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A new collection of six tales of dark fantasy by a master storyteller. What happens when an occult scholar obtains an ancient grimoire and uses it to summon up the Devil? … Three tramps find a metal vessel akin to Aladdin’s Lamp and release a Jinn who grants them a wish they might come to regret… The excavation of an ancient dolman releases an imprisoned evil… Could anyone trust the proprietor of the strange little shop who claimed to be a dealer in dreams? … The mission of mercy that caused a space traveller to disappear… What happens when a man’s memories are utterly destroyed? … Classic reading by a master of the weird tale – and the author of the Dumarest of Terra series!

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This brand new collection of E.C. Tubb's clsasic short stories presents 3 long tales sure to thrill readers: «Talk Not at All,» «Subtle Victory,» and «The touch of Reality.» From the author of the classic Dumarest of Terra saga!

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It should be a routine mission for Space Academy Cadets Raymond Hunt and Longwood Jan. Fly their System Guard scout ship to an asteroid called the Nugget, pick up Doctor Eignbergen and his newest invention from his isolated lab, and ferry him back to Earth-what could go wrong? When Doctor Eignbergen shows Hunt and Jan what he and his assistant have been working on for the past ten years, they can hardly believe it: a time machine! Along with rescued space prospector Bernadette Garley, Hunt and Jan accidentally trigger the machine and end up on Earth in 1955, where they must stop Garley from changing history and destroying the System Guard before it even begins!

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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:<P> JUDAS RAM<BR> THE AMBASSADOR<BR> THE FINAL FIGURE<BR> REEL LIFE FILMS<BR> A WORLD APART<BR> IT'S ALL YOURS<BR> TESTING<BR> AMY STOPS THE CLOCK (Bonus Mystery Story)<BR> DEATH FROM A FAMILY TREE (Bonus Mystery Story)<P> If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more of the 280+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction – and much, much more!

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The Timelines Keep Trying to Realign! Our neighboring timeline also had its 20th-century warfare. But Act II of their Last Great War, 1939-1945, lined up somewhat differently, with Russia, India, Spain, and Japan versus England, France, Germany, and the Reformed States of America. Now, in the decade following the War, the small university town of Hodag Crossing in the state of Minnemagantic, along with the rest of the world, is hunting down deathguards – the war criminals of Stalin's Eugenics Farms and India's Kali Camps. These include the college years of Clement Czarny, who has learned that all a vampire like him has to do to function in a world filled with crosses, sunlight, and the rest of it, is live like a saint. Meaning that, as a vampire, he must forgive. <P>Everything. <P>Whether it's a would-be Van Helsing who wanted to stake Clement himself, or a deathguard who helped kill millions.<P> Everything.<P> Even if it costs his own romance. And maybe that's what makes vampires unfit to live among normal, honest, righteous people.

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What is the fate of the colonists who went out from Earth to settle the far planets beyond our universe? Space-ships have been unable to evoke radar responses from these planets, and in a novel as well-written as it is ingenious, one man starts out from Halsey's Planet to find the answer. If there is one… A satirical science fiction novel first published in 1954.

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Roger Dee was the pseudonym of Roger D. Aycock (6 December 1914 – 5 April 2004), an American author who wrote primarily science fiction. His tales were always well written, clever, and entertaining, and this selection of 13 stories is typical of his work. Included are:<P> WAILING WALL<BR> PET FARM<BR> CONTROL GROUP<BR> ULTIMATUM<BR> CLEAN BREAK<BR> THE ANGLERS OF ARZ<BR> ASSIGNMENT'S END<BR> PROBLEM ON BALAK<BR> THE WHEEL IS DEATH<BR> TODAY IS FOREVER<BR> TO REMEMBER CHARLIE BY<BR> TRADERS RISK<BR> ROUGH BEAST<P> If you enjoy this volume of classic stories, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 270+ other entries in this series, including science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, adventure, horror, westerns – and much, much more!

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Katherine MacLean (born January 22, 1925) is an American science fiction author best known for her short fiction of the 1950s, which often examined the impact of technological advances on individuals and society. This volume collects 8 of her classic science fiction stories:<P> Contagion<BR> Pictures Don’t Lie<BR> The Snowball Effect<BR> The Man Who Staked The Stars<BR> The Carnivore<BR> Games<BR> The Natives<P> If you enjoy this volume of classic stories, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 270+ other entries in this series, including science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, adventure, horror, westerns – and much, much more!

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Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr. (1910-1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright and chess expert. With writers such as Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber can be regarded as one of the fathers of “sword and sorcery” fantasy (in fact, he coined the term). Moreover, he excelled in all fields of speculative fiction, writing award-winning work in fantasy, horror, and science fiction.<p> This volume assembles 10 classics, including the novel THE BIG TIME. Here are:<P> Later Than You Think<BR> The Wolf Pack<BR> The Moon Is Green<BR> The Big Time<BR> Bread Overhead<BR> The Night of the Long Knives<BR> The Creature from Cleveland Depths<BR> The Snowbank Orbit<BR> No Great Magic<BR> Spider Mansion<P> If you enjoy this volume of classic stories, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 270+ other entries in this series, including science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, adventure, horror, westerns – and much, much more!

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Edward Paul Wellen (1919-2011) wrote primarily short stories throughout his long career, primarily in both the mystery field, but also (especially early in his career) in science fiction magazines. This is the second collection of his science fiction stories we have published, and it’s another good one. Included are:<P> ORIGINS OF GALACTIC LAW<BR> THE BIG CHEESE<BR> ROOT OF EVIL<BR> THE VOICES<BR> THE WORLD IN THE JUKE BOX<BR> THE SUPERSTITION SEEDERS<BR> THE ENGRAMMAR AGE<BR> UTTER SILENCE<BR> ARMY WITHOUT BANNERS<BR> SWEET DREAMS<BR> DR. VICKERS' CAR<BR> NOTE FOR A TIME CAPSULE<BR> OLD HAT<BR> IOU<BR> DEADLY GAME<P> If you enjoy this volume of classic mysteries, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 270+ other entries in this series, including science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, adventure, horror, westerns – and much, much more!