The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 863

Retreats from Oblivion (continued)

• October 6, 2024:
  • · Dancer Loses Her Head in Tapas Bar · Jonathan Woods · ss
• January 9, 2025:
  • · Honor · J. D. Horn · ss
• July 3, 2025:
  • · Confounded: Crime Scene Notes · Gary D. Rhodes · pm
• December 9, 2025:
  • · The Brass Ring · Lance Mason · ss
• January 29, 2026:
  • · American Psychos · Vince A. Liaguno · pm
• May 29, 2026:
  • · Pi AI · Matthew Sorrento · pm
• June 24, 2026:
  • · Hope Diamond · Charles Rammelkamp · pm
• August 23, 2026:
  • · The Killing of Chuy Muro · Lance Mason · ex Close to the Bone Press, July 2026

Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly:   (about) Launched to cash in on the success of the paperback editions of three Nero Wolfe novels, Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly (initially under slightly different titles) was a digest-sized mystery magazine combining classic reprints and some original material. Stout was listed as editor-in-chief, and contributed an introduction to each issue, but otherwise had little involvement.

Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly Publishers: Avon Book Company; 119 West 57th Street, New York 13, NY: Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly. Editors: Louis Greenfield - Editor: Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly.

Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly [#1, May 1945] ed. Louis Greenfield (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 165pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. ifc. · Introduction · Rex Stout · ed 11 · Death and Company [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Black Mask November 1930 19 · Four Suspects [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss Pictorial Review January 1930 31 · The Snake · John Steinbeck · ss The Monterey Beacon June 22 1935 40 · The Rousing of Mr. Bradegar · H. F. Heard · ss The Great Fog and Other Weird Tales by H. F. Heard, Vanguard Press, 1944 48 · In the Library · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine June 1901 56 · Lawyer’s Fee · H. Felix Valcoe · ss Detective Fiction Weekly October 5 1940 68 · Image in the Mirror [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Hangman’s Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1933 89 · Smart Guy · Bruno Fischer · ss 102 · Black Orchids [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine August 1941, as “Death Wears an Orchid”

Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly [#2, August 1945] ed. Louis Greenfield (25¢, 132pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. ifc. · In Spite of the Galaxy of Names · Rex Stout · ed 11 · “He Cometh and He Passeth By” · H. R. Wakefield · nv They Return at Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Philip Allan, February 1928 34 · Trial by Jury · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury January 1928 42 · The Border-Line Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard August 25 1936 50 · The Assistant Murderer · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask February 1926 82 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925 92 · The Simple Art of Murder · Raymond Chandler · ar The Atlantic Monthly December 1944 105 · Hot Money [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · ss The Strand Magazine February 1939, as “The Hiding Place” 117 · Papa I’m Sorry · Robert D. Abrahams · ss 120 · A Sherlock Holmes Crossword · F. V. Morley · pz

Rex Stout Mystery Magazine Title changed from Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly. Publishers: Avon Detective-Mysteries, Inc.; 119 West 57th Street, New York 13, NY: Rex Stout Mystery Magazine. Editors: Louis Greenfield - Editor: Rex Stout Mystery Magazine.

Rex Stout Mystery Magazine [#3, February 1946] ed. Louis Greenfield (25¢, 166pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. ifc. · Have You Got $9,000 Lying Around Loose That You Won’t Miss? · Rex Stout · ed 11 · They Can Only Hang You Once [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Collier’s November 19 1932 22 · The Calico Dog [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator September 1934 44 · The Locked Room [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine July 1940 57 · A Matter of Taste [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste” 68 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924 85 · Boston Blackie’s Mary [Boston Blackie] · Jack Boyle · nv The Red Book Magazine November 1917 117 · The Man Upstairs · William Irish · ss Mystery Book Magazine August 1945 132 · The Vanishing Lady · Alexander Woollcott · ar The New Yorker July 6 1929 (+1) 137 · The Butler [Chief Insp. William Dawson] · Bennet Copplestone · nv The Diversions of Dawson by Bennet Copplestone, Murray, 1923

Rex Stout Mystery Magazine [#4, March 1946] ed. Louis Greenfield (Avon Detective-Mysteries Inc., 25¢, 160pp+, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. ifc. · Introduction · Rex Stout · ed 11 · The Question Mark [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine January 1938 29 · New Murders for Old · Carter Dickson · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1939, as by John Dickson Carr 43 · The Eleventh Juror · Vincent Starrett · nv Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories August 1927 58 · The Dublin Mystery [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine September 1902 70 · The Puzzle Lock [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Flynn’s February 28 1925 88 · The Yellow Wall Paper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 102 · The Perfect Crime · Ben Ray Redman · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1928 116 · The Snatching of Bookie Bob · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s September 26 1931 126 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, November 1907

Rex Stout Mystery Magazine [#5, June 1946] (25¢, 128pp, digest) The title is given as Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly on the cover and spine, and as Rex Stout Mystery Magazine in the indicia. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. ifc. · Introduction · Rex Stout · ed 11 · Help Wanted, Male [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine August 1945 60 · The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928 76 · Post-Mortem · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask April 1940 100 · Blind Man’s Hood · Carter Dickson · ss The Sketch Christmas 1937, as by John Dickson Carr 116 · The Crayfish · H. F. Heard · nv The Great Fog and Other Weird Tales by H. F. Heard, Vanguard Press, 1944

Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly Title changed from Rex Stout Mystery Magazine. Publishers: Avon Detective-Mysteries, Inc.; 119 West 57th Street, New York 13, NY: Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly. Editors: Herbert Williams - Editor: Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly.

Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly [#6, October 1946] ed. Herbert Williams (25¢, 128pp, digest) The title is given as Rex Stout’s Mystery Magazine in the copyright data, and as Rex Stout Mystery Magazine in the indicia. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. ifc. · Introduction · Rex Stout · ed 7 · Operation Luella [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss 24 · Error at Daybreak [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · nv The Strand Magazine July 1938 39 · The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1925, as “The Article in Question” 50 · The Army of the Shadows · Eric Ambler · ss The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton, November 1939 66 · The Bottle Mine · Kenneth L. Roberts · nv Antiquamania by Kenneth L. Roberts, Doubleday, Doran, 1928 76 · The Calling Cards of Mr. Engle · Louis Paul · ss Esquire April 1941 86 · Skeleton · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales September 1945 101 · Hangin’ Crazy Benny · Leslie T. White · ss Collier’s November 26 1938 115 · One Chance in a Million · Will Payne · ss The American Magazine December 1931

Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly [#7, December 1946] ed. Herbert Williams (25¢, 128pp, digest) The title is given as Rex Stout’s Mystery Magazine in the copyright data, and as Rex Stout Mystery Magazine in the indicia. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. ifc. · Introduction · Rex Stout · ed 11 · Nightmare · William Irish · na Argosy March 1 1941, as “And So to Death” by Cornell Woolrich 64 · A Day of Pleasure · Manuel Komroff · ss Esquire August 1936 74 · The Baby in the Icebox · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury January 1933 88 · A Short Trip Home · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 17 1927 106 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939 111 · Anniversary · Mindret Lord · ss 115 · The Murdered Millionaire · Edward Murray · ss 128 · The Baker Street Mystery Puzzle · C. A. Southerland · pz

Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly [#8, May 1947] ed. Herbert Williams (25¢, 128pp, digest) The title is given as Rex Stout’s Mystery Magazine in the copyright data and indicia. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. ifc. · Introduction · Rex Stout · ed 7 · Another American Tragedy · John Collier · ss The New Yorker June 1 1940 14 · The Murder at the Opera [Sally Cardiff] · Vincent Starrett · nv Real Detective October 1934 (+1), as “The Bloody Crescendo” 45 · The Furnace Man · Luke Faust · ss 53 · The Body of a Well Dressed Woman [Inspector Evans] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine March 1944, as “What the Well-Dressed Corpse Will Wear” 74 · The Watcher · Thomas Burke · ss Esquire January 1934 79 · A New Zealand Tragedy · Freeman Wills Crofts · ar The Anatomy of Murder by The Detection Club, The Bodley Head, 1936 107 · Three Cups of Tea · Christopher LaFarge · ss 117 · The Charge Is Murder · Carlyn Coffin · ss

Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly [#9, 1947] ed. Herbert Williams (25¢, 128pp, digest) The title is given as Rex Stout’s Mystery Magazine in the copyright data and indicia. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. ifc. · Strange Footsteps · [uncredited] · ed 7 · In the Night · Van Siller · nv 30 · Trick-or-Treat · Anthony Boucher · ts Master Detective June 1945, as “The Ghost with the Gun” 43 · The Vertical Line [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Illustrated London News November 20 1935 55 · De Mortuis… · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 18 1942 62 · Sea Scrape · Alan Green · ss Cosmopolitan December 1938 82 · An Introduction to Eric · Ellis St. Joseph · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1933 95 · Ambush · Jerome & Harold Prince · ss 107 · The Homecoming · Dorothy B. Hughes · ss Murder Cavalcade, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946 118 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936

Rex Stout Mystery Magazine (Canada)   (about) Canadian reprint edition of Rex Stout Mystery Magazine. Publishers: Avon Detective-Mysteries, Inc.; 119 West 57th Street, New York 13, NY: Rex Stout Mystery Magazine (Canada).

Rex Stout Mystery Magazine (Canada) [No. 3, June 1946] (25¢, digest) Reprint of the February 1946 (US) issue. ifc. · Have You Got $9,000 Lying Around Loose That You Won’t Miss? · Rex Stout · ed Rex Stout Mystery Magazine #3, February 1946 11 · They Can Only Hang You Once [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Collier’s November 19 1932 22 · The Calico Dog [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator September 1934 44 · The Locked Room [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine July 1940 57 · A Matter of Taste [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste” 68 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924 85 · Boston Blackie’s Mary [Boston Blackie] · Jack Boyle · nv The Red Book Magazine November 1917 117 · The Man Upstairs · William Irish · ss Mystery Book Magazine August 1945 132 · The Vanishing Lady · Alexander Woollcott · ar The New Yorker July 6 1929 (+1) 137 · The Butler [Chief Insp. William Dawson] · Bennet Copplestone · nv The Diversions of Dawson by Bennet Copplestone, Murray, 1923

Rock and a Hard Place   (about)

Rock and a Hard Place [Vol. 1 Issue 1, Summer/Fall 2019] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Publishing, $14.95, 192pp, cover by Peter Rozovsky) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · An Introduction to Rock and a Hard Place · Roger Nokes · ed 5 · The Meaning of Life · Gundrun Roy · ss 19 · Augie’s Lucky Day · Karen Di Prima · ss 29 · Ghost Tribe · Kathleen Kilpatrick · ss 39 · Crossing Jessie · Cindy Rosmus · ss 43 · Sister of Mercy · S. J. Rozan · vi 45 · Los Renacidos · Alex Skopic · ss 53 · Chlorine · Albert Tucher · ss 59 · The Pain of Flowers · Juleigh Howard-Hobson · ss 67 · The Anchors That Tie Us Down · S. A. Cosby · ss 81 · Walking After Midnight · Peter Rozovsky · pi 95 · Around & Around · Laird Long · ss 103 · Penance · Jeffrey C. Eaton · ss 113 · A Warning from the Meek · Judson Michael Agla · pm 115 · A Town Full of Losers · Allan Leverone · ss 123 · Staring · Katrina Robinson · vi 127 · Write What You Know…or Maybe Don’t? · Jason Butkowski · ar 131 · Doing Time in the Crunchy Granola Suite · Tim Walker · ss 141 · Not That Kind of Guy · Dustin Engstrom · ss 155 · Field of Honor · Richard Risemberg · ss 163 · The Stash House · Russell Johnson · ss 171 · Against the Odds · Jacqueline Seewald · ss 177 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Rock and a Hard Place [Vol. 1 Issue 2, Winter/Spring 2020] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Publishing, $12.95, 156pp, cover by Jeffrey Nokes) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Second Time Around · Jonathan Elliott · ed 4 · No One Has to Know · Paul Gadsby · ss 18 · Singers and Sinners · Cindy Rosmus · vi 22 · Tough Chicks · Albert Tucher · ar 26 · Rebirth · Brittany Gooding · pt 28 · The Lives of the Workers in the Cancer Factory · Jacqueline Freimor · ss 34 · City Girl · Jay Butkowski · pt 36 · Crawdaddy · J. D. Graves · ss Switchblade #3, October 2017 48 · Biker Visiting Friends in Hobo Jungle · Richard Risemberg · pt 50 · Stone Ghosts · Die Booth · ss 58 · City Through Bars · Andrew Novak · pt 60 · Kiss Me Goodbye, Baby · Jesse Rawlins · vi 62 · It’s a Noir World · Peter Rozovsky · pi 70 · Knees and Toes · Jeremy Broyles · ss 82 · Bloom · Heather Warburton · pt 84 · Does It Keep Getting Worse? · Roger Nokes · ar 88 · Meantown · Allan Leverone · ss 96 · Emo Night · Analisa Mireles · ss 102 · Paws for Reflection · C. F. Carter · pt 104 · Potato Sandwich Days · Preston Lang · ss 112 · Tenderloin · Steve Carr · ss 126 · Gravedigger · Mark Westmoreland · ss 138 · Jailbird · Stephen O’Connor · ss 144 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg