Ужасы и Мистика
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Sam Brokaw was a crook and a heel. He had a big job planned as soon as he got out of jail. But he didn't count on his jilted girlfriend, who wanted him put away for life – or Mac.<P>This short story is counted as #18 in the Mac detective series. <P> "Mac is one of our best private eyes." – San Francisco Chronicle <P> "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini <P> "Mac has been called one of...
| Автор | Thomas B. Dewey |
Christmas is a time for giving, for receiving. . . and for murder. We've collected ten Christmas stories, old and new, that will spike your eggnog, trim your tree, and hopefully add a dash of spice to your Christmas cheer. Included are:<P> "A Christmas Pit," by John Gregory Betancourt<BR> "A Reversible Santa Claus," by Meredith Nicholson<BR> "A Stake of Holly," by Lillian Stewart Carl<BR> "Believing in Santa," by Ron Goulart<BR> ...
| Автор | Ron Goulart |
The Fantomas books, created and written by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain, form one of the longest-running and most famous crime series in France. Fantomas first appeared in 1911 and was featured in a total of 32 volumes written by the two collaborators, then a subsequent 11 volumes written by Allain alone after Souvestre's death. The character was also the basis of various film, television, and comic book adaptations. In the history of crime fiction, he represents a transition from...
| Автор | Marcel Allain |
Four different writers explore the darker aspects of crime fiction in THE NOIR NOVEL MEGAPACK™:<P> HUNTER AT LARGE, by Thomas B. Dewey … Mickey requested a year's leave of absence from his job on the police force. What else could he do? He'd just spent five months in the hospital because he'd been the only witness to a brutal murder…and the victim was his own wife!<P> NEVER BET YOUR LIFE, by George Harmon Coxe … It was a tidy Florida motel with all the important...
| Автор | George Harmon Coxe |
Science fiction and crime go hand-in-tentacle, if you’ll pardon the expression. Many of the science fiction field’s greatest writers also wrote mysteries…and vice versa. And sometimes the science fiction stories were mysteries. Our latest MEGAPACK® contains nothing but those blended SF-and-Mystery stories, by some of the greatest writers in the field. Included are:<P> ORIGINS OF GALACTIC LAW, by Edward Wellen<BR> DragNeuroNet, by John Gregory Betancourt<BR> DON'T GET...
| Автор | Richard Wilson |
Matters Arthurian have been a theme in literature since the Middle Ages. King Arthur, Excalibur, the Knights of the Round Table, and the Quest for the Holy Grail are now part of popular culture. Here are 19 works that employ the Arthurian legends, ranging from early epic poems to 19th and 20th century novels and stories, showing how these myths and legends continue to enjoy new life:<P> LE MORTE D’ARTHUR, by Sir Thomas Malory<BR> IDYLLS OF THE KING, by Alfred, Lord...
| Автор | Говард Пайл |
Emil Petaja (1915 – 2000) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer whose career spanned seven decades. He was the author of 13 published novels, nearly 150 short stories, numerous poems, and a handful of books and articles on various subjects. Though he wrote science fiction, fantasy, horror stories, detective fiction, and poetry, Petaja considered his work part of an older tradition of «weird fiction.» You can find echoes not only of H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard in his work,...
| Автор | Emil Petaja |
The «Christmas Story» (often a «Christmas Ghost Story») was a popular Victorian tradition. Charles Dickens, who surely needs no introduction today, took part with gusto, penning dozens of Christmas tales (the most famous being «A Christmas Carol»). We are delighted to include not just the standard fare of «A Christmas Carol,» but a total of 25 great stories (more than 1,000 pages!) Dickens penned for Yuletide reading in this volume. Included are:<P> A CHRISTMAS CAROL<BR> THE...
| Автор | Charles Dickens |
The First Mystery Novel MEGAPACK™ presents four classic mysteries by top crime writers. Here are:<P> The Red Bishop, by Howard Mason … A wild chase through Europe…a castle on the Rhine…some very fancy corpses…a racing columnist who suddenly finds himself a Peer of the Realm… These are the unlikely ingredients that make this book at once hair-raising and light-hearted!<BR> Reclining Figure, by Marco Page … Lucas Edgerton, arbitary and capricious eccentric, brings in Ellis Blaise, a...
| Автор | Harry Stephen Keeler |
Welcome to the first volume of The Black Cat Mystery Community’s «Thrillogy» series, celebrating classic mystery short stories. This time we focus on the work of Reginald Bretnor (1911-1992). Included are:<P> PAPER TIGER<BR> THE MURDERERS' CIRCLE<BR> THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE DEAREST DEFUNCT<P> Reg was born Alfred Reginald Kahn in Vladivostok, Siberia. He was the son of a Latvian Jewish banker and an English governess. The family moved to Japan in 1917, then to San...
| Автор | Reginald Bretnor |
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...
| Автор | Arthur Train |