This volume is a follow-up to our <i>Victorian Rogues MEGAPACK™</i> and presents no less than 31 additional tales of Victorian-era (or close to it!) villains, rogues, thieves, and criminals. You don't have to have read the previous volume, of course, since all of these works stand alone. But if you'd rather have an A.J. Raffles or Boston Blackie as the hero or center-point of a story than Sherlock Holmes or Charlie Chan, th ...
Pretty Phyllis Kirk was an interviewer for the Kinkaid Morals Report – the shocker that out-Kinseyed Kinsey. In her possession were secrets about the intimate lives of some very important people. Phyllis didn't live very long…<P> Jason Chase was a private-eye by accident. When Phyllis was discovered beaten to death, he found himself tangling with:<P> WOMPLER, king of the cheesecake racket (with a little blackmail thrown in fre ...
Duane W. Rimel (1915-1996) was an American poet and an author. He published not only under his own name, but the pseudonym «Rex Weldon.» His friend and mentor H.P. Lovecraft helped him write his first fantastic stories and poems in the 1930s. After Lovecraft's death, Rimel published four noir crime novels, all of which are collected here:<P> THE JURY IS OUT<BR> MOTIVE FOR MURDER<BR> THE CURSE OF CAIN<BR> THE RIVE ...
"Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" returns with issue #16, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual column by Dr John H. Watson, plus the following works: <P> The Ironic Story of The Stevenson-Doyle Letters by Gary Lovisi</br> The Contributions of William S. Baring-Gould, by Daniel DiQuinzio</br> A Medieval Mystery, by Peter James Quirk</br> Happy Birthday, Birt ...
Dickson McCunn is an affluent, 55-year-old grocer, who takes an early retirement and ventures out to explore the world. At once he is swept out of his bourgeois rut into bizarre and outlandish adventures, and forced to become a reluctant hero. McCunn is formidable and dangerous partly because he seems unremarkable and ordinary, and friends and enemies alike are taken by surprise when he acts with bold conviction. All 3 novels in this series are ...
We return for another selection of 25 ghost stories in the classic tradition – chosen from the vast storehouse of history's fiction for your personal delectation. As in our last meeting, we remind you that there are many kinds of ghosts, from the kind to cruel, the savage to the sad, and readers should not always assume they know just which they've gotten in any particular tale. Included are:<P> THE SEVENTH MAN, by A.T. Quiller- ...
Most people know Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes. But he was a prolific writer throughout his long career, producing far more than just the Holmes mysteries. This volume assembles 65 of his non-Sherlockian tales, covering a wide range of subjects: mysteries, adventure, supernatural, medical, nautical, and pugelist stories are just the tip of the iceberg! Here, in more than 1,100 pages, is one of the largest collections of Doyle short ...
Nictzin Wilstone Dyalhis (1873–1942) was an American chemist and short story writer who specialized in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. He wrote as Nictzin Dyalhis. During his lifetime he attained a measure of celebrity as a writer for the pulp fiction magazine Weird Tales. This volume collects 6 of his stories from Weird Tales, plus one from Argosy. Included are:<P> THE SEA-WITCH<BR> HEART OF ATLANTAN<BR> THE ETER ...
From the pen of one of America's most talented mystery writers comes a half-dozen fast-paced tales of mayhem and murder on Florida's Gold Coast – the fabulous neon strip that stretches from Fort Lauderdale to Miami. <P> Here, Stuff Driscoll operates out of the Sheriff's Office in Halcyon, a small fictitious resort town about twenty miles north of Miami Beach. He's one of the new breed of police officers – well-read, s ...
