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Playboy [January 1954] (quarto)

22 · A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Jul, 1891
32 · Bird of Prey · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine, New York: Viking, 1941
Playboy [February 1954] (quarto) 6 · New Cabin · Erskine Caldwell · ss, 1936 20 · The Adventure of the Copper Beeches [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Jun, 1892
Playboy [March 1954] (quarto)

6 · Fahrenheit 451 [Part 1 of 3] · Ray Bradbury · n. New York: Ballantine, 1953
12 · Medicine Man · Erskine Caldwell · ss Escapade Oct ’55
Playboy [April 1954] (quarto)

23 · Fahrenheit 451 [Part 2 of 3] · Ray Bradbury · n. New York: Ballantine, 1953
Playboy [May 1954] (quarto)

19 · Fahrenheit 451 [Part 3 of 3] · Ray Bradbury · n. New York: Ballantine, 1953
Playboy [June 1954] (quarto) 6 · A Woman of Fifty · William Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
Playboy [July 1954] (quarto) 21 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss Blue Book Nov ’07
Playboy [August 1954] (quarto)

19 · The Flying Machine · Ray Bradbury · ss The Golden Apples of the Sun, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1953
Playboy [September 1954] (quarto) 6 · Black Country · Charles Beaumont · ss 22 · Roll Out the Rolov! · Harry C. Crosby · ss Imagination Nov ’53
Playboy [October 1954] (quarto) 6 · Appearance and Reality · William Somerset Maugham · ss (r) 29 · Old West · Jack F. West · ss
Playboy [November 1954] (quarto) 7 · The Persistant Nude · Ernest Leogrande · ss 30 · August Afternoon · Erskine Caldwell · ss Esquire Aut ’33
Playboy [December 1954] (quarto) 7 · I’m Yours · Charles Schafhauser · ss
Playboy [January 1955] (quarto) 6 · The Concrete Mixer · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’49 10 · Carnival · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r) 13 · The Ears of Johnny Bear · John Steinbeck · ss Esquire
Playboy [February 1955] (quarto) 6 · A Change of Air · Ivan Gold · ss (r) 17 · The Most Horrible Story in the World [“The Most Horrible Story”] · John W. Jakes · ss Imagination Jan ’52
Playboy [March 1955] (quarto) There was no March 1955 issue.
Playboy [April 1955] (quarto) 6 · The Hunger · Charles Beaumont · ss 36 · A Tithe for Charity · P. G. Wodehouse · ss
Playboy [May 1955] (quarto) 6 · The Eighty-Yard Run · Irwin Shaw · ss 23 · Naked Lady · Mindret Lord · ss Weird Tales Sep ’34
Playboy [June 1955] (quarto) 6 · In the Cards · John Collier · ss, 1951 13 · Successful Love · Delmore Schwartz · ss
Playboy [July 1955] (quarto) 7 · Legend of the Crooked Coronet [“The Crooked Coronet”; Michael Wagstaffe] · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Dec ’34 16 · Uncle Fred Flits By · P. G. Wodehouse · nv The Red Book Magazine Jul ’35 23 · A Steady, High-type Fellow · Herbert Gold · ss
Playboy [August 1955] (quarto) 6 · The Crooked Man · Charles Beaumont · ss
Playboy [September 1955] (quarto) 6 · The Closed Shop · William Somerset Maugham · ss Harper’s Bazaar Sep ’26 13 · Spy Story · Robert Sheckley · ss 25 · Mating Season · Charles Lee Robinson · ss
Playboy [October 1955] (quarto) 25 · The King · James Jones · ss 37 · The Taming of the Rake · Anson Mount · ss
Playboy [November 1955] (quarto) 10 · Burnt Toast · Mack Reynolds · ss 25 · All Married Women Are Bad, Yes? · Herbert Gold · ss 37 · Zip-Gun Boys on a Caper · Robert Turner · ss
Playboy [December 1955] (quarto) Information from EBAY auction.

· A Classic Affair · Charles Beaumont · ss
15 · The Next in Line · Ray Bradbury · nv Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI, 1947
Playboy [January 1956] (quarto) 10 · Advice About Women · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r) 13 · Nunc Dimittis [“The Devious Bachelor”] · Roald Dahl · nv Colliers Sep 4 ’53 20 · Will for Nero · Rex Fabian · ss 33 · I Like Blondes · Robert Bloch · ss 41 · Love, the Healer · Herbert Gold · ss
Playboy [February 1956] (quarto) 10 · The Crack of Doom · Don Marquis · ss (r) 29 · Mary · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar May ’39
Playboy [March 1956] (quarto) 12 · Couching at the Door · D. K. Broster · nv The Cornhill Magazine Dec ’33 17 · The First Night of Lent · Ray Bradbury · ss 47 · The Psychodynamist · Herbert Gold · ss
Playboy [April 1956] (quarto) 12 · The Cruise of the Aphrodite · H. E. Heckelmann · ss 31 · No More Gifts · Willard Marsh · ss 51 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss New Yorker Dec 8 ’51
Playboy [May 1956] (quarto) 12 · The Splendid Source · Richard Matheson · ss 22 · The Shooting of Judge Price · Erskine Caldwell · ss 43 · The Monster Show · Charles Beaumont · ss
Playboy [June 1956] (quarto) Information from EBAY auction. 21 · The Darendinger Build-Up · William F. Nolan · ss 30 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Colliers Jun 28 ’52 52 · Last Gambit · Loring D. Mandel · ss
Playboy [July 1956] (quarto)

12 · The Deal · Alice Denham · ss Discovery #5, ed. Vance Bourjaily, Pocket, 1955
15 · The Truckdriver · Alberto Moravia · ss
61 · Nellthu · Anthony Boucher · vi F&SF Aug ’55
75 · A Liberal Darling · Anton Chekhov · ss
75 · Concerning the Drama · Anton Chekhov · ss
Playboy [August 1956] (quarto) Information from EBAY auction. 17 · Walk to the Station · Stanley Cooperman · ss 10 · You Can’t Have Them All · Charles Beaumont · ss 51 · Ad Lib Exit · Willard Marsh · ss
Playboy [September 1956] (quarto) 16 · Love, Incorporated · Robert Sheckley · ss 20 · The Doll · Hugh G. Foster · ss 69 · Get Out of My Life · John Wallace · ss
Playboy [October 1956] (quarto) 21 · The Right Kind of Pride · Herbert Gold · ss 30 · Put Them All Together, They Spell Monster · Ray Russell · ss 32 · Hospitality · Lesley Conger · ss 59 · A Pound of Flesh · Anson Mount · ss
Playboy [November 1956] (quarto) 20 · A Flourish of Strumpets · Richard Matheson · ss 32 · The Lover of the Coral Glades · Adrian Conan Doyle · ss 51 · The Flip Side · Charles Einstein · ss 73 · Falconry: Who Needs It? · P. G. Wodehouse · fa
Playboy [December 1956] (quarto) Information from EBAY auction. 20 · The Dark Music · Charles Beaumont · ss 37 · The Bitch in Heat · Robert Slater · ss 65 · The Hundred-Dollar Suicide · Henry Felsen · ss
Playboy [v 4 # 1, January 1957] (quarto) 16 · The Hustler · Walter S. Tevis · ss 26 · In a Season of Calm Weather · Ray Bradbury · ss 47 · The Mask and the Maiden · John Collier · ss
Playboy [v 4 # 2, February 1957] (quarto) 31 · The Traveling Salesman · Robert Bloch · ss 47 · The 44 Year Old Boy Disc-Jockey and the Sincere Type Songstress · Herbert Gold · ss 16 · A Second Father · Budd Schulberg · nv
Playboy [v 4 # 3, March 1957] (quarto)

16 · Night Ride · Charles Beaumont · ss
23 · The Decent Thing to Do · Dion Henderson · ss
34 · Sentence · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships, Dutton, 1954
34 · Daisies · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships, Dutton, 1954
34 · Politeness · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships, Dutton, 1954
Playboy [v 4 # 4, April 1957] (quarto) Information from EBAY auction. 18 · The Sergeant & the Slave Girl · T. K. Brown, III · ss 29 · All Through the Night · Nelson Algren · ss 47 · Victory Parade · Henry Slesar · ss
Playboy [v 4 # 5, May 1957] (quarto) Information from EBAY auction. 16 · Master of the Revels · Al Morgan · ss 47 · The Not Nice Guy · Herbert Gold · ss
Playboy [v 4 # 6, June 1957] (quarto) 17 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv 26 · The Double Cross-up · T. K. Brown, III · ss
Playboy [v 4 # 7, July 1957] (quarto) 12 · Mistress of Porcosito · Gerald Kersh · ss 15 · A Very Human Story · Harvey Swados · ss 27 · The Champion of Outer Mongolia · Archie Oldham · ss
Playboy [v 4 # 8, August 1957] (quarto) 12 · Incident Off Land’s End · Jacob Hay · ss 23 · Balance Sheet · Morton Fineman · ss 27 · Do Nice Artistic Girls? · Herbert Gold · ss 59 · Take Your Seats · Ray Russell · ss · Five-Card Poker and the Hell with It · Max Shulman · ar
Playboy [v 4 # 9, September 1957] (quarto) 16 · The Prince and the Gladiator · Al Morgan · ss 21 · Open Season on Guests · John Steinbeck · ss 47 · A Matter of Life and Death · Arthur Rodney Coneybeare · ss
Playboy [v 4 #10, October 1957] (quarto) Information from EBAY auction. 27 · Party Girl · John Wallace · ss 35 · The Cure · Robert Bloch · ss 53 · The Secret Formula · Henry Slesar · ss
Playboy [v 4 #11, November 1957] (quarto) 20 · The Deadly Will to Win · Charles Beaumont · ss 29 · The Buttondown Boys in the Frozen North · Stewart Pierce Brown · ss 50 · City Fables · Hoke Norris · gp
Playboy [v 4 #12, December 1957] (quarto) 25 · The Manipulators · Vance Packard · ar 23 · The Barracudas · Budd Schulberg · ss 68 · Something on His Mind [“Strong Greek Wine”] · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput Apr ’41
Playboy [January 1958] (quarto) 12 · The Room of Dark · Gilbert Wright · ss 23 · Just Like a Girl · James Jones · ss 24 · The Best Job in Television · Frederick Wieting · ss 57 · The Rumbling, Rambling Blues · Jack Kerouac · ss
Playboy [February 1958] (quarto) 27 · Examination Day · Henry Slesar · ss 51 · Let There Be Light · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Dundee Sunday Telegraph Sep 5 ’57 59 · Thank You, Anna · Bill Safire · ss

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