The FictionMags Index

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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v11, #53, April 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Triennial report on EQMM’s Prize Contests · Ellery Queen · ms 13 · Justice Has No Number [Bastia] · Alfredo Segre · nv 35 · Case of the Overheated Flat [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch Jul 24 1940, as “The Case of the Overheated Service Flat” 40 · The Snout · Edward Lucas White · nv Lukundoo, Doran 1927 64 · How to Win $100.00 and Have Fun Doing It · Anon. · cn; given as “Third Cover Contest” in the Table of Contents; announcement of contest for best story about Salter’s cover for this issue. 65 · Death on the Offbeat [Johnny] · John Wiggin · ss Collier’s Dec 17 1938 79 · Black Max · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Collier’s Oct 10 1925 81 · The Five of Swords [Paul Forain] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Hearst’s Magazine Feb 1919 102 · 3 Men in a Room [Eddie Ross] · Charles Francis Coe · ss Liberty Feb 12 1938 114 · The Scarecrow Murders · A. E. Martin · ss 126 · The Witness · Percival Wilde · vi Collier’s Aug 11 1928 129 · The Mystery of the Seven Suicides [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 141 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 5: Karmesin. Bank Robber [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Evening Standard May 9 1936, as “Karmesin”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v11, #54, May 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Fourth Degree [Dr. John Smith] · Hugh Pentecost · ss 19 · Actor’s Blood · Ben Hecht · nv The Saturday Evening Post Feb 20 1932 38 · Death in the Window · Warren Amerman · vi; winner of the February 1948 cover contest. 40 · Dead Men Tell Tales [Jay Cameron] · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask Nov 1932 62 · Award of Honor · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · vi Collier’s Jan 5 1935; previously in EQMM “Overseas Edition” November 1945. 65 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv 81 · The “Baby” Cipher · W. A. Darlington · ss The Strand Magazine Apr 1939 94 · A Quatrain of Ling Tai Fu’s · Donn Byrne · ss The Red Book Magazine Aug 1917 106 · The Man Who Disappeared · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine Dec 1901; condensed. 121 · Death Sentence · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 128 · The Danger Point [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine Jun 1937

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v11, #55, June 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · From Another World [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv 27 · Dry-Kye · Ben Ames Williams · ss Rejections of 1927, ed. Charles H. Baker, Jr., Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1928 38 · The Letters in Evidence · C. S. Forester · ss The Editor Regrets..., ed. George Joseph, Michael Joseph 1937 46 · The Silver Dollar · Rink Creussen · ss 58 · The Strategy of Ah Lo [Ah Lo] · Lemuel de Bra · ss The Grand Magazine Mar 1923 65 · The Weapon That Didn’t Exist [Reginald de Puyster] · Rufus King · ss Flynn’s Feb 20 1926, as “The Dud” 78 · Your Face Is Familiar · Guy Gilpatric · vi Collier’s Jan 17 1931 81 · The Phantom Archer · John Dickson Carr · pl; first broadcast on Suspense, CBS radio, Mar 9, 1943. 93 · The Tailor’s Squares · Secor D. Browne · vi; winner of the March 1948 cover contest. 96 · A Puzzle in Essence · Daniel D. Schoen · vi; second-prize winner of the February 1948 cover contest. 99 · A Murder at the Dôme · Gelett Burgess · nv This Quarter Dec 1931, as “A Murder at the Monde” 117 · The Devil Is a Gentleman [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Sep 6 1947 128 · The Tontine Curse [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 144 · Index to Volume 11—January-June 1948 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v12, #56, July 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Adventure of the Single Footprint [Sherlock Holmes] · Robert Arthur · nv 22 · Mother, May I Go Out to Swim? · Q. Patrick · ss 35 · Murder in an Empty House [Hamilton Cleek] · Thomas W. Hanshew · ss Cleek’s Greatest Riddles, Simpkin Marshall 1916; slightly condensed from chapters 9, 10 and 11. 50 · The Trap · Howard Bloomfield · ss Collier’s Apr 19 1947 61 · Eye Witness · David X. Manners · ss Ten Detective Aces Jan 1935 65 · Death Certificate [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty Dec 1947 78 · Up the River · Sidney S. Lenz · vi Vanity Fair 1935 81 · Observation · Robert Weinstein · vi; winner of the April 1948 cover contest. 84 · Corollary [Joe Hill] · Hughes Allison · ss 101 · The Knife of the Celestial Brotherhood · Lemuel de Bra · ss Short Stories Dec 10 1922, as “The Strange Slaying of Bock Gee” 108 · Murder on Tuesday [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine May 1946

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v12, #57, August 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · In Death They Were Divided · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss The Editor Regrets..., ed. George Joseph, Michael Joseph 1937 12 · The Chateau of Missing Men [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss; translated from the French (Les 13 Enigmes, 1932). 18 · The Best Policy · Ferenc Molnár · ss Lilliput May 1941 21 · The Maul, the Sword, and the Sharp Arrow · Victor Palla · nv 38 · The Malefactor · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Witch and Other Stories, Macmillan 1918 42 · The Debt Collector · Maurice Level · ss Hearst’s Magazine Nov 1919 47 · The Coupon · Karel Capek; translated by Paul Selver · ss Tales from Two Pockets, Faber 1932 54 · Sorcery · Gabriele D’Annunzio · ss Tales of My Native Town, Doubleday, Page & Company 1920 65 · The Power of the Leaf [Ooloo, Aboriginal Detective] · A. E. Martin · nv 81 · Fourth Rule for Murderers · H. T. Alfon · ss 89 · Being a Murderer Myself · Arthur Williams · ss 101 · The Garden of Forking Paths · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss; translated from the Spanish (Ficciones, 1944). 111 · Killer in Khaki [Private Enly] · Edgar D. Smith · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 1 1941 121 · The Night Reveals · Cornell Woolrich · nv Story Apr 1936

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v12, #58, September 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Through a Glass, Darkly [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · nv 26 · The Adventure of the Gent’s Romeo · Margery Sharp · ss (r) 39 · The Lady and the Tiger · Jack Moffitt · nv [Frank R. Stockton]; continuation of Frank R. Stockton’s “The Lady, Or the Tiger?”. 63 · The Perfect Secretary · W. T. Brannon · ss 1939 65 · Hard Guy [Hunt Lannin] · Thomas Walsh · ss Ten Detective Aces Jan 1935, as “Framed in Fire” 78 · The Undertaker · Jack Jonas · vi 81 · Murder Walks in Marble Halls · Lawrence G. Blochman · na The American Magazine Sep 1942, as “Death Walks in Marble Halls” 126 · The Dummy Murder · Clarke Olney · vi; winner of the May 1948 cover contest. 129 · Farewell Performance [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week May 11 1947, as “Footlights and Murder” 139 · Crime Lesson [Munro] · Dale Clark · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v12, #59, October 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Green-and-Gold String [Dr. Alcazar] · Philip MacDonald · nv 28 · Sugar and Spice · Vera Caspary · na The American Magazine Dec 1943 65 · The Cockroach and the Tortoise [Inspector Field] · Anthony Gilbert · ss 1935 74 · Telling · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Black Cap, ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson 1927 81 · Criminals in Disguise · Anthony Boucher · qz 82 · A Case of Facsimile · Viola Brothers Shore · ss 94 · Coincidence [F.T. Carrington] · J. Storer Clouston · nv Carrington’s Cases, Blackwood 1920 112 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 117 · The Man Who Married Too Often [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine Feb 1936, as “Molly the Marchioness” 132 · Extradition · Brett Halliday · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v12, #60, November 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Death Position Enigma [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 19 · Le Chateau de l’Arsenic [Dr. Jean Dollent] · Georges Simenon · ss The Strand Magazine Oct 1947; translated from the French (Le Petit Docteur, 1943). 30 · Salt on His Tail [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss 42 · Love-in-a-Mist · Joseph Shearing · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Jan 1933 53 · The Motive · Ronald Knox · ss The Illustrated London News Nov 17 1937 65 · Getaway Money · Thomas Walsh · ss 1943 81 · The Thrill Is Gone · Fulton Oursler & Rupert Hughes · vi Collier’s 1942; previously in EQMM “Overseas Edition” September 1945. 84 · A Case for Deduction · M. P. Shiel & John Gawsworth · nv Thrills, ed. Anon., Associated Newspapers 1936 108 · Dr. Gettler, Real-Life Detective · Edward D. Radin · ar 1946 112 · Dear Louisa · Miriam Bruce · ss 126 · Johnny on the Spot · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly May 2 1936

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v12, #61, December 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Clue of the Red Wig · John Dickson Carr · nv The Strand Magazine Dec 1940 27 · Nouchi [Monsieur Froget] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss; translated from the French (Détective 10 & 24 Apr, 1930, as by Georges Sim). 32 · The Body in Grant’s Tomb · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1943 58 · Three Against Deeth · Lee Hays · ss; modern English version of Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Pardoner’s Tale”. 65 · The Frantick Rebel [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv 81 · The Dauphin’s Doll [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv 102 · Triangle · Pierre Boileau; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss; translated from the French. 106 · The Brother of Heaven [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · nv Pearson’s Magazine Oct 1933 119 · A Bottle of Perrier · Edith Wharton · nv The Saturday Evening Post Mar 27 1926, as “A Bottle of Evian” 139 · A Dilemma · S. Weir Mitchell · ss The Century Magazine Jul 1902 144 · Index to Volume 12—July-December 1948 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v13, #62, January 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · This King Business [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Mystery Stories Jan 1928 45 · Thimble, Thimble · O. Henry · ss Hampton’s Broadway Magazine Dec 1908 55 · The Grand Duke’s Rubies · Edgar Saltus · ss A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes, Belford 1889 65 · The Case Is Altered [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 1938 78 · The Maniac · Maurice Level · vi Hearst’s Magazine Mar 1920; translated from the French (Les Portes de l’Enfer, 1910). 81 · Various Traces [Munro] · Dale Clark · ss 92 · The Missing Motive [Dr. Cedric Dodd] · Kenneth Livingston · ss The Dodd Cases, Doubleday 1934 111 · The Purple Flame [Mr. White] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss Adventure Nov 1912 122 · Dinner for Two [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss 136 · The Roses in Black Velvet · Alfredo Segre · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v13, #63, February 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Jack of Diamonds · Q. Patrick · na The American Magazine Nov 1936 48 · Two Exploits of Harry the Hat · Philip MacDonald · gp (r) _49 · The Absence of Tonathal [Harry the Hat] · Philip MacDonald · vi _52 · Sheep’s Clothing [Harry the Hat] · Philip MacDonald · vi 56 · Never Trust a Murderer · Quentin Reynolds · ss Collier’s Mar 23 1946 65 · Up the Garden Path · Barry Perowne · ss 78 · Painted Faces · Joseph Harrington · vi 81 · The Rainbow Murders Begin [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask Feb 1931, as “Diamonds of Dread” by Ramon Decolta 97 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: “With the Author’s Compliments” · Ellery Queen · ar 102 · The Leak [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine Jun 9 1907, as “The Silver Box” 114 · A Broadsheet Ballad · A. E. Coppard · ss The Dial Mar 1922 121 · Case of the Landlady’s Brother [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch Jul 31 1940, as “The Case of the Drunken Socrates” 126 · Speaking of Crime: Homicidal Highlights of 1948 · Anthony Boucher · cl 132 · The Good Prospect [McCann] · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Feb 20 1937

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v13, #64, March 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Speak to Me of Death [Lieutenant McManus] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Argosy Feb 27 1937 32 · The Cosy Room · Arthur Machen · ss Shudders, ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson 1929 37 · On the Banks of the Ohio · Lee Hays · ss 45 · King of the Firsters · Richard Connell · vi Collier’s Apr 9 1938 48 · Time Out of Mind [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss Milady 1948 60 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: More “Compliments of the Author” · Ellery Queen · ar 65 · The Crocodile Case [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 81 · White Duck [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask Mar 1931, as “The Man in White” by Ramon Decolta 95 · The Enchanted Garden [Mr. Mycroft] · H. F. Heard · nv 118 · Cheating the Gallows · Israel Zangwill · ss The Idler Feb 1893 130 · The Grave Grass Quivers · MacKinlay Kantor · ss The Elks Magazine Jul 1931

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v13, #65, April 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Bill Stone) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Quadrennial Report on EQMM’s Prize Contests · Ellery Queen · ms; given as “Annual report on EQMM’s Prize Contests” in the Table of Contents. 10 · Blessed Are the Meek [Kachoudas] · Georges Simenon; translated by Frances Frenaye · nv; translated from the French. 37 · Yellow Death [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask Apr 1931, as “The Blind Chinese” by Ramon Decolta 51 · The Italian · A. E. W. Mason · ss Dilemmas, Hodder 1934 65 · Double Trouble · Hugh O’Connor & Walter Duranty · ss Collier’s Jul 11 1936 78 · Speaking of Crime: The Short Shudder · Anthony Boucher · cl 81 · The Chinese Apple · Joseph Shearing · ss The Illustrated London News Nov 18 1948 94 · An Ounce of Curiosity [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss The American Magazine Aug 1931 106 · The Great Bank Fraud [Oliver Rater] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Nov 1927, as “A Bank and a Secretary” 116 · Mithridates the King · Morley Roberts · ss King Billy of Ballarat and other stories, Lawrence 1892 124 · Kick · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s Apr 12 1930 127 · The Mysterious Death in Percy Street [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine Oct 1901 141 · Somebody on the Phone · William Irish · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 31 1937, as by Cornell Woolrich