Argosy All-Story Weekly, May 5, 1928

Argosy All-Story Weekly, May 5, 1928 This issue contains four serials and numerous complete stories. "A Hard-Boiled Tenderfoot" by J. U. Giesy (six parts; part one) brings "new fighting methods to the old West." "Thieves' Market" by Judson Philips and Boyden Sparkes (four parts; part two) follows "the war ace who plunged into a task that had baffled the police." "Red Hot" by Fred MacIsaac (five parts; part four) concerns "an exciting time in keeping a good man down." "Rope Neckties" by John Wilstach (three parts; part one) is "a story of vengeance on the open range." Complete stories include Laurance M. Hare's "The Train Expecter" (novelette), Joseph T. Kescel's "The Red Man's Way," and Albert Chenicek's "Bum Pro Tem." Additional short fiction covers miscellaneous Western and adventure themes, with contributors including Leo Margulies, Heath, and others. The magazine emphasizes action and frontier narratives.