Short Fiction Various: Past Masters 270, v1, 22 Aug 2026

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20 short stories in the Life + 70 yrs public domain, collected from newspapers and magazines and other sources, amounting to some 100,000 words.
Romance from Ruby M Ayres, strange from Lovecraft, Northcote and, surprisingly, from whodunnit author J S Fletcher; and the rest a mixed bag.

1: Denny Goes the Rounds / Randolph Bedford
2: The New Generation / Beatrice Redpath
3: Four Men at Peace / H. Bedford-Jones
4: "Skittles" / Richard Marsh
5: Treasure Trove in Time / David Wright O'Brien
6: Mama Knows Best / Mark Hellinger
7: Stranded / Harold Mercer
8: A Pleasant Evening / Robert W. Chambers
9: The Big Bolt / Edward Dyson
10: Playing With Marked Cards / Robert Barr
11: The Vanishing Diamonds / M. McDonnell Bodkin
12: Monsters at Play / Arthur Leo Zagat
13: Sister Anne / "Tauwarra"
14: The Downs / Amyas Northcote
15: Pickman's Model / H. P. Lovecraft
16: The Tapping at the Window / Edward Dyson
17: Nobodies / Ruby M. Ayres
18: The Flat on the Fourth Floor / J. S. Fletcher
19: "With Interest To Date" / Randolph Bedford
20: Blundell's Defection / W. Pett Ridge

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