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Masque
Masque [No. 1, 1994?] ed. Lagorie (Wyrd Press, £1.50, 32pp, A5) [PSP] 4 · Processors · D. F. Lewis · vi 6 · Dragon’s Breath · Anthony North · ss; illus. Heleanora 14 · Strangers in Town · Camille-Gabrielle · vi 16 · “Overboard” · Geoff Jackson · vi Dreams & Nightmares #40 ’93 18 · Among the Prams · D. F. Lewis · ss; illus. Camille-Gabrielle 27 · Drowning · William Meikle · vi 30 · Death in Running Shoes · Richard Leavesley · vi; illus. Tony Key
Master Detective True Cases From Police Files.
The Master Detective [v 1 #1, September 1929] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 25¢, 88pp+, large pulp) [STM] 4 · The Threat that Cost Me Five Years of My Life · Grover Kidwell · ss 6 · “Taking” the Suckers · Blackie H—- · ar 8 · The Clue of the Missing Dog · A. C. Webb, M.D. · ss 10 · The Great Wilshire Mystery · D. L. Michel & Carroll N. Wright · ss 19 · The Baby Who Trapped Two Killers · Alan Hynd · ss 22 · The Clue on Track Number 7 · Lowell Ames Norris · ss 29 · Shoplifting a Million · Patrick Monahan · ss 33 · Who Was the Thirteenth Man? · Cleveland Moffett · ss 36 · The Riddle of the Secret Graveyard · Richard Alden Swallow · ss 41 · On the Trail of the Human Monkey · Jerry E. Cravey · ss 43 · Chicago’s Murder Castle · Arretta L. Watts · ar 44 · The Vanising Priest of San Francisco · Ernest J. Hopkins · ss 51 · The Mysterious Death of Mrs. Barr · A. O’Brien · ss 53 · How I Trapped Lindfors - Demon of the Arctic · H. P. Wunderling · ss 55 · How Jesse James Was Slain · Anon. · ar 56 · Master Detect-A-Grams · Howard McLellan · ar
The Master Detective [v 4 #4, June 1931] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, large pulp, cover by Dalton Stevens) [STM] 4 · The Mad Killer of Antwerp · H. Greenhough Smith · ar 10 · Secrets of the Night Club Racketeers · George S. Dougherty · ss 18 · The Clue of the Kewpie Doll · Lowell Ames Norris · ss 24 · Long Island’s Phantom Bomber · Stephen. Isabel · ss 28 · The Riddle of the Missing Deputies · J. F. McKenna · ss 32 · The Great Swope Park Mystery · Leon N. Hatfield · ss 39 · The Three Murders that Shocked Washington [Part ? of ?] · Alan Hynd · sl 42 · Stalking the Hatchet Killer of San Angelo · George R. Kunkel · ss 48 · What Happened to the Vanishing Army Fliers · Capt. G. M. (Tod) Bates · ss 54 · Jail-Bird · Al Hill · ss 56 · The Devil’s Brigade [Part ? of ?] · John L. Spivak · sl
The Master Detective [v10 #3, May 1934] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 15¢, 80pp+, quarto, cover by John Falter) [MDB] 5 · Kill Gang Revenue · Frasier Reams · tc 6 · The Phantom Cowboy Killer - A Kansas Thriller · O. W. Wilson & C. F. Waers · tc 14 · Red-Handed - Snaring the Chelsea Pay-Roll Snatchers · John Harry Gearraughty & Fred H. Thompson · tc 18 · California’s Weird Desert Atrocity · J. P. Filkas & Dolores L. Michel · tc 24 · Two Against the Law · Alison Blake · tc 30 · Unravelling the Hempstead Horror · Harold R. King & Jerry E. Cravey · tc 36 · “I Accuse Melko!” · Vincent A. Carroll & Dorothy Ann Harrison · tc 42 · “Let Him Have It!” The Strange Slaying at the Park Lane Hotel · Owen Green & Earl Aiken · tc 46 · Denver’s Strangest Death Plot · A. G. Gertz & Fred W. Speers · tc 50 · The Death Riddle of the Two .38’s · Dorothy G. Wayman · tc 52 · Master Detective Line-Up · Misc. · tc
Master Detective [v43 #1, September 1950] ed. John Shuttleworth (Macfadden Publications, Inc., 25¢, 128pp, digest) [TD] 1 · America’s Strangest Case · Fred W. Bynum & Glenn T. Garrett · ts 9 · Dead Girl on the Dance Floor · Ward Bonnell · ts 17 · What Greater Injustice? · Ray S. Sisson & M. L. Forgy · ts 26 · The Court Disposes · H. E. Krimmel · nf 27 · The Fantastic Mr. Wupper · E. McCleary Baird · ts 36 · Cartoon · Joe Treceno · ct 37 · Detective’s Trap · Ellis H. Parker & Avery Hale · ts 47 · Mystery of the S. S. Dalmatia · Herbert Hall Taylor · ts 55 · Humor · C. L. Staup · hu 56 · The Bullet Went Along · Ray Brennan · nf 57 · The Budget Director’s Secret · Henry Piel & F. V. Roberts · ts 68 · The Plot That Failed · John Jay · ts 70 · Cartoon · Fielkin · ct 71 · Murder of the Fighting Editor · Ora Slater & Karl B. Pauly · ts 88 · Real Bird Lover · Joseph Payne Brennan · nf 89 · We’ll Get You Next! · Sylvester Allen · ts 109 · The Unbelievable Strangling · Herman R. Salen & A. M. Thompson · ts 127 · Prisoner of War · H. W. Byers · hu
Master Detective [v47 #2, November 1953] (TD Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 90pp) Information from EBAY auction. · A Blackjack for Freda · Wade James · nf · The Slasher and the Showgirl · Bob Wicks · nf · Dressed Up for Murder · D. L. Champion · nf · Tall, Dark and a Devil · Carlos Lane · nf · The Terror of Villa Olga · Miguel E. Lopez · nf · Cat Man · Jonas Bayer · nf · All This and Murder, Too · Jack D’Arcy · nf · I Am a Private Eye · Grace Sullivan · nf · Kisses in the Death House · Eric Greywood · nf · Harry Was a Heel · Stanley Forbes · nf · Sleuths of the Surete · Fletcher Pratt · nf · Trail of the Phantom Killer · Walker Roberts · nf
Master Detective (Australia)
Master Detective (Australia) [v 1 #6, February 1954] ed. Anon. (K. G. Murray, 1/6d, 98pp, digest) Details supplied by Chris Wood. 4 · Midnight Mayhem · E. S. Sullivan · ts 13 · The Diamond Dust Mystery · William Tibbets · ts 25 · Hollywood Hellcat · Douglas Gleeson · ts 34 · The Fire-Man of Tjornap · R. D. Kingslyn · ts 49 · Killer—at the Party · Stanley Swanson · ts 64 · The Strange Case of Mr. H. · Norman Lowell · ts 71 · Trapped by the F.B.I. · William Mangil · ts 79 · Dark—and Soft-Spoken · John Sheehan · ts 84 · Dictograph Doom · M. L. Forgy · ts
Man’s Master Detective (Australia) [v 3 #1, September 1954] ed. Anon. (K. G. Murray, 1/6d, 66pp, A4) Details supplied by Chris Wood. 4 · Behind the Dark Curtain · George Edward Clark · ts 9 · Body in the Tunnel · Carlos Lane · ts 13 · “Near” Criminal · Joseph Fulling Fishman · ts 14 · Her Secret Caller · Jonas Bayer · ts 18 · The Truth Came Too Late · Jonathan Edwards · ts 22 · The Fantastic Mr. Edwards · George Carr · ts 30 · Playboy’s Alibi · Freeman Hubbard · ts 35 · Alienation by Firearms · Joseph Crane · ts 36 · The Kasenkina Story · George Courson · ts 44 · Murder in the Women’s Dormitory · Leo Shanahan · ts 50 · The Ditched Blonde and Doom · Charles L. Burgess · ts 56 · Henrietta and the Yellow Kid · Joseph Weil & W. T. Brannon · ts
Master Mysteries Magazine
Master Mysteries Magazine [v 1 #1, Summer 1933] (F. G. Wilson Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp) Note: Cover simply states title as “Master Mysteries”. [Morgan Wallace] 3 · The Wayne Murder Case · Arthur Hoerl · ss 23 · His Last Performance · Arthur Hoerl · ss 44 · Scrimley’s Ghost · Arthur Hoerl · ss 70 · Murders at the Circus · Arthur Hoerl · ss 92 · Solutions to Mysteries · Misc. · ms · illustrations · Louis Biedermann · il
The Master Thriller Series A series of anthologies in magazine format; each issue featured a different genre.
This list contains information from 31 issues out of a total of 32. A complete index to this and other British fiction magazines is forthcoming from the British Library. For more information click here.
Publishers: The World’s Work (1913), Ltd.; Kingswood, Surrey, England: The Master Thriller Series
Master Thriller [# 1, Tales of the Foreign Legion (July 1933)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp)

· Soldiers of France · Anon. · ar; brief piece about the foreign legion.
· Gentlemen of the Legion · J. D. Newsom · nv Frontier Stories Jul ’27
· The Quest · P. C. Wren · ss Stepsons of France, Murray, 1917
· The Dead Fight Hard · Bob Du Soe · ss Short Stories May 25 ’29
· Strength of the Legion · Anon. · ar
· His Own People · J. D. Newsom · nv The Frontier Nov ’26
· Send No Flowers · Georges Surdez · ss Short Stories Oct 25 ’29
· Kismet in Picardy · Don McGrew · ss Short Stories Dec 10 ’28
· Six Feet Under · Robert Carse · ss Short Stories Dec 10 ’29
Master Thriller [# 2, Tales of the North-West Mounted Police (September 1933)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) · A Free Run · William Byron Mowery · ss · Prestige of the Scarlet · Harwood Steele · ss Short Stories Jan 10 ’27 · The Galloping Hours · William Byron Mowery · ss Short Stories Nov 10 ’25 · Blind Man’s Buff · Walter L. Liggett · ss · On Patrol · James B. Hendryx · ss Short Stories Feb 10 ’25 · The Last Potlatch · J. Allan Dunn · ss Short Stories Jan 25 ’24 · Men Who Pay in Blood · T. Von Ziekursch · ss Short Stories Oct 25 ’24 · Misadventure · Robert Ray · ss
Master Thriller [# 3, Tales of the Seven Seas (December 1933)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [STM] 6 · The Pearl Raiders · R. de S. Horn · ss Short Stories Nov 25 ’25 9 · Sea Thirst · C. Wiles Hallock · pm Short Stories Jun 10 ’31 60 · Mutiny at Five Bells · Misc. Material · ar 61 · Yellow Piracy · E. Keble Chatterton · ss 67 · Discontent · Edgar Daniel Kramer · pm Short Stories Jun 25 ’32 68 · The Pirate Hunter · Capt. Frederick Moore · ss Short Stories Jul 10 ’27 85 · Revise Your Maps! · Misc. Material · ar 86 · Weeds · Ralph R. Perry · ss Short Stories Oct 25 ’26 105 · Singing Johnny · Edgar Daniel Kramer · pm Short Stories Jun 25 ’31 106 · Twenty Fathoms Under · T. T. Flynn · ss Short Stories Apr 25 ’27 116 · Terrors of the Deep · Anon. · nf 117 · The Skipper Knows Best · Murray Leinster · ss Short Stories Dec 10 ’28 126 · A Veteran Sealer · Misc. Material · ar · The Editor’s Log · Misc. Material · ar
Master Thriller [# 4, Tales of Mystery and Detection (March 1934)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp)

· The Image in the Mirror [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz, 1933
· The Kidnapped Prime Minister [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch Apr 25 ’23
· Out of Paradise · E. W. Hornung · ss (r)
· An Ethical Dilemma [Major Forester] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss (r)
· The Case of Oscar Brodski [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine Dec ’10
· The Cat Burglar [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly Nov 6 ’26
· The Cliff Path Ghost [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · ss (r)
· The Sexton’s Wife · Margery Allingham · ss (r)
· The Blue Cross [“Valentin Follows a Curious Trail”; Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv The Saturday Evening Post Jul 23 ’10
Master Thriller [# 5, Tales of the Foreign Legion #2 (June 1934)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [STM]

4 · Stepsons of France · Misc. Material · ar
6 · The Ambush at Soueida · Ex-Legionaire Francis A. Waterhouse · ss
40 · Sermons in Stones · P. C. Wren · ss Stepsons of France, Murray, 1917
46 · The River Pirates of Indo-China · Ex-Legionaire Reginald R. Forbes · ss
68 · My Moroccan Baptism · Ex-Legionaire 1384 & W. J. Blackledge · ss
78 · Fighting the Berbers [from My Life in the Foreign Legion, Eveliegh, Nash & Grayson Ltd.] · Prince Aage of Denmark · ex (r)
110 · Strictly Private · J. D. Newsom · ss Short Stories Sep 10 ’30
Master Thriller [# 6, Tales of the Uncanny (September 1934)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp)

3 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories, London: Eveleigh Nash, 1907
32 · The Inexperienced Ghost [“The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost”] · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Mar ’02
40 · Honolulu · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Everybody’s Magazine Oct ’21
54 · The Wind in the Portico · John Buchan · nv The Pall Mall Magazine Mar ’28
68 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine Dec, 1898
76 · Mrs. Lunt · Hugh Walpole · ss The Ghost-Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1926
85 · The Smell in the Library [“Red Antony”; Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · nv The Sketch Dec 25 ’22
97 · Old Man’s Beard · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Old Man’s Beard, Bles, 1929
108 · Mine · Mrs. Belloc-Lowndes · ss (r)
119 · Rooum · Oliver Onions · ss The Fortnightly Review Dec ’10
Master Thriller [# 7, Tales of African Adventure (December 1934)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [SH] · Thorns and Iron · Victor Rousseau · nv Frontier Stories Sep ’27 · Ivory [Keynes] · H. Bedford-Jones · nv Short Stories Mar 10 ’30 · Cannibal Teeth · William Doughty · ss Short Stories Apr 25 ’30 · Treasure of the Pharaohs · Charles Saxey & H. A. Noureddin Addis · ss · Dust · J. D. Newsom · nv Frontier Stories Jan ’27 · Lion Hunting in the Liuwa · J. P. Kay Robinson · ss
Master Thriller [# 8, Tales of the Orient (March 1935)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [STM] 7 · The Road of Adventure · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss Short Stories Oct 10 ’24 27 · The Malay Kris · Frederick Moore · ss Short Stories Apr 10 ’25 44 · Three Gates Pagoda · H. Bedford-Jones · nv Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Nov ’25 74 · Smoke of Dreams · Elmer Brown Mason · ss Short Stories Jan 25 ’26 83 · The Ghost of Intelligence · S. B. H. Hurst · ss Short Stories Aug 25 ’25 93 · Once Beyond Khyber · Jack Smalley · ss Short Stories Mar 10 ’27 106 · Empire’s Edge · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · nv Frontier Stories Jul ’27
Master Thriller [# 9, Tales of the Jungle (July 1935)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [STM] 4 · By Rule of Drum [Aubrey St. John Major] · L. Patrick Greene · nv Short Stories Sep 10 ’34 31 · The Smartest Elephant · Edward T. Turner · ss Short Stories Sep 25 ’34 42 · Whole Hog or None · Edmond du Perrier · ss Short Stories Mar 25 ’35 52 · Thirteen Heads · Herman Peterson · ss 71 · Voodoo Moon · Edward T. Turner · ss Short Stories Oct 25 ’34 81 · Borneo Diamonds · Frank J. Leahy · ss Short Stories Nov 25 ’34 92 · “Well I’ll Be—” · Douglas Leach · ss 101 · Siamese Twinge · Douglas Leach · ss Short Stories Dec 10 ’34 113 · Jungle Loot · Carl N. Taylor · ss Short Stories Mar 10 ’35
Master Thriller [#10, Tales of the Foreign Legion #3 (October 1935)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [SH] · All You Do Is Fight! · J. D. Newsom · ss Adventure Jan 1 ’35 · Grenades for the Colonel · J. D. Newsom · nv Argosy Feb 16 ’35 · Soldiers of Misfortune · J. D. Newsom · na Argosy Jun 1 ’35 · The Good Shepherds · J. D. Newsom · ss Frontier Stories Nov ’28
Master Thriller [#11, Tales of the Sea (January 1936)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [STM] · The Silver Chain · William Chamberlain · nv Short Stories Sep 10 ’35 · Devil’s Sunset · Edgar Piper · ss Short Stories Dec 25 ’34 · Blind Man’s Bluff · R. V. Gery · ss Short Stories Oct 10 ’34 · John Brown’s Son · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories Sep 25 ’34 · The Terrible Mr. Terry [Mr. Riorden] · Frank J. Leahy · ss Short Stories Nov 10 ’34 · Heritage · Denis Trent · ss Short Stories Nov 10 ’34 · Cargo Awash · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories Jan 10 ’35 · He Was a Coward · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories Nov 25 ’34
Master Thriller [#12, Tales of Valour (April 1936)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [STM]

· The Coward of the Legion · P. C. Wren · ss Stepsons of France, Murray, 1917
· Hell’s Half Mile · Sam Kemp · ss
· The Sahib with the Strong Liver · Scott Yorke · ss
· Pioneering by Motor-Car · T. C. Bridges & Hessel Tiltman · ss
· True Tales of the Jungle · George Hogan Knowles · ss
· Open Boats · Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell, V.C. · ss
· How Stanley Found Livingstone · Henry M. Stanley · ss
· Twentieth-Century Sailor-Men · E. Keble Chatterton · ss
· McKecknie’s Lion · Juba Kennerley · ss
· Scott [extracts from Scott’s diary] · Capt. Robert Scott, R.N. · ex (r)
Master Thriller [#13, Tales of the Levant (July 1936)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Nick) [SH] · The Human Element · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’30 · Fires of Baal · Sax Rohmer · ss Colliers Nov 9 ’29 · The Chronometer · A. E. W. Mason · ss (r) Tales of Old Constantinople: ___ · The Death Mother · Chalmers Roberts · ss ___ · The Sad Case of Princess Esme · Chalmers Roberts · ss ___ · The Millions of Arakelian · Chalmers Roberts · ss ___ · The Marrying of Murad Bey · Chalmers Roberts · ss Tales of the Balkans: ___ · Mrs. Proctor · David Footman · ss ___ · Dr. Mavro · David Footman · ss Laughs from the Levant: ___ · The Killing of Julius Caesar · Mark Twain · ss ___ · The Turkish Bath · Mark Twain · ss ___ · The Legend of the Seven Sleepers · Mark Twain · ss ___ · The Grave of Adam · Mark Twain · ss · The Unhappy Holy Land · Vincent Streean · ss · Safe Money · Ray Millholland · ss Short Stories Jun 25 ’36

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