James Holding enjoys a reputation as one of the more prolific contributors to the mystery magazines of the 1960s and 1970s. (Our bibliography shows nearly 200 stories published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, etc.) He had series, such as the «Leroy King» stories (which poke gentle fun at «Ellery Queen»). He had standalones. He had mysteries of every sort imaginable – and ...
"When his hand reappeared, he was holding neither cigarettes nor keys. He was holding a small black revolver that glittered evilly in the diffused light admitted by the curtains, and his hand was steady as he touched it to the temple of the sleeping man in the bed…"<P> Murder, kidnapping, robbery, smuggling, industrial sabotage and international terrorism – Mahboob Chaudri, a Pakistani native working as a police officer in the Middle ...
James Holding (1907-1997) was a prolific short story author in the mystery field. (He also wrote children's books – including the Ellery Queen Jr. series – but short stories were his true domain.) Among the many series he created, the «Library Fuzz» stories, about detective Hal Johnson who tracks down overdue library books (and often stumbles across bigger crimes) is one of the most unusual…and fun!<P> This MEGAPACK™ collects all the ...
A new ruler has arisen on the ancient continent of Lemuria. It is Thongor the Barbarian, whose dauntless courage and mighty sword have made him overlord of a thriving young empire. Against him conspire in secret those dedicated to the Black Gods of Chaos. Suddenly Thongor's wife, the Princess Sumia, is abducted. Thongor speeds to her rescue – but his enemies are cunning as well as ruthless. Embroiled deeper and deeper in a danger compounded ...
Xothun had ruled in Omm for a thousand years – master of strange powers, yet slave to his craving for human blood. The lost city lived only to serve – and feed – Xothun.... Then came the barbarian adventurer, Thongor of Valkarth, with a city to free, a princess to rescue, glory to win – and his mightly sword to pit against Xothun's wizardry!<P> This is the second in the adventures of Thongor, greatest warrior of the forgotten contine ...
Thongor of Valkarth – mightiest warrior of the ancient continent of Lemuria, before the dawn of history – launches into his saga with this rousing adventure of swordplay and sorcery. The ancient dragon kings have deemed the hour right to regain their dominance over Earth – and only Thongor and his companions, aided by the science and magic of the wizard Sharajsha, stand between mankind and the night of doom!<P> The first of the Thongor sw ...
"Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" returns with issue #17, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual columns, a terrific selection of genre-related nonfiction, and the following great stories:<p> His Latest Bow, by Timothy S. Greer<br> An Unlikely Hero, by Peter James Quirk<br> Brooklyn’s Elusive “Mr. G”, by Albert Ashforth<br> Red Jacks Wild, by Kim Newman<br& ...
Four different writers explore the darker aspects of crime fiction in THE NOIR NOVEL MEGAPACK™:<P> HUNTER AT LARGE, by Thomas B. Dewey … Mickey requested a year's leave of absence from his job on the police force. What else could he do? He'd just spent five months in the hospital because he'd been the only witness to a brutal murder…and the victim was his own wife!<P> NEVER BET YOUR LIFE, by George Harmon Coxe … It w ...
Fantasy novel by the World Fantasy Award-winning editor and author. «Few writers can genguinely touch the quality of nightmare…the fear that formless and almost banal stems from the sleeping mind. John Bellairs did it with THE FACE IN THE FROST… James Blaylock can do it. And now there is also THE SHATTERED GODDESS.» –Mary Gentle ...
