Robert Bloch's classic first novel, the precursor to Psycho***, a chilling look into the mind of a serial killer***Dan Morley is an aspiring novelist who is well liked by everybody, but most of all by women. But nobody knows that he struggles with a dark and forbidden urge, an irresistible impulse to kill. And when the lust for murder comes over him and he twists his scarf around his victim's neck, there is no escape ...Robert Bloc...

Step into a double-feature of golden-age wonder, danger, and cosmic mystery—now reborn for modern readers. Pharaohs of the Future unites two of Hugo-winner Robert Bloch's most sought-after novelettes in a single, beautifully produced volume complete with 10 custom retro-pulp illustrations that leap off the page.This Crowded EarthIn the year 2230, megacities choke the planet and humanity resorts to drastic miniaturization to survive. Office ...

Robert Bloch has more than a few claims to fame – he was a member of the Lovecraft Circle, a group of writers who first corresponded with the legendary H. P. Lovecraft, and then continued his writing style in the Cthulhu world. Another thing he is known for is writing three classic Star Trek episodes: Catspaw, What Little Girls Are Made of? and Wolf in the Fold which were the Halloween, weird android duplicate and Jack the Ripper episodes. But Robert Bloch’s biggest claim...

Pleasant Dreams (1960), published just a year after his more famous Psycho, finds Robert Bloch leaving behind his earlier Lovecraftian influences to find his own style and voice in this collection of masterful tales, in which the horror is often laced with an undercurrent of pitch-black humor.In "Catnip," a young bully burns down the neighborhood witch's house and faces a grim reckoning with her black cat. "The Light-House" is a unique collaboration, in which Bloch completes a rare...

The author of Psycho takes on the famous unsolved slayings of Jack the Ripper!Robert Bloch gave us fiction's most famous knife-wielding maniac in Psycho's Norman Bates, and in The Night of the Ripper (1984), this master of horror fiction offers his own unique take on history's most infamous unsolved murder case.Whitechapel, 1888. A madman stalks the foggy streets, murdering prostitutes in...

In "This Crowded Earth," Bloch presents a dystopian vision of the future where overpopulation has become a severe problem for humanity. The novel is set in a world where the Earth's population has grown exponentially, leading to widespread poverty, famine, and social unrest.The story follows the protagonist, Gerald Knave, who lives in this overcrowded world and struggles to find his place in society. As Gerald grapples with the challenges of living in a crowded and oppressive environment, ...

In "Amazing Tales Volume 205" by Robert Bloch et al., explore a captivating collection of science fiction short stories that challenge the boundaries of imagination and human understanding. "Cosmic Striptease" by E. K. Jarvis presents a humorous yet profound narrative where Martians communicate with Earth, transforming the sky into a cosmic broadcast revealing their advanced civilization and challenging Earth's values. Ray Cummings' "He Who Served" delves into robotics and human emotions, ...

Lust drives a wealthy university regent to ruin a rival in love. After arranging the dismissal of an associate professor of medieval history, he turns his attention to the man’s beautiful wife — only to discover, hidden among her husband’s papers, an unfinished manuscript on the history of aphrodisiacs.Buried in those pages is a recipe attributed to a forbidden seventeenth-century grimoire: a love philtre that promises to transform any woman into a creature of helpless desire. A si...

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This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. Robert Bloch's "Founding Fathers" begins as a riotous time-travel caper, with Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, and Charles Thomson recast as wisecracking gangsters barging into Independence Hall to rewrite history. Franklin nervously takes charge, coaching the others through a frantic, slang-filled version of the signing of the Declaration, while the comedy sharpens the contrast between pat...

Fourteen classic tales of terror by the author of PsychoMidnight Dreams (1987) collects some of Robert Bloch's best tales from later in his career, featuring his trademark blend of spine-chilling terror and gallows humor and an eclectic mix that includes three Halloween-themed stories, a Christmas horror story, and a previously uncollected tale first published in Weird Tales in 1939.In "Pumpkin," a boy wanting to carve a H...

Robert Bloch's name is known to most readers today only as the author of Psycho, the inspiration for the famous Hitchcock film, but he was in fact a remarkably prolific author, publishing countless short stories over a sixty-year span, along with over thirty novels. The Opener of the Way (1945), published by the legendary Arkham House, was Bloch's first book, collecting twenty-one of his early tales from pulp magazines like Weird Tales, including some of his best...