Download or read book The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK TM Vol 4 Nictzin Dyalhis written by Nictzin Dyalhis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-04-18 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nictzin Wilstone Dyalhis (1873–1942) was an American chemist and short story writer who specialized in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. He wrote as Nictzin Dyalhis. During his lifetime he attained a measure of celebrity as a writer for the pulp fiction magazine Weird Tales. This volume collects 6 of his stories from Weird Tales, plus one from Argosy. Included are: THE SEA-WITCH HEART OF ATLANTAN THE ETERNAL CONFLICT THE RED WITCH THE SAPPHIRE SIREN WHEN THE GREEN STAR WANED FOR WOUNDING—RETALIATION If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 200+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Download or read book The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK TM Vol 5 David H Keller written by David H. Keller and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David H. Keller, M.D. (1880-1966) was indeed a medical doctor (a psychiatrist -- and the first to write science fiction). He was an early proponent of H.P. Lovecraft and wrote a number of articles on Lovecraft's work, whose influence can be seen in some of his horror stories. Another influence was James Branch Cabell. This volume concentrates on Keller's fantasy and horror, but does include -- at the end of the book -- a few science-fiction and science-fantasy works which we obtained to late to include in the (already published) Golden Age of Science Fiction volume of his work. Included here are: THE JELLY-FISH THE WORM THE BONELESS HORROR A PIECE OF LINOLEUM THE GOLDEN BOUGH THE DEAD WOMAN THE DOORBELL TIGER CAT THE THIRTY AND ONE HEREDITY THE FACE IN THE MIRROR THE GOLDEN KEY STENOGRAPHER'S HANDS WHITE COLLARS THE CEREBRAL LIBRARY UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN LIFE EVERLASTING A note to the sensitive: As with many pulp writers, especially those born in the 19th Century, his works are not always politically correct by today's standards. You have been warned. If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 200+ other entries in the series, covering science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

Download or read book The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK Vol 6 Clark Ashton Smith written by Clark Ashton Smith and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACKTM series celebrates Clark Ashton Smith with 17 of his classic fantasy & horror stories from WEIRD TALES and other sources! Included here are: THE ABOMINATIONS OF YONDO THE THIRD EPISODE OF VATHEK THIRTEEN PHANTASMS THE CHARNEL GOD THE COLOSSUS OF YLOURGNE THE CHAIN OF AFORGOMON THE BLACK ABBOT OF PUTHUUM THE VOYAGE OF KING EUVORAN THE MAZE OF THE ENCHANTER THE DOUBLE SHADOW A NIGHT IN MALNEANT THE DEVOTEE OF EVIL THE WILLOW LANDSCAPE THE EMPIRE OF NECROMANCERS THE ENCHANTRESS OF SYLAIRE THE INVISIBLE CITY MOTHER OF TOADS If you enjoy this volume of classic stories, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 240+ other entries in this series, including not just weird fiction, but mysteries, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror -- and much, much more!

Download or read book The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK TM Vol 3 Emil Petaja written by Emil Petaja and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-03-18 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, but previous generations of weird authors such as Poe, Blackwood, and E.F. Benson. This volume includes 10 stories and a poem: MONSIEUR BLUEBEARD LIVE EVIL SKYDRIFT THE DARK BALCONY THE HUNGRY GHOST THE INSISTENT GHOST THE JONAH THE MUSIC-BOX FROM HELL VOTARESS THE INTRUDER MARMOK (poem) If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 190+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Download or read book The 8th Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK Frank Belknap Long Vol 1 written by Frank Belknap Long and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare yourself for macabre spectacle and contes cruel, crawling things and loathsome gods, predators from deep inside the mind of man and from far outside time and space, all brought to you by the incomparable Frank Belknap Long! Included are: AT THE HOME OF POE (prose poem) THE EYE ABOVE THE MANTEL IN THE TOMB OF SEMENSES THE DESERT LICH DEATH-WATERS THE SEA THING THE WERE-SNAKE MEN WHO WALK UPON THE AIR THE DEVIL-GOD THE OCEAN LEECH THE DOG-EARED GOD THE MAN WITH A THOUSAND LEGS THE SPACE-EATERS, by Frank Belknap Long 0 YOU CAN'T KILL A GHOST THE HOUNDS OF TINDALOS, by Frank Belknap Long THE RED FETISH A VISITOR FROM EGYPT THE HORROR FROM THE HILLS WHEN CHAUGNAR WAKES (poem) IN THE LAIR OF THE SPACE MONSTERS SECOND NIGHT OUT THE DARK BEASTS THE GREAT COLD DARK VISION THE CREEPER IN DARKNESS THE ELEMENTAL If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Download or read book The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK TM Vol 2 George T Wetzel written by George T. Wetzel and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George T. Wetzel (1921-1983) was, for decades, the leading researcher into the life and works of H.P. Lovecraft. His scholarly essays (which Wildside Press is working on collecting) appeared in numerous books and magazines from the 1940s through the 1970s. All the time he dabbled in writing weird fiction on his own, but never pursued it beyond the occasional contribution to a small press anthology or fan-produced magazine. Like his idol, H.P. Lovecraft, he dabbled in the art. We are pleased to include a fine selection of virtually all of his fiction, including: A TALE OF THE ELDER GODS ANONYMOUS THE GOTHIC HORROR CAER SIDHI THE ENTITY EATER OF THE DEAD NIGHTMARE HOUSE WHAT THE MOON BRINGS NIGHT ON FORT CARROLL POISON PEN THE ADVENTURE OF GOSNELL JUMBEE SEEING THINGS AT NIGHT THE PIRATE OF SHELL CASTLE If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the more than 180 other entries in the series, covering science fiction, modern authors, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

Download or read book The 18th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK Jerome Bixby written by Jerome Bixby and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jerome Bixby was an American short story writer, editor and scriptwriter, best known for his work in science fiction. (He also wrote many westerns and used the pseudonyms Jay Lewis Bixby, D. B. Lewis, Harry Neal, Albert Russell, J. Russell, M. St. Vivant, Thornecliff Herrick and Alger Rome). He is most famous for the 1953 story "It's a Good Life" which was the basis for a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone TV series and in Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). He also wrote four episodes for the classic Star Trek TV series. Bixby's final work was the screenplay for the 2007 cult sci-fi film The Man From Earth. Included in this volume are: THE HOLES AROUND MARS THE CROWDED COLONY WHERE THERE'S HOPE ZEN THE SLIZZERS THE DRAW UNDERESTIMATION CARGO TO CALLISTO THE BAD LIFE IT'S A GOOD LIFE If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 200+ other entries in the series, covering science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

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Download or read book The William P McGivern Fantasy MEGAPACK TM 25 Classic Fantasy Stories from the Pulps written by William P. McGivern and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-05-08 with total page 759 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William P. McGivern, a popular and prolific fantasy and science fiction writer in the 1940s and 1950s (under his own name as well as the pseudonyms Gerald Vance and P.F. Costello), later achieved fame as a noir and hardboiled mystery author of such classics as "The Big Heat." The William P. McGivern Fantasy Megapack collects 25 of his early fantasy stories, including: AL ADDIN AND THE INFRA-RED LAMP REWBARB'S REMARKABLE RADIO HOWIE LEMP MEETS AN ENCHANTRESS DOUBLE IN DEATH BERTIE AND THE BLACK ARTS DAUGHTER OF THE SNAKE GOD THE BATTLE OF MANETONG DUNCAN'S DREADFUL DOLL WHEN DESTINY DEALT GODDESS OF THE FIFTH PLANE PLOT OF GOLD THE PICTURE OF DEATH THE TIRELESS LEG THE GHOST THAT HAUNTED HITLER TINK TAKES A HAND TINK TAKES A FLING TINK TAKES COMMAND TINK FIGHTS THE GREMLINS DEATH MAKES A MISTAKE THE WILLFUL PUPPETS ENCHANTED BOOKSHELF GENIE OF BAGDAD WORLD BEYOND BELIEF PEOPLE OF THE PYRAMIDS ADOPTED SON OF THE STARS If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 200+ entries in the best-selling MEGAPACKTM series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

Download or read book The 24th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK H B Fyfe vol 3 written by H.B. Fyfe and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACKTM series focuses on unjustly forgotten science fiction writers. Horace B. Fyfe (1918-1997) was one. An engineer by trade, Fyfe also wrote a long string of popular science fiction and fantasy stories. He published extensively in genre magazines from his first appearance in "Astounding Science Fiction" (February 1940) until his last publication in "Analog" (January 1967). Sadly, Alzheimer's cut short his career, but his family stepped in to save his writing files, including more than 90 unpublished stories and an unpublished historical novel. Most of his unpublished works are in other genres, such as suspense or mainstream, but a few are lost gems, and we are delighted to present two previously unpublished tales here. Included in this volume: OPEN INVITATION PROTECTED SPECIES RANSOM WELCOME, STRANGERS! SPACE-CONDITIONED THE CLUTCHES OF RUIN THE NIGHT OF NO MOON STAR-LINKED ROMANCE ROUTINE REPORT THE FURIES OF ZHAHNOOR SINECURE THINKING MACHINE ROUND-AND-ROUND TRIP SPECIAL JOBBERY TIME LIMIT SPY SCARE If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 250+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Download or read book The 13th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK written by Lester del Rey and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Golden Age of Science Fiction" MEGAPACKTM ebook anthologies are designed to introduce readers to classic science fiction writers who might otherwise be forgotten. Lester del Rey -- one of the all-time greats of the science fiction world -- had been well on his way to becoming forgotten before Wildside Press began its reprint program of his classic short fiction. This second volume of his collected short stories includes 10 more great science fiction stories, representing some of his finest science fiction work. Of special note are the stories "Evenson" (his contribution to Harlan Ellison's "Dangerous Visions" anthology) and the novella version of "Nerves" from ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION (later expanded to novel length). Included are: WIND BETWEEN THE WORLDS EARTHBOUND DARK MISSION EVENSONG THE STARS LOOK DOWN THE STILL WATERS THE ONE-EYED MAN HABIT NERVES SPAWNING GROUND If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the more than 170 other entries in the series, covering science fiction, modern authors, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

Download or read book The 16th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK 18 Stories by William C Gault written by William C. Gault and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-04-26 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Campbell Gault (1910–1995) was an American writer. He wrote under his own name, as well as (among others) the pseudonyms Roney Scott, Larry Sternig, and Will Duke. He is probably best remembered for his sports fiction, particularly the young-readers’ novels he began publishing in the early 1960s. Gault was also an acclaimed mystery writer. He was not limited to sports and mysteries, though—he also wrote a substantial body of science fiction. (Admittedly, he did mix crime and sports into his science fiction!) We believe this volume is the largest collection of his fantastic work ever produced. Included are: SCRAP IRON VENUSIAN INVADER CLUTCH OF MORPHEUS TOTAL RECALL BREATH OF BEELZEBUB THE HESITANT ANGEL MADE TO MEASURE LET'S DO IT AGAIN FOG I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS THIS WAY TO MARS JOY RIDE THE HUDDLERS THE MIGHTY DEAD ELECTION CAMPAIGN THE WOMAN OBSESSION TITLE FIGHT ESCAPE FEROCITY If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 200+ other entries in the series, covering science fiction, modern authors, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more! Other Golden Age of Science Fiction volume focus on: 1. Winston K. Marks 2. Mark Clifton 3. Poul Anderson 4. Clifford D. Simak 5. Lester del Rey (vol. 1) 6. Charles L. Fontenay 7. H.B. Fyfe (vol. 1) 8. Milton Lesser (Stephen Marlowe) 9. Dave Dryfoos 10. Carl Jacobi 11. F.L. Wallace 12. David H. Keller, M.D. 13. Lester del Rey (vol. 2) 14. Charles De Vet 15. H.B. Fyfe (vol. 2)

Download or read book The Second Western Novel MEGAPACK TM 4 Great Western Novels written by Matt Rand and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Western Novel MEGAPACKTM presents four more great tales of the Old West, by four different writers. Included in this volume are: TWO-GUN OUTLAW, by Burt Arthur ... Dave Moore rode into town for a drink and a rest...and stayed to fight for his life! TO HELL -- AND TEXAS!, by Giles A. Lutz ... Westward, the wagons thundered. Out there lay Texas -- an empire for a man with guts enough to wrest it from bandits, murderers, and hostile tribes...a man like O'Shaughnessy! ARIZONA RANGER, by A. Scott Leslie ... Lawless terror gripped Southwest Arizona! Bandits pillaged and plundered. Gambling dens and brothels flourished openly. Men drank and died from the devil's brew of blood and whiskey, gunsmoke and gold. Into this bullet-spattered hell Rance Hatfield brought the law of the Rangers... IT HAPPENED IN A TOWN NAMED LAWLESS, by Matt Rand ... It was a town where they asked no questions. The marshal was dead, and they needed a man handy with his six-guns. They swore the stranger in, and then they realized what he was. The worst kind of marshal any town can have: a killer with a badge! If you enjoy this volume of classic westerns, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 200+ other entries in this series, covering classic and historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries -- and much, much more!

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Download or read book The 25th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK Raymond Z Gallun written by Raymond Z. Gallun and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond Zinke Gallun (1911 - 1994) was among the earliest pulp fiction writers who specialized in science fiction, and he sold many stories to magazines in the 1930s under his own name and several pseudonyms (such as Dow Elstar, E.V. Raymond and William Callahan). His first novel, "People Minus X" (included here) was published in 1957, followed by his second, "The Planet Strappers," in 1961 (also included here). He was honored with the I-CON Lifetime Achievement Award in 1985 at I-CON IV; the award was later renamed The Raymond Z. Gallun Award. THE REVOLT OF THE STAR MEN THE ETERNAL WALL ASTEROID OF FEAR BIG PILL RETURN OF A LEGEND COMET'S BURIAL STAMPED CAUTION PEOPLE MINUS X (novel) THE PLANET STRAPPERS (novel) The Collector If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 250+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!