Fighting Mad

by Tod Robbins

Fighting Mad was first published as a serial in Physical Culture magazine in 1922. It's the story of a man who finds himself wealthy at the same time he discovers treachery in his Iife. Stung by fate, he becomes a boxer and travels away from his troubles, only to find even more problems when he returns.

Tod Robbins is the author of two other Ramble House books: Freaks and Fantasies and Mysterious Martin. He is best known as the author of "Spurs" the short story that inspired Tod Browning's film FREAKS.

Chris Mikul, the man behind Bizarrism, has collected the serials for the first time and introduces this book.

270 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1922

About the author

Clarence Aaron Robbins, billed as C.A Robbins and better known as Tod Robbins, was an American author of horror and mystery fiction, particularly novels and short story collections.

Robbins authored two short story collections and several novels. His work often contains bizarre and frightening plots. His novel The Unholy Three (1917) was twice adapted for the screen, a silent version in 1925 and a sound version in 1930; both adaptations starred Lon Chaney. Robbins was also the author of the short story "Spurs", which was used as the basis for Freaks (1932), a film which later developed a cult following. Some of Robbins's work was later reprinted in the "Creeps" series of horror anthologies edited by Charles Birkin.

In the early 30s he moved to French Riviera and refused to leave during the Nazi occupation of France. He spent the war in a concentration camp and died in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in 1949 due to the consequences.