Clark South 1 hr 32 min read

Among their moonlit wedding gifts, Mark and Elaine find a mirror sent by Adrian Vance, the rival Mark despises, a gift that will prove to be far more than it seems.

Clark South's 1942 story is an atmospheric time-travel adventure with a menacing edge. Vivid, driven golden-age pulp. Read it for a colorful pulp yarn where a jilted rival's strange gift becomes a doorway through time, drawing newlyweds into peril, in a fast-moving tale of jealousy, revenge, and temporal danger.

In its time

Published in 1942, during the 1940s, the golden age begins.

Reading it

1 hr 32 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).