Mausoleum Monsters — Norvell Page

PERIL PRESS presents:Ten Detective Aces, April 1933MAUSOLEUM MONSTERSA Mystery Mission—and a Midnight Murderby Norvell Pageas Ralph PowersAuthor of “Sinister Rehearsal,” “Square Death, etc.At the graveyard gates they stood, the detective and the girl, when that coffin-like car bore down on them. And within that car was a face—the face of the living dead!At the graveyard gates they stood, the detective and the girl, when that coffin-like car hurtled by carrying a face of the living dead.3100 WordsRalph Powers is a house name used by Ace Magazines when they had more than one story by the same author going into the same issue. The word choices in this story compared to the word choices in The Green Death from the same issue make it pretty obvious that they were written by the same author. BONUS STORIES!!!Secret Agent X, August 1937BLOODY MONKEY BUSINESSby Ralph PowersStolen ice and a dead man are strange roommates. Throw a monkey, a hophead, and a pretty girl in the picture—and what have you? Detective Dan Shelby didn't know, but he had the brawn to blaze enough light for his brain to try to solve this.... Bloody Monkey Business6000 WordsTen Detective Aces, March 1933“SINGLE ARREST” DUGANby Paul Hawk“Single Arrest” Dugan never made more than one arrest on a case. But this sensational Larkin murder sorely tried his system.1100 WordsThis edition includes illustrations for the 2 longer stories and pulp covers for all three stories as well as a Gallery of 10 pulp covers from issues featuring stories attributed to Ralph Powers.