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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#108, June 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the April 1956 (US) issue, plus a single story from the January 1954 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Black Kitten · A. H. Z. Carr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1956
15 · A Matter of Justice · Hugh Pentecost · na Collier’s May 2 1953 (+1), as “The Case of the Killer Dogs”
57 · Compliments of Caliph Bernie [Bernie Helper] · Charles Green · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1956
68 · Mr. Brisher’s Treasure · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine Apr 1899
77 · The Disappearance of Captain Harwell [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Nov 1925, as “A Man of Magic”
92 · Dangerous Widows [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Jan 18 1953
102 · Chance Is Sometimes an Enemy · Frederick Nebel · ss Collier’s Mar 11 1939
117 · Sing a Song of Sixpence [Edward Leithen] · John Buchan · ss London Pall Mall Magazine Feb 1928

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#109, July 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, 128pp, digest)
Partial reprint of the May 1956 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Alibi on the Steve Allen Show · O. H. Leslie · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956
9 · The Sidewalk · Steve Allen · ss Fourteen for Tonight, Henry Holt 1955
16 · To Strike a Match · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week Nov 6 1938, as “The House of Three Candles”
23 · The Metal Ribbon [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956
40 · Ice Storm · Jerome Barry · ss Collier’s Jan 10 1953
54 · Business Trip · Elliot West · ss Collier’s May 2 1953, as “The Assassin”
72 · Crime of the Century · St. John Ervine · ss (r)
85 · The Six Golden Nymphs [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956
102 · Gifts to My People · Michael Forrestier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956
112 · One of the Family · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#110, August 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the June 1956 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Blessington Method · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
13 · A Telegram for Miss Phipps [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
38 · The Hollow Family · Theodore Mathieson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
46 · Murder in the Rain [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Jun 7 1953, as “The Rain Dripped Death”
56 · “Who Was My Quiet Friend?” · Bret Harte · ss The Sun Sep 9 1877
63 · Try It My Way · Frederick Nebel · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
78 · Journey Into Time [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956; translated from the French (“Les Larmes de Bougie”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, November 22, 1936).
88 · The Boy and the Book [from The Golden Summer; Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex Little, Brown 1953
102 · To Break the Weave · Walt Sheldon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
113 · “I Killed John Harrington” · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Jun 12 1937, as “Light in Darkness”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#111, September 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Partial reprint of the July 1956 (US) issue, plus two stories from the March 1956 (US) issues. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Destructors · Graham Greene · ss Picture Post Jul 24 1954 (+1)
15 · The Customs of the Country [Major Tennente] · Thomas Flanagan · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1956
33 · The Double Clue [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Dec 5 1923
42 · Dapper Johnny Brown · Ruth McKenney · ss Collier’s May 17 1952
55 · Murder Weaves a Pattern [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Jul 18 1953, as “Death Was the Tempter”
70 · The Cream of the Jest · Fredric Brown · ss New Detective Magazine Jul 1949, as “Last Curtain”
80 · The Man of the Knife · Alexandre Dumas · ss (r); translated from the French.
88 · Snowball in July [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Aug 31 1952, as “The Phantom Train”
96 · From the Mouse to the Hawk · Dion Henderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1956
109 · Van Bibber’s Burglar [Van Bibber] · Richard Harding Davis · ss Gallegher, and other stories, Scribner 1891
117 · To Bury a Friend · Stanley Anton · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#112, October 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, 128pp+, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · You Don’t Argue with the Captain · Donald McNutt Douglass · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1956
12 · The Flaw in the System · Jim Thompson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1956
19 · The Tired Horse · Ben Hecht · ss Esquire Sep 1954
23 · Date to Die [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Oct 17 1954
32 · The Great Game [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The American Magazine Sep 1928, as “Colonel Braxton Hears the Silent Voices”
45 · It Could Happen to Anyone · Marc Brandel · ss 1955, as “The Hasty Act”
50 · Weak Spot · W. C. King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1956
57 · The Boy and the Money Box [from The Golden Summer; Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex Little, Brown 1953
74 · The Cellini Salt-cellar [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1956
78 · You Are Going to Die · Bethel Laurence · ss Today’s Woman Mar 1951, as “The Call”
89 · A Toy for Jiffy [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1956
102 · What’s His Line? [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard Jul 11 1955
106 · A Victim Must Be Found · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
111 · Don’t Believe a Word She Says · William Lindsay Gresham · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#113, November 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the September 1956 (US) issue, plus a single story each from the May 1949 (US) and October 1955 issues. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · A Bad Time of Day · Wade Miller · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1956
13 · The Waiting Thing Inside · Theodore Sturgeon & Don Ward · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1956
28 · Hanging the Hangman · B. M. Atkinson, Jr. · ss Collier’s Aug 25 1951
32 · Only on Rainy Nights [unnamed inspector] · Mark Van Doren · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1956
45 · Code of the Underworld · Robert Carson · ss Collier’s Nov 8 1952
49 · Cut, Cut, Cut! [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Dec 28 1952, as “The Myna Bird Mystery”
55 · Three Cups of Tea · Christopher LaFarge · ss Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly May 1947
65 · Girl in Trouble · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1956, as “?”
106 · Red Dawn [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask May 1931, as by Ramon Decolta
121 · The Mystery of Keesh · Jack London · ss Holiday Magazine for Children Jan 1904, as “Keesh: The Bear Hunter”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#114, December 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the October 1956 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · One-Tenth Man · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1956
14 · Mr. Hyde-de-Ho · Veronica Parker Johns · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1956
50 · A Hanging Matter · Verne Athanas · ss Esquire Jul 1952
55 · The Secret Darkness · Davis Grubb · ss Collier’s May 25 1946, as “The Horsehair Trunk”
64 · The Boy and the Law [from The Golden Summer; Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex Little, Brown 1953
80 · Miami Papers Please Copy · Rufus King · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1956
98 · You Can Take So Much · Frederick Nebel · ss Woman’s Home Companion Dec 1940, as “If You Can Take It”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#115, January 1957] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the November 1956 (US) issue, plus a single story each from the November 1955 and February 1956 (US) issues. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Women—Pests or Poison · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Mar 19 1938, as “Hot Money”
16 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 7 1940
19 · The Pedlar’s Revenge · Liam O’Flaherty · ss Collier’s Jul 25 1953
32 · Deputy Sheriff · James M. Ullman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1956
41 · The Thousand Mile Shot · John F. Suter · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1956
63 · The Incautious Burglar [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine Oct 1940, as “A Guest in the House”
77 · Find the Cook [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Nov 14 1923, as “The Adventure of the Clapham Cook”
89 · Driver’s Seat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Mar 25 1951, as “Lady, You’re Dead!”
95 · The Man Who Went to Taltavul’s · David Alexander · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1956
109 · The World’s Second Detective · Jacques Barzun · ar Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1956 [Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#116, February 1957] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, 112pp+, digest)
Partial reprint of the December 1956 (US) issue, plus a single story each from the August 1956 and November 1956 (US) issues. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Diplomatic Crisis; or, Fifi and the Chilean Truffle [Did It Happen?] · Orson Welles · ss The Evening Standard Mar 18 1955, as “Fifi and the Chilean Truffle”
6 · Tiger in the Glass · Robert Sherman Townes · ss Esquire Aug 1952, as “Nothing Too Much”
21 · Before It Is Too Late [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week Feb 2 1936, as “Triangle at Rhodes”
41 · Stroke of Twelve · John B. Starr · ss 1946
44 · Bedtime Story · J. M. Stern · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956; given as by J.B. Stern.
49 · Danger—Women at Work · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956
57 · Square-O-Rooney · Joseph Whitehill · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956
73 · The Ikon of Elijah · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956
87 · The Man Who Knew · Frederick Nebel · ss Liberty Mar 9 1940, as “Bet Your Life”
96 · The Iron Box · John Savage · ss Collier’s Feb 7 1953

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#117, March 1957] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Ten Clues for Mr. Polkinghorn · Charlotte Armstrong · ss 1956
15 · The Magic Painting [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1957
23 · Ride with a Killer · Verne Athanas · ss Collier’s Mar 8 1952, as “Pursuit”
35 · The Open Door · Rafael Sabatini · ss Redbook Magazine Jul 1935
47 · The Catch Dog · Vinnie Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1957
57 · The Fallen Angel [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1951
75 · Joy Ride · C. B. Gilford · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1957
90 · Like a Plum Ripening · C. E. Parker · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1957
97 · The Murder of Santa Claus · Tage la Cour; translated by Paul Ib Liebe · ss 1954 [Agatha Christie]; translated from the Swedish (Mord til Jul, 1952, as by Donald McGuire).; parody of Agatha Christie featuring “Hercules Poire”.
102 · Broker’s Special · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#119, May 1957] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the March 1957 (US) issue, plus a single story each from the January 1947, February 1948 and February 1957 (US) issues. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Adventure of the Inner Circle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1947
17 · Cause for Suspicion [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty Feb 1 1947
30 · Light in the Window · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Collier’s Jul 13 1940
34 · Murder on St. Valentine’s Day [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Apr 4 1954, as “The Valentine Murder”
43 · The Holy Man · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1957
51 · Who Killed Cock Robin, Jr. · Joseph Zderad · pz Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1957
53 · Payment in Kind · A. H. Z. Carr · ss 1934
70 · Ogne ’54 [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1957
74 · No Way to Win [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The American Magazine Oct 1926, as “The Survivor”
84 · M Is for the Many · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1957
95 · Daddy-O · Pat Stadley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1957
109 · The Forbidden Dollar · C. Y. Lee · ss Writer’s Digest 1954

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#120, June 1957] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the April 1957 (US) issue, plus a single story each from the May 1955 and August 1955 (US) issues. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Necessity of His Condition · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1957
12 · Doc Em Lies · Richard Connell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1957
26 · Arlie and the Vampires · Elizabeth Gane · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1957
32 · True or False? [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard Aug 10 1954, as “The Scattergood Emeralds”
36 · The Girl I Left Behind Me · Muriel Spark · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1957
40 · A Time to Mourn [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1957
55 · Bride in Danger [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1955
70 · Country Caper · Robert Sheckley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1957
76 · College Copper · Steve April · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1957
81 · The Most Obstinate Man in Paris [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1957; translated from the French (“Le Client le plus obstiné du monde”, Maigret et l’Inspecteur Malchanceux, Presse de la Cite, 1947).

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