Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 12, 1927

About this issue

This pulp weekly contains four serialized stories: "Thundering Dawns" by Will McMorrow (Part One of three), "The Crucible" by Sinclair Murray (Part Two of five), "The Mark of the Moccasin" by Kenneth Perkins (Part Three of four), and "Alkali" by Charles Francis Coe (Part Five of five). The issue features multiple short fiction pieces including "The Meanest Man," "The Masked Enchantress," "An 800 to 1 Shot," "In the Saddle of Bronco King," "When a Turkey's an Elephant," and "Ten Minutes for Tea." The upcoming serial "Fingers Don't Lie" by John Holden presents a murder mystery involving a young lover discovering his fingerprints on the murder weapon. The issue also includes verse contributions and a readers' forum, maintaining the magazine's standard mix of adventure, Western, mystery, and romance content across 16+ pages of fiction.

In this issue

• “Thundering Dawns” by Will McMorrow · serial · p.7
• “The Parasite” by Beatrice Ashton Vandegrift · poem · p.21
• “A Venetian Tragedy” by Strickland Gilllan · poem · p.53
• “St. Valentines Eve” by Amanda B. Hall · poem · p.76
• “The Winding Road” by Lester R. Cash · poem · p.120
• “All the Year Round For Him!” by S. Omar Barker · poem · p.139
• “Mettle” by Jane Burr · poem · p.149
• “Sea Voices” by Edgar Daniel Kramer · poem · p.152
• “Ten Minutes for Tea” by Helen A. Holden · p.153
• “The Crucible” by Sinclair Murray · serial
• “The Mark of the Moccasin” by Kenneth Perkins · serial
• “Alkali” by Charles Francis Coe · serial
• “The Meanest Man” by John D. Swain
• “The Masked Enchantress” by A. I. Locke
• “An 800 to 1 Shot” by Gordon Stiles
• “In the Saddle of Bronco King” by Garret Smith
• “When a Turkey's an Elephant” by John H. Thompson
• “The Bad Part of a Good Thing” by Pat Costello · poem
• “Finger Prints Do Indicate!” by John Holden · serial