Publisher's Synopsis
Editor John Gregory Betancourt has assembled a witch's dozen -- 13 -- tales from the classic pulp magazines of the early 20th Century in this collection by long-lost pulp writer John D. Swain. Swain's powerful characterizations always raised his stories above other tales, and these selections will not disappoint readers new to his work.
Included in this volume are are: "Lucifer" (Weird Tales, November 1923). "The Affair at Baker's Bluff" (All-Story Weekly, November 27,1922). "The Old Man of the Sea" (Argosy Weekly, June 8, 1918). "The Goat of Dolores Valdez" (The All-Story Magazine, October 1912). "The Getaway" (Munsey's Magazine, March 1921). "The Fist in Pacifist" (Argosy Allstory Weekly, July 1, 1922). "The Cipher" (All-Story Weekly, May 18, 1918). "The Fascination of Guilt" (Munsey's Magazine, August 1919). "Robbing the Roost" (Detective Story Magazine, April 15, 1922). "Nearly a Football Team" (The Cavalier, November 15, 1913). "Desperate Measures" (All-Story Weekly, November 30, 1918). "Hunger" (Weird Tales, October 1927 issue). "The Moon-Calves" (Argosy Allstory Weekly, August 5, 1922).
