The Third Western Novel MEGAPACK® presents four more great tales of the Old West, by four different writers. Included in this volume are:<P> FERGUSON'S FERRY, by Noel Loomis … The ferry as the only crossing over the Missouri to the beckoning West, and many men battled to wrest it from Sandy John Ferguson…<P> BOOTHILL GOSPEL, by Chuck Martin … Men listened to his gospel – or died by his gun!<P> HELL GATE, by William Colt ...
Here is a selection of 18 jaunts through time, many of them rare tales from the pulps that we know you haven’t read before. Even if you're jaded with time-travel (Dinosaurs? Again?) you'll find something new in these pages. Included are:<P> THE CHILDREN'S ROOM, by Raymond F. Jones<BR> SIDETRACK IN TIME, by William P. McGivern<BR> GEORGE ALL THE WAY, by Richard Wilson<BR> ABSOLUTELY NO PARADOX, by Lester ...
CREATIVE DESTRUCTION presents 8 science fiction stories – including two short novels – by bestselling author Edward M. Lerner. All deal with the future of technology and computing. <P> The author writes: «Computing is mere decades young, a set of technologies we have scarcely begun to develop. It's already been quite a ride. Now: Imagine every gadget around you becoming ever faster, cheaper, tinier, more interconnected, more intellig ...
David H. Keller, M.D. (1880-1966) was indeed a medical doctor (a psychiatrist – and the first to write science fiction). He was an early proponent of H.P. Lovecraft and wrote a number of articles on Lovecraft's work, whose influence can be seen in some of his horror stories. Another influence was James Branch Cabell. This volume concentrates on Keller's fantasy and horror, but does include – at the end of the book – a few science-ficti ...
The Second Philip K. Dick MEGAPACK™ collects 13 more rare stories by the classic science fiction author. Included in this volume are:<P> THE UNRECONSTRUCTED M<BR> SALES PITCH<BR> SHELL GAME<BR> BREAKFAST AT TWILIGHT<BR> ADJUSTMENT TEAM<BR> FOSTER, YOU'RE DEAD<BR> THE CRAWLERS<BR> THE GOLDEN MAN<BR> THE LAST OF THE MASTERS<BR> THE TURNING WHEEL<BR> UPON THE DULL EAR ...
Melissa Tyler, who had just inherited incredible wealth, came to the Harden Detective Agency claiming she needed protection from crank letters and any possible trouble involving her family. This was a vast understatement of the situation as Margot, the poised young woman from Harden's, learned when she returned with Melissa to a languorous South Carolina town. <P> In a town dominated by conservative old families, Mrs. Tyler's h ...
Moving to Chincoteague has been hard for Alison Grossbard and her younger brother Arnold. When Dad lost his job as a reporter in Baltimore after speaking out against the High Ones – big, blue starfish from space that now rule the Earth – he was lucky to get a job at the local fusion plant. Sure, the High Ones brought wonderful technology – tri-vees and interplanetary travel and nuclear fusion – but the High Ones and their human flunkeys punish a ...
William P. McGivern, a popular and prolific fantasy and science fiction writer in the 1940s and 1950s (under his own name as well as the pseudonyms Gerald Vance and P.F. Costello), later achieved fame as a noir and hardboiled mystery author of such classics as «The Big Heat.» The William P. McGivern Fantasy Megapack collects 25 of his early fantasy stories, including:<P> AL ADDIN AND THE INFRA-RED LAMP<BR> REWBARB'S REMARKABLE ...
When the beautiful invaders took over, only Texas fought back! A «different» science fiction novel by award-winning author Richard Wilson. Originally published in 1955, this is a science fiction romp that pokes fun at the B-Movie notion of beautiful alien invaders.<P> Richard Wilson (1920–1987) was a Nebula Award winning American science fiction writer and fan. He was a member of the Futurians (alongside such notables as Isaac Asimov, Don ...
