Short Fiction Various: Past Masters 263, v1, 15 Jun 2026

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20 short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, from sf to weird to drama to humour.

1: The Black Dog of Bareina / Beatrice Grimshaw
2: The Outwitting of Pony Nelson / Edgar Wallace
3: The Problem of the Stolen Rubens / Jacques Futrelle
4: The First Newspaper / Stephen Leacock
5: A Very Drunken Ghost / Ernest Favenc
6: A Sailor's Ghost / Anonymous
7: Those Who Wait / Ethel M. Dell
8: The Dark Spectacles / William le Queux
9: The Bright Eyes of Danger / W. Bert Foster
10: The Dead-Alive / Nat Schachner & Arthur Leo Zagat
11: The Woolen Mitten Situation / Robert Benchley
12: The Last Round / K. and Hesketh Prichard
13: The Gland Men of the Island / Max Afford
14: A Mild Mutiny / John Arthur Barry
15: The Sophisticated Young Man / Stella Benson
16: A Hindered Honeymoon / Richard Dehan
17: A Falling Out / Kenneth Grahame
18: Down But Not Out / C. S. Montanye
19: Gold Standard / Mark Hellinger
20: The Instrument of Destiny / J. D. Beresford

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