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The definitive critical guide to the life and works of H.P. Lovecraft, the premier writer of horr...

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One of the most colorful breed of men in 19th-century circusdom was the press agent, whose duty w...

Damien Broderick `has had a major impact as an Australian SF writer since 1964. He is undoubtedly...

Ross Rocklynne (1913-1988) was the pen name used by Ross Louis Rocklin, an American science ficti...

Seven lucid and entertaining essays on masters of science fiction and fantasy literature, includi...

Burnt Cork and Tambourines includes the seminal 'Early History of Negro Minstrelsy,' by Col. T. A...

A bibliography of various mystery novels published between November 1976 and Fall 1992.

Crime writer Alfred Culbertson concocts a scheme to increase his royalties: he'll fake the murder...

Two-Moons-in-the-Sky, an Iroquoian warrior woman and Dreamer, is transported into the strange wor...

Paperback Quarterly, the Journal of Mass-Market Paperback History, Volume 4, Number 4, Winter 198...

In the first volume of The Hieromonk's Tale fantasy trilogy, set in an alternate history in the y...

When Marise Dering marries Ben Clarrington, and moves into the old mansion where the rest of the ...

Francis Hammerton is arrested and convicted of involvement with a gang of confidence men--a charg...

Two women captured by the ruler of a lost race in the Sahara Desert find themselves faced with a ...

Volume 7 Number 6 of The Mystery Fancier, November-December 1983, contains: 'A Few Kind Words for...

In the world of the future, Captain Mason is worried. A man has been decapitated--and no one can ...

Stranded in a High Peak transport café during a freak snowstorm, Jerry Howard finds himself in a ...

Archeology wasn't supposed to get him killed. For two decades, Harry Deacon had served as a skill...

The year is 1793. The newly-christened French Republic lies in ruins, besieged on all sides. The ...

Brian Stableford's The Cosmic Perspective and Other Black Comedies contains ten funny short stori...

In the tradition of the old 'Ace Doubles,' two-in-one books (flip one over to read the second tit...

They call them the 'rat-catchers.' They're the crew of the spaceship Daedalus, which a declining ...

James Barash is a psychiatrist with a unique ability to place copies of himself into other people...

Christian and Melissa discover a connection between falling meteorites and the murder of prostitu...

The time: the 1840s. The place: California during the gold rush.As the white settlers begin pen...

In the far future, a woman must fight for her life and honor against two foes: the men who contro...

In prehistoric Europe, Bain of the Hunting Clan flees his people, eventually encountering Arma of...

Ardath Mayhar's collection of short stories ranges from fantasy to mystery to horror -- but all a...

The Mystery Fancier, Volume 8 Number 5, September-October 1986, 'Some Very Tough People,' by Bob ...

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In this sequel to DEVIL'S PLAGUE, Victoria Sears and her new down-mountain friend, Lynn Hanson, i...

The final contact made by the Daedalus Mission begins badly, even before theship makes a hard lan...

In the tradition of the old Ace Doubles (flip one book over to read the second title), here's the...

A plague is devasting mankind. Deep within the Amazon jungle, scientists have altered the genetic...

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The Sins of Nightsong

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The novelist Robert Hichens was known for his absurd renderings of British high society, as portr...

SF Author Stanley G. Weinbaum died from cancer at 33, in December 1935. Short though his career w...

Seventeen fantasies by one of the field's most prolific short story authors, including tales of.....

Behold the Night Wind

Two operas with classical themes. SALAMMBÔ by Camille du Locle is based on Gustave Flaubert's wel...

A quest -- a quest in search of dragons and dragon-hunters, and ultimately the secret that lies b...

The mysterious Black Dagger, a powerful magical artifact, grants its wielder incredible strength,...