The FictionMags Index

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Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v12 #2, January 1963] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Sound of Murder [Ed Noon] · Michael Avallone · na 64 · Mayhem in Miami [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 84 · Murder by Persuasion · Thomas Calvert McClary · ss 99 · The Family Burglar · Peter Kennedy · ss 108 · The Grandfather Clock · Hal Ellson · ss 113 · The Unguarded Path · Arthur Porges · ss 121 · Murder at Anchor · Howard Bloomfield · ss Short Stories Dec 25 1944

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v12 #3, February 1963] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Fourth Man [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · nv 36 · Double Reverse · Jay Smith · nv 60 · The Death Diary · Cornell Woolrich · nv Flynn’s Detective Fiction Apr 1943 85 · Death, My Love · John Douglas · ss 98 · Act of God [Chip Stack] · Tighe Jarratt · ss 110 · Carrier Pigeon [“Slot Machine” Kelly] · Dennis Lynds · ss 124 · The Stupid Fool · Hal Ellson · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v12 #4, March 1963] (35¢, digest) Death Rides the Ski Tow [Peter Duluth; Iris Duluth] · Q. Patrick · na The American Magazine Apr 1941 Gallows Highway [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Michael Avallone) · nv The Men in Aunt Annabel’s Life · Richard Deming · nv Man on the Run · Dennis Lynds · ss Mink Is for a Minx [Chip Stack] · Tighe Jarratt · ss The Midgets and the Monsters · Thomas Calvert McClary · ss Seeing Is Believing · Nicolas Bentley · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v12 #5, April 1963] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Detour to Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · nv 23 · An Open and Shut Case · Stephen Paul · vi John Creasey Mystery Magazine Aug 1958 28 · Death Waits in the Darkroom [Haila & Jeff Troy] · Kelley Roos · na The American Magazine Sep 1941; given as by Kelly Roos. 88 · Tainted Money · John D. Duckworth · ss 96 · The Blue Hand [“Slot Machine” Kelly] · Dennis Lynds · nv 125 · Hold Up · Dan Sontup · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v12 #6, May 1963] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Murder Most Unwelcome [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Michael Avallone) · nv 23 · A Small Matter of Time · Shane Stephens · ss 30 · Partners of the Dark [Phil Egan] · Alson J. Smith · nv 60 · C.O.D. to a Corpse [Chip Stack] · Tighe Jarratt · ss 70 · The Marrow of Justice [Victor Fiala] · Hal Ellson · ss 78 · The Nameless Clue · Helen McCloy · na Five-Novels Monthly Nov 1941 113 · Girl on the Second Floor · Harry C. Robert · ss 125 · The Pork Pie Hat · Bryan Edgar Wallace · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v13 #1, June 1963] (35¢, digest) Death of a Dead Man [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · nv A Mishap in Venice · J. Holding · ss The Frightened Sky-Girl · R. B. Johnson · ss The Price of a Dollar [“Slot Machine” Kelly] · Dennis Lynds · ss Love and Death · Arthur Porges · ss The Customer’s Always Right · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Tales Jul 1941 Another Beautiful Client · Michael Avallone · ss Student of the Language · H. C. Neal · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v13 #2, July 1963] (35¢, digest) Sugar and Spice—and Murder · Vera Caspary · na The American Magazine Dec 1943, as “Sugar and Spice” Death in the Three-Ring Circus [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Michael Avallone) · nv The Case of the Arabella Nude [Ed Noon] · Michael Avallone · nv First Degree Love · Gerald Filley · ss Harness Bull · Dennis Lynds · ss The Badge · K. B. Lock · ss The Reunion · Allan Cecil · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v13 #3, August 1963] (35¢, digest, cover by Robert Maguire) Take It or Leave It [Pete Wennick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask Mar 1939 Tears for a Gentle Old Lady [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Michael Avallone) · ss The Trial Balloon · Bryan Edgar Wallace · ss Even Bartenders Die [“Slot Machine” Kelly] · Dennis Lynds · ss The Corn Swindle · Tighe Jarratt · ss Corpus Delicti · Talmage Powell · ss Murder of an Unknown Man · James Holding · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v13 #4, September 1963] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Hearse Class Male [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · na 83 · A Clear Case of Innocence · Eric Allen · ss 88 · The Power of Death [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · ss 105 · Murder by Inches · Herbert Harris · vi 109 · The Princess and the Popper · H. C. Neal · ss 118 · Borrowed Trouble · Martha Hoke · ss 123 · Murder Slick as a Whistle · Arthur Porges · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v13 #5, October 1963] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Dangerous Secret [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · nv 36 · Waxworks · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales Jan 1939 57 · The Trappers · Arthur Porges · ss 62 · Truck Drivers Like Girls · Dorothy Madle · ss 74 · Death Can’t Be Fixed [Phil Egan] · Alson J. Smith · nv 108 · Oliver’s Twist · Michael Avallone · ss 118 · Death for Dinner [“Slot Machine” Kelly] · Dennis Lynds · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v13 #6, November 1963] (35¢, digest) The Blurred Killer · Gordon Gaskill · na The American Magazine Nov 1952 Crooks Holiday [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · ss The Strike Breaker · Tighe Jarratt · ss The October Game · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales Mar 1948 Model Wife · John J. McGuire · ss The Heckler [“Slot Machine” Kelly] · Dennis Lynds · ss End of the Line · C. L. Sweeney, Jr. · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v14 #1, December 1963] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. ifc. · The New Mike Shayne Book-Length Novel · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · ed 2 · The Body That Came Back [Part 1 of 3; Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · sl 48 · Murder at the Ball Park [Ed Noon] · Michael Avallone · nv 70 · Set ’Em Up in the Other Alley · James Holding · ss 82 · No More Walls · Will F. Jenkins · ss Collier’s Jun 26 1937 91 · The Finger of the Dead · William Edward Hayes · nv Short Stories Apr 25 1937 119 · A Lonely Little Man · Hal Ellson · ss 125 · Top to Bottom [Rod Keever] · Herbert Harris · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v14 #2, January 1964] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. ifc. · A Couple of Mike Shaynes · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · ed 2 · The Nude in the Pool [Joe Rodriguez] · Tom H. Moriarty · nv 48 · Revenge for a Massacre [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · ss 67 · A Better Murder · Dennis Lynds · ss 80 · Still Life · Frank Belknap Long · ss 85 · A Frame Has Four Sides · Michael Avallone · ss 90 · The Body That Came Back [Part 2 of 3; Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · sl 123 · Blood Clocks · Arthur Porges · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v14 #3, February 1964] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. ifc. · Three Shaynes in Three Issues · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · ed 2 · The Milk-Run Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · ss 20 · No Way Out [“Slot Machine” Kelly] · Dennis Lynds · ss 32 · The Morning After · Andrew West · ss 51 · Who Ate the Liontamer? · Ron Goulart · ss 63 · The Practically Perfect Crime · Morris Hershman · ss 72 · The Trouble with Summer · Ed Davis · nv 102 · The Poisoned Dart · Jack Kent · ss 107 · Reach for a Star · Syd Hoff · ss 112 · The Body That Came Back [Part 3 of 3; Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · sl 141 · Beholden · Jonathan Craig · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v14 #4, March 1964] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Drink Up—and Die! [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · nv 30 · The Terrible Twins · Norman Anthony · nv 52 · A Neighborly Murder · Nedra Tyre · ss 61 · A Message for Grant · Dan Ross · vi 65 · Mr. Harband’s Girls · William Vance · ss 84 · Where the Lines Meet · Walter Dallas · ss 94 · His Number Came Out Death [Phil Egan] · Alson J. Smith · nv 134 · Bait for Blackmail · Arnold English · ss 141 · An Honest Man · Arthur T. Harris · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v14 #5, April 1964] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Murder Takes a World Cruise · Charles Ventura · na 67 · The Gimmick · Arthur T. Harris · ss 72 · Killer’s Masquerade [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · nv 107 · An Eye for Murder · Martha Hoke · ss; given as “An Eye for an Eye” in the Table of Contents. 114 · Call for Help · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 22 1938, as “Distress Call” 130 · The Mysterious Mirror · Walter Dallas · ss 142 · Mercy · Edward Wellen · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v14 #6, May 1964] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Kill with Care [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · nv 28 · Violet · Hal Ellson · ss; given as by Hal Elson on the story itself. 39 · The Lonely Hobbies · Esther Lacy · ss 42 · Winner Pay off [“Slot Machine” Kelly] · Dennis Lynds · nv 65 · The Probable Fate of Uncle Jerome · Bryce Walton · ss 81 · Last Deal · Will Oursler · vi Black Book Detective May 1949 86 · Silent Witness · Dorothy Patterson Gault · nv 120 · The Third Murder · Talmage Powell · ss 127 · Innocent Victim · Will F. Jenkins · ss 1954 140 · The Paper Signal · Arnold English · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v15 #1, June 1964] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 144pp, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 2 · The Murderer Who Wanted More [Capt. Duncan Maclain] · Baynard Kendrick · na The American Magazine Jan 1944 52 · Scream in the Night [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · ss 70 · The Man Who Sold His Head · Walter Dallas · ss 82 · Crime of Passion [Shell Scott] · Richard S. Prather · ss Manhunt Dec 25 1954 90 · A Corpse Named Miles [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · nv 111 · Trouble at Travers Pharmacy [Ed Noon] · Michael Avallone · ss 119 · The Dead Don’t Speak [Lieutenant Joseph Marcus] · Fletcher Flora · ss 124 · I See Death in a Shadow · Roger Elwood · ss 134 · Stairway to Hell · Arnold English · ss 139 · Let’s Take a Walk · Tom Curry · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v15 #2, July 1964] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Betrayed · John D. MacDonald · nv The American Magazine Mar 1952 43 · The Reward · Tom Curry · ss 48 · Consultant for Murder · Clinton Flanagan · ss 65 · Compulsion [Gilbert Crocker] · Max Van Derveer · nv 86 · Alibi for a Killer [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 115 · Final Entry · Robert Somerlott · ss; given as by Robert Somerlot in the Table of Contents. 121 · Hard Cop · Dennis Lynds · ss 128 · Hollow Hero · Ed Lacy · ss 136 · The Man with the Floppy Ears · Will F. Jenkins · vi Collier’s Sep 26 1936, as “Lucky Break”; slightly revised. 139 · Joe Citizen · Carl Henry Rathjen · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v15 #3, August 1964] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 2 · A Matter of Courage [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · nv 43 · Zigzag · Norman Hunt · ss 47 · Bright Segment · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Caviar, Ballantine 1955 68 · The Girl Who Knew Too Much · Barry Perowne · nv 101 · Murder on the Freeway [David Danning] · Don von Elsner · ss 107 · The Aging Star · Tom Curry · ss 112 · Vanishing Act · W. R. Burnett · nv Manhunt Nov 1955 137 · Goodbye, Sweethearts · Syd Hoff · vi 141 · Payoff · Will Oursler · vi Mystery Book Magazine Fll 1949

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v15 #4, September 1964] (50¢, digest) Tragedy of Errors [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · ss Trouble Shooter [Shell Scott] · Richard S. Prather · na Accused Detective Story Magazine Jan 1956 Too Young to Die · Max Van Derveer · ss Till Crime Do Us Part · William Mendrek · ss The Man Who Found Ginger · Raymond E. Banks · ss; given as by Raymond F. Banks in the Table of Contents. Who’s Got the Lady? · Jack Ritchie · ss The Gun Next Door · Michael Avallone · ss The Trap · Peter Oppenheim · ss The Joker · Morris Hershman · ss Homecoming · Dennis Lynds · ss