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10-Story Detective, November 1942
· November 1942

This November 1942 issue of *10-Story Detective* contains ten crime and mystery stories. The lead novelette is W. D. Rough's "Memo from the Murdered," featuring F.B.I. agent Ashley Bly investigating Fifth Columnists and sabotage at a New York newspaper, with the missing publisher M. M. Macollum at the story's center. Other notable stories include: J. Lone Linklafer's "Satan's Payroll" about a man seeking employment; Leonard Lupton's "Big Top Kill-Ride" set in circus milieu; Charlie Fuller's "The Case of Chips Galway"; Norman A. Daniels's novelette "Curse of the Bleeding Stone" featuring protagonist Kerrigan in a mystery involving murder; and works by Clifford D. Clevenger, Ralph Berard, David M. Norman, Edward W. Ludwig, and Charles Larson. The stories are predominantly detective and crime-focused narratives with elements of espionage, murder investigation, and criminal enterprise.
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