She’d now carried the imagined pregnancy—the product of rape and a mental breakdown—through the two years of padded cells, shock treatment, chemotherapy, and psychoanalysis. So powerful was her obsession that her menstrual periods had altered and her abdomen had that visible bulge.<P> Of all the doctors, only Gramling had helped her to a measurable degree. And to him, the case was a chaffing frustration, a challenge to his science, his ingenuity…
Ted Wilford, as editor of his high school paper and school correspondent for the local weekly, is eager for a scoop on the story of who took $13,000 from the school safe after the money had been raised for charity by a carnival. How could the money have been stolen from a locked safe whose combination was known only to three reputable school officials? <P> Ted works hard for his scoops and comes up with some very surprising leads. The working of a school newspaper office provides a fascinating and authentic background for the unraveling of this puzzle.
A facsimile reprint of the April 1933 issue of «Weird Trails» magazine, featuring M.M. Moamrath's «Riders of the Purple Ooze,» and many more Lovecraft-inspired stories.
August is just crazy in Greenwich Village when you're a cop—a full moon, an exceptionally heat wave, missing handcuffs, and all the drama of a police station and the lives—and wives—of the officers…all leading up to murder!
A mugger released on parole rankles against the indignities of his new job and despises the cruel heel of his parole manager. What's a guy to do? Run away with his girlfriend—but only after one last job…
When their house appears to be haunted, a young couple goes to extraordinary means to solve the mystery.
Matt Rudd is a vice cop in St. Cecilia. He's seen it all – drugs, prostitution, gangs. But the worst were the thrill parties – especially the one that ended in murder!
Originally pubished December 26, 1908, here is the lead novel from issue #626 of the famous magazine, Nick Carter Weekly. This ebook contains the complete Nick Carter novel THE MONEY SCHEMERS.
Stewart Sterling (1895-1976) was the pseudonym of Prentice Winchell, who also wrote under the names of Spencer Dean and Jay de Bekker. Winchell was born in Illinois and worked as a journalist. He preferred to write about non-typical investigative bodies; such as the Fire Brigade, for instance. He was also a screenwriter and writer of radio scripts, as well as many magazine stories. His series characters were Fire Marshal Ben Pedley and PI Gil Vine. Spencer Dean’s primary character was Don Cadee, a department store detective. (less)