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M [#2, November 2014] ed. Bill Olver (Big Pulp, $6.00, cover by Luke Spooner) Details taken from Table of Contents. ForMication, With an M · David Hagerty · ss Dreamstones · F. J. Bergmann · ss Pyramid Scheme · D. P. Blanchard · ss The Medallion · Terrie Leigh Relf · ss Mint · Meghan Bird · ss Going Down · John Bruni · ss BigBucksBlowOut · James D. Reed · ss The Card Counter · Brian Leopold · ss The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine · Joseph Tomaras · ss Button-Bright · Holly Day · pm Overnight · Holly Day · pm The Man · Holly Day · pm The Broken Window · Joanna M. Weston · pm Whose Hands · Joanna M. Weston · pm

M [#3, June 2016] ed. Bill Olver (Big Pulp, 28pp, ebook) Details taken from Table of Contents. For Sale · David Melody · ss Big Pulp Spr 2008 Lepers · Keyan Bowes · ss Dead Things · Michael Bracken · ss Big Pulp Fll 2010 Crisp · Erik Secker · ss Big Pulp Spr 2010 Burma Jukebox · Sanford Allen · ss Big Pulp Spr 2010 Confessions of a Paper Doll Cutout · Kristine Ong Muslim · pm The Invisible Tourists · Kristine Ong Muslim · pm Big Pulp Sum 2008 In Jack’s Time · Kristine Ong Muslim · pm Big Pulp Sum 2008

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine    (about) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine was primarily a reprint magazine, and ran for 22 monthly issues from September 1952 to June 1954. The title was changed on the cover only to MacKill’s for the last four issues. Publishers: Todd Publishing Group, Ltd.; 132-134 Fleet Street, London EC4: MacKill’s Mystery Magazine

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v1 #1, September 1952] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Adventure of the Seven Black Cats [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery Oct 1934, as “The Black Cats Vanished” 22 · The Man Who Shot at Cats · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss 27 · The Sign in the Sky [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Jul 1925 41 · The Case of the Respectful Murderer [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1950, as “The Respectful Murder” 61 · Express Delivery [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss 67 · A Dog’s Life [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard; The Evening Standard Detective Book, 2nd Series, ed. Anon., Gollancz 1951 73 · Over My Dead Body · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard Jun 19 1951 77 · Remember to Ring Twice · E. C. R. Lorac · ss 82 · Bermuda Grapevine · Mignon G. Eberhart · na The American Magazine Oct 1938

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v1 #2, October 1952] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The House in Goblin Wood [Sir Henry Merrivale] · John Dickson Carr · nv The Strand Magazine Nov 1947 18 · One Morning They’ll Hang Him [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1950 24 · Miss Pinhorn · Michael Innes · ss 29 · The Arrow of God [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1949 48 · Good Beginning · E. R. Punshon · ss 53 · The Case of the Perpetual Sneer [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1951, as “The Man with the Sneer” 69 · Girl Overboard [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss Four-&-Twenty Bloodhounds, ed. Anthony Boucher, Simon & Schuster 1950 75 · Death at the Bridge Table · E. C. R. Lorac · ss 79 · Within the Gates [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss; probably first in The (London) Evening Standard. 84 · Murder on Tuesday [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine May 1946

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v1 #3, November 1952] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1950 23 · Deadlock [Daniel Foss] · Edmund Crispin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1947 44 · Murder in the Cowshead [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1946, as “The Case of the Honest Murderer” 58 · You Never Know with Women [Mrs. Palmyra Pym] · Nigel Morland · ss 70 · Hair of His Head [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss The Evening Standard 1950 75 · The Seventh Guest · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss 79 · The 8.12 from Waterloo [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard; The Evening Standard Detective Book, ed. Anon., Gollancz 1950 86 · The King in Yellow · Raymond Chandler · na Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1938

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v1 #4, December 1952] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Triangle at Rhodes [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week Feb 2 1936 21 · The Rope · Peter Cheyney · ss 27 · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss Twenty Great Tales of Murder, ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random 1951 42 · The Cosy Nook Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1952 59 · The Case of the Gifted Amateur [Sherlock Holmes] · J. C. Masterman · ss 67 · Humbleby Agonistes [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard; The Evening Standard Detective Book, 2nd Series, ed. Anon., Gollancz 1951 73 · Know Your Favourite Author—Roy Vickers · Anon. · bg 74 · The Clue of the Runaway Blonde [Sheriff Bill Eldon] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The Country Gentleman Jul 1945 (+ ), as “Clues Don’t Count”

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v1 #5, January 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · Murder on New Year’s Eve [Carole Thorne; Miles Shenton] · Q. Patrick · na The American Magazine Oct 1937, as “Exit Before Midnight” 36 · The Case Is Altered [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 1938 49 · The Dauphin’s Doll [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1948 60 · The Nine Pound Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1947 67 · Chance Is a Great Thing · E. C. R. Lorac · ss 72 · Know Your Favourite Author—Mary Roberts Rinehart · Anon. · bg 74 · The Drowning of Edgar Foley [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss 79 · The Under Dog [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Mystery Magazine Apr 1 1926

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v1 #6, February 1953] (6d, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Dead Harlequin [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 22 1929 20 · Dinner for Two [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1949 25 · Evidence in Camera · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine Jun 1949 37 · The Sands of Thyme [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 45 · The Suitcase [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard; The Evening Standard Detective Book, 2nd Series, ed. Anon., Gollancz 1951 51 · Hold Back My Gallows · Nigel Morland · ss 58 · The Third Bullet [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · na Hodder & Stoughton 1937, as by Carter Dickson; abridged.

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v2 #1, March 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Philosopher · Peter Cheyney · ss 7 · The Man Who Hid His Breakfast · Mary Roberts Rinehart · na Episode of the Wandering Knife, Rinehart 1950 34 · Who’s Your Lady Friend? · Peter Fraser · ss 37 · Chance Encounter · Anthony Armstrong · ss 41 · The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories, Odhams 1933 56 · This Will Kill You · Q. Patrick · ss 1948 61 · Permanent Policeman · E. C. R. Lorac · ss 65 · Dead Man’s Hand · E. R. Punshon · ss 69 · The Lost Scientist · Lord Dunsany · ss The Evening Standard Sep 12 1950 73 · The Clue of the Hungry Horse [Sheriff Bill Eldon] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The Country Gentleman Feb 1947 (+ )

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v2 #2, April 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Case of the Discontented Soldier [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Cosmopolitan Aug 1932 15 · A Photographic Memory · Peter Fraser · ss 18 · The Green Goods Man [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News Nov 21 1932, as “The Very Green Goods Man” 33 · The Other Hangman · John Dickson Carr · ss A Century of Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Hutchinson 1935 45 · Imperious Caesar [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 48 · The Mug’s Game · Nicolas Bentley · ss 51 · The Case of the Honorary Mother-in-Law [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1953, as “The Man Who Could Not Hold Women” 73 · Shadow of the Noose · John Creasey · vi 76 · Before I Die [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine Apr 1947

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v2 #3, May 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Mystery of the Blue Jar · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Jul 1924 17 · Bread Upon the Waters · Peter Cheyney · ss 24 · Find the Lady · E. R. Punshon · ss 29 · No Cry of Murder [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Jun 25 1952 38 · The Clue of the Double Lover [Mrs. Palmyra Pym] · Nigel Morland · ss 54 · Death on a First Night · Q. Patrick · ss 58 · The Smart Detective [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss The American Magazine Jun 1936, as “The Saint and the Siren” 74 · Petty Cash · Nicolas Bentley · ss 80 · A Matter of Life and Death · Georges Simenon; translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1952; translated from the French (“Sept Petites Croix dans un Carnet”, Un Noël de Maigret, Presses de la Cité, 1951).

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v2 #4, June 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s Jan 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands” 18 · The Gangster · Peter Cheyney · ss 23 · Know Your Favourite Author—John Creasey · Anon. · bg 24 · The Talking Gun [Mrs. Palmyra Pym] · Nigel Morland · nv 57 · The Perfect Butler · Margery Allingham · ss The Daily Express Jan 21 1935 63 · The Vampire of the Village [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Strand Magazine Aug 1936; No. 1 in “The Great Detectives”. 78 · The Golden Mean [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss 85 · The Case of the Crying Swallow [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The American Magazine Aug 1947

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v2 #5, July 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Listerdale Mystery · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Dec 1925, as “The Benevolent Butler” 16 · The Five Thousand Pound Kiss [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News Nov 6 1932, as “The Star of Mandalay” 28 · Beginner’s Luck · Nicolas Bentley · ss 32 · The Case of the Twelve Minute Grave [Insp. Kyle] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1952, as “The Twelve-Minute Grave” 50 · Know Your Favourite Author—Nigel Morland · Anon. · bg 51 · The Medicine Bottle [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss 57 · Death on a Holiday [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & M. Cole · nv (r); No. 2 in “The Great Detectives”. 82 · Death Before Breakfast [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week Mar 11 1951 85 · Finger Man [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · na Black Mask Oct 1934

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v2 #6, August 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Mistress in the House · Margery Allingham · ss Harper’s Bazaar Mar 1938 14 · Three Sovereigns [Sgt. Bobby Owen] · E. R. Punshon · ss 18 · The Clue of the Red Wig · John Dickson Carr · nv The Strand Magazine Dec 1940 40 · Gull Rock [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss 48 · The Man with No Face [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body, Gollancz 1928, as “The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face”; No. 3 in “The Great Detectives”. 70 · Know Your Favourite Author—Georges Simenon · Anon. · bg 71 · Death Took a Ghost · Nigel Morland · ss 80 · Beware of the Trains [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard 1949 90 · The Incredible Theft [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na The Daily Express Apr 6 1937 (+5); expanded from “The Submarine Plans” (The Sketch, November 7, 1923).

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v3 #1, September 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Man from the Sea [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · nv Britannia and Eve Oct 1929 23 · All but Empty · Graham Greene · ss The Strand Magazine Mar 1947 26 · Mr. Sefton, Murderer · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss Mr. Sefton, Murderer, Polybooks 1944 47 · The Case of Oscar Brodski [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1910; No. 4 in “The Great Detectives”. 84 · The Borderline Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard Aug 25 1936 92 · Lester Leith, Financier [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction Jan 1943, as “Something Like a Pelican”

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v3 #2, October 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · Death in the Sun [Mrs. Elizabeth Warrender] · G. D. H. & M. Cole · nv Mrs. Warrender’s Profession, Collins 1938 40 · Harlequin’s Lane [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · nv The Story-teller May 1927 57 · Holmes’ College Career · Dorothy L. Sayers · ar 70 · The X-Plan [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 74 · Background to Murder: The Case of Neville Heath · Nigel Morland · cl 94 · The Footbridge [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss 98 · The Quiet Lady [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly Oct 16 1926; No. 5 in “The Great Detectives”. 118 · The Man Who Was Milligan · Algernon Blackwood · ss Pearson’s Magazine Nov 1923

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v3 #3, November 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Key of Life · Sir Philip Gibbs · nv Britannia and Eve Feb 1930 (+2) 49 · The Girl in the Train · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine Feb 1924 64 · Dr. Watson’s Christian Name · Dorothy L. Sayers · ar 68 · Background to Murder: The Case of Evraud & Bompard · Nigel Morland · cl 87 · He Was Asking After You · Margery Allingham · ss The (London) Evening News Jul 29 1936 92 · The Disappearance of Marie Severe [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Eyes of Max Carrados, Grant Richards 1923; No. 6 in “The Great Detectives”. 116 · Just a Small Case · Michael Innes · ss 120 · The Ruined Tower [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss