Best of
Pulp

1991

Lean Times in Lankhmar


Fritz Leiber - 1991
    From the top of Nehwon's highest mountain to the deepest catacomb of subterranean Quarmall they journey, even exploring times and worlds beyond Nehwon itself.

Return to Lankhmar


Fritz Leiber - 1991
    Includes "The Swords of Lankhmar" and "Swords and Ice Magic."Outrunning a mob of enraged creditors, guarding mysteriously disappearing grain fleets, crossing burning deserts, pursuing the comeliest wenches, and wrestling the frostiest of magic is all in a day's work for the legendary duo. Join them as they rollick and roar with their customary flair through every adventure Nhewon can dish out.

The Princess of Mars / The Gods of Mars


Edgar Rice Burroughs - 1991
    John Carter is a red blooded American civil war hero and fighting man from Virginia. A strange incident whilst prospecting in Apache country propels him to Mars where he immediately encounters the enormous war-like green men of Mars and the planets equally alien landscapes, animals and technology. Soon Carter falls in with the red men (and their beautiful red women) and his non-stop adventures begin. Classic early science fiction from the creator of Tarzan - here are the first two novels of John Carter's Martian adventures - soon to be entirely published by Leonaur.

The Adventures of Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty


Fabian Nicieza - 1991
    First flight of the eagle2. Betrayed by Agent X3. Battleground: Paris4. Angels of Death, Angels of HopeRestoring Captain America to his original glory this four-part story details, and in some ways revises, the origin of Cap and chronicles his early days fighting in World War II.Beginning with a gangly Steve Rogers at the movies with friends, riveted by newsreels of the encroaching Nazi forces in Europe. Rogers signs up for the Army afterwards, so strongly does he react, but unfortunately he is deemed unfit for service. Luckily a top scientist and a general taps him for 'greater things' - a clandestine project, Operation: Rebirth.Making it through the testing program on sheer will alone he ultimately receives a treatment which turns him into a "Super Soldier." But will a Nazi assassin ensure that he'll survive the process?!If he can Rogers will have to try and fit in an Army where his identity must be concealed. There he'll meet James Buchanan Barnes, a.k.a. Bucky, a wisecracking teen who lied to get into the army. And Cap's fledgling attempts at "heroing" may send him winging his way to France, then Germany, where he'll come face-to-face with his arch-foe -The Red Skull- for the first time.Meant to capture the flavor of a 1940's serial in this series readers get to see a Captain America before he become the self-assured adventurer and leader of the Avengers. With supporting characters Bucky, Chester Phillips, Harmon Furmintz, Sgt. Duffy, Cynthia Glass plus a host of villains - Blitzkrieg, Master Man and of course Adolf Hitler.

A Fighting Man of Mars / Swords of Mars


Edgar Rice Burroughs - 1991
    Sentenced as a spy and condemned to suffer 'The Death', Hadron must prove that John Carter's warriors are not so easily destroyed. In Swords of Mars, the eighth adventure, we once again join John Carter himself. Disguised as a panthan (or mercenary), Carter sets out to end the curse of the Assassins of Zodanga-but he soon discovers that their threat is reaching out to the very heart of his own family. Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian series continues to delight lovers of fantastic fi ction with heroic deeds, hairsbreadth escapes, duels and battles, all set in a strange and alien landscape. The complete John Carter of Mars adventures are published by Leonaur.

The Complete Stories, Vol. 3: Last Rites


Robert Bloch - 1991
    

The Whispering Winds of Blackbriar Bay


Lee Karr - 1991
    An orphan now, and destitute, Anna was filled with foreboding about the sister her father had mentioned only on his deathbed.When the schooner Tahoe reached the remote cove, and Anna looked up at the huge, barnlike house perched on the cliffs high above the lake, her fears grew. The stern, eccentric woman who claimed to be her aunt behaved erratically...then threateningly...and with a secrecy that aroused Anna's suspicions. But the more Anna learned about the strange midnight visitor, the furtive whispers in the shadowy house, and the older woman's dark ambitions and even darker secrets, the more danger she was in. Even the protective attentions of handsome Lyle Delany couldn't keep Anna safe. And if the schooner did not stop at Blackbriar Bay soon, there would be no escape for either of them...for the lake was wide and deep...

The Dark Towers of Trelochen


Rachel Cosgrove Payes - 1991
    But her contentment was shattered when she witnessed the fatal stabbing of her mistress by a black-garbed intruder...and promised the dying woman she would protect her child. So when her ladyship's estranged husband, Lord Andrew Redruth, claimed the boy and took him to remote Cornwall, Tisha was honor-bound to go with them. But at gloomy Trelochen Towers, high on the cliffs above the roiling sea, somone wanted to harm Lord Andrew's small son--someone who would stop at nothing. Confused and terrified by the servants' whispered warnings, tormented by the love and suspicion that warred within her heart, Tisha desperately tried to protect young Wilton from his nightmares and sleepwalking and from the danger that seemed to lurk in every corner of the dark castle. Not even in Lord Andrew Redruth's arms could Tisha find solace, for a gathering storm of evil threatened Trelochen Towers and someone was bound to fall prey to its fury.

The Night Whistlers


Dan Trevor - 1991
    

The Shifting Shadows of Moongate


Michelle Yount Thomas - 1991
    But soon after her arrival it became clear that something was terribly wrong. Locked in a loveless marriage from the start, Drew Rockwell and his beautiful wife were now completely estranged by some terrible secret of the past. A secret that had left their small daughter, Blythe, screaming in fear at the sight of seemingly harmless moving patterns: the shifting shadows of leaves stirred by the wind, the dancing lights of a chandelier...Ariel knew she should leave this dark, foreboding house while she still had the chance but pity drew her to Blythe and passion bound her to the disturbingly handsome Drew. She was as helpless as they all were against the tides of hatred and tragedy that would sweep them into a vortex of sheer terror.

The Burying Point


Ann Brahms - 1991
    But how? He'd killed her, killed her good, left her body... He watched the girl a while longer. No. There was no doubt. It was Miller. This time he'd make sure she was finished. Absolutely, positively sure. Dead sure. All evening long the man kept watching her. As if he knew her. As if he hated her. Callie Trask was relieved when the evening ended and she could go home. But that night her roommate was murdered. The nightmare had begun. Had Callie been the intended victim? Desperate, terrified, Callie fled to remote Hocomock Island off the rocky coast of Maine. But what seemed the perfect hiding place was also a perfect place to kill...

Journey Into Fear and Other Great Stories of Horror On The Railways


Richard PeytonJohn Newton Chance - 1991
    M. BurrageThe Night Flyer of Talylln · Richard PeytonLost in the Fog · John D. BeresfordThe Bedraggled Soldier · Richard PeytonBranch Line to Benceston · Sir Andrew CaldecottJoe Baldwin’s Eerie Lamp · Richard PeytonThe Night Train to Lost Valley · Stephen GrendonThe Ghost of the Subway · Richard PeytonTake the Z Train · Allison V. HardingUnderground Phantoms · Richard PeytonConfidence Trick · John WyndhamThe Barkston Spectre · Richard PeytonThe Signal-Man · Charles DickensThe Navvy in the Tunnel · Richard PeytonThe Garside Fell Disaster · L. T. C. RoltThe Phantom Driver of Dunster · Richard PeytonLocomotive · Richard HughesThe Ghost of ’Hayling Billy’Mourning Train · John Newton Chance’Railroad Bill’ · Richard PeytonThat Hell-Bound Train · Robert BlochVoices in the Fog · Richard PeytonA Journey by Train · Henry L. LawrenceThe Woman in Black · Richard PeytonThe Astral Lady · Eden PhillpottsBeware: Ghosts Crossing · Richard PeytonMiss Slumbubble - and Claustrophobia · Algernon BlackwoodThe Phantom on the ’Flying Yankee’ · Richard PeytonA Short Trip Home · F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Dead Man of Glendive · Richard PeytonLonely Train a’ Comin’ [“The Train”] · William F. NolanThe Shortest Railway Ghost Story in the World · Richard Peyton