Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine returns with issue #11, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual columns by Lenny Picker and Mrs Hudson, plus the following stories: «The Adventures of Sherlock Hoosier,» by Dan Andriacco; «To Walk a Crooked Mile,» by Hal Charles; «Closing the Circle,» by Sergio Gaut vel Hartman; «The Cantor and the Ghost,» by G. Miki Hayden; «The Compound,» by Marc Bilgrey; «The ...
The murder of Carlos Galecci, a kingpin of organized crime, was not unexpected. Only three days earlier, fearing for his life, he'd hired Los Angeles private eye Johnny Merak to discover who was threatening him. Then he's found seated in his private vault with a knife in his back–a vault whose combination only he knows, a vault no one else has entered in the interim. Summoned to the scene, Merak is hired by Gloria, Galecci’s statuesque ...
This volume assembles a mammoth collection of modern Sherlock Holmes stories – no less than 25 tales by modern masters, such as Carla Coupe, Gary Lovisi, Richard A. Lupoff, Robert J. Sawyer, Mike Resnick, and many more! (It's also an authorized edition, produced under license from Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.) <P> THE ADVENTURE OF THE ELUSIVE EMERALDS, by Carla Coupe<BR> THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND ROUND, by Mark Wardecker<BR& ...
To anyone interested in supernatural fiction, the work of Welsh master Arthur Machen (1863-1947) is a fundamental starting point. In 2008, Stephen King called Machen's «The Great God Pan» (included here) «Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language» in an interview. And H.P. Lovecraft wrote: «Of living creators of cosmic fear raised to its most artistic pitch, few if any can hope to equal the versatile Arthur Machen, author of som ...
She was the kind of woman a man always noticed, mostly because of her eyes: deep and dark, they'd held a warmth that could easily kindle a fire in one's soul. Now they were staring sightlessly up from the sidewalk. It was a killing without a motive, just the first of a string of murders that led Johnny Merak, private investigator, from the teeming underworlds of Chicago and Los Angeles to the edge of the New Mexican desert, trailing a ...
The Summer, 1998 issue of WEIRD TALES presents 9 great fantasy & horror stories, plus the usual features and poems. A strong issue, with the following stories: <P> FLOWER WATER, by Tanith Lee<BR> THE RENFIELDS, by Christopher Lee Walters<BR> THE GAME, by Melanie Tem<BR> ON THE LAST NIGHT OF THE FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD, by Darrell Schweitzer<BR> BEDDY-BYE, by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre<BR> TO FAST IN FIRES ...
The Second Algernon Blackwood Megapack collects 28 more classic tales of the supernatural by one of the greatest ghost story writers of all time. Included in this volume are: <P> SKELETON LAKE<BR> SMITH: AN EPISODE IN A LODGING-HOUSE<BR> A SUSPICIOUS GIFT<BR> THE EMPTY HOUSE<BR> THE LISTENER<BR> MAY DAY EVE<BR> CARLTON'S DRIVE<BR> IF THE CAP FITS—<BR> THE MAN WHO PLAYED UPON TH ...
In a wild, bleak corner of the Kent Coast, a derelict harbour rots beneath the tides. Here the «Doll,» a film-struck waif, and her lover, ex-movie star Tod Hafferty, play out their final, tragic, ill-fated, real-life roles. Sudden death strikes the players more than once, ultimately involving a member of the local police force. Then, as Dr. Morelle finds himself enmeshed in a network of sex and murder, Miss Frayle's anticipated quiet weeken ...
The Algernon Blackwood Megapack collects 36 classic tales of the supernatural by one of the greatest ghost story writers of all time. More than just ghosts, however, this collection includes tales of vampires and other creatures of the night…and much, much more. Nearly 1,300 pages of great reading! <P> THE SINGULAR DEATH OF MORTON<BR> THE OLIVE<BR> ANCIENT LIGHTS<BR> THE KIT-BAG<BR> THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM< ...
