Speed Mystery began life as Spicy Mystery Stories in July 1934. But apparently there was just a bit too much spice in those pulp tales, because government and industry pressure finally force the publisher, Culture Publications, to mend their ways. In January 1943 they changed the name of the company to Trojan Publications, and the magazine title to Speed Mystery. Gone were the slightly racy mystery stories, and in their place more mainstream mysteries. The magazine, in spite of its controversial reputation, attracted a surprising variety of top authors, including Robert Leslie Bellem, E. Hoffman Price, Hugh B. Cave, Norvell Page and Arthur Wallace. The magazine published its last issue in March 1946, after nineteen issues under the newer title. Speed Mystery now returns with vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
Short Stories
Haunted Man
by Elizabeth Starr
He knew he had nothing to fear, yet his whole life had become a nightmare of terror!
The Corpse Wore Yellow Pajamas
by Helene and Bruce McLeod
“My boss never likes for people to call him a louse out loud,” Benny said — and meant it.
Living Dead Man
by Hugh Speer
Once again Dr. Gabriel probes into realms of the occult to prevent a great injustice.
Two Of A Kind
by Donald C. Cameron
At the point of a gun Eddie fled with the lovely girl from a scene of unmistakable murder.
Timepiece Of Death
by Ray Cummings
The killing was a matter of simple timing. And surely there can be no duplicity in time!
The Escape
by Breton Hall
How could any one whom everybody called good turn so suddenly and so often kill-crazy?
True Story
The Strange Case Of Lock Ah Tam
by Louise Rice
Never in fiction has there been a weirder story of crime, passion — and silence...
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