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Best Stories Title changed from Best Stories of All Time.

Best Stories [v5 #1, July 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 5 · The Education of Billy Stream · Frederick William Wallace · ss Adventure July 1916 23 · The Stroke of the Hour · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss The Strand Magazine January 1906 32 · Fly to the Desert, Fly with Me · Thomas More · pm (r) 33 · Between the Eyes · Albert Payson Terhune · ss The Elks Magazine September 1922 42 · The Nantucket Skipper · James Thomas Fields · pm (r) 43 · Through the Ether [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss Action Stories November 1922 53 · The Little White Feather · [uncredited] · ss (r) from The London Hawk. 57 · Blow Up with the Brig! · Wilkie Collins · ss Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline by Wilkie Collins, Richard Bentley and Son, 1873 revised from “The Ghost in the Cupboard Room” (All the Year Round, Christmas 1859). 65 · Jack Long, or Shot in the Eye · [uncredited] · ss American Whig Review 81 · Tell It to Sweeney! · John A. Moroso · ss (r) 89 · The Man Who Was Dead · H. C. Wire · ss The Blue Book Magazine February 1925 99 · The Facts of M. Valdemar’s Case · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845, as “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” 105 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 5 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

Best Stories [v5 #2, August 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson & John Locke. 6 · The Sailor’s Consolation · William Pitt · pm Sea Songs and Ballads by Dibdin and Others, Bell and Daldy, 1863 7 · Adventures of Buffalo Bill · Buffalo Bill · bg 1916 26 · The Height of the Ridiculous · Oliver Wendell Holmes · pm The Collegian 1830, uncredited. 27 · The Jinx of the Shandon Belle · Roy de S. Horn · ss Collier’s September 30 1922 36 · Pack Rat Springs the Trap · Alma & Paul Ellerbe · ss Collier’s October 4 1924 45 · The Payment of Quinn’s Debt · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure August 1912 58 · “Petrel” and “The Black Swan” · John K. Leys, uncredited · ss The Cornhill Magazine December 1890, as “The “Petrel” and the Slaver” 63 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1892, as “The Adventure of Silver Blaze” 79 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly August 1868 86 · The Killer [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ts Midnight Mystery Stories January 6 1923 95 · In the House of Suddhoo · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette April 30 1886, as “Section 420, I.P.C.” 100 · The Private of the Buffs · Sir Francis Doyle · pm The Return of the Guards, and Other Poems by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, Macmillan, 1866 101 · Loans [Charles Captain] · May Edginton · ss Pearson’s Magazine (US) December 1913 111 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 6 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

Best Stories [v5 #3, September 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 6 · The Widow of Simpson’s Bar · Bret Harte · ar (r) 7 · Narcissus · Horatio Winslow · nv All-Story Weekly October 14 1916 30 · The Ostrich Punching of Arroyo Al · Arthur Chapman, uncredited · pm Out Where the West Begins by Arthur Chapman, Houghton Mifflin, 1917 31 · The Error of the Day · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1906 40 · The Singing Skipper · James W. Bennett · ss Short Stories February 25 1923 50 · The Old Navy · Captain Marryat · pm from Snarley-Yow, Henry Colburn, 1837 51 · The Price of Greed · H. C. Wire · ss Short Stories September 10 1923 61 · The Whaler · Frederick William Wallace · nv Adventure October 1915 79 · The Sealed Flask [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss Secret Service Smith by R. T. M. Scott, Dutton, 1923 88 · The Rescue of the Plum-Duff · Captain Roland F. Coffin · ss (r); given as by Captain Ronald G. Coffin. from Collected Sketches. 91 · The Mad Marabout · G. G. Pendarves · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine September 1924 106 · Following the Sea · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Dod Grile, George Routledge and Sons, 1874, as by Dod Grile 109 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 7 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878

Best Stories [v5 #4, October 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 144pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson & John Locke. 10 · When Golf Struck Cactus Center · [uncredited] · pm (r) 11 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 1 of 4] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly May 11 1918 33 · All in the Game · George Weston · ss All-Story Weekly July 31 1915 41 · The Adventure of the Dying Detective [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Collier’s November 22 1913 51 · The Gentility of Ikey Blumendall · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure June 1914 67 · 3 Collar Buttons [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss (r) 75 · The Charmed Life [Part 1 of 2] · Achmed Abdullah · nv All-Story Weekly September 22 1917 96 · The Flying Norseman · Roy de S. Horn · ss Collier’s September 2 1922 105 · The Turtle in the Whirlpool · Alma & Paul Ellerbe · ss The Novel Magazine February 1924 115 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 8 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

Best Stories [v5 #5, November 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 10 · When Maclaren Foozled Out · [uncredited] · ms 11 · General Sheridan’s Indian Campaign · Buffalo Bill · ss (r) 24 · Chiquita · Bret Harte · ar Overland Monthly March 1870 25 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine April 1904 40 · Hard Luck Finnegan · Frederick William Wallace · ss Adventure February 1914 49 · The Charmed Life [Part 2 of 2] · Achmed Abdullah · nv All-Story Weekly September 22 1917 70 · “When the Swallows Homeward Fly” · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss The Delineator December 1905 77 · The Emerald Coffin [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss Detective Tales April/May 1923 85 · The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine November 1845 96 · The Lost Camel · [uncredited] · ms 97 · The Clash · Konrad Bercovici · ss All-Story Weekly May 31 1919 101 · No Excitement [Buck Leonard] · J. Frank Davis · ss The Popular Magazine October 20 1916 111 · A Blessed Lie · Vingie E. Roe · ss The All-Story Magazine November 1906 117 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 2 of 4] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly May 18 1918

Pioneer Tales Title changed from Best Stories. Publishers: Metropolitan Publishers, Inc.; Chicago, IL: Pioneer Tales. Editors: Samuel Bierman - Editor: Pioneer Tales.

Pioneer Tales [v5 #6, February 1928] (20¢, 136pp+, pulp, cover by Regina und Ludwig) 10 · The Man Who Borrowed a Reputation · John Fleming Wilson · nv All-Story Weekly November 11 1916 35 · El Dorado · [uncredited] · ms 36 · A Ballad of Being Broke · Frank Lillie Pollock · pm The Smart Set October/November 1900 37 · The Quest of the Golden Fleece · Hugh Clifford · nv Malayan Monochromes by Sir Hugh Clifford, John Murray, 1913 50 · The Hunting Leopard · [uncredited] · ms 51 · The Outcasts of Poker Flats [John Oakhurst] · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly January 1869 58 · Three Card Monte’s Christmas Carol · Sam Davis · ss (r) 62 · A Luscious Repast · [uncredited] · ms 63 · The Adventures of John Bell—Ghost-Exposer: 1. The Mystery of the Circular Chamber [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine June 1897 76 · An Australian Stick-Up · [uncredited] · ms 77 · When the Desert Laughed · H. C. Wire · ss Short Stories February 25 1923 87 · His Last Shot [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss (r) 96 · The Thugs · [uncredited] · ms 97 · Ship Shape · R. de S. Horn · ss Short Stories June 10 1922; given as by R. de S. Horne. 106 · A Tiger Story · [uncredited] · ms 107 · Yerut the Dwarf · Max Pemberton · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine July 1897 117 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 3 of 4] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly May 25 1918

Pioneer Tales [v6 #1, April 1928] (20¢, 136pp+, trimmed pulp) 10 · Lure of the North · Chart Pitt · pm The Cavalier January 3 1914 11 · Bulldog Carney [Bulldog Carney] · W. A. Fraser · nv Bulldog Carney by William Fraser, McClelland & Stewart, 1919 30 · An Unusual Whaling Incident · [uncredited] · ms 31 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1) 39 · The Spider of Guyana · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss The Strand Magazine January 1899 translated from the French (“L’araignée-crabe”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860). 45 · A Fearful Fifteen Minutes · [uncredited] · ms 46 · The Strange Narrative of A. Gordon Pym [Part 1 of 3] · Edgar Allan Poe · n. Harper & Brothers, 1838, as “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket” 62 · Roman Gladiators · [uncredited] · ms 63 · The Madness of Mr. Lister · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1898 69 · Stories of Monte Carlo: 1. The Man with the Claws · William Le Queux · ss Cassell’s Magazine December 1898 76 · Flying-Fish · [uncredited] · ms 77 · That Receding Brow · Max Brand · nv All-Story Weekly February 15 1919 99 · The Bushrangers · [uncredited] · ms 100 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894 105 · The Adventures of John Bell—Ghost-Exposer: 2. The Warder of the Door [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine July 1897 115 · A Typical Buccaneer Raid · [uncredited] · ms 116 · The Looting of the Convoy · Walter Wood · ss The Strand Magazine December 1898 122 · An Australian Episode · [uncredited] · ms 123 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 4 of 4] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly June 1 1918

Pioneer Tales [v6 #2, May 1928] (20¢, 136pp+, trimmed pulp) 10 · The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard: 1. How the Brigadier Won His Medal [Brigadier Gerard] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1894, as “The Medal of Brigadier Gerard” 27 · The Sure Thing · Ben Ames Williams · ss All-Story Weekly September 9 1916 35 · Stories of Monte Carlo: 2. The Vengeance of Mother Viau · William Le Queux · ss Cassell’s Magazine January 1899 43 · Knockout Nolan · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The Argosy November 1915 51 · The Lake of Long Dreams · H. A. Lamb · nv All-Story Weekly December 7 1918 69 · A Shot at Twelve Paces · J. T. Greene · ss (r) 78 · A Night in an Old Castle · G. P. R. James · ss Eva St Clair & Other Collected Tales by G. P. R. James, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1843 88 · False Colors · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine January 1899 94 · The Adventures of John Bell—Ghost-Exposer: 3. The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv Cassell’s Family Magazine August 1897 105 · In the Avu Observatory · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 9 1894 110 · The Phantom Horse · S. K. Palmer · ss (r) 119 · The Strange Narrative of A. Gordon Pym [Part 2 of 3] · Edgar Allan Poe · n. Harper & Brothers, 1838, as “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket”

Pioneer Tales [v6 #3, June 1928] (20¢, 136pp+, trimmed pulp, cover by Norman Kamps) 8 · The Beautiful White Devil · Guy Boothby · ss 1896 21 · Bulldog Carney’s Alibi [Bulldog Carney] · W. A. Fraser · ss The Popular Magazine April 20 1919 33 · A Man and Some Others · Stephen Crane · ss The Century Magazine February 1897 40 · The Strange Case of the Montana Grizzly [Matthew Quin, Wild Beast Agent] · William Murray Graydon · ss The Argosy March 1898 47 · A Nightmare of the Doldrums · W. Clark Russell · ss The Strand Magazine August 1892 56 · Jim Brownell · Francis E. Hamilton · ss Munsey’s Magazine February 1893; given as by E. Hamilton. 61 · The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard: 2. How the Brigadier Held the King [Brigadier Gerard] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine April 1895 75 · The Vagrant’s Chum · Burt Arnold · pm Munsey’s Magazine March 1893 76 · A Canadian Episode · Hinton McMillan · vi Munsey’s Magazine October 1892 79 · Stories of Monte Carlo: 3. An Entirely New “System” · William Le Queux · ss Cassell’s Magazine February 1899 84 · A Question of Habit · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine April 1899 90 · The Strange Narrative of A. Gordon Pym [Part 3 of 3] · Edgar Allan Poe · n. Harper & Brothers, 1838, as “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket” 97 · The Spoil of the Puma · Gilbert Parker · ss The Cosmopolitan May 1893 107 · The Empire of the Ants · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1905 115 · The Chamber of Terror [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss (r); probably a reprint of “How Siva Spoke” (Cassell’s Family Magazine October 1897) or possibly “To Prove an Alibi” (Cassell’s Family Magazine November 1897). 127 · A Hot Trail · Powhatan Clarke, U.S.A. · ts The Cosmopolitan October 1894

Pioneer Tales [v6 #4, July 1928] (Metropolitan Publishers, Inc., 20¢, pulp) Subtitled “An All-Western Magazine”. Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. · [story heads] · Harold Detje · il · [story heads] · Richard Lillis · il 6 · “Front-Name” Dick · Montague Stevens · ss The Cosmopolitan March 1897 22 · Seven Pieces of Gold · Robert T. Shannon · ss 27 · Close Shootin’ · Joseph T. Shaw · ss 33 · A Tale of Montana Bill · Arthur Stringer · ss 40 · Owners Up [Bulldog Carney] · W. A. Fraser · nv The Popular Magazine June 20 1919 66 · Like Soldiers All · Tom Hall · ss Munsey’s Magazine June 1898 71 · The Fight at the Yellow Dog · John D. Swain · ss The Cavalier July 13 1912 77 · Memoirs of Buffalo Bill · Buffalo Bill · bg (r); possibly an extract from Memories of Buffalo Bill by Louisa Frederici Cody, D. Appleton, 1919. 89 · When Sancho Swapped · Paul Bailey · ss The Argosy June 15 1918 94 · A Drift from Redwood Camp · Bret Harte · ss Scribner’s Magazine December 1887 105 · “Alabama” Joe · A. C. Doyle · ss London Society Christmas 1880, as “The American’s Tale”, uncredited.

American Pioneer Tales Title changed from Pioneer Tales.

American Pioneer Tales [v6 #5, August 1928] (Metropolitan Publishers, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Subtitled “Adventure of the old and new frontier”. Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 3 · Prisoners of Esther · J. M. Hoffman · nv 33 · The Painted Lizard · Frederick Simpich · ss 43 · The Headless Horseman [Part 1 of ?] · Captain Mayne Reid · sl Richard Bentley, 1866 75 · The Keeper of Waters · Morley Roberts · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1897 81 · The Hollow in the Rocks · A. W. Whitehouse · ss The Black Cat July 1899, as “The Hollow in the Red Rocks” 85 · Spanish Gold · Frank Bailey Millard · ss 93 · The Race for Boiling Water · Francis Lynde · ss 103 · Famous American Mysteries · Albert Payson Terhune · ar 113 · The Moqui Snake Dance · [uncredited] · ar 116 · Seven Blue Doves [Bulldog Carney] · W. A. Fraser · nv The Popular Magazine July 7 1919 (+1) 142 · The Man Who Came to Town · Charles Dudley Rhodes · ss