Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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The Master Thriller Series [#21, Tales of Crime and Punishment (July 1938)] (London: The World’s Work (1913) Ltd., 1/-, 128pp+, pulp) The Enthroned Goat of Ballycarry · F. W. Murray · ss Nightmare · James Braby · ss Egyptian Episode · Eric Frank Russell · ss Black Magic · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss The Shot That Told · Arlton Eadie · ss The 20-Story Magazine Sep 1930 The Spot Marked X · Edward Arlington · ss Hugh Cleans Up · Geoffry Herbert Clark · ss The Trophy · Frederick Graves · ss Don Roberto, A Prisoner in Morocco · A. F. Tschiffely · ss Hand of Glory · Benson Herbert · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#22, Tales of the Grand Express (October 1938)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. The Secret Agent and the Dancing Spy [from Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · ex Heinemann 1928 One Way Ticket to Monte Carlo · Geoffrey Hopkins · ss The Train in the Balkans [from Stamboul Train] · Graham Greene · ex Heinemann 1932 Born Lucky · W. Reginald Fairweather · ss The Hand of Allah · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss Red Lights on the Taurus Express · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss Smoke from the East · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss Fortune What She Wills · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss At the Editor’s Desk · Anon. · ed

The Master Thriller Series [#23, Tales of the North-West Mounted Police (January 1939?)] (World’s Work (1913) Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp) Subtitled “Daring Adventures of the World-Famous Canadian Force”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Wilderness Voices · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail Nov 1927 12 · Silent Witness · C. V. Tench · ss 26 · White Fear · C. V. Tench · ss The Story-teller May 1929 39 · The Missing Finger · C. V. Tench · ss 46 · Swinton’s Folly · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail Apr 1927 53 · The Super’s Strategem · C. V. Tench · ss The 20-Story Magazine Oct 1931 63 · The Uncounted Factor · C. V. Tench · ss 71 · For the Honour of the Force · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail Apr 1928 77 · A Happy Christmas · C. V. Tench · ss 83 · The Tact of Sergeant Keen · C. V. Tench · ss Adventure Trails Jan 1929 87 · Thirst · C. V. Tench · ss Complete Northwest Magazine Dec 1938 97 · Without Protection [William Brockie] · C. V. Tench · ss 104 · Constable Keron’s Tactics · C. V. Tench · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine Aug 1928, as “Constable Keron’s Stratagem” 109 · Panic · C. V. Tench · ss All Star Western & Frontier Magazine Mar 1933 115 · A Northern Skin Game [William Brockie] · C. V. Tench · ss 120 · Lame Evidence [William Brockie] · C. V. Tench · ss Complete Northwest Magazine May 1938

The Master Thriller Series [#24, Tales of Outlawry, April 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. The Man Who Came Back · W. Robert Mills · ss The Moon Lady · J. C. Bristow-Noble · ss Hi-Jackers of the Hooghli · M. J. Ware · ss The Dupe · Noel Bowes · ss Red Sky at Night · George Gibson · ss Sergeant Farrel of Singapore · Robert Murray · ss High Tension · W. G. Curtis · ss The Dreaming Death [Dan Brice] · Sinclair Gluck · nv Argosy Oct 2 1937

The Master Thriller Series [#25, Tales of the Grand Dominion, May 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. Goblin Trail · J. Allan Dunn · nv Argosy Jun 15 1935 Fool of Fool’s Creek · Francis Fox · ss The Simple Savage · Bernard Aylwin · ss When the Clock Struck [Minturn] · J. Allan Dunn · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 12 1932 Sea Triumph · Robert E. Pinkerton · ss Murder Without Motive · Eric Frank Russell · ss You Never Know Tomorrow · Francis Dickie · ss Double Cross · Richard Aston · ss War Notes of a Canadian Nurse · M. B. Olint · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#26, Tales of the Far Frontiers, June 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. The Soul of Peshawar · W. J. Blackledge · ss Crackshot Joe · Michael Terry · ss Yellow Sparks · Richard Howell Watkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 4 1938 Jungle Terror · Robert Murray · ss Murder at Lone Wolf · Leslie McFarlane · ss Golden Lilies · Oscar Cook · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Sep 1922 Out of the Storm · Geoffrey H. Clark · ss General Average · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#27, Tales of the Underworld #2, July 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. Madhouse in the Rain · Walter Ripperger · ss Juda · Nicholas Stewart · ss Inverse Justice · W. Robert Mills · ss Seven and Sociable · J. F. Laurence · ss The Will · N. Trevor Williams · ss The Temple of the Goddess · Robert Murray · ss No Time · John Storme · ss The White House · Rhona Thomsett · ss A Bit Queer · J. B. Henderson · ss The Fate of Five · Richard Howells Watkins · nv Argosy Jul 30 1938

The Master Thriller Series [#28, The Far-Flung Coasts of Crime, August 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. The Man from the Sea · John Moffat · ss The Sunset Fish · M. C. Watson · ss Home in Ballast · Walter Havighurst · ss The Stronger Ju-Ju · John Hugoe · ss Derelict · Frederick Graves · ss Sea Payment · W. T. M. Hughes · ss Among Rumrunners and Hijackers · Terence McGovern · ss Death Flings a Gauntlet · Percy Joseph Delanoye · ss The Mate of the Rawlmoor · George Holmes · ss Shooting the Works · Alan Raymond · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#29, Tales of the Foreign Legion #5, September 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. The Legion Strikes Back · Buddleigh Netton · ss Sands of Destiny · Francis A. Waterhouse · ss Memoirs of an ex-Legionnaire · Major J. Dempsey · ss The Fountain of Blood · Ex-Legionnaire 75.345 · ss The Lost Company · Raoul Dulac · ss Escape from the Penal Battalion · Roy Baker · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#30, Tales of the Jungle #2, October 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. In Peril from Rogue Elephants · George Hogan Knowles · ss No Return Ticket · Eric Allen · ss Kismet · P. K. Sen-Gupta · ss Mirage · M. C. Watson · ss Tabarmaq · Merton Gould · ss Lord of the Outback · Beatrice Parsons · ss Paws of the Leopard · Kenneth Walker · ss Tiger Woman · B. E. Henderson · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#31, Tales of Gangsters and ‘G’-Men, November 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. The Mystery of the Saratoga · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss The Rat’s Bequest · C. H. L. Cramer-Roberts · ss Poacher’s Doom · Harrison McElwaine · ss Guesswork · Maurice Lincoln · ss Yellow Men · G. D. Skelton · ss The Light Must Burn · B. M. Parsons · ss Antonio the Audacious · Geo. James · ss The Jest of Asaf Khan · Edward Ross · ss I’ll Get the Picture · Rence Featherstone · ss A Man of Great Honour · Frederick Growes · ss The Left-Handed Rat · Walter Ripperger · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#32, Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, December 1939] (1/-, 96pp+, pulp) 3 · The Curator Chats · J. Ennarke · na 36 · Revanoff’s Fantasia · Henry Rawle · ss 41 · The Man Tiger · Juba Kennerley · ss 52 · The Corpse Sat Up · G. D. Skelton · ss; given as by G. D. Shelton in the Table of Contents. 58 · Vigilance at Night · W. M. Cole · vi 61 · Verge of the Two Worlds · Roland Armitage · ss 72 · Long Grey Fields · Paul Rorke · ss 76 · “Except He Be Sent for...” · A. J. Bull · ss 85 · The Flute · Roger Graham · ss 90 · The Woman with the Scythe · Robert E. Nicholson · ss

Mean Streets    (about) Australian crime/mystery magazine that ran mostly non-fiction but usually had one or two stories per issue, several of them US reprints. Note that the following listing has been compiled from a number of different, partial, sources and is probably incomplete. Editors: Stuart Coupe - Editor: Mean Streets

Mean Streets [#1, October 1990] ($5.00, A4) Details taken from AustLit. 8 · Pose Scantily, My Sweet: The Carter Brown Cover Girls · Stuart Coupe · iv 20 · The House of Ruby [Cliff Hardy] · Peter Corris · ss 32 · Old Crime in New Form: Australian Thrillers Today · Stephen Knight · ar 36 · The Cover Story · Paul Laidler · ar 44 · Detective City · Peter Corris · hu 48 · Phantom Books: The Australian Series · Graeme Flanagan · bi 52 · Iceman [Vic Powers] · Gary Lovisi · ss 56 · The Life and Crimes of Marele Day · Stuart Coupe · iv 60 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br

Mean Streets [#2, February 1991] ($5.00, A4) Details taken from AustLit, supplemented by information from Mike Ashley. Placebo · Andrew Vachss · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1989 26 · Terms of Arrangement · John Munro · ss 35 · Jon Cleary’s Murder Song · Stuart Coupe · iv 42 · Jenny Rowe: Clues to the Puzzle [Jennifer Rowe] · Stuart Coupe · iv 52 · A Drop in the Ocean [Barry Donovan] · Steve Wright · ex Pan Macmillan Australia 1991 56 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 64 · Death to a Downbeat · Stuart Coupe · ar

Mean Streets [#3, May 1991] ($5.00, A4) Details taken from AustLit, supplemented by information from Mike Ashley. 8 · The Rivals of Carter Brown: K.T. McCall · Graeme Flanagan · ar [K. T. McCall] 26 · Still Waiting for Holly? · Stuart Coupe · iv 32 · The Wallace Interview · Chris Forehan, Barry Webster & Rick McLean · iv 42 · David Frost · John Miner · bg 56 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br Bread Ahead [Jack Hagee] · C. J. Henderson · ss; revised from chapter one of No Free Lunch, Diamond Books, 1990. Deadlock · Kel Richards · ss; a story modelled on Asimov’s Black Widowers. Granny Gumption Solves a Murder [Granny Gumption] · C. J. Henderson & Charles Hoffman · vi Hardboiled Detective #11 1991

Mean Streets [#4, September 1991] ($5.00, A4) Details taken from AustLit, supplemented by information from Mike Ashley. 16 · Corris on Crawley · Stuart Coupe · iv 48 · Kickback [Wyatt Wareen] · Garry Disher · ex 54 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br Shooting Match [Joe Hannibal] · Wayne D. Dundee · nv Hardboiled #3 1985

Mean Streets [#5, February 1992] ($5.00, A4) Details taken from AustLit. 4 · Bee Keepers · John Howard Reid · lt 21 · Claire McNab: Murder She Writes · Peter Mitchell · iv 24 · Arthur Upfield Made Crime Pay · Pamela Ruskin · ar [Arthur Upfield] 46 · Death Shall Be Dead [Phryne Fisher] · Kerry Greenwood · ss 52 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br

Mean Streets [#6, May 1992] ($5.00, A4) Details taken from AustLit. 44 · Rosie Bosanky: Australia’s First Female Private Eye? · Michael J. Tolley · ar 46 · The Misplaced Corpse · A. E. Martin · ex NSW Bookstall 1944 54 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br

Mean Streets [#7, August 1992] ($5.00, A4) Details taken from AustLit, supplemented by information from Mike Ashley. First Kill · Chet Williamson · ss Cold Shocks, ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon 1991 34 · Jean Bedford Turns to Crime · Stuart Coupe · iv 46 · Return Ticket · Pauline Smith · ss 49 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br

Mean Streets [#8, March 1993] ($5.00, A4) Details taken from AustLit, supplemented by information from Mike Ashley. 10 · Whipping Boy · Stuart Coupe · iv Identity Crisis · Thomas Monteleone · ss Terrors, ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy 1982 40 · The Jay Tapes · Rick McLean & Chris Forehan · iv 56 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br

Mean Streets [#9, July 1993] ($5.00, A4) Details taken from AustLit. 16 · No Looking Back · Stuart Coupe · iv 42 · Force and Fraud by Ellen Davitt: Australia’s First Crime Novel · Lucy Sussex · bg 46 · Lodging in a Christian Family [from Force and Fraud] · Ellen Davitt · ex The Australian Journal 1865 48 · A Bazaar [from Force and Fraud] · Ellen Davitt · ex The Australian Journal 1865 52 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br The Australian Journal 1865

Mean Streets [#10, December 1993] ($5.00, A4) Details taken from AustLit. 22 · Mr Brown Beats Inflation · Steve Wright · ss Case Reopened, ed. Stuart Coupe & Julie Ogden, Allen & Unwin Australia 1993; based on “The Qantas Bomb Hoax” case. 31 · Crime in Time and Space · Zoran Bekric & Brian Forte · ar 43 · The Big Fairy Tale Sleep · Dominic Cadden · ss Crosstown Traffic, ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press 1993 49 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br Playing with Fire: Dan J. Marlowe, Al Nussbaum and Earl Drake · Josef Hoffmann · ar [Dan J. Marlowe]

Mean Streets [#11, May 1994] ($6.00, A4) Details taken from AustLit. 3 · In Defence of Wilson · Kerry Greenwood · ex 44 · [untitled] · Gerard Gleeson · ex 47 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 64 · Sport ’n’ Crime · Stuart Coupe · ar

Mean Streets [#12, December 1994] ed. Stuart Coupe ($6.00, 64pp+, A4) 42 · Safe with Mother · Neils Rasmussen · ss

Mean Streets [#13, May 1995] ed. Stuart Coupe ($6.00, 64pp+, A4) No fiction.

Mean Streets [#14, September 1995] ed. Stuart Coupe ($6.00, A4) No fiction.

Mean Streets [#15, December 1995] ed. Stuart Coupe ($6.00, 56pp+, A4) given as “#14, September 1995” on the cover. 40 · Port Vila Blues [Wyatt Wareen] · Garry Disher · ex

Mean Streets [#16, February 1996] ed. Stuart Coupe ($6.00, 56pp+, A4) No fiction.

Mean Streets [#17, December 1996] ed. Stuart Coupe ($6.00, 56pp+, A4) No fiction.

Menace    (about) Menace, like Murder, was a short-lived attempt to please the reading public with contemporary crime-adventure stories that were but one step removed from the pulp magazines. Although not lacking better-known writers, the competition was too fierce and the magazine folded after only two issues. Publishers: St. John Publishing Corporation; 545 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, NY: Menace Editors: John McCloud - Editor: Menace