Ronald Wilford, cub reporter on the Cleveland Star, is asked by his editor to find a missing colleague and friend, Barry Knight, and discover why he disappeared. Knight, who pulls no punches when he writes, has many enemies among the local racketeers and shady politicians he has exposed. Ronald, with the help of his younger brother Ted (hero of The Locked Safe Mystery), uncovers a strange and fascinating puzzle. An unusual ending to this absorbing mystery is provided when Ronald is faced with an...
Ted thinks teenagers are getting a bad rap when they are blamed for vandalism. But when summer comes and the local Y camp for disadvantaged boys is vandalized, it looks bad for the kids! As Ted investigates with his friend Nelson, things take a strange turn when they see things happen that apparently couldn't. A serach for a Native American treaty in the Singing Trees Valley is mysteriously linked to the vandalism. Who are the real culprits? And can Ted unmask them in time to save the...
Kellory – the last of the Black Wolves, sole descendant of the Lost Kings of Illyrion. His fighting arm maimed, his homeland stolen, his tribe mercilessly slaughtered by the dread Thungoda Horde, he seeks revenge with the only weapon left to him – sorcery. But the secret arts of witchcraft are not easily surrendered by the Brotherhood of Darkness…<P> Across the Sea of Sand, with its plethora of terrifying spells and whispering spirits of the night, Kellory seeks the Grimoire of Yaohim –...
Weirdbook #32 presents a selection of great fantasy and horror tales by current and upcoming masters of the genre. Included are:<P> Childhood's Dread, by Taye Carrol<BR> The Other Neighbors, by Daniel Davis<BR> Rare Air, by Mark Slade<BR> The Children, by J.E. Álamo<BR> The Radiant Boy, by Kevin Wetmore<BR> The Whisperer in the Woods, by Peter Schranz<BR> Sweet Oblivion, by Andrew Darlington<BR> An Unsolicited Lucidity, by Lee Clark...
Weirdbook returns with another jam-packed issue full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:<P> • HARLOT ROAD, by Michael Bracken<BR> • WITH A POET’S EYES, by John C. Hocking<BR> • THE WISHING WELL, by Robert Graves<BR> • O KING OF PAIN AND SPLENDOR!, by Darrell Schweitzer<BR> • YOU’D DO IT FOR DIAMONDS, by Adrian Cole<BR> • DREADFUL APPETITE, by Franklyn Searight<BR> • THE HANDMAID OF THE KEY, by R.C. Mulhare<BR> •...
In five short stories and one long novelette, Rufus King introduces Colin Starr, a young physician whose medical knowledge enables him to detect murder where a less able doctor would have signed a certificate of death from natural causes. Because of his shrewd understanding of human psychology as well as his application of scientific knowledge to seemingly unrelated facts, Dr. Starr is a unique detective in the annals of crime. Included in this volume are:<P> The Case of the Three Baleful...
In prehistoric Europe, Bain of the Hunting Clan flees his people, eventually encountering Arma of the Farming Clan. But the Hunters have followed their lost sheep, and when the two peoples clash, Bain and Arma rescue the Farmers' clan healer, Kalva, and flee with her to the east. There they must overcome many dangerous challenges to establish a brand new society.<P> "Another marvelous fantasy by a master writer"–Robert Reginald.
Brill Brillhart, the songwriter, was known as the biggest heel to hit New York in four decades. So the report of his murder was no disappointment. But it was disconcerting when gossip columnists daily recorded his activities: escorting beautiful women to Manhattan's most glamorous nightclubs, writing songs, and otherwise behaving as a person very much alive. Crack magazine writer William Deacon set out to unravel the mystery and quickly discovered that he, Deacon, had his own problems about...