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Talmage Powell (1920-2000) was one of the all-time great mystery writers of the pulp magazines (and later the digest mystery magazines).
He claimed to have written more than 500 short stories, and we have no reason to doubt him -- we are working on a bibliography of his work and have documented 373 magazine stories so far...and who knows how many are out there under pseudonyms or buried in obscure... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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This volume collects 21 stories featuring Detective O'Malley from the pages of Collier's. They date from 1930 through the early 1940s. William MacHarg's title character is a lot of fun and sure to appeal to fans of classic puzzle mysteries.
Of the series (which numbers about 80 stories), Mike Grost wrote: "The brief tales are heavily plot oriented. Some of them have mystery puzzle plots, in others... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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For fifty years fear of the vanishing red house in the Jersey Barrens had warped the lives of Ellen and Pete Yocum.
Old Pete swore that the house moved from place to place and that screams heard within it put a hex on anyone who ventured near.
Meg Yarrow, raised by the Yocums since childhood, experienced the same terror until Nathan, the new farmhand, arrived. One day they started on a search for... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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The 27th issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features new and classic mystery tales!
FEATURES:
From Watson’s Notebooks, by John H Watson, M D
Ask Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha Hudson
NON FICTION:
Screen of the Crime, by Kim Newman
Carnivory, Darwin, and Doyle, by O’Neill Curatolo
“Someday the Truth Will Come Out”, by Chris Chan
Dr. Watson and True Facts,... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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"A mysterious murder cult… A man who had no identity… An ancient hidden Temple in the remote hills of China…and mixed with these ingredients is the at times brutal story of the Purple Dragon Tong and the man who had known too much.
Who was the man the Purple Dragon Tong desired to kill? And why did they want him removed? What did he learn—and forget—about the mysteries of the Tong? And what... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine returns with issue #11, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual columns by Lenny Picker and Mrs Hudson, plus the following stories:
"The Adventures of Sherlock Hoosier," by Dan Andriacco
"To Walk a Crooked Mile," by Hal Charles
"Closing the Circle," by Sergio Gaut vel Hartman
"The... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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Murder -- it's one of the staples of mystery fiction. One of the unwritten rules of the mystery novel is to start your murder in the first chapter...and on the first page, if possible!
Collected here are 22 tales of murder. Some are fiendish. ("The Doorbell" is especially chilling.) Some are exotic. (Egyptian mummy murder? You bet!) Some take place in far-off locations. (The Canadian woods? At sea?... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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"Contains the most fascinating true crime story I have ever read." --Earl Stanley Gardner
Crime, criminals, and their prosecution and punishment, have, from the day Cain slew Abel and the Supreme Law Enforcer dealt with the first fratricide, provoked the interest, aroused the passions, and puzzled the minds of men. Because tales of dark deeds are quick to catch attention and stark sensationalism... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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The fourth issue of "Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" features Carla Coupe's new Holmes story, "The Adventure of the Elusive Emeralds,' plus tales by Stan Trybulski, Melville S. Brown, Marc Bilgrey, Hal Charles, William E. Chambers, Jean Paiva, and Roberta Rogow.
This issue's classic reprint is "The Adventure of the Resident Patient," by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Plus all the regular features, a look... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
$2.24
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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine returns with its July/August 2013 issue, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction!
Included this time are the usual columns by Lenny Picker and Mrs Hudson, plus the following stories:
BONEYARD, by Marc Bilgrey BULLY FOR YOU, by Carla Coupe THE HEREAFTER PARTY, by Paullette Gaudet THE HOT STOVE LEAGUE, by Janice Law THE COIN AND THE CHEMIST, by... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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A COP-KILLER WAS LOOSE
The Cop: "Just find Ellison." Inspector Sanson said, "-- and leave me alone with him in a locked room --"
The Girl: "He used to make me scream and cry when he tore the wings of butterflies, and now -- and now —-"
The Killer: "I have to kill her. I have to kill her now because of you. I’ll have to kill you too, of course."
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Wildside Press continues its 4-novels-in-1 releases with The Classic Mystery Novel MEGAPACK! Here are 4 great classic mysteries from the Golden Age of crime fiction!
THE SIXTH SENSE, by Stephen McKenna A fine Edwardian whodunit, with a touch of Oscar Wilde and a pinch of George Bernard Shaw. It builds from a slow start to a thrilling escape drama in the third act. Don't miss it! DEATH IN THE BACK... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #24 features the best in contemporary and classic mystery fiction, with a great lineup of crimes and columns. Here are:
Features: From Watson's Notebook, by John H. Watson, M. D. Ask Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha Hudson
Non Fiction: SCREEN OF THE CRIME, by Kim Newman COP ROCK, by Eugene D. Goodwin THE LOVELY CASTOR BEAN,... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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The most dangerous power you can give someone is the legal right to take a gun and go after their deadliest enemy!
Note: This digital edition includes the PDF, EPUB and MOBI (Kindle) versions of the book.
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In 1936 Harry Stephen Keeler wrote a huge novel featuring the most unreliable narrator in literary history. His publishers forced him to split the books into two volumes, The Mysterious Mr. I and The Chameleon.
Now, Ramble House has put the two novels together in one volume so you can read the whole story without changing books. Together, they are one of the most unusual books ever written.
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Wildside Press |
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He had found her in a quiet bar -- a sulky-mouthed, awkward, green-eyed kid trying desperately to pick up a man.
He taught her how to dress, to walk, to laugh, made her into the kind of woman who makes every man reach into his pocket for hundred-dollar bills.
Looking at her now, Sam was proud of himself. He had done a good job on her.
He was almost sorry she had to die...
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The hunter is now the hunted.
To save millions of innocent people from a brutal terrorist attack, Mitch Herron disobeyed his mission. Herron knows the cost of breaking faith with his employers – death, no matter what it costs them or how long it takes.
Now, with elite killers on his tail, Herron faces his toughest test yet. Except, this time, he’s the target. But as he fights... [click here for more] |
Steve P. Vincent |
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Most people want peace. A few will do anything to stop it.
The US President has achieved the impossible, negotiating peace between Israelis and Palestinians. But in conflict this heated, nothing is ever as simple as it seems and desperate people do terrible things.
As the countdown to peace reaches zero, Jack Emery learns of a deadly plot to detonate nuclear weapons in America and... [click here for more] |
Steve P. Vincent |
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70 years hoping the bomb doesn’t go off. One chance to do something about it.
After having barely survived nuclear annihilation, the leaders of the nuclear powers are close to a historic disarmament agreement. Everyone now knows that one nuclear weapon is one too many.
But when a rogue arms dealer tries to destroy the deal, Jack Emery is forced into a battle to the death to save... [click here for more] |
Steve P. Vincent |
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What is the true cost of security?
Amid a wave of unprecedented terrorist attacks on American soil, a panicked president declares a state of emergency and hands over control to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
As FEMA oversteps the mark and totalitarianism descends across the country, investigative journalist Jack Emery knows he has to act.
Facing weekly terrorist... [click here for more] |
Steve P. Vincent |
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A shadowy group is manipulating society. Now, their endgame has arrived.
The zealots of the Foundation for a New America have snaked their way into power. Their tentacles are everywhere — the media, big business, Congress and even the White House.
When the Foundation sparks conflict between the US and China, they plan to use the chaos to take over America, but they didn’t count... [click here for more] |
Steve P. Vincent |
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NOWHERE TO RUN.
NOWHERE TO HIDE.
Yesterday, Amanda Back’s life was flawless: the perfect social credit score, the perfect job, the perfect home.
Today, Amanda is a target, an enemy of the system holding information dangerous enough to disrupt the world’s all-consuming tech—a fugitive on the run.
But in a world where an un-hackable blockchain links everyone and everything, there... [click here for more] |
Rebellion |
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The fifth issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine -- a special Sherlock Holmes Fiction Issue -- features an amazing new Holmes short novel by Carla Coupe, "The Adventure of the Haunted Bagpipes," plus great Holmes stories and features by Bruce I. Kilstein, Mark Wardecker, Gary Lovisi, Paula Volsky, Marc Bilgrey, Stan Trybulski, Len Moffatt. Robert Eighteen-Bisang, Lenny Picker, Alan McCright, and... [click here for more] |
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Here for your reading delectation are 25 outre tales of crime. Since history has proven that there is nothing unusual or unexpected about the human (or inhuman) drive to break the law, it should come as no surprise that the weird, the strange, the supernatural, and the just plain odd often, in fictional form, manifest themselves allayed to the criminal element. Included are:
THE WINDOW OF HORRORS,... [click here for more] |
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"Trust me," the insect repeated. Franz did not.
What if Franz Kafka did not succumb to tuberculosis at the age of 40? What if he awoke the day after his supposed death to find himself attended by the giant insect he once imagined in his own story The Metamorphosis?
And what if he were recruited by a mysterious agency to investigate a rash of bizarre, mysterious murders plaguing 1924 Vienna? Murders... [click here for more] |
Rebellion |
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This volume collects both of Sasscer Hill's Nicki Latrelle short stories, featuring the jockey/amateur detective in the world of horse racing: GAME and STEAMROLLER.
If you miss the late Dick Francis’s racetrack thrillers, you’ll be intrigued by Sasscer Hill’s Racing From Death.” —The Washington Post, August 29, 2012"
Note: This digital edition includes... [click here for more] |
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I first encountered Ruth Chessman's work when browsing back issues of Manhunt magazine--and I was immediately intrigued. Manhunt was a noir/hardboiled digest-sized mystery magazine, and female bylines were uncommon. A quick check showed that she also published stories in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine as well as a 1965 middle-grade novel called "Bound for Freedom," which was adapted as a... [click here for more] |
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One of Keeler's best, this is the second half of the notorious Marceau case, where a strangler baby dangling from an autogyro may have done the deed. Written in 1935 at the peak of Keeler's powers.
Xenius Jones, Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard, gave the exact date he would reveal the details of the infamous André Marceau murder. Then Alec Snide, an American reporter, broke the case before... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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They're dying in the fleshpits in the Windy City. They're all white girls. One young woman is missing. Another is dead. They were drawn to the Windy City like moths to a flame, but the city's bright lights can't illuminate every dark corner. Hidden in the alleys and back streets and in a three-block long stretch of strip clubs and adult book stores are the men who prey on young women like these: the... [click here for more] |
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When Miss Emily Jackson brings a small, second-hand table home, her brown Burmese cat Mandalay will not stop frantically scratching at the table top.
What should she do? Consult her friends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, of course!
Holmes discovers the reason for Mandalay's actions, and they follow a series of bizarre clues that reveal past horrors, including theft, debauchery, and death!... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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Ann Karr has found a historical precedent to create a female Sheriff of Nottingham for this retelling of the Robin Hood legend … A remarkable work which recasts the traditional roles and sheds new light on the relationship between the famous characters.
Note: This digital edition includes the PDF, EPUB and MOBI (Kindle) versions of the book.
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Wildside Press |
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A tongue-in-cheek look at a CIA Operative who's in over his head. Or is he? A spy-and-counterspy tale with a "difference"!
Note: This digital edition includes the PDF, EPUB and MOBI (Kindle) versions of the book. ... [click here for more] |
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The sixth issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features another stellar lineup of Holmes-themed non-fiction and Holmes-inspired mystery fiction. Included:
NON-FICTION: "The Rare Mexican Sherlock Holmes Series," by Gary Lovisi; "Remembering Edward D. Hoch and His Sherlock Holmes Stories," by Len Moffatt; "Screen of the Crime: Baker Street on a Budget," by Lenny Picker; and "The Autumn of Terror:... [click here for more] |
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It was in a litter-strewn back alley in downtown Chicago that Private Investigator Jack Murphy first saw the poster: "THE SORCERY OF CHUNG-FU, An Evening of Oriental Magic and Mystery."
Below the image of Chung-Fu were a series of alarming drawings: a scantily-clad woman shown in mid-scream, strapped to a rack as a pendulum blade swung low; a grinning, hideous, puppet-like thing, its dagger... [click here for more] |
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This Golden Age mystery novel features a nervous cavalier with frightened eyes, a mysterious and puritanical satyr, a dagger, a candlestick, a crucifix, and a false beard—and, of course, a detective! (Not to mention the protagonist, "Prince Julien de Medici -- of Broadway.")
Adapted into the movie of the same name in 1935.
This digital edition includes the PDF, EPUB and MOBI (Kindle) versions... [click here for more] |
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Once upon a time, Richard Blakemore led a double life. Hardworking pulp writer by day and the masked vigilante only known as the Silencer by night. But those days are over, for Richard Blakemore, in the guise of the Silencer, was found guilty of murdering mafia boss Antonio Tortelli and sentenced to death. But now, with Richard Blakemore on death row in Sing Sing and the date of the execution drawing... [click here for more] |
Pegasus Pulp Publishing |
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Roy Judson Snell was a prolific writer for the young adult market, penning more than 75 adventure and mystery stories aimed at boys and girls. He also wrote under the names of David O'Hara, James Craig, and one book under Joseph Marino.
While most of his works have entered the public domain, a handful (such as "The Hidden Trail" in this volume) remain in copyright. Wildside Press tracked... [click here for more] |
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A classic crime tale by best-selling science fiction author Mack Reynolds, ripped from the pages of the March, 1961 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine!
Note: This digital edition includes the PDF, EPUB and MOBI (Kindle) versions of the book. ... [click here for more] |
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Arthur Morrison (1863-1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for his detective stories, one series of which featured the adventures of detective Martin Hewitt.
Morrison’s best known work of fiction is probably his novel "A Child of the Jago" (1896, included here), but fans of detective... [click here for more] |
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Young Y. Cheung is in a pickle!
In order to receive a $100,000 inheritance from his grandfather’s estate, he must get his name mentioned in 1000 U.S. newspapers, “in an honorable fashion” before midnight of the day before the estate is settled. On top of that, his family doesn’t consider his one-of-a-kind profession, business detective, “honorable”. How Y.... [click here for more] |
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When Miss Emily Jackson’s friend Janet Highvin is accused of poisoning her husband, Miss Emily immediately consults her friends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Only Holmes and Watson—with help from Miss Emily’s brown Burmese cat Mandalay—can uncover the truth and save an innocent woman from the hangman!
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"Buff" Orpington arrived in picturesque Quanomet to find the little Cape Cod town in ferment. A stupendous pageant of American history was being staged, and the inhabitants of Quanomet had time and thought for nothing else. But all was not as it should be in the small community. There had been more curious incidents than could be attributed to the usual petty jealousies and maneuverings for the best... [click here for more] |
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Already reluctantly faced with inheriting a vast fortune, Sir Paul Westerham finds his life complicated further when he surprises a ruffian in the act of rummaging through his kit-bag. By a strange coincidence, the very same scoundrel also happens to be blackmailing the woman whose portrait Westerham has become enamoured of!
Will the multi-millionaire manage to frustrate Captain Melun and the Crime... [click here for more] |
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"Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" returns with issue #14, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual columns by Dr Watson and Mrs Hudson, plus the following works:
Sleuthing: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, by Jacqueline Seewald Lost in Translation, by John M. Floyd "Diamonds", by Kelli A. Wilkins In Memoriam: A Vignette, by Stan... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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So unmoving was the girl sitting on the wet rocks that, at first, she seemed a permanent feature of the rugged seascape. She was wearing an expensive evening dress and high-heel slippers. She seemed to be in a deep trance, her gaze fixed on the sea, motionless except for the tossing of her delicate blond hair in the morning breeze. And as his steps brought him closer, he thought he had never seen anything... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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Five tales of the quirky detective team, Razor and Edge, brought together in one volume for the first time. Murder. robbery, kidnapping...these two law school drop outs solve the crimes so you don't have to. Written in the style of the Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin mysteries Razor and Edge are the new detective team for the 21st century. The five tales represented here are: Mirror Image The Parrot... [click here for more] |
53rd Street Publishing |
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The sixth issue of Black Cat Mystery Magazine presented a stellar lineup of new stories, plus a classic reprint. Included in this issue are:
NEW STORIES:
SEVEN CARD JOKER HIGH, by Trey R. Barker
THE LOSER, by Robert Guffey
BLEST BE THE TIE THAT BINDS, by Michael Bracken
THE MAGNIFICENT SCORE, by John Hegenberger
WORSE THAN DEATH, by Robert Lopresti
THE LAST THING HE REMEMBERED,... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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A classic crime story originally published in the August, 1953 issue of Manhunt.
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Wildside Press |
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I'm pleased to present our third collection of mystery stories written for girls. This time we include tales by many popular children's authors of the early to mid 20th century -- more than 1,300 pages of classic kid sleuthing. Included are:
THE PHANTOM TREASURE, by Harriet Pyne Grove
THE HAUNTED FOUNTAIN, by Margaret Sutton
THE YELLOW PHANTOM, by Margaret Sutton
RUTH FIELDING AT BRIARWOOD HALL:... [click here for more] |
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En route to Havana, Cuba by ship, Karen Peterson allows herself to be persuaded to dirvert to a smaller Caribbean island, Riquezas, to take the job of hostess at a new hotel.
She isn't there long before murder strikes...and the previous hostess confesses to the crime. But Miss Peterson is convinced she's innocent.
And then the murderer strikes again...
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