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Mystery and Detection [v2 #2, September 1935] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) 3 · More Tales of a Man Hunter · A. F. Neil · na (r) 49 · Circumstantial Evidence · Valentine Williams · ss (r) 61 · Mr. Justice Avory · Gordon Lang · ss (r) 71 · The Three Tools of Death [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Cassell’s Jul ’11 79 · The Third Coincidence [Four Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss (r) 84 · White Hyacinths · Marjorie Bowen · ss (r) 91 · The Chink and the Child · Thomas Burke · ss Colours Oct ’15 99 · Death in the Lift · L. Manton · nv (r)
Mystery and Detection [v2 #3, October 1935] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) 3 · Tales of a Man Hunter · A. F. Neil · na (r) 47 · The Puzzle Lock [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Flynn’s Feb 28 ’25 61 · The Slane Mystery [Four Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss, 1931 66 · The Violet Farm [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Detective Fiction Jan 22 ’27 83 · The Screaming Skull · Sydney Horler · na (r)
Mystery Stories [v1 #1, March 1936] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Nick) 3 · Girl Out of the Night · Donovan Maule · ss 44 · After Dinner · D. Frances Young · ss 55 · Night Lines in Norfolk · John Frederick · ss 63 · Rich Man, Poor Man, “G” Man, Thief! · William Corcoran · ss Mystery Sep ’35 81 · The Black God · John Halstead · ss 91 · The Ring Murder · Keith Ayling · ss 98 · The Hunt in the Fog · C. J. Ingram, K.C. · ss 110 · Deliver — or Else · Oscar Schisgall · ss
Mystery Stories [v1 #2 (1936?)] (pulp) 3 · The Thirteenth Mummy · Garnett Radcliffe · na 51 · The Millions I Might Have Had · Conrad Conroy · ss 65 · The Perfect Forgery · W. Robert Mills · nv 92 · The Bridge of Silence · John Longworth · ss 96 · The Command to Kill · Frederick Nobel · ss
Mystery Stories [v1 #3 (1936?)] (pulp); Issue not found.
Mystery Stories [v1 #4 (1936?)] (pulp) 3 · The Horror of Manley’s Island · Geoffry H. Clark · ss 16 · Strange Freight · W. E. Johns · ss Wings (UK) Win ’35 24 · What the Slippers Revealed · Conrad Conroy · ss 33 · Murder on Principle · Guy Sherringham · ss 43 · The Dead Hand of Si Davit · Edmund Snell · ss 51 · Tracey Takes the Count · W. Robert Mills · na 85 · The Doubler · G. D. Martineau · ss 92 · The Stolen Cross · Walter Ripperger · ss
Mystery Stories [v1 #5 (1936?)] (pulp) 2 · The Island of Ho Pin · Geoffry Clark · ss 15 · The After Peak · Malcolm Tarver · ss 28 · The Man Who Hated Earth Worms [Four Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Jul ’21 36 · The Green Check Jacket [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Flynn’s Mar 28 ’25 52 · The Kidnappers · Gordon K. Wellman · nv 80 · The Call from the Vacant House · Stuart Bachan · ss 87 · Murder Will · Walter Ripperger · ss
Mystery Stories [ 6th Series (1937?)] (pulp); Issue not found.
Mystery Stories [ 7th Series (1937?)] (pulp); Issue not found.
Mystery Stories [ 8th Series (1937?)] (pulp); Issue not found.
Mystery Stories [ 9th Series (1937?)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) 2 · The Abominable Snowman of Katayadu · Garnett Radcliffe · ss 10 · Old Anthony’s Ghost · F. A. M. Webster · ss 19 · Redouble-Cross in Hollywood · Sinclair Gluck · nv 45 · Budna Kills a Leopard and Captures a Dacoit Chief · F. T. Ashcroft · nv 61 · If I Were a Detective · Oscar Schisgall · nv 84 · Four Men of Crime · Walter Ripperger · nv 117 · The Seal of the Beast · Michael Annesley · ss
Mystery Stories [10th Series (1937?)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp, cover by W. J. Roberts) 3 · Wer’wolf · B. S. Henderson · nv 25 · Ghost Driving on the Great West Road · R. R. Money · ss 38 · Black Kiss · M. J. Ware · ss 44 · The Master of the Allenby · Francis H. Sibson · ss 57 · Stronger than Duty · P. K. Sen Gupta · ss 63 · Death at the Mosque of Omar · R. Thurston Hopkins · nv 81 · For Service Rendered · Martin Cutler · ss 90 · The Face and the Doctor · Max Brand · nv
Mystery Stories [11th Series, 1937-38] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) 3 · The Coffin of Li Chu-Fung · Marlinspike · ss 13 · Just a Swine · Digby Stone · ss 21 · Thos. Hopkins—Viceroy · Francis H. Sibson · ss 32 · Second Chances · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss 38 · For the Underdog · Francis Dickie · ss 64 · A Dame Gets By · H. F. Grey · na 104 · Flowers on a Grave · Walter Ripperger · nv Double Detective Nov ’37
Mystery Stories [12th Series (1938)] (pulp); Issue not found.
Mystery Stories [13th Series (1938)] (pulp) 3 · In the Wake of Shark Gotch [Shark Gotch] · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss 18 · Peter’s Web · Martin Cutler · ss 28 · Mr. Tetlow Has an Adventure · H. C. Warnes · ss 35 · An Hour in She-Devil Bay · Richard Howells Watkins · ss Adventure Jul ’37 48 · Spades Are Trumps · Leonard B. Johnson · ss 52 · Uncanonized Bones · Paul Rorke · ss 64 · Found by Night · G. Casey · ss 70 · The Duel of Shadows [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss Pearson’s Magazine Apr ’34 82 · The Cardboard Clue · Walter Ripperger · nv
Mystery Stories [14th Series, Spring 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) 5 · Hell Bent for Aves · R. H. Watkins · nv Argosy Oct 16 ’37 27 · No Second Sunset · M. J. Ware · ss 41 · The Hand from Earth · E. Powys Medd · ss 48 · The Wreck Under the Cliffs · Malcolm Tarver · ss 58 · Gun Cotton and the Running Killer [Gun Cotton] · Rupert Grayson · ss 73 · Free to Run · Rea Gordon · ss 85 · Pearls for a Life · Norman de la Rue · ss 94 · Death in the Dunes · Zeytoumian Reis · ss 103 · Hobo Fighter · Robert Murray · ss
Mystery Stories [15th Series (1939)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) 5 · Derelict Decoy [Inspector Miller] · Robert W. Mills · na 55 · Christmas Eve · Robert Murray · ss 67 · Nerve · Roger Graham · ss 74 · Adron’s First Case · Samuel W. Taylor · ss 81 · Sentinel Farm · Edward Burke-Roche · ss 90 · Terror at Redford · Martin Brook · ss 99 · It’s Hell to Be Shot · Eric Frank Russell · ss 107 · The Best Laid Plans · Marshall Weighell · ss 113 · Finger-prints of Revenge · H. F. Grey · ss
Mystery Stories [16th Series (1939)] (pulp); Issue not found.
Mystery Stories [17th Series (1939)] (pulp); Issue not found.
Mystery Stories [18th Series, 1939] (pulp) · The Affair of the Three Turtles · Walter Ripperger · ss Double Detective Mar ’38 · Marley’s Masterpiece · Henry Rawle · ss · Extremes Meet · Percy C. Clarke · ss · The Last Chapter · E. Burke-Roche · ss · The Practical Joke · Herbert Nicolson · ss · The Road to Vandricourt · Roger Ellis · ss · Night of Terror · Judson P. Philips · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 25 ’39 · The Scarabs · George Arnold · ss · The Doctor Gave a Verdict · G. M. Butler · ss
Mystery Stories [19th Series, 1939] (pulp) · To the Confusion of Ah Lee · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail Feb ’28 · Another Man’s Poison · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss · Murder of the Ancients · Judson P. Philips · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 22 ’39 · Dawn’s Disciple · J. Farquharson Lawrence · ss · The Night Hawk · F. D. Bruce · ss · The End of the Racket · H. M. Dixon · ss · Appointment at Tev · John Storm · ss · Heberden’s Dam · I. S. Hammond · ss · What Happened to Mrs. Stanton · Verne Fletcher · ss · A Flight from Fancy on the Route des Alpes · Anon. · ss
Mystery Stories [20th Series, 1939] (pulp) · The Toast of Death · Charlton Robertson · ss · Spite of Thunder · Alan Griff · ss · Tonight at Eight · E. H. Thackeray · ss · Black Panther · Roger Graham · ss · Death in the Mountains · George Bellairs · ss · Twelve Years After · John Arundel · ss · Horror in the Fog · Russell Annabel · ss · The Immortal Voice · James MacFie · ss · New Corner · L. T. C. Rolt · ss · The Inca’s Ruby · A. M. Tarver · ss
Mystery Stories [21st Series (1940?)] (1’, 80pp+, pulp); “Ghosts! Mystery Stories”, same cover as Fireside Ghost Stories. 1 · Dark Visitors · Charlton Robertson · ss 7 · Hauntable · Barbara N. R. Northrop · ss 17 · The Longer Road · Verne Fletcher · ss 21 · Danse Macabre · H. Stanley Quelch · ss 27 · The Invader · Alan Griff · ss 36 · Hate Inanimate · Roland Armitage · ss 47 · The Release of Wedderburn’s Ghost · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss; given as by H. Thurston Hopkins on ToC. 54 · The Mystery of Ghost Lake · C. V. Tench · ss 60 · The Bloody Mary · A. M. Tarver · ss 70 · The Evil that Died · W. Stuart Brown · ss 74 · The Amphora · J. Ennarke · ss
Mystery Stories [#22, May 1941] (pulp) · False Fruit · M. J. Ware · ss · Torpedoed · Richard Ashton · ss · Odds Against McGill · F. W. Murray · ss · The Professional Touch · Eustace Ware · ss
Mystery Stories [#23, August 1941] (pulp) · Murder on the Maracaibo Road [“Murder on Maracaibo Street”] · Walter Ripperger · ss Clues Nov ’37 · The Rod · N. S. Dennett · ss · Message from “Madame” · Hugh Banister · ss · Spitfire Spy · Patrick Owen · ss · Gentleman of the Jury · Norman de la Rue · ss · Desire of Death · Joseph Bright-Hill · ss · Camoodi · Juba Kennerly · ss
Mystery Stories [#24, November 1941] (pulp) · Sabotage · Richard Aston · ss · Wings in the Shadow · Patrick Owen · ss · Happy Landing · Coutts Brisbane · ss · On Service · Stanley Pelgrave Brown · ss · Born Untimely · Francis H. Sibson · ss · A Matter of Oil · John P. Massey · ss · Crucifixial Evidence · Sinbad · ss · The Rocking-Chair · George Bellairs · ss · By Telephone · Harry Farjeon · ss · A Light on t’Fell · Kenneth Richmond · ss
Mystery Stories [#25, February 1942] (pulp) · The Old Buddha’s Bed · Charles Gilson · nv Short Stories Sep 25 ’40 · Long Hand · Arthur O. Friel · ss · The Ghost Takes Up the Feud · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss · The Mine · L. T. C. Rolt · ss · The Man Who Hated Open Windows · Sutro Miller · ss · The Slithering God · Kay Hammond · ss
Off Beat Detective Stories [v 3 #1, March 1959] ed. Anon. (Pontiac Publishing, digest); Missing from Monthly Murders. Details taken from photocopy of ToC supplied by Robert Silverberg.

1 · Her Price was Slaughter · Robert Turner · ss
11 · The Deadly Pro · Al James · ss
20 · Death’s Loveless Caress · Bill Ryder · nv
33 · A Slug for My Lover · Jim Arthur · ss
41 · Dateline, Hell · Frank Cannell · ss
57 · Bloody Saturday · Richard F. Watson · nv
68 · No Wreath for Maxie · Jim Barnett · ss
82 · The Living Corpse · Doug Flanders · ss
94 · Murder Has Soft Arms · Larry Crown · ss
105 · Brains Can Kill You · Art Crockett · ss
114 · Less Lives Than a Cat · Ed Lacy · nv
Off Beat Detective Stories [v 3 #3, July 1959] ed. Anon. (Pontiac Publishing, digest); Missing from Monthly Murders. Details supplied by Steven Slutsky.

1 · A Cutie for My Coffin! · Jim Arthur · ss
11 · Big Boss of the Tank! · Elliot Gilbert · ss
20 · Slaughter the Lovelies! · Don Unatin · nv
34 · Green Bait for the Snark! · Jack Kavanagh · ss
41 · Eva Begged for It! · Larry Crowe · ss
52 · The Murderous Moll! · Grover Brinkman · nv
62 · Night of the Ripper! · Jay Richards · ss
69 · Baby Needs a New Lover! · Flip Lyons · ss
79 · She’ll Shriek for Death! · Bill Ryder · ss
91 · Her Taunts Meant Terror! · Art Crockett · ss
103 · The Trouble Beat! · Zack Steele · ss
114 · As Cold As Doom! · Gil Grayson · nv
Off Beat Detective Stories [v 3 #4, September 1959] ed. Anon.; Missing from Monthly Murders. [PSP]

· Shake the Lady Down! · Joe F. J. Smith · nv
· The Dead Can Kill! · William Logan · nv
· Hate Needs Lovely Victims! · Don Unatin · nv
· Big BrainsÀBig Dough! · Ed Lacy · ss
· Homecoming for a Killer! · Mickey Fairbanks · ss
· Her Kind Die Bloody! · James Rosenquest · ss
· My Fee Is Lust! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss
· Her Heel from Hell! · Art Crockett · ss
· Kiss the Blood Off! · Al James · ss
· And Slaughter Again! · Bob Shields · ss
· Black Fins of Terror! · Jay Richards · ss
Off Beat Detective Stories [v 5 #1, March 1961] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest); Missing from Monthly Murders. Information from EBAY auction.

· Blond Bombshell! [Duke Valantine] · Bob Shields · nv
· Womanhunt! · Grover Brinkman · nv
· A Bullet for Baby! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv
· Never Bet on Death! · David Kasanof · ss
· Pose for Passion! · Al James · ss
· Night of the Slasher! · Art Rordan · ss
· Her Kind Die Young! · Hal Ellson · ss
· Lust Slave! · Flip Lyons · ss
· Kiss Me and Die! · Bill Rank · ss
· Brotherhood of Evil! · James Rosenquest · ss
Off Beat Detective Stories [v 5 #5, January 1962] ed. Anon.; Missing from Monthly Murders. [PSP]

· Lovely Lady of Death! · Art Crockett · nv
· Beauty Be Damned! · Talmage Powell · nv
· Handmaiden of Agony! · Jim Arthur · nv
· Let’s Die My Sweet! · Wallace Downs · ss
· Passion Plot! · David Kasanof · ss
· And Slay Once More! · Michael W. Elm · ss
· Vengeance Doll! · Al James · ss
· You Can’t Kill Lust! · Grover Brinkman · ss
· There’s No Escape! · Flip Lyons · ss
· Darling of Hate! · William H. Duhart · ss
Plots with Guns ; Online magazine.
Plots with Guns [Fall 1999] (online) · Ready for Retirement · Hugh Lessig · ss · Kill Leader · M. E. Troy · ss · Why I Shot Eight People In a Restaurant · Peter J. Theis · ss · Woodland Alley · Russ Miller · ss · Not Much of a Detective · L. C. Mohr · ss · Career Opportunity Available · Art Montague · ss · Caught · Elisabeth Clark · ss
Plots with Guns [Winter 2000] (online) · Nil Desperandum · Darren Subarton · ss · The Driver · Paul Faur · ss · Stealing Klatzman’s Diary · Kevin James Miller · ss · Dance Hall Reels · Thomas Stultz · ss · Santa and the Concubines · Victor Gischler · ss
Plots with Guns [February/March 2000] (online) · Angels · Cynthia Hendershot · ss · The Listener · Hugh Lessig · ss · Pent-Up · Rusty W. Spell · ss · Zydeco Gangster · Victor Gischler · ss · PWG Survey 21st Century Noir · Misc. Material · ar
Plots with Guns [April/May 2000] (online) · 25 Variations on Folsom Prison Blues · Tribe · ss · Getting Real · Art Montague · ss · Switch Blades and Shootin’ Irons · D. Grant Mulhern · ss · PWG Interview: Cherie Jung of Over My Dead Body! · Misc. Material · iv [Cherie Jung]
Plots with Guns [June/July 2000] (online) · Cleaner · Ashok Banker · ss · This Type of Shit, It Happens Everyday · Darren Subarton · ss · X’s for Eyes · Victor Gischler · ss · I Used to Support the Police · Gary Lovisi · ss · Betting Slips · Robert Bee · ss · Things Fall Apart · Tribe · ss · Drafting for Charlie · J. Michael Blue · ss

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