"The Wilkie Collins Megapack" collects 25 short works – ranging from mystery and suspense to gothics and ghost stories – by the author of THE MOONSTONE and THE WOMAN IN WHITE! Collected are: <P> INTRODUCTION<BR> VOLPURNO–OR THE STUDENT (1843)<BR> THE LAST STAGE COACHMAN (1843)<BR> THE TWIN SISTERS (1851)<BR> A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF MR. PERUGINO POTTS (1852)<BR> A TERRIBLY STRANGE BED (1852)<BR& ...
"The Randall Garrett Megapack" (and its companion volume, «The Second Randall Garrett Megapack») together encompass 42 classic-era science fiction tales by Randall Garrett. Readers interested in works by the author of the Lord Darcy and the Queen's Own F.B.I. series will find much of interest here! [Note that we omit one story–an early magazine version of a novel included in the second volume–as unnecessary.] <P> "The Rand ...
Pulp writer Johnston McCulley (1993-1938) was the author of hundreds (if not thousands) of short stories and novels, published in pulp magazines under his own name and a plethora of pseudonyms. His most famous creation remains the masked swordsman Zorro. But before Zorro hit it big, McCulley tried out dozens of different heroes and antiheroes…including a pickpocket with a lisp named «Thubway Tham» who is is pursued by Detective Craddock of the N ...
A legendary name from the Golden Age of Paperbacks, VICTOR J. BANIS spins a witty and exuberant tale of A Thousand and One Knights, flitting blithely from tale to tail, in one era and out the other. Part autobiography, part a history of the Gay Revolution, part writing manual, part juicy gossip, with a few tasty recipes thrown in for good measure, Spine Intact, Some Creases is a summing up – alternately hilarious and touching, instructive and im ...
This volume assembles no less than 42 of the classic Old West novels and short stories of B.M. Bower. Included are many tales of the Flying U Ranch, as well as stories set in California, Montana, and many other western locales. Hours of great western reading await! <P> Included are: <P> Flying U Ranch <BR> Chip, of the Flying U <BR> The Flying-U’s Last Stand <BR> Blink <BR> Miss Martin’s Mission <B ...
Decadent literature is intrinsically and proudly a literature of moral challenge; it is sceptical, cynical, and satirical. It recognizes that everyday morality does not work either in practical or in psychological terms, and is therefore a sham, but that ideal morality is – not necessarily unfortunately – unattainable. This volume collects the best of Brian Stableford's decadent work, including: «Salome,» «O For a Fiery Gloom and Thee,» «Th ...
Life is just a phase. We're born, we live, we explore, we experience and we die. This compilation of short stories, poems and art ranges from horror to comedy to erotica to personal narrative but the one thing that they all have in common is that they address the experience of what it is like to be human. ...
The day was humid and overcast. Somewhere in the far distance thunder could be heard. The old man was seated at the table and toyed with his hearing aid as he read the racing guide. A transistor radio blared results of the October Cup at Randwick. His old Labrador retriever lay at his feet, its head hugging the cool linoleum floor. It was a simply furnished kitchen, unpainted and, but for the 1968 calendar by the fridge, unchanged since his wife ...
Sometimes disabilities can get the better of us. Though sometimes a soul rises from the bodies, to show us just how strong we really are. A young woman named Alessia, volunteered to speak at a conference for people with disabilities. ...
