Sam Merwin, Jr. (1910-1996) is one of those great "lost" authors. Equally adept and mystery and science fiction, he produced a significant body of work in both fields. In fact, this volume adds as a bonus two of his classic mystery stories, in addition to a selection of 7 science fiction stories. Included are:
JUDAS RAM
THE AMBASSADOR
THE FINAL FIGURE
REEL LIFE FILMS
A WORLD APART
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Ardath Mayhar is one of the best kept secrets of Texas. Over the course of her career, she published novels, short stories, articles, and more with a unique voice and vision. The Ardath Mayhar MEGAPACK® (originally published as Crazy Quilt: The Best Short Stories of Ardath Mayhar).
INTRODUCTION: ARDATH MAYHAR, EAST TEXAS MAGICIAN, by Joe R. Lansdale
FIDO IS A LOVING BEAST
A HARPING OF WATERS
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The author of sixty-two books, more than forty of them published commercially, Ardath Mayhar (1930-2012) began her career in the early 1980s with science fiction novels from Doubleday and TSR.
Atheneum published several of her young adult and children’s novels. Changing focus, she wrote westerns (as Frank Cannon) and mountain man novels (as John Killdeer), four prehistoric Indian books under... [click here for more]