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The Blue Book Magazine, October 1922
This October 1922 issue of *The Blue Book Magazine* features thirteen short stories and one serial. "A Wall Street Sunset" by Garet Garrett concerns Wall Street financiers; J. Frank Davis's "The Murder Specialist" follows gunfighter Captain Bill Titus. Jonathan Brooks contributes "Ike Takes the Reins," a baseball story from a manager's perspective. Clarence Herbert New continues his diplomacy series with "The Oriental Embassy Affair." Other stories include Meigs O. Frost's Louisiana coastal romance "Fork-Eye's Flag Still Flies"; Edward Mott Woolley's business story "Strategy Hawkins Cruises"; and George F. Worts's "Devil Mist," set in Siam. Jim Tully, described as a professional pugilist, writes "Battle Galore" about prize fighting. Bertram Atkey offers "Easy Street Experts," another adventure in rascality. The serial *Lou-Lou* by H. Bedford-Jones concerns East-West romance. The novelette "Big Sandy of the Veldt" by Magruder G. Maury depicts conflict in South Africa among Boers, British, and natives.