Claimed, by Francis Stevens

[glenne3]

First serialized in Argosy in 1920.

In PDF on Archive:
https://archive.org/download/NightmarePdf/Claimed%2520.pdf

[flavo5000]

First serialized in Argosy in 1920.

In PDF on Archive:
https://archive.org/download/NightmarePdf/Claimed%2520.pdf

Unfortunately that PDF is under a creative commons license. I've looked for the original Argosy version before and wasn't able to find it. Having said that, there are a few unrecorded Francis Stevens works out there:

Sunfire (1923) [~29,000 word count]
Five explorers travel by canoe to the headwaters of the Rio Silencioso, to a hidden lake with an ancient pyramid. There they are seduced and trapped, and are fated to become human sacrifices to an ancient god.
Part 1: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV02N0119230708/page/n1/mode/2up
Part 2: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v02n02_1923-09/page/n47/mode/1up

The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar (1904) - Francis Stevens
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435072700883&view=1up&seq=673&skin=2021

Unseen-Unfeared (1919) - Francis Stevens
https://archive.org/details/PeoplesV29N0419190210/page/n143/mode/2up

Those last two could be done for the story collections or combined together for a solo project.

[sjmarky]

There's also this one: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0602981h.html

Looks like it's from Argosy?

[annise]

PGA has texts that are to the best of his knowledge PD in Australia - there are no claims the texts are PD in the USA.
They may well be (or not be). I have asked the person running the site and that is his answer, not me being difficult again.

Anne