Meet Cyril Potts, a Briton working as a private eye in the USA. He gets some strange clients, which is all right because he is a strange investigator. We first encounter Cyril during one of his reveries, but he soon shows that when the need arises, he can lurch into action - in a way.
Do you know a blonde? Have they said or done something that left you gaping at them in confusion so great as to make you question your senses? Do you wonder if they might be mentally retarded in some diagnosable way that has gone unnoticed? Is the blonde in your life making your life a waking opium dream of confusion? There is help. Fathers of Blondes Anonymous welcomes anyone who is having trouble coping with the blonde in their life, be it daughter, wife, or others. The coffee is always fresh.
A Sailor Steve Costigan Story Steve has to make some quick money so he can get in on a sure-fire investment that will make him rich. First appeared in Fight Stories, July 1930. In the public domain.
This little offering is intended to be part of the opening chapter in the forth volume of the Bill Axon tales. I am posting now because I have been reposting a revised and corrected version of 'Per Ardua Ad Astra'. I would ask that you please read the new version and review it, either through the Finestories review system or send to me in via a feedback comment. Thank you.
Man believes you must be with a woman long enough to give her three hundred flowers to give each other enough time to get to know each other, but on the three-hundredth flower you must ask her to marry you - or the love will wither on the vine - as it were.
A Sailor Steve Costigan Story Steve and a rival pursue the same girl. Mayhem ensues. First appeared in 'Action Stories' October 1931. In the public domain.
An eleven-part story relating an exchange of messages between a disaffected galactic explorer and an increasingly exasperated staff at home-planet mission control.