The FictionMags Index

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Black Mask [v11 #4, June 1928] (20¢, pulp, cover by Fred Craft) 5 · Border Brand #1: First Blood [Border Brand] · Raoul F. Whitfield · nv 23 · A Gun in the Dark · Frederick Nebel · ss 36 · Alias Kid Buck · Hapsburg Liebe · ss 42 · The Hidden Hand [Race Williams; The Hidden Hand] · Carroll John Daly · nv 64 · The Show-Down · Leslie N. Johnson · ss 72 · Ripe Peach Odor · Merlin Moore Taylor · ss The Sovereign Magazine Jan 1925 82 · The Spies [Francis Devrite] · Tom Curry · ss 98 · Jungle Justice · Eric Taylor · ss 105 · Cards on the Table · Earl & Marion Scott · nv 126 · Gold Is Where You Find It · Raymond Emery Lawrence · ss

Black Mask [v11 #5, July 1928] (20¢, pulp, cover by Fred Craft) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Wanted for Murder [Race Williams; The Hidden Hand] · Carroll John Daly · nv 28 · Pirate Blood [Killer Blake] · W. H. B. Kent · ss 38 · Border Brand #2: Blue Murder [Border Brand] · Raoul F. Whitfield · nv; not the same as the story of the same name in the September 1932 issue. 52 · Purging Purgatory [Deputy Lou Havens] · Carl L. Martin · nv 71 · The Scented Crime · Harold C. Firanze · ss 81 · The Woman [“Mac” Macnamara; Francis Devrite] · Tom Curry · nv 96 · Bad Penny · H. J. Krier · ss 103 · Blue Gulch Joe Butts In · W. S. Charles · nv 120 · The Murder Rap · Eric Taylor · ss 129 · Judgment Reversed [Red Saunders] · Henry Wallace Phillips · ss The American Magazine Nov 1916

Black Mask [v11 #6, August 1928] (20¢, pulp, cover by H. C. Murphy, Jr.) 7 · Fangs of Fate [Black Barr] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv 38 · Hell to Pay · Frederick Nebel · ss 49 · Border Brand #3: High Death [Border Brand] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss 62 · Rough Stuff [Race Williams; The Hidden Hand] · Carroll John Daly · nv 87 · Ritzie Gets Clever · Lester Reynard · ss 96 · Night-Riding Ruddy · Stephen Payne · ss 106 · El Tigre Was Bad · Everett H. Tipton · ss 116 · The Master [“Mac” Macnamara; Francis Devrite] · Tom Curry · ss

Black Mask [v11 #7, September 1928] (20¢, pulp, cover by Fred Craft) 9 · Raw Law [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv 32 · Border Brand #4: Red Wings [Border Brand] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss 43 · The Devil’s Deputy [Black Barr] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv 71 · An Hour Before Dawn · Earl & Marion Scott · ss 78 · The Wooing of Shah-Layah [Red Saunders] · Henry Wallace Phillips · ss McBride’s Magazine Feb 1916 84 · A Moll and Her Man · Erika Zastrow · ss 91 · The Last Chance [Race Williams; The Hidden Hand] · Carroll John Daly · nv 115 · The Kid Wrangler · Francis W. Hilton · ss 122 · Crooks in Arcady [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss

Black Mask [v11 #8, October 1928] (20¢, pulp) 11 · Black Sheep’s Return · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · nv 35 · Supercrook [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss 47 · A Song in the Night · Everett H. Tipton · ss 54 · Dog Eat Dog [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv 78 · Border Brand #5: Ghost Guns [Border Brand] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss 89 · Warren of Granite Canyon · John W. McCardell · ss 96 · The Last Shot [Race Williams; The Hidden Hand] · Carroll John Daly · nv

Black Mask [v11 #9, November 1928] (20¢, pulp) 9 · The Law Laughs Last [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv 31 · Don’t Call It Air-Tight · Lester Reynard · ss 41 · The Dain Curse: Black Lives [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv 68 · Boulevard Louis · Eric Taylor · ss 78 · Curse of the Killers [Black Barr] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss 97 · Lottery Tickets · Kennie MacDowd · ss 103 · Sign Reading at Yellow Dog · Earle R. Buell · ss; given as by Earl R. Buell. 109 · Border Brand #6: The Sky Trap [Border Brand] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss

Black Mask [v11 #10, December 1928] (20¢, pulp) 9 · The Next Stiff [Ed Jenkins; Big Bill Delano] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss 29 · The Road That Led Nowhere · Sewell Peaslee Wright · ss 38 · The Dain Curse: The Hollow Temple [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv 65 · Slim Baker Horns In · Edward Parrish Ware · ss 74 · Curtains for Porky · Earl & Marion Scott · ss 86 · Bracelets [Tex of the Border Service] · Katherine Brocklebank · ss 95 · Over the River · Eugene Cunningham · ss 114 · The Muscle Man [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss

Black Mask [v11 #11, January 1929] (20¢, pulp) 9 · Poison Enters the Manse · Marion Scott · ss 20 · One Crook to Another [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss 38 · The Dain Curse: Black Honeymoon [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv 63 · The Way of a Westerner · S. Omar Barker · ss 71 · White Talons [Tex of the Border Service] · Katherine Brocklebank · ss 79 · The Rajah’s Bracelet · Anderson McCully · ss 93 · The Border Buckoes · Edward Parrish Ware · ss 109 · The Old Gray Mouse · Eustace Hale Ball · ss 115 · The Discard [Deputy Lou Havens] · Carl L. Martin · ss

Black Mask [v11 #12, February 1929] (20¢, pulp) 11 · Laughing Death #1: On the Spot [Laughing Death] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss 25 · Brewed at Benetti’s [Phil Craleigh] · Earl & Marion Scott · ss 40 · The Dain Curse: Black Riddle [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv 68 · Bracelets for Two [Ed Jenkins; Helen Chadwick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss 86 · The Taste of Blood [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss 103 · Still Buzzards [Deputy Lou Havens] · Carl L. Martin · ss

Black Mask [v12 #1, March 1929] (20¢, pulp) 7 · Tags of Death [Race Williams; The Flame] · Carroll John Daly · nv 35 · Laughing Death #2: Out of the Sky [Laughing Death] · Raoul F. Whitfield · nv 56 · The Ten Dead Policemen [The Reverend McGregor Daunt] · J. Paul Suter · ss 67 · What Price Friendship? · S. Omar Barker · ss 74 · Hooking the Crooks [Ed Jenkins; Helen Chadwick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv 99 · The Tryst at Five-Mile Rock · William Donald Bray · ss 108 · Trackless Trails [Deputy Lou Havens] · Carl L. Martin · ss

Black Mask [v12 #2, April 1929] (20¢, pulp) 5 · Law Without Law [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · ss 25 · Crooks Assorted [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss 36 · The Six-Gun Showdown · Edward Parrish Ware · nv 54 · Laughing Death #3: The Pay-Off [Laughing Death] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss 66 · A Pretty Bit of Shooting [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · nv 95 · The Star [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss 102 · No Questions Asked [Ed Jenkins; Helen Chadwick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv

Black Mask [v12 #3, May 1929] ed. Joseph T. Shaw (Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by Fred Craft) Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Gat Grabs the Shadow · Earl & Marion Scott · ss 19 · Graft [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv 42 · Gambling in Yellow [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss 53 · Get Race Williams [Race Williams; The Flame] · Carroll John Daly · nv 78 · Something to Look Forward To · Anon. · ms 79 · Laughing Death #4: High Odds [Laughing Death] · Raoul Whitfield · nv 90 · The Terror [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss 107 · Pack Rats · Victor Shaw · nv

Black Mask [v12 #4, June 1929] (20¢, pulp) 7 · Race Williams Never Bluffs [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · na 53 · A Pinch of Snuff · Eric Taylor · ss 64 · Cameo Kirby Takes His Cue [Cameo Kirby] · Earl & Marion Scott · ss 81 · Scum of the Border [Bob Larkin] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss 98 · Laughing Death #5: Within the Circle [Laughing Death] · Raoul Whitfield · ss 108 · The Canine Tooth [Tex of the Border Service] · Katherine Brocklebank · ss 118 · The Man from Helldorado · Thomas Clarence Kenner · ss

Black Mask [v12 #5, July 1929] (20¢, pulp) 5 · All the Way [Bob Larkin] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv 29 · Regards to the Chief [Cameo Kirby] · Earl & Marion Scott · nv 50 · Laughing Death #6: The Carnival Kill [Laughing Death] · Raoul Whitfield · ss 61 · Crossed Lead · Oliver Swett · nv 85 · The Whitest Man That Ever Lived · Heydorn Schleh · ss 91 · The Water Rats [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss 111 · The Silver Horseshoe [Tex of the Border Service] · Katherine Brocklebank · ss

Black Mask [v12 #6, August 1929] (20¢, pulp) 7 · Fly Paper [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv 27 · Spawn of the Night [Bob Larkin] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv 53 · The Other Cameo [Cameo Kirby] · Earl & Marion Scott · nv 78 · Laughing Death #7: River Street Death [Laughing Death] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss 89 · Do Your Stuff, Ranger · Peter Ames Cressey · ss 99 · Birds of Prey · Victor Shaw · nv

Black Mask [v12 #7, September 1929] (20¢, pulp) 7 · The Maltese Falcon [Part 1 of 5; Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · n. 29 · Dirty Work [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss 43 · Hanging Friday [Bob Larkin] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss 61 · New Guns for Old [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv 85 · The Pets [Red Saunders] · Henry Wallace Phillips · ss Red Saunders’ Pets and Other Critters, McClure, Phillips & Co. 1906 90 · “He’s Give the Works” · Lester Reynard · ss 101 · Laughing Death #8: The Squeeze [Laughing Death] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss 112 · Bar Nuthin’, Puzzle Buster · Eugene Cunningham · nv

Black Mask [v12 #8, October 1929] (20¢, pulp, cover by J. W. Schlaikjer) 9 · The Silver Eagle [Part 1 of 2; Race Williams; The Flame] · Carroll John Daly · sl 41 · The Maltese Falcon [Part 2 of 5; Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · n. 65 · Hell’s Stepsons [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv 84 · Straight from the Shoulder [Ed Jenkins; Helen Chadwick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv 110 · The Web [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss 117 · Laughing Death #9: Sal the Dude [Laughing Death] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss

Black Mask [v12 #9, November 1929] (20¢, pulp, cover by J. W. Schlaikjer) 9 · Hell-Smoke [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv 31 · The Maltese Falcon [Part 3 of 5; Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · n. 53 · The Second Spartan [Cameo Kirby] · Earl & Marion Scott · ss 71 · The Silver Eagle [Part 2 of 2; Race Williams; The Flame] · Carroll John Daly · sl 100 · Brass Tacks [Ed Jenkins; Helen Chadwick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv 121 · The Man from Headquarters [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss 129 · The Demon in the Canyon · Henry Wallace Phillips · ss McClure’s Jan 1902

Black Mask [v12 #10, December 1929] ed. Joseph T. Shaw (Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by J. W. Schlaikjer) Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Renegades of the Rio [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv 27 · The Crime Breeders, Part 1: Outside [The Crime Breeders] · Raoul Whitfield · ss; given as “Crime Breeders” in the Table of Contents. 46 · Craleigh Comes to Life [Phil Craleigh] · Earl & Marion Scott · nv 69 · The Maltese Falcon [Part 4 of 5; Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · n. 92 · Reading Sign on the Sagebrush Kid · L. R. Sherman · ss 103 · Triple Treachery [Ed Jenkins; Helen Chadwick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss 118 · Saving the Double-Cross · Lester Reynard · ss 129 · Coming up for the New Year · Anon. · ms

Black Mask [v12 #11, January 1930] (20¢, pulp, cover by J. W. Schlaikjer) 7 · Tough Treatment [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv 29 · The Maltese Falcon [Part 5 of 5; Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · n. 55 · The Regeneration of John Carter · Hapsburg Liebe · ss 64 · Double or Quits [Ed Jenkins; Ramsay] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv 88 · The Crime Breeders, Part 2: Red Smoke [The Crime Breeders] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss; not the same as the story of the same name in the December 1st, 1931 issue of The Popular Complete Stories. 107 · The Little Black Book [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv 129 · A Chance Shot [Red Saunders] · Henry Wallace Phillips · ss McClure’s Aug 1900

Black Mask [v12 #12, February 1930] (20¢, pulp, cover by J. W. Schlaikjer) 9 · The Farewell Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na 31 · Seven Glass Beads [Cameo Kirby] · Earl & Marion Scott · ss 50 · West of Guam [Jo Gar] · Ramon Decolta · ss 58 · Alley Rat [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv 81 · Just a Canter [Red Saunders] · Henry Wallace Phillips · ss Pearson’s Magazine (US) Jan 1914 88 · The Crime Breeders, Part 3: Green Ice [The Crime Breeders] · Raoul F. Whitfield · nv 109 · Black Burton Hits Back [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss 119 · The March Issue Contains · Anon. · ms 120 · Framing the Killer [Killer Blake] · W. H. B. Kent · ss