The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v26 #6, Whole No. 145, December 1955] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Ghost of a Ghost [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 13 · Let Run, or Catch? · Mabel Seeley · ss 24 · £5000 for a Confession · L. J. Beeston · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1924 32 · Merlini and the Sound Effects Murder [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss; short story omitting the last half page; an award was offered for the best conclusion; Rawson’s final paragraphs would be published in the March 1956 issue. 38 · Your Word Against Mine · John F. Suter · nv 57 · One Way to Mexico · Louis Este · vi Esquire 1947, as “Bitter Medicine” 59 · Friday the 13th · Virginia Bernheim · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 65 · Marjorie Daw · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1873 81 · One Night to Be Dead Sure Of · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine April 1936, as “The Living Lie Down with the Dead” 100 · The Black Ledger [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week January 6 1952, as “The Mysterious Black Ledger” 106 · Hildegarde and the Spanish Cavalier [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 122 · Once Is Once Too Many [Arthur Crook] · Anthony Gilbert · ss 140 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 142 · Index to Volume 26—July-December 1955 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #1, Whole No. 146, January 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Ed Emshwiller) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Broker’s Special · Stanley Ellin · ss 13 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift” 17 · The Queer Fish · Kem Bennett · ss Argosy (UK) September 1955 27 · The Other Arrow · F. M. Barratt & Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 18 1952, as “Diagnosis Completed” 37 · The 24-Caret Heel · Cyril Hare · ss 44 · Cold Money [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 30 1952 49 · A Hansom in the Night [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss John Bull June 26 1954, as “Hansom for Raffles” 64 · Author’s Solution to “Merlini and the Vanished Diamonds” · Clayton Rawson · ms the final paragraphs to the contest story, October 1955. 65 · The Heel of Achilles O’Shay · Clayton Fox · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 74 · Weak Spot · W. C. King · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 81 · The Hawk and the Pullet · C. S. Montanye · ss Collier’s 1935 89 · Get Off My Back! · Saul Levinson · ss Man’s Life 1953, as “Hick Law” 98 · Roll Out the Barrel · Geoffrey Household · ss 1952 106 · Will You Always Be Helping Me? · Thomas Walsh · ss Woman’s Home Companion September 1940, as “Boy from Home” 118 · The Deadly Cycle · Arthur Gordon · ss 123 · The Hedge Between · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Conflict—Stories of Suspense Fall 1953, as “Meredith’s Murder”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #2, Whole No. 147, February 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Letter · Thomas Kyd · ss 12 · Find the Cook [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 14 1923, as “The Adventure of the Clapham Cook” 23 · Johnny Cinderella · Joseph Petracca · ss Collier’s October 25 1952 35 · The Lion’s Tooth [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 10 1955 39 · Not a Drum Was Heard · Ben Ames Williams · ss Collier’s June 12 1920 47 · The Big Kiss-Off · Ben Benson · ss 62 · Strictly from Hollywood · Steve April · vi Collier’s January 24 1953 65 · The Gentlest of the Brothers · David Alexander · ss 79 · The Missing Walnuts · Martin Gardner · vi Humpty Dumpty’s Magazine for Little Children February 1955 81 · Every Monday, a New Letter [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard November 1 1954, as “The Dogs of War” 85 · A Dog in the Daytime [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine December 1954, as “The Body in the Hall” 122 · It Could Happen to Anyone · Marc Brandel · ss 1955, as “The Hasty Act” 126 · A Woman of Principle [Insp. Peter Curwen] · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #3, Whole No. 148, March 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Man Who Explained Miracles [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · na The Housewife January 1956 (+2), as “Ministry of Miracles” 40 · The Dusty Drawer · Harry Muheim · ss Collier’s May 3 1952 52 · The Compleat Murderess · Virginia Jones · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 58 · Van Bibber’s Burglar [Van Bibber] · Richard Harding Davis · ss Gallegher, and Other Stories by Richard Harding Davis, Scribner, 1891 65 · Jack of Diamonds [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss 80 · Author’s Solution to “The Sound Effects Murder” · Clayton Rawson · ms the final paragraphs to the contest story, December 1955. 81 · Lucky Cop · Steve Fisher · ss 1939 possibly a reprint of Fisher’s “Lucky” (Detective Fiction Weekly, June 3, 1939). 90 · To Bury a Friend · Stanley Anton · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 101 · Of More Value than Sparrows [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss 1929 111 · Banks Are Never Wrong · John D. Hess · ss Esquire September 1952, as “The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks” 121 · On the Day of the Rose Show [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week December 7 1952, as “Revolvers and Roses” 127 · Murder on the Waterfront · Budd Schulberg · ss Collier’s October 1 1954 142 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #4, Whole No. 149, April 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · Complete List of the 56 Prize-Winning Stories in EQMM’s Eleventh Annual Contest · [uncredited] · ms 5 · The Black Kitten · A. H. Z. Carr · ss; first prize winner in the 11th annual contest. 17 · A Matter of Justice · Hugh Pentecost · na Collier’s May 2 1953 (+1), as “The Case of the Killer Dogs” 35 · Compliments of Caliph Bernie [Bernie Helper] · Charles Green · ss 44 · Mr. Brisher’s Treasure · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1899 52 · You Don’t Argue with the Captain · Donald McNutt Douglass · ss 61 · The Steinpilz Method · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955, as “Earth to Earth” 65 · Dangerous Widows [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week January 18 1953 73 · After All These Years [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard July 10 1954, as “A Long Time Ago” 76 · The Notary of Perigueux · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · ss Outre-Mer by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harper, 1835 82 · Chance Is Sometimes an Enemy · Frederick Nebel · ss Collier’s March 11 1939 95 · Death of an Outcast · Manuel Komroff · ss Esquire April 1939 103 · The Watcher · Emilee Berger · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 107 · The Fog Closes In · Martin Brooke · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 112 · Sing a Song of Sixpence [Edward Leithen; The Runagates Club] · John Buchan · nv Pall Mall Magazine February 1928 142 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #5, Whole No. 150, May 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dick Shelton) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Alibi on the Steve Allen Show · O. H. Leslie · ss 12 · The Sidewalk · Steve Allen · ss Fourteen for Tonight by Steve Allen, Henry Holt, 1955 17 · To Strike a Match · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week November 6 1938, as “The House of Three Candles” 23 · The Metal Ribbon [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 38 · Ice Storm · Jerome Barry · ss Collier’s January 10 1953 50 · Business Trip · Elliot West · ss Collier’s May 2 1953, as “The Assassin” 65 · Rogues’ Gallery · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s August 24 1935 69 · Crime of the Century · St. John Ervine · ss (r) 81 · Absent-Minded Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask April 1941, as “Cool, Calm and Detected” 98 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 100 · The Six Golden Nymphs [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss 116 · Gifts to My People · Michael Forrestier · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 125 · What’s His Line? [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard July 11 1955 129 · One of the Family · James Yaffe · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v27 #6, Whole No. 151, June 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Blessington Method · Stanley Ellin · ss 14 · A Telegram for Miss Phipps [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · nv 37 · The Hollow Family · Theodore Mathieson · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 44 · A Victim Must Be Found · Henry Slesar · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 50 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 52 · The Shining Key · A. E. W. Mason · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine September 1926, as “The Key” 65 · Murder in the Rain [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week June 7 1953, as “The Rain Dripped Death” 74 · “Who Was My Quiet Friend?” · Bret Harte · ss The Sun September 9 1877 81 · Try It My Way · Frederick Nebel · ss 94 · Double Jeopardy · Cyril Hare · ss 97 · Journey Into Time [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · ss translated from the French (“Les Larmes de Bougie”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, November 22, 1936). 107 · Introduction to “The Boy and the Book” · Anthony Boucher · is 107 · The Boy and the Book [Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex from The Golden Summer, Little, Brown, 1953 119 · To Break the Weave · Walt Sheldon · ss 129 · “I Killed John Harrington” · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s June 12 1937, as “Light in Darkness”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 28 No. 1, Whole No. 152, July 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Destructors · Graham Greene · ss Picture Post July 24 1954 (+1) 16 · The Customs of the Country [Major Tennente] · Thomas Flanagan · nv 32 · The Double Clue [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch December 5 1923 40 · Dapper Johnny Brown · Ruth McKenney · ss Collier’s May 17 1952 51 · Murder Weaves a Pattern [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s July 18 1953, as “Death Was the Tempter” 65 · Birthday Diamonds [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss John Bull January 29 1955, as “Raffles and the Birthday Diamonds” 81 · $100,000 a Pint · Paul E. Walsh · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 93 · Young Man in a Hurry · Tom Karsell · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 101 · The Cream of the Jest · Fredric Brown · ss New Detective Magazine July 1949, as “Last Curtain” 110 · The Man of the Knife · Alexandre Dumas · ss (r) translated from the French. 116 · The Flaw in the System · Jim Thompson · ss 123 · Snowball in July [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week August 31 1952, as “The Phantom Train” 130 · From the Mouse to the Hawk · Dion Henderson · ss 142 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 28 No. 2, Whole No. 153, August 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover: [photo]) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · Diplomatic Crisis; or, Fifi and the Chilean Truffle [Did It Happen?] · Orson Welles · ss The Evening Standard March 18 1955, as “Fifi and the Chilean Truffle” 7 · The Hills Cried Murder · Paul W. Fairman · ss 18 · Tour de Couleur · Nedra Tyre · ss 25 · King of the Lepers · Jack London · ss The Pacific Monthly December 1909, as “Koolau the Leper” 38 · The Tired Horse · Ben Hecht · ss Esquire September 1954 42 · Date to Die [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week October 17 1954 50 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 52 · The Great Game [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The American Magazine September 1928, as “Colonel Braxton Hears the Silent Voices” 65 · The Tools of Magic · Lyle G. Boyd · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 77 · King of the Meat Cleavers · Ron Stevens · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 81 · Don’t Believe a Word She Says · William Lindsay Gresham · nv 99 · Introduction to “The Boy and the Money Box” · James Yaffe · is 99 · The Boy and the Money Box [Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex from The Golden Summer, Little, Brown, 1953 116 · The Cellini Salt-cellar [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 120 · You Are Going to Die · Bethel Laurence · ss Today’s Woman March 1951, as “The Call” 130 · A Toy for Jiffy [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 28 No. 3, Whole No. 154, September 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 138pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · A Bad Time of Day · Wade Miller · ss 16 · ? · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss; title contest story. 35 · Under the Last Scuttleful · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) March 1955, as “A Corner of the Cellar” 39 · The Waiting Thing Inside · Theodore Sturgeon & Don Ward · ss 52 · Hanging the Hangman · B. M. Atkinson, Jr. · ss Collier’s August 25 1951 55 · Only on Rainy Nights [unnamed inspector] · Mark Van Doren · ss 67 · Code of the Underworld · Robert Carson · vi Collier’s November 8 1952 71 · An Ingenious Defense · [uncredited] · ss The Leisure Hour April 28 1877 75 · The Folding Knife · Cecil E. Parson · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 86 · Cut, Cut, Cut! [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week December 28 1952, as “The Myna Bird Mystery” 92 · Three Cups of Tea · Christopher LaFarge · ss Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly #8, May 1947 102 · The Ice Pick Murders · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly February 17 1940, as “Death in Duplicate”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 28 No. 4, Whole No. 155, October 1956] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 138pp+, digest, cover by Dick Shelton) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · One-Tenth Man · Michael Gilbert · ss 17 · Mr. Hyde-de-Ho · Veronica Parker Johns · na 49 · A Hanging Matter · Verne Athanas · ss Esquire July 1952 53 · Blue, Blue Lagoon · Ralph M. Thurlow · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 62 · Tough Break · Ryam Beck · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 67 · The Secret Darkness · Davis Grubb · ss Collier’s May 25 1946, as “The Horsehair Trunk” 75 · You Can Take So Much · Frederick Nebel · ss Woman’s Home Companion December 1940, as “If You Can Take It” 89 · Introduction to “The Boy and the Law” · Stanley Ellin · is 89 · The Boy and the Law [Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex from The Golden Summer, Little, Brown, 1953 103 · The Napoleonic Clue · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard August 22 1955, as “Vacation with Violence” 107 · A Trip to Florida · Henry Slesar · ss 118 · Going…Going…Gone! [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week May 10 1953 122 · Miami Papers Please Copy · Rufus King · nv