To know them will be to know him. And thus we have decided to release a new and expanded third edition of Robert Bloch’s Mysteries of the Worm. This collection contains four more Mythos tales–”The Opener of the Way”, “The Eyes of the Mummy”, “Black Bargain”, and “Philtre Tip”–not included in the first two editions.

    Also released as Tales of Conan.

    a tale of a young man’s continuing struggle to gain acceptance amongst his people, and to break the cycle of alienation and violence that plagues his life. Imaro is heroic fantasy like it’s never been done before. Based on Africa, and African traditions and legends, Charles Saunders has created Nyumbani (which means “home” in Swahili), an amalgam of the real, the semi-real, and the unreal. Imaro is the name of the larger-than-life warrior, an outcast, who travels across Nyumbani, searching for a home. Like his contemporaries, Karl Edward Wagner (Kane) and Michael Moorcock (Elric), Charles Saunders brings something new to the traditional heroic fantasy tale. A broad knowledge of, and passion for, the history and myths of Africa led to the creation of a heroic fantasy character the likes of which the world has never seen. Imaro is no Tarzan… no Conan… Imaro is a warrior out of African legend.Saunders' novel fuses the narrative style of fantasy fiction with a pre-colonial, alternate Africa. Inspired by and directly addresses the alienation of growing up an African American fan of Science Fiction and Fantasy, which to this day remains a very ethnically homogonous genre. It addresses this both structurally (via its unique setting) and thematically (via its alienated, tribeless hero-protagonist). The tribal tensions and histories presented in this fantasy novel reflect actual African tribal histories and tensions, and provide a unique perspective to current and recent conflicts in Africa, particularly the Rwandan genocide and the ongoing conflict in The Sudan.

    He hates school and can’t seem to stay out of trouble. On a dare he knocks on a door to a house all his friends say is haunted and meets a strange, quiet man who calls himself the Headmaster.The Headmaster starts Christopher on a series of lessons unlike anything he was taught in school. He learns how to move objects with his mind alone, how to read other people’s thoughts, he becomes invisible or shrinks to the size of a pencil.It’s not just for fun. The Headmaster has a mission for Christopher that will change his life forever."

    When an old gangster Jake put away some forty years ago shows up at his door, it’s time for Jake to grab his hat and Browning automatic and get back to work.Old? Sure. Slower to catch his breath? Maybe. But, sharp as a tack and with a lifetime of investigating know-how, Jake Spanner has nothing to lose and everything to prove. Sniffing out leads between Sunset Boulevard and the Hollywood Hills, Jake pulls in old friends to help. The work is hard; it’s gritty. So is Jake. And, with a three quarters of a million dollars ransom at stake, the bad guys don’t stand a chance.With THE OLD DICK, author L.A. Morse creates a new kind of hero, one that laughs at death not because he’s too young to understand it, but because it’s right around the corner. It’s time to face it head on and maybe go out swinging.

    The derivative '70s swords and sorcery deserved to be washed away, but some worthwhile works disappeared as well. Two lost series that deserved far better are Karl Edward Wagner's Kane books and Darrell Schweitzer's Sir Julian stories. Both series are well written and intelligent, and they share an even rarer trait: the dark, brooding sensibility that helped make Robert E. Howard's sometimes purple (and always scarlet) Conan stories so popular and memorable. Now the Wildside Press has reprinted We Are All Legends, the long-unavailable collection of 13 linked stories about Sir Julian, the Crusader damned by God after a night spent with a Satanic witch. Julian roams Europe and the East, and strange lands not found on any map, seeking to escape his fate. In "The Lady of the Fountain," Julian's encounter with a lamia may destroy both the knight and his closest companion. In "The Veiled Pool of Mistorak," Faerie lords send Julian on a grim quest to find a city that exists no more and a man doomed ever to live. In "The One Who Spoke with the Owls," the penniless knight accepts a job before learning its terms and wakes to discover he has been hired to slay a pagan witch. "The Castle of Kites and Crows" presents a vision of cosmic reality that will chill the soul of anyone raised in a Christian faith. While the first-person narration occasionally makes Julian sound more self-absorbed than accursed, We Are All Legends is a fine entertainment that merits the attention of fantasy and horror fans. --Cynthia Ward

    But she was not the only daughter James Hammond had - there was the quiet sister Nanine and Phoebe, the child of a light-skinned slave. Virgie burned with shame at the thought of Phoebe - sweet-tempered and, except for her dark skin, enough like her to be her twin.Still it was a good world and safe until the Yankees invaded Valcour Island...woman-hungry men whose passion was as savage as the war that had split the country asunder...

    

    Howard to H.P. Lovecraft - published here for the first timeEight legendary heroic sagas from Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, Lord Dunsany, J.H. Rosny and many other masters of the sword and sorcery tradition who created THE BARBARIAN SWORDSMENCover Illustration: Gino D'Achille

    He falls in love for the first time with a married woman. Will this be salvation or will it break him?

    But her consequent pregnancy, her marriage to Pay Meaghan, and the birth of Charlie's daughter, forced Maureen to abandon the dream and to embrace reality.

    A death ray from nowhere was cooking people alive!

    Is there life before death? In the wacky world of Norman Selvage, the jury’s still out.

    

    Contains both the short story collection The People Trap and the novel Mindswap.Contents: 1 The People Trap (1968)27 The Victim from Space (1957)52 Shall We Have a Little Talk? (1965)85 Restricted Area (1953)107 The Odor of Thought (1953)124 The Necessary Thing (1955)140 Redfern's Labyrinth (1968)147 Proof of the Pudding (1952)158 The Laxian Key (1954)172 The Last Weapon (1953)184 Fishing Season (1953)203 Dreamworld (1968)216 Diplomatic Immunity (1953)243 Ghost V (1954)265 Mindswap (1966)

    A mystical wand catapults a steel-fisted soldier to an alien world he must save from doom!

    But Kevin's Brother Jason would not give up.A Giant Prophet Ruled...Cult Leader Brother Jacob whipped his flock into a fanatical frenzy against the sinful world - and tortured those who didn't believe.The End Draws Near...As Brother Jacob prophesied doom, Jason Reynolds and deprogrammer Daniel Morgan planned an assault on the farm. They would rescue Kevin and Pam and risk their lives to destroy the evil.(from back of book)

    No one knows who he is. Doc, his crew, and a blond war correspondent risk everything to find out. But to get the answers, they must face the death-dealing powers of a madman on the nighttime streets of a city known for its bloodthirsty killers-Yokohama!The Black, Black WitchA frantic message from occupied France lures Doc and Monk into a midnight trap behind Nazi lines. First, they must escape from the enemy. Second, they must risk their lives to thwart the horrifying 400-year-old evil of Peterpence — before it destroys the entire world!