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The Master Thriller Series [#16, Tales of Adventure (April 1937)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

· Murder in Effigy · Robert H. Rohde · nv Short Stories February 10 1936

· Kill Creek Bridge · Carmony Gove · ss Short Stories January 10 1936

· Foxing the G-Men · W. Wirt · ss Short Stories May 10 1936

· The Senator’s Nerves [Panhandle Pete] · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss Short Stories October 25 1936

· The Ghost Comes Back · Clifford Knight · ss Short Stories February 10 1937

· Big Horn · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss Short Stories February 10 1937

· You’re Outa the Navy Now · Roy Horn · ss Short Stories December 10 1933

· Chungo · Hapsburg Liebe · ss Short Stories September 25 1933

· Chinaman’s Chance · Robert H. Rohde · nv Short Stories February 10 1937

· All Square · H. S. M. Kemp · ss Short Stories February 10 1937

The Master Thriller Series [#17, Tales of Terror (July 1937)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

3 · The Phantom Killer · C. V. Tench · na

46 · Cracky Miss Judith · Hector Bolitho · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine December 1934

55 · The Ghost Ketch · Marlinspike · ss

62 · Young Jackson’s Discovery · John Creasey · nv

78 · The Third Hand · Edmund Snell · ss

88 · Dying Men Wanted · Walter Ripperger · na; given as by Walter Rippinger in the Table of Contents.

The Master Thriller Series [#18, Tales of East and West (October 1937)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

· The Red Moon · Tanjong · ss

· Terror Island · Geoffrey H. Clark · ss

· Black Pearls · R. de S. Horn · nv Short Stories August 10 1927

· Under Cover [Jimmy Dugan] · J. Allan Dunn · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 5 1930
not the same as the story of the same name in the August 1938 issue of Thrilling Western.

· The Unholy Family · Walter Ripperger · na Complete Stories October 1936

The Master Thriller Series [#19, Tales of the Underworld (January 1938)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

· The Decon’s Shroud · W. Robert Mills · ss

· A Man Must Risk · R. H. Watkins · nv Complete Stories July/August 1937

· Pay Night in Ghost Town · Leslie McFarlane · nv Top-Notch April 1937 (+1)

The Master Thriller Series [#20, Tales of the Uncanny #2 (April 1938)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp, cover by W. J. Roberts)

3 · The Scarlet Girdle · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss

16 · Dead Men Do Tell Tales · Eric Allen · ss

21 · Devil Face · M. J. Ware · ss

31 · The House on the Marsh · Diana Rolfe · nv

47 · The Honour of the Sea · Francis H. Sibson · ss

54 · The Visitor · Jack Henderson · ss

57 · The Letter from Home · Francis Alcock · nv

73 · The Ghost of Drumlochy Castle · Arthur Duncan · ss

80 · Vengeance in the Fog · Douglas Newton · ss Tit-Bits August 28 1937

86 · Villa Ceri · Digby Stone · ss

93 · The Curse of the Old Oak Chest · Malcolm Tarver · na; given as by Malcolm Turner on the story itself.

The Master Thriller Series [#21, Tales of Crime and Punishment (July 1938)] (The World’s Work (1913) Ltd., 1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

· The Enthroned Goat of Ballycarry · F. W. Murray · ss

· Nightmare · James Braby · ss

· Egyptian Episode · Eric Frank Russell · ss

· Black Magic · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss

· The Shot That Told · Arlton Eadie · ss The 20-Story Magazine September 1930

· The Spot Marked X · Edward Arlington · ss

· Hugh Cleans Up · Geoffry Herbert Clark · ss

· The Trophy · Frederick Graves · ss

· Don Roberto, A Prisoner in Morocco · A. F. Tschiffely · ss

· Hand of Glory · Benson Herbert · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#22, Tales of the Grand Express (October 1938)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

· The Secret Agent and the Dancing Spy · W. Somerset Maugham · ex from Ashenden, Heinemann, 1928

· One Way Ticket to Monte Carlo · Geoffrey Hopkins · ss

· The Train in the Balkans · Graham Greene · ex from Stamboul Train, Heinemann, 1932

· Born Lucky · W. Reginald Fairweather · ss

· The Hand of Allah · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss

· Red Lights on the Taurus Express · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss

· Smoke from the East · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss

· Fortune What She Wills · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss

· At the Editor’s Desk · [uncredited] · ed

The Master Thriller Series [#23, Tales of the North-West Mounted Police (January 1939?)] (World’s Work (1913) Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp)
Subtitled “Daring Adventures of the World-Famous Canadian Force”.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

3 · Wilderness Voices · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail November 1927

12 · Silent Witness · C. V. Tench · ss The Corner Magazine April 1931

26 · White Fear · C. V. Tench · ss The Story-teller May 1929

39 · The Missing Finger · C. V. Tench · ss

46 · Swinton’s Folly · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail April 1927

53 · The Super’s Strategem · C. V. Tench · ss The 20-Story Magazine October 1931

63 · The Uncounted Factor · C. V. Tench · ss

71 · For the Honour of the Force · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail April 1928

77 · A Happy Christmas · C. V. Tench · ss

83 · The Tact of Sergeant Keen · C. V. Tench · ss Adventure Trails January 1929

87 · Thirst · C. V. Tench · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1931

97 · Without Protection [William Brockie] · C. V. Tench · ss

104 · Constable Keron’s Tactics · C. V. Tench · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine August 1928, as “Constable Keron’s Stratagem”

109 · Panic · C. V. Tench · ss All Star Western & Frontier Magazine March 1933

115 · A Northern Skin Game [William Brockie] · C. V. Tench · ss

120 · Lame Evidence [William Brockie] · C. V. Tench · ss Complete Northwest Magazine May 1938

The Master Thriller Series [#24, Tales of Outlawry, April 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

· The Man Who Came Back · W. Robert Mills · ss

· The Moon Lady · J. C. Bristow-Noble · ss

· Hi-Jackers of the Hooghli · M. J. Ware · ss

· The Dupe · Noel Bowes · ss

· Red Sky at Night · George Gibson · ss

· Sergeant Farrel of Singapore · Robert Murray · ss

· High Tension · W. G. Curtis · ss

· The Dreaming Death [Dan Brice] · Sinclair Gluck · nv Argosy October 2 1937

The Master Thriller Series [#25, Tales of the Grand Dominion, May 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

· Goblin Trail · J. Allan Dunn · nv Argosy June 15 1935

· Fool of Fool’s Creek · Francis Fox · ss

· The Simple Savage · Bernard Aylwin · ss

· When the Clock Struck [Minturn] · J. Allan Dunn · ss Detective Fiction Weekly March 12 1932

· Sea Triumph · Robert E. Pinkerton · ss

· Murder Without Motive · Eric Frank Russell · ss

· You Never Know Tomorrow · Francis Dickie · ss

· Double Cross · Richard Aston · ss

· War Notes of a Canadian Nurse · M. B. Olint · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#26, Tales of the Far Frontiers, June 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

· The Soul of Peshawar · W. J. Blackledge · ss

· Crackshot Joe · Michael Terry · ss

· Yellow Sparks · Richard Howell Watkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 4 1938

· Jungle Terror · Robert Murray · ss

· Murder at Lone Wolf · Leslie McFarlane · ss

· Golden Lilies · Oscar Cook · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine September 1922

· Out of the Storm · Geoffrey H. Clark · ss

· General Average · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#27, Tales of the Underworld #2, July 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

· Madhouse in the Rain · Walter Ripperger · ss

· Juda · Nicholas Stewart · ss

· Inverse Justice · W. Robert Mills · ss

· Seven and Sociable · J. F. Laurence · ss

· The Will · N. Trevor Williams · ss

· The Temple of the Goddess · Robert Murray · ss

· No Time · John Storme · ss

· The White House · Rhona Thomsett · ss

· A Bit Queer · J. B. Henderson · ss

· The Fate of Five · Richard Howells Watkins · nv Argosy July 30 1938

The Master Thriller Series [#28, The Far-Flung Coasts of Crime, August 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

· The Man from the Sea · John Moffat · ss

· The Sunset Fish · M. C. Watson · ss

· Home in Ballast · Walter Havighurst · ss

· The Stronger Ju-Ju · John Hugoe · ss

· Derelict · Frederick Graves · ss

· Sea Payment · W. T. M. Hughes · ss

· Among Rumrunners and Hijackers · Terence McGovern · ss

· Death Flings a Gauntlet · Percy Joseph Delanoye · ss

· The Mate of the Rawlmoor · George Holmes · ss

· Shooting the Works · Alan Raymond · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#29, Tales of the Foreign Legion #5, September 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

· The Legion Strikes Back · Buddleigh Netton · ss

· Sands of Destiny · Francis A. Waterhouse · ss

· Memoirs of an ex-Legionnaire · Major J. Dempsey · ss

· The Fountain of Blood · Ex-Legionnaire 75.345 · ss

· The Lost Company · Raoul Dulac · ss

· Escape from the Penal Battalion · Roy Baker · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#30, Tales of the Jungle #2, October 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

· In Peril from Rogue Elephants · George Hogan Knowles · ss

· No Return Ticket · Eric Allen · ss

· Kismet · P. K. Sen-Gupta · ss

· Mirage · M. C. Watson · ss

· Tabarmaq · Merton Gould · ss

· Lord of the Outback · Beatrice Parsons · ss

· Paws of the Leopard · Kenneth Walker · ss

· Tiger Woman · B. E. Henderson · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#31, Tales of Gangsters and `G'-Men, November 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

· The Mystery of the Saratoga · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss

· The Rat’s Bequest · C. H. L. Cramer-Roberts · ss

· Poacher’s Doom · Harrison McElwaine · ss

· Guesswork · Maurice Lincoln · ss

· Yellow Men · G. D. Skelton · ss

· The Light Must Burn · B. M. Parsons · ss

· Antonio the Audacious · Geo. James · ss

· The Jest of Asaf Khan · Edward Ross · ss

· I’ll Get the Picture · Rence Featherstone · ss

· A Man of Great Honour · Frederick Growes · ss

· The Left-Handed Rat · Walter Ripperger · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#32, Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, December 1939] (1/-, 96pp+, pulp)

3 · The Curator Chats · J. Ennarke · na

36 · Revanoff’s Fantasia · Henry Rawle · ss

41 · The Man Tiger · Juba Kennerley · ss

52 · The Corpse Sat Up · G. D. Skelton · ss; given as by G. D. Shelton in the Table of Contents.

58 · Vigilance at Night · W. M. Cole · vi

61 · Verge of the Two Worlds · Roland Armitage · ss

72 · Long Grey Fields · Paul Rorke · ss

76 · “Except He Be Sent for…” · A. J. Bull · ss

85 · The Flute · Roger Graham · ss

90 · The Woman with the Scythe · Robert E. Nicholson · ss

Modern Adventuress (about)
--- see under Scarlet Adventuress.

Movie Action Magazine (about)
Movie novelizations illustrated with photos; author names obtained from S&S pay records, Syracuse University Library.

Movie Action Magazine [v1 #1, November 1935] ed. John L. Nanovic (Street & Smith Publications, 10¢, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by John Locke.

2 · The Movie Round-Up · [uncredited] · cl

3 · Movie Action’s World Premiere · The Editor · ed

4 · The Last Days of Pompeii · Laurence Donovan · sa

40 · The Crime of Dr. Crespi · Laurence Donovan · sa

52 · Powder-Smoke Range · Laurence Donovan · sa

65 · It Always Happens · [uncredited] · pl

82 · China Seas · Edwin V. Burkholder · sa

96 · Guard That Girl! · Laurence Donovan · sa

110 · Tumbling Tumbleweeds · Laurence Donovan · sa

123 · The Junior Adventurer’s Corner · Old Adventurer · cl

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