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Abdullah Achmed
A tale of two thieving white men in Africa and the weird fates that awaited them. Ranging from mystery to adventure to outright horror, from the streets of New York…
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Francis Stevens
A trio of time-travelers land in Philadelphia’s brutal totalitarian state of 2118. Loaded with action and humor, this 1919 classic was the first alternate-world fantasy. A much-sought rarity. - Analog.
Talbot Mundy
Talbot Mundy’s classic adventure novel. Features a new introduction by Darrell Schweitzer.
Set during the reign of the Emperor Commodus, here is Talbot Mundy’s tale of palace intrigue, the brutalities and debaucheries of Rome, and a man who would make himself ruler…
Darrell Schweitzer,S. T. Joshi
Ever since the first edition of Ligotti’s Songs of a Dead Dreamer appeared in 1985, it was clear that here was an author of extraordinary brilliance. Now here is a…
William Hope Hodgson
From the Manuscript discovered in 1877 by Messrs. Tonnison and Berreggnog, in the Ruins that lie to the South of the Village of Kraighten, in the West of Ireland –…
Darrell Schweitzer
F Marion Crawford
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
A collection of stories by three-time World Fantasy Award finalist Darrell Schweitzer, as designed and illustrated by WFA winning artist Jason Van Hollander. The works show a wide range, from…
F Gwynplaine MacIntyre
From Bigfoot to Nessie to the Little Green Men, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre celebrates the monsters of the imagination, exploring the wonder and dread that help make us human. MacIntyre’s Improbable…
Robert Leslie Bellem,Darrell Schweitzer
This volume collects seven Bellem tales from pulp magazines such as Spicy Mystery Stories,Fifth Column Stories, and The Ghost – Super-Detective. Included are: The Man Who Was Not,Enough…
An exiled recluse, an ancient abode in the remote west of Ireland, nightly attacks by malevolent swine-things from a nearby pit, and cosmic vistas beyond time and space.
A riveting novel of fear and adventure, The Ghost Pirates completes Hodgson’s acclaimed theme trilogy that began with The Boats of the ‘Glen Carrig’ and continued through The House on…
W Paul Ganley
When Cthulhu calls … W. Paul Ganley answers! This volume collects a treasure trove of Cthulhu Mythos and dark fantasy stories – all told, a baker’s dozen – by the…
S. T. Joshi,Darrell Schweitzer
In the 20 years since Lord Dunsany: A Bibliography was published, there has been a veritable explosion in interest in Dunsany s life and work. And, since much of Dunsany…
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Darrell Schweitzer,Jason Van Hollander
Also available in a hardcover edition–all the stories that Schweitzer and Van Hollander have written together, a unique blending which makes these two the most successful collaborative team since Burke…
Darrell Schweitzer, author of The Mask of the Sorcerer and editor of Weird Tales, collaborates with macabre artist-writer Jason Van Hollander on a series of remarkable fantasies, variously grotesque, horrific…
Darrell Schweitzer,Martin Harry Greenberg
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Blueblooded mama’s boy Waldo is swept overboard during a south seas voyage for his lifelong ill health. He finds himself on a jungle island. His bookish education has not prepared…
A Princess of Mars is the novel that started Edgar Rice Burroughs’ amazing Barsoom series. In it we meet one of the greatest heros of pulp fiction, John Carter, a…
Gods of Mars is the second novel in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ amazing Barsoom series. It is set ten years after The Princess of Mars. John Carter has returned to Mars…
Warlords of Mars is the third novel in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ amazing Barsoom series. It is set immediately after the events in The Gods of Mars. John Carter must rescue…
Thuvia, Maid of Mars is the fourth novel in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ amazing Barsoom series. John Carter’s son, Carthoris, must rescue the love of his life the princess Thuvia. This…
Edgar Rice Burroughs,Darrell Schweitzer
John Carter is unexpectedly transported to Mars and finds himself captured by the Green Men of Thark. As Carter struggles to win his freedom and the affections of fellow captive…
Two schoolboys, Dick and Doc, are cousins who resemble each other because their mothers are twins. As Dick is also related to Tarzan through his father, they become known as…
Captain Frederick Marryat
A novel offering an examinatin of the theme of religious tolerance
H P Lovecraft
This volume collects H.P. Lovecraft’s three major works on fantasy fiction: Supernatural Horror in Literature – his survey of the weird and supernatural in fiction; and Notes on Writing Weird…
Weird Tales magazine stopped printing in 1954.
Ken Asamatsu
The mummy of a beautiful young girl from Shang Dynasty China is found in an ornate and astonishingly large underground tomb. Preliminary research shows that her cells contain reptilian DNA…
Darrell Schweitzer,Allen Steele,Larry Niven
Darrell Schweitzer interviews: Vernor Vinge, Paolo Bacigalupi, Paul Di Fillippo, Tanith Lee, Patricia Mckillip, Robert Silverberg, Allen Steele, John Clute, Elizabeth Hand, Maurice Broaddus, James P. Blaylock, Theodora Goss, Ben…
Gene Wolfe,Ramsey Campbell
The sixty-fifty anniversary issue of Weird Tales showcases the work of Featured Author Gene Wolfe and Featured Artist George Barr (who contributed all the artwork). Also includes work by Ramsey…
Brian Lumley,Robert Sheckley
The Winter 1989/1990 issue of Weird Tales showcases Featured Author Brian Lumley (who contributed 3 stories and an interview) and Featured Artist Vincent di Fate (who contributed all the artwork)…
This volume collects inverviews with Theodore Sturgeon, Alfred Bester, Frederick Pohl, James Gunn, Fritz Leiber, Hal Clement, and L. Sprague de Camp.
Issue #333 of Weird Tales magazine (September-October 2003) presents work by Thomas Ligotti ( The Town Manager ), Tim W. Burke ( Two Shows Daily ), Jamie Ferguson ( Good…
Darrell Schweitzer,Stephen King,Ramsey Campbell
The special Ramsey Campbell issue of Weird Tales presents 4 short stories by this modern master, plus stories by Stephen King, Robert Bloch, and many more.
Included in this volume are historic interviews with Alfred Bester, Robert Silverberg, Brian Aldiss, James Gunn, Gardner Dozois, Norman Spinrad, Gordon R. Dickson, Ben Bova, Ted White, Jack Williamson, L…
We Are All Legends by Darrell Schweitzer follows the journey of the immortal and cursed wanderer, Julian. Traveling through a dark, magical world, Julian faces demons, gods, and his own…
Milton A. Rothman
Milton A. Rothman was best known to generations of science-fiction readers for a single classic story written at age 19: Heavy Planet, published under the byline of Lee Gregor in…
