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...
Fun-crazy Kim Rumshaw refused to wall herself away from any available men just because she was engaged to Howard Massey. So when gangster Eddie Tarino invited her to play love games on his yacht, she was eager and willing to go. <P> Later Kim wa just as eager to forget the whole affair. But Tarino had other plans. And when Massey was beaten up and her aunt threatened, she turned to private detective Rod Striker for help. <P> Rod sent his curvaceous partner, Myra, as a decoy to...
Playing With Dynamite <P> Tormented by a satin-skinned package of dynamite who offered him ecstasy unfettered by convention…Bedeviled by another woman who wanted a master…Given 12 hours to get out of town–And then framed for murder… <P> This was the grim situation faced by Todd Corwin shortly after he came to Longport seeking Julie Steadman's killer. <P> If he cleared out of town he was sure of safety. If he stayed, nothing was certain except more trouble with the...
Author turned amateur sleuth Paisley Sterling returns in a new mystery! When Paisley overhears two busybody gossips talking at the gym, little does she realize it's the beginning of a new mystery…<P> "Do you really think he murdered her?"<P> "I tell you, Crystal, she'd never been sick a day in her life! The woman was a walking, talking, medical miracle. Winston used to say if everyone in Rowan Springs were as healthy as Millicent Grazziani, he would have to hang...
Women have been disappearing, snatched off the streets in the early morning hours. One body has been found. The pressure is on to find the perpetrator and put a stop to this.<P> It’s bad enough that Jesse Damon is paroled on a murder conviction, and the police take a serious look at him whenever there’s trouble in the neighborhood. But when two girls report an attempted carjacking at three in the morning, and Jesse is picked up walking on the street a few blocks away, things go downhill...