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Based on the classic series by James Holding, "The Jamaican Ice Mystery" continues the crime-solving adventures of Martin Leroy and King Danforth, the octogenarian writing team who find mystery and murder around the world. The "Leroy King" series pokes gentle fun at the Ellery Queen series.
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Hercules
Half man, half god, Hercules is the most famous hero of ancient Greece. Possessed of enormous strength, the son of Zeus roams the world in search of adventure, sharing the glories of a bygone age with such legendary comrades as Jason of the Argonauts and the proud warrior woman, Atalanta. Prepare yourself for the wonders, O mortal, as the Quest for the Golden Fleece sets sail one more...
The Vengeance of Hera
The Isle of Thorna is plagued...
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Here are five funny, entertaining, delectable mystery stories featuring Peter "Pit Bull" Geller, who may be a bit damaged physically (in an auto accident), but has lost neither his biting wit nor his keen sense of how the upper crust manages their criminal ways.
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When an actor who played Robin Hood on a 1950s children's TV show wakes up in Riverworld, he decides to live out his dreams and forms a new band of Merry Men (including Abraham Lincoln as Little John). Unfortunately, he didn't count on running into Al Capone, who has hijacked a thriving technocracy run by Jules Verne... Set in Philip Jose Farmer's "Riverworld" universe, this novelet was written with Farmer's permission.
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A Time of Myth and Legend...
The epic saga of Jason and the Argonauts has endured for thousands of years. United under Jason's command, the Quest for the Golden Fleece brought together many of the greatest heroes of Greek mythology, including Atalanta, the ancient world's finest female athlete, and Hercules, the legendary son of Zeus.
Tragedy strikes the Argonauts when Jason himself is slain by treacherous pirates. Blaming himself for his friend's...
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John Gregory Betancourt's award-winning Peter "Pit Bull" Geller series gets a new twist in this historical tale featuring Pit's grandfather, a plumber in Brooklyn, New York. Newly back from World War 2, Joe Geller gets more than he bargained for when he fixes the plumbing for a wealthy Russian countess.
7) Johnny Zed
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A corrupt Congress rules a drugged-out America, land of slums and malls. But in the underground, a few violent young malcontents will stop at nothing to smash the system...and bring back the Constitution and the President. JOHNNY ZED is their leader...a brilliant strategist and political theorist, always heard but never seen. SHELLY TRACER is his pawn - and his ultimate weapon...a warrior in a world of glitterfolk, oxygen addicts, and genetically...
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Half man, half god, Hercules is the most famous hero of ancient Greece. Possessed of enormous strength, the son of Zeus roams the world in search of adventure, sharing the glories of a bygone age with such legendary comrades as Jason of the Argonauts and the proud warrior woman, Atalanta. Prepare yourself for wonders, O mortals, as the Quest for the Golden Fleece begins once more...
The Wrath of Poseidon
The fabled city of Troy has incurred the...
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From the editor:
Welcome to *Black Cat Weekly #*10. Carlton Clarke, the famed Chicago telepathic detective, returns to our pages with "The Broken Marconigram." First published in 1915, this tale takes Clarke and Sexton, his "Watson," to New Orleans in search of a friend who's been kidnapped by a Satanic cult. These chronicles of the first "telepathic detective" originally appeared in newspaper syndication across the United States in 1908, and I continue...
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Welcome to The Fourth Mystery MEGAPACK®! This time we have a stellar lineup for your reading pleasure, drawing stories from a wide variety of sources - including not only the traditional mystery magazines (such as Ellery Queen's and Alfred Hitchcock's), but also their less-well-known rivals (remember The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine? Keyhole Detective?). Some are from science fiction magazines (mysteries can appear anywhere!) and some are from mainstream...
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Here are 6 modern and classic science fiction novels we hope you will enjoy:
Wolfbane, by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth
Slave Planet, by Laurence Janifer
Preferred Risk, by Frederik Pohl and Lester del Rey
The Rat Race, by Jay Franklin
Champagne Caesar, by Jay Franklin
Rememory, by John Gregory Betancourt
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The Second Mystery Megapack selects 25 more tantalizing mystery tales, by modern and classic authors. Included are:
FUNNY STUFF, by Ron Goulart
PIT ON THE ROAD TO HELL, by John Gregory Betancourt
WHAT IS COURAGE? by Mack Reynolds
JUST THE FACTS, by Meg Opperman
TEN GRAINS OF SAND, by Christopher B. Booth
MORE ALLISONS THAN I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH, by Michael Hemmingson
REFLECTION OF A DREAM, by Jean Lorrah
GRIM REAPER'S HANDICAP,...
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In "The Quills of Henry Thomas," W. C. and Aja Bamberger give us a glimpse of a future in which music is composed through DNA computing. "The Gizzard Wizard" is Rory Barnes's delightful sequel to his young adult SF novel, Space Junk. John Gregory Betancourt's engaging "The Darkfishers" envisions a shanghaied Earth colony stranded on the back of a huge crustacean on an ocean planet. Sydney J. Bounds, in "Guinea Pigs," portrays a future dominated by...
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Christmas is a time for giving, for receiving... and for murder. We've collected ten Christmas stories, old and new, that will spike your eggnog, trim your tree, and hopefully add a dash of spice to your Christmas cheer. Included are:
"A Christmas Pit," by John Gregory Betancourt
"A Reversible Santa Claus," by Meredith Nicholson
"A Stake of Holly," by Lillian Stewart Carl
"Believing in Santa," by Ron Goulart
"Death Will Trim Your Tree," by Liz...
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Just in time for Halloween -- Wildside Press is pleased to present a small MEGAPACK® of great horror tales! Because it has an original story, we decided to release it for everyone to read. (It was free on our web site on Free Ebook Tuesday on the Tuesday before Halloween). Here are:
THE WHITE CAT OF DRUMGUNNIOL, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
THURNLEY ABBEY, by Perceval Landon
SPIDER MANSION, by Fritz Leiber
THE GREEN THING, by Manly Banister (writing...
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Aliens have been a major theme in science fiction literature from the very beginnings of the genre...though they seem to have morphed over the decades from humanoids (six-limbed and blue though they might be!) to the utterly incomprehensible to noncorporeal energy beings - and everything in between! This collection focuses on aliens as depicted in many different forms over many different decades. While in no way comprehensive - I'm not sure a "definitive"...
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Matters Arthurian have been a theme in literature since the Middle Ages. King Arthur, Excalibur, the Knights of the Round Table, and the Quest for the Holy Grail are now part of popular culture.
Here are 19 works that employ the Arthurian legends, ranging from early epic poems to 19th and 20th century novels and stories, showing how these myths and legends continue to enjoy new life:
LE MORTE D'ARTHUR, by Sir Thomas Malory
IDYLLS OF THE KING, by...
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Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned horror and dark fantasy authors! Explore the uncanny world of mummies, ancient Egypt, and dark sorcery, with these 20 stories:
• SYMPATHY FOR MUMMIES, by John Gregory Betancourt.
• SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY, by Edgar Allan Poe.
• THE POWER OF WAKING, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
• THE MUMMY'S FOOT, by Jessie Adelaide Middleton.
• LOST IN A PYRAMID, OR...