10-Story Detective, September 1941 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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ALL STAR ALL DIFFERENT Vol. VI SEPTEMBER, 1941 No. 1 % FOUR AND TWENTY BLACKJACKS (Novelet) W.T. Ballard 6 An outcast tries to save from disaster the town that spurned him. FRAMED FOR AFUNERAL .... . . H.Q. Masur 26 The bridegroom neglects to register a guest from the morgue. THE HEIST MASTER .. . . . . Theodore Stratton 37 Fate clamps a stop-light on his headwork. CORPSE BEHIND THE 8 BALL (Novelet) J. Lane Linklater 40 Her date takes her to a club where they play a sinister game of cricket. PLAYGIRL OF DESTINY ..... . . Lee E. Wells 56 Investigator Lillard follows a clue that leads him to a suicide stake-out. KNIFE-MAN‘S NEMESIS . . . . Murray W. Mosser 67 He stalks the trail of a man who combines business with pleasure by insuring his victims before killing them. CRIMSON CURRENCY... .. . . Hal Quincy 75 Five grand isn't hay when it buys a cemetery plot. HOT SEAT DOUBLE-CROSSER (Novelet) Arthur W. Phillips 80 When the Bloodhound Reporter sticks his nose into a murder mixup e finds the law-dogs pursuing him. x DESIGN FOR AHEADSTONE .. . . . EdwardJames 96 Two cagey gunmen carve out the wrong epitaph. se VENGEANCE ON THE WATERFRONT . . . Barry Cord 99 Detective Cronin came up the hard way—and he is doomed to go out in the same manner. + + + + F + + Cover by Norm Saunders 10-STORY DETECTIVE, published bi-monthly by Periodieal House, Inc. A. A. Wyn, President, Office of Publication, 29 Worthington Street, Springfield, Mass. Editorial and executive offices, 67 West 44th Street, New York, N. Y. Entered as Second Class matter, October 15, 1937, at the Post Office at Springfield, Mass,, under the Act of Mareh 3, 1879. Copyright, 1941, Periodical House, Inc. For advertising rates address Ace Fiction Group, 67 West 44th Street, New York, N. Y. While great care is exercised in the handling of manu- scripts this magazine assumes no responsibility for their safety. Yearly subscription, 60 cents; single copy, 10 eents. . : comiclooks (©