Publisher's Synopsis
Six exciting stories from the August 19, 1939 issue of DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY magazine!
Presented by Black Magazine [www.blackMaskMagazine.com] and iPulpFiction [www.iPulpFiction.com]
Launched in September 1924 by Frank A. Munsey, FLYNN'S was one of the most popular and longest running of all the detective pulps. It ran for more than 900 issues and 28 years under a variety of titles. It published stories by the likes of Agatha Christie and Erle Stanley Gardner, among others.
In June of 1928 it was renamed DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY and ran 14 years under that title, making this its most popular incarnation. While BLACK MASK MAGAZINE is considered the best of the mystery pulps, the 1929 O. Henry Memorial Awards listed 69 DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY stories as "notable," far outpacing the closest competitor's 21 mentions.
THE MAGIC OF KADJAWO by William Brandon
It took black magic to pierce the haunting mystery of the Lunpo, jewel of doom.
SUMMER'S ENDING by H. G. Winter
An old house, secluded in the backwoods of Vermont, a missing woman, and a dead man's brother... This can't end well.
DEATH CAN'T WAIT by Frederick C. Painton
Into the grim world of broken men came a slightly tarnished angel in ermine, to sow thousand-dollar bills-and death.
CORN WHISKEY MURDERS by Wyatt Blassingame
"Welcome to Sanctity Key, mister. Hell's on a rampage and murder's been done, but maybe we can fetch you a snort anyhow!" It goes to prove that the cup that cheers can be the potion that poisons.
I'LL GET HIM, BOSS by H. H. Stinson
"He's a racketeer, a political boss, a gambling king-but he's always been a right guy to me, and that's good enough for my dough." That statement sums up Mac's feelings and explains his willingness to do anything, literally anything, his boss asks.
THE MYSTERY OF THE DISAPPEARING BOX by Joseph Fulling Fishman
Now you see it; now you don't! It's black magic, brother, and it's - blackmail! NOTE: The new volumes are not reproductions, but new edited and re-typeset preservations of pulp literature from 1927-1951.
