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    Chief Detective (1946)   (about)
    Very little is known about this title which seems to be a one-shot pulp launched by H.C. Blackerby who also launched another one-shot detective pulp, Gem Detective, and a one-shot western pulp called Prize Western at the same time. The title was later used by Frank Communale for a true crime magazine in the 1950s.

    • Publishers:
      • H.C. Blackerby; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: Chief Detective.
    • Editors:



    Chief Detective Stories   (about)
    Very little is known about this title which seems to be a one-shot pulp published by the Canadian publisher Norman Book Company reprinting stories from their other magazines such as Daredevil Detective Stories and World-Wide Detective Stories.

    • Publishers:
      • Norman Book Company; 78 Wellington Street, Toronto, Ontario: Chief Detective Stories.




    Close to the Bone [Issue One, June 2020] (12pp, ebook) (Full Text)
    Details taken from magazine website.
    • 3 · “The Seatown Blues” [Part 1 of 3] · Paul D. Brazill · ss; this part is titled “Into the Valley”.
    • 12 · Writing Tips: The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good · Oliver Brannan · ar


    Close to the Bone [Issue Two, July 2020] (11pp, ebook) (Full Text)
    Details taken from magazine website.
    • 3 · “The Seatown Blues” [Part 2 of 3] · Paul D. Brazill · ss; this part is titled “Rainy Days and Mondays”.
    • 11 · About Ben Pitkin from The Hard Cold Shoulder · L. A. Sykes · ar


    Close to the Bone [Issue Three, August 2020] (10pp, ebook) (Full Text)
    Details taken from magazine website.
    • 4 · “The Seatown Blues” [Part 3 of 3] · Paul D. Brazill · ss; this part is titled “A Gift Horse”.
    • 10 · The Little Things That Noir · Chris Roy · ar




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