Johnston McCulley may be best known as the creator of Zorro, but he was a prolific pulp author in many genres. This volume collects 3 short novels and 7 short stories with mystery themes. Included are:<P> THE MASKED WOMAN<BR> "THE MOUTHPIECE WILL KNOW!"<BR> MURDER NOTE<BR> HOOKED<BR> THE OBVIOUS CLUE<BR> FORBEARANCE<BR> INITIATING NOGGINS<BR> THUBWAY THAM'S DEED OF MERCY<BR> ...
"Sixty original tales of Sherlock Holmes – which one is the best? In sixty essays, sixty Sherlockians make the case for each of the stories. Their arguments range from the playful to the academic, and are as varied as the authors themselves. As editor Christopher Redmond says, «„What they have written is compelling evidence that any one of the Sherlock Holmes stories can be the best; it’s all a matter of what the reader is looking for.“» & ...
One night Ed Smith thought he was having a waking nightmare when he saw a monstrous face at his window, but in the morning his neighbors were missing. The people who later turned up were not quite right, and gradually Smith realized they not only weren't his neighbors, but weren't even human … they were the creatures he had seen! In «The Nightmare People,» Lawrence Watt-Evans has created a terrifying new monster in the classic traditio ...
Welcome to The Seventh Ghost Story MEGAPACK®! Once more we have a wide-ranging assortment of supernatural fiction, with setting across the world – Europe, the Americas, Asia – and across the centuries. You will note that we have a larger than normal number of «Anonymous» stories. No, the authors weren't embarrassed by their contributions. Victorian-era literary magazines and newspapers often ran fiction without crediting the author, or with ...
Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #21 features the best in contemporary and classic mystery fiction, with a great linup of crimes and columns. Here are:<BR> Features:<BR> From Watson’s Notebook, by John H. Watson, M. D.<BR> Ask Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha Hudson<BR> Non Fiction:<BR> Screen of the Crime, by Kim Newman<BR> Beam Me Up, Sherlock, by Lynne Stephens<BR> Recurring Characters in the Nero W ...
Arthur Morrison (1863-1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for his detective stories, one series of which featured the adventures of detective Martin Hewitt. Morrison’s best known work of fiction is probably his novel «A Child of the Jago» (1896, included here), but fans of detective fiction will recognize him from his mystery short stories, ...
Charlie Chan, visiting San Francisco to make a speech, finds himself swept into one of his most puzzling – and dangerous – cases! A cult known as the Golden Horde is running a spiritual retreat, helping the disturbed and the depressed find inner peace. Benny Chan, who worked for the Golden Horde, is dead … but the priceless treasure he carried has been recovered. Benny's sister is searching for the truth, and Chan agrees to help her. Ancien ...
In addition to being a brilliant author, Brian Stableford is an accomplished editor and translator. Here he has selected and translated his choice of the 18 best weird tales and contes cruels by French author Armand Blocq (1870-1933), published under his pseudonym Gaston Danville. Check out Brian’s long and informative Introduction for more information. [Published in paperback as The Anatomy of Love and Murder: Psychoanalytical Fantasies.] Inclu ...
James Michael Ullman (1925-1997) was an American novelist and newspaper writer/editor known for his work in and about the Chicago area. Ullman served in World War II and the U.S. Navy for two and a half years, and also served as an Air Force civilian employee on Guam. He was educated at Chicago's Wright Junior College and De Paul University, eventually receiving a Masters in Journalism from Northwestern University in 1954. He became a newsp ...