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The London Mystery Magazine [v1 #6, October/November 1950] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 4 · What Song the Sirens Sang · Sagittarius · pm 6 · The Zombie of Alto Parana · W. Stanley Moss · nv 25 · The Graduate · Joan Fleming · vi 32 · Murder in Athens · Kathleen Freeman · ar 46 · The Slave Detective: Episode IV: The Case of the Murdered Senator [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · nv 66 · The Forgetful Banshee · Brian Hayes · ss 75 · The Case Against James Turner · E. G. Ashton · ar 79 · The Lost Wife · Ernest de Lima · ss 92 · A Warning to the Curious · A. M. Pollard · ss 99 · The Birth of an Idea · Algernon Blackwood · ar; revised from “The Genesis of Ideas” (The Writer, February 1937). 105 · The Night Before · Jack Cousins · vi 109 · Clorinda, Her Diary: 4 · Anon. (by Charles Franklin) · ss

The London Mystery Magazine [#7, December 1950/January 1951] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 4 · Commission on Ghosts · Sagittarius · pm 6 · Noel · Burgess Drake · ss 16 · Meet Doctor Fitzbrown [Doctor Fitzbrown] · Mary Fitt · ss 32 · A Crime Foiled, or Cupid to the Rescue · Anon. · ss 40 · The Fear of Heights · Algernon Blackwood · ms; first broadcast on BBC Home Service, October 29, 1947. 45 · Suffering Dyes a Lily [Constant Suffering] · Martin Greenlaw · ss 59 · The Surly Sullen Bell · Russell Kirk · ss 76 · The Bones in the Wall · Christina Hole · ar 82 · The Horrible Horns [Monte Featherstone] · Martin Gardner · ss 90 · The Black Cockerel · Mara Jansz · ss 96 · Mind to Mind: But How? · Banesh Hoffmann · ar 101 · How Indeed? · Kenneth Walker · ar 108 · The Slave Detective: Episode V: The Hidden Snake [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · ss

The London Mystery Magazine [#8, February/March 1951] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 6 · Partners in Crime · Sagittarius · pm 8 · You Killed Elizabeth · Brett Halliday · nv 25 · The Minister’s Pool · Lord Belhaven · ss 31 · How Doth the Little Busy Bee? · Frank Stuart · ar 38 · The Silence of Brighton Pier · Arthur Goidel · ss 49 · The Slave Detective: Episode VI: The Case of the Frightened Poet [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · ss 65 · Black and White · Grania Brandon · ss 75 · Crunchy Wunchy’s First Case · Martin Gardner · ss 84 · Along Came a Spider · Algernon Blackwood · ms; first broadcast as “Spiders and Such” on BBC Home Service, June 10, 1950. 89 · Light from the East · Francis Vivian · ss 103 · Last Night I Died · Morris Cooper · ss 112 · Clorinda, Her Diary: (5) · Charles Franklin · ss

The London Mystery Magazine [#9, April/May 1951] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 6 · A Border Ballad · Sagittarius · pm 9 · Catspaw · Frank Stuart · ss 17 · The Faulty Cistern · Daniel Pettiward · ss 29 · Hypnotism · Kenneth Walker · ar 35 · The Slave Detective: Episode VII: The Case of the Senate’s Gift [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · ss 54 · The Hole That Screamed · F. E. Smith · ss 61 · Without Security · F. Morley Barratt · ss 68 · Fletcher’s Luck · Anthony Lever · ss 76 · The Challenge · Burgess Drake · ss 89 · Desert Magic · Mary Cathcart Borer · ar 99 · Shipshape Shilling: His Fourth Adventure: The Case of the Missing Chocolates [Shipshape Shilling] · Liliane Clopet · ss 109 · Tracking Henry’s Tomb · Humphry Bullock · ar 114 · Clorinda, Her Diary: (6) · Charles Franklin · ss

The London Mystery Magazine [#10, June/July 1951] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 6 · The Felon’s Lot · Sagittarius · pm 9 · I Hate Violence · W. Stanley Moss · ss 20 · Writer’s Witch · Joan Fleming · ss 26 · Mystery in Athens · Kathleen Freeman · ar 43 · Caif Society · Donald King · vi 46 · A Policeman’s Soliloquies I: No Flowers by Request · H. F. Rossetti · ss 60 · The Stone of Destiny · Philip Audly · ss 68 · No Laughing Gas Man · Ivy Matthews · ss 73 · The Invisible Worm · Geoffrey Grigson · ar 78 · Meet Doctor Fitzbrown Part II—The Talking Gatepost [Doctor Fitzbrown] · Mary Fitt · ss 90 · The Rainmaker · Roy Pearson · ss 97 · Apparitions and Hallucinations · Kenneth Walker · ar 103 · The Same Place Twice · Glynne W. Rowland · ss 110 · Clorinda, Her Diary: (7) · Charles Franklin · ss

The London Mystery Magazine [#11, August/September 1951] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 8 · The Happy Medium · Sagittarius · pm 11 · Time and Suffering [Constant Suffering] · Martin Greenlaw · ss 24 · The Train That Waited · Noel Cooke · vi 28 · London Theatre Ghosts · W. MacQueen-Pope · ar 34 · Envelope Enclosed · Burgess Drake · ss 45 · Uncle Isaiah · Russell Kirk · ss 61 · Cherry-Pit [Inspector Varrett] · H. J. Dellar · ss 72 · Hard Pruning · John Russon · ss 77 · Reflections on a Mirror · David Munro · ss 82 · The Slave Detective: Episode VIII: The Case of the Etruscan Pin [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · ss 94 · The One-Way Lift · J. B. H. Doyle · ss 101 · An Exoneration of Ghosts · Kenneth Walker · ar 107 · Dinner for One · Francis Bernard · vi 110 · Clorinda, Her Diary: (8) · Charles Franklin · ss

The London Mystery Magazine [#12, October/November 1951] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 8 · Gentlemen v. Slayers · Sagittarius · pm 11 · Meet Doctor Fitzbrown Part III—Black Sheep [Doctor Fitzbrown] · Mary Fitt · ss 24 · London’s “Mystery” Men · Hannen Swaffer · ar 30 · Canadian Capers · Robert & Christine Harris · ss 45 · The Slave Detective: Episode IX: The Case of the Buried Chains [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · ss 52 · Uncontrolled Goods · Desmond Cory · ss 64 · The Spider · F. McDermott · ss 72 · Scandal in Athens · Kathleen Freeman · ar 86 · Cranford Revisited · Ianthe Jerrold · ss 93 · A Policeman’s Soliloquies (2): A Spinster Gone · H. F. Rossetti · ss 99 · A Dagger of the Mind? · Dorothy Edwards · vi 102 · Time to Kill · Morris Cooper · ss 107 · Clorinda, Her Diary: (9) · Charles Franklin · ss

The London Mystery Magazine [#13, December 1951/January 1952] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 10 · Crime-Tide Carol · Sagittarius · pm 13 · “Body in the Wine” · W. Stanley Moss · ss 31 · The Englishman’s Home · Skob · ss 45 · The Enigma of Alchemy · Morwenna Donnelly · ar 52 · The Other Twin · F. E. Smith · ss 63 · Strange Visitor · Kathleen Craven · vi 66 · A Policeman’s Soliloquies 3: End of a Bachelor · H. F. Rossetti · ss 76 · Myself Outside · Derek V. Hill · vi 83 · Brother in the Barrow · Ianthe Jerrold · ss 89 · All My Eye and Mr. Martin · George Edinger · ar 95 · The Slave Detective: Episode X: The Festival of Cybele [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · ss 107 · Murder in Birdcage Walk · Maurice Cranston · vi 112 · Shipshape Shilling: His Fifth Adventure: The Tale of a Dog [Shipshape Shilling] · Liliane Clopet · ss

The London Mystery Magazine [#14, February/March 1952] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 7 · Ou Sont les Neiges D’Antan? · Sagittarius · pm 9 · Flight from Fleet Street · John Dickson Carr · pl; revised from “A Razor in Fleet Street”, first broadcast on CBS Radio, July 5, 1948. 20 · Death at the Vicarage · Lionel Bayes · ss 26 · Murder for Fine Art · John Basye Price · ss 35 · The High Toby: “Will Any Gentleman?” · W. Stanley Moss · ar 46 · Haven · Claire D. Pollexfen · ss 54 · Bluebeard’s Dolls · Frances Hume · ss 64 · A Policeman’s Soliloquies 4: Death in a Thunderstorm · H. F. Rossetti · ss 73 · Old Place of Sorworth [Ralph Bain] · Russell Kirk · nv 89 · Off the Tiles · Ianthe Jerrold · ss 97 · Mystery at Lourdes · Kenneth Walker · ar 103 · Not Quite Perfect · Michael Jacot · vi 107 · Clorinda, Her Diary: (10) · Charles Franklin · ss

The London Mystery Magazine [#15, April/May 1952] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 6 · Two in One · Sagittarius · pm 8 · The Black Paw · Reginald Denham · ss 20 · Meet Doctor Fitzbrown Part IV—The Case of the Unstitched Hand [Doctor Fitzbrown] · Mary Fitt · ss 28 · I Don’t Believe It! · Hannen Swaffer · ar 34 · Carriage for One · W. Stanley Moss · ss 49 · The Stomach of Parbat Valji · Ans van Breda · ss 56 · The Deadlier Twin · Ianthe Jerrold · ss 63 · Moon Palaver · W. R. Loader · ss 72 · Mo Soap · Burgess Drake · ss 81 · Setting for Moonstone · Kenneth Robinson · ar 86 · The Weird Squad · Lee Cross · ss 95 · A Note with a Message · Vincent Firth · ss 99 · A Per Pro Signature · Sheila Pim · ss 105 · There Go I · James Kennedy · ss 111 · Clorinda, Her Diary: (11) · Charles Franklin · ss

The London Mystery Magazine [#16 (1953)] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 3 · Before and After [Mr. Verity] · Peter Antony · ss 11 · Bread-and-Butter Sister · Joan Pepper · ss 18 · Too Much Secrecy · Derek Hill · vi 21 · The High Toby: Behind the Headlines · W. Stanley Moss · ar 31 · A Policeman’s Soliloquies: Death of a Diabetic · H. F. Rossetti · ss 41 · The Lady on the Grey · John Collier · ss The New Yorker Jun 16 1951 48 · The Fingerprint Murders · Hugh Corley · ss 56 · The Brighton Monster [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post Feb 21 1948, as “The Monster” 70 · Shipshape Shilling: His Latest Adventure [Shipshape Shilling] · Liliane Clopet · ss 80 · The Cold-Blooded Tigress of London · Anthony Shaffer · ar 86 · Parlour Tricks · J. B. H. Doyle · ss 91 · The Case of the Poisoned Shaving-Oil [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · ss 108 · Good Riddance · Claire D. Pollexfen · ss 114 · Gone to the Devil · Michael Jacot · ss

The London Mystery Magazine [#17 (1953)] ed. Austen Kark (Norman Kark Publications, 2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 3 · Editorial · Austen Kark · ed 7 · Fly Away Finger, Fly Away Thumb · Brian Moore · ss [Francis Butterfield] 14 · Before and After, Part II: Mr. Verity’s Investigation [Mr. Verity] · J. M. Caffyn · vi; illustrated by Peter Antony 17 · The Yellow Wall-Paper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine Jan 1892 30 · Small Brown · Derek Hill · vi; illustrated by Peter Kneebone 34 · A Policeman’s Soliloquies: The Disappearing Tenant · H. F. Rossetti · ss 43 · “Death” · Brian Cleeve · ss; illustrated by Sidney Mould 47 · Faces Along the Bar · W. H. Auden · pm 1940 48 · The Touch of Nutmeg Makes It · John Collier · ss The New Yorker May 3 1941 55 · Murder Most Profitable · Alister Kershaw · ar; illustrated by Peter Clark 73 · The Madames · Nina Bawden · ss; illustrated by Borgia 82 · Unwanted Seed · Michael Jacot · ss 89 · Mr. Foster’s Diary · David Leslie · ss 94 · Appointment in Bermuda · Edmund Cooper · nv; illustrated by Dennis Duyt 112 · Cat as Cats Can · Humphry Bullock · ar 114 · Vanishing Point · James Kennedy · vi 117 · Crooks in Books · Anon. · rc

The London Mystery Magazine [#18 (1953)] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 7 · The Cheval Glass · Vincent Firth · ss 17 · The Light Goes Out · Ian McLeod · vi 20 · Murder at Moribund Manor · Edmund Cooper · pm 25 · A Policeman’s Soliloquies: Death of Two Secretaries · H. F. Rossetti · ss 34 · Thorpe Royal · Geoffrey Castle · ss 40 · Amber Beads · Doris M. Hodges · ss 48 · Blood of the Lamb · Douglas Baber · ss 54 · House of Barnard · Jonathan Scribe · ss 71 · Larger Than Life · Anthony Shaffer · ss 75 · Murder and Mutilation · S. John Peskett · ar 82 · The Man with Long Fingers · Claire D. Pollexfen · ss 94 · The Rope · David Farrow · ss 101 · Manifest Destiny · Eamonn Flynn · ss 115 · Midnight Revels Limited · Hugh Corley · vi 117 · The High Toby: The Lower Strata · W. Stanley Moss · ar

The London Mystery Magazine [#19 (1954)] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) Also distributed in the US by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company as the Summer 1954 issue. 7 · At the Heart of It · Michael Harrison · ss 17 · A Policeman’s Soliloquies: Death at a Dress Rehearsal · H. F. Rossetti · ss 26 · Crime and Insanity · Wilfred Lester · ar 33 · The Fairy on the Christmas-Tree · A. M. Peake · ss 43 · Dark City · Michael Irwin · ss 61 · Colonel Chinstrap’s Ghost Story · Brian Stuart · vi 64 · Murder by Mouth · Barbara Cartland · ss 71 · Laurels for a Baronet · Humphry Bullock · ar 88 · October the Nineteenth · Betty Carter · ss 93 · Sea Change · Jan Eagles · ss 102 · The Weir · Daniel Pettiward · ss 116 · Could There? · Derek Hill · ss 120 · Crooks in Books · [Various] · rc

The London Mystery Magazine [#20 (1954)] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) Also distributed in the US by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company as the Fall 1954 issue. 7 · The House Down the Lane · Joan Pepper · ss 17 · Conscience · Burgess Drake · ss 22 · The Case of the China Dogs · Guthram Walsh · ss 30 · Susan and the Elder · Jeffrey Jones · ss 34 · Murder in High Places · Alister Kershaw · ar 49 · Suffer a Witch · Peter Shaffer · ss 54 · The Water Beast · E. G. Ashton · ss 66 · Escape to Fear · Claire Pollexfen · ss 77 · Cardillo’s Shadow · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 83 · The Artist · Jonathan Scribe · ss 95 · The Cave · F. McDermott · ss 104 · The Green Tiger · Rett Sinclair · vi 107 · The Tancarrow Treasure · George Milner · ss 119 · Crooks in Books · [Various] · rc

The London Mystery Magazine [#21 (1954)] (2/6d, 128pp+, digest) 7 · The Snowman · Peter Assinder · ss 13 · Murder in Oils · Max Dunstone · ss 23 · The Strange Holiday · Lord Belhaven · ss 30 · Death of a Kind Man · Ian McLeod · ss 34 · Death and the Rope Trick · John Basye Price · ss 46 · The Truth of the Matter · Rett Sinclair · ss 54 · Mother’s Boy · Janet Hills · vi 57 · An American in Paris · Tom Lawrence · ss 66 · “The Snare” · Mark Mace · vi 69 · Footsteps in the Snow · Max Marquis · ss 78 · Oneself Outside · John Comly · ss 88 · Mass Murder · S. John Peskett · ar 98 · Pattern of Revenge · John Bude · vi 101 · Beautiful Helen! · George Yon · ss 108 · With Possession · Caroline Davies · ss 116 · Poetic Injustice · James Kennedy · vi