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Jungle Stories, Fall 1948
Jungle Stories, Fall 1948 This issue features adventure narratives set in African colonial settings. The lead story is "The Golden Claws of Raa," a Ki-Gor novel by John Peter Drummond, following the muscular White Lord of the Jungle as he pursues slavers who have raided pygmy villages. Ki-Gor, accompanied by Masai warriors led by Tembu George, tracks the kidnappers through jungle terrain while his wife Helene follows, intent on reaching the pygmy settlement. The narrative emphasizes Ki-Gor's superhuman prowess swinging through tree-canopy paths. Three novelets comprise the remaining jungle adventure stories: "Witch's Moon" by Wilton Hazzard depicts fortune hunter Gordon Quentin navigating the cursed Latumbe's Tomb; Bryce Walton's "Mask of the Snake" depicts safari veteran Mike Burack's encounter with Jean McWilliams pursuing juju confrontation with serpent-lords; and Dan Cushman's "Kraal of the Walking Dead" explores Dr. Sprague's reluctance to investigate a mysterious pale chief's refusal to dance at fetish ceremonies. Edgar Wallace's "The Clean Sweeper," a Sanders of the River short story, rounds out the fiction content.