Short Fiction Various: Past Masters 261, v1, 21 May 2026

[Pulpmeister]

Around 100,000 words as usual, 24 short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain. I have included 3 stories by one author, one under his own name, the other two under two of his many pseudonyms.

1: The Baumoff Explosive / William Hope Hodgson
2: The Assyrian Rejuvenator / Clifford Ashdown
3: The Scented Tropics / "Tauwarra"
4: The Parish Magazine / Arthur Conan Doyle
5: The Sapphire Goddess / Nictzin Dyalhis
6: The Jewelled Skull / Dick Donovan
7: The Ghost From the Sea / J. E. P. Muddock
8: The Harmless Satyr / Warwick Deeping
9: The Cost of Wings / Richard Dehan
10: A Cock-fight at Scanlan's / Edward S. Sorenson
11: Zone of Quiet / Ring Lardner
12: Saved at the Post / Con Drew
13: His Free Lunch / "Billy T"
14: A Stupid Ghost / Edward Dyson
15: A Catspaw / Ward Edson
16: Hunter Quatermain's Story / H. Rider Haggard
17: Rat Poison / George A. Birmingham
18: A Death in the Desert / Willa Cather
19: From a Dead Mans Skull / "Tauwarra"
20: Lord Exenham Causes a Sensation / Edgar Wallace
21: The Guardian of the Reef / T.C. Bridges
22: The Convent on the Dunes / Katharine Tynan
23: A Favorite Son / Mark Hellinger
24: Twin Souls / Harold Mercer

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