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Startling Mystery Stories   (about) Startling Mystery Stories specialised in stories where either the detective or villain had supernatural powers or their scientific equivalent. Despite a steadily growing circulation during its 18 issues it was killed in 1971 by increasing costs and distribution problems. Publishers: Health Knowledge, Inc.; New York: Startling Mystery Stories. Editors: Robert A. W. Lowndes - Editor: Startling Mystery Stories.

Startling Mystery Stories [v1 #1, #1, Summer 1966] (50¢, 132pp, digest) 7 · Village of the Dead [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Famous Detective Stories December 1955 23 · House of the Hatchet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1941 38 · The Off-Season · Gerald W. Page · ss 45 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 51 · The Lurking Fear · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Home Brew January 1923 (+3) 72 · The Awful Injustice · S. B. H. Hurst · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror September 1931 82 · Ferguson’s Capsules [Tex Harrigan] · August Derleth · ss 91 · The Mansion of Unholy Magic [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales October 1933

Startling Mystery Stories [v1 #2, #2, Fall 1966] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Carl Kidwell) 5 · The House of Horror [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales July 1926 25 · The Men in Black · John Brunner · ss Science Fantasy #17, February 1956, as “The Biggest Game” by Keith Woodcott 35 · The Strange Case of Pascal · Robert Eugene Ulmer · ss Weird Tales June 1926; given as by Roger Eugene Ulmer. 41 · The Witch Is Dead [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Famous Detective Stories April 1956 59 · Doctor Satan [Dr. Satan] · Paul Ernst · nv Weird Tales August 1935 83 · The Secret of the City · Terry Carr & Ted White · ss 92 · The Street · Robert W. Lowndes · pm New Annals of Arkya by Robert A. W. Lowndes, The Phantagraph Press, 1945 93 · The Scourge of B’Moth [Cthulhu] · Bertram Russell · nv Weird Tales May 1929

Startling Mystery Stories [v1 #3, #3, Winter 1966-1967] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay) 9 · The Inn of Terror [Capt. Michel] · Gaston Leroux; translated by Mildred Gleason Prochet · nv Weird Tales August 1929 translated from the French (“L’auberge épouvantable”, 1925). 31 · The Other · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ss Stirring Science Stories April 1941 36 · The Door of Doom · Hugh B. Cave · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror January 1932 61 · A Matter of Breeding · Ralph E. Hayes · ss 71 · Esmerelda · Rama Wells · ss 81 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.; given as by Charles Collins & Charles Dickens. 93 · The Blood-Flower [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales March 1927

Startling Mystery Stories [v1 #4, #4, Spring 1967] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay) 8 · The Adventure of the Tottenham Werewolf [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · nv The Memoirs of Solar Pons by August Derleth, Mycroft & Moran, 1951 28 · The Secret of Lost Valley · Robert E. Howard · nv 50 · Medium for Justice · Herbert Matthews; as told to Victor Rousseau · ss Ghost Stories July 1928, as “The Blackest Magic of All”; given as by Victor Rousseau alone. 67 · Si Urag of the Tail · Oscar Cook · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine January 1923 82 · The Temptation of Harringay · H. G. Wells · ss The St. James’s Gazette February 9 1895 88 · The Tenants of Broussac [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales December 1925

Startling Mystery Stories [v1 #5, #5, Summer 1967] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay) 6 · The Gods of East and West [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales January 1928 35 · The Council · Robert W. Lowndes · pm New Annals of Arkya by Robert A. W. Lowndes, The Phantagraph Press, 1945 35 · The House · Robert W. Lowndes · pm New Annals of Arkya by Robert A. W. Lowndes, The Phantagraph Press, 1945 36 · Behind the Curtain · Leslie Jones · ss 41 · A Game of Chess · Robert Barr · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1900 54 · The Man from Nowhere [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Famous Detective Stories June 1956 70 · The Darkness on Fifth Avenue [Preston & Hines] · Murray Leinster · na Argosy November 30 1929

Startling Mystery Stories [v1 #6, #6, Fall 1967] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay) 6 · My Lady of the Tunnel · Arthur J. Burks · ss Astounding Stories November 1933 22 · The Glass Floor · Stephen King · ss 30 · Death from Within · Sterling S. Cramer · nv Wonder Stories June 1935 53 · A Vision · Robert E. Howard · pm 54 · Aim for Perfection · Beverly Haaf · ss 60 · The Dark Castle · Marion Brandon · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror September 1931 72 · Dona Diabla · Anna Hunger · ss 84 · The Druid’s Shadow [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales October 1930 124 · Index to Volume 1—Summer 1966-Fall 1967 · [uncredited] · ix

Startling Mystery Stories [v2 #1, #7, Winter 1967-1968] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay) 8 · The Bride of the Peacock [Pierre d’Artois] · E. Hoffmann Price · na Weird Tales August 1932 55 · Nice Old House · Dona Tolson · ss 60 · Those Who Seek · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales January 1932 71 · John Bartine’s Watch · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner January 22 1893 78 · The Pet of Mrs. Lillith · Robert Barbour Johnson · ss Mystic Magazine #2, January 1954, as “The Strange Case of Monica Lilith” 92 · The Man Who Chained the Lightning [Dr. Satan] · Paul Ernst · nv Weird Tales September 1935

Startling Mystery Stories [v2 #2, #8, Spring 1968] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay) 8 · The White Lady of the Orphanage [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales September 1927 31 · The Gray People · John Campbell Haywood · ss Pearson’s Magazine (US) March 1909 47 · And Then No More… · Jay Tyler · ss 57 · The Endocrine Monster · R. Anthony · ss Weird Tales April 1927 76 · The Return of the Sorcerer [Cthulhu] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror September 1931 90 · The Three from the Tomb · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales February 1932

Startling Mystery Stories [v2 #3, #9, Summer 1968] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay) 6 · The Black Mass · Col. S. P. Meek · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror November 1931 25 · The Last Archer · Earl Peirce, Jr. · nv Weird Tales March 1937 51 · The Sight of Roses · Jay Tyler · ss 67 · Acrophobia · L. Sprague de Camp · pm 68 · Webbed Hands · Ferdinand Berthoud · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror November 1931 88 · Hollywood Horror [Dr. Satan] · Paul Ernst · nv Weird Tales October 1935

Startling Mystery Stories [v2 #4, #10, Fall 1968] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay) 6 · The House of the Living Dead · Harold Ward · nv Weird Tales March 1932 35 · The Indoor Safari · Max Nugor · ss 41 · The House Party at Smoky Island · L. M. Montgomery · ss Weird Tales August 1935 51 · Settler’s Wall · Robert A. W. Lowndes · nv revised from “The Long Wall” (Stirring Science Stories, March 1942, as by Wilfred Owen Morley). 76 · The Isle of Missing Ships [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales February 1926

Startling Mystery Stories [v2 #5, #11, Winter 1968-1969] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay) 6 · Wolf Hollow Bubbles [Taine of San Francisco] · David H. Keller · ss Arra Publishers, 1934; revised. 23 · Mrs. Kaye · Beverly Haaf · ss 32 · The Haunter of the Ring [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales June 1934 47 · The Vengeance of India [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales April 1926 62 · After Sunset · Philip Hazleton · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror November 1931; ending rewritten by Robert A. W. Lowndes. 79 · The Ship of Silent Men · Philip Fisher · nv All-Story Weekly January 3 1920 112 · The Whisperer · Robert A. W. Lowndes · pm New Annals of Arkya by Robert A. W. Lowndes, The Phantagraph Press, 1945

Startling Mystery Stories [v2 #6, #12, Spring 1969] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay) 8 · The Woman with the Velvet Collar [Capt. Michel] · Gaston Leroux · ss Weird Tales October 1929 translated from the French (“La femme au collier de velours”, 1924). 22 · The Reaper’s Image · Stephen King · ss 29 · Sirrush · L. Sprague de Camp · pm 30 · Sword for a Sinner [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine October 1959 59 · Tiger · Bassett Morgan · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror March 1932 78 · The City of the Blind [Preston & Hines] · Murray Leinster · nv Argosy December 28 1929 126 · Index to Volume Two · [uncredited] · ix

Startling Mystery Stories [v3 #1, #13, Summer 1969] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Richard Schmand) 8 · The Gray Killer · Everil Worrell · nv Weird Tales November 1929 31 · The Scar · Ramsey Campbell · ss 46 · Where There’s Smoke… · Donna Gould Welk · ss 52 · Ancient Fires [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales September 1926 76 · The Cases of Jules de Grandin [Part 1 of 2] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar 84 · The Hansom Cab · Ken Porter · ss 94 · The Veil of Tanit · Eugene de Rezske · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror March 1932

Startling Mystery Stories [v3 #2, #14, Winter 1969] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay) 8 · The Dogs of Doctor Dwann · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales October 1932 34 · The Parasite · Dorothy Norman Cooke · ss 47 · The Outsider [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales April 1926 53 · The Crawler · Robert W. Lowndes · pm New Annals of Arkya by Robert A. W. Lowndes, The Phantagraph Press, 1945 54 · The White Domino · Robert Merrill; as told to Urann Thayer · ss Ghost Stories July 1928; given as by Urann Thayer alone. 66 · The Case of the Doctor Who Had No Business · Richard A. Lupoff · ss 76 · The Feline Phantom · Gilbert Draper · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror March 1932 84 · The Consuming Flame [Dr. Satan] · Paul Ernst · nv Weird Tales November 1935; revised.

Startling Mystery Stories [v3 #3, #15, Spring 1970] (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Robert Clewell) 8 · Horror Insured [Dr. Satan] · Paul Ernst · nv Weird Tales January 1936; revised. 38 · By Hands of the Dead · Francis Flagg · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror March 1932 52 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 71 · Cry, Baby, Cry · Henry Slesar · ss 80 · The Man Who Cast No Shadow [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales February 1927 108 · The Cases of Jules de Grandin [Part 2 of 2] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar

Startling Mystery Stories [v3 #4, #16, Summer 1970] (60¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Richard Schmand) 12 · The Smell · Francis Flagg · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror January 1932 23 · The Temple of Death [Taine of San Francisco] · David H. Keller · nv 48 · The Silver Bullet · Phyllis A. Whitney · nv Weird Tales February 1935 69 · The Man Who Collected Eyes · Eddy C. Bertin · ss 76 · The Devil’s Rosary [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales April 1929

Startling Mystery Stories [v3 #5, #17, Fall 1970] (60¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Richard Schmand) 10 · The Infernal Shadow · Hugh B. Cave · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror October 1932 32 · The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis [Mars] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales May 1932 51 · Laura · Joseph H. Bloom · ss 60 · The Vicar of Hell [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Famous Detective Stories August 1956 82 · The Bride of Dewer [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales July 1930

Startling Mystery Stories [v3 #6, #18, March 1971] (75¢, 132pp, digest) 8 · Drome of the Living Dead · John Scott Douglas · ss Weird Tales August 1935 32 · Conjured · Larry Eugene Meredith · ss 40 · The Golden Patio · Aubrey Feist · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror June 1932 54 · The Cleaning Machine [Ronald Burke] · F. Paul Wilson · ss 58 · The Storm That Had to Be Stopped [Preston & Hines] · Murray Leinster · na Argosy March 1 1930

Startling Science Stories:   (about)

Startling Science Stories Publishers: Fading Shadows, Inc.; Seymour, TX: Startling Science Stories. Editors: Tom & Virginia Johnson - Editor: Startling Science Stories.

Startling Science Stories [#1, August 1997] ed. Tom & Virginia Johnson (Fading Shadows, Inc., $6.30, 80pp, octavo, cover by Ron Wilber) 3 · The Teraphim · Harold Hood · ss 11 · Jungle Warfare · D. Sandy Nielsen · ss 24 · Lizards [Part 1 of 5] · L. L. Stewart · n.

Startling Science Stories [#2, September 1997] ed. Tom & Virginia Johnson (Fading Shadows, Inc., $6.30, 84pp, octavo, cover by Ray Capella) 3 · Charley’s Tomb · Terry Nudds · ss 9 · Oh, to Be a Space Pilot · Rick Brooks · ss 13 · The Crimson Bell [Arquel of Argos] · R. G. Capella · ss Amra v2 #20, 1962 27 · Lizards [Part 2 of 5] · L. L. Stewart · n.

Startling Science Stories [#3, October 1997] ed. Tom & Virginia Johnson (Fading Shadows, Inc., $6.30, 80pp, octavo, cover by Ron Wilber) 3 · The Alien Apprentice · Vera Searles · ss 15 · When Danger Rules · Joy V. Smith · ss 25 · Lizards [Part 3 of 5] · Lawrence L. Stewart · n.

Startling Science Stories [#4, November 1997] ed. Tom & Virginia Johnson (Fading Shadows, Inc., $6.30, 84pp, octavo, cover by Ron Wilber) 3 · A Glitch in Time · Gary Lovisi · ss 13 · Triple Jeopardy · Aaron B. Larson · ss 20 · The Castle · Rick Brooks · ss 26 · Lizards [Part 4 of 5] · Lawrence L. Stewart · n. 82 · Alien Contact · The Readers · lc

Startling Science Stories [#5, December 1997] ed. Tom & Virginia Johnson (Fading Shadows, Inc., $6.30, 80pp, octavo, cover by Ron Wilber) 3 · Christmas Isn’t What It Used to Be · Aaron B. Larson · ss 16 · Home Not · Joy V. Smith · ss 25 · First Patrol · Rick Brooks · ss 32 · Lizards [Part 5 of 5] · Lawrence L. Stewart · n. 74 · One of Dr. Radner’s Patients on Xenobe · Michael F. Korn · ss Premonitions #2, Summer 1993 79 · Alien Contact · The Readers · lc