К чему приведет восстание роботов? Что, если за теократией будущее? Как быть со странными членами своей семьи? В книге герои сталкиваются не только с этими вопросами.
В данный сборник включены рассказы в жанрах антиутопии, социальной и приключенческой фантастики, ужасов.
THE TURN OF THE SCREW , originally published in 1898, is a gothic ghost story novella written by Henry James. Due to its original content, the novella became a favorite text of academics who subscribe to New Criticism. The novella has had differing interpretations, often mutually exclusive. Many critics have tried to determine the exact nature of the evil hinted at by the story. However, others have argued that the true brilliance of the novella comes with its ability to create an intimate...
Мистический триллер о колонии для девочек на уединенном острове. Здесь мертвые дети приходят с кладбища к живым, из непослушных воспитанниц варят суп, в болоте хоронят комиссии из города и проклятая земля хранит секреты призраков – бывших обитателей дома. Удастся ли хоть одной из трех новеньких выбраться отсюда если не невредимой, то хотя бы живой?
It's the summer 2010, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Doc Halladay has joined The Philadelphia Phillies in a bid to go back and win the World Series after losing to the New York Yankees in 2009. <br><br>6 months ago, Don Gunn's wife died in a car accident. Now he is on the verge of losing his job and career at Blake & Yurman, an advertising agency, because of his non-compete agreement which will keep him out of the industry for 2 years. <br><br>Things seem to...
In a Los Angeles that is something like ours–but in which magic has become an integral part of society–P.I. Turner Cronyn and a beautiful woman named Astraea Scales investigate the theft of Big Al (the Triton)'s conch shell horn, which not only plays beautiful music at the Triton Club, but also has magical properties that could inundate greater L.A. And the villain appears to be the last of the surviving race of Sirens (of Circe fame), who still wants revenge on the Greek hero Jason! Great...
Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned horror and dark fantasy authors! Explore the uncanny world of mummies, ancient egypt, and dark sorcery, with these 20 stories: <P>SYMPATHY FOR MUMMIES, by John Gregory Betancourt<BR> SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY, by Edgar Allan Poe<BR> THE POWER OF WAKING, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman<BR> THE MUMMY’S FOOT, by Jessie Adelaide Middleton<BR> LOST IN A PYRAMID, OR THE MUMMY’S...
Apes! Sex fiends! Gangsters! Mad scientists! Tentacles! Yes, this MEGAPACK has them all, no less than 25 lurid tales ripped from the pages of pulp fiction magazines. For The Pulp Fiction Megapack, we selected stories with great pulp titles. (Where else are you going to find stories like «Blood for the Vampire Dead,» «Mistress of Snarling Death,» or «When Super-Apes Plot»?) Of course, these stories were all written in a different time, with different standards of what was acceptable. They are...
The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World War I, since that event marked more of a turning point in world literature than the advent of the Edwardian Age. Certainly the spirit of Victorian crime fiction continued beyond Queen Victoria. This volume contains 25 stories and 2 bonus novels, offering hours of reading pleasure.<P>THE LENTON CROFT ROBBERIES, by...
We love ghost stories here at Wildside Press. If you've read the first 3 volumes in the Ghost Story MEGAPACK™ series, plus The Macabre MEGAPACK™ series, you’re pretty well caught up with the classic supernatural fiction we've been reading lately. Don't worry, though – we'll keep digging for more classic horror tales!<P> Included in this volume are:<P> THE FOUR-FIFTEEN EXPRESS, by Amelia B. Edwards<BR> THREE SPANISH LADIES, by Walter E Marconette<BR>...
12 tales of the masked hero, as he smashes his way through spy-rings and other fiendish plots to destroy America! <P> In the spy vs. spy world of the late 1930s, this masked hero prowled the underworld, dressed in an «amorphous fluttering black robe, bat-like, [with] a gray-masked head through whose twin eye-slits menace glinted.» But it was not so much the costume as the «hand, ebony-black in its glove–but for the finger curled around the trigger of that gun. That finger was not black...
The Thubway Tham MEGAPACK™ presents 22 classic tales by Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro) featuring his series antihero, a pickpocket named Thubway Tham. Included in this volume are:<P> THUBWAY THAM, FASHION PLATE<BR> THUBWAY THAM'S DOG<BR> THUBWAY THAM TUNES IN<BR> THUBWAY THAM'S HONESTY<BR> THUBWAY THAM'S HOODOO ROLL<BR> THUBWAY THAM'S OPERATION<BR> THUBWAY THAM'S CURIOSITY<BR> THUBWAY THAM MEETS A...