Here for your reading delectation, are 25 outre tales of crime. Since history has proven that there is nothing unusual or unexpected about the human (or inhuman) drive to break the law, it should come as no surprise that the weird, the strange, the supernatural, and the just plain odd often, in fictional form, manifest themselves allayed to the criminal element. Included are:INTRODUCTION, by Shawn GarrettTHE WINDOW OF HORRORS, by H.L. MenckenTHE FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIR...

This fine collection of vintage mysteries from the pulp magazines presents 13 tales sure to thrill the armchair detective. Included are:HANDS OF DOOM, by David H. KellerEVIDENCE, by Murray LeinsterTHE DRUMS OF DEATH, by J. Allan DunnHAIR OF THE CAT, by Robert TurnerHELL’S SIPHON, by George Harmon CoxeDIBBLE DABBLES IN DEATH, by David Wright O’BrienCLOSE TO MY HEART, by Chester S. GeierTHE RAG-TAG GIRL, by Norbert DavisMASTER O...

This volume assembles 9 classic weird fantasies from Greye La Spina, one of the greatest pulp fantasists of the early to mid 20th century. These tales range from 1919 (in The Thrill Book) to 1951 (in Weird Tales) and include some of her most famous tales of vampires, werewolves, psychic detectives, and more. Included are:WOLF OF THE STEPPESTHE TORTOISE-SHELL CATTHE REMORSE OF PROFESSOR PANEBIANCOTHE SCARF OF THE BELOVED

The 58th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK® focuses on Miriam Allen deFord (1888-1975), one of the early female writers of science fiction and fantasy (though she also wrote in mysteries, true crime, and other nonfiction). Though the Internet Science Fiction Database notes her first genre publication as “Ghostly Hands” in January 1928 she began publishing science fiction in 1950. Over the next 25 years, she published a steady stream of stories in many of the top science fiction magazi...

We love ghost stories here at Wildside Press—witness the fact that we have now now reached our eighth volume in this series. Very few other genres are so versatile and enduring as tales of the supernatural. Ghosts can (and have) appeared in literature for thousands of years, in all countries and continents (and times past, present, and future) throughout the world. But the Victorian era particularly seemed to embrace ghost stories, and that’s when Christmas ghost tales became not just a st...

The Suspense Novel MEGAPACK® is the first in what we hope will become a long-running series collecting (obviously enough) novels of suspense. To kick things off, we have selected 4 terrific books we hope you will find interesting and entertaining:CAN A MERMAID KILL? by Thomas B. Dewey — An exciting new novel of suspense by the master of murder-mystery!KILL JOY, by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding — "Another beautiful study in the subtle an...

The Third Golden Age of Mystery and Crime MEGAPACK® focuses on acclaimed mystery novelist David Alexander, who also produced a significant body of short fiction. Included in this volume are 20 stories and an essay:COFFEE AND—AND ON THE THIRD DAYTHE OTHER ONESDIE LIKE A DOGFIRST CASEMAMA’S BOYSCARECROWUNCLE TOMSURPRISE! SURPRISE!MAMA’S BOYTHE GENTLEST OF THE BROTHERSRUN FROM THE SNAKESTHE MAN WHO WEN...

Wildside Press continues its 4-novels-in-1 releases with The Classic Mystery Novel MEGAPACK®! Here are 4 great classic mysteries from the Golden Age of crime fiction!A fine Edwardian whodunit, with a touch of Oscar Wilde and a pinch of George Bernard Shaw. It builds from a slow start to a thrilling escape drama in the third act. Don't miss it!DEATH IN THE BACK SEAT, by Dorothy Cameron DisneyA young couple from New York finds murder when they try to relocate to Connect...

Collected here are 20 tales of darkest crime and criminals, by some of the foremost mystery writers of the pulp era. Included are:THE ART OF MURDER, by Norman A. DanielsSEX MURDER IN CAMERON, by Michael FessierHOT-MOTOR HOMICIDE, by Norman Ober“GIVE ME A BREAK,” by Norman StruberEAR-WITNESS, by Maurice BeamTHE GENTLEST OF THE BROTHERS, by David AlexanderAUTHOR’S ADVENTURE, by Upton SinclairONE WAY BRIDGE, by Phil HinerONE DRIN...

Henry Slesar was a science fiction author during the Golden Age of the genre, writing not just for the leading magazines, but for movies and television, most notably Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone. Included in this volume are 10 of his classic talesTHE SHOW MUST GO ONDREAM TOWNHEARTMY FATHER, THE CATRELUCTANT GENIUSTHE DELEGATE FROM VENUSTHE STUFFTHE SUCCESS MACHINEBRAINCHILD

Collected here in a massive, one thousand page volume are 42 stories and one novel dealing with Mars or Martians. The Anthology opens with Roger Zelazny’s incomparable, Hugo nominated “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” and closes with Allen Steele’s Hugo award winning the “Emperor from Mars.” A wonderful anthology full of classic stories by some of science fiction’s best writers.Roger ZelaznyStanley G. WeinbaumJerome BixbyRobert F. YoungHarry Ha...

This volume in the Golden Age of Science Fiction series focuses on another author from the 1940s and 1950s: Charles A. Stearns. He published just over three dozen stories, of which 25 were science fiction that appeared in some of the top magazines of the day. Included in this volume are:THE BELLY OF GOR JEETLB-12’s MOON GLOWCOLOR BLINDTHE PLUTO LAMPTHE GRAVE OF SOLON REGHTHE SCAMPERERSTHE MAROONERPASTORAL AFFAIRIf you enjoy t...