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Clean crazy

W. C. Tuttle

Hen Peck tells of life on the Cross J ranch in Montana with Telescope Tolliver, Muley Bowles, and Chuck Warner, a rough quartet marked by humor, tall talk, and constant trouble. The story centers on their banter about cleanliness and a proposed swim at a secluded hole near Tin Cup Creek, then shifts to the news that Sheriff McFee is hunting two nude men who escaped after attacking him during transport. Their reactions and quarrels frame the ranch crew’s comic world.

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The looker-on

William Le Queux

A London reporter and a celebrated special correspondent discuss the demands of newspaper work, the handling of crime stories, and the difference between sensational copy and official truth. Their conversation turns to a mysterious affair already being featured in the evening paper and to the reporter’s ties with Scotland Yard. It also touches on the reporter’s feelings for Daisy Marvin, the daughter of the news editor, and on the risks and unsettled routines of press life.

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The flying buccaneer

Jack Binns

Set in a future aviation world, this adventure opens with the destruction of the transpacific mail airship Langley by a mysterious aerial pirate. The incident is reported through newspaper and wireless accounts, describing masked airmen, cannon fire, the loss of valuable cargo, and the rescue of passengers and crew by a passing steamer. The story centers on officials in the Air Department as they confront an act of piracy unlike anything in ordinary modern travel.

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Silver .41

W. C. Tuttle

Newly elected Sheriff Skeeter Bill Sarg meets a stranger in Moon River County who proves a silver dollar is counterfeit and explains that a hidden operation in Moon River Valley has been producing bad money. The man, Frank Moran, says he has been working the case alone for the Government and asks the sheriff for help, while deputy Kaintuck Kennedy offers his own rough ideas about finding the counterfeits. The story centers on a sheriffing case involving counterfeit money, a federal investigation, and the difficulty of tracing the source of the coins.

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By foul means

Patrick Leyton

In this mystery set around Scotland and the world of smuggling, Frank Daneham tells a friend a secret he has kept for years about a wartime tragedy tied to Dominic Arden, his wife Hermione, and Colonel Bessington. The story begins in a London restaurant, where Hermione Rodenberg, a wealthy widow, is identified as the woman at the center of the mystery, and Daneham starts recounting events from 1917 that led to a death and a possible crime. The chapter list also points to investigators, hidden caches, and a journey connected with smugglers and suspicious behavior.

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Salt of the Earth

W. C. Tuttle

W. C. Tuttle’s western short story follows Ike Harper and his tall partner Magpie as they take on odd jobs to buy grubstake money and drift through rough mining country. Around Painted Post, a thinly inhabited camp, they mix with other down-on-their-luck prospectors, trade talk about gold, drink, and law trouble, and meet two strangely dressed newcomers who draw their attention. The tale is told in a humorously rough frontier voice and centers on miners, trade, and survival.

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Forever is so long

John Jakes

In a future New Chicago shaped by rockets and interplanetary travel, Frank Ridley returns from a year in the hospital after taking part in a secret experiment by Dr. Lord. The treatment has given him longevity, but it leaves him estranged from ordinary life and haunted by the woman he loves, Virginia Halloran. When he meets her again, he must face whether their relationship can survive the secret in his body and the difference between his long life and human brevity.

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As holy and enchanted

Kris Neville

This fantasy story follows Nick, a garage worker whose Sunday spring walks through a quiet park awaken hopes of something wonderful. There he encounters Mona, a graceful young woman whose beauty and warmth leave him uneasy and deeply moved, setting up an intense and uncertain attraction between them.

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Hunt the red roe

John Jakes

On Venus, Regan is a professional hunter trying to earn enough money to leave, even though he feels uneasy about a job he has agreed to take. Mrs. Holloway, a wealthy Terran bored with ordinary game, hires him to guide her after the sacred red roebuck, a rare animal protected by Venusian belief. As Regan prepares for the hunt, his doubts deepen when an old holy man denounces him as a defiler.

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Survivor

Jr. Irving E. Cox

Vernon Randall Hume, a corporation lawyer and father of three, is trapped on a devastated Earth during an alien invasion by gray, mechanized soldiers. Exhausted and injured, he hides in a swamp after witnessing the killing of a woman, while memories of his previous life and family keep breaking through his fear. The story follows his struggle to survive in a ruined landscape where distance, hunger, and terror no longer feel familiar.

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The agent

Stephen Marlowe

Mike, an out-of-work crooner, hears that Vera has been placed by a mysterious new agent and goes with her to a remote office in Pennsylvania. Inside, he finds a strange gathering of struggling performers and meets the Quoron brothers, whose talent agency seems to operate from an isolated, highly unusual setting. The story centers on his hope that this odd operation can get him back into show business.

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There is confusion

Jessie Redmon Fauset

Set in African American domestic life across Virginia and New York, the book follows Joel Marshall, the son of people marked by slavery, as he turns childhood dreams of greatness into work, business, and church standing. It also shows his marriage, his wife’s modest outlook, and the birth of a son whose name becomes a point of disagreement because of Joel’s hopes for the child’s future.

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Hair-Trigger Hollibaugh

W. C. Tuttle

A weary gold prospector named Comanche Cal gives up on a shallow, worked-out claim after finding no color in the pan. He is then confronted by an exhausted stranger who is leading his burro, claims to be wanted, and identifies himself as a Hollibaugh, a family known for taking what they want. Their exchange turns into a dry, ironic partnership as the stranger suggests they travel together and even talks about going after the sheriff.

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The curse of gold

W. C. Tuttle

Set in Piperock, Montana, this western follows Sheriff Magpie Simpkins and his companion Ike Harper as they deal with the town’s talk about law enforcement and the pressure to act against local outlaws. A sudden gunfight in town brings the Piegan Kid into view during an attempted robbery at the Cattlemen’s bank, and Magpie and Ike are drawn into the chase after him. The story centers on their rough-and-ready pursuit and the comic, dangerous burdens of Magpie’s office.

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Day's work

Noel M. Loomis

In a vast galactic council of gods, Dalen proposes creating a new biped species, despite the resistance of the senior god Mogar. Mogar argues that physical beings are self-destructive and should not be trusted with life, while Dalen quietly insists that intelligence should be joined with sentiment. The story centers on their conflict over whether such a creation should be allowed in the IX Galaxy.

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