fire · James M. Cain · ss Liberty December 5 1936 29 · The Face from Beyond · Anthony Abbot · ts 32 · The Flowering Face [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator May 1935 54 · The Adventure of the Telltale Bottle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss 69 · The Old School Type · P. Youngman-Carter · ss Gen 19?? 72 · The Kid and the Shade · William D. Trausch · ss The Guidon 19?? 81 · The Oleander · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Every Week 1930 87 · Charlemagne and the Whisperer [Charlemagne] · Daniel Roselle · ss 92 · The Wrists on the Door · Horace Fish · nv Everybody’s Magazine May 1919 109 · You Can’t Hang Twice [Arthur Crook] · Anthony Gilbert · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v8, #37, December 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Clue of the Tattooed Man [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss; contest story, lacking the final half page—solution in March 1947 issue. 8 · The Love Detectives [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss Flynn’s Weekly October 30 1926, as “At the Crossroads” 25 · Angel Face [Nick Burns] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask October 1937, as “Face Work” 46 · The Episode of the Sinister Inventor [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · ss 61 · Professional Début [Máximo Roldán] · Antonio Helú; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the Spanish (La Obligacion de Asesinar, 1946). 75 · Murder in Triplicate [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss 88 · The Smell That Killed [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · nv Pearson’s Magazine February 1935, as “The Catastrophe in Clay” 105 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 109 · One on the House · Corey Ford · vi Collier’s June 15 1929 111 · The Fantastic Clue [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 128 · Index to Volume 8—July-December 1946 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 9, Whole No. 38, January 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Clue of the Broken Legs [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss; contest story, lacking the final half page—solution in April 1947 issue. 8 · The Golden Horseshoe [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask November 1924 36 · The Eight Pieces of Tortoiseshell [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 53 · The Adventure of the Inner Circle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv 67 · The Monkey Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 80 · The Assyrian Rejuvenator [Romney Pringle] · Clifford Ashdown · ss Cassell’s Magazine June 1902 92 · Goldfish [Carney] · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s July 8 1933; previously in EQMM “Overseas Edition” January 1946. 94 · Hand of Glory [Peter Trevor] · Frank King · ss 110 · Hunted Down · Charles Dickens · nv The New York Ledger August 20 1859 (+2)

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 9, No. 39, February 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Clue of the Missing Motive [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss contest story, lacking the final half page. Solution in May 1947 issue. 9 · You Take Ballistics · Cornell Woolrich · ss Double Detective January 1938 24 · The Repeater [Capt. (Col.) Hugh North] · Van Wyck Mason · nv Detective Fiction Weekly December 8 1934, as “The Crime of the Legion” 49 · Nor the Jury · Selwyn Jepson · ss The Evening Standard June 17 1933 54 · The Case of the Ninety-Two Candles [Sherlock Holmes] · Ted Malone · fa first broadcast on ABC radio, January 7, 1946. 58 · The Camberwell Poisoner [Sherlock Holmes] · Ruth Douglass · fa 64 · The Last Detective Story in the World · Maurice Richardson · ss Lilliput May 1946 70 · Sing a Song of Sixpence · Agatha Christie · ss Holly Leaves December 1929 84 · A Knife Between Brothers [David Return] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss 96 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 100 · The Lady Holding a Green Apple · Stanley Hopkins, Jr. · ss 109 · According to Customs · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Collier’s January 23 1932 112 · The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 9, No. 40, March 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The President of the United States, Detective [President Place] · H. F. Heard · nv 32 · His Honor · Ben Ames Williams · ss Cosmopolitan July 1921 40 · An Arabian Night in Park Lane [Tom Hebblethwaite] · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine September 1932 52 · The Riddle of the Double Negative [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 64 · King’s Evidence · Algernon Blackwood · ss London Calling January 9 1941 rewritten from “Confession”, Century Magazine Mar ’21; originally broadcast on the BBC, 27 June 1936. 70 · The Case of the Stuttering Sextant · Baynard Kendrick & Clayton Rawson · fa; Kendrick’s story is a satire on true crime stories, and Rawson provides an introductory spoof of Dannay’s lengthy prefaces in EQMM, as well as mock footnotes. 76 · The Wrong Jar [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · nv 1929; abridged. 92 · The Ides of Michael Magoon [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv 109 · Wages of Innocence · Leonard L. Leonard · ss Collier’s May 6 1939 115 · Left-Handed Murder · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 125 · Solutions to the First Monthly Contest · Clayton Rawson · ms final paragraphs of “The Clue of the Tattooed Man” plus a list of contest winners.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 9, No. 41, April 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Given as Vol. 9 No. 4 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss 17 · House Dick [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask December 1 1923, as “Bodies Piled Up” 30 · The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl · Agatha Christie · ss The Novel Magazine August 1924, as “The Mystery of the Second Cucumber” 43 · Footfalls · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Pictorial Review October 1920 60 · The Sword Swallower Murder [Philo Gubb] · Ellis Parker Butler · ss St. Anthony Messenger 1933 68 · Charlemagne and the Secret Plans [Charlemagne] · Daniel Roselle · ss 74 · Steps Going Up · Cornell Woolrich · ss Black Mask August 1939, as “Men Must Die” 97 · Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Sunday Empire News November 11 1945, as “Dead Man’s Evidence” 101 · Fool-Proof [Chief-Inspector Parbold] · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Magazine December 1936 116 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss 125 · Solutions to the Second Monthly Contest · Clayton Rawson · ms final paragraphs of “The Clue of the Broken Legs” plus a list of contest winners.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 9, No. 42, May 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Dead Yellow Women [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask November 1925 42 · A Bird in the Tree [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 17 1940, as “The Case of the Cycling Chauffeur” 48 · Don’t Look Behind You · Fredric Brown · ss 58 · Challenge to the Reader · Hugh Pentecost · ss 71 · The Wedding Dress · Louis Bromfield · vi Collier’s October 31 1925 74 · Sir Gilbert Murrell’s Picture [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine October 1905 85 · A Gentleman · Maurice Leblanc · vi The Popular Magazine November 1 1910 88 · The Tracy Enigma [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the French (Les 13 Enigmes, 1932). 93 · The Hit That Missed · Walter Duranty · ss Collier’s February 29 1936 100 · The House-in-Your-Hand Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss 117 · Asphodel · Edwin Lanham · ss Collier’s June 10 1944 126 · Solutions to the Third Monthly Contest · Clayton Rawson · ms final paragraphs of “The Clue of the Missing Motive” plus a list of contest winners.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 9, No. 43, June 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Wood-for-the-Trees [Colonel Anthony Gethryn] · Philip MacDonald · nv 25 · How Now, Ophelia [Melville Fairr] · Michael Venning · ss 39 · The Red Signal · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine June 1924 54 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927 62 · Dressing-Up · W. R. Burnett · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1929 71 · The Case of the Social Climber [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 90 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 94 · Tropical Disturbance [Oscar Sail] · Lester Dent · nv Black Mask December 1936, as “Angelfish” 117 · Listen, Listen! · R. E. Kendall · ss 128 · Index to Volume 9—January-June 1947 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #44, July 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Who Killed Bob Teal? [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss True Detective Mysteries November 1924 18 · The Mystery of the 81st Kilometer Stone [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv 35 · Deadlock · Edmund Crispin · nv 58 · The Widow’s Walk · Jack Finney · ss 67 · The Challenge to Dr. Farnsworth [Dr. Mark Farnsworth] · Francis Leo Golden · nv 89 · Advice to Literary Murderers · Gilbert K. Chesterton · ar The Tribute ed. D. Mackenzie, John Horn Limited, 1930 93 · The Missing Shakespeare Manuscript [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv 111 · Dove Dulcet Hitches His Wagon— [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · vi 114 · The Cloak That Laughed [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1935, as “The Mantle That Laughed”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #45, August 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Creeping Siamese [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask March 1926 16 · The Quarterdeck Club [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv radio script adaptation. 36 · Big Shot · Brett Halliday · ss Argosy October 22 1938, as by Davis Dresser 48 · People Do Fall Downstairs · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · nv 64 · Smothered in Corpses · Ernest Bramah · ss The Living Age September 27 1919, as “Smothered in Thrills: A Burlesque for the Cinema”; given as by “?” on the story itself, with the author’s name given on p. 72. 73 · Where There’s a Will · Agatha Christie · ss Mystery Magazine March 1 1926, as “Wireless” 84 · The Man Who Didn’t Exist [Reginald de Puyster] · Rufus King · ss Flynn’s July 11 1925, as “Houdini Jake” 99 · The Right .38 [Detective Sergeant Jim Casey] · Karl Detzer · ss The American Legion Magazine 1943 109 · The Case of the Frenchman’s Gloves [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine July 1938, as “Frenchmen Wear Gloves”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #46, September 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Corkscrew [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na The Black Mask September 1925 43 · The Other Side of the Curtain · Helen McCloy · nv 64 · Alderman Tommy Drops In [Tommy Rouse] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss Collier’s March 15 1930 76 · Case of the Gentleman Poet [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch August 7 1940 84 · The Perfect Crime · Kingsley Tufts · ss 89 · The Flying Corpse · A. E. Martin · nv 112 · Hold-Up · Channing Pollock · vi Collier’s November 21 1931, as “The Poor Little Man” 115 · The Shot That Waited [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1934, as “The Duel of Shadows”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #47, October 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Tragedy of a Handkerchief [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 16 · Blue Murder [Don Free] · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask September 1932 not the same as the story of the same name in the July 1928 issue. 37 · The Fourth Man · Agatha Christie · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1925 50 · Smoke [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1932 72 · The Long Worm [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 87 · Silk Hat · Katharine Brush · ss Collier’s July 13 1929 91 · Rope’s End · Viola Brothers Shore · nv 108 · Little Boy Lost · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #48, November 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The House in Goblin Wood [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · nv The Strand Magazine November 1947, as by John Dickson Carr 23 · The Name on the Wrapper [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine March 1938 37 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the French (“Le Pavillon de la Croix-Rousse”, as by Georges Sim, Détective, May 2, 1929 & May 16, 1929). 42 · The Tangible Illusion [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · ss Mystery February 1935, as “Invisible Terror” 59 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 63 · Red Wine · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Adventure June 1 1930 78 · Put Him on a Spot · Arthur Somers Roche · ss Collier’s July 6 1929 87 · The Phantom Alibi [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1920 100 · The Nine Pound Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss 115 · Fingerprints Don’t Lie [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #49, December 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Scorched Face [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask May 1925 32 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 3: Karmesin, Swindler [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1937/1938, as “Karmesin and the Meter” 37 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 4: Karmesin, Criminal Lawyer [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Autumn 1938, as “Karmesin and the Tailor’s Dummy” 42 · S.O.S. · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine February 1926 55 · Criminological Data · John L. Cooney · pz 56 · Murder, 1970 · Pierce Atwater, II · ss; framing story for the following four vignettes. _58 · The Spooky House · Irma Méndez · vi _58 · Carson Finds a Bandit · Benjamin Rivera · vi _60 · The Big-Hearted Killer · José Marscal · vi _61 · Pointer to Murder · Lee Markward · ss Scientific Detective January 1947 66 · The Amateur of Crime · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The American Magazine April 1927 83 · Portrait of Eleanor · Marjorie Alan · nv 100 · Journey’s End · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Collier’s January 2 1926 102 · All Saints’ Day · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss Hearst’s Magazine September 1919 translated from the French (“Mes Yeux”, Le Journal, December 11, 1904). 109 · Blind Man’s Bluff [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 128 · Index to Volume 10—July-December 1947 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #50, January 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Third Bullet [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · na Hodder & Stoughton, 1937, as by Carter Dickson; abridged. 74 · Albert Pastor at Home · Dashiell Hammett · vi Esquire Autumn 1933 76 · The Corpse in the Closet [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week February 16 1947 85 · Observe and Remember · George Harmon Coxe · vi 1941 88 · Message in Code · Ben Wilson · vi This Week 1942 91 · Perkins Finds $3,400,000 [Willis Perkins] · Philip Wylie · ss Collier’s July 11 1931, as “In a Hole” 101 · Lost Girl [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s January 15 1938 106 · Death on the Air [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh & A. Drummond Sharpe · nv The Grand Magazine February 1937; given as by Ngaio Marsh alone.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 11, Whole No. 51, February 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · An Open Letters to Readers of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine · Lawrence E. Spivak · ms; letter about raising the price of EQMM from 25 cents to 35 cents and increasing the page count to 144. 4 · How to Win $100.00 and Have Fun Doing It · [uncredited] · cn; given as “New Cover Contest” in the Table of Contents; announcement of contest for best story about Salter’s cover for this issue. 5 · Help Wanted, Male [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine August 1945 38 · The Poisoned Dow ’08 [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Passing Show February 25 1933, as “The Poisoned Port” 47 · That’s Your Own Funeral · Cornell Woolrich · ss Argosy June 19 1937, as “Your Own Funeral” 60 · The Black Stone of Dr. Dee [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 77 · The Foreign Office Despatch [Romney Pringle] · Clifford Ashdown · ss Cassell’s Magazine July 1902 89 · The Case of the Cockfosters Emeralds · Arnold Bennett · ss The Queen September 15 1900, as “The Police Station” 99 · The Clarion Call · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World October 29 1905 105 · Light in the Window · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Collier’s July 13 1940 108 · A Life—A Bowl of Rice · Lemuel de Bra · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1922, as “A Bowl of Rice” 113 · The Lady Who Laughed [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 129 · Yeggs Florentine · Guy Gilpatric · vi Collier’s February 8 1930 132 · The Half-Way House [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss The American Magazine May 1922

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 11, Whole No. 52, March 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Death Rides a Boxcar · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The American Magazine January 1945 42 · The Case of Poor Gertrude [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1935, as “The Terror of Tongues” 55 · Pieces of Silver · Brett Halliday · ss Argosy July 30 1938, as by Davis Dresser 65 · The Bad Luck Murders [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss Baffling Detective Mysteries July 1943, as “Dead Men’s Shoes” 81 · The Stone Ear [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1933 95 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 100 · The Riddle of the Tired Bullet [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 114 · Midnight Visit · Robert Arthur · vi Collier’s June 17 1939 117 · Midnight Adventure [Prince Rudolf] · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Magazine November 1938 129 · Double Play · Courtney Ryley Cooper · vi Collier’s October 1 1938 132 · The Dog in the Orchard · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Cosmopolitan September 1940 144 · How to Win $100.00 and Have Fun Doing It · [uncredited] · cn; given as “New Cover Contest” in the Table of Contents; announcement of contest for best story about Salter’s cover for this issue.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 11, Whole No. 53, April 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Triennial report on EQMM’s Prize Contests · Ellery Queen · ms 13 · Justice Has No Number [Bastia] · Alfredo Segre · nv 35 · Case of the Overheated Flat [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 24 1940, as “The Case of the Overheated Service Flat” 40 · The Snout · Edward Lucas White · nv Lukundoo and Other Stories by Edward Lucas White, Doran, 1927 64 · How to Win $100.00 and Have Fun Doing It · [uncredited] · cn; given as “Third Cover Contest” in the Table of Contents; announcement of contest for best story about Salter’s cover for this issue. 65 · Death on the Offbeat [Johnny] · John Wiggin · ss Collier’s December 17 1938 79 · Black Max · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Collier’s October 10 1925 81 · The Five of Swords [Paul Forain] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Hearst’s Magazine February 1919 102 · 3 Men in a Room [Eddie Ross] · Charles Francis Coe · ss Liberty February 12 1938 114 · The Scarecrow Murders · A. E. Martin · ss 126 · The Witness · Percival Wilde · vi Collier’s August 11 1928 129 · The Mystery of the Seven Suicides [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 141 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 5: Karmesin. Bank Robber [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Evening Standard May 9 1936, as “Karmesin”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 11, Whole No. 54, May 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Fourth Degree [Dr. John Smith] · Hugh Pentecost · ss 19 · Actor’s Blood · Ben Hecht · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 20 1932 38 · Death in the Window · Warren Amerman · vi; winner of the February 1948 cover contest. 40 · Dead Men Tell Tales [Jay Cameron] · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask November 1932 62 · Award of Honor · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · vi Collier’s January 5 1935; previously in EQMM “Overseas Edition” November 1945. 65 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv 81 · The “Baby” Cipher · W. A. Darlington · ss The Strand Magazine April 1939 94 · A Quatrain of Ling Tai Fu’s · Donn Byrne · ss The Red Book Magazine August 1917 106 · The Man Who Disappeared · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine December 1901; condensed. 121 · Death Sentence · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 128 · The Danger Point [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine June 1937

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 11, Whole No. 55, June 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · From Another World [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv 27 · Dry-Kye · Ben Ames Williams · ss Rejections of 1927 ed. Charles H. Baker, Jr., Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928 38 · The Letters in Evidence · C. S. Forester · ss The Editor Regrets… ed. George Joseph, Michael Joseph, 1937 46 · The Silver Dollar · Rink Creussen · ss 58 · The Strategy of Ah Lo · Lemuel de Bra · ss The Grand Magazine March 1923 65 · The Weapon That Didn’t Exist [Reginald de Puyster] · Rufus King · ss Flynn’s February 20 1926, as “The Dud” 78 · Your Face Is Familiar · Guy Gilpatric · vi Collier’s January 17 1931 81 · The Phantom Archer · John Dickson Carr · pl first broadcast on Suspense, CBS radio, March 9, 1943. 93 · The Tailor’s Squares · Secor D. Browne · vi; winner of the March 1948 cover contest. 96 · A Puzzle in Essence · Daniel D. Schoen · vi; second-prize winner of the February 1948 cover contest. 99 · A Murder at the Dôme · Gelett Burgess · nv This Quarter December 1931, as “A Murder at the Monde” 117 · The Devil Is a Gentleman [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s September 6 1947 128 · The Tontine Curse [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 144 · Index to Volume 11—January-June 1948 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 12, No. 56, July 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Adventure of the Single Footprint [Sherlock Holmes] · Robert Arthur · nv 22 · Mother, May I Go Out to Swim? · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss 35 · Murder in an Empty House [Hamilton Cleek] · Thomas W. Hanshew · ss Cleek’s Greatest Riddles by Thomas W. Hanshew, Simpkin Marshall, 1916; slightly condensed from chapters 9, 10 and 11. 50 · The Trap · Howard Bloomfield · ss Collier’s April 19 1947 61 · Eye Witness · David X. Manners · ss Ten Detective Aces January 1935 65 · Death Certificate [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty December 1947 78 · Up the River · Sidney S. Lenz · vi Vanity Fair (US) 1935 81 · Observation · Robert Weinstein · vi; winner of the April 1948 cover contest. 84 · Corollary [Joe Hill] · Hughes Allison · nv 101 · The Knife of the Celestial Brotherhood · Lemuel de Bra · ss Short Stories December 10 1922, as “The Strange Slaying of Bock Gee” 108 · Murder on Tuesday [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine May 1946

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 12, No. 57, August 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · In Death They Were Divided · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss The Editor Regrets… ed. George Joseph, Michael Joseph, 1937 12 · The Chateau of Missing Men [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the French (Les 13 Enigmes, 1932). 18 · The Best Policy · Ferenc Molnár · vi Lilliput May 1941 21 · The Maul, the Sword, and the Sharp Arrow · Victor Palla · nv 38 · The Malefactor · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Witch and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov & Constance Garnett, Macmillan, 1918 42 · The Debt Collector · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss Hearst’s Magazine November 1919 translated from the French (“L’encaisseur”, Le Journal, September 9, 1905). 47 · The Coupon · Karel Capek; translated by Paul Selver · ss Tales from Two Pockets by Karel Capek, tr. Paul Selver, Faber and Faber, 1932 translated from the Czech (“Kupón”, 1928). 54 · Sorcery · Gabriele D’Annunzio · ss Tales of My Native Town by Gabriele D'Annunzio, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920 65 · The Power of the Leaf [Ooloo, Aboriginal Detective] · A. E. Martin · nv 81 · Fourth Rule for Murderers · H. T. Alfon · ss 89 · Being a Murderer Myself · Arthur Williams · ss 101 · The Garden of Forking Paths · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the Spanish (“El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan”, El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan, 1941). 111 · Killer in Khaki [Private Enly] · Edgar D. Smith · nv Detective Fiction Weekly February 1 1941 121 · The Night Reveals · Cornell Woolrich · nv Story #45, April 1936