Argosy All-Story Weekly

This March 2, 1929 issue of All-Story Weekly features futuristic science fiction serials alongside adventure fiction. The lead serial is Ray Cummings's "The Sea Girl," set in 1990, where a young chief officer named Geoffry Grant and a passenger, the sensitive dreamer Arturo Plantet, investigate mysterious sinkings in the Pacific. A seemingly inexplicable disaster—the cargo ship Malaysia sinking with all hands lost—initiates their inquiry. Cummings establishes contrast between Grant's pragmatic, mechanical worldview and Plantet's romantic sensibility. The OCR text cuts off mid-scene, though context suggests investigation of the wrecks. Other serials include "The Blood of Morgan" (Nicaraguan intrigue), "The Way of the West" (range adventure), and "The Spectral Passenger" (horror at sea). Complete stories include "The Zero Hour," "Blood Gold," "Heritage of the Sea," and "The Arctic Legions."