Argosy All-Story Weekly, April 28, 1928

About this issue

This issue of Argosy-All Story Weekly contains a mix of serials and complete stories across multiple genres. The featured serial "Thieves' Market" by Judson Philips and Boyden Sparkes concerns a war ace investigating a case that baffled police; additional serials include John Wilstach's "Rope Neckties" (a vengeance tale set on the frontier), Fred MacIsaac's "Red Hot" (about keeping a convict contained), and C.C. Waddell's "Damming Hairpin Canon" (dam construction intrigue). Complete stories feature Howard Dwight Smiley's novelette "Fired and Hired" (about a wandering ranch hand), Chief Henry Red Eagle's "Scissored" (conflict between white settlers and Native Americans), and several short stories including pieces by Lester Raymond Cash, Gordon Stiles, Rose Henderson, and G.G. Pendarves covering varied themes from sales to adventure and mystery. The issue also includes a poem by Wilfred Lindsay.

In this issue

• “Thieves' Market” by Judson Philips and Boyden Sparkes · serial · p.434
• “Fired and Hired” by Howard Dwight Smiley · p.456
• “Rope Neckties” by John Wilstach · serial · p.472
• “Buried Treasure Cannot Compete” by Wilfred Lindsay · poem · p.493
• “Scissored” by Chief Henry Red Eagle · p.494
• “Red Hot” by Fred MacIsaac · serial · p.507
• “The Proper Approach” by Lester Raymond Cash · p.524
• “Damning Hairpin Canon” by C. C. Waddell · serial · p.532
• “A Swell Hiding Place” by Gordon Stiles · p.549
• “Just Relax, Please” by Rose Henderson · p.556
• “The Ruler of Zem-Zem” by G. G. Pendarves · p.564