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Copyright, 1927, by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Contents for May, 1927
Cover Design C. C. Senf
Illustrating a scene in "The Master of Doom"
The Master of Doom Donald Edward Keyhoe 581
A weird-scientific tale that sweeps 500 years into the future—a mad scientist remakes the earth to his own liking
The Veiled Prophetess Seabury Quinn 601
The intrepid ghost-breaker, Jules de Grandin, is drawn into an adventure of dark intrigue and occult danger
The Man Who Lost His Luck Victor Rousseau 615
The ninth in a series of stories, each complete in itself, dealing with Dr. Ivan Brodsky, "The Surgeon of Souls"
The Crooked Smile Bryan Irvine 621
Feline the Leech, when he murdered Crooked Smile Harry, did not figure on the possibility of Harry's ghost returning
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