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Mystery Tales [Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1938] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 116pp, pulp, cover by John W. Scott) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

8 · Maidens for Death’s Desire · Frederick C. Davis · nv

30 · Satan’s Wedding Night · Omar Gwinn · ss

39 · The Devil’s Kiss Is Cold · Donald Dale · ss

51 · Dweller in Darkness · Henry Treat Sperry · ss

61 · Coroner of Hell · Raymond Whetstone · nv

77 · Bride of the Lusting Corpse · Norman A. Daniels · ss

86 · Scourge of the Bloodless Ones · Leon Byrne · nv

107 · Horror’s Conscience · James Hall · ss

Mystery Tales [Vol. 2 No. 6, February 1939] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 116pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

8 · My Dead Bride Beckons · Frederick C. Davis · nv

29 · The Ghoul I Resurrected · George E. Clark · ss

40 · The Devil’s University · Donald Dale · nv

59 · I, Strangler · Leon Byrne · ss

67 · Last Call by Death · Kurt Drakela · vi

68 · Daughters of Lusting Torment · Russell Gray · nv

86 · Satan’s Mate Is a Shopgirl · Omar Gwinn · nv

102 · Moonglow Madness · Brent North · ss

Mystery Tales [Vol. 3 No. 1, May 1939] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 116pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

12 · Chorines for Death’s Ballet · Donald Graham · ss

25 · Hospitality in Hell · Donald Dale · ss

34 · The House That Horror Built · Mindret Lord · ss

46 · Hostess of the Tomb · Holden Sanford · ss

55 · Mme. Satan, Masseuse · René Tempest · ss

66 · Corpse-Guests for the Living Dead · Russell Gray · ss

77 · The Skull-Brides Beckon · Allan K. Echols · ss

82 · Spawn of Satan’s Scourge · Arthur J. Burks · nv

104 · Terror Is Cupid’s Mate · John Wallace · ss

Mystery Tales [Vol. 3 No. 2, September 1939] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 116pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

6 · Souls for Satan’s Creatures · Russell Gray · nv

22 · To-Night I Sleep with Terror · Arthur J. Burks · nv

36 · Horror in Hollywood · Brent North · nv

53 · Brides for the Damned · Allan K. Echols · nv

68 · Lovely Daughters of Madness · Donald Graham · nv

90 · Hell’s Hallowed Housewives · John Wallace · nv

107 · Scourge of the Bloodless · Omar Gwinn · ss

Mystery Tales [Vol. 3 No. 3, December 1939] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 116pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

10 · School for Beasts · Gabriel Wilson · nv

32 · I Share My Bride with Satan · Ray Cummings · ss

43 · Breath of the Lusting Ones · Brent North · nv

61 · Blood-Bait for Hungry Mermaids · John Wallace · ss

69 · Mates for the Morgue-Master · Arthur J. Burks · nv

84 · I Married a Monster · Elliott Corning · ss

92 · Horror’s Hallowed Handmaids · Allan K. Echols · nv

Mystery Tales [Vol. 3 No. 4, March 1940] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 116pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

8 · New Girls for Satan’s Blood-Ballet · Russell Gray · nv

29 · Mate-Feast of the Flame-Monster · Ray King · ss

40 · Mistress of Death and Desire · Arthur J. Burks · nv

59 · Black-Mass Bride · Mindret Lord · ss

69 · Blood for the Vampire Dead · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

78 · Scourge of the Corpse-Clan · Donald Graham · nv

98 · Horror’s Handmaidens · Brent North · ss

106 · My Life Belongs to Lust · Allan K. Echols · ss

Mystery Tales [Vol. 3 No. 5, May 1940] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 116pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

8 · Yield, Lovely Maidens, to the Blood-Master! · Donald Graham · nv

30 · The Monster Wants More Than a Mate · Brent North · ss

34 · Betrothal of the Thing · Gabriel Wilson · nv

49 · The Girl Satan Gave Away · Ray King · ss

57 · Where Hell Hallows Its Harpies · Holden Sanford · na

90 · Bride of the Dragon · Clyde Irvine · ss

97 · Hand of Horror · Douglas Giles · ss

Mystery Tales [Vol. 3 No. 6, June 1940 (unpublished)] []
Three stories were announced for the unpublished June 1940 issue.

· Souls for Sale · Allan K. Echols · ss

· Maidens must Furnish the Flesh · Russell Gray · ss

· Save the Last Dance for Horror · Donald Graham · ss

Mystery Tales (1950s) (about)
A short-lived magazine with an assortment of well-known and lesser-known authors writing crime-adventure stories, oriented more to fast action and swinging locales than to mystery.

Publishers:

Atlas Magazines, Inc.; 655 Madison Avenue, New York 21, NY: Mystery Tales.

Editors:

Evan Lee Heyman - Editor: Mystery Tales.

Mystery Tales [Vol. 1 No. 1, December 1958] (35¢, digest) []

· Nymph in the Keyhole · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss

· Bullet Street Blonde · Bruce Gumbiner · ss

· E Train · Richard Gallagher · ss

· Now Die in It · Richard Matheson · ss

· Crosswires · Scott Walters · ss

· Lady in the Swamp · Duane Yarnell · ss

· Short Cut to Hell · Edward A. Herron · ss

· The Escaped Poet · Charles Einstein · ss

· The Hero · Lorenz Heller · ss

Mystery Tales [Vol. 1 No. 2, February 1959] (35¢, digest) []

· Die Now, Lover · Albert Simmons · ss

· Let’s All Go Kill the Scared Old Man · Will Cook · ss

· The Big Blow-Up · Lawrence Blochman · ss

· Blind Man’s Bluff · Richard Gallagher · ss

· The Blonde on the Bed · Scott Walters · ss

· Hooves · N. E. Mulhern · ss

· Death Be a Lady · Richard Deming · ss

· Two Fat Men · Noah Gordon · ss

· To Remember Me By · Bill H. Hunter · ss

· The Girl in Coffin Six · Robert J. Levin · ss

Mystery Tales [Vol. 1 No. 3, April 1959] (35¢, digest, cover by Art Sussman) []

· The Hot Body · Fletcher Flora · ss

· The Testament of Dummy Slott · Matthew Gant · ss

· Freckles and His Friends · Herbert Kastle · ss

· Kill and Tell · Bryce Walton · ss

· Never Shoot a Stranger · Don Honig · ss

· This Is Santa Claus · Jack Q. Lynn · ss

· Goodbye Out There · Robert Turner · ss

· The Husband Who Wouldn’t Be Poisoned · Alex Austin · ss

· Redheads Die Quickly · Gil Brewer · ss

Mystery Tales [Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1959] (Atlas Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) []
Details supplied by Frank Motler.

1 · Kill the Boys Goodbye · John Laffin · nv

20 · The Mongol Murders · Evan Hunter · ss

33 · Dig You Later · Henry Slesar · ss

46 · The Girl in the Dead File · Stephen Marlowe · nv

66 · This Petty Pace · Gil Brewer · ss

78 · The Case of the Bad Cop · Ed Lacy · ss

88 · Kennedy’s Kid’s Ax · Don Honig · ss

98 · Nine, Ten and Die · Fletcher Flora · nv

119 · Little Punk · Arnold Hano · ss

Mystery Tales [Vol. 1 No. 5, August 1959] ed. Evan Lee Heyman (Atlas Magazines, Inc., 35¢, digest) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Killer Nymph · Ed Lacy · nv

23 · Harlot House · Gil Brewer · ss

34 · The Only Junkie in Town · Alex Austin · ss

50 · Redheads on the Rocks · Fletcher Flora · nv

79 · A Cell to Go Home To · Talmage Powell · ss

87 · Die Slow, Sucker · C. B. Gilford · ss

100 · Stakeout · H. A. DeRosso · ss

116 · The Devil to Slay · Simon Danghy · ss

125 · Sailor Boy · Thomas Elliott · ss

Mystery Tales [Vol. 1 No. 6, October 1959] (35¢, digest) []

· Hard Case Redhead · Peter Rabe · ss

· The Rolleiflex Murder · Jonathan Craig · ss

· Dog in the Furnace · Neil Pritchie · ss

· The False O’Hara · Donald Honig · ss

· Make Me Die, Lover · Fletcher Flora · ss

· Wetback · Matthew Gant · ss

· Nymph, Peep No More · Bryce Walton · ss

· Beatniks in Ballsville · Alex Austin · ss

· Venom Vengeance · Richard Martin · ss

· A Blonde for Budo · Henry Slesar · ss

Mystery Thrillers (about)
The lead stories are reprinted from the “Master Thrillers” series of booklets from the 1930s but the other stories appear to be new (at least in the second issue). The last two issues were announced but probably never appeared.

Publishers:

Gerald G. Swan, Ltd.: Mystery Thrillers.

Mystery Thrillers [#1, n.d. (July 1942)] (Gerald G. Swan Ltd., 4d, 48pp+, digest) []

1 · The Circle of Death · W. J. Elliott · nv Publishers Agents Ltd., 1938

36 · The Reign of the Ravishing Corpse · Thomas Tyler Jackson · nv Mystery Novels and Short Stories July 1940

Mystery Thrillers [#2, n.d. (September 1942)] (Gerald G. Swan Ltd., 4d, 48pp+, digest) []

1 · The Murder Trap · Donald Campbell · nv Publishers Agents Ltd., 1938

38 · Pineapples! · Dallas Kirby · ss

45 · Look to the Lady · Hedley Trembath · ss

Mystery Thrillers [#3, 1942] (Gerald G. Swan Ltd., digest) []
Issue partially indexed - may be phantom.

· The Mysterious Mr. Hawkins · Francis Marlowe · nv Publishers Agents Ltd., 1938

Mystery Thrillers [#4, 1942] (Gerald G. Swan Ltd., digest) []
Issue partially indexed - may be phantom.

· The Secret League · [uncredited] · nv Publishers Agents Ltd., 1938

Mystery Time (about)
Small press mystery magazine. It is currently not known how many issues were published before 1993.

Publishers:

Hutton Publications; P.O. Box 2907, Decatur, IL 62524: Mystery Time.

Editors:

Linda Hutton - Editor: Mystery Time.

Mystery Time [April 1993] (digest) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Hate Crime · Sylvia Roberts · ss

4 · [poem] · Elizabeth R. Crummer · pm

5 · Paris Green · Katherine Carlson · ss

11 · Benevolent Dictator · Linda Calderone Wilson · ss

14 · Linda’s Gordian Knot · Harold Gauer · ss

19 · Secret Lives · Kristen Neri · ss

25 · A Nice Cup of Tea · Hazel Hart · ss

30 · Love Potion · Wally Kennicutt · ss

33 · [poem] · Linda Hutton · pm

34 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered · J. D. Hunt · ss

40 · [poem] · Elizabeth R. Crummer · pm

41 · A Nero Wolfe Quiz · Linda Hutton · qz

43 · [poem] · Junette Fabian · pm

44 · Armchair Detective · Guy Belleranti · pm

44 · Printed and Booked · Guy Belleranti · pm

45 · [poem] · Linda Hutton · pm

45 · [poem] · Linda V. Nelson · pm

Mystery Time [v12 #1, Spring/Summer 1994] ed. Linda Hutton (Hutton Publications, $5.00, digest) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Jennifer · Tom Gardner · vi

4 · Too Hot for May · Linda Hutton · ss

9 · Strung Up · Kristen Neri · ss

12 · Fair Exchange · Frances Glynn · ss

17 · The Butcher · Jan Carol Sabin · ss

20 · A Sense of Justice · Shelley Moore · ss

24 · Men Should Be · Gregory Fitz Gerald · ss

28 · Numbers Don’t Lie · Karen Besecker · ss

31 · [poem] · Kristine E. Meredith · pm

32 · Getaway · Robert J. Rodda · ss

34 · Natural Vice President · Barbara Shafferman · ss

38 · The Bloody Manuscript · David Roper · ss

41 · Lineup · Ted Carroll · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1992

43 · [poem] · Linda Hutton · pm

43 · [poem] · Robert J. Rodda · pm

44 · [poem] · Junette Fabian · pm

45 · Guilty as Charged · Guy Belleranti · pm

45 · Night Shift · Guy Belleranti · pm

46 · [poem] · Debra K. West · pm

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