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The Blue Mule [v2 #3, April 1907]
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

7 · The Buttermilk Beauty · Arthur Price · ss
12 · The Web · Melcena Burns Denny · ss
20 · Romalda · Marian Bird Barbour · ss
23 · The Degeneracy of Isaac · Erschel Records · ss
27 · The Night of His Luck · Elliot Walker · ss
33 · An Enchanted Garden · Sara Lindsay Coleman · ss
38 · A Strange Human Document: The Remarkable Adventures of a Swedish Sailor on the Amazon · Anon. · ss

The Blue Mule [v2 #4, May 1907]
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

7 · La Madonna Marie · Lizzie Gaines Wilcoxson · ss
18 · A Trial Out of Court · Agnes Louise Provost · ss
24 · The Finding · E. Mirrielees · ss
31 · Sister to Sapphira · Agnes L. Pratt · ss
36 · Joan’s Version · Neil Gillespie · ss
41 · The Dog · Harris Merton Lyon · ss
45 · That Passage in Isaiah · Sinclair Lewis · ss

The Blue Mule [v2 #5, June 1907]
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

7 · A Cruise in the Night · George Homer Meyer · ss
13 · The Shadow Moment · James J. Carroll · ss
21 · Campaign Times · Stella F. Wynne · ss
26 · Through Slanting Rain · F. Roney Weir · ss
32 · The Law · H. E. Buker · ss
41 · The Secret Chamber · J. Edgar Ross · ss
46 · Amos · M. A. McClaskey · ss

The Blue Mule [v2 #6, July 1907]
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

7 · The Taint of the Blood · Herman Whitaker · nv
24 · Before the Railroad · “Bill” Rees · ss
31 · A Double Escape · Rosa Naomi Scott · ss
40 · Penelope’s Graduation · Myron Morris · ss
46 · The Dream and the Waking · Hjort Valdemir · ss

The Blue Mule [v2 #7, August 1907]
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

7 · Henry Jagg’s Love Compeller · W. H. Crowell · ss
13 · The Burlesque · Don Mark Lemon · ss
15 · The Miracle · E. Mirrielees · ss
20 · A Mistake in Girls · Gilbert P. Coleman · ss
27 · God’s Memory · Adriana Spadoni · ss
32 · A Literary Burglary · Willard Giles Parsons · ss
38 · Fate’s Practical Joke · William H. Hammer · ss

The Blue Mule [v2 #8, September 1907]
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

7 · The Rindosa Thespics · Norman H. Crowell · ss
15 · The Devil and the Deep Sea · Adriana Spadoni · ss
26 · For Love of Marcella · Ina Wright Hanson · ss
32 · Miss Van Dyne, Meteor · Winona Godfrey · ss
39 · A Giant Amoeba · William B. Compton · ss

The Blue Mule [v2 #9, October 1907]
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

7 · The Conviction of ’Sander Rathbun · Agnes L. Pratt · ss
13 · Gillatly’s March · Harold Bindloss · ss The Windsor Magazine Jul 1907
19 · Riley’s Benediction · Fred R. Bechdolt · ss
25 · The War of Niwawo’s Hand · W. F. Herron · ss
29 · For Profit Only · Alice Brown · ss
35 · “Mad Dog” · Austin Adams · ss

The Blue Mule [v2 #10, November 1907]
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

7 · For Bud’s Sake · Austin Adams · ss
18 · Catin’s Betrothals · Jean Xavier Bonneau · ss
26 · Twice Unmasked · Willard Giles Parsons · ss
37 · The Mortal Gods · Edna A. Needles · ss
42 · The Requiem · James F. Dwyer · ss

The Blue Mule [v2 #11, December 1907]
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

7 · The Beloved Maltese · Nora May French · ss
13 · The Rise of Silver Bluff · Wm. E. Park · ss
21 · Graft · Fred R. Bechdolt · ss
31 · The Ultimate Allegiance · Donald Kennicott · ss
37 · A Humble Heroine · George Elmer McCulloch · ss

The Blue Mule [v2 #12, January 1908]
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

7 · The Pariah · Fred R. Bechdolt · ss
14 · The Saving Blood · Edith Summers · ss
22 · The Affair at Novelata · Peter B. Kyne · ss
29 · The Sireen of La Conchy · Austin Adams · ss
39 · Boarding ’Round · Edgar W. S. Nye · ss

The Blue Mule [v3 #1, February 1908]
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

7 · The White Lady · Peter B. Kyne · ss
11 · Liars All · Walter Palmer · ss
25 · The Bargain · Adriana Spadoni · ss
31 · Inviolate · Winona Godfrey · ss
39 · On Death Valley’s Floor · Fred R. Bechdolt · ss

The Blue Mule [v3 #2, March 1908]
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

7 · Our Adventurous Writers · Anon. · ar
9 · The Joke · Herman Whitaker · ss
21 · The Greenback Mine · Fred R. Bechdolt · ss
30 · A Forest Wooing · Laura L. Hinkley · ss
34 · Ysara · Donald Kennicott · ss
40 · The Flagging of No. Two · Jacob Brown · ss

The Blue Mule [v3 #3, April 1908]
Details supplied by Victor Berch.

9 · The Plot They Plotted · Frank H. Sweet · ss
19 · Concerning the Education of Billy · Stella H. Green · ss
24 · “The Battle of Cedar Creek” · Albert Whipple Hadley · ss
31 · An Impartial Judge · E. Alison · ss
34 · The Stolen God of the Hung Hu Tse [Part 1 of ?] · Perry H. Newberry · sl
43 · Our New Serial and Other News of Writers and Their Work · Anon. · ar
45 · Random Comment on Things Dramatic · Anon. · ar

Blue Murder (about)

Blue Murder [March 1999]
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Duty Calls · Jacqueline Freimor · ss

Blue Murder [May 1999]
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A Relatively Small Sum of Money · Kent Westmoreland · ss

Blue Murder [July 1999]
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Death of a Legend · Dean Barrett · ss

Blue Murder [#18, April/May 2001] ed. David Firks (www.bluemurder.com, free, 173pp, online)
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

2 · Heavy Medicine · Matt Shildt · ss
8 · Fatal Cure · E. J. McGill · ss
19 · Reflections from a Hazel Eye · Mark Hooper Epting · ss
25 · Pinky Talking · Jane McConnell · ss
33 · The Salt Works · Scott Wolven · ss
37 · Hound · Kevin Wolf · ss; clearly the canine issue.
45 · The Ballad of Jerry Curran · Andrew L. Wilson · ss
53 · A Shoot for All Time · Steven Rudd · ss
59 · New Jersey Respite · Louise Guardino · ss
65 · Thanks for Everything, Mr. King · Jonathan Lowe · ss
72 · That Damned Wallet · Art Cosing · ss
79 · The Hitman’s Handbook · Jim Ruland · ss
87 · Street Games · J. W. Swain · ss
96 · Following Her · Hugh Lessig · ss
103 · Tomorrow Isn’t Friday · Bob Thurber · vi
106 · Moon Over Harlem · Loren MacLeod · ss
112 · Fresh Kill · Michael Bracken · ss
118 · The P.I. Classified Ads · Kevin Burton Smith · vi
120 · Stepping Stones · Matt Hughes · ss
130 · Not a Violent Man · Charles Langley · ss
134 · Sleepwalking · Ray Nayler · ss
139 · The Phantom Cabbie · H. Turnip Smith · ss
143 · All’s Well · Don Hornbostel · ss
147 · The Widow DiMonte · John Froonjian · ss
155 · Nomad · Bill Vernon · ss
163 · Exit Lady Blue · J. Michael Blue · ss
169 · When the Fat Lady Sings · Tom Colston · ss

Blue Murder [#19, Summer Solstice 2001] ed. David Firks (www.bluemurder.com, free, 90pp, online)
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

2 · Dirty Work · Laird Long · ss Detective Mystery Stories #5 1999
6 · The Bad Blonde · J. R. Hume · ss
13 · The Bar Code · Gina Gallo · ss
18 · Cash on Demand · R. Neube · ss
25 · A Case of Murder · Miles Archer · ss
30 · To Find the Crime · Paul Anders · ss
37 · Victorian Noir · Ron Capshaw · ss
43 · Not Enough Dead Men · Chapin Clark · ss
51 · Is There an Echo in Here? · Kevin Burton Smith · cl
53 · The Neighborly Thing to Do · Michael Mallory · nv
75 · To the Letter · Harry Shannon · ss
81 · Bumsickle · Lee Goldberg · ss

Blue Murder [#20, August/September 2001] ed. David Firks (www.bluemurder.com, free, 131pp, online)
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

2 · Orange Harvest · Victor Gischler · ss
11 · Instructions · Keith Snyder · ss
21 · Shatter · Steven C. Price · ss
28 · Recantation · Jane McConnell · ss
35 · The Big Something · Hugh Lessig · ss
40 · Fabrication · Anthony Neil Smith · ss
46 · Ninety at Midnight · Jack Bludis · ss
51 · The Stalker · Al Blanchard · ss
56 · Thong, Dick and Harry · Bruce Murphy · ss
61 · Easy Action · Tim Curran · ss
67 · The Last Confession · Morgana de Guerre · ss
75 · Population Zero · Ray Nayler · ss
86 · The Hostage · Frank Matozzo · ss
91 · Losing Several Lives · Geary Danihy · ss
97 · Bad Seed · Harry Shannon · ss
103 · Let’s Go to the Movies · Kevin Burton Smith · mr
106 · What You Wish For · David Terrenoire · ss
112 · Jenna’s Eyes · Rob Holden · ss
118 · Let the Gods Decide · Louise Guardino · ss
127 · Blind Man’s Confession · Frederick Greenhalgh · ss

Blue Pencil Magazine (about)

Blue Pencil Magazine [v1 #1, February 1900] ed. Roland Hennessy (New York: The Blue Pencil Club, 10¢, 30pp, 6" x 12½")
pp. 28-30 are all ads, as are the ifc, ibc and bc. Details supplied by Denny Lien.

3 · A Paleontological Idyl: A Tale of 24,000 B.C. · Reo Bennett · vi
4 · Like Socrates Used to Make · Perriton Maxwell · ms; quotes.
4 · Genius Song · A Disappointed One · pm
5 · An Ananias of Long Island · John W. Gerhart · ss
6 · Just a Song · W. H. Garrison · pm
6 · Mr. Wise Guy Ordered · J. W. G. · vi
7 · Book News · Anon. · hu; brief reviews of nonexistent books.
7 · The Fly-Tamer · Walter Williams · ss
8 · The Ballad of Stage-Struck Mary · Anon. · pm
8 · Nooks and Corners of Old New York · Anon. · br
9 · The Statement of Joseph Webster—Suicide · Max S. Marcin · ss
11 · An Interview and How It Was Printed · Anon. · hu
12 · An Oboe Impromptu · Hal Homiston · ss
13 · Rising Young Composer · Anon. · ms; on Ben M. Jerome.
13 · The Pioneer of a New Profession · Tom W. Jackson · vi
14 · Drama · Anon. · cl
16 · Blue Pencil Club and Why? · Anon. · ed
16 · Blue Pencilings · Anon. · hu
17 · A Story by Ticker [Francois and Flossie Levenworth] · Charles Hemstreet · vi
17 · When Brisbane Laughs · M. · pm
18 · The Blue Pencil Club from a Woman’s Point of View · Florence Bourne · ar
18 · Advice to Correspondents · Mrs. Harry Hubby Hair · hu
18 · The Blue Pencil Magazine · Anon. · ms
19 · The Burden of Humanity · Anon. · ms
20 · A Romance of the Cliffs · Antonio Apache · ss
21 · Our Irish Folk Tales, by Seumas MacManus · Anon. · br
21 · Afraid · Lee Fairchild · pm
22 · Home Flies the Dove · Ernest Jarrold · ss
24 · Successful Opera House Concerts · Anon. · ar
25 · “To the Ladies of Kenneford Hall” · Ernest Hanegan · ss
27 · In Summer Seas · S. A. Cross · pm
27 · About Everybody · Anon. · cl

Blue Pencil Magazine [v1 #2, March 1900] ed. Roland Hennessy (New York: The Blue Pencil Club, 10¢, 30pp, 6" x 12½")
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

3 · [untitled illustration] · R. F. Outcault · il
4 · The Passing of Blonde Mag · Ernest Jarrold · ss
6 · “Whar’s She Gwine To?” · Ernest Hamilton Baxter · pm
6 · Opinion from Detroit · Anon. · ms (r); newspaper squib about Blue Pencil Club and Magazine.
7 · Owed to Maria: A Song of Bohemia · Cleveland Moffett · sg
7 · George J. Gould and Mike Smith · H. Dorr · hu
7 · Mickey’s Ruchin’ · Anon. · ms; on upcoming benefit for Ernest Jarrold.
8 · Blue Pencilings · Anon. · hu
8 · My First Day in New York · Lee Fairchild · hu
9 · A Successful Failure · Max S. Marcin · ss
11 · Nobody Cares a— · Kate Thyson Marr · pm
11 · Could the Moon Tell Tales · George Austin Woodward · pm
12 · More of Francois and Flossie Levenwoth [Francois and Flossie Levenworth] · Charles Hemstreet · ss
13 · To My Cigarette · Dorothy Usner · pm
14 · All by Themselves · various · ct; self-portraits by eight cartoonists.
15 · Air as the Future Motive Power · Anon. · ar
16 · Wit and Humor · Mickey Finn · hu
17 · A Bit of Local Color · Marie M. Hemstreet · vi
17 · Bills · Anon. · pm
18 · A Park Row Editor (and) Another · Swinnerton · ct
20 · Newspaper Yarns · George Brown · ss
22 · An Outcault Page · Outcault · ct
23 · Theatrical · Anon. · cl
24 · The Most Eccentric Genius: An Interview with a Great Pianist · S. M. Nisram · ar [Vladimir de Pachmann]
26 · The Dull Red Eye in the Grate · J. Francis Tucker · vi
27 · What One Magazine Thinks · Anon. · ms Broadway Magazine Mar 1900; squib praising Roland Hennessy as owner and editor of Blue Pencil Magazine.
27 · Latest European News · Anon. · hu
27 · Had a Sting · R. A. O. · pm
30 · The Dago and Tammany Hall · Mickey Curran · vi

Blue Pencil Magazine [v1 #3, April 1900] ed. Roland Hennessy (New York: The Blue Pencil Club, 10¢, 30pp, 6" x 12½")
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

4 · untitled (“We stood upon the hillsides...”) · Joe Maginn · pm
5 · The Blue Pencil Club Reaches the Acme of Bohemianism · George Brown · ar (r); from Detroit News-Tribune.
6 · Landlady Series No. 1: Why Edge Drinks · Gilbert Edge · ct
7 · Landlady Series No. 2: Kemble’s Reminiscence · Kemble · ct
7 · A la Mickey · Billy Burgundy · hu; probably really by Ernest Jarrold.
8 · Landlady Series No. 3: Explains Itself · R. Dirks · ct
8 · When Lindy Won De Prize · Kate Thyson Marr · pm
8 · Nobbling a Favorite: An Untrue Story, Founded on Fact · The Sporting Tramp · ss
9 · No Reciprocity There · J. R. Mills · pm
10 · Held by the Enemy · O. A. M. · ar; on newspaper people interned by the Spaniards.
11 · Landlady Series No. 4: Angell’s Inspiration · Clare Angell · ct
12 · One Man’s Opinion · George Baxter · ar
13 · New Challenger for the America Cup · Reo Bennett · ct
13 · The Poet’s Plaint · T. O. O. True · pm
13 · Hock! Hock! Hock! · A. Nicholas Hosking · pm
13 · Landlady Series No. 5: As Anthony Sees Her · R. O. Anthony · ct
14 · Landlady Series NO. 6: According to Reo Bennett · Reo Bennett · ct
14 · Just a Little Personal · Anon. · ms
14 · Col. Wm. H. Rowe · Anon. · bg
14 · Toast · Lin Leman · pm
15 · Help Yourself · Anon. · ms
15 · Landlady Series No. 7: Outcault’s Cinch · R. F. Outcault · ct
15 · Opening of the New Tunnel · Rigby · ct
16 · Warning to the Public · Anon. · ed
16 · Plans Miscarried · Rigby · ct
16 · The Man with the Hod · Hugh H. Mara · pm
17 · Blue Pencil Clubisms · Anon. · ms; news of their artists.
17 · Landlady Series No. 8: Taylor’s Cleopatra · Horace Taylor · ct
17 · The Coon Song (with Apologies to the Public Taste) · Monroe H. Rosenfeld · pm
17 · Park Row Gossip · Anon. · ms
18 · A Memory, or, Was It Just a Twinge of Rheumatism? · The Admiral · ss
18 · Landlady Series No. 9: Has Her Knife Out · Rigby · ct
19 · Col. Jacob Ruppert, Jr. · Anon. · bg
19 · Landlady Series No. 10: Why Swinnerton Stays Away · James Swinnerton · ct
19 · An Episode · Y. O. Urn · pm
20 · Editor “Ed” Marshall, on Mr. Bennett’s Staff · Rigby · ct
21 · The Pencil Wot Is Blue · G. F. Gourand · pm
21 · The Welsh Rarebit · C. G. B. · pm
21 · Landlady Series No. 11: Lemon’s Siren · [can’t make out name] · ct
22 · Bill’s Jag · A. La G. Smith · ss
22 · Charge of the Night Brigade · Ollie Sumner Teall · pm
24 · A Studio Tragedy · Lew Crane · ss
24 · Landlady Series No. 12: Dark or Light Meat? · Greening · ct
25 · Landlady Series No. 13: Taking Observations · Shultz · ct
25 · The Cynic’s Advice to the Novelist · E. Rotic · pm
26 · Landlady Series No. 14: Cobb’s Idea · Cobb · ct
26 · A Few Ringers · James Bagley · hu; boxing jokes.
26 · To the Absent-Minded Editors of the Blue Pencil Magazine · Hugo Wintner · pm
26 · untitled (“When man is in love they call him a fool...”) · Anon. · pm
27 · Landlady Series No. 15: Marriner’s Summer Landlady · Marriner · ct
27 · [untitled page of jokes] · Anon. · hu
28 · The Blood-Pudding · Wm. E. S. Fales · pm
28 · A Girl of Mine · George Austin Woodward · pm
28 · The Undertaker’s Christmas Card · Henry A. Chittenden · pm

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