A man explains with perfect calm why he had to destroy a neighbour whose only offence was his round face and booming laugh. Elsewhere in this 1906 collection a prospector works a hidden valley in All Gold Canyon, extortionists terrorise a tycoon in The Minions of Midas, and rival scientists race to vanish in The Shadow and the Flash.
A varied, often eerie set of tales that shows London’s range beyond the Klondike. Download the free EPUB.