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What if Snow White were the real villain and the «wicked queen» just a sadly maligned innocent? What if awakening Sleeping Beauty would be the mistake of a lifetime – of several lifetimes? What if the famous folk tales were retold with an eye to more horrific possibilities? Only Tanith Lee – «Goddess-Empress of the Hot Read» (Village Voice) could retell the world-famous tales of the Brothers Grimm (and others) as they might have been told by the Sisters Grimmer! This special edition, put together for the 30th anniversary of the original edition, adds a new Grimmer fairy tale written especially for this volume!
The Space Patrol Megapack
Starting with the February, 1946 issue, every issue of the <i>Captain Marvel Adventures</i> comic book included a 2-page short story by «Eando Binder» (Otto O. Binder). All featured Lt. Jon Jarl of the Space Patrol. These juvenile space operas – designed to appeal to kids – featured the daring adventures of a two-fisted young member of the Space Patrol. In a solar system where seemingly every planet and moon can support life (and the asteroid belt harbors numerous space pirates and criminals), Jon Jarl always seems to save the day.<P> If you've seen the early TV adventures of Captain Video and His Video Rangers, Space Patrol, or Tom Corbett, Space Cadet—which were clearly influenced by Binder's writing (as well as the shared universe of «space opera» that had been developed in <i>Amazing Stories</i> magazine under editor Ray Palmer) – you will know what you're in for…a ride into the Wild West of outer space, where physics and logic never get in the way of a good story!
The Fred M. White Disaster MEGAPACK ®
Frederick Merrick White (1859-1935) was a pioneer in many fields – the spy story, the detective story, and most especially the epic disaster story. His «Doom of London» series (1903), consisting of six tales in which various catastrophes beset London (including diphtheria, killer smog, and a devastanzing freeze), proved quite popular. The Yorkshire Observer wrote of him: “Mr. White is a master of the breathless pace which whirls a reader along whether he will or not." Included in this volume are all six «Doom of London» stories, plus 9 more tales: <P> THE FOUR WHITE DAYS (1903)<BR> THE FOUR DAYS' NIGHT (1903)<BR> THE DUST OF DEATH (1903)<BR> A BUBBLE BURST (1903)<BR> THE INVISIBLE FORCE (1903)<BR> THE RIVER OF DEATH (1903)<BR> THE ISLAND OF SHADOWS (1892)<BR> A GOLDEN ARGOSY (1886)<BR> NABOTH’S VINEYARD (1889)<BR> THE CARDINAL MOTH (1905)<BR> THE CRIMSON BLIND (1905)<BR> THE SLAVE OF SILENCE (1906)<BR> THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWN (1906)<BR> THE FIVE KNOTS (1908)<BR> THE MYSTERY OF THE FOUR FINGERS (1908)<BR> HARD PRESSED (1910)<P> If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 150+ entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!
The Arthur Leo Zagat Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®
Arthur Leo Zagat was one of the most versatile pulp writers in the 1930s-1950s, the author of more than 500 short stories in many different genres. His work appeared in most of the top science fiction, mystery, and adventures magazines, including Astounding Stories, Planet Stories, Weird Tales, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Argosy, and many, many more. Wildside Press is preparing multiple volumes assembling his classic fiction, and we are pleased to kick off the line with a collection of his science fiction from Astounding Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories. Included are:<P> THE TOWER OF EVIL<BR> THE MENACE FROM ANDROMEDA<BR> THE DEATH-CLOUD<BR> THE REVOLT OF THE MACHINES<BR> VENUS MINES, INCORPORATED<BR> THE GREAT DOME ON MERCURY<BR> WHEN THE SLEEPERS WOKE<BR> THE LANSON SCREEN<BR> LOST IN TIME<BR> FLIGHT OF THE SILVER EAGLE<BR> THE CAVERN OF THE SHINING POOL<BR> THE GREEN RAY<BR> THE TWO MOONS OF TRANQUILLIA<BR> GRIM RENDEZVOUS<BR> NO ESCAPE FROM DESTINY<P> If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 150+ entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!
Star Gladiator
Survival to Jonnath Gri was merely a word droning incessantly in the ancient rites from mother Earth. His parents had been slaughtered by the Star Guards; his fiancee had been abducted; and now Jonath would be forced to fight in the blood-soaked arena for the amusement of the citizens of the Ten Star Complex. Weaponless and naked, he would battle the most treacherous and deadly animals found on 50 worlds…and the most advanced weaponry ever developed. Yet he had one last hope his captors never reckoned on – the will for revenge!
Greyland
It was an alien world of infinite peace…or was it? <P> He awoke as from some misty, prolonged, vaguely disturbing dream, yet somehow he knew that what had happened and what was happening had a strange reality. It was not the kind of reality his disciplined mind would have accepted in the past, though his consciousness rejected the concept of present and past. This reality seemed to exist outside thought and apart from emotion. <P> There was the lingering physical sensation of having traveled infinite distances through unimaginable dimensions. There was, too, the sense of unthreatening mystery, of soft, overpowering greyness. This total greyness meant limitless peace, he seemed to know. <P> He knew his name. He spoke it aloud. The beautiful girl bending over him repeated it. Her skin was grey…
Starmind
Benjy Tyler…idiot mind in a beautiful body. Jailyn Rose…one very rich, and very clever, woman. Joe Winslow, multi-wave expert – caretaker and attendant on Asteroid 770. Whether they know it or not, these three are linked – and in a way no humans have ever been before. Only time will tell whether the link destroys them…
Wizard of Storms
Qurval, the Wizard of Storms, took pride in his madness, exquisite pleasure in the pain of his prisoners. Beautiful Laishalla and her friends, Konarr and The Bowman, knew every day brought them closer to a terrible death, yet they were helpless. Evil and insane, Qurval tormented the universe with catastrophes and howling storms. Through the thunder and lightning called forth to do his bidding, the Wizard's malevolent laughter rang out, defying anyone or anything to challenge his limitless wickedness!
The Players of Hell
An immortal…with a mission! A spellmaster…greedy for power! A thief…with strength and cunning! But what strength, what power, can conquer the forces of magic? <P> A thrilling fantasy adventure by the author of STAR BARBARIAN and LORD OF BLOOD!
Star Barbarian
Centuries before, the multiwave-drive ships had come to Morkath of the Caravan Stars – bringing colonists, empires, confederations of plunderers. Finally, the planet was exhausted and left to descent slowly to barbarism. <P> Now, savage tribal leaders fight over the blighted lands. Among these warriors is the young hunter Jamnar, who vows to reclaim Morkath from the demonic powers that grip it – the dark god Shaphath, the priestesses of Astaphar, the evil priests called Kvunuvun… <P> Jamnar will have help in his quest. Prosperon, the interstellar castaway, will lead him to the Forbidden Temple of Telshasoth. But only if Jamnar dares to enter the temple's portals – and seize the 3,000-year-old secret of a lost civilization – can he hope to save his people, and his planet, from a still greater terror…