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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v19, #102, May 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · The Snows of Bardonechhia · Gertrude Diamant · ss
13 · The Murder in Netherby Gardens · Lord Dunsany · ss
17 · The Haunted Policeman [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Harper’s Bazaar Feb 1938
34 · A Job for the Macarone · Damon Runyon · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 2 1937
43 · Satan Had Another Name [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Jan 24 1948
54 · Murder Story · H. L. Davis · ss The American Mercury Nov 1933
65 · The Case of the Faked Alibi [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Austin Ripley · pz 1948; copyright 1948, Press Alliance.
66 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
68 · Thubway Tham’s Wonderful Day [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Detective Story Magazine 1925; original title not known.
78 · My First Interview with Artemus Ward · Mark Twain · ar Public and Parlor Readings, Mark Twain, Lee and Shepherd 1872
81 · A Simple Act of Piety · Achmed Abdullah · ss All-Story Weekly Apr 20 1918
95 · Indian Sign · William Cunningham · vi Collier’s Dec 10 1949
98 · Money on the Floor [A.B.C. Hawkes] · Bechhofer Roberts · ss The Passing Show Mar 10 1934
109 · The Tea Pusher · Howard Schoenfeld · nv
138 · Who Killed Baker? [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin & Geoffrey Bush · ss The Evening Standard 1950, as “Baker Dies”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v19, #103, June 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Homecoming · Veronica Parker Johns · nv
21 · Death of an Old Man · Arthur Miller · ss Esquire Aug 1949, as “A Regular Death Call”
26 · Adrian Mulliner, Detective [Mr. Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss The American Magazine Oct 1931, as “The Smile That Wins”
40 · The Grinning God [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · May Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine Nov 24 1907, as “The Grinning God: Wraiths of the Storm”
53 · His Eyes Bloodshot and Red · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Real Detective Dec 1931
65 · The Cosy Nook Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv
81 · Casanova’s Alibi [Giacomo Casanova] · Rafael Sabatini · ss The Premier Magazine Sep 1914
94 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
96 · Mom Knows Best [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss
108 · The Maggot [Detective Inspector Painton] · Anthony Armstrong · ss
117 · The House That Was [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine Dec 1 1907
126 · The Bishop of Hell · Joseph Shearing · ss The Blue Magazine Sep 1925, as by Marjorie Bowen
139 · Papa’s Going Bye-Bye · Kitty Harwood · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
145 · Index to Volume 19—January-June 1952 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v20, #104, July 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Monsieur Donaque · Arthur Train · nv Everybody’s Magazine Oct 1911
21 · Hit and Run · A. H. Z. Carr · ss Vanity Fair 1935
26 · Letter of the Law · Selwyn Jepson · ss The Evening Standard; The Evening Standard Detective Book, 2nd Series, ed. Anon., Gollancz 1951
33 · The Poor Pirate [from Tortilla Flat] · John Steinbeck · ex Viking 1935
44 · The Sweet Shot [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine Mar 1937
54 · Mr. Mann of London · J. S. Fletcher · ss 1930
61 · Over My Dead Body · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard Jun 19 1951
65 · The Abstractor · Wyndham Martyn · ss Pearson’s Magazine (US)
72 · Farewell, Big Sister · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · ss; satire of the hardboiled style featuring ‘Corney Bassard’.
81 · In Round Figures [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 23 1930
112 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
114 · The Pigeon Woman · Q. Patrick · ss
128 · The Challenge · John W. Vandercook · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v20, #105, August 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · The Singing Stick · Edgar Pangborn · ss
20 · The Old Lady of Bayeux [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · nv; translated from the French (“La Vieille Dame de Bayeux”, Police-Roman, February 3, 1939).
41 · Always Trust a Cop · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss
55 · You Can’t Love Two Women · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Forum 1929
65 · The Evening Hour [Mike Russell] · Charlotte Armstrong · ss The Philadelphia Inquirer Mar 12 1950
78 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
80 · The Case of the Blue Footprints [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Austin Ripley · pz 1948; copyright 1948, Press Alliance.
81 · For Value Received [Lloyd Chalmers] · Richard Deming · ss
90 · Tom Sawyer, Detective [Part 1 of 3; Tom Sawyer; Huckleberry Finn] · Mark Twain · ex Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Aug 1896 (+1)
104 · Money Talks [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Apr 2 1950, as “The Sound of Blackmail”; given as “Blackmail Department: Money Talks” on the story itself.
108 · The Case of XX-2 [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss 1951
114 · The Dragoon Pistol · Frank Gruber · ss Weird Tales Jul 1942, as “The Gun”
127 · An Episode at the Honeypot [unnamed inspector] · Mark Van Doren · ss
132 · Lonely Boy · Hugh Pentecost · ss Collier’s May 14 1949

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v20, #106, September 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Given as v19 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · The Best of Everything · Stanley Ellin · nv
17 · The Y-Shaped Scar [Dr. Colin Starr] · Rufus King · ss 1939
30 · The Green Weed · Margaret Page Hood · ss
43 · In the Dark · Edith Nesbit · ss Fear, S. Paul 1910
52 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
54 · Death Had a Voice [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Jun 26 1948
65 · Death on the Riviera [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week Jul 30 1950
69 · How Jacques Spent His Wedding Night · Henry Norton · ss
81 · Tom Sawyer, Detective [Part 2 of 3; Tom Sawyer; Huckleberry Finn] · Mark Twain · ex Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Aug 1896 (+1)
98 · And Turn the Hour [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss 1950; copyright 1950, Publicitas.
111 · The Human Leopards · L. J. Beeston · ss The Strand Magazine Nov 1923
121 · Hard Case · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 28 1940
126 · Dark Interlude · Jane McClure · ss
134 · The Portrait · Aldous Huxley · ss Harper’s Magazine Dec 1922

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v20, #107, October 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Given as v19 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Tyger! Tyger! · A. H. Z. Carr · nv
20 · The Bearded Golfer · Michael Arlen · ss The Crooked Coronet, Heinemann 1927, as “Legend of the Bearded Golfer”
29 · The Gold-Makers · J. B. S. Haldane · ss The Strand Magazine Nov 1931
44 · Nesselrode to Jeopardy · S. J. Perelman · hu The New Yorker Jan 6 1951
52 · Stranger in the Park · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Dec 27 1941
64 · The Case of the Arctic Explorers [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Austin Ripley · pz 1948; copyright 1948, Press Alliance.
65 · Tom Sawyer, Detective [Part 3 of 3; Tom Sawyer; Huckleberry Finn] · Mark Twain · ex Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Aug 1896 (+1)
81 · Two of a Kind · Laurence Kirk · ss Mushrooms on Toast, Heinemann 1938
91 · You Got to Have Luck · S. R. Ross · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
96 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
98 · The Twelve-Minute Grave [Insp. Kyle] · Roy Vickers · ss
115 · De Crimine · Miriam Allen deFord · ss
128 · Dead Man · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury Mar 1936
137 · Torrid Zone · Fletcher Flora · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v20, #108, November 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Given as v19 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Spring Fever · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · nv
16 · The History of Bel [from The Apocryphal Scriptures] · Anon. · ex (r)
21 · A Perfectly Ordinary Case of Blackmail · A. A. Milne · ss Collier’s Jul 10 1948, as “The Dear, Dead Past”
32 · Memory Test · Peter B. Kyne · ss Collier’s Jun 11 1949
41 · V Marks the Spot [Oscar Sail] · Lester Dent · nv Black Mask Oct 1936, as “Sail”
65 · The Case of the Abandoned Tower [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Austin Ripley · pz (r); copyright Press Alliance.
66 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
68 · Dear Departed Harold · Barbara Vetterlein · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
74 · Cat and Mouse [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss; probably from The (London) Evening Standard under a different title.
81 · The Ebony Stick · Earl Derr Biggers · nv Collier’s Sep 9 1916
102 · The Head in the Barrel · Ralph Norman Weber · vi
105 · The Fifth Dimension [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss 1950; copyright 1950, Publicitas.
116 · The History of Bel from the Apocrypha · Anon. · vi
117 · One Way Street [Detective Inspector Painton] · Anthony Armstrong · ss 1946
125 · Guess Who?: John J. Malone · Talbot C. Hatch · qz
127 · Knowing What I Know Now · Barry Perowne · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v20, #109, December 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Author in Search of a Character [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Woman’s Home Companion Jul 1937, as “The Missing Character”
12 · The Man Who Voted for Ulysses S. Grant · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 1929; copyright 1929 Frank A. Munsey. Perhaps a re-titling of Kantor’s “Ballots and Bullets” (Munsey’s Magazine, June 1929).
22 · Going My Way? · George Harmon Coxe · ss The Elks Magazine Jan 1936
33 · And the Birds Still Sing [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv
50 · A Matter of Timing · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard Aug 16 1950, as “A Matter of Time”
55 · The Inspector Had a Wife [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Aug 21 1948
65 · The Sheriff Decides · Roark Bradford · vi Collier’s May 13 1939
68 · Mrs. Oliphant Deceased · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard Jul 24 1950, as “Back on the Shelf”
72 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
74 · Morte d’Alain: An Unrecorded Idyll of the King [King Arthur] · Maxey Brooke · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
81 · The Jinx Man [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · nv
101 · The Creative Impulse · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Harper’s Bazar Aug 1926
129 · The Point of Honor [Major Tennente] · Thomas Flanagan · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v21, #110, January 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dirone Photography)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · On Christmas Day in the Morning [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard Dec 23 1950
11 · Crime Passionnel · Louis Bromfield · ss The New Yorker Mar 25 1944
19 · 5 - 4 = Murderer [Capt. Duncan Maclain] · Baynard Kendrick · ss
31 · The Coward · Francis Iles · ss; revised from “It Takes Two to Make a Hero” (The Saturday Book 3, ed. Leonard Russell, Hutchinson, 1943).
43 · The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl · Ray Bradbury · ss Detective Book Magazine Win 1948, as “Touch and Go!”
51 · The Horns Were Wet · Howard F. Aldridge · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
65 · The Judge Corroborates · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine Aug 22 1919
76 · Sky Writing [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · ss New York Herald Tribune Dec 25 1932
81 · Mom Makes a Bet [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss
92 · The Eastern Mystery [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Eyes of Max Carrados, Grant Richards 1923
112 · Death on Saturday Night [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week Nov 26 1950
116 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
121 · The Manhunter · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss 1923; copyright 1923, Harper & Brothers.
132 · New Year’s Eve in Panamint · Peter B. Kyne · ss 1916

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v21, #111, February 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · The Old Man · Daphne du Maurier · ss The Apple Tree, Gollancz 1952
13 · The Man Who Could Not Hold Women [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv
34 · Without Benefit of Jury · Peter B. Kyne · ss Cosmopolitan Jan 1935
45 · The Speech · Lord Dunsany · ss Collier’s Nov 25 1950
49 · Woman of Ice [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week Oct 30 1949
56 · The Name on the Window [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss; probably first in The (London) Evening Standard.
65 · Narky [Narky] · Sax Rohmer · ss Everybody’s Weekly May 6 1911
72 · The White Rabbit Caper · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker Nov 19 1949
78 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
80 · The Case of Mistaken Identity [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Austin Ripley · pz (r); copyright Press Alliance.
81 · The Unpleasantness at the Stooges Club · W. Heidenfeld · ss; a club made up of various detectives’ “Watsons”.
92 · A Lump of Sugar [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Jul 9 1950, as “The Mystery of the 3 Dawn Riders”; given as “Dying Message Dept.: A Lump of Sugar” on the story itself.
96 · Crime à la Carte [Willie & Al Hosmer] · John Eugene Hasty · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
107 · Murder Is Everybody’s Business · Helen McCloy · nv 1951

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v21, #112, March 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · The Lion’s Mane [Major Tennente] · Thomas Flanagan · ss
16 · The King of the Bats · James Hilton · ss Collier’s Jul 3 1937, as “The Bat King”
26 · Blackmail · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss The American Magazine Dec 1949
38 · Within the Gates [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss MacKill’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1952; probably first in The (London) Evening Standard.
45 · The Dance · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Red Book Magazine Jun 1926
58 · In the Pincers · L. J. Beeston · ss The Strand Magazine Jan 1919
65 · The Feeble Folk · E. C. Bentley · ss
81 · The Warning on the Lawn [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss
92 · Squeeze Play · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard Jan 29 1951, as “The Squeeze”
96 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
98 · Honest Abe · Elba O. Carrier · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
102 · The Sheik It Was Who Died [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Dec 11 1948
111 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine Nov 1882
117 · The Discourager of Hesitancy · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine Jul 1885
123 · Goodbye, New York · Cornell Woolrich · nv Story Oct 1937

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