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Frank Belknap Long was a master of fantasy and science fiction, the author of such classics as The Hounds of Tindalos, The Dark Beasts, It Was the Day of the Robot, and many more.In this trilogy of tales, he takes readers beyond the realm of mere science fiction, far above and below the limits of the supernatural, into a world-time place only he could create.
Literary scholar James Doig has assembled a thrilling new collection of rare and previously uncollected horror and dark fantasy stories by Australian authors, all from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Here are-THE BLIGHTED MEADOW, by Mary FortuneTHE SILENT SEPULCHRE, by Charles JunorWHAT THE RATS BROUGHT, by Ernest FavencON THE ISLAND OF SHADOWS, by Ernest FavencTHE ODIC TOUCH, by Hume NisbetTOLD IN THE 'CORONA'S' CABIN ON THREE EVENINGS, by J.A. BarryTHE HOUSE OF ILL OMEN, by Rosa PraedA THING OF WAX, by Morley RobertsTHE PROPHETIC HORROR OF THE GREAT EXPERIMENT, by James EdmundTHE PRECIPITOUS DETAILS OF THE HIGH MOUNTAIN AND THE THREE SKELETONS, by James EdmundTHE STRANGE CASE OF ALAN HERIOT, by Lionel SparrowTHE BLANKET FIEND, by Beatrice GrimshawTHE PHANTOM SHIP OF DIRK VAN TROMP, by James Francis DwyerTHE DEVIL'S BALL, by Dulcie DeamerTHE PLEDGE, by Helen SimpsonTHE WATCH, by Vernon KnowlesTHE HOUSE THAT TOOK REVENGE, by Vernon KnowlesTHE UNDYING ONE, by Roger Dard
A JOURNEY OF A BILLION LIFETIMESThere were seventy-two passengers crowded into the metal-walled cabin of the supersonic spacecraft, with no assurance they would ever see Earth again...and fear was contagious. Suddenly the blood rushed so swiftly to Ralph Sanford's brain that his eyes went out of focus and all was a great, indistinct blur. But Helen Arcularis remained steadfast: her vision was of other worlds...
IT CAME FROM THE SEA--huge, hairy, glowing, terrifying. On the beach, people gathered to stare-from a distance-at a creature unlike any they had ever seen.David, a young scientist, and his girlfriend, Joan, were among them. But David was not content with a distant look. At sundown, when the crowd had gone, David and Joan returned.And that's when it happened.A blinding light was all they remembered. Suddenly David and Joan were plunged through time into a world of towering glaciers and prehistoric beings-into an adventure of cataclysmic terror from which there seemed no escape!
The aliens were much better at their job than all the king's horses had been with Humpty Dumpty.First, they simply disassembled Edward Berner-tissue by tissue, nerve by nerve. In tanks they stored the million remnants and shreds that had been Berner, and they changed his brain into a fantastic recording device.Then they simply put him back together.Sinew by sinew, cell by cell.But it was not the same Ed Berner. The new Ed Berner was stronger, healthier-stronger and healthier than any other man. And with a sexual appetite and a promised lifespan greater than anyone on Earth.He was very nearly invincible.Very nearly.Unfortunately, there was a deadly law. The aliens had forgotten to make the new Ed Berner a wiser one...
Pete Sawyer is a private eye of a different kind. The son of a World War II American pilot and a brave French resistance fighter, he grew up on both sides of the Atlantic -- though he prefers his sun-dappled villa on the Riviera to most other places. He takes pleasure in a fine wine...and a good gun. His French name is Pierre-Ange, and it suits him. In English, it means Stone Angel.When a beautiful young woman, dripping wet and alone, wandered onto his patio, ex-cop and private eye Pete Sawyer knew he was looking at trouble. He also knew he would take the job. It sounded simple enough: deliver a letter to a local Riviera resident. But when Pete arrived, the man had vanished and his wife was being worked over by two thugs.That was only the beginning of a murderous trail of diamonds and death that led from the Code d'Azur into the exotic heart of Morocco. There, in the stark Sahara, Pete would spark a bloody showdown that few would live to talk about....
Pete Sawyer is a private eye of a different kind. The son of a World War II American pilot and a brave French resistance fighter, he grew up on both sides of the Atlantic -- though he prefers his sun-dappled villa on the Riviera to most other places. He takes pleasure in a fine wine...and a good gun. His French name is Pierre-Ange, and it suits him. In English, it means Stone Angel.On a midnight in December, Fritz Donhoff -- Pete's partner and surrogate father -- is shot down in Paris. Fritz has left a case behind that Pete can't turn his back on. Susan Kape, the beautiful young oil heiress, hungers for a foothold in the international art world -- and an Etruscan tomb filled with priceless relics may help her get it. All she needs is an easy eighteen million dollars and Pete's protection while she has the discovery authenticated in Italy. Pete Sawyer must call on all his creative powers as a sleuth and survivor to solve this inspired mystery -- while a gallery of murder victims collects artlessly around him...
The girl had lost her guitar-playing boyfriend, but he had left her the most deadly legacy of all -- fear. And now it was up to me to protect her from the gun-carrying thugs who were relentlessly tracking her down. Hoodlums, hootenannies, and homicide!#10 in the Mac detective series!
Lemmy Caution investigates a counterfeiting case and a suspicious suicide. Are the two cases connected? Before the action is over, he'll travel from New York to the desert outside Palm Springs- encountering beautiful dames-and more than a few desperate men...who aren't afraid to kill!
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American author who wrote several works of historical and social fiction, including the classic short story "e;The Yellow Wallpaper."e;
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