West of Guam

by Raoul Whitfield

  Publication History

  WEST OF GUAM by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1930 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1958 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 12, No. 12 (February 1930).

  DEATH IN THE PASIG by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1930 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1958 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 13, No. 1 (March 1930).

  RED HEMP by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1930 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1958 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 1930).

  SIGNALS OF STORM by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1930 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1958 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 13, No. 4 (June 1930).

  ENOUGH ROPE by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1930 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1958 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 13, No. 5 (July 1930).

  NAGASAKI BOUND by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1930 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1958 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 13, No. 7 (September 1930).

  NAGASAKI KNIVES by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1930 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1958 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 13, No. 8 (October 1930).

  THE CALESO MURDERS by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1930 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1958 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 13, No. 10 (December 1930).

  SILENCE HOUSE by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1931 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1959 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 13, No. 11 (January 1931).

  DIAMONDS OF DREAD by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1931 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1959 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 13, No. 12 (February 1931).

  THE MAN IN WHITE by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1931 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1959 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 14, No. 1 (March 1931).

  THE BLIND CHINESE by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1931 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1959 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 14, No. 2 (April 1931).

  RED DAWN by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1931 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1959 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 14, No. 3 (May 1931).

  BLUE GLASS by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1931 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1959 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 14, No. 5 (July 1931).

  DIAMONDS OF DEATH by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1931 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1959 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 14, No. 6 (August 1931).

  SHOOTING GALLERY by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1931 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1959 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 14, No. 8 (October 1931).

  THE JAVANESE MASK by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1931 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1959 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 14, No. 10 (December 1931).

  THE BLACK SAMPAN by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1932 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1960 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 15, No. 4 (June 1932).

  CHINA MAN by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1932 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1960 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 15, No. 1 (March 1932).

  THE SIAMESE CAT by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1932 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1960 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 15, No. 2 (April 1932).

  CLIMBING DEATH by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1932 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1960 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 15, No. 5 (July 1932).

  THE MAGICIAN MURDER by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1932 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1960 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 15, No. 9 (November 1932).

  THE MAN FROM SHANGHAI by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1933 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1961 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 16, No. 3 (May 1933).

  THE AMBER FAN by Raoul F. Whitfield, writing as Ramon DeColta. Copyright © 1933 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1961 by Popular Publications, Inc. From Black Mask, Vol. 16, No. 5 (July 1933).

  All above listed works reprinted from Black Mask by permission of Keith Alan Deutsch, proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.

  THE MYSTERY OF THE FAN-BACKED CHAIR by Raoul F.

  Whitfield from Hearst’s International-Cosmopolitan, Vol. 98, No. 2 (February 1935). Copyright © 1935. Reprinted by permission of King Features, Inc.

  THE GREAT BLACK by Raoul F. Whitfield from Hearst’s International-Cosmopolitan, Vol. 103, No. 2 (August 1937). Copyright© 1937. Reprinted by permission of King Features, Inc.

  RAMON DECOLTA A.K.A. RAOUL WHITFIELD, AND HIS DIMINUTIVE BROWN MAN: JO GAR, THE ISLAND DETECTIVE by E. R. Hagemann from The Armchair Detective, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Winter 1981). Copyright © 1981. Reprinted by permission of E. R. Hagemann.

  RAOUL WHITFIELD, A STAR WITH THE MASK by E. R. Hagemann from The Armchair Detective, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Summer 1980). Copyright © 1980. Reprinted by permission of E. R. Hagemann.

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  Cover design by Andrea Worthington

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