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Mystery Digest [v1 #2, July 1957] ed. Rolfe Passer (The Grenville Press, Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) []
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Don’t Look Behind You · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947

17 · Future Imperfect · Stuart Palmer · ss

31 · The Baffling Case of the Cigarette Lighter · Max Shulman · ss Maclean’s February 15 1955, as “The Baffling Case of Miss Shopishnok’s Cigarette Lighter”

39 · Serenade to a Killer [Sen. Brooks U. Banner] · Joseph Commings · ss

57 · The Town Without Crooks · R. T. Oksanen · ss

63 · The Devil in Black Lace · Ed Lacy · ss

71 · The Wet Bullets · Tay Turner · ss; given as by Kay Turner on the story itself.

81 · The “Return” of Conan Doyle · Wainwright Evans · ar [Ref. Arthur Conan Doyle]

89 · You Slay Me, Darling · Jules Archer · ss Detective Book Magazine Winter 1949, as “Emily Wants to Kill Me”

109 · The Amazing Randi · Walter B. Gibson · ar [Ref. James Randi]

121 · Lesson in Larceny · William P. McGivern · ss

Mystery Digest [v1 #3, September 1957] ed. Joseph Commings (Shelton Publishing Corp., 35¢, 128pp, digest) []
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · The Inspector Is Discreet [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s June 21 1947

19 · A Voice Behind Him · Fredric Brown · ss Mystery Book Magazine January 1947

29 · Murder—Maestro Please! · Jonathan Craig · ss Dime Detective Magazine February 1951, as “Murder Boogie-Woogie”

41 · Paging Mr. Blitzen! · Joseph Commings · ss

55 · Happy Ending · Garth R. Spencer · ss

61 · Wine, Woman, and S’Long · Jules Archer · ss

79 · The Murder Mask [Howie Rook] · Stuart Palmer · na The American Magazine June 1955

Mystery Digest [v1 #4, November 1957] (35¢, digest) []

· Tiger by the Tail · Jules Archer · ss Malcolm’s January 1954

· The King of Liars · Monte Craven · ss

· A Clean Death · Frances Carfi Matranga · ss

· Die, Ballerina, Die · Joseph Commings · ss

· The Root of All Evil · Charles L. Sweeney, Jr. · ss

· Night Shift · V. E. Wood · ss

· The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone · Ray Bradbury · ss Charm July 1954

· A Timely Reward · Henry Slesar · ss

· Anonymous Fame · Wenzell Brown · ss

· The Counterfeit Body · Harold Q. Masur · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 1, January 1958] ed. Joseph Commings (Shelton Publishing Corp., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · The Grass Is Greener · Michael Fessier · ss

11 · Detective’s Dilemma · Hal G. Evarts · ss

25 · The Laughing Butcher · Fredric Brown · ss Mystery Book Magazine Fall 1948

43 · The Female Animal [Sen. Brooks U. Banner] · Joseph Commings · ss

55 · Just One Too Many · Jack T. Callender · ss

69 · My Cousin Peter · Frances Carfi Matranga · ss

75 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947

91 · Murder Is My Business · Stuart Palmer · ss

101 · Discord in Harmony · Margaret Manners · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 2, March 1958] (35¢, digest) []

· Fatal Figures · Rick Edelstein · ss

· Ah, Sweet Mystery of Knife · Jules Archer · ss

· Downbeat for Murder · Wenzell Brown · ss

· Double or Nothing · Harold Q. Masur · ss

· But the Patient Died [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s October 18 1947

· Be My Dead Valentine · Stuart Palmer · ss

Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 3, May 1958] ed. William MacFarlane (Shelton Publishing Corp., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) []
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

· [interior artwork] · Lya Korda · il

3 · Memory Expert · Leonard Guardino · ss

7 · Into the Web · David Newell · ss The Elks Magazine 1950

19 · One for the Book · Jules Archer · ss

37 · Death Rode the Rails · William P. McGivern · ss

49 · The Love Nest · Henry Slesar · ss

59 · Calling All Cars! · Karl Detzer · ss The Blue Book Magazine February 1948

71 · Three Bears Cottage · John Collier · ss Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Doubleday, 1951

79 · Florian Slappey—Private Eye [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The Elks Magazine 1950

99 · Everybody Killed Sylvia · Donald Westlake · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 4, July 1958] (35¢, digest) []

· Specter of the Rose · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty November 22 1941

· To My Darling · C. S. Forester · ss Esquire September 1935

· The Bewitched Terrace · Monte Craven · ss

· The Nightmare · David C. Cooke · ss 15 Story Detective February 1951

· Fatal Decision · Edward D. Hoch · ss

· The Hunted · Charles Mergendahl · ss Esquire April 1949

· Counsel for the Damned · Joseph Commings · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 5, September 1958] ed. William MacFarlane (Shelton Publishing Corp., 35¢, digest) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · The Murderers · Charles Beaumont · ss Esquire February 1955

17 · A Deadly Obsession · Virginia Page · ss

27 · The Devil’s Printer · Donald E. Westlake · ss

45 · A Tired Romeo · Jean Johnson · ss 1942

57 · The Perfect Crime · B. R. Redman · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1928

75 · The Dancing Detective [Nick Ballestier] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask February 1938, as “Dime a Dance”

99 · Crime in Rhyme · Margaret Manners · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 6, November 1958] (35¢, digest) []

· No Business Like · Rolfe Passer (error, actually by Donald E. Westlake) · ss

· Suspicion · Richard Comfort · ss

· The Television Frame-Up · Matt Taylor · ss

· There’ll Be Some Changes, Maiden · Leonard J. Guardino · ss

· Madman’s Delight · Arnold Marmor · ss

· Over My Dead Buddy · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss

· The Gentleman Caller · Veronica Parker Johns · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1955

· Intrigue in Algiers · Curtis W. Casewit · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 7, December 1958] (35¢, digest) []

· Sinner or Saint · Donald E. Westlake · nv

· Time to Die · David C. Cooke · ss

· Make Mine Murder · Leonard J. Guardino · ss

· Deadline at Midnight · Jack Douglas · ss

· Keep It Clean · Jack Kavanagh · ss

· The Murder Waltz · Arnold Marmor · ss

· Murder in Tanganyika · Wenzell Brown · ss

· Dream of Death · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask October 1940, as “C-Jag”

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 1, January 1959] (35¢, digest) []

· Miss Darkness · Fredric Brown · ss Avon Detective Mysteries #3, 1947

· Pick-Up · Ed Lacy · ss

· Haunted Killer · W. E. Dan Ross · ss

· The Magnificent Liar · David C. Cooke · ss

· The Trigger · Charles Beaumont · ss

· The Sweet Trap · Stuart Palmer · ss

· Queen of the Wretched · Charles B. Child · ss

· Peaceful Country · William Stanley · ss

· The Bed That Invited Murder · John Fistere · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 2, February 1959] (35¢, digest) []

· A Woman’s Sacrifice · Rolfe Passer · ss

· The Envelope · Jack Kavanagh · ss

· Edwardian Episode · Leslie Godfrey · ss

· A Deadly Mistake · Hedwig Caterines · ss

· The Liar and the Loot · Ed Lacy · ss

· Heater Is Dead · C. L. Sweeney, Jr. · ss

· Escape · Edwin E. McBrayer · ss

· Journey to Death · Edward D. Hoch · ss

· Dunes of Doom · Victor Blake · ss

· Sharks in Paradise · John Laffin · ss

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 3, March 1959] (35¢, digest) []

· The Stolen Dream · Rolfe Passer · ss

· Return Unopened · W. E. Dan Ross · ss

· The Last Act · Vela DePeugh · ss

· The High Cost of Murder · Harold Russell · ss

· The Unquiet Corpse · Thomas Maddock · ss

· The Long Drop · David C. Cooke · ss

· Bones for Davy Jones · Joseph Commings · ss Crooks’ Tour ed. Bruno Fischer, Dodd, Mead, 1953

· With His Eyes Shut Tight · Norman Daniels · ss

· Decoy for Murder · Donald E. Westlake · ss

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 4, April 1959] ed. Donald E. Westlake (Shelton Publishing Corp., 35¢, digest) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Gunman Anyone? · Rolfe Passer · ss; given as “Gunman Anyone” in the Table of Contents.

9 · Angelique · Jon A. Teta · ss

19 · Death for Sale · Donald E. Westlake · ss

31 · Masquerade · Henry Slesar · ss

41 · The Harried Hearse · Jean McKay Eckhardt · ss

49 · Home Is Where You Hang Your Husband · Joseph Commings · ss

67 · It Started with Eve · George Wilton · ss

79 · My Cousin Peter · F. C. Matranga · ss Mystery Digest January 1958

85 · Don’t Be a Teaser · Felix Sun · ss

95 · The Flunky · Josena LaPerma · ss

107 · Make Me an Angel · Walt Sheldon · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 5, May 1959] ed. Donald E. Westlake (Shelton Publishing Corp., 35¢, digest) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · The Case of the Missing Robe · Joey Adams · ss

11 · Love’s Revenge · Jon A. Teta · ss

23 · Haunted Spirit · John Field Holder · ss

37 · Mako Basin · Noel Browne · ss

51 · Death Relived · Thomas Maddock · ss

59 · Retribution · Herbert Goldstone · ss

69 · Confession · Wilkie Collins · ss (r); possibly a reprint of “The Clergyman’s Confession” (Canadian Monthly, August & September 1875).

89 · Personal Column · James Bayley · ss

103 · The Prude Nude · Jack Sylvester · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 6, June 1959] (35¢, digest) []

· The Return of Madelaine · Joey Adams · ss

· Journey to Death · Donald E. Westlake · ss

· The Last Letter · Robert Phillips · ss

· Aloha · Joseph Commings · ss

· Good-by Mr. Cable · Benet Anderson · ss

· The Last Grasp · Alice Wernherr · ss

· The Dance of the Devil · William Cressman · ss

· The Clinging Vine · Jon A. Teta · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 7, July-August 1959] (35¢, digest) []

· The Late Late Show · Rolfe Passer · ss

· Souvenir · Robert Phillips · ss

· Stand-In for Murder · Gloria Root Savoldi · ss

· La Vie en Rose · A. E. Treppass · ss

· The Devil’s Cousin · Joseph Commings · ss

· Angels Alley · Jon A. Teta · ss

· A Double Take · Bill Pugsley · ss

· Don’t Mention Any Names · Wilkie Collins · ss (r)

· Fatal Experiment · R. T. Oksanen · ss

· The Perfect Woman · Gordon Parks · ss

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 8, September-October 1959] (35¢, digest) []

· The Beatnik · Rolfe Passer · ss

· Satan’s Lure · Jon A. Teta · ss

· The Hard Way · Mark Lewin · ss

· The Ledge Bit · Donald E. Westlake · ss

· Evil Castle · Alex Taylor · ss

· Hamlet’s Pratfall · Joey Adams · ss

· The Wrong Chair · Alvira Lunsford · ss

· I Met Sherlock Holmes · H. Allen Smith · ss

· House of Murder · Wilkie Collins · ss (r)

· Delusion · Paul W. Pickelle · ss

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 9, November-December 1959] (35¢, digest) []

· Sex and Crime · Marci Wallis · ss

· A Town Named Hades · Harold Q. Masur · ss

· Sorry, No Crime Today · Thomas Checchia · ss

· The Ice Age · Monte Craven · ss

· Escape from Hell · Wilkie Collins · ss (r)

· The Last Ghost · Richard Stark · ss

· The Disastrous Painting · Rolfe Passer · ss

· Three Chamberpots · Joseph Commings · ss

Mystery Digest [Vol. 4 No. 1, January-February 1960] ed. Jon A. Teta (Shelton Publishing Corporation, 35¢, 128pp, digest) []
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Love · “Cappy” · ss

11 · Strip for Murder · Ernestine Barrett · ss

27 · The Black Book · Joseph Commings · ss

37 · The Sin of Dr. Hobson · Rolfe Passer · ss

47 · It’s a Wonderful World · William Shaw · ss

57 · Murder Around Us · Jon A. Teta · ss

69 · The Healthiest Corpse in Town · Robert Phillips · ss

79 · Crime File 3549 · Monte Craven · ss

87 · And There Were Eight · Gloria Mitchell · ss

95 · Fifi · Harry J. Preston · ss

105 · A Borrowed Life · Wilkie Collins · nv (r)

126 · Theatre, Book and Television Reviews · Jeff Thomas · cl

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