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Black Mask - January 1942
English | PDF | 132 pages | 20.1 mb
Cover paiuted for Black Mask by Milton Luros
Black-and-white illustrations by Peter Kuhihofi
CONTENTS
BAIL BAIT by Robert Reeves . 11 A Cellini Smith novelette
Jimmy Legg was guilty as hell, there were witnesses galore to prove it, and the D.A.'s case against the little cracksman was perfect. So why did the worthy Judge Reynolds kick it out the windowf Cellini gets real dough to explain why Justice is deaf and dumb—as well as stone blind.
WHAT'S MONEY ? by D. L. Champion . 40 A Kex Sackler novelette
Even as a rhetorical question it sounded silly, coming as it did from a guy who'd let go of a nickel only at the point of a howitzer. Then Joey remembered he was worth ten grand on the hoof to his boss, Sackler, and the riddle got tougher still.
THE PARROT THAT WOULDN'T TALK by Walter C. Brown 60 A Chinatown novelette
Sah-jin O'Hara, Bluecoat Devil of the Yellow Quarter had been handed plenty of queer ones in his dealings with the slant-eyed Sons of Han, but this tvas the first time he'd had to play nurse to a plastered parrot that wouldn't talk, even incoherently as drunks of any kind usually do.
THE SHADOWY LINE by J. Lane Linklater 80 A short story
"I figure on taking the other guy all down the line, So I don't like to play with people I like," says the gambler. But when the gal he likes knows everything is a gamble and is willing to play the game—
5 SHRIEKS AT 10 by C. P. Donnel, Jr. 94 A Doc Rennie story
It was the grisliest murder the town had ever seen and the sheriff's own nephew had been labeled "killer" and was slated for the dangle act at the informal lynching bee the neighbors had organised. It looked like rope's end for fair till the Doc went to work and discovered how to bottle up the mob's conscience, the sheriff's and his own.
LIFTING THE FEBRUARY BLACK MASK......... 6
A partial preview of our plans for the next issue of this magazine
BEHIND THE BLACK MASK.............. 8
A page of informal talk about the magazine—and things in general.
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