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A shut-and-opened case? The beautiful heiress had done a foolproof job on herself. After a large dose of sleeping pills, she'd slashed her wrists, then climbed into the tub and drowned. Only her fiance said suicide was impossible and begged Mac to help, at any price. And when Mac started to investigate, he found that even the police weren't so sure of suicide—if the cop on his tail was any indication. And there were other oddities. Huge periodic withdrawals in the dead woman's bankbook. The homosexual artist who said he'd loved her. The seamy world of the slums where she'd made secret visits for years. Each clue Mac uncovered sketched out a case that was anything open and shut - and a portrait of a dead heiress who had led two lives. This is the 12th suspense novel about Mac, the Chicago private eye, whom Anthony Boucher called "one of fiction's best private detectives, solidly and humanly in the Hammett tradition."

This stirring canine Robinsonade-cum-utopia with a trace of Animal Farm will evoke tears, laughter, horror—and a sense that turnabout is fair play when dogs rebel against the cruelties of humans. The Paul Di Filippo Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of science fiction and fantasy selected by acclaimed author and critic Paul Di Filippo.

With the delicate touch and deep sympathies of Ray Bradbury, Karen Joy Fowler or Jeff Ford, Alex Jablokov guides us through the remembered days of the 1960s when a teen boy and his family played host to an enigmatic and eccentric Russian exile named Vassily, whose spaceship-building past was full of hidden truths and treasures. The Paul Di Filippo Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of science fiction and fantasy selected by acclaimed author and critic Paul Di Filippo.

Scott Holden became the Betrayer, using his vast scientific skill and power to destroy all metal—thrusting mankind back to elementals to save it from knowledge that would mean annihilation!-

While visiting the Princess at the Palace Steinheimer in Vienna, Jennie investigates a huge gold heist. Sixth in the Victorian sleuth series. 

On a rainy afternoon in an out-of-the-way bar, the lives of three men—a small-time hustler, a bartender, and a mafia killer—come together in a way none of them could’ve expected. And one won’t live through the hour. The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.

The Thrillogy series presents 3 works by a single author—in this case, one of the legends of horror pulp fiction. Seabury Quinn (1889–1969) was an American government lawyer, journalist, and pulp magazine author, most famous for his stories of the occult detective Jules de Grandin, published in Weird Tales. Included are: "The Last Man," "Glamour," and "Birthright"—all from Weird Tales magazine.

"The Teacher from Mars" became an instant classic when it was published in the February 1941 issue of the classic pulp magazine, Thrilling Wonder Stories. It concerns a Martian who comes to Earth as a teacher, experiencing—in the wake of a devastating war—racism and intolerance. Told from the first person viewpoint of an alien, it was unusual for its time, and Eando Binder (the pseudonym of Otto O. Binder) selected it as his best work for the 1954 anthology, My Best Scieince Fiction Story.

"Fifth Freedom" is a classic science fiction story originally published in John W. Campbell's Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1943 issue.

This startlingly beautiful and exotic story has to do with one of the most wondrous and frightening things in the world: growing up. Such simple words for such a complex, weighty, never-ending process. It carries with it the realization of responsibilities, the maddening loss of one kind of security and the sometimes-reluctant gain of another, and so much isolation. “New Olympus” is undoubtedly about a good deal more than the loss of one’s childhood. Cross’s stories, his visions of life, are as complex as the finest poetry and similarly leave the reader with singular, recognizable, yet hard-to-define feelings. This one left us feeling awash in admiration.

“Tanner,” he called. “Hurry up, down there,” yelled the navigator. “Let’s get on our way.” “Tanner. Come down here.” Some thing in Manders’ voice brought immediate action. Tanner came scrambling down the tube, his face serious. “What is it?” “Look!” Tanner followed the other’s gaze, touched the thin stream of sticky stuff, held his hand closer to his eyes. “Blood!” he breathed. “By all that’s holy. Blood!”

"The bald fact of the matter is that there are few writers who can pull off utter confusion the way Cross can. And yet we are given to understand that Cross is an upright, reasonable sort, who, judging from the stories that have appeared under his name, turns onto writing the way a flower child turns onto psychedelics. For that matter few writers would dare commit a story like this to paper—who but Cross would have guessed that the adventures of a star-crossed lizard would make such exciting reading? Sometimes the best fiction is inexplicable. We think you’ll find “The Adventures of Lance the Lizard” inexplicably joyful. —And that is a recommendation we seldom make."

Vulcan held the weirdest secret of the ages, one of eternal life that Rick Norman had to find to save his friend from death. But it held another secret, too—one that was so vicious, even knowing it meant Rick Norman was doomed!

The second of Cottrel Hoe's tales of Jennie Baxter, a Victorial journalist-sleuth, a character in the tradition of Violet Strange and Amelia Butterworth. Includes an introduction by John Betancourt.

The Fourth Frank Belknap Long Science Fiction MEGAPACK® presents 2 full novels and a short novel by the acclaimed master of science fiction and weird horror! Included in this volume are: MADE TO ORDERMISSION TO A DISTANT STAR…AND OTHERS SHALL BE BORN If you enjoy this ebook, search your favorite bookstore for "Wildside Press MEGAPACK" to see the 400+ entries in the series, including science fiction, mysteries, westerns, adventure tales—and much, much more!

This THRILLOGY contains 3 classic science fiction stories from the pulps by Bryan Berry. Included are:: Mars is HomeThe Final VenusianThe Toy