Made in Tanganyika

By Carl Jacobi

Come, enjoy a Carl Jacobi field day—backed by his vivid, irresistible imagination and his keen sense of fun. Or was it so funny for Martin Sutter? For, unlike him, you’ll surely be cautious the next time you turn on your TV set—especially if you notice it was made in Tanganyika.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wilder Publications, Inc.
• Release date: Sep 9, 2016
• ISBN: 9781515406617

Carl Jacobi

Carl Richard Jacobi (10 July 1908 – 25 August 1997) was an American journalist and author. He wrote short stories in the horror and fantasy genres for the pulp magazine market, appearing in such pulps of the bizarre and uncanny as Thrilling, Ghost Stories, Startling Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories and Strange Stories. He also wrote stories crime and adventure which appeared in such pulps as Thrilling Adventures, Complete Stories, Top-Notch, Short Stories, The Skipper, Doc Savage and Dime Adventures Magazine. Jacobi also produced some science fiction, mainly space opera, published in such magazines as Planet Stories. He was one of the last surviving pulp-fictioneers to have contributed to the legendary American horror magazine Weird Tales during its "glory days" (the 1920s and 1930s). His stories have been translated into French, Swedish, Danish and Dutch.

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Made in Tanganyika

by Carl Jacobi

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Made in Tanganyika

by Carl Jacobi

Come, enjoy a Carl Jacobi field day—backed by his vivid, irresistible imagination and his keen sense of fun. Or was it so funny for Martin Sutter? For, unlike him, you’ll surely be cautious the next time you turn on your TV set—especially if you notice it was made in Tanganyika.

See what happens when two conchologists get caught in a necromantic nightmare of their own.

On his fortieth

 birthday Martin Sutter decided life was too short to continue in the rut that had been his existence for more than twenty years. He withdrew his savings from the Explosion City Third Federal Bank, stopped in a display room and informed a somewhat surprised clerk he was taking the electric runabout with the blue bonnet. The ground-car, complete with extras, retailed for a tidy three thousand credits.

To accustom himself to the car’s controls Sutter chose Highway 56 for a driving lesson. He tooled the electric runabout up into the third level, purred out across state