insatiate, tenebrous monsters, whose ultimate throne is Chaos.Greatest of all is he called Cthulhu. Only in ancient, blasphemous manuscripts can that name be found... and those who decipher it are left pale and numb, aware that in the very act of decipherment they have become both pawn and prey of an ultra-worldly power that renders human existence both tenuous and trite.The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall remain... long after they have devoured us.Contents:"Introduction" by David Drake "Arkham" (poem) "The Black Stone" "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" "The Thing on the Roof" "Dig Me No Grave" "Silence Falls on Mecca's Walls" (poem) "The Valley of the Worm" "The Shadow of the Beast" "Old Garfield's Heart" "People of the Dark" "Worms of the Earth" "Pigeons From Hell" "An Open Window" (poem)

    The young counselors were getting ready for it while they joked about the scary rumors attached to the isolated camp.But evil was waiting in the shadows as the sun set. The laughter turned to screams...the easy living to agonized dying. For the light had gone and the wind was howling and it was--Friday the 13th.

    Many of the 25 stories in this first volume of "The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch" have been unavailable for decades. The stories are in his classic style of gripping suspense, science fiction and fantasy. As Bloch writes, "These stories in this collection have a common theme; they deal with monsters. Some of the monsters are human, some are not-- but all of them embody, in one way or another, the fears common to us in our dreams. We call these monsters by many names-- ghosts, vampires, extraterrestrials, changelings. But we recognize them for what they are; manifestations of the secret dreads and desires which lurk beneath the surface of consciousness." "Bloch has become a virtual fixture on the popular culture landscape." --Publishers Weekly "If you're not familiar with Bloch's short fiction, find someone to borrow this from; if you already are familiar, you know that you want to own these volumes." --Locus

    Whether based in sf or fantasy, Shea's short fiction is not for the squeamish.Contents:Polyphemus (1981)The Angel of Death (1979)Uncle Tuggs (1986)The Pearls of the Vampire Queen (1982)The Horror on the #33 (1982)The Extra (1987)The Autopsy (1980)

    Contents:Water's EdgeThe Real Bad FriendMan With a HobbyWelcome, StrangerTerror Over HollywoodLuck Is No LadyCrime in RhymeThe CureSock FinishBroomstick RideDaybrokeBetsy Blake Will Live ForeverTerror in Cut-Throat CoveWord of HonorThat Old Black MagicThe Deadliest ArtThe Screaming PeopleThe Hungry EyeShow BizThe Gloating PlaceThe Man Who Knew WomenThe Big KickNight SchoolSabbaticalThe Funnel of God'Til Death Do Us PartThe Show Must Go OnA Matter of LifePin-Up GirlThe Baldheaded MirageThe Masterpiece

    Stalking the world of the wealthy and the powerful, he sells death to the highest bidder. And now he works for "the Empress", the ruthless shadow ruler of a Japanese conglomerate.

    It includes 23 stories in all.

    But the trail of the drygulcher who'd killed his partner landed Channing smack in the middle of a seething range war. No stranger to violence, he was ready to outgun any man who crossed his sights. It would take a blazing shootout to settle all the scores—and one good man to bring justice to a lawless land.SAVAGE SIERRA: Chingo, Charbonneau, Bonito, and Kincaid were four desperate men with one thought stuck in their renegade minds: kill Angsman. Gun him down, string him up—they didn't care. Even without those bushwackers hunting him, Angsman was going to have trouble staying alive. The three damn fools he was leading across the blistering desert would see to that—if the Apaches didn't ambush them first. But Angsman knew a man stayed dead for a long, long time, and he wasn't ready to go to hell just yet.

    it all leads Doc and his crew to South America for a deadly showdown with gun-toting madmen!Authored by Lester Dent.Rock SinisterWhat turned Doc's tough, hard-fisted crew into quivering cowards? Doc races into a strange mystery and the bizarre secret of a foreign power!Authored by Lester Dent.The Pure EvilSuddenly, a creature of pure evil has materialized in our world! Can Doc dive into the mysterious land of the occult to confront a demon-before the demon end his brilliant career?Authored by Lester Dent.

    Twelve-year-old Jarral and three friends with strong psychic Talents fight the evil of Prince Mephtik the Poisoner, who serves the Demon-Driver.

    If his trusty crew can't save him, The Man Of Bronze will surely die!Authored by Lester Dent.The Three DevilsA strange supernatural beast stalks the northern wilds. Can Doc put an end to its reign of terror-before a ruthless band of fanatics puts an end to Doc?Authored by Lester Dent.Strange FishA gorgeous heiress, a mysterious fat man, an unlovely fish, and murder they all bring Doc and his crew to a midwest ranch, a bloody playground for the most cunning madmen on earth!Authored by Lester Dent.

    Fabian

    Cartoon book featuring Heathcliff.

    Collection of the fragments of stories Howard wrote that teamed his two characters Steve Allison and El Borak together.

    The self-anointed blue-collar vindicator sets out to avenge her. One by one, he murders three of the rapists and at the conclusion, determines on killing the last as well as the trial judge who freed the four, and the lawyer who defended them. He escapes detection for the same reasons Laura's despoilers evaded punishmentthe bloody coppers don't give a damn. As vicious as a coiled cobra, this pathological exercise informs the reader of English working-class frustrations and the savagery they can engender. In addition to the violence portrayed here, some readers may be put off by the omnipresent British slang, much of it unfamiliar to readers on this side of the Atlantic.

    I promptly fell flat on my face,because the hands of the dead manhad just reached up and clapped both of my anklesin a grip of steel. The fingers held mewhen I tried to get away.I lost my revolved when I fell, and havingit where it wanted me,the devil doll began to advance,energized by the supernatural power usingabsolute correct bayonet procedure.And then the grinning fiendweaving before me began its fatal lunge . . .* * * * *If the picture on your wall begins to movedon't let it interferewith the startling shocking endingof this masterpiece of horror.

     It certainly starts out that way – that is until he wanders across his host’s fields for a spot of rough-shooting. Coming across a little garden shed, he’s amazed to find an immense ‘blower four and a half’ Bentley inside. Arriving back at the house, he convinces himself that something isn’t right and returns to the shed accompanied by his host. To their horror, they find themselves under heavy gunfire before the Bentley roars to a hurried getaway. Unhurt, they manage to scurry to safety to another nearby shed – where Verrell trips over the body of a dead man. Would any man ask for a better incentive to rush headlong into an affair that does not in the least concern him? Certainly Blackshirt would not. But then Blackshirt is ... Blackshirt. Chasing women, money, revolvers and dangerous secrets, Blackshirt sets out to get to the bottom of his gruesome discovery... Praise for Roderic Jeffries 'A first-rate whodunit turning on the resourcefulness of a country gentleman who exploits the process of the law to delay its action. Author on the top of his legal and social form.' - Francis Goff, The Sunday Telegraph ‘Roderic Jeffries established a very high reputation for himself.' -Maurice Richardson, The Observer ‘The resulting legal intricacies make fascinating reading.' - Hester Makeig, The Spectator 'First-class, smoothly told, fine court scenes and sketches of lawyers entirely absorbing.' - John Clarke, Evening Standard ‘The most ingenious of Mr. Jeffries's exercises in legal trickery.' - Julian Symons, The Sunday Times '...is for the mystery story connoisseur and particularly the man who can appreciate this ingenious exercise in legal trickery.' - Police World Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926 and was educated at Harrow View House Preparatory School and the Department of Navigation, University of Southampton. In 1943, he joined the New Zealand Shipping Company as an apprentice and sailed to Australia and New Zealand, but later transferred to the Union Castle Company in order to visit a different part of the world. He returned to England in 1949 where he was admitted to the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn and read for the Bar at the same time as he began to write. He was called to the Bar in 1953, and after one year's pupilage, practiced law for a few terms during which time there to write full time. His first book, a sea story for juveniles, was published in 1950.

    Edge-of-the-seat domestic suspense.

    She closed her eyes and forgot all doubts and misgivings. She was ready to surrender herself to him completely... Beautiful young Aurora Falconet had ample warning of the kind of man that Nicholas Devenish was. In all of 18th-century England, there was no lord as handsome and charming as he--and no more notorious a libertine. How could Aurora rival the most ravishing ladies and exquisite courtesans of the realm for his affections? Yet how could she resist a sensuous skill and masculine strength that melted her every defense? She could only surrender to passion and look for the answer in love...

    He's an All-State linebacker and a well-liked straight-A student. He loves the lab and his animal experiments, but some friends say he's wound a bit tight. But Billy knows how to get what he wants. Just don't arouse the dark, ugly evil lurking inside him.

    Her heart had never beat so hard, her breath had never come so fast, her lips had never felt so full! But when she later disguised herself as a boy and stowed away on the Avenger and saw the captain was that same handsome man, she wished she had the courage to jump overboard. The impassioned beauty would never be able to keep away from him... and she'd never forgive him for making her lose control and give him her heart. He'd punish her forever After finding the scruffy boy hiding on his ship, towering Matthew Blake threw him in the brig for three days -then discovered the lad was the mysterious temptress he'd met the night before. He hadn't forgotten the feel of her thick mahogany hair, the glow of her sultry seductive eyes, nor the thrust of her pert womanly curves. Incensed that he'd been played for a fool, the furious captain first made Leigh dress like a lady...then swore he'd humiliate her like one. Now that they were out on the open sea, Matthew's word was law and no one would keep him from using the provocative stowaway as he pleased while he exacted Rapture's Revenge.

    Their destination -- the dark heart of a New England forest where an evil dynasty built upon the unspeakable secrets of the damned plans a hellish fate for all who oppose it.THE BATTLE - Hounded by foul manifestations of the undead, in peril of losing both their lives and souls, Gina and her allies must race against time and terror to confront their demonic enemies ... and battle a monstrous inhuman force that may crush even the combined forces of light.

    But he didn't. When an axe-wielding maniac attacked him in a ruined church and fled screaming, he should've written it off to experience. But Martin followed. When he found the white Mercedes in a ditch and the maniac offered to pay damages, he should've said thanks - but no thanks. But he gave his address. And that's how Martin Chandler inherited the hideous, evil statue that made a man's blood boil - until more blood had quenched its ancient thirst ...

    Here are three magnificent novels of alternate time streams and fantastic worlds, of ordinary men and women who, by some fluke, are torn from the earth we know to land in parallel worlds where genetically altered monsters rule... realms where Alchemy is the state religion... places where science and sorcery battle for control.And your guide for these three incredible journeys is Henry Kuttner, master storyteller, world-builder extraordinaire, and creator of exotic new places and exciting ideas... a writer who ranks with Heinlein, Asimov, A. Merritt, and van Vogt, as one of the top authors of that golden era when the science fiction magazines ruled supreme. Now three of Henry Kuttner's finest stories await you: The Portal in the Picture (also published as Beyond Earth's Gate), Valley of the Flame, and The Dark World.