PERIL PRESS presents: Top Notch Western, November 1938 SATAN LOSES A BADMAN by David X. Manners A cowgirl’s smiling trust made gallows-wanted Johnny Burt accept the brand of town tamer, and plunged him into Tolliver City's bushwhack war—to to reach trail's-end performing a cottonwood jig! If gallows-wanted Johnny Burt accepted the brand of town tamer, it meant hurling himself between the withering crossfire of the law and the lawless. But Johnny Burt couldn't forget lovely Mary Vinson's trusting smile-though he knew it promised him only trail's-end, and a bushwhacker's cottonwood reprieve! 5900 Words PLUS BONUS: Top-Notch Magazine, June 1, 1923 BOOBS IN THE TRAP by Thomas Thursday 3600 Words This edition includes the illustration to the story, the cover to the pulp magazine this story was first published in and 3 in-house ads.

PERIL PRESS presents: Mercury Mystery Book Magazine, July 1956 THE CASE OF THE INVISIBLE CIRCLE by Erle Stanley Gardner A beautiful coed is raped and murdered. Only one clue is found, and that so small that it is invisible to the naked eye. Here, Erle Stanley Gardner recounts how one tiny lead enabled the police to bring a murderer to justice. 2000 Words Mercury Mystery Book Magazine, September 1956 THE CASE OF THE KNOCKOUT BULLET by Erle Stanley Gardner Almost everyone knows that Stanley Ketchel was one of the great boxing champions of all time, but many have forgotten that he was murdered—and under baffling circumstances. All the evidence pointed to a gambling syndicate yet the case was obscured by a missing diamond stickpin, a lucky bracelet, and a pretty cook. Here Erle Stanley Gardner relates how this strange case was solved by not following the logical clues. 2100 Words Mercury Mystery Book Magazine, November 1956 THE CLUE OF THE ONYX RING by Erle Stanley Gardner The pretty, fair-haired little girl showed an unusual black onyx to the Inspector. It had been treasured by her mother, and the frightened. Kathleen was sure that her mother was dead. In this true story, a child's intuition bypasses clouding evidence to strike at the core of a vicious crime. 1200 Words This edition includes the covers to the 3 magazines that published these stories as well as a Gallery of 15 covers from pulp magazines that feature stories by Erle Stanley Gardner.

PERIL PRESS presents: Star Western, January 1941 THE WAGES OF SIN by Day Keene (Gunard Hjertstedt) Chapter 1: Guilty as Hell Chapter 2: Ways That Are Dark Chapter 3: Tricks That Are Vain Chapter 4: The Heathen Chinee Is Pecuuar 8600 Words The story of the outlaw Black Mango and his Chinese cook, Ah Sin. PLUS BONUS!!! 10 Story Detective, January 1946 SATAN'S OWN CACHE by Gunnison Steele (Ben Gardner) A slow-moving, lazy killer, Chalk-Eye made everyone await his pleasure—even the Grim Reaper. Bushwhacker Chalk-Eye made even the Grim Reaper await his pleasure. 1600 Words Giant Western, October 1952 COW-COUNTRY QUIZ Illustrated Feature 190 Words Wild West Weekly, August 29 1936 THE RODEO CLOWN (verse) by S. Omar Barker 300 Words This edition includes 15+ images between story/feature illustrations, ads, mastheads and pulp covers. (Does not include the illustration or masthead to the Day Keene story.)

Peril Press Presents: Real Western Stories, October 1955 ABLE CAIN’S DUEL by A. A. Baker Benjamin Ludrow was hardly a pleasant character—but he was going to open a stamp mill, which could mean the difference between life and death for Apex town. So Judge Cain had to keep trigger-sharp tempers in check, even though Ludrow seemed to be going out of his way to antagonize everyone. Judge Cain had to soothe the whole town, in the face of deadly insults. 5200 Words Real Western Stories, April 1956 SIT IN THE SHADE by Bill Phillips (author of “Range Hog”) It didn’t make for domestic bliss when banker Phil Thornton’s wife started to refer to Thornton’s ex-lawman father as the town loafer . . . 1600 Words Zane Grey’s Western, January 1953 COW-TRACK TERMINOLOGY A Western Quiz by S. Omar Barker (Department) 140 Words Zane Grey’s Western, January 1953 SPENCER BREECH-LOADING REPEATING CARBINE by Randy Steffen (Pictorial Feature) 200 Words This ebook features the original illustrations and covers to the stories and features. (10+)

PERIL PRESS presents: Wild West Weekly, August 30 1941 RIDE 'IM, HOSS THIEF! by Paul S. Powers Who ever heard of a cowpoke stealing a hoss just to prove he wasn't a hoss thief! 5300 Words PLUS BONUS! Western Action, February 1955 WANT A GUN? Special Feature by Harold Gluck 260 Words Western Story, July 27 1940 IN TONTO TOWN WESTERN STORY FEATURES by Harry R. Keller A poem of the range 280 Words Western Story, September 14 1940 RANGE SAVVY WESTERN STORY FEATURES by H. Fredric Young A weekly feature devoted to cattle country facts and legends 420 Words This edition includes 15+ images between illustrations, pulp covers and what-not.

Real Western Stories, December 1955 Deputy Marshal Lee Winters #21 LITTLE DOG LOST by Lon Williams Lee Winters should have known he’d be riding into some strange and weird adventure when he hit Alkali Flats. But each time, his experiences seemed to be more uncanny than before… An abandoned house is suddenly re-tenanted, and Winters is trapped… 5400 Words Real Western Stories, October 1955 BLACK BART by Harold Gluck Sometimes one man with a reputation can buffalo a whole town. The town was already buffaloed by this man’s reputation... The Law wanted him, but few lawmen cared to try to take him! 1000 Words