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Mysterious Suspense Stories [#4, April 2018] ed. Steve Lines & John B. Ford (Rainfall Books, £4.00, 40pp, A5) Details taken from magazine website. Night of Halloween · Matthew Wilson · ss Blake · Dyer & Lockington · ss Rain · David Smith · ss Training · David Smith · ss Souls of Disturbed Spirits · Matthew Wilson · pm

The Mysterious Traveler Magazine    (about) A mixed-genre magazine, tie-in to a popular radio show. Publishers: Grace Publishing Co.; Buffalo, NY: The Mysterious Traveler Magazine Editors: Robert Arthur - Managing Editor: The Mysterious Traveler Magazine.

The Mysterious Traveler Magazine [v1 #1, November 1951] (35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by N. Saunders) 3 · The Other Hangman · John Dickson Carr · ss A Century of Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Hutchinson 1935 16 · Goodbye, Goodbye! [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1946 35 · The Knife · Robert Arthur · ss 41 · The Big Money · The Mysterious Traveler · ss Popular Detective May 1949, as by Andrew Fell 54 · The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body, Gollancz 1928 70 · Dead Man’s Story · Howard Rigsby · ss Argosy Aug 27 1938, as “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead” 80 · Repeat Performance · Andrew Saxon · ss 87 · Pieces of Silver · Brett Halliday · ss Argosy Jul 30 1938, as by Davis Dresser 98 · Side Bet · Will F. Jenkins · ss Collier’s Jul 31 1937 106 · Found Money · John West · ss 121 · The Wind · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales Mar 1943 129 · Rum for Dinner [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s Feb 7 1948

The Mysterious Traveler Magazine [v1 #2, January 1952] (35¢, 160pp+, digest, cover by N. Saunders) 2 · The $1,000,000 Motive [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · ss 1945 19 · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss Twenty Great Tales of Murder, ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random 1951 37 · Play with Fire · H. W. Guernsey · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 15 1935, as “Smot Guy” 51 · Find the Woman [Joe Rogers] · Kenneth Millar · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1946 72 · Collector’s Item · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s Sep 4 1948 83 · The Blue Geranium [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller Dec 1929 97 · To the Future · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 13 1950 111 · The Floating Finger · Dean Evans · ss 122 · The Motive · A. A. Fleming · vi 125 · Smart Guy · Bruno Fischer · ss Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly May 1945 147 · Eye Witness · The Mysterious Traveler · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 28 1939, as by Robert Arthur Change of Address · Mark Williams · ss

The Mysterious Traveler Magazine [v1 #3, March 1952] (35¢, 160pp+, digest, cover by N. Saunders) 2 · I’ll Just Be a Minute · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 22 1940, as “Finger of Doom” 28 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar Feb 1932 40 · Challenge to the Reader · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1947 53 · The White Hat [Paul Harley] · Sax Rohmer · nv The Story-teller Jun 1920 72 · The Jokester · Anthony Morton · ss 80 · D-Day · Robert Trout · vi Saturday Review of Literature Oct 27 1945 84 · Body of an Elderly Man · W. Lee Herrington · nv 109 · The Lonely World · Richard Sale · ss Argosy Oct 28 1939 119 · Sixty Grand Missing · Robert Arthur · ss Short Stories Oct 25 1941, as “Neat if Not Gory” 130 · “Drop Dead!” · Lou Huston · ss 138 · “I, Murderer—” · The Mysterious Traveler · ss 146 · Told for the Truth · Cyril Hume · ss Street of the Malcontents and Other Stories, Doran 1927

The Mysterious Traveler Magazine [v1 #4, June 1952] ed. Robert Arthur (Grace Publishing Co., 35¢, 160pp+, digest, cover by N. Saunders) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. ifc. · [untitled introduction] · The Mysterious Traveler · in 2 · His Heart Could Break [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1943 22 · Death by Drowning [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Nov 1931 39 · The Case of the Murderous Mice · Robert Arthur · ss 1933 57 · The People Next Door · Pauline C. Smith · ss 62 · The Vanishing Passenger · John West · ss 76 · Cover Contest · Anon. · cn; make up a plot based upon this month’s cover, plus winners from previous contest. 78 · Memory Test · Samuel W. Taylor · ss Collier’s Apr 1 1939 93 · Welcome Home · The Mysterious Traveler · ss Dime Mystery Magazine Oct 1948, as “Calling All Corpses!” by Robert Jay Arthur 105 · The Treasure Hunt [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s Nov 22 1924 121 · Pigeon’s Blood · Fredrick Wells · ss 1942, as “Bee-Line Bait” 125 · A Knife in the Night · Robert Forbes · ss Pocket Detective Magazine Dec 1936, as “The Devil Knife” 140 · The Mysterious Traveler Suggests · The Mysterious Traveler · ms; various reviews. 142 · The Hint · Jay Norman · ss 147 · Back There in the Grass · Gouverneur Morris · ss Collier’s Dec 16 1911

The Mysterious Traveler Mystery Reader [#5, 1952] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by N. Saunders) 3 · Red Wine · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Adventure Jun 1 1930 20 · Women Are Poison · Brett Halliday · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 31 1936, as by Davis Dresser 31 · Christmas Present · The Mysterious Traveler · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 21 1939, as by Robert Arthur 42 · The Nine-Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1947 50 · Midnight Visit · Robert Arthur · vi Collier’s Jun 17 1939 53 · The Crowd · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1943 64 · The Adventure of the Sotheby Salesman [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss In Re: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft & Moran 1945 78 · No Bath for the Browns · Margot Bennett · ss Lilliput Nov 1945 81 · It’s Later Than You Think · The Mysterious Traveler · ss Baffling Detective Mysteries Jul 1943, as by Robert Arthur 92 · The Weeping Woman · John West · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 13 1933, as “No Tears” by Robert Arthur 103 · The Whistling Room [Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler Mar 1910 118 · A Very Neat Corpse · Alan Bird · ss Pocket Detective Magazine Apr 1937, as “Exact Eddie Levels” by Lew Allen Bird

The Mysterious Wu Fang    (about) A character pulp. The lead novels are usually SF in nature, but the back up stories almost never are. Publishers: Popular Publications; Chicago: The Mysterious Wu Fang Editors: Henry Steeger - Editor: The Mysterious Wu Fang

The Mysterious Wu Fang [v1 #1, September 1935] (10¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Jerome Rozen) 6 · The Case of the Six Coffins [Wu Fang] · Robert J. Hogan · n. 97 · Blood on the Goose · Alden H. Norton · ss 109 · Princess of Death [Mark Turner] · Steve Fisher · ss 119 · The Murder Chest [Jud Stanton] · Frank Gruber · ss

The Mysterious Wu Fang [v1 #2, October 1935] (10¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Jerome Rozen) 8 · The Case of the Scarlet Feather [Wu Fang] · Robert J. Hogan · n. 97 · Bones of the Dead · Paul Ernst · ss 108 · The Jade Cat · Steve Fisher · ss 117 · The Devil’s Coin [Jud Stanton] · Frank Gruber · ss

The Mysterious Wu Fang [v1 #3, November 1935] (10¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Jerome Rozen) 10 · The Case of the Yellow Mask [Wu Fang] · Robert J. Hogan · n. 105 · The Blue Coffin [Mark Turner] · Steve Fisher · ss 114 · The Buddha Laughs · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

The Mysterious Wu Fang [v1 #4, December 1935] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp, cover by Jerome Rozen) Given as “Vol. 1 No. 3”. 10 · The Case of the Suicide Tomb [Wu Fang] · Robert J. Hogan · n. 90 · Satan’s Bride · James H. S. Moynahan · ss 101 · Shanghai Murder · Steve Fisher · ss

The Mysterious Wu Fang [v2 #1, January 1936] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp, cover by Jerome Rozen) 8 · The Case of the Green Death [Wu Fang] · Robert J. Hogan · n. 91 · The Sacred Dragon [Mark Turner] · Steve Fisher · ss 99 · Jewels for the Dead · O. B. Myers · ss The Temple of Death · Anon. · ms

The Mysterious Wu Fang [v2 #2, February 1936] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp, cover by Jerome Rozen) 8 · The Case of the Black Lotus [Wu Fang] · Robert J. Hogan · n. 89 · The House of Doom · Arden X. Pangborn · ss 100 · The Death Wizard · Frank W. Beaston · ss

The Mysterious Wu Fang [v2 #3, March 1936] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp, cover by Jerome Rozen) 8 · The Case of the Hidden Scourge [Wu Fang] · Robert J. Hogan · n. 89 · Frozen Doom · Frank W. Beaston · ss 98 · The Man from Hell · Steve Fisher · ss

The Mysterious Wu Fang [v2 #4, April 1936 (unpublished)] (pulp) One story was announced for the unpublished April 1936 issue. Details taken from The Pulp Magazine Index by Len Robbins. The Case of the Living Poison [Wu Fang] · Robert J. Hogan · ss

The Mysterious Wu Fang (Canada)    (about)

The Mysterious Wu Fang (Canada) [February 1936] (15¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents fc. · [front cover] · Jerome Rozen · cv The Mysterious Wu Fang Feb 1936 The Case of the Black Lotus [Wu Fang] · Robert J. Hogan · n. The Mysterious Wu Fang Feb 1936

Mystery (1932)    (about) --- see under The Illustrated Detective Magazine.

Mystery: Mystery started in 1979 as a limited-distribution title, shifting to a nationally-distributed, slick, quarto-sized, magazine in January 1981. After 9 issues it converted to a digest, closing after a further two issues.

Mystery Publishers: Mystery Magazine Inc.; Glendale, Los Angeles, CA: Mystery Editors: Stephen L. Smoke - Editor: Mystery, Nov 1979 – Jan 1981. Thomas Godfrey - Editor: Mystery, Mar 1981 – May 1981.

Mystery [v1 #1, November/December 1979] ed. Stephen L. Smoke (Mystery, $2.00, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Ross Macdonald Interview · Gene Davidson & John Knoerle · iv 9 · Hardboiled Lingo · John Knoerle · ms 10 · Mystery Suspense on Screen · David Bruce · cl 10 · Time After Time · Judith Claire · mr 12 · Testing Your Eye Q · Paul Bishop · pz 14 · La Jolla Mystery Writers’ Meet · Edgar James · ar 17 · Bouchercon X · Diane Wiseman · ar 20 · Book Reviews · [Various] · rc 27 · World of Mystery Fiction · Noel Craig · ar 30 · West Coast Mystery Scene · Ruth Windfeldt · cl 32 · East Coast Mystery Scene · Art Bourgeau · cl 33 · Ace Carpenter, Detective [Part 1 of 2; Ace Carpenter] · Hamilton T. Caine · sl 40 · Eight Ball · Joseph Allen · ss

Mystery [v1 #2, March/April 1980] ed. Stephen L. Smoke (Mystery; Los Angeles, CA, $2.00, 64pp, quarto) 2 · From the Desk of the Publisher · Stephen L. Smoke · ed 4 · Eye Q II · Jonathon Harrow · pz 8 · Interview: Dorothy Salisbury Davis · Shelly Lewis · iv 11 · Mystery/Suspense Home Entertainment · David Bruce · cl 13 · Do You Hear What I Hear? · Karen Bornstein · ar 17 · East Coast Mystery Scene · Art Bourgeau · cl 17 · West Coast Mystery Scene · Ruth Windfeldt · cl 19 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 23 · Interview: Aaron Marc Stein · Shelly Lewis · iv 27 · Inside Gumshoe Haven · Joseph Allen · ar 33 · The Longest Goodbye · Paul Bishop · ar 39 · The Daily Occurance Sheet · Paul Bishop · ar 43 · A Matter of Relative Importance · Martha Axelrod · ss 47 · Ace Carpenter, Detective [Part 2 of 2; Ace Carpenter] · Hamilton T. Caine · sl 57 · The Shuffle · Gerry Maddren · ss 60 · The Last Word · Paul Bishop · aw

Mystery [v1 #3, June/July 1980] ed. Stephen L. Smoke ($2.00, 60pp, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 5 · Legwork · [Various] · ms 8 · Robert Ludlum · Stephen L. Smoke · iv 14 · Upon Distinguishing Among 140 (or More) Sherlockian Pastiches · Anon. · ar 16 · Reviews · [Various] · br 22 · Sherlockian Dinner · Horace Harker · ar 24 · Mystery Fandom · Paul Bishop · ar 27 · West Coast News · Anon. · ms 28 · Sam Space, An Eye on Mars · William F. Nolan · ar 31 · John Ball · Karen Bornstein · iv 36 · The Would-Be Psycho · Jeff Gamso · ss 42 · Eye Q III · Anon. · pz 44 · For Your Spy’s Eyes Only · Andy East · ar 46 · A Night’s Work · Paul Harwitz · ss 52 · A Day in the Life of a Real PI · Douglas E. Christensen · ar 54 · Carpenter [Ace Carpenter] · Hamilton T. Caine · ex; an excerpt (part III) from the book Carpenter to be published in 1981. 60 · Solution to the Crime: A Last Word · Anon. · ms

Mystery [v2 #1, January 1981] ed. Stephen L. Smoke (Mystery; Los Angeles, CA, $2.00, 64pp, quarto) 3 · Legwork · [The Readers] · lc 6 · Interview: Stephen J. Cannell · Hamilton T. Caine · iv 11 · The Best TV Eyes of the Seventies · Robert J. Randisi · ar 14 · Interview: Ed McBain · David Harlequin · iv 18 · Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah · Raymond Obstfeld · ss 22 · The Edgars · Thomas Godfrey · ar 24 · Mystery at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · mr 26 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 30 · Under the Jack Knife · Michael Hodel · cl 32 · World of Mystery · Anon. · cl 34 · The Enigma of the Policeman/Writer · Paul Bishop · ar 42 · Eye-Q IV · Jonathon Harrow · cl 46 · Hollywood Highness · Hamilton T. Caine · ss 51 · The Black Mask · Professor E. R. Hagemann · ar 54 · Death Wears a Necktie · John Knoerle · ss 60 · The Last Word · Paul Bishop · aw