Short Fiction Various: Past Masters 235, v1, 14 Sep 2025

[Pulpmeister]

24 short stories from authors famous and unknown, collected from magazines, original old anthologies, and newspaperes, amounting to around 100,000 words.

1: Justice / F. J. Randall
2: Review: The Green Hat, 1924 (Michael Arlen) / Terry Walker
3: The Legend / Anonymous
4: The Gray Wolf / George MacDonald
5: How Christmas Came to Flinders Court / Annie S. Swan
6: The Case of the Stolen Cipher / Scott Campbell
7: Security / Hilary Lofting
8: The Boomerang / Edward Woodward
9: The Mouse / Morley Roberts
10: The Fortune Teller / Edward Dyson
11: An Old Master / Lawrence B. Jupp
12: Tested For Service / J. L. Hornibrook
13: The Mystery of the Sand-Hills / R. Austin Freeman
14: Superstition / Mark Hellinger
15: The Phantom Death / W. Clarke Russell
16: Dick Turpin / Anonymous
17: All on a Springtide Day / J. S. Fletcher
18: Dot: A Reminiscence / George Hurdis Purves
19: The Haunted Photograph / Ruth McEnery Stuart
20: The Confidence King / Arthur B. Reeve
21: The Strangeness of Joab Lashmere / Edgar Wallace
22: The Purple Death / William Le Queux
23: Thrawn Janet / Robert Louis Stevenson
24: Rutherford The Twice-Born / Edwin L. Arnold

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[Thalassa]

Hi Terry,

Thank you for the latest collection, always a joy to see the series being continued!
FYI, the middle name of William Clark Russell (The Phantom Death) is misspelled in TOC, menu and story header (copy-paste effect, I guess) as Clarke [sic].

[Pulpmeister]

Thanks, Thalassa: yes, cut and paste is the culprit. Endless multiplication of an original typo!

[Thalassa]

Originally Posted by Pulpmeister

Thanks, Thalassa: yes, cut and paste is the culprit. Endless multiplication of an original typo!

Oh, I see, I thought it was just the three instances in this volume.

You are right, I just had a look and my cumulative TOC shows the misspelling in volumes 186, 198, 218 and 235. OK, 3 typos each in 4 volumes multiplied by 3 formats makes 36 time-consuming corrections across 12 files -- I can understand if you consider this a bit of an overkill of time you could use for new compilations.

Anyway, I'm sure William Clark Russell won't turn in his grave just because of that typo in his name. You are giving him much recognition by including him in your collections.

Thanks again for treating us with this fine series, much appreciated.