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She was an alcoholic blonde with a load of hot diamonds—a set-up for murder on the rocks. And only private eye Johnny Liddell can crack the case.
| Автор | Frank Kane |
The condemned man asked for three things before he climbed the thirteen steps to the gallows: a glass eye, a champagne cork and a wooden parrakeet. Can any mystery writer—other than Chicago paper blackener Harry Stephen Keeler—have proposed such a scenario? And then written a huge meganovel filled with celestials and tong lore to explain why the condemned man should make such a request?
| Автор | Harry Stephen Keeler |
The Haunts & Horrors Megapack offers everyting from ghosts to vampires, from things that go bump in the night to nameless presences – and much more! Here are 31 tales to chill the blood, including: <P> SURREAL ESTATE, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman <BR> BIRTHMARK, by Seabury Quinn <BR> THE MONKEY’S PAW, by W.W. Jacobs <BR> FUGUES, by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro <BR> DEAD BABIES, by Lawrence Watt-Evans <BR> THE MUFFIN MAN, by Mike Brines <BR> THE SILENT...
| Автор | Lawrence Watt-Evans |
When Old Hoggen disappeared, everyone in Charmouth suspected foul play. Hoggen had been rich, powerful – and not well liked. Suspicions fall on summer vacationers…and in particularly newcomers Augustus, his wife, mother-in-law, and Cousin Jemima (who bears a striking resemblance to the missing man). When Augustus actually finds the Old Hoggen's body washed ashore in a storm, events take a decidedly sinister turn. <P> A strikingly good, exceedingly rare mystery from the author of...
| Автор | Bram Stoker |
The Second Mystery Megapack selects 25 more tantalizing mystery tales, by modern and classic authors. Included are: <P>FUNNY STUFF, by Ron Goulart<BR> PIT ON THE ROAD TO HELL, by John Gregory Betancourt<BR> WHAT IS COURAGE? by Mack Reynolds<BR> JUST THE FACTS, by Meg Opperman<BR> TEN GRAINS OF SAND, by Christopher B. Booth<BR> MORE ALLISONS THAN I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH, by Michael Hemmingson<BR> REFLECTION OF A DREAM, by Jean Lorrah<BR> GRIM...
| Автор | Mack Reynolds |
When the Photographer refuses to take an assignment – killing the nephew of General Da Silva, junta member – the Corporation finds a replacement…one not quite up to the job.
| Автор | James Holding |
A facsimile reprint of the April 1933 issue of «Weird Trails» magazine, featuring M.M. Moamrath's «Riders of the Purple Ooze,» and many more Lovecraft-inspired stories.
| Автор | Darrell Schweitzer |
Mr. Sawyer, who works for the newspaper, has disappeared. Meanwhile, petty thefts have occurred at many stores in Forestdale, and those stores are the ones participating in the Town Crier's contest, in which a computer will choose the winning entry.
| Автор | Norvin Pallas |
When a young, cocky Chicago newspaper reporter turns away a woman with a scandal to tell, he ends up fired when she’s murdered before the day is through. Can he put the pieces together?
| Автор | James Michael Ullman |
This volume assembles 25 tales by Darrell Schweitzer, modern and alternate-world fantasy and horror tales in the «Weird Tales» vein. Included in this volume are some of his very finest works, including «Pennies from Hell,» «Peeling It Off,» «Kind Yvorian's Wager,» and many more! Complete contents: <P> TRANSIENTS<BR> A LANTERN MAKER OF AI HANLO<BR> THE STORY OF A DADAR<BR> REFUGEES FROM AN IMAGINARY COUNTRY<BR> THE SORCERER EVORAGDOU<BR> THE...
| Автор | Darrell Schweitzer |
The Weird Fiction Megapack collects both modern and classic stories from the classic pulp magazine, Weird Tales, with selections ranging throughout the 20th Century, but focusing mainly on the classic era of the 1930s. Included are works by many famous authors, such as H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Manly Wade Wellman, E. Hoffmann Price, Tennessee Williams, and many more – with an emphasis on great but less-well-known stories that readers may not have encountered before....
| Автор | Darrell Schweitzer |
At first it was just a lark–bribing the stewards to steal food, bribing the conductors to steal blankets, raiding the club car, becoming a trainful of drunks. But then–then they began stealing morphine, and after that they began swapping mates, and after that… <P> Finally the lights went out. And a modern-day miracle of streamlined engineering was turned into a cage of evil, human beings become beasts, and for three days the meaning of civilization was forgotten, and carnality ruled!
| Автор | C.M. Kornbluth |
Jimmy Strange is a mysterious young man who turns up when he is least expected. Whenever and wherever there is trouble, he appears from behind some dark corner. No one knows much about him, though he is always a gentleman. He is never short of money, but its source is unknown. One thing is certain – he isn't a crook. Yet they say he can break into a house with the best of them…but always in a good cause…
| Автор | Ernest Dudley |
Old man Whittaker, in the prime of life, has been sentenced to die of cancer, and it is his strange and demoniacal whim to expose in name and deed the intimate friends with whose hidden crimes he has had a confessor’s acquaintance. To allow them a terrible moment in which to flavor their own ruin, he asks them for a week-end of celebration and, as the starting gun, informs them of the Memoir…
| Автор | Lesley Frost |
Death strikes down a man on the eve of his wedding to a lovely girl. The verdict is suicide, but the girl is certain it is murder—certain because of a closing door. Inspector McKee wonders, too, and soon both he and the girl have their hands full trying to catch up with an ingenious murderer who leaves a corpse-dotted trail.
| Автор | Helen Reilly |
A bank embezzlement, an invisible witness, a hidden room filled with Civil War material about the Underground Railroad, and other intriguing ingredients make this tenth Ted Wilford mystery a fine addition to the series.
| Автор | Norvin Pallas |
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> ELOI ELOI LAMA SABACHTHANI<BR> THE TERROR OF...
| Автор | Уильям Ходжсон |
"The Thin Man" is set in New York City in December 1932, in the last days of Prohibition. The main characters are a former private detective, Nick Charles and Nora, his clever young wife. Nick, son of a Greek immigrant, has given up his career since marrying Nora, a wealthy socialite and he spends most of his time cheerfully getting drunk in hotel rooms and speakeasies. Nick and Nora have no children but they own a female Schnauzer named Asta. (In the film adaptation, Asta is a male...
| Автор | Dashiell Hammett |
June Mallory was seeking a victim. There was something hard and calculating in her eyes as her gaze swept over the crowded tables of the Silent Parrot night club.<P> She was very well known at the club—these last few weeks she had been a constant visitor. Yet she loathed the place. It looked cheap and nasty. Everywhere the paintwork was faded and drab; there were damp patches on the walls, and in many places the distemper was flaking so that it was the ruination of a dress if one stood...
| Автор | Norman Firth |
The students are Starhurst are excited about Mrs. Crandall's plans to purchase a piece of property at Moon Lake for a girls' camp. Five girls, including Louise and Jean Dana, earn the privilege of accompanying Mrs. Crandall to the proposed site on a weekend outing. Much to the Danas' dismay, Lettie Briggs makes the trip as well since Mrs. Crandall has promised her parents to look after Lettie while they are away.<P> The trip proves to be exciting, because the house located...
| Автор | Carolyn Keene |
He was a Don Juan—a Latin lover with a special flair for attracting luscious women…and lethal killers! A Father Shanley/Stanley Golden Mystery.
| Автор | Jack Webb |
She was a red-headed widow…mourner or murderess? A classic mystery, originally published in 1954!
| Автор | Scott Michel |
When a famous author turns up dead, it's up to Asey Mayo to find the killer. First in the series.
| Автор | Phoebe Atwood Taylor |