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 20 occult detective tales, including the adventures of Pierre D'Artois from «Weird Tales» magazine. Included are:<P> INTRODUCTION, by Alexander...
The Fanciers & Realizers MEGAPACK® assembles Phyllis Ann Karr's complete series for the first time – 37 stories and novels, totalling more than 1700 pages of great Steampunk/alternate history reading! Included are:<P> CAGEY WARRINGTON THURSDAY <BR> SOMETHING SHADY AT SUNVALE CLINIC <BR> THE CYCLOPS KILLER <BR> THE REALIZERS/FANCIERS WORLD <BR> THE STANDARD MURDER MYSTERY <BR> VARIETY’S NAME <BR> ROSEMARY LOZINSKI LESTRADE <BR> THE...
Gardner F. Fox (1911-1986) enjoyed a long and successful career writing in many genres. He wrote adventure novels, spy novels, romances, historical novels, fantasy and science fiction, comic books (more than 4,000 of them!) – everything imaginable, in fact, and with a skill and surety that won him a legion of fans and readers worldwide.<P> In the 1960s, at the peak of the sword and sorcery craze, when Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian (and many similar creations) reached the...
Rufus King (1893–1966) was an American author of Whodunit crime novels. He created four series of detective stories: the first one with Reginald De Puyster, a sophisticated detective similar to Philo Vance; the second one with his more famous character, Lieutenant Valcour; Colin Starr, who appeared in four stories in the Strand Magazine during 1940/41; and Detective Bill Duggan, who appeared in three stories in 1956/57. The Bill Duggan stories include King's most famous short work, “Malice...
Long before Sherlock Holmes entered the public domain as a character, a few dedicated authors «borrowed» Holmes and Watson without permission for their own work. Here are 5 classic early (and completely unauthorized) tales featuring the world's greatest detective (sometimes under not-so-cunningly disguised pseudonyms): <P>"WATSON!" by Captain A.E. Dingle <BR>THE ADVENTURE OF THE DIAMOND NECKLACE, by G. F. Forrest <BR>THE STOLEN CIGAR-CASE, by Bret Harte ...
The Second Mystery Novel MEGAPACK® presents four more classic mysteries (published between 1941 and 1959) by top mystery writers of the era…more than 650 pages of classic whodunits. Dig in and enjoy! Included are:<P> SPEAK OF THE DEVIL, by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding<BR> THE MERCHANT OF MURDER, by Spencer Dean<BR> THE FIFTH KEY, by George Harmon Coxe<BR> BONES DON'T LIE, by Curtiss T. Gardner<P> If you enjoy this volume of classic mysteries, don't forget...
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> HOW? WHEN? WHO?, by Fletcher Flora<BR> ...
