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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 1, Fall 1941] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) [DG] 3 · Ellery Queen Explains · Ellery Queen · ed 5 · Too Many Have Lived [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The American Magazine Oct ’32 21 · The Question Mark [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Jan ’38 42 · The Cablegram [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss Adventure Nov 1 ’32 58 · About the Perfect Crime of Mr. Digberry [Thatcher Colt] · Anthony Abbot · nv Cosmopolitan Oct ’40; given as by Anthony Abbott in ToC. 76 · Dime a Dance · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask Feb ’38 98 · Wild Onions · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · ss Colliers Jul 2 ’38 110 · The Adventure of the Treasure Hunt [“Treasure Hunt”; Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss The Strand Sep ’35
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 2, Winter 1942] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) [DG]

3 · The Sunningdale Mystery [“The Sunninghall Mystery”; Tuppence Beresford; Tommy Beresford] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Oct 29 ’24
15 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar, London: Chatto, 1939
34 · Green Ice [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss The Chicago Tribune Apr 13 ’41
50 · The Phantom Guest [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv
74 · The Important Point [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Colliers Feb 5 ’38
81 · The Case of the Two Flutes [“The Phantom Flute Player”; Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss Mystery Apr ’34
103 · The Man Who Knew How · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar Feb ’32
115 · Goodbye, Hannah · Steve Fisher · ss Double Detective Dec ’38
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 3, Spring 1942] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) Queen’s introductory note apologizes for the pulp paper of issue no. 2, and blames “the present industrial crisis.” [DG]

3 · Thank You · Ellery Queen · ed
5 · Percival Bland’s Proxy [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv (r)
25 · Dumb Yank · Karl Detzer · ss The American Legion Magazine, 1935
44 · Crime Without Passion · Ben Hecht · nv Actor’s Blood, New York: Covici, 1936
64 · Code No. 2 · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Apr ’16
78 · Mrs. Macbeth · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Street & Smith’s Complete Magazine, 1935
88 · The Stolen Rubens [“The Problem of the Stolen Rubens”; Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss The Sunday Magazine Feb 17 ’07
98 · The Good Friend [Chief-Inspector Parbold] · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Mar ’38
112 · The Adventure of the Frightened Star [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 3, # 2, May 1942] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) [DG]

3 · The Mystery of Mrs. Dickinson [Nick Carter] · Nick Carter · ss The Detective’s Pretty Neighbor and other stories, Street & Smith, 1899
17 · Murder! · Arnold Bennett · nv Liberty Oct 1 ’27
32 · The Key in Michael [Dexter Drake] · Elsa Barker · nv The Red Book Magazine Jan ’27
54 · The Blue Fingerprint [“A Fingerprint in Cobalt”; Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss New York Sunday World Magazine, 1942
66 · Dilemma at Shanghai · Vincent Starrett · ss
80 · Cabbages and Kings · Irvin S. Cobb · ss Good Housekeeping Jul ’30
99 · Tell It to the Judge · Viola Brothers Shore · ss
103 · The Bloomsbury Wonder · Thomas Burke · nv (r)
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 3, # 3, July 1942] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) [DG]

3 · Fly Paper [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask Aug ’29
34 · A Collector of Curiosities [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss The Incredible Adventures of Rowland Hern, Heinemann, 1928
43 · The Third Floor Flat [“In the Third Floor Flat”; Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Detective Story Magazine Jan 5 ’29
A Minute Mystery: [Professor Joseph Fordney]
___ 59 · The Case of the Murdered Writer · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
60 · Seesaw · Laurence Dwight Smith · ss
A Minute Mystery: [Professor Joseph Fordney]
___ 75 · The Case of the Three Amateurs · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
76 · The Fortune Teller [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Red Book Magazine Aug ’18
A Minute Mystery: [Professor Joseph Fordney]
___ 87 · The Case of the Death Car · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
88 · The Unknown Man [Mr. White] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss Adventure Aug ’11; [The League of Forgotten Men, No. 1]
A Minute Mystery: [Professor Joseph Fordney]
___ 99 · The Case of the Miser’s Hoard · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
100 · The Wrong Problem [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The (London) Evening Standard Aug 14 ’36
A Minute Mystery: [Professor Joseph Fordney]
___ 113 · The Case of the Last Survivor · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
114 · The Adventure of the Meanest Man in the World [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl; [given as “The Meanest Man in the World” on cover and title page]
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 3, # 4, September 1942] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) [DG] 3 · The Mallet · James Hilton · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine Jul ’29 A Minute Mystery: [Professor Joseph Fordney] ___ 19 · The Case of the Impossible Marriage · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz 20 · Suspect Unknown [Inspector Jessup] · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss Colliers Sep 23 ’39 33 · According to the Evidence · Hugh Pendexter · ss Adventure Mar ’13; [The League of Forgotten Men, No. 2] A Minute Mystery: [Professor Joseph Fordney] ___ 50 · The Case of the Eternal Triangle · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz 51 · The Unreckonable Factor · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ss Liberty, 1938 54 · The Adventure of the Mouse’s Blood [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl; [Title on cover and TOC shortened to “The Mouse’s Blood”] 68 · A Case of the 6 Corridors [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz 69 · The Man Next Door [Oliver Rater] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Feb ’28 81 · A Case of the 3 Suspects [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz 82 · Screwball Division [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss 97 · The Compliments of the Chief · Lincoln Steffens · ss Ainslee’s Jul ’00 105 · The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown [Rupert Grant; Basil Grant] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Harper’s Weekly Dec 19 ’03 A Minute Mystery: [Professor Joseph Fordney] ___ 126 · The Case of the Direct Angle · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz ___ 126 · The Case of the Young Detective [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 3, # 5, November 1942] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by George Salter)

5 · The Case of Arnold Schuttringer [Monsieur Froget] · Georges Simenon; trans. by Anthony Boucher · ss; from Les 13 Coupables, 1932.
12 · The Definite Article [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Oct ’37
29 · Too Young to Die [Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · ss Black Mask Feb ’34
58 · A Point of Testimony [Bert Bayliss] · Carolyn Wells · ss Adventure Oct ’11
73 · The Adventure of the Good Samaritan [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl
87 · The Bow-Street Runner · Samuel Duff · ss
99 · The Real Thing · Karl Detzer · ss The American Legion Magazine Aug ’39
110 · Blue Murder · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Oct ’25
128 · Index to Volumes 1, 2, 3 · Misc. Material · ix
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 4 # 1, January 1943] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) [DG]

3 · Mystery for Christmas · Anthony Boucher · ss
A Minute Mystery:
___ 19 · The Case of the Egyptian Vase · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
20 · Greedy Night, A Parody · E. C. Bentley · ss Parody Party, 1936; [Parody of Dorothy L. Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey]
A Minute Mystery:
___ 30 · The Case of the Crated Corpse · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
31 · The Obscure Move · Wadsworth Camp · ss Adventure May ’15; collected in The Communicating Door, 1923.
47 · Simple · P. C. Wren · ss Odd—But Even So, Murray, 1941
53 · A Frosty Morning [Robert Leroy Mitchel; John Barnes] · Rodrigues Ottolengui · ss The Black Cat Aug, 1898; Number 4 in EQ’s series “The League of Forgotten Men”;; collected in Final Proof, 1898.
A Minute Mystery:
___ 66 · The Case of the Laundry Ticket · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
67 · Accused · Ruth Chessman · vi
70 · The Diary of Death [Loreto Santos] · Marten Cumberland · nv (r)
A Minute Mystery:
___ 90 · The Case of the Severed Ear · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
91 · Opals Are Bad Luck · Viola Brothers Shore · ss
104 · The Hammerpond Park Burglary · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget Jul 5, 1894
111 · The Leopard Lady · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss In the Teeth of the Evidence, London: Gollancz, 1939
Minute Mysteries:
___ 128 · The Case of the Trifling Detail · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
___ 128 · The Case of the Missing Knife · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 4 # 2, March 1943] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

3 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Daily Express, 1929; from The Listerdale Mystery, 1934.
A Minute Mystery:
___ 13 · The Case of the Globe-Trotter · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
14 · The Marionettes · O. Henry · ss The Black Cat Apr ’02; collected in Rolling Stones, 1912.
26 · His Heart Could Break [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv
A Minute Mystery:
___ 45 · The Case of the Book Thieves · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
46 · Thirteen Lead Soldiers [Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond] · H. C. McNeile · nv The Strand Dec ’37
62 · The Lady with the Hatchet [Arsene Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · ss Metropolitan Magazine May ’22; from The Eight Strokes of the Clock, 1922.
81 · The Adventure of the Fire-Bug [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl; The title on the cover and TOC is simply “The Fire-Bug”.
A Minute Mystery:
___ 95 · The Case of the Stolen Formula · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
96 · Philo Gubb’s Greatest Case [Philo Gubb] · Ellis Parker Butler · ss The Red Book Magazine Apr ’15; collected in Philo Gubb, Correspondence School Detective, 1918.
111 · They Can Only Hang You Once [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Colliers Nov 19 ’32
A Minute Mystery:
___ 123 · The Case of the Libyan Manhunt · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
124 · The Mycroft Magic Square · Christopher Morley · pz; Sherlockian.
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 4 # 3, May 1943] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

5 · The Thistle Down [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, London: Hodder & Stroughton, 1939
16 · QL 696.C9 [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss
29 · The Leopard Man’s Story · Jack London · ss Leslie’s Magazine Aug ’03; from Moon-Face and Other Stories, 1906.
33 · Dark Journey · Francis Iles · ss The Sunday News, 1934
49 · Murder at the Opera [“A Box at the Opera”; Sally Cardiff] · Vincent Starrett · nv Real Detective Tales & Mystery Stories Oct ’34
A Minute Mystery:
___ 78 · The Case of the Dead Detective · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
79 · The Adventure of the Man Who Could Double the Size of Diamonds [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl; The title on the cover and TOC is simply “The Man Who Could Double the Size of Diamonds”.
A Minute Mystery:
___ 92 · The Case of the Careless Visitor · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
93 · The Hunt Ball [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss (r); reprint, from Detective Stories of Today, ed. Raymond Postgate 1940.
104 · The Picture Collector · Franklin P. Adams · vi Liberty, 1937
A Minute Mystery:
___ 106 · The Case of the Death Car · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz
107 · Squeakie’s First Case [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · nv
129 · Guess Who? · Talbot C. Hatch · pz
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 4 # 4, July 1943] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

3 · The Proverbial Murder [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · nv (r)
22 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant, Webster, 1882
38 · His Brother’s Keeper · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Dec ’22; collected in Sea Whispers (1926).
48 · D.I.C. (Department of Impossible Crimes) [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss; (The Cover and TOC say simply Department of Impossible Crimes).
63 · The Blast of the Book [“The Five Fugitives”; Father Brown] · Gilbert K. Chesterton · ss Liberty Aug 26 ’33; collected in The Scandal of Father Brown (1935).
76 · Letter from Another World [Eigil Holst] · Baron Palle Rosenkrantz; trans. by Grace Isabel Colbron · ss; I believe this story appeared first in Danish in Schjulte Kraefter, 1909.
86 · The Dirty Dog’s Club [Dirty Dogs’ Club] · P. C. Wren · ss; abridged from “A Franc’s Worth of Gas”, Rough Shooting, Murray 1938.
93 · Guess Who? · Talbot C. Hatch · pz; answer on p. 114.
95 · The Aldine Folio Murders · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss The Dolphin, 1940
115 · The Adventure of the Murdered Ship [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 4 #12, September 1943] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

5 · The Ministering Angel [“Trent and the Mystery of the Ministering Angel”; Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Nov ’38
19 · After-Dinner Story · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask Jan ’38
42 · The Three Rembrandts [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; trans. by Anthony Boucher · ss; translated from Les 13 Mysteres (1932).
48 · The Verdict · Frank Swinnerton · ss, 1942; reprint from London Calling (1943).
54 · P. Moran, Shadow [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · ss
68 · Bottleneck · Hugh MacNair Kahler · ss Colliers, 1937
72 · The Gold Goose Scientist · Harry Irving Greene · ss The Black Cat Jun ’03
80 · Black Murder [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss
93 · The Bunch of Violets [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Strand Jul ’24; collected in The Specimen Case (1924).
114 · The Adventure of the Blind Bullet [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl; The cover and the TOC give the title simply as “The Blind Bullet”.
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v 4 #13, November 1943] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp, digest s/s, cover by George Salter) managing editor Mildred Falk. [DG]

5 · The Locked Room [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Jul ’40
19 · A Point in Morals · Ellen Glasgow · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May, 1899; collected in The Shadowy Third (1923).
30 · The Rubber Trumpet [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine Sep ’34
46 · Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv
65 · The Secret of Fort Bayard [G.7] · Georges Simenon; trans. by Anthony Boucher · ss; translated from Les 13 Engimes (1932).
71 · The Killer · Cyril Plunkett · ss
78 · The Signed Masterpiece [Parr, Deputy; Armiston, Oliver; Sophie Lang] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv McCall’s Jun/Jul ’21; collected in The Notorious Sophie Lang (1925).
99 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-Teller, 1934
107 · The Topaz Cuff-Button · Anonymous · ss The New York Detective Library Feb 18, 1888
113 · The Adventure of the One-Legged Man [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl
127 · Index to Volume IV · Misc. Material · ix

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