When two fast-thinking copy shoot it out with Harry Derby and bring him in for the murder of a grandmother, they aren't taking any chances. They «add» a little evidence to help make the charges stick. After all, they both know Harry is guilty. They did a good job. So good that Harry is sure to get the electric chair…even if he's innocent!<P> Herbert Brean (1907-1973) was an American journalist and crime fiction writer, best known for his recurring series characters William...
"Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" returns with issue #14, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual columns by Dr Watson and Mrs Hudson, plus the following works: <P> Sleuthing: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, by Jacqueline Seewald<BR> Lost in Translation, by John M. Floyd<BR> "Diamonds", by Kelli A. Wilkins<BR> In Memoriam: A Vignette, by Stan Trybulski<BR> The Mystery of the Missing Money, by Mary...
Gyron de London, most powerful–and most hated–industrialist of the year 2190, is warned by a mysterious letter that his doom is due on the 30th March, three weeks hence. Further anonymous letters repeat the message. The frightened tycoon takes every precaution, even to sealing himself in a steel, radiation-proof cube surrounded by armed guards – but death overtakes him on the specified day, exactly as forecast! <P> Since no one had entered the cube after the industrialist was seen to...
The definitive 10-volume set of Robert E. Howard's weird fiction and poetry (with all texts meticulously restored to the original versions as published in Weird Tales and other magazines) continues with volume 9! This collection of classic Howard fiction and poetry begins with the story «Black Canaan» and includes «Always Comes Evening,» «Red Nails,» «Solomon Kane’s Homecoming,» «Black Hound of Death,» «The Fire of Asshurbanipal,» «Dig Me No Grave,» «The Soul-Eater,» «The Dream and the...
"In the sulphurous The High Place, the amoral hero Florian enters the sleeping-beauty story and (unlike Jurgen with Helen) does not draw back at the sight of excessive beauty. Complications ensue: Beauty is realistically diminished during pregnancy, the first-born child is forfeit to Satan under the pact that guaranteed Florain's success, and an irascible saint is eager to call down holy fire on transgressors. Florian treads close to damnation and is saved only when Satan and the angel...
When Cthulhu calls . . . W. Paul Ganley answers! This volume collects a treasure trove of Cthulhu Mythos and dark fantasy stories – all told, a baker's dozen – by the World Fantasy Award-winning editor of WEIRDBOOK magazine! The 13 stories featured are:<P>ANCIENT EVIL<BR> OTHERS, WHO ARE NOT MEN<BR> ESSENTIAL SALTES<BR> I AM HUMAN<BR> WORMS<BR> FALLOUT<BR> THE VAULT OF KARNUNNA<BR> THE GREAT HERO<BR> IN THE TEMPLE OF...
"Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" returns with issue #16, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual column by Dr John H. Watson, plus the following works: <P> The Ironic Story of The Stevenson-Doyle Letters by Gary Lovisi</br> The Contributions of William S. Baring-Gould, by Daniel DiQuinzio</br> A Medieval Mystery, by Peter James Quirk</br> Happy Birthday, Birthday Girl! by Richard A. Lupoff</br> ...
"Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" returns with issue #18, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual column by Dr John H. Watson, plus the following works: Screen of the Crime, by Kim Newman<br> Mr. Holmes, by Lynne Stephens<br> Matters Mathematical, by S. Brent Morris<br> Novel vs. Screenplay: How I Love Thee, by Lisa Cotoggio<br> A Breton Homecoming, Part One, by Peter James Quirk<br> The Adventure of...
Black Cat Mystery Magazine is a new journal devoted to the best in mystery short fiction. Crime? Noir? Cozy? Private eye? You'll find all genres present and accounted for – with new tales by the best writers of today! The second issue features contributions by Michael Bracken, John Hegenberger, John M. Floyd, BK Stevens, and Debra H. Goldstein, plus a classic reprint by Melba Marlett. <P>Complete contents:<P> THE CLEANSING SOIL, by Charlie Hughes<BR> SKIRTS, by Michael...
Black Cat Mystery Magazine is a new journal devoted to the best in mystery short fiction. Crime? Noir? Cozy? Private eye? You'll find all genres present and accounted for—with new tales by the best writers of today! The fourth issue features the following lineup:<p> THE SHOW MUST GO ON, by Michael Bracken<BR> EMILY AND ELODIE, by Dara Carr<BR> PARTNERS IN CRIME, by Tracy Falenwolfe<BR> RHONDA AND CLYDE, by John M. Floyd<BR> THE IDEA, by Charlie...