Amazing Stories, Vol. 2, No. 1

Amazing Stories, April 1927 This issue features six fiction pieces across genres. "The Plague of the Living Dead" by A. Hyatt Verrill is an adventure tale involving a plague outbreak. "The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes" by H. G. Wells presents a science fiction premise. "John Jones's Dollar" by Harry Stephen Keeler is a crime story. "White Gold Pirate" by Merlin Moore Taylor is a pirate narrative. "The Man in the Room" by Edwin Balmer and William B. MacHarg, a psychological detective story featured on the cover, showcases detective Trant using word-association testing on murder suspects and the victim's daughter. Additionally, "The Balloon Hoax" by Edgar Allan Poe is reprinted, and the concluding part of Edgar Rice Burroughs' serial "The Land that Time Forgot" appears. "Hicks' Inventions With a Kick" features Henry Hugh Simmons' invention article on an automatic self-serving dining table.