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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v23, #124, March 1954] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · ? · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “A Matter of Business”; $100 given to the reader who sent in the best title for the story. translated from the French (“Une vente”, Gil Blas, February 22, 1884 as by Maufrigneuse). 9 · The Mystery of the Five Money Orders [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 24 · Murder at Eleven · A. A. Milne · ss John Bull July 30 1949 35 · The Swami of Northbank [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s July 15 1950 48 · The Superfluous Clues [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Mr. Fortune’s Practice by H. C. Bailey, Methuen, 1923, as “The Young Doctor” 65 · The Man Who Could Not Die · Raphael Hayes · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 76 · Life and Death in the Scillies [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard March 13 1951, as “Death in the Scillies” 81 · Ashes · Julia Peterkin · ss Green Thursday by Julia Peterkin, Knopf, 1924 90 · The Neat Man [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg; Mr. Rumbold] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull June 18 1949, as “Touch of Genius” 99 · The Roman Candles · John Bell Clayton · vi Epoch Winter 1948 102 · A Piece of Life [Sitka Charley] · Jack London · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1905, as “The Sun-Dog Trail” 116 · The Last Bus Home · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly March 15 1941, as “Of Time and Murder” 142 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v23, #125, April 1954] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Given as v24 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Complete List of the 53 Prize-Winning Stories in EQMM’s Ninth Annual Contest: The Best Detective-Crime-Mystery Short Stories of 1954 · [uncredited] · ms 5 · Double Image · Roy Vickers · nv; first prize winner in 9th annual contest. 34 · Triple Cross · John D. MacDonald · ss Black Mask July 1949, as “Heritage of Hate” 46 · Peters, Detective [Merivale] · Eden Phillpotts · ss The Windsor Magazine June 1907 59 · The Pale Sergeant · Henry Myers · ss 65 · April Fool · Mark Van Doren · ss 70 · Will You Make a Bet with Death? · John Dickson Carr · pl first broadcast on Suspense, CBS radio, November 10, 1942. 81 · Miser’s Gold [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week June 18 1950, as “Love Hunts a Hidden Treasure”; given as “Buried Treasure Dept.: Miser’s Gold” on the story itself. 86 · President Sam Houston: Detective · James C. Brough · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 96 · The Night Calhoun Was Off Duty · Thomas Walsh · ss 1938 106 · The Bookhawker · Lance Sieveking · ss 1932 113 · Anecdotage · Frederic Dannay, uncredited · is [Ref. Arthur Morrison] 115 · The Flitterbat Lancers [Martin Hewitt] · Arthur Morrison · nv The Windsor Magazine April 1896, as “The Case of the “Flitterbat Lancers”” 132 · Death and Canasta [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · vi This Week October 15 1950 136 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 138 · Tall Story [Albert Campion; Charley Luke] · Margery Allingham · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v23, #126, May 1954] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover: [photo]) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Trumpet Sounds · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Collier’s April 24 1926 20 · Right in the Heart · William Holder · ss 1951 25 · The Judgment of En-Lil · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 34 · Chain of Witnesses [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss 52 · The Crate at Outpost 1 · Matthew Gant · ss 58 · A Trip to Czardis · Edwin Granberry · vi Forum and Century April 1932 64 · How the Sergeant Was Fooled · [uncredited] · vi ca. 1890 65 · Mom in the Spring [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss 81 · Louisville Blues · Albert Johnston · ss 89 · The Talking Calf · Hugh Pentecost · na The American Magazine April 1952, as “The Talking Calf Murder” 124 · My Watch · Mark Twain · vi Buffalo Express November 26 1870 127 · The House Party · Stanley Ellin · ss 142 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v23, #127, June 1954] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dirone Photography) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Whole Town’s Sleeping [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss McCall’s September 1950 16 · Mum Knows Best [Albert Campion; Charley Luke] · Margery Allingham · ss The (London) Evening News May 12 1954, as “Mother Knows Best” 22 · Backward, Turn Backward · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · nv 42 · The Master of Mystery · Jack London · ss Out West Magazine September 1902 51 · The Fortune Teller · Karel Capek; translated by Paul Selver · ss Tales from Two Pockets by Karel Capek, tr. Paul Selver, Faber and Faber, 1932 translated from the Czech (“Věštkyně”, Povídky z Jedné Kapsy, 1929). 55 · The Mystery of the Fabulous Laundryman · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty October 31 1931 65 · The Day of the Last Rock Fight · Joseph Whitehill · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 81 · Queen of the Graveyard Ghouls · Barry Benefield · ss Ladies’ Home Journal October 1914 96 · Dead Shot · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask July 1944, as “Picture Frame” 122 · Nothing Will Hurt You, Lucy · Luttrell Tucker · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 132 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 134 · At Midnight, in the Month of June [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss 143 · Index to Volume 23—January-June 1954 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v24 #1, Whole No. 128, July 1954] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Given as v25 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953 16 · The Tuesday and Friday Thefts [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss 26 · On the Very Street You Live · Fred Charap · ss 32 · The Black Ruby · William D. Gent · ss 39 · The Detective · Kristin Field · vi 40 · Eddy Takes Vanishing Lessons · Todd Capp · vi 42 · Somebody Has to Make a Move [Wade Paris] · Ben Benson · ss 51 · The Persistent House-Hunters [A.B.C. Hawkes] · Bechhofer Roberts · nv The Passing Show November 24 1934 65 · A Case of Catnapping · A. H. Z. Carr · ss 76 · Boy for Tea · Ward Greene · ss The American Mercury June 1930 82 · The Long, Thin Man [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s September 16 1950 95 · The New Administration · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 20 1915 108 · Macavity, The Mystery Cat · T. S. Eliot · pm Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, Faber and Faber, 1939 110 · The Couple Next Door [Inspector Sands] · Margaret Millar · ss 123 · Wild Goose Chase [Lew Archer] · John Ross Macdonald · nv 142 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v24 #2, Whole No. 129, August 1954] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dirone Photography) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Find the Innocent [Insp. Peter Curwen] · Roy Vickers · na 34 · Autopsy and Eva [Hildegarde Withers; John J. Malone] · Craig Rice & Stuart Palmer · nv 54 · Claude Diphthong, Student of Crime · Ring Lardner · ss 65 · On Edge · Pat Frank · ss Collier’s July 22 1950 69 · The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove · Don Marquis · ss Collier’s May 12 1928, as “The Escaping Burglar” 75 · The Silver Protector · Ellis Parker Butler · ss Everybody’s Magazine February 1909, as “Our First Burglar” 81 · GI Story [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss 88 · By His Own Act · Emily Jackson · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 99 · How It Happened · A. Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1913 102 · Heat Spell · John L. Hayward · ss 108 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 110 · Anything New on the Strangler? · James M. Ullman · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v24 #3, Whole No. 130, September 1954] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Diamonds in Paradise [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss 8 · The Man Out of the Rain · Philip MacDonald · nv 29 · Murder Plays Through · Hugh Pentecost · nv The American Magazine July 1952 65 · When Are People Going to Learn? · John F. Suter · ss 75 · A Posteriori · Helen Simpson · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine July 1934 81 · The Unexpected · Jack London · ss Blackwood’s Magazine August 1906 96 · Bad Check · Hodding Carter · vi 99 · Do a Dame a Favor? · Norbert Davis · nv Black Mask November 1940, as “You’ll Die Laughing” 123 · The Customer Is Not Always Right [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard April 9 1953, as “The Awkward Customer” 127 · Best of Friends · Babette Rosmond · ss 132 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 134 · You Know What, Teacher? · Zenna Henderson · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v24 #4, Whole No. 131, October 1954] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Emsh) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Debt of Honor · Cornell Woolrich · ss Double Detective November 1938, as “I.O.U.—One Life” 15 · The Mark of the Flail · L. J. Beeston · ss (r) 24 · There Are No Snakes in Hawaii · Juanita Sheridan · na 55 · Payment in Full · Dion Henderson · ss 65 · The Crooked Figures [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss (r) 74 · Socrates Solves a Murder [Socrates] · Brèni James · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 81 · The Big Tipper · Hartzell Spence · ss Bluebook November 1952, as “The Man Who Tipped the Croupiers” 89 · The Man Who Feared the Water · Margery Sharp · ss 99 · The Dog and the Horse · Voltaire (translated) · ex from Zadig; or, The Book of Fate (r); first English translation was in 1749 (London: John Brindley), but this is a different, unsigned, translation. translated from the French (“Zadig ou la Destinée”, 1747). 102 · Banquet and a Half · Lee Hays · ss 107 · Duello · Stephen Barr · vi 110 · Mom Sheds a Tear [Mom] · James Yaffe · nv 124 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 126 · The Dipping of the Candlemaker · Hayden Howard · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v24 #5, Whole No. 132, November 1954] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Kirberger) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Due Process · Harry Miner · ss 11 · Only a Chinago · Jack London · ss The Illustrated London News June 26 1909 22 · The Army of Little Ears [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s September 29 1951, as “There Is a Man in Hiding” 35 · Hail and Farewell · Peter Godfrey · ss 41 · The Suicide of Kiaros · L. Frank Baum · ss The White Elephant #16, September 1897; slightly revised to replace references to a Jewish moneylender with references to a Greek moneylender. 52 · How Does Your Garden Grow? [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Ladies’ Home Journal June 1935 65 · Whistle While You Work · William Link & Richard Levinson · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 72 · Mrs. Jellison · Sara Henderson Hay · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 81 · The Candy Kid [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly March 14 1931 106 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 108 · The Man with the Blue Ears [Marshall T. Custer] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss; contest with almost two score of errors for the reader to identify. 124 · I Always Get the Cuties · John D. MacDonald · ss 131 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker December 8 1951

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v24 #6, Whole No. 133, December 1954] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dirone Photography) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Something That Happened in Our House · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine October 1941, as “Murder at Mother’s Knee” 26 · The Spirit of the Place [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss (r) 37 · Fools for Luck; or, The Price of a Seegar · Peter B. Kyne · ss The American Magazine August 1934 52 · Two-Bit Gangster · Thomas Millstead · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 65 · The Man Who Utterly Vanished [Charley Luke; Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss 70 · The Law Is the Law · Liam O’Flaherty · ss 81 · Death Before Breakfast [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week March 11 1951 85 · The Ninth Circle · Robert Lewis · ss 95 · Follow the Leader · Dorothy Dunn · ss 107 · The Accused [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Today’s Family February 1953, as “The Robber of Wrightsville” 120 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 122 · Nine to One You’ll Hang · Roy Vickers · nv 142 · Index to Volume 24—July-December 1954 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v25 #1, Whole No. 134, January 1955] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Man in the Empty Chair [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine March 1929, as “The Dead Harlequin” 21 · The Tougher They Come · Ben Ray Redman · ss 34 · To the Man on Trail [The Malemute Kid] · Jack London · ss Overland Monthly January 1899 41 · The Telephone Fisherman [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 57 · Probation · Marian Lloyd Dix · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 65 · A Sudden Dread of…Nothing · A. H. Z. Carr · ss 81 · The Mystery of the Missing Manuscript · Ellery Queen · is 82 · The Return of Prince Zaleski [Prince Zaleski] · M. P. Shiel · ss 89 · Noel, Noel · Barry Perowne · ss 96 · If I Should Die · Hugh Pentecost · nv Argosy October 1949 126 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 128 · Exhibit A · William O’Farrell · ss 134 · Rehearsal for Murder · Ben Hecht · ss Redbook October 1951, as “Guilty!”