The Last Laugh — Damon Knight

Detective Tales, March 1946
THE LAST LAUGH
An Unusual Short Story
by Damon Knight

I couldn't help it! You would have laughed, too, if you'd seen that fat stoolie sewed up so tight in a red murder-frame that he couldn't breathe.

THE LAST LAUGH -- was all that could keep Markham from the chair -- and he nearly missed it!

2400 Words



Detective Tales, March 1946
WHEN GANGDOM RULED
by Cedric W. Windas
The Turbulent Twenties' protection racket hit men, women -- and even children!
250 Words

This edition features all of the illustrations from the story and the feature plus the cover and an assortment of ads from the March 1946 issue of Detective Tales Magazine.