Jungle stories have been a part of popular literature since Tarzan swung out of the trees in 1913. We aren't including «Tarzan of the Apes» or any of its numerous sequels – which are easily available elsewhere – and are focusing on standalone tales, plus a rival of Tarzan's … Jan of the Jungle! Here are tales of Jungle vudu, adventure, and mystery stories sure to entertain. Included are:<P> THE CALL OF THE SAVAGE, by Otis Adelbe ...
The Solve-It-Yourself Mystery MEGAPACK® presents 123 Mysteries you can read in a minute (or two) – and try to solve yourself! (Just turn to the next page for the solution.) Hours of great fun for the mystery buff!<P> If you enjoy this volume of classic stories, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 270+ other entries in this series, including science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, adv ...
Welcome to our second volume of Detective stories! This is a grab-bag volume with contributions by many top mystery authors from the mid 20th Century pulp and digest magazines. There’s something to appeal to every taste, from noir to crime to even holiday capers and a Christmas tale by Johnson McCulley (creator of Zorro). Included are:<P> DEAD MEN DON'T MOVE, by Thomas Thursday<BR> ALIBI–WITH SOUND, by Robert Wallace <BR> ...
Brill Brillhart, the songwriter, was known as the biggest heel to hit New York in four decades. So the report of his murder was no disappointment. But it was disconcerting when gossip columnists daily recorded his activities: escorting beautiful women to Manhattan's most glamorous nightclubs, writing songs, and otherwise behaving as a person very much alive. Crack magazine writer William Deacon set out to unravel the mystery and quickly dis ...
William Deacon, magazine journalist and sometimes detective, suddenly heard himself say, «Okay, if you want to sail on the Montmartre, I can get us aboard.» He made one phone call, and to the bewilderment of his true love, Twit-Twit, and his true friends, Tom and Betsy Dolan, all four found themselves outward bound for Europe on the supposedly sold-out pride of the line. And thereby lies a trail to America's sexiest movie star (Merrilee), h ...
When two fast-thinking copy shoot it out with Harry Derby and bring him in for the murder of a grandmother, they aren't taking any chances. They «add» a little evidence to help make the charges stick. After all, they both know Harry is guilty. They did a good job. So good that Harry is sure to get the electric chair…even if he's innocent!<P> Herbert Brean (1907-1973) was an American journalist and crime fiction writer, best know ...
Lyn McConchie again carries the reader back to the Victorian London of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, this time with two Beastly Mysteries.<P> When Lord Temberton opens an Anglo-Saxon barrow and finds a securely locked Elizabethan chest seven mummified penguins placed around it in a circle, it is to Sherlock Holmes that he turns for answers. Is this sabotage? A practical joke? Or something more sinister? Holmes, together with Watson, mu ...
The Detective Megapack presents 28 choice mysteries, spanning the Victorian age through modern times. From Dashiell Hammet to Arthur Conan Doyle, from Vincent Starrett to Johnston McCulley – there is something for every fan of detective tales!<P> IT TORE THE LAUGH FROM MY THROAT, by Meriah L Crawford<BR> THE TAGGART ASSIGNMENT, by Vincent Starrett<BR> TOMORROW'S DEAD, by David Dean<BR> THE FLAMING PHANTOM, by Jac ...
Welcome to another wide-ranging collection of dark fantasy and horror stories. From familiar classics to rare pulp stories, from the Victorian era to contemporary tales, there's something here for every taste. Included are:<P> GARAGE SALE, by Janet Fox<BR> SOULS OF THE DAMNED, by John D. Swain<BR> JOHNNY ON THE SPOT, by Frank Belknap Long<BR> THE HAUNTED CHAIR, by Richard Marsh<BR> THE UPPER BERTH, by F. M ...
