The coffin was carried from the house by eight pall-bearers, all in the uniform of the force. The narrow street was crowded with men, women and children, all of them eager for a last look at the plain brown casket.
The Campaign for Vengeance
(A Complete Mystery Novelette)
by John Baer
The Black Mask Magazine April 1922.
Black Star, "The Hooded and Caped Titan of Crime" was a criminal mastermind and gang leader with a sense of honor. He does not murder people or threaten women and does not allow his men to do so either. He is courteous, always keeps his word and vigorously defends his reputation. However, beyond murder, there are few crimes that Blackstar considers off limits, and he takes great pride in being a "genuine criminal." He wears black robes and a black hood with a "star of blazing jet" on the face. He sometimes leaves behind black stars at his crimes. Under the hood, he is a handsome man, about 45 years old. His gang also wears black and they all use "vapor bombs" and "vapor guns" which disperse knockout gas.
Tonight in: Black Star's Subterfuge by Johnston McCulley
Marthe Neville's "After Midnight," first published in The Black Mask magazine in August 1920, is a seminal work of pulp fiction that encapsulates the genre's essence with its suspenseful and psychologically complex narrative.
The narrative probes deep into themes of deception, the corrupting influence of power, and the ethical limits of scientific research.
the story shares traits with other mystery and thriller works, such as Agatha Christie's complex characters, Edgar Allan Poe's psychological depth, Arthur Conan Doyle's scientific intrigue, noir fiction's narrative structure, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler's themes of justice.
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Here begins our journey to the lost works of Detective& Mystery Fiction from its golden age in the early 1900s.