Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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World Wide Detective Stories [v2 #1, February 1942] (Daring Publishing Company, 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Wilf Long) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Killing His Trade · Rod Clarke · na 44 · Deadlock · C. V. Tench · ss The 20-Story Magazine Nov 1932 51 · Image for Murder [Part 2 of 2] · Niel Perrin · sl 66 · Canvas for Murder · Lon Keller · ss 77 · Guilt-Haunted · Brown Williams · ss 91 · O.K.—from Detroit · Vaughn Sayers · ss

World Wide Detective Stories [v1 #5, April 1942] (Daring Publishing Company, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Murder Without Shoes · Lamont Turner · ss 23 · All Square with the Kid · Lou Haines · ss 32 · The Clue of the Cat · C. V. Tench · ss 35 · Dames Are Suicide · Rod Clarke · ss 45 · Hammer and Tongues · Henry Barbour · ss 48 · Clue in the Snow [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · ss The Strand Magazine Jan 1940 60 · Death in the Ring · Bentley Johnston · ss 74 · Murder and the Mind Disc · A. L. Bachesh · ss

Yankee Magazine Fiction --- see under Dime Detective Magazine (UK) (1948).

Yankee Gang Shorts --- see under Yankee Shorts.

Yankee Mystery Shorts --- see under Yankee Shorts.

Yankee Shorts:    (about) The first series was published from 1940 to 1942, numbered sequentially, but with each individual issue carrying the name of an individual magazine. The series mixed reprints with original stories probably depending on how much space there was left in each issue. The second series, published in 1943/1944, were digest-sized and were explicitly labelled Yankee Shorts as well as a separate title such as Romance Shorts and Western Shorts and a number. In this series, however, the issues were numbered as sequels to the equivalent title in the first series. whether these numbers represented a second generic series, or if each was numbered as a sequel to the first series.

Yankee Shorts (first series) Publishers: Gerald G.Swan, Ltd.; London, England: Yankee Shorts

Yankee Shorts [#1, Yankee Romance Shorts (November 1940)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") Note the pages are unnumbered. Price quoted as 3d in advert for series. 1 · Understudy for a Wife · William J. Elliott · ss 14 · Man She Distrusted · J. A. Jordan · ss 21 · The Love Thief · M. Norton · ss 28 · A Bouquet for My Lady · Monica Earle · ss

Yankee Shorts [#2, Yankee Mystery Shorts (November 1940)] (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · The Golden Ghoul · Cliff Campbell · ss Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940 8 · Death Mates for the Lust-Lost · Hugh J. Gallagher · ss Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940 16 · Murder Lust in ‘C’ · Nikolas Zurra · ss Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940 25 · Children of the Red Horror · Zachary Strong · ss Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940

Yankee Shorts [#3, Yankee Science Fiction (November 1940)] (3d, 32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · Space-Ship Derby · Milton Kaletsky · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Sum 1940 9 · Package of Power · David C. Cooke · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Sum 1940 17 · The Gentle Brain · Arthur Allport · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Sum 1940 27 · Life Inside a Wall · Harl Vincent · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Sum 1940

Yankee Shorts [#4, Yankee Romance Shorts (November 1940)] Details taken from reprint in Yankee Romance Album. To Romance by Bus · Phyllis A. Whitney · ss Romantic Love Jun 1940 The Turn of the Tide · C. Falcon · ss A Trip to Town · George Scott · ss Still Waters · Marjorie Norton · ss Heart of Ice · Leonore Upton · ss Romantic Love Jun 1940

Yankee Shorts [#5, Yankee Mystery Shorts (January 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · Mistress of the Undead · Lazar Levi · ss Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940 6 · College of the Crimson Corpses · Mat Rand · nv Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940; author not credited in magazine. 25 · Satan Takes a Wife · Brian Loomis · ss Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940

Yankee Shorts [#6, Yankee Weird Shorts (January 1941)] (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · The Death of Julian Morton · W. P. Cockroft · ss; given as by W. B. Cockroft. 6 · Spider Fire · Kay Hammond · ss 13 · Forbidden Waters · George Scott · ss 20 · The Horror at Castle Droon · Colin Robertson · ss 28 · The Merry-Go-Round · Ronald Brett · ss

Yankee Shorts [#7, Yankee Western Shorts (January 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · Get Your Girl, Cowboy! · William J. Elliott · ss 8 · The Law Looks On · Brian Loomis · ss Famous Western Oct 1940 17 · Hot Lead Mortgage · Lionel E. I. Day · ss Famous Western Oct 1940 26 · Quiet Country · Mat Rand · ss Famous Western Oct 1940

Yankee Shorts [#8, Yankee Gang Shorts (January 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · A Lodger for the Morgue · Paul Selonke · ss Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940 12 · Bullet Broadcast · John A. Saxon · ss Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940 19 · The Death Cast · Lewis Sterling · ss Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940 25 · Homicide Headlines · Carroll B. Mayers · ss Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940

Yankee Shorts [#9, Yankee Love Shorts (January 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · Hearts United · Pauline Ashwell · ss 10 · Indian Dream · Norah Burke · ss 15 · The Answer Is Yes · Marjorie Norton · ss 20 · Borrowed Sweetheart · J. A. Jordan · ss 24 · Hospital Flirtation · Wanda Carol · ss Romantic Love Jun 1940

Yankee Shorts [#10, Yankee Air Action (April 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · No More Aces · William O’Sullivan · ss Air Action Sep 1940 16 · Glory for Gunners · Joe Gregg · ss Air Action Sep 1940 24 · Junkers Juggernaut · Tom Grover · ss Air Action Sep 1940

Yankee Shorts [#11, Yankee Science Fiction (April 1941)] (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · The Secret of the Moat Farm · George Scott · ss 9 · Space-Flight of Terror · Ray Cummings · nv Science Fiction Jan 1941 28 · Hold the Line for Hell · Kay Hammond · ss

Yankee Shorts [#12, Yankee Romance Shorts (April 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · Crazy Girl · Marjorie Norton · ss 6 · An Experiment in Love · Helen Ravell · ss Romantic Love Jun 1940 15 · Love’s Double-Cross · Ann Audrey · ss Romantic Love Jun 1940 21 · Just a Kid to Him · C. Falcon · ss 27 · Lover Come Back · Jane Johnson · ss

Yankee Shorts [#13, Yankee Gang Shorts (April 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · The Devil Laughed Last · Mat Rand · nv Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940 14 · The Bronze Arrow · Dougal McDougal · nv Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940 24 · Blueprints Back-Fire · James Rourke · nv Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940

Yankee Shorts [#14, Yankee Weird Shorts (July 1941)] (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · A Seance in Hell · Gregg Burlison · ss 9 · Cats Are Uncanny! · John Maxwell · nv 24 · Shadow Worlds · W. P. Cockroft · ss

Yankee Shorts [#15, Yankee Romance Shorts (July 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · Dream Lover Come True · Marjorie Norton · ss 7 · Love on Strike · Willametta Turnepseed · ss Romantic Love Jun 1940 13 · Black Cat for Luck! · Marjorie Norton · ss 20 · Money Enough, Yes; Too Much, No! · C. Falcon · ss 27 · You Haven’t the Looks! · Marjorie Ellison · ss

Yankee Shorts [#16, Yankee Air Action (July 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · Double for Baron Death · T. W. Ford · ss Air Action Sep 1940 11 · Falcon’s Talons · John Scott Douglas · ss Air Action Sep 1940 21 · Screwball Wings · Marshall Zaynor · ss Air Action Sep 1940

Yankee Shorts [#17, Yankee Western Shorts (July 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · Texas Bill Comes to Town · George Scott · ss 12 · Colt’s Compromise · James Rourke · ss 20 · Dead Man’s Gold · William J. Elliott · ss 25 · Brothers of the Owl Hoot · Dick Robson · ss Famous Western Oct 1940

Yankee Shorts [#18, Yankee Romance Shorts (April 1942)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · The Triangle of Betrayal · F. W. Murray · ss 9 · He Gave Her a Ring · Norah Burke · ss 16 · The Mills of God · Edith M. Prust · ss 22 · Other Days · Marjorie Norton · ss 26 · You Shouldn’t Take Flowers from Strangers! · Florence Speed · ss 31 · Doctor Betty · E. A. Cross · vi

Yankee Shorts [#19, Yankee Weird Shorts (May 1942)] (32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · Devil’s Disciple · F. W. Murray · nv 19 · The Devil of the Dwr Ddu · Ann Elliott · ss 23 · An Amazing Adventure or Can Dead Men Tell Tales? · J. R. Gregg · ss 26 · Pebbles of Dread · Gerald Evans · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1940

Yankee Shorts [#20, Yankee Gang Shorts (June 1942)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · Love Cage, Death Cage · Byron Byrne · vi 3 · Shoot to Kill · Bernard Buley · ss 11 · Hal Manton’s Run-Out · J. A. Jordan · ss 20 · Graft · Dallas Kirby · ss 28 · Fate Called the Tune · Walt Eljay · ss

Yankee Shorts [#21, Yankee Science Fiction (July 1942)] (32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") 1 · Adventure on Grenga · W. P. Cockroft · nv 15 · Invasion from Venus · Paul Ashwell · ss 24 · In the Shadows of Friana · Gerald Evans · ss 28 · The Incredible Solution · Dallas Kirby · ss

Yankee Gang Shorts A single issue of Yankee Gang Shorts is known to exist in the second series, numbered #4 after the three issues in the first series.

Yankee Gang Shorts [#4 (ca. 1943)] (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 66pp, 4.75" x 6.75") Details supplied by Steve Holland. 2 · What a Father! · Gerald Evans · ss 14 · Quick on Draw · Hedley Trembath · ss 18 · A Rod for a Rod · Roy Stannard · ss 21 · The Clockwork Alibi · Trevor Dudley-Smith · ss 32 · “Pearls Before Swine” · G. H. Lister · ss 39 · Passing Through · Dallas Kirby · ss 48 · Crime Is Serious · D. J. Gammon · ss 58 · The Double-Crossers · Norman Lazenby · ss

Yankee Romance Shorts Two issues of Yankee Romance Shorts are known to exist in the second series, numbered #7 & #8 after the six issues in the first series titled either Yankee Romance Shorts or Yankee Love Shorts.

Yankee Romance Shorts [#7, (ca. 1943)] (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 66pp, 4.75" x 6.75") 2 · Penny Plain · Florence Speed · ss 8 · Good-Bye Orange Blossoms · Peggy Gaddis · ss Romantic Love Jun 1940 17 · Girl Shy · Culver Wilcox · ss Romantic Love Jun 1940 25 · Pity Isn’t Love · Marjorie Norton · ss 32 · Leading Lady · Caroline Burke · ss 38 · The Wedding Picture · Joan L. Laing · ss 48 · Sky High · E. Lee · ss 59 · The Well · E. M. Prust · ss

Yankee Romance Shorts [#8, (ca. 1943)] (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 66pp, 4.75" x 6.75") 2 · Competition Holiday · Anne Landell · ss 10 · Summer Storm · J. A. Jordan · ss 14 · An Officer Now · Norah Burke · ss 21 · Wedding Eve · Evelyne Mell · ss 30 · Out of Evil · Sam Bate · ss 36 · And One for All · Elizabeth Anne Cross · ss 41 · Fan Mail · Edwin Parry · ss 46 · Rescue Work · Iris Leigh · ss 54 · Madness and Love · Pauline Ashwell · ss

Yankee Western Shorts Two issues of Yankee Western Shorts are known to exist in the second series, numbered #3 & #4 after the two issues in the first series.

Yankee Western Shorts [#3, (ca. 1943)] (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 68pp, 4.75" x 6.75") 2 · Back-Trail Bullets · Clell Worland · ss Western Yarns Jun 1941 7 · Safe of Treachery · Clarry Alton · ss 13 · The Fastest Gun Is the Law! · James Rourke (by Charles N. Heckelmann) · ss Western Yarns Jun 1941 29 · Red Hell on Wheels · Chas N. Heckelmann · ss Western Yarns Jun 1941 42 · Cain-Brand Reckoning · Jay Karth · ss Western Yarns Jun 1941 53 · “Quick” Jones Deals in Gunsmoke · W. Markham · ss Western Yarns Jun 1941, as by Mojave Lloyd 63 · Summer Storm · J. A. Jordan · ss Yankee Romance Shorts #8 1943

Yankee Western Shorts [#4, (ca. 1943)] (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 68pp, 4.75" x 6.75") Gospel—Written in Gunsmoke · Mojave Lloyd · ss Gun Rep · G. W. Barrington · ss (r) Silence Is—Leaden! · Jack Stewart · ss Overdue Payment in Lead · Claude Rister · nv Double Action Western May 1941 A Yearling Rides to War · Chuck Martin · nv Double Action Western May 1941

[Miscellaneous Cross-References] The Murderer of Mr. Slyne · Adam Gordon MacLeod · na The Thriller Mar 21 1936; see under “The Marloe Mansions Murder”. The Invisible Stranger · Sax Rohmer · ss Mystery Mar 1933; see under “The Witch’s Son”. The Sinister Perils of Myra · Sax Rohmer · ss Mystery Apr 1933; see under “The Witch’s Son”. Satan’s Son · Sax Rohmer · ss Mystery May 1933; see under “The Witch’s Son”. The Witch Queen · Sax Rohmer · ss Mystery Jul 1933; see under “The Witch’s Son”. The Devil’s Brood · Sax Rohmer · ss Mystery Aug 1933; see under “The Witch’s Son”. The Sacred Lotus · Sax Rohmer · ss Mystery Sep 1933; see under “The Witch’s Son”. The Death of a Mummy · Sax Rohmer · ss Mystery Oct 1933; see under “The Witch’s Son”.

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