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Brief Stories [v8 #1, January 1923] (Brief Stories Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 64pp+, pulp, cover by Melvin Hanson) pages numbered 1 to 64. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Talking It Over at 805 · [The Editor] · cl _ · [untitled] · Bruce Grant · bg; with photo in the Table of Contents. 3 · Eyes of Darkness · John T. McIntyre · ss 12 · Moon Flowers · Hartley Hepler · vi 15 · A Buffalo Nickel for Annie · William I. Engle · ss 26 · Curtain! · Karl W. Detzer · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 31 · An Idyl of the Sea · Everett Boston · ss 35 · Three Blocks · Genevieve Larsson · ss 39 · Cash, Ten Days · Marie Loscalzo · ss 47 · On the Road · Margaret Burnett · ss 57 · Poor Little Lamb · Roberta M. Yates · ss

Brief Stories [v8 #2, February 1923] (Brief Stories Publishing Co., Inc., 20¢, 96pp+) pages numbered 65 to 160. Details supplied by John Locke & Kenneth R. Johnson. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 66 · Alien Soil · Helene Mullins · pm; illustrated by Lyle Justis 67 · Kelly and the Strange God · John T. McIntyre · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 77 · A Tale of Sailor Folk · Everett Boston · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 81 · Dawn—New York Harbor · Karl W. Detzer · pm; illustrated by Lyle Justis 82 · The House of Chance · Karl W. Detzer · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 86 · Two Valentines · Eliot K. Stone · pm 87 · A Box of Bath Salts · Leslie Seldon-Truss · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 94 · Groping · E. L. Peterson, Jr. · pm; illustrated by Lyle Justis 95 · “Where Angels Fear” · H. M. Hamilton · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 103 · The Sardonic Star of Tom Doody · Peter Collinson · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 107 · Pama-Pama · Robert E. Hewes · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 110 · R.S.V.P. · Thomas J. Murray · pm 111 · The Cookee on the Swiler Ann · William Byron Mowery · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 120 · The Death of a Tyrant · Helene Mullins · pm 120 · Jungle Noon · John Loftus · pm 121 · Behind the Curtains · Elizabeth Irons Folsom · ss 125 · Tremendously Good · Francis Morton Howard · vi; illustrated by Lyle Justis 129 · The King’s Mistress · Virginia Lee · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 136 · My Garden · Lupton A. Wilkinson · pm 137 · One Happy Day · Harry Irving Shumway · ss 145 · For the Benefit of Creditors · Walter Rhea Pennington · vi 149 · Five Finger Exercies · F. M. Pumphrey · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 153 · Talking It Over at 805 · [The Editor] · cl _ · [untitled] · Karl W. Detzer · bg; with photo in the Table of Contents. 155 · The Closed Door · Winifred Lockhart Willis · pm

Brief Stories [v8 #3, May 1923] (Brief Stories Publishing Co., Inc., 20¢, 96pp+, pulp) pages numbered 161 to 256. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 162 · Hope · Kenneth Fearing · pm; illustrated by Lyle Justis 163 · The Hired Wife · Lincoln Hill · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 182 · The Jockey of the Ditch · Mary-Paul Burns · vi; illustrated by Lyle Justis 185 · Fog · Lyssa Carrol · ss; as by Lyssa Carroll throughout.; illustrated by Lyle Justis 191 · The Moon Speaks · Whitelaw Saunders · pm 192 · That Teasin’ Contralto · Josephine Bentham · vi; illustrated by Lyle Justis 195 · Wishes Four · Katherine Leiser Robbins · ss 200 · Caravan · Ted Olson · pm 201 · The Door That Slammed · Morgan Johnson · ss 206 · Bells of Melloth · Betty Earle · pm 207 · The Last Clear Chance · Elizabeth Holden Canda · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 213 · The Judged Judge · Louise Detlefs · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 217 · The Tango Twins · T. L. Sappington · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 225 · What Is Spring to Youth? · S. Omar Barker · pm 226 · The Green Hat · K. F. Kanski · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 231 · The Jest of Francis · Everett Boston · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 235 · The Last Dollar · Anna McClure Sholl · vi 236 · Existence · Le Baron Cooke · pm 237 · The History of Mademoiselle Georgette · Walter B. Lister · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 243 · Pebbles · George Hugh Banning · ss 247 · Nina · Lee Shands · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 251 · Talking It Over at 805 · [The Editor] · cl _ · [untitled] · Everett Boston · bg; with photo in the Table of Contents.

Brief Stories [v8 #4, June 1923] ed. Wm. H. Kofoed (Brief Stories Publishing Co., Inc., 20¢, 96pp+, pulp) pages numbered 257 to 352. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 258 · Poem · Le Baron Cooke · pm; illustrated by Lyle Justis 259 · The Substitute Daughter · Hugh Barclay · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 277 · Bill Jones · Whitelaw Saunders · pm 278 · Nectar for Harlequin · Maurice S. Sullivan · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 283 · The Gifted Aldens · Christine Whiting Parmenter · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 290 · A Dietetic Decree · George S. Brooks · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 294 · He Certainly Was Mad · Eliot Kays Stone · pm 295 · The Joke on Eloise Morey · Dashiell Hammett · ss 299 · Un Regalo · Solon K. Stewart · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 305 · Witchery · Karl W. Detzer · vi; illustrated by Lyle Justis 308 · One Man’s Providence · Franklin Pierce Carrigan · ss 315 · Crumbs · Cranston Ewert · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 320 · To Figure on the Contract · G. E. Altree Coley · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 324 · Lilacs · Franklin Pierce Carrigan · pm 325 · The Man Who Understood · Lemuel L. de Bra · ss 329 · The Trump Card · Mary Lanier Magruder · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 337 · Flagrantly Feminine · Lincoln Hill · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 348 · Talking It Over at 805 · [The Editor] · cl _ · [untitled] · Benjamin Rosenblatt · bg; with photo in the Table of Contents. 349 · Joy Song at Sea · Charles Winship · pm; illustrated by Lyle Justis

Brief Stories [v8 #5, July 1923] (Brief Stories Publishing Co., Inc., 20¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by W. V. Chambers) pages numbered 353 to 448. Details supplied by John Locke & Kenneth R. Johnson. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 354 · Ming Ming Philosophizes · Helene Mullins · pm; illustrated by Lyle Justis 355 · The Agnew Affair · Lincoln Hill · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 374 · Hedges · E. L. Peterson, Jr. · pm 375 · Mama Oliver · H. M. Hamilton · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 382 · Mud-Hen · Mary-Paul Burns · ss 387 · While Others Drove · J. Lincoln Tregenza · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 393 · Park-Sparrows · E. L. Yordan · pm 394 · A Man Near the Soil · Franklin Pierce Carrigan · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 401 · Too, Too Loving · C. Eadie · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 405 · The Cart · Archie Binns · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 410 · Hero Worship · Valma Clark · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 416 · Sonnet · Lupton A. Wilkinson · pm 417 · Sea Wraith · Jack Hazlitt · ss 422 · To a Cat Bird in an Apple Tree · Dysart McMullen · pm 423 · Fungus · Leslie Seldon-Truss · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 428 · The Tale of Singing Waters · Everett Boston · vi; illustrated by Lyle Justis 431 · Folly · A. Whatoff Allen · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 434 · The Billet-Doux · Eliot Kays Stone · pm 435 · The Vanished Forty-Two [Ashton Kirk] · John T. McIntyre · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 444 · New England Road · Le Baron Cooke · pm 445 · Talking It Over at 805 · [The Editor] · cl _ · [untitled] · John Mersereau · bg; with photo in the Table of Contents.

Brief Stories [v8 #6, August 1923] (Brief Stories Publishing Co., Inc., 20¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by Ralph Pallen Coleman) pages numbered 449 to 544. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 450 · Two Sonnets of the Wayside · Edward W. Barnard · gp; illustrated by Lyle Justis _450 · I—Bouncing Bet · Edward W. Barnard · pm _450 · II—Wild Bergamot · Edward W. Barnard · pm 451 · A Vinculo Matrimonii · Tarleton Collier · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 467 · The Mandarin · John Loftus · pm 468 · Hill Justice · Frank Dorrance Hopley · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 475 · The Danceland Girl · Alexander Samalman · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 478 · Dance Motif · Lupton A. Wilkinson · pm 479 · The St. Augustine Prize [Riley & Hopkins] · John T. McIntyre · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 487 · The Emotions of Eva · Leslie Seldon-Truss · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 491 · The Moth and the Flame · Eliot Kays Stone · pm 492 · Mystic Maze · Jack Hazlitt · ss 497 · Brünnehilde’s Daughter · Katharine Metcalf Roof · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 502 · Pawned · Charlotte Mish · pm 503 · The Worm Considers · Nathan J. Strauss · ss; given as “The Worm Continues” in the Table of Contents.; illustrated by Lyle Justis 508 · A Little Knowledge · Lincoln Hill · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 513 · Fighting Fury · J. K. Prince · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 518 · Precious · Edward W. Barnard · pm 519 · Dominoes · James H. Hull · vi; given as by H. M. Hull in the Table of Contents.; illustrated by Lyle Justis 525 · The Man Without Faults · Hugh Barclay · vi 527 · Avalanche · Fanchon Sanguinet · vi 530 · The Living Fire of Zoroaster · John Russell McCarthy · pm 531 · The Divine Afflatus · Edwin L. Sabin · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 539 · Talking It Over at 805 · [The Editor] · cl _ · [untitled] · H. M. Hamilton · bg; with photo in the Table of Contents.

Brief Stories [v8 #7, September 1923] (Brief Stories Publishing Co., Inc., 20¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by Oscar Grenier) pages nnumbered 1 to 96. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · A Ballade of Roses · Edward W. Barnard · pm; illustrated by Lyle Justis 3 · Between Editions · George S. Brooks · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 19 · In Praise of Adversity · John Russell McCarthy · pm 20 · The Iron Judge · Lincoln Hill · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 25 · The Stuff of Gladiators · J. K. Prince · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 33 · Question · Edwin L. Peterson, Jr. · pm 34 · Mawrus, the Sheik · Florence Scott Bernard · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 38 · Once He Loved · Oscar Shaw · pm 39 · Renown · Robert J. Harris · ss 44 · A Venetian Canal · John Loftus · pm 45 · A Letter for Patricia · Margaret Burnett · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 52 · Man to Man · H. M. Hamilton · ss 57 · Romany Passion · Karl Detzer · ss; title is erroneous, the November issue, p280, says title was supposed to be “Italian Passion”.; illustrated by Lyle Justis 62 · Obstacle Golf · Jack Hazlitt · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 71 · The Serving Maid’s Thumb · Jan Gordon · ss Blackwood’s Magazine Mar 1923; illustrated by Lyle Justis 74 · Mongolian Chieftan · John Loftus · pm 75 · The Kiss of Peace · Archie Binns · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 80 · Unadorned · John Russell McCarthy · pm 81 · Masked Facts [Ashton Kirk] · John T. McIntyre · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 92 · I Have So Much of Joy · Mary Carolyn Davies · pm 93 · Talking It Over at 805 · [The Editor] · cl _ · [untitled] · Solon K. Stewart · bg; with photo in the Table of Contents.

Brief Stories [v9 #2, October 1923] (Brief Stories Publishing Co., Inc., 20¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by Oscar Grenier) pages numbered 97 to 192. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 98 · Strange Things · Edgar Daniel Kramer · pm; illustrated by Lyle Justis 99 · Hearts and Masks and Blue Coat-tails · Lincoln Hill · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 112 · Paris—Retrospection · Karl W. Detzer · pm 113 · Riley Intervenes [Riley & Hopkins] · John T. McIntyre · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 124 · Me an’ Malachite · W. E. Hatcher · ss 129 · Gathering Clouds · Lee Robinson · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 134 · Anchorage · Mary Carolyn Davies · pm 135 · Fate and the Fighting Fool · J. K. Prince · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 141 · The Princess Has a Moment · Dawn Powell · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 153 · All the News · Frederick C. Davis · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 158 · The Other Chance · D. H. Gigg · ss 162 · Chang Wang Laments Having no Longer any Belief in the Faith of His Ancestors · Helene Mullins · pm 163 · The Last Sin of Jerome · Everett Boston · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 168 · At the Opera · Robert A. Smith · pm 169 · Bunkered · Jack Hazlitt · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 177 · To an Organist · Franklin Pierce Carrigan · pm 178 · The Ants · Miriam Allen deFord · vi; as by DeFord throughout. 181 · A Matter of Importance · Howard R. Marsh · vi; illustrated by Lyle Justis 184 · Jsaon · Edgar Daniel Kramer · pm 185 · Her Moment of Ecstasy · S. Omar Barker · ss; given as “A Moment of Ecstasy” in the Table of Contents. 188 · The Spanish Gypsy · George Gatlin · pm 189 · Talking It Over at 805 · [The Editor] · cl _ · [untitled] · Helene Mullins · bg; with photo in the Table of Contents.

Brief Stories [v9 #3, November 1923] (Brief Stories Publishing Co., Inc., 20¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by Oscar Greiner) pages numbered 193 to 288. Details supplied by John Locke & Kenneth R. Johnson. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 194 · Autumn · Edward W. Barnard · pm 195 · The Street of Dreams and Shadows · Lincoln Hill · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 210 · At Space Rates · George S. Brooks · vi 212 · The Sphinx · Edgar Daniel Kramer · pm 213 · Marilly of the Hills · H. M. Hamilton · ss 220 · The Flibertygibet · Jocelyn Macy Sloan · ss 226 · The Glory That Was Greece · Joseph Upper · ss 231 · The Youngster Talks · Hugh Barclay · ss 238 · The Yellow Pool · Frank Owen · ss 240 · The Passing of Memphis Red · George Gatlin · pm 241 · The White Linen Brigade · Dorothy Love · ss 251 · A Lesson in His Line · William Byron Mowery · ss; given as as by William Byron Mowrey. 257 · Stymied · Jack Hazlitt · ss 266 · My Lass Marie · Edgar Daniel Kramer · pm 267 · Nell’s Dead · L. H. Hayum · ss 271 · The Altruism of Adam · Franklin Pierce Carrigan · ss 280 · Talking It Over at 805 · [The Editor] · cl _ · [untitled] · Valma Clark · bg; with photo in the Table of Contents. A Ballade of Ambition · Edward W. Barnard · pm

Brief Stories Magazine Title changed from Brief Stories.

Brief Stories Magazine [v9 #4, December 1923] ed. Wm. H. Kofoed (Brief Stories Publishing Co., Inc., 20¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by J. F. Clifton) pages numbered 289 to 384. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 290 · The Jewel Merchant · John Loftus · pm 291 · Children of the Frost · Jack Hazlitt · nv; illustrated by Lyle Justis 314 · S.O.S. · Edward W. Barnard · pm 315 · Who Goes There? · Edwin L. Sabin · ss 321 · Ways That Are Dark · H. M. Hamilton · ss 328 · Mary Dornady · Margretta Scott Lawler · vi 330 · Youth Speaks · Jeannette Rideout · pm 331 · Romance · Derek Vane · ss 340 · The Bliss of Ignorance · Franklin Pierce Carrigan · ss 344 · His Books · Charlotte Becker · pm; as by Beckes on poem. 345 · Your Car, Madam · Morris Christie · ss 350 · You Opened a Door · Mary Carolyn Davies · pm 351 · Blue Stuff · Mabel Hubbard Johnson · vi 353 · Cliff Dwellers · Cranston Ewert · ss 358 · Tears · Nan Moulton · pm 359 · The Path of Glory · Inez M. Nichols · ss 363 · The Road to Sloans [Ashton Kirk] · John T. McIntyre · ss 373 · A Ballade of Golf · Edward W. Barnard · pm 374 · Stradu · Olga Lermontova · vi 376 · A Forest Love Song · John Hanlon · pm 377 · Talking It Over at 805 · [The Editor] · cl _ · [untitled] · Franklin Pierce Carrigan · bg; with photo in the Table of Contents.

Brief Stories Magazine [v9 #5, January 1924] (Brief Stories Publishing Co., Inc., 20¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by J. F. Clifton) pages numbered 385 to 480. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 388 · Winter Dusk · Oscar Williams · pm; illustrated by Lyle Justis 389 · In the Midst of Life · J. K. Prince · ss; illustrated by Lyle Justis 406 · Miss Abigail · Charlotte Becker · pm 407 · The Kolinsky Coat · Mary Theresa Collins · ss 415 · Gilead’s Balm · Marie Loscalzo · ss 421 · The Chair at Dennelura · Jack Hazlitt · ss 425 · Two and a Tablecloth · Katherine Morse · vi 427 · The Lunger Rides · George Gatlin · ss 431 · The Purple Ship · Edwin L. Peterson, Jr. · pm 432 · A Perfectly Proper Character · Sewell Peaslee Wright · vi 435 · The Hand of Man · William Merriam Rouse · ss 442 · Entirety · L. M. Thornton · pm 443 · The Piffle Peddlers · Thomas Thursday · ss 447 · Threads · Solon K. Stewart · ss 455 · Itchy · Dashiell Hammett · ss 461 · Poison · Tarleton Collier · ss 473 · The Black Well of Wadi · Frank Owen · ss 476 · Talking It Over at 805 · [The Editor] · cl _ · [untitled] · Mary Theresa Collins · bg; with photo in the Table of Contents. On a New Book · Edward W. Barnard · pm