Short Fiction Various: Short Stories Sampler 2. V1. 12 Feb 2012

[crutledge]

Short Stories Magazine
Short Stories Magazine was one of the most important, and most successful, of the pulp magazines, running for a massive 1114 issues over a period of 70 years, although the last six of those years saw it first shrink to a digest and then expand, briefly, to a slick "men's magazine".
A British reprint edition was published from 1920 to 1955, and then briefly revived in 1958/59. There were also an unknown number of a Canadian reprint edition.

THE BLUE BEETLE—H. BEDFORD-JONES

Gambling with death in collecting fines for a Chinese governor

FORGOTTEN OF GOD—HOUSTON DAY

Corporal Or Corpse—in The Foreign Legion

PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL—DUANE HOPKINS

Of all Trains for a Hobo to Pick to Ride the Rods on—the Presidential Special!

RENDEZVOUS—H. BEDFORD-JONES

As the French Agent said to the Young American, “Burke, you are a Scoundrel, a Rascal— and I have a Certain Respect for you.”

BLACK JOHN THINKS FAST—JAMES B. HENDRYX

A Strange Sourdough Arrives on Halfaday, and—

THIRTEEN HEADS—HERMAN PETERSEN

Warrington Had Sworn to BeatThat Evil Island or Bust.

Corporal Downey Cracks a Case—JAMES B. HENDRYX

With the Able Assistance of Black John Smith, Esq., of Halfaday Creek, Yukon Territory—

COUNTRY BOY—KARL DETZER

It’s One Thing to be Laughed at, but Another to Solve a Murder Case that Had the Detroit Police Stopped

THE PEKING PARROT—WALTER C. BROWN

When Peking Court Was Dubbed “Dead Man’s Alley” the Chinatown Squad Had to Do Something about Its Sinister Reputation