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Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of the Amateur Mendicant Society [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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 Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate spies and amateur beggars in this thrilling addition to the Holmes mythos. 1996
Words: 6417 - Reading Time: 18-25 min.
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Adventure Tales #4 [Special classic 'Weird Tales' Authors Issue] [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt & Robert E. Howard & E. Hoffmann Price
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Adventure Tales features the best short stories and novelets from classic pulp magazines. #4 is a special issue devoted to authors who made "Weird Tales" magazine famous! Included in this issue are: Features: THE BLOTTER, by the Editor; ADVENTURE THRILLS; THE MORGUE (letters); Fiction: THE MONKEY GOD, by Seabury Quinn; DOUBLE-SHUFFLE, by Edwin Baird; EVERY MAN A KING, by E. Hoffmann Price; BLIND MAN'S BLUFF, by Edwin Baird; THE MAD DETECTIVE, by John D. Swain; SON OF THE WHITE WOLF, by Robert E.... more info>> 2007
Words: 59825 - Reading Time: 170-239 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The Best of Weird Tales: 1923 [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt & Marvin Kaye
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This collection of 13 stories from the first year of pulp legend Weird Tales--including 9 that have never previously been reprinted--represents the best stories first published in The Unique Magazine. Includes H.P. Lovecraft, Paul Suter, Herman Sisk, Frank Owen, and Farnsworth Wright--who would later go on to edit the magazine! Edited by John Gregory Betancourt, former editor of Weird Tales, and Marvin Kaye, editor of Weird Tales: The Magazine That Never Dies. 1997
Words: 45489 - Reading Time: 129-181 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Adventure Tales #5 [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt & Achmed Abdullah & Vincent Starrett
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The fifth issue of ADVENTURE TALES showcases the work of Achmed Abdullah, with two long stories: "The Remittance Woman" and "Their Own Dear Land." Also features are "The Pearls of Paruki," by J. Allan Dunn, and "The Midwatch Tragedy," by Vincent Starrett. 2008
Words: 63738 - Reading Time: 182-254 min.
Category: Historical Fiction
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Human Spirit, Beetle Spirit [Riverworld Series] [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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Revival on the banks of the River was not limited to white Anglo Saxons. This tale reinterprets the Riverworld resurrection through the eyes of a tribe of primitive people, whose beliefs and superstitions blend marvelously with what has happened to them. This tale was singled out by Science Fiction Chronicle for praise as a worthwhile addition to the Riverworld canon. This story, like "The Merry Men of Riverworld," was written with Philip Jose Farmer's permission. 1992
Words: 9386 - Reading Time: 26-37 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Merry Men of the Riverworld [Riverworld Series] [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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When an actor who played Robin Hood on a 1950s children's TV show wakes up in Riverworld, he decides to live out his dreams and forms a new band of Merry Men (including Abraham Lincoln as Little John). Unfortunately, he didn't count on running into Al Capone, who has hijacked a thriving technocracy run by Jules Verne... Set in Philip Jose Farmer's "Riverworld" universe, this story written with Farmer's permission. 1992
Words: 12731 - Reading Time: 36-50 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Pacifica [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt & Linda E. Bushyager
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Pacifica. It was an artificial island created in the middle of the Pacific ocean, designed to feed the starving millions of the world. But the billionaire behind the project has other plans … a sinister agenda which will ultimately enslave mankind unless he is stopped! 2002
Words: 63726 - Reading Time: 182-254 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Adventure Tales #1 [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt & Hugh B. Cave & Mike Resnick
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The first issue of ADVENTURE TALES presents 9 stories and 10 poems culled from the pulp magazines, including fiction by H. Bedford Jones, Charles C. Young, H. de Vere Stacpoole, Vincent Starrett, Harold Lamb, Hugh B. Cave (the Featured Author, with 2 stories and an interview), and Johnston McCulley (creator of "Zorro")! Nonfiction by Mike Resnick (on Edgar Rice Burroughs), Mike Chomko (on Hugh B. Cave), editorial. More than 70,000 words of pulp material! 2005
Words: 76024 - Reading Time: 217-304 min.
Category: Historical Fiction
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Warlord of Kor [MultiFormat]
by Terry Carr & John Gregory Betancourt
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"Warlord of Kor" was originally published in 1963 as half of an Ace Double, selected by legendary editor Donald A. Wollheim. It is an exciting interplanetary adventure, as humans probe the mysteries of the planet Hirlaj and the few remaining aliens who live there. 1963
Words: 31720 - Reading Time: 90-126 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Sympathy for Monsters [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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Eight short-short tales of monsters, including "Sympathy for Wolves," "Sympathy for Mad Scientists," "Sympathy for Vampires," "Sympathy for Witches," "Sympathy for Psychos," "Sympathy for Mummies," "Sympathy for Circus Geeks," and "Sympathy for Zombies" 2002
Words: 8507 - Reading Time: 24-34 min.
Category: Horror
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Sympathy for Zombies [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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She came to the island to forget her ex-husband after a messy divorce, never guessing that he would follow ... with a voodoo revenge on his mind! [This short fiction piece is also available in the collection: Sympathy for Monsters] 2000
Words: 1110 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
Category: Horror
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #11: Devil in the Sky [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Greg Cox & John Gregory Betancourt
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Recruited to help rebuild Bajor's mining industry, the Hortas of Janus VI are the greatest miners in the galaxy, providing new hope for Bajor's struggling economy. When Cardassian raiders abduct the Mother Horta, Commander Sisko is faced with twenty hatching Horta eggs--a ravaging mass of newborn Hortas eager to consume Deep Space Nine itself! 2002
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #17: The Heart of the Warrior [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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Major Kira and Lt. Commander Worf embark on a dangerous undercover mission deep into the heart of the Gamma Quadrant, to find the secret of the addictive substance the Changelings use to control their Jem'Hadar warriors. How long can Worf and Kira remain undetected amid the Dominion? To save them, Odo would have to stand against his own people. 2002
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On the Scent at Slab's [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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Slab's tavern is the roughest bar in Zelloque, frequested by pirates, slavers, thieves, and other less savory patrons. It's also haunted ... and you never know who--or what--will show up. When an overpowering scent of wildflowers begins to fill the Slab's, you can bet there's magic afoot ... and it isn't going to be pleasant, despite the smell! For one of the ghosts claims to be in love ... and demands a meeting with the woman he has selected to be his bride! 1996
Words: 6940 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
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On the Rocks at Slab's [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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Slab's tavern is the roughest bar in Zelloque, frequented by pirates, slavers, thieves, and other less savory patrons. It's also haunted ... and you never know who--or what--will show up. When a priest comes looking for a splinter of a god's bone, it may spell the end for Slab's Tavern--but the ghosts have other ideas! 1985
Words: 2753 - Reading Time: 7-11 min.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation #51: Double Helix #1: Infection [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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A hidden enemy has waged war on the Alpha Quadrant, with weapons. Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his U.S.S. Enterprise crew, in the first year of their mission, are dispatched to Archaria III to deliver aid to the virus-plagued planet. But when crew members succumb to the disease they must race to find a cure. 2002
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The Duke of Demolition Goes to Hell [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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Big Jim Carnacki, the self-proclaimed Duke of Demolition, knew he was dying. But when he awoke ... could this strange place full of Victorian houses possibly be heaven ... or hell? 1994
Words: 1672 - Reading Time: 4-6 min.
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Well Bottled at Slab's [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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Slab's tavern is the roughest bar in Zelloque, frequented by pirates, slavers, thieves, and other less savory patrons. It's also haunted ... and you never know who--or what--will show up. When a young wizard-in-training comes to Slab's Tavern purportedly to study the ghosts, no one realizes he's merely a tool of his master ... who has an old grudge to settle! This is the second of the Slab's Tavern stories. 1987
Words: 4641 - Reading Time: 13-18 min.
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Cleaning Up at Slab's [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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Slab's tavern is the roughest bar in Zelloque, frequented by pirates, slavers, thieves, and other less savory patrons. It's also haunted ... and you never know who--or what--will show up. After the destruction of the city of Zelloque (as chronicled in Betancourt's novel, The Blind Archer), Slab's Tavern is left a mess. What's a sturdy tavern-keeper to do but make the best of things ... and try to open up again? This is the final Slab's Tavern story. 1990
Words: 2454 - Reading Time: 7-9 min.
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Faramigon's Eye: A Tale of Zelloque [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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In Zelloque, great magic wrecks great havoc on the natural world. When the magical storm known as Faramigon's Eye descends on the city, all know something huge and evil is afoot, from the lowliest bar like Slab's Tavern to the Great Lord's palace. And the Narmon Ri, the Great Lord of Zelloque, has vowed to stop it--even if he has to kill every wizard in the city! 1986
Words: 5041 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
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