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Sailor’s Grudge

Sailor’s Grudge. Featuring Steve Costigan. First published in Fight Stories volume 2 number 10 march 1930 as ‘Sailor’s Grudge’. It was published again in Fight Stories volume 5 number 7 in 1938 under the name Mark Adam and with the changed title.

The Right Hook

“The Right Hook” is a gripping boxing tale that revolves around Steve Harmer, a boxer with a formidable punch but a fragile chin, leading to a series of defeats that make him contemplate retirement. His return home and a chance encounter with Gloria Murken, his old flame, draw him back into the ring for one final, dramatic bout with unexpected stakes.

Playing Santa Claus

Playing Santa Claus. Featuring Dennis Dorgan and was written under the pseudonym, Patrick Ervin. Alternate title A TWO-FISTED SANTA CLAUS. Cross Plains Library has one original draft of this story and a retyped draft by the Otis Adelbert Kline Agency. 

Night of Battle

“Night of Battle,” also published as “Shore Leave for a Slugger,” thrusts Steve Costigan into a whirlwind of adventure and misadventure in Singapore. First published in Fight Stories in March 1932. Howard earned  $60.00 for the story. Published again with the byline Mark Adam in the same magazine in the Fall 1942 issue and the title was changed to “Shore Leave for a Slugger”.

Night Encounter

4500 words, incomplete. “Night Encounter” tells a gripping story set in the trenches of World War I, focusing on an unexpected reunion between two childhood friends, now on opposing sides of the conflict.