At that point Detective Tales was sold to Real Detective Tales, Inc. and changed its name, first to Real Detective Tales and then to Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories. By this point it had shifted to a large (quarto) format and had acquired an interesting stable of authors including Seabury Quinn, George Allan England and Miriam Allen de Ford. It ran for six years under this latter title (mainly on a monthly basis) but gradually during 1931 transformed into a non-fiction magazine called Real Detective, although fiction continued to appear into 1934 at least. It is not currently known exactly when the last issue containing any fiction appeared.
In the 1920s a handful of short stories were reprinted as standalone pamphlets possibly to help advertise the magazine.
| 1922 |  v1 #1 Oct 1 |
 v1 #2 Oct 16 |
 v1 #3 Nov 1 |
v1 #4 Nov 16/Dec 15 |
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| 1923 |  v2 #1 Feb |
 v2 #2 Mar |
 v2 #3 Apr/May |
 v2 #4 May/Jun |
 v2 #5 Jul/Aug |
 v2 #6 Sep |
v3 #1 Oct |
v3 #2 Nov |
 v3 #3 Dec/Jan |
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| 1924 |  v3 #4 Feb |
v4 #1 Mar |
 v4 #2 Apr |
 v4 #3 May |
 v4 #4 Jun |
v5 #1 Jul |
v5 #2 Aug |
 v5 #3 Sep/Oct |
 v5 #4 Nov |
 v6 #1 Dec |
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| 1925 |  v6 #2 Jan |
 v6 #3 Feb |
 v6 #4 Mar |
 v7 #1 Apr |
 v7 #2 May |
 v7 #3 Jun |
 v7 #4 Jul |
 v8 #1 Aug/Sep |
 v8 #2 Oct/Nov |
 v8 #3 Dec/Jan |
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| 1926 |  v8 #4 Feb/Mar |
 v9 #1 Apr/May |
 v9 #2 Jun/Jul |
 v9 #3 Aug/Sep |
 v9 #4 Oct |
 v10 #1 Nov |
 v10 #2 Dec/Jan |
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| 1927 |  v10 #3 Feb |
 v10 #4 Mar |
 v11 #1 Apr/May |
 v11 #2 Jun/Jul |
 v11 #3 Aug |
 v11 #4 Sep |
 v12 #1 Oct |
 v12 #2 Nov |
 v12 #3 Dec |
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| 1928 |  v12 #4 Jan |
 v13 #1 Feb |
 v13 #2 Mar |
 v13 #3 Apr |
v13 #4 May |
 v14 #1 Jun |
 v14 #2 Jul/Aug |
 v14 #3 Sep |
 v14 #4 Oct |
 v16 #1 Nov |
 v16 #2 Dec/Jan |
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| 1929 |  v16 #3 Feb |
 v16 #4 Mar |
 v17 #1 Apr/May |
 v17 #2 Jun/Jul |
 v17 #3 Aug |
 v17 #4 Sep |
 v18 #1 Oct |
 v18 #2 Nov |
 v18 #3 Dec/Jan |
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| 1930 |  v18 #4 Feb |
 v19 #1 Mar |
 v19 #2 Apr |
 v19 #3 May |
 v19 #4 Jun |
 v20 #1 Jul |
 v20 #2 Aug |
 v20 #3 Sep |
 v20 #4 Oct |
 v21 #1 Nov |
 v21 #2 Dec |
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| 1931 |  v21 #3 Jan |
 v21 #4 Feb |
 v22 #1 Mar |
 v22 #2 Apr |
 v22 #3 May |
 v22 #4 Jun |
 v23 #1 Jul |
 v23 #2 Aug |
 v23 #3 Sep |
 v23 #4 Oct |
 v23 #1 Nov |
 v24 #2 Dec |
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| 1932 |  v24 #3 Jan |
 v24 #4 Feb |
 v25 #1 Mar |
 v25 #2 Apr |
 v25 #3 May |
 v25 #4 Jun |
 v26 #1 Jul |
 v26 #2 Aug |
 v26 #3 Sep |
 v26 #4 Oct |
 v27 #1 Nov |
 v27 #2 Dec |
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| 1933 |  v27 #3 Jan |
 v27 #4 Feb |
 v28 #1 Mar |
 v28 #2 Apr |
 v28 #3 May |
 v28 #4 Jun |
 v29 #1 Jul |
 v29 #2 Aug |
 v29 #3 Sep |
 v29 #4 Oct |
 v30 #1 Nov |
 v30 #2 Dec |
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| 1934 |  v30 #3 Jan |
 v30 #4 Feb |
 v31 #1 Mar |
 v31 #2 Apr |
 v31 #3 May |
 v31 #4 Jun |
 v32 #1 Jul |
 v32 #2 Aug |
 v32 #3 Sep |
 v32 #4 Oct |
 v33 #1 Nov |
 v33 #2 Dec |
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| 1922 |  Crimson Poppies |
 The Sign of the Toad |
 The Glass Eye |
 Buff |
 The Web |
 The Triangle of Terror |
| 1923 |  Disappearing Bullets |
 The Green-Eyed Monster |
 Derring-Do |
 The Valley of Missing Men |
 Ten Dangerous Hours |
 The Mystery at Eagle Lodge |