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A Velvet of Vampyres

A VELVET OF VAMPYRES: Tales of Horror, by Don Webb. It's a «murder» of crows and a «parliament» of owls. For bats, the genus is «velvet,» and hence also for vampires. We like the older spelling, the one John Polidori gave us when he alerted the world to their presence. They’re here–dominating our dreams, our fears, our media. But what if they aren't boy-band-pretty with diamond sparkly skin? What if they're more dangerous because they’re Desire herself? What if they're behind deep erotic urges AND the desire to write a poem? What if they live in the need to tear open a bright shiny Christams present AND the desire to drink hot red blood burning bright in the night? Seven great tales of the living undead by a Master of the Order of the Vampyre of the Temple of Set. Caveat lector!

Ghost Stories and Mysteries

Ernest Favenc

Ernest Favenc (1845-1908) is a neglected master of Australian supernatural and mystery fiction. Best known for his History of Australian Exploration, 1788-1888, he was also a prolific author and journalist, writing for some of the most popular and important literary journals in colonial Australia. His considerable output is now largely forgotten, even among aficionados of weird and mystery fiction. This book collects thirty-one of Favenc's best stories, many published here for the first time since their original publication; and aims to showcase Favenc's talent as the most important Australian colonial writer of Gothic and supernatural fiction. The stories span the period 1875-1907, and demonstrate the richness and variety of his art, making this a major publishing event for enthusiasts of nineteenth-century crime and weird fiction.

Don't Get Mad, Get Even

Barb Goffman

What do a bullied girl, a Christmas Town elf, a sheriff, and the biblical Job have in common? They're a few of the characters who take center stage in these stories of revenge, comeuppance, and the search for justice. Author Barb Goffman has been shortlisted seven times for national mystery awards (the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Agatha). This collection of fifteen short stories gathers all of her nominated tales, plus five new ones. Be prepared for stories ranging from dark to humorous, and crimes including adultery, theft, and, of course, murder. "In short: terrific. Barb Goffman is the master of the twist—she fools me every time! This collection is like a fabulous box of chocolates—each one different, each one special, each one a wonderful treat." –Hank Phillippi Ryan, Award-winning author

The Second Macabre MEGAPACK®

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This volume is a treasure-trove of rare 19th-century macabre stories for lovers of classic fantasy and horror. From ghosts of mind and spirit to paranormal experiences, from exotic Arabian Nights adventures to Deals with the Devil, each story in this volume is sure to delight the discerning reader of classic fantasy and horror. Included are: THE GRAY LADY, by Mary E. Lee THE EBONY FRAME, by Edith Nesbit THE DOOM, by Benedict THE CURSE OF THE CATAFALQUES, by F. Anstey THE STRIDING PLACE, by Gertrude Atherton SISTER SERAPHINE, by Edna W. Underwood EXTRAORDINARY INDIAN FEATS OF LEGERDEMAIN, by David Dawson Mitchell LAZARUS, by Leonid Andreyev THE TRANSFIGURED, by Heinrich Zschokke THE UNCANNY BAIRN, by Mrs. Alfred (Louisa) Baldwin UNCLE ABRAHAM’S ROMANCE, by Edith Nesbit MAN-SIZE IN MARBLE, by Edith Nesbit THE SECRET OF THE STRADIVARIUS, by Hugh Conway MR. LINDSAY’S MANUSCRIPT, by T. H. E. ROSAURA AND HER RELATIONS, by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué THE ENCHANTED GIFTS, by Mrs. Jane L. Swift THE GALLOWS MAN, by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué THE ROCK OF HANS HEILING, by Theodor Koerner THE VISION OF AGIB, by Anonymous WINDERHANS AND THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK, by Anonymous And don't forget to search this ebook store for «Wildside Megapack» (or just Megapack if Wildside Megapack doesn't work) to see all the entries in the Megapack series – including volumes of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, westerns, and much, much more!

Fifty Candles (Expanded Edition)

Earl Derr Biggers

Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) is best remembered as the creator of Chinese detective Charlie Chan.Biggers had always been interested in mystery fiction, but his interest in Hawaii clearly stems from a 1919 vacation in Honolulu. While there, he read a newspaper article on a Chinese detective named Chang Apana. Apana would become the model for Charlie Chan in Biggers' 1925 novel, «The House Without a Key,» and there quickly followed five more Charlie Chan novels. Fifty Candles – first published just two years after that 1919 vacation – shows how Hawaii, China, and murder had already begun to come together in Biggers' imagination. The story starts in a courthouse in Honolulu, moves to China, then to fog-shrouded San Francisco. Many of the elements used in the Charlie Chan series are present: Chinese characters (both sinister and sympathetic), the Honolulu legal system, a shrewd detective (in this case, the lawyer Mark Drew rather than a policemen), and a baffling murder complete with red herrings and plenty of suspects. This special edition includes John Betancourt's introduction from the 2001 paperback edition, plus a bonus short story, «The Way to the Island» – a long-lost Earl Derr Biggers tale!

Angel Doll

Arlette Lees

In the dark days of the 1930s Depression, veteran detective Jack Dunning loses both his wife and his position with the Boston Police Department because he can't keep the cork in the bottle. He hops a bus to California and signs on with the Santa Paulina Police Department as a consultant. On a dark, stormy night he finds salvation and a fresh beginning in the arms of a beautiful, young, dime-a-dance girl, Angel Doll. When she vanishes after shooting a local gangster, Axel Teague, Jack is torn between love and duty. Does he go to Los Angeles to find Angel, or stay where he is and work his current case: the mysterious disappearance from the local shantytown of an innocent teenager, Louise Crowley? Can he find a way to do both before it's too late? Great noir reading from a major talent.

The Venemous Serpent

Brian Ball

The commemorative brass plate in the abandoned Derbyshire village church showed Sir Humphrey and Lady Sybil de Latours standing together. At the side of the man is a lion, and beside Sybil a fanged dog. Strangely, the face of Sybil has been obliterated, despite the clear detail elsewhere. But young artist Sally Fenton takes a rubbing nonetheless, to sell to tourists from the shop that she and her paramour, Andrew Thomas, share. She hangs it in their bedroom, but at night the moonlight makes the static objects in the image begin to move–and writhe. Soon life in the village becomes a nightmare, and Sally and Andy are powerless to stop the evil from spreading. And then the ancient image comes alive! A first-rate horror novel by a masterful writer.

One Remained Seated: A Classic Crime Novel

John Russell Fearn

Maria Black, M.A., Principal of Roseway College for Young Ladies, does not expect to come face to face with murder in her favorite cinema, when a stranger seated in Number 11 on Row A is found to be dead–shot through the head with a copper bullet! The baffling crime enables her to take on her role of detective and become, once again, Black Maria–the tireless crime solver. Determined to get to the root of the mystery, she works side by side with the stolid Inspector Morgan, local police chief. Together they follow a tangled trail that takes them behind the scenes of a cinema, examining the lives of hardworking folk who strive to maintain the entertainment industry–and eventually leads them into the recesses of a ruthless killer’s dark mind. Another riveting classic British mystery torn from the pages of the pulps. Black Maria, Book Three.

The E.F. Benson MEGAPACK ®

E.F. Benson

"The E.F. Benson Megapack" collects 36 of Benson's horror stories, including such classics as «The Bus-Conductor,» «The Room in the Tower,» and «The Thing in the Hall.» Included are: AT ABDUL ALI’S GRAVE THE MAN WHO WENT TOO FAR THE CAT GAVON’S EVE THE DUST-CLOUD THE SHOOTINGS AT ACHNALEISH THE BUS-CONDUCTOR THE HOUSE WITH THE BRICK-KILN OUTSIDE THE DOOR HOW FEAR DEPARTED FROM THE LONG GALLERY THE CONFESSION OF CHARLES LINKWORTH THE ROOM IN THE TOWER CATERPILLARS BETWEEN THE LIGHTS THE TERROR BY NIGHT THE OTHER BED THE CHINA BOWL THE PASSENGER THE APE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENINGS THE PSYCHICAL MALLARDS MRS AMWORTH THE GARDENER THE HORROR-HORN "AND THE DEAD SPAKE…" NEGOTIUM PERAMBULANS IN THE TUBE MR. TILLY’S SEANCE THE CASE OF FRANK HAMPDEN MRS. ANDREWS’S CONTROL THE DEATH WARRANT MACHAON AT THE FARMHOUSE INSCRUTABLE DECREES THE THING IN THE HALL And don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Megapack» or «Wildside Megapack» to see more entries in Wildside Press's Megapack series, ranging from science fiction and fantasy to westerns, mysteries, ghost stories – and much, much more!

The Man Who Lost Himself

Beaunier André

THE MAN WHO LOST HIMSELF tells the story of Michel Bedée, a brilliant scientist whose work on the new element that he's discovered–sirium–has alienated him from his mother, his sister, and his wife. He cannot bear the fact that, although he loves his wife dearly, he cannot make her happy. Unfortunately, when she finds an alternative route to happiness, he cannot bear that either. Forced into isolation, he completes the formulation of the theory that will integrate the properties of sirium into a revised physical chemistry. Then, having exhausted what remains of his reasons for living, he finds himself at a loss, suspended between life and death–which appear to him in graphic symbolic form. An unusual philosophical French science-fiction novel, a precursor to some of modern-day European SF.