Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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The Master Thriller Series    (about) A series of anthologies in magazine format; each issue featured a different genre. For convenience, all issues have been indexed even though only a small number are mystery/detective. Publishers: The World’s Work (1913) Ltd.; Kingswood, Surrey: The Master Thriller Series

The Master Thriller Series [#1, Tales of the Foreign Legion (July 1933)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Soldiers of France · Anon. · ms; brief piece about the foreign legion. Gentlemen of the Legion · J. D. Newsom · nv Frontier Stories Jul 1927 The Quest · P. C. Wren · ss Stepsons of France, Murray 1917 The Dead Fight Hard · Bob du Soe · ss Short Stories May 25 1929 Strength of the Legion · Anon. · ms His Own People · J. D. Newsom · nv The Frontier Nov 1926 Send No Flowers · Georges Surdez · ss Short Stories Oct 25 1929 Kismet in Picardy · Don McGrew · ss Short Stories Dec 10 1928 Six Feet Under · Robert Carse · ss Short Stories Dec 10 1929

The Master Thriller Series [#2, Tales of the North-West Mounted Police (September 1933)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) A Free Rein · William Byron Mowery · nv Short Stories Jul 10 1925 Prestige of the Scarlet · Harwood Steele · ss Short Stories Jan 10 1927 The Galloping Hours · William Byron Mowery · ss Short Stories Nov 10 1925 Blind Man’s Bluff · Walter W. Liggett · ss The Frontier Aug 1925 On Patrol · James B. Hendryx · ss Short Stories Feb 10 1925 The Last Potlatch · J. Allan Dunn · ss Short Stories Jan 25 1924 Men Who Pay in Blood · T. Von Ziekursch · ss Short Stories Oct 25 1924 Misadventure · Robert Ray · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#3, Tales of the Seven Seas (December 1933)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 6 · The Pearl Raiders · R. de S. Horn · na Short Stories Nov 25 1925 9 · Sea Thirst · C. Wiles Hallock · pm Short Stories Jun 10 1931 60 · Mutiny at Five Bells · Anon. · ms (r) 61 · Yellow Piracy · E. Keble Chatterton · ss 67 · Discontent · Edgar Daniel Kramer · pm Short Stories Jun 25 1932 68 · The Pirate Hunter · Capt. Frederick Moore · ss Short Stories Jul 10 1927 85 · Revise Your Maps! · Anon. · ms (r) 86 · Weeds · Ralph R. Perry · ss Short Stories Oct 25 1926 105 · Singing Johnny · Edgar Daniel Kramer · pm Short Stories Jun 25 1931 106 · Twenty Fathoms Under · T. T. Flynn · ss Short Stories Apr 25 1927 116 · Terrors of the Deep · Anon. · ms (r) 117 · The Skipper Knows Best · Murray Leinster · ss Short Stories Dec 10 1928 126 · A Veteran Sealer · Anon. · ms (r) The Editor’s Log · [The Editor] · ed (r)

The Master Thriller Series [#4, Tales of Mystery and Detection (March 1934)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) The Image in the Mirror [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Hangman’s Holiday, Gollancz 1933 The Kidnapped Prime Minister [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch Apr 25 1923 Out of Paradise [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Collier’s Weekly Dec 10 1904 An Ethical Dilemma [Major Forester] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss What Happened to Forester, Little Brown 1930 The Case of Oscar Brodski [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1910 The Cat Burglar [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly Nov 6 1926 The Cliff Path Ghost [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime, Collins 1933 The Sexton’s Wife · Margery Allingham · ss The Blue Cross [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv The Saturday Evening Post Jul 23 1910, as “Valentin Follows a Curious Trail”

The Master Thriller Series [#5, Tales of the Foreign Legion #2 (June 1934)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 4 · Stepsons of France · Anon. · ms 6 · The Ambush at Soueida · Ex-Legionnaire Francis A. Waterhouse · nv 40 · Sermons in Stones · P. C. Wren · ss Stepsons of France, Murray 1917 46 · The River Pirates of Indo-China · Ex-Legionnaire Reginald R. Forbes · nv 68 · My Moroccan Baptism · Ex-Legionnaire 1384 & W. J. Blackledge · ss 78 · Fighting the Berbers [from My Life in the Foreign Legion] · Prince Aage of Denmark · ex Eveleigh Nash 1928 110 · Strictly Private · J. D. Newsom · ss Short Stories Sep 10 1930

The Master Thriller Series [#6, Tales of the Uncanny (September 1934)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Youngman Conors) 3 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories, Eveleigh Nash 1907 32 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine Mar 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 40 · Honolulu · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Everybody’s Magazine Oct 1921 54 · The Wind in the Portico · John Buchan · nv The Pall Mall Magazine Mar 1928 68 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine Dec 1898, as by Q 76 · Mrs. Lunt · Hugh Walpole · ss The Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson 1926 85 · The Smell in the Library [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · nv The Sketch Dec 25 1922, as “Red Antony” 97 · Old Man’s Beard · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Old Man’s Beard, Bles 1929 108 · Mine · Mrs. Belloc-Lowndes · ss (r) 119 · Rooum · Oliver Onions · ss The Fortnightly Review Dec 1910

The Master Thriller Series [#7, Tales of African Adventure (December 1934)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. Thorns and Iron · Victor Rousseau · nv Frontier Stories Sep 1927 Ivory [Keynes] · H. Bedford-Jones · nv Short Stories Mar 10 1930 Cannibal Teeth · William Doughty · ss Short Stories Apr 25 1930 Treasure of the Pharaohs · Charles Saxby & H. A. Noureddin Addis · nv Short Stories Aug 25 1930 Dust · J. D. Newsom · nv Frontier Stories Jan 1927 Lion Hunting in the Liuwa · J. P. Kay Robinson · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#8, Tales of the Orient (March 1935)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 7 · The Road of Adventure · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss Short Stories Oct 10 1924 27 · The Malay Kris · Frederick Moore · ss Short Stories Apr 10 1925 44 · Three Gates Pagoda · H. Bedford-Jones · nv Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Nov 1925 74 · Smoke of Dreams · Elmer Brown Mason · ss Short Stories Jan 25 1926 83 · The Ghost of Intelligence · S. B. H. Hurst · ss Short Stories Aug 25 1925 93 · Once Beyond Khyber · Jack Smalley · ss Short Stories Mar 10 1927 106 · Empire’s Edge · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · nv Frontier Stories Jul 1927

The Master Thriller Series [#9, Tales of the Jungle (July 1935)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 4 · By Rule of Drum [Aubrey St. John Major] · L. Patrick Greene · nv Short Stories Sep 10 1934 31 · The Smartest Elephant · Edward T. Turner · ss Short Stories Sep 25 1934 42 · Whole Hog or None · Edmond Du Perrier · ss Short Stories Mar 25 1935 52 · Thirteen Heads · Herman Petersen · ss Short Stories Feb 25 1935 71 · Voodoo Moon · Edward T. Turner · ss Short Stories Oct 25 1934 81 · Borneo Diamonds · Frank J. Leahy · ss Short Stories Nov 25 1934 92 · “Well, I’ll Be—” · Douglas Leach · ss Short Stories Feb 25 1935 101 · Siamese Twinge · Douglas Leach · ss Short Stories Dec 10 1934 113 · Jungle Loot · Carl N. Taylor · ss Short Stories Mar 10 1935

The Master Thriller Series [#10, Tales of the Foreign Legion #3 (October 1935)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. All You Do Is Fight! · J. D. Newsom · ss Adventure Jan 1 1935 Grenades for the Colonel · J. D. Newsom · nv Argosy Feb 16 1935 Soldiers of Misfortune · J. D. Newsom · na Argosy Jun 1 1935 The Good Shepherds · J. D. Newsom · ss Frontier Stories Nov 1928

The Master Thriller Series [#11, Tales of the Sea (January 1936)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. The Silver Chain · William Chamberlain · nv Short Stories Sep 10 1935 Devil’s Sunset · Edgar Piper · ss Short Stories Dec 25 1934 Blind Man’s Bluff · R. V. Gery · ss Short Stories Oct 10 1934 John Brown’s Son · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories Sep 25 1934 The Terrible Mr. Terry [Mr. Riorden] · Frank J. Leahy · ss Short Stories Nov 10 1934 Heritage · Denis Trent · ss Short Stories Nov 10 1934 Cargo Awash · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories Jan 10 1935 He Was a Coward · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories Nov 25 1934

The Master Thriller Series [#12, Tales of Valour (April 1936)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. The Coward of the Legion · P. C. Wren · ss Stepsons of France, Murray 1917 Hell’s Half Mile · Sam Kemp · ss The Sahib with the Strong Liver · Scott Yorke · ss Pioneering by Motor-Car · T. C. Bridges & Hessell Tiltman · ss True Tales of the Jungle · George Hogan Knowles · ss Open Boats · Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell, V.C. · ss How Stanley Found Livingstone · Henry M. Stanley · ts (r); possibly the retelling by Orison Swett Marden (Stories from Life, American Book Company, 1904); or by Edward King (Scribner’s Monthly, January 1873). Twentieth-Century Sailor-Men · E. Keble Chatterton · ss McKecknie’s Lion · Juba Kennerley · ss Scott · Capt. Robert Scott, R.N. · ex (r); extracts from Scott’s diary.

The Master Thriller Series [#13, Tales of the Levant (July 1936)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Nick) Details supplied by Steve Holland. The Human Element · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Dec 1930 Fires of Baal · Sax Rohmer · ss Collier’s Nov 9 1929 The Chronometer · A. E. W. Mason · ss Dilemmas, Hodder 1934 Tales of Old Constantinople: The Death Mother · Chalmers Roberts · ss Tales of Old Constantinople: The Sad Case of Princess Esme · Chalmers Roberts · ss Tales of Old Constantinople: The Millions of Arakelian · Chalmers Roberts · ss Tales of Old Constantinople: The Marrying of Murad Bey · Chalmers Roberts · ss Tales of the Balkans: Mrs. Proctor · David Footman · ss Half-Way East, Heinemann 1935 Tales of the Balkans: Dr. Mavro · David Footman · ss Half-Way East, Heinemann 1935 Laughs from the Levant: The Killing of Julius Caesar · Mark Twain · ss The Californian Nov 12 1864 Laughs from the Levant: The Turkish Bath · Mark Twain · ss Innocents Abroad, Hartford American Publishing Company 1869 Laughs from the Levant: The Legend of the Seven Sleepers · Mark Twain · ss Innocents Abroad, Hartford American Publishing Company 1869 Laughs from the Levant: The Grave of Adam · Mark Twain · ss Innocents Abroad, Hartford American Publishing Company 1869 The Unhappy Holy Land · Vincent Streean · ss Safe Money · Ray Millholland · ss Short Stories Jun 25 1936

The Master Thriller Series [#14, Tales of the Air (September 1936)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. The Last Flights of a Famous Ace · Floyd Gibbons · ss Demons of the Nullah · Arch Whitehouse · nv George Bruce’s Contact Feb 1934 Battles in the Air · Group-Captain A. J. L. Scott, C.B., M.C., R.F.C. · ss (r) A Busman’s Holiday · George E. Rochester · ss The Last of the Sons of Heaven · Charles Gilson · nv Short Stories Feb 25 1936 The Stairway to the Sun · Herman Petersen · nv Short Stories Jun 25 1936 Doc · Frank J. Leahy · ss Short Stories May 25 1936 Gone Missing · H. S. M. Kemp · ss Short Stories Aug 10 1936

The Master Thriller Series [#15, Tales of the Foreign Legion #4 (January 1937)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. Dead March in the Desert · W. B. Bannerman · ex Dead March in the Desert, W. B. Bannerman, Sampson Low 1937 That Mob of Sergeant Beck’s · Bob du Soe · ss Short Stories Jul 10 1936 Satan’s Well · Leslie Webster · ss Thanks to You, Yank · Bob du Soe · nv Short Stories Nov 10 1936 Blood and Gold [Daughtery] · Lee Robinson · ss Short Stories May 25 1930

The Master Thriller Series [#16, Tales of Adventure (April 1937)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. Murder in Effigy · Robert H. Rohde · nv Short Stories Feb 10 1936 Kill Creek Bridge · Carmony Gove · ss Short Stories Jan 10 1936 Foxing the G-Men · W. Wirt · ss Short Stories May 10 1936 The Senator’s Nerves [Panhandle Pete] · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss Short Stories Oct 25 1936 The Ghost Comes Back · Clifford Knight · ss Short Stories Feb 10 1937 Big Horn · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss Short Stories Feb 10 1937 You’re Outa the Navy Now · Roy Horn · ss Short Stories Dec 10 1933 Chungo · Hapsburg Liebe · ss Short Stories Sep 25 1933 Chinaman’s Chance · Robert H. Rohde · nv Short Stories Feb 10 1937 All Square · H. S. M. Kemp · ss Short Stories Feb 10 1937

The Master Thriller Series [#17, Tales of Terror (July 1937)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. 3 · The Phantom Killer · C. V. Tench · na 46 · Cracky Miss Judith · Hector Bolitho · ss The House in Half Moon Street, Cobden-Sanderson 1935 55 · The Ghost Ketch · Marlinspike · ss 62 · Young Jackson’s Discovery · John Creasey · nv 78 · The Third Hand · Edmund Snell · ss 88 · Dying Men Wanted · Walter Ripperger · na; given as by Walter Rippinger in the Table of Contents.

The Master Thriller Series [#18, Tales of East and West (October 1937)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. The Red Moon · Tanjong · ss Terror Island · Geoffrey H. Clark · ss Black Pearls · R. de S. Horn · nv Short Stories Aug 10 1927 Under Cover [Jimmy Dugan] · J. Allan Dunn · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 5 1930; not the same as the story of the same name in the August 1938 issue of Thrilling Western. The Unholy Family · Walter Ripperger · na Complete Stories Oct 1936

The Master Thriller Series [#19, Tales of the Underworld (January 1938)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. The Decon’s Shroud · W. Robert Mills · ss A Man Must Risk · R. H. Watkins · nv Complete Stories Jul/Aug 1937 Pay Night in Ghost Town · Leslie McFarlane · nv Top-Notch Apr 1937 (+1)

The Master Thriller Series [#20, Tales of the Uncanny #2 (April 1938)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp, cover by W. J. Roberts) 3 · The Scarlet Girdle · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss 16 · Dead Men Do Tell Tales · Eric Allen · ss 21 · Devil Face · M. J. Ware · ss 31 · The House on the Marsh · Diana Rolfe · nv 47 · The Honour of the Sea · Francis H. Sibson · ss 54 · The Visitor · Jack Henderson · ss 57 · The Letter from Home · Francis Alcock · nv 73 · The Ghost of Drumlochy Castle · Arthur Duncan · ss 80 · Vengeance in the Fog · Douglas Newton · ss Tit-Bits Aug 28 1937 86 · Villa Ceri · Digby Stone · ss 93 · The Curse of the Old Oak Chest · Malcolm Tarver · na; given as by Malcolm Turner on the story itself.