Blind Smoke - 2 Screwball Shorts! — Craig Rice

PERIL PRESS presents:



The American Mercury, February 1957

THE NIGHT I WENT BLIND

by Craig Rice

A terrifying experience in the life this well-known author.

2700 Words



Verdict, September 1953

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1959

A John J. Malone Story

MOTIVE

aka SMOKE RINGS

by Craig Rice

One of the strangest motives for murder on record: the victim blew ordinary round smoke rings through his nose…

640 Words



This edition includes the cover to the American Mercury and two different covers to the same issue of Ellery Queen Mystery magazine, as well as a gallery of 10 pulp and digest covers that feature stories by Craig Rice.