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The Phantom Detective: Harvest of Death [MultiFormat]
by Robert Wallace
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  "Ripped from the pages of the May, 1937 issue of "The Phantom Detective" magazine, here is the complete lead novel (including illustrations)--HARVEST OF DEATH! Three men fall victim under the grim scythe of slaughter--with never a word to utter testimony against their ruthless betrayer! The Phantom sets himself the task of discovering a secret of doom locked within dead lips! Thrilling pulp action!" 1937
Words: 34076 - Reading Time: 97-136 min.
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Anal Cousins: Case Studies in Variant Sexual Practices [MultiFormat]
by William Maltese
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Carolyne's parents are determined to go to any length to assure her virginity at marriage, and so they recruit two cousins for sexual explorations that will leave less evidence behind. Adam, his hormones raging, willingly allows himself to be seduced by a cousin who is already jaded by normal sex and needs something more from the men in her life. A gang-raped young woman turns to her trusted cousin and unorthodox sex to combat the trauma of gang-rape, unwanted pregnancy, and abortion. Two men, t... more info>> 2007
Words: 41566 - Reading Time: 118-166 min.
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The Repairman [MultiFormat]
by Harry Harrison
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The Mark III Hyperspace Beacon was the earliest type of beacon ever built--by Earth, no less. It was located on one of the Proxima Centauri planets, and it wasn't working. This was one of those jobs when being an interstellar trouble-shooter wouldn't have been so bad--if he could have shot the trouble! A classic science fiction tale from the author of the "Stainless Steel Rat," "Bill the Galactic Hero," and "Eden" series! 1958
Words: 5475 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
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2 B R 0 2 B [MultiFormat]
by Kurt Vonnegut
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Got a problem? Just pick up the phone. It solved them all--and all the same way! A classic Vonnegut story from the pages of Worlds of If magazine! 1962
Words: 2573 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Gambler's World [MultiFormat]
by Keith Laumer
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The planet Petreac has just signed a treaty with Terra. On hand to celebrate are a many notables from the planet's elite Nenni caste, as well as Jame Retief, his superior Magnan, and other members of the Terran Diplomatic Corps. When revolution threatens, it's up to Retief to save his assignment from ruin. He will risk life and limb (quite literally) to save the day. A classic entry in Laumer's most famous series! 1961
Words: 7448 - Reading Time: 21-29 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Phantom Detective: Tycoon of Crime [MultiFormat]
by Robert Wallace
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A diabolical fiend uses the weapons of modern science to threaten humanity! Follow the Phantom as he embarks on one of the most exciting manhunts of his entire career--and answers fire with fire! Ripped from the pages of "The Phantom Detective" magazine, here is the lead novel from the February, 1938 issue! 1938
Words: 46659 - Reading Time: 133-186 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Fetish [MultiFormat]
by J. F. Gonzalez
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Something is in search of human prey in the gang-ridden communities of Los Angeles ... When the member of a notorious street gang is found decapitated and dismembered at the bottom of the LA River, it quickly becomes apparent something is amiss. Detective Daryl Garcia connects it with the murders of six other gang members killed the same way. It looks like the work of a serial killer, but the gang members don't think so. They believe the murders are the work of rival gang members. Someone has a ... more info>> 2005
Words: 141209 - Reading Time: 403-564 min.
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The Phantom Detective: Fangs of Murder [MultiFormat]
by Robert Wallace
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Mysterious doom hovers menacingly over the members of the Gargoyle Club! Follow the world's greatest sleuth as he pits brain and brawn against a vicious criminal! Ripped from the pages of "The Phantom Detective" pulp magazine, here is the lead novel from the January, 1938 issue! 1938
Words: 38163 - Reading Time: 109-152 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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SS&M [MultiFormat]
by William Maltese
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There Are Secrets! Jews, like Marta and Megan, know them. The Fatherland Demands Them! Nazis, like SS Colonel Saber and Major Sonnenburg, want to know them, have to know them, see not knowing them as a threat to the purity of the Aryan nation. No One Can Stand In The Way! That Jews like Melissa ("M") haven't got a clue makes no difference at all to Nazi Captain Stahlhelm, who thinks she does. Any And All Means Are Justified! There's a plague loose within civilized society that needs to be ferret... more info>> 2007
Words: 34794 - Reading Time: 99-139 min.
Category: Erotica
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Graylorn [MultiFormat]
by Keith Laumer
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Losing ground to the Red Tide, Earth pinned its hopes on contacting the Omega Colony for help. Never mind that the Omegans hadn't been heard from in 200 years ... or that the trip aboard an experimental new ship would take 5 years to reach its goal! "Greylorn" is one of Keith Laumer's earliest works, originally published in the April, 1959 issues of "Amazing Science Fiction Stories." In its original appearance, the editor wrote: "Keith Laumer is a writer new to science fiction. In this story he ... more info>> 1951
Words: 19445 - Reading Time: 55-77 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas [MultiFormat]
by R.A. Lafferty
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The place called Sodom was bad enough. But right down the road was the other town--and that was even worse! A classic science fiction story from R.A. Lafferty. 1962
Words: 2607 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Planet Strappers [MultiFormat]
by Raymond Z. Gallun
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THE PLANET STRAPPERS started out as The Bunch, a group of student-astronauts in the back room of a store in Jarviston, Minnesota. They wanted off Earth, and they begged, borrowed and built what they needed to make it. THE PLANET STRAPPERS got what they wanted--a start on the road to the stars--but no one brought up on Earth could have imagined what was waiting for them Out There! 1961
Words: 64837 - Reading Time: 185-259 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Captured by a Cowboy [MultiFormat]
by Becky Barker
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Raquel was never sure, not even later, why she surrendered to a total stranger. Was it impulse? Instinct or intuition? By morning she was no longer a truck-stop waitress but a woman on her way to an isolated Wyoming ranch with Holt Tylerłand he wanted to know all her secrets. His touch made her wanton. His kisses drove her wild. Was he kidnapping her for his own selfish reasonsłor trying to rescue her from a horrible situation? Did he want to protect her . . . or take advantage of her? Had she f... more info>> 1987
Words: 67427 - Reading Time: 192-269 min.
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Moon of Skulls: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Vol. 2 [MultiFormat]
by Robert E. Howard
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Moon of Skulls is the first volume of the Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, presenting all of Howard's work for the pulp magazine Weird Tales meticulously restored to its original magazine texts. Edited by Paul Herman. Contents The Gothic Orient (introduction) by Mark Finn Skull-Face Dead Man's Hate The Fearsome Touch of Death A Song out of Midian Shadows on the Road The Moon of Skulls The Hills of the Dead Black Chant Imperial The Voice of El-Lil Robert E. Howard's writing career began in 1924, ... more info>> 2005
Words: 75237 - Reading Time: 214-300 min.
Category: Fantasy
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People of the Dark: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Vol. 3 [MultiFormat]
by Robert E. Howard & Joe R. Lansdale
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The third volume of the Weird Works of Robert E. Howard continues reprinting Howard's fantasy from Weird Tales and Strange Tales in order of original publication. All texts have been meticulously restored to their original pulp appearances. Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale. This volume contains: The Black Stone Children of the Night The Dark Man The Footfalls Within Gods of Gal-Sagoth Horror from the Mound Kings of the Night The Last Day People fo the Dark The Song of the Mad Minstrel The Thing o... more info>> 2005
Words: 77085 - Reading Time: 220-308 min.
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The Throne of Bones [MultiFormat]
by Brian McNaughton
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"You hold in your hands a book of stories that forced Brian McNaughton to write. Make no mistake: I don't exaggerate. There's a reason this book won the World Fantasy Award. The stories inside it are rich, fascinating stuff--creepy and unsettling and phantasmic. Imagine what Tolkien's Lord of the Rings would have been like if Tolkien had tried to tell that story sympathetically from the point of view of the human denizens of Mordor and you'll have the slightest sense of what you're about to wade... more info>> 1997 World Fantasy Award Winner
Words: 135806 - Reading Time: 388-543 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The Nightmare People [MultiFormat]
by Lawrence Watt-Evans
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One night Ed Smith thought he was having a waking nightmare when he saw a monstrous face at his window, but in the morning his neighbors were missing. The people who later turned up were not quite right, and gradually Smith realized they not only weren't his neighbors, but weren't even human--they were the creatures he had seen
Watt-Evans has created a terrifying new monster in the classic tradition of Frankenstein and Dracula! 1990
Words: 78880 - Reading Time: 225-315 min.
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With A Single Spell [Book 2 of the Ethshar Series] [MultiFormat]
by Lawrence Watt-Evans
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Tobas had been lucky to find a wizard to take him on as apprentice. But then the wizard died suddenly and unexpectedly after teaching Tobas only a solitary spell, and the youth was too old to find a new master. How could he earn a living when all the magic he could do was light fires? 1987
Words: 83361 - Reading Time: 238-333 min.
Category: Fantasy
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A Voyage to Arcturus [MultiFormat]
by David Lindsay & John Gregory Betancourt
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A Voyage to Arcturus is a remarkable book on many levels. Without doubt, it is the one work for which Lindsay will be remembered. It is an allegorical fantasy, an adventure novel, an interplanetary romance, and an exploration of humanity and sexuality from a time when such topics were largely taboo in the popular press. It provides more than a few fascinating insights into human nature through social Darwinism. And, although Philip Jose Farmer is largely credited with the introduction of sex int... more info>> 1920
Words: 93559 - Reading Time: 267-374 min.
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Shadow Kingdoms: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Vol. 1 [MultiFormat]
by Robert E. Howard
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Shadow Kingdoms is the first volume of the Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, presenting all of Howard's work for the pulp magazine Weird Tales meticulously restored to its original magazine texts. Edited by Paul Herman. Introduction by Mark Finn. Cover by Stephen Fabian. This volume contains: Two-Gun Musketeer: Robert E. Howard's Weird Tales, by Mark Finn Spear and Fang In the Forest of Villefčre, Wolfshead, The Lost Race, The Song of the Bats, The Ride of Falume, The Riders of Babylon ,The Dream... more info>> 2004
Words: 63451 - Reading Time: 181-253 min.
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The Black Star Passes [Battle of the Infinite Trilogy Book 1] [MultiFormat]
by John W. Campbell
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Three Against The Stars! A sky pirate armed with superior weapons of his own invention... First contact with an alien race dangerous enough to threaten the safety of two planets... The arrival of an unseen dark sun whose attendant marauders aimed at the very end of civilization in this Solar System... These were the three challenges that tested the skill and minds of the brilliant team of scientist-astronauts Arcot, Wade, and Morey. Their initial adventures are a classic of science fiction which... more info>> 1930
Words: 74946 - Reading Time: 214-299 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Ralestone Luck [MultiFormat]
by Andre Norton
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Rupert Ralestone is officially the Marquess of Lorne--but with no family money or prestige, the title is worthless. He and his younger brother and sister return to the old family homestead--Pirate's Haven. Their only hope is to find the family's talisman, a great sword, and restore it to its proper place. 1938
Words: 58640 - Reading Time: 167-234 min.
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The Secret Portrait [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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Fleeing an academic scandal and a broken marriage, Jean Fairbairn has come to Scotland to work for an Edinburgh-based history and travel magazine. Writing about the Scottish national pastime of playing illusion off reality is just the quiet, scholarly pursuit she needs to soothe her burned-out emotions. But when Jean heads for the Highlands to investigate the 18th century mystery of Bonnie Prince Charlie's lost treasure, she finds herself involved in a contemporary murder case--and not as an inn... more info>> 2006
Words: 107829 - Reading Time: 308-431 min.
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Wings in the Night: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Vol. 4 [MultiFormat]
by Robert E. Howard
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This latest volume in the planned ten-volume set of The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard collects Robert E. Howard's fiction and prose published in Weird Tales from July 1932 to May 1933. These works represent literary stepping-stones to Howard's infamous Cthulhu mythos stories and his most famous character of all--Conan the Cimmerian--and ably demonstrate that each of Howard's stories improved and added to his formidable skills as a master of fantasy and adventure. Wings in the Night includes "P... more info>> 2006
Words: 67883 - Reading Time: 193-271 min.
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Creative Destruction [MultiFormat]
by Edward M. Lerner
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Computing is mere decades young, a set of technologies we have scarcely begun to develop. It's already been quite a ride. Now: Imagine every gadget around you becoming ever faster, cheaper, tinier, more interconnected, more intelligent ... especially more intelligent. The stories in Creative Destruction explore what we could face in the next half century or so: artificial intelligence, malicious software to makes us nostalgic for mere viruses, ever-more-perfect virtual reality, direct neural int... more info>> 2006 Hartwell "Year's Best SF" Selection
Words: 89292 - Reading Time: 255-357 min.
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