The "shockers" had just finished their day's work.
"Harvest"
Mrs. Humphry Ward
If, in the literary world, he was regarded by superior persons as a writer of "shockers," he had a large and increasing public who were fascinated by the wholesome and thrilling stories he wrote, and who held on breathlessly to the skein of mystery until they came to the denouement he had planned.
"The Clue of the Twisted Candle"
Edgar Wallace
For the first time he noted the energon-ray shockers at the belts of the four Lhari.
"The Colors of Space"
Marion Zimmer Bradley