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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v17, #90, May 1951] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Complete List of the 30 Prize-Winning Stories in EQMM’s Sixth Annual Contest · Anon. · ms
5 · The Enemy [Mike Russell] · Charlotte Armstrong · nv
23 · The Lord of Time [Count Alessandro Cagliostro] · Rafael Sabatini · nv 1921
41 · Woman Expert [Cornelius Kerrigan] · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Jan 23 1937
53 · It Could Have Happened That Way [Colby] · A. A. Milne · ss
59 · Murder with Music · Frederic A. Birmingham · vi Esquire Aug 1949, as by F. A. Bee
61 · English Legend: The Voice of Justice · Mark Rondy · ss; given as “The Voice of Justice” in the Table of Contents.
65 · The Affair at the Hotel Splendide [from Mr. Cronk’s Cases; Mr. Cronk] · W. A. Darlington · ss Herbert Jenkins 1933
81 · Because of Soney · Stewart C. Bailey · ss
95 · The Under Dog [Part 1 of 2; Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Mystery Magazine Apr 1 1926
121 · What a Life! · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine Apr 1931
130 · As Simple as ABC [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v17, #91, June 1951] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Sid Rosenbaum)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Cherchez la Frame [Hildegarde Withers; John J. Malone] · Craig Rice & Stuart Palmer · nv
23 · The Man Whose Wishes Came True · C. S. Forester · ss
32 · The Pipe · L. J. Beeston · ss The Strand Magazine Sep 1924
42 · Detective Directory · Robert Mills · br
44 · The Under Dog [Part 2 of 2; Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Mystery Magazine Apr 1 1926
65 · The Alchemical Egg [Count Alessandro Cagliostro] · Rafael Sabatini · ss Turbulent Tales, Hutchinson 1946
77 · Moonshine · W. Heidenfeld · ss; a contest winner for South African radio, and read over the air in 1949.
81 · The Medical Finger [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss
95 · The Policeman Only Taps Once · Anthony Berkeley · nv The Daily Mail May 25-29 1936
115 · Detective Story · Billy Rose · vi 1949; from Rose’s newspaper column, “Pitching Horseshoes”, 1949.
117 · A Meal at Pernotti’s [The Inspector] · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Windsor Magazine 1937
130 · The Black Hat That Wasn’t There [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Nov 1 1923, as “It”
143 · Index to Volume 17—January-June 1951 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v18, #92, July 1951] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Murder at City Hall [Commissioner Dunwood] · A. H. Z. Carr · nv
33 · Death in Round 3 · Cornell Woolrich · ss Pocket Detective Magazine Apr 1937
45 · Sparrow Cop [Nick & Dave Glennan] · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 18 1933
57 · The Wedding Present · Allan Vaughan Elston · vi The American Magazine Feb 1949
60 · Neighbors · G. Rostrevor Hamilton · pm
61 · Bible Lesson: The Pawn of Justice · Mark Rondy · ss; given as “The Pawn of Justice” in the Table of Contents.
65 · The New Hat · Thomas Burke · ss 1926
71 · The Snatching of Bookie Bob · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s Sep 26 1931
81 · The Most Dangerous Man in the World [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss
90 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
92 · The Perfect Crime · Ben Ray Redman · ss Harper’s Magazine Aug 1928; in EQMM’s “The Golden Twenty”.
107 · The Man Who Loved the Classics · Valma Clark · ss 1923
127 · The Fallen Angel [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v18, #93, August 1951] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Arson Plus [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Oct 1 1923, as by Peter Collinson
19 · The Contradictory Case [Lt. David Pascal] · Hugh Pentecost · ss
32 · The Scoured Silk · Joseph Shearing · ss All-Story Weekly Jun 8 1918, as by Marjorie Bowen
48 · P. Moran, Personal Observer [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · ss
65 · The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World Sep 7 1913 (+1); in EQMM’s “The Golden Twenty”.
81 · Gold-Mounted Guns · F. R. Buckley · ss The Red Book Magazine Mar 1922
87 · Town Blonde, Country Blonde [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · vi This Week Oct 16 1949
90 · The Happy Couple · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cassell’s Magazine May 1908
102 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
104 · The Riddle of the Silver Death [Hamilton Cleek] · Mary E. & Thomas W. Hanshew · ss Short Stories Mar 1920; abridged; given as by Thomas W. Hanshew alone.
117 · No. 17 · Edith Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine Jun 1910, as by E. Bland
124 · The Needle’s Eye [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v18, #94, September 1951] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

ifc. · Get Him Out of This: The Problem of the Desolate Rock [Snip Carton, Insurance Agent] · Ernest Dudley · pz
3 · Charlie Won’t Be Home Tonight · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1939
25 · Flowers for an Angel [Mrs. Palmyra Pym] · Nigel Morland · ss
37 · Traveling Light · W. R. Burnett · ss Collier’s Dec 7 1935
49 · The Case of the Peculiar Precautions [Dr. Colin Starr] · Rufus King · nv Redbook Magazine Jan 1942
65 · O Time, in Your Flight [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss The Evening Standard Aug 16 1951, as “The Masterpiece”; revised version of non-Hildreth story “The Time Test” (Pearson’s Magazine, November 1935).
70 · The Shakespeare Title-Page Mystery · Carolyn Wells · ss The Dolphin Win 1941
81 · The Spy [Count Alessandro Cagliostro] · Rafael Sabatini · ss Turbulent Tales, Hutchinson 1946
95 · L’Affaire Antoine · Pierre Boileau; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss; translated from the French.
105 · The Mystery of Andorus Enterprises [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss
120 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
124 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Harper’s Bazaar May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing”
130 · All the Way to the Moon · Q. Patrick · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v18, #95, October 1951] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dirone Photography)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

ifc. · Get Him Out of This: The Problem of the Precipice [Snip Carton, Insurance Agent] · Ernest Dudley · pz
3 · Danger in the Shadows · Thomas Walsh · ss Woman’s Home Companion Sep 1941
15 · The Grave of Brimstone Billy · George Bernard Shaw · ss Time Mar 1885, as “The Miraculous Revenge”
32 · The 51st Sealed Room; or, The MWA Murder · Robert Arthur · ss; given as “The MWA Murder” on the cover and in the Table of Contents.
47 · The Hair Shirt [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv
65 · An Irreducible Detective Story; or, Hanged by a Hair; or, A Murder Mystery Minimized [The Great Detective] · Stephen Leacock · vi Further Foolishness, Lane 1916
66 · Additions to a Cornerstone Library · Howard Haycraft · bi
71 · The Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Detective-Crime-Mystery Fiction · Howard Haycraft & Ellery Queen · bi; enlarged from “A Reader’s list of Detective Story ‘Cornerstones’” (Murder for Pleasure by Howard Haycraft, 1941).
80 · Origin of the Detective Business · Newton Newkirk · fa Wood-Morgan Detective Agency 1931
81 · The Exact Opposite [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 29 1941
110 · ’Bye, ’Bye, Bluebeard [Fayga Bendovid] · Viola Brothers Shore · ss
123 · Perchance to Dream [Lydia] · Lisa Robineau · ss
135 · Volturio Investigates · L. J. Beeston · ss Detective Story Magazine Apr 30 1921

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v18, #96, November 1951] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Fool’s Mate · Stanley Ellin · ss
17 · Woman Hunt No Good [Spotted Shield] · Oliver La Farge · ss
30 · The Point of Honor · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Good Housekeeping Mar 1947
42 · It Wouldn’t Be Fair · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s Aug 28 1948
54 · Corpus Delicti · Harry Miner · ss
65 · Bickmore Deals with the Duchess · J. S. Fletcher · ss Green Ink, Jenkins 1926
77 · Hebraic Homily: The Will of Justice · Mark Rondy · ss; given as “The Will of Justice” in the Table of Contents.
81 · They Got the Wrong Guy [Don Burney] · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask Aug 1930, as “Murder by Mistake”
106 · A Deal in Ostriches · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget Dec 20 1894
110 · All at Once, No Alice · Cornell Woolrich · nv Argosy Mar 2 1940

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v18, #97, December 1951] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Sid Rosenbaum)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Goodbye Forever [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv
20 · Eva? Caroline? · Allan Vaughan Elston · nv Woman’s Home Companion Apr 1949
41 · The Oversight [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss
47 · His First Bow [Adam Lake] · J. W. Wells · ss
61 · The Lonely Bride [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Dec 4 1949, as “The Lady Couldn’t Explain”; given as “Lost & Found Department: The Lonely Bride” on the story itself.
65 · The Parrot · Walter Duranty · ss The Red Book Magazine Mar 1928
81 · The Newtonian Egg [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss
92 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
94 · The Open Door · Rafael Sabatini · ss Redbook Magazine Jul 1935
105 · A Simple Matter of Deduction [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss
110 · The Red Silk Scarf [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · nv The New Magazine (UK) Sep 1911; in EQMM’s “The Golden Twenty”.; translated from the French (“L’Écharpe de soie rouge”, Je sais tout August 15, 1911).
129 · You Only Live Once · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Magazine Apr 1939
142 · Index to Volume 18—July-December 1951 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v19, #98, January 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · A Matter of Life and Death · Georges Simenon; translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury · na; translated from the French (“Sept Petites Croix dans un Carnet”, Un Noël de Maigret, Presses de la Cité, 1951).
48 · The Prognosis · Holloway Horn · ss
52 · The Three Widows [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Jan 29 1950, as “Murder Without Clues”; given as “Impossible Crime Department: The Three Widows” on the story itself.
56 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
58 · Whitemail · Joyce Kilmer · ss The Smart Set Mar 1914
65 · By the Sword · Selwyn Jepson · nv Cassell’s Magazine Dec 1930
81 · Murder in the Alps [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week Feb 20 1949
89 · The Triple-Lock’d Room [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv
104 · Vertigo · Guy deVry · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
115 · The Way to Freedom · Percival Wilde · ss The Red Book Magazine Oct 1922
129 · D.O.A. · Billy Rose · vi 1948; probably from Rose’s newspaper column, “Pitching Horseshoes”.
132 · Let Freedom Ring [Dr. Buchanan] · Kem Bennett · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v19, #99, February 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Suicide Hotel · André Maurois · ss 1938
9 · A Costume Piece [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss
27 · The Ten O’Clock Scholar [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · nv
43 · The Pluperfect Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine Apr 1936, as “The Holburn Murder”
53 · Bank Job · Karl Detzer · ss The American Legion Magazine 1940
65 · The Hole in the Ice [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Austin Ripley · pz 1948; copyright 1948, Press Alliance, Inc.; therefore the puzzle must have been syndicated to newspapers.
66 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
68 · International Investigators, Inc. [Lord Peter Wimsey; Father Brown; Jane Marple; Dr. Gideon Fell; Ellery Queen; Uncle Abner; Arsène Lupin; Sherlock Holmes] · E. G. Ashton · ss
81 · Strychnine in the Soup [Mr. Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss The American Magazine Dec 1931, as “The Missing Mystery”
96 · The Gold Cup · Frank Gruber · ss Weird Tales Jul 1940, as “The Golden Chalice”
104 · The Sensation Club · L. J. Beeston · ss (r)
113 · Gifts for His Highness · Sam Young · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
124 · The Quick Brown Fox [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss; probably first in The (London) Evening Standard.
130 · Only Ghosts Stay Young · Laurence Kirk · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v19, #100, March 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Loveday’s Secret · L. J. Beeston · ss The Strand Magazine Oct 1922
13 · Buck Fever · Mary Adams Sarett · ss
20 · The Trailor Murder Mystery · Abraham Lincoln · ts Quincy, Illinois Whig Apr 15 1846, as “A Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder”
27 · A Fool for Her · Oliver La Farge · ss 1936
31 · Everybody’s Name Is Jones [Fayga Bendovid] · Viola Brothers Shore · ss
47 · Like an Apple · Walter E. Chaulk · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
50 · This Looks Like Murder [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week Apr 30 1950
54 · The Wide-Awake Club · Rigdum O’Funnidos · ss Bentley’s Miscellany 1837
65 · The Taxi-Cab Murder [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Austin Ripley · pz; copyright 1948, Press Alliance, Inc.; therefore the puzzle must have been syndicated to newspapers.
66 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
68 · The Perfect Murder · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine Oct 1926
81 · The Head of His House · Conrad Richter · ss The Grim 13, ed. Frederick Stuart Greene, Dodd, Mead 1917
91 · The Door Key [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv The Saturday Evening Post Dec 28 1929
105 · The Cop Killer [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine Feb 1951

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v19, #101, April 1952] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · The Cold Winds of Adesta [Major Tennente] · Thomas Flanagan · ss
19 · The Mystery of the Half-Painted House [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss
33 · The Affair of the Zodiacs [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Nov 19 1927, as “Zodiacs”
51 · The Scapulary · Rafael Sabatini · ss Nash’s Illustrated Weekly Dec 6 1919
65 · The Case of the Lying Speedometer [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Austin Ripley · pz 1949; copyright 1949, Press Alliance.
66 · Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
68 · The Customers Like Murder · John Dickson Carr · pl; first broadcast on Suspense, CBS radio, March 23, 1943.
81 · Faith, Hope and Charity · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan Apr 1930
96 · The House That Nella Lived In · Mabel Seeley · ss
110 · Shoemaker’s Last [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss (r)
117 · Mrs. Brierley Supplies the Evidence · Richard Hull · ss The Evening Standard; The Evening Standard Detective Book, 2nd Series, ed. Anon., Gollancz 1951
122 · Punchinello, Funny Fellow · Robert Passano · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
133 · Friend of the Family · Robert Passano · ss

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