Cecil Jonathan Amherst – who goes by the handle Leavenworth Louis – is a master forger with a heart. One day in Miami Beach, he spots a young woman who is crying. Leavenworth Louis slipps a twenty into her purse—and that's when the trouble starts…
Thomas Thursday (1894–1974) was a lesser-known pulp writer who ended up having one of the longest careers writing for the pulp magazines. His first published short story, “A Stroke of Genius,” appeared in Top-Notch (April 1, 1918 issue). He submitted the story to them after finding an old issue in the subway.<P> He used the penname “Thursday” after glancing at a calendar. His real name remains a mystery. He was still appearing in the pulps in the late 1950s, after which the magazine...
