The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v20, #106, September 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Given as v19 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Best of Everything · Stanley Ellin · nv 17 · The Y-Shaped Scar [Dr. Colin Starr] · Rufus King · ss 1939 30 · The Green Weed · Margaret Page Hood · ss 43 · In the Dark · Edith Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine September 1908, as by E. Bland 52 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 54 · Death Had a Voice [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s June 26 1948 65 · Death on the Riviera [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week July 30 1950 69 · How Jacques Spent His Wedding Night · Henry Norton · ss 81 · Tom Sawyer, Detective [Part 2 of 3; Tom Sawyer; Huckleberry Finn] · Mark Twain · ex Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1896 (+1) 98 · And Turn the Hour [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss 1950 111 · The Human Leopards · L. J. Beeston · ss The Strand Magazine November 1923 121 · Hard Case · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 28 1940 126 · Dark Interlude · Jane McClure · ss 134 · The Portrait · Aldous Huxley · ss Harper’s Magazine December 1922

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v20, #107, October 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Given as v19 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Tyger! Tyger! · A. H. Z. Carr · nv 20 · The Bearded Golfer · Michael Arlen · ss The Crooked Coronet by Michael Arlen, Heinemann, 1927, as “Legend of the Bearded Golfer” 29 · The Gold-Makers · J. B. S. Haldane · ss The Strand Magazine November 1931 44 · Nesselrode to Jeopardy · S. J. Perelman · hu The New Yorker January 6 1951 52 · Stranger in the Park · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s December 27 1941 64 · The Case of the Arctic Explorers [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Austin Ripley · pz 1948 65 · Tom Sawyer, Detective [Part 3 of 3; Tom Sawyer; Huckleberry Finn] · Mark Twain · ex Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1896 (+1) 81 · Two of a Kind · Laurence Kirk · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine December 1936 91 · You Got to Have Luck · S. R. Ross · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 96 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 98 · The Twelve-Minute Grave [Insp. Kyle] · Roy Vickers · nv 115 · De Crimine · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 128 · Dead Man · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1936 137 · Torrid Zone · Fletcher Flora · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v20, #108, November 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Given as v19 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Spring Fever · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · nv 16 · The History of Bel · [uncredited] · vi from The Apocrypha (r) 21 · A Perfectly Ordinary Case of Blackmail · A. A. Milne · ss Collier’s July 10 1948, as “The Dear, Dead Past” 32 · Memory Test · Peter B. Kyne · ss Collier’s June 11 1949 41 · V Marks the Spot [Oscar Sail] · Lester Dent · nv Black Mask October 1936, as “Sail” 65 · The Case of the Abandoned Tower [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Austin Ripley · pz (r) 66 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 68 · Dear Departed Harold · Barbara Vetterlein · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 74 · Cat and Mouse [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss probably from The (London) Evening Standard under a different title. 81 · The Ebony Stick · Earl Derr Biggers · nv Collier’s September 9 1916 102 · The Head in the Barrel · Ralph Norman Weber · vi 105 · The Fifth Dimension [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss 1950 116 · The History of Bel · [uncredited] · vi from The Apocrypha (r) 117 · One Way Street [Detective Inspector Painton] · Anthony Armstrong · ss 1946 125 · Guess Who?: John J. Malone · Talbot C. Hatch · qz 127 · Knowing What I Know Now · Barry Perowne · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v20, #109, December 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Author in Search of a Character [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Woman’s Home Companion July 1937, as “The Missing Character” 12 · The Man Who Voted for Ulysses S. Grant · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 1929 22 · Going My Way? · George Harmon Coxe · ss The Elks Magazine January 1936 33 · And the Birds Still Sing [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv 50 · A Matter of Timing · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard August 16 1950, as “A Matter of Time” 55 · The Inspector Had a Wife [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s August 21 1948 65 · The Sheriff Decides · Roark Bradford · vi Collier’s May 13 1939 68 · Mrs. Oliphant Deceased · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard July 24 1950, as “Back on the Shelf” 72 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 74 · Morte d’Alain [King Arthur] · Maxey Brooke · ss; subtitled “An Unrecorded Idyll of the King”. in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 81 · The Jinx Man [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · nv 101 · The Creative Impulse · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Harper’s Bazar August 1926 129 · The Point of Honor [Major Tennente] · Thomas Flanagan · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v21, #110, January 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dirone Photography) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · On Christmas Day in the Morning [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1950 11 · Crime Passionnel · Louis Bromfield · ss The New Yorker March 25 1944 19 · 5 - 4 = Murderer [Capt. Duncan Maclain] · Baynard Kendrick · ss 31 · The Coward · Francis Iles · ss revised from “It Takes Two to Make a Hero” (The Saturday Book 3, ed. Leonard Russell, Hutchinson, 1943). 43 · The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl · Ray Bradbury · ss Detective Book Magazine Winter 1948, as “Touch and Go!” 51 · The Horns Were Wet · Howard F. Aldridge · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 65 · The Judge Corroborates · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine August 22 1919 76 · Sky Writing [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · ss New York Herald Tribune December 25 1932 81 · Mom Makes a Bet [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss 92 · The Eastern Mystery [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Eyes of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1923 112 · Death on Saturday Night [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week November 26 1950 116 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 121 · The Manhunter · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss 1923 132 · New Year’s Eve in Panamint · Peter B. Kyne · ss 1916

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v21, #111, February 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Old Man · Daphne du Maurier · ss The Apple Tree by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1952 13 · The Man Who Could Not Hold Women [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 34 · Without Benefit of Jury · Peter B. Kyne · ss Cosmopolitan January 1935 45 · The Speech · Lord Dunsany · ss Collier’s November 25 1950 49 · Woman of Ice [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week October 30 1949 56 · The Name on the Window [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss 65 · Narky [Narky] · Sax Rohmer · ss Everybody’s Weekly May 6 1911 72 · The White Rabbit Caper · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 19 1949 78 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 80 · The Case of Mistaken Identity [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Austin Ripley · pz (r) 81 · The Unpleasantness at the Stooges Club · W. Heidenfeld · ss; a club made up of various detectives’ “Watsons”. 92 · A Lump of Sugar [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week July 9 1950, as “The Mystery of the 3 Dawn Riders”; given as “Dying Message Dept.: A Lump of Sugar” on the story itself. 96 · Crime à la Carte [Willie & Al Hosmer] · John Eugene Hasty · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 107 · Murder Is Everybody’s Business · Helen McCloy · nv 1951

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v21, #112, March 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Lion’s Mane [Major Tennente] · Thomas Flanagan · ss 16 · The King of the Bats · James Hilton · ss Collier’s July 3 1937, as “The Bat King” 26 · Blackmail · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss The American Magazine December 1949 38 · Within the Gates [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard March 1 1952 45 · The Dance · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Red Book Magazine June 1926 58 · In the Pincers · L. J. Beeston · ss The Strand Magazine January 1919 65 · The Feeble Folk · E. C. Bentley · ss 81 · The Warning on the Lawn [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 92 · Squeeze Play · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard January 29 1951, as “The Squeeze” 96 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 98 · Honest Abe · Elba O. Carrier · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 102 · The Sheik It Was Who Died [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s December 11 1948 111 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 117 · The Discourager of Hesitancy · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine July 1885 123 · Goodbye, New York · Cornell Woolrich · nv Story October 1937

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v21, #113, April 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dirone Photography) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · My Brother Down There · Steve Frazee · nv; first prize winner in EQMM’s eighth annual contest. 33 · Sweet William · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss 40 · The Ghost Patrol · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Red Book Magazine June 1917 51 · Pursued · Fletcher Flora · ss 56 · Murder by Extraction · John Oakum · ss A Snapper-Up of Unconsidered Trifles by John Oakum, W.J. Johnston, 1876 60 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 62 · The Cave of Belarius [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · vi The Evening Standard January 2 1952 65 · Help Me—If You Can · Fred Levon · ss Maclean’s 1948, as “Turmoil”; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 77 · Caribbean Blow · Grover Brinkman · ss 81 · The Long Dinner [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine January 1935 106 · Cheat for Me · John & Ward Hawkins · ss The American Magazine April 1950 116 · In the Absence of Monsieur · Guy Wetmore Carryl · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1903 128 · All in the Way You Look at It [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss 136 · Man Who Bought Things Cheap · Marjorie L. C. Pickthall · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1914, as “Cheap”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v21, #114, May 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover: [photo]) Starting with this issue, Black Mask Detective Magazine is merged into Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · It Takes a Thief · Arthur Miller · ss Collier’s February 8 1947 9 · Blood-Brothers [Baron von Genthner] · Quentin Reynolds · ss 1936 18 · Unbreakable Alibi [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss 22 · The Gatewood Caper [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask October 15 1923, as “Crooked Souls” 36 · Dormant Account · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask May 1942 65 · The Witch of Times Square [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week November 5 1950; given as “False Claimant Dept.: The Witch of Times Square” on the story itself. 70 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 72 · The Man Without a Head · T. W. Hanshew · ss (r) 81 · Nothing So Hard as a Diamond · Henry Myers · ss 93 · He Had a Little Shadow [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s January 14 1950 106 · Really It Was Quite Simple · Evelyn E. Smith · ss 111 · The Silver Spurs · E. C. Witham · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 128 · Miss Paisley’s Cat · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v21, #115, June 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Betrayers · Stanley Ellin · ss 17 · Winning Sequence · Margery Sharp · ss The Strand Magazine September 1936 27 · The Numbers Man · Anthony Boucher · ss Black Mask July 1945, as “The Catalyst” 38 · One Hundred in the Dark · Owen Johnson · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 21 1911 53 · Glimpses of the Moon · Leslie Bigelow · ss 65 · Inspector Appleby’s First Case [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 68 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 70 · The Panther · Browning Norton · ss 81 · A Woman Can Kill [Dion Davies] · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask September 1933 105 · A Night at the Theater · Ben Ray Redman · ss 109 · Heads I Win, Tails You Lose · John D. MacDonald · ss Black Mask September 1947, as “Manhattan Horse Opera” 119 · Emerald Bait · Val Duncan · ss Esquire October 1951 123 · Doublecross · Aljean Meltsir · ss 128 · The God of the Hills [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Country Gentleman September 1927 143 · Index to Volume 21—January-June 1953 · [uncredited] · ix