Pulp Fiction, 1941 · page 73 of 116
10-Story Detective, March 1941 — page 73: what you’re looking at
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# Boomerang Swag This is an interior story page from a pulp magazine featuring an illustration and prose opening. The page shows "Boomerang Swag" by Harris Clivesey, a crime story about a character named Mort Shane who attempts some form of criminal act ("easy swag"). The illustration depicts men in suits engaged in what appears to be a physical altercation. The story's opening establishes an atmospheric scene at the Clover Social Club on a cold night, where pool players fall silent upon Shane's arrival—suggesting danger or criminal activity. The caption warns that Shane's "money madness bucked the Grim Reaper's greed."
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When Mort Shane iried to- press his luck in a third at- tempt at easy swag, his money madness bucked the Grim Reaper’s greed—for corpses. 71 Harris Clivesey Clover Social Club the atme- sphere was warm and thick with tobacco smoke. Steam was hissing in a white plume from the coffee urn back of the smal] lunch counter. As Mort Shane came in, he heeled the door shut behind him. Pool balls T was a cold night, but in the ceased clicking. A voice spoke louder © than the rest. ECORICLO© (F@