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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #2, #171, February 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Endicott’s Girl · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 19 1938 27 · The Goldfish Button · Anthony Gilbert · ss 40 · The Searching Cats [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week Dec 2 1956, as “Cat and the Killer” 47 · When a Wife Is Murdered · George Harmon Coxe · na 69 · Hush-a-Bye, My Baby · Anton Chekhov · ss Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories, Macmillan 1922, as “Sleepy”; translated from the Russian (“Spat khochetsya”, St. Petersburg Gazette January 25, 1888). 74 · The Martian Crown Jewels · Poul Anderson · ss 89 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 90 · Voluntary Murder · Ernest Harrison · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) Jan 1958 116 · The Smell of Big Time · Paul W. Fairman · ss Black Mask Jul 1948, as “Big-Time Operator” 121 · No Parking [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Mar 18 1956, as “Terror in a Penthouse”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #3, #172, March 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Wife Missing [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 26 · Dear Lady · Thomas Walsh · ss 43 · Each Drop Guaranteed · Rufus King · ss 54 · Some Day They Will Get Me [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss Pictorial Review Jan 1930, as “The Four Suspects” 66 · Suppose You Were on the Jury · Thomas Flanagan · ss 78 · Best Mysteries of 1957 · Anthony Boucher · br 81 · And the Desert Shall Blossom · Loren Good · ss 88 · No Place to Live [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Jun 10 1956, as “The Man They All Hated” 96 · Circle of Guilt · Avram Davidson · ss 109 · Don’t Bet on Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 25 1937, as “You Bet Your Life”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #4, #173, April 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by Barry Waldman) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Death by Invisible Hands [Dr. Gideon Fell] · Carter Dickson · ss Lilliput Aug 1957, as “King Arthur’s Chair” 20 · A Chump to Hold the Bag · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Jan 27 1940, as “Gavegan’s Choice” 32 · The Girl on the Beach · William O’Farrell · ss 47 · A Mouse Called Emily · Charles Green · ss Esquire Sep 1948 51 · Doors in the Mind · Alan E. Nourse · ss 68 · Wind in the Afternoon · Helen Mabry Ballard · ss 78 · The Barber and His Wife · Dashiell Hammett · ss Brief Stories Dec 1922, as by Peter Collinson 85 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 86 · Is Betsy Blake Still Alive? · Robert Bloch · ss 101 · Object Lesson [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Sep 11 1955, as “The Blackboard Gangsters” 110 · Death in Morocco [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard Feb 22 1956, as “The Stranger Who Called at Room 12” 114 · No Kid Stuff · Frederick Nebel · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #5, #174, May 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · You Can’t Be a Little Girl All Your Life · Stanley Ellin · nv 26 · Demon Scientist Strikes Again! · Kem Bennett · ss 34 · The $2,000,000 Defense · Harold Q. Masur · ss 47 · The Devil-Dog · Jack London · ss Cosmopolitan Jun 1902, as “Diable—A Dog” 58 · The Murder-of-the-Month Club · Morris Lee Green · ss 63 · The Course of Truelove · Dick Ashbaugh · ss 77 · You Gotta Be Tough [Paul Baron] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Black Mask Mar 1936 95 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 98 · The Li’l Sharpsnooper · Edwin A. Gross · ss 108 · A Question of Honor [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Sep 13 1953 114 · The Red-Headed Murderess · Robert Branson · ss Collier’s Oct 9 1948, as “Murder in Szechwan” 121 · The Income Tax Mystery · Michael Gilbert · ss Lilliput Oct 1957, as “Mr. Portway’s Practice”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #6, #175, June 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Women in His Life · Whit Masterson · na 20 · The Marriage Counselor’s Marriage · C. B. Gilford · ss 30 · This Is the Life · Shirley Jackson · ss Harper’s Magazine Jul 1952, as “Journey with a Lady” 39 · Hurting Much? · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 4 1934, as “Death Sits in the Dentist’s Chair” 54 · Death in Italy [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard Feb 23 1956, as “Voyage of Fear” 74 · Child Missing! [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Jul 8 1951, as “Kidnaped!” 80 · This Man Is Dangerous · Helen Nielsen · ss 93 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 94 · The Creator of Preludes · Avram Davidson · ss 104 · Girl in Danger · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Oct 27 1945, as “A Girl Like Miss Henesie”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v32 #1, #176, July 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Tony Cooper) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Hunting Day [Uncle George Crowder] · Hugh Pentecost · ss 14 · Investigation by Telegram [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 16 1923, as “The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge” 25 · The Silent Informer [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss This Week Jan 27 1957, as “Murder Stops the Music” 36 · The Man Who Lost His Taste [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss 49 · Dead Boys Don’t Remember [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week May 12 1957, as “Boy Kidnaped” 56 · An Official Position · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jul 1937 75 · Lioness vs. Panther [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week Apr 3 1955, as “The Two Deadly Females” 81 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 82 · Wanted: An Accomplice · Frederick Nebel · ss 87 · For Tom’s Sake · Sheila Kaye-Smith · ss The Century Magazine Jan 1922, as “Mrs. Adis” 93 · Nothing Is Impossible [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv 114 · Tea Shop Assassin [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard Jul 15 1955 118 · Chicago Nights’ Entertainments · Ben Hecht · ss 1923, as “Sergeant Kuzick’s Waterloo” 121 · Carnival Day · Nedra Tyre · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v32 #2, #177, August 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Ed Emshwiller) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Rendezvous with Death · Rufus King · ss 25 · Terror in His Heart · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Apr 15 1939, as “Pigeon” 39 · Two Minute Alibi · George Harmon Coxe · ss 47 · Sermons in Bags · Cyril Hare · ss 50 · The Motive [Part 1 of 2] · Ellery Queen · nv Argosy Aug 1956, as “Terror Town” 62 · The Old Museum Keeper · Edwin Samuel · ss 67 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 70 · The Witness in the Metal Box [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The American Magazine Nov 1929 80 · Summer Idyll · Hal Ellson · ss 91 · What Happened at the Fonda · Bret Harte · ss The Saturday Evening Post Aug 12 1899 (+1) 107 · The Dummy Man · William Sansom · ss Argosy (UK) Nov 1950, as “Murder” 115 · Pity the Poor Underdog · Frederick Nebel · ss 129 · That Old Computer · C. S. Forester · ss Argosy Jul 1957, as “The Last Answer”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v32 #3, #178, September 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 132pp, digest) Given as v32 #2, No. 177, August 1958 in the Table of Contents. 5 · The Penny-a-Worder · Cornell Woolrich · nv 23 · The Second Skin [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) Aug 1957, as “The Oyster Catcher” 36 · The Shooting at Forty-Seven · St. Clair McKelway · ss The New Yorker Mar 13 1954 42 · The Motive [Part 2 of 2] · Ellery Queen · nv Argosy Aug 1956, as “Terror Town” 56 · Ten Per Cent of Murder · Henry Slesar · ss 63 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 64 · The Spent Heart · Irene Holt Albert · ss 77 · What to Do Next? · Arnold Bennett · ss (r) 84 · As the Hunter Feels · William Rawle Weeks · ss 96 · Ghost Town · Jack Schaefer · ss (r) 101 · The Last Hand [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · ss 107 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Life’s Handicap, Macmillan 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray” 116 · The Fifth Element · Alvin Pevehouse · ss 123 · Unreasonable Doubt · Stanley Ellin · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v32 #4, #179, October 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Barry Waldman) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Happy Ending · Rufus King · ss 14 · Miracles—All in the Day’s Work [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss 24 · They Didn’t Deserve Her Death · Holly Roth · ss 29 · Too Many Detectives [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Collier’s Sep 14 1956 57 · The Child Watcher · Ernest Harrison · ss 59 · Captain Cook: Detective [The Great “Detectives”] · Theodore Mathieson · ss 69 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 70 · The Celebrated Skunk of the Moon Dance Bar · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss Collier’s Apr 28 1951, as “The Fraudulent Skunk” 77 · Incident at a Bar · Charles Green · ss 80 · Fate and Aunt Lucyanne · Gerald Weales · nv 108 · The Town Where No One Got Off · Ray Bradbury · ss 115 · Cub Scout Caper · Gertrude Carrick · ss Collier’s Jun 10 1955, as “The Cub Scout Who Didn’t” 119 · “Thou Still Unravished Bride” · Avram Davidson · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v32 #5, #180, November 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Tony Cooper) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · A Routine Night’s Work · George Harmon Coxe · nv 15 · Hercule Poirot, Armchair Detective [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Mar 28 1923, as “The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim” 27 · Command Performance · Anthony Boucher · ss Dangerous Dames, ed. Mike Shayne, Dell 1955, as “The Statement of Jerry Malloy” 32 · All Men Make Mistakes [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss 38 · Hand on My Shoulder · Peggy McIntyre · ss 48 · The Absence of Mr. Glass [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Nov 1912 61 · The Heirloom · Patricia Knowlton · ss 67 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 68 · Itchy the Debonair · Dashiell Hammett · ss Brief Stories Jan 1924, as “Itchy” 76 · Murder—Early American · Ruth Chessman · ss 92 · The Gambler’s Wife · Charles G. Norris · ss Collier’s Jun 26 1926, as “John Rossiter’s Wife” 95 · The Footprint in the Sky [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · ss The Strand Magazine Jan 1940, as “Clue in the Snow” 109 · Dear Mr. Lonelyhearts · Talmage Powell · ss 115 · Salesmanship · Talmage Powell · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v32 #6, #181, December 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Emsh) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Man with Half a Face · Hugh Pentecost · nv 23 · The Patron Saint of the Impossible [Stuff Driscoll] · Rufus King · ss 37 · Cover Girl · Cyril Hare · ss This Week Dec 15 1957, as “The Double Take” 41 · A Tired Heart · James Ronald · ss 47 · To Be Found and Read · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 58 · Breach of Promise · William Brandon · ss 63 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 66 · Rendezvous · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker Oct 24 1953 75 · Death of a Harvard Man · Richard M. Gordon · ss 78 · The Thinking Machine Investigates [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine Jan 20 1907, as “My First Experience with the Great Logician” 96 · The Love Connoisseur · John Collier · ss 105 · Some Days You Can’t Make a Dollar · William Fay · ss (r), as “Uptown Story”; probably from The Elk’s Magazine, 1956.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v33 #1, #182, January 1959] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Tony Cooper) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Flight of the Bumblebee · Kem Bennett · ss 11 · The Second Chance · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Mar 25 1939 22 · Leonardo Da Vinci, Detective [The Great “Detectives”] · Theodore Mathieson · ss 34 · Happy Birthday · Mary Montgomery · ss 47 · The Death Trail · Jack London · ss Success May 1907, as “Morganson’s Finish” 61 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 64 · Not the Running Type · Henry Slesar · ss 69 · The Sign in the Sky [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Jul 1925 83 · The Tragedy of Papa Ponsard · Vincent Starrett · ss 95 · The Man Who Swallowed a Horse [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss Verdict Aug 1953, as “The Dead Mr. Duck” 97 · The Bay of the Dead [Dean Weathergay] · Alvin Pevehouse · ss 116 · The Fifth Question · Frederick Nebel · ss 121 · Won’t Somebody Help Me? · Helen Nielsen · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v33 #2, #183, February 1959] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Withers and Malone, Brain-Stormers [Hildegarde Withers; John J. Malone] · Stuart Palmer & Craig Rice · na 24 · A Point of Law · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The Strand Magazine Oct 1903 36 · Karmesin and the Crown Jewels [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Argosy Jul 1954, as “The Impossible Robbery” 45 · The Dive People · Avram Davidson · ss 53 · The Man from Red Dog · Alfred Henry Lewis · ss Wolfville, Stokes 1897 59 · Killer in the Lilacs · Dick Ashbaugh · ss 69 · The Instant of Truth · Wes Lupien · ss 73 · Louder than Words · Jack Edwin Moseley · ss 75 · The Long Black Shadow · Rosemary Gibbons · ss 79 · The Man in the Passage [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv McClure’s Apr 1913 93 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 94 · The Inside Story · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 11 1937, as “Murder Story”