Short Fiction Various: Past Masters 272, v1, 18 Sep 2026

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This issue has an interesting assortment, from literary authors such as F Scott Fitzgerald, Temple Bailey and Arnold Bennett, fantasy from Arthur Leo Zagat and Edgar Allan Poe, humour from Robert Benchley, Lennie Lower and Edward Dyson, not to mention romance, adventure and Mystery. All in the Life+70 years public domain.

1: Outside the Cabinet-Maker's / F. Scott Fitzgerald
2: The Hidden Land / Temple Bailey
3: Utilising Broom's Spook / Edward Dyson
4: The Park Lane Mystery / J. S. Fletcher
5: The Dear Dead Table d'Hôte Days / Robert Benchley
6: The Episode in Room 222 / Arnold Bennett
7: Marie Celeste / Beatrice Redpath
8: The Man with no Voice / A. St John Adcock
9: The Dream Snake / Robert E. Howard
10: The Cask of Amontillado / Edgar Allan Poe
11: The White Cell / Gregory Hay
12: The Fordwych Castle Mystery / Baroness Orczy
13: D, My Name is Death / Arthur Leo Zagat
14: One Man Died / Norbert Davis
15: The Reclamation of Joe Hollends/ Robert Barr
16: Partly 34 Years Old / Booth Tarkington
17: Empty Bottles / Raymond S. Spears
18: Horse and Buggy Daze / Lennie Lower
19: The Prompter / Ernest O'Ferrall
20: A Student of the Obvious / "Sapper"
21: The Duel on the Beach / Rafael Sabatini
22: Mrs. Peter Skeffington's Revenge / "Sapper"

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