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“The Ring on the Hand of Death” by William Rollins Jr. from Black Mask Magazine, April 1924. Copyright © 1924 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., copyright renewed 1952 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Body Snatcher” by Theodore A. Tinsley from Black Mask Magazine, February 1936. Copyright © 1936 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., copyright renewed 1964 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Murder on the Gayway” by Dwight V. Babcock from Black Mask Magazine, October 1939. Copyright © 1939 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., copyright renewed 1967 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“The Key” by Cleve F. Adams from Black Mask Magazine, July 1940. Copyright © 1940, copyright renewed 1968 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“The Bloody Bokhara” by William Campbell Gault from Black Mask Magazine, November 1948. Copyright © 1948, copyright renewed 1975 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“A Taste for Cognac” by Brett Halliday from Black Mask Magazine, November 1944. Copyright © 1944, copyright renewed 1972 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Sauce for the Gander” by Day Keene from Black Mask Magazine, May 1943. Copyright © 1943, copyright renewed 1971 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“A Little Different” by W. T. Ballard from Black Mask Magazine, September 1933. Copyright © 1933 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., copyright renewed 1961 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“The Shrieking Skeleton” by Erle Stanley Gardner writing as Charles M. Green from Black Mask Magazine, December 1923. Copyright © 1923 by Erle Stanley Gardner, renewed 1950 by Erle Stanley Gardner. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Erle Stanley Gardner and Queen Literary Agency.
“Drop Dead Twice” by Hank Searls from Black Mask Magazine, March 1950. Copyright © 1950, copyright renewed 1978 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“The Sound of the Shot” by Dale Clark from Black Mask Magazine, September 1946. Copyright © 1946 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., copyright renewed 1974 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Flaming Angel” by Frederick C. Davis from Black Mask Magazine, March 1949. Copyright © 1949, copyright renewed 1977 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Odds on Death” by Don M. Mankiewitz from Black Mask Magazine, November 1948. Copyright © 1948, copyright renewed 1976 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Those Catrini” by Norvell Page from Black Mask Magazine, February 1933. Copyright © 1933 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc; copyright © renewed 1961 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Smoke in Your Eyes” by Hugh B. Cave from Black Mask Magazine, December 1938. Copyright © 1938 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., copyright renewed 1966 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Blood, Sweat and Biers” by Robert Reeves from Black Mask Magazine, January 1945. Copyright © 1945, copyright renewed 1973 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“The Black Bottle” by Whitman Chambers from Black Mask Magazine, April 1936. Copyright © 1936 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., copyright renewed 1964 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“The Corpse Didn’t Kick” by Milton K. Ozaki from Black Mask Magazine, November 1949. Copyright © 1949, copyright renewed 1977 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Try the Girl” by Raymond Chandler from Black Mask Magazine, January 1937. Copyright © 1937 by Raymond Chandler. Reprinted by kind permission of the Estate of Raymond Chandler, administered by Ed Victor Ltd., London.
“Don’t You Cry for Me” by Norbert Davis from Black Mask Magazine, May 1942. Copyright © 1942, copyright renewed 1970 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“T. McGuirk Steals a Diamond” by Ray Cummings from Black Mask Magazine, December 1922. Copyright © 1922 copyright renewed 1950 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Wait for Me” by Steve Fisher from Black Mask Magazine, May 1938. Copyright © 1938 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., copyright renewed 1966 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Ask Me Another” by Frank Gruber from Black Mask Magazine, June
1937. Copyright © 1937 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., copyright renewed 1965 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Dirty Work” by Horace McCoy from Black Mask Magazine, September 1929. Copyright © 1929, copyright renewed 1957 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Merely Murder” by Julius Long from Black Mask Magazine, July 1944. Copyright © 1944, copyright renewed 1972 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Murder in One Syllable” by John D. MacDonald from Black Mask Magazine, May 1949. Copyright © 1949, copyright renewed 1976 by Maynard MacDonald. Reprinted by arrangement with Maynard MacDonald.
“Three Apes from the East” by H. H. Stinson from Black Mask Magazine, March 1938. Copyright © 1938 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., copyright renewed 1966 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Death Stops Payment” by D. L. Champion from Black Mask Magazine, July 1940. Copyright © 1940, copyright renewed 1968 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“The Color of Honor” by Richard Connell from Black Mask Magazine, June 1923. Copyright © 1923 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., copyright renewed 1951 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Middleman for Murder” by Bruno Fischer from Black Mask Magazine, November 1947. Copyright © 1947, copyright renewed 1975 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“The Man Who Chose the Devil” by Richard Deming from Black Mask Magazine, May 1948. Copyright © 1948, copyright renewed 1976 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Beer-Bottle Polka” by C. M. Kornbluth from Black Mask Magazine, September 1946. Copyright © 1946 copyright renewed 1974 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch ([email protected]; www.blackmaskmagazine.com) proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights, and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.
“Borrowed Crime” by Cornell Woolrich from Black Mask Magazine, January 1938. Copyright © 1938 by Cornell Woolrich; copyright renewed. Reprinted by permission of J. P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for THE CLAIRE WOOLRICH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND under the will of Cornell Woolrich R671100, dated March 6, 1961.
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