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The Old Oaken Eight-Ball

Richard Sale

First published September 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Captain McGrail

Notes

" ... there was nothing more joyous in DFW [Detective Fiction Weekly] than Richard Sale's series of Captain McGrail stories ... Every dossier from the McGrail files teeters on the precise balance-point between everyday homicide and pure fantasy ..." -- editor's intro to story First published in Detective Fiction Weekly, March 15, 1941 per The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index.

Publications (2)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1953 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1953 Fantasy House, Inc. MAGAZINE 83
February 1954 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1954 Mellifont Press Ltd. MAGAZINE 62