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Short Stories [v216 #2, #1988, August 1953] ed. D. McIlwraith (Short Stories, Inc., 35¢, 160pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Murder Below Decks · H. Bedford-Jones · nv Short Stories Jul 25 1936 41 · Complete Designs · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Short Stories Jul 25 1936 54 · Hyphen Smith of the Mounted · Reginald C. Barker · ss Short Stories Sep 25 1927 68 · Charley Lee · Henry Herbert Knibbs · pm Short Stories Feb 10 1925 70 · Chips of Stone · Raymond S. Spears · ss Short Stories Apr 10 1934 81 · A Bit o’ Perks · Captain Dingle · ss Short Stories Jun 10 1934 90 · The Fighting Horse · Holman Day · ss Short Stories Jul 25 1925 119 · As Handsome Does · B. M. Bower · ss Short Stories Jun 25 1935 130 · The Knuckle Chucker · Carmony Gove · ss Short Stories Jul 10 1934 138 · Old Timer Cuts the Buck · Wendell W. Williams · ss Short Stories Apr 10 1934 147 · The Paper Wad · O. A. Robertson · ss Short Stories Jul 25 1936

Short Stories [v216 #3, #1989, September 1953] ed. D. McIlwraith (Short Stories, Inc., 35¢, 160pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · The Mandarin Dagger · Lemuel de Bra · na Short Stories Aug 10 1933 56 · Nobody’s Ghost · Henry Herbert Knibbs · ss Short Stories Oct 10 1935 69 · Partner Number Three · H. S. M. Kemp · ss Short Stories Jan 25 1938 84 · In Sheep’s Clothing · W. C. Tuttle · ss Short Stories Jan 25 1938 88 · By Three O’Clock · Richard Howells Watkins · ss Short Stories Feb 10 1925 100 · Sailor Man · J. Allan Dunn · ss Short Stories Dec 10 1935 118 · Hanging Horse · Paul Annixter · ss Short Stories Jul 10 1933 129 · Banjo Boy · William Edward Hayes · ss Short Stories Mar 10 1934 144 · Finn Magic · Captain Dingle · ss Short Stories Mar 10 1934

Short Stories [v216 #4, #1990, October 1953] ed. D. McIlwraith (Short Stories, Inc., 35¢, 162pp, digest) Details supplied by Jeffrey V. Pennington from Table of Contents. ifc. · The Story Tellers’ Circle · Anon. · cl Short Stories Dec 25 1937 2 · Manhunt! · Ernest Haycox · na Short Stories Aug 25 1931 48 · Dead Man’s Bullet · John Burke Ingram · ss Short Stories Mar 10 1931 55 · Escape from Che Mun · Captain Frederick Moore · ss Short Stories Dec 25 1937 73 · The Oil Pup · Foster-Harris · ss Short Stories Mar 10 1931 90 · The Collector · Hugh Pendexter · ss Short Stories Mar 25 1931 104 · Three Dogs and a Bone · Henry Herbert Knibbs · ss Short Stories Jan 25 1932 128 · Flying Coupling · Duane Hopkins · ss Short Stories Jul 25 1935 137 · Mysterious Mike Hill · G. W. Barrington · ss Short Stories Dec 25 1937

Short Stories [v216 #5, #1991, November 1953] ed. D. McIlwraith (Short Stories, Inc., 35¢, 160pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. ifc. · The Story Tellers’ Circle · Anon. · cl 2 · Never a Law · Bertrand W. Sinclair · nv Short Stories Mar 10 1931 31 · A Sagebrush Samaritan · B. M. Bower & S. Boswell · ss Short Stories Feb 10 1925 51 · Three A.M. on Arrowhead Island · Karl W. Detzer · ss Short Stories Dec 10 1927 72 · Kinross the Killer · Dex Volney · ss Short Stories Jul 10 1928 85 · The Blunderin’ Fool · Wilbur Hall · ss Short Stories Jul 10 1928 104 · The Barque in the Bottle · Wm. Doerflinger · pm Short Stories May 25 1933 106 · Sing, You Sailors! · Bill Adams · ss Short Stories Jun 10 1936 113 · The Golden Gizzard · Clifford Knight · ss Short Stories Jul 10 1928 131 · Adventurers All · Anon. · ts 134 · Red Desert · Norrell Gregory · ss Short Stories Jun 10 1936 150 · The Judgement of Mystery Swamp · Lemuel L. de Bra · ss Short Stories Dec 10 1923

Short Stories [v216 #6, #1992, December 1953] ed. D. McIlwraith (Short Stories, Inc., 35¢, 160pp+, digest) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 3 · The Lonesome Badger [Part 1 of 2; Otis Beagle] · Frank Gruber · sl 58 · The Candle of the Wicked · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories Feb 10 1938 71 · Blood on the Sea · Frank J. Leahy · ss Short Stories Jun 25 1934 85 · Ten Mule Thirst · Talbert Josselyn · ss Short Stories Jul 25 1925 103 · Misadventure · Robert Roy · ss Short Stories Jul 25 1925 119 · Cactus Kate · Stanley Hofflund · pm Short Stories Jul 10 1934 120 · The Call of Kin · Harley P. Lathrop · ss Short Stories Dec 10 1923 135 · Back from Hell · Bob du Soe · nv Short Stories Oct 10 1935

Short Stories [v217 #1, #1993, January 1954] ed. D. McIlwraith (Short Stories, Inc., 35¢, 160pp, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · Hands of Fate · J. Allan Dunn · nv Short Stories May 25 1935 45 · When the Signals Changed · Don Waters · ss Short Stories Nov 10 1928 56 · Adventurers All · James B. Hendryx · ts Short Stories Dec 25 1937 59 · Seminole Indian Hunters · Anon. · ar 61 · There Goes Thermopylae · Bill Adams · pm Short Stories Mar 10 1930 62 · The Lonesome Badger [Part 2 of 2; Otis Beagle] · Frank Gruber · sl 114 · The Silent Hour · Hapsburg Liebe · ss Short Stories Oct 25 1935 121 · The Machine Gun · Edward T. Turner · ss Short Stories Jun 25 1934 137 · One Night in Blackfoot · Ernest Haycox · ss Short Stories Oct 10 1927 153 · Forty Ways · S. Omar Barker · ss Short Stories Oct 25 1935

Short Stories [v217 #2, #1994, February 1954] ed. D. McIlwraith (Short Stories, Inc., 35¢, 160pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · The Hoodoo of the “Midnight” · Bill Adams · nv Short Stories Jul 25 1928 23 · The Rock of the Raiding · Norrell Gregory · ss Short Stories Jul 25 1935 39 · Kill Creek Bridge · Carmony Gove · ss Short Stories Jan 10 1936 54 · Wolf Chase · Robert E. Pinkerton · nv Short Stories Feb 25 1936 85 · Presidential Special · Duane Hopkins · ss Short Stories May 10 1933 95 · Malachi · Roy Churchill · ss Short Stories Jul 25 1935 113 · Cannibal Legs · Edmond Du Perrier · ss Short Stories Jan 25 1936 125 · Derby Driller · William E. Barrett · ss Short Stories Jun 10 1936 140 · Captain Carver’s Cargo · Crawford Sullivan · ss Short Stories Feb 10 1938

Short Stories [v217 #3, #1995, March 1954] ed. D. McIlwraith (Short Stories, Inc., 35¢, 160pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. ifc. · The Story Tellers’ Circle · Anon. · cl 2 · The Big Noise at Silent River · H. Bedford-Jones · nv Short Stories Jul 10 1928 47 · Corroboree Claim · Neil Martin · ss Short Stories Feb 10 1934 60 · The Bear and the Race · Stephen Payne · ss Short Stories Jul 25 1928 67 · The Cajun from Bayou Lafourche · Meigs O. Frost · ss Short Stories Oct 10 1923 88 · Border Business · H. C. Wire · ss Short Stories May 10 1933 99 · Suicide Trail · Hugh B. Cave · nv Short Stories May 10 1933 125 · Adventurers All · Anon. · ts 126 · Badger Holes · E. Richard Shipp · pm Short Stories Jul 25 1928 127 · Blizzard · Bud La Mar · ss Short Stories Aug 25 1928 133 · Red Light for Death · William Edward Hayes · nv Short Stories Feb 10 1938

Short Stories [v217 #4, #1996, April 1954] (Short Stories, Inc., 35¢, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. ifc. · The Story Tellers’ Circle · Anon. · cl (r) 2 · By Rule of Drum [Aubrey St. John Major] · L. Patrick Greene · nv Short Stories Sep 10 1934 41 · Old Tough Heart · Ernest Haycox · ss Short Stories Mar 25 1931 59 · Gray Gold · Reginald C. Barker · ss Short Stories Sep 10 1934 77 · Trust · Edward T. Turner · ss Short Stories Sep 10 1934 89 · Red Snow · George Rosenberg · ss Short Stories Sep 10 1934 104 · The Missing Pistol · Captain Frank H. Shaw · ss Short Stories Mar 10 1930 120 · Black Jack · R. V. Gery · ss Short Stories Feb 10 1934 133 · The Secret of Fishwoman Butte · Wolcott LeClear Beard · ss Short Stories Nov 10 1928

Short Stories [v217 #5, #1997, July 1954] ed. D. McIlwraith (Short Stories, Inc., 35¢, 160pp, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · Lost Lode · Bertrand W. Sinclair · na Short Stories Jun 25 1934 56 · Pride · Ernest Haycox · ss Short Stories Jun 25 1934 70 · Cry Wolf! [Tsiang House] · Hugh B. Cave · ss Short Stories Mar 10 1930 88 · Back-Fire · Wilbur Hall · ss West Feb 5 1926 100 · Lead Flapjacks · J. Paul Suter · ss West Dec 17 1927 110 · The Trap Spider · Anthony M. Rud · nv Short Stories Oct 10 1927 130 · Black Gold · Edmond Du Perrier · ss Short Stories May 25 1933 139 · Sleepy Jack’s Last Deal · Edmund Ware · ss Short Stories Aug 10 1928 155 · The New Marshal Proves Up · Raymond S. Spears · ss West Aug 13 1927

Short Stories [v217 #6, #1998, September 1954] ed. D. McIlwraith (Short Stories, Inc., 35¢, 160pp, digest) Details supplied by Rick Hall. ifc. · The Story Tellers’ Circle · Anon. · cl 2 · King Solomon’s Shoe · Robert Welles Ritchie · na Short Stories Jun 25 1927 57 · Lucky Friday · Anon. · ar 58 · King (Sourdough) Solomon · Cliff Farrell · ss Short Stories Feb 10 1934 69 · Alias Pop · Frank J. Leahy · ss Short Stories Sep 10 1934 85 · Rainbow’s End · W. C. Tuttle · nv West May 5 1926 114 · The Tough Cooky · Foster-Harris · ss Short Stories Mar 10 1930 125 · The Bullies of Harridan Creek · E. S. Pladwell · ss Short Stories Jun 10 1934 137 · Adventurers All · Reginald C. Barker · ts (r) 140 · Guns Roared in Little Canyon · K. Carleton Unthank · ss Short Stories Jul 10 1928

Short Stories [v218 #1, #1999, September 1956] (Codel Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 160pp, digest) Details supplied by Denny Lien. ifc. · A Letter from Frank Gruber · Frank Gruber · lt 2 · Storm Fury · Irving Cox, Jr. · nv 46 · Massacre at Pistol Gap · James Charles Lynch · ss 59 · Three · Hunt Collins · nv 88 · Attila’s Assassin · Frank Gruber · nv 117 · Stage Hands · P. G. Wodehouse · hu 121 · Shark Shy · Theodore Pratt · ss 131 · Highway to Death · Lewis Chadwick · ss 140 · Easy Crime Payments · Robert Turner · ss 155 · Broken Wheel · Jim Bosworth · ss

Short Stories [v218 #2, #2000, November 1956] ed. M. D. Gregory (Codel Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 160pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Orinoco Gold · Noel M. Loomis · nv 30 · Cloudburst at Dingo Flats · Douglas Leach · ss 43 · Justice on the Death Prowl · Mel Colton · ss 59 · How to Tame Them · B. Traven · nv 83 · Blood on the Water · Frederick W. Keith · ss 100 · Twilight · Lorenz Heller · ss 107 · Voices in the Hill · Steve Frazee · nv 127 · The Hard Way · L. R. Batman · ss 137 · The Great Gray · Robert Edmond Alter · ss 146 · The Longest Ride · H. A. DeRosso · ss

Short Stories [v218 #3, #2001, January 1957] ed. M. D. Gregory (Codel Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 160pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Juramentado · Reuben R. Canoy · nv 25 · Town Tamer · Frank Gruber · ss 40 · The Long Count · Norman Struber · nv 69 · A Winter’s Night · Hal Ellson · ss 82 · Alone in a Crowd · Eugene Pawley · ss 99 · Fast Track for Murder · Miles Harden · ss 114 · Inside Job · Roe Richmond · nv 138 · The Naked Gun · John Jakes · ss 149 · A Short Walk in the Morning · Jim Bosworth · ss Quips · Ken Murray · ms; filler at the ends of several stories.

Short Stories [v218 #4, #2002, March 1957] ed. M. D. Gregory (Codel Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 160pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · The Spark · W. C. Tuttle · ss 19 · The Fighting Road · Noel M. Loomis · ss 34 · Portrait of Love · Steve Fisher · nv 72 · Flannigan’s Dog · Wes Waring · ss 83 · The Duelist · Richard Deming · nv 100 · Hellion for Hire · Wm. Collins Brown · ss 115 · Indian Trading · B. Traven · ss 128 · By the Shores of the Lake · Herbert D. Kastle · ss 140 · The Getaway · D. S. Halacy, Jr. · ss

Short Stories [v219 #5, #2003, June 1957] ed. M. D. Gregory (Codel Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · The Spinner · W. C. Tuttle · nv 28 · The Fatal Dance of Siva · I. G. Edmonds · ss 35 · Court of Two Sisters · Raymond Drennen · nv 62 · An Unexpected Solution · B. Traven · ss 68 · Gambler’s Choice · Mal Manors · ss 80 · Red Wine · Jonathan Craig · ss 90 · The Stick and the Bearded Lady · Noel Loomis · ss 103 · Red Death · Mel Colton · ss 119 · The Fight of Your Life · Frank Smith · ss

Short Stories [v219 #6, #2004, December 1957] (Codel Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Published bi-monthly by American Short Stories Corp (New York) with Leo Margulies listed as Publisher, Cylvia Kleinman as Managing Editor, and Joan Sherman as Production. Cover uncredited, but I recognize it (gut-shot cowboy clutching his chest, dropping his pistol, about to fall face-forward off a roof) as having also appeared on the Pocket Books edition of Guns in the Saddle, “a Powder Valley Western” by “Peter Field,” shortly before. Details supplied by Denny Lien. ifc. · Short Stories Rides On · Leo Margulies · ed 2 · The Wild One · George C. Appell · ss 15 · Countermand · Luke Short · ss Short Stories Jul 10 1940 30 · Shadow of Murder · Georges Carousso · nv 56 · White Water Challenge · Hugh B. Cave · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Mar 14 1942 61 · The Lake · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1944 67 · By Rope and Lead · Ernest Haycox · ss Short Stories Aug 10 1929 82 · Nine Lives · Clifford D. Simak · nv 104 · Burro Trading · B. Traven · ss 116 · The Easy Mark · Frederick Nebel · ss 121 · Last Warning · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories Jan 10 1943