Sax Rohmer's 1956 short story tells of Nayland Smith's second encounter with the criminal mastermind Fu Manchu – a meeting that goes in a very unexpected direction… ...
The Gothic Terror MEGAPACK™ presents 17 tales from the early and late Gothic periods, drawn from both the English and American Gothic movements. Here you will find murder, insanity, scandal, obsession, secrets, and gloom…and even the occasional ghost. Included are:<P> A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family, by J. Sheridan LeFanu<BR> Jack Long; or The Shot in the Eye, by Charles Wilkins Webber<BR> Master Sacristan Eber ...
In his stunning tour-de-force sequel to Mary Shelley's novel FRANKENSTEIN, horror master Marvin Kaye (author of A Cold Blue Light and The Masters of Solitude) breathes new life into the Creature, offering a glimpse into the soul behind the monster – and redemption to not only Victor Frankenstein, but the life he created. From the snow-swept wastes of the Frozen North to the gaslit streets of Edinburgh (where Burke & Hare are just starti ...
The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles, California and is noted for its complexity, with many characters double-crossing one another and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination in the final ...
Bulldog Drummond is a British fictional character, created by H. C. McNeile and published under his pen name «Sapper». After an unsuccessful one-off appearance as a policeman in The Strand magazine, the character was reworked by McNeile into a gentleman adventurer for his 1920 novel Bulldog Drummond. McNeile went on to write ten Drummond novels, five short stories, four stage plays, and a screenplay before his death in 1937. Included in this vol ...
The third collection of the works of R. Austin Freeman presents 19 more tales of forensic sleuth Dr. Thorndyke and others, plus the essay "The Art of the Detective Story. Included are:<P> THE ART OF THE DETECTIVE STORY, by R. Austin Freeman<BR> THE MAGIC CASKET (1927)<BR> THE CONTENTS OF A MARE’S NEST (1927)<BR> THE STALKING HORSE (1927)<BR> THE NATURALIST AT LAW (1927)<BR> MR. PONTING'S ALIBI (1927 ...
From classic novels like «The Ghost Pirates» and «The House on the Borderland» to short stories to even a pair of poems, «The William Hope Hodgson Megapack» presents 35 classic works. Included are: <P> A NOTE ABOUT HODGSON, by Darrell Schweitzer<BR> NOTES ON HODGSON, by H. P. Lovecraft<BR> THE MYSTERY OF THE DERELICT<BR> A TROPICAL HORROR<BR> OUT OF THE STORM<BR> THE FINDING OF THE «GRAIKEN»<BR> ...
Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine returns with its January/February 2014 issue, 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: <P> A Scandal in BO Media, by Hal Charles<br> Challenger's Titanic Challenge, by Gary Lovisi<br> We Hate the Taste of Jellyfish, by Jay Carey<br> The Disappearance of the Vatic ...
The year is 1888 and a madman is terrorizing the East End of London. But Doctor Varanus Shashavani has far more pressing concerns to worry about than a lunatic in Whitechapel. Her charitable hospital is under siege by gang lords, her English cousins are threatening to steal her inheritance, and her best friend has become obsessed with Gothic novels. To make matters worse, her son Friedrich is associating with an American who talks endlessly of w ...
