Haffner Press Publishing the Mystery Writing of Fredric Brown
Genre fans love to label things. There are good reasons and not-so-good reasons for doing so, but amidst the discussion, it’s easy to forget that sometimes science fiction writers write stories that aren’t science fiction. Case in point: Fredric Brown, classic science fiction author and (surprise!) mystery writer!
Haffner press is publishing the mystery works of Frederic Brown in two sweet-looking volumes. Here’s what’s in them:
Murder Draws a Crowd: The Collected Fredric Brown, Volume One
- “The Moon for a Nickel” (Detective Story Magazine, Mar. 38)
- “The Cheese on Stilts” (Thrilling Detective, Jan. 39)
- “Blood of the Dragon” (Variety Detective, Feb. 39)
- “There Are Bloodstains in the Alley” (Detective Yarns, Feb. 39)
- “Murder at 10:15” (Clues Detective Stories, May 39)
- “The Prehistoric Clue” (Ten Detective Aces, Jul. 40)
- “Trouble in a Teacup” (Detective Fiction Weekly, Jul-13-1940)
- “Murder Draws a Crowd” (Detective Fiction Weekly, Jul-27-1940)
- “Footprints on the Ceiling” (Ten Detective Aces, Sep. 40)
- “The Little Green Men” (The Masked Detective, Fall 1940)
- “Town Wanted” (Detective Fiction Weekly, Sep-7-1940)
- “Herbie Rides His Hunch” (Detective Fiction Weekly, Oct-19-1940)
- “The Stranger from Trouble Valley” (Western Short Stories, Nov. 40)
- “The Strange Sisters Strange” (Detective Fiction Weekly, Dec-28-1940)
- “How Tagrid Got There” (unpublished until 1986)
- “Fugitive Imposter” (Ten Detective Aces, Jan. 41)
- “The King Comes Home” (Thrilling Detective, Jan. 41)
- “Big-Top Doom” (Ten Detective Aces, Mar 41)
- “The Discontented Cows” (G-Men Detective, Mar. 41)
- “Life and Fire” (Detective Fiction Weekly, Mar-22-1941)
- “Big-League Larceny” (Ten Detective Aces, Apr. 41 [as by Jack Hobart])
- “Selling Death Short” (Ten Detective Aces, Apr. 41)
- “Client Unknown” (The Phantom Detective, Apr. 41)
- “Your Name in Gold” (The Phantom Detective, Jun. 41)
- “Here Comes the Hearse” (10-Story Detective, Jul. 41 [as by Allen Morse])
- “Six-Gun Song” (10-Story Detective, Jul. 41)
- “Star-Spangled Night” (Coronet, Jul. 41)
- “Wheels Across the Night” (G-Men Detective, Jul. 41)
- “Little Boy Lost” (Detective Fiction Weekly, Aug-2-1941)
- “Bullet for Bullet” (Western Short Stories, Oct. 41)
- “Listen to the Mocking Bird (NT) G-Men Detective, Nov. 41)
- “You’ll End Up Burning!” (Ten Detective Aces, Nov. 41)
- “Number Bug” (Exciting Detective, Winter 1941)
- “Thirty Corpses Every Thursday” (Detective Tales, Dec. 41)
- “Trouble Comes Double” (Popular Detective, Dec. 41)
- “Clue in Blue” (Thrilling Mystery, Jan. 42)
- “Death is a White Rabbit” (Strange Detective Mysteries, Jan. 42)
- “Twenty Gets You Plenty” (G-Men Detective Jan. 42)
- “Bloody Murder” (Detective Fiction, Jan-10-1942)
Appendix: Fredric Brown in Trade Magazines (Part One)
- The “V.O.N. Munchdriller” stories from The Michigan Well Driller
- The “Colonel Cluck” stories from The Michigan Well Driller and Independent Salesman
- The “Willie Skid” stories from Ford Dealer Service Bulletin
- The “Barnyard Bill” stories from Feedstuffs
- The “Homer Magus” stories from The Inventor
- The “Young Doctor Young” stories from The Layman’s Magazine
- “Movie Masquerade” from Hollywood Magazine
Death in the Dark: The Collected Fredric Brown, Volume Two
- “Little Apple Hard to Peel” (Detective Tales Feb. 42)
- “Death in the Dark” (Dime Mystery Mar. 42)
- “The Incredible Bomber” (G-Men Detective Mar. 42)
- “Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter” (Strange Detective Mysteries Mar. 42)
- “Twice-Killed Corpse” (Ten Detective Aces Mar. 42)
- “A Cat Walks” (Detective Story Magazine Apr. 42)
- “Mad Dog!” (Detective Book Magazine Spring 1942)
- “Moon Over Murder” (The Masked Detective Spring 1942)
- “Who Did I Murder?” (Detective Short Stories Apr. 42)
- “Murder in Furs” (Thrilling Detective May 42)
- “Suite for Flute and Tommy Gun” (Detective Story Magazine Jun. 42)
- “Three-Corpse Parlay” (Popular Detective Jun. 42)
- “A Date to Die” (Strange Detective Mysteries Jul. 42)
- “Red is the Hue of Hell” (Strange Detective Mysteries Jul. 42 [as by Felix Graham])
- “Two Biers for Two” (Clues Detective Stories Jul. 42)
- “You’ll Die Before Dawn” (Mystery Magazine Jul. 42)
- “Get Out of Town” (Thrilling Detective Sep. 42)
- “A Little White Lye” (Ten Detective Aces Sep. 42)
- “The Men Who Went Nowhere” (Dime Mystery Sep. 42)
- “Nothing Sinister” (Mystery Magazine Sep. 42)
- “The Numberless Shadows” (Detective Story Magazine Sep. 42)
- “Satan’s Search Warrant” (10-Story Detective Sep. 42)
- “Where There’s Smoke” (Black Book Detective Sep. 42)
- “Boner” (Popular Detective Oct. 42)
- “Legacy of Murder” (Exciting Mystery Oct. 42)
- “The Santa Claus Murders” (Detective Story Magazine Oct. 42)
- “Double Murder” (Thrilling Detective Nov. 42 [as by John S. Endicott])
- “A Fine Night for Murder” (Detective Tales Nov. 42)
- “Heil, Werewolf!” (Dime Mystery Nov. 42 [as by Felix Graham])
- “I’ll See You at Midnight” (Clues Detective Stories Nov. 42)
- “The Monkey Angle” (Thrilling Detective Nov. 42)
- “Satan One-and-a-Half” (Dime Mystery Nov. 42)
Appendix: “Fredric Brown in Trade Magazines” (Part Two)
- The “William Z. Williams”” stories from Excavating Engineer
- The “Feedum and Weep” stories from Feedstuffs