About This Site
Over 50 years of research into the Stratton, Schneider, King, and allied families—from colonial Massachusetts to Indiana and beyond. Built by Bill & Karen Stratton.
Strattons of Massachusetts Bay
Running Through the Sands of Time
These are scans from the original magazines where Frank Nelson Stratton's short stories were published in the early 1900s. Each PDF preserves the story as it appeared in print — with the original illustrations, typography, and magazine layouts of the era.
For the full text versions of these stories, see Stories from the Past: Pulp Fiction of the Early 20th Century.
"The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe." —Gustave Flaubert
Complete collection — black & white scans from original scrapbook
A Deal in Dates
The Munsey
A Little Diplomat
The Munsey
Connors, McAfee, and Cook (Magazine TOC)
Munsey's, Vol. XXX, 1903–1904
Connors, McAfee, and Cook (Story)
Original storiette
The Atavism of Abimelech (Magazine)
Collier's, April 1905
The Courting of Molly McCrea (Magazine TOC)
Munsey's, May 1905
The Doings of Pottering Pete
From the Publishers
The Music of Miguel
The Olympian Magazine, 1903
The Sheriff's Dream (Magazine)
Munsey's, Vol. 29, 1903–1904
The Vindication of East (Magazine)
The Clever Magazine, July 1903
The Vindication of East (Alternate)
The Clever Magazine
When the Train Was Held Up (Magazine)
Munsey's, Vol. 32, October 1904
Over 50 years of research into the Stratton, Schneider, King, and allied families—from colonial Massachusetts to Indiana and beyond. Built by Bill & Karen Stratton.
If you are tracing a Stratton line, start here. Harriet Russell Stratton's two-volume Book of Strattons is the most comprehensive Stratton genealogy ever compiled—both volumes are free and fully searchable online.