Pulp Fiction, 1938 · page 117 of 148
10 Short Novels Magazine — page 117: what you’re looking at
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This is a story page from a pulp magazine featuring the mystery tale "Fortress of Fear" by Ronald Flagg. The page includes a dramatic black-and-white illustration depicting what appears to be armed soldiers or guards confronting a shirtless man in an action scene, with a fortress visible in the background. The visible prose describes a great transport ship approaching Puerto Serrano and its harbor, where the twin white towers of the Fortress of San Silvestre dominate the landscape. The text mentions treachery stalking the streets of Serrano and references a forbidden secret within the fortress dungeon that one man is forbidden to reveal. The page number is 115.
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7 Mystery Fortress of Fear By Ronald Flagg ; Treachery stalked the streets of Serrano, dread crept along its alleyways. And the one man who dared probe the se- cret of the fortress dungeon— was forbidden to reveal it. HE great transport dipped its nose and glided gently downward toward the cahn, sparkling waters of the harbor of Puerto Serrano. Even at that height, the twin white towers of the Fortress of San Silvestre dominated the harbor. The sun shone on them brightly, » as it shone on the waters which lapped their foundations; but for all that, Frayne shuddered as he looked down upon them. He had been in Puerto Serrano before, and he had seen the wretched victims of a dead tyrant brought out from their (EO ANIC MOO KS