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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v21, #113, April 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dirone Photography) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · My Brother Down There · Steve Frazee · nv; first prize winner in EQMM’s eighth annual contest. 33 · Sweet William · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss 40 · The Ghost Patrol · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Red Book Magazine Jun 1917 51 · Pursued · Fletcher Flora · ss 56 · Murder by Extraction · John Oakum · ss A Snapper-Up of Unconsidered Trifles, W.J. Johnston 1876 60 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 62 · The Cave of Belarius [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · vi 65 · Help Me—If You Can · Fred Levon · ss Maclean’s 1948, as “Turmoil”; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 77 · Caribbean Blow · Grover Brinkman · ss 81 · The Long Dinner [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine Jan 1935 106 · Cheat for Me · John & Ward Hawkins · ss The American Magazine Apr 1950 116 · In the Absence of Monsieur · Guy Wetmore Carryl · ss The Atlantic Monthly Feb 1903 128 · All in the Way You Look at It [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss 136 · Man Who Bought Things Cheap · Marjorie L. C. Pickthall · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1914, as “Cheap”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v21, #114, May 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Starting with this issue, Black Mask Detective Magazine is merged into Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. fc. · [photo] · Anon. · cv 3 · It Takes a Thief · Arthur Miller · ss Collier’s Feb 8 1947 9 · Blood-Brothers [Baron von Genthner] · Quentin Reynolds · ss 1936; copyright 1936, Crowell-Collier, probably from Collier’s. 18 · Unbreakable Alibi [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss 22 · The Gatewood Caper [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Oct 15 1923, as “Crooked Souls” 36 · Dormant Account · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask May 1942 65 · The Witch of Times Square [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Nov 5 1950; given as “False Claimant Dept.: The Witch of Times Square” on the story itself. 70 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 72 · The Man Without a Head · T. W. Hanshew · ss (r) 81 · Nothing So Hard as a Diamond · Henry Myers · ss 93 · He Had a Little Shadow [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Jan 14 1950 106 · Really It Was Quite Simple · Evelyn E. Smith · ss 111 · The Silver Spurs · E. C. Witham · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 128 · Miss Paisley’s Cat · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v21, #115, June 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Betrayers · Stanley Ellin · ss 17 · Winning Sequence · Margery Sharp · ss The Strand Magazine Sep 1936 27 · The Numbers Man · Anthony Boucher · ss Black Mask Jul 1945, as “The Catalyst” 38 · One Hundred in the Dark · Owen Johnson · nv The Saturday Evening Post Oct 21 1911 53 · Glimpses of the Moon · Leslie Bigelow · ss 65 · Inspector Appleby’s First Case [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 68 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 70 · The Panther · Browning Norton · ss 81 · A Woman Can Kill [Dion Davies] · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask Sep 1933 105 · A Night at the Theater · Ben Ray Redman · ss 109 · Heads I Win, Tails You Lose · John D. MacDonald · ss Black Mask Sep 1947, as “Manhattan Horse Opera” 119 · Emerald Bait · Val Duncan · ss Esquire Oct 1951 123 · Doublecross · Aljean Meltsir · ss 128 · The God of the Hills [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Country Gentleman Sep 1927 143 · Index to Volume 21—January-June 1953 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v22, #116, July 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · If a Body... · A. H. Z. Carr · nv 21 · Mrrrar! · Edgar Pangborn · ss 25 · ’Bye, ’Bye, Darling · John L. Hayward · ss 36 · The Fix · Norman Katkov · ss Black Mask Jul 1946 46 · The Neighbors · John Galsworthy · ss The Bellman Jan 15 1910 51 · Rien Ne Va Plus · Alexander Woollcott · vi The New Yorker Mar 5 1932 53 · The Town Without a Straight Man · Will Stanton · ss 65 · The Quigley Librarian · Robert Lewis · vi Esquire Apr 1950 68 · Coronation Story [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 81 · The McGregor Affair · Sidney Rowland · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 89 · The Automobile Game [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard Jul 11 1950, as “Something Like Hard Work” 94 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 96 · Molly, the Private Eyeful · Dick Ashbaugh · ss This Week 1950 104 · Calendar Girl [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s Sep 20 1952 119 · Cinderella and the Mob · Cornell Woolrich · nv Argosy Jun 22 1940

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v22, #117, August 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Taylor Oughton) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · New Contest for EQMM Readers · Anon. · cn; prizes given to readers who identify the 20 deliberate errors in the following story. 4 · The Girl with the Burgundy Lips [Marshall T. Custer] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s Dec 27 1952 17 · The Man Who Came Back · Edna Ferber · ss The American Magazine Apr 1911 26 · Unknown Quantity · Cary Lucas · ss 38 · Code of the Underworld · Jim Kjelgaard · ss Black Mask Jul 1941, as “Curse of the Beaver” 44 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 46 · On the Brink · James Yaffe · nv 65 · The Apron of Genius · Earl Derr Biggers · ss Hampton’s Magazine Mar 1909 77 · Hard Bargain · Richard West · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 81 · The Way Round · Phyllis Bentley · ss 86 · Two Birds with One Spanner [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss 91 · The Society of the White Button · Pietro Di Donato · ss 1947 99 · Striding Folly [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Strand Magazine Jul 1935 110 · The Crazy House · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 120 · All of God’s Children Got Shoes · Howard Schoenfeld · ss 126 · Heaven Can Wait · C. B. Gilford · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v22, #118, September 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Little Things Like That [Insp. Peter Curwen] · Roy Vickers · nv 19 · The Quality of Mercy · Eleazar Lipsky · ss 33 · The Blackmailer · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull Jun 24 1950, as “Blackmail Is So Difficult” 39 · Burden of Guilt [Daniel “Pop” Egan] · John & Ward Hawkins · nv Collier’s Mar 4 1950 54 · Murder Is No Accident · David Dodge · ss Esquire Oct 1949 65 · The Three Horsemen [Mr. Pond] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Collier’s Apr 13 1935 78 · ’Tec’s Twilight · R. G. G. Price · fa (r); probably from Punch, 1951. 81 · A Break in the Film · John F. Suter · ss 93 · All the Birds of the Air [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Jun 17 1950 105 · A Sleep and a Forgetting · Dorothy Canfield Fisher · ss 1913; copyright 1913, Harper and Brothers; possibly “Gifts of Oblivion” (Harper’s, September 1913). 117 · The Loophole · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask Jul 1942, as “3 Kills for 1” 142 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v22, #119, October 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Fred Kirberger) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · High Court · Thomas Kyd · ss 16 · Laugh It Off · Charlotte Armstrong · ss 27 · Back in Five Years [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull Dec 18 1948 34 · Day Never Came · Steve Fisher · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jul 1938 42 · Cry Silence · Fredric Brown · ss Black Mask Nov 1948 46 · A Wish for a Cigar [Giglamps] · Will Scott · ss Pan: The Fiction Magazine Mar 1923, as “Giglamps Revokes” 58 · Ms. in a Safe [Inspector Calloway] · Frank Swinnerton · ss 65 · The Stroke of Thirteen [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 81 · Night of the Execution · Faith Baldwin · ss The American Magazine Feb 1950 93 · Helpless Victim · C. G. Lumbard · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 97 · Before the Act [McCann] · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Jul 8 1939 110 · The World Series Murder [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine Sep 1952, as “This Will Kill You” 142 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v22, #120, November 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Born Killer · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss 15 · Merry-Go-Round [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard 1953 18 · I’ll Wake You Early · Margaret Page Hood · ss 30 · All in the Day’s Work · William Krasner · ss 40 · The Clue That Wasn’t There [Detective-Inspector Ellis McKay] · L. A. G. Strong · ss 50 · Florian Slappey, Private Eye [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The Elks Magazine 1950 65 · The Devil’s Track [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Country Gentleman Jul 1927 78 · All Day Sunday · Ben Ray Redman · ss 81 · Murder at Chanticleer Hall · Ralph Jones · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 89 · Walk Across My Grave · Norbert Davis · ss Black Mask Apr 1942 99 · Horse Thief · Erskine Caldwell · ss Vanity Fair Nov 1933 104 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 106 · One for the Road · Will C. Brown · ss 110 · Murder in Manhattan · Hugh Pentecost · nv The American Magazine Feb 1952

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v22, #121, December 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dirone Photography) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Frame-Up [Insp. Kyle] · Roy Vickers · ss 20 · Two Rolls, No Coffee · Don M. Mankiewicz · ss Black Mask Nov 1948, as “Odds on Death” 29 · The Man on the Iron Palings [Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · ss 1941 39 · Bird in the Hand [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 9 1932 64 · Out of Patience... · Anthony Boucher · pm 65 · The Trip to London · Rhys Davies · ss 1930; The Trip to London, Howell Soskin 1945 73 · Nobody’s All Bad [Billy the Kid] · W. R. Burnett · ss Collier’s Jun 7 1930 81 · Cinder City Blues · E. H. Reynier · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 91 · The Fourth Degree [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss Black Mask Feb 1941 103 · The Poison Typewriter · William Abrahams · ss 111 · The Man · Mel Dinelli · ss Story May/Jun 1945 122 · Open File · Richard Deming · nv 140 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 142 · Index to Volume 22—July-December 1953 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v23, #122, January 1954] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Emsh) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Maigret’s Christmas [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · nv; translated from the French (“Un Noél de Maigret”, Presses de la Cite, 1951). 44 · The Disappearance of Captain Harwell [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Nov 1925, as “A Man of Magic” 57 · Murder by Jury [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg; Hargest Macrea] · Michael Gilbert · ss Britannia and Eve Jul 1951 65 · The Attacker [Anthony J. Quinn] · Morton Wolson · ss 81 · The Glamorous Opening [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week Jun 3 1951 85 · Try to Remember · Lillian King · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 92 · One Wicked Impulse! · Walt Whitman · ss A Special Day 1882; revised from “Revenge and Requital; A Tale of a Murderer Escaped” (Democratic Review, July-August 1845, as by “Walter Whitman”). 101 · The Way I Killed Him · Oscar Schisgall · nv Liberty Aug 1948 (+1) 121 · The Pariah · Thomas Burke · ss Vanity Fair Jan 1920 126 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 128 · The Dark Night [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Country Gentleman Nov 1927 140 · The Curse of Stonewall Jackson · Will Stanton · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v23, #123, February 1954] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Kirberger) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Unstoppable Man [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull Nov 19 1949, as “Amateur in Violence” 11 · The Girl Who Married a Monster [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss 26 · The Bird House · William March · ss 39 · The Street of the Buzzards · Dennis Wiegand · ss 48 · A G Is a G · David Vincent Sheehan · ss 52 · Pass the Bottle · Hayden Howard · ss 65 · Sherlock Holmes First Editions: A New and Revised Catalogue of the Queen Collection · Ellery Queen · bi 74 · Conversation at an Inn · Phyllis Bentley · ss 81 · The Ghost of Greenwich Village · Donald McNutt Douglass · ss 91 · The Survivor · Ralph Norman Weber · vi 93 · London Nights’ Entertainment · Youngman Carter · ss 108 · Food for Thought · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard Apr 24 1951 113 · Junie-No-Name · Zelda Popkin · ss 129 · The Man Who Punished Himself · Roy Vickers · ss 142 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v23, #124, March 1954] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · ? · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works, Dunne 1903, as “A Matter of Business”; $100 given to the reader who sent in the best title for the story.; translated from the French (“Une Vente”). 9 · The Mystery of the Five Money Orders [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 24 · Murder at Eleven · A. A. Milne · ss A Table Near the Band, and other stories, Methuen 1950 35 · The Swami of Northbank [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s Jul 15 1950 48 · The Superfluous Clues [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Mr. Fortune’s Practice, Methuen 1923, as “The Young Doctor” 65 · The Man Who Could Not Die · Raphael Hayes · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 76 · Life and Death in the Scillies [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard Mar 13 1951, as “Death in the Scillies” 81 · Ashes · Julia Peterkin · ss Green Thursday, Knopf 1924 90 · The Neat Man [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg; Mr. Rumbold] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull Jun 18 1949, as “Touch of Genius” 99 · The Roman Candles · John Bell Clayton · vi Epoch Win 1948 102 · A Piece of Life · Jack London · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine Dec 1905, as “The Sun-Dog Trail” 116 · The Last Bus Home · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 15 1941, as “Of Time and Murder” 142 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br