E. Hoffmann Price was one of the "Weird Tales Circle" that included H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith. In fact, he was the only person to meet both Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft in person. The stories collected here span multiple genres and multiple decades: detective, western, adventure, and fantasy. The one thing they have in common (aside from some mildly titillating content) is the sure voice of a born storyteller. Once you start reading an E. Hoffmann Pric...

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:INTRODUCTION, by Alexander KreitnerTHE WOR...

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 19 of his two-fisted detective tales. Included are:INTRODUCTION, by Shawn GarrettSPIRIT MURDERCRYSTAL CLUESQUEEN OF HEAVENTHE MARK OF ...

Edgar Hoffman Price (1898-1988) was a prolific pulp writer who got his start writing for Weird Tales and became a peripheral member of the Lovecraft Circle of weird fiction writers. This collection contains every story he published featuring a Kurdish holy man named Ismeddin. Price labels him as a "darvish," an alternate spelling of the Sufi Muslim "dervish," a man who chooses to become a beggar and an ascetic to become closer to God. The term "whirling dervish" comes from the spiraling da...

E. Hoffmann Price’s Exotic Adventures MEGAPACK® contains 11 stories and short novels set in a wide range of locales: Europe, Polynesia, Asia, the Middle East, etc. Their settings also range chronologically, from historical adventures to contemporary thrillers and were all published between 1935 and 1945 (with an outlier from 1971 as the finale). These are full-blooded, two-fisted tales of warriors throughout the ages, seeking glory and triumph. We hope you enjoy these rip-roaring tales of ...

No man is happier than Li Fong -- until he discovers his lovely wives are really serpent-demons!Long and long ago, before the foreign devils came, old China was a land of ancient culture and strange magic. There, Li Fong, a student of apothecary, seems the luckiest of men. By what has to be happy chance, he has been led to take two charming and quite wealthy ladies as his wives.How could he know that his loving and beloved Mei Ling and Meilan are really spirit-demons? Or th...

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 19 of his western and war stories. Note that this volume, as with much pulp fiction of the era, is not politically correct by modern standards. It is a product of its era...

"Exile From Venus" is set in a future where humanity has begun exploring and colonizing other planets. The story follows the adventures of Jared D'Arcy, a protagonist who becomes embroiled in a conflict on Venus. The novel explores themes of exile, exploration, and the human condition in an extraterrestrial setting.Jared D'Arcy is an exile on Venus, having been sent there as a punishment or as part of a political or social scheme. Venus, depicted as a harsh and dangerous environment, becom...

"The Girl From Samarcand & Satan's Garden" by E. Hoffmann Price presents an enthralling anthology that dives into the depths of fantasy fiction and the supernatural. In "The Girl from Samarcand," readers are transported to a world where the mystique of exotic rugs captivates the senses, weaving a narrative of enchantment and obsession. Diane battles for her husband's attention against the backdrop of vivid textiles, as Hammersmith Clarke becomes consumed by a mysterious rug from Samarcand....

SATAN’S FOOTPRINTS GUIDEBOOK tourists to Southern France concentrate on Biarritz; but those who love unspoiled antiquity prefer Bayonne, that gray-walled city that basks in the warmth of the Pyrenees and guards the road to Spain. The moat that girdles the citadel is dry, and the drawbridges are no longer serviceable; but at sunrise, when the Lachepaillet Wall and the cathedral spires seem floating on banks of low-lying river mists from the Nive and the Adour, Bayonne is a hasheesh dream ra...

The tale of a strange romance between a gas-station attendant and a lovely California woman, who has lain in her lonely grave for more than a hundred years!E. Hoffmann Price—one of the mainstays of fantasy and horror fiction in the classic days of the pulp magazines—published this classic vampire story in the legendary magazine Weird Tales in 1939.

Dive into a universe of intrigue and adventure with "Amazing Tales Volume 196", where each story unveils a unique facet of the human spirit amid the boundless expanse of space. This anthology explores themes of mystery, desire, and survival, painting vivid portraits of characters who push the limits of courage and cunning. In "The Mystery of Deneb IV", readers are transported to an alien world where Dave Carter's mission quickly turns treacherous. Tasked with aiding the Denebians, Carter b...