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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 14, #69, August 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury Inc, 35¢, 144pp, digest s/s, cover photo) managing editor Robert P. Mills. [Douglas G. Greene]
  • 3 · Double Exposure · Ben Hecht · ss
  • 12 · Crisis, 1999 · Fredric Brown · ss
  • 26 · How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped [as by Lili Heron] · Katherine Mansfield · ss Rhythm Sep 12 ’12
  • 30 · Riding the Ghost · Harl Cook · ss
  • 49 · Query · Seamark · ss (r); from Seamark’s short-story collection, Out of the Dark, Hodder & Stoughton, 1931.
  • 58 · Speaking of Crime: The Smiling Englishman · Anthony Boucher · cl
  • 61 · The Third Man [Webster Burgess] · Meredith Nicholson · ss Colliers May 13 ’16; collected in Nicholson’s Best Laid Schemes, Scribner’s, 1922.
  • 79 · The Burglar’s Story · W. S. Gilbert · ss Holly Leaves Dec 8, 1883
  • Guess Who?
    ___ 85 · Simon Templar, The Saint · Talbot C. Hatch · pz
  • 87 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Three · Ellery Queen · ar; revised from Twentieth Century Detective Stories, 1948.
  • 94 · The Vanishing Diamonds [Paul Beck] · M. McDonnell Bodkin · nv Pearson’s Weekly Jan 23, 1897; collected in Bodkin’s Paul Beck, The Rule-of-Thumb Detective, Pearson 1898. In the periodical appearance, the sleuth was named “Alfred Juggins,” and the name changed to “Beck” for the book.
  • 112 · Murder in One Scene [Lieutenant Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week, 1948
  • 120 · Beginner’s Luck [Bill Parmelee] · Percival Wilde · nv The Popular Magazine, 1924; collected in Wilde’s Rogues in Clover, Appleton, 1929.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 14, #70 September 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp, digest, cover photo) managing editor Robert P. Mills. [Douglas G. Greene]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 14, #71, October 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury Inc, 35 cents, 144pp, digest, cover by George Salter) managing editor Robert P. Mills. [Douglas G. Greene]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 14, #72, November 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury Inc, 35 cents, 144pp, digest, cover by George Salter) managing editor Robert P. Mills. [Douglas G. Greene]
  • 3 · The Black Cat · Edgar A. Poe · ss Philadelphia United States Saturday Post Aug 19, 1843
  • 13 · The Million-to-One Chance [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv
  • 29 · Forget-Me-Knot · Barry Perowne · ss
  • 34 · Dust to Dust · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss
  • 50 · ? [“The Problem of the Vanishing Man”; Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss The Sunday Magazine Aug 11 ’07; a contest for readers to discern the original title.
  • 65 · The Etching · Hugh Walpole · ss Good Housekeeping Apr ’24
  • 77 · The Mystery of Mary Rogers · Edward D. Radin · ar, 1946
  • 81 · The Gewgaw Murder · I. J. Jay · ss
  • 93 · He Will Never Know · Richard Sherman · ss Colliers Oct 7 ’33
  • 96 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Five · Ellery Queen · ar; revised from Twentieth Century Detective Stories, 1948.
  • 101 · The Twelve Little Pickaninnies [“Twelve African Boys”; Arsene Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · ss Cosmopolitan Aug ’28; published in French in Leblanc’s L’Agence Barnett et Cie, Editions Pierre Lafitte, 1928; and collected in Leblanc’s Jim Barnett Intervenes, Mills & Boon 1928, and in Arsene Lupin Intervenes, Macaulay, 1928.
  • 116 · Haunted Ground · Oliver La Farge · ss Ladies Home Journal Aug ’30
  • 120 · The Two Householders · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss Romance Nov, 1891; collected in Q’s Mystery Stories, Dent, 1937.
  • 129 · In the Wheat · Maurice Level · ss Crises, London: A.M. Philpot, 1920; collected in Level’s Tales of Mystery and Horror, McBride, 1920.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 14, #73, December 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury Inc, 35 cents, 144pp, digest, cover by George Salter) managing editor Robert P. Mills. [Douglas G. Greene]
  • 4 · Mystery in Room 913: The Suicide Room [“Mystery in Room 913”; Part 1 of 2] · Cornell Woolrich · na Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 4 ’38; the cover and TOC list the story simply as “The Suicide Room.”
  • · ? [Judge Ephraim Peck] · August Derleth · ss; a contest for readers to suggest the best title for this new story. Reprinted as “Fool Proof”.
  • 36 · Local Rules · Stephen McKenna · ss (r); from McKenna’s Tales of Intrigue and Revenge, Hutchinson, 1924.
  • 41 · The Man Who Killed Dan Odams · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Jan 15 ’24
  • 50 · A Piece of String [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss The American Magazine May ’34; collected in Kelland’s Scattergood Baines Pulls the Strings, Harper, 1939.
  • 64 · The Most Dangerous Woman in the World · Ferenc Molnar · ss, 1927
  • 69 · The Queen Is Dead · Mildred Arthur · ss
  • 81 · The Man Who Sang in Church [Four Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss 20 Story Magazine Sep ’27; collected in Wallace’s Again the Three Just Men, Hodder, 1928.
  • 93 · Tell Me the Time · Marie F. Rodell · ss Ladies Home Journal Nov ’46
  • 105 · Horseshoes for Luck [Inspector Field] · Anthony Gilbert · ss, 1935; collected in Detection Medley, Hutchinson, 1939.
  • 112 · All But Empty · Graham Greene · ss The Strand Mar ’47
  • 117 · Mystery in Room 913: The Murder Room [“Mystery in Room 913”, as by Cornell Woolrich; Part 2 of 2] · William Irish · na Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 4 ’38
  • 144 · Index to Vol. Fourteen — July - December 1949 · Misc. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 15, #74, January 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury Inc, 35 cents, 144pp, digest, cover by George Salter) managing editor Robert P. Mills. [Douglas G. Greene]
  • ifc. · Get Him Out of This: The Problem of the Octopus Room [Snip Carton, Insurance Agent] · Ernest Dudley · pz; solution on p. 110.
  • 4 · Death on Christmas Eve · Stanley Ellin · ss
  • 12 · The Same to Us · Margery Allingham · ss The Daily Express, 1934
  • 17 · “Extra! Extra!” · Robert E. Sherwood · ss Scribner’s Jul ’26
  • 24 · Science and the Cop · Frederick Bechdolt · ss Blue Book Aug ’42
  • 27 · Leaves from the Editor’s Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Six · Ellery Queen · ar; revised from Twentieth Century Detective Stories, 1948.
  • 33 · The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel [Insp. Hanaud; Mr. Ricardo] · A. E. W. Mason · nv, 1917; published as a separate edition, Scribner’s 1917; collected in Mason’s The Four Corners of the World, Hodder & Stoughton, 1917; Scribner’s, 1917.
  • 63 · The Wrong Guy · Samuel W. Taylor · vi Liberty Mar 29 ’47
  • 65 · A Life for a Life · Lawrence G. Blochman · vi Argosy Sep 18 ’37
  • 68 · Two Over Par [Haila & Jeff Troy] · Kelley Roos · ss
  • 81 · Kill and Tell [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss, 1947; copyright 1947 by Publicitas [was that a South African magazine? Or newspaper syndicate?]
  • 93 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-Teller Feb ’29; collected in Burke’s The Pleasantries of Old Quong, Constable 1931; US edition, A Tea-Shop in Limehouse, Little, Brown, 1931.
  • 111 · Murder on New Year’s Eve [“Exit Before Midnight”] · Q. Patrick · na The American Magazine Oct ’37

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 15, #75, February 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury Inc, 35 cents, 144pp, digest, cover by Bill Stone) given as #74 on contents page. managing editor Robert P. Mills. [Douglas G. Greene]
  • 2 · $100 Reward for the Body! · Misc. · cn; contest for best 1000-word story to explain the photographic cover for this issue.
  • 3 · Woman in the Dark · Dashiell Hammett · nv Liberty Apr 8 ’33 (+2)
  • 34 · Speaking of Crime: The Best Mystery Books of 1949 · Anthony Boucher · br
  • 38 · Clue in Blue · Will Scott · ss Fiction Parade, 1936; also in The Strand July 1936.
  • 48 · The Case of the Three Old Maids [“Corpses Sat in the Car”; Dr. Maine] · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 23 ’33
  • 65 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar A. Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, an, 1844, 1844; collected in Poe’s Tales, Wiley & Putnam, 1845.
  • 81 · Dream Street Rose · Damon Runyon · ss Colliers Jun 11 ’32; collected in Runyon’s Blue Plate Special, Lippincott, 1934.
  • 92 · The Great Emerald Mystery · Michael Arlen · ss The Red Book Magazine Feb ’28
  • 106 · The Adventure of the Paradol Chamber [Sherlock Holmes] · John Dickson Carr · pl The Unicorn Mystery Book Club News v2 #3 ’49; play performed at the Mystery Writers of America annual meeting, April 1949.
  • 111 · Conversation in Baker Street [Sherlock Holmes] · Howard Spring · fa; probably a reprint.
  • 116 · The Procurator of Justice · Stephen Barr · ss; a Sherlockian tale based on the unsolved disappearance of Mr. Phillimore.
  • 128 · The Patchwork Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 15, #76, March 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury Inc, 35 cents, 144pp, digest, cover by George Salter) managing editor Robert P. Mills. [Douglas G. Greene]
  • 2 · $100 Reward! Announcement of Cover Contest · Misc. · cn; contest for best 1000-word story to explain Salter’s cover for this issue.
  • 3 · Pale Blue Nightgown · Louis Golding · ss The Story-Teller Oct ’36; published as a separate book, Corvinus, 1936, and in Golding’s collection with the same title, Pale Blue Nightgown, Hutchinson, 1944.
  • 10 · Blackmail · Stephen McKenna · ss (r); from McKenna’s Pandora’s Box and Other Stories, Ward, 1932.
  • 22 · A Daylight Adventure [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss
  • 35 · A Twilight Adventure [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Metropolitan Magazine Apr ’14; collected in Post’s Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries, Appleton, 1918.
  • 44 · 1000-to-1 for Your Money [Sam Cragg] · Frank Gruber · nv Black Mask Mar ’39; Sam Cragg is series character Johnny Fletcher’s partner, though Fletcher is not mentioned in the story.
  • 63 · Speaking of Crime: The Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br
  • 65 · The Dwarfs’ Clue · Francisco A. Branco; trans. by Anthony Boucher · ss
  • 81 · The Humming Bird Comes Home · Cornell Woolrich · ss Pocket Detective Magazine Mar ’37
  • 93 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · A. Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Aug, 1891; collected in Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Newnes, 1892; Harper 1892.
  • 113 · Not for a Chorus Girl · C. S. Montanye · vi Colliers Jul 14 ’34
  • 116 · Leaves from the Editor’s Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Seven · Ellery Queen · ar; revised from Twentieth Century Detective Stories, 1948.
  • 123 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz, 1933
  • 131 · The Vampire · Thomas Narcejac; trans. by Anthony Boucher · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 15, #77, April 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury Inc, 35 cents, 144pp, digest s/b, cover by George Salter) managing editor Robert P. Mills. [Douglas G. Greene]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 15, #78, May 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury Inc, 35 cents, 144pp, digest s/b, cover by George Salter) managing editor Robert P. Mills. [Douglas G. Greene]
  • 2 · Introductory Notes [to “Lester Leith, Impersonator”] · Erle Stanley Gardner · is
  • 3 · Lester Leith, Impersonator [“A Thousand to One”; Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 28 ’39
  • 39 · The Murder in the Fishing Cat · Edna St. Vincent Millay · ss The Century Mar ’23
  • 53 · The Rustling Tree · J. Cameron Smith · ss
  • 63 · The Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br
  • 65 · The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby · Stanley Ellin · ss
  • 81 · The Initialed Case · Lawrence G. Blochman · vi, 1942
  • 83 · An Infringement of the Decalogue · Donn Byrnes · ss The Smart Set; from Byrne’s collection A Woman of the Shee, Century, 1932.
  • 97 · The Model Murder · Allen F. Reid · vi; first prize winner in the contest to write a story based on the February 1950 cover.
  • 100 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 ’05; The Windsor Magazine, May 1906; collected in Barr’s The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont, Appleton, 1906; Hurst, 1906.
  • 126 · Leaves from the Editor’s Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Eight · Ellery Queen · ar; revised from Twentieth Century Detective Stories, 1948.
  • 132 · The Mystery of the Personal Ad [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 15, #79, June 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury Inc, 35 cents, 144pp, digest s/b, cover by George Salter) managing editor Robert P. Mills. [Douglas G. Greene]
  • 3 · Bullet for One [Nero Wolfe; Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine Jul ’48
  • 38 · A Boy’s Will · Q. Patrick · ss
  • 51 · Some of My Best Friends · Stuart Palmer · hu; Palmer draws many fictional detectives in the guise of penguins.
  • 59 · The Shadow · Jeffery Farnol · vi Colliers Apr 7 ’28; collected in Farnol’s The Shadow and Other Stories, Sampson, Low, 1929.
  • 62 · The Rook · Jeffery Farnol · vi Colliers Jul 27 ’29; collected in Farnol’s A Matter of Business and Other Stories, Sampson, Low, 1940.
  • 65 · Between Eight and Eight · C. S. Forester · ss
  • 76 · Technical Foul · Dale Burgess · vi; first prize winner in the contest to write a story based on the March 1950 cover.
  • 78 · Clerical Error [“Foot in It”] · James Gould Cozzens · vi McCall’s, 1935
  • 81 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American Oct 30-Nov 5 ’05; collected in Futrelle’s The Thinking Machine, Dodd, Mead, 1907.
  • 110 · Recipe for Murder · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · vi The American Legion Magazine Jan ’47
  • 114 · Chinese Puzzle: The Rock of Justice [Judge Lu Chi-Shen] · Mark Rondy · ss; the cover and TOC give the title simply as “The Rock of Justice.”
  • 118 · The Night I Died [as by Anonymous] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 8 ’36
  • 143 · Index to Vol. Fifteen — January-June 1950 · Misc. · ix

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