The FictionMags Index

Contents Lists

The 20-Story Magazine [v10, #57, March 1927] (Odhams Press, Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp, cover by Charles Crombie) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Pop · T. T. Flynn · ss Adventure Mar 10 1926 15 · Not Quite as the Movies · Douglas Newton · ss 21 · £&QW!UHDR XC?K · Anthony Grey · ss 23 · A Hottentot’s God [Aubrey St. John Major] · L. Patrick Greene · nv Short Stories Feb 25 1927 36 · Papa Widdup’s Sea-Trip · C. Hedley Barker · ss 39 · Tying a Temperament to Thaddeus · Charles Divine · ss Argosy All-Story Weekly Apr 17 1926 44 · The Chinese Knife · Mildred Cram · ss Liberty Apr 24 1926 51 · Ship Love · David L. Smith · ss Sea Stories Jun 1927 57 · The Burden of Beauty · Adela Rogers St. Johns · ss Cosmopolitan Sep 1924 66 · A Fairy Tale · H. F. Maltby · ss 69 · The Socialist · Douglas Gordon · ss 75 · A Whiff of Romance · Norval Richardson · ss 83 · Le Preux Chevalier · Robert Magill · ss 85 · An Indigestion Love Lyric · Will Scott · ss 92 · The Thirty-Pound Peep · Geoffrey Williamson · ss 97 · The Outlaw of Timber Island · Charles G. Booth · ss Argosy All-Story Weekly Aug 28 1926 105 · Winning Madeline · E. R. Punshon · ss 112 · Room for Two · M. O. Sale · ss 115 · The Altar of Vengeance · Leslie Beresford · ss 121 · The Drums Are Beaten · F. A. M. Webster · ss

The 20-Story Magazine [v10, #58, April 1927] (Odhams Press, Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp, cover by Charles Crombie) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Godless Man · Achmed Abdullah · ss The Designer and The Woman’s Magazine Oct 1926 12 · I’ll Name a Dog · Beatrice Redpath · ss MacLean’s Jul 1 1926 21 · The Great Success · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss 27 · The House Without Escape · Anthony Grey · ss 29 · Witchcraft [Aubrey St. John Major] · L. Patrick Greene · nv 44 · The Power of Thought · Pearkes Withers · ss 47 · The Mystery of the Four Fleas · Will Scott · ss 55 · Salt · Evan Anglesea · ss Short Stories Mar 25 1927 62 · The Honourable Larry · Alfred Heard · ss 67 · Payment · Anthony Parsons · ss 73 · Sam Sam · T. T. Flynn · ss 85 · The Cabaret Crime · James Wedgwood Drawbell · ss 87 · The Noose · Leslie Beresford · ss 93 · A Little Gamble · Geoffrey Williamson · ss 99 · The Valet · “Martin” · ss 102 · Sheep’s Clothing · Stephen Phillips · ss 111 · The Four-Sided Triangle · Ralph Plummer · ss 114 · Cockney Dan · M. O. Sale · ss 117 · The Castaways · C. Hedley Barker · ss 122 · The End of the Man Who Knew · F. A. M. Webster · ss

The 20-Story Magazine [v10, #59, May 1927] (Odhams Press, Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp, cover by Charles Crombie) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Fair and Furnished · George Weston · nv Woman’s Home Companion Mar 1927 (+1) 22 · The Gipsy Look · Richard Connell · ss 27 · The Author · Beacon Walker · ss 29 · Boots · L. Patrick Greene · ss 37 · Concerning Marie · Ellis Parker Butler · ss 43 · The Little Yellow God · Anthony Grey · ss 45 · The Preceding Chin · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss 54 · To Account Rendered · C. Hedley Barker · ss 59 · Documentary Evidence · Evan Anglesea · ss Frontier Stories Apr 1927 67 · The Sugar-Plum Lady · Dion Clayton Calthrop · ss 71 · The Divided Heart · Winifred M. Letts · ss 79 · Orchids and Lilies · Geoffrey Williamson · ss 81 · The Grand Old Gun · Albert Payson Terhune · ss 89 · Koko and the King · Will Scott · ss 92 · Help! · Pearkes Withers · ss 97 · The Screechin’ Kid · Johnston McCulley · ss Ace-High Magazine Jun #2 1926 105 · Duty · “Martin” · ss 107 · Fifty-Fifty · Stephen Phillips · ss 115 · Sylvia, Billy, a Professor and a Cad · Richmal Crompton · ss 122 · The Theft · Leslie Beresford · ss

The 20-Story Magazine [v10, #60, June 1927] (Odhams Press, Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp, cover by Charles Crombie) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Where the Stars Hang Down · “Seamark” · ss 14 · Some Men Have All the Luck · Hazel Christie MacDonald · ss 23 · The Proof of the Pudding · Anthony Grey · ss 25 · The Wrong Room · Pearkes Withers · ss 31 · The Lady Killer · Richard Connell · ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 27 1926 39 · Brains and Imagination · “Martin” · ss 43 · When the Tin Gods Fail · Edward Rochester · ss 51 · Cash · Ralph Plummer · ss 54 · Men Are So Contrary · Beatrice Redpath · ss 63 · Cornered · Sewell Peaslee Wright · ss 67 · Choosing a Wife · Alfred Heard · ss 73 · The Face · Will Scott · ss Mystery Magazine Feb 1927 83 · Out of the Rough · Lawrence Perry · ss Ladies’ Home Journal Aug 1926 91 · White Elephants · Seaton Carew · ss 94 · Mongrels [Aubrey St. John Major] · L. Patrick Greene · ss Short Stories Dec 10 1926, as “Blue Mongrels” 105 · His Lucky Day · Geoffrey Williamson · ss 107 · A Rug from Cairo · Oscar Schisgall · ss Detective Story Magazine Aug 9 1924 116 · The Fairy Godfather · John Inglisham · ss 119 · Jewellery Jim · M. O. Sale · ss 122 · The Yardstick of the North · Chart Pitt · ss

The 20-Story Magazine [v11, #61, July 1927] (Odhams Press, Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp, cover by Charles Crombie) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Old Garden Gate · Will Scott · ss 13 · The Strange Fate of Mr. Quirk · W. A. Sweeney · ss 18 · The Time and the Place · Dion Clayton Calthrop · ss 21 · The Marriage of Bobby Stone · “Voyou” · ss 27 · Preserving the Professor · A. A. Thomson · ss 31 · Alias Fagin · Roy W. Hinds · ss 40 · The Weaker Sex · Ralph Plummer · ss 43 · Sea-Wolf · Leslie Beresford · ss 50 · The Biter · H. Mortimer Batten · ss 53 · Martin Bonney Takes the Helm · Alfred Heard · ss 59 · Whitewash [Dynamite Drury] · L. Patrick Greene · ss Frontier Stories Jun 1927 70 · Burnt Cork · C. Hedley Barker · ss 75 · The Other Woman · Anthony Grey · ss 77 · The Trick Rider · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss The Country Gentleman Aug 1926 89 · Ears and Eyes · Geoffrey Williamson · ss 91 · The Secret Cache · Sewell Peaslee Wright · nv 97 · The Mirror · Stephen Phillips · ss 107 · Profit and Loss · Donald Maule · ss 113 · The Scarlet Woman · McFarland Plummer · ss 119 · An Instrument of Justice · Marshal South · ss; given as by Marshall South.

The 20-Story Magazine [v11, #62, August 1927] (Odhams Press, Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp, cover by Charles Crombie) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Second Best · Richard Connell · ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 19 1927 11 · Entente · M. O. Sale · ss 16 · The Waster · Dion Clayton Calthrop · ss 21 · Mr. Basil · Anthony Grey · ss 26 · The Test of a Gentlewoman · Gerald Mygatt · ss 33 · Old Cups and Saucers · Will Scott · ss 39 · Pink Elephants and Prue · A. A. Thomson · ss 43 · The Trout in the Milk [Aubrey St. John Major] · L. Patrick Greene · ss 55 · The Man Who Ate Onions · W. A. Sweeney · ss 61 · New York to Tilbury · “Martin” · ss 67 · Fog · Leslie Gordon Barnard · ss 71 · Marriage and Bettina · Beatrice Redpath · ss 79 · In a Hole · Frederick Davis · ss 85 · The Man Who Was Too Sane · Stephen Phillips · ss 92 · When Love Rides Too · Johnston McCulley · ss Ranch Romances Jul 1926, as by Raley Brien 97 · Was It Murder? · H. M. Richardson · ss 101 · The Phantom Steward · C. Hedley Barker · ss 107 · The Soothsayer · Alfred Heard · ss 113 · Centipede Jones’ Big Strike · Charles H. Snow · ss 123 · A Personal Matter · Geoffrey Williamson · ss

The 20-Story Magazine [v11, #63, September 1927] (Odhams Press, Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp, cover by Charles Crombie) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Man Who Sang in Church [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss 11 · Disentangling Old Percy · Alfred Heard · ss 17 · Mrs. Shillerby’s Salon · A. A. Thomson · ss 21 · On the Thirteenth—at Midnight · Will Scott · ss 29 · Find the Woman · Anthony Grey · ss 31 · The Man with the Cloak · H. E. W. Gay · ss 36 · Perfume of Araby · Oscar Schisgall · ss Detective Story Magazine Sep 4 1926 43 · Waskapaskitagin · Sewell Peaslee Wright · ss The Danger Trail Aug 1927 49 · Fetish [Dynamite Drury] · L. Patrick Greene · nv Frontier Stories Apr 1927 62 · The Man Who Played Safe · Richard Connell · ss 69 · The Little Things · Norman Reilly Raine · ss MacLean’s Aug 1 1927 76 · Rouge et Noir · Donald Maule · ss 81 · The Night Watch · Geoffrey Williamson · ss 83 · A Pair of Skis · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss The Red Book Magazine Jul 1927 94 · That Spider Lisette · Donovan Bayley · ss 101 · Punishment · Clare Thornton · ss 105 · Passage to New York · C. Hedley Barker · ss 107 · Nerves · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss The Danger Trail Apr 1927 116 · A Meek Little Man · Frederick Davis · ss 121 · In the Worst of Us · Stephen Phillips · ss

The 20-Story Magazine [v11, #64, October 1927] (Odhams Press, Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp, cover by Charles Crombie) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Lady from Brazil [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss 11 · Clever Fingers · Percival Wilde · ss 22 · The One Who Stayed · J. Symes Major · ss 25 · Glen Mist · Alfred Heard · ss 31 · Crazy Ike Does the Branding · Oscar Schisgall · ss Western Story Magazine Feb 26 1927 37 · In Society · Richard Connell · ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 5 1927 43 · The Past and a Packet of Letters · Dion Clayton Calthrop · ss 47 · Jungle · Will Scott · ss 54 · The Man Who Passed By · Stephen Phillips · ss 61 · The Smile · Anthony Grey · ss 68 · The Crocodile Man [Dynamite Drury] · L. Patrick Greene · nv 77 · Jezebel · Leslie Beresford · ss 83 · To Professional Attendance · A. A. Thomson · ss 87 · Jungle Justice · Donald Maule · ss 93 · Wind Spirits · Douglas Gordon · ss 97 · The Hon’ble Code of Ah Fu · Lemuel de Bra · ss 105 · Reparations · M. O. Sale · ss 109 · A Loyal Man · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss Collier’s Jan 15 1927 112 · A Bolt from the Blue · Pearkes Withers · ss 115 · In the Mesozoic · G. Appleby Terrill · ss

The 20-Story Magazine [v11, #65, November 1927] (Odhams Press, Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp, cover by Charles Crombie) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Typist Who Saw Things [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss Detective Story Magazine Oct 22 1927 11 · Wherefore Art Thou Romeo? · Richard Connell · ss Woman’s Home Companion May 1927 17 · Jungle Vengeance [Dynamite Drury] · L. Patrick Greene · ss 31 · Fire · Anthony Grey · ss 33 · In Kashla’s Garden · Oscar Schisgall · ss Weird Tales May 1927 40 · The Cruise of the Flier · C. Hedley Barker · ss 45 · In the Dark · Pearkes Withers · ss 51 · Venison Pie · Frederick Davis · ss Top-Notch Magazine Dec 1 1925 57 · Pity the Blind · Will Scott · ss 65 · Wanted—a Poet · W. A. Sweeney · ss 67 · Adobe · Charles G. Booth · ss 76 · The Judge and the Rabbit · Donald Maule · ss 81 · Sir Joseph Goes Through It · A. A. Thomson · ss 85 · Mate · Jack McLaren · ss 89 · The Perfect Liar · Geoffrey Williamson · ss 95 · Cast Iron Men · William M. Rouse · ss 99 · For Art’s Sake · Dudley Hoys · ss 103 · The Man Who Cleared Things Up · Stephen Phillips · ss 110 · Slim—B.D.S. · J. Symes Major · ss 113 · The Bride of the Silken Cord · Lemuel de Bra · ss Short Stories Jan 25 1927

The 20-Story Magazine [v11, #66, December 1927] (Odhams Press, Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp, cover by Charles Crombie) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Eyes of the Sphinx · Oscar Schisgall · nv Clues Oct 1927 24 · Take My Advice · Richard Connell · ss The Saturday Evening Post Aug 13 1927 31 · Renegade—Resurgam · L. Patrick Greene · ss Adventure Sep 8 1926 39 · John’s Imperfect Day · Sewell Ford · ss 45 · The Man Who Won in Death · W. A. Sweeney · ss 48 · The Knife · Will Scott · ss 55 · To the Strong—The Spoils · William M. Rouse · ss 63 · Young Jess · Anthony Grey · ss 65 · The Memory of Erich Von Grauberg · Sewell Peaslee Wright · ss 71 · The Mystery of Mr. Drake [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss 77 · The Seraphina Scandal · A. A. Thomson · ss 81 · Weil’s Jest · Donald Maule · ss 87 · Lucky Bill · Leslie Gordon Barnard · ss Detective Story Magazine May 7 1927 93 · Painless Extraction · Alfred Heard · ss 99 · The Odd Affair of the Knotted Eel · “Voyou” · ss 101 · The Town of Bad Men · Leslie Beresford · ss 107 · Sinclair and Son · Gerard Fairlie · ss 113 · Fifty-Fifty · C. Hedley Barker · ss 115 · The Touch-Me-Not Kid · Frederick Davis · ss 120 · Second Cousin to Methuselah · Stephen Phillips · ss

The 20-Story Magazine [v12, #67, January 1928] (Odhams Press, 1/-, 160pp, pulp) “Enlarged Xmas Number” Details supplied by James Doig. 7 · “The Englishman Konnor” [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss 13 · Please to Remember · Arthur Savage · ss 17 · Christmas Roses · Marjorie Bowen · ss 22 · Guinea Gold · Evan Anglesea · ss 31 · The Great Donaldi · Alfred Heard · ss 37 · Professional Pride · J. D. Beresford · ss 41 · The Haunted Helter-Skelter · Will Scott · ss 49 · A Deal in Diamonds [Aubrey St. John Major] · L. Patrick Greene · ss Short Stories May 1921 55 · Antiques · W. A. Sweeney · ss 59 · The Ruling Passion · Richard Connell · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jul 16 1927 67 · Marie-Louise · Leslie Gordon Barnard · ss The Century Magazine Mar 1927 74 · Picture Postcards · Stephen Phillips · ss 81 · Petty Cash · C. Hedley Barker · ss 83 · The Essential Ending · Donald Maule · ss 92 · Trotsky the Turkey · M. O. Sale · ss 95 · Noe$ Noe$ · Anthony Grey · ss 97 · The Right Way · Martha King Davis · ss 106 · Six-Guns for Christmas · Frederick Davis · ss Complete Stories Dec 1927 115 · Nemesis · Oscar Schisgall · ss 119 · Friend Langham · Alan Hastings · ss 121 · The Seventh Year · Robert E. Pinkerton · nv

The 20-Story Magazine [v12, #68, February 1928] (Odhams Press, 1/-, 128pp, pulp, cover by Charles Crombie) Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Missing! · Will Scott · ss 14 · Two and Six · Ward Stanley · ss 17 · Out of the Mist · William Westrup · ss 23 · Five O’Clock Tea · Henry Wallace Phillips · ss 25 · The Sportsman · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss 33 · Interlude · Marr Murray · ss 39 · The Phial of Fate · Percival Wilde · ss 41 · Concerning Scent · Donald Maule · ss 47 · A Little Knowledge · Ralph Plummer · ss 50 · The Goose of Destiny · W. A. Sweeney · ss 53 · Wanted—a Companion · Nevis Shane · ss Collier’s Sep 24 1927 61 · Settlement · H. E. W. Gay · ss 65 · The Candle Bid [Aubrey St. John Major] · L. Patrick Greene · ss Everybody’s Magazine Oct 1925 79 · An Advertising Man · Anthony Grey · vi 81 · Drama of Life · Austin Parker · ss 91 · The Coward of Tepango · Belle Burns Gromer · ss 96 · Fortunes and Faces · Stephen Phillips · ss 103 · Three to Get Ready · Frank Condon · ss The Saturday Evening Post Feb 13 1926 112 · The Last Match · Arthur Savage · ss 119 · Red Pete’s Rag Doll · Charles H. Snow · ss