The first Weirdbook Annual – The Witches MEGAPACK® – presents a selection of all-new tales of witches! Included this time are:<p> "Thou Shalt Not Suffer," by Matt Neil Hill<BR> "No Holds Bard," by Adrian Cole<BR> "Laying the Hairy Book," by Josh Reynolds<BR> "Here Is Where Your Proud Waves Halt," by Erica Ruppert<BR> "Vicious Circles," by Paul Dale Anderson<BR> "Assorted Shades of Red," by Franklyn Searight<BR> ...
Hugh «Bulldog» Drummond is a World War I veteran, brutalised by his experiences in the trenches and bored with his post-war lifestyle. He publishes an advertisement looking for adventure, and soon finds himself embroiled in a series of exploits, many of which involve Carl Peterson—who becomes his nemesis—and Peterson's mistress, the femme fatale, Irma. «Sapper» —the pseudonym of H. C. McNeile—wrote ten Drummond novels, four short stories, four stage plays, and a screenplay before his death...
Our second volume of Fletcher Flora’s crime and mystery stories collects 20 more tales by the classic author. Included this time are:<P> HELL HAS NO FURY<BR> THE CLOSING TRAP<BR> HELL FOR HANNAH<BR> THE COLLECTOR COMES AFTER PAYDAY<BR> FAIR GAME<BR> MAY I COME IN?<BR> KILL ME TOMORROW<BR> TRESPASSER<BR> MOST AGREEABLY POISONED<BR> SOUNDS AND SMELLS<BR> A COOL SWIM ON A HOT DAY<BR> IQ – 184<BR> SETTLEMENT...
I was bone-tired when I locked the last gas pump, turned off the lights and closed the garage door. It had been a long day. One of an endless number of days.<p> I crossed the concrete apron, got in my jalopy and started the motor. I gave the filling station a last look. It was tired and grubby in the early night. I'd really tried to make a go of it here, but one man can only do so much.<p> All I wanted was to get a hot bath, food, and some sleep. I lived half a mile down the...
Edgar Hoffmann Price (1898 – 1988) was an American writer of popular fiction (he was a self-titled 'fictioneer') for the pulp magazine marketplace. He is probably most famous for his collaboration with H. P. Lovecraft, «Through the Gates of the Silver Key,» though he published hundreds of other works. This volume collects 19 of his two-fisted detective tales. Included are:<P> INTRODUCTION, by Shawn Garrett<BR> SPIRIT MURDER<BR> CRYSTAL CLUES<BR> QUEEN OF...
Murder – it's one of the staples of mystery fiction. One of the unwritten rules of the mystery novel is to start your murder in the first chapter…and on the first page, if possible! Collected here are 22 tales of murder. Some are fiendish. («The Doorbell» is especially chilling.) Some are exotic. (Egyptian mummy murder? You bet!) Some take place in far-off locations. (The Canadian woods? At sea? In foreign countries? Why not!) What they all have in common, though, is a criminal mastermind...
Arthur Conan Doyle was a prolific novelist, though not many people today realize he wrote more than the Sherlock Holmes stories. This volume assembled 15 of his other novels, which are worth reading on their own merits. Included are:<P> THE WHITE COMPANY<BR> MICAH CLARKE<BR> THE MYSTERY OF CLOOMBER<BR> THE MARACOT DEEP<BR> THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE<BR> THE CRIME OF THE BRIGADIER<BR> THE DOINGS OF RAFFLES HAW<BR> THE «SLAPPING SAL»<BR> ...
Elliott O'Donnell (1872–1965) was an British author known primarily for his books about ghosts. He claimed to have seen a ghost, described as an elemental figure covered with spots, when he was five years old. He also claimed to have been strangled by a mysterious phantom in Dublin. This volume assembled 8 of his supernatural books:<P> ANIMAL GHOSTS<BR> BYWAYS OF GHOST-LAND<BR> GHOSTLY PHENOMENA<BR> HAUNTED PLACES IN ENGLAND<BR> SCOTTISH GHOST...