A complete issue · 192 pages · 1925
Short Stories, June 10, 1925
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1925 — all 192 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 192 pages · 1925
This issue of Short Stories magazine (June 10, 1925) contains ten fiction pieces. The lead story is "Chugwater Wallie" by Clem Yore, a Western tale of a man hired for dangerous work who arrives in a valley and is immediately shot at. The issue features diverse genres: "The Cricket" by Holman Day, "Peavy Work" by Clay Perry (likely outdoor adventure fiction), "The Ghost of the Golconda" Part 1 by William N. Vaile (a Western mystery), "The Mid-Watch Tragedy" by Vincent Starrett (nautical fiction), "Under the Mating Moon" by T. von Ziekursch, "Head Work" by Walbridge Dudley, "The Prophet of Pinto Mesa" by Kenneth Perkins, "Tempered with Mercy" by Eric Howard, "Song Power" by Magruder Maury, and "Blue Overalls" by Clement Wood. The issue also advertises the next issue's complete novel Haskell of the Dug-Out Hills by Frank C. Robertson.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.