PERIL PRESS presents:Detective Tales, November 1947AN AXE TO GRINDGripping Short Storyby Curt HamlinAN AXE TO GRIND—was only the first step in Reik’s plans. The second was burying the hatchet—in her body!“He worked with that grindstone all day,” Ebert said. “But I knew he wouldn’t kill her while I was around—so I went out.”1600 WordsPlus 2 Bonus Features!Detective Tales, November 1947ODDITIES IN CRIMEFeatureby Mayan and Jakobsson450 WordsDetective Tales, November 1947MASTER MANHUNTERSTEST-TUBE SLEUTHFeatureby Ben Nelson and Stookie Allen150 WordsThis edition includes all of the illustrations from the story and the 2 features, plus an In-House ad for the next issue of Detective Tales and a full-page ad for the Republic Movie: Wyoming.Curt Hamlin was a house name used by several authors including E Hoffmann Price and as this issue had a Price story already, there is a good chance this was written by Price.
PERIL PRESS presents:Detective Tales, November 1947AN AXE TO GRINDGripping Short Storyby Curt HamlinAN AXE TO GRIND—was only the first step in Reik’s plans. The second was burying the hatchet—in her body!“He worked with that grindstone all day,” Ebert said. “But I knew he wouldn’t kill her while I was around—so I went out.”1600 WordsPlus 2 Bonus Features!Detective Tales, November 1947ODDITIES IN CRIMEFeatureby Mayan and Jakobsson450 WordsDetective Tales, November 1947MASTER MANHUNTERSTEST-TUBE SLEUTHFeatureby Ben Nelson and Stookie Allen150 WordsThis edition includes all of the illustrations from the story and the 2 features, plus an In-House ad for the next issue of Detective Tales and a full-page ad for the Republic Movie: Wyoming.Curt Hamlin was a house name used by several authors including E Hoffmann Price and as this issue had a Price story already, there is a good chance this was written by Price.
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