These gruesome stories from the pulps were written by Mary Dale Buckner, writing as Donald Dale. Would men of the Depression era enjoyed reading about torture and depravity if they had known it was written by a woman? John Pelan tells the full story of the remarkable writer who was known as "Donald Dale". The stories in this collection are: Bride of the Red Hate, Horror Stories, June/July 1939 Maids for the Dust Devils, Dime Mystery Magazine, July 1938 The Beautiful Dead, Terror Tales, March/April 1937 Art Class in Hell, Horror Stories, June/July 1937 Bodies Born for Slaughter, Terror Tales, September 1940 The Murder Child, Dime Mystery Magazine, February 1937 Vendetta with the Dead, The Scorpion, April/May 1939 Times Dark Chapter, Dime Mystery Magazine, February 1938 Call to the Murder Girls, Dime Mystery Magazine, May 1938 I See With Dead Man's Eyes, Dime Mystery Magazine, May 1937 Caverns of Cain, Horror Stories, April 1941 Fear Fiction Terror Tales, March 1941