The H. Bedford-Jones Pulp Fiction Megapack

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H. Bedford-Jones. The H. Bedford-Jones Pulp Fiction Megapack

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A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

H. Bedford-Jones (1889-1949) was, at one point in the 1920s, among the highest paid, most read, and most popular authors in the English language. If you’ve never heard of him, it’s because he wrote primarily for magazines—Adventure, Argosy, Blue Book, The Thrill Book, Weird Tales, and many, many more. He turned out thousands of short stories and more than 100 novels (so many and in such diverse markets that no one has been able to complile a complete list). He was a fast writer—exceptionally so—and wrote with great style and vigor. In many ways, he was the Stephen King or Charles Dickens of his day.

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By this time I was just beginning to realize that it was me for swift action or the count, and I came out of my dream. To be candid, it was only in books that two men get into a hot mix-up and follow the Queensberry rules with meticulous chivalry; in a real scrap of real men, it’s hit hardest with anything that will count!

I followed the most natural rules, and being backed against the stove, I went for Talkso with an iron skillet that was handy. I ducked the gun in a hurry, and to even matters I dropped the skillet and began to finish off his education.

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