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    Yankee Shorts:    (about)
    The first series was published from 1940 to 1942, numbered sequentially, but with each individual issue carrying the name of an individual magazine. The series mixed reprints with original stories probably depending on how much space there was left in each issue.

    The second series, published in 1943/1944, were digest-sized and were explicitly labelled Yankee Shorts as well as a separate title such as Romance Shorts and Western Shorts and a number. In this series, however, the issues were numbered as sequels to the equivalent title in the first series. whether these numbers represented a second generic series, or if each was numbered as a sequel to the first series.



    Yankee Shorts [#1, Yankee Romance Shorts (November 1940)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5")
    Note the pages are unnumbered. Price quoted as 3d in advert for series.


    Yankee Shorts [#2, Yankee Mystery Shorts (November 1940)] (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5")
    • 1 · The Golden Ghoul · Cliff Campbell · ss Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940
    • 8 · Death Mates for the Lust-Lost · Hugh J. Gallagher · ss Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940
    • 16 · Murder Lust in ‘C’ · Nikolas Zurra · ss Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940
    • 25 · Children of the Red Horror · Zachary Strong · ss Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940


    Yankee Shorts [#3, Yankee Science Fiction (November 1940)] (3d, 32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5")
    • 1 · Space-Ship Derby · Milton Kaletsky · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Sum 1940
    • 9 · Package of Power · David C. Cooke · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Sum 1940
    • 17 · The Gentle Brain · Arthur Allport · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Sum 1940
    • 27 · Life Inside a Wall · Harl Vincent · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Sum 1940



    Yankee Shorts [#5, Yankee Mystery Shorts (January 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5")
    • 1 · Mistress of the Undead · Lazar Levi · ss Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940
    • 6 · College of the Crimson Corpses · Mat Rand · nv Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940; author not credited in magazine.
    • 25 · Satan Takes a Wife · Brian Loomis · ss Mystery Novels and Short Stories Jul 1940




    Yankee Shorts [#8, Yankee Gang Shorts (January 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5")
    • 1 · A Lodger for the Morgue · Paul Selonke · ss Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940
    • 12 · Bullet Broadcast · John A. Saxon · ss Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940
    • 19 · The Death Cast · Lewis Sterling · ss Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940
    • 25 · Homicide Headlines · Carroll B. Mayers · ss Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940



    Yankee Shorts [#10, Yankee Air Action (April 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5")
    • 1 · No More Aces · William O’Sullivan · ss Air Action Sep 1940
    • 16 · Glory for Gunners · Joe Gregg · ss Air Action Sep 1940
    • 24 · Junkers Juggernaut · Tom Grover · ss Air Action Sep 1940


    Yankee Shorts [#11, Yankee Science Fiction (April 1941)] (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5")
    • 1 · The Secret of the Moat Farm · George Scott · ss
    • 9 · Space-Flight of Terror · Ray Cummings · nv Science Fiction Jan 1941
    • 28 · Hold the Line for Hell · Kay Hammond · ss


    Yankee Shorts [#12, Yankee Romance Shorts (April 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5")


    Yankee Shorts [#13, Yankee Gang Shorts (April 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5")
    • 1 · The Devil Laughed Last · Mat Rand · nv Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940
    • 14 · The Bronze Arrow · Dougal McDougal · nv Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940
    • 24 · Blueprints Back-Fire · James Rourke · nv Gangland Detective Stories Sep 1940




    Yankee Shorts [#16, Yankee Air Action (July 1941)] (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5")




    Yankee Shorts [#19, Yankee Weird Shorts (May 1942)] (32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5")
    • 1 · Devil’s Disciple · F. W. Murray · nv
    • 19 · The Devil of the Dwr Ddu · Ann Elliott · ss
    • 23 · An Amazing Adventure or Can Dead Men Tell Tales? · J. R. Gregg · ss
    • 26 · Pebbles of Dread · Gerald Evans · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1940




    Yankee Gang Shorts
    A single issue of Yankee Gang Shorts is known to exist in the second series, numbered #4 after the three issues in the first series.



    Yankee Romance Shorts
    Two issues of Yankee Romance Shorts are known to exist in the second series, numbered #7 & #8 after the six issues in the first series titled either Yankee Romance Shorts or Yankee Love Shorts.




    Yankee Western Shorts
    Two issues of Yankee Western Shorts are known to exist in the second series, numbered #3 & #4 after the two issues in the first series.



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