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Naked Kiss    (about) Short-lived hardboiled/noir magazine. Publishers: Scarlett Fever Press; 3160 Brady Lake Road, Ravenna, Ohio 44266: Naked Kiss Editors: Wayne A. Harold - Editor: Naked Kiss

Naked Kiss [v1 #1, 1994] ed. Wayne A. Harold (Scarlett Fever Press, $4.95, 48pp, quarto) ifc. · Editorial · Wayne A. Harold · ed 2 · Kicks [Vic Powers] · Gary Lovisi · ss 10 · Dark Angel · M. M. LoPiccolo · vi Midnight Zoo v2 #1 1992 14 · Brotherly Love · Wayne C. Ulsh · ss 18 · A Day Late and a Dollar Short · J. D. Hunt · ss 26 · The Big Spank · Wayne A. Harold · ss 32 · An Act of Mercy · Mar Preston · ss 38 · Trick Bagged · Michael Robb · ss 43 · Numma-One Joe · Keith Gordy · ss 45 · A Slight Change of Plan · Mark Best · ss

Naked Kiss [v1 #2, Summer 1995] ($3.95, 32pp, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Editorial · [The Editor] · ed 4 · Dress Blues · Michael A. Black · ss 10 · A Time to Go · Michael C. McPherson · ss 13 · Beyond the Call · Mike Handley · ss 17 · Secret Pal · Diane E. Amov · ss 22 · Interview: Gary Lovisi · Wayne A. Harold · iv 25 · Spent Cash · Gary Lovisi · ss 29 · Stray Bullets · Michael A. Black · cl

Needle    (about) Small press detective magazine, subtitled “a magazine of noir”. Website: www.needlemag.com. Publishers: Needle Magazine; PO Box 1585, Louisa, VA 23093: Needle Editors: Steve Weddle - Editor: Needle

Needle [v1 #1, Spring 2010] ed. Steve Weddle (Needle Magazine, $7.00, 165pp, digest) Details taken from magazine website. 4 · A Note from the Editor · Steve Weddle · ed 7 · The Shrewd Variant · Kieran Shea · ss 17 · .44 Blues · Kent Gowran · ss 27 · Countdown · Eric Beetner · ss 33 · The Black Widow Club · Hilary Davidson · ss 51 · Saint Barbara and the Killing Is Easy · Cormac Brown · ss 59 · On Pike Street · Nathan Singer · ss 65 · Another Quiet Night · Chad Rohrbacher · ss 69 · Three Cops · Keith Rawson · ss 75 · I Am Madame X’s Bodyguard · Patti Abbott · ss 85 · ’Til Death Do You Part · Dave Zeltserman · ss 101 · The Sharpest Tool in the Box · Paul D. Brazill · ss 109 · Big Girls Don’t Cry · Sandra Seamans · ss 123 · Superdead · Christopher Grant · ss 129 · Win-Win Situation · Eric Nusbaum · ss 141 · The Whole Buffalo · Jedidiah Ayres · ss

Needle [v1 #2, Summer 2010] ed. Steve Weddle (Needle Magazine, $7.00, 165pp, digest) 4 · A Note from the Editor · Steve Weddle · ed 7 · The Great Pretender · Ray Banks · ss 19 · For the Children · Stephen Blackmoore · ss 35 · Mirror Image · Sarah Weinman · ss 47 · The Waiting · Allan Leverone · ss 59 · Cold, Hard, Love! · Frank Bill · ss 71 · Tip the Barkeep · Nolan Knight · ss 87 · Spending Light · John Stickney · ss 99 · The Sins of Maynard Shipley · David Cranmer · ss 107 · Under the Rug · Julie Summerell · ss 113 · Going Downrange · Mike Sheeter · ss 125 · Beat on the Brat · Nigel Bird · ss 135 · The Hitter · Chris F. Holm · na

Needle [v1 #3, Winter 2010] ed. Steve Weddle (Needle Magazine, $7.50, 202pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · A Note from the Editor · Steve Weddle · ed 7 · Cold Storage · Graham Powell · nv 29 · Uncomplicate It · Matthew C. Funk · ss 43 · Truegood · Sophie Littlefield · ss 55 · Everybody’s Gain · Graham Bowlin · ss 61 · Be Happy · Michael Gonzales · ss 69 · Some Heroes · Kieran Shea · ss 85 · Pike n Flytrap · Richard Godwin · ss 95 · Minnesodom · Anthony Neil Smith · nv 119 · Get Teague · Matthew Mayo · ss 135 · Everybody Loves Cocaine · Matthew McBride · ss 141 · Until Proven Guilty · Libby Cudmore · ss 155 · Get Nora · Ray Banks · nv; part one of Wolf Tickets.

Needle [v2 #1, Spring 2011] ed. Steve Weddle (Needle Magazine, $7.50, 165pp, digest, cover by John Hornor Jacobs) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · A Note from the Editor · Steve Weddle · ed 7 · Osteoporosis · Tom Piccirilli · ss 13 · Tools of the Trade · Todd Robinson · ss 21 · Polly Wants a Coffin · Steve De Jarnatt · nv 43 · Double Check · Mel Clayton · ss 49 · Dog’s Breakfast · Cam Ashley · ss 63 · The Bard’s Confession in the Matter of the Despoilment of the Fishmonger’s Daughter · Daniel B. O’Shea · ss 69 · Bon Temps · David Cranmer · ss 79 · Beef and Beer · Don Lafferty · ss 93 · Old Dog · Jason Duke · ss 105 · Alphabet City · Amy Grech · ss 119 · Dodgeball · Matthew C. Funk · ss 135 · Dark · Patti Abbott · ss 149 · Check · Scott Morse · ss 155 · Get Busy · Ray Banks · nv; part two of Wolf Tickets.

Needle [v2 #2, Fall 2011] ed. Steve Weddle (Needle Magazine, $7.50, 165pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · A Note from the Editor · Steve Weddle · ed 7 · The Short List · Michael Sheedy · ss 13 · Club Dues · Peter Morin · ss 29 · Anonymity · Michael Moreci · ss 39 · The Ticket · Allan Leverone · ss 47 · Bleeders Abound · Nolan Knight · ss 65 · Sweet Amy · Gil Brewer · ss 75 · Schrödinger’s Rat · David James Keaton · ss 89 · Space Gun · Andrew Hook · ss 97 · Polly Wants a Bullet · Daniel Davis · ss 107 · With This Bullet · Michael Oliveri · ss 115 · Friday at Five · Stephen D. Rogers · ss 123 · Fearless Zombie Killers · Keith Rawson · ss 131 · The White Rose of Memphis · Art Taylor · ss 145 · Once a Loser · Holly West · ss 157 · Get Frank · Ray Banks · nv; part three of Wolf Tickets.

Needle [v3 #1, Winter 2012] ed. Steve Weddle (Needle Magazine, $7.50, 179pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · A Note from the Editor · Steve Weddle · ed 7 · Control · Matthew C. Funk · ss 21 · White Haze · Doc O’Donnell · ss 29 · Nine Hole Caddy · Scott Morse · ss 37 · Finn’s Missing Sister · Jen Conley · ss; given as “Finn’s Missing” in the Table of Contents. 51 · She Don’t Eat No Meat · Kent Gowran · ss 59 · Smothered and Covered · Tom Barlow · ss 71 · Haymaker · Nik Korpon · ss 79 · Empty Hours · Loren Eaton · ss 89 · Smiles · Jeffrey Hess · ss 97 · The Spin Out · William Dylan Powell · ss 107 · Mistake · A. A. Garrison · ss 117 · Bad for Business · Carlo Orsi · ss 125 · Mr. Mockingbird Drive · Robert Swartwood · ss 131 · Push Comes to Shove · B. V. Lawson · ss 139 · Ordo ad Chao · Benoit Lelièvre · ss 145 · Right Where She Wants Him · Meriah L. Crawford · ss 157 · A Dog Named Buddy · Chris La Tray · ss 167 · Paying It Off · Kieran Shea · ss

Needle [#7, Fall/Winter 2012] ed. Steve Weddle (Needle Publishing, $7.50, 247pp, digest, cover by Scott Morse) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · A Note from the Editor · Steve Weddle · ed 7 · Victor Viral · Hugh Lessig · ss 13 · Seven Feet of Fire · Brad Green · ss 23 · A Hard Rep · C. J. Edwards · ss 33 · Mess with Me · Erik Arneson · ss 41 · Ginny Tonic · Rob W. Hart · ss 57 · No Witnesses · Seamus Scanlon · ss 69 · Creator/Destroyer · Chris Rhatigan · ss 77 · Dog Will Hunt · Ed Kurtz · ss 87 · This Sorrow Is an Enemy · Kenneth Loosli · ss 99 · They All Look Alike · John Kenyon · ss 109 · Trifecta · Jeff Macfee · ss 117 · The Romero Covenant · Garnett Elliott · ss 127 · Venice Beach Birthday · Glenn Gray · ss 141 · Yellow Ribbon · Michael Bracken · ss 151 · Gumbo Weather · Thomas Pluck · ss 161 · Dog Night · Timothy Friend · ss 171 · The Scabrous Exploits of Cyrus & Galina Van, Hellbent West During the Third Year of the Harrows, 1876 · Court Merrigan · ss 179 · The Interview · Kevin Adler · ss 189 · Two Birds, No Stone · Kevin Brown · ss 199 · Eddie & Sunny · Stacey Cochran · ss 217 · Everyone Knows the Axeman · Matthew C. Funk · ss 229 · The Heckler · Jim Winter · ss 237 · The Shroud of Turin · Dan O’Shea · ss

Needle [Summer 2013] ed. Steve Weddle (Needle Publishing, $7.95, 175pp, digest) Details taken from magazine website. 5 · A Note from the Editor · Steve Weddle · ed 7 · Satan’s Kingdom · Dennis Tafoya · ss 21 · No Name Necessary · Sarah Weinman · ss 35 · Simple · Clayton Lindemuth · ss 41 · The Moans of Bill February · Brad Green · ss 55 · Double Shot · Bruce Holsinger · ss 65 · Risks Starting in the Low 500s · Kieran Shea · ss 69 · The Trick · Ed Kurtz · ss 83 · They Need Some Good Worries · Jimmy Callaway · ss 103 · Erwin’s Main Attraction · Scott Miles · ss 117 · A Favor in Paradise · C. J. Edwards · ss 122 · Simmering · Amy Yolanda Castillo · ss 139 · House Cell · Alan Orloff · ss 151 · A Short Riff on Dying · B. A. Hoffman · ss 159 · Tricks · Neliza Drew · ss

Needle [Spring 2014] ed. Steve Weddle (Needle Publishing, $7.50, 141pp, digest, cover by Scott Morse) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · A Note from the Editor · Steve Weddle · ed 7 · Five Bucks Buys Some Goddamn Vodka · Heath Lowrance · ss 15 · Knock-Off · Rob W. Hart · ss 25 · Fall Girl · Patti Abbott · ss 31 · An Unkindness · Taylor Brown · ss 39 · Angels · Jen Conley · ss 53 · A Thousand Kinds of Fur · Stephen D. Rogers · ss 59 · Nine Flatbeds · Court Merrigan · ss 67 · The Bank Robber · Sandra Seamans · ss 85 · The Wedding · Trent England · ss 97 · Union Man · Christopher L. Irvin · ss 105 · Poughkeepsie · William Boyle · ss 119 · Deguello · William Dylan Powell · ss 129 · The Demon Detector · Tom Joyce · ss

Needle [Winter 2014/5] ed. Steve Weddle (Needle Publishing, $7.00, 152pp, digest, cover by Scott Morse) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · A Note from the Editor · Steve Weddle · ed 7 · A Pocketful of Sand · Albert Tucher · ss 25 · Cathy · Laura Woollett · ss 33 · Like She Stole It · Kim Bradley · ss 45 · In Watermelon Sugar · Chris Rhatigan & Nigel Bird · ss 49 · Creekmore · Jeff Barr · ss 57 · Never Walk Alone · Sarah Askins · ss 63 · Untamed Animal · David Corbett · ss 71 · Falldown Church · Ed Kurtz · ss 81 · Blood and Pavement · Paul J. Garth · ss 89 · A Stranger Inside · Elahzar Rao · ss 101 · Silence · C. M. Beckett · nv 123 · Alive · Erik Arneson · ss 133 · Bull in a Bag · Steve De Jarnatt · ss

Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine    (about) A short-lived reprint digest magazine, featuring an introduction by Rex Stout, a Nero Wolfe novella, ten reputable short stories, and a crossword in each issue. Publishers: Hillman Periodicals, Inc.; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL: Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine Editors: Rex Stout - Supervising Editor: Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine

Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine [v1 #1, January 1954] (35¢, 144pp, digest) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 1 · Memo to: You; From: Rex Stout · Rex Stout · ed 4 · The Lipstick · Mary Roberts Rinehart · nv Cosmopolitan Jul 1942 20 · The Little Wheel · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss 32 · Riddle of the Wily Wife · Agnes Rogers Allen · pz How Come? A Book Of Riddles, Agnes Rogers, Doubleday 1953 33 · Murder Without Clues [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Jan 29 1950 37 · The Veiled Lady [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Oct 3 1923, as “The Case of the Veiled Lady” 44 · Riddle of the Careless Killer · Agnes Rogers Allen · pz How Come? A Book Of Riddles, Agnes Rogers, Doubleday 1953 45 · No Bigger Than a Pencil · Edmund Crispin · ss 48 · The Man with Copper Fingers [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body, Gollancz 1928, as “The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers” 66 · Foot in It · James Gould Cozzens · ss Redbook Magazine Aug 1935 68 · Riddle of the 2000 Witnesses · Agnes Rogers Allen · pz How Come? A Book Of Riddles, Agnes Rogers, Doubleday 1953 69 · Most Audacious Crime · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · ss 82 · Riddle of the Surprised Lawyer · Agnes Rogers Allen · pz How Come? A Book Of Riddles, Agnes Rogers, Doubleday 1953 83 · Footnote to De Quincey: Mr. Smith · Edmund Pearson · ts Murder at Smutty Nose, Edmund Pearson, Doubleday 1926 91 · Honeymoon Homicide · Anon. · ms 92 · The Remarkable Case of Mr. Bruhl · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker Nov 15 1930 97 · Who-Is-It · Anon. · ms 100 · Before I Die [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Trouble in Triplicate, Viking Press 1949; revised from The American Magazine, April 1947.

Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine [v1 #2, March 1954] (35¢, 144pp, digest) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 1 · Memo to: You; From: Rex Stout · Rex Stout · ed 4 · The Laughing Butcher · Fredric Brown · ss Mystery Book Magazine Fll 1948 16 · Ten Thousand Dollars a Dance · Julian Symons · ss 20 · Girl in the Swimming Pool · Dave Grubb · ss 32 · Dilemma · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss 1934; In the Teeth of the Evidence, Gollancz 1939 38 · Amazing Lady · Cyril Hare · ss 40 · Riddle of the Calm Wife · Agnes Rogers Allen · pz How Come? A Book Of Riddles, Agnes Rogers, Doubleday 1953 42 · The Case of the Crying Swallow [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The American Magazine Aug 1947 78 · The Reckless Driver · Anon. · ms 80 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine Sep 1902 88 · Little Drink, Little Man? · Jase Ward · ss 94 · Criminal Crossword Puzzle · Margaret Farrar · pz 96 · Instead of Evidence [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine May 1946, as “Murder on Tuesday” 142 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker Oct 3 1931

Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine [v1 #3, June 1954] (Hillman Publications, 35¢, 144pp, digest, cover by Samuel Cherry) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 1 · Memo to: You; From: Rex Stout · Rex Stout · ed 4 · The Adventure of the Swedenborg Signatures [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss; given as “The Swedenborg Signatures” in the Table of Contents. 15 · The Shadow [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss Redbook Magazine Feb 1934 27 · A Party to Blackmail · William Brandon · ss This Week 1951 30 · Conscience Quiz · Anon. · qz 31 · The Egyptian Tomb [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Sep 26 1923, as “The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb” 42 · Death and the Detective · Anon. · vi 43 · Wynken, Blynken and Nod · Dave Grubb · ss 51 · Criminal Crossword Puzzle · Margaret Farrar · pz 54 · The Nightmare Deaths of Honolulu · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar Argosy Jul 1953 65 · I’ll See You in My Dreams [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss 74 · Trick or Treat? · Anthony Boucher · ts The Master Detective Jun 1945, as “The Ghost with the Gun” 85 · Murder in One Scene [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week May 2 1948 93 · From a Cop’s Notebook · Capt. Cornelius W. Willemse · ms 1931; from Behind the Green Lights, 1931. 96 · Not Quite Dead Enough [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine Dec 1942