Talmage Powell

A classic crime story originally published in the July, 1949 issue of Black Mask.

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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…

Fred started the motor but didn’t put the car in gear right away. “It won’t happen here, Marcia. I believe in Leacock. And Leacock understands. He knows I can’t take on the job and do it halfway.” <P>A crime novella originally published in the May, 1960 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine.

Eddie was too smart for his own good. He cooked up a scheme to collect 25 Grand from a boy&apos;s father by rigging a jury and finding the kid innocent. But it&apos;s a dog eat dog world out there…

An invalid old man overhears his family plotting to murder him, and begins to envision them as rats. What he really needs is a cat to protect him!

He&apos;s standing over you holding a razor. It&apos;s sharper than the sharpest knife…

Veteran detective Odus Martin believes there’s always somebody who cares about a death, that no one is truly alone. When he and a rookie investigate the death of a shy orphan with no friends, they discover her landlady, her boss, and the head of the orphanage are indifferent to her. Who will care this time? <P> A definite change of pace for Talmage Powell!

"You don’t know me," a thin, taut, male voice said, «and my name’s not important. What I’ve got to say concerns your husband – and a girl.»

Janet&apos;s first husband has always had dependent tendencies. Now that he&apos;s stalking her, she&apos;s had enough and isn&apos;t going to protect him any more…

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 pseudonyms or buried in obscure magazines? He wrote...

The most dangerous power you can give someone is the legal right to take a gun and go after their deadliest enemy!

Barlow drove too fast, didn&apos;t stay in his own lane, abused other drivers on the road, and even drank too much for safe driving. A story of menace, danger – and horror!