Paree, Vol. 1, No. 2

This issue of *Paree Stories* Vol. 1, No. 2 (25¢) collects short fiction with romantic and mystery themes. "Beautiful Spy" by Margaret Kearns follows Petronella Parker, a mysterious lodger whose secretive life sparks speculation among boarding house residents. When she fails to answer her door, the household conjectures wildly about suicide, murder, and espionage, leading Colonel Blackie to force the door—only to discover she'd simply been out covering a society party and forgotten her key. "Shirley's Scheme" by Larry McBrien depicts an art student in New York repeatedly rejecting the persistent advances of Claude Fulton. Exasperated, Shirley stages a fake drunken seduction scene with her friend Phyllis's fiancé Fred to shatter Claude's idealized image of her innocence. The plan backfires when Claude, witnessing the scene, proves forgiving rather than disgusted, prompting Shirley to strike him in fury—finally driving him away. The issue also advertises Ovid's *Art of Love*, a mail-order volume of classical amatory instruction.