5 Pulp Stories of Doom
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Private Detective, June, 1945
THE PRECIPICE
by Ray Cummings
Old Mac was dying—Old Mac who’d devoted the best of his life to the Jacques Cartier Lumber Company. And almost his last act in relation to his job was to make a mistake about the payroll! Yet there were ways that could be improvised.
Finding the body was evidence enough to show just how the killer had worked in cold-blooded wickedness.
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Crack Detective, March 1946
STAMP OF DOOM
by Ray Cummings
That set of stamps the murdered man had been mounting in his book when someone knifed him was worth dough. Anyone could have turned it over for a small fortune. Yet, the only pasteboard missing from the set was the cheapest single stamp in the lot!
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Ten Detective Aces, February 1947
THE SCALPEL OF DOOM
by Ray Cummings
A doctor is not supposed to use his knowledge to slay. Yet there came a time when this small-town medico had to operate with . . .
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Thrilling Detective , April 1947
ATOM BOY
by Ray Cummings
Retired and rusticating Pete McLean, former policeman, sees something new in crime-fighting in a rural setting!
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Droll Stories, March 1923
TWO PROPOSALS
by Ray Cummings
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This edition includes the original illustrations from the stories, as well as an assortment of covers.
About the author
Ray Cummings (Raymond King Cummings) was an author of science fiction, rated one of the "founding fathers of the science fiction pulp genre". He was born August 30, 1887 in New York and died January 23, 1957 in Mount Vernon.
