A replica of the December 1950 issue of CRIME FICTION STORIES digest magazine featuring PARTING GIFT by Frank Ward. "He had a murder planned, but something else was brewing." HATE CALLS THE TUNE by Clive Criswell, GEMS GLOW WITH BLOOD by Joseph Commings, ICE FROM A CORPSE by Ed Barcelo, HOW DEAD CAN YOU GET? by Charles Beckman, Jr., AH, SWEET MYSTERY OF DEATH by Bryce Walton, MURDER COMES CALLING by Logan Legare, ODDS ARE ON DEATH by Ashley Calhoun, and THE CASE BOOK by Steve R. Bonner.