The Button Thief by Arthur Stringer is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: SKEEL, the mild eyed young expert of the Amalgamated Wireless, began to realize that he was going to be late. And the thought of b...

The Wire-Tappers by Arthur Stringer is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: THE discharged prisoner hung back, blinking out at the strong sunlight. When the way at last seemed clear, he thrust his hands dee...

The Adolescence of Number Eighty-Seven by Arthur Stringer is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: THE prairie drift-snow shrilled and whined under the slowly moving wheels, as the engine and tender for Numb...

Charlotte is a restless young socialite unhappily married to the brutish Stephen Cranfill. When she meets the charming yet intense pianist Jean Dorat, they feel an instant connection. As their friendship deepens, Charlotte finds herself increasingly drawn to Jean despite her marriage vows. Ultimately she must choose between duty and desire, and her decision will impact not only her own future but Jean's promising career.Can forbidden love overcome societal expectations? This poigna...

CONTENTS: ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 1. The Queen of Spades ALGERNON BLACKWOOD: 2. Confession 3. S. O. S. 4. The Wings of Horus ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 5. B. 24 ARTHUR O. FRIEL: 6. The Spider 7. The Vulture ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH: 8. Statement of Gabriel Foot, Highwayman 9. The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands 10. The Countess of Bellarmine ARTHUR STRINGER: 11. The Adolescence of Number Eighty-Seven 12. The Button Thief 13. The Wire-Tappers ARTHUR TRAIN: 14. Extradition 15. The Baron de Ville 16. The Golden To...

Our 90th issue is another great one—3 original short stories, 8 modern and classic short story reprints, a novella, and a pair of novels. That’s a lot of reading! Where to start with the highlights?On the mystery side, Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman is back from her hiatus with another mystery selection (“Bad Chemistry” by John G. Wimer), as is Michael Bracken (“The Garden” by Jeffrey James Higgins). And proving Hal Charles isn’t the only one who can write Solve-It-Yourself myseries...

Jim Blake, Deputy Commissioner, leaves the comfort of his office and hits the street in search of the ultimate prey. His target, Connie Binhart, conman, counterfeiter and bank thief. The chase, breathtaking, extremely fast and spans four continents.When they finally meet face to face, each wears an air of careless listlessness, yet each watches the others' every move, every moment. It was not hate that existed between them. It was something more dormant, more innate. It was somethi...

In "The Man Who Couldn't Sleep," Arthur Stringer deftly weaves a psychological exploration of insomnia and its profound effects on the human psyche. This novel, characterized by its lyrical prose and introspective narrative style, delves deep into the complexities of the protagonist's mind. Set against a backdrop of early 20th-century America, the story examines themes of existential dread, societal pressure, and the search for identity, all while drawing on the influence of the era's burg...

A mystery story featuring a New York Arabian night and Laban Lindhagan of British Columbia who becomes involved in a thrilling metropolitan adventure.

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This ingenious story has to do with the nefarious industry of eavesdropping by telegraph. Two clever people, a man and a woman, in hard luck, engage in this and other criminal practices, having always before them the hope of gaining a footing in the decent world, represented in the man's mind by successful improvements in electrical apparatus.

We have a brilliant scientist in Dr. Pareso, a foreigner who has come mysteriously to this country. He interests a young reporter, David Law, in some of his experiments, and when, with the assistance of a young Viking, Knutsson, and Law, the three start on their astounding quest for the woman who has been frozen in the northern ice tomb for centuries—then the story really starts.The descriptions of the hardships the three men endured on their way north thru the wilds before discove...