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...

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'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...

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 classic contribution to the Lovecraftian Cthulhu Mythos, back in print at last!When Albert Keith comes across a dusty old painting of a hideous, red-eyed, sharp-clawed creature in a dingy junk shop, he falls in love with it at first sight and buys it at a bargain price. But it isn't until he shows it to his friend Simon Waverly that he understands the painting's true significance: it appears to be one of the portraits described by H.P. Lovec...

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...

When the Bates Motel looms up out of the storm, Mary Crane thinks it is her salvation. The rooms are musty but clean. The manager, Norman Bates, seems like a nice enough fellow, if a little strange. Then Mary decides to take a shower and the nightmare begins...

It was a dark and stormy night when Mary Crane glimpsed the unlit neon sign announcing the vacancy at the Bates Motel. Exhausted, lost, and at the end of her rope, she was eager for a hot shower and a bed for the night. Her room was musty but clean, and the manager seemed nice, if a little odd.Norman Bates loves his mother. She has been dead for the past twenty years, or so people think. Norman knows better, though. He has lived with Mother ever since leaving the h...

In this classic novel of future overpopulation, Robert Bloch takes us to a world where humans have bred themselves into a state of smothering overpopulation. The Government resorts to more and more Draconian measures to control the population and utilize what space and resources are available.

It was Mallison's strangest assignment. The weird little professor wanted to go to Egypt. That meant a trip back to Earth so far as Mallison was concerned. But the professor pointed to a distant star and Mallison wondered: "Who moved Egypt?"

Between 1942 and 1950, Robert Bloch (known for writing the novel Psycho, as well as three classic Star Trek episodes) wrote about the extremely tall tales of Lefty Feep, a down-and-out lout. I have footnoted some of the more arcane references (it seems language has changed substantially, even since the 1940s, but then some of the cultural references in early Simpsons episodes are hard to follow now).

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, ...