Short Fiction Various: Past Masters 218, v1, 12 May 2025

Fewer but longer stories this time. 15 Stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain. The longest story is a "Black Mask" private eye novelette by Robert Reeves, who as Captain Reeves died in the last days of WW2 while serving with the USAAF.

1: The Dark Star / G. G. Pendarves
2: Dream Street Rose / Damon Runyon
3: The Dust of Shun-Ti / Charles G. Booth
4: The 'Chiliman' Tragedy / W. Clarke Russell
5: Cynthia Delmorton's Mistake / "Sapper"
6: The Man at Solitaria / Geik Turner
7: Clarimonde / Theophile Gautier
8: The Shuttered House / A. E. W. Mason
9: The Popkin Dismissal Agency / L. H. Robbins
10: The Evening Rice / Achmed Abdullah
11: The Fascinating Mrs. Whitehead / C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
12: Shut Out / F. Anstey
13: The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step / C. L. Pirkis
14: No Defense / Melville Davisson Post
15: Bail Bait / Robert Reeves
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