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Loot of the Lazy A
By Tuttle, W. C. (author)
Original publication: Doubleday, Page & Co. (in Short Stories Magazine), August 10, 1926
On a rain-soaked night in fogbound San Francisco, a penniless young woman on the edge of Chinatown is pulled back from despair by a desert-hardened stranger with a battered suitcase and a stubborn sense of decency. A sudden collision with the city’s shadow economy sends them fleeing into the fog with an identity that isn’t hers—and a road that leads far from the bay. From bohemian chop-houses to an isolated Southwest cattle town where old grudges never quite die, survival will demand nerve, reinvention, and a careful reading of fate. Gritty, atmospheric, and charged with frontier tension, this tale follows two unlikely allies as they step into a world where every name carries a price.
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Keywords: historical western mystery, San Francisco Chinatown noir, Prohibition-era crime fiction, identity swap suspense, foggy San Francisco thriller, Southwest cattle town western, ranch feud frontier drama, cowboy stranger romance, bohemian chop-house underworld, classic pulp adventure
In a Lifeboat
By Farnol, Jeffery (author), Tomaso, Rico (illustrator)
Original publication: International Magazine Co. (in Cosmopolitan Magazine), September, 1930
Adrift on a merciless sea with dwindling water and a blazing sun, three survivors cling to the edge of life in a tiny open boat. John Farrant, a gentleman, and Joe Trasker, a rough sailor, are locked in a desperate tension of suspicion and distrust as they struggle to protect the fragile Eve Wellerby. Bound by a brutal rationing of water and fraying nerves, each must choose between self-preservation and sacrifice. In the crucible of survival, the truest measure of a man is revealed—not by birth or class, but by the depth of his courage and the greatness of his heart.
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Keywords: survival at sea fiction, open boat survival story, Edwardian adventure short story, sacrifice and redemption narrative, shipwreck survival thriller, class conflict literary fiction, man versus nature story, heroism and selflessness, historical sea adventure ebook, psychological tension survival drama
The Old Lady Flies
By Whitfield, Raoul F. (author)
Original publication: Street & Smith Corporation (in Top-Notch Magazine), August 1, 1927
In the fading glow of barnstorming’s golden age, Russ Healy refuses to abandon the battered Jenny that carried him through war’s aftermath and the perilous thrills of a traveling flying circus. When hard times force the outfit to ground its oldest plane, Russ chooses loyalty over profit—and pride over prudence. As tempers flare and a dangerous movie stunt beckons, the sky becomes a proving ground for devotion, daring, and the cost of sticking to one’s guns. Set against the raw spectacle of early aviation, this high-flying tale captures the grit, camaraderie, and recklessness of pilots who lived by lift and nerve.
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Keywords: barnstorming aviation fiction, vintage biplane adventure, 1920s flying circus, early Hollywood stunt pilots, WWI aviation aftermath, loyalty and pride drama, classic pulp air story, aerial stunts and crashes, historical aviation novella