Pulp Fiction, 1938 · page 11 of 148
10 Short Novels Magazine — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This is an interior story page featuring a dramatic black-and-white illustration at the top showing multiple figures in what appears to be an action scene, with the caption "Allison's hand jerked as his pistol fired." The page is titled "Adventure" and contains a story section labeled "Powers." The prose describes a scene set on a ferry between Hongkong and Kowloon, where a character named Allison encounters a girl with "creamy shoulders" on the upper deck. The text mentions her beauty and references a character named Dagmar Marsen. The narrative involves gunfire and appears to be pulp adventure fiction, likely from an early-20th-century American magazine.
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