Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v12 #1, October 1927] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) Too Many Sleuths · Vincent Starrett · nv Cross Tides · Edward S. Hoag · ss A Game of Checkers · John Matter · ss The Mystery of Mr. Orcutt · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Nothing to Lose · Eric Howard · ss Whispering Violin · Paul Deresco Augsburg · ss The Silent Voice · E. B. Crosswhite · ss The Affair of the Sultan’s Diamond · Glenn G. Gravatt · ss The Green Stain · K. Richardson · ss A Twenty Dollar Bill · Pat Lonergan · ss A Bit of Cardboard · Jay J. Kalez · ss The Nervous Crook · A. S. Gregory · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v12 #2, November 1927] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) The Second Bullet · George Allan England · ss The Crimson Past · Eric Howard · ss Arrows of Mystery · Harry Millard Lynch · ss Death Bubbles · Don Robert Catlin · ss The Fourth Man · Tom Curry · ss The Problems of Professor Forrester: Quivering Air [Professor Forrester] · Seabury Quinn · ss Watch Your Coat · John Matter · ss Too Many Headaches · James W. Egan · ss The Killing of Bill Winkle · Andrew W. McKay · ss The Lady Barber · Paul Deresco Augsburg · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v12 #3, December 1927] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Who’s Crazy Now? · [The Editor] · ed 8 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Midnight Oil · Andre De Berri, B.Sc. · cl 12 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 14 · Shot in the Back · Stanley Shaw · nv 23 · The Rum Chaser · Samuel M. Sargent, Jr. · ss 27 · Whispers in the Night · Harry Millard Lynch · nv 40 · The Badge of Office · John Matter · ss 43 · The Freeze Out · Royce Brier · ss 48 · The Girl in the Gray Roadster · Glenn G. Gravatt · ss 55 · The Dragon Knife · Peter Perry · ss 60 · Hidden Clues · Leslie Childs · ss 65 · The Problems of Professor Forrester: The Ghost of Towneley Towers [Professor Forrester] · Seabury Quinn · nv 75 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl 85 · Without Violence · William Edmund Fillery · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v12 #4, January 1928] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl 12 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 15 · Hawk of the Air · Stanley Shaw · ss 17 · Gold! · Peter Perry · ss 22 · Adventures in Graft #4 · Jack Stradling · ss 31 · All Accounts Squared · John Matter · ss 37 · Christmas Handcuffs · Henry Leverage · ss 40 · The Triple Cross · Hamilton Craigie · ss Mystery Magazine Oct 1 1923 43 · Open-and-Shut · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 48 · The Wise Guy · William R. Lipman · ss 54 · Marquandez and the Serpents · Joseph Melville Watt · ss 57 · The Problems of Professor Forrester: The Black Widow [Professor Forrester] · Seabury Quinn · ss 64 · The Brass Ring · Elwin B. Thompson · ss 67 · The Missing Face · Florence M. Pettee · ss 70 · The Courtade Necklace · Artemus Calloway · ss 83 · Police Snapshots · John N. Stanton · cl 86 · The Rehearsal · Grover Brinkman · ss 88 · The Crime Broker · H. Mills · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v13 #1, February 1928] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) 4 · The Racketeer · [The Editor] · ed 8 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl 12 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 14 · Front-Page Stuff · Leslie MacFarlane · na 23 · The Adventure of the Darkened House · Jack Stradling · ss 29 · The Purple Noose · M. M. Musselman · nv 41 · Koonda Rabh · Joseph Melville Watt · ss 43 · The Street of Idols · Vincent Starrett · nv 51 · Twelve Miles to Jail · John Matter · ss 55 · The Polite and Elegant Officer Murphy · Thomas Topham · ss 59 · The Problems of Professor Forrester: Thirty Minutes by the Watch [Professor Forrester] · Seabury Quinn · ss 64 · The Strange Case of the Waring Family · Miriam Allen deFord · nv 72 · The Broken Blade · Lewis H. Moulton · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v13 #2, March 1928] ed. Edwin Baird (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 4 · An Eye for an Eye · [The Editor] · ed 8 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl 12 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 14 · Crimson Clues · Stanley Shaw · nv 19 · A Very Simple Case · Thomas Topham · ss 25 · The Skeleton in the Cistern · John Matter · nv 32 · The Singular Death of Mrs. Kittredge · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 35 · The Wrong Stairway · Vincent Starrett · nv 42 · A Matter of Minutes · Jack Woodford · ss 46 · The Mark of Nemo · John Hunter · ss The New Magazine (UK) Oct 1926 50 · A Bad Night for Benny · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 52 · Third Degree · Tom Curry · ss 55 · The Death Code · Eric Howard · nv 64 · Harrigan’s Luck · Harry E. MacPherson · ss 67 · A Ride in the Night · Harold Standish Corbin · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v13 #3, April 1928] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Gary Sheahan) 4 · The Politician · [The Editor] · ed 8 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl 12 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 14 · The Radio Runner · M. M. Musselman · ss 21 · The House Across the Street · Vincent Starrett · ss 27 · A Matter of Initials · Leslie McFarlane · ss 29 · The Problems of Professor Forrester: The Mark of the Beast [Professor Forrester] · Seabury Quinn · ss 37 · Delivery Not Received · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 39 · Dependable as Your Best Friend · Edgar Lee Hay · ss 44 · Police Snapshots · John N. Stanton · cl 47 · The Has-Been · E. B. Crosswhite · ss 53 · A Goose for Senor Garza · Richard H. Hart · ss 57 · Where Nothing Ever Happens · John Matter · ss 59 · The Man Who Couldn’t Kill · Jack Woodford · ss 64 · The Shadow on the Wall · Francis D. Grierson · ss 69 · Set for Life · Crandall Hill · ss 86 · Robbing Uncle Sam · Harry Van Demark · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v13 #4, May 1928] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) fc. · Down in Flames · Andrew Bensen · cv 4 · What Is Truth? · [The Editor] · ed 8 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl 12 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 14 · The Whispering Voice · M. M. Musselman & Bob Comerford · nv 19 · Face to Face · George J. Brenn · ss 23 · The Voice of Murder · William E. Barrett · ss 28 · Down in Flames · Stanley Shaw · nv 38 · The Cherry Street Case · J. C. Davies · ss 44 · The Fingernail Clue · Vincent Starrett · nv 53 · The Big Portuguee · Tom Curry · ss 57 · The Professor and the Burglar · Hamilton Craigie · ss 59 · The Deducing Dick · Thomas Topham · ss 65 · $5,000 Reward! · Richard H. Hart · ss 67 · Five Minutes Past Two · John Matter · nv 75 · Tony Wolatto · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 86 · How Postal Inspectors Work · Uthai Vincent Wilcox · ar 89 · The Go-between · H. Mills · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v14 #1, June 1928] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) fc. · Street of Death · Andrew Bensen · cv 4 · Gas · [The Editor] · ed 8 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl 12 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 14 · The Street of Death · Stanley Shaw · ss 24 · The Ten-Thousand-Dollar Bag · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 27 · The Tattooed Hand · Hamilton Craigie · ss 30 · Hophead · Al Peters · ss 32 · The Problems of Professor Forrester: The Hairy Monster [Professor Forrester] · Seabury Quinn · ss 39 · The Tiger · Tom Curry · ss 43 · Missouri’s Bloodiest Outlaw · William H. Webb · ar 47 · Hoboes I Have Known · Kennie MacDowd · ar 49 · Putting Juniper on the Map · John Matter · ss 55 · The Long Gray Room · Marion Short · ss 57 · The Man Who Was Killed Twice · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 62 · Police Snapshots · John N. Stanton · cl 65 · The Wolf · Sophie Wenzel Ellis · ss 70 · The Man of a Hundred Burglaries · Thomas Topham · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v14 #2, July-August 1928] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) fc. · Eyes of the Air · Andrew Bensen · cv 4 · Air · [The Editor] · ed 8 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl 12 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 14 · The Underground Trail · Edward Parrish Ware · nv 23 · How to Be a Detective · Thomas Topham · ss 29 · The Embezzler · Jack Woodford · ss 34 · Eyes of the Air · Stanley Shaw · nv 43 · The Ebony Poniard · Florence M. Pettee · ss 45 · Three Mounds of Earth · John Matter · ss 49 · The Queen of Bandits · Tom Curry · nv 59 · The Shadow · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 64 · The Light That Jailed · Harry MacPherson · ss 66 · Scarlet Postscript · Helen Strauss · ss 67 · The Yellow Cat · E. B. Crosswhite · ss 69 · Who Killed Pete McHugh? · Alfred I. Tooke · ss 71 · This Guy Baum · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 74 · Drug Smugglers · Uthai Vincent Wilcox · ar 84 · Shoplifters · H. Mills · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v14 #3, September 1928] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) fc. · Thing in the Tunnel · Andrew Bensen · cv 4 · Mystery · [The Editor] · ed 8 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 14 · Poker Face · M. M. Musselman · ss 23 · The Swamp Rat · Edward Parrish Ware · nv Frontier Stories Oct 1927 27 · Good Guys and Right Guys · Kennie MacDowd · ss 30 · Echoes of Death · George J. Brenn · ss 39 · The Shark · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 46 · The Thing in the Tunnel · Colin C. Doyle · ss 53 · Little Hand Clenched in Death · Paul Deresco Augsburg · ss 59 · Three Cheers for Justice! · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 61 · Police Snapshots · John N. Stanton · cl 65 · Mastering the Master Criminals · Uthai Vincent Wilcox · ar 67 · East of Suez · Florence M. Pettee · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v14 #4, October 1928] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) Details supplied by John Apostolou. fc. · Chicago Racket · Andrew Bensen · cv 4 · Who Will Be the Next President? · [The Editor] · ed 8 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl 12 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 14 · The Jungle Killer · Edward Parrish Ware · nv 21 · The Wanted Man · Tom Curry · ss 24 · The Wings of Adventure · Richard H. Hart · nv 34 · Thirty Years an Outlaw · Ira D. Mullinax · ar 37 · The Bug Catcher · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 40 · The Chicago Racket · Joe Feeney · nv 48 · The House of Spiders · Elliott W. Hough · ss 51 · The Girl Detective · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 56 · The Problems of Professor Forrester: The Ring of Fury [Professor Forrester] · Seabury Quinn · nv 63 · Two Million Dollars Reward! · Detective Sergeant Dan Coughlan · ar 65 · Detectives’ Luck · Harry Van Demark · ar 68 · Statement of John August Durand · Vincent Starrett · ss 71 · Shakespeare Fogg, Detective · John Joseph · ss 91 · Modern Arsene Lupins · Uthai Vincent Wilcox · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v16 #1, November 1928] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) There were no issues numbered v15. fc. · Thing That Lived in the Dark · Andrew Bensen · cv 4 · “Something Ought to Be Done About It!” · [The Editor] · ed 8 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 14 · The Thing That Lived in the Dark · J. Paul Suter · nv 21 · Just a Plain Hunch · Thomas Topham · ss 26 · The Man Across the Passage · Vincent Starrett · nv 35 · The Night of Arrest · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 39 · Another Jesse James · Ira D. Mullinax · ar 41 · The Cigar Box Bomber · John Murray Byers · ss 46 · The Trouble-Makers · Eric Howard · nv 54 · The Stir Bird · Tom Curry · ss 57 · “Scarface Al” · Merlin Taylor · ar 61 · The Crooked Picture · Peter Perry · ss 66 · The Mystery House of Washington · Uthai Vincent Wilcox · ar 69 · Flight! · Kennie MacDowd · ss 74 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl 84 · Duty Free · Mark Mellen · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v16 #2, December-January 1928-29] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) Details supplied by John Apostolou. fc. · Shadow on the Glass · Andrew Bensen · cv 4 · Potpourri · [The Editor] · ed 8 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 14 · The Man-Hunters · Tom Curry · nv 21 · Carl Wanderer and the Ragged Stranger · Merlin Taylor · ts 26 · The Red Air Death · Stanley Shaw · nv 37 · The Cryptic Clue · John Murray Byers · ss 42 · The Shadow on the Glass · Ferrin L. Fraser · nv 50 · Terror Island · Edward S. Hoag · nv 55 · Mile-a-Minute Murder · M. M. Musselman · ss 60 · Dicks in Disguise · Thomas Topham · ss 65 · The Kidnapped Alphabet · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 69 · The Blue Patch · Edward Parrish Ware · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v16 #3, February 1929] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) A Volume of Poe · Vincent Starrett · nv The Dark Altar · J. Paul Suter · ss The Unsolved Crime · Ferrin L. Fraser · ss The Strange Case of Pietro Giotti · Hugh Fullerton · ss The Show Down · J. Lane Linklater · ss The Jaws of the Trap · Edward Parrish Ware · ss Case Number Ten · John Murray Byers · ss The Second Challenge · MacKinlay Kantor · ss The Pretty Job · Tom Curry · ss The Fourth Estate · M. M. Musselman · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v16 #4, March 1929] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · How to Be a Detective · [The Editor] · ed 8 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 14 · Master of Terror · George Allan England · ss 23 · The Mystery of the Cook’s Necklace · Thomas Topham · ss 29 · The Case of Bernice Asterley · R. T. M. Scott · ss 34 · The Clock of Death · Stanley Shaw · ss 41 · The Flapper Forger · Peter Perry · ss 46 · The Stolen Skull · Ferrin L. Fraser · ss 52 · Footsteps in the Dark [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss 61 · No. 3—The Sole Clue · Merlin Taylor · ts 65 · Accusing Fingers · E. B. Crosswhite · ss 69 · The Third Burglary · J. Lane Linklater · ss 72 · When St. Peter Descends · MacKinlay Kantor · ss