The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Detective Stories [v6 #6, June 1953] (66pp, digest) Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 4 · The Case of the Two-Timing Wife · Harry Whittington · ss; probably a retitled story from a US pulp. 17 · The Case of the Murder Gun [Sam Vedder] · Frank Gruber · nv Clues Detective Stories January 1941, as “The Murder Gun” 33 · The Case of the Dead Man’s Proof · Leonard Finlay · ss 49 · The Case of the Rattling Diamonds · Walt Anderson · ss 63 · The Ladies Loved a Louse · Thomas Thursday · ar Smashing Detective Stories December 1951

Detective Stories [v6 #7, October 1953] (Blue Diamond Publishing Company, 1/3d, 66pp, digest) Details supplied by Chris Wood. 4 · The Case of the Lovely Acid-Thrower · Harry Whittington · ss; probably a retitled story from a US pulp. 16 · The Case of the Curious Clue · D. L. Champion · ss G.P. Detective Stories #24, April 1949, as “The Curious Clue”; probably a retitled story from a US pulp. 31 · The Case of the Dumb Sheriff · Emmett McDowell · ss; probably a retitled story from a US pulp. 46 · The Case of the Rightful Heir · Polly Simpson McManus · ss The Evening Citizen April 30 1949 62 · The Case of the Aristocrats of Crime · James A. Kendall · ss

Detective Stories [v6 #8, December 1953] (Blue Diamond Publishing Company, 1/-, 66pp, digest) The cover inaccurately touts “Five New Crime and Mystery Stories”. Details supplied by Chris Wood. 4 · The Case of the Modern Jekyll-Hyde · Frank Gruber · ss; probably a retitled story from a US pulp. 20 · The Case of the Frame-Up · Leonard Roxborough · ss 35 · The Case of the Hit-Run Murderer · John Kendall · ss 52 · The Case of the Murders in Paradise · Walt Anderson · ss The Evening Citizen June 25 1949

Detective Stories [v6 #9, February 1954] (Blue Diamond Publishing Company, 1/3d, digest) 4 · Deferred Payment · William Irish · ss; probably a retitled story from a US pulp. 15 · The Corpse in the Picture · Carroll John Daly · nv Famous Detective Stories May 1953 33 · Honest Thieves · Thomas Thursday · ss; probably a retitled story from a US pulp. 44 · Wrong Number [Guthrie Lamb] · Hunt Collins · nv Famous Detective Stories August 1952

Detective Stories [v6 #10, 1954] (digest) Identical contents to #9. 4 · Deferred Payment · William Irish · ss Detective Stories v6 #9, 1954; probably a retitled story from a US pulp. 15 · The Corpse in the Picture · Carroll John Daly · nv Famous Detective Stories May 1953 33 · Honest Thieves · Thomas Thursday · ss Detective Stories v6 #9, 1954; probably a retitled story from a US pulp. 44 · Wrong Number [Guthrie Lamb] · Hunt Collins · nv Famous Detective Stories August 1952

Detective Stories [v6 #11, 195?] (66pp, digest) Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 4 · Howard Called It Homicide [Chief Howard] · Tom Thursday · ss Famous Detective Stories August 1953 13 · Hook, Line, and Sucker! · Robert Turner · ss Famous Detective Stories November 1952 19 · Death of the Party · John Robertson · ss 32 · Gunning for Death · James L. Harte · nv Smashing Detective Stories September 1951 47 · The Fatal Blonde · William G. Bogart · nv; probably a retitled story from a US pulp.

Detective Stories [v8 #5, 195?] (64pp, digest) Details supplied by Tom Lesser. Same cover as v6 #1, June 1952 but with different stories. 1 · The Trout in the Milk [Inspector Carruthers] · Walter Kanitz · ss Smashing Detective Stories December 1952 13 · The Walking Corpses [Lou Seller] · David James · ss Famous Detective Stories August 1953 22 · Murder Weapon · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss Famous Detective Stories August 1953 29 · Two for One · William Tenn · ss Famous Detective Stories May 1953 41 · The Sulky Killer · Wadsworth Nealey · nv Smashing Detective Stories March 1952

Detective Stories [v8 #10, 195?] (64pp, digest) Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 1 · Witness My Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Flynn’s Detective Fiction August 1943, as “Come Witness My Murder!” 19 · Ghost-Town Slays · James E. Hungerford · ss Smashing Detective Stories September 1951 27 · The Body in My Bed · William F. Schwartz · ss Smashing Detective Stories December 1953 34 · The Killer Went Home · C. William Harrison · ss; probably a retitled story from a US pulp. 38 · Murder—as Usual [Herman Stone (Herman the Great)] · Day Keene · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction October 1943

Detective Stories (second series) Publishers: Page Publications Pty. Ltd.; Surry Hills, New South Wales: Detective Stories.

Detective Stories [#1, 196?] (Page Publications Pty. Ltd., digest) Issue not indexed.

Detective Stories [#2, 196?] (Page Publications Pty. Ltd., digest) Issue not indexed.

Detective Stories [#3, 196?] (Page Publications Pty. Ltd., digest) Issue not indexed.

Detective Stories [#4, 196?] (Page Publications Pty. Ltd., digest) Issue not indexed.

Detective Stories [#5, 196?] (Page Publications Pty. Ltd., digest) Issue not indexed.

Detective Stories [#6, 196?] (Page Publications Pty. Ltd., digest) Issue not indexed.

Detective Stories [#7, 196?] (Page Publications Pty. Ltd., digest) Issue not indexed.

Detective Stories [v6 #8, 1966] (Page Publications Pty. Ltd., 2/-, 66pp, digest) Straight reprint of v6 #8 from the first series, although the cover has been slightly modified to read “Five New Crime & Mystery Stories”, which is still inaccurate. Details supplied by Chris Wood. 4 · The Case of the Modern Jekyll-Hyde · Frank Gruber · ss Detective Stories v6 #8, 1953 20 · The Case of the Frame-Up · Leonard Roxborough · ss Detective Stories v6 #8, 1953 35 · The Case of the Hit-Run Murderer · John Kendall · ss Detective Stories v6 #8, 1953 52 · The Case of the Murders in Paradise · Walt Anderson · ss The Evening Citizen June 25 1949

Detective Stories [#9] (Page Publications Pty. Ltd., digest) The contents of this are identical to the only known issue (#1) of Manhunt Stories, also published by Page Publications, and to v8 #5 of the previous series. · The Trout in the Milk [Inspector Carruthers] · Walter Kanitz · ss Smashing Detective Stories December 1952 · The Walking Corpses [Lou Seller] · David James · ss Famous Detective Stories August 1953 · Murder Weapon · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss Famous Detective Stories August 1953 · Two for One · William Tenn · ss Famous Detective Stories May 1953 · The Sulky Killer · Wadsworth Nealey · nv Smashing Detective Stories March 1952

Detective Story Annual   (about) Annual series of reprints. mostly from Detective Story Magazine. Publishers: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.; 79 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY: Detective Story Annual.

Detective Story Annual [1941] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, 160pp, large pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 3 · You’ll Never See Me Again · Cornell Woolrich · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 1939 35 · The Rolling Heads · Mark Harper · na Street & Smith’s Mystery Magazine March 1940 54 · Hang Me Today · Emile C. Tepperman · nv Clues Detective Stories December 1939 84 · The Murder Book [Sam Vedder] · Frank Gruber · na Clues Detective Stories May 1940 114 · I’ll Never Let You Go · Steve Fisher · ss Clues Detective Stories August 1939 128 · The Lee Side of Murder · B. B. Fowler · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine July 1940 140 · Triple Threat · Cleve F. Adams · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine April 1940 155 · Marksman · William Campbell Gault · ss Clues Detective Stories September 1940

Detective Story Annual [1942] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, 160pp, large pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 3 · The Astral Assassin · J. J. des Ormeaux · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine September 1939 35 · Too Dead to Pay [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · na Clues Detective Stories March 1941 59 · Six White Horses [Clickell Rush (The Gadget Man)] · Lester Dent · ss Crime Busters February 1939 71 · The Man Who Came to Murder · Charles Spain Verral · nv Clues Detective Stories November 1940 81 · The Death Lady · William G. Bogart · na Street & Smith’s Mystery Magazine February 1940 101 · I Want to Burn · Theodore Tinsley · na Clues Detective Stories March 1940 133 · Daughters of the Bat · Paul Ernst · nv Clues Detective Stories February 1939 150 · Background for Murder · Alan Hathway · nv Clues Detective Stories July 1940

Detective Story Annual [1943] (25¢, large pulp) · If I Were a Detective · Oscar Schisgall · nv Clues Detective Stories October 1937 · Vampire Blood · Edward Parrish Ware · nv Clues October 1934 · The Egg [Daffy Dill] · Richard Sale · ss Clues Detective Stories March 1935 · Dead Man Says No · Maurice Beam · nv Clues Detective Stories April 1938 · Seven to Be Slain · Hugh B. Cave · ss Clues Detective Stories October 1936 · The Murder Schedule · George Harmon Coxe · nv Clues November 1934 · Companions of Death · William Merriam Rouse · nv Clues March 1934 · The Dutch Demon · Edward S. Williams · nv Clues Detective Stories August 1938 · Murder Maiden · Robert C. Blackmon · nv Clues Detective Stories December 1939 · Thubway Tham—Framed [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 9 1931

Detective Story Annual [1944] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, 160pp, large pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 2 · Murder at Retail · Inez Sabastian · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1943 33 · Murder Comes Easy · Douglas Stapleton · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1942 46 · Sirens in the Night · Mary Collins · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine April 1943 75 · Waltz Macabre · Sara Owen · pm (r) 76 · Murder by the Stars · Valma Clark · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1942 97 · At the Sign of the Manikin · Don Joseph · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1941 104 · The Hotel Murders · N. M. Fries · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine September 1942 116 · Witch’s Brew · Jessie Reynolds · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1942 143 · The Purpose · Sara Owen · pm (r) 144 · Neon Nightmare · Julius Long · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine April 1943 154 · White Horse, Black Horse · Luke Short · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1942

Detective Story Annual [1945] Issue not indexed - may be phantom.

Detective Story Annual [1946] ed. Daisy Bacon (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, large pulp, cover by Farkas) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Death Does the Jitterbug · Roger Torrey · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1944 25 · The Case of the Sleeping Doll · Bruno Fischer · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 1944 34 · Murder in Miniature · Fredric Brown · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1944 48 · Death in the Mission · Steve Byrd · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1944 58 · Body, Body—Who’s Got the Body? [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 1944 85 · As Does a Spider— · Hugh B. Cave · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 1943 98 · Concerto in Death · William G. Bogart · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 1944 110 · Join Me Tonight · Curtiss T. Gardner · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1944 117 · A Female on the Squad · Russell Gray · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1943 126 · A Drink to Death · Agatha Gandy · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 1944 131 · These Also Die · Henry Norton · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1944

Detective Story Annual [1947] Issue not indexed - may be phantom.

Detective Story Annual [1948] ed. Daisy Bacon (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, digest, cover by Charles J. Ravel) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Flowers on a Grave · Agatha Gandy · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1946 15 · Lost in Hell · Dorothy Dunn · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1946 29 · She Sang of Murder [Shean Connell] · Roger Torrey · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1946 67 · Oswald Has His Night · Ronald Henderson · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine September 1946 76 · Seventh Round Homicide · James Causey · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 1946 87 · Marked for Murder · Inez Sabastian · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 1946 137 · A Trifling Matter · Donald Van Riper · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 1945 143 · Unwanted Body · Paul Ellsworth Triem · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1945 153 · The Want-Ad Murders · Frances M. Deegan · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1944 174 · The Hanging Gardens · Margaret Manners · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 1945 185 · The Case of the Indian, O’Shaughnessy · Warren Fabian · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine September 1944 202 · Tell the Coroner · George Cory Franklin · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 1946 213 · Murder Rode Aft · Curt Storm · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 1944

Detective Story Annual [1949] ed. Daisy Bacon (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · The Barefaced Murder [Terry Hannigan] · Roger Torrey · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1946 25 · Death’s Bright Angel · Curtiss T. Gardner · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1948 37 · Murder Walks a Strange Path [Rachel Murdock; Jennifer Murdock] · D. B. Olsen · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1948 44 · Sweet Little Murder-Blue Gown · John H. Knox · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1946 53 · Murder Is My Business · Ronald Henderson · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 1947 63 · The Case of the Talebearer’s Wounds · Kenneth Fowler · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1948 70 · Terror in the Town · Edward Ronns · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 1946 93 · Ghost of a Murder Night · Dorothy Dunn · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine September 1947 102 · No Weeds for the Widow · William Campbell Gault · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 1947 115 · Whistler’s Murder [Henry Smith] · Fredric Brown · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1946 121 · A Misogynist Meets Murder · Frank R. Read · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1948