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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces" [v6, #22, May 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
This is identical to the regular May 1945 issue except for the addition of the first story which is taken from the September 1943 issue of the regular series. Details supplied by Charlotte Priddle.

1 · Bottleneck · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s Feb 27 1937
5 · The Empty Flat [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine May 1939, as by Carter Dickson
18 · Leg Man [Burgess] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1943
39 · The Meaning of the Act [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine Sep 1939
52 · The Stripper [Sister Mary Ursula, OMB] · H. H. Holmes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1945
62 · Rogues’ Gallery · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s Aug 24 1935
65 · Pattern for Murder · Herzl Fife · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1945
75 · The Liqueur Glass · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Smart Set Mar 1915
81 · Guess Who?: Henry Poggioli · Talbot C. Hatch · qz Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1945
83 · The Case of the Merry Andrew [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine Jul 1936, as “The Cowboy of Oxford Street”
96 · The Quick and the Dead · Owen Cameron · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1945
99 · The Statement of the Accused [Garron] · Jacques Futrelle · ss The Story-teller Aug 1910, as “The Mystery of Room 666”
111 · Squeakie’s Second Case [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1945

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces" [v6, #22A, June 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
This is identical to the regular Winter 1942 issue except for the addition of the penultimate story which is taken from the May 1943 issue of the regular series. Details supplied by Charlotte Priddle.

1 · The Sunningdale Mystery [Tuppence & Tommy Beresford] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Oct 29 1924, as “The Sunninghall Mystery”
13 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar, Chatto 1938
32 · Green Ice [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss The Chicago Tribune Apr 13 1941, as “The Riddle of the Green Ice”
48 · The Phantom Guest [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Win 1942
72 · The Important Point [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s Feb 5 1938
79 · The Case of the Two Flutes [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · nv Mystery Apr 1934, as “The Phantom Flute Player”
101 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar Feb 1932
113 · The Picture Collector · Franklin P. Adams · vi Liberty Dec 18 1937
116 · Goodbye Hannah · Steve Fisher · ss Double Detective Dec 1938

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces" [v6, #23, July 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
This is identical to the regular July 1945 issue except for the addition of the first story which is taken from the January 1943 issue of the regular series. Details supplied by Charlotte Priddle.

1 · Accused · Ruth Chessman · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1943
4 · The Mystery of the Chief of Police [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1945
20 · Delayed Verdict [Evan Keith] · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss Collier’s Dec 20 1941
32 · The Alarm Bell · Donald Henderson · ss (r)
38 · Smash and Grab [Constable John Bragg] · Henry Wade · ss Here Comes the Copper, Constable 1938
50 · Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer · S. J. Perelman · ss The New Yorker Dec 16 1944; satire on the hard-boiled private eye.
57 · Mr. Bearstowe Says [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Saturday Book #3 1943
72 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week Mar 5 1917; based on material from the play “Trifles”.
89 · P. Moran, Fire-Fighter [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1945
107 · The Tenth Clue [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask Jan 1 1924

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces" [v6, #23A, August 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Reprint of the Spring 1942 (US) issue, plus a single story from the September 1943 (US) issue. Details supplied by Charlotte Priddle.

1 · Dumb Yank · Karl Detzer · ss The American Legion Magazine 1935
20 · The Good Friend [Chief-Inspector Parbold] · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Magazine Mar 1938
34 · Percival Bland’s Proxy [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1913
54 · Mrs. Macbeth · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Street & Smith’s Complete Magazine Dec 1935
64 · The Verdict · Frank Swinnerton · ss London Calling 1943
70 · The Adventure of the Frightened Star [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Spr 1942
85 · Code No. 2 · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine Apr 1916
99 · The Stolen Rubens [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine Feb 17 1907, as “Problem of the Stolen Rubens”
109 · Crime Without Passion · Ben Hecht · nv The Grand Magazine Sep 1933

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces" [v6, #24, September 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
This is identical to the regular September 1945 issue except for the addition of the first story which subsequently appeared in the November 1948 issue of the regular series. Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

1 · The Thrill Is Gone · Fulton Oursler & Rupert Hughes · vi Collier’s 1942
4 · The White Pillars Murder · G. K. Chesterton · ss English Life Jan 1925, as “Dr. Hyde, Detective, and the White Pillars Murder”
17 · Pastorale · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury Mar 1928
24 · The Labors of Hercules: The Stymphalian Birds, or The Case of the Vulture Women [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week Sep 17 1939, as “The Vulture Women”; given as “The Vulture Women” on the cover and “The Case of the Vulture Women” in the Table of Contents.
36 · The Wax-Work Cadaver [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1945
50 · Two Sharp Knives · Dashiell Hammett · ss Collier’s Jan 13 1934
62 · Will You Walk Into My Parlor? · John Dickson Carr · pl Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1945
74 · What, No Butler? · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s Aug 5 1933
84 · The Whistling Corpse · Ben Hecht · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1945
88 · The Problem of the Emperor’s Mushrooms [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1945
98 · The Adventure of Mr. Montalba, Obsequist [Mr. Mycroft] · H. F. Heard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1945
115 · Perkins’ “First Case” [Willis Perkins] · Philip Wylie · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1945
ibc. · A Minute Mystery: The Case of the Globe-Trotter [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1943

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces" [v6, #25, November 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene. This is identical to the regular November 1945 issue except for the addition of the first story which subsequently appeared in the May 1948 issue of the regular series.

1 · Award of Honor · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · vi Collier’s Jan 5 1935
4 · Mean Man’s Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1945
27 · Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1945
42 · Codeine (7 Per Cent) [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · ss Tales from a Rolltop Desk, Doubleday 1921
47 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 1: Karmesin, Murderer [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The People Dec 24 1944, as “Inscrutable Providence”
53 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 2: Karmesin, Jewel Thief [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Spr 1939, as “Karmesin and the Raving Lunatic”
57 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1945
69 · A Medieval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express Jan 1 1870, as “An Awful Terrible Medieval Romance”
75 · The Footsteps That Ran [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body, Gollancz 1928, as “The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran”
88 · The Green Elephant · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Smart Set Oct 1923
97 · The Case of the Pinchbeck Locket [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch Jul 3 1940
102 · The Eye [Cliff Chandler] · Baynard Kendrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1945
111 · White Carnations [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss Collier’s Feb 10 1945
128 · Index to Volume 6—1945 · Anon. · ix Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1945

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces" [v7, #26, January 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene. This is identical to the regular January 1946 issue except for the addition of the first story which subsequently appeared in the January 1947 issue of the regular series.

1 · Goldfish [Carney] · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s Jul 8 1933
4 · The Mystery of the Sock and the Clock [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1946
20 · The Labors of Hercules: The Girdle of Hippolyta, or The Case of the Missing Schoolgirl [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week Sep 10 1939, as “The Disappearance of Winnie King”; given as “The Case of the Missing Schoolgirl” on the cover and in the Table of Contents.
30 · Ultra Violent [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss Argosy Jan 1945
42 · Strictly Diplomatic [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 1939, as by Carter Dickson
56 · The Priest · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker Apr 7 1945
65 · The Magic Hat [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine Oct 1938, as “The Hat Trick”
80 · The Stolen Christmas Box [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1946
97 · The Dream · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan May 1924
103 · The Parrot’s Beak [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine Jun 1936; slightly revised from the story of the same name (The Daily Mail, October 23, 1929) which did not feature the Department of Dead Ends.
111 · Squeeze Play [William S. Gray] · Leonard Thompson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1946

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces" [v7, #27, February 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene. This is identical to the regular February 1946 issue except for the addition of the first story which did not appear in any issue of the regular edition of EQMM.

1 · Habit · Ben Ames Williams · ss Collier’s Oct 1 1927
4 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter Duluth; Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1946
16 · The Earring · William Irish · nv Flynn’s Detective Fiction Feb 1943, as “The Death Stone” by Cornell Woolrich
41 · The Labors of Hercules: The Hydra of Lernea, or The Case of the Gossipers [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week Sep 3 1939, as “The Invisible Enemy”; given as “The Case of the Gossipers” on the cover and in the Table of Contents.
54 · The Comic Opera Murders [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1946
66 · Cummings Monk [Cummings King Monk] · M. P. Shiel · ss The Pale Ape and Other Pulses, T. Werner Laurie 1911, as “He Wakes an Echo”; slightly condensed.
79 · Broadway Murder [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s Oct 8 1938
86 · The Necklace · Jack Moffitt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1946 [Guy de Maupassant]; sequel to Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace”.
99 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1946
104 · Like Count Palmieri [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1946
116 · Mr. Simpson Goes to the Dogs [Mr. Simpson] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Strand Magazine Jun 1934

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces" [v7, #28, March 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene. This is identical to the regular March 1946 issue except for the addition of the first story which did not appear in any issue of the regular edition of EQMM.

1 · A Little Knowledge · Peter B. Kyne · ss Collier’s Jan 1 1927
4 · Farewell to the Faulkners · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1946
21 · The House in Turk Street [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Apr 15 1924
37 · The Crime Collector · William Lindsay Gresham · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1946
42 · The Perfect Plan · James Hilton · ss Britannia and Eve Sep 1933
57 · P. Moran and the Poison Pen [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1946
75 · A Death in the Stadium · Robert Nathan · ss Scribner’s Magazine Sep 1927
78 · The Riddle of the Black Museum [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1946
92 · The Garden of Smoke [Mr. Traill] · Gilbert K. Chesterton · ss The Story-teller Oct 1919
108 · Mr. Briggs Was Right · Charles G. Norris · ss Collier’s Oct 30 1926
111 · The Man Who Was Murdered by a Bed [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1946

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces" [v7, #29, April 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene. This is identical to the regular April 1946 issue except for the addition of the first story which did not appear in any issue of the regular edition of EQMM.

1 · Safe · Hugh McNair Kahler · vi Collier’s Dec 3 1938
4 · A Star for a Warrior [David Return] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1946
21 · The Labors of Hercules: The Cretan Bull, or The Case of the Family Taint [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week Sep 24 1939, as “Midnight Madness”; given as “The Case of the Family Taint” on the cover and in the Table of Contents.
33 · Conscience · Elmer Rice · vi Collier’s Feb 11 1928
36 · Perkins’ Second “First Case” [Willis Perkins] · Philip Wylie · ss Collier’s Apr 25 1931, as “Perkins Takes the Case”
47 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1946
51 · Dead Date [Donny Donahue] · Frederick Nebel · nv Black Mask Aug 1932, as “Shake-Up”
72 · Watson Was a Woman · Rex Stout · hu Saturday Review of Literature Mar 1 1941
77 · The Truth About Watson · Kurt Steel · hu Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1946
84 · Waiting for the Police · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss Waiting for the Police and other stories, Polybooks 1943
90 · The Hunting of Hemingway [Nick & Dave Glennan] · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 21 1934
108 · P. Moran, Diamond-Hunter [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1946

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces" [v7, #30, May 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene. This is identical to the regular May 1946 issue except for the addition of the first story which did not appear in any issue of the regular edition of EQMM.

1 · What a Pal! · Hugh McNair Kahler · vi Collier’s Apr 18 1931
4 · Handcuffs Don’t Hold Ghosts [Tommy Hambledon] · Manning Coles · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1946
26 · Night Shots [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Feb 1 1924
40 · The Consolable Widow · Christopher Morley · ts Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1946
54 · Roses Round the Door · Thomas Burke · ss Britannia and Eve Jan 1941
62 · Matter for a May Morning [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1946
80 · Not on the Program · Ben Wilson · vi This Week 1942
82 · Close Shave [William S. Gray] · Leonard Thompson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1946
100 · Tea for Two · Laurie York Erskine · ss Collier’s Feb 15 1936
105 · Free and Easy [Jim Hanvey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The Red Book Magazine Apr 1926
ibc. · A Minute Mystery: The Case of the Young Detective [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1942

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