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10 Story Book, August 1938

1938 · Free to read

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About this issue

This August 1938 issue of 10-Story Book (Vol. 37, No. 3) contains multiple short stories. "Thief of Love" by Bob Brown follows Katisha, an unmanageable geisha at a Tokyo brothel, who receives visits from a mysterious phantom lover who enters and exits through barred windows. The Madame eventually discovers the lover is a circus performer—the Human Eel from a nearby sideshow who signals Katisha via midnight drum beats. Another story presents the first-person monologue of a cigarette describing its mistreatment across various locations from Shanghai to San Francisco. A third narrative, written in vernacular prose, depicts a working-class narrator meeting and courting a blonde woman at a bar, where he fights another patron who touches her. Additional stories listed in the contents include "Murder in the Bronx" by Clara Chanin, "The Revenge of Sarras" by George Bronson-James, and "The Mixed-Up Case of Jasper Leigh" by James L. Dilley.

In this issue

“BLONDE TO BRUNETTE” by Jay Dee · p.31
“THE MIXED-UP CASE OF JASPERLEIGH” by James L. Dilley · p.32
“SIMPLE METHOD” by Fundus · p.35
“AND HE WENT!” by Dardin Soo · p.41
“THE REVENGE OF SARRAS” by George Bronson-James · p.42
“BEAUTY—ADORNED A BIT” · p.49
“NOT HARD ON ANY MAN'S EXUS” · p.53
“SOMETIMES FRANK SHE WAS!” by Freeburn · p.55
“THIEF OF LOVE” by Bob Brown
“A TRAGIC TRAGEDY INDEED” by Kay Bee
“LITTLE BLACK CAT” by Tamuhsohd
“A TABLOID NEWSPAPER” · feature
“GLOSSARY” by Kenneth P. Wood · feature
“GREEK RUINS” by Theis Roberts
“MURDER IN THE BRONX” by Clara Chanin
“QUICK—IF NOT QUICKER” by Parsons
“SURPRISE FOR EILEEN” by Olga Tamuhsohd
“MEN WILL BE MEN” by Dun Dox
“JAKOB'S WIFE” by Chester Chatfield
“ANYBODY CAN WRITE A SEX NOVEL” by Jack Woodford · article

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