The FictionMags Index

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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#2, August 1947] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 1/-, digest, cover by George Salter) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Proverbial Murder [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1943 18 · The Blue Fingerprint [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss New York Sunday News 1942, as “A Fingerprint in Cobalt” 30 · Rumor, Inc. [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1945 41 · The Curious Case of Kenelm Digby [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · nv The Bookman Mar 1921 (+1) 61 · D.I.C. (Department of Impossible Crimes) [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1943; given as “Department of Impossible Crimes” on the cover and in the Table of Contents. 76 · Death at the Porthole [Cliff Chandler] · Baynard Kendrick · ss Country Home Magazine 1938 87 · His Heart Could Break [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1943 106 · Mortmain · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1944 112 · A Victim of Amnesia · Arthur Somers Roche · ss The Elks Magazine Sep 1923 125 · The Watchman · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s Feb 22 1936

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#3, September 1947] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Chris Wood. 1 · Mr. Kiroshibu’s Ashes [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1944 14 · The Lady from Dubuque [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss New York Sunday News Dec 27 1942, as “The Puzzle of the Scorned Woman” 25 · Delayed Verdict [Evan Keith] · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss Collier’s Dec 20 1941 38 · The Adventure of Mr. Montalba, Obsequist [Mr. Mycroft] · H. F. Heard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1945 56 · QL 696.C9 [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1943 69 · The Wrong Problem [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Evening Standard Aug 14 1936 83 · Crime Without Passion · Ben Hecht · nv The Grand Magazine Sep 1933 103 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week Mar 5 1917; given as “Jury of Her Peers” in the Table of Contents.; based on material from the play “Trifles”. 121 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · ss Collier’s Feb 8 1930 126 · Rogues’ Gallery · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s Aug 24 1935

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#4, October 1947] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 1/-, digest, cover by George Salter) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Locked Room [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine Jul 1940 15 · Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1945 31 · The Seventh Drink [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1944 46 · The Mystery of the Chief of Police [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1945 63 · Something to Do with Figures · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1945 73 · The Eye [Cliff Chandler] · Baynard Kendrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1945 86 · Dark Journey · Francis Iles · ss The Sunday News 1934 102 · The Baby in the Icebox · James Cain · ss The American Mercury Jan 1933 117 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1945

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#5, November 1947] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 1/-, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Gutting of Couffignal [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask Dec 1925 26 · The Stripper [Sister Mary Ursula, OMB] · H. H. Holmes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1945 37 · Find the Woman [Joe Rogers] · Kenneth Millar · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1946 56 · Squeeze Play [William S. Gray] · Leonard Thompson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1946 75 · I Can Find My Way Out [Insp. (Supt.) Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1946 98 · Ultra-Violent [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss Argosy Jan 1945 111 · The Perfect Plan · James Hilton · ss Britannia and Eve Sep 1933 126 · One on the House · Corey Ford · vi Collier’s Jun 15 1929

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#6, December 1947] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 1/-, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Third-Prize Winner: Craig Rice · Anon. · bg (r) 2 · Goodbye, Goodbye! [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1946 20 · Problem of Emperor’s Mushrooms [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1945 30 · The Unlocked Room [Mr. Riddle (The Fix-It Man)] · Hazel Hills · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1946 39 · The Riddle of the Black Museum [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1946 53 · The Sock and the Clock [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1946 70 · Free and Easy [Jim Hanvey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The Red Book Magazine Apr 1926 93 · The Green Goods Man [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News Nov 21 1932, as “The Very Green Goods Man” 108 · Pastorale · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury Mar 1928 115 · The Cat’s-Eye · John van Druten · ss The Atlantic Monthly Mar 1945

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#7, January 1948] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 1/-, digest, cover by George Salter) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Fly Paper [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask Aug 1929 27 · Close Shave [William S. Gray] · Leonard Thompson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1946 45 · The Djinn Murder · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1944 57 · The Phantom Guest [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Win 1942 78 · Pattern for Murder · Herzl Fife · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1945 89 · Strictly Diplomatic [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 1939, as by Carter Dickson 103 · The Rival Dummy · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty Aug 18 1928 112 · Human Interest Stuff · Brett Halliday · ss Adventure Sep 1938, as by Davis Dresser 123 · Dead Heat · Lillian Day & Norbert Lederer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1946

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#8, February 1948] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 1/-, digest, cover by George Salter) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · A Star for a Warrior [David Return] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1946 15 · The Mystery of the Paper Wad [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1946 33 · Chinoiserie · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1946 54 · The Watchers and the Watched [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1946 75 · The Blue Hat [Pat & Jean Abbott] · Frances Crane · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1946 88 · Malice Domestic · Philip MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1946 103 · Brush Fire · James M. Cain · ss Liberty Dec 5 1936 110 · The Hunting of Hemingway [Nick & Dave Glennan] · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 21 1934

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#9, March 1948] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 1/-, digest, cover by George Salter) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Count Jalacki Goes Fishing [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1946 21 · An Error in Chemistry [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1946 37 · Goodbye Hannah · Steve Fisher · ss Double Detective Dec 1938 48 · The Nail and the Requiem [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · nv Mystery Mar 1935, as “The Affair on the Roof” 64 · The Assassins’ Club [Nigel Strangeways] · Nicholas Blake · ss Detection Medley, ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson 1939, as “A Slice of Bad Luck” 72 · Squeakie’s First Case [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1943 91 · Blue Murder · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine Oct 1925 108 · The Key in Michael [Dexter Drake] · Elsa Barker · nv The Red Book Magazine Jan 1927

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#10, April 1948] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 1/-, digest, cover by George Salter) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Repeater [Capt. (Col.) Hugh North] · Van Wyck Mason · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 8 1934, as “The Crime of the Legion” 26 · The Lady Holding a Green Apple · Stanley Hopkins, Jr. · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1947 35 · Farewell to the Faulkners · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1946 52 · An Arabian Night in Park Lane [Tom Hebblethwaite] · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine Sep 1932 64 · A Note to Count Jalacki [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1946 82 · You Can’t Hang Twice [Arthur Crook] · Anthony Gilbert · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1946 102 · The Unknown Man [Mr. White] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss Adventure Aug 1911 112 · Don’t Look Behind You · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1947 122 · The Alarm Bell · Donald Henderson · ss (r)

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#11, May 1948] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 1/-, digest, cover by George Salter) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Blind Man’s Bluff [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1947 21 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter Duluth; Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1946 33 · Lost Star [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1944 45 · Handcuffs Don’t Hold Ghosts [Tommy Hambledon] · Manning Coles · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1946 67 · Squeakie’s Second Case [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1945 84 · The Comic Opera Murders [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1946 96 · The Case of the Emerald Sky [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch Jul 10 1940 104 · Mystery for Christmas · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1943 117 · Mrs. Macbeth · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Street & Smith’s Complete Magazine Dec 1935 126 · Rogues’ Gallery · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s Aug 24 1935

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#12, June 1948] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 1/-, digest, cover by George Salter) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Tropical Disturbance [Oscar Sail] · Lester Dent · nv Black Mask Dec 1936, as “Angelfish” 25 · Dilemma at Shanghai · Vincent Starrett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1942 38 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar, Chatto 1938 55 · Opals Are Bad Luck · Viola Brothers Shore · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1943 67 · Wages of Innocence · Leonard L. Leonard · ss Collier’s May 6 1939 73 · Footfalls · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Pictorial Review Oct 1920 91 · The Oleander · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Every Week 1930 98 · The Signed Masterpiece [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston; Sophie Lang] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv McClure’s Jun/Jul 1921 118 · Simple · P. C. Wren · ss Odd—But Even So, Murray 1941 124 · The Man Who Read Too Many Detective Stories · Henry Hasse · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1944

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#13, July 1948] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 1/-, digest, cover by George Salter) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Nine Pound Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1947 17 · Like Count Palmieri [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1946 29 · Murder While You Wait · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1944 40 · Witness for the Prosecution · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1946 54 · The Aldine Folio Murders · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss The Dolphin 1940 73 · The Adventure of the Frightened Star [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Spr 1942 86 · His Honor · Ben Ames Williams · ss Cosmopolitan Jul 1921 94 · A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime, Collins 1933 104 · Accused · Ruth Chessman · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1943 107 · No Corpse—No Murder [Dirty Dogs’ Club] · P. C. Wren · ss Rough Shooting, John Murray 1938 121 · The Last Wallet · Kurt Steel · ss This Week 1944, as “Risk for a Lady” 124 · The Case of the Pinchbeck Locket [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch Jul 3 1940

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#14, August 1948] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 1/-, digest, cover by George Salter) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Riddle of the Tired Bullet [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1948 17 · Murder in Triplicate [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1946 30 · The Lady Who Laughed [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1948 47 · The Episode of the Sinister Inventor [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1946 61 · Rope’s End · Viola Brothers Shore · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1947 78 · Matter for a May Morning [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1946 97 · The Hunt Ball [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss Holly Leaves Nov 21 1937 107 · The Hammerpond Park Burglary · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget Jul 5 1894 113 · Asphodel · Edwin Lanham · ss Collier’s Jun 10 1944 122 · The Dirty Dogs’ Club [Dirty Dogs’ Club] · P. C. Wren · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1943; abridged from “A Franc’s Worth of Gas” (Rough Shooting, Murray, 1938).