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3) Gator Bait
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When Chat, a boy living in the Bayou,, goes out "Gator Baiting" with his stepfather, he is reluctant, but his abusive "Pa" steamrolls over him.
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As constable of Grande Isle Parish, Louisiana (Jerem Jenks is the name), I'll naturally stick to bald facts when I write the official report. I've pieced together details of the killing out at the Deveau place without much trouble. It was a simple, direct act of violence. Once it was started, it had to end in blood...
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Talmage Powell (1920-2000) was one of the all-time great mystery writers of the pulp magazines (and later the digest mystery magazines). He claimed to have written more than 500 short stories, and we have no reason to doubt him - we are working on a bibliography of his work and have documented 373 magazine stories so far...and who knows how many are out there under pseudonyms or buried in obscure magazines? He wrote his first novel, The Smasher, in...
13) The Favor
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She wasn't an ordinary woman - and what he did to her wasn't ordinary, either. A noir classic ripped from the pages of Manhunt (Septempter 1957 issue).
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We are delighted to present our second collection of Talmage Powell mystery short stories! Powell (1920-2000) was one of the all-time great mystery writers of the pulp magazines (and later the digest mystery magazines). He claimed to have written more than 500 short stories, and we have no reason to doubt him - we are working on a bibliography of his work and have documented 373 magazine stories so far...and who knows how many are out there under...
16) Next!
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He's standing over you holding a razor. It's sharper than the sharpest knife...
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I was bone-tired when I locked the last gas pump, turned off the lights and closed the garage door. It had been a long day. One of an endless number of days.
I crossed the concrete apron, got in my jalopy and started the motor. I gave the filling station a last look. It was tired and grubby in the early night. I'd really tried to make a go of it here, but one man can only do so much.
All I wanted was to get a hot bath, food, and some sleep. I lived...
19) Return No More
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Connors watched the cheap electric clock on the mantel. It was almost nine o'clock in the morning. He lighted a cigarette. His hands were shaking badly. She would leave at nine o'clock. And he would be alone in the apartment. He hadn't been alone in over twenty years. He hadn't been out of her presence since she'd met him at the prison gates yesterday...
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