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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#34, November 1955] (1/6d, digest)
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5 · De Mortuis · John Collier · ss The New Yorker Jul 18 1942
11 · Dream No More · Philip MacDonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1955
28 · Near the Back of Beyond [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1955
39 · A Message to Herr Dietrich [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1955
42 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker Feb 27 1954
51 · Tom, Dick and Harry [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard Aug 6 1955
55 · Crazy Like a Fox [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1955
58 · It Might Be George · Charlotte Morris · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1955
70 · The Cockroaches of Baghdad [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Nov 29 1952, as “The Web Caught the Spider”
81 · Murder Was Their Business · Anthony Boucher · ss Shadow Mystery Feb/Mar 1947, as “The Retired Hangman”
92 · Only the Guilty Run · Vin Packer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1955

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#36, January 1956] (1/6d, digest)

Striding Folly [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy Sayers · ss The Strand Magazine Jul 1935
The Queer Fish · Kem Bennett · ss Argosy (UK) Sep 1955
A Hansom in the Night [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1956
The Heel of Achilles O’Shay · Clayton Fox · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1956
Weak Spot · W. C. King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1956
Roll Out the Barrel · Geoffrey Household · ss 1952
First Time Machine · Fredric Brown · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1955
Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New Dec 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift”
The Other Arrow · F. M. Barratt & Jack Finney · ss Collier’s Oct 18 1952, as “Diagnosis Completed”
Cold Money [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Mar 20 1952
Will You Always Be Helping Me? · Thomas Walsh · ss Woman’s Home Companion Sep 1940, as “Boy from Home”
Get Off My Back! · Saul Levinson · ss Man’s Life 1953, as “Hick Law”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#37, February 1956] (1/6d, digest)

The Letter · Thomas Kyd · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1956
Johnny Cinderella · Joseph Petracca · ss Collier’s Oct 25 1952
Strictly from Hollywood · Steve April · vi Collier’s Jan 24 1953
The Lion’s Tooth [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard Aug 10 1955
It Could Happen to Anyone · Marc Brandel · ss 1955, as “The Hasty Act”
The Gentlest of the Brothers · David Alexander · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1956
A Dog in the Daytime [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine Dec 1954, as “The Body in the Hall”
A Woman of Principle [Insp. Peter Curwen] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#38, March 1956] (1/6d, digest)

The Dusty Drawer · Harry Muheim · ss Collier’s May 3 1952
The Compleat Murderess · Virginia Jones · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1956
Jack of Diamonds [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1956
The Man Who Explained Miracles [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · na The Housewife Jan 1956 (+2), as “Ministry of Miracles”
Of More Value than Sparrows [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss 1929
Banks Are Never Wrong · John D. Hess · ss Esquire Sep 1952, as “The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks”
Lucky Cop · Steve Fisher · ss 1939; possibly a reprint of Fisher’s “Lucky” (Detective Fiction Weekly, June 3, 1939).

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#39, April 1956] (1/6d, digest)

The Black Kitten · A. H. Z. Carr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1956
A Matter of Justice · Hugh Pentecost · na Collier’s May 2 1953 (+1), as “The Case of the Killer Dogs”
Mr. Brisher’s Treasure · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine Apr 1899
The Watcher · Emilee Berger · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1956
You Don’t Argue with the Captain · Donald McNutt Douglass · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1956
The Steinpilz Method · Robert Graves · ss Punch Feb 1955, as “Earth to Earth”
Sing a Song of Sixpence [Edward Leithen] · John Buchan · ss London Pall Mall Magazine Feb 1928
Chance Is Sometimes an Enemy · Frederick Nebel · ss Collier’s Mar 11 1939

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#40, May 1956] (Mellifont Press Ltd., 1/6d, digest)
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5 · Rogues’ Gallery · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s Aug 24 1935
8 · Business Trip · Elliot West · ss Collier’s May 2 1953, as “The Assassin”
22 · Crime of the Century · St. John Ervine · ss (r)
33 · Gifts to My People · Michael Forrestier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956
42 · One of the Family · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956
55 · The Six Golden Nymphs [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956
69 · To Strike a Match · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week Nov 6 1938, as “The House of Three Candles”
75 · What’s His Line? [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard Jul 11 1955
79 · Not a Drum Was Heard · Ben Ames Williams · ss Collier’s Jun 12 1920
87 · The Disappearance of Captain Harwell [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Nov 1925, as “A Man of Magic”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#41, June 1956] (1/6d, digest)

The Blessington Method · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
A Telegram for Miss Phipps [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
Murder in the Rain [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Jun 7 1953, as “The Rain Dripped Death”
Try It My Way · Frederick Nebel · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
What Did Poor Brown Do? [from Following the Equator] · Mark Twain · ex American Pub. Co. 1897
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).
The Boy and the Book [from The Golden Summer; Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex Little, Brown 1953
A Victim Must Be Found · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
"I Killed John Harrington" · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Jun 12 1937, as “Light in Darkness”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#42, July 1956] (1/6d, digest)

The Destructors · Graham Greene · ss Picture Post Jul 24 1954 (+1)
The Customs of the Country [Major Tennente] · Thomas Flanagan · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1956
The Double Clue [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Dec 5 1923
Dapper Johnny Brown · Ruth McKenney · ss Collier’s May 17 1952
To Break the Weave · Walt Sheldon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
The Cream of the Jest · Fredric Brown · ss New Detective Magazine Jul 1949, as “Last Curtain”
The Man of the Knife · Alexandre Dumas · ss (r); translated from the French.
The Flaw in the System · Jim Thompson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1956
One Hundred Thousand Dollars a Pint · Paul E. Walsh · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1956
From the Mouse to the Hawk · Dion Henderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#43, August 1956] (1/6d, digest)
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5 · You Are Going to Die · Bethel Laurence · ss Today’s Woman Mar 1951, as “The Call”
15 · The Hills Cried Murder · Paul W. Fairman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1956
25 · The Tired Horse · Ben Hecht · ss Esquire Sep 1954
28 · The Tools of Magic · Lyle G. Boyd · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1956
39 · Date to Die [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Oct 17 1954
47 · King of the Meat Cleavers · Ron Stevens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1956
50 · The Boy and the Money Box [from The Golden Summer; Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex Little, Brown 1953
67 · The Cellini Saltcellar [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1956
70 · A Toy for Jiffy [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1956
83 · Don’t Believe a Word She Says · William Lindsay Gresham · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#44, September 1956] (1/6d, digest)
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5 · A Bad Time of Day · Wade Miller · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1956
15 · The Waiting Thing Inside · Theodore Sturgeon & Don Ward · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1956
27 · Hanging the Hangman · B. M. Atkinson, Jr. · ss Collier’s Aug 25 1951
30 · Only on Rainy Nights [unnamed inspector] · Mark Van Doren · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1956
41 · Code of the Underworld · Robert Carson · ss Collier’s Nov 8 1952
44 · Cut, Cut, Cut! [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Dec 28 1952, as “The Myna Bird Mystery”
49 · An Ingenious Defence · Anon. · ss The Leisure Hour Apr 28 1877
53 · Girl in Trouble · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1956, as “?”
88 · The Folding Knife · Cecil E. Parson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#45, October 1956] (1/6d, digest)

One-Tenth Man · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1956
Mr. Hyde-de-Ho · Veronica Parker Johns · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1956
A Hanging Matter · Verne Athanas · ss Esquire Jul 1952
A Trip to Florida · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1956
The Boy and the Law [from The Golden Summer; Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex Little, Brown 1953
Miami Papers Please Copy · Rufus King · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1956
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 (UK) [#46, November 1956] (1/6d, digest)
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5 · Women—Pests or Poison · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Mar 19 1938, as “Hot Money”
17 · The Pedlar’s Revenge · Liam O’Flaherty · ss Collier’s Jul 25 1953
28 · Deputy Sheriff · James M. Ullman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1956
36 · Tiger in the Glass · Robert Sherman Townes · ss Esquire Aug 1952, as “Nothing Too Much”
48 · The Thousand Mile Shot · John F. Suter · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1956
67 · The Incautious Burglar [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine Oct 1940, as “A Guest in the House”
79 · The Man Who Went to Taltavul’s · David Alexander · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1956
91 · The World’s Second Detective · Jacques Barzun · ar Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1956 [Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais]
94 · The Clementine Caper · Larry Van Benthuysen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1956; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#47, December 1956] (1/6d, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

5 · 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”
9 · Before It Is Too Late [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week Feb 2 1936, as “Triangle at Rhodes”
26 · Danger—Women at Work · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956
33 · Square-O-Rooney · Joseph Whitehill · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956
46 · The Ikon of Elijah · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956
57 · The Iron Box · John Savage · ss Collier’s Feb 7 1953
71 · The Man Who Knew · Frederick Nebel · ss Liberty Mar 9 1940, as “Bet Your Life”
78 · Nothing Is Black and White · Harry Kelly · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
87 · The Road to Tyburn · J. Treloar Martin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
94 · 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”.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#48, January 1957] (1/6d, digest)

Ten Clues for Mr. Polkinghorn · Charlotte Armstrong · ss 1956
The Magic Painting [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1957
Ride with a Killer · Verne Athanas · ss Collier’s Mar 8 1952, as “Pursuit”
Dangerous Widows [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Jan 18 1953
It Could Happen to Anyone · Charles Mergendahl · ss Collier’s Aug 20 1954
The Catch Dog · Vinnie Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1957
Bedtime Story · J. M. Stern · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956
Joy Ride · C. B. Gilford · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1957
£5000 for a Confession · L. J. Beeston · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1955
Soho Night’s Entertainment [Inspector Calloway] · Frank Swinnerton · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1957
Like a Plum Ripening · C. E. Parker · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1957

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