Arthur Cheney Train (1875-1945) was an American lawyer and legal thriller writer, particularly known for his novels of courtroom intrigue and the creation of the fictional lawyer Mr. Ephraim Tutt. This volume collects 38 novels, books, and short stories. A note for the culturally sensitive: these stories are not all «politically correct» and are a product of their time, with dialect and racial stereotyping. Please keep this in mind as you read. Included are: THE SHYSTER<BR> THE KID AND...
Witches and warlocks have been part of the fantasy field since its beginning. After all, you need someone to actually use magic if you're going to have it in your story. And magic-users can appear in any setting, from ancient Rome to the modern world, from imaginary kingdoms to the old Salem colony. Here are 25 tales spanning time and space, with only one things in common (aside from great storytelling): witches and warlocks! Included are:<P> WITCHES, by Janet Fox<BR> THE...
Dickson McCunn is an affluent, 55-year-old grocer, who takes an early retirement and ventures out to explore the world. At once he is swept out of his bourgeois rut into bizarre and outlandish adventures, and forced to become a reluctant hero. McCunn is formidable and dangerous partly because he seems unremarkable and ordinary, and friends and enemies alike are taken by surprise when he acts with bold conviction. All 3 novels in this series are included in this MEGAPACK™:<P> HUNTINGTOWER...
This is one of our smaller MEGAPACKs in that it only has two novels—but it collects the complete “Flash Evans” series, by Mildred Wirt. If you don’t recognize her name, it’s because she primarily worked behind pseudonyms. Most famously, she was the writer behind the original Nancy Drew novels, published as by “Carolyn Keene” but actually written by Mildred Wirt. Included are:<P> Flash Evans and the Darkroom Mystery<BR> Flash Evans – Camera News Hawk<P> If you enjoy this...
The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK™ series celebrates Clark Ashton Smith with 17 of his classic fantasy & horror stories from WEIRD TALES and other sources! Included here are:<P> THE ABOMINATIONS OF YONDO<BR> THE THIRD EPISODE OF VATHEK<BR> THIRTEEN PHANTASMS<BR> THE CHARNEL GOD<BR> THE COLOSSUS OF YLOURGNE<BR> THE CHAIN OF AFORGOMON<BR> THE BLACK ABBOT OF PUTHUUM<BR> THE VOYAGE OF KING EUVORAN<BR> THE MAZE OF THE...
This volume is a follow-up to our <i>Victorian Rogues MEGAPACK™</i> and presents no less than 31 additional tales of Victorian-era (or close to it!) villains, rogues, thieves, and criminals. You don't have to have read the previous volume, of course, since all of these works stand alone. But if you'd rather have an A.J. Raffles or Boston Blackie as the hero or center-point of a story than Sherlock Holmes or Charlie Chan, this is definitely the ebook for you!<P> ...
Duane W. Rimel (1915-1996) was an American poet and an author. He published not only under his own name, but the pseudonym «Rex Weldon.» His friend and mentor H.P. Lovecraft helped him write his first fantastic stories and poems in the 1930s. After Lovecraft's death, Rimel published four noir crime novels, all of which are collected here:<P> THE JURY IS OUT<BR> MOTIVE FOR MURDER<BR> THE CURSE OF CAIN<BR> THE RIVER IS COLD<P> If you enjoy this book, search...
Prepare yourself for macabre spectacle and contes cruel, crawling things and loathsome gods, predators from deep inside the mind of man and from far outside time and space, all brought to you by the incomparable Frank Belknap Long! Included are:<P> AT THE HOME OF POE (prose poem)<BR> THE EYE ABOVE THE MANTEL<BR> IN THE TOMB OF SEMENSES<BR> THE DESERT LICH<BR> DEATH-WATERS<BR> THE SEA THING<BR> THE WERE-SNAKE<BR> MEN WHO WALK UPON THE...
Jungle stories have been a part of popular literature since Tarzan swung out of the trees in 1913. We aren't including «Tarzan of the Apes» or any of its numerous sequels – which are easily available elsewhere – and are focusing on standalone tales, plus a rival of Tarzan's … Jan of the Jungle! Here are tales of Jungle vudu, adventure, and mystery stories sure to entertain. Included are:<P> THE CALL OF THE SAVAGE, by Otis Adelbert Kline<br> AN ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS, by...
Fans of classic mystery, adventure, and science fiction are in for a treat with this selection of great pulp fiction penned by George Allan England. These books and short stories, from the golden age of pulp adventure fiction, offer thrill-a-minute entertainment. Here are 15 of England's best,including: A WORTHWHILE CRIME ROUGH TOSS THE LONGEST SIDE THE SUPREME GETAWAY EVEN IN DEATH FIRE FIGHT FIRE SPEED LIMIT A FLYER IN JUNK THE SILO IN MARINERS' HOUSE AFRICA CURSED TEST TUBES DARKNESS AND DAWN...