The FictionMags Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 1155

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v26 #5, Whole No. 144, November 1955] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · Queen’s Quorum, 1951-1954 · Ellery Queen · ar 4 · De Mortuis · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 18 1942 10 · Dream No More · Philip MacDonald · nv 30 · Near the Back of Beyond [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss 43 · A Message to Herr Dietrich [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss 47 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 58 · Tom, Dick and Harry [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard August 6 1955 62 · Crazy Like a Fox [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · vi 65 · You Can’t Crack a Modern Safe · Frank Gruber · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 28 1938, as “Innocent Bystander” 81 · No Nickel and Dime Stuff · Willard Marsh · ss 85 · The Story of See Yup · Bret Harte · ss Cassell’s Magazine January 1898, as “See Yup”; abridged. 95 · Driver’s Seat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 25 1951, as “Lady, You’re Dead!” 100 · It Might Be George · Charlotte Morris · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 114 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 116 · The Cockroaches of Baghdad [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s November 29 1952, as “The Web Caught the Spider” 130 · Murder Was Their Business · Anthony Boucher · ss Shadow Mystery February/March 1947, as “The Retired Hangman”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v26 #6, Whole No. 145, December 1955] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Ghost of a Ghost [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 13 · Let Run, or Catch? · Mabel Seeley · ss 24 · £5000 for a Confession · L. J. Beeston · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1924 32 · Merlini and the Sound Effects Murder [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss; short story omitting the last half page; an award was offered for the best conclusion; Rawson’s final paragraphs would be published in the March 1956 issue. 38 · Your Word Against Mine · John F. Suter · nv 57 · One Way to Mexico · Louis Este · vi Esquire 1947, as “Bitter Medicine” 59 · Friday the 13th · Virginia Bernheim · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 65 · Marjorie Daw · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1873 81 · One Night to Be Dead Sure Of · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine April 1936, as “The Living Lie Down with the Dead” 100 · The Black Ledger [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week January 6 1952, as “The Mysterious Black Ledger” 106 · Hildegarde and the Spanish Cavalier [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 122 · Once Is Once Too Many [Arthur Crook] · Anthony Gilbert · ss 140 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 142 · Index to Volume 26—July-December 1955 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #1, Whole No. 146, January 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Ed Emshwiller) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Broker’s Special · Stanley Ellin · ss 13 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift” 17 · The Queer Fish · Kem Bennett · ss Argosy (UK) September 1955 27 · The Other Arrow · F. M. Barratt & Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 18 1952, as “Diagnosis Completed” 37 · The 24-Caret Heel · Cyril Hare · ss 44 · Cold Money [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 30 1952 49 · A Hansom in the Night [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss John Bull June 26 1954, as “Hansom for Raffles” 64 · Author’s Solution to “Merlini and the Vanished Diamonds” · Clayton Rawson · ms the final paragraphs to the contest story, October 1955. 65 · The Heel of Achilles O’Shay · Clayton Fox · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 74 · Weak Spot · W. C. King · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 81 · The Hawk and the Pullet · C. S. Montanye · ss Collier’s 1935 89 · Get Off My Back! · Saul Levinson · ss Man’s Life 1953, as “Hick Law” 98 · Roll Out the Barrel · Geoffrey Household · ss 1952 106 · Will You Always Be Helping Me? · Thomas Walsh · ss Woman’s Home Companion September 1940, as “Boy from Home” 118 · The Deadly Cycle · Arthur Gordon · ss 123 · The Hedge Between · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Conflict—Stories of Suspense Fall 1953, as “Meredith’s Murder”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #2, Whole No. 147, February 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Letter · Thomas Kyd · ss 12 · Find the Cook [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 14 1923, as “The Adventure of the Clapham Cook” 23 · Johnny Cinderella · Joseph Petracca · ss Collier’s October 25 1952 35 · The Lion’s Tooth [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 10 1955 39 · Not a Drum Was Heard · Ben Ames Williams · ss Collier’s June 12 1920 47 · The Big Kiss-Off · Ben Benson · ss 62 · Strictly from Hollywood · Steve April · vi Collier’s January 24 1953 65 · The Gentlest of the Brothers · David Alexander · ss 79 · The Missing Walnuts · Martin Gardner · vi Humpty Dumpty’s Magazine for Little Children February 1955 81 · Every Monday, a New Letter [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard November 1 1954, as “The Dogs of War” 85 · A Dog in the Daytime [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine December 1954, as “The Body in the Hall” 122 · It Could Happen to Anyone · Marc Brandel · ss 1955, as “The Hasty Act” 126 · A Woman of Principle [Insp. Peter Curwen] · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #3, Whole No. 148, March 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Man Who Explained Miracles [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · na The Housewife January 1956 (+2), as “Ministry of Miracles” 40 · The Dusty Drawer · Harry Muheim · ss Collier’s May 3 1952 52 · The Compleat Murderess · Virginia Jones · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 58 · Van Bibber’s Burglar [Van Bibber] · Richard Harding Davis · ss Gallegher, and Other Stories by Richard Harding Davis, Scribner, 1891 65 · Jack of Diamonds [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss 80 · Author’s Solution to “The Sound Effects Murder” · Clayton Rawson · ms the final paragraphs to the contest story, December 1955. 81 · Lucky Cop · Steve Fisher · ss 1939 possibly a reprint of Fisher’s “Lucky” (Detective Fiction Weekly, June 3, 1939). 90 · To Bury a Friend · Stanley Anton · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 101 · Of More Value than Sparrows [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss 1929 111 · Banks Are Never Wrong · John D. Hess · ss Esquire September 1952, as “The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks” 121 · On the Day of the Rose Show [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week December 7 1952, as “Revolvers and Roses” 127 · Murder on the Waterfront · Budd Schulberg · ss Collier’s October 1 1954 142 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #4, Whole No. 149, April 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · Complete List of the 56 Prize-Winning Stories in EQMM’s Eleventh Annual Contest · [uncredited] · ms 5 · The Black Kitten · A. H. Z. Carr · ss; first prize winner in the 11th annual contest. 17 · A Matter of Justice · Hugh Pentecost · na Collier’s May 2 1953 (+1), as “The Case of the Killer Dogs” 35 · Compliments of Caliph Bernie [Bernie Helper] · Charles Green · ss 44 · Mr. Brisher’s Treasure · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1899 52 · You Don’t Argue with the Captain · Donald McNutt Douglass · ss 61 · The Steinpilz Method · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955, as “Earth to Earth” 65 · Dangerous Widows [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week January 18 1953 73 · After All These Years [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard July 10 1954, as “A Long Time Ago” 76 · The Notary of Perigueux · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · ss Outre-Mer by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harper, 1835 82 · Chance Is Sometimes an Enemy · Frederick Nebel · ss Collier’s March 11 1939 95 · Death of an Outcast · Manuel Komroff · ss Esquire April 1939 103 · The Watcher · Emilee Berger · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 107 · The Fog Closes In · Martin Brooke · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 112 · Sing a Song of Sixpence [Edward Leithen; The Runagates Club] · John Buchan · nv Pall Mall Magazine February 1928 142 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #5, Whole No. 150, May 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dick Shelton) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Alibi on the Steve Allen Show · O. H. Leslie · ss 12 · The Sidewalk · Steve Allen · ss Fourteen for Tonight by Steve Allen, Henry Holt, 1955 17 · To Strike a Match · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week November 6 1938, as “The House of Three Candles” 23 · The Metal Ribbon [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 38 · Ice Storm · Jerome Barry · ss Collier’s January 10 1953 50 · Business Trip · Elliot West · ss Collier’s May 2 1953, as “The Assassin” 65 · Rogues’ Gallery · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s August 24 1935 69 · Crime of the Century · St. John Ervine · ss (r) 81 · Absent-Minded Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask April 1941, as “Cool, Calm and Detected” 98 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 100 · The Six Golden Nymphs [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss 116 · Gifts to My People · Michael Forrestier · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 125 · What’s His Line? [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard July 11 1955 129 · One of the Family · James Yaffe · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #6, Whole No. 151, June 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Blessington Method · Stanley Ellin · ss 14 · A Telegram for Miss Phipps [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · nv 37 · The Hollow Family · Theodore Mathieson · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 44 · A Victim Must Be Found · Henry Slesar · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 50 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 52 · The Shining Key · A. E. W. Mason · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine September 1926, as “The Key” 65 · Murder in the Rain [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week June 7 1953, as “The Rain Dripped Death” 74 · “Who Was My Quiet Friend?” · Bret Harte · ss The Sun September 9 1877 81 · Try It My Way · Frederick Nebel · ss 94 · Double Jeopardy · Cyril Hare · ss 97 · Journey Into Time [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · ss translated from the French (“Les Larmes de Bougie”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, November 22, 1936). 107 · Introduction to “The Boy and the Book” · Anthony Boucher · is 107 · The Boy and the Book [Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex from The Golden Summer, Little, Brown, 1953 119 · To Break the Weave · Walt Sheldon · ss 129 · “I Killed John Harrington” · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s June 12 1937, as “Light in Darkness”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 28 No. 1, Whole No. 152, July 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Destructors · Graham Greene · ss Picture Post July 24 1954 (+1) 16 · The Customs of the Country [Major Tennente] · Thomas Flanagan · nv 32 · The Double Clue [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch December 5 1923 40 · Dapper Johnny Brown · Ruth McKenney · ss Collier’s May 17 1952 51 · Murder Weaves a Pattern [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s July 18 1953, as “Death Was the Tempter” 65 · Birthday Diamonds [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss John Bull January 29 1955, as “Raffles and the Birthday Diamonds” 81 · $100,000 a Pint · Paul E. Walsh · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 93 · Young Man in a Hurry · Tom Karsell · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 101 · The Cream of the Jest · Fredric Brown · ss New Detective Magazine July 1949, as “Last Curtain” 110 · The Man of the Knife · Alexandre Dumas · ss (r) translated from the French. 116 · The Flaw in the System · Jim Thompson · ss 123 · Snowball in July [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week August 31 1952, as “The Phantom Train” 130 · From the Mouse to the Hawk · Dion Henderson · ss 142 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 28 No. 2, Whole No. 153, August 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover: [photo]) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · Diplomatic Crisis; or, Fifi and the Chilean Truffle [Did It Happen?] · Orson Welles · ss The Evening Standard March 18 1955, as “Fifi and the Chilean Truffle” 7 · The Hills Cried Murder · Paul W. Fairman · ss 18 · Tour de Couleur · Nedra Tyre · ss 25 · King of the Lepers · Jack London · ss The Pacific Monthly December 1909, as “Koolau the Leper” 38 · The Tired Horse · Ben Hecht · ss Esquire September 1954 42 · Date to Die [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week October 17 1954 50 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 52 · The Great Game [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The American Magazine September 1928, as “Colonel Braxton Hears the Silent Voices” 65 · The Tools of Magic · Lyle G. Boyd · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 77 · King of the Meat Cleavers · Ron Stevens · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 81 · Don’t Believe a Word She Says · William Lindsay Gresham · nv 99 · Introduction to “The Boy and the Money Box” · James Yaffe · is 99 · The Boy and the Money Box [Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex from The Golden Summer, Little, Brown, 1953 116 · The Cellini Salt-cellar [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 120 · You Are Going to Die · Bethel Laurence · ss Today’s Woman March 1951, as “The Call” 130 · A Toy for Jiffy [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 28 No. 3, Whole No. 154, September 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 138pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · A Bad Time of Day · Wade Miller · ss 16 · ? · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss; title contest story. 35 · Under the Last Scuttleful · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) March 1955, as “A Corner of the Cellar” 39 · The Waiting Thing Inside · Theodore Sturgeon & Don Ward · ss 52 · Hanging the Hangman · B. M. Atkinson, Jr. · ss Collier’s August 25 1951 55 · Only on Rainy Nights [unnamed inspector] · Mark Van Doren · ss 67 · Code of the Underworld · Robert Carson · vi Collier’s November 8 1952 71 · An Ingenious Defense · [uncredited] · ss The Leisure Hour April 28 1877 75 · The Folding Knife · Cecil E. Parson · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 86 · Cut, Cut, Cut! [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week December 28 1952, as “The Myna Bird Mystery” 92 · Three Cups of Tea · Christopher LaFarge · ss Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly #8, May 1947 102 · The Ice Pick Murders · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly February 17 1940, as “Death in Duplicate”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 28 No. 4, Whole No. 155, October 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 138pp+, digest, cover by Dick Shelton) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · One-Tenth Man · Michael Gilbert · ss 17 · Mr. Hyde-de-Ho · Veronica Parker Johns · na 49 · A Hanging Matter · Verne Athanas · ss Esquire July 1952 53 · Blue, Blue Lagoon · Ralph M. Thurlow · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 62 · Tough Break · Ryam Beck · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 67 · The Secret Darkness · Davis Grubb · ss Collier’s May 25 1946, as “The Horsehair Trunk” 75 · You Can Take So Much · Frederick Nebel · ss Woman’s Home Companion December 1940, as “If You Can Take It” 89 · Introduction to “The Boy and the Law” · Stanley Ellin · is 89 · The Boy and the Law [Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex from The Golden Summer, Little, Brown, 1953 103 · The Napoleonic Clue · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard August 22 1955, as “Vacation with Violence” 107 · A Trip to Florida · Henry Slesar · ss 118 · Going…Going…Gone! [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week May 10 1953 122 · Miami Papers Please Copy · Rufus King · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 28 No. 5, Whole No. 156, November 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 138pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Women—Pests or Poison · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s March 19 1938, as “Hot Money” 18 · The Man Who Went to Taltavul’s · David Alexander · nv 30 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 7 1940 33 · The Heritage Portrait [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss John Bull February 25 1956 48 · “My Queer Dean!” [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 8 1953 53 · The World’s Second Detective · Jacques Barzun · ar [Ref. Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais] 56 · The Pedlar’s Revenge · Liam O’Flaherty · ss Collier’s July 25 1953 67 · Deputy Sheriff · James M. Ullman · ss 75 · Last Swap · Ray Chesson · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 86 · The Clementine Caper · Larry Van Benthuysen · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 93 · Tiger in the Glass · Robert Sherman Townes · ss Esquire August 1952, as “Nothing Too Much” 106 · The Thousand Mile Shot · John F. Suter · nv 126 · The Incautious Burglar [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine October 1940, as “A Guest in the House”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 28 No. 6, Whole No. 157, December 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 138pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · This Was Willi’s Day · Aaron Marc Stein · nv 25 · The Man Who Knew · Frederick Nebel · ss Liberty March 9 1940, as “Bet Your Life” 32 · Before It’s Too Late [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week February 2 1936, as “Triangle at Rhodes” 50 · Nothing Is Black and White · Harry Kelly · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 60 · The Road to Tyburn · J. Treloar Martin · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 67 · Stroke of Twelve · John B. Starr · ss 1946 70 · Bedtime Story · J. M. Stern · ss 75 · The Iron Box · John Savage · ss Collier’s February 7 1953 91 · Danger—Women at Work · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 98 · The Lady of Good Deeds [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s November 13 1953, as “Death Had a Birthday” 112 · Square-O-Rooney · Joseph Whitehill · ss 126 · The Ikon of Elijah · Avram Davidson · ss 138 · Index to Volume 28—July-December 1956 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #1, Whole No. 158, January 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Ten Clues for Mr. Polkinghorn · Charlotte Armstrong · ss 1956 15 · The Magic Painting [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 22 · Ride with a Killer · Verne Athanas · ss Collier’s March 8 1952, as “Pursuit” 33 · Catching at Straws · Margery Allingham · ss 41 · Wait for Me Downstairs · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly June 22 1940, as “Finger of Doom” 65 · It Could Happen to Anyone · Charles Mergendahl · ss Collier’s August 20 1954 69 · The Catch Dog · Vinnie Williams · ss 78 · Like a Plum Ripening · C. E. Parker · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 85 · Seventh Murder of Henry’s Father · Elizabeth Anthony · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 92 · Soho Night’s Entertainment [Inspector Calloway] · Frank Swinnerton · ss 107 · The Murder of Santa Claus · Tage la Cour; translated by Paul Ib Liebe · ss 1954 [Ref. Agatha Christie] translated from the Swedish (Mord til Jul, 1952, as by Donald McGuire). parody of Agatha Christie featuring “Hercules Poire”. 112 · A Matter of Seconds [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss The Evening Standard August 3 1953 117 · Joy Ride · C. B. Gilford · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #2, Whole No. 159, February 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Always Open and Shut [Tim Ferguson; Willie Klein] · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s December 2 1939, as “Stick-Up” 16 · The Withered Heart · Jean Potts · ss 26 · Her Last Bow [Stately Homes] · Arthur Porges · ss 31 · The Perfect Model · Margery Sharp · ss 43 · The Morning After · O. H. Leslie · ss 48 · Immune to Murder [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine November 1955 83 · The Apartment Hunter · Jack & Mary McDonald · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 89 · Letter Writing as a Fine Art · Martin Dardis · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 96 · Sherlock Holmes and the F.B.I. · Thomas M. McDade · ar 104 · The Forbidden Dollar · C. Y. Lee · ss Writer’s Digest 1954 108 · The Three D’s · Ogden Nash · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1948, as “Victoria” 111 · The Dacey Affair [Insp. Peter Curwen] · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #3, Whole No. 160, March 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Greenshaw’s Folly [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv Star Weekly November 3 1956 (+2) 22 · Cause for Suspicion [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty February 1 1947 34 · The Perfect Crime · Alberto Moravia; translated by Angus Davidson · ss translated from the Italian (“Il Delitto Perfetto”, Racconti Romani, Bompiani, 1954). 40 · Murder on St. Valentine’s Day [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week April 4 1954, as “The Valentine Murder” 48 · The Holy Man · Avram Davidson · ss 55 · Light in Darkness · Roland F. Lee · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 65 · Payment in Kind · A. H. Z. Carr · ss 1934 79 · Ogne ’54 [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 83 · The Perfect Alibi · Patricia Highsmith · ss 97 · Who Killed Cock Robin, Jr. · Joseph Zderad · pz 99 · No Way to Win [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The American Magazine October 1926, as “The Survivor” 108 · M Is for the Many · Henry Slesar · ss 118 · Daddy-O · Pat Stadley · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #4, Whole No. 161, April 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 6 · The Necessity of His Condition · Avram Davidson · ss; first prize winner in EQMM’s twelfth annual contest. 15 · Money to Burn · Margery Allingham · ss She March 1957, as “The Psychologists” 24 · Doc Em Lies · Richard Connell · ss 37 · Arlie and the Vampires · Elizabeth Gane · ss 43 · Fill the Night with Murder · Victor Canning · ss John Bull January 28 1956, as “Midnight on the Lagoon” 49 · Mr. Diamond’s Diamonds · Marvin Rossman · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 65 · Sunday in Our Town · Margie Swann · ss 69 · The Girl I Left Behind Me · Muriel Spark · ss 73 · A Time to Mourn [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss 87 · If You Know How [Henry Montague Bohun; Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard September 22 1955, as “An Appealing Pair of Legs” 92 · Country Caper · Robert Sheckley · ss 97 · College Copper · Steve April · ss 101 · The Most Obstinate Man in Paris [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · nv translated from the French (“Le Client le plus obstiné du monde”, Maigret et l’Inspecteur Malchanceux, Presse de la Cite, 1947). 130 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #5, Whole No. 162, May 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by Barry Waldman) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · You Bet Your Life [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 18 · Who’s the Blonde? · John D. MacDonald · ss Collier’s August 9 1952 32 · Three Times Loser · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard September 15 1954, as “Twm Carney” 36 · Nobody Can Ask That [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week April 8 1956, as “Too Early for Murder” 41 · The Kachina Dolls [Dean Weathergay] · Alvin Pevehouse · nv; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 57 · So Refreshing! · Brèni Pevehouse · ss 67 · The Mischief-Maker · Arthur Gordon · ss 73 · That’s Just Too Bad · Frederick Nebel · ss Collier’s November 30 1940, as “Something to Remember” 86 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 87 · So I Can Forget · De Forbes · ss 95 · The Unluckiest Murderer · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard July 17 1951, as “Murderer’s Luck” 100 · The Crapshooter · John Steinbeck · ar New York Herald Tribune August 12 1943, as “Steinbeck Tells Dice Game Epic with a Mulligan Denouement” 103 · Don’t Crowd Your Luck [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · nv 125 · Symbol of Authority · Henry Slesar · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #6, Whole No. 163, June 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) [] Given as No. 162 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · And Already Lost… · Charlotte Armstrong · ss 16 · Never Kill a Cop · Clifford Knight · ss 30 · The Bottled Wife · Michael Fessier · ss Esquire February 1952, as “The Strange Case of the Bottled Wife” 39 · The Downshire Terror · Andrew Garve · ss John Bull August 4 1956, as “The Man Who Wasn’t Scared” 44 · Collector’s Item · Michael Kelly · ss 1952 51 · Five Letter Word · Jeanne Sakol · ss 56 · The Hound of the Wellingtons [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week February 6 1955, as “Murder by Night” 66 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 68 · Never Anything but Trouble · Robert Twohy · ss 78 · The Tallest Man in the World · Janet Green · nv Butcher’s Dozen by Crime Writers Association, Heinemann, 1956 100 · First Man at the Funeral [Sheriff] · Dion Henderson · ss 105 · The Silver Cones · Leslie Bigelow · ss 114 · The Mad Killer · Henry Slesar · ss 118 · Dig That Crazy Grave! · Robert Bloch · ss 130 · Index to Volume 29—January-June 1957 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #1, Whole No. 164, July 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by Kelly Freas) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Miracles Do Happen [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss 12 · A Matter of Public Notice · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · nv 27 · The Mayor Calls His Family · Manly Wade Wellman · ss 37 · Shock Tactics [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss This Week May 15 1955, as “Thy Brother Death” 46 · Command Performance · J. Burne Sargent · ss 55 · You Can’t Run Away · Ray Chesson · nv 84 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 85 · Macagony’s Fist · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1937/1938, as by P. J. Gahagan 89 · The Man at the Latch · Jacqueline Cutlip · ss 101 · The Servant Problem [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine April 1942, as “The Perfect Maid” 111 · The Serafina Caper [Bernie Helper] · Charles Green · ss 125 · The Doe and the Gantlet · Pat Stadley · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #2, Whole No. 165, August 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · An End to Fear · Hugh Pentecost · nv 24 · Cottage for August · Thomas Kyd · ss 33 · To Remember You By · Rufus King · ss 42 · The Two Deaths of Dr. Kang · Victor Canning · gp (r) _42 · Death in China [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard February 20 1956, as “The Six Deaths of Dr. Kang” _46 · Death in Australia [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard February 21 1956, as “Shadow in the Dark” 50 · The French Key · Avram Davidson · ss 60 · Paid in Full · Rose Finnegan · ss 72 · The Dog That Came to the Funeral · John Collier · ss 81 · Never the Twain · Andrew Salmond · ss 95 · The Portuguese Instructor · Michael Forrestier · ss 101 · Gladstone’s Candlestick [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 12 1955 106 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 107 · What’s the Percentage? · William Holder · ss 119 · Driving Lesson · F. L. Wallace · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #3, Whole No. 166, September 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by Barry Waldman) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Faith of Aaron Menefee · Stanley Ellin · ss 16 · Snap Shot [Commander Elfe] · Michael Gilbert · ss 27 · Not—Tonight—Danger [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Helen McCloy) · ss This Week November 28 1954, as “Dead Man’s Code” 36 · The Glass Room [Anthony J. Quinn] · Morton Wolson · ss 43 · Home from Camp · Bob Van Scoyk · vi 47 · A Gun Is a Nervous Thing · Charlotte Armstrong · nv The American Magazine August 1955, as “Ride with the Executioner” 86 · Mathematical Murder · Cecil Curtis · vi 89 · Man of the Week · Charles M. Swart · ss 97 · The Doctor and the Silver Plate · Margery Allingham · ss This Week February 27 1955, as “The Great London Jewel Robbery” 104 · A True Blue Friend · Millicent Sherwood · vi 106 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 107 · The Town Is Waiting · Joseph Whitehill · ss 121 · Bull in a China Shop · C. B. Gilford · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #4, Whole No. 167, October 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Lilith, Stay Away from the Door · B. J. R. Stolper · nv 20 · Crime in Rhyme · Robert Bloch · ss 29 · He Swung and He Missed · Nelson Algren · ss The American Mercury July 1942 36 · The High, Warm Place · William O’Farrell · ss 43 · The Cat and the Chestnut [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Cosmopolitan August 1932, as “The Case of the Distressed Lady” 51 · Out of the Midst of the Fire · Evans Harrington · ss 62 · A Way with Women · Nicholson Williams · ss 75 · The Fatal Secret · Daniel Webster · vi The Boston Book, Being Specimens of Metropolitan Literature ed. James Thomas Fields, Tickner, Reed, and Fields, 1850 77 · The Last Week · A. Harris · ss 83 · The Mind Reader · Fred Berkenhoff · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 88 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 89 · Pattern for Murder [Mr. & Mrs. (Pam and Jerry) North] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week November 6 1955, as “There’s Death for Remembrance” 102 · Walking Alone · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 114 · Malice in Wonderland [Chief Bill Duggan] · Rufus King · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #5, Whole No. 168, November 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Cop on the Prowl · Thomas Walsh · ss 15 · Sock Finish · Robert Bloch · nv 33 · Power of the Moon · Arthur Gordon · ss 39 · The Wrightsville Heirs [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Better Living January 1956 (+1) 49 · Where There’s a Will · Gilbert Schechtman · ss 53 · Once a Thief [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine July 1933, as “The Pearl” 63 · The Real Sugar · Ed Lacy · ss Esquire April 1951 67 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 68 · Stop Being a Sucker · G. C. Edmondson · ss 82 · Wages of Crime · Dashiell Hammett · ss Brief Stories February 1923, as “The Sardonic Star of Tom Doody” by Peter Collinson 87 · Miss Phipps Goes to School [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss 105 · Road Hog · James M. Ullman · ss 111 · Third Degree · Cecil Curtis · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #6, Whole No. 169, December 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Agree—or Die [Chief Bill Duggan] · Rufus King · ss 15 · Village Tragedy [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1931, as “Death by Drowning” 30 · Personal Interview · Henry Slesar · ss 35 · Nine Hours Late on the Opening Run · Herbert Brean · nv Exciting Detective Winter 1941, as “Death Buys a Ticket” by William Beggarate 50 · Man in a Closet · Patricia Knowlton · ss 54 · The Darkened Stair · Shirley Barker · ss 69 · Kill or Be Killed · Ogden Nash · ss Collier’s October 25 1947, as “The Other Mind Reader” 71 · The Liquidation of Pickle Fat · John Barden · ss 75 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 76 · The Birdwatcher [Detective-Inspector Ellis McKay] · L. A. G. Strong · nv 97 · The Man Who Cut Off His Nose · Marvin Rossman · ss 102 · An Old Japenese Custom · Walter J. Winn · ss 113 · Death and the Rising Star [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Better Living June 1955 129 · Index to Volume 30—July-December 1957 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #1, Whole No. 170, January 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by G. S. Eisenberg) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Suddenly It’s Midnight · Whit Masterson · na 25 · Murder at the Dog Show · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss 36 · Rabbit Out of a Hat [Insp. Cockrill] · Christianna Brand · nv 55 · Cause of Accident · Robert P. Stewart · ss; winner of the Hospitalized Veterans Contest. 62 · Now I Lay Me Down · Ruth Doyle · ss 69 · Saint-Germain the Deathless [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 85 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 86 · The Hungry Look · Matthew Gant · ss 97 · Operation Cryptic [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss; replaces Patrick Petrella by Patrick Peters as a secondary character. revised from “Voyage Into Illusion” (Argosy (UK), July 1957). 109 · Conversation Piece · Guy Nedmon · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) #59, December 1957

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #2, Whole No. 171, February 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Endicott’s Girl · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Fiction Weekly February 19 1938 27 · The Goldfish Button · Anthony Gilbert · ss 40 · The Searching Cats [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week December 2 1956, as “Cat and the Killer” 47 · When a Wife Is Murdered · George Harmon Coxe · na 69 · Hush-a-Bye, My Baby · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories by Anton Tchehov, tr. Constance Garnett, Chatto & Windus, 1922, as “Sleepy” translated from the Russian (“Spat khochetsya”, St. Petersburg Gazette, January 25, 1888). 74 · The Martian Crown Jewels · Poul Anderson · ss 89 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 90 · Voluntary Murder · Ernest Harrison · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) #60, January 1958 116 · The Smell of Big Time · Paul W. Fairman · ss Black Mask July 1948, as “Big-Time Operator” 121 · No Parking [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 18 1956, as “Terror in a Penthouse”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #3, Whole No. 172, March 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Wife Missing [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 26 · Dear Lady · Thomas Walsh · ss 43 · Each Drop Guaranteed · Rufus King · ss 54 · Some Day They Will Get Me [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss Pictorial Review January 1930, as “The Four Suspects” 66 · Suppose You Were on the Jury · Thomas Flanagan · ss 78 · Best Mysteries of 1957 · Anthony Boucher · br 81 · And the Desert Shall Blossom · Loren Good · ss 88 · No Place to Live [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week June 10 1956, as “The Man They All Hated” 96 · Circle of Guilt · Avram Davidson · ss 109 · Don’t Bet on Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly September 25 1937, as “You Bet Your Life”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #4, Whole No. 173, April 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by Barry Waldman) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Death by Invisible Hands [Dr. Gideon Fell] · Carter Dickson · ss Lilliput August 1957, as “King Arthur’s Chair” 20 · A Chump to Hold the Bag · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s January 27 1940, as “Gavegan’s Choice” 32 · The Girl on the Beach · William O’Farrell · ss 47 · A Mouse Called Emily · Charles Green · ss Esquire September 1948 51 · Doors in the Mind · Alan E. Nourse · ss 68 · Wind in the Afternoon · Helen Mabry Ballard · ss 78 · The Barber and His Wife · Dashiell Hammett · ss Brief Stories December 1922, as by Peter Collinson 85 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 86 · Is Betsy Blake Still Alive? · Robert Bloch · ss 101 · Object Lesson [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week September 11 1955, as “The Blackboard Gangsters” 110 · Death in Morocco [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard February 22 1956, as “Stranger Who Called at Room Twelve” 114 · No Kid Stuff · Frederick Nebel · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #5, Whole No. 174, May 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · You Can’t Be a Little Girl All Your Life · Stanley Ellin · nv 26 · Demon Scientist Strikes Again! · Kem Bennett · ss 34 · The $2,000,000 Defense · Harold Q. Masur · ss 47 · The Devil-Dog · Jack London · ss The Cosmopolitan June 1902, as “Diable—A Dog” 58 · The Murder-of-the-Month Club · Morris Lee Green · ss 63 · The Course of Truelove · Dick Ashbaugh · ss 77 · You Gotta Be Tough [Paul Baron] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Black Mask March 1936 95 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 98 · The Li’l Sharpsnooper · Edwin A. Gross · ss 108 · A Question of Honor [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week September 13 1953 114 · The Red-Headed Murderess · Robert Branson · ss Collier’s October 9 1948, as “Murder in Szechwan” 121 · The Income Tax Mystery · Michael Gilbert · ss Lilliput October 1957, as “Mr. Portway’s Practice”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #6, Whole No. 175, June 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Women in His Life · Whit Masterson · na 20 · The Marriage Counselor’s Marriage · C. B. Gilford · ss 30 · This Is the Life · Shirley Jackson · ss Harper’s Magazine July 1952, as “Journey with a Lady” 39 · Hurting Much? · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Fiction Weekly August 4 1934, as “Death Sits in the Dentist’s Chair” 54 · Death in Italy [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard February 23 1956, as “The Voyage of Fear” 74 · Child Missing! [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week July 8 1951, as “Kidnaped!” 80 · This Man Is Dangerous · Helen Nielsen · ss 93 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 94 · The Creator of Preludes · Avram Davidson · ss 104 · Girl in Danger · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s October 27 1945, as “A Girl Like Miss Henesie”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v32 #1, Whole No. 176, July 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Tony Cooper) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Hunting Day [Uncle George Crowder] · Hugh Pentecost · ss 14 · Investigation by Telegram [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 16 1923, as “The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge” 25 · The Silent Informer [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss This Week January 27 1957, as “Murder Stops the Music” 36 · The Man Who Lost His Taste [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss 49 · Dead Boys Don’t Remember [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week May 12 1957, as “Boy Kidnaped” 56 · An Official Position · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan July 1937 75 · Lioness vs. Panther [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week April 3 1955, as “The Two Deadly Females” 81 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 82 · Wanted: An Accomplice · Frederick Nebel · ss 87 · For Tom’s Sake · Sheila Kaye-Smith · ss The Century Magazine January 1922, as “Mrs. Adis” 93 · Nothing Is Impossible [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv 114 · Tea Shop Assassin [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard July 15 1955 118 · Chicago Nights’ Entertainments · Ben Hecht · ss 1923, as “Sergeant Kuzick’s Waterloo” 121 · Carnival Day · Nedra Tyre · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v32 #2, Whole No. 177, August 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Ed Emshwiller) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Rendezvous with Death · Rufus King · ss 25 · Terror in His Heart · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s April 15 1939, as “Pigeon” 39 · Two Minute Alibi · George Harmon Coxe · ss 47 · Sermons in Bags · Cyril Hare · ss 50 · The Motive [Part 1 of 2] · Ellery Queen · nv Argosy August 1956, as “Terror Town” 62 · The Old Museum Keeper · Edwin Samuel · ss 67 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 70 · The Witness in the Metal Box [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The American Magazine November 1929 80 · Summer Idyll · Hal Ellson · ss 91 · What Happened at the Fonda · Bret Harte · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 12 1899 (+1) 107 · The Dummy Man · William Sansom · ss Tomorrow February 1950, as “Murder” 115 · Pity the Poor Underdog · Frederick Nebel · ss 129 · That Old Computer · C. S. Forester · ss Argosy July 1957, as “The Last Answer”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v32 #3, Whole No. 178, September 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 132pp, digest) [] Given as v32 #2, #177, August 1958 in the Table of Contents. 5 · The Penny-a-Worder · Cornell Woolrich · nv 23 · The Second Skin [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) August 1957, as “The Oyster Catcher” 36 · The Shooting at Forty-Seven · St. Clair McKelway · ss The New Yorker March 13 1954 42 · The Motive [Part 2 of 2] · Ellery Queen · nv Argosy August 1956, as “Terror Town” 56 · Ten Per Cent of Murder · Henry Slesar · ss 63 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 64 · The Spent Heart · Irene Holt Albert · ss 77 · What to Do Next? · Arnold Bennett · ss (r) 84 · As the Hunter Feels · William Rawle Weeks · ss 96 · Ghost Town · Jack Schaefer · ss (r) 101 · The Last Hand [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · ss 107 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling, Heinemann and Balestier, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray” 116 · The Fifth Element · Alvin Pevehouse · ss 123 · Unreasonable Doubt · Stanley Ellin · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v32 #4, Whole No. 179, October 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Barry Waldman) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Happy Ending · Rufus King · ss 14 · Miracles—All in the Day’s Work [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss 24 · They Didn’t Deserve Her Death · Holly Roth · ss 29 · Too Many Detectives [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Collier’s September 14 1956 57 · The Child Watcher · Ernest Harrison · ss 59 · Captain Cook: Detective [The Great “Detectives”] · Theodore Mathieson · ss 69 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 70 · The Celebrated Skunk of the Moon Dance Bar · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss Collier’s April 28 1951, as “The Fraudulent Skunk” 77 · Incident at a Bar · Charles Green · ss 80 · Fate and Aunt Lucyanne · Gerald Weales · nv 108 · The Town Where No One Got Off · Ray Bradbury · ss 115 · Cub Scout Caper · Gertrude Carrick · ss Collier’s June 10 1955, as “The Cub Scout Who Didn’t” 119 · “Thou Still Unravished Bride” · Avram Davidson · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v32 #5, Whole No. 180, November 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Tony Cooper) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · A Routine Night’s Work · George Harmon Coxe · nv 15 · Hercule Poirot, Armchair Detective [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 28 1923, as “The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim” 27 · Command Performance · Anthony Boucher · ss Dangerous Dames ed. Mike Shayne, Dell, 1955, as “The Statement of Jerry Malloy” 32 · All Men Make Mistakes [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss 38 · Hand on My Shoulder · Peggy McIntyre · ss 48 · The Absence of Mr. Glass [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1912 61 · The Heirloom · Patricia Knowlton · ss 67 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 68 · Itchy the Debonair · Dashiell Hammett · ss Brief Stories Magazine January 1924, as “Itchy” 76 · Murder—Early American · Ruth Chessman · ss 92 · The Gambler’s Wife · Charles G. Norris · ss Collier’s June 26 1926, as “John Rossiter’s Wife” 95 · The Footprint in the Sky [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · ss The Strand Magazine January 1940, as “Clue in the Snow” 109 · Dear Mr. Lonelyhearts · Talmage Powell · ss 115 · Salesmanship · Talmage Powell · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v32 #6, Whole No. 181, December 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Emsh) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Man with Half a Face · Hugh Pentecost · nv 23 · The Patron Saint of the Impossible [Stuff Driscoll] · Rufus King · ss 37 · Cover Girl · Cyril Hare · ss This Week December 15 1957, as “The Double Take” 41 · A Tired Heart · James Ronald · ss 47 · To Be Found and Read · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 58 · Breach of Promise · William Brandon · ss 63 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 66 · Rendezvous · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker October 24 1953 75 · Death of a Harvard Man · Richard M. Gordon · ss 78 · The Thinking Machine Investigates [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine January 20 1907, as “My First Experience with the Great Logician” 96 · The Love Connoisseur · John Collier · ss 105 · Some Days You Can’t Make a Dollar · William Fay · ss (r), as “Uptown Story” probably from The Elk’s Magazine, 1956.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 33 No. 1, Whole No. 182, January 1959] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Tony Cooper) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Flight of the Bumblebee · Kem Bennett · ss 11 · The Second Chance · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s March 25 1939 22 · Leonardo Da Vinci, Detective [The Great “Detectives”] · Theodore Mathieson · ss 34 · Happy Birthday · Mary Montgomery · ss 47 · The Death Trail · Jack London · ss Success May 1907, as “Morganson’s Finish” 61 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 64 · Not the Running Type · Henry Slesar · ss 69 · The Sign in the Sky [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine July 1925 83 · The Tragedy of Papa Ponsard · Vincent Starrett · ss The American Book Collector May/June 1933, as “Folio Old Calf” 95 · The Man Who Swallowed a Horse [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss Verdict August 1953, as “The Dead Mr. Duck” 97 · The Bay of the Dead [Dean Weathergay] · Alvin Pevehouse · ss 116 · The Fifth Question · Frederick Nebel · ss 121 · Won’t Somebody Help Me? · Helen Nielsen · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 33 No. 2, Whole No. 183, February 1959] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Withers and Malone, Brain-Stormers [Hildegarde Withers; John J. Malone] · Stuart Palmer & Craig Rice · na 24 · A Point of Law · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The Strand Magazine October 1903 36 · Karmesin and the Crown Jewels [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Argosy July 1954, as “The Impossible Robbery” 45 · The Dive People · Avram Davidson · ss 53 · The Man from Red Dog [Wolfville] · Alfred Henry Lewis · ss Wolfville by Alfred Henry Lewis, Frederick A. Stokes, 1897 59 · Killer in the Lilacs · Dick Ashbaugh · ss 69 · The Instant of Truth · Wes Lupien · ss 73 · Louder than Words · Jack Edwin Moseley · ss 75 · The Long Black Shadow · Rosemary Gibbons · ss 79 · The Man in the Passage [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine April 1913 93 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 94 · The Inside Story · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly September 11 1937, as “Murder Story”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 33 No. 3, Whole No. 184, March 1959] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 50¢, 162pp, digest, cover by Frank Taggart) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Blonde Beauty Slain · Cornell Woolrich · nv 23 · The Case of the Scattered Rubies [Sidney Zoom] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 24 1931, as “The First Stone” 48 · The Neatest Trick of the Month [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss She March 1958, as “Little Miss Know-All” 58 · Midnight Call · Wenzell Brown · ss 64 · Daniel Defoe: Detective [The Great “Detectives”] · Theodore Mathieson · ss 75 · Long Shot [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss The Blue Book Magazine September 1939 90 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 95 · Death in France [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard February 24 1956, as “A Toast to Treachery” 98 · The Male Io Glasses [Andy Blair & Willie Perkins] · Lee Sheridan Cox · ss 112 · You Got to Play It Smart · Don Berry · ss 124 · The Blue Geranium [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller December 1929 136 · The Tigress of the Chateau Plage · Rufus King · ss 147 · Wry Highball [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss 155 · How Mr. Hogan Robbed a Bank · John Steinbeck · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 33 No. 4, Whole No. 185, April 1959] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Mystery Paperbacks of the Month · Various · br 5 · Murder in a Motel [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss 20 · The Outer Darkness · Helen McCloy · na The American Magazine April 1950, as “Shake Hands with Death” 43 · What Was in the Box? · Richard Matheson · ss; riddle story; $25 given to the reader with the best answer to what was in the box. 48 · The Murder of George Washington · Richard M. Gordon · vi 50 · Anniversary Gift · John Collier · ss 1958 62 · A Sleeping-Car Experience · Bret Harte · ss Bret Harte’s Choice Bits by Bret Harte, Diprose & Bateman, 1877 67 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 70 · Mrs. Norris Visits the Library · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss 78 · The Harrington Farthing · Ruth Chessman · nv 110 · The Methodical Man · Eleanor Daly Boylan · ss 114 · Kelman’s Eyes · Simon Still · ss 123 · Know Your People · Hugh Pentecost · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 33 No. 5, Whole No. 186, May 1959] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Trail of the Crescent Moons [Jeff Larigan; Alan Quist] · Hugh Pentecost · na The American Magazine October 1947, as “The Cassandra Club” 17 · A Little Cloud…Like a Man’s Hand [Stuff Driscoll] · Rufus King · ss 28 · Show Biz · Robert Bloch · ss 33 · Jealousy Is the Devil [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine October 1924, as “The Shadow on the Glass” 50 · Age Cannot Wither · Alex Austin · ss 59 · A Case for Thorne Weldon · Walt Reisberson · ss 67 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 69 · Mystery Paperbacks of the Month · Various · br 86 · Doctor’s Orders · John F. Suter · ss 88 · The Greatest Monster of Them All · Bryce Walton · ss 100 · The Perfect Butler · Margery Allingham · ss The Daily Express January 21 1935 105 · Then They Come Running · Herbert Brean · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 33 No. 6, Whole No. 187, June 1959] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Frank Taggart) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Dressmaker’s Doll · Agatha Christie · ss Woman’s Journal December 1958 20 · Once Over, Not Too Lightly · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s December 18 1943, as “A Name for Baby” 33 · The Living Bracelet · Robert Bloch · vi Bestseller Mystery Magazine November 1958, as “The Ungallant Hunter”; slightly revised. 35 · Just Because You’re Human · William Fay · ss The Elks Magazine 1957, as “Goodbye, Joe” 48 · A Case of Heredity [Grandfather Rastin] · Lloyd Biggle, Jr. · ss 56 · The Banquo Trap [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv 74 · A Scrap of Paper · James J. Kelly · ss 79 · Mystery Paperbacks of the Month · Various · br 80 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 81 · The Hollow Dragon [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine September 1935 99 · How to Deal with It · Richard Snodgrass · ss 116 · The Lady, or the Murderer? · William E. Barrett · ss 130 · Index to Volume 33 · [uncredited] · ix