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True Men Stories, December 1958

· December 1958, 25¢

True Men Stories, December 1958
This December 1958 issue of *True Men Stories*, a bi-monthly pulp magazine, contains adventure and war fiction alongside instructional articles and advertisements. Featured stories include "Cpl. Fennel and His 16 Sirens of Sumatra" by Eric Luria, describing covert operations with female operatives; "The Secret Mirrored Room of Mme. Olive" by Robert Moore, a police procedural about a novel execution method; and survival narratives like "Trapped in a Sinking Coffin" by Nick Reed, involving a naval explosion, and "Four Last Breaths to Eternity" by Don Fowler, depicting burial alive in sand. Civil War fiction includes Allan Stone's "The Vile Raid That Disgraced the Confederacy," covering atrocities. Non-fiction includes Evelyn Whitmore's article "American Males Are Lazy Lovers," examining marital intimacy, and "The Passion Point of Murder." The issue features Shirley Price as its monthly pinup alongside advertisements for Vitasafe vitamins and Charles Atlas's muscle-building program.

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