The FictionMags Index

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Best Detective Magazine [v4 #3, July 1931] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Execution Island · Roy W. Hinds · nv Detective Story Magazine Apr 7 1923 43 · Flogging as a Deterrent to Crime · Anon. · ms 44 · Blank White · Carolyn Wells · ss Detective Story Magazine Dec 30 1922 52 · Laundry Work at Sing Sing · Anon. · ms 53 · Out of the Whispering Jungle · Frank Shaw · nv Detective Story Magazine Sep 28 1920 68 · A Most Unusual Death Trial · Anon. · ms 69 · Women in Crime · Edward H. Smith · cl 77 · Lure of the West Lands Youth in Tombs · Anon. · ms 78 · Bluff · Anthony M. Rud · ss Detective Story Magazine Nov 26 1921 89 · Thubway Tham’s Revenge [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct 5 1920 101 · After Forty Years [Doctor Bentiron] · Ernest M. Poate · ss Detective Story Magazine Jul 29 1919 115 · Costly Satisfaction · Frederick Ames Coates · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct 19 1920 123 · All in a Blaze · Frederick Hemming · ss Detective Story Magazine Dec 9 1922 132 · “Keep off the Grass” · Kenneth Duane Whipple · ss Detective Story Magazine Jul 28 1923 142 · The Jury Box · [The Readers] · lc

Best Detective Magazine [v4 #4, August 1931] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · False Fronts · Christopher B. Booth · na 56 · An Unusual Scent · Anon. · ms 57 · Curtain—Quick [Balbane, Man of Mystery] · Lewen Hewitt · ss Detective Story Magazine Sep 10 1921 67 · His Nagging Wife · Charlotte Dockstader · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct 18 1924 76 · Women in Crime: Shoplifters and Pickpockets · Edward H. Smith · ar Detective Story Magazine Sep 16 1922 84 · Handcuffs and Hacksaw · Anon. · ms 85 · Under the Rays of the Red Star · Paul Ellsworth Triem · ss Detective Story Magazine Jun 23 1923 93 · A Burglar’s Visiting Card · Anon. · ms 93 · Law versus Alienists · Anon. · ms 94 · Thubway Tham’s Curiothity [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Detective Story Magazine Jan 7 1922 101 · Four Generations of Pinkertons · Anon. · ms 102 · The Toll of the Stairs · William S. Dutton · ss Detective Story Magazine May 19 1923 112 · A Rose for a Night · Frederick Ames Coates · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 4 1923 118 · A Brutal Weapon · Anon. · ms 119 · Swamps · Lemuel L. de Bra · ss Detective Story Magazine Nov 10 1923; given as by Leonard L. DeBras. 126 · Slicked · James W. Egan · ss Detective Story Magazine May 18 1920 130 · Vanishing Ink · Anon. · ms 131 · Prey · C. S. Montanye · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct 28 1919 137 · Antiquated Prison System of the United States · Anon. · ms 138 · The Thief Who Couldn’t Fail · Keene Thompson · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb 20 1917 142 · A Skillful Forger · Anon. · ms 142 · Farm Work for Convicts · Anon. · ms 144 · The Jury Box · [The Readers] · lc

Best Detective Magazine [v4 #5, September 1931] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Groping Fingers · Edward Leonard · nv Detective Story Magazine May 10 1924 36 · Where He Left Off · G. A. Wells · ss Detective Story Magazine Jul 1 1919 51 · In the Green Boat · Charlotte Dockstader · ss Detective Story Magazine May 16 1925 62 · Stolen Goods · Anon. · ms 63 · Trapped by Trumpets [Balbane, Man of Mystery] · Lewen Hewitt · ss Detective Story Magazine Mar 11 1922 76 · Spirit Justice · Ernest M. Poate · ss Detective Story Magazine Jun 9 1923 89 · A University Course in Crime · Anon. · ms 90 · Women in Crime: Simp Moll and Wise Moll · Edward H. Smith · ar Detective Story Magazine Sep 23 1922 98 · New Use for Dog Kennels · Anon. · ms 99 · The Candle · C. C. Andrews · ss Detective Story Magazine Jul 15 1919 110 · A Handy Source of Income · Anon. · ms 110 · Arrested for Nonsupport of Child Long Dead · Anon. · ms 111 · Thubway Tham Meetth a Girl [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Detective Story Magazine Jun 18 1921 119 · A “Meanest” Thief · Anon. · ms 120 · Inherited Guilt · Frederick Ames Coates · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct 20 1923 127 · A New Job for Policemen · Anon. · ms 128 · Two Leading Men · H. C. Wire · ss Detective Story Magazine Apr 12 1924 140 · She Never Told · Dahlia Graham · ss Detective Story Magazine Mar 25 1919 143 · The Jury Box · [The Readers] · lc

Best Detective Magazine [v4 #6, October 1931] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Bullet Proof · Adele Luehrmann · na Detective Story Magazine Feb 9 1924 60 · Chan Loo and the Half-Man · Paul Ellsworth Triem · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct 11 1924 73 · Modern Penology · Anon. · ms 74 · Treat ’Em Soft · Roy W. Hinds · ss Detective Story Magazine May 13 1922 83 · A Promise to a Thief · Anon. · ms 83 · Innocent but in Prison · Anon. · ms 84 · Women in Crime: The Penitent Prodigal · Edward H. Smith · ar Detective Story Magazine Dec 2 1922 91 · Easy Money · Anon. · ms 92 · In His Own Noose · Edward Leonard · ss Detective Story Magazine Dec 8 1923 101 · Thubway Tham’s Jealouthy [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Detective Story Magazine Sep 17 1921 108 · A Car Spotter · Anon. · ms 109 · Mad Dog · Victor Lauriston · ss Detective Story Magazine Sep 13 1924 119 · Gangsters’ Sweethearts · Anon. · ms 119 · An Unwalled Prison · Anon. · ms 120 · Brotherly Hate · Leslie Gordon Barnard · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct 11 1924 131 · New York City’s Early Police Force · Anon. · ms 132 · Seven Purple Pills · Frederick C. Davis · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb 16 1924 140 · A Questionable Alibi · Anon. · ms 141 · “Window Lillian” · Harold de Polo · ss Detective Story Magazine Jul 29 1919 143 · The Jury Box · [The Readers] · lc

Best Detective Magazine [v5 #1, November 1931] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · The Yellow Trap · Christopher B. Booth · nv Detective Story Magazine Nov 8 1924 48 · An Expensive Court Session · Anon. · ms 48 · A Poor Speller · Anon. · ms 49 · Alone in the Water · Charlotte Dockstader · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct 2 1926 60 · The Girl with the Muff · Katherine Metcalf · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 6 1918, as by Katherine Metcalf Roof 72 · Bandits Use Smoke Screen · Anon. · ms 72 · Special Fumigation · Anon. · ms 73 · A Phony Call · Paul Ellsworth Triem · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb 2 1924 83 · Women in Crime: The Moll and the Gang · Edward H. Smith · ar Detective Story Magazine Sep 30 1922 92 · The Last Entry · Donald Van Riper · ss Detective Story Magazine Dec 16 1922 100 · Thubway Tham’s Thanksgiving Dinner [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Detective Story Magazine Nov 26 1918 107 · Italy’s New Penal Code · Anon. · ms 108 · Bearded · Frederick Hemming · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 12 1922 119 · Absolutely Cut Off · Kenneth Duane Whipple · ss Detective Story Magazine Mar 3 1923 126 · A Feline Burglar · Anon. · ms 127 · Too Hot for Soup · Howard R. Marsh · ss Detective Story Magazine Mar 22 1924 135 · Increase in Homicides · Anon. · ms 135 · Reclaiming Wayward Youths with Stage Magic · Anon. · ms 136 · The Open Door · Frederick Ames Coates · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb 23 1924 142 · Odd Sentence · Anon. · ms 143 · The Jury Box · [The Readers] · lc

Best Detective Magazine [v5 #2, December 1931] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · The Purple Spot · Hugh McNeill · na 56 · Six-Year-Old Boy in State Penitentiary · Anon. · ms 57 · Gilded Guilt · Roy W. Hinds · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 26 1922 66 · Cheated Lives · Charlotte Dockstader · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 21 1926 78 · Speakeasy Door on Bank · Anon. · ms 79 · A Rug from Cairo · Oscar Schisgall · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 9 1924 92 · Jewels of Remorse · Frederick Ames Coates · ss Detective Story Magazine Mar 22 1924 101 · The Key to Wealth · Arthur Mallory · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 11 1923 117 · Missing · [Various] · cl (r) 118 · Women in Crime: The Confidence Woman · Edward H. Smith · ar Detective Story Magazine Oct 7 1922 126 · Holdup in Central Park · Anon. · ms 127 · Thubway Tham’s Thenthe of Honor [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Detective Story Magazine Jun 1 1920 136 · A Convict Inventor · Anon. · ms 137 · And They Did · Arthur Jamison · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb 9 1924 140 · Punishment of a Wife Beater · Anon. · ms 141 · Good Night · Harry M. Holt · ss Detective Story Magazine May 20 1917 142 · A Unique Contest · Anon. · ms 143 · The Jury Box · [The Readers] · lc

Best Detective Magazine [v5 #3, January 1932] (15¢, pulp, cover by John Falter) Sparkling Danger · Edward Leonard · ss Detective Story Magazine Mar 20 1926 Private and Important · Charlotte Dockstader · ss Detective Story Magazine Sep 11 1926 "Gentleman" Joe’s Litany · John Mersereau · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 19 1922 The House with the Checkered Blind · G. A. Wells · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb 24 1920 Yellow Streaks · Grover Kidwell · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct 6 1923 Thubway Tham’s Merry Christmas [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Detective Story Magazine Dec 24 1918 Flop House Pirates · Paul Ellsworth Triem · ss Detective Story Magazine Apr 12 1924 No Dents · J. R. Ward · ss Detective Story Magazine Sep 15 1923 A Low-Down Trick · James Dane · ss Detective Story Magazine Jun 24 1922 All Actors · R. M. Bemis · ss Detective Story Magazine Sep 20 1924

Best Detective Magazine [v5 #4, February 1932] (15¢, pulp, cover by John Drew) Owls of Ill Omen · Christopher B. Booth · nv Detective Story Magazine Feb 16 1924 Tea for Three · Charlotte Dockstader · ss Detective Story Magazine Dec 5 1925 The Governor’s Hand · Edward Leonard · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb 23 1924 A Ship Against the Sun · Paul Ellsworth Triem · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 9 1924 Her Uncle’s Fear · Roy W. Hinds · ss Detective Story Magazine Sep 9 1922 A Hick’s a Hick · John Jay Chichester · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb 19 1921, as by Christopher B. Booth Thubway Tham’s Four Queens [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Detective Story Magazine May 25 1920 The Man Who Came Last · Kenneth Duane Whipple · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb 23 1924 William Steals a Wallet · C. S. Montanye · ss Detective Story Magazine Jun 3 1919 Sliding Bars · Robert Winton · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 5 1922

Best Detective Magazine [v5 #5, March 1932] (15¢, pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) Lady Killers · Adele Luehrmann · na Detective Story Magazine Apr 21 1923 Worthy of a Testimonial · John Jay Chichester · ss Detective Story Magazine May 20 1922 Sword of Misery · Charlotte Dockstader · ss Detective Story Magazine May 8 1926 Fools’ Tips · Harry Edwards · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct 27 1923, as “Four Tips” Wind to the Rescue · Carl Clausen · ss Detective Story Magazine Nov 10 1923 Nerve · Murray Leinster · ss Argosy All-Story Weekly Jun 4 1921 Thubway Tham’th Better Thelf [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Detective Story Magazine Nov 25 1922 From Another Angle · Kenneth Duane Whipple · ss Detective Story Magazine Jan 27 1923 The Invisible Three · Frederick Hemming · ss Detective Story Magazine Mar 24 1923 Called Back · Joseph F. Hook · ss Detective Story Magazine Nov 8 1924

Best Detective Magazine [v5 #6, April 1932] (20¢, pulp) Off Post · Hugh McNeill · na Detective Story Magazine Oct 28 1922, as by Hugh MacNair Kahler Just Romance · Charlotte Dockstader · ss Detective Story Magazine Dec 12 1925 Without Duty · Frank Parks · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 4 1923 Mark Tom Tu · Howard R. Marsh · ss Detective Story Magazine Jan 20 1923 Fogarty Drops a Flask · Paul Ellsworth Triem · ss Detective Story Magazine Mar 15 1924 Green Eyes · Ellis Parker Butler · ss Detective Story Magazine Apr 23 1918 Thubway Tham, Delegate [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Detective Story Magazine Jun 11 1921 His Box-Seat Alibi · John Jay Chichester · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 5 1922 Right Where He Belonged · Roy W. Hinds · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 30 1924, as “‘Right Where He Belongs’” Just a Battered Tin Cup · Leslie Gordon Barnard · ss Detective Story Magazine Nov 15 1924 When a Man Is Guilty · William David Ball · ss Detective Story Magazine Jul 9 1918

Best Detective Magazine [v6 #1, May 1932] (20¢, pulp) Signed, the Scarlet X · John Jay Chichester · nv Detective Story Magazine Jun 23 1923 "54-A" · Paul Ellsworth Triem · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 2 1924 The Scented Shadow · Edward Leonard · ss Detective Story Magazine Jul 26 1924 The Doctor Looks in the Glass · Victor Lauriston · ss Detective Story Magazine May 31 1924 The Van Claessen Affair [Vidaunt] · James Francis Dwyer · ss The New Magazine (US) Nov 1910 Thubway Tham, Optimitht [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 24 1920 Two Months of Freedom · Frank H. Shaw · ss Detective Story Magazine May 18 1920 The Act of Providence · Arthur Mallory · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 19 1922 Slippery Skins · Jack Bassett · ss Detective Story Magazine May 17 1924 A Dear Good-By · Holloway Horn · ss Detective Story Magazine Jul 22 1922 While Sinclair Slept · Elliot Bailey · ss Detective Story Magazine Mar 24 1923

Best Detective Magazine [v6 #2, June 1932] (20¢, pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) The Yellow Feather · Edward Leonard · nv Detective Story Magazine Mar 1 1924 The Comely Widow · Charlotte Dockstader · ss Detective Story Magazine Jan 9 1926 Three Crooks Afloat · Artemus Calloway · ss Detective Story Magazine May 5 1923 Through the Weather Rail · Frank H. Shaw · ss Detective Story Magazine Dec 9 1919 Thubway Tham Reformth [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb 11 1922 The Flaw · David Ball · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb 25 1919 The Twisted Bullet [Balbane, Man of Mystery] · Lewen Hewitt · ss Detective Story Magazine Feb 12 1921 Even! · Caroline Shelley Osborn · ss Detective Story Magazine May 13 1919 Shriveling Prints · Joseph Montaigue · ss Detective Story Magazine Jun 4 1918 Three Warped Souls · Ernest Haycox · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct 11 1924 The Unseen Clew · V. S. Hayden · ss Detective Story Magazine Dec 2 1919