Ronald Wilford, cub reporter on the Cleveland Star, is asked by his editor to find a missing colleague and friend, Barry Knight, and discover why he disappeared. Knight, who pulls no punches when he writes, has many enemies among the local racketeers and shady politicians he has exposed. Ronald, with the help of his younger brother Ted (hero of The Locked Safe Mystery), uncovers a strange and fascinating puzzle. An unusual ending to this absorbing mystery is provided when Ronald is faced with an interesting ethical problem, both as a reporter and a friend, which he must solve in order to wind up the case.
"When Old Goldie, a prospector rumored to have had a hidden gold mine, passes away, he leaves an envelope addressed to «„T. A. F.“» It contains only a photograph of a small cabin.<P> Who was Old Goldie, and who is T.A.F.? Is there really a mine? Ted Wilford and his friend Nelson Morgan set out to answer these questions. If the mine exists at all, they soon realize, it must be on Thunder Mountain. From that point the race is on. A mining engineer, a secret code, a Native American, a rival reporter – and most of the people from the two nearest towns – are also looking for the mine. Whoever finds and claims it first may win a fortune. And some of them will stop at nothing to get it…"
In the open market in Chicago, a tiger snake could have been bought by a circus for $10. But the particular snake for which Jake Jennings was willing to pay a small fortune was the key to a great mystery. The grand climax is an absolute surprise, and no reader will be able to say, «I knew it from the beginning.»<P> Here is fiction that is stranger than truth. It contains one of the most perplexing and labyrinthine mysteries ever conceived by the human mind.
Edgar Hoffmann Price (1898 – 1988) was an American writer of popular fiction (he was a self-titled 'fictioneer') for the pulp magazine marketplace. He is probably most famous for his collaboration with H. P. Lovecraft, «Through the Gates of the Silver Key,» though he published hundreds of other works. This volume collects 20 occult detective tales, including the adventures of Pierre D'Artois from «Weird Tales» magazine. Included are:<P> INTRODUCTION, by Alexander Kreitner<BR> THE WORD OF SANTIAGO<BR> THE PEACOCK'S SHADOW<BR> THE BRIDE OF THE PEACOCK<BR> THE RETURN OF BALKIS<BR> LORD OF THE FOURTH AXIS<BR> THE DEVIL'S CRYPT<BR> SATAN'S GARDEN<BR> QUEEN OF THE LILIN<BR> ONE ARABIAN NIGHT<BR> SILVER PEACOCK<BR> THE KING'S PEACOCK<BR> TRIANGLE BY ARRANGEMENT<BR> SCARLET RENDEZVOUS<BR> TREASURE FROM KURDISTAN<BR> CHASTE GODDESS<BR> DOUBLE CATSPAW<BR> PIT OF MADNESS<BR> PALE HANDS<BR> LIVE BAIT<BR> THE CROOKED SQUARE<P> 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!
Prepare yourself for more macabre spectacles and contes cruel, crawling things and loathsome gods, predators from deep inside the mind of man and from far outside angled space, all brought to you by the incomparable Frank Belknap Long! Included are 20 short stories and the complete text of Long's 1977 poetry collection. Here are:<P> JOHNNY ON THE SPOT<BR> THE MAN FROM NOWHERE<BR> FISHERMAN'S LUCK<BR> THE REFUGEES<BR> GRAB BAGS ARE DANGEROUS<BR> STEP INTO MY GARDEN<BR> IT WILL COME TO YOU<BR> RETURN OF THE UNDEAD<BR> THE PEEPER<BR> THE HOUSE OF RISING WINDS<BR> HUMPTY DUMPTY HAD A GREAT FALL<BR> FUZZY HEAD<BR> LITTLE MEN OF SPACE<BR> NIGHT-FEAR<BR> MR. CAXTON DRAWS A MARTIAN BIRD<BR> PREVIEW<BR> COTTAGE TENANT<BR> PROBLEM CHILD<BR> GATEWAY TO FOREVER<BR> THE NECRONOMICON, JOHN DEE'S TRANSLATION<BR> IN MAYAN SPLENDOR (Poetry)<P> 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!
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 PHTHATHNEE<BR> MEMORY<BR> FORERUNNERS OF DOOM<BR> THE CUBE OF XANXES: Part One—The Finger of Xanxes<BR> THE CUBE OF XANXES: Part Two—The City of Joy<P> Features an introduction by Darrell Schweitzer
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:<P> AT THE HOME OF POE (prose poem)<BR> THE EYE ABOVE THE MANTEL<BR> IN THE TOMB OF SEMENSES<BR> THE DESERT LICH<BR> DEATH-WATERS<BR> THE SEA THING<BR> THE WERE-SNAKE<BR> MEN WHO WALK UPON THE AIR<BR> THE DEVIL-GOD<BR> THE OCEAN LEECH<BR> THE DOG-EARED GOD<BR> THE MAN WITH A THOUSAND LEGS<BR> THE SPACE-EATERS, by Frank Belknap Long<BR>0 YOU CAN'T KILL A GHOST<BR> THE HOUNDS OF TINDALOS, by Frank Belknap Long<BR> THE RED FETISH<BR> A VISITOR FROM EGYPT<BR> THE HORROR FROM THE HILLS<BR> WHEN CHAUGNAR WAKES (poem)<BR> IN THE LAIR OF THE SPACE MONSTERS<BR> SECOND NIGHT OUT<BR> THE DARK BEASTS<BR> THE GREAT COLD<BR> DARK VISION<BR> THE CREEPER IN DARKNESS<BR> THE ELEMENTAL<P> 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!
Miss Emily Jackson’s Burmese cat Mandalay often brings home odd items – but a bloodstained alpaca? Her friends Sherlock Holmes and John Watson investigate a murder in a circus, leading to threats on Miss Emily's life. They race to discover the ruthless murderer and keep Miss Emily safe.
Long before Sherlock Holmes entered the public domain as a character, a few dedicated authors «borrowed» Holmes and Watson without permission for their own work. Here are 5 classic early (and completely unauthorized) tales featuring the world's greatest detective (sometimes under not-so-cunningly disguised pseudonyms): <P>"WATSON!" by Captain A.E. Dingle <BR>THE ADVENTURE OF THE DIAMOND NECKLACE, by G. F. Forrest <BR>THE STOLEN CIGAR-CASE, by Bret Harte <BR>THE ADVENTURES OF SHAMROCK JOLNES, by O. Henry <BR>MR. RAFFLES HOLMES, by John Kendrick Bangs
In the first volume of The Hieromonk's Tale fantasy trilogy, set in an alternate history in the year 1205, Father Afanasy begins searching for clues surrounding the carefully-hidden secret of his birth, Melanthrix the Mage gains much influence at the court of Korynthia, a killer viciously murders members of the government, and someone–or something–seems to be pushing the kingdom steadily towards all-out war with Pommerelia, its neighbor to the west. <P> "[This] is a magnificent medieval triptych featuring exquisitely drawn scenes of heroism and treachery, of domesticity and warfare, of greatness and madness." – Michael R. Collings, author of The Slab