Flappers & Fiction

Curated Short Stories and More from the 1880s—1930s.

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PUBLISHED WEEKLY

Works by George F. Weeks

A Mystery of the Colorado Desert

Published September, 1886
Have you heard the tale of the lone adventurer who staggered from the salt-choked basin with his horse dead and his tongue black from thirst? He swears he stood within pistol shot of an ancient, high-sterned galleon mired in the alkali mud. A lethal crust of white ash is all that separates him from a fortune in East Indian gold. Will you tempt the Ogre of the Desert to claim it?

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Black-and-white photograph of a marshy landscape with water, reeds, and distant figures standing near the shoreline

Flappers & Fiction

A curated archive of short stories and writings from 1880s to the 1930s. We preserve and organize public-domain literature by theme and genre, offering readers a clear window into the ideas, lives, and imaginations of the past.

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