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Underworlds (about)
Underworlds was launched as a tri-annual paperback magazine that sought “to create a bridge between crime fiction (especially, but not necessarily exclusively, of the noir school) and horror fiction”. It folded after only two issues in two years.

Publishers:

Underworlds Magazine; Ridgewood, NY: Underworlds.

Editors:

Thomas Deja - Editor: Underworlds, Dec 2002.

Sean Wallace - Editor: Underworlds, Dec 2004.

Underworlds [#1, December 2002] ed. Thomas Deja (Underworlds Magazine, $5.99, 108pp+, 7.0″ x 9.5″, cover by Geoff Priest)

2 · Editorial · Thomas Deja · ed

4 · Five Minutes of Video · Michael Laimo · ss Demons, Freaks, and Other Abnormalities by Michael Laimo, Delirium Books, 1999

11 · Moon Over Harlem · Loren MacLeod · ss Blue Murder #18, 2001

16 · The Racists · Erik Johnson · ss

24 · Small Towns in May · Denise Dumars · ss

29 · The Sixth Degree · Shade Rupe · ar

31 · Lights! Camera! Mort! · Mort Castle · cl

33 · Wanted: For Christmas · Paul Victor Wargelin · ss

40 · Beyond Ledra · Cathy Buburuz · ss

44 · Rising Tide · Lawrence Barker · ss

49 · Celestial Eye · Shikhar Dixit & S. L. Robinson · ss

57 · You’ll Go Blind · Gemma Files · ar

60 · Along the Footpath to Oblivion · Darren Speegle · ss

62 · Strickland’s Bones · Christopher Stires · ss

66 · Eloise · Karen Carpenter · ar

68 · Listen · Beverly O’Neill · ss

70 · What Lives Among the Skies · Jack Fisher · ss Whispers from the Shattered Forum #1, 1999

74 · Graphic Violence · Steve Roman · ar

76 · Chaos Theory · Jason Brannon · ss

80 · Mood Swings · Doug Hewitt · ss

87 · The Sixth Degree · D. F. Lewis, M. F. Korn & Mike Philbin · ar

90 · What Should I Do About That Eva Lynne? · Mark McLaughlin · vi

91 · Clark Ashton Smith and the Bohemian Club · Derrick Hussey · ar [Ref. Clark Ashton Smith]

93 · Female of the Species · Megan Powell · vi

95 · Life’s Loser · Nicholas Knight · vi

96 · The Persistence of Dreams · Monica O’Rourke · ss

104 · The Usual Suspects · [uncredited] · bg

Underworlds [#2, December 2004] ed. Sean Wallace (Underworlds Magazine, $5.99, 56pp, 7.0″ x 9.5″, cover by Chad Michael Ward)
Details supplied by Andrew Hall.

2 · Something Must Break · C. S. Thompson · ss

8 · The Dead Monkey Puzzle · John Grant · ss Take No Prisoners by John Grant, Willowgate Press, 2004

12 · The Chill · D. F. Lewis · pm

14 · Familiar Child · Tom Piccirilli · ss Deathrealm Winter 1996/1997

21 · Le Souper à la Maison d’Ombres · Terrie Relf · vi

22 · Illusions of Amber · Darren Speegle · ss

25 · Flowers for a Sleeping Girl · Greg Wachausen · pm

26 · Twenty-Five Cents · Jeffrey Thomas · ss

31 · What the Sorceress with a Sweet Tooth Had to Say to the Angry Mob Before They Cut Out Her Tongue · Mark McLaughlin · pm

32 · End of Light · Jay Caselberg · ss

37 · Faery · Jack Fisher · pm

38 · % Rent · Michael Penncavage · ss

40 · Interview with Barry Hoffman · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Barry Hoffman]

44 · October Secrets · Christian Westerlund · ss

46 · The List · Davin Ireland · ss

50 · The Town Crier · Paul Bates · ss

52 · The Night Wanderer · C. S. Thompson · pm

55 · The Usual Suspects · [uncredited] · bg

Variety Detective Magazine: (about)
Promising “12 stories for 10¢”, Variety Detective Magazine only lasted for 8 issues before changing to Lone Wolf Detective Magazine under which it ran for a further 8 years until wartime shortages brought it to an end. The early issues, at least, featured a number of unacknowledged reprints from Detective-Dragnet Magazine under different author names and titles and there are no doubt many more that have not yet been identified.

Variety Detective Magazine

Publishers:

Ace Magazines, Inc.; 29 Worthington Street, Springfield, MA: Variety Detective Magazine.

Variety Detective Magazine [Vol. 1 No. 1, August 1938] (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Full Text)

10 · Death Hogs the Spotlight [Dallas Kirk] · Ralph Powers · nv
probably a reprint of “In Satan’s Spotlight” by Forbes Parkhill (Detective-Dragnet Magazine, December 1932).

30 · Homicide on High [Elmer Giffard] · Arthur Flint · ss
probably a reprint of “Skyscraper Suicide” by Richard Merrifield (Detective-Dragnet Magazine, July 1932).

36 · The Pipeline Juggernaut · Cliff Howe (by Lester Dent) · ss Ten Detective Aces April 1933, as “Murder in a Pipe”

45 · Phantom Applause · Ronald Flagg · ss Detective-Dragnet Magazine December 1931, as “Plastered Ice” by Donn Powell

51 · The Miniature Coffin · Jack Archer · ss

61 · Model for Manslaughter · Paul Chadwick · ss

66 · Scientific Suicide · Franklin Trant · ss Secret Agent X February 1934, as “Trigger Mortis” by Martin C. Briggs

73 · The Haunting Clue · William A. Langford · ss

82 · Treachery Island · Leon Dupont · ss

89 · The Grim Reaper’s Bait · James Francis Bonnell · ss

91 · Vengeance of the Phoenix · Chester Brant · ss

103 · A Gentleman at Large · Eric Lennox · ss

Variety Detective Magazine [Vol. 1 No. 2, November 1938] (Ace Magazines, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

10 · Fugitive from Injustice · Russell Bender · nv

31 · Double Frame · James A. Kirch · ss

42 · Sound Defects [Hank Landis] · Wm. A. Langford · ss
possibly a reprint of “Framed to Hang” by Howard Nile (Secret Agent X, November 1935).

45 · Double Trouble Shooter [Dan Graham] · Eric Lennox · ss
possibly a reprint of “Two Jumps Ahead” by John A. Saxon (Secret Agent X, May 1934).

53 · Backfire Scoop · Cliff Howe (by Lester Dent) · ss Detective-Dragnet Magazine September 1932, as “Black Loot”

63 · Alibis Need Eyes [“Frisk” Kelmar] · Jack Archer · ss
possibly a reprint of “Green Doom” by Carroll B. Mayers (Secret Agent X, September 1935).

69 · Death’s Trickster [Luke Purvis] · Paul Adams · ss
possibly a reprint of “Meet the Corpse!” by G.T. Fleming-Roberts (Secret Agent X, February 1935).

77 · An Inhuman Witness [Mike Cave] · Leon Dupont · ss
possibly a reprint of “One Drop of Death” by Wyatt Blassingame (Secret Agent X, October 1935).

79 · The Suicide Cheat · Chester Brant · ss Detective-Dragnet Magazine December 1931, as “Upsetting Things” by Harry Alden

93 · Golden Bait · Ronald Flagg · ss

98 · A Sucker’s Payoff · Joe Mahoney · ss

103 · The Murder Circle · Ralph Powers · ss

Variety Detective Magazine [Vol. 1 No. 3, February 1939] (Ace Magazines, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

9 · The Murder Merchant · W. T. Ballard · nv

28 · Satan’s Legacy · W. D. Rough · ss

38 · Gunsleight-of-Hand · Chester Brant · ss

45 · Corpses with Cocktails · R. B. S. Davis · ss

53 · Homicide Masterpiece · Arthur Flint · ss

61 · A Bluff in Time · William A. Langford · ss

69 · Label of Doom · John Gregory · ss

75 · Robbery by Permit · Leon Dupont · ss

83 · Blackmail Boomerang · Eric Lennox · ss

89 · Mandarin Reprisal · Ronald Flagg · ss

95 · Death Prepaid · Paul Adams · ss

103 · Blood of the Dragon · Fredric Brown · ss

Variety Detective Magazine [Vol. 1 No. 4, April-May 1939] (Ace Magazines, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)

11 · Homicide Hostess · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv

34 · Rapid-Fire Justice · Lionel Paxton · ss

37 · Hell on High Heels · Harold F. Sorensen · ss

46 · Slug Safety [Mike Monk] · John Gregory · ss
possibly a reprint of “Blood on the Ice” by Anthony Clemens (Secret Agent X, February 1935).

51 · Advertisement for Murder [Nelson Scott] · Eric Lennox · ss
possibly a reprint of “Murder Meteors” by Donald S. Aitken (Secret Agent X, October 1935).

63 · Satan’s Hour [Robert Corliss] · Paul Adams · vi
probably a reprint of “The Expert Fixer” by Ralph Andre (Ten Detective Aces, August 1933).

65 · Killer’s Choice [Neal Burton] · Dennis Layton · ss
probably a reprint of “The Big House Snatch” by Norman A. Daniels (Ten Detective Aces, September 1934).

75 · Marked for a Fadeout [“Flash” Berger] · Leon Dupont · ss
probably a reprint of “Easy Does It” by W.T. Ballard (Detective-Dragnet Magazine, December 1930).

81 · Portrait of Vengeance · William A. Langford · ss

91 · Beauty and Bullets [Clark Willis] · Ronald Flagg · ss
probably a reprint of “Hot Cash” by Ralph Powers (Ten Detective Aces, July 1933).

97 · Death Makes a Hero · Arthur Flint · ss

104 · Phantom Legacy [Neil Mahon] · Regis Blake · ss
probably a reprint of “Blood Money” by Charles Molyneux Brown (Ten Detective Aces, May 1934).

Variety Detective Magazine [v2 #1, June 1939] (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)

· Murder on the Make · Russell Bender · ss

· Bullet Barter · Fred Dawson · ss

· Investment in Death · James A. Kirch · ss

· A Painted Cadaver · Regis Blake · ss

· The Golden Fugitive · Harold F. Sorensen · ss

· Ambush Bait · S. J. Bailey · ss Ten Detective Aces May 1938

· Corpse-Proof · Don Cameron · ss

· Disaster Junction · Paul Adams · ss

· Homicide Hobby · John Gregory · ss

· D.A. Dynamite · Leon Dupont · ss

· Double-Exposed · Dennis Layton · ss

· Shakedown Antidote · William A. Langford · ss

Variety Detective Magazine [v2 #2, August 1939] (Ace Magazines, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

9 · Grand Slam in Murder · W. T. Ballard · nv

29 · Jailbird Destiny · Harold F. Sorensen · ss

37 · Backfire Corpse [Hunt Lannin] · Ralph Powers · ss

46 · Formula for Doom · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss

55 · Fatal Feud [“Slugs” Coyle; “Butch” Laano] · John Gregory · ss
probably a reprint of “Thirteen Steps” by Seaburn Brown (Detective-Dragnet Magazine, November 1931).

63 · Design for Vengeance · Harris Clivesey · ss

73 · The Steel Dragon [Wong Sun] · Benton Greer · ss
probably a reprint of “Shanghai Shadows” by Arden X. Pangborn (Ten Detective Aces, March 1935).

78 · Gamble with Bullets [Val Easton] · Anthony Clemens · ss

83 · Hot-Seat Payday [Mike Riordan] · J. F. Charlton · ss
probably a reprint of “The Floating Flaw” by D.C. O’Flaherty (Detective-Dragnet Magazine, September 1931).

87 · The Devil’s Diploma · Leon Dupont · ss

92 · Scarlet Shroud · Paul Adams · ss

101 · The Phantom Clue · William A. Langford · ss

Variety Detective Magazine [v2 #3, October 1939] (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from eBay listing.

8 · Dictator of the Damned · R. B. S. Davis · nv

27 · Bloody Ace · Bert Vines · ss

30 · Crimson Blackout [Inspector Merrill] · Harris Clivesey · ss

41 · The Morgue Squad · Ralph Powers · nv

53 · H.Q. Heritage · S. J. Bailey · ss

61 · Murder Microphone · Clifford D. Clevenger · ss

70 · Terror’s Triangle [Garvin Clark] · Paul Adams · ss
probably a reprint of “A Devil’s Highball” by G.T. Fleming-Roberts (Ten Detective Aces, July 1933).

73 · Coffin Holiday · John Gregory · ss

83 · Gun Gauntlet · George E. Ryan · ss

91 · Hint from Hades · Edgar Ames · ss

93 · Key to Murder · Dennis Layton · ss

100 · Golden Curse · Ronald Flagg · ss

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