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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 9, #42, May 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 9, #43, June 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 10, #44, July 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 10, #45, August 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 10, #46, September 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 10, #47, October 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 10, #48, November 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 10, #50, January 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 11, #51, February 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]
  • 3 · An Open Letters to readers of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine · Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher · ms; Not in TOC. Letter about raising the price of EQMM from 25 cents to 35 cents and increasifng the page count to 144.
  • 4 · How to Win $100.00 and Have Fun Doing It · Misc. · cn; TOC gives title as “New Cover Contest”. Announcement of contest for best story about Salter’s cover for this issue.
  • 5 · Help Wanted, Male [Nero Wolfe; Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine Aug ’45
  • 38 · The Poisoned Dow ’08 [“The Poisoned Port”; Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Passing Show Feb 25 ’33; collected in Hangman’s Holiday, 1933, as “The Poisoned Dow ‘08.”
  • 47 · That’s Your Funeral [“Your Own Funeral”] · Cornell Woolrich · ss Argosy Jun 19 ’37
  • 60 · The Black Stone of Dr. Dee [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss
  • 77 · The Adventures of Romney Pringle: The Foreign Office Despatch [Romney Pringle] · Clifford Ashdown · ss Cassell’s; collected in The Adventures of Romney Pringle, 1902.
  • 89 · The Case of the Cockfosters Emeralds [“The Police Station”] · Arnold Bennett · ss (r); from The Loot of Cities. (Note, I don’t know whether this story was included in the 1904 edition or added to the 1917 enlarged edition.)
  • 99 · The Clarion Call · O. Henry · ss (r); from The Voice of the City, McClure, 1908.
  • 105 · Light in the Window · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Colliers Jul 13 ’40
  • 108 · A Life—A Bowl of Rice · Lemuel De Bra · ss Blue Book Jun ’22
  • 113 · The Lady Who Laughed [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv
  • 129 · Yeggs Florentine · Guy Gilpatric · vi Colliers Feb 8 ’30
  • 132 · The Half-Way House [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss The American Magazine May ’22

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 11, #52, March 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 11, #53, April 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]
  • 4 · Triennial report on EQMM’s Prize Contests · Ellery Queen · ms
  • 13 · Justice Has No Number [Bastia] · Alfredo Segre · nv
  • 35 · Case of the Overheated Flat [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch, 1940
  • 40 · The Snout [1909] · Edward Lucas White · nv Lukundoo, Doran, 1927
  • 64 · How to Win $100.00 and Have Fun Doing It · Misc. · cn; TOC title: “Third Cover Contest.” Announcement of contest to write a story about Salter’s cover for this issue.
  • 65 · Death on the Offbeat [Johnny] · John Wiggin · ss Colliers Dec 17 ’38
  • 79 · Black Max · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Colliers Oct 10 ’25
  • 81 · The Five of Swords · G. K. Chesterton · nv Hearst’s International Feb ’19; collected in The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1922.
  • 102 · 3 Men in a Room · Charles Francis Coe · ss Liberty Feb 12 ’38
  • 114 · The Scarecrow Murders · A. E. Martin · ss
  • 126 · The Witness · Percival Wilde · vi, 1928
  • 129 · The Mystery of the Seven Suicides [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss
  • 141 · The Adventures of Karmesin: 5, Karmesin. Bank Robber [“Karmesin”; Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss [use LES](London) Evening Standard May 9 ’36

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 11, #54, May 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 35 cents, 144pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk.. [DG]
  • 4 · The Fourth Degree [Dr. John Smith] · Hugh Pentecost · ss
  • 19 · Actor’s Blood · Ben Hecht · nv The Saturday Evening Post Feb 20 ’32
  • 38 · Death in the Window · Warren Amerman · vi; This brief tale is the winner of EQMM’s first cover contest — to provide a story explaining George Salter’s cover for February 1948.
  • 40 · Dead Men Tell Tales [Jay Cameron] · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask Nov ’32
  • 62 · Award of Honor · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · ss Colliers, 1943; previously in EQMM “Overseas Edition” Nov 1945.
  • 65 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv
  • 81 · The “Baby” Cipher · W. A. Darlington · ss, 1939; Note the TOC erroneously says page “80”.
  • 94 · A Quatrain of Ling Tai Fu’s · Donn Byrne · ss Changeling and Other Stories, Century, 1923
  • 106 · The Man Who Disappeared · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Dec ’01; Silenced, Ward Lock, 1904. Dannay describes the EQMM version as “condensed.”
  • 121 · Death Sentence · Miriam Allen deFord · ss
  • 128 · The Danger Point [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Jun ’37

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 11, #55, June 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 35 cents, 144pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Robert P. Mills.. [DG]
  • 4 · From Another World [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv
  • 27 · Dry-Kye · Ben Ames Williams · ss (r); from Rejections of 1927, ed. Charles H. Baker.
  • 38 · The Letters in Evidence · C. S. Forester · ss The Editor Regrets..., ed. George Joseph, Michael Joseph, 1937
  • 46 · The Silver Dollar · Rink Creussen · ss
  • 58 · The Strategy of Ah Lo [Ah Lo] · Lemuel De Bra · ss The Grand Magazine Mar ’23; Dannay gives a 1933 copyright date.
  • 65 · The Weapon That Didn’t Exist [Reginald de Puyster] · Rufus King · ss Flynn’s, 1926; = “The Dud”, Flynn’s Feb 20, 1926?
  • 78 · Your Face Is Familiar · Guy Gilpatric · vi, 1931
  • 81 · The Phantom Archer · John Dickson Carr · pl; first broadcast on Suspense, CBS radio, Mar 9, 1943.
  • 93 · The Tailor’s Squares · Secor D. Browne · vi; This tale is the winner of EQMM’s second cover contest — to provide a story explaining George Salter’s cover for March 1948.
  • 96 · A Puzzle in Essence · Daniel D. Schoen · vi; This is the 2nd prize winner in EQMM’s first cover contest.
  • 99 · A Murder at the Dôme [“A Murder at the Monde”] · Gelett Burgess · nv This Quarter Dec ’31
  • 117 · The Devil Is a Gentleman [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Colliers Sep 6 ’47
  • 128 · The Tontine Curse [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss
  • 144 · Index to Vol. Eleven — January-June 1948 · Misc. · ix

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