Behind urban life, weird and horrific things fester. The whispers and chills of things long gone... the promise of power from the darkness... the seduction of those that lie in the shadows… the occult is all around us: in town houses, in mansions, and in your very own street. Editor Colin F. Barnes collected together fifteen stories by a cast of critically acclaimed authors from around the globe who look into the stygian gloom, explore the dark corners of our houses, and peer into the abyss of human temptation. Views: 32
roduct Description This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains fifty science fiction short stories and novellas by more than forty different authors. Most of the stories in this collection were published during the heyday of popular science fiction magazines from the 1930s to the 1960s.Included within this work are stories by H. Beam Piper, Murray Leinster, Randall Garrett, Robert Sheckley, Stanley Weinbaum, Alan Nourse, Raymond Z. Gallun, Robert Bloch, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and many others. This collection is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.ContentsRING ONCE FOR DEATHBy Robert ArthurTHIS CROWDED EARTHBy Robert BlochTHE LANI PEOPLEBy J. F. BoneMIZORA: A PROPHECYBy Mary E. BradleyTHE DOOR THROUGH SPACEBy Marion Zimmer BradleyFELONYBy James CauseyTHE SKY IS FALLINGBy Lester del ReySTAMPED CAUTIONBy Raymond Z. GallunCARD ... TRICKBy Randall GarrettDAMNED IF YOU DON'TBy Randall GarrettMECCANIA: THE SUPER-STATEBy Owen GregoryBREAKING POINTby James E. GunnTHE SMILERBy Albert HernhunterTHE LOVE OF FRANK NINETEENBy David C. KnightTHE SIX FINGERS OF TIMEBy R. A. LaffertyMARS CONFIDENTIAL!By Jack Lait & Lee MortimerTHE RUNAWAY SKYSCRAPERBy Murray LeinsterTHE WATER EATERBy Win MarksBEYOND PANDORABy Robert J. MartinMOTHER AMERICABy Sam Mcclatchie, M.D.WHEN CAVERNS YAWNEDBy S. P. MeekTHE LINKBy Alan E. NoursePOLICE OPERATIONBy H. Beam PiperSONNYBy Rick RaphaelHOLES INCORPORATEDBy L. Major ReynoldsWHERE I WASN'T GOINGBy Walt and Leigh RichmondDECISIONBy Frank M. RobinsonTHE PREMIEREBy Richard SabiaOPERATION LORELIEBy William P. SaltonFELINE REDBy Robert SampsonZERO DATABy Charles SaphroWATCHBIRDBy Robert SheckleyJIMSY AND THE MONSTERSBy Walt SheldonTHE VILBAR PARTYBy Evelyn E. SmithBRKNK'S BOUNTYBy Jerry SohlB-12's MOON GLOWBy Charles A. StearnsGARTH AND THE VISITORBy L. J. StecherVITAL INGREDIENTBy Gerald VanceTHE OBSERVERSBy G. L. VandenburgVULCAN'S WORKSHOPBy Harl VincentFORGET ME NEARLYBy F. L. WallaceTO EACH HIS STARBy Bryce WaltonTHE WORLDS OF IFBy Stanley G. WeinbaumTHE SEED OF THE TOC-TOC BIRDSBy George Henry WeissTHE CAVERN OF THE SHINING ONESBy Hal K. WellsTHE FIRST MEN IN THE MOONBy H.G. WellsCOGITO, ERGO SUMBy John Foster WestCAT AND MOUSEBy Ralph WilliamsHOMO INFERIORBy Mari WolfTHE INFRA-MEDIANSBy Sewell Peaslee Wright Views: 28
The Book That Made Me is a celebration of the books that influenced some of the most acclaimed authors from Australia and the world. Edited by Judith Ridge, it features non-fiction stories from 32 inspiring and award-winning authors including Markus Zusak, Jaclyn Moriarty, Shaun Tan, Mal Peet, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Simon French, Alison Croggon, Fiona Wood, Bernard Beckett, Ursula Dubosarsky, Rachael Craw, Sue Lawson, Benjamin Law, Cath Crowley, Kate Constable, James Roy, Will Kostakis, Randa Abdel-Fattah and many more. Royalties from the sale of the book will go to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF). Views: 27
Product DescriptionHere is a collection of stories for those of you who shudder at the thought of gulping down one more of Aunt Ida's "famous" cookies, who dread facing another interminable discourse from Uncle Earl about pig farm economics. If the first few notes of "Away in a Manger" cause you to grab something sharp and look around frantically for an eye to stab it in this book was written for you. Scary Holiday Tales to Make You Scream has it all from the creepiest Halloween moments to the most blood red Christmas parties imaginable. In fact, many of our modern celebrations have long, gory histories. The greeting card industry doesn't have an inkling about the ancient rituals that continue to cast their shadow over today's holidays. Views: 23
This Omnibus collection contains the six Double Helix novels: Infection (#51); Vectors (#52); Red Sector (#53); Quarantine; (#54) Double or Nothing (#55); The First Virtue (#56). Double Helix is the story of the Federation's hardest battle yet--a decades-long war against bio-terrorism. Like a strand of mutating DNA, a deadly conspiracy winds its way through the Alpha Quadrant, even as it stretches across several years of Starfleet history. This special omnibus volume contains the entire bestselling saga--by some of Star Trek's most popular authors. Views: 22
"The collection consistently does what the oeuvre does best: communicate intense emotion with force, give life to characters that struggle with their circumstances, illuminate the universal through the specific and the particular, and turn the commonplace into art." Globe and Mail "[The anthology] amuses, astonishes, and enlightens; it is a delicious cacophony of voices and engaging stories . . ."Books in Canada The Journey Prize Stories is Canada's most celebrated annual fiction anthology, presenting the best stories published each year by some of our most exciting up-and-coming writers. Among the stories this year: Desperate to reinvent himself, a disgraced diplomat on what will be the last assignment of his career goes in search of a woman from his past in Eastern Croatia. As a teacher begins to unravel in the aftermath of a school shooting, a series of surprising encounters with her former students reveals their differing... Views: 22
