Adventure Tales showcases the best authors from the classic pulp magazines of the early to mid 20th Century.
This volume highlights the work of Hugh B. Cave as the Featured Author, with two rare, previously unreprinted stories, plus fiction contributions by J. Allan Dunn, H. Bedford Jones, Harold Lamb, Vincent Starrett, H. de Vere Stacpoole, Saki (H.H. Munro), Johnston McCulley, Captain A.E. Dingle,... [click here for more]
It's 1935. Ace daredevil pilot "Lucky" James is murdered moments after landing in New York following a record-breaking, nonstop solo flight from Egypt, it's up to Detective-Captain McCord to solve the case.
A classic pulp novelet from the September, 1935 issue of Popular Detective!
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E. Hoffmann Price's Exotic Adventures Megapack® contains 11 stories and short novels set in a wide range of locales: Europe, Polynesia, Asia, the Middle East, etc. Their settings also range chronologically, from historical adventures to contemporary thrillers and were all published between 1935 and 1945 (with an outlier from 1971 as the finale).
These are full-blooded, two-fisted tales of warriors... [click here for more]
This novelet features Don Quebranta Huesos, a grim Spanish criminal who is "vicious toward the rich and evil but kind to the poor and good" (Steinbrunner and Penzler).
Don Q. may have helped inspire Johnston McCulley's "Zorro" character.
Indeed, there are so many similarities that Douglas Fairbanks turned the Don Q. character into the film sequel to "The Mark of Zorro"... [click here for more]
Here is a classic suspense tale with a western setting, by one of the most popular and prolific western authors of all time. Features a new introduction.
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THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE THE OPEN BOAT THE RELUCTANT VOYAGERS THE END OF THE BATTLE UPTURNED FACE AN EPISODE OF WAR AN EXPERIMENT IN MISERY THE DUEL THAT WAS NOT FOUGHT A DESERTION A DARK-BROWN DOG THE PACE OF YOUTH A TENT IN AGONY FOUR MEN IN A CAVE THE MESMERIC MOUNTAIN THE SNAKE LONDON IMPRESSIONS THE SCOTCH EXPRESS THE O'RUDDY: A ROMANCE A MAN AND SOME OTHERS THE BRIDE COMES TO YELLOW SKY THE WISE... [click here for more]