Short Fiction Various: Past Masters 123, v1, 12 April 2023

[Pulpmeister]

25 short stories in several genres, all in the Life + 70 public domain, gathered from newspapers and magazines and in many cases republished here for the first time. I have added thumbnail sized images of authors where I could find them. It is surprising that an author as prolific, and as long-lived, as Fred Merrick White, has but one picture on the internet, and not a very good one, while another, as well known as Owen Oliver, has none. That is because he was a career British Civil Servant, Sir Johsua Albert Flynn, KCB; but I couldn't find a picture of Flynn, either!

1: On the Film / Richard Marsh
2: Narcotic Man / Frederick C. Painton
3: Vampire / Jan Neruda
4: A Castle in Spain / Katharine Tynan
5: The Last Expedition / Richard Dehan
6: Titbottom's Spectacles / George William Curtis
7: Sage-Brush Sally's Mother / Mulloy Finnegan
8: Billy / J. J. Bell
9: The Curtain / J. J. Bell
10: Retribution / "Propellor"
11: Easy Going / Bill Bowyang
12: Celia and the Ghost / Barry Pain
13: The Unfamiliar / Richard Connell
14: Fooled! / Herbert Jamieson
15: Confession / Lizzie C. Reid
16: Opium / Freeman Sandom
17: Partners / Owen Oliver
18: The Avenger / J. F. Tilsley
19: By the Queen's Orders / Anonymous
20: The Studio / Robert Blatchford
21: The Chinese Apple / Marjorie Bowen
22: Jean Achard / C. Lart
23: Blind Chance / Fred Merrick White
24: Another Johnnie / John Strange Winter
25: We'll Never be Rich! / Stephen Vincent Benét

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