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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v4, #13, November 1943] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

5 · The Locked Room [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine Jul 1940
19 · A Point in Morals · Ellen Glasgow · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May 1899
30 · The Rubber Trumpet [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine Sep 1934
46 · Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv
65 · The Secret of Fort Bayard [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss; translated from the French (“Le Secret du Fort Bayard”, Détective, November 21, 1929 & December 5, 1929).
71 · The Killer · Cyril Plunkett · ss
78 · The Signed Masterpiece [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston; Sophie Lang] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv McClure’s Jun/Jul 1921
99 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936
107 · The Topaz Cuff-Button · Anon. · ss The New York Detective Library Feb 18 1888, as by A New York Detective
113 · The Adventure of the One-Legged Man [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl
127 · Index to Volume 4 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v5, #14, January 1944] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

5 · If Christmas Comes [Tony Key] · Steve Fisher · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 25 1937
18 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s Jan 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands”
36 · No Corpse—No Murder [Dirty Dogs’ Club] · P. C. Wren · ss Rough Shooting, John Murray 1938
51 · The Hound · William Faulkner · ss Harper’s Magazine Aug 1931
63 · The Showdown [Careful Jones] · “Pat Hand” · vi
66 · The Flying Death · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ss McClure’s Jan 1903 (+1)
85 · Death in the Doghouse · Cornelius A. Tilghman · ss
96 · Guess Who? · Talbot C. Hatch · qz
98 · The Djinn Murder · Fredric Brown · ss
111 · The Waters of Oblivion · S. Weir Mitchell · ss The Century Magazine May 1902
116 · A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes] · Christopher Morley · pl [Arthur Conan Doyle]; based on the story by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v5, #15, March 1944] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

5 · Footprints in the Jungle · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan Jan 1927
33 · The Lady from Dubuque [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss New York Sunday News Dec 27 1942, as “The Puzzle of the Scorned Woman”
43 · Safe as Houses [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine Jan 1940
57 · Mr. Kiroshibu’s Ashes [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss
72 · The Watchman · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s Feb 22 1936
76 · The Silver Pencil [Insp. Joly] · Arthur Sherburne Hardy · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine Jun 1912
91 · Mortmain · Miriam Allen deFord · ss
97 · Dr. Sam: Johnson and Prince Charlie’s Ruby [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss
112 · Thubway Tham, Thvilian [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss
124 · The Judge Laughed Last · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Feb 15 1924, as “The New Racket”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v5, #16, May 1944] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

5 · One Hour [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Apr 1 1924
17 · Affaire Ziliouk [Monsieur Froget] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss; translated from the French (Les 13 Coupables, 1932).
23 · The Mystery of the Blue Jar · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Jul 1924
39 · The Nail and the Requiem [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · nv Mystery Mar 1935, as “The Affair on the Roof”
56 · The Man Who Dreamed Too Much [Baron von Genthner] · Quentin Reynolds · ss The Strand Magazine Sep 1936
72 · The Man Who Read Too Many Detective Stories · Henry Hasse · ss; given as “The Man Who Read Too Many” in the Table of Contents.
77 · The Doctor and the Lunatic · Richard Connell · ss Mystery Jul 1935
91 · Mr. and Mrs. Abbey’s Difficulties · E. M. Forster · ss Abinger Harvest 1936
99 · The Man in the Velvet Hat [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · ss
116 · Cabin B-13 · John Dickson Carr · pl; first broadcast on Suspense, CBS radio, March 16, 1943.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v5, #17, July 1944] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

5 · The Adventure of the Marked Man [Sherlock Holmes] · Stuart Palmer · ss
20 · The Baby in the Icebox · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury Jan 1933
35 · The Curious Case of Kenelm Digby [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · nv The Bookman Mar 1921 (+1)
55 · Criminological Data · John L. Cooney · pz
56 · Seeing Is Believing · Sergeant Russell S. Hughes · ss
74 · A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & M. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime, Collins 1933
85 · Murder While You Wait · Fredric Brown · ss
97 · The Imponderables [Careful Jones] · “Pat Hand” · ss
104 · Guess Who?: Dr. Gideon Fell · Talbot C. Hatch · qz
106 · The Man Who Murdered in Public [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1934, as “The Clue-Proof Murders”
122 · The Adventure of the Wounded Lieutenant [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v5, #18, September 1944] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

5 · The Labors of Hercules: The Nemean Lion, or The Case of the Kidnaped Pekinese [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Strand Magazine Nov 1939, as “The Nemean Lion”; given as “The Kidnaped Pekinese” on the cover and “The Case of the Kidnaped Pekinese” in the Table of Contents.
22 · Postiche [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator Aug 1935
39 · The Fingernail · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Tales Jul 1941, as “The Customer’s Always Right”
46 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · ss Collier’s Feb 8 1930
51 · The Guest · Cyril Plunkett · ss
69 · Lost Star [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · ss
82 · The Seventh Drink [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss
97 · The Open Window [Flavio Minetti] · Charles Caldwell Dobie · nv Harper’s Magazine Aug 1918
115 · The Hangman Won’t Wait [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · pl; first broadcast on Suspense, CBS radio, February 9, 1943.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v5, #19, November 1944] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

5 · William Wilson’s Racket [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine Feb 1941, as by Carter Dickson
16 · The Gutting of Couffignal [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask Dec 1925
40 · The Meanest Man in Europe [Fidelity Dove] · Roy Vickers · ss The Exploits of Fidelity Dove, Hodder & Stoughton 1924, as by David Durham
50 · P. Moran, Deductor [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · ss
67 · Death on the South Wind · Valma Clark · ss
83 · Arsène Lupin vs. Colonel Linnaus [Arsène Lupin] · Anthony Boucher · ss
91 · The Garnet Ring · M. Lindsay · ss Ballou’s Dollar Monthly Magazine May 1861; slightly condensed.
97 · Death at the Porthole [Cliff Chandler] · Baynard Kendrick · ss Country Home Magazine 1938
108 · The Alibi · “Pat Hand” · ss
111 · The News in English · Graham Greene · ss The Strand Magazine Jun 1940
119 · The Stickpin [Máximo Roldán] · Antonio Helú; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss; translated from the Spanish (Continental (Mexico), 1928).
128 · Index to Volume 5 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v6, #20, January 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

3 · The Chobham Affair · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 1930
13 · Death on Pine Street [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask Sep 1924, as “Women, Politics & Murder”
33 · The Case of the Drug Peddler [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine Jun 1940, as “The Horses of Diomedes”
46 · Rumor, Inc. [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss
57 · A Victim of Amnesia · Arthur Somers Roche · ss The Elks Magazine Sep 1923
69 · Just an Old-Fashioned Murder [Sheriff Jeremy Dodd] · Ben Wilson · ss
77 · The Finger Man [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · ss
92 · The Ace of Spades [Careful Jones] · “Pat Hand” · ss
98 · The Testimony of Dr. Farnsworth [Dr. Mark Farnsworth] · Francis Leo Golden · ss
111 · A Matter of Form [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine May 1940

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v6, #21, March 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

5 · Gay Falcon [Gay Stanhope Falcon] · Michael Arlen · nv The Strand Magazine Jan 1940
22 · The Mathematics of Murder [Inspector Evans] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1944, as “What the Well-Dressed Corpse Will Wear”
38 · The Case of the Emerald Sky [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch Jul 10 1940
46 · The Riddle of the Twelve Amethysts [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss
60 · Cul de Sac [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss
73 · Dr. Sam: Johnson and Monboddo’s Ape Boy [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss
89 · The Murder of Lady Twickinham · Ed (Archie) Gardner · pl; first broadcast on the Chase & Sanborn show starring Gracie Fields, NBC radio, June 18, 1944.
92 · The Assassins’ Club [Nigel Strangeways] · Nicholas Blake · ss Detection Medley, ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson 1939, as “A Slice of Bad Luck”
99 · The Prince Who Was a Thief · Theodore Dreiser · ss Chains 1927
115 · The Curious Incident of the Dog · Ralph Norman Weber · vi
118 · Something to Do with Figures · Miriam Allen deFord · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v6, #22, May 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

5 · The Empty Flat [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine May 1939, as by Carter Dickson
18 · Leg Man [Burgess] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1943
39 · The Meaning of the Act [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine Sep 1939
52 · The Stripper [Sister Mary Ursula, OMB] · H. H. Holmes · ss
62 · Rogues’ Gallery · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s Aug 24 1935
65 · Pattern for Murder · Herzl Fife · ss
75 · The Liqueur Glass · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Smart Set Mar 1915
81 · Guess Who?: Henry Poggioli · Talbot C. Hatch · qz
83 · The Case of the Merry Andrew [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine Jul 1936, as “The Cowboy of Oxford Street”
96 · The Quick and the Dead · Owen Cameron · ss
99 · The Statement of the Accused [Garron] · Jacques Futrelle · ss The Story-teller Aug 1910, as “The Mystery of Room 666”
111 · Squeakie’s Second Case [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v6, #23, July 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

4 · The Mystery of the Chief of Police [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss
20 · Delayed Verdict [Evan Keith] · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss Collier’s Dec 20 1941
32 · The Alarm Bell · Donald Henderson · ss (r)
38 · Smash and Grab [Constable John Bragg] · Henry Wade · ss Here Comes the Copper, Constable 1938
50 · Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer · S. J. Perelman · ss The New Yorker Dec 16 1944; satire on the hard-boiled private eye.
57 · Mr. Bearstowe Says [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Saturday Book #3 1943
72 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week Mar 5 1917; based on material from the play “Trifles”.
89 · P. Moran, Fire-Fighter [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · ss
107 · The Tenth Clue [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask Jan 1 1924

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v6, #24, September 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

4 · The White Pillars Murder · G. K. Chesterton · ss English Life Jan 1925, as “Dr. Hyde, Detective, and the White Pillars Murder”
17 · Pastorale · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury Mar 1928
24 · The Labors of Hercules: The Stymphalian Birds, or The Case of the Vulture Women [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week Sep 17 1939, as “The Vulture Women”; given as “The Vulture Women” on the cover and “The Case of the Vulture Women” in the Table of Contents.
36 · The Wax-Work Cadaver [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss
50 · Two Sharp Knives · Dashiell Hammett · ss Collier’s Jan 13 1934
62 · Will You Walk Into My Parlor? · John Dickson Carr · pl
74 · What, No Butler? · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s Aug 5 1933
84 · The Whistling Corpse · Ben Hecht · ss
88 · The Problem of the Emperor’s Mushrooms [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss
98 · The Adventure of Mr. Montalba, Obsequist [Mr. Mycroft] · H. F. Heard · nv
115 · Perkins’ “First Case” [Willis Perkins] · Philip Wylie · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v6, #25, November 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

4 · Mean Man’s Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv
27 · Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss
42 · Codeine (7 Per Cent) [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · ss Tales from a Rolltop Desk, Doubleday 1921
47 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 1: Karmesin, Murderer [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The People Dec 24 1944, as “Inscrutable Providence”
53 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 2: Karmesin, Jewel Thief [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Spr 1939, as “Karmesin and the Raving Lunatic”
57 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss
69 · A Medieval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express Jan 1 1870, as “An Awful Terrible Medieval Romance”
75 · The Footsteps That Ran [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body, Gollancz 1928, as “The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran”
88 · The Green Elephant · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Smart Set Oct 1923
97 · The Case of the Pinchbeck Locket [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch Jul 3 1940
102 · The Eye [Cliff Chandler] · Baynard Kendrick · ss
111 · White Carnations [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss Collier’s Feb 10 1945
128 · Index to Volume 6—1945 · Anon. · ix

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